== ... . :stint tiller. The entire British army, west dt Trinceton, would have fullen a prey to Witsls lington. if Cadwnlader iindEwing had 'been able to cress at their-respective places; bet, neither reflecting. this: the 1 , 039 at 43 0tderS , ; 1 . town flu rlington,indAutst*liY, 'eSeak ed. Meantime , - atvar t l*ropii genet als might ;cancentote*eir feiteitand c ;1.. off his retreitt, lIM-44ton decided toy'r 1 4 • cross the Delaviliire%Vr very dafiVitht, Is' prisoners.. Accinslintly, before night; the captured Hessians were transferred to Penn sylvania; - The news of this great victory spread .with inconcievable swiftness; but such waiireropinion of British in vincilnlify, that, at first, few per Sons could be : found to, believe the tale._ Aware of tke . great incre dulity, Washington hastened to dispatch his prisoners to-Philaclerpliia;whe re, onthe (ley -succeeding-the battle, they were paraded through the streets, to the amazement, not less 'than to the delight of the inhabitants. The effect of the victory on the country was telectrie. The charm , of British in vincibili lt,y_wes Ibrdicen forever. Men no.longer re karaeilitilse testse of thcColon ies +SS lIICTO/e9.9 ; but, encouraged by this decisive success, looked forward confidentally tea glorious is sue. In a word, the battle of Trenton chan ged the wavering into friends ; made those who had been hostile.neutral ; • and convin ced the pattiot,that God was on his side, and shat his country would yet be free. The victory struck terror to the heart of she British army. Cornwallis, who was. sibotlt to leave for Europe, abandoned his voyage in alarm, and hurried back from .New York to assume command of the troops on the Delaware, His first step was to withdraw his forces from the exposed points end concentrate them at Princeton and to ward New Brunswick. Nor was this pre caution idle. Washington, having recruit-' .ed his troops, onineing re-inforced, cross .ed she Delaware again on the' :30th of De lumber, and took post at Trenton. To drive (him from thence Cornwallis advanced from , Princeton, and, on the 3d of January, 1777 assaulted the American lines, established on the south side of the Assinpink. Three times he endeavored to carry the bridge which separated him from his foe, and three times he was repulsed. At last night put amend to the contest. In the darkness, Washington abandoning his position, march ed on 'Princeton, intending to cut off the royal general from his communications. A battle ensued at this place, which was scarce ly decided in favor of the Americans, when Cornwallis, hurrying a p from Trenton, corn- . yelled the victors to draw off to the high grounds in the direction of Morristown. The British General, completely baffled, fell back to the Raritan, abandoning all his posts on the Deliware. The result of this splendid series of operations on the part of Washing ton, was to deliver. New Jersey from the en emy in , the short space of ten days. Thus, when supposed to be annihilated, the Amer ica\ general, like some fabled genius, had suddenly risen up, saved Philadelphia, re covered all he had lost in the preceding two months, and given an impetus to victory which never ceased until the red cross of (treat Britian sunk into dust on the plains 'of Yorktown. When hereafter the military genius of Washington is called in question, let the story of Trenton be remembered. 'Napole on always spoke of this ten day's campaign as one of the most able on record. Botta, the Italian historian, said of it, "Achieve ments so astonishing gained for the Ameri- can Commander a very great reputation and were regarded with wonder by all na tions, as well as by the Americans ; every one applauded the prudence, the firmness, andthe daring of Washington ; all declared him the saviour of his country ; all proclaim ed him equal to the most renowned com manders of antiquity. The North and South The following, table, which has required soma labor in preparation, shows how some of the principal national offices have been divid• ed between the North and South, from the commencement of the government i March 4th, 1810. The figures denote the number of years' during which these offices have been filled by citizens of each section. The short presidential term of General Harrison and some fractions of yearS, have been omitted Northern 12 40 rresidents, Vico Presitlents, Chief Justices, SuCrolaries of State, 20 " of Treasury, 40 " Of War, 31 " of Navy, 40 Postmasters Clonoral, 35 Afton Mys General, 20 Speakers of the House of Representatives, 23 In the sixteen Presidential elections, 3156 electoral votes have been cast, 1915 by North ern States, awl 1511 by Southern ;States; 790 votes have been given by the North forlsTorth elm candidates, and 1190 by the South for Suutbdni candidates, and 1155 by the North for Southern candidates, and 321 by the : - rioutli fur Northern candidates. Change of Furhine.--There is now • living in New York, in extreme want, a man who at one time had one hundred and eighty thousand dol. Lars amassed by a few week's successful gamb .For some years he lived in the utmost luxury, having over four hundred suits of clothes, but the smiles of fortune deserted him, and at last has been reduced to beggary. In threadbare coat, and without either energy or character, he may be daily seen in Broadway. Hon. Jan S. P.7lell.—We learn that the Hon. lobo B. Littell has left Philadelphia for Wash. ington, to claim his scat as the representative elect from the fourth Congressional district, and will carry with him documentary evidence of his election by the voters of the district. Mr. Rub• bins, who is in possession of the certecate of election; will also be there to claim his right to' represent the district. - lie 40iglYitigigtC4' L:: - TIIURSDAY, DECgitIBER 6, 1849. Cireidatioh - litca'r 2000. The business of the courtis progressing slow ly. • President Jona, is on the bench, but, in the families of both associates fleas and Ruhr, death:, have ncenrred, which prevents the dispo sal of much Liminess, dependant upon them. The court, however, is organised , the grand hi te sworn in, anal John Wchla, Esq., appointed foreman. A number of bills have been found. and other trifling business disposed lo our next wo will give full proceedings . Cold Weather has Come. We have had a beautiful Autumn, the weath einp to Sunday last has been delightful, but winter has come. in the afternoon it com 'm'enced to snow lightly and during the even ing and night was inicrtn:ingied 'with rain amt sleet. Monday set in with rain and continued all day. Nature has prepared every thing for ; the forests have cast their leaves; the fields look brOwq.atul sear; the farm yards and barns are well filled by the provident farmer, in order to well supply his stock during the winter. It is necessary for us to enquire, whether all the citizens of Allentown, and• the little towns and villages in our iminediate vicinity have prepar ed drermtelves with a good stock of coal, wood, a hog or two, a side of beef, potatoes, flour, corn, &c., for the Winter? If ym have not. done so, lose no time in doing it, and above all, where there is a poor neighbor, assist him or her with dre necessities of life. This kind ness and timely charity may use en 'erring brother or sister from the error of their ways, and learn them to seek the paths of virtue, which are the paths.of pea Ce. Thanksgiving Day In pnrsuanco of previous notice the grand worthy Patriarch of the grand division of Sens of Temperance, the different divisions met on Thursday last, (Thanksgiving day) in Allot,- town, for the purpose of joining in a general procession and of expounding the important cause of Temperance. At about IL o'clock, tire celebrated Easton Brass Band, who by invitation, were present upon the occasion, proceeded to the room of .fordan Division, from where they escorted the division to the house of Mr. tkorgeKeiper, where the Rev. Mr. David R. Mamas, in behalf of Jordan Union, Daughters of Temperance, pre sented a beautiful _banner to the Jordan Divi sion, accompanied by an eloquent and very appropriate address. Mr. J. D. Stiles, who re ceived the same, responded in an equally elo quent manner. From here the Division mov ed to the I.awn of AI Is. tirectileal At about 2 tielovk the ed in the Lawn, under the Chief Nlarshalship of Dr. J. 11. Romig, as,isted by Alansballs Foote, Weiser, Punt and /Africk, after which the pro cession; headed by the Bras; Band, marched 111 full regalia through the principal meets ofthe Borough, and finally to the (lemon Reformed Church, which was soon crowded to overflew ing,where addresses were delivered by the) cv. Mr. Stern, in the German, and by Messrs. E. J. Paxson and S. Pirka»dts : in the English langua ges. Thus ended the proceedings of the Tem perance celebration, nothing happening to mar the feelings of those present on the occasion. In the evening the members of the Easton Brass Bawl gave'a Concert in the Court House which was very numerously :intended. The music both vocal and instrumental was such as done honor to the members, and in particu lar to the brothers Districting the State On our next Legislature will devolve the duty of districting the State. This is an important matter to the people, and it is .to be hoped that the wishes of the people in the different sec-' firms of the State wilt be consulted in this mat ter, and that it will not be done with a view to benefit or promote the success of any particu lar party. Heretofore this . has been a great game with politicians of all parties in our le gislature, who, regantless oldie inconvenience to the people, cut up the State into districts to suit and promote the success of their portico lar party, even when remonstrated with by their constituents, and petitioned by the people who elected them, they have turned' a deaf ear and pursued their own course for the purpose of bringing about some political aggrandize ment to themselves, or to a ,cligne of faction of their party. The people should submit to this trickery mid disobedience on the part of their servants no longer. Let him who disobeys find a polit ico! death, from whitir be cannot awake, and the voice of the people, will no longer be un heeded by those they place in power. Southern 48 50 U. S. Flying Artillery. The great duties performed by this arm of the service during the Mexican war, has been widely recognized, and, as an instance of what it was capable of achieving, the New York Courier and Enquire' . mentions the follow• ing: "The lamented Col. Duncan, of the U. S. Army, had alfed his men to such perfection in artillery, and to such celerity of movement, that on one occasion, when his guns were under their sheds, the horses of the light battery in the ,stable, and the harness hanging up, he complished the feat of harnessing tip, moving his guns two hundred yards, forming in bane ry, find firing a round, in the apace of a minute and a half from the time the first command was given. . AylientoWik; ra. Our Court. nocession was form The Third a December. This was the day set apart for the meeting itf Congress. We hope . Our,RePresertlatiyOs `:tifif,alidf'the knife of rtfin4±, by 'kipping nil. .ii:i liseltds officers, of - Which lheri - are; hue .. 1 11re8s4M.1 perhaps thousaruht . ; reducinglhestkl:: . rtrios cif . Otlittra to a fairctimpensitiothispo aati; -.the time for which they are sodeattypairlifoe. - the benefit of the wholo c p .to Olii, , instogd Of pf.-ig( it fortheir own politicatpromotiomA';o(con7. gross reduce their stilariOtil - O;fikdOlniiii'a dtlf:. Let ihe army mitt navy helioilitgeti...to - one half.. `its present number; wii:Weekttolaipititandip*: I army.or navy in iiineirdr-ifenetti the:rife the: power that .crusites Europe to the very dust, - and in the 'hands of monarchs are the means of subduing wail crushing the republicatispirit; so 'loudly manifested in many partsuf the Con , Tinent. MIR Besides it has. a tendency to create a ltitia . of twig:wary through its officers, who live ltaily on the public pap, and have few opinions of feelings in common with the itidestrierre citi zens, which largely increases the public expen ditures of the government. Pennsylvania and N. Jersey Bank. Thompson, whose caution cart always be de pended upon in the way of Bank frauds, fail eves, &e., gives in his Bank Note Reporter of the lst instant, the following cutting remarks: 'We protest against Mr. Phelps owning, controlling and using tire Union Bank at Dover, New Jersey. We protest against Mr. Bruen'S owning, con trolling and using the Commercial Bank, at Perth-A roboy, New JerSey. If Dover and Perth-Amboy want Banks, then the people of those places should manage and use those banks. if high toned operators in real estate, r often or irou r borrow a leuralCed thousand, it sihoo/d be aoywherc the lima of a two-penny New Jersey bank. When you tell us that Mr. Bruen can redeem the notes of Iris bank, or that Mr. Phelps can redeem the notes of , his bank. We tell yon that the notes of a Batik should never rest upon the success of any one man; for we have seen great men "fall like leaves in wintry weather," and we have seen too many bank notes as worthless as fallen leaves. We do not make war on banks that arc Jer sey banks, but when we find one of the Jersey blues, in Wall or Cedar or Cliff streets, we in tend to show it the ferry and invite it over. Some small amounts oldie Susquehanna!) County Bank Notes have changed hands at 25 cents ou the dollar ) and we make that our quotation for the present. There has been' nothing done in the notes of the State Bank at Mortis, at over 123 cents on the dollar. The notes of the Chester County Bank, Pa., ate returned to us from Philadelphia, marked no go.. We have dashed this Bank in our list ) and advise the rejection of its notes. The notes of the Walter Joy's Bank are re deemed at, the same rates as all New York Country notes, so also are the notes of the Merchant's Bank, at Canandaigua. In these banks we have a proof positive, that the notes of banks secured by N. Y. or U. S. Stocks are good, despite whatever may befall the bank. The Quaker City This is the title of a Weekly paper published in Philadelphia by G eorge Lippard, the cele brated author of "‘Vashington and his Gene rals, or• Legends of the Revolution"; ''The Quaker City"; l'aul Ardenheim"; &c. Terms invariably in advance, new volume com mencing January 1850. The Quaker City be ing barely . in.existence more than a year, en ters, upon its second volume with 15,000 sub scribers, an evidence that it is admired for its independent course. It is pledged to no party or, sect, and pursues a lair and independent course upon all matters of public interest. Protest Against Austrian Ferocity The IVashington correspondent, "Alpha," of the New Volk Tribune, says, "it is rumor ed here in the best informed ditties, that at an early day in the session, a resolution will be introduced into the Senate suspending all intercourse of a diplomatic nature with Anstria growing out of her barberous and brutal in humanity towards the HungarianS. Such a proposition would be favorably entertained by many of our citizens, and world be ono of the roost popular propositions that could be intro duced into Congress. The sympathies of the whole United States are enli . steil in behalf of the Hungarians, and their prejudices aroused against their fiendish and brutal prOseenters. A suspension of diplomatic intercourse with a people who. have set at defiance all usages of Christian warfare, would not have a deleteri ous effect 'upon other Monarchical powers of the Old ‘Verld. Judging from the tone of Mr. Webster's speech at the New Hampshire cel ebration in Boston, it would not be eitherstrange or inconsistent at seeing I • sustain the measure. Gen. Taylor, it is said, will also go for it. We sincerely 'trust that this proceeding, dictated by every motive of humanity, may re ceive a favorable consideration. What will be. come of Col. Webb in such an event Robbery.—A man named Charles Gear hart, was taken in irons, on board the steamer Clipper, this morning, on his ways to Danville, Columbia•county Pa., to answer a charge of robbing the post office, at that place, a month or six weeks ago. lie was engaged by the post master as clerk in the oflicd during the temper . ary sickness of the regular clerk, and while thus engaged, he pilfered some $4OOO in money and drafts, of whiph about $3OOO was found'in his possession when arrested at Mount Vernon, Ohio, Wheeling (Va.) Argus, Nor. 28. • Acquilted.—John H. Bossier, editor of the Pay. etto ()aunty Democrat, has been acquitted of the crime of which he has been charged before the United States District Court, at Pittsburg of rob bing the mail. Phil burg Iron OonVention. • Original Letter of Ge n. Washington. Walthington Caucus Nominations. The Convection continued in session until Under this heading the Richmond Republican .. • Wssnistoros, Dec. I, 1849. Intl inst., when it adjourn- • oft • 7th inst., publishes taut of a letteeplich ; The prentitra i thil f mellshers of the House o f • oilsine On•Thrftschily t h ehole day was is 4at " was a3 found amaiirthe papers *the Rsprea ire Wiaucua this evening, 4 -..; • . w Iftl9ll, ! iiscysOngthelo!lotrili g resolution ; n r ugh Nel „" and:th*thesilligyfri of • elm ,James Missouri, in the chair. plitredliy theOzurtutittee - tan bantrfetts:: e• r, in iniPthe datelige:WirktiTne4Nor..' f ist l ffm follotilpg named' gentlemen were nomi 40trintieciTltat we F onsider:lt Ivaissarn unit Yr the ttii , difficur* in sagl)4olle # IstAtabe balyeld filith the organization of the to Ibe peoper'El{otecOn• ; •,of the•iton firs rt g di*ticlo da*P df.c. 0001. 414 4 • levie 1 r •iih ;0414eri,:iva4AhlishiOn aAm- f)f.f.kll:7 . .4thrt.,;•llowelleobb, of Georgia. ell • ‘rill - '.bar ) O ; ; ,.room on meryautt e iron., blet.fri On, 177 9 . ''itlerk—Sehn W. Forney, of Pennsylvania.; IVII11)13 4 1ird • les CommitteeSMT- ‘ln 1 77 7, it I rpa las n Philadelphia, idadelphia, un- Sergeant.at-Arms—Nevton Lane. 1401014ffitiinjifartatffrom odiercoon- de the title of iteterslfrot General Washing. Doorkeeper—B. F. Brown, of Ohio. country, ton to sevetal of his friettAsy in•frime and July, Postmaster—J. M. Johnson, of Virginia. - . • 1776 in which he set forth an interestim , view The Whig members also met in caucus, and tmemett nye latten to bmtvorth 1511ollars per : i• • . • . • . .; • . • • ol'Amermaapoliticsotetha'tafittkiiit'tatit peritid„,". ass! nom inating the Hon. Robert G. Winthrop, ton, without regard toits 'cost in• valu abroad, This edition- was followed by andel:et' 1796,; of Massachusetts, fur Speaker, adjourned over and that a duty •of•;9 dollars per ton e e levied I • rwith donicildia, corr. rnorniog to complete -their nomina thereon.litnet that agog : !)toper iintreaiishti utiiy • • • • • 'Gen. 'WashingtOn' • `•"•"- - • ' • ' emdence being made 'not to our custom-house I written about the commencement of the Ameri officers, that pig iron has imposed ; veduei! chn•mh test, when he entered on the command of aborts 15 ticillars per ton In fhb country where: I. the Moly of the United States," dm. New Yen•lr t thoisamo was made, thaLitt.that ease, for eve-:•orifiTidAsi-,-0-: - Ifebinsoir'; - einiter'ef William and ; ry rise amounting to 1 dollar ,per ton, the I John streeiSoanti J: Bu I &l 1 . 15 Cherry street, duty .in 'countr y y 'be vedtieed one I and sow; try „fames- Rivin4on, No. 156 Pearl dottier., trei•et. • 11' • • I ' This piety, it is 1110'01, wi In ordinary ; there 'tvere probably O th er Sditioni, and the 1 times prevent an entire prohibition of the for- Vbook 5s kir nevieiss rare: eign pig iron ) and keep the 'com'petition of I Tt is afire:Olt to - accoant fur the reproduction / this and other cotaitrieS nearly equal at all at this day of these letters; or any ashes's; as or • times, and guard against eVraordinary llama- igloo!, When the imposition may be so easily de. lions of the value of pig iron, in litigant] other leared ; liy those elm have peeserVed or have ac countries. The come:a:tee believe that nobet- i'cess to the'reco'rd of ti times, ter plan of policy can be pursued. ten the ad of March, Ite i r, when Gen. Wash ! A number of substitutes were offered, a ; ington Was about to retire to 'private life, in a lengthy discussion arising on each, until the letter to the Secretary of Stale, he declared the whole were ;finally laid on the table; . , : letters, of which that now re-produced is one, to On Friday, George R. Clapp finally offered I be a base forgery, and that he never saw nor heard of them until they appeared in print( and the following resolution as -a substitute fiat , all others, which was unanimously adopted: he requests his letter containing this declaration Resolved That it la the sense of this Con- "maybe deposited in the office of the Depart .--=- vention, at the present state of the foreign l mar- %sent of State as a testimony of the truth to the ket, that it will require a duty of 10 dollars per I P end generation and to posterity." 1 This letter was communicated by the Secretal toll on pig iron, and 20. dollars per ton on corn- ; . . ry of State to the editor of the .bnited States Ga mon bar, and a corresponding increase on all I zette. on the ninth of March, 1797, and was pub other iron and manufactures of iron, in propor . I lishcd in many:Of the papers of the day. The tion to cost of make, to 41rotect the American o i nterest republication Of it, as follows, will b e'f market. I to those tit least who have be....n misted as to the %lodge Derripsvy complained that the rims , I •anthenticitit of the letter first above referred to: burgh iron men had net taken as much inter- the &liter of Me trailed 'Matte Viizette eat in the Convention as was expected, and DI:P.IIII'3I6NT OF STATE, suggested that it should be considered a Blast Pitistmesiiii4, March 9th 1797, Furnace Convention. This called forth quite • S i ,, I enclose you the copy of a letter which a spirited controversy, and it was finally re- I received the ad instant, from the late President solved that the convention be considered as a of the United States. The letter itself will sat conventiou of all persons ioterested, directly or ; isfy you of the propriety of its being published. indirectly, in the manufacture of iron in all its original, as is desired, is deposited in this branches. I office. Mr: Tassey oflerett a resolution, whisii was ; - I am, vii; your obedient servant, •, adopted, that the several delegates, on their I riMUTUT PICK Fall NO. . • return home, collect statistics, Sze., and forward .; . . .PntLAIRLPuiIA, March,3 1V97, them to the committee of commerce, mid to the • Dan ei iL m At the conclusion of in ) ..p üblic members of Congress. employments, ,I thought; it expedient to no mice the !Vilification of certain forged letters, I which first appeared in the year 177 V, and were I obtruded upon the public as mine. They are said by theeditor to have been fun nd in a small portmanteau that f had left in the care of my mu latto servant named Billy, who, it is pretended, was taken prisoner at Fort Lee in 1776. The period when these letters were first prin ted will be tecoltected, and what Were the itn• pressions they Were intended to produce upon the public mind. It was then supposed to be of some consequence to strike at the integrity of the motives of the American Commander, and to paint his inclinations as at variance with his pro fessions and his duty, Another crisis having occured in the affairs of America, the sante wea pon was resorted to to wound my character and deceive the people, The letters in question have the dates, addres ses, and signatures here following: .• "New York, June 12th, 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington, at Mount Vernon, Fairfax county, Va., G. W," "To-John Parke Custis, t sq., at the lion, lien edict Calvert's ar,q., Mount Airy, M. D. June 18 1776.0. W." "New York, July Bth; 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington, at Mount Vernon, Fairfax county, Va., G. W." ' Southern Manufactories The increase of manufacturing in the South is exciting great congratulation among the peo ple and the press of {hat Becket of the Union. ‘Ve am right glad to see en rtiterprie so es sentinl awd expedient succeeding se well. Our only wonder in past times has been that the South shred(' trust altogether to other markets than her own manufactures : when her capaci ty for creating them is umptestioned. There is no reason why cotton and wool sho u ld not be worked into fahrles en southern soil, where they two grown, rather than sent thousands of 111 alas, and brought back in cloths, at a loss of double transit. Besides, there is much mate alai which the South can manufacture with profit, which cannot find a market elsewhere. The refuse of her cotton, sufficient to make all her negro cloths, is of this kind. There is cap ital enough in the South, and nothing.is want ing to put it in manufacturing motion but en terprise. The /lops and Girls The folloWing piece of advice we find in that excellent paper the Montgomery Ledger, which we recommend to our young readers : "We wish our young friends whose parents supply them with the Newspaper, to read it at tentively and regularly. Be industrious and after you have performed alt the little duties your parents or guardians give you to perform, read the Newspaperread it aloud to your father, mother, brothers and sisters, that they may correct you of your errors m reading. Never say yoU have no time, but be active at your work, and resolve to make time for so important a duty. You. will thus repay your kind parents for their attention by making good use of the papers and books they buy for you: IVe wish our young friends to read more than they do—to try and take delight in the im provement of their minds. Come, wake up, there should be no sleepy boys and girls, where the "Register" comes. We want to see you all grow up to be good and intelligent men and women. Wabash and Erie Canah—This canal has been completed to Terre Haute, and the water let into it to that point.. When-finished to Evansville, it will be the largest canal in the' United •States, and one hundred miles Longer than the great Erie canal. It, commences at Toledo on Lake Erie, crosses a portion of Ohio, caters the Sta tc of Indiana near the north eastern corner, and runs diagonally, with considerable of a curve, across the State to Evansville on the Ohio. ledo, Peru, Lafayette, Logansport, and Terta Haute, are the principal points as far as:com pleted. Single District System in Kentucky.—The con• vention' now in session in Frankfort to form a new Constitution for Kentucky, has adopted a prOvision, that all cities or towns in the State shall, whedever their population is sufficient, have a separate representative from the county in which they may be situated ; and that, when• ever any city or lown'slill be entitled to t,,o're than one representative, It shall be divided into districts, so that every representative shall be elected from a 'separate district. This is the system we ought to'have . here:in Pennsylvania. Or'A picughman on his legsis•higher than a gentleman on his knees. • • “New. York, July 16th, 1776. To Mn humt Washington, dc.c. G. W." "New York, July 15th. 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington, &c. G. W." "New York, July 22d, 1770. 'Co Mr. Lund Washington, &c. G. W." •June 24th, 1776. To Mrs. Washington, G: At the lime when these letters first appealed, it was notorious to the army immediately under my command, and particularly to the gentlemen attached to my person, that my mulatto man Bil ly, had never been one moment in the power of the enemy. Ii is also a fact that no part of my baggage or any of my attendants were captured during the whole course of the war. These well-known facts made it unnecessary during the war to call the public attention to the forge ry by any ekpress declaration of mine; and a firm reliance on, my Fellow citizens, and the abundant proofs they gave of their confidence in me, rendered it alike unnecessarry• to take any formal notice of the revival of the imposition during my civil administration. But, as I can ndt kobw-ttiaite soon a more.scrinus_ event may succeed to that which will this day take place, have thdught,it a duty that I owe to ruysel4 . to any lU'iintry, iiitrti:Ctrufh;nertrti - idetall the cir cumstances abotte.recited,4_dit,to add my sol emn declaration that the letters, herein describ ed are a base fdrgery, and that . I never saw or heard of their;until they appeared in print. The presCnt letter I . commit to, your care, and desire that it may be deposited in the office of the Department of State, as'a testimony of the truth to the present generation and to posterity. Accept,2 pray you, the sincere esteem and af fectionate regard of, dear sir, your obedient, • - -Gs°. WAsulsoTinr. • . • Timothy, Piclicring, Sec. of Stale. •The letter, part or which is now published as ..original,"is the Seventh and last in this col- . !whin, California Garb—Three millions seven hun dred and thirty thousand dollars of California gold had• been received at .the Uuitca States Mitt its Philadelphia, up to last mat. WASIIINOTON, Dec. 3, 1849. SENATE.: / : tntoradrttlity with the tonstitution of the Mil= teff"Statii, -- Iliehrtt session of theltaiy-first Con gress gffriwrienced this !. The 'Senate was called to order at 12 o'clock M., by its presiding officeri Hon. Millard Fill mort.fflts. Vice President. of the United States. The rattiVing Senators, were present . Hes sis. Fetch, Hamlin, Jefferson Davis, Mangum, Downs, Walker, Dawson, Cass, Foote, Henry Dodge, A. C. Dodge, Tones, Butler, Hunter, Ma son; A tch isOn , Ctol er , J. Davis; Green, Phelps Smith, UpliaM, Hall, Clay,Vorris, Sturgeon, Bell, Baldwin, Miller, Clark, Chase, Badger, Corwin, Peirce, Calhoun, Miller, Wli comb,] ulee. Total After a very impressive prayer by the Rev. Mr. Slicer, the thaplain, of the last Renate. Hon, Nr. Mangum, presented the credentials Mille Hon. lienry Clay, of Kentucky, elected to some for the term of 6 years from the, 4th of March 184 g. Mr. Clay vas duly qualifie4 and took his seat. His appearance in the Renate again priwitided the most prpfoinidsensatiori. On' motion, it Was resolved, that,tbe Senate hereafter meet ut•:l2 o'clock, Uti - eiotion the Senate adjourned: HOUSE OF REFAESENTATIVES At tdrehre o'Clock, At, Mr. Campbell, the Clerk , of the house rot the last Congress, (mid who, by the tenor of his appointment, 'continues to hold office until a successor is elected) rose and said, that as the hour of twelve o'clock had arrived, he would, in pursuance of usage, call over the list ,of the members by states, for the purpose of ascertaining the names of 'those present, and whether a.. quortitn; : was ,in, attendance.:: • • The Clerk proceeded to call the roll by States, commencing With the State l oi Two hundred and twenty-one members an swered to their names. The , fidloWing are:the.absentees: Hon. Hen ry .Nes, of Pennsylvania; David Wilmot, Pa.; A. H. Shepherd, North Carolina; T. B. King, Georgia ; G. W. Julian, Indiana I W. J. Alston, Alabama ;D. Hubbard, Alabama";.A. G. Brown, Miss.; M. P. Gentry, Tenn ; and Mr. Morton of The Clerk then announced that, a quorum be ing present, it was competent for Members to proceed to the election of Speaker. ' Whereupon, it was moved, by Mr. Boyd of Kentucky, that the members proCeed to the elec tion of a speaker of the House for the Thirty first Congress, the members voting viva yore. Tellers having been appointed— The Clerk then proceeded to call the roll al phabetically, and having called it through, the tellers reported that the whole number of votes given was 221; necessary to a choice 11 I ;. of which on FIRST BALLOT Hon. H, 8. Cobb, of Georgia, 103; Hon. It C. Winthrop ) of blase., 96; Hon, M. P. Gen try, of Tenn., 6; Hon. David Wilmot, of Pa. ; 3; Scattering, 13. The House then proceeded to a EcoNo tl►LtOt Cobb, 102; %Winthrop, Oft j Wilmot, 8 ; Gen try, GI Scattering, 9. The Holum then proceeded to a Tilt en n awn% Cobb, 102; Winthrop, 90; . 7 ; Gen try, 6; Scattering 10 . . .' lion. Mr. Holmes, of South Carolina, then moved to, adjourn. A division being called for, a Vote was ta ken, and the motion lost. Yeas 01, nays 108. Another tiallot waslaken, with the same re sult as the third. At three o'clock a' motion prevailed to ad journ over till 12 o'clock to-morrow. Wonders or the Telegraph. Scarcely a day passes that we do not hear of some new and wonderful use to which the Tele graph. is adapted ; The following; from the Na tional Intelligencer, is the latest. We were present a few evenings ago at the - Cost Survey Astronomical. Station, on Capitol 11111, which was put in.-Telegraphic connexion. with Cincinnati, fur the purpoile of determining the longitude between the two places: The elec.- tricatclocks in this city and Cincinnati, having. been introduced into-the completed circuiti""ev ery beat" at Cincinnati was recorded at "almost the same Saxton7i're'volvine cylinder in this city, and every beattif the clock here:: was recorded likemanner upon Mitcnell's're-: volviiig plate - at Cincinnati. .At the inoineit.a star passed the meredian at Washington, by the touch of adrey the record of. the passage, was. made upon the desk 'at Cinairanati, as well as. upon the cylinder at the Washingti a station, andi the difference of the time oldie two clocks would of course indicate the difference of .longitude.-- The distance between the two cities, it must recollected, is upwards of 500 miles; this dis tance was annihilated; and events happening at' the one were instantly recorded by: automatic machinery o at the other. The interchange off star'signals was soon 'interrupted, Weever, by' the intervention of a cloud at Cincinnati:Old the• reunindectif the evening was occupied - by the gentlemen present in a philosophical 'discas . sione on the subjectitrf the velocity of the transmission of electricity. We were never. more impressed with the powei of the Telegraph to annihilate space, and bring into instant, mental cornmuill cation individuals seperated by huqdreds of miles. • •
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