Whst is the j-nl fuuiulaiion of tilU to land? Can a imsll number of person by rambling over a Urge coiiiiuent never long mmionary in one spot ind never applying the soil to those ptirpo Bei of production for which il it fi'ie.l, acquire such right as will excluJo all others Irom set lleuien".' These ques" tians are treated in the following; ex- trod by one whose abilities and learn in); well qualified him for the examina tion. 'I ahall confine myself to consider aiie sovereignty of man over the inani mate creation or tho earth iseOf this right of dominion there i aome evi dence, abovo Lrute animals, in favour of such as cultivate the earth; because il is ameliorated or made more pioductive bv the skill and labour of such. Uul as lo savages who do not cultivate the soil, cr sustain themselves lo much extenl,by that means they are in the same situa tion as to this evidence of right with the beasts. "The right of Great Britain to the ioil of North America, founded on the first discovery of the coast; however lun in its nature, vet was limited in its extent, by the right of the natives, and the right of other nations. The right of thb natives has oeen generally supposeo not to limit but exclude all others: Fu Iho law of nature vests the soil in (he C 4 . . A ,1 ll, .A ftM ill A ikllABl at II t til Dl ViWUj'BIKI'U ttivwv II y V-! times had possessed the country. Hut tih all a few tribes thinly scattered over 'an immense continent retain possesion of it, while other parts of the globe art overcharged with inhabitants? To set this matter in a clear point ol View, we anu reveri io uio unjoin vi that right which all men havi, in com mon with each other, to the earth, the water and the air and this we shall find in the extensive grant to the first pair, and in them equally to all their descendants. This grant is recorded in the fust chapter and the first book of the sacred law; And God blessed them and Cod said unto them, be fruitful and mu'tlply and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and hsve dominion over the ftth nf the Ken. and nver the fowl of ' j - j -. . - -- 7 - - 1 the air, and over everything thtt mo veth vpon on the earth. The word 01 iniii gram convey uu ngui ui jjiiuiu geniture, or any other right by which one man may occupy a larger portion of he soil than his neighborfor rights ol this kind are the establishments of civil policy, and can have no place between individuals in a state of nature or be tween different nations, who in a state t nqtiifs iam Vi rolalinn In -ifh nlfiftr The unequal distribution of the soil, wculd disappoint the manifest intention of the grant, which was to people and improve the earth for il is unfavorable 10 population mat societies or muiviuu- ! :. i::.t.. als should possess a greatear quantity ol soil than is necessary for their own sub eistence. To apply this to the aborigines or na tive Indians of America; Shall these lribes,inferior in number to peihaps onr twentieth of the inhabitants of Europe. possess ten times the territory? It will be said that their manner of life make? a great'T quantity of foil necessary. They live by hunting, and though their tribes are thinly scattered over the con tinent, yet the whole is no more than sufficient for a hunting ground nay, with even this extent of country theii subsistence is precarious, and they fre quently experience the severest it of famine, when the wild animals tin1 make their fond are rendered urwe, or have withdrawn to a didcreut lores) of the country. But do the laws or revelation or of nature leave crery man ot liberty to use what manner of Ifr he pleases? This will dseive some consideration. Before the fill, the earth spontaneous ly brought forth every herb and every free lor trie use ci man, ami we may reasonably presume, that without culti vation it would then support a larger number of. inhab'iuh;i rlmi it ran at present wl-.h tho inmost laboui we are able to bee'ow upoo it,.. In this state of things it was col necceseary to exercise tho arts of industrybut when the curse attendant on the lapse ofAdam "glanced aslope upon the ground," and u became sterilf, the cultivation cf it ws enjoined on tuari, not only as liia punishment, but as now the only means by which he could sjpporl himself, enJ oomply wiih the conditions of the grant, "replenish the earth and subdue ii'.The ord God sent him (the first man) forth from the garden of EJen, to till the reund. I acknowledge In the early times the cultivation of the earih was not 10 im mediately enjoined as necessary j for the few inhabitants might live by pasturage ind for some space of lime posterior lo the general deluge, when the flesh of mi mals was given to the tue of man, they might subsist by hunting but on the closer settlements of families snd nation, this manner of life became im possible to one, without engrossing more territory .than could be spared to another, and as all could no subais in Ms manner, no one had a righ lo claim it as anexclusive privilege. The aborigines of this continent can therefore have but small pretence lo a soil which they have never cultivated. The most they can with justice claim, is a right to those spots of ground where their wigwams have been plan ied, and to so much of the soil around them as may be neressiry to produce grain to support them, their families, in towns upon the coae', or in the in land country, where they hav inhabi ted. Perhaps they may have some pri ori'y of right to occupy a different coun try, should It be their choice to change the situation where former circumstan ces may have placed them. The continent ot XNorth America may therefore on the first discovery of the coast, by any civilized European nation, be considered , the grealrr part of it, a vacant country and liable lo become the properly of those who ihauld take the trouble to possess il Neverihelessl do not mean to justify the waging an unnecessajy war against the natives, or the extirpation oflhemal together' but ye: I would justify en cioachment on the territory claime d by ihem, until Ibey are redused to smaller bound?,ind under the necessity of chang ing their unpolished and ferocious state of lite , for fixed habitations and the srtt of agriculture. A the same lime I think it still advisable lo purchase from the qi, if il may be done conveniently ;be cause it is a dictate of humanity to de dine insisting on the full extent of any claim of property, if il may involve the shedding of ihe blood of those who though sunk beneath the dignity of hu man nature, yet bear ihe name and are en in the shape of men." (Law Ms cellanies, 121 5. Senator Benton, in his recent speed on the Oregon question, speaks of the Indian tribes as follows; "The red race has disappeared from theAtlantic coast, the tribes that resisted civilization met extinction. This is a cause of lamentation wiih many, For my pari I cannot'murmer at what seems to be the effect of divine law. I cannoi repine that this capital has replaced Ihe wigwams -this christian people replaced the saveees -white mil ions I ho red qjatvs and thai such men aaWashing ton, Franklin, and Jefferson, have taken the places of Powhattan, Operhmiecan ough. and other red men, howsoevei respectable they may have been as sava ges Civilization or extinction his been ih file of all people who have found themselves in the track of the advancing whi'ee, and civilization always Ihe pre ference cflhe whiles, has been pressed is sn object, while ex inction has follow ed aa a consequence of its resistance." 'Coif Globe lS46,. 918-; 9mr:;nifh7i Covn'ig to Light- During the recent severe $lorm w this vicinity, a large tree, about two fet in diameter, on ihe farm of Mr. Brasher, was blown down, and a large pile ol musket bulls, about 150 pou ids in weight, was found among Ihe roots of the tree. A French boat on its way from Fort Dur quesne in 1751 or '55, was cap'ured by the Indians near whrre his tree was blown down, and il ia sup posed they threw this kfg of bullet is on Ihe hank ol the river, and that tlih tree sprung up ar.d hid the built Hunt I ihe recent etcrm revealed them. Mr. lirashcsr intends to saw the tree in iwr in Older 10 count ihe rings to make out its age. Loultv'ille Cour. "TBUra WITHOUT A SATUitD.tVt JILVU, 1810 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM n. FOSTER, jr. Itemovnl The Office of the 'Comjmma Dbmochat' h been Removed into the new Brick Building, South aide of Main-street, a few doors below Market. V. B. rALMER, Esq. i authorized to act as Aeent for the 1 Columbia ukmucbat, and cf ipl alt monies for Subscription and Advertit' nig at hi A'rr.ncitt m Philadelphia iVo. 59 Pine-street. New Yori " 160 Nassau-it rect. Boston " 16 State-street. Baltimore S. E. tor. Bait, and Cuhert-sts. Merchants-Mechanics and Trudesmen may find it to their advantage, to advertise in this paper, at it is the onlii one published at Uie county beat, ".nd has a greater circulation in the county than any other paper puotishcd wilhi n stilumts. (JoLLErTOit's Omen, Berwick, Jdlt 1, 1646, Co-t. II. Wkbb, Dear Sir.- The following iliows the amount of Tolls taken at (hi Office for the months of May and June' Also the amount of Coal cleared attliib Office for the ame time, viz May 13,497 27 June 9,247 11 Total $12,744 33 COAL TON GE. In the month of May 9,653 tons io- June 25,022 Total 34,680 Youri verv Respectfully, JOHN McREYNOLDS, Collector, On our first page we publish an .?d!resr delivered by Charlea R. Duckalew, Eq. ai Oiangevillei on the 4h of July, It will be tead with interest bv a'l ERRATA. Several small typographical errors havr crept into the Address upon our first page, most of which will be delected by the at 'entive reader. The dnte '1778' 111 the low er part of the 5th column ahuuld reml,1788 ina in uie quotation irom niontesq-neu in ihe Cih column, the woid 'extended,' should be external. Foreign Interference. Mr. Jefferson wished that a wail of fin divided the new world fiom the old. Gen Harrison declaied iliut lo preserve their lib er'iies, the people of the United Rules, must lo their own voting and llieii own lighting Ir Munrue twenty five j ear9 tgo said tlul the American rontir.enta ilitt north' ern and southern. were Irom that lime nw lo be considered ai'subid to roloniziiion hy any European power; and this semi ment was restated less than a yenr ago in in his annual message, by the l'risnlont ol the United Suits These declarations do not signify that emigration or naturalization should be dis couraged To give them such irrpor would be to attack the principle upon whicl 1 h i a cotni'.ry was setilid and tsince swollen in population. The estimated 200,000 em. grants to this country for 1840, with an nggregate capital of over 13,000.000, will not and ought not to be disoouraged Iron finding upon our surplus lands a home and enjoying those lights of life, libeny, and the pursuit of happiness, which our derlar lion of independence affirms are mailable Free ingress, and easily acquired citizen ihipihave ever been popular principles ol policy with us, as colonies, as states and a? m Union. But these declarations of Piesidonls, quo ted by us, inculcate u just jealousy of intei- ertnee in our affairs by foreign .Towers And why? Because, such interference can not be otherwise than dangeroue to ihe ,eace, the prosperity, the power, and ihe ireedom, of these slates. Poland haa been he subject of inieiference. She is dismem- jered I he Iheaire 0: repealed invasions wretched in her hisiory and her hopes; her ions fugitives in evety clime; her soil and dened with bloodl she teaches ws that for eign intetfeiencc U to be feared & therefore repelled. Thit such interference lias been ittempted to our detriment on seveial occa sions is undeniable, & 11 become us to guar! igair.Bi either its open irr ',k secret approach- fi.The intrigues ofEnglaiuljSTraiice to pre vent ihn annexation of j enawera at nhame- I'ul as they were ffuitfeita.uizor'a impudent idinission, thai il vVuaidf.air.ed to kfcp up a l)lance ol power 011' this coiiliient, gives us sn insight in 10 things of a auspici'ous :haracter ilut have occurred There is lii !e doubt that the Mexican have been stir- ed up agtinsl us by foreign emisaries and l is now gravt ly propoed, thai England come in between us as a mediatoil Such a rumor has at least gone out and federal ism, true to its ancient instincts, advocates die proposition! For our part we believe wiih (ien. Harrison, that Ihe people of ihe U. S. are competuol lo do their own voting 1 nd their own limning and if England tus intrigued lo gel Mexico into a war, she shall not get us lo accept ber as a mediator lo terminate it. The interfering in our affairs by foreign governments, srisea from their (real jeal ousy of our growing power, and their ha ired of our Republican system. Thei tourists libel, heir politicians fear, and then monarch hate ajs. The spectacle nf 1 ifoverroient over twenty millions of inhab Hants carried on without disorder, in which the people are in facl and in practice the fountain of power, ia calculated lo awaken alarm among the monarch and nobility of the world. Our system and theirs, are an tagonist ones and a the inclination of the human mind, unfettered by bigotry or in tereat, is toward Ireedom our system to spires confidence and invites adoption. ihe doctrine of non interference in the concerna of foreign countries, upon whic our uovernment nai tintlorinlv acted must be enforced against Powers that begin to talk about a 'balance of power' on this con tinent, and shew unmistakeable signs rl malevolenco toward our Government, and our people. IMPORTAN V FROM TAMPICO. The U. S, sloop of war, St. Marys, on the 8th of June, made an attempt 10 cut ou three Mexican gun boats lying in the river at Tampico. The attack waa made in the night, and owing 10 circumstances beyond the control of ihe officer in command, the object was not accomplished. The fort however, was silenced by toe fire from ihe sloop of war. Another attempt was inien ded aa soon us arrangements could bo com pleted for it. UTA' FROM TIIZJ ARMY. Reported Pnpos'.tion or Peace. By the arrival of ihe steamer New Yui k it iew Uileans, ualveston papers to ihe 2 l'h of June have beo.i received.No interesting news from Ihe army, excrpi thai it was generally understood the line of march, probaly in the dirt eticn ol Monterey, will be laken upon on the lOih July. tne u. a. orig Jiwrance arrived at Pennsacola on Thursday, 25lh inst., seven days from Brazos S'. J 10, hav ing been employed blockading the Rio Grande and lirzns and co-o!eratini with the army 103 days. The Demo crat reports thai ihe day tho Liwenee left her station off the Brazos S. Jjgo, she was boarded by the pilot, who ta led that an express had reached Gen Taylor's Camp at Mamoras, suinj; for piace. The au'henlicity of this in formation depends upon the pilot, a the Lawrence did not communicate af- ei wards in consequence of bad wtather. There were asspntblerl at tflton, III., on Ihe 23d ull., 14 companies of volur, teers, all anxious for Ihe flight, or ty two companies more than were re quired by order, were enrolled, and tendered their services. Americans in Russia. Col. Todd informs us that the grading and work- ng on tho entire railroad lite, fion St. Petersburg!) loWarsaw, (440 miles,) was eiven lo American Contractors. Phis contract amounts to four and half millions of dollars, and was giver to American contractors, in the fac of the competition of all Europe, with out security. Cn CAron ce. Pardons. Dm ing the year 1845 here vveie 693 application lo the (Jov einor of New York for pardons, 15!) ol which were granted; 96 weie pardoned from the Slate prison; 30 Irom count) jails; 9 from !he NrW Yoik penitentia ry; 24 were rtsioied to citizenship, and and in two cases Ihe sentence of death was commuted lo imprisonment for iife. Imiobation. The number of imi grants arrived at new York during the past six mon'hs is 40,(331, increase oiei the sime period of last une of 12.8S2. 7.00J passengers fiom foreign ports ar rived al'Bonon during ihe quarter end ing Tuesday laat. The bill retrocedicg Alexandria, in ihe District of Columbia back 10 the Skate ol Virginia has passed Congresg and becnpie a law h now only wails to be accepted by the people of A!exndria to be carried into eflect. K. -poiltd fni tlm Cjlt mure Sun. THH TARIFF. MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tho consideration of ihe laiiff bill a again lesumed in committee of the whole, A great number of additional amend ment having been rejected, ai noun the committee rose ind reported ihe bill to the Home amiihi great uproar. I he Speakei having lalteit the 1 hnir, a- houl 40 moilibers itimnod 110 at once, hut Mr. Boyd gol the fl ior He moved the revi viotis question on coin uirint; m ihe uoiend ments ol the committee of ihu whole. A motion was Immediately made in l.iy ihe motion on the table. The vote wis. yeas Ott, nays 1 12. So the motion for (he previous question was then ordered and the (Iotiae proceeded lo vole on the amend ment to the bill mad) by the commute. On coicuiring ia tho amendment ol the committee of the whole by which 'aali' was stricken out of the duty paying article ihe vote was yeas 105, nays 03. So the amendment was concurred in. Amidst a great uproar a motion was made to reconsider lite vote just laken- The yeas and nays having been ordered. Mr. lludgon called upon the speaker lo have thai rule enforced whii.h prohibits any member from standing near the clerkV desk while the vole was iakinga The Speadei requeued ihe members to take iheir sens and caused the rule io q-ies' lion to be read Ii was not however until after repeated efforts that the offenders could be induced lo leave the front of the desk. The vole on ihe motion to leconsider was then laken, and decided in the negative Yeas 116, nays 105. The annunciation of tho vole was receiv ed by loud clapping. The question was again put in another form, viz. 'Shall salt be placed on the free liati' The vote wa yeas 105, nays 104. o it was again decided thai salt should be placed on the free list. A moment afterwards, however, the Speakci was called upon to vote. lie did so, and in the negative. This made the voie a lie, which was equal to t'.ie rejection of the motion. Loud upplause again foil jw ed. It subseqtinetly appeared, however, lliai owing to the great confusion which pre vaile.d, the Clcik had miscounted the vote, and that it was yeas 105, nays 102, which did nut give the Speaker the right lo vote, he being permitted to do eo only when his vole will change ihexcsull on any quej lion. A motion was ihen made to reconsitler the vote, and il was .carried yeas 104 nays 102. The effect of ihia waa lo bring the house hack iieain to Ihe question, "Shall sail be placed on ihe free list?' The vole was veas 104, nays 105. So il was decided a f lei all lhal sll shall nol be placed on the free list. It therefore remains in the bill sub iect lo 20 per cent duty. The fate of the bill depended upon ihis one negative vole is otherwise the New York members would not have voted for the bill. The question was nexi laken on con urring in the amendment of ihe committee repealing ihe fishing bounties. This wat non concurred in yeas 100, nays 109 Phis saved ihe vote of the Maine delegation who otheiwiee would have gone against the Hill. yhe bill as amendea, was tnen ordered o be engrossed for a ihiid reading, without t division, The amendment placing tea and coffee miong the free articles was agreed to. The question then being. 'Shall this !)ill pas?' it was decided as follows ye at 1 14, nave 95. So ihe bill was parsed; Yeas Messts, Adams of Mis?. Ander son Aikinsnn Bayly Bedinger BentonBigc Rlnrk of S. C, Ilowliu Boyd Brinkerhnfl Brockenbroogh Biown of Va., Burl Cath' an Chapman of Va-, Chapman of Ala Oluse Ohip.i.an Clarke Cobb Culiu Culoiii Cunningham Duiuel Ddrgr.n Davis of Miss De M011, Dobbin Douglaou Dromgool Dunhip Ellsworth F.nin Firklin Fries CJilri- Goodyear Gordon Ihuulin Haraleon liar manson Henly Billiard lloge Holmes ul S C , Hopk.ns Hough ouaion of Ala., Hubatd of , Hunt of Mich., Kun'ei Johnson of N. II,, fohnson of Va., J.hn on of Tenn,. Jones of Ten 11 Jones of Ga Kaufman Kennedy King of N. Y., Law rence Leake La Sere Lumpkin Mai I a) VU-Clelland McClernand McConnell Mo Crate McDowell of Ohio McDowell of Va-, McKay Martin of Ky., Martin of T&nn, Morris Moie Moulton A'iven Norris Par iah 'ayne Phelps, Pillsbuiy Rathbun Rem Relfe Rheit Roberts Sawielle Sawyer Seam- mon Seddon Sims of S. C. Sims of Mo., Simptnm T. Smith of la., Srmth III., Stsn ton Starkweather St John Strong Thomp ion of Miss., Tliurnrui T.ldiatj I'redway Wick William Wilnot V, Woodward of S C. Yancey 1 14. Nay, Messrs Abbott Adams ol M , Arnold Asliinon Uariinger Bell BUnrh.ii i Brown of Tenn., Rroadhend linfli.i: ' Camphfll of N. Y., ('atnpbell of Pa,, Cu- roll Cjcke Uollamer (!rannion Cr ziei di ver Dariah Davu of Ky., Deltno DiX'ii Dockery Edall Krdina 11 Ewing ol Pa ,E w ing of Tcnn. I'ooi 1'osii-i (ieniry liiddings Graham Grider Gnnuel lLmi- 1011 Ilolmea of N. Y , ILu;inu of Del., Ilubhaid of Cl. IIiiIhod Hungerford Hunt ('. J. Ingcrsoll of 'a. J. R. lugrrsoll of Pa. Jenkins Kinf of .lat., Lcib Lewis Levin Long McClean, MrGaughey, Mc Henry Mcllvaine, Marsh Museley Miller 'endlelon Perry Pollock Ramsey Rittcr Rockwell of Mass. Rotkwell of Cl. Root Russell Runk Schenck Seaman Scveranco Smith of N. Y-Smith of Ci. Caleb B. Smith of la. Stephens Stewart Sirohm Sykes l'hibodeaux 7'homasson Thompson of Mass. Thompson of Pa. TildtMi Toombs Trumbo Vance Vinton Wheaton Whilo Win hrop Woodnfl' .V right Young Yost 95. A motion lo reconsider the vote whs nvide and rejected. So the bill will bo sent t ) ihe Senate on Monday. THE VOTE ON THE TARIFF. The following reenpitulaiion of the vote by Stales on ihe 'Tariff may prove inleresi- ing lo our leaders, Yeas. Nays. Absent. States. Dem. W. Lhm. W. Dem. IV. Maine 0 0 0 1 0 0 New Hampshire 3 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 3 1 0 Massachusetts 0 0 0 9 0 0 Rhodo Island 0 0 0 2 0 0 Connecticut 0 0 0 4 0 0 .New York 16 O 4 12 10 New Jersey 0 0 2 3 0 0 Penmvlvania 1 0 11 12 0 0 Delaware 0 0 0 1 0 0 Maryland 10 112 1 Virginia 14 0 0 1 0 0 North Carolina 6 0 0 3 0 0 South Carolina 7 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia 5 0 0 2 0 1 Florida I 0 0 0 0 0 Alabama 6 1 0 0 0 0 Mississippi 4 0 0 0 0 0 TcnnesHPe 6 0 0 5 0 0 Kentucky 3 0 0 7 0 0 Ohio 12 0 0 S 10 Michigan 3 0 0 0 0 0 Indiana 5 0 0 2 2 0 Illinois 5 0 0 0 1 1 Missouri 4 0 0 0 1 0 Arkansas 0 0 0 0 1 0 Louisiana 3 0 0 1 0 0 Texas 2 0 0 0 0 0 Total 113 1 19 77 10 3 Threo vacuuies, uno member (ihe Speak er) no vole. The eteamshi p Britannia arrived at Bos on the 4ih inst bringing fifteen days laser news from Europe. Thb Corn Bill has passed the committee if the whole in the House nf L mls by a majority of thirty-one. consiquenily all fears if ils final passage had ceased. The wheal and potatoe crops ir. England ind teland had ull appearance of being a-bundant- The war between the United Stales and .1exieo engrosses public attention. Tho victories of llieAmeiicans on ihe RioGrande Ins chenged public feeling both in England and France from sympathy for tho Mexi- ans lo contempt, This change of opinion however, is as iinjnsi lo the Mexicans as the former feeling was 10 the American!. Die AA-xicans deserve much credit for heir gallant siand, and it waa only the su perior tact and energy of General Taylor and his btave little army lhal cveithrew hen. Mr Oyizol's organ is still pointing out he necessity ami policy of Franca and Eng' and interfering by a joint action of some kind to protect Mtxico from wh;it il lerms tho rapacious and lyranical conduct of the United Slates in seizieg on the teiritory of 1 weak andunfoitunaie nation. The gov eminent organ, however, does not touch on ihe surjret, and the probability is ttiat i!ic rgan o( Mr. Guizot is used as a feeler to isccrtain the views of ihe people in icgatd to such a movement. Le Compie, the attempted assassin of l.niiie Phillippe, King of tho French, has neen exeruted. This announcement will io received wild universal aurpiise, as thju unfortunate man has heretofore been uni lormly represented as laboring under a sin -utar delusion, nearly approaching .to in saniiy- Death of the Pope of Rome. M m Uq. inet-s, the 'ope of Rome it dead, having expired suddenly on the 1st of June Car linsl Frar.zoni, it is said, is Ihe peison must likely to succeed him. I lias not rained for two iayi,