Important Prom Mx.
By the arrival nt New Orleans, of the Perio, '
frTi Tern Cmt, which place she left on the 13th
tit., we have important advice.
The account of the entire success of the revo-
lutionory morement under Parcdes, are confirm
ed. That officer has established himself in the
capital, and has been elevated to the Presidency ;
(:d interim.)
He entered the city on the 3d ult,, and a meet
lrt of the principal officers was held, which pro
vided among other matters for a temporary go
vrtmcnt, that a Junto of "notables," represen
ting each Department, should assemble and elect
n person to exercise the executive function. The
.1mit accordingly assembled on the 3d, an:! unan
imously elected Paredes. Much discussion was
! a 1 as to the form of the oath that should be ad
ministered to the President ; tome of the Junta
!i-.iiing 'bat in addition to the usual obligations,
he should swear to repel the usurpations of the
t'lut-d States. This proposition did not prevail;
fin oath varying but little from the customary
'"rn, was decided on. The inauguration took
ji'us with much ceremony nn the 4th, lifter
whii-.h a Te Deum was celebrated in the Cathe
dial. The President made an address appealing to
lle.iven for the disinterestedness of his motive,
and declaring that as soon as the country Lad es
tablished her lihrties ho should retire.
The present Ministry is composed of P. Juan
N. Almonte. Minister of War ; 9. Castilloy Lau
ir. Foreign Affairs ; D. Luis Parres, Treasury ;
H-'ccerra (Bishop of Chiapas.) of Justice.
G. mral Valencia, foimerly Governor of the
city of Mexico, has been made Comptroller of
the Mint.
General Tornel, Valentia and Taredei held a
Council at Gaudaloupe, a village a fpw miles
from Mexico, some days since, to make arrange
ments to consolidate the Government. It will
he remembered that Tornel was formerly Minis
ter of War and Marine under Santa Ana.
The city of Mexico remains perfectly tranquil,
and nil precautionary measures against a counter
revolution have been discontinued.
On tho accession of ParcdcSjOur Minister, (Mr.
Siidell, probably demanding to be recognized,
snd the demand refused,) asked for his passports,
hut was informed that as he had never been re
ceived as minuter, no passport, in that quality,
roulil be given to him ; he then requested that
the Government would pive him an escort to
Vera Cruz, which was peremptorily refused.
Vpon the news reaching Vera Cruz, seven offi
fn of the United States brig Somen), which ar
rived at that port on Cth ult., started for Mexico,
w ell armed to escort him through the country.
The Helta says: "Such is the information
which we have received. Whether it be true or
not, we cannot vouch but if not true, it is very
trulLl;ke. It corresponds exactly with what
might be expected from the Mexicans, fiom the
minister, and from the ardent and fearless ofli
teri of the navy."
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Tlir. ABXSRXCAN.
Saturday, ibuary 7, !81G.
n, t'jtr,.nr:it, r.q., at h iteni k-
tat taint fiwl OHlcr. corner of .Id mid t'hrxnut
.Yfr7, I'hlludtlphlu, is mtthorittd to art at
fffnt, aril rrcritt tor all montc due thta
ninety fur tnbucrtpUon or atierHihi(.
JJUo. ut Ids OliUeM. 160 .V(sm S'rett,
.9iul S P.. Corner or ttnUtmnrt and Calif it
U , Baltimore.
(1? On our first pace, will be found an inter
ettirs article en the subject of the small pox, as
well as other entertaining arfcles.
(U Tux Dnri.. Our Washington correspon
dent this week, gives an account of a fatal duel
between two gentlemen of North Carolina. The
gentleman who was thallenn'-d. was shot through
the head the first fire, and died almost instantly.
If the remaining parties were sent to the Peni
tentiary a few years, it might teach them to set
tle their difTUnlties before a legal tribunal, here
after. K7" Tint TKnirr. A few weeks since, our
?ennOTS !t 1 tftrrifa1inrT nnaaeil 1v A linuiiimnuti
a j
vote, resolutions in favor of the present tariff1.
In this they only acted in obedience to the oft ex
pressed wishes of the people. In the House, the
subject has been staved off" from time to time
without taking & vote. They will, however,
have to come up to the trough, fodder or no fod
der, and the result will show not more than a
half dozen votes against it. These will come
from about Bradford and Tioga counties the only
free trade district in Pennsylvania.
ttT Tut Watf.r Ct:as Journal. We have
received the first six Humbert of this excellent
work, edited by Dr. Joel Shew, of New York,
and published semi-monthly, at $1 per annum.
The great discovery of Preisnitt, that almost all
diseases can be, not only speedily cured, but en
tirely eradicated from the system, by the appli-
cation of water, is one of the most useful and im
portant discoveries of modern timel. Some years
since cold water and fresh air were entirely ban
ished from the sick chamber. Now the virtue
of cold water, in many casea, is admitted by
practitioners of all classes. The first number of
the Journal contains Pulwer's celebrated article,
giving nn account of bis restoration to health by
this process, after he had abondoned all hopes of
relief, under the hands of the most eminent phy
sicians in England. We have made cop;ons ex
tracts from the article, in this weeks paper. The
article was evidently written while under adeep
seated feeling of gratitude, and is invested with
that captivating style, familiar to all the readers
of Biilwrr. We make the following extracts.
"At this time, about January of IP II, I
was thoroughly shattered. The. least attempt
at exercise; exhausted me. The) nerves gnve
way nt the most ordinnry excitement a chronic
irritation of thai vast surface we call the mu
cous membrane, which had defied for jearsall
medical skill, rendered me continually liable to
willing drudgery, becomes the inevitable im
pulse nt tho frame braced and invigorated by
the clement.
I have known hour of as much and as vivid
happiness as perhaps can fall to the Id of man ;
but amount all my most brilliant recollection
I can recall no periods of enjoyment at nnce
more hilarious and pereno than the hours spent
on tho lonely hills of Malvern none in which
nature was bo thoroughly possessed and appre
ciated. The rise from a sleep sound as child
hood's the impatient rush into the open air,
while the sun was fresh, and the birds first sang
the sense of an unwonted strength in every
limb and nerve, which made so lisjlit of the
sleep ascent to the ho'y spring tho delicious
sparkle of that morning draught the preen ter
race on the bmw of the mountain, wiih tlie rich
landscape wide and far below the breeze that
once wo'ild have been so keen and biting, now
hnt exhilarating the blood, and lifting the spirits
into religious joy ; and this keen sentiment of
present pleasure rounded by a hope sanctioned
by all I felt in myself, and nearly all that I wit
nessed in others that verv present was but the
step, the threshold, into an unknown and de
lightful region of health and vigor: a disease
am.' a care drnpping from the frame and the
heart at every ttride.
'1 emerged at last fiom these operations in no
i' 1 " sr-tEsT""?"" i i . . i ' -
CirrcspoDilcnce of the Sunburj American.
NUMBER VI.
Washington, Feb. 2, 1 940.
The opening of last week's session was char
acterized with a great deal of warmth in the Sen
ate. Mr. Mangum.on Monday, gave notice that,
at a proper time, ha would offer a resolution a
mandatory of Mr. Crittenden's, authorizing the
Oregon notice to be given at the close of the ses
sion. The amendment provides that our govern
ment shall make an offer to Great Britain to leave
the whole matter to arbitration, and that a bill
be reported for a Territorial Government in Ore
gon, in case the matter shall not have been set
tled by the time the notice expires. This go
vernment cannot, nor I think will not, at this
time make an effort f this kind. Arbitration
by foreign powers has long since been talked of,
to bring this question to a settlement. Rut, to
leave it to two foreign powers, possessed of all
the iniquities necessarily attached to the monar
chal institutions of the Old World, which have
never been too favorable to the rapid strides that
republicanism has been taking on this continent
since we have "cut loose" from John Pull and set
up for ourselves, is what the American people
acute attacks-, which from their repetition and very portly condition. 1 was bianr.ti.Kl ami
increased feebleness or my frame, might at any emaciated--washed nut like a thriliy house
time he fatal. Though free from any organic gown but neither the blenching tior tho
difcase of the heart, its action was morbidly Iofs of weight had in tho least impaired my
rcBtlees and painful. My sleep was without otrength ; on the contrary, all the muscles had
refreshment. At morning I rose more weary erown Bs l,ar, 1,9 iron- "f'1 1 was he-corno capv
than I laid down to rest. ' ble of great exercise without fatigue ; n.y cure
-It was at this time that I met by chance, in Wtt8 n,,t but I was compelled to go into
the library at St. Leonard's, with Cptain Cla- (;p'ny- On my return homeward.,, I was
. , , , ,, . p,,.. ,. , seized with a severe cold which rapidly passed
ridge wark on the " ater-Cure, as practiced 1 J '
, . .. . r, r , ,, ., into high fever. Fortunately I was within
by Priessnitz at Graefenberg. Making allow- h 1
, , . ,. ,i .. i i reach of Doctor Schmidt's magnificent hydro-
atice for certain exaggerations therein, which n . ,
appeared evident to my common sense, enough
a war measure. I am not willing to plunge into
a war measure when the state of things around
is peace while I, at least, cannot see the war to
which it is to be applied. If war comes, I want
no half way measures. If war comes, we will
vote with no Stinting band : but, until it does
come, I am against anything which is equivocal
or debatcable. Sir, I hope my position, whether
there be war or peace, will not be equivocal.
Peaco measures and war measures shoti'd be con
clusive and determinate." Here you have the
opinion of three of the "great guns" of the Sen
ate. They may not be, at this time, nninterest
ins to your readers.
In the House, on the same day, little else was
I done but the discussion on giving the notice. Mr.
Pendleton of Virginia being called to the floor,
fired bis grape and canister shot at all things and
persons that did not please his fancy. He, with
Mr. Kennedy, thought that the most pleasing and
most pleasant mode of settling the difficulty,
would be by the multiplication table, by which
the country would be populated, although, very
uncharitably, too, he had strong doubts as to whe
ther Mr. Polk and Mr. Buchanan were qualified
to take the lead in such an operation. An amend-
would not very willingly accede to. And for us I ment, similar to Mr. Mangum's in the Senate,
to make the ofTer, as is the evident int'-ntion of j was offered by Butler King, of New York,
the amendment of Mr. Mangum, after the neo-j Nothing of interest transpired on Tuesday,
tiation which was carried on, on the part of this J with the exception of the matters, connected, in
government, in the greatest pirit of concession some way or other, with the Oregon question,
and conciliation, being abruptly discontinued by j 1 will pass it over.
the British Plenipotentiary, is a thing that would On Wednesday, another spirited discussion
Cif We perceive that Y)r. Waggensellcr, the
Senator from Union, has :pmteda bill for a
niversitv at I.ewnburz, Union county. 1 Ins is,
we presume, for the contemplated Baptist Estab
lishment, to which the citizens of the place had
already subscribed about ten thousand dollars,
when we taw the list headed only by about
twenty names, and which they expected to dou
ble. The establishment willeost, it is said, $100 -000.
There are but few towns that would under
take to raie half the amount subscribed by our
enterprising neighbors. We trust they may be
successful.
still remained not only to cap'ivate the imagi
nation and flatter the hopes of an invalid, but to
appeal with favor to his sober judgment. Till
then perfectly ignorant of the subject and the
system, except by some such vague stories and
pathic establishment at Roppart ; thither 1 cau
sed myself to be conveyed j and now I had oc
casion to experience the wonderful i lTect of the
Water-Cure in acute cases; slow in chronic
disease, its beneficial operation in iicute is im
mediate. In twenty-lour hours nil (ever had
subhided, and on the third day I resumed my
Interrttlng Indian Jnlclllgtncr
llattlf. Between the Iilarhjcet and Crow In
limns. The St. Louis Reveille of the 2'2d has
tlie following interesting Indian intelligence,
broupht by a gentleman from Fort F. A. C
r.enr the Falls of Missouri:
In the 17th of last June, some seven hund
red of the Crowe fell upon a small party of the
Blfickleet, who bed camped about seventy-five
miles from tha Fort, and in advance of tho main
ho ly. The Crows killed twenty-two, wound
ed ns many more, and took upwards of a hund
red women and children prisoners, and succeed
ed in capturing three hundred horses. Intelli.
genee of their disastrous defeat having been
conveyed to the main body of the Blackfeet,
n7 Tub Great Missovrian Annihilated
The celebrated East Smithfield committee of
Bradford county, have ventured to pass resolu
tions denouncing the Hon. Thomas H. Benton, for
voting against Judge Sturgis and Dr. falisbury,
the caucus nominees, as officers of the U. S. Sen
ate. Tbey say that Col. Benton is no reliable
democrat. We did not, ourselves, exactly ap
prove of Senator Benton's course, but it is never
theless amusing to see, with what caution these
men shoot their paper bullets at the old Senator's
Rhinoceros hide, while they were as savage as
the Black feet Indians with the members of our
Legislature, who voted for Gen. Cameron against
the caucus nominee.
K7 There have been a number of rumors
afloat, that the Hon. James Buchanan, Secretary
of State, would be appointed to the vacant Judge
6hip of the Supreme Bench. We are inclined (o
believe, that Mr. Buchanan will remain in the
Cabinet for some time yet, and when he does re
r.,rvl iltte H 1 n fl Vein I 1 1 lt n,V PRTS in (ll'TIPnilV.
I r,i,r,,i,r r.,1 a.iif.ift (mm nvnrtr til' ht.toi tltnt tin.l
I lesnlved at least to read whnt more could be J. . '
.... , . , , . helore proirnofrt cated a tedious and perhaps a
ilii-psssiorately into its meri'sas a medicament.
I was then under the advice of one of the first
physicians of our age. . 1 had consulted half the
facul'v. I had every reason H he grateful for
the attention, and to ho confident in the skill.
of those whoso prescriptions had, from time to
time, flattered my hopes and enrithed the chem
int. Hut the truth must be spoken fur from
being better, I was sinking fat. Little remain'
ed to me to try in the great volurce of the her
bal. Seek what I wotHd next, even if quack
ery, it certainly might expedite my grave, but
it could fcarcelv render life at least the exter
nal life more unjoyous.
"Still my friends were anxious and fesrful ;
to please them I continued to inquire, though
not of physicians, but of patients. 1 sought
nut some of tln'se who had gone through the
process I sififd si me of the reecs of ciu s ei
led by Dr. Wilson. I found the neeoiint of the
patients so enciurnginjr, the case quoted eo an
thentie, that I grew impatient of i'elav. I threw
physic te the dugs, and went to Malvern.
"The first point which impressed and struck
me wes the extreme and utter innocence ofthe
Water-Curo in skilful hands in any hands in'
deed not thoroughly new to the system, err
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they came up. and. thnuH, in less numbers than b,5" u wl" "l ue lo ,tt"r " 'UK
the Grows, attacked them in turn, snd fought
so desperately that the lutter were compelled tu
retreat to a place they had strongly fortified,
which they succeeded in reaching with, ail their
plunder, though moft of their prironers escaped.
arniinir illness.
"It is as the frame recovers from the agita
lion it undergoes, that it gathers round it pow
cr utterly unknown to it befoie as the plant
watered by the rains of one season, betrays in
the next the effect of the grateful dews.
"I had always suffered so severely in winter,
that the severity of our last one gave me appro
hensions, and I resolved to seek shelter from my
fears at my beloved Malvern. I htre passed
the most inclement period ofthe winter, not on
ly perfectly free from the colds, rheums and ca
tarrhs, which had hitherto visited ine with the
snows, but in the enjoyment of excellent health;
and I am persuaded that for those who are de
licate, and who suffer much during the winter.
there is no place where the cold is so little felt
as at a. Water-Cure establishment. I am per
suaded also, and in this I am borne nut by the
experience of most water doctors, that the cure
is most rapid and effectual during the cold sea
son trom uutum tlirougli the winter, 1 am
thoroughly convinced that consumption in its
earlier stages can be more easily cured, and the
predisposition more permanently eradicate 1 by
a winter spent at Malvern, under the care of
Doctor Wilson, (ban by the timorous flight to
Pisa or Madeira. It is by hardening rather
, , . , i . , i. i i
Mirny wnen i wen., I oeueveo u 10 oe a ki.i or U)nn Uefen(in!j ie tissue8 ,lDl we bea Becure
cure system. I fancied it must be a very vi- lhcm romdjase.
C?"Tiif. One Term PsiNciri.s. That this
great and growing principle of true democracy
will income general, we can nanny oouoi. nir.
Bagby, the Senator from Alabama, has introdu
ced resolutions in Congress to alter the Consti-
The Rlaekfeet were not strnni; enough to dis- tution, to that effect. But what is more impor-
lodge the Crows from their position, and ulti- taut, President Polk has declared most emphati-
Biately retir d. The Initio continued between cally, that he is in fuvor of the one term principle.
various rlieg of esch triKe f,,r quite four dsye. Gen. Jackson also favored this principle, and
Th actual number of ki'Vd in th affair it was most reluctantly consented to serve a second
ilitlieu'.t to ascertain. The Crows acknnwledg- term, which the cireumUance ofthe times alone,
cda loss of eight or t.-n killed and several induced him to accept. These distinguished men
wounded. Our informant Mites that the Black- w evl1' fthi principle. The inducements
feet intend to revenge themselves upon ,heir to deviate from the strict line of duty, in order
enemiftM the ensuing spring. It appears that
, , , .i .u i- whose patriotism is often measured by the tenure
tne tiiaiority of the tribe were on the other aide '
.,J-' .... r .i. of their office the want of independence in ex-
ot the mountains, near I'm head waters of the . . . ' . .
. I CIIIBIUK IMC CACIUIHT lUlllllUIIS, ll 11UI I' I g
Colurnbia, whither it is their custom of ffmng -... , .
every spring, am! that those who were engaged , . h prpo.eof aeciirina a re-election.
in this affair wi;h tha Crow were but an ad- wef, ,00 obviol t0 esi.sp(, th(.jr ll(,tice. Wc
tanee party who had reerossed the mountains trIltti before many years, this principle will be
oinewhst earlier than usual. incorporated in our constitution. That a larse
The ('rows hud been driven into the neigh- majority are now in favor of it. there can be no
borhood where tho fiht recurred which is doubt. The examnle set bv President Polk is
culled, in parlance, tiiu "Black Country" by worthy of imitation, and will redound greatly to
tha Sioux, who wero nut in great force against bit credit and to bis patriotism.
them. They usually visit that section of the
country, likewise, when the Dlackfeet are ab
sent.
About a fortnight before the fight, small
pirty ofthe Dlackfeet attacked the 'horse guard'
at Fort F. A. C, a trading post ofthe Ameri
can Fur Company, killing one man, named
C7"R6ahso Railroad The following is a
snmmary notice of the Report o( this Company,
recently made :
'For the year ending 30th November last, its
receipts wero Sl.U7-li.Sl, it wlncli urge a-
mount freights and tolls ou coal paid .Ml.'JJ'.l,
pu.enit rs 103, 11 1, freight on ineichandise
Charles Hiquett, whose family is supposed to $li0.57, U. S. mail, rents, &c , W7.mil. The
be in this city : seriously wounueu anouier, and I "v " m.h,Ki-,.. - .-, -,i
i .u . i k, i . neit income &T))7,:Wll, or about five per cont.
succeeded in stealing thirty horses btlone.ng to it. p(w, . ' AXX ,,-,
the post. j Sj:i,12tV0(l0 in stoek, and f7,037,i:UO in old
The Crows and Dlsekfeet.as may be known, and new bonded debt.
are bitter ene.ines, always, assailing each other ! 'Mail for the rt of hauling
. 4 t i I un me iiiau iur mo jrar 3JttJ warn hjumu
whenever they can get an opportunity to do ao, ,0 1h, W(, d hj h ,
with deadly ho-tility. 1 he former are very 1 stated in the last annual report. This discrease
friendly to the whites, and the htter tribe di- " or hauling of 4 7-10 cents per tun (or
,h nnnrwile sT. "i year a nnsinessl nas Deen
r iy 1 1 I ch.eflv effected b I'km ,I,I,i iisn f) ta firu nlnaa
ArsoiNtro -C;.verr.oT'"shunk L.. appointed e":,i1np P"1"""' during the past year.
" . ' 1 ha expenditure on lha It ir hi, ,,, I a. I. .nr.
Edward A. Penniman, Esq., Register of ilia, UM befn h(avv ,moun,in , sjus.dno.ir,,
for the county of Philadelphia, in tha room of wr,ic, includes the completion o all the neoes-
John Weaver, Au'd. arjr wbarvef, ahutes, platforiii, 6it."
olent remedy that it doubtless rniht efTect
great and magical cures hu' that it' it failed it
might be fatal. Now, I speak not alone of my
own cnFO, but of the immense number of canes
I have seen patients or all ses nil species
snd genera ordisesse all kinds and conditions
of constitution, when 1 declare, upon my honor,
that I never witnessed one dangerous system
produced by the Water Cure, whether at Doc-
tor Wilson's or the other Hydropathic Institn
tions which I afterwards visited. And though
unquestionab:y fatal consf quences might occur
from jrross inismansnement, and ca unquestion
ably have so occurred at various establishments,
I am yet convinced that water in itself is so
friendly to the human body, that it requires a
very extraordinary degree of bungling, of igno
ranee, and presuinpl ion, to produce results real
ly dangerous; that a regular practitioner does
more frequent mischief from the misapplica
tion of yen the simplest drugs, than a water
fleeter i f very moderate experience does, or can
do, by misapplication of his baths and friction.
"Here lies a great secret; water thus skil
fully administered is in itself a wonderful ex
citement ; it supplies the place of all others
it operates powerfully and rspidly upon the
r.rrvis, fuim times to calm them, sometimes to
irritate, but aUiiys to occupy. Hence follows
a cciiseqiif nee which all patient have remark
ed the complete repose ol the passions during
the rarly stages of the cure; they seem laid a
sleep as if by enchantment. The intellect
shares the same rest ; atterashoit time, men
tal exertion becomes impossible ; even the mem
ory grows far less ttnacious of its painful im
pressions, caree ana griew are lorgouen ; me
sense ofthe present absorbn the past and future;
there is a cefiam freshness and youth which
pervade the spirits, and live upon the enjoy.
ment of the actual hour. Thus the great agenta
tf our mortal wear and tear the passions
and the mind calmed into strange rest Na
tine seems to leave the body to its instinctive
tendency, which is always towards recovery
All thai interests and amuse ia of a healthful
character ; exercise, instead ol being an un
"I do not even now effect to boast of a perfect
and complete deliverance from all my ailments
I cannot declare that a constitution naturally
delicate haa been rendered Herculean, or that
the wear and tear or a whole manhood have been
thoroughly repaired. What might twvo been
the case had I not taken the cure at intervals,
had I remained at it steadily for six or eight
months without interruption, 1 cannot do more
than conjecture, but so strong is my bTier that
tlie result would have been completely sue
cessful, that I promise myself, whenever I can
spare the leisure, a long renewal of the system
These admissions made, what hnvu I gained
meanwhile to justify my eulogiea and my grat
tiludel an immense accumulation of the cap
ittilvf health. Formerly it was my favorite
and querulous question to thoso who saw much
ot me, "Did you ever know me twelve hours
without pain or illness !" Now, instead of these
being my constant companions, they aro but
occasional visiteis.
"In the second place far from subsiding, it
seems to increase by time, so that I may rea
sonably hope that the bitter part of my life,
instead of being more infirm than the former
will become so far as freedom from suffering,
and the calm enjoyment of external life are con
cerned my real, my younger, youth. And it
is this profound conviction which lias induced
me to volunteer these details, in the hope (I trust j
a puie and kindly one) to induce those, who i
more or less have suflered as I have done, to fly
to the sume rich and beautiful resources. We
ransack tho ends or the earth for drugs and mi
nerals we extract our potions from the dead-
lieat poisons but around us and about us, Na
ture, the great mother, protlers the llygeian
Count, unsealed and accessible to all- Where
ver the stream glides pure, wherever the spring
sparkles fresh, there, for the vast proportion of
the maladies which Art produces, Nature yields
the benignant healing."
E7"The celebrated German Chemist, Juste
Liebig, has been created Baron. His works on ag
ricultural and animal chemistry, will secure him
a mora lasting title than monarchs ran confer.
be treated with universal disgust. The "London
Times," received by the late Foreign arrival, a
paper whose opinions, with the intellieent and
well informed of Europe, is treated with the grea
test respect and consideration, and whose tone
upon the Inaugural Message of President Polk
was characterized with all the vehemence that is
usually found in the blustering aiticles ofthe
British press, makes a return to a little more jus
tice, and gives the "left shoulder" to thp opinions
previously entertained by it. In an article upon
the Oregon question, it suggests the idea that the
British Minister renews the offer made by Mr.
fiallatin, under the administration of Mr. Adams,
to take the 49th degree as far as the sea. with
Vancouver's Island the harbor of St. .Tuaa de
Euca, and the free navigation of the Columbia
river. Mr. Oallatin, in a seties of aiticles in the
National Intelligencer on this subject, just finish
ed, proposes nearly the same time then offered,
with an important amendment the right to the
free navigation ofthe St. Laur-nce by the U.
States, as an equivalent for the use ofthe Colum
bia by Great Britain. This, if nothing else, co
ming from the source that it does, shows that
Creat Britain has a desire to make a return to
justice.
The resolutions of Mr. Allen, which I noticed
in my last, declaring the principles which should
govern this country in case of the interference of
any foreign power with the independent govern'
ments of this continent, was brought up on Mon
day, and produced quite a warm debate. Mr
Cass, in a speech defending the resolutions and
course of Mr. Allen, took ocf'asion to notice the
news by the Foreign arrival. In concluding
his speech be said: "I still consider danger im
minent, not diminished, so far as I know, by the
recent arrival. The subject in controversy re
mains precisely as it was. The question was,
and is. whether we shall surrender to the British
lemands, or whether the British government
shall surrender to ours. If no such cession U
made by cither party, tlie two countries will be
brouuht into conflict. I see no indication that
one or the other will sufficiently yield." This
opinion is somewhat different from many others.
Nearly all consider the news of a pacific charac
ter, but Gen. Cass, some say, has the confidence
of President Tolk, which may justify him in ma
king theeclaration "that nothing has been re
ceived by the government, by the last packet,
which would at all warrant us in suspending or
postponing our measures of defence." The re
marks made by Gen. Cass had the effect of draw
ing a speech from Mr. Calhoun, who is decidedly
opposed to the notice at this time. His opinion
of the news is directly the reverse of Mr. Cass',
and perhaps is worthy of a place along side of
the Generals. He says, "the whole tone ofthe
English press, without a single exception, so far
as I have seen, indicates an anxious desire to ad
jejt the question with the United States in a
peaceful manner," and that "There must be a
very great change since I had a share in the man
agement of public affairs, if the British govern
ment be not anxious to settle this difficulty in an
amicable manner. My convictions are now stron
ger much stronger, sir ttian tney were, mar
this question can be honorably settled by nego
tiation. Mr. President, if it should not beso set
tled, I fear much of the resyonsibility will rest up
on us. Instead of engaging in these agitating dis
cussions in tho front of these indications, being a
wise course, I regard it as anything but wise.
That quietness with which the whole British
press has received the President's message, ap
pears to me to set a proper example to us. We
ought to receive the information information, I
think, highly favorable to an bonoiable settle
ment of this question ; and to none other than an
honorable settlement would I ever agree we
ought to receive it in the same spirit. If so re
ceived and acted on, as I have confidence it will
be, by the Executive, I have, I repeat, stronger
hopes than ever that all will be aettled in an ho
norable and peaceful way."
I might as well also give the opinion of Mr.
Benton, on the probabilities of a, war with Eng
land, delivered in the Senate on Tuesday, on the
bill heretofore reported from the Committee on
naval affairs, appropriating upwards of five mil
lions of dollars for tha construction often inn
war steamers, and authorizing the President,
when he might deem it t xpedient, to have the
vessels now on the stocks, repaired and put into
commission. With Mr. Calhoun, he believes
that there is no danger of war, and in making a
speech on tha bill above alluded to, remarked:
"I oppose this bill on account of the enormous
expenditure which it proposes, and J oppose it as
took place in the Senate upon the bill providing
for the augmentation of the Navy, in which
Messrs. Basby. Miller and Cass engaged. A reso
lution was introduced from the Committee on
Foreign AfTairs, in the House, to terminate the
Oregon debate on Thursday, but, after some dis
cussion, was laid upon the table, for the present.
The members seem very reluctant to come up to
the mark, and d -cidu upon this question. Before
they give their votes on this question they, no
doubt wish to feel the pulse of their constituents,
and the legislative bodies now in session. The
debate upon the notice being resumed, Mr.
Thompson, from the Erie district of your State,
made a very numerous speech. He declared that
Great Britain should neither have Oreeon or a
reduction of the tariff. In speaking of the iron
works of Pennsylvania, he said they could man
ufacture in ore year, a sufficient number of can
non to blow up ti e whole world.
Thursday several unimportant matters took
place in the Senate, while that same old question
ofthe Oregon notice took up the time of the
House. The Senate adjourned over to Monday.
Friday, the Oregon notice asain engaged the
attention of the House, for a part ofthe time.
The Senate bill was then taken up for the estab
lishment of post routes in Texas. Mr. Calver,
unexUectetVy, got the floor, and went through thu
merits ofthe Texas question, but before he fin
ished, like a weather-cock made a turn, and got
upon the Oregon question. Here he cut away,
with severity, upon all sides, and, alluding to
the Baltimore Convention and th Executive, as
he termed it, of Mr. V. Buren, h said that the lat
ter gentleman might well have turned to his de
mocratic friends, -who had caused his death, and
repeated the lines of Doctor Watts :
"Ye living men come view the ground,
Where you must shortly lie."
Mr. McConnell, ever ready, rose and interrupted
the gentleman, by saying that it was out of or
der to pronounce a funeral oration; which raised
a laughter. The members seem to have an abun
dance of poetical (juotat ions in store, upon this
question.
The discussion upon the Oregon notice was
resumed again on Saturday. Mr. Johnson, of
Tennessee, the "tailor boy," one of your self
made men, who, it is 6aid is now carrying on
the tailoring business, made a very animated,
eleoquent, and witty speech. He was very sar
castic in his remarks upon Judge Raily, of Vir
ginia, who, with the majority of his collesgues
will cast his vote sgiinst giving the notice. His
speech is well worth a perusal. It wis rumored
here on Sunday, that tho Judge challenged
Johnson, in consequence of the imputations
made against him in his speech, that they had
left for Bhidenshurg to settle the afTiir willi
"pistols for two," all or which, however, I am
nlad to say, as usual, turns out to he mere moon
shine. The real affair was between Thomas F. Jones
and Dr. Daniel Johnson, both of Elizabeth City,
North Carolina. On the first fire Johnson was
struck and killed. Mr. Jones gave tho chal
lenge, on account or some matter affecting Mrs.
Jones. Johnson, when he fell, mortally wound
ed, protested his innocence of the charge brought
agams'. him in regard to Mrs. Jones, and so
died.
The body of Mr. Johnson was brought to tho
city this evening Jones is a lawyer -Johnson
was a physician. The pirties belong to the most
respectable families in North Car dini. The
difficulty arose in two certain notes, of an im
proper character, addressed by Johnson to tho
wife of Jones, and w hich, tike a prudent woman,
she promptly placed in the hands of her husband.
Of the first no notice was taken by Mr. Jones,
but on a repetition of tho ofL-nce, Johnson was
informed by Jones that lie must either fight him
or he would shoot him. The parties, slept at
Coleimn'a last night, and left for BSadensburg
this morning, at 5 o'clock.
They fought at ten paces, being placed back
to back, at that distance, wheeling and firing,
as is the custom in such caaea. At the words
"Are you ready," and before the words "Fire
one, two, three halt," Mr. Jones partly
wheeled, but he being reminded by his second1
that he was wheeling too soon, resumed his for
mer position, and immediately wheeled again,
having barely time to Are before the word
"halt." Mr. Johnson received the ball of his
adversary in the aide of tho head, just abov tha
ear, and died almost immediately.