For the Sunbnry American.
ADDRESS OF TUB COMMITTER
Pen tta Rnil Roadi front ttiiladrlpliin to
Erie and Filtsbnrg.
The Committee appointed by the meeting ol
the eKixensof Sunhury, en the Irtth if June, to
prepare and Tepiirt an address upon the Millet
nf tho proposed Railroad's submit tlte r.l low inrr,
as part of I heir report, in relation tea rmitiTtitous
Railway from Philadelphia to Erie ami Pittsburg-.
Thi practicability of Railway, from sove
ral points on the Susquehanna to Pittsburg, and
to Lake F.rie, lias been ao clearly demonstra
ted, hy the surveys of able cnginr-rrs, as to place
lire fact beyana1 controversy. The great utility
of thewwrTt, not only to Pennsylvania, but to
extensive regions far beyond tier boundaries, is
ilso indisputable : and, if eminently useful to the
community, its productiveness to the proprietors
foliuws as a necessary consequence. Tor, if a
road paying toll is much used, it were absurd to
oppose it unprofitable.
Although, thus far, Philadelphia and Pitts
bnrjr. Senb-jry and Krie, tlio North, the Centre,
and the Sooth, proceed together with one voice,
yet, when they attempt to establish the point of
departure, anfl to lay down the line ot march
Westward, they iiTer widely in their opinions
and miwementft.
So mucTi has "been already published, that w e
en offer but little f a novel trr original rhnr
actcr, and we intend to use freely, such publi
cations as wc can reach.
For the construction of a Railway from Sun
bury to Erie, a company has been incorporated,
six hundred thousand dollars subscribed, f-ixty
thousind paid, and forty or filly thousand ex
pended in repeated, diligent and faithful, scien
tific surveys, commencing at Erie. These were
made by Edward Miller, Esq., well known as
an eminent Civil Engineer, under the direction
of the company, with full knowledge of all pre
vious examinations.
Ear be it from the committee to di sundo from
the extension ot such improvements, as a net
work over our wlmle state and country, where
ever our citizens cboope to invest their capital.
Cut a continuous railway from the tide waters
of the Atlantic Ocean to our great inland seas,
is an eutcrprizo of such vast mngnitudn, that,
it were imtional to suppose that, fur many
years, two such communications would li made
through our state. Affecting, aa it would, du-ring-peace,
and much moro in a state of war,
the Slates of New Jersey and Delaware on the
East, New York on the North, various Slates
and Territories on the North-Wed and West,
and Maiylond on the South, even thu doctrine
of the Maytvillc veto would not withhold from
it a liberal support from the government of the
Union. But, (or this aid, at present, the signs
are sadly inauspicious.
Since then, it is obvious that, at least, for
long period, but one such extensive line of rail
way can be made, let us "diligently inq-iire and
true presentment inaku" to our fellow-citizens
generally, and to enterprising capitalists parti
cularly, of the course where its construction
would be most beneficial to the ppople of Penn
sylvania. Regardless of indiviiluul and local
interests, let us all tWr uiw, at lead, to seek
thn Public Good.
Three routes have been proposed : the South
ern route, the Middle route, ami the Northern.
The first appears to lie now off the lie Id. The
second and the third, or the Juniata, and the
I lest 11 ranch lines, at present, are the only
competitors. Thu Juniuta route has been ap
plauded so loudly oflatv, that ttiany of our citi
zens, in the strife and turmoil with Pittsburg
and Baltimore, are luting sight of tbo realty
Central and Middle route from Philadelphia, by
the vulleysof the Schuylkill, the West Branch
and the Alleghany, to Pittburg, and the direct
line to the harbor of Erie. It is our duty to of
fer such facts and considerations, respecting this
route, as it advantages deserve. It is the duly
of all, who fee! a just concern in the public
good, or in the investment of their capital, to
bestow upon it as candid and careful an cxami
initicin as they are able tlu, through the tmoke
of the conflicting combiituuts.
We therefore, purpose, by a few communica
tions in the Soidiury American, to diacuas the
intrinsic, ami the comparative merits, of the two
lines of railroad; and, preliminary to more
weighty considerations, to disabuse thu public
iiiiikI of the prejudice orising from 'filching Ironi'
the .Schuylkill ami (he West Branch of the
Susquehanna the 'gixxl name' of the "Central
Route."
This is attempted under formidable disadvan
tages. We are to follow in the rear of the
"Cuuiiuittec of Seven" ol PhiUdeluhia, emi
nent in ability, whose elegant and elaborate
address we rsuuot pretend to emulate; and who
have piobably made- so vivid on impression, that
from many, we i-hall perhaps obtain but very in
dilierent attention, We are even uuuble to ob
tain here, those documents and statiblics, and
oral inforuiHtion, which slow ml i.t our great
city, the "Athens" of the United Kutet where
so many are occupied, s in her prolotyjc, "ci
thcr to hear, or to tell some new thing."
While we freely confess these deficiencies
and deprivations, yet, strong in itio knowledge
of some things, seen and gathered here in the
centra of our State, wa shall attempt to dis
charge the duly committed to us, with but little
pretension as regards "matters of form, but with
till I confidence in matters of substance."
The committee propnso to show that, the
Central Route, by the valley t of the Schuylkill
and the West llranrh of the Suiuuehenna, is
the most eligible, in the following points, wbicb
seem to cnibrnco the whole nutter :
1 In rt lsi'u n to' the descent of property to
the Chesapeake, snd the market of Bullimorc
2. As r'lrnnt the property descending the
tu gnat ';Ht;soflheSusqaehanna to Hun-
bury.
:t. In re'stimt to the acquisition of passen
gers ami commerce from New York, by the
Willianisjmrt and IXmira, or Corning Rail
II oal.
4. As regards the immense commerce upon
Lake Uric, estimated alone hundred millions
rf dolinr, and augmenting with wonderful ra
pidity. f. In regard to the improvement rX n Inrce
pottion ol'nur .State, in the North West, hither
to neglected, tlmtt!h fertile in s'oil, and compri
sing in extent, 1 10 miles uf Iron and Co il tor
million. 0. In regard lo a railway tn l'iltbunz ; urn
equalled for its easiness o( grade, and facility of
transit.
In relation to its chartir of ineorporetthm
-freo from a lax of one dollar and fifti-mrent
per Inn, fixed by law, permanently, ipon the
Juniata route. ,
8. In relation to the abduction of liHtmtg;
from thu litle canals and portage, between
llarrii-burg and Pitltiburg.
Ill'till IIEI.I.AS,
ALEXANDER JORDAN,
EDWARD Y. nillC.HT,
t; I DION MARK EE,
;EO. C. 4VEI.KF.ll,
WM. J. MARTIN.
July 1. 18 Hi.
(To be Continued.)
lunrlnl Titinplcn.
Revolutionary Movrtnenl Aritla Relieved
ft om the Command of the Xnrllirrn Army
of Mexico G'f. Mjia opjminttd to the
Command.
From th subjoined intelligence from Mexico,
it is evident that the movements acainst the
government ofParedes are increasing in force
and boldness. At Tampico, several parties are
openly opposed to his administration, and are
only waiting for to unite upon some general plan
to overltiTow him. The brave Arista, who has
displayed decidedly more daring snd skill thsn
any other Mexican General, has bepn superse
ded in the command of the North, and General
Mejia appointed in his pints. Gen. Taylor will
teach that redoubtable Mexirnn that in the field
where Arista failed, their are no laurels fur him
to pluck.
The French brig Princes Maria arrived here
yesterday from Tampico, having left that port
on the lSth instant. We learn from one of the
passengers that the authorities of Tampico had
divided into two parties one party with the
military and Gen. Anastasius Tapinda at its bead,
is in favor of Federation and Santa Anna the
other was for arming the fieople in favor of Fed
deration without Fanta Anna. A third party
was about rsising when the vessel left, hut none
had come to any understanding, though a revolu
tion was daily expected.
When the blockade was declared, there were
twelve vessels of various nations lying in the
port of Tampico three were British, three
French, two Spinish, thres American, and one
Bremen. ' The authorities were about prohibi
ting the American vessels to take in their car
goes, but Csptain Saunders, of the slonp-nf-wsr
St. Mary's, besring of this, wrote a letter to the
authorities, stating that in rase any American
vessels were detained, no property at alt should
leave the port. This prompt action bad the de
sired effect, and the order was withdrawn.
The fort at Tampico, a mud affair, had been
washed away by a freshet a few daya previous
t ths Cth.
The three gnu boats lately built at New York
for ihe Mex'scan service weic lying in ths liver
above Tampico.
There were but thirteen hundred troops al
Tampico on the 6th, obout eighty of these were
runuway negroes from New Orleans and Ilavsn
na ; these constitute the whole amount of the
Mexican forces fram Tampico to the Rio Grande,
Ferocioi Attack by a Pastumk. Mr.
Win. W. Rice of Ihia Parish, has given an ac
count ot a singular occurence which took place
on the plantation ot his father, Mr. John Rice,
Bayou Sale, on the night of the Dh inst. At
about nine o'clock a negro man named Issac, a
valuable mechanic, belonging lo Mr. Henry C,
Dwight of Franklin, w as slmnliug nesr a cxbin
in the negro qnarlcM, when a lurg pan'her
came up to wiihin a few paces of him. It was
a moonlight night, and he rouhl see the panther
crouched ready to spring Uhiu him. lie imme
diately, commenced relrfslint; Inward where a
number of negroes weru collected, wiili his
ryes on thennunal. The Utter, how sver, nut
at all daunted, pursued him. After backing a
few paces, the negro turned to run, when thn
panther sprang upon hint from a distance ot a
boulteu ti-vt, seizing bis left arm, near the shoul
der, in his mouth, striking his claws into the
i negro's back! Thu nern was thrown nown.
but immediately arose paiiially, still in the grssp
of thu panther, and ca licit loudly lor assistance.
Ills cries gathered thu negroes and dog ", hut
the panther held on some time, even alter the
dogs had seized him.
through the uid ot the dogs, on whom the
panther turned, Iho negro tieed himself from
the uncomfortable embruce, but the lerociisis
animal renewed the aitack, springing uuoii and
seizing him by the left shoulder. Hy tins tune,
several collected with clubs end axes, and Ihe
man Isaac made his escape, with bis arm and
shoulder dreadfully laceialrd and hia back se
verely scratched, while the panther made fur
the bayou pursued by the dogs. Mean time,
a gun waa procured, and the animal waa shot
while engaged in a furious light with the dogs.
II measured eight feel from the nose to tip of
tail, and weighed Iroui 150 to 175 lbs. The
animal is the Cougar, or Puma, Felts conco
lor) commonly called iu this country, the Pan
ther, and is the largest and moil loiuiidable of
thet;at kind in North America.
The boy Isaac is now in Frabkliu under the
care ot Dr. Lyman.
- l'lacters (AUackapas) Banner, 6th ult.
THE AMERICAN.
AMfurrfrry, July 4, 1816.'
11 . n-i... I.'
1. tt. t'Jlt..llt:il, Eq., at Mi Ileal K.
tale antl Coal tuner, tnrntr of It ft mud I'hetnut
Strtet, Vhtttlrtihta, in mtthoritrd In met at
.jeuf, i d rrrelftt lor all mitnte tine thin
nltrc, for DnhtrrlfiUnn nr aitcertlnlnf.
.Ilxo mt hit Ofllrr.Ya. trill VtrMatM Street,
f nil . K. Comer of llnlttwort mtrf Culvert
sf., Ktrtllmore.
flj" Pr.iNtiMi Isk. A freh supply of supeiior
summer ink just received, ml for sale at Phila
delphia prices, for cash.
rySi N-nrnv, l'.itts amiPitiiiu'Ru Rail Roak.
The committee appointed to drunght an ad
di ess, repotted on Wednesday evening last. A
portion of the address will he found in another
column. The remainder will appear successive
ly, in Slilm. qucnt numbers of our paper. The
nddresissbly written, and proves conclusively
the superiority of the Northern route over all
others.
fXj" A number of new adveitisr-ments will be
found in our columns this week, from Philadel
phia ami other places. As a gelirral rule, those
who advertise are enterprising business men, and
are generally pieparcd to accommodate custo
mers cpon the most advantageous terms.
C7"Thc FotsrAiN Hotel. In our advertising
columns our readers will find the advertisement
of Messrs. Pixsnd Fogg, the present proprietors
of the Fountain Hotel, Light street, Taltimore.
This Hotel has long been known as out of the
best in the city. We have only to say,' tbat it
has been recently renovated and greatly improv
ed by its present proprietors, and now ranks as
one of the most comfortable, hotels iu CaUimore.
tOTiiKCoi.i MisiA IIoi sk. We were fortu
nate enouch, while on a recent visit to Philadel
phia, to stop at this house. We say fortunate,
because it is not always that tiavcllers find a
house adapted to their comfort and liking. ' This
Hotel has been recently fitted up with new fur
furniture, by Messrs. b'sgley, McKenxie & Co.,
the present enterprising proprietors, who leave
nothing undone that ran add to the comfort of
their guesta. Without any idle ceremony, or
der and cleanliness is every where apparent ; in
this respect combining the comforts of home
with all the conveniences of a well regulated
Hotel. The House is conveniently and pleasant
ly located, in Chestnut street, immediately
above the Arcade.
ey Paiimt Acsmct. Those who bsve busi
ness at the Patent Office, at Washington, csn
do no better tbsn employ the services of Messrs.
Keller and Greenough, w hose card will be found
in our advertising columns. Their great expe
rience snd previous connexion with the Patent
office, gives them advantages thst few others
possess. We can rerommeud them, from our
own knowledge, with entire confidence. !
07" The continued rainsof Mondsy. Tuesday,
and Wednesday last, have interfered considera
bly wish the hay makers.
Xr.xT GovcBNna. As the one term prin
ciple has been rapidly gaining ground (or sever
al years past, it is time that we ihould look out
for a successor to Gov. fibuiik. We do not
know thst the friends of the Governor will in
sist upon bis re election, or rstber re-nominaion.
They certainly will not if they desire to ronsiilt
the welfaie and harmony of the patty, aad ths
wishes of the people.
In accordance with these views, we therefore
recommend the Hon. Lewis Pewsrt, of this place,
for that office. Those who know Mr. Dewart,
and they are not a few, know that be possesses
all the requisites necessry to fill that responsi
ble station, especially at this time, when econ
omy, integrity and sound judgment, are all im
portant. ' ' '
C7 IUM-iirnair.s, This delirious ftiut, not
inferior to the strawberry, has been abundant
in this place, for several weeks past. The first
we saw of them in the Philadelphia Market,
was on Thursday, the JSth of June, and we were
not a little surprised, on our return, to find that
wc h.id been supplied w s 1 1s them at home on the
Monday previous three days earlier. There
aie but few places in Pennsylvania whete ear
lier and better ft nit and vegetables are cultiva
ted (we say nothing as to beel,) snd still fewer
where the etple enjoy the comforts of life in a
greater degree, than iu the quiet little boiougb
of Sunbury.
lC The Glorious Fourth of Jnly conies in on
Saturday, this year. Gen. Taylor and his gal-
Uul hltlu anr.y will, no doubt, li;ure conspicu- 1
oiuly among the toasts of the day; nor will
Gen. Scott's "busty plate of soup ' be entirely!
ovei looked.
fjj Br Tsi.Ki.RAru. Mr. Buchanan was no
minated, by the President, ou Ihe 1st iust., as
one of Ihe Judges of thu Supreme Court of the
L'nited States, lie, therefore, leaves the de
partment. Moss GtistBAts. It is said that Gen. Patter
son, of Philadelphia has been nominated as Ma
jor General, and Mesns. Shields of Illinois, Lane
of Indiana. Homer of Ohio, Marshall, (not Tpm.,)
of Kentury, Pillow of Tennessee and Quitman
of Mississippi, as Brigsdier Generals.
07" Patbics BsAtasv, a lad of sixteen, has
left bis father at Minersville, who offers a ie
ward of live delists for bis spprehension.
Tiik Caxai. C'oMMissioxslfs bay's remo- !
vd Thomas Uennet, ll( , Eiiperintcndent of ths
West Branch Division of the canal, and appoint
..i r u ti..,.i : i i.:. n....i xt. n i
?U I IUII UinUII III HI V. III!, AJITIIIICly l
who is a pructical engineer, it was conceded, !
was one of the most efficient and best qualified (
effieers on ouf public works." His services were j
therefore needed to repair the ravages of the
spring freshet, but for which, we pprsume, be
would have been obliged to walk the plank be
fore this. Now we would ask Mr. Foster, wher-
in wss the necessity of turning out a skilful and
faithful officer to make room for another? tt !
certainly cannot be on the principle of rotation i
in office, a principle upon which Mr. Foster '
rum into office, bit which he was the first to j
violate hy bargaining for a re-nomination, con- i
trary to the spirit and intent of the act ofassem- j
bly, and against the expressed wishes of the !
people. Why then, we repeat, was Mr. Rsnnet !
turned mil, unless it was to fulfil a part and par- i
rel ef the compact entered into by Mr. Foster
and his friends at the 4th of March Convention,;
to secure bis nomination for ft second term ? But j
thn people have something to say in regard to .
the ratification of this bsrgain, and ws very J
much mistake their rbaraeter, if they do not I
reject this nomination by an overwhelming j
vote. . !
C3 Tut? A ntu k acitk FcsvuR of Samuel
U. Wood, In this county, a few miles below
Danville, is now in successful operation. Mr.
Wood is an able and skilful manager, as the ar
rangements about his establishment sufficiently
show. Of his success their csn be no doubt.
fjj" Riu.Kii by LioiiTMNri. On Sunday week
last, a l oise belonging to Paul Roath, at Mt Car
mcl, which he had tied to a tree during a thun
der storm, was struck by lightning and killed.
CTj" Ronr.BT R. IUni-rn has been appointed
Prosecuting Attorney iu t'nion County, in place
of G. W. Graham, Esq, resigned. In Philadel
phia, Wrr- A. Stokes and David Webster, Ksqts.
have been appointed, in place of Wm. 1). Kelly
anil Francis Whsrton, F.rqs , removed.
Ci John M. Reed, Esq. of Philadelphia has
been sppointed Attorney General of Pennsylva
nia, in the place of John K. Kane, resigned.
The appointment is a good one.
ETiis Tariff. The discussion of the tariff
bill has broucht a number of the Pennsylvania
delegation on the floor of Congress. Messrs.
Rrnsdhesd, McLean and Strohm have each de
livered their viewa on the subject, and in favor
of sustaining the present tsriff Mr. B. is from
Northampton county, and ably represents the
grest mineral and agricultural wtalth of his dis
trict. Mr- MrLesn is the gentlemanly and intel
ligent member from York and Adams. Mr.
Strohm is well known at the Representative of
the great whig county of Lancaster, and is, wher
ever known, esteemed for his good sense and
stern integrity. Our member, Mr, Pollock is
anxiously waiting for his turn. The whole Penn
sylvania delegation, without an exception, will,
we think, support the tariff".
The August interest on the state debt, it
is said, will be paid. "
nyLiscT. CoriiRA!B. The citixens of Co
lumbia, Pa , are taking measures to bsve the re
mains of Lieut. Cochrsne, who fell in the battle
of the 0th of May, removed from the banks of the
Rio Grands to Columbia, hia native place.
U!7" Gen. Taylor has been appointed Major
General, under the new war bill, and Col. Butler,
of Ky ., Vajor General of the volunteers.
K7" The actual force of Gen. Taylor at the
battle o( PaJu AUn.on theSth of May, was
that of the Mexicans, about 6000. The battle of
llttaen de to Talma, on the 0th, waa atill more
disproportion!. Gen. Taylor had but 1700 men,
while the Mexicans had lull 6,000.
. CZ7 Isvitaiio to pKssBT. Gen. Taylor, in
bis official despatches, has enclosed an addcrss ef
Gen. Arista's, found smong his papers, inviting
our soldiers to desert. The following are the
concluding psrsgrsphs of the address:
"1 warn you in the name of justice, linnor,
and yenr own interest and self-respect, to aban
don tbeir desperate and unholy cause, ant) be
come peaceful Mexican eiliient. I guaranty
to yon, in such cote, a halt section of land, er
i.c.rcs, to settle upon grstis. Re wise, then,
and just, and lioiiotahlp, and take impart in mur
dering us who have no unkind feelings for you
I .ntula shall he given to officers. Sergeants, and
Corporals occonlinu lo rank, privates receiving
tVJfl acres, as stated.
It in tune of action you wish to espouse our
cause, throw away your arms and rnn lo us,
and we wilt emhrarn you as true friends ami
Christians. It is not decent nor prudent to say
more. Rut should any uf you render any im
portant service to Mexico, you shall be accor
dingly considered and prelvred.
M. ARISTA.
Cmniiiandrr-iii-ChisTuf the Mexican Army."
Cf Shakespeare, who is quoted as authority
upon almost all subjects, says :
"That man that hatha tongue, I ssy, is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman."
An exchange paper, edited, we presume, by
tome ill natured and disapjwinted bachelor, tsys
that this is not the correct reading of Ihe Bard of
Avon, who knew human nature too well to make
such a blunder. The true reading, be thinks, is
ss follows:
"That man that bath Ihe tin, I ssy, is no man,
If with Ais in he cannot win a woman."
While upon this subject, we would refer to
the following quotation from another eminent
poet, generally placed as a bead over marriage
noticeai
'The silken tie tbat binds two willing hearts."
The sentiment conveyed by the poet, is lis
beautiful as it is true ; but the reading, in many
cases, might be altered with great propriety, as
follow:
"The golden tie that biuds unwilling hearts "
Corrsspondenca of the Philadelphia Ledger.
T " iPROJI WASIIIJEUTON.
, j j Washington, June SO, JS40.
yhe nomination by the President of Col. James
rage for the Collectorshipof the port of rhiladel
pt,ja, in piace of Mr jIorni jspd,
appears
to be received here with considerable favor, and
I the impression prevails that he will be confirmed
j by the Senate. The entire democratic delega-
tion in Congress from Pennsylvania, I am in
j formed, with a single exception, recommended
another gentleman for this appointment, but . it
j is believed that no opposition will now be made,
in thst quarter, to Col. Page's nomination,
j The war hill of Col. Benton, which passed the
, Senate yesterday, and of which I sent you a rn-
py for the Ledger, also pasv;d the House to-day
' by a large majority, though an effort was mails
i to introduce amendments similar to those propo-
j sed in the Senate by Mr. Crittenden and others
.; The hill now only requires the signature of the
i President to become a law. The two other acts,
j to which it is supplemental, have already recei
ved the President's signatme. '
I find that a number of the Tsriff demosrsts
and whigs in Congress entertsin th opinion, af
ter counting noses, thst Mr. McKsy's bill from
the committee of Ways and Means will pass the
House without material alteration. Others a
gain believe that ihe further modification sug
gested in schedule A of Mr. Walker's recent re
port or. the Tariff nd Finances, w ill also be in
troduced inta the bill. The bill appears to ex
cite but little Interest here, and a quorum of the
members are seldom present in the House during j
the debates nn its various provisions in Commit
tee of the Whole on the State of Ihe Union. The
galleries are uniformly deserted.
The debate in the Senate yesterday, on iho
question of adjournment, has re ndered it more
than probable that Congress will not adjourn
until after the arrival of the steam parktt, which
leaves Liverpool on the 10th July. A territo
rial government will, in the meantime, be ar
ranged for Oregon, in anticipation of the ratifi
cation of the treaty by Great Britain. The ter
ritorial officers, however, cannot, of course, he
nominsted by the President and confirmed by the
Senate, until the favorable action of the British
government on the treaty shall have been offi
cially announced. Congress will, therefore,
piobably adjourn about the 10th August.
Mr. Calhoun presented the report of the Se
lect Committee nn the memorial and proceedings
of the Memphis Convention. He said that as the
resolutions adopted by that Convention embra
ced a great variety of subjects, the committee
had confined themselves to a few of ths more
important of these. Their attention had been
chiefly directed to the improvement of the Mis
sissippi river. The committee were unanimous
ly of the opinion that Congress has the power
under the constitution, to improve rivers and
regulate the commerce between the States.
With the exception of a single member of the
committee (Mr Barrow) they were also unani
mous, in the opinion that thia power is limited
to improvements of the chsnnel of the river.
A delegation of some thirty or forty of the
Camanche Indians, with whom a treaty has re
cently been concluded by our government, arri
vd in this city this morning snd occupy the
Globe hotel, nesr Thirteenth street, nn Pennsyt
vania Avenue, which had previously been for
some time closed
The Spesker of ths bouse laid before that bo
dy, this morning, two letters fiom the Secretary
of State ; one communicating, agreeably to the
act of March, 2d, 17S0, and abstract of ths re
turns from Collectors of Customs, pertusnt to
the act of 2Sth of May, 1706, for the relief and
protection of American seamen, showing the
number of seamen registered during the year en
ding 30th of September last ; and the other com
municating, agreeably to the art of 2d of March,
1810, tabular statements showing ths number
and designation of passengers who arrived in
each collection district of the U. States, during
the year ending the 30th ef September last,
which letter and statements were laid on ths ta
ble and ordered to be printed.
The tar iff bill waa again under consideration
in the House, and Messrs,' Chsse of Tennessee,
Gorden of N. York, and Rockwell of Conn., ad-
dressed the Committee el the Whole en the
at s t a ai tm Pninit t Ixsst ftaavat ft rait i n fatinr M rA
Istter in opposition to tha bill. J.
tYssmscToK, June 27.
Sr.tATs.-Mr. Kvsnt presented a petition for
thn adoption ef some peaceable mods of settling
national disputes, which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
On motion ofMr. Dayton, Ihe Naval Commit
tee was instructed to inquire whether a contiact
has been made with Mr. Robert L. Stevens for
building iron steamships, and ifao, to report
what legislation is necessary to carry said con
tract into effect.
Mr Lewis, from the Finsnce Committee, re
ported the Army Appropriation bill, w ith amend
ments. On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, the
Naval Committee was instructed to inquire into
the expediency of muking appropriation to in
demnity officers, seamen and marines of the
steamship Missouri, for losses incurred by her
destruction by fire at Gibraltar.
Mr. Cameron presented a petition from the Phil
adelphia Library Company relative to duty on
imported books.
Mr. Miller called up the joint resolutions from
the House, granting public grounds for the Wash
ington Monument.
Mr. Benton opposed it as a scheme for robbing
the people, who would contribute their dollars for
proper and patriotic motives. He moved to re
commit it.
Mr. Miller opposed its being reconsidered, and
advocated its passage.
Mr, Benton rejoined, and denounced all such
begging schemes as frauds upon tha community.
He was humorous and entertaining.
Mr. Dayton thought it was pot a subject to b
ridiculed. Its .hoped ths Senate would past or
reject the bill at once.
, Mr. Allen opposed the resolution. ' It was on
ly another screw to fasten down the capitol in
this place.-' If a monument was to be erected, let
it be built by Congress and upon a proper spot
upon a hill where it would remain as long as
the hill should Inst. , ,t ,
Mr. Duvis advocated the resolution. It was,
in his opinion, no argument, because some nf tha
money subscribed had been fraudulently witheld,
that the remainder should not be appropriated to
the object intented.
After further debate by Messrs. Benton andi
Dayton the former charging the Assoc'atu-nr-
w ith pilfering the community, and the latter u
futing the charge a motion to lay tha bill on the?
table was lost yeas 19, nays 91. , , - '
Ths resolution wss finally passed over infor
mally, and thn Senate, after acting upon soma
privsts hills, at near 4, P. M., went into execu
tive session, referred certain nominations sent in
to dsy byth President, and then adjourned. .
- The House was sngagsd nearly th whols day
in discussing, in Committee of the Whole on the
state nf the Union, the new . Tsiiff bill The
Committee was addressed by Messrs Bedinger,
nf Vs., and Townson, of Georgia in favor' of tha
bill, and by Messrs. Ewing, of Tennessee, Pol
lock, of Pa,, and Severance of Maine, in opposi.
tion. J.
Gut. Gsfr. A Washington letter states
! thst the President has "ordered General Gaines
to be tried by Court Martial on charges growing
out of his recent movement at the South in cal
ling into service volunteers to prosscute the war
again it Mexico, and that he is now under arrest
awaiting ths organixatiou and convening of tha
Court."
It is stated in the Washington Union that Mr.
Mc. McLask. Minister of the United States to
London, proposes to return in a month or two to
the United States ; and that Mr. Kinu, Minister
to the United Ststes to Frsnce, also wishes to
return t the United States very shortly.
TlIB DsSTRITTlOM OF St. JoHIV, N. F. BT
FiRR.-is confirmed by papers from New Bruns
wick. But one mercantile house is left stand
ing that of Newman & Co. The Iocs is esti
mated at a m'llinn lerling The Catholie
Church, and F.pisropal residence in rear of Duck
worth street, were ssveiS. St. John's Church,
the Cathedral Church of England, burnt to the
ground. The Court House, Jail, and all tha
buildings by which they were surrounded, sre
consumed slso the Commercist rooms, Marine
Insurance Office, Agricultural Society' Museum,
Bank of British North America. The Congre
gational Chapel ssved. Ordnance store burnt,
but the rest of the buildings saved. The Nun
nery school-house and Nunnery burnt. Every
printing-office burnt, but part of the materials
saved. Five or six Thousand persons bad to pass
the night of that dreadful day in the open air, in
front of the Government House. A meeting of
the citizens has been called, and measures taken
to afford as much relief to the dependent popula
tion as the calamity had left in their power. Pro
visions were scarce. It was ascertained that
there were four thousand bags of bread and
three thousand barrels of flour in the merchants'
hands and his Excellency has issued a procla
mation prohibting the exportation of provisions,
or the erection of buildings, until after the meet
ing of the Assembly. Amid this general calam
ity it is gratifying to find that the great loss of
life reported (some fifty persons) is not confirm
ed. The papers mention the loss of life of three
persons, two of them artillerymen, occasioned
by Ihe blowing up of a house, the other an old
man, who bad saved his bed and other articles
from the flsmes, but who sunk under the weight
as he was carrying them to a place of safety, and
immediately expired.
Cor.. Rst.ssjAr Col. Belknap, who command
ed the Eight Infantry in the late victories, is thr
Belknap, who, at ths aortio of Fort Erie, durinj
the last war, distinguished himself by fight inp
hand tohsnd, and refosed to enter the salliei
I port until every one oi his command bad prece
1 d'rt bim- "e Mf,l"a ? u,un flofrn '
! oMir Pinned kimt the WM with byon
Thr L-rsb Law. A large meeting ha
been held in Albany to sustain the license law
and uphold it as a constitutional enactment.
All fiio the South The New York Ex
pre 3 notices as a Biirpriin fact that all th .
seven Ministers, now abroad, representing ou
trovernment, ar from the southern States, I
' England, Mr. Mcl.ane, of Maryland 1 in France
! Mr. King, of Alabama , in Prussia, Mr. Done!
eon, ot Tennessee ; in Spain, Mr. Saunders, t
j North Carolina ; in Turkey, Mr. Carr, of Mi
ryland ; in Mexico, Mr. Slidell, ot Louisiana
in Rraxil, Mr. Wise, of Virginia.
Mr. Eaton, aged 77 years, will comment
i the great feat of walking one thousand miles in
thousand hours, at the Caledonia Springs, Ca
sda, on thol.'ttli of July- He has only onebac'
er against hundreds who think he cannot pc
torm the feat.
Tub Locrsis have made sad havoc in t
woods in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio, a
many of the lorests have ao ' many dried twi
banging from the ends of the branches, that th'
look as though a fire bad scorcbed them.
Gbbbn Cork made its appearance at the Ol
hotels on the 35th nit.
Pabaltsis. Mr. Rice, the celebrated "J
Crow," has been deprived of speech and the v
of his limbs by a stroke of paralysis.
CT" Gen. Gaines is 69 years old ; Gen.
about 6 1, and Gen- Taylor 56.
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