0 the'iver was *ompletely inuated. In some low buildings,. the first stories were either partially or wholly tilled with water;./whic was deep enough to enable the steain and horse...ferry beats to take their pass.ltgers as high uTi as Second street, and to permit. the steam-boat D. Webster to discharge her cargo at Tellies Foundary on Plum, above . _the. line.of Pearl .street. The largest steam boats might, it is stated in one of the city papers; have passed from Vine street down Second, where, at the intersection of Elm, the water was upon the roof of Mr. Totem's house. From Mill creek to Deer i reek, a distance of two miler, and from t river up to Lower market and Pearl stree , was one continued sheet of water, exceptit, ly where the walls of the buildings hid it ti.or the sight., varying in depth from one foot to five and twenty feet and upwards, which, frorauesday the 14th, to Tuesdav the 21st, was covere d , with boats, arks and rafts of every description; and it is believed that, during the three last days before the water began to' recede, not less than one hundred - and fitly skiffs and boats web:: built within that city, frir the purpose of removing the persons and property of the inhabitants to places of security. Five hundred fittnilies, many of which have lost their all, are said to have been obliged to abandon their dwellings, and two or more persons are understood to - - : re,,tota4-lese-of perty is estimated_at between $500,000 and 1,000,000. Among the suilbrers, we regret to state, is the editor of the Commercial Daily 'Advertiser, whose counting room, al though in the fourth story of a large brick building on the bank of the river, was com pletely omtlowed, and his papers, books, # serWtisjured. The publication of suSpended fly two weeks— . 4 , ; the water preventing all access . , pruittng office. The publication of tie American has also been suspended from the same cause ; but we hay g not heard whether any injury has been sustained by that establishment. , el • -• At Portsmouth, although the river rose about six or seven feet higher than it did in the celebrated Pumpkin flood of 1811, the ~ damage sustained has been much less con siderable than could have been expected.— No estimate of the loss is given; butit is said to be comparatively trifling. - The Great_ Miami, Scioto, Cuyahoga, Sandusky, Tuscarawas, Mah,oning, Nun. ishillen, and other streams of less note, over ; : eir-bankd—sweeping_ off, bridges, mills, fences and other property to a large • ---amount, the bare enumeration of which would fill up an- ordinary newspaper.— Among the distressing occurrences, to which the flood has given rise, we regret to notice the death of a gentleman of the name of •• Brown, said to be from the neighborhood of. Burlington, Vermont, who was drowned in the night of the 10th ult. while attempting • to cress Conneaut creek on one of the hor ses belonging to the Cleaveland stage, in which he was a passenger. His body had not been found at the latest dates. The injury sustained by the Ohio and Miami canals, and the works connected with their, so far as our information extends, has, for tunately been comparatively trifling. Front Louisville we have no certain in formation. Our latest._ intelligence from that'place is to the 17th ult. at which time the water had reached more than half way up to Main-street, and was still rising.— Several frame-houses on Water-street had been swept off from their foundations; and the damage done tb go - 5114'5 - nd property, it Shippingport; Portland and New Albany ly overflowed. At Madison, in the same state, hut little injury has been sustained—the principal part of the town being about forty feet above high - Water mark. A few houses, situated on ther first bottom, have however, suffered some - damage-, - ' the - nature of - which is .not Lawrenceburgh, in Indiana, was com pletely inundated—the water being said to have been from ten to twenty feerdcep over the greater part of the town. No partic4- lars of the damage, sustained in this toff have, however, reached us; ayl we trust it is by no means as great as has been repre sented. AMERICAN ELOQUENCE. Mr. Benton, in his late famous speech, made a most tremendous assault upon the Bank - of the United States, his eye the while, in a fine frenzy rolling. Hear Trim ! "It carries all before it! It bestrides as a Collossus, the charter Congress gave it. It claps a foot upon a word here, and - a phrase there—rears her gigantic forrri above all law, and boldly places an empire at defiance." (The audacious vixen.) "And yet there are people to talk about newsestrictions to bind this gigantic power, as if it was in the desti ny of tr i lite, that the weaker should ever bind • • 0 . . - ongei party ! No, Sir 1 'We are en - , with the real presence of tll4obled ince helieved belhe abujous '",4itik,, of frenzied Poets—that monster 2 41 ' l - , • . •rt nor power can ever bind ! • Changed his form at will—from bird to beast—from lion to serpent--from ser pent to_ water—from, a river of flowing water to a column of blazing fire! and thus eluded, in the act of receiving them, the grasp -and catch ot _every chain that was .titrown upon him." CkPitanetaphors l As , Bob Acres might 111}Ve itkid,T4ll7 4 eclipsed and Demosthenes outdone' Itief ; one hei:er caught so much el poe ti c i t iosir t ition, iter*l the other thunder , Uirso loud. The Senator, !Worn Missouri is mat man. Anether such a speech and . the , ' done ,u. toot end bianch—Ki.. • ' • ' • _ _ McDtiffie ant) 4atioisto) ( 0 404 Gezette• . • HIM . re 4- mit at, m ' ai . ' Lectuil,:il•3.l)3ld4.3 - Rush's Ibe From the LanCtiger (Penn.) Examiner We take pleasiire in laying betbre•our rea ders the following letter from Mr. RITSII to the Anti-Masonic State "Committee. It is his reply to a note addressed to him by that Committee, in obedience to a resolution a dopted by the late State Convention. The letter is energetic and unainbiguous, to the principles and aims of the Anti. M asonic party that decided and rightfid prefer ence, which their importance claims; and avowing unequivocally the writer's determi nation to give his vote fur the Anti-Masonic candidates, in case he should be chosen an lector. It dwells appropriately on the en-' couragement which the progress of our cause holds out for purseverence; arid in the concluding passage urges considerations that should impress themselves deeply on the mind of every one who sees and acknow ledges the evils of Masonry and Masonic in fluence, though yet hesitating as to the ap plication of thts remedy. These evils are wide-spread and deep-rooted; the L.tw can not hold them in her grasp, nor tear them from the soil. The people alone, by the firm exercise of their chief political duty, can remove them effectually and banish them forever; arid to their virtue and patriotism, therefore, in the last resort,- is the appeal addressed. Mr. Rush to the Anti-Masonic State Committee. YORK, Pa. March 2d, 1839. GENTLEMEN:-I have received your let ter of yesterday's date, conveying the infor mation that the Anti-Masonic State Con vention, held - at Harrisburg on the 22nd of last month, nominated me as -one o tho electors of President and Vico President of the United States; for which mark of confi dence, I desire to express to that body thro' you, as their committee, my grateful thanks. You call Upon me at the same time, un der the injunction_of a resolution adopted by the Convention, to say whether I will vote for William Wirt of Maryland,as Pre •sident,and Amos Ellmaker of Pennsylvania, as Yice-President, in the event of my being chosen an elector. When the Constitution was framed, the theory of this part of it was, that the elec tors, when chosen by the suflimges of the people, were to be left free to vote for whom-, soever they' thought best qualified to fill high offices, without reference to the opin ions of the people at large; but the practice has been otherwise. When Washington was first chosen, his transcendent and spot less worth, commanded the eager vote of the whole nation. There VMS no competi tion. Party spirit shrunk from his,presence. He was the common father of the people.— There was no occasion to say who was to be voted for. The name was written upon every heart. At every Presidential elec tion since, the electoral candidates, if no distinct pledge has come from them, though sometimes this has been given, have voted according to a tacit undegstanding that has been as binding. The difference is only in form. I do not object even to a pledge, where there is good reason for it; and in ac ceding to it on the present occasion, I must beg permission briefly to assign my reasons. A fellow citizen in New York has been murdered by a large and daring confedera cy of Free-Masons, for telling their secrets. Theispirit that led to this deed has proved itself able to rescue the murderers from punishment; for Masonic witnesses would not testify, against brother Masons, prefer ring to be committed to prison for not an-, swering, nor would Masonic jurymen con vict them, although jurymen,. tiot Magnus, were satisfied of their guilt. This is enough. It shows the Lodge to be too strong for the Law. Can there he a greater reproach to - the - Republit-I .— lntelligentehd good tnerv.in terpret innocently the oaths of Free-1114'n: - ry, which in their literal import ate iio less coarse than shocking. Thera is no fear I,lrat, harm will come of the institution through such men. But it has been de monstrated that evil-minded men, or l .thoso of weak understandings, commit rturfider under color of these oaths. If they dohis, they will, beyond disple, commit other bad actions, under the same misconceived obli gations. Some of these, society will never find out, owing .to the concealments which,' the oaths inculcate. Hence it is plain, that -Masonry is a power which, through its baxj instruments, works against the rest of so ciety, and works in the dark. Such an In stitution is dangerous; it ought not to be al- i lowed to exist in a well governed country; and since its energy and wealth give it au influence not to be extirperid but at the poll's, I hold this resort to be the first politi cal duty of every citizen. lam for suspend ing. all other ,political differences until wo get rid cif it. - The institOi.on makes a claim to irresponiibility fortte conduct r of its bad members, 'such .as is accorded to religion; but wlici'so far:gone in delusion as to admit the claim? Iteiellarities, in - the iibstradt, might he beneficent and its drollefies aMus ing; but unfortunately they are mixed up with the demon-spirit of its terrific oaths—like the bloodynth the.. pound of flesh. With much cunning, it affects to complain of be ing persecuted. What a plea! after plac ing itself in a position hostile to the rest of society, by being the cause of a crime of complicated horror;. and continuing, to this 1 , hour, to insult .society by retaining in. fel- lewehip criminals ConviOod under the laws of the /and of •having- had a share in thief . crime! • - V. lertaining thesemopittions; if the euffra .gei-onf the people should',clothn and yijth the trust for whiel'yotir partiality hitiPut me in nomination; I. twill ; not . fail 46.sto:ite. for W.. Wirt as President, .and Mr. Ellmati4tlis Vice President: I know that the COnslitu tion says nothing about Masonrsl or Anti-Ma sonry; nor does if about other party names under which our people have from time to time been arranged, and still are. Bnt, with these names, certain opinions are well known to be identified. In like imaner it is well understood, that if the above candidates should be elected, it will be taken as a voice from the people against this Institution; which I for one regard as the greatest pub lic mischief befOrcy is; arid consequently think that to ellect its overthrow in a peaceable and constitutional manner, is the most im portant Measure of public policy that we tia.e to achieve. Anti-Masonry, though cardinal as aspial ification in our candidates, is not the only one. If it were, I should not be able to vote for them. A. vast range of duty be yond this, attaches to those who may be called by their esuaitry to the exalted offi ces in question. I would not have our candidates partisans, even upon the ques tion Of Anti-Masonry, upon any question, still less' persecutors. I would have them advance the reasonable and just ends of Anti-Masonry, only as they could do so in connexion with the other great interests of the nation; which I believe they would sedulously and finthfully promote. I be lieve them both to be Men of a high order; free from violent passions or prejudices of any kind; Mr. Wirt eminently fitted for the Presidency by a rare union of commanding abilities with. virtue; Mr. Ellinaker not less fitted by education, talents and clignity for the Vice-Presidency. I cannot conclude without offering my congratulations to the committee on the steady and firm progress of our cause.— Here, in our State, we have a happy omen in the cordial and unanimous nomination of Mr. Ritter for Governor. It is the cause of the whole country. It addresses itself to the common souse of the people. The more it is examined the more itis approved. It seeks-to-vindicate the sanctity of the laws; to expel from the land an Institution that has outraged them; and that can, at any time hereafter, outrage .theni at pleasure. The Masonic force opposed to us, is in reality very small in numbers; but it is ,well trained, has command of funds, and is' leagued to gether by frightfid oaths. It has also, for the present, a noisy press on its side, thro' fear or infittuation. But other preSses not afraid to speak °tit, are fast rising up; not in the cities, whd,c, lodges are like garrisons, and keep all in obedience around them; but in the interior. We are the militia; but the militia are the country, and by firmness and perseverance, we shall prevail. It is material to add, that if we do not pre vail against this Institution by bringing popu lar opinion to bear upon it at the polls; in oth er words, if we do not make the question political, we cannot prevail at all. If the lodged existed by act of incorporation from any legislative power, the acts proved upon its members on the Morgan trials, would long since, have led to a forfeiture bf its privi leges under a writ of Quo warranto. But it stands upon no such footing, and society cannot have the benefit of this legal correc tive. A lodge will deign to accept a legis lative act of incorporation, so tar, merely as to'enable it ta hold property: but it looks to the legislature tin nothing else. All interior lodges derive their charter of existence, from the Grand Lodge;, and the Grand Lodge is self-created.,. It rides in a sphere of its own. It is independent of the legislature. The .QuoAcarr4n(9..ornig_th9rgibro ispitte people, and the decision be had on the elec tion ground. There, or elsewhere, must be found the Hercules to destroy the hydra. I have the honor to remain, With great respect; - Your obedient & obliged lervant, RICHARD RUSH. TO JOSEPH WALLACE, . WILLIAN AYRES, • JOIIN MCCORD, Joie_ JONES, HENRY M Eitrz, Z. M LEN EGAN, JOAN lII'RROWES, • B EN' ,vm I N S. STEWART, JOHN It. ItOSEBERG, ropm:oil THIRTEII4.Y DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. An arrival at Now York, on the 10th inst. from Europe, brings intelligence thirteen days later to the evening of the oth of February. A conspiracy of some importance has been discovered at Paris, but immediately put doWn, the debates in the Chambers .on the Budget continues, and at time are as acri monious and violent as usual. The celebra ted Sect of St. Simonians have attracted the attention of Government—the Chief has been seized and the Hall in which they held their sittings closed. England and France have taken a Laded step in Belgian Affairs. They have ratified the Treaty agreed' on by the London Con ference. . Tho two Governments it is sajd have held the.most decided language to the .other powers. The seizure of M. Stevens, the Ghent Editor is justified• by Leopold's Government, on the ground that he instiga ted the Belgian troops to desert., The ques tion of.th.4tlemolition of the Belgian for tresses, it in asserted has been arranged. The BelgiatlGoverninent it is 'stated in an article from Brussels i desirous to establish as soon as possible commercial relations with the United States; intends to send thither im mediately At Desire Bolus*. Miaistor- Resident. The Reform Bill. is still draggiug on slow ly in the House ofs commons. ; Sir Henry P a raell,.the, SecOisi.y 'of War, his resignO. He' ahseriiect himself fl•Om the Rouse ou. £NTf quostien_embracingithe foreign policy adop,. ted by the British Government. " • Four of the Bristol rioters have been hung, the rest pardoned. The court martial on Captain Warrington was still sitting. An immense mob had collected at ; .Manchester, in obedience to the call of the Political Union Society, and been dispersed by the civil and 'military authority, • The state of Italy is very unsettled. Don Pedro had taken formal leave of Lou is- Phillippe, ,preparatory to embarking' on his projected invasion of Portugal. Ile was dr;esseLl in a - Portuguese Field Marsrial'S triniform • , _LONDON, Fel). 6.—The Paris papers of Saturday, with the Messager des Chain bres, dated yesterday, reach us this, morn ing. They add but little to the information which bad previously arrived, respectinh the consp;tracv. Paris was in perfect tranquili ty on Saturday evening, butt the arrests con tinued; and it is somewhat remarkable that among those already made, there are many of persons at present or formerly in official employments, arid connected with the Police. The plot is certainly in itself of a sMlicientl serious character. ITALY.--The news from Italy is to the 24th Jan. The General - GraboWSki, COm. mandant General of the Austrian torce6, had received despatches from Col. Barbieri, in which the Colonel requested the assistance of the Austrian army to favor ,them the en trance of the Pontifical troops into Bologna, Which was defended by a considerable corps patriots. All the civic guards had retro gaded upon Bologna. • It is said that within the last fortnirTht, M. pc Metternich has addressed to the French Government a diplomatic note, in which he declares that Austria, whenever she has in terterred in the attains of Italy, was not ac tuated by a spirit ofconquest, but merely by a conservative fooling, and thatithis motive induced her to intervene a second time with respect to Romania. . THREE. DAYS LA TER. Another arrival brings intelligence from Paris Apple, 9th of February—throe days later. Advices froM Alexandria, received at Trieste, state that Ibrahim Paella had re- - .ceived a severe repulse at St. Jean d'Acre on the 9th of liecember. On the morning of that day, he ordered a general assault of the town by sea and land, which continued for eight hours, without interruption. The Egyptians were-killed in great numbers, and their fleet, which was much damaged ; was compelled to leave the port, while the army retired upon -(Cilia. A depUty from. the Sultan had arrived at Alexandria, and held frequent conferences with the Viceroy. The troops of the Pope, `n the 20th Jan uary, card all the barricades which had been than up,, in ,The vicinity of Casino,,,, Neri, took the placo with seine slaughter, and made a hundred prisoners.. On the nekt day they occupied the village of Forli, without opposition. On the 28th, Bologna was occupied, by the pontifical forces in con junction with the brigade under General Grabowsky. A letter from Forli speaks of horrible massacres committed Were, and elsewhere. Cardinal Albain arrived there on the 22d, and issued a proclamation of amnesty. The discussions on the budget were con tinued in the French Chathbers. The de bates were long and animated. , The Queen of Spain was delivered of a Princess on the 30th January, to the disap pointment of the royalists, who had expected a Prince. The Manifesto of Don PedPo, who had embarked from Nantes (Or Belle Isle, is pub lished in the Constitutionel of the f•ith, dated on board of the frigate Itainha de Portugal. It is an animated and long address to all loy al Portuguese, promising indeMnity to those who take no voluntary part against him. . The papers, so thy as we haveliad time to glance at them; contain little intelligence of interest. No later dates from England than were received by the Samson. e a • C.) t l a ."," z. i t '7l The Journal of Commerce has Paris dates to Feb. 10th, and Havre to the I , lthl Loth inclusive; five days later than the previous accounts. . • The most s interesting 'item of news is the renewal of 4sturbances in Italy. The Chamber of Deputies, on the 7th, was engaged on the subject of pensions. On the 6th they were occupied in the discussion of the budget. The N. York American says, the French government had ordered four regiments to Italy—to co-operate with or paralyse the Austrian the marchesmifAncona and Bologna. TwentymStecond Congremr••Firgt f4efixion. The Senate did not sit-on Saturday. In the House of "Representatives, Mr. E. Everett, -from the Cointnittee on the Libra ry, reported a reSolutioti directing the Clerk to purchase 240 copies of the Documentary History of 'the Bank of the United States. After a' short debate the resolution was a greed to. The bill to establish certain roads, and to alter and discontinue others,. and for other purposes, was read the third time and. passed. . Mr. D9ddridge moved a reconsideration o the voe rejecting the bill for the benefit of Mrs. Decatur] tfft-before the question vas, decided, the House. l ,.o. journed.--[Gtok. In the Senate, yesterday, after the morn ing busifiess, " -- tto;"Apportionment Bill was taken up, the question betntan the motion to amend the ainendmeat offered by, . Mr. ; Webster, by striking out that clause. of- it which provides .for .the r9rdseibtOon of fractionio. The subject was discussedVear three . hou :when I he' InOtio,4 _to, amend ce CO.WRESS. MOtiD.VY,,,March 12. TUESDAY, March 13. the amendment . Was carried by.. 24 to 23. . Mr. Hill moved to 47,700 and insert 44,000, as theitiiilC : `' the bill, which - was lost. The billCUeq ordered to a thlrareading, by a voilita 27 to 20. In the House 'of Representatives; alter the presental i ion of petitions,• the Flouse slimed the consideration of Mr. Clayton's . resolution for the appointment of a &led, Committee to examine the affairs of the - Bank of the U. S. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Root, that • the Committee' be chosen by ballot. This amendment was,supported by Messrs. lltfu iel and E. Everett, and opposed by Messrs. BlaTr. or 5. Carelina,_Leavitt,_ Drayton, Cand .eleng, and Angel: Mr. Jertifer proposed to amend the, resolution by direc ting sire Committee to .report by the third illonlay in Apt4l.—[lbicl. IVEDNEsnAy, March 14. In the Senate, yeste'rday, Mr. Dallas, from the Select Committee to which •was referred the application .of the U. States Bank for a renewal of its charter, reported a bill, which was read, and ordered to a second reading. The resolution for the puichase of sixty copies of the Legiilative and Documentary Ilistory of the United States Bank was adopted, after a long de bate. In the House of Representatives, bills granting pensions to numerous individuals, were reported from the- Comniittee on Revolutiunary pensions. ,The House, at an early hour, resumed the consideration of the resolution proposing an enquiry into the affairs of the Bank of the United States -- r the amendment offered by Mr. Root, that, the Committee be chosen 'by ballot, being under discussion, Mr. Collier addressed time House at length, and Mr. McDuffie briefly, in favor of the amendment. The question was then taken by yeas and nays, and the amendment was lost—yeas 100, nays 10Q—the Speaker giving the casting vote in the negative. Mr. Wayne'samend ment, which proposed the Committee, to meet in thgi,„l:.„ ; r i .„.. gress, to examine into the: ment of the Bank, .wtts Mr. Wayne addressed theMintie'for about two hours in favor of hii:6oendirient, but without having conclude 4 at_it-quarter past 4 o'clock, he gave. *tiyltia motion for an adjournment, which i lmai_ TittiiispAY,March 15. In the Senate, yestreiday, some time was spent in the consideration of Executive bu siness. 'The Apportionthent Bill was read' a third tinie - and - Mr. Webster moved its, recommitment to the Committee from which it was reported, with general instructions. for the report -DA a bill apportioning the' representatives, as nearly as may be, among the several States, according to their repre-• mentative populution n compe pod with the representative population of tile United. States. After some discussion the' bill was laid on the table, and a motion made torecon sider the vote of Monday last, by which the proposition to represent fractions was" rejected, which motion is still pending. In the House of - Representatives, Mr.. Johnson of Kentucky, from the Committee on, Post Otliceslind Post Roads, reported a bill to provide for opening a road in Arkan sas Territory, from V in Chicot county, to Little Rock. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution for the appointnient of a Select Committee to examine the affairs of Bank of the U. States. Mr. Wayne conCluda liis remafks .in favor Of his a mendment, which he modified by striking from it that part which required the cow._ mittee to uct in the recess. After a fnither . debato of some length, a part of which was of a personal character, question was - taken and the, amendment rejected—yeas w 6, :nays 10.4. - Mr. Adams then proposed, to amend the original resolution by limit ini; the enquiry to time alleged violation§ or - the charter of the . l3auk r t.Cc. and directing the Committee to report by the 21st April. ; Several ineffectual attempts were made to• amend this amendment so us to extend the proposed enquiry,when it was finally adopt ed—yeas 100, nays 92. The resolution thus amended was agreed to, the. Committee directed to consiSt of seveniand the House, at 8 o'clock; adjourned.—Ubid. FRIDAY, March 16. [ln the Senate, yesterday, resolutions were ollin.ed and private bills acted upon. Mr.. Clay's resolution was taken tip, and dis- . cussed.] In the House ofßepresentatm, an amend-. meat to the Constitution, changing the mode of electing the President arid Vice-president,. was taken up, and referred to a„Committee of-the Whole on the state of the Union.--Ibid. • SATURIVA, March 17. [ln the Senate r yekerday, Mr. Clay's reso lution was further discussed, and several bills7passed. In the House of Refiresentfitives, Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported a bill to establish a SurVey : or General's Office in the States of Illinois,. Indiantrizind Missouri,. and in the Territo ries of Arkansas and Micagatr — Consider-. able time was spent in the consideration of die general appropriation bill for thesup port of government for the year 1.832.--- Various amendments were proposed and agreed to, and others rejected or withdrawn. The bill, as.amended, was eventually order- ed to be engrossed for a third reading.--/b. Vide tmderstand there is no reality in the surmise of several distant papers, that our distinguished fellow, citizett;-Mr. rrirr, was, ahent to settle Louisiana for the improve. mpht of his health—and can say positively, he, has no intention ofeginging his residence froin t Balt itiptor e ObrelieW .• Sh4H(.~~' ~ 5~. y ~ ? , bf,°,~r.~,: 3st, Iffi Here 8 Unaw' E3ll 66 - 7111 21 Wr. 2•? Tn 23 URI 24 SA 25 SUN 26 Mo , FL MITE baing add a parcel nufitg, Co• • IV • range cents woul. of wa Co • cents 38 ce Ct.' price rr Ent p vote o count to wh dents a MI floati city. when aslee know passe Sfate bly o ber," this. Eloc day 1832 burg paps mime UMIE lure. i thie 0 OM a we epee, 1 punc low i in ce thir. . its f. Add The volu t o the• title ' Mil