CONGRESSIONAL.
6 1 orrSsp.?ndenee of theßaltinzoi;.Patriot.
WAsalx&rox .May 10„ 1 . 838,
W - e
had another • striking illustration, •to 4
d:iy, of „the working of the Experiment.
Tao . Chief... Magistrate hint - self, has been
obliged at last to. approach Congress with a
. special message declaring - that the U. States
Government - is bankrupt,., and asking for!
• - :money! • President - Van 13bron, after!mait , :l
ing in vain • for the action of his organs in
the Senate and House, (the Fillance,CennH
• mittee,) transmitted to-day a statement from
the Secretary of , the Treasury, by which. it~
14PPears that lair ernbareassments . are even
' i greater than-have . yet 'been reported.. You,
tviil receive the mes'sageind the SeeretarY's_
communication along with this. • But Mr.
Van Buren, -and Mr.- Woodbury'. attribute
their preset difficultiesl to ihe existing pro
; s.hibition.against-re4ssuitig Treasury NoteS,
,whicli-hatie-beets returnetlinpaytnent_otani
'revenue; and eoncur.iii recommending rat
.
this, prohMition be forthwith remared.-
Wenfricr see the iMportance . of this pro
hibatory clause-Which Mr. Southgate, the_
able and-. patriotic '"member with .beat„ the
' party's candidate in the very field "of - their
strength in • Kentucky-Tin Col.. Johnson's
Jwit diSfriet—_introduced into the bill, as an
amendinent, just, 'before .its: final passage.
Had it not . been for:. that 'salutary clause,
, the-notes *Mild Itave."been re-issued as fast
as they came in, and the ten millions: aut•
• • • thorized by the bill .of last sessimi - Might
have been increased indefinitely.; and the
country known nothing -of the amount of
debt the Government had incurred ; until
some inquisitive Whig member should make
• a call for the information.--- - This - prohiba-.,
tory ametidmenb the'':.President and his
:Secretary now unite iii declaring:to be. Alm
cause of all their woes! . : - Mr. -Southgate—
=7M-if-Southgate—how- could-you•be so cruet
-As - soon as the- message and documents
• - ivere read in the _House, and referred to the
'CornMittee of Ways and Memis,--Mr. Can- .
• breleng rose,. and referring to the ,privilege
z-- -guestion_.(conneadd with-the el Reports,
&c.i) declared that if this matter was
' - p - Oi l soom - ilispo - sed . " --- Mourd - , - _ -- in - =th - e;
Course. of - the day, .move -for a suspension
of the rules in order to go on with the pub
"
• lie business. 1 _
Several members cried out., "move now!
.move nom!"
Mr.- Underwood, of Kentueiy,.who_had_
- ..ribtainekthe - iloOr when - the (hid business
was last before the: House,' said he.wotld
agree - 0, suppress hiS intended speech if
Canibreleng, and his hien& Woidd - tinita
with 'procuring an-indefinite
„pc:Moment of the Whole subject.
_ .Mr: - ;Cambreleng replied.thet the motion
to-postpone might .OPen up-a,gaiti the itrlible .
yttestion, and he- would therefore. -move
: rather to suspend' all the.'orders,, and . take
-- _ - up rite public=bills:= __
• Mr. Graves instantly on 'his_ feet.
. -He remonstrated . earnestly - land anxiously_
againSt this course. - - He hoped the consider
ation of this subject would not now, be
'postponed, or made to give way to any
thing. He wished to have it_disposed of,
• Without the delay of another hour. He
- ',urged, particularly; hoW-unjust it would
after the najorlly's report had been viva&
far and wide, not to print the evidence and:
'the journal, which were 'necessary to show
• the unfair and garbled character of the re
- port. ,He declared that, dthough he thought
---the-report-of the---majority-onght.not-to=be
.. printed, for reasons which he had already
;given at length; yet he would mudi prefer that_even it should be printed, rather than
• that the -.House should fail to order - the
journal and-ivideficOo be printed. He
again asked, as an act of justice,_ that the
question should be legally and constitution . -
•ally disposed of, with:as-little delayaspos
• Bible. •
Mr. Cambreleng after this. appeal With
drew his motion to suspend; and the ques
tion recurring on the motion to recommit
the report with instructions to - report - only
the facts and evidence without comment or
argument—Mr. Underwood rose_ and ad
dressed the House in support of the motion,
and on the general subject. ,
As:soon as.he finished, Mr. Thoins, of
Maryland, moved to"lay the - whole subject
on the table, and print the, reports, joUrnal
and evidence The question'vas-divided;
and being first taken orr the motion to lay
on the table, was earried Wale affirmative
—ayes 102, nay,s 72.
'The motion to print was also sub-divided,
and the .question being first put in refer
_z_ence.to the reports-only, it --was:,,carried in,
the affirmatiie.:_The'secianniraneli of the
proposition, namely,, to print the journal
and'evidence, was then agreed to.'" Ayes
,--100. Noes 4.' • . • .
-Thus has 'the whole • subject been .fe-,
moved from' the: notice of the House. What
a 'lame and impotent conclusion to tile ma
jority's charitable labors! , , The printing of
the- majority'-s- report-never-would7have
-'-been-ordered,-kdirn ot been- for - the - gen 7
creel desire "to' have the JOURNAL AND EVI-
JiuNcr..spread before therv)untry—to. gitre
the most effective antidote to the poison
which the majority 'hay!? riciught to instil
into the public mind. - T'yhe speeches..of
Mr. Adams and' Mr.' Gray* also, had great
influence in determining the course of many
.gentlementhe4..riner 'had declared that
he wisheil_ the Majoritrii .report'spleeil. on j
the journal as a . record . of their infa
m - and 'the latte I avin. ex ressed`
" earnest a wish fer4Wlgigt9g,Rtlillir-,
nal and evidence, 'that rather than allow the
- country to be without them, he'was willing
to have the report printed.
The House immediately, adjourned. Mr.
__Cambreleng _having given notice jhat he
• would ask them to' take up the Treasury
Note Bill to-morroiv.
You may look out for some animated and
,.eloquent discussion now. Every inch of
ground will be contested in connection with
• the pet project. Ido not believe a niajori
ty in the House will submit any, longer to
this policy of temporary expedients---trjea
sury notes—selling bonds, &c. &c. It is
highly probable,'at least, iliat the Treasury
Note' Bill Will te. rejected; and. that the
_„tVaininiFttratiOn - mill be - forced to" make a
„ direct loan.. ,
A .message ,, from the President and 'ac
contpanying cominunicaiionfrom the Trona
ury, wkich I have noticed, was also sent
to the Senate, and,referred AT:the commit
'—tee on -
Mr, Webster presented_ to-day a report
titid_series.o:f_resobnions'in elation to-the
North Eastern Boundary; -Which have ,been
adopted by :the . .Legiglature.;ol: Massachu
, setts. Ile sPolte of the report with , high
, and merited commendation.: It is a mos
, terly paper. - Your readers will be g!a&to .
Lhear that, Mr. 'Webster expresses an inten
tion to present to the consideration of Con
kgress:•the true- . state Of the. 'pending ques
tion; bet Ween great Britain 'and the - United
States;And :its''great .Und'increasing impor
-0,00. J ., Maspeliusetts , , , ,is peculiarly inte
rested in an' earl},.' and ,satisfaatory settle
ment of tlib' diaputo h'and it well beconieS,
'her ittoSt .distin gu is lied statesman and jurist,
io give his unrivalled `powers to the eluci
dation and adjustment of Atte Auestion.
• , The bill providing for the erection of a
Hospital tn.WashingtOnfor-theinSane, and
-for-Ldisabled_a - nd, infirm soldjera, seanaeu;_
was',' after passing through all the,in
itiatory - stages; and brought to the mature
point of having the (lunation put on its final
: passage postponed till D'ecember,` next!--
Another illuWation oojie-tokosiii g s .9f the
.Ekpertineiii! - Btichanati 'inoVed the
postponement; 'not t,hat : he was: opposed ao
the bill —nrit thaflie was insensible_to the.
want of such an' institution here, where
eight or nine of the Jifortitnate,,vietims of
one of the greatest- - calamities, 'that . can
set thelifenf men=inehtal deratigemerit
are confined inclose - cells,under the same
roof, and in the neighbOrhood, of, malefac ! .
tors convicted of the basest' crimes.
The . .whole argument of . iqr. Buchanan,
was simply that , the GovernMent shad _no
money! and that in-the - preseittzconditioil
of -the Treasury, no additional' charge, upon
it ought „to be, created. Alas; alas !-,-4The .
bunglers and prodigals; have, contrived to
-empty theLpublie=-purse r tind-ouc-gallauttarisi
and brave soldiers, who have
.cridured pri
vation and toil and - have bled in thesefirice
of theittoulitry,' Must stiffer for it. r They
-umst find shelter in a common. Jail.. But
' what of ,that?: General. iaeltscai,"left 'this;
great people prosperous
for the
. •
•The provillii - 4 — forthe saITiCIW
*United States Bank Bonds, was powed : to-
day,, without any. discuss*, and -sent .to
house,the for concurrence. -.Mr. Webster's
. admirable speech on this,measure, has'heen
published.. It embodies - all that need be
said, to show the impropriety and utter
'uselessness of this . project
. ofithe:adininis , .
fration. . - • 1- •
. . ... .
. The_ Benate, was-engaged,.duving theje
mannler. of the sitting .with .the bill to ex-;
tend:the - Anklet:B,4f theflanks`of the Dis
,trist of Columbia: - NO vote-was-.taken - on
any pToposition - corineeted with*, . • ,--,.
' WASHINGTON, -M - At 11,..153tK
• - the. 'T-rps . firy Note Bill is now fairly
under way - "in thd: House. - This 'measure,
in its very .modest title, proposes to carry
into. effect the bill.of'Octob9r last: But on
lookinginto . the provisions, Vire:discover that
what is meant by earrying into effect, is
nothing less than the re-issuing of The notes
without limitation as to amount. This is
carrying into effect with a vengeance. The
OctobeKact - positively prohibits any re-issue.
--Tautl_ the _piesent_hilL.distine,tly_givtLati7.
thority to re-issue—and this is called carry:
ing. into effect.. Nothing can - exceed the
ingenuity of Mr. 'Cambreleng in contriving
names for his measures, except his ingen
iousness-in-assigning-the-causes-whichlren-
der those' measureS necessary!
When the House . resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole, with Mr. Ingham
in the the Chancellor of. the Exche
quer-rose,-and delivered-a- speech,- which
for cool impudence, I venture to say, was
never surpassed,' - There was not the slight
eSt plauSibility from - heginning to end; - nor
any thing that. could be dignified with the
name of argument. .1t was a piece of bra-
zen assurance throughout. -No defence Was
set up for the conduct. or -tbe-Administra
tion;.-He seemed to think'no apology was
necessary: and raised a song of praise and
gratulation to the Administration, just as if
it had not obitinately pursued a course so
unprincipled, and -so destructive ad was c 2
%
culated to call down the 4eep =seal of n
oppressed and suffering people. Only think
of this subservient organ of the Execntive,
rising in his pliiae — , and - ascribing/all - the
embarrassments which the bungley charged
with the administration of the, qovernment,
'have brought on themselves; 16
___"tardy tardy k.-
gislation."
If this . .. Were ,the. -
.case, Who are tame
for it? Who have been / the agentain retar
ding the progress of public business during.
the last three weeks,2,Vhile the Government
was on the eve of bankruptcy? Who but
"the _party', that countenanced and encour-,
aged the Toot-spirited, vindictive, and true- -
ulent junto plaeed on the Duel - Gommittee
to undernain the reputation .of men of
character 'arid honor.'
— 7 - Takinhis - note from the Presidenti_and
- the Secretary of the rcreasury, Cambreleng
asciihed the -origin, of the present diflicul
.ties,dtil quarters to the prohibition ex-,'
istifig against the re-issue::. R.eally this trio
must fmagine that theie is not an eye-watch
ing the doings- of ;Congress.. Does Cain
shreleng, do his eiecutive superiors, forget
that when Mr. Southgate offered that pro
hibitory clause as , an amendment .to the
,
Treasury Note' October, Mr. -Cam
breleng himseltrote-and declared that the
_ l lilininistratitm—did—not—intendnyr7thi4-
, pise,,r f Ahat they did not propose to re=issue
the notes ail& theyliarctliqelf f + ettiiY>ieil td
Treasury.. 'Yet now they lay the whole
biiitlen . -OP4eirr:complaint 'on -very
clause! . • '
Of a kin-to this is the - querulous tone in.
which they deplore the return of these notes.
in,. payment of. therevenue.. The- short ,
sighted wiseacres Stare; and rub their eyes,
- and gaze with undisguised 'astonishment at
the fact, that these notes have been paid into
the Treasury, by the. üblic debtors! They
never anticipated such an occurrence altho
- they were expressly • madeleceiyable for
puplic.dues. It is quite amusing to mark
thA. air with which the' Secretary tells of
his disceiery. • - •
- I :Will - not dwell' upon .the slang which
Carlibreleng poured forth in praise' of 'the
Administration. Its absurdity maybe esti-.
one specimen. Ile ascribed the
.resiimption of
. specie payment - hy the - New
YorkA3anks_te_the.firinness-and-patriotism
of Mr, Vaal Dwelt:and - his' Cabipeto.:-.—and'
t . t - itt.
. . . .
in this Strain heindulged for half an hour..
Cushing.2.replied_to_him in: an_ ex
ceedingly spirited and.effeetive
He ridiculed canihreleng's liiidalor;y. and
cOngratulatory. remarks. He asked what
had the Allininistration done towards cans'.
ing a resumption of epecie
.payments by the
banks? Its frlendo had defeated the only
ptopOshiori which had been introduced, hav
ing • the least tendency tOEnid. and
.support
the 'BOnks 'in rethunption.—Nr.
. •
Mr. Cushing.made some pungeott.cont-,
ments on the di6rent, , expedients the Ex
ecutive organ ,has 'brought fOrward.at the
present session. • One Of Mr. Cambrelengeti
projects
. .Was . to
: issue certifiCates; which
should not_:he_Lreceivable; for public dues,.
thli 7 Mu
tingadayable to.Rublic creditors.—
Yes, theOlcincellor_of_the_Explieqiier-Aid
present a scheme, -by which •the
nation would be ailetiThaa — specie from:
the. people ; while it-would go. into the mar
ket ith . paper in Its, hands, totpay jta. own
creditors; and paper too, 'which. it would
not take back again; is time. that this
itilifiiiiffeagifte kee - alled - ; — hiltwn
have ,liad„lnii assurance till to-day .that - it
would:,not .b,e again 'reliorted.* • Mr. Cam-
breleng declared that it. has been abandon
ed;-;;•••andl-auppoac he expects the country
to be duly grateful for4liis mark of the for
bccirhnce of the Government. - .
Mr. Cushingfortifiedthe position he took.
against" the bill 'by quoting the apeeches of
some- of our wisest statesmen, , who concur
red in, .repudiating such a - modoraiaing :
revenue. lle.showed that it had' been `in.
an-especialmanner, condemned by the -`4re
publican party.' • ,
Gen. Thompson of south Carolina, coin-
Ineneed tt masterly speech : against the bill.
He opposetlit _ oit . ,grouhds :. of ita.beittg
constitutional, and also inexpedient. :Se
denounced-it as one of that series of mea
aurea hegua'and carried on to abolish - bank
credits; and give us Governmelit.credita in
atead. :lie- was remarkably,elear on' the
conatitationaLquestion 'showing that if this .
ittc~sitre`ilid~io raise a loan; then there was
not-the slightest authority in- the-constitu
tion :for it. - Genii Thomption - gave notice
-that he would:sill:mat as substitutefor the
bill, a proposition to make a loan. -
.• lie:had not fifiished his - remarks, when,
.on- motion, the c.onimittee: rose- andi the
Roush adjourned. The tliscuss ion will -be
continued, fOr. some time,
.and the end there
-will be the rejection.. of the
measure.' - * • .
. .
During the morning hour, Mr. Graves
called-the intention 'of the House: to , the - no
tefriious fact thaceipies . the. re _
mulled majo'rity.ofAlm. Duel Committee
have been circulated, all over the country,
in immense niimbers;',urfder the franks of
inierriliers 'of Congress; - and - in consideration
of this, he asked that • twenty thousand ad
ditional copies of. the journal and evidence
be ordered to be printed. • •
The partisans who have been 'So zealous
in their•charitable work - of - running down
Mr. .Gsaves, and other high minded and
iliOntitablo orntonVAlll"Ail to erobarr, ss
the motion-with as many difficulties as ey
could contrive. That
_poor spirited crea
•
litre„Fairfiehl of Maine, to whom th!e
coun
try is' so much indebted for originating the
unprecedented and disgraceful,proceedings
that lu weeks,-at
aiirar k_looking_anx
iously
stanth
Govei
absoli
to_ami
of twt
report
Mr.
straw(
again
Eleridi
gentle] tssailed; now,
after / L bed to
th trial.
IParker• of New York.:-.-one of the train
bands whose special pleading . .was cut up
in such eapital style, by ..Messrs. Adams,
Robertson, and Menefeesaid the subject
was notoabandoned—Aut. only 'laid .on the
tablet'
- This shallow and bare-faded pretence on
ly produced a feeling of derision at'its au
thor.' He knew, as well as any body, that
the whole' subjeceithad been consigned to
`the tomb of the Ca - pillits" never to rise
again. ' " • -
Mr. Hopkins.of Va. then to lay
on - the - table - th - CrYititio print - addititirial ,
copies—but , the proposition was rejected l i
by a large majority—Mr. Graves having
declared that he should
_prefer 'that twenty
Thousand 'copies of tire report should be
printed,. - rather than that the House should
fail' to cause that number of copies of the
journiNcid evidence to be printed.
Mason-of--Ohio,-then-rose r and op
piised the.aniendment, on the - ground that
the report of the majority is unfair, partial,
and does manifest injustice to, theiporties7
.He entered on a critical examination of that
paper, 'and exposed several instances of its
misrepresentations. Tlie train bandswere
exceedingly restive under these firm and
effective attacks. Several of them 'started
upi , one after another, and interrupted bim
with, idle and vexatious calls to. order.,
Ilif.he Adroitly. managed to hold on his
course,laching_Messrs-T_oucer&_Co.-w-ith,
the greatest severity for their handiwork—
until 116 niOrninrhour elapsed; and the
Speaker interposed to take up the-order of
the day.
The Committeeon Territories reported
bills to-day for the creation . of
,two new
States! -One to enable the people of EAST
WISCONSIN to from a Constitution and State
Government; and provide for the admission
of Such State-into the Union—the other to
enable the peOple Of Flocida.to de the same
thing, Both acts were referied-to the,orn
mittee of the Whole.",
.
to bl
Small ita"Conneciteut.,-The pop
ular branch of the' Connecticnt,,Legisliture,
on the ad day of the session,:have already
voted the repeal . .of the law prohibiting
small billsby-a *rote of it* to - 32: - The .
Locos c of the lastregislatura had patched
up the law, 11b' iiiig .1 14 46, , to issue
small hula pa**e in - But this
twaddling-did-not-suit-the -people;----;--N.7Y;
roni tite'Penn . 4lv . hniaing4iire.r:
THE DIFFICULTY BETWEEN
FRANCE AND•MEXICO. '
_ .
.. We have beeif lookingtvith some ;nixie,
ty for an official' account of _the origin and
progress of- the.difficulty between France
and : , ,Alexico,-1- I Such ---ari-raceount is due• to
the citizens of this eountry, and especially
to Congress, ity oider.,tliat all• the. facts. af the
,case. maybe before the American. people,
with the - object of , enabling. them to' decide
whether or inat this cbuntry 'should make'
any niovenieilt
. upon the. subject. ,In the
Ol
abseneeowever,. of any such official ex:-.
position, we proceed to compile from New
Orleans - anti .11 , 16d4an papers, • as. derived
from such inureeti. • ~„. . !.'
Ii appears tli3t; for several - years;M - oxiff
has . been ~committing a' series 'of outrages
against the.bitizens of. France resident With:,
inifer‘territory—Lboth in the destruction of
their 'lives and the confiscation of their pro- ! .
pertv. 4 .l'lfi?teen years have elaPsedrginco
regular and - uninterrupted
. relations were
, conirnenced—between_. France and Mexico,z
ilii§:period it is alleged "an a'hnost
infinite, iiinuber of French subjects 'have
been ei.poed.in the. Territory of Mexico',"
to the outraffe§.we have referred to. , yliese
outrages llie''...Freneh Admiral says fie
not - fully .recapitulate, but he goes .on to
observe • • .
" lie :will not for the.sarrie 1'0613011 - insist
.on its. detail, nor will lie allude to that - mur
der
in which five
Fienehinen' who enjoyed the general es
teem; and who.exereised a.pforession useful
to the eountry, Were. beheaded,_ torn to
pieces and tied- to the -tails horses-7(ih
eluding n : worria n Who was amongst-them)
by known Mexicans, who aetetl-publiely at
noon,; "lllbreau
trangerm." This murder, remains Unpun
ished, after_ nearly `five years,. under . pre
text of the corn iicatidn t the_slawne-1
of judicial form; two- Frenclipieri
who , on the 21st isf . last October, committed
hr theii own to - ivirr in St. Louis Pcdosi i a
murder which they had ondeavoiedto cover
_witiLthe=mostfprofoundi'mystery,_were
rested, judged,• fOund guilty ; condemned to
dedth:nni_Lexecnted on the 3,l§t of the same
month; that is, ten'days •afl4 the perlietro:- .
tion of the - crime.. •/ •
'" Neither will he insist on the butchery
oCrampica - iii , 188.5; ; in which 28 strangers,
among - whom were 2 . .. Frenc h -men, -; who
were made prisoo6r§.ky the Mexican sol
biterided in "favour 'of the Teiians,
and, who were.killed some days afterward's
_by :shoothilienri,_in kyard, in which they
were. inclosed as _ savage heaSti, and with
out the__ ability of the Mexican_ Govern,
men,Vto this day, since. two _years . that
route has solicited, to shoW in virtue of
,Vhat - law, or - according to what judicial
proceedings they were eondemned to death
and executed; butchery the odious on,
a o c p
j eo cc u m nt if . p .. tri . t ‘ y ,.,.. w in h!c ii h e the Mexicanes of those
Latrabgemliw.e.sziayad,andlor..the_ppini s
tion to General - of Col. Gregorio Gomez,
who being, president of the Council of War,
and called, to give his sentence in lids affair;
limited himself to direct a murder.
:of___thp_iniquitous•_and._atrocious
sentence by which a judge of the Capital,
Mr. Famayo, eondemeed in the. last yein•
to ten years of imprisonment in Vera Cruz,
that is to a•frightful death after more tir less
prolonged-pains,-z-Frcuchmen-that=he-AVAs
willing to represent,us,guilty ofmanslaugh:-
ter
,witliOnt ' . llavilig . Any . proof to - base - his'
sentence -- upon - resisting, on the contrary,
all the proofs which were opposed to him,
and filially, violating all : the legal forms and
the sacred right of 'defence. • •
great and sub
md when the
condition'of i
man proposed
dingi.,an order.
copies of the
reinon.
it and force
nt injustice of
tlfoS-6
• ." Nor of that more recent murder which
Col: Pardo, commander of - the city of
Colcna, las just intended in .the
who
of
the street, against a Frenchman, exer,
cised the honorable profession of medicine,
and who was designated by 'general appro
bation, as director of the hospitals of said
city,, but who had refused to lOnd money to
Cob Pardo, the , murder from which the
Frenchman escaped only by a miracle, and
covered with wounds. Without being able
to depend, even for the future, with the least
protection offilie part of civil-or-judicial
authorities, _ which -has compelled .hini to
-abandcin^the country / and all' the property
he had in - it. • . .„ - -
The underwriter will' neither undertake
to relate -in detail the other outrages leis
excusable if not leSs iniquitous, which the
French have been obliged to suffer in thefr
persons and propertiee.
___Besides,, this .nar,
rative would hp extremely long, and would
so be mieless after the voluminiins corres
pondence which ha's" taken, place on the
- same subject-,-b-etwe-en'tliontssfori-of•Vrantt
pd the Mexican Minister.
• "The underwriter will onl
1c vision in " three
.which; will naturally be compKised the less
odious .ouirag,eewhich his countrymen - have
resented:
" ist.—Plunders and destructions of
properties during .the disturbances of the
country, „ either by the people .or the bel
ligerent partiesil.6
"Plunders in the Parian, in Mexico, in
, ehuantapec,,—in—Ciasacan,-and-in_Orizaba:.
popular riot in Mexico on account of the
reduction of the copper money, &c. -
"Perceptions by means *of violence of
forcible loans, contrary in themselves to the
Jaws of nations, and to the existing treaties,
and no 'less opposed
• to . the natural equity,
by themnjust partiality of their assessment.
"3d.-Rufusal of justice, deeds, decisions,
or illegal mid iniquitous judgment of admin=
istrative authorities, military and judicial;
for instance: 7 -.. :
" Confiscaoons contrary to the maxims
,of jitunanityiand the of 'the-RepubliC,
exercised in the cargo of Captain Rives,
cast on the Mazatlan by the tempest, and
death of this Frenchman, caused by dis.
tress aftef Ave years of. useless .solicitude
to obtain' reparations which were inCessant
ly,offered ; business, in whieh custom
house'oiricers who afterwards turned their
registers aU,d fled, not to render acco,unts to
the governritent. • , , •
Bent) Boldnos,..e . ontrary_to tliA; tic tics .
. . •
FOREIGNAVEVLS
an &the laws;. imprisonment of thid French
mah-bythelocal_autliorities,,inritmishment
_..-Oy-~L._
of ids _having claimed
_and°.obtaißi.l, the int-.
portant protection.of the supreme govern
ment, in this . business,_had a part as an offs-.
of
. the !customs, afterwards part
on'account of his prior relations with some .
bands of robbers! . and his more_iecent
bankruptcies. , s -
- • " Exile and ruin of Gallix in 'l ; elmantph
pee,innder-ptetences-which --hair° not-been
shown,. nor 7 proPably -invented -but long
after the facts, and were immediatbly- recog
nised as false and caliiiiiniatorY. In this
affair is implicated. a judge who was be-.
fore condemned by a tribunal for'prevarica
•
Piosecution. and ruin of Duranton
.in Tampico , fok varioni decisions contrary.
-_to_the laws of natiens and thedegislation.of
the Republic . - In this • matter a judge ; par
-took--who-Was-accusedjbeforOhe-tritinnals;.-
of Vera Cirtiz for . poiSoning, followed' by ,
death: .and who has avoided searches made
for him by tepans . of escape.. .
"Sequestration imposed,inlrampigo_ on
-trielTroperty-0--Dr;4l-qrbel—for--the
posed benefit of a third person; whon/they
have ref:l'nd to, make _ known;l4nd/w . hich
was continued as a -necessary'eoniequenee
of tio illegal *I - antisocial want of a- tri
bunal of appeals in. the Del:ailment three
years ago. In this affair thpludgepoison- .
erttbove mentioned had also a part.
. "Prolonged
. impriStfnment, • barbarOus-,
treatment and complete. ruin of Mr. Lesos,
by means of supposed judicial interrogato
-and - acknowledged- as -such-by-the
perior judges.- Ins this- affair . art' counter=
feiter's; some)ellicers of the army, consti
tuted es-a, tribunal,:.&c,-.4cic.z.-!'• '
It is • addeil, that " the .Freneh. have_ eon
stantly Protested against these outrages - , and
altliongli:Frande - has7 beep -- able - to - effect--a
suspension for a, certain time, she liras not
succeeded in preventing their recurrence,:
nor has_ she _obtained reparation . for those
already perpetrated."' .Allusion is . next
made to the poles .of the Onyernment of
IVlexico, iii postponing - Aiseussion with re-
gard to the enormities committed . against
France—to-her dilatory answers Or -absolute
silAcc,, at the same time allowing then - tin r •
checked_ lepetition,n( the, "offences, 'and
finally, her repulsion, cn masse, of the
elolins'a of "France; "arid the on
Which they Were' founded, fmaking. on the
other side .the visible propo'Nition to sub
pit the Whele,tti . the arbitration •of third
Rower; 4. if some Of 'those ordinary 7dues l
tions•of doctrine or interests in 'whichtloubt
and transition may take placei•were to be
treated qa_if en* the 'contrary the question
,Was - not of thnse outrages on - Abe persons
and:prapertieS,,which never_can-giver-roont
for.arbitrationoteither by internal- norpri 7 _
_
vate Yaws; and a§ iTilie dignity
of France would allow •her to tet. a third.
Rower,—not even for therm—for there
could not be a diversity of opinions . iu
civilimd nations on such questions. The
case of deciding if the plunders, the vio.,
ences and murders of which her citizens
have been the victims, would or not be an.
object'Of sufficient reparetion.7
ectof_afl'air,~ the Fr© 4eh-C4u
ernment,.c01ivi.........3..},.t filo cabinet of Atex
ico.liad.sufficiently made known NV lint_
its disposition in relation to' the French
claims, authorized its agent; Baron Deffau
dis.,to sulimit the _following444inzattoirt-of
reparation and'inderiinity, expected by the
Mexicans:
"1; The sum of $600,000 to be . paid
before the 15th of May, on board any French
t it
vessel_a_wm_itt_sight_of—V ra-Cruz, „to-be
distributed by the French go ernment among
the Viettchitien who have su cited :wrongs ,
in Mexico. These are arranged in three
classes. L. Those who have been plun
dered, 'or had property destroyed, -during
the diva disturbances 2. 'Those who have.
had foreed loans imposed upon them.-
3; Those - torwhom - Justice - has been re - - -
fused, or wild have been wronged• by unjust
and arbitrary decisions.
," 2. General Gomez, who ordered the
execution of two Frenchmen in 'Tampico,
Messrs. Denwinsent and Saussieu, fo be
deprived of .his "grade, and to pay $20,000
to the families of the victims. ,
- "3. Col. Pardo; commandant - of Colima - , -
for assaulting and wdunding M. G, Dulany,
to be deprived of his commission., and pay
10.660 to M. Dulany.
- "3. Senor Tamayo,' Judge of Mexico,,
for his unjust - sentence against M. Lemoine,
to-be deprived -of-office. Lemoine to
be releasedfrom prison, and-be - paid an ins
demnifieation of two thousand dollars.
"5. The sum of . $50,000 to be paid the
families of the Frenchmen murdered -in
Arenzingo, = • - ,
The various SUMS above specified - to
be paid
_in addition to "the "gross'-sum of
$600,000 mentioned in the first article."
—The -Baron-Deffaudis--farther -requires
that " the.-Mexican government - will bind
itself in the most precise and solemn nrian
-neromder.the-cdndition-on-the7other hand
of the most perfect reciprocity, with'respect
to its agenis, s citizens,-commerce r _and navi-,
gation on the-part of France.
"1. To secure constantly in the territory,
of the republic, to the, diplomatic and cow
sular agents, to the commerce and naviga
tion of France; the enjoyment -in all -re
spects of the treatment of the most favored.
_nation,_excePting. however, certain right,s _
personal and political, reserved by the con
stitution of the country to the citizens of
' the new republics formed in the ancient
Spanish America. . -
"2.- Not to impose in any caseinfoure,
upon the Subjects of his, Majesty, either
contributions of war of any kind, or taxes,
equal or analogous to them; Anciwn by the
denomination of Enapressitoi.-Torzosos,
whatevet*might be their destination._
"3. Lastly. NeVer to curtail in the least
the legal facility which-the French citizens
have hitherto enjoyed, • to trade in retail in
the - same manner as the Mexicans, without
granting to the former sufficient indemnifi
cations.
TheiWelithris: were 'not
_complied with,
as is .alretitlY - known toT - our_readers; and
hence the blockade. At the-last dates, a
commissioner with. full powers had left
Mexico,„'and it was halieved thS' latter would
establish his
. to -submit., :. Indeed„ this • rest*
fearsitiO us Ineviiiible7 --I T4t . x
hibitsinelanclioly' Fipeetqclear a•diVideo
. • - . •
•
•
;people, an unpai and discontented army., •
. and .an . einpty treasury. She., can.. scarcely'
-dream, - - therefore, .of Tegisting with any
"prospect of 'success ; the force that France
could
. in the course of a few months, bring.
against - her: . It • should 'he' remembered;
moreover, that the longer this' difficulty" ex-,
tho w_ . orae . tb_e_for_the_defendan ts;_
for it we understand:4lle prin - elfile in theSe
'cases alight, Mexico will not only be bound
to_fulill_the terms of the-O'rignial stipulation,
-but-also-all-the expenses incurred-by-France
in coercing such payment. In consequence
lof their not complying . With the -first .de
mand made upon. them,' Baron • Detraudis'
money claim has already increased since
the blockadefrom . $809,000 to $1,500,000;
and will continue to augment until its final'
inljustrrienV,
-We will-not permit .ourselves to suppose
that Fr Ace has any - other- - view in:this Mat
horigur, and the protectidn of-her own sub
j
pets• yet wp cannot close our eyes to the
'fact ;hat; in the event of Mexico not acced
ing -to the -.. deinands of France, the' latter
:pewerAvilLes_tahlish - a righ.L.to 'invest an
_probably capture Vera r ,,Cfuz, or some- other
_port s or.part of the Mexican dominions.; and,
if, the -.French once,.get a foothold of the
kinil; their :Old . disposition to.colonize will
no doubt be carried into full effect.. ' •
-.: The Mexicans; observ'es .an intelligent
contemporary, are - in the, habit - of believing
.that Great Britain will, in .case of great
emergency, come to ber . aid, shield her
' from her enmities; an&preserve her nation
al identity. Nothing can be . more "error
neous,-; -England,-will-embroirlferSell
eitheewith France or the United States. for
Mexido,-unless---thos4uwOrs—aiied-at-a.
'general coriqueSt of. the 4epubliC„ . .nr such a .
dangerous acquiiiticiii of territory as would
-place-her-commercial and national _interests,
in a.stat&of jeopardy; . Mexico shOuld re-.
member that her •independence haS: disap
pointed England) as well as the rest of Di
rope, " She has not. bounded forward in the
career..
_of COmmerce• and 'civilization .that.
wasorlier-- , itistead of growing .
rich. she has become- poor—instead •of 'ad
vancing she has retrograded, and Weakness
.hafifilledithe_plaCe of strength Possessing_,
a climate and soil of surpassing_ saliibrify
and fertility, and holding within her bosom
the, richeSt 'gold: mines . 4 'the . eyth, she
presents a spectacle Of abject poverty and
imbeCility ; Without national credit,-- and uno. 7
ble to meet the - ordinary charges incident
to lint general governMent. This deplora
blelitate of things has not; arisem from apy
all.
. physical Or external calamity, hu from cut=
Table, indolence, party dlisentions, ml-total
deprifationof virtue and - publicliatiotisin.
_:_lin the 'Meantime; duty,,tq 'ourselves and
our position •as it nation,. require 'that. we
lilkiiilirketifil . ) - iitTOlifi'd eYe upon . this speck,
which may increase, darken, and • agitate
iin . important section of the continent of
North America. •
From the 71teto York Express, May 8
.MONEY MARKET—CITY NEWS.
—Tuesday,_, P.` M.—The movements •in
•specie-in-this--country-and-iii-Landon-,----are
attracting a good deal ofattention,-,-and so
nl.l.sp. dolie .great operators now keep their
affairs,, that it is - . ..um,-.1., ..,.. „ mlerstand the
whys and wherefores of all we see. it im
-.very- elear,- - however; , . that-therchas-liebii-a
quarrel betweenythe • Pennsylvania. Bank of
the United States ; and the Bank of England ;
or the Barings, who: - are, as it were,--the-
American agents of that institution, , The
cause of that quarrel, .we have already stated,
originated in the jealousy with which' Mr.
Jaudon's doings.iii. ; :London •werewatched; -
r secondly, but primarily, in the refusal of the e
'.Barings, when panic-stricken, as:was the
Bank of England. of September, 1836, to
keep their agreements with Mr, Biddle, as
to the amount in which he 'should be per
-mitted-to draw upon - them. - In consequence
of this panic, Mr, Biddle fully concluded
It was wise' s r for him to take his London
business in his own hands;. and for this pur
pose; the mission of Mr Jatidon, as we
understand it, was created, ' . . ~-
Mr. Jaudon, We all know, was very 'coldly.
received by the
.Barings. The Bank of
England refused to keep an account with
him, and he was tabooed for a while.- . =
He Very quietly, howeVer; worked his
way, andi_surprised every body, after a
while, by a great operation -in . whiell--•-he
underbid the Bank of England, as before , . . .
stated. in 'this -paper. -"-Backed by the im- - --•-• lii T E IfllLs
mense cotton batteries Mr; Biddle was send
ing: hint, and having a principle control • • An Irish infant seven feet . and a half
over that great staple he; had not much to
. high, 'is dow forming part of the New titirk
fear even-from the Baakof England, cotton exhibitions.
. - . - - • • - -
__ .._ ,
being betterthan bank paper, ,
ana quite as The British- an&=_Foreiga-- TemPerance
serviceable as specie. In this condition of , Society has Offered h p,remitm of 250 dol
things, the -Barings, for the .Bank 'of Eng,. 1 larS'for the hest essay on the benefit Of to-.
land, through a house in this city, contract- tal abstin en ce.' • -•
- ed to serid-herefaome 'millions 'sterling inl - .. -
• • -
__
. - ' l 'lle - militia - of - the - State - of - Ne* York
specie, a part of. which. has come; and - only, T
numberki 184,800 men. ' _____
a part, the order for the of more , • •
- havittg - been ini3pentiedas we - learn - by 1 -T-ho-Conc,ord-CtbeerveAtate&thatteanr
W_ellington packet 'ship, even at the saeri. the: factories in Lowell, and:two in Nashua
flee; = of - about - $75;000 insurance on none - ' - are - aliont - , - to - suspe . ndhysines4,.
.. .
. 1
stock'.
.: .* I -Total. Dtpravitip—Receivire a heitii
.
Inquiry now arises, "on what tack are paper three years,; and - then run, affray and
we?" "What is in the wind?" - One l- 'cheat the printer. -•. - ...
47oninNine. Hundred Thousand Dollarsl . F -
91- our_negro c i ren_were
• bad • - . killedia - Twi '
gg.. 0
principalltin - geld, this - 4norning went to, county ,. Georgia, vibe falling in of a bank.
Philadelp ia 'in the 5 o'cloek 'steamboat, to
I • '• , s .:ylvania-U-:,5.--Bank-.—This-in-not-th-e----ac dollars y, .
The owner said he lost 2,000 'b
'
cidont—... .
•fropa our banks, and it may be inipart front , • - • .
the consignment to Prime, Ward & King,•l Thepittsburgh papers' stat a tliat some-of
the Barings have, sent out from, the - Bank the Iron ::',Manufacturer . s
..r.,',.
,ljnat husy city,
-of .England:' What has caused this inove. ' have determined.to h,' _.:t _
- 1 -1 1 ...1. --- aa iron steamboat.
ment,,and change pf 'policy, it is not so . easy I- , Mr. Robert vr,..ltelaw, of Ryegate, Cale
to•.divine, .thOugh conjeature, is -active.'• T he 'donia , couniv , - .:_w7
,: Vermont, raisecrlast season
Londqp Morning Chronicle, however,. tells' on 'about'"!.. acres of land 'and from only six
us, ihi Bank of England has made peace bush P 2is of sowirig, 218 bus
hels of oats-and
with Mr.. Biddle. and here we 'have . .a clue,;l::',.. , as. • .. ''. • , -
The same journal - insinuates that the .Ban. •• m . •.
1 Mr, Rebir, of Maiden creek town-
of England was weary of the war. • • • if
. - s ip, Berke , county,
years old,
has two - •
Rumor' says . Mr. Jauderi was doing . ,,a- ,.
.. oxen not
-quite four years old, which weigh . •
thirty day business on good Paper in -T ,on. 1 ' d hundredpounds.
don even as low aif 2: et cent. per
rlininni. i over three thane:in seven
Blair is 'vexed at the prospect in Virginia: ' .
-
andstiCh Ntiere:his operations eve,l l , that the I
Bank of England. suffeied -co,aatliaiabi • ,.he calla one Whigreturned a mink,' another
Mr. - JaudonN measures ev , da affectia ably , askunk, three comis,;&c. - .'&6: . • The: •mor-
tifi cation Will eeneealed.•
.• .
.•-•-•: - .
~ ..,;.. ~ -•
line of discounts. RuNnor-agnin-saygs-Mrl
jaudon' was aheut.t,c, m a k e a s wop oi spa __ ' ' •A'•Csapaiiittee_COitieStigithialiaa - been
etc upon the tfr,ak for a ver large - sum appointed to inquire into -the causes of Alto
which the Wank did !not care to lcise afterf-destruCtion of, the
of
- ; ; '.
its :,, consigitmenti-already - ici• - :New-Tark.• , - 1 / 4 ThetNavigation-cif-tho-SiTtaivreacetheii--''- .
I
Hew trtie .ma be these runiOre-we'cannof tween :Quebec and . Montreal . 'Was not .en-I,
pretend to Say,;- but it' isq . uit . o ', eeitaiu,'ild, drely free •from ice Mille 22d of 'A Oil.' .f -
. .
. .
belligerant-partips.are appitently reconciled,
and the consequences of the 'peace, We
probgbly see, in the new movements of •
specie. • " -
In connection with this subject„-stre sed
1.1 - cakof - Eirglnlidliaffoifeited
0
about $75,0 insurance . on .specie, - rathOr .
than export it. 'rho insurance being one
per Cent., the amount intended .to be ship:•••
ped must have been about seven . and g fiat'.
millions. This change of policy .could not
, rISOII fr
'rave arisen fem. any fear . of a (Wain of gold
and iffier, for lire.learn.by the Monthly of -
cial"return of tlie quarterly average of
uneassets_ of _the-Bank -
for the three, months, ending 'on %the 3d •of
April', that, as compared with the last report, •
there is an increase in the . Circulation ..af .
287,0001, the difference between 18,000,-
0001; and . 18,987,9001;' a decrease in the
depositeS. of 273,0001, the balance between
11,535,000, and 11,262,0004 an increase
in the securities of 40,0001., the excess of •
22,838,000/, over e2,792;0004 and an in- ..'
crease - in the stock of bullien - of 111,000/,
the between 1 - 0;105;01 , an.
10,126,0001;-. all this in the faeeOCAll%ex
portations to New York—the importations
from the continent- filling all the vacuum.
-.-:What then caused the change: - It proba
ily was in part; - that the
to - turn . out less profitably
. than was, ex-.
pegted.---but -in- fact,; - ilt - & - nll - thitikin - g - raenr'
mtist see that if. Great Britain was to bny.:- •
our Cotton, Riee, and Tobadco,and.Otocks',"
in gold - arid silver, it was a business poor : at
best for:them, and-the staples.andithe stocks .
must• fail ,to, pay - the forfeit there.
.The
Cotton Market in LiVerpool, We, have rea
son tO•belidve, has been sustained alone by --
the irresistible energies of '-Mr. -Biddle.
His_stoelt lia§_been . lnynense:, and he would
not•subinit to the 'sacrifice, and lie Wasnot --
corn (filed fo submit 'forthwith. jioWeirer-:
to - siistaii 7 FtliTmarketioTeTer,Th — pe — cie_gOrne - .
out all-the - while, - - was - a thing- impossible:"
The Cotton - Market.began to droop. This'-,/
•effort Of his . with the=Bank7 of England; :
this reconciliation, may have been .to save,- •
it;•and it may be tlia(it,will be . kept. sta
tionary thmordcrs, being counternianded for
thqxportation of speciefor 'there is - no 1
late of political econorrry -- more - sound-than- - - -
that which compels 'the products of a pun:. .
try to submit to sacrifices when it demands -•
in exchange for them - the precious metals,
and•notlabor- and• Skill, • • •
Of-the wigdoth of Biddle*iblicy lir wait
ing for-- another crop before the resumption
of. specie payments, •wlietuall the Banks, of-,
all the. States- could resume at. Once, we
'have never - had a„ 'doubt, .Of the admirable
ittateer - iirit(hich he had carried through' -
the
_storm every solvent merchant of' his
civil city, all Philadelphia speaks withTride --- .:,
and exalted . .satisfaction, as it contrasts its
own condition with - the mischievous - rash-
ricss, by ti 'violent contraction of the •
'Tetley, '.has-, inflicted here, • But as. New' -
YOrkeis i . ivc- were -coinpelledlo. resume— -
crop or no - crop,. The__lo, - and the band
Were before us=--anal "the laws of Venice," •
we. . . .
-rwere tobtonust be carried out. ,
•-•- We may-- brag as much as-Ave please; but
none butthe capitaliSt can cry, "Land,flei
till the South, South West, and West; re-
There is no land ho!
.sume with us
-. .
.
this city yet for the laboring man; none for
the master meehanio;i-none• for the'. dri
gboa me - Cr hant, of me - Ye - limits wild - fib:ll —
distant states; and - thus-while the •
capitalist may be orrhis land, the great mass
of the - people>are - Y'et thriShing about in the
0 9_.g ean-b eg i n-to -e ry-Latul-H ot_
When the States reb,....„ tben, and not till`
then. - I,;tit the first real land, mil
Terra Firma, will be when we go baek on
the'baek - tracki - just - where • George Wash
ington and , James Madison piloted us,
Whence the experiment enticed us away.
Among other curious • movements of the
a •petition .novol. in: circulation. in .
this city, soliciting Mr. Biddle to establish
a branch of his Bank, or a Batik, in this city ;
under n : General Banking Law.
ly and commercially. speaking this is one
of the phenomena_ of the day! To say the
least, after all the hard hits he has here, and
the way we have legislated him out of sour
domain,' the speetacle of his coming . thus
back wotd be a curious one.' But mer
cantile men have the greatest confidence in"
his foresight and sagacity. Whatever be
'the difference of opinion about 'his policy
as a Pennsylvanian, 'there 7 -is none of his
4111 ail a Financier lot the seition of cotin,
try he works in. The stock of his -Bank is
lively to-day, as Well it may, be e —fot with •
this last importation of specie, lie has about
' ye millions - inzSrineiel .