T ty-S If Ciiii Ite. A fi SECOND. SEstsialy*: Correspondence of the Baltimore Pottic;t, " "" 'SENATE. • • • MONDAY, Dec. 14, 1840:. FISHING 1315UNtinel.,.. r we'l reswdent (pro rem) let ,be ore • the Senate a number'of commUnications from the different ,thtecitive Departments, con: iaining •statemetttrof . the general and colt, tingent expenses of these f!apartments."- They*ere,•as usual, ordered to lief on the, table, au4 b 6- printed. . . ...• • • • C. • PEACE , SOEIETY. Mr. • ' • M. - . Clay, Of .Kentneky, presented -a. • resolution from- an individual eitizeir of - New. York, praying the aid and influence of Congres.s.by legislation,. to the. plan., of The peace, Society,. for settling . international - :diaputes. ' ' • • SFATEDI -OF BANKRUPTCY. r.±Alti!itt resented a rtiernijrial _frexn . , citizens of fN'ew York, .asking taf tan — M. 60ge of . LaVir of Bankrtiptcy.. PUBLIC LANDS. • ‘. lir: Clay, of Kentucky, rose; and, said That _ at • ihe .Sen a tor - . from _Alabama . (Mr. ;lay) had given notice that he would.'early introduce a 13111 which he (Mr, Clay, of Ky.) must designate, as a.13i11 to reduce the price. of the . public lands: : he iranted to ob tain from the Treasury Departmant some information ‘iticit . could not fail to have an important_hearing_on_ilie_proepsetl_mea7. , sure.-- . --More"thap---iwelvel-years-ago---the different'lao offices had been called upon "for "very minute information" respecting - the lands which 'remained at that time unsold within their respdetive' Distrutts . . 4nd:offices reported aceordingly-7and he :.wislied.now to ascertain flow. mobil. land luta been sold since thai'lieriod—the char; Inner of that which 'remained unsold, its - actual value, &e, &C. - Lie offered a . resolution, accordingly, urialtii4n call on the treasury Pepartment fur .the infortnati,m alluded_to, as follows : - Tlii;t the See_retary_. e tle • • Treasury be. directed .to communicate to the...S.ltiate statehienia - "SlidWiiig_the -- quan;: tity of :land. reported" by the Reeisters and - '.lLeeeivers el. the several Laud Offices, in pa:raj - Mice of a resolution of the Senate of the 2.sth'of._April, - 18:28.,- to have been nn sold in .theii. lei;pective distmets on the 30th . — (l4 o f-• • - fered at the tniiiimitiii-price_ptif acre, this ` • crimioating betwain the several latiCtlis.; ._.triets, What proportion of the land se unsold olithat day consisted of first rate 174n1,1, - and What was unfit for eultNation, according to --The reports Of the said_ officers; what was 'their 'estimate of the per . : acre Of the said unsold land, and what part of 30th .and so remaining unsold en the. • . 30th June 18.48,-aforesaid; - lias since been sold, and at what price, discriminating be tweetolie..aniounis_sold_in...each_of_the_dis-_ . •-tricts. And the Secretary is. further di rected lo cause parallel columns to be pre ' •pared,' exhibiting in one connected view - the quantity of land unsold on the dor .aforesaid in said district, the amount since. sold. the-value-as iisseSsed.or ,estimated • the land officers, and the prices at' which the lands. have since actually sold, and the aggregate value of the land as assessed, and - the aggregate ainefint of the sales Made .. Since The 30th June; 1828, in each-land - 'district. - . malte--no-Opposition. - to the. call.. The re . . soluti o n was ordered to be prinfed. .-r GRADUATION BILL.. • Mr... Clay, of Alabama, immediately in . Arothie r ed the Bill to which .Mr. Clay, of Kentueky, had referred.--being a Bill. to • . 'graduate the price Of the public lands, and on his motion, it was referred. to the cum ' mittee.oif Finance.: REPEAT.. OI TIIE SUB-TREASURY ACT. • Mr.. ()lay, bf KentuCkY, offered a -reso ___Jltttiph•declaring That.the Act know.n.as'the Sub; reastiry . and humr - ucting.the Coramittee on Finance . to:report a.Bill :or thin. purpose., , • • 'ltn,strirscr. OF PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Mr. Wright moved t&refer so much of -'thfiTiosident's message as relates to, the itticueos of the nation, to the Callitilittee of etnanee: . • • • - • 141 . r. Webster said that the portion of-the -inesiage to, which, the Senator alluded was • •14 a highly ,iinportant cliracter. It might lie tlititight desirable•by thoiti'who.differed • 'from the President's views on that subject, ,to - express that : differeilce,._So.far as ~he ,was.concerited, bo as agreeable (o , hint to deliver, his sentiments tii-day, 'as at' ini?.6ther time.. - Rut the, Report of the `.. ' Secretary oP the -Treasury' hatrjust been ' lald on'. the tables tif•Semitois, and .seme : .gniletnett.inny . ..w,isli.to. examine. it preil, :onto to tiny_ discu ssion , tie hoped the • 'Motion ti'ouiti be withdrawn.. , . Mr.'. AV, riglik,tleelmed,„to, withdraw it 'but the !Seinife. could dispose of the Medan, • • us the' majority , th - ouglir fit.... • . • .M.r. Webster. said It Was 'natural that - *hen n Mau litid.ao.intention to Speak) . Ii t *ltould have the subje..t . "nit4ter - "Re iherefere moYetito• r poetptine Iltelurther considera ' 'Mem of tlie:;Oubject Amid Wednesday next wbielkiKessarrielLA yeti2o _Noye,.)ll.._ On motion of Mr. Wright - the' Annual; ,r ~the. secretary of the Treisury ...was referred 'to ~ the . 05inityiittke on Finance.. ,was dem referred, to the . .Stailding,,,Continittee3.4ipprOprt-. .0 1 .4.0 04 . - • ;:NPIMANENT. - PitE•EMPTioN 'OlteTE)l.• • etitoti se to. a sk leavo to .intro- Uuco,a bill establiShipi•a• .permanent pre , . .pre-emption. hiightElti!!q 401bl:settlers on•the.publitlantis enable :thein to.lmild. , ..Log - Cabins ! her prefaered . by • •—•:Speedli; : intended ; . to be very. Jenny,. and I "'very`isevere on those'. who; haVe' been busy. -.5 ~ '.'erecting-Soir.tlabinithrtitighont'llre. _wished...the granting,lepve";(te,, J . egrgit'estiOn - on theVrinci ef,.7thO''.bill; tii 'tiaizo-.put'afid• - .0 .- SettAtO gr.; Benton . saki hri'irieheil ihrt'Oeif ter) on the :quetitien.: - - - • • / 'Mr. Cley,•of , ltelittickY, said-thO Fretd. dent - had. Mretitljrannounced -- ihatteaision . of the Senate. •, : Mr.. Benton then demanded the ayes and ,nays,en..orderiug.:.the:bill.to:a- second ttad ing—hut at., the Saigt esfion ofMr.. Huh bard,,' the, stibject..pos • POstponed. tilt to- Morrow. .• • - I gi,ticTiM4 , 6F CHAPLAIN; , -After some miscell a neous-lbusinesi,_.of fiat) importance, the Senate p . receeded to the "e„hoiee-of a Gliiplain; and do Rev. Mr. CooltMan, .or the. ,Metifittliii, Episcopal Church, was elected on the first ballot. -171 to :Vote- stood-#..; . • .For.the Itev. Mr, Cookman, 0.5 votes. For the Rev. Mr. 'Thornton, .10 do. For the Rue. Mr. Sh4w, , • 4 do. HOUSE ; OF REP4PS'EII fATIVES'. '..-The. Bpealter announced today the Btfinding Uommittees'of :the Some . time .was' spent' in discussing -a motion to amend the journal' by inserting -i t:o fLay_es , on:l4 to : teconsider the. -vote for- •ptinting eXtra copies of the 'President's message, the naive of Mr; Winthrop xvlio' had voted in the affirmative illy decided in fat;Or of . insert ing the name. . . The motion to. reconsider-then prevail ed;. and ten thousand copies ofthe message and accimipanying documents were ordered. to be printed, and five, thousand without the documents... . • - - SEJATE6 - i . • TUESDAY, De . cember'lB, 1840. . 1.-NQU/Ri' . .RESPECTI.Na' PU.BLIC V The resolution' of inquiry, submitted by tt .Mr..Clay,_of Ke tmeky.*Was considered. (lay,. of. Alabama, offered two a tnentinients, which were accepted:by the Seuator front. Kentuch), as they were . in- tented to enlarge :the field of infurroutiot called for. • . .•. • resolution as amended was adopted. If (-said-he)-ale onlatac 860, when Mr. Jefferson came into+oweri - but by •: ta'r less rieiarifeCisiow,ol.4hEititlit in his favor than that has - called General Harrison to the Qinef . .Slagiitracy we should SuppnSe that the Mien . and Seditioti-Act had been passedfor permanent' iluirition--Would we,' not think it idle in the majority,in Congress at that time to have injrokeed_a-resoltition instreeting_a_com 7 ; mittee to. inquire into . the - expethencyTel repealing a measure so generally censured? The Spb'Treisitry gill has been discussed for more than -thriie vears:—longer than the w hole :period of:the:last: War—and - .half_as 'tong as , the.war of_the . geviilution; arid af- . terthe- discussion . , the Nation-has_in the ntosL iltiequivo6alrrianne'rexprOsed its opi nions and feelings respecting it. %.• The Nation, (exclaimed Mr. Clay, with Peculiar emphasis,)iiills its repeal—the Nation commands, its Oral. There are. in this chamber seilatom from nineteen "Stiltes who stand instructed to vote fur its repeal. Mr. Clay said ho had hoped that the President would, with the ma , giUniiiiffiy" whieli might. have been expeetecll from his office, have dunaunced.the : will of the na tion, and recommend to Congress a course of.policy Conforming to -that will. He had . too much respecf.forXr-Van Buren- 7 -and too-m u ch...con sideratio m_for..lm man . nature:. I -have :wished -that. resident_ehaald come to Congress and. say, "I .have .been wrong all this 'time--I pave been urging on •yotameasures.founded in error."• But I did .expect that the ,President would,. at least, lurve referred to the nation's impera liVe will so decisively pronounced. Least of all (addeff-Me. - Clay) was I prepared to find the President, instead of recommend ing A repeal of Ihe'Sub-Treasury, gravely. proposing amendments to the bill of - the details of• a measure which the count•sr has so overwhelmingly • '• emnet iliii — prinbititeTamtirttheiwirolvt scope of its' tendency and character ! and when both the 'President and the.Beeretary kite tkp t it would not endure, as -an .act of Caggreie;•longar than the first day. of the firSt - session'that could be called under the administration - of - President Harrison., if the majorities now in Congress- . will.per- SeVere in resisting its repeal. • ' . • 11&.--13L4PS Reinlytiorz for the Repeal • . of the,Sub-TreasurN det.. . Mr. Clay•said•it !vas not his p urp oseus to invite a .rcnewal 'of' the discussion of the Sub Treainey.-policy4_ itor„to__participate - in any. Srel;organiation of that condemned measure. Ele Would as Hove - argue to a culprit with the rope - around .his neck, and while in the cart on the road to execution, that . the conviction, was 'according to law and justice, as •he 'would go into a course, of reasoning to show that this sub treasury system ought to •he abandoned. • But, he felt it due to the Senate, and the, country, to state whylie"tliought the ordinary Course of 4egiaall011 0 •••W Wes - . to, move a reso lution •organizing into the expedienees. of repeal.—or.,to introduce, a bill for the repeal. ot.a p_artieular measure ought to beAlis- ; •pensed witlyon the,presentpccasion.... Mr. ; Chi eoncluiled• with Saying'that if the Senators on - the. other:side wanted time To7infarti.vicilitii - pitit4o4 - 116 - oiburd - agree to 'let, the resolution lie on the table for the present. • . • After •Alt. 4 Chiy 'eat diiikn, • • •• * Wright Mr . 'instantly and-thanked the : Kentucky Sonnjoi..forhaiitig presented this issue.", ' not desire-to discuss itt but Wanted the senate to ~ .be 'full when thould•be 'decided. ‘, •.• • ' , • •• - Mr. Wright then passed an. to his old;end 'hackneyed topics of abuicegitinst.the. Her-, rison party; that they had'perer" deelated their prme~ples.; previouit to - tlie.,. election,. and' argued'. the•bonetry, had given no juditavnt On' lte..:,stib•treasury. •.- : •;• • Before.;,he,-took - his seat. Mr. Wright made one int prireanytttlinission .thei Rein,:Yorkppottmr4B ofth.i.vevinue are *." ' Milan the-tesci.• AO ile;- tee ciecitsiOn.l t o tildii4 - Ekiae L othia. In regard: to, 'what Mr. .1Y sidlit*ed said' , . 5 . *,,,* - .? . .:::'*i.t* E „.#.1t.p...,'::.4 - *- . :tr ,, : :.w..,x . 10 - 0.1, - 3,l:it_ i 4) it*. _ . . about "a do principle, party"-Log..Ca7 bins," " Coon Skins," &c. ,&C.. Mr.• day asked-.--What kind of a party , that must..lu, which :could bare been so overwhelmingly. beaten by aTarty,that haS. no: principles. - whose . only badges were• coon skins,/ and Whese only residence are Log Cabins ! • The - debate - Was — continued. , br - Messrs: AndersOn,,lealhonn, Hubbard .and, Allen... The ins't mentioned- -ofreted --reedlution!B; as substitute-for,those'of.Mr,Clay.'.. . . All were ordered to he printed, and- the whole subject was 1 ostponed till the first -Monday in January. • lit.-Ihe , Hou9e, there iverei inatiy "private bills roportcid. Mr, Branton vvas elected .Chaplain on the.seennd.ballot. correspoyderice of:the . .11014*re 4memccin. WEDNESDAY,. Dec. 16th. • ' SENATE: .1 .". . ThfiVice Presiderm i ßiehOrd M; John son;madelfis appearance in the Chaji. to day. having arrived. in the ciirlast..weeks. B It - feethe - so pp nrt - o f-Griiiern men in part for I,B4l,.receitterl from ; The .House yesterday•,..was reed twice and-sent to the Committee of Finance. • The Bill was reported back from' the Cominittee to the . Senate, during the morn " ing hour, - read a third time arid passed. ONE PRESIDENTIAL . TERM. -Mr. Tallmadge,' of N.. Y. proposed .an amendment to . the CeirtitutiOn, fixing the time of PresidentitiF"service to one term. _The2Resolution received its first,and se cond-reading,_aniLwasi_no,:one Opposing, orderea to be printed. ;THE PRESIDENT'S ME 55.90. E.. „The"_Vice _President, r) . ftcr - the expiration. iorthe - morning boni,.nnoituc'ed the post potted motion of Mr. Webster to be . the subject iu order before. the - Senate. Mr. Webster said that itivas not with out some reluctance that he_ had educleided• to address the Senate upon the subject of the. President's Message—=-especially at this period of the . •session. Hp• had rte iliaposition to-re;open• - -old.. Wounds, r or,. - enteragai t - u p eir - the-iliseuisienr-of—topips% which;htid:iro_seewly, and,_.at Stich_great length - , beetrelitte'ussed in the Sq , nate.. All ;that I propose to do ielo submit sonic re-_ marks with regard .to :the finances of the country.--L deruotsprtipose to refer at lunch Aength to the past, oritomeeplare nithorkp. •future. I wish to consider the-finances the country as they are, and to comment briefly: upon some,of the facts or opinions laid down in , the Message. " , _ • - Ho thought the President was mstaken in,some of.itispositions inreference to a Natioiat W%i and a• National- Bank.__Of a - National - Bank, said Mr. Webster, I'Sball say . nothing at -present; In regard Naironal-Debo Wish th submit to tlic Se naie %ili - ether. any party since the thumb-, tion of the"Government,lever-made-a-No iionallteht_one_olits_ governingi)rincipleS. Ifs° when did that party ixist;und- where is the proof of its existence t It true' that the 'Government has contracted debts —the old Continental Congress. contracted debts—loans were made in the days of the Revolution--- , a debt was contracted by,;oliti• AdaMs - with - Hollnuelf hut-of the propriety: of these Measures there. are tioneW lth doubt . them: _ . But, continued Mr.• Webster, the remark ,of the I'rusitent is particularly unfortunate. when he ,says that a National. Debt has been one a - the prominent measures before .the country.. - Ilia presentis tliC Only Ad, ministration winch in 'n time of profound peaco.has , confraesl - a debt, and this Ad ministration has expended twenty seven Hmitions jive hundred :Thousand. dollars_ more than its income. • Reserved by . the Deposit Act, $6,000,- 000 on the first of January, 1837. Here 'was this amount on- hand. Di t 837 the fourth instalment was kept back, amounting to $0,000,090. - In. addition' to this, the Bonds due from the old Bank have, been the means of paying the Treasury i tite-sum-of-$8,000,009.---T-o_thisis..4olie__ added'- the outstanding Treasury • mites, making in all $27,500;009; and this shows that fur the _three or Sour years past the Administrption has expended nearlyeight' million§ per annum,beyond Rs'ineome. •• But, asked -•Mr.-ebster- again-T. , is thi.3 all? lam afraid:it is nova—, I think the Secretary a the Treasury has taken to his o'vn account es iiirootne of die - Governincut, 'what properly'belongs to the Trust Fund, provided fur ihe.ludietis under certain treat ties. ,Mr. WiliSier noticed some of these, referring to the official reports.. From the eNVarDepartment ht read \ of one investment 0f . 51,800,000.. This sum was -deposited m . stock—State stocks—which were na med by the . , so,nator. .Belonging to the. Chickaseivumitivested Iheysunt of $l,- 509,000. 'Wer !Aims were invested, leav in' but $309,009 of these Trust Funds , which were not invested. • The Secretary, had kept no separate ac count of these Trust Funds, and as a 'mat ter of book-keeping it might, or might not; Ir,# proper mode 'a doing businetis. He should have thought that this-accotimt should - have been kept separately, the .Depart Went being as it was a Trestee for the Fend: Mr. Webster iheo looted :the. prices of the State Steaks, showing that they were. 'below par. and had-lallen greatty,s . lllCQ _the pledge. — Tie -- Th - C - 3 . Vita - idSikes were Ifilibfid to the. Indian tribes. • 2 . We had ,received' their lartdstve had pledged tnin yea t thei fond' in permanent, stocks, and not done, and, the United..Statep ‘ tvere. i —l4 n debted fur ,the.lossoiv - ..they....were aebted.tp.the son) of 02,500,00 n. account of these Trust fundvanti This 2,500,000. was a debt—to all ".intents and purposes.aidelndue:,by the Govern 'molt; :and ..though-, netl . oeceeserily . ,•to.' paid lo•MorrOW, _nevertheless:dee from the, Government to the;ledianS., • T,ltere are Miter and outstandiar, debts, contracted* Withiti , the four years past debts_ duo `fo unpaid; contractbre,,on;•accouot. ot•- liidiati and: frontier account; of. 'aecoutwof.troation ac- Contrt -of rove Um Weir n account' . of reasury Notes outstanding ratreh-thatia!said ,, itt:theiMespar' ,opliiiite, sithiPCOrptibl in' NM, lOW, the lin prpPrin %yr' Otiontraetinjoue& pro . . *lurid peace:; btitiilloes seem tris : rne . ..ihat .the opinions , 'Preeident -Come - , itiik an ill grace .Iroin him. ..lor. the dmitis ns old as the A dininistration._ . There has been nriAmment. when. this adininistra . tion Arils free from debt, and in de' bi on- account- of 1/orrewed preleyir. The scope-and ten dmicy of the,Message up - on.this_stibjecils.. ifieretbre-.thileulated 'to' create -en erroneous impresSien.l _ _ • . - . -1.-h Ope, said Mr. Webster,Aliat the ree -1 meet. of the..V nited:,Sta.teirdid-not - - intend! 'io.forestaipahlic opinion on this Matter,: :aed to hide the - - present by concealing the wilinotinapete this motive to the' Vresideirt, brit - lire - scope of the Message hi caleidated to create a false Wane.. I intend, said ,Mr. Webster, to prevent this if I can, and to prevent the PreSident from leaving . this impression.mitherninds of the people.. lintend to move too that new s hoolis Opened . en..the 4th of: March nal that there shall- he yhat..the merchants call. Iresthat'' we shall begiii de neve; giving the. 'Treasury full credit for any balages Fact:emulated there in March, and. making' it responsible liii — itliiTditifetluess • Mr: - Webster tl o referred - trs' the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, and -to the fact. of his saying 'That ttiongli there were . 84,500,000 . yet due for Treasury pars, this was. less by-$23,000,000 than the amount due Alm. Treasury,. and deposi ted with. the States. This representation also was calculated, to leave an erroneous 'repression on .the 'public mind. Did the Presideni gall, ' , Alm three instalined iuld . I) .— e — re - el fle tire Treasury wn to Congriss and .the country that the Trea sury had do contQ•ol of the' men6y depose: tud- with - the - States!--rnine whatever. ; Th e •money could ndf b - o - recalled: by the -Pre sident or the Department, hut must be - re= culled by an act of Congress autherizing tile. recall of the money. 'fire inference that thin sum belongs..tohe Treasury is false, andcalculnted •io mislead the public , . mind; . • ..Mr.Webster.proceeded to commentupon 'othertdpicli in tthe Message, and spoke of the approaching lerminaiton _promise -Act-.:-----Nothing- teas,saitt- of , plrtiishit g theAreaStiry on account .of a diniimition of revenue. 'The contented himself with ardent and urgent generalitiesin reference to the future, while - his experience liadysimivn - him , that - it — was necessa.y to expend $27,6002.06 6 ari(rmme .heyond the actual receipts .of. the Govern ment: Such was the between theory and experience.. The=new Admin istration wasao.,, i manage,,the affairs of Gov ernment without -means, w bile_tlie=present - Adininistration had expended $27,5U0,000 beond the receipts of the Government. • Mr. Webste . r_spidie,blit for an_ hour, and. in conchtsion; expresseallie - hope that the Administration,. which had the' poWer to prOvide fity the support of 'Goverrirrisnt for "1841, would .pursue a line of conduct which would make an.extra session, of Congress unnecessary. The inconvenience attend ing such a session would be' great, and the expense • considerable. hoped, :there fire, that the, Treasury Would be, left in' a condition•lo•make aiyalled 'session unne cessary. . No one rose to speak as Mr. Webster concluded. The .question before the, Se-, nate was upon the reference - of the financial 'part of the -message to the .committee of finance. Mr. Wright rase to rerly,•but ivas not prepared,-anih.solieited. a further_posipone7 meat, until to-oiorrow. , " Postpone," said Mr. *choler, and such wias the bider of the Senate. 1, • HOUSE. t•-•-s l ig..mto, The successful candidate' rotoClcaidalli to the House was the Rev. Mr. Braxton, of Va. Mr. Copper of Georgia, during the day gave notice Of his ,intention to pro pose a repeal of *claw in-relation to Chap lains. • ,:_:.lllr.i...DeuCim_prppokuiLamendriletit to . the Cotistituthiffin relation to electors ' for PresitiOabild Vied President. The mov er proposes that there shall be one day fix ed throughout the. States for'the choice of electors, 'and one day also fixed fur the choice of the members of the House of Representatives TUE -- Hovik - CountriTEzi3 , r4The . Stand ingyomoiltteeri of.. the House - of Repre sentatives having been yesterday announ ced,• the organization .of •both Houses of Congress for the ordinary business of ,the Session' is now complete. • •. • The . cOmmitteei appear to•have been lit tle varied in their compbSition i from . the, Organization .of : last yeas' unless' as nthde. necessary by the disease or resigna tion Of Members.' • • At the head of the CoMmittee on Public Lands, we observe, to succeed . Mr. Cor win, resigned, is placed that experienced and fidthful Representative from' Ohio, Je. remiah Morrowe;,who, for many years pre .vions to the last twenty years, presided over that committee, first in the House of ReFireseritaiiies, and'afterwards in. the Be-1 nate. Tn Kith - those bodies . , the confidence in his integrity, and his 'perfect . faMiliarity , with the siiblect,.gave to his opinions. a decisive influence on all queitions concern iii tt ol - S - Pittilii - Liiiiii - itte - lekigition upon which, during- the Ac i littinistratimi of Pre- . , sidents Jefferson, .1111adison: and 'Monroe, was. in a material degree .the fruit of „his., counsels and unwearied devotion to his du tics.' There seems tb:be . a . peculiar fitness . in his being restored to his old Poet: • In connexion -With: the ,appointinent of the MUSS COMMitteeii - tni re. Marked' that: I.llr.,'Lincolli 'is tvithidrawn from . the , head of the COMmittec. on Public Buildings,: it semi Kcipei , State, as it happens tti . be' : Wititin htiOWledge, that watfrelitived by the Speaker . fro*.that . duty at his nweliartiettlar trineet.-41frie r''' " •-• tONOV,Writ . ,ll*rd is d man living'_in Vrtiei4l(loWitkihili; ey the ; '11400;4. James Whd . was' 116 Ye,ors'ol( l 'oo: : Abe s ,''44g);.oair - Of..AOO I OE - 1 , 8 and ood health;'. anitihap.ellitY:4o6o6o4:,orPOPt . ,o 6 l. • years to.epine:• Attr4o.ious.Mtirdet.: . "From, • the4Very Fork Courier, Dec. 15. if ountuLE.:—'l7,lle disappearance 'of Mr. tritoltm, the -President ultheFariners . and Meehinics . Befilccl - New-Brunswicki - fs at' last accounted for, and-we are soiry.to . ,add, that it is 00W certiiiii he has been most bar luyenOrnitr!dere-d lens_ c eurnstanees . .letf'te the apprehension of a House Perimeter , named PRIYER RopiNsoN. ;The circumstances- were, that he has liceifilphatfin his - possession a gold - Watetf; and'beiti . unusually flush , of money, and a remark he made when purchasing lumber to-floor:a cellarHhat lie had Amid off . a nfortgage: - ptiipet•-• ty, but did not dare take,,it' to 'the. Clerk's 'Office to' be cancelled 'for fear should shonl 'be suspected of 'being the murderer of "Mr. SUYDAM," . . On • Ins-arreatiyestertJay,iis . replies to The questions pit to him were confused and incoherent, , ind in ponsequence . tbi Mayor determined his house should be searched. During the sbareli 'one of the - officers setve,d-th at-they-ought-toctak - e - uthe - itoor 'of t h e Cellar, which lhadTheen laid.down in the' night; since the disappearance of Mr. Suydam. • Robinsonendeavored to-dissuade ,them from it,,saying that if they did, the house would fall doWn. - The officers, however. persisted; and there found *buried, three feet under the earth 'the corpse of Mr. Suy dam, the head bearing evident indications of violence; whiCh, bad caused his' death. An inquest was sitting on the licitly at 7 UockLlast-night . . ' • l'he conviction—was r _ general :in_ New Brunswick—;Andeed..We hardly see how it could be otherwise—that-Robinson-was-the murderer. The mortgage deed was found _in his possession, with his signature torn off.., We need scarcely attd, thatilie high est excitement in consequence prevailed in - the quidt.town of New BrunsWriek: From the BoittomAttao of the 15th and 16th. NORTH EASTERN BOUNHARY.' .Voostook 11"iiV.News:-- - We learn from a- gentleman. who arrived -in this--city: last Of-GlW .einor, ger despatched . by Sir John Harvey,.had' lirrivstl - in - that - tewit; bearing' despatches fur thc. Governor of Maine. These des piatches.announced that a regiment of Brit -ish-troovs-from,--Quebe&-had-orrivedland- the diiputed terfittiry Mr: Miller also had despatches from Sir John - -Harvey which he'_WaSTiii,iiiirry. to tii . the Governor. General o 1 the British , Provinces. We also 'learn from, the same source, that Sir-John Harvey had _ transmitted; by mail,, despatches to the same eiket to Washington. These troops had% been ordered to- that ii-oarter by . the GinernOr Gtitieraf,'- and .were .titaiioned . at Matiwaika. - THE NEW 6. FROM MADAWASEA. The, mail froin the East brought us tin. thing last night in addition to the intelli genee we published yesterday. e learn, however, from a gentleman who travelled 'from Banger with Captain Miller, the Eip; glish _Messenger,,thaul!o. regiment .arrived at. Madawaska previous tu the 10th ingt4 - 1:tom ;Quebec, having been ordered -there by the 'Governoi General, without the knowledge \of Sir John ilarvey... The messenger was despatched by. Sir John • Harvey to GoV,,Fairlield -as -soon- 'as he was apprised of the - arrival of the regiment, SirJelet•believing ji-to 'be his duty to in form Gov. Fairfield . limpediately of the fact, in minsequence ul-ihe . arrangement 'made between himself . and Gen. Seott..- -At Banger . and Portland; the cantle of the povement - was envelopexl.in mystery,. 7 —the more so front the- circumstance that-Sir Sohn Hartief, as Capt. Miller stated, kneisk. 'noth6tg of the intendethrtuventent until Ile received official' inforniation—that it. had 1)661 made. Capt. Miller left this city , yesterday morning liw'MOntreal, taking th.e• road, through Vermont, to carry the - des :p-ateWs-ln:lctu inJront:Sir - 4 - 011 trilurverto Gove,rnor Geneiol.Thompson. From ; the_ll,oston Mercantile Journal TROUBLE • pOWN EAST !"--A gentleman who left Bangor. yesterday morning, 'ac cording id,Topliff's.Biilletib)lstates' that a Reginient of British troops had arrived from-Quebec, and encamped upon_ the dis puted territory ; that Gov. Fairfield had received from 'Governor Harvey of New. Brunswick, official information-of-the-fact, and that he (Gov. F.) was preparing. des patches to send on to the General Gov-• ernMent, by a special. Messenger, by the BaStern Railroad; to arrive this evenings,. New : England. utider.:the new arrange ment-for m embers ,of the House of Repre 7 Sentativos, Will lose lour:menifmrs of - gresi, if 60,000 be4heictimber:agreed upon. 'The States of Nevellampshire ' Connecti cut, Vermont anti Rhode Island , each lose one. Maine and Massachusetts will each hold their own.—Boston CENSUS OF MlCMOAN.—Michigan is x t e obanner Stale,',,so far as relates to*tease of population during the last ten yeers.— By the official reports of the-latekcensus. it appears that , the present 'population o f that State is 211,205. In 1830, theipapii-, latioti of Michigan, then,e territory,:num• l bered only 28,600 : : thus exhibiting , an int crease - of• poptilatian',. during the period.: amounting to more than seven - hundred - per' cent. • This increase certainly, exceeds that of any other State n! o Territory:of the thdottaur the same penod.--Ba/1. PatS' • REctraocrrx.—A i Series of resolution's has beingintroduced into the Georgia Si nete for -instructing the Senators and re 'questing the. Representatives of that.,State in •Oetigrettsi? to toe their best ,ellinis• to havb u lair'passed at ihe''eutining ,sessimt of 4.lfingreatioo tax all wines. silks. and!bratelies. his preportitib' to 'the duty Which,theyliiy•upon• bur lohacco in their - • • 1 1 ,7.,17 - • , ' 140514 ‘,l: Minh, late cashier "of •Ow ischikt/pcin Buak,wasin Si. Louis a couple of weeks ago; aed , iegittereirhis name at theeityllotet Miller. So'says the NE Now . Era.of thiCeity, Be_ did' not tarry lopg, and woo v .iiolieveti to ,have - gaup to. Now OileatiO.--/b.. • ANTI-HitNtc.—Martin' Van . Buren;- - the President of the: Anti-Bank party,' is itch', by-the hiladisonian to be 11-:- stpcktiolder in one'of :the aristocratic loonied monaiin. I iei,":iiiinally-_termed n Washing ten city.. How hi this? 7 —.lb. • • • /. Towri.—We learn from the Troy (Isl;:Y.),Mail. that -lloosiek : - is one . of the largest . wool-growing towns in the . .United States. ' There are about 40,600 - slieep-in -, :thatiowrionitl the quality of. the wool is of . the , tinest grade. It. has Wen suOestCd - tliat the annual clipin that town is alone worth $50,000, and this year it will - exceed that arnounto-41).:. . . . An election for n• member. of Congress froin . the .Norfolk (Va.) District will. be hilil on the 28th,inst: to supply the vacan, i;3" occasioned hy..thii fesignation of M. HollCittinr(ll:)=AT -- • . - . Fi.ouß.---Thelßuffalo Commercial aid veitiser of Tuesday:the Bth inat:says:,— :very j heavy quantity of flour is hi - store. a part of which only is oh pale. - From a careful e?caniiitation• we are enabled iw pre , sent the number of barrels held by the re spective, houses, amounting in the aggre gate to over 41,000 barrels The quan tity of Flour received at Albany, through •he season 'of navigation is s , oted :the - AlbrifiTEvenin JetThilitat,l o 3b{,6o3 . .bar 7 ~.• • ARREST` OF'N. IT. CHAFEE. ' The abolie mentioded individual. wlir7 has for the past week attracted no incousi deeable portion - oF public attention, in con 7 sequenceof,die means 4o which he resort ed in order to prer.eot'a civil process from being served upon, him,_,was arrested on. Saturday .afternoon by: Constable Keller, on-:t sthte warrant, issued by 'Jus tice Selmffer for his apprehension, on•lhe cla rge t of-attem ptirtg-to-s b not- o cer-GAtv- Cam .uffti:er,beitig,,aLtheii me i the discharge of his taken to . the :ofFice`of Justice grown, be fore 'whom he entered into a recognizance M-the-sum of $2OO to appear at the ne.xt termLof_Alie..eity_court,Ao-answer tO the. charge. On'leavitto : the office, Uhafee was met by officer ,Carupbell,, when be was a gain arrested, after considerable-resistance, on •simdry-Warraufs and executions;—a mounting - .iti.the - whole to trot more than twenty itlollarswit_ich he. immediately : satisfied - by ' forking over` - the money: the officer; in liquitletiOn — of the - sanie.— Baltintore Fatriot. ESTATi SAVINGS INSTI- TUTION. . . The following is the dmiision of Mr. Justice Schwiler iii the cases of Peter Sauerwine and otherS _against 11. Baker,. J. W. Stewart and John VV. Clark. Af ter an elaborate arommit of ;hp counsel on both sides, and .a full' examination of the- cases: agaihSt defend:mai—signers of Sundry certificates of ilep,o,site for certain sums therein named; and. issued by per wins professing to be`-" - The Real Estate . Savings Institutioe-44 - liave come to the conclusion that the hullers of said Certi ficates-have a legal right to'sue; and- that the law does not require an assignment of thelleposite, to the_holderii of thetertificates as was alleged by the defence=--the sail certificates being. payable.ow - demand, and bearing oii their face evidCnce of a valuahlb, consideration-and that the plea of abate ment shoidd.have.been pleaded, on trial, in order to bring' all.the parties alleged to be . concerned in sa d- issues. 2.. It was al leged . On• the defence, that the signers of , saidlterificates do not profess•to•pay the . hearer.or 'holder.. I, hold that the signers have lialtut to the emnmunitY that cer tain personS-tberein naliteil, have deposited certaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiV - Siiillstni ee - iii,Tii - Vii — piiiilliii. l . demand. These'qertificates have,lti my Opinion, become matters•of rirculatio 1, and in the hands °Cholla fide holders, are sub ject matter of ' such, reniler;iig the • parties whose names ,are attached thereto liable for The amount of their' respective` liabilities. With due deference to my worth)." -broth • magistrates, Sustices . Miltenberger and - -ken 7 nington, lam of opinionWhieli giVe, conscientiously, after the extensiv and ela borate argument2of the counse .engaged in theSe causes, an opiniiin deliberately and conscientiously ferined. co - _ex pressed— that in the' cases now pending, the civil right of -action is,. no wrged by the penal enactment of the et of 1831, and that in . caties under the, aid .art, I am farther Of opinion, that Weivittightis note-O can- I iiot, by any roper construction ENO act, be merge by the penalty ; and further, that th le was ,n o . proof adduced) on trial that it, issues afi'iresaid were circulated: / Ito trary to the provisions, of said act„ of 1 831. Under these -facts, I therefore itn derjudgMent in favor of the plaintifis.'• .. William - P. PrestOn, Esq. 'counsel for the defendants, gave-notice of his intention , to appeal to the Baltimore, PountY,Couit. —Baltimore Potritil. ,;, - -- __ . . ...... ~ _.. . _...._ . . _ . .._ .Estate of Dr: John Geildis, - ileceased: ..... ETTEItS TESTAMENTARY on tlw. estate I li ji titJohn.Getklisilateof:Newville,,CitUtherland ounty, decoused, pashit issued trithe subscribers lit -, due form Of law,-;-Noricur,is hereby given to those. having. claims against the estute of said de ,ceased to present Tor settlement without, tlehiy—mal to those indebted to make immediate ,pallneut., ~ . . • WibLlAld BRAT:FON, liewville,- :. Rillt.,Elitt 1. .44,114 D, Frankfort]. . - - .• .._ ... .... • Ever/dors. December 111,1849.-;-Gt ' - • , - , _4.44 . .. , . . ' • .7o 0117 4 'Cirri/dors. . • -,.. :•. TAlre,iiotice that we bare *died to the Judges of the Court of,•Commoii knelis',lrdi Cumberland.eounty, for•the *nerd of the Insolvent 'Laws of thiallommoot rietilikafid they. have appointedAfonday the i lih day of•Jartuary, nest, . fo r . the. hearing of us mid our eredho•ra, at the Court House s hi the borough of Car=. lisl6,,wheit end:whim! you. may attend, if you think. .. .. , V . • • •,--- ••• -•- • •• . • r•• •ro. •z . • • • , . - • - T- - • - • •. . --- PMILIP.TEYANS," •-•••••-• - .. .' ,' . • n:• ii.'• . : , ..',• _ , _ THOMAS •LUDWICK... •• - .: • ' 3.:-n.•1).: . • • • ...CIIKKLES GREEN; •• i 1 •.-; .- • • • • • , • ••MWHABI.; Gi-' COE, • .:'• • . 7A *".%°•. •,- • CHRISTI A.H stiOnr;. ,- :, -- • •-• ' • • ABRAHAM 1141,441LT0N: - ' • • Aitißikilkhi,Vi.. GRAFF,. : • Ciiilisla; Dee. it, 1:8 - 40:--qe..i .: ,. ,,.i. , ~.....; /. • s . , ... t < , - A i • HEALTH .ELIXIR. .7.6 re is not one case of Fever in- a thdosand,btat . - . may be effectually broken iv and removed by the use of this Elixir. Itycanoves all tteitlityliadigestion, bibs:dui miller and coniathintien .from ,the .stoantialf -and•bowels. , It operates gently and etfectnally on the. bowels, and powerfully tin the kidneys and skin k IL removes all unpleasant thelingsafter a hearty meal, .and . .promotes,a,good aPpetite. : It needs only.a to km perfect satisfaction. It hasheionte a getierkT ' practice with many to use th s article iia all cases of - colds, patine in the bones/ or heavy disagateeatfen reef: ing, tendering to headache er dralinessi For hoarse: tiess,iltaketi.througli We day; it-etnnpletely teatoref •.• - ibe - voiee - witliOut - producing - taibliblitb; --- Whooping cnugh, and coughs or clat.dren . fire Eared by 'fhe stomach kept' in perfect ord • - r• by it, • . quite impossible that..any disease. shoidd Commence whilea per ion is nein:oNa Syrup. ..• ' " 1:03. It taken daily it oftflluces a rattly, healthy, and young appe.irancri, by-driving off. all the humors of the system. --Sold genuine at 2 Fletcher street, one door below Pearl street,' N. Y.' by Comstock & Co., and by all respectable Druggists. • .Fur sale also liy STE VENSON , & KLE, Carlisle; Pa:. ' . Orphans' :Court haler N Pursuance am! order of the Orphans' Court of 1 Cumberland county, will be expos_ellto_publro. sale, on_ the ` premises, on . Ifidnofiday.the 20th of .Tanuiry, at o'clock, A. M., the..following, described real estate, late the property: of. Jahn Da- . vidani; Csq. tlee!mr.ed; vizc • , • " • , A Tract of . L ime.tone- Land, iri Westrmishorouglitownship,about two miles east of Newrille,.bountlet: by lands of Samuel .111eKtehan, Sites, Jacob Lehman and Jelin Myers,.-contain 'lig • FIFTY-SIX ACRES, •mbre:•or less. .About forty' acres are eleare.l, the resi due in thriving timber--apout twenty - acres , sown with elovi•Vsl. l etniUt spring. There is a. well on the premises,.whieli with a little reirtiv, went(' afford a claimant supply of 'water. The soil is good and pro. duces-egitaLto.aity_ifi.the.neigliborlmod Also 4111 tlk% same tint. at 3' o'clock,' P.-M. on the pr~mlses;= .' Lot of First rate • . lIILVA kirdEOW 14 KNII, containing 5 Acres and 132 prrelles, .on Ilir Mount, Rock Spring, brnmiled by lands or William - David-. smi, Sa 'I and lloberi . M'licellan,and the: ansion Farm or deceased. Also; on Thureilay the 21st of January. tB4l ~ntn o'clock; A. M.. at the - noose of Col. Win.•H. Wood burn, in Newville i will be offired at poblic . tole, a • Lot of Meadow Ground, about threezfOurtlis of it mile north-west of Newville, ?- • bounded by lauds of Woodbuni,'• Walker, and . the - ConundOgninet creek, Conn ii ll Ju g and 121 - • r"ltse w ll .4 - ca i c i l g utgil t ri e l i g ta n H o e llaVrl, on! " i ' the above property previons to the day of safe: -,-- 'lWituB"tif sale preseribed -by - the COurt.-----136e,balf , the purdiase money to be paid, on the confirmation of, I tin sale; the balaincein two equal yearly paynients; without interest, to lie secured by a lien on the pro perty." The title will be made and possession deliv ered on the Ist olAnril, 1811 iff the— beCiimber 16,1840,-61s • Pu4lie Y-aii order of-the-Orphans' Court of CuMber- I - land County, to me - direct 'd.l will expose to 2i)011111.1 Nile, 011 theAmernises, on Wednesday the 20th day 01Januar,', 1841, at 1 l'O'clock A. M., .. • • . A Larov- DoOble Iwo Story Brick . house .. AND LOT OF GROUND, situate in the borough of 11leelniniesburi, Cumberland county, on the Main street, :Ojai 111 l ig the Union Church Lot and a Lot of Valentine Shock, being:. the bile Mansion House of John Close, dee'd. 'one other 4. - Double two Story AR a i p , . :.frS 4 4 11 .; ! . -", . it' AD i rzek House and lot of ground in the same borough, situate ofi the Main street, bounded by Isaac Kinsey and .IVII - Bigley. Also,' .1 small Lot, of -Ground, • _ containing about 25 feet' front on the rail road:all - 0 W feet in depth, bounded by the nil rot L---by-the this- --, firsu described lot and - by 11ileittivie - Slid. k. This lot will be sold together with the Mansion House • property above deserilled. Both properties are very'. advantageously.sititated,for_apy., kiwi of busiliess. TKO, terms of stile are--mte half the urehasi . - / money to be aid on the Ist of 'April 18 4 1,•wheq ' possession will he delivered---subject to the •pres it leases , --and the yesitlue in one year, to be se • 'sett on theliropurty: s ' : ' , •-.-.. . JOHN RUPP, tal It.r,• - of 3oliti CI. '., deed. ' December 15,1840. . • 101 For .ran 3., Esq., Solo- • Camp, Edwaril-Weakley,-IVIV— k--Benjamin Erb. • anghlin. John Hoover.. -John:Blos4er. picker, Joseph Hannan. ;iintz ? ,Hugh McCune, William • Jacob Goodyear, jr. Jacob Span- glen," Southampton--Cournd Clever, Abraham Mooney.. Shippensburg T.---Christ isi at Cohnugh,, • "Sbipperlibuts B.—William B. Cochran, Adam Ca ,• . TBAVEIRSE - .lUlet. • • • witlen-.-Josepl, Browne well. Daniel Carlisle—Jos. Heasby, Lewis !lariat . ), ROSS Lambe'- , ton, William. Leonard, Samuel Sipe: - • -•- Dickinsw--4 oho Comer, .4cob Hemminger, Hen ry. Ropley!Somnel Holmes. East Peonsborough---GeOrge 130WIfiRil, Jacob Elle [mite, George Glime, 'Samuel .George, Jacob Hoover. Frdnkford—Si.nmel Snyder.' ' • Hopewelt--Adam A ughlohnugh. • _ , ' Brandt, Joseph Brandt . • .ftechanicsbuty 7 , -W '7ltgin---Adami.laeobs. • ' ~Vorth JllUld'eton.;—Abner Crain, Philip 'Kiehl, la. ebb It.ringwalt. Newrire---Abraham Erb, Jacob jagely. • . Newton—Jacob Kel tr. . • South Mithlteton--Adam Lehman, Jacob , ,Peter Shithower. • Spittla . impton-:--llebert Allen, John, Boy, John H. , . . .Creislve. • , ... . . . ShOpensburg IT. ---David Drisawell, Day.ht Deal. ', • .S Ivor Spritsg-,--Abraham Bossler. John tahelnum., John :Sseatiz._ John'' Saxton. _Williani Trirablk,;- - - John . Cleo& ll i l ijr. , West Penziaborovh.;4llillißrn Carothers; James < "Davidson, Wil li; Davidson &ono Lholse -,•-•' PROCLAMATION: VErHEttEAS, the Hott Sastersi.Htineats . 1" . "T V sident judge ol the Conrtef• Common Pleas in the 9th District,' composed °lithe counties beldam', Perry. and Juniata ;';mid the , Hoiri•Jblin &natant' fohn„Lefrope, Judges of the said Court of "Common Pleas Of ;the dotaq of - Cumberland; have Issued their.precepti bearing date the 10th :day. of_ Notemlwr, 1940, and .to , me directed,.for holding a Court of Oyer , and Terminer and Genera Jail Do list47, and General Quarter ,Sessions Tease.' at Carlisle, on the ' • •. ; . • Secondi.ltiindak ,of Ainuoiy, 1841; . - yl,„ , (heitik'p. i . loi (1, , , at tes t o'clOrk in. the fOrenobn:' iN OTsCli is hereby give . to the Coroner,Juidieet of the Peace, and Constelea of the said &Mitt ..ktf Cent- 'berlankthat they be then .mtil there In.their'titqfper' ers,ons, mitt: 'their :record/1i Amittisitions,. examine-. lions and. other, .retnembhMebe, - to , do- those things which to their_ other,, . And those ,whOetreAMAnd 'by redognizenee,`,",to - nrintiente eigninit.fhe :priittiteredtelfere, or then May be, in the . 3Ail'of,f;tinthejlenit Ontitt, tclitc!heat :end, there to , 'proieente,nlMinit diem: as Ahali s bkilPik;" • ; ~. , • ..Datcd At Ciirlisfe;ithelltetrdiii,,tftieeeMber; 1.840;- - and il * *l. ! o;4llli , reurtif Ameiteettlideperidenri; , PAPV'PJARTIN;,;BIferitt• '1 " • ME I= ME rjilinmi' Court.: • - ROBERT • DANIEL LECKEY, • - • • -Administrat9rs IZEiI