foriign Nexus.
LA' ESt FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF VIE STEAMSHIP 'BRIT/NIA.
This steampsliip arrived at Boston, bring
ing Wilmer & smith's Tirnes,,of the 19th
June, from which the following items of
news is extracteil :
In the Houselof Lords )uke of Bucking
ham's amendmOnt was rejected by a major
ity of thirty-thrie. This amendment had
for its object dui Continuance of the "sliding
scale."
The Corn Ltilv Bill has safely passed the
Committee. 3
Wheat decliMid 4d. per 70 lb.
Flour declimii Is - . per bbl.
Indian Corn ills. a 2s. per quarter.
Iron is imprOving and firm at previous
rates.
Cotton Markkt on the 12th ult., no change,
sales for the wOk 30,070 bales. No quo
table change itt prices,,on the 18th; sales
for the week 23,000 bales.
The growl ni crops look well and bid fair
to be large and favorable. The weather
has been unusi)ally hot and sultry, though
not to the injut of the crops.
‘Lecompte, the would-be-assassin of Louis
Philippe, has been executed. •
It is said that Naples and Palermo are
abopt to be declared free ports.
The weathOr in France, as -well -as in
England, had been unusually hot.
At Havre, rune. 15th, cotton remained
inactive, and 'jvithout any material change
in price. Saltsfor the week, 4947 bales.
Flour, f. 29 59 a 30 per bbl.
The state Of trade in England, on. the
whole, is confidered as more prosperous
than at last dates.
The ruptuxi between Mexico and the
United States; has, of necessity, attracted
much attention, and has interfered, more or
less, with business. The fear of shipping
in American liettoms has, like the baseless
fabric of a visions disappeared, but Lloyd's
still cling ridiCulously to their high premi
ums. The &Ong is not confined to Eng
land. The Phiis paper, La Presse, asserts,
as a fact, that many American orders have
been cotmternlanded in France, in conse
quence of the rupture between the two re
publics.
THE Coax fears for the safety
of the Corn Bp] are over. The most criti
cal stage—that of the Committee, has been
passed triumphantly, and with a numerical
strength greatOr than was anticipated.
The import;duty which Corn will have to
pay, is from fdiur to ten shillings per quarter,
until Februarf, 1849, when a nominal duty
of a shilling pkr quarter is to be registry.
Fnin the London Times of June 15.
WAR BETWtEN MEXICO AND THE UNITED
STATES.—The , despatches of Gen. Taylor
are remarkabl e for their succinct energy,
and the absene of those verbose and gran
diloque.nt straws which we are accustomed
to meet with ip narratives of AmeriCan ex
ploits. Hetrrites !die a man of sense,
skill, and couhge: and we have not the
slightest wish io detract from the honors he
has-gallantly earned under the flag of his
country. Wlintever opinion we may enter
tain of the canses of this war e and of the po
litical motiveSpn which it originated, the be
havior of thei American general_ and his
troops deservti to be judged of by a much
higher standaid than the policy of the gov
ernment whi4 it is their duty to serve. -The
conduct of thd Mexican - army, on the con
trary, demonstrates the utter inability of that
government t 4 protect any portion of its do
minions from invasion ; and it degrades the
descendants of the Spanish Americans still
lower in the quilt of nations.
Iretiv.—The . Pope departed this life on
the Ist inst. His Holiness had been indis
posed Ouringljhe last week of May, but
on the 28th Or 29th of that month he was
deemed by die physicians perfectly recover
ed. B r ig death was sudden, and may possi
bly give rise tO rumors such as followed the
disease, similarly of several.of his predeces
sors. ordinary times the demise of a
Pope would riot occasion any sensation in
the political liorld, but such is not the case
in the presein instance. Pope Gregory
XVL was a duod,' kind, benevolent man,
sincere. in histreligious principles, and more
tolerant than host others who bad held the
keys of St. Feter.. He was fully aware of a
coming crisis ,in his States ; he foresaw, turd
would by coyieession have obviated, the
overwhelming storm, that cannot otherwise
be prevented from bursting upon' Rome_ at
least : but he 'was overborne by the cardi
nals, who, to fepeated entreaties of France
And Austria, dit is said England refused
concurrence iii even the slightest ameliora
tion of the civil and political condition of the
subjects of the Holy See. The members of
the Sacred College most likely to succeed
Pope Gregory XVI. is the Cardinal Fran-
zoni, Prefect c'of the Congregation of the
Propaganda. -He is, however, considered
friendly to tho Jesuits, and will be of course,
fiercelroppos6d by France---a Power which,
throttgkits wily and talented representative
at the Raman, Court, is alleged to be playing
a game in Italy upon which the other Gov
ernments - of Bizrope, Great Britain included,
would do welt to keep an eye.
Lecoatupte's Execution.
In the above news, we .noticed the exe
cution of Lec*pte. ME:Arial occupied on
ly parts of two days and seems to have caused
no great sensation. The following are the
particulars Willi trial and execution :
In reply too " interrogatories " Lecampte
said he was fott y -eight years of age ; that he
had made sevetal attempts to obtain the pen
sion he was *titled to; and that when he
found it imposkoible to obtain justice, he vowed
vengeanceag*st the King, without commu
nicating his resolution to anybody. [While
stating his w*gs, Lecompte • became ani
ma* in his glstures ; sometimes folding his
arms, sometilties stretching forth the hand to
add force to his Oservaton s, b ut always speak
ing without thetleast stop.) On the afternoon
of the 15th Apill when in the Place du Ca
rousal, he heisid ihree servants belonging to
the royal hous4old speak of the departure
of the King Or Fmtaineblett.
Upon this Ile went home, made his ar
rangements forileparture, and arrived at F on
tainebleu at fli* o'clOck the next morning:
He intended at find to place himself in the
church-yard wliich looked into the royal park ;
but, having ch4nged his resolution, he scaled
the wall .of the Petit Parquet. He vainly
looked out for 4ladder; and was in the act of
piling "fagots tp r reach the top of the wall,
when he heard the noise of a carriage; he
mounted upon them as well as Im could, and
the King passiq at the niornenti„ he fired,
with precipitation, two shots at the carriage.
He had loaded ' the gun, in the Parquet.
He plated some shot and a bullet inlhe
right barrel, and two bullets in-the left one,
He fired too suddenly. Lecomte denied'
repeatedly, in the most formal manner, that
he had ever hinted his intention to any one
whatever. -
At the . close of the - trial—in which 196
peers voted for execution as a parricide'
(wearing a black veil,) 36 for death simply,
and 3 for perpetual imprisonment—the sen
tence was read to him in prison.
He listened with the 'utmost composure ;
and at Abe conclusion said,qt is well ; I-now
only ask but one favour, and - that is to see
the Abbe Grivel. The Abbe, who for several
days past had been in occasional communicti-,
tion with Lecomte, visited him immediately.
When the chaplain had retired, a straight
waistcoat was, as is the custom, put on him;
and - Lecomte, far from showing any unwil
lingness, assisted the jailor during the caeca
tion of this formality. ..
On the following morning, Lecomte signed
a petition to the King praying for mercy,
and expressing repentence for his crime.
It is reported that Louis Philippe was wil
ling to spare the life of the assassin, but that
his Ministers would not consent. The exe
cution took place at five o'clock on Monday
pawning. The utmost secrecy was observed
on the subject by all the officials ; and in
consequence comparatively few persons were
present. The criminal arrived at the Place
de la Barriere S. Jaques in a carriage, ac
companied by his confessor, the Abbe Grivel.
He was barefooted, and covered with a,black
veil. He knelt, and long , remained in that
posture, ; seemingly praying. He afterwards
rose and ascended the scaffold. :At that aw
ful moment his courage seemed somewhat
to fail him ; but his strong organization soon
prevailed. ,
On reaching the top of the scaffold Le
comteirood in front ofthe spectators, turning
his back to the guillotine. He continued
ithus while his sentence was read, and the
reading of it lasted two or three minutes.
While it was proceeding •he deplored his
crime, and protested his repentence. He
declared several times that it was not on a
scaffold that he ought to die, but on a field
of battle. The Abbe Grivel whispered some
thing and soon presented the crucifix, which
Lecomte repeatedly kissed. He next em
braced his confessor with deep emotion, and
surrendered himself to the executioner. His
shirt and black veil were ?removed, and his
head was forthwith servered from his body.
Speech of the 111exican President.
The general Extraordinary Congress of
Mexico met on the Gth,. ult., at which Gen.
Paredes, the Mexican President, delivered
a very voluminous speech; showing the con
dition of the affairs of that country, from
which we-extract' the following, it showing
in What manned the present war is taken
into consideration by that lofficial:
I have insensibly come to where I sin to
speak of the grayest
~circtimstances in our
present position. When this administration
came into power it found itself face to face
with an engagements entered into by the pre
ceeding one to receive a Minister from the
United States to treat on the Texas question.
The Government, firm in its just cause, and
resolved never to yield to the 'spoliation of
that part of its territory, was preparing for
war, yet anxious to spare, if it might, the
effusion of blood, determined to hear what
this Plenipotentiary had ovpmpose. But, as
was to be feared from the fallacious policy
of the United States, their ill faith became
apparent as soon as their Commissioner pre
sented itself; they had sent Mr. John Slidell,
not as• Minister ad hoc," to treat of a special
matter, but as a resident Minister, such as
could only be admitted between nations
whose intercourse had no• impediments.—
The Government, therefore, gave him clear
ly to understand
_that it Could only receive
- him in a special character; upon which he
asked and forthwith received his passports.
.This has been seized by His Government as
a pretence for charging, us with the first hos
tilities and provoking a contest; as if the re
fusing to 'meet a fraunclulent negociation
were an act of hostility, and when that Gov
ernment is already using arms, not only for
the defence of Texas, but for the usurpation
' of a freih part of our territory.
The American minister was not received,
because national dignity forbade it., when an
Americ.ln army was already marching on
the Rio li l ravo, our ports . on both seas were
threatened , ii - v squadrons, and troops of the
United States trod on the soil of California.
I was, therefore, obliged, on the '2lst of
March, solemnly 1 o decliire that peace and
national honor were incompatible with such
aggressions, our soil sbould be defended from
their encroachment, until this Congress,
with whom it lay to declare war, should as
semble. Their army, for some time sta
tioned at Corpus Christi, advanced to Point
Isabel, and thence to a position in front of
Matamoras. After assembling above five
thousand men in that quarter,. I directed the
general of division there :to Let against the
enemy ; and he, deciding on crossing the
river, took up a postion between the coast
and the. fortified poipt of - Paso _Real: On
the Sth of May a sharp ; engagement was
brought on in which our troops gave proofs
of their valor, and, though with some loss,
.held the field and maintained the honor of
our arms. On the next 4ay our General
in-chief fell back to a netv position, where
the combat was renewed, but with an un
fortunate issue on our put. -The disvision
crossed the river; and the comtnader, who
still preserved, according to his returns, four
thousand troops of the liap, besides auxilia
ries, suddenly evacuated Matamoros, against
the express orders of his GiOvernment ; which
Noked to the importance of maintaining
that place for further operation:3 and as the
point to which supplies acid reinforcements
were on their way. Such unexpected con
duct sin the part of the General-in-chief has
• I
obliged me to recall -bun and to summon
him to account for his disobedience before it
military court of inquiry. „iThe Government
meantime is actively at work to repair these
reverses; and looks to the Station and to you
f 1
.for co - o ration. •
The uudrim of the United States has
begun t blockade the ports of Vera Cruz,
of Tam ico, and of Tattivalipas ; and its
guns . will probably soon:carry havoc into
those fair cities: . '. The day has come, then,
when - the country calls to:lts defence all its
child en—the day when this Congress must
proc 'm war against that nation which flat
teN*self so falsely that a single misfortune
can /verthrow the courage and the constan
cy,/ which our fellow-citizens have given
so m ny signal proofs. As a citizen and as
a sol ier, I am ready for any sacrifice ; and
,the rave men of our army, aided by this
tanimous people, will defend with me
to'th last the sacred right of our country.
from the armv.
Important from Tainpico.
betweeir, U. S. Sloop of War St. Mary's
and lexicon Gan Boats.
Batt!
:tract of a letter from the sloop of War
Lary's, dated \
OFF TAMP o, June 16, 1846. 1
Ali circumstances, 'beyond our control,l
pre+ted us from reaching the three gun
boat", (spoken of in my letter of the 13th
inst.) moored in Tampico river, and which
we dad desired to cut out, our Captain de
ter+ed to greet the enemy at long shot !
-from, the ship, and accordingly at 7 A.M.,
we ran out a kedge on the quarter, and!
brought our guns to bear on the gun-boats,
and OA under which they were anchored.
Ther
boats anchored in a line abreast across]
the diver, with springs on their cables antic
ipating an attack from us. As soon as we'
°pelted our brodside upon them they returned
the fire briskly; but two of our Paixham
steel, which exploded over - the fort, silenced
I
it, tl e boats still maintaining the action— ,
they fired I suppose about 15 shots, all of
whidi proved harmleis. Three passed over
our liammock nettings, falling half a cable's
length beyond us;—two others fell within
a feW yards of the side presented to the en
emyi—one fell near a cutter moored astern,'
and 'baptized her crew with its spray; the
rest all fell short" or wide of their mark.
14 return for these civilities we presented
them with 19 Paixbam shells and 11 solid
shot The intervening bar between us and
the rt and the g un boats, rendered it impos- '
siblti for us to c hoose our distance ;we were
therbfore reluctantly compelled to engage;
them at long shot. Discovering that we did
;not do the execution which we desired, thei ,
captain thought this thikl's play caused a
uselbss waste of powder and ball, and there
forel gave orders at 8 A. M., to cease firing ,
what we weighed the stream and kedge and
stood out to our old anchorage.
Iti was a source of regret to us all, that
the bliallowness of the bar would not admit
of °fir cross ng, and thus engaging the ene
my !it close quarters. As you have been at
Tampico, you know how far the shoals make
out,land tht.t they prevent a ship of this class
from approaching, as we desired to do, with
in Opint lib ink range. To add to our mor
tificjition, our prudent enemy had taken the,
prelautimi to anchor his boats more than a
quarter of a mile within the bar ; thus
plailing an impassible barrier between us
and! himself.
IN
To one ignorant of gunnery it might be!
matter of surprise that the shot from the - se
boats reached us, while our guns, of heavier,
calibre, did not carry much farther; hut you
knOw, that a well served IR pounder is
long-legged customer, and will carry quite Rs
farts a medium 32. It is said these gunLboats
hay . o received orders to sink at their moor
ing 4 rather than retreat or surrender, and
that their officers have been threatened with,
death should they disobe y . Doubtless the
penhltv will be inflicted, for Mexico sane.;
tionp 'this humane method of dealing with
her Vanquished sons. 'heir commander
a reoolute Scotchman,the former captain otr
African slavers . He is a vigilant fellow,.
and will probably not be caught napping.:
coulld we have succeeded in entering the
rive; I believe that, even with our small
fort*, we would have captured the guti
boats and silenced the fort by turing their ,
guns upon it.
Our order of battle was as follOws: the
laaach and 2d cutter were to hoard the
Scalthern vessel; the Ist,.3d and 4th cutter;,
wer* to carry the middle one, and then al
takt , the third or northern boat. For - silerte.J
inglthe artillery at the fort, we had filled
and stowed in our cutlass, cylinders to suit
the calibre of-the guns ofthe gun-boats, with
which we intended to play on the fort. I
heljbve that all our measures were very Pi
dictally taken, but the obscurity of night,
the narrowness of entrance to the river, and;
our, ignorance of its precise position, ren
derid them abortive. We, of course, deeply
regtet the failure of this expedition; but as
it arose from - a combination of accidents,
not !al way s avoidable in warfare, and panic:
ula.tly liable to occur in night attacks, it be
lanTs us to submit to it with a good grace,
and to hope for a more successful issue to
ourinext; expedition. We may yet have a
chaace to "show them the ropes,"and be
assured we shall not be slow to embrace it,
Yours, &c.
From the New Orleans Pieavum
- From Vera Cruz.
The following letter was received by the,
Jaiies L. Day, on her last trip. It is truly
gratifying to perceive by it that the steam
frigine Princeton performed so admirably:
Vera Cruz, 11th June, IS-16.
This city has now been under blockade
for - ‘venty-five days. The frigate Raritan
is tbe commanding ship at this time—Com
modore Conner being still at Pensacola—and
is 4 anchor near Green Island, while the
Pensacola steam ship is lying off and on,
just outside the Fort under sail, and corn
plefely prevents all intercourse from a road.
Tl 4 Princeton now prdves herself to be
equal to the whole fleet, indeed superior.
Sh 4 arrived here in 17
,clays from Boston,
hang sailed all the way, excepting two
d a yi t . In the horse latitudes she was becalm--
ed. 1 She fitted up—in 24 hours she was in
the trade winds, which brought her off this
poll, where she again fired up to enter. She
arriked here full of coal, and sailed du - ring
the passage 9 and 10 knots for days together,
ThO Falmouth was blockading on her ar-.
rival and they sailed together for two days.
Thd Princeton can sail round her, and ill
equfd under sail to two thirds ofthe vessels
our Navy.
For twelve days she has been under way
justling of reach of the guns of the Castle:
WhO vessels make their appearance she
mattes sail for them, and When they are very;
fast land wish to run, she fires up—goes a-;
longside and places a prize officer on board:
She i is the admiration of the English an
Fre l crf
ch men-war here. If the Presiden
andiComgress are wise they will immediate
ly der a large number of ships like her,
te , are invaluable bothin peace and w
rhflP P. is more useful here Than three frigates
1.
I 1 •
, -
The; Raritan has the scurvy, and it is also
said ;the dysentery, on board, produced by
having been much at sea On the, coast of
Brazil, from whence she came to this station.
The: Mexicans expect ari attack upon the
castle of Salt Juan- de Mica as soon as the
squadron arrives, and•are preparing for it.
The castle and town are crowded with sol
diers; nearly all the families and citizens
have fled to the interior.
Congress has been in sestion for,more
than a week, and has resolved to push the
war. against the United States. On Monday
they will proceed to elect a successorto Par
edes, whohas mtirched against Ale enemy
on 'Rio Bravo del Norte. It is generally be
lieved that 'Santa Anna, even if elected, will
under no circumstances return' to Mexico.
He has money and is too mtidh delighted
with the dissipated amusements of Havana
to return here. Gun. Bravo, the, present Gov
ernor of this city, will in all.prdbabillity be
elected President. - Many of the western
Departments have declared against this Gov
ernment, but they are equally in favor of
pushing the war. It vras rumored here to
day that General Taylor is advancing from
MaLmoras.
Twill continue. to inform you of what oc
curil here by every opportunity. Yours.
HERRERA.
p, S. Do not fail to 'send a few more ves
selOike the Princeton:
M 6, Kendall, of the Picayune, writing
from AatamOras, where he .now is, tells the
folltiwingvory:
A Mexietui captain of artillery, prisoncr
in the camp, tells a good story ofCanays
and,his great haste to get upon the Mexiehn
side of the Rio Grande after the last great
battle. lie had reached the stream, 6
thrown himself into :c boat, alai was about
pushing off, when a bury padre, one Fath
er Leary es he was called,came rushing up
to the beak and prayed lusty for a passage
over. The boatman hesitates about push
ing ,off, While the padre was making, for the
craft, up to his knees in mad. "hove her
on'!!' shouted the frightened Canales, as
sonie of the American mounted Men appear
ed in sight. "One moment, for the love of
Goa!" ejaculated the priest,with outstretched
arms. "Let go that rope there!" again shoa
-1 ted! Canales. "I shall sink," responded the
priest, in:doleful accents, and still flounder
ing' onwards towwards the canoe. "lie will
droWn, Gerieral,', said one of the oarsmen,
struck aghast at the idea of seeing a holy
mah thus perish. "Let hun drown, then,
d= - --;n his soul; don't you see'the'cursed A
mericans are close upon our heels," as he
himself cut the rope and shoved the boat in
to the stream. Father Leary was drowned,
sure endagh-.
RMm•n of Army Officers.
By a late act of congress the companies
of the different regiments of the army have
been raiO4.l to one hundred men each, and
to Carry oin this provision four companies of
eadi regiment of the army have been broken
up,' the privates in these companies having
been transferred to those in organization.—
The officiers and non-commissioned officers
of these several companies without men,
numbering in all over sixty, came passengers
to New Orleans in the Galveston, ordered to
different parts - of the country on the recruit
ing service. The Tropic says:
"We have now in our city nearly forty
coMmissiimed officers of our brave little ar
my, who have, under the command. of Gen.
Taylor, individually distinguished them
selves in• the late glorious events on the Rio
Grande, and trusts that prompt action will
he had to treat them with distinguished con
sideratiotr before they leave that city. The
Mexicans, in their hospitably, gave these'
mentlemen several grant! military balls, and
New Orleans will bestir itself to give them
one grand -civil ball.
O lirers of Third Infantrq—Ordered to
NeWpnm Ky. Lients. J. M. Smith, Johns;
Gordon, Shepherd, Jordon,. Van Bokelin,
MTarran, Janis and Bee. To complete
the, reziment requiris between six and seven
hundred Men.
Officers , of the Fourth fulantry—Ordered
to Nev York. Captains Morrimm and Mor
ris; Licuts. Waller and Hays. To rum
pljte the regiment requires between five arid
six, hundred men.
Officers of the Fifth Infanta/—Ord red
to Philadelphia. Captain Roue, who lost
his, right arm in the battle of the 9th, on
have of absence, Captain Marcy; peuts.
Ritgides and Crittenden. Requires six hun
dred and. fifty men to complete the regi-
Officers of Seventh Infantry—Ordered to
EleKm]. Majors Sewell and Rains; Cap
taihs Hawkins and Lee ; Lieutenants Hen
ry, Hayman, Scott and Wood. Requires
between six and seven hundred 'nen to com
plete the Regiment.
Officers of Eighth Infantry—Ordered to
New York: Captain Montgomery Lieuts.
liteves, Morris, Burbank and C. D. Jordan.
Requires between six and seven hundred
men to complete the regiment. •
Second,Dragoons—Destination riot given.
Captain Hunter; Lieutenant Saunders; al
so Captain Kerr, detained, for a few days
at Point Isabel.
THE INTENTION OF GOVERNMENT TO
WAIRDE Mixico.—The Washington letter
writer of the Baltimore American mentions
the following as the designs of our Goern
rnent towards Mexico : The dismemberment
of Mexico is the design of the Administra
tion, and that not only by the invasion of
California; but by the seizure and possession
of the entire country beyond the line to
Tampico,', on the Gulf of Mexico, and the
satire parallel on the Pacific. This seizure
embraces the richest and most valuable prov
inces of Mexico. It includes all of Califor
nia, from the head of the cape; and not alone
the Provinces bordering on the Rio Grande.
Parts of Jalisco, Guadalaxara and . Zae.ate
cad, and all of Sonora, Durango, San Louis
Potosi, New Leon, Chilieuhau, Coahuila
uud Tamaulipas are to be the fruits of this
conquest. IThe Government areyeady to set
tle the question now, ifMexico will yield up
the, count named, or consent' o run a line
from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific, upon
the line stated. All this is in contemplation
now, secretly but seriously, and the regiment
raising foe California is the first fruits of the
expediticiri.—Ledger. •
GROWTff OP WtscoNsm.—A, cOrrespon
dent of thp Janesville Gazette states that no
less than forty-four villages have been erect
ed in Wisconsin within the •last four' years,
and that the sites of sixty-nine of the most
flourishing vilfages in the Territory were un
occupied 4ix years ago !
INDIAN . ORAY.—The Houston Telegraph
of the 10th ult. says :—" We learn from a
gentlemati who recently arrived from Austin,
that a large party ofCcanmanches belonging
to Santa Anna's band, lately made a foray
into the Mexican settlements above Laredo,
captured, 4 large amount of specie, and about
five hundred horses, and killed several Mex
icans. Tjhe Mexicans, it appears, •i were
quite unprepared to resist them, as most of
the troopsi had been withdrawn to attack the
American, army near Matamoras. These
Indians stated that they captured several
boxes filled with money ; and from their
descriptioo of the lxixes. It is probable they
contained 4,000 or 5,000 dollars. It is not
improbable that they intercepted some par
ty ortraders that was on the way io Bexar,
or Corputi Christi."
MUTIENt AMONG THE VOLUNTEERS.—The
army officers will have some trouble in Wing
ing the volunteers Otto subordinatio.n mid dis
cipline. The men are - accustomed (o inde
pendent thinking and acting, and are nut
disposed to submit to What appears to he im
position. The Cincinnati Times gives.the
following ticcount of an occurrence at-Louis
ville. General Jackson would have settled
the difficullty in a different way from Gen.,
Wool. ' •
"We learned this morning that in the em
barcation lof troops at Louisville, on the Sul
tana,-a mutiny broke out because the officers
had monopolized the Cabin, and cabin fare
4omelorty or fifty ofthem—and had required
the men (everal. hundred in number ) tolive
below, a place at - this aeason, with their num
ber, about equal to the Calcutta Black: Hole.
The soldiers went in a body to the" cabin,
took possession, and informed the officers
that they must all faretalike. General' WQOI
was sent for, but such a demonstration was
made to Wards him, and suli hints given,
that he speedily left."
toftgrcssional.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1846.
Mr. Dix's Warehbuse hill has been under
discussion, without coming to any result.
LAND SALES.-- , Mr. Calhoun submitted a
land graduating bill as a substitute fbr the
one recently suggested.by the Secretary 'of
the Treiniury. It provides That • all . lands
which.ha've been' unsold for ten years on the
Ist March, 1847, shall be offered at .the re
duced price of $l,OO per acre until Ist of
March, 1850—the next
. three years at 75
1 cts.—then for three ;years at 50 cts.—and
also for three years at. 25 cents, which would
L bring the period to Ist March, 1859, and
that all then remaining unsold at the.ie .pri
ces shall be ceded to therespective Sillies in
winch they lie. It also provides that the
other lands. as - they remain unsold shall be
come subject to_the same graduating princi
ple, and for the same period of three years
at each price. It prbvides that no one shall
have the right to purchase more than one
section at the prices of 50 and 25 cents, and'
giyes the right of pre-emption to. actual set
tlers, &..c &c.
PATENTS.-A spiited debate foie on a
bill to authorize the t;hie:f . clerk of the Pat
ent Office to sign patents; during which,
Mr. Ashley corrected- an errot in the the N.
Y. papers, in refernce to the profits con
printing the patent "reports. The whole
'number ordered by both houses was 71,000
copies, Which cost 88,000 dollars, and the
profits are only €110;000.
DISTRICT. QF CoLpainta.--The bill for the
retro-session of Alexandria-to Virginia pas
sedl
the Senate.
THE TAILIFF.--The reception, of the
House's bill respecting the tariC, was attend
ed with some excitement. Au attempt Was
made to refer it to the proper committee,
but it failed. •
HQ . E.
July 3d, 1846
The consideratiOa of the Tariff bill was
the all-exiting subject to-day. After the re
jection of most of the amendments offered,
at noon the contralti, e rust and reported the
bill to that Ilmase ainidit great uproar.
The speaker li4ving taken the- chair,
about forty tnemberli jumped up at once; but
Mr. Boyd got the floor.' tie moved the pre
vious question on concurring in the amend
ments of.the comaiittee of the whole.
A motion was immediately made to lay
the motion on the 4 ' table. The vote was,
years 96; nays 112 Solite motion for the
previous question was not laid on the table.
The preVious questicin was then ordered,
and the House proceeded to vote on the
amendmimt to the bill made by the com
mittee.
On colicurring in the amendment of the
committee of the whole by which "salt" was
stricken out - of the duty paying articles, the
vote wat.Z. yeas 105, Uayi96. • So the.amend
ment way concurred in.
Amidst a great uproar; trmotion was made
to reconsider the vale just taken. The yeas
and' nayi having been ordered, Mr. Hudson
called upon 'the Spreaker to have that rule
enforced, which prphibits any member ftpm
standing) near the Clerk's desk While the vote
is taking. '
The §peaker requested members to take
their seats, and untied the rule in question
to be read. It was not, however, until after
repeateff efforts, that the offenders could be
induced !to leave tlie front of the desk.
The vote on the'motion to reconsider was
then taken, and decided in the negative—
yeas 101, nays 10.1. -
The annunciation of the vote was receiv
ed by loud clapping. •
The question was again put in another
form, vi*: " Shall; salt be,placed onthe free
list I" The vote was yeas 105, nays 104.
So it wins again decided that salt should be
placedo the free list. - ,
Amo ent afteriVard, however, the Speak
er was c led_ upoq to vote. He did so, and
in the n gative. This Made the vote a tie,
which t hs equal tt/ the rejection of the mo
tion. Lbud applause ugain followed.
It subitequently, appeased, however, that
owing til t the . greatl confusion which prevail
ed, the Clerk hadimiticounted the vote, and
lb:It it wit s yeas 105, nays "102, which did
not give the Spe4er the right to vote,; he
being pekmitted tn dn so`,only when hie vote
will change the reta of any question: •
A motion was then made to reconsiderthe
vote, and it was harried—yeas 104, nays.
102.
The effect of this was to bring the lio,use
back again to the question, " Shall salt be
placed onthe free list 1" The vote wae
yeas,lol, nays 10j5. So it was decided'af
ter all that Salt'shall not be s laced on the
free list. It therefore rem: ,s in the bill
subject, to 20 per cent duty. i The fate of
the bill depended upon _filial one negative
vote, as:otherwise the New York members
would not have voted for the I'll'.
The question was next taken' on castor.
ring in the amendment of theiccraitnittee re
pealing the fishing bounties. This was,
non-concurrecl.. in—yeas 100, nays 109,--
This saved the,vote ofthe Maine delegation,
jvho otherwise would have gone against the
The bill, as amended, wit then ordered.
to be engrossed for a-third reading, without
a division.
The amendment placing a and coffee
among the free ( articles was agreed to.
The question then being 4 1'1Shrill th. 6;11
pass !" it was decided 'as follow. -_y. ,I I f
nays 95. So du- Iv!! „1:;. i, . -f, , .
VEA S.—.M , ie. , ni. Ailitui, ~ f;It• .. ;
son, 111611,,51,
.Bayly, II 1.1:L -4...-r. 11 •
Biggs, Black l oi . S„ C.', Bo„ linOloyil, 11 ;• .
erholf, Brockt;.nbrough, Brown , dVa., bar,
Cathcart; Chapman of Va.,i Chapin/in 4
Ala., Chase, Chapman, - Clarke, Cobb, Col
lin, Cullom, Cunningham, Duniel t Dargab,
Davis, of Miss, DeMott, Dobbin, Douglass,
Dromgoole, 'Dunlap, Ells4drth, ?Ara n ,
Ficklin, Fries, Giles, Goodyear, Go rdon,
Grover, Hundin, Haralson,l Hannanson,
Henly, Hilliard, Hoge, Holmes, of S. C.;
Hopkins, Hough, Houston of Ala., Hubard
of Va., Hunt Of Mich, Hunter, Johnson of
N. H. Johnson of Va., Johmion of Tenn„
Jones f Tenn.., Jones of Gti. Kaidman,
Kenne y, King of N . Y., Lawrence, Leake;
La S re, Luitipkin, Maclay l McClelland,
) 1
McClernand,McConnell, Mcerate, McDow
ell of Ohio, McDowell of Vas; McKay,Mar.
tin of Ky., Martin of Tenn., Morris, Morse,
Moulton, Ni on; Norris, Parish, Payne,
phelphs,
Robe , -Sawte Pill nry„ Rathbun, Reid, Retie,
s
Rhett, lle, Sawyer, Scam.
mon, Seddon ims, of B. C. Sims of Mo.,
Simpson, T. tnith of la., Smith of 111.,
taii i
Santon, S weather, St. John, Strong,
Thompson o Miss., Thuinmn, Tibbatts,
Towns, Tredw.ay, Wick, Williams ; WIL
MOT, Wood, Woodward of S. C., Yancey
—ll4. 1 -
NA.vs—Messrs. Abbott, Al lams of Mass.,
Arnold, Ashman, Barringer, j Bell, Blanch
ard, Brown of Tenn., Brodhead, Buffington,
Campbell-of N. Y., Campbell of Pa., Car
roll, Cocke, Cpllamer, Cransto'n, Crozier,
Culver, Darragh, Davis of Ky., Delano,
Dixon, Dockery, ,Edsall, Erdman, Ewing of
Pa., Ewing ofi Tenn. ' Foot, Foster, Garvin,
Gentry, Giddings, Graharn,Grider,Grinnell,
Hampton, Hohries of N. Y., Houston of Del.,
Hubbard of CL, Hudson, Hungerford, Hunt,
C. J. Ingersoll of Pa., J. R. Ingersoll of Pa.,
Jenkins, King of Mass., Leib, Lewis, Levin,
Long, McClean McGaughey, McHenry,
Mcllvaine, Mash, Moseley, Miller, Pendle
ton, Perry, Pollock, Ramsey, Ritter, Rock
well of Mass., Rockwell of Ct., Root, Rus
sell, Runk, Schenck, Seaman, Severance,
Smith of N. Y; Smith of Ct., Caleb B.
Smith of la., Stephens, Stewart, Strohm,
Sykes, Thibodeaux, Thomaston, Thompson
of Mass., Thompson of Pa., Tilden, Toombs,
Trumbo, Vance, Vinton, Wheaton,
Winthrop, Woodruff, Wright, Young, Yost
—95.
A motion to reconsider the vote was made
and rejected. So the bill will be sentto the
Senate on Monday. .
The House then adjourned to Monday
next, amid loud huzzas and hissed, both
from members and the galleries.
Synopsis of ➢i'Kay's Tariff Bill.
The Most important provisions, in' the
Tariff Bill which recently passed the House,
will be found in the following Schedules:
Schedule A; 100 per, cents—Brandy and
other Distilled 'Liquors,lCordials, &C..'
Schedule I, 40per.cmit.—}7ruits, preserv
ed figs, raisins,dates, :" Spices, almonds,
&c. Wines of all kin if; imitation. wines,
&f
game, cut glass; cigars . , snuff, and all fOrms
of manufactured tobace , cedar, ebony, ma
hogany, rosewood, &c. knaniffactured. •
Schedule B, 30 per cent.--J-Ale, beer, por
ter, baskets, &c. Cap, gloves, mitts, car
pets, carpeting, Clothing ready made, coal,
coke, oulm, cutlery of 011 kinds, diamonds,
gems, earthen, china aid stone wines, es
sences, perfumes, fire arms of all sorts, fur
niture, cabinet, glass and glassware, hats,
bonnets, &c. (except of wool,) hemp, iron
of all kinds, manufactures dO., metallic pens,.
&c., oil cloths all sorts; oils, olive, &c., pa
per and maufactured, Iplaying cards, pota-,
1 !
toes, sewing silk, twist; sugar,.molasses;ro=•
'bacco unmanufaCtured; 'umbrellas, &c. &c.
wool of all kinds, manufactured do., do. of
cotton, linnen or worsted (if embroidered or
tantbured,) Manufactures of. wood, do. of
copper, gold, silver, tin; lead.
Schedule C; 25. per cent.-Baizes, bock-.
ings, Burgundy pitch, buttons and moulds,
.cotton manufactures 'generally, do. goat's
hair, &c., cables, Cordage, calomel, &c. Bo
rax, feathers and beds,'. flannels, door cloths,.
floss silks, hair cloth, seating, jute, sisal
grass, matting of flags, &.c., silk manufac
tured, slates of all sorts, worsted manufac
tures, do. woolen yarn.
Schedule D,.g.0 per cent—Acids all kinds,
bacon, barly, blankets all kinds, blank books,
boards and timbei, candles ;ill kinds,. cotton
caps, gloies, copper rods, spikes, copper in
sheets, drugs generally, flour of wheat, &c.
gun powder; hair, moss, ilec„ herap, maim
faetured, Indian corn ineaklead pipes and
shot, leather generally, linnens of all kinds,
mahogany, rosewood; ebony, cedar, mitts,
drawers; &e.;., needhisoill kinds, oils, ani
mal or fish oil of liettiO, &c., oranges, lem
ons, 'paintsr , ry ground,. paper hangings,l
periodicals, repr ' ted, pork, pitch, qe,wheat.
oats, salt, salty generally, Skins all kinds,
steel, except Velow, stereotype plates, tar,
types, &c., velvet, of . .cottoil, window glass,
woollen listings, wool hats and bodies.
Schecldt - g, 15 per cent.-H A r.,, , ; i ie, bl ri.
generally t 'dianiondii, glazers, Ilia aild tow,
leaf gold'or,silvet, tin, platei: or :Jo t t,, sere
in bars .. „ east steel or German, zinc., 'yellers
&c. i Silh raw, singles, traul, throwa or or
ganXi ne. .
- Schedule F. .10 per cent.l—Bpu6 , iii.nsi
zinis, bleaching powders, cameos, losaies,
chronometers s ,diruntinds, gems, pearl,, / 1 / 4 ,4:".,
not set; engrOings or plates,
pamphlets,
&c., furs, except dressed. nil skin ; gums
generally ; 'hemp or linseed, indigo, kelp,
lime, maps and charts, nnisic and paper,
newspapers,-kel; oils, cocoa; Palm, saltpetre
refined, stones burr, stones building, tallow,
marrow, &c., watches and parts.
Sehedn/e - G, 5 fer, ,cent.-1-rßerties,. nuts,
&Cs ten...j . dying, unrannufactured, bristles;
chijki bulls, old brass, do. 'popper, do: pig
copper, chalk, clay, flints, 'dyewoods in stick,