The Baltimore Sun from Baltimore, Maryland • 1

TllK AMFK1CAN BOV. "Fs jr, loo up hi il ree ihsl A is linw sneefu .) ii Thoe ru 1 ey s.eintole PRICE ONE CENT. BALTIMORE MORNING, JULY 4, c--ry heTselves, gloii uislv through this smuggle, i cif it iw tieUle other people have hen fottrwi- I knuw the people oi IbcMeolunies, ard I knovy lh.it icistance to British aggression is deep and sett led in their heait, and cannot be eradic.tttd. Kvcry colony, indeed, has eipress-d its wiilingricsj to follow, if we but take the lead. S.r, the declaration will inspiie the pea-pie with incieasetl Courage.

Instead of a long and bloody war for restoration bf privileges, for redress ol grievances, for chartered immunities, held uncer a British king, set before them the glorious ot entire independence, and it will bieathe into them anew the breath of life. Read this declaration at the head of the army; every stverd will 6e drawn Irom its scabbard, and the solemn vow uttered to maintain it, or perish on the bed of honor. Publish it from the pulpit; religion will approve it, and tho love of religious liberty will cling around it resolved to stand with it, or fall with it. Send it to the A TiUIIIMIW 111 lltv sjvICS. "Father, wlial (enrful iioisf i 'hit, Liuo'lliuiid'iu.

of itw etouiht! Win dot be wnivo-iheirualSi And ruth -i i "Il is 1 ie voice of crinnomy; The t'ad shout of ihefree, Tin if the to ramrv dear, yli Free dom's Jubilee "I wish that I was now a man, li fire camion And about as loiiillj aslbercst- Bui, fuilier, hy don't you?" "I'm (renin old and weak batsliU My henil rs hi with joy: l'v wnnessed many a day rke tint: Shout ye aloud, my boy," "Hurrah! for Freedom' Jubilee! God blew cur native laii't! Ji nd inav 1 live to old tee sword Of Freedom iny "Well done, my boy Krotvnpand love The laid that cave thee birth; A h'mewhrie Freed, loves to aweil Is iiurttdise on earth." THE SUN, Htuitiy Interesting Documents We pro mined our readers something for the Fourth, and accordingly live lay before them a transcript from two original papers in our possession, ho norable by the circumstance ol date, venerable by age and sacred ty association. Their con tents relating to tlie very subject matter of pur National Independence, and penned in one instance on the very day ol its adaption, in the other but four days thcrealter, give them1 a pe culiar appropriateness to our columns on this auspicious day. Did they Kot bear upon their face the evidence of their authenticity, abundant proof thereof is four.d in the fact at they have been discoveied recently by General Mariiott, among the archives of the custom house, in which they have remained uitdistutbeil during the larger part of a century, whilst the patriotic bands which penned them, and the noble and generous which beat in sympathetic re sponse to the sentiments (hey contained, have long since mouldered away in the silence of the tomb, bequeathing however to their posterity the rich heritage of the free institutions which we now enjoy, and the proud recollections which every returning anniversary of this hal lowed day is so well calculated to inspire. The papers generally, as we have heretofore a'ated, bear the address of Messrs. Samuel and Robert Purviancc, bath warm and zealous pa triots in those diysj the former was chairman of the celebrated B.iltimore Whig Club, which was at one time the conservative govern ment of the S'ate of Maryland; both the brothers, however, enjoyed, the intimate feiendship and confidence of the leaders in our revolution ary contest, as is proven by the numerous auto graph letter! addressed to them by John Han cock, Henry Laurens, Robeit Morris, Richard Henry Lee, and others, now to be found among their papers just reclaime'i.

A melancholy interest is connected with the fate of Mr. Samuel Purviance. In thehonora ble endeavor to improve his circumstances and fortune, much impaired by heavy losses and pecuniary sacrifices, not a few of which he cauld plaoe to the account of bis patriotism, he left Baltimore with a party of adventurers for the western country, in, the year 1788, and in paseing down the Ohio river, near the pre eent site of Cincinnati, he was captured by a tribe ot hostile Indians, and was never after. wards heard of. His brother Robert was re served for a tetter fate; he was appointed Col lector of the port by Gen.

ashington, an honor which he enjoyed under the successive ad ministrations of Adams and Jtfferson, a fact which explains the discovery of eo large a por- tion of his papers among the archives of the Custom House, Both the annexed documents, it will be observ ed, beaf the signature of. John Hancock, a name which will never cease to be honored in the memory of the American people, and which we this morning present to the public, in con nection with these long lost papers, still in its natural assosiation with sentiments of the most ardent patriotism, animated by a spirit of the most active zeal: Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. Gentlemen: The Congress have this dav re ceived intelligence which renders it absolutely necessary that the greatest exertion should be made to save our country from being desolated by the hards of tyranny Gen. Howe having taken pefsessi in of Siaten Wand, and the Ji raejs being drjined of tbeir militia lor the defence ot New York, I am directed by Congress to quest you will p'cei-d immediately to emb.dy yonr niiiitiator me itol the Hying Camp and march tlum with all possible exptditkn either by battalions, detachments of battali ns or bycompaiiiis, to the city ol Philadelphia. The prcent campaign, I have no doubt, if we cxeu ourselves property, win secure tne enjoy ment ot our L.i torever.

All accounts agree, that Great Britain will make the greatest ett irt tins tumiuer. tn.onia we therefore be able to keep our ground, we shall afterwards have little to apprehend f-om her. I do tte'cfote most ard fitly berecch and require you, in the name and by the authority of ingress, its you regard your own Freedom, ar.d as jou stand engaged By the most solemn tics oi honor, to sup port theconimnn.cau.ee -to strain evert nerve to send forward your militia. This ia a sti of sum intiniie momcnr, it at, in nil probability, your sptedy ci m.lince will provc.the salvation of your country. It is we can have any higher motive to induee us to act.

We should reflect too, that the loss of tin's campaign must inevitably protract me war: and tha order to gain it, we have only to exert ourselves. and to make use ot the means winch God ani nature have given us to defend ourie'ves. must therefore again repeat to you, that the Congress most anxiously expect aim request you will not lose a moment, in camii into tf feci this requisition, with all the zeal, spirit, and dispatch, which are so ii dispensably required by the critical situation of our affairs. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most ooea tanu very nurr servt. John Hancock, President.

Honorable Convention of Maryland. PiiiLADfXPHU, July 8th. 1776. Gentlemen: Although it is not possible to foresee the const quenoes of human actions, yet it is ntvertneien a amy we owe ourselves and posterity, in all our public councils, to decide in the best manner wc are able, ani to trust the event to that ing who cojilrols both cmivs and events, so as to bring about his own dutcr mination. Impressed with this sentiment, and at the same time Hilly convmcid that our atlmrs may take a more tavoranie mm, lie congress have itiotte it necessary to dissolve all connection bitween (Jreat Britain and the American Colnntcs.

and to declare thetn fiee and independent States, as you will ptrcctve ty the inclosed diclar tion which I am directed by Congress 'o transmit to you, and to requttit you will have it proi launttl in your Colony, in the way you shall think moet proper. '1 he important consequence to ti Amnticm states troro this Ueclarain ct independence. Considered as the ground and fnunc'aiicn of I future govcrl merit, will naturally supgest the proptiety ol pn claimii it in stu a manner as that ti peonle may be universally Inhumed of it I have the honor to he, gentlemen, your most obedient, humble letvatit, John Hancock, President. Hon. Convention of Man land.

From DumuhaRa riy the bri Antarctic, at at New York, we haTe accounts frorathi p'pee to the nth. TheGz.ttc of the 9th, fays: The late news from the Unttid S'a'n of Aaicrica is calculated in one sued to be ol lii'eie't to the Wist Ii dia Colonit art this among the rest Is it not robaUe, that, in the flntitse ol a tew months, our mpplics ol American provisions will eitl er te fti id, or cesou.nr as to place li ine-ii 1 1 purr! a 1 thim marly hctond our reach? Tl i9 a utii tion which will foico ilsell upon the mind at the present is An Amx-in inn The Warsa New Yi iker Sajs tha' Judge 8k im er si ntenrcd man for two vests to the ft a piisnn, in a mo) fff, ctitmate ttaimr. This is like tkei of VOL. XIX. 12 1 SrEEClI OF rilESlDEXT PECEDES.

The National Intellijieni'er givts the follow ing translation of the important tid in'ortsUni speech pronounced by his the President ad interim, Don Mariano Paredss Afril-la general of division, at the solemn intUlla- tion of the General Congress ExtnorUinary, in Mexico, June, 18'16; Citizen Representatives of the Since the unanimous and forlunae of the Republic 1 1 pull d'iwn a (iovcrnifeui ivhich hud imprudently anuullid its own lei; al titles and presumed to take away the hope of the na tion's continnng to be mistress ol her otvu hit, the administration which that event which was the unequivocal expression ot the public will, began its pcthxi under the brel nu spices with the support of all parties, and, the nearly universal good ishes of the citutns After so many changes and convulsions, which, without a motive either political or phik" phic, had stained our civil reputation, impoverished, discredited, and almost destroyed the nountiy, appeared a movement whirh proclaiQied principles eminently social; and the per)ietvatioh of a bet full of seeds of good drew to it tha publ vows of all men, was the common watchword all parties. But, by a fatality the most nn happy, this concord soon dissolved itself, loin- trudu 'ed confusion afresh, to enfeeble the Go vernment and abandon it in the midst of its du tie! and its dangers. In a single year, it his been its late to visit the extremes ot confidence and of distrust, both without a limit! Ever since, in ordtr to rescue our freedom from the mother nountry, it became necessary tint Mexico should be launched upon the. sea of the spell of legal authority has grown weaker, the Spirit ot obedience bus db cayed, and the laws and the men that a nioULii tary popular enthusiasm alternately raised up and pulled down have every day sustained them selves with greater arid grea'er difficulty. Like ite predecessors, the Government ot ttte 6th Ue cember, 1841 sank rapidly into and when, before a great public oihiis, it had neea 10 oe s'rongesr, it tell inio a weakness which left it incapable of facine the diffi-ultv.

of sustaining its influence, or oi avoiding the at lacies 01 inose spint3, who are the perpetual bane ol all institulions and of every Government. In this state of things, it became clear that social dissolution itself impended, and tnat tnese aimless revolution? and counter revolutions were to go on, the only resul; must be anarchy and the bursting of those last slender bands which had thus far held ub together, amidst so many conte's's. In this new conflict, the Republic looked anxiously around for si' me point of union, for a physical force that might back its moral energies, might enable it freely to exert its will, constitute itself as the occasion demanded, and erect itself from i's long ties and aisas'ers, men listened to the voice of our afflicted coun'ry, and set en foot the poli tical movement of the 14 December, 1845, in There, in a body of six thousand of the bravest and most ordtrdy of out troops, I held at com mand the first of all the trunks that the crisis needed the means of firmly upholding public order. By this chance, and not because I looktd on mysell as possessine the capacity or other eiemenrs wr an enterprise so high, I was led to resolve mat wouiu attempt it; but wi the purest intentions, an entire disin'crestedness, with not a view nor a design but to rr instate the nation in the completeness ol those rights hich paricidal tactions were daring to ravish Here, then, was the cause why I was to invoke and did invoke no principle hut tbatol the national sovereignty; and when I pointed out the fhness mat tins sovereignty should be reprep ented by classes in ausu jt Asseitibi it was inv mean ing that all the great existing interests should be here embodied interests which do not cease to be collectively popular, because they are sena rate, and which are, in reality, those ol the whole society under all all its phases.f The country accepted favorably my plan, and, with out serieus oppoMticn, gave it tttect, creating tor itself a Provisional Government, which should call together by law the promised Con vention. The Junta of Representatives imposed on me the grave and responsible duty of taking in band the reins ot public administration; and 1 declare, before God and before the people that hears me, that I took upon mvself this enormous weight, because I knew that not hopes, but dif- ncuiues, not sweets but bitters, were to be the portion of the Mexican ho should offer himself, at such a time, a ready victim on the altar of his country.

i I perfectly understood, without forming to myself any illusion, that the reappointment of ail mere parties and their (ear of the downfall ot their sad domination would turn them into the toes of a Government wbn bent on giving high and severe lessors ol moiali'y, was hound to repress all wrong pretensions eir compel them to identify themselves with the general good i he strite with such was obvious, as torse en but that strife was a necessity, as the only purpose new to be justified was that ol respecting noimng nut tne win tn tne nation, in conjuncture like the present, other countries have re sorted to a discretionaiy magistracy; and in Mex ico, hen times were less difficult, these same means were thought cf. and were presently turn ed into a peremptory experiment. For tins reason, in the additions lo the plan of San Luis Potosi, which 1 promoted in the capital, I hastened to limit the powtrs conftrred and to rest, ire that of the laws, without any enlargement but that which was needed for preparing a war, to which a neighboring nation, a unjust as it is enterprising, was provoking us. Not imtitu tions lor these were reduced to lit' le more than the elineht of society but the good sense ul our people aid the morality which they maintain, gave me confidence that if was still possible to make our way across I lie difficulties, without s'uninling and falling over our own social ittitis But the abuse ol the liberty the political i.ress abuses committed always when most danger ous, and which h-ive, ever since 1821, under, mined all our Governments by turn-spread abroad disturbances, alarms, and distiusts, just when my known sincerity gave me the right to hope that none would propagate fears for those rights of the na'ion whioh my solemn oaths guaranty, ai hich all the examples and acts of my public life, puic at least though not glorious, coi, firm. 1 Jt he freedom of the press is no grave social inconvenience in countries where the political ideas and habits are settled and yet even among them barriers ale raised against its exee's the tutelary principles of authority lire guarded; re ligion and morals are shielded from atta' r-fidy is not permitted to violate tlu seal ot court denoe, nor calumny to shed its poion in the bosom ol private lite.

In this manner, the li bcrly ot printing leads civilization on; is no less uelul to the people than to Jovcniments; and while it sustains these, whin drsemng well, it protects those Irom Usurpation, open er covert. But in countries shaken bv continual revolu tions, the unbridled licente of printir beci ims one oi the clucl causes why lhoe revolutions shall never cetfe; and nhilo the very end lor which the press is tree Is the well being ol the society, a licentious prosi torments and destroys i', in spite of the most patriotii; intentions of those who write. Yet this freedom should exist, wherever ihcre Is a tree constitution not, however, without the modifications and restrictions which prudence and the particular genius of each people rt quire. with tnese ideas, my leading thought, at taking charge ol public affairs, was that every Mi xican should publish without let his ideas as to the public re organization approaching, and that the minimi censure of those who puhlisled should he hit the tolc cotreetive of their errors. I conies, and lament that a design to liberal in ilsell has per haps served to produce little but alarm and ill, and to enable the loverB of troubles to involve In accusations better dnetotf-eiriwn authors an Administration that IhiI adejilcd I its ghest principle the supremacy ihu people Our col slitutijn ol If: had abrrgstrd our previous lav of thtpte-e, promising tos ibjti tutr fur them others, which, however, Were not realized during the ol the t'otiiti tutu nl Congress Thus the government, utnd lo watch over the endangered public trat quility, lovsi'd itself foiccd to te'traints Uon the press, when it petciived that ns l.bi ral intentions were lo be abortive ef ncry thu but dix-urbanee.

For tb 9 cause eamo to be issued the cnculars 1 hit of llms rsi. to the eievation of which I'arll hmi'dl wns rniiiiny iiisiiumt iii.b, tuid first sort of t'-uluutliu uiihiarj. Par lies, encepl Ue ur Biiti brethren We have warned them, from time to time, of o'temp's by their Legists lure to evend an unwarrantable jurisd'ction over ns We hav-A reminded them of the eir cuius, of our emigration and settlement here We have appealed to their native justice aud magnanimity, and wc have conjured them, by the of our c.snirtion to disaveiw these u'uvpitions, which would Inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence 'i'hty, I tiave fcoen deaf to the voice of justice e.ii;.,ig'uiiiity. We must, therefore, acqui escs in the nee'i'ssity which denounces our sepa r.vt'on, and hold tlit iu as we hold the rest of naukiuJ enemies in war, in peace Iriend3. We, tbetelote, the representative's of the Vni'ed Sm'esof America, in geneial Congress asseiuhied, to the Supreme Judge ot lie world, for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in tVe name and hy authority of the good people cf these Colonies, so'enmly publish and thee, that iesc United Colonics are, and of right ought t.i be, free and independent States-, end they ate absoned fnmi all allrgitncc to the Crown, and that all political connection bet eeen the ani the State of Gicat lttitain is, and ought to he, totally dissolved; an I that, as fice and iiHlependent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, conti-act alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other act and tilings hich independent Sta'es may e-f light i nd for iho suppoit of this Decla-rition, with a firm reliencc on t' protection of I'iv in Prov we mutimlly plidge to each oth our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred hdi.is.

Amines of Stwr, their Uirth places ainf 'it fissions. Josup lUitTiniT, at Amiuibury, Nov. vVii.i.um uipri.p, Imrn sf Killory, IMtilne Sailor. eriueiV. bun.

in Ire'liiiut, 1741 Physician. 'o this oountiy when he waa only I'vn veu, i i Jims Hascu iio'iial eluiney, 1737 Mer chant. ''amuxi. ut Huston, 17J-J Mfichant. Junsi Arms, lorn tti Huittcv 17.ii l.iiwer.

Huusitv Tkkat I'aink, born ul ltosioii, 17111 l.nw-yer. lli niiituiK (Jkrkv, horn lit Miirhlchcad, 1741 Me'chaiil. Hopkins, botn at Providence, R. ruriuer. Wii.i.iam Ki: i born at Newport, R.

173' Liuvver. HiKIKR IIKKMAN, llOIII NltWUIII, 17511 yhociintker. Wiliiah VV11.1.UM.S, bo.ii III Connecticut, 1731 (. rut It' ill-lit. Oi.iv-i.it Wui.coTT, horn In Connecticut, 172ttl'liy William Pi.uvi), born at Long Island, N.

lTiM-' Farmer run. l.ivivosioN, bom at Albany, N. 171(1 FRANt-ts born til I.nndnit, on the shores Iflumoiiriui, shmiiIi WaleN, 17KI I.kwih MoKH.ti, hum at Hie.lein, N. York, 176 F'Omer. Uu iiahb Stockton, born at I'linceion, 1 iwy r.

John Wi i lOtusrooN, bnin at Kilt iiliuritti, t-Yotbuict, lid i-Minister. Krani ia IhiruiNmiN, horn at l'liiluiii lliut, 1737 Lawyer- Jnusi art, horn In lliiniincilon I'll. banner1, Aur aiiah Ct-AKK, born in Hie borough of Klitubulb- tmvii, ir-JG Lawyer, lioumr Mi.hhis, born in Fugnnd, 17.11 Meichnnt. Oanie to couiipy at ihe acc of 111 Iti sii, Ii tii hi ilyhcrry township, near Phil 174.S I'livvieinn. lte.NivMiN Franklin, horn tit lloston, 17115 Printer.

John Mor.eoN, burn iirrha luwn liip of Kiillcy, lleiu- ware Coiiiny, 1'h riv'l Surveyori Ci.ymuk, I'oiii ut riiiliuleliliia, 17UU Mcr chant. vmitii, hoin iii Ireland. 1715 Liuvyt r. Ciimc to this rniiiilry nt th i grnf I -J. I born in II.

laud, 17K! I'hvaieiiui. sw. Wilson, burn in the Inwitiniis of Scnti'iml lo litis country ul Ihe sire, ii 21 yeuis.j ei'Koaua Unas, burn at Newcastle, Delaware, 1730 oiivwer. C.ft'ea ItonNKV, born at Dover, Delaware, 17:10 bi'iilteiiuiii. CmuoK Kfkd, li'irii in Miuyland, 1731 Lawyer.

Thomas IVl Ivsan, I orn in Chewier i'ltAsa, 'in in -Maryland, 1711 Lawyer. William 1'ai horn on ihe Kastern Shore oi Mury Ui'td. 1710 Lnvvver. Thomas' Stunk, horn at Polnton, Miirylnnil 1713 lawyer. Chaw en Cariou.i of Ciirtollton, bom at Anunpuli.s Mil IV37 Lawyer.

liKOituc vtmv, born on the shores of the Clicsn- ales liny. l.nwver. KiciiAitn IIknsy Lrs, born in Westmoreland county. 1 1 ji; Conner. Tuomvs Jm i tu on, born ill Albemarle county, Va 1713 Lawyer Hinjamin Harrison, born nt Hnkley, Va.

Prtrmer. Thomas Nki.son, hum ut Voik, 173; (jien- tleuiHn. 1'uanois Liouti oot Lsn, a Vi'giuiaii, born 1731 fiiriiier. Oirtkr llBAvrnN.hnrn in Vi-plnin, G'tn tteman. Wii.lum Iloot'Bn, bum at Huston, 17-l'J Lawyer.

Joski'ii Hvwis, born at Kinirston, N. Jersey, 1730--Luwyer. John In Vuritiiiiii, 17-11 1 nwyer. Kuwaiiii Koti.kihik, Iioiii in Charleston, tl. Caroliim, 17 ID Lawyer.

Thomas Haywood, ho-n in fl. 17'fi Lawyer, Thomas I ynoii, bnrii in W. 1710 Lawyer. Annu s. Miioii.kion, Iiiiiii on ihe bunks of Ashly, S.

r.3 Lawyer. BirrniN Uwinnett, born in Kugliuitl, 173 Mer- ctmiil. Walton, born In Virginia, 1710 Lawyer. Lyman Hall, hi in 1731 Physician. Sa.mckl IliNiiNuroN, burn 173-' Funnel.

JOHN ADAMS' SPEECH, On the Adoption ef the eliiintlon of Independence, July 4, 1770. Sink orsvvmi, live or die, aurvive or perish, 1 give my hand, and my heart, to this vole. His true, indeed, that in thu beginning we aimed not at Independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends, The injustice of Fng land his uriven us to arms; and, blinded to her own udeiest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now wiilun our gtft We have but to reach lorth to it, and it is ours Why, then, should we deter the de e.lar itioii? Is any man so weak as now to hope for areCoiiciiiali with F.ngland, which slall eive cither safety to the country and its liberties, or sult-ty to his own life, and Ins own honor? Are not you, sir, who nit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed and pre. Its tined objects of punishment and of vengeance? Cut oil Irom all hope ol royal clemency, what ire you, what can you be, while the power I hiulaiit remains, out we post.

pone indepundi do we mean to carry on, or to give up, the war? Do we mean to submit, to the nieasilies ol Pailiament, Huston port bill, and all? Do we mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves shall be groun I to powder, our country and Us rights trodden down in the dust? I know we do nut mean to submit. We never thall bubmlt. Do we intend to vio late the most solemn rbiigation ever enteied into by men that plighting be I ore God, of our noii honor tu Washington, wnen putting turn tor to incur the dangers of war, as well as the political hazards ol the tunes, wc promised i adhere to htm, in every extremity, with our lorttl' es and our lives? I know there is not a man here, who would not rather see a general lion sweep over the land, ot an earth-qiuke sink il, than one jot or title ul that plighted laith lull to the ground. For tit) s- It, having twelve months ago, in his place, moved you, that George Washington he appoin'cd commander ul the lorces, raised, or to rw rai-td, lor tlulence ol American liberty, may my right hand luriiet her cunning, and my tjngiiti cleave to the root ol my mouth, if I ben- tutu or waver in thu support I give unn. 1 he war, then, must go on We must fight it through And il thu war must go on, why put oil huti'er the declaration ol Independence? That meanute will strengthen ub.

It will give us ciaructer abroad. The nations will then lte.it with us, which they never can do while we acknowledge ourselves suhjicts in arms aguii st our sovereign. Nay, I maintain that Kiiiiland betself will sooner treat ler peace with us un the tooting ol dtyeiidetic.e, than consent, by lepeali' ber acts, to a -knowledge that her whole coi d-icl tow-aids us has oeen a course ol inii.siicu iind oiuires ion. Her pride will be lets Mounded, lr subini'ting to that course of things which now predestinates our independence, than liv tie the is in controversy to her re bellious subjects The former she wuuld rtgaid a the nsuli ol for line thu latter the Wuuid leelas her own deep di-grace. Why, then, Why tlmu sir, do we as soon as possible, ebange this iro a civil to a national war? And since must ri(ht it through, why not put outselves in a state lo enjoy all the benefits ul the victory, II we u'hiii the net ry If we tail, il can be no worse fir us.

But shall not tail. The cause will raise armies; the causn will create navies, 'he people, the people, II we are true will carry us, and atnvwt helpless -tat- Miat the AdmirM-ation hr.i been cor.i'viled to provide fur r-iolorcing the army unei protect ison existence, compi omis ed by every tlort it nukes ataiost the lor.ign Under such overpowering necessities, th.tugh the of past ft ments be the gieut means of lurO'or credit, tlieie was no thing left but to suspend tho payment of xist: ing loans a lesort indispensable no'-only to save the nation, but ultimtely its cruiitors. Tl is mtspei.si'm ou the 2d M.iv, the feoti crone of the 7tb, and the. circ ih.rs eulliiie upon the ivern-inc. a ol the deparUneiits and the yc ierablccle-e gy for aid, wera, with amim other inc.i:isiilerble reports, the s.Je in'ae which the C-Vfinmen' could employ in an eiiiiiency so iiujitrious.

As to wbx! is now to. tic done, Cuogrost will no doubt provide or authorize tha no govern mec' which it shall e.iv.t to provide lor defri.d. ing the ciuutry. Ana tl.e eueuiy is s' riving hy blockade to cut ofl'our nieai from without, we must foil tint ellort to disable us ty organizing our immense res urces within. It is, he fys', in the midst of the greatest public e'anrrs tha' a brave nation fii.il.

its 11 blest thoughts, the virtues ai the sudden sources that rescue. A firm and hinh public will, purity, anil constancy cut accomplish evt'ry thing; and whe.ii pcice and rdcr shall return, we may find iu the vc.y moans to which wr has driven ns the bases of solid finance; wl.i.-li are order, economy, good Mid the crfdi' which these cretMe. llu then pisses lo the to pics of the administration of justice, the relv tions with other Powers besides the V. Sta and ends by saving now fulfilled he-obligations which he took upon himself at San Luis Potosi, he restores theta to ti nation the power which it had bestowed; and that from this moment the destiny of the country is in the of Congress only, its repre sentatives Declaration of Independence. UNANIMOUSLY l'ASSl MY THE OONtlUKSS OF THE T1URTHKN UNITK't STATUS OF AMKRWA, JULY 4th, 1776.

Wheh, in '1't course of human events, it be comes for one ople to dissolve tin political which have connected tlieiu with another, and to assume, among the powers ol the railh, the sepira'e and equal station to which the. laws of nature and ot natures God cntule them, a drivnt rospw.t lo Ihe opinions of mankind requires that they liimld declare the causes wl.hih iiniici them to scpara'iii'i We hold these truths to lie self evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowi by their Creator withcertnin iiimlirnahle rij htri, that among these arc lile, ard the pur- ut of That to snrc these rishts governmentii are- instituted among men, derivii their just povtrs from the cf the gov eined; that whenever any form of government hecomes elest.tictive ol these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or tj abolish it, and to institute a new Koverniiiciit, laying its I'oiii dation upon such principles, anJ otganizing its powers in such, form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Pru tence, indeed, will dictate that governments long i stahlisUed should not be e-hinge d. for light ar.d transient causes; and, accordingly, all experience bath s'lown, that mankind are more dispeised to sufl'er, while evils are siifhiiable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to winch they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them urdcr absolute despotism, it i their right, it is their duty to thrnw off su 'h government ami to provide now guards for their future security.

Such his been the patient sul fevanre of tln se Colonies, and vich is now the i eccssity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. history of the present King of Great Britain, is a history of repeated Injuries ami usurpations, all having, in direct object, the establishment of an absolute tyranny over Ihtse States. To prove this, let fac's be submitted to a candid world. He has re used his uvs the most wholesome and ne.ces.-ary fur the blic goud. Ilu has for' i 'ei'-n his Governors to pass laivs of immediate and pressing impor'ancc, uu'esn swspmded in operation til bis atscnt lOuld be uied; and when so suspended, he h-s utterly neglic id to attend lo them.

He lias refused to pasts other laws for the aucomm-ida-tion of Urge dini.rts of people, unless those people wool I relinquish the right of a in th: J.i cislature, a right inestimable to them and to tyrants only. H't has called together legislative bodies a plac. unusual, uncomfortable, and dir-tant fiom th" repcfitory of their p-inlic. records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them in compliance with his measures. lie has dissolved representative lioti'es nv peatedly, for opposing, with nianly fiiminss, his invasion' on the rights of the people.

He has refused, for long time aficr such distortions, to cause others to be elected, wheieby the legislative powers incapable it annihilation, have returned to the people at lare, lor their exercise, the Slate retmaining. in the mean time, exposed to all the ingers of invasion from without, and convulsions within Ho has endeavored to prevent the population of these SUtcs; lor that purpose obstructing the laws lor natunilizaiion of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hi ther, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of land. He has ebstruc'cd the administration of jus ticp, by relusing his assent to laws lor establish ing judiciary powers, He has made judges dependent on his will ah'tie, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount ard payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers, t. harrasi our people, ai eat out their suhstance.

lie has kct among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without the conse it of our Lcuislalure.s. He has afi'ueted to render the military indc pendent of, and superior to the civil po.ver. He hat combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his assent to their acts ot pre'en led It gislaliiiii or quartering large bodies of aimed troops, among For protecting them, by a mick trial, Irom punishment, for any minders whi they should commit on Ihe inhabran's of these States: For cutting efl' our trade from all parts of the world: For imposing taxes on us witluut our consent For depriving us, in many cases, of the bene-m -fit i of tiial by juty: For transpoituig us beyond the seas, to be tried for pie' ended offences For abolishing tho frcti system of F.nglish laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its hoiu diriis, so as to rentier it at once an ex ample and fit instrument for introducing the lams ab-olute rule in'o theo Colonies: For taking away our charters, abolishing our most va uihle laws, an) altering fundamentally the forms of our governmental For suspending our ovvn Legislatures, aud declaring themselves invested with power to ligis ate fot us in all cases whatsoever. has ab lica'cd government hue by declaring us out ol his protection, and waging war against us. H.i has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt, our to ns, and destroyed the linos ol our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies ol forcien mercenaries, to complete the woikj ol dealti, dtsilatioti and tyranny already he-gun, with ii ces of antl perli ly, scarcely paralleled in the most batbarcus aes, and tiUllV unwurihr the head ol a cm iz nation. He has eoii'tlained our fcilow-citizens, tal-cn captive on the sens, t.j biarainis against 'heir country, In become the executioners ul il fru nils and biu.lini t.r to fall themselves bv then hands Ha has emoted ittiest insurrection sin hg us, ai has eruleavorsd to bring on the inhabi tai.ts ot our lionlh the me.rt:ilrss Indian sa vages, wtoi: knots rule ot WKrlnre is an iinuistiiiguistied desiiue.tioii ol all ages, sexes, and ce noitioiis. In every sge of oppressions, we have ti'irj, 'ut a teilress in Ihe most tontibl tini lint our rtotaieu ne'iiiohs hv been in.ivrrnl iinlv bv iHed iomrv. A Prince who ehatacter is thus tnatkeil I trerv net which inav rleline a hunt, is unfit to hp ih tuler ul a free people Nr have we been wanting in attentions to ai I of the 27th Janiiuy and 2 1 si of Fcbr.mv, ar.l were revised the decrees of the 4th ard 11th of September, 1823, which, ualar ctrcum-stain-us, ens of the ailministiatiRiis which have obtained most ctidit.ror liberal saw itsell d.tcmi tocmpfoy. Disuni a I just when we hid need ol the utmost union in uid'r to repel a foreign invasion and save our threatened existence as a nation, I eliat-'eil in paoi and bitterness of heart those measnrt.i; which, however, the moderation and huniani of the government have tempered in their application.

I recommend to your wisdom that you devise means the promptest and fitlest for the reu illation of the press, so that, while enjnying all just freedom, il may not be penniittd to put at rh-k either the safety of socinty itself eir those princi pies of legal organisation which it. has chosen, or the sacred hoiior of the country. The com plete licentiousness of the press during Ustyear and the present, warns us asainst such ahurs, and tniics us to their remedy To evnsure the acts of the administration is aright: but there is none to stir up mere sedition and to overturn the society. The President then goes on to sy what measures he has taken to preserve the quiet of the department, by leaving their authorities untouched in general, and only anging them where they did not ent ires public older. His chief aim was to avoid, until Congress could reconstitute the nation, all resent to the extraordinary powers vested in hint, and to maintain and invigorate things as they stood, in older that the na'ion might direct all its energies to preparation for war.

Ho then adverts to the revolts in several qtiar ters which we have already mentieined I announce to you with lie deepest during my broken out in the south of the department of Mexico, and in a part of those of Puekla and Oaj.ica; in those of Sinaloa and Sonora; and recently in that of Jalisco In the south of Mexico and in its points of contact with Oaiic.a, I'uebla, Mi- chuaccn. and Jalisco exist old am! envenomed germs of disorder, which disclose and inlUme themselves whenever convulsions agitate any other part of the Republio. At those points the benehtsot civilization arestilf almost unfelt; and the wisest and humancst plan will be to hasten to introduce them there, so that the many ele ments of mischief existing theie may not diffuse themselves To those not sharing in the fault, the conduct of those who have seized upnn the transports dctined to carry an expedition to California and upon the supp'ies prepared for the national defence, will always offer an example of infamy. This shocking crime has been committed at MazatUn, by the very sol diery sent to cover that peninsula frcm attack, threatened by the shipping of the United States now can those troop' ever repair such disloyal acts? Tin United States their resources against us counted on snub treacheries as this, which they have perhaps aided in contriving, and rejoice in the idea of rencieung our resistance fruitless, however firm, by fomenting these attacks of every paricidal faction among ourselves. They who at home assist these things surely do not reflect how deeply they are wounding their own country, low striking at her very life, bow leaving her at the mercy of that enemy who has long sowed dissensions in her bosom, thrown impediments iu the way of her Government, disconcert! her society in ita principles, maxima, and adminis tration.

He then briefly recites what has been done to suppress these movements, and with what tflect; but repeats that the necessity of thus diverting, for the maintenance of domestic order, the forces and fur the for.igu contest, leaves the latter tl course to be con ducted at great I have insensibly come to I am tosp-ak oi tue gravest circumstance in our present position. When this administration came into pow er it found itself face to facewi'h an engage ment entered into hy the preceding one to re ceive a Minister frcm the United States to treat on the lexas question. The Government, firm iu its just caue and resolved never to yield to the spoliation of that patt of its territory, was preparing for war, yet anxious to spare, if it ni'ght, the effusion of blood, determined to hear what this Plenipotentiary had to propose. But, as was to be feared from the fallacious policy of ene unueu orates, meir ill laitli became apparent as soon a3 their Commissioner presented itse.lf: they had sent Mr. John Slidell.

not as Minister ael ftoc, to treat of a special matter, but as a resident Minister, such as could only be admitted between nations who-e intercourse has no impediments. The Government, there fore, gave him clearly to undci stand that it could only receive him in a special character: upon which he asked and forthwith received his pass ports. This has been seized by his Government as a rctence lor charging us with the hrst hos ana provoking a contest: as it the relu sing to meet a fraudulent negotiation were an act of hostility, aud when that Government is already rising arms, not only for the dclence ot I exas, but lor the usurpation ot a Iresli part ct our territory. The American minister was not received, be cause national dignity forbade when an Amer i(an army was alrecdy marching on the Rio Biavo, our ports on both seas threatened by sqtudrons, and troops of the United States trod our soil in Calilornia I was. there fore.

obligee', on the 21st cf March, solemnly to de cure mat peace and national honor being incom pafible with such aggressions, our seiil should be defended Irom their encroichment, until ttiis Congress, with whm it lay to declare war, shou'd assemble. The-'r arniy, for some time stationed at Corpus Christi, advanced to Point Isabel, and thence to a puition in front of Mat a moras After assembling above five thousand men in that quirttr, I directed the general of division there to act against the enemy; and he, deciding on crossing the liver, took up a position between the coast and the fiitilied point of Paso Real. On the 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 arnn On the n'Xtday our General in chief fell bac.k lo a ns posit ion, where the combat was renew-ed, hu( with an unfortunate issue on our part. The division crossed the river; ard the commander, who still preserved, according tei his returns, four thousand troops ot the line, besides fcuJiilinru suddenly evacuated the ciiy ol Mat anioras, against (he express orders of his Gov. eminent; which looked to tho importance of maintaining that place for Inrther rtpprations and as tu point lo hich supplies and reinforce men were on Ihcir wny.

Such unexpected conduct on the part of the geltral in chief has obliged me to recall him and te summon him to account for his disobedience before a mili'ary sourt of inquiry. The Government meantime is actively at we-ik to repair these reverses, and luolts to Ihe nation and to you for operation. The iquadron cf the United Sltites has begun-to blockade the poits ul Vera Cruz, of I'airp and of Tamiulipas; and its guns will prohthly soon carry havoc into those faircitics. Theday has come, then, whenthe ct uulr) calls toils defence all its children the dy when this Con-press must proclaim war against thai nation which fldttere i'sell so falsely that a s'nglemis fot tune can overthrow the courage and 'he constancy, of which our lellow citizens have given so m.eny fignal proofs. As a citizen and as a soldier, I am ready for any and the brave men ol our army, aided hy this inagnani-in out pe pie, will defend with me to the last the sacred rights of our country.

file then goes on to U'ge that hil arms shall thus support the cause of the I a ion without, I heir (t congress's) must give it a repub lir.an. but a wise and firm civil and political or- d. within. By a moderation and a justice that shall recall every cit Ztn tf) his du'y, they must conciliate eue nil men's minds to a w. rthy ol universal rou6 donee.

He IX rts them to fine) sun elhing to winch all cm rally, which they will he tvil-ling to sj -rilice only all personal intt rusts, but epmiiiiis, on which they can centre their vows and effirts to tefpi.il their coun'ry from its lions invaders. To ey miy resolve, he protects anew the blindest obe dicnce, The army, he saj, has b'-cn put on a trwh he'ter footing, is increasing, and can he atign eut eel propottion 'o the necessi'y. Ho has ap-p ied hiincl! to that great object asf.tr at the s'e nJer means in this trta ury pertrii I to puiji'ii 111.V1 io ichwiwi. oe a Uovertiment's pnwer: and the fit ance- of Mesic Ion a prry to evety kind of maljiiminiitu ion, a in a sad cot ditioii. The ex quer is completely ex' auttfd.

it in-one iu advance; and it has been in this public halls, proclaim it there; let them hear it who heard the first roar ol the enemv'e cannon: let them see it, who saw their brothers and their ons fall on the field of Hunker Hill, and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very wans win cry out in us suppott. Sir, I Iiumv the uncertainty of human afuirs; but I tee, I clearly, through this day's busi ness. ou and 1, indeed, may rue it. we may not live to the time when this declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominious' and on the acatl'old.

lie it to. it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor olle'iing of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour of come when that hour may. Hut while I do live, let me have a oountiy, or at least the hope of a country, and that a tree country. nut, whatever may be our rate, be assured, that this declaration will stand.

It may cost treasure, and it may cost bloods but it will stand, and it will tidily compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present I see (be brightness ol the lu'ure, ns ttie sun in heaven. Vc shall make this a glorious an immortal day. hem we are in our graves, our children! will honor it. They will celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with bonfires and illumination.

On its animal return, they will shed tears, copious, gushing tears, not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and distress, but of exultation, ol gratitude, and of joy. Sir, before God, 1 believe the hour has come. My judgment approves this incaMire, aud my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, 1 am now ready here to stake upon it, and I leave off as I begun, that, live or die, survive or perish, 1 am foi the declaration. It is my living sentiment, and, by the blessing of Goel, it shall be my dying sentiment, independence independence forever.

Brooklyn Nnr Yard. The Albany will ready lor sea in 30 days. No flier has yet been unlor to the coimutud of this line sloop, altl oiigli upw.irds of 30 have applied. 1 he Boston is nearly ready tor sea, though her destination is unknown. Mo officers have vet beea ordered to her: Sloop ol war Preble is only waiting the complement of her crew, to sail to the Gulf of ftle-aico.

St re ship Krie, Lieut. Btillns, Is fitting out lo carry store's to the Gulf. The two war steamns, the, Vixen and Spitfire, built for Ihe Mexicans, and purchased by our Government, are to be delivered at the Navy i aru on the I. on July, i ney ai" line veasela of it! tons each, and are said to be admirably adapted to tne service required on our Sotithi ru coast. They will be commanded by Commander Sands and I'atnall.

The work on the dry dock i in active progress. The excavation will be completed during the ensuing sixty days. Contrauta have been entered into for the granite and either stone for the construction of ihe work. About 3U0 men arc now employed, and Ihe number will be largely increased on the passage of the appropriation bill by Congress. W.

J. Mac.Mpine, F.sqtilre, has charge of the work, assisted by Mr. T. S. Itkms op Nk.ws Soveiity live workmen have been discharged from the Portsmouth navy yard A daughter ol Mrs Posely, who keeps the Sins Souci house at Gray's Ferry, near Philadelphia, was dangerously Wounded on Wedncstby, by falling oil a twenty feet high.

The Mayor of New Voik has rented the pavement around the Park fur booths this year, but no liquor is to be drank Two men, named McKlroy slid killed at Charlestown, on Tuesday last, by the caving of a bank of earth Jefferson Davis, one ul the Mississippi rrptescntatives in Congress, a bcii in law of Gen. Taylor, has been electi colonel ol the nifsissippi volunteer regiment ordered into immediate service. AmvriiKH. Giikat Firs in Canada. The N.

Yeirk Commercial of Thursday, rays: "A gen" tlcman who arrived this morning from Montreal informs us that, just before his departure from that city, intelligence had been received from Quebec of a most destruct ive fire at Gaspc, which distrojed from foity to fifty houses. Gaspe is ii the district of Gaspe, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence." Rio DB Janhiuo Comparative exports of Coffee to the dillcrent ports of the United States, from 1st January to 31tb April, have been aa follows: 1S44. ise.t si.W 17 iw Muslim. .3 tie 7 Mia Miiin'o inn New OrlrillH.

li IHU New York 7l.3'9 I'hilii'lell'liia I3 47ti Cliurleslun S.iHHi IMS, 30 mill ki mo s.tnts 1 1 1 W2 lis 6m ll.im A Novtx Muiit. ihe New Orleans Times of a late dale, says: "Cnpt. Miller, of the ship yesterday, from Philadelphia, reports having seen, on the lOtk ult on the Bahama llanks tlie packet ship St. Mary, otter, New York lor this port, becalmed, and exercising bin men in the art or gunnery. From the description given of this exhibition, we should judge it would go rather hard with those mueh dreaded "low, long black schouiiers," of wkiuh we have heard so much ol late, if any of them should happen to fall in with the St.

Mary." Capture ok a vilr at Kilt West. A letter of June 18th says: By an arrival from Havana to-day, we learn that Santa Ana is still there, as well ai of the capture of a Spanish shin which recently brought emigrants irom Having been ovciluuled on the coast el Cuke by the British brig of war Daring, and seized on account ol a slave deck being laid. She was carried into Mavaua, and the examination was to take place to day. Government WarMuvkmknts. The Wash ington Union of Satutday evening, says: "The volutcers arc pouring in, and our troops are becoming impatient for action The War Department, as well as l.enerai I ay lor, are employ ine tha most active means in various direc- others, in New Orleans, Cincinna ti, Pittsburg, Re in obtaining steamboats and boats to transport them." OriNioN of N.

Gainus A letter writer from Washington says: "It is the opinion of Gen. Gaines Ibat only a beginning has been made towards the conquest ol Mexico; that a most serious and arduous work is yet before our troops; and however brilliant nd wondfr'ul the victories of our arms, the ellcct, thus far, i chiefly a moral one." Later prom South Amurioa We find in the Caraccas papers of the 30 Mar, the follow ing intelligence! On the SGtb, preambles end resolutions were referred to the committee on foreign affairs in the Senate, authorizing the executive power to ofli his mediation in the settlement of difficulties between the Republic of New Grenada and F.ctiador on the 47th this Cc 'ree was passed. The Legislative session for lH ltl closed on the 31st May. Fire at BeisToN On Puesday night a fiie broke out in Ihe drug store of Messrs Neilsou South Market street Thestn-k was entirely and was valued a ft-l OHIO, which was insured at (15 000 at the National, the same amount each at the Merchants' ind Firemen's tfliccs. The store belonged to Mr Reuben Richards, South Maiket street, and was fully insured at the Massac bust Its Mutual liisuiance Ollice.

military oxpedttionto Santa Fe, un der Brigadier Ginerai Kearney, was expected to leave Fort Lfavnworth on the 23J ult. There were then 1,000 volunteers at the fort Broom Corn In Troy; Wisconsin, 200,000 acres hr iom corn we planted last year, and anwards ol 80,000 brooms were manufactured specially for the Liverpool market. order has been received at St Louts for twelve thousand pigs of lead, fur the Fieocli government. irisn me lnutil ihwii.g atKCSion- ny lexeJun a friend down. 1 nJroii and le mml.mr.

innfew w-rds. for the now nm pulur tmdr wmoh djj 1'rewient ad- I 1U. inuf,.