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tucorous COUrto await its Wad K. and ,1 iUa? i immntnl liberator and be- IN SENATE. nefactor, the heroic Bolivar apd nis corrt-patriots in arms-and the emulation for the surrender of the "proudcastle of Ulloa, to the Independent Government of Mexico. Ppru owns the proud appel tin. cc, i-.

confessed he the House JZ'k been pleased to 'tat to his4 own hands. X' tbe be instructed to the duty on imported sugars, On motiotf of Mr. Stewart, of Penn. it was Resolved, That the1 Committee on Domestic Manu-facS beinsmicted to inquire, intk the expediency Sasing the datj, on imported bar Mn McLane moved lagain goan com-mitteeof the bil appropriations for Fortifications. Mr.

Forsyth moved to pos)pone the fur-ther consideration of this order of the day till I Monday. January 30. LATE FROM ENGLAND. i Charleston, Feb. 2.

Bv the British arrived Mr. Dtckerson rose to submit a resoi-Hp Raid. as the report ot thee aiuie ior it anv ln, U15nr lation of the REPUBLijpF bolivar, and the I seat of! her eovernnfeiit bears the name oi. uu uus time 1. JJn vof that illustrious crciaiy i IIkiV amount of sucRE.r in honoun Liverpool and Manchester Pa-Vrsito the 20thr December have been reeved.

alter tne year tion. Mr. 10 voF.r. pion of Peruvian Independence. the public debt, on the-principc, uitarnr 1 vi I rriiui 1 vv iiu ili i They afford a gloomy view of the finan- i m.m 1 This motion gave; rise to nuch debate, it being opposed pn the ground that the our re- ve nave rci-ci millions al concerns of England 5 the pressure ior and Barnev nibN'I 'ionev heintr so tjreat as to occasion the public service demanaeu an mucuia 1 Tir Uo mifktirtn was tak- riOVd Wis propriation.5 ucim i-t "a 27th of October.

The venues ubon commerce are increasing in a th coJntry are hitherto 'fefS Jeave ilusel, beyon the of the re-electjon of GaB Sencies of th! General Government, Presidency, and, give a majoi.ty toTGen imJortat Ibat such sur- i ilure or suspension of several London and fovdncial Ranking Houses of the first res-i-ctability. These failures there, prod u- en, tne aujuuiu ine congress of posed the call a ti Santander lor the ice rraucuu "7 anIr onriatel to the pur- i Monday. January hd in their turn a general stagnation oi bu serve by, these papers tnat tne raw, Interal Improve- Mr, from the liommittee on Iness and a consequent depression in most I I Til 10 1 Tl pn 1 iJ IltT-f Lwtv-v tr iv an l.cuiaiaiuii. i Naval Affairs, reported a bill concerning Articles of commerce. cree oJf the Executive for the 10th of next February.

A the Naval establishment of the U. States. The letters which will be found below, ment; but as these improvements, uu, arm of the U. States, met with constitutional as well as ot(ier'objections, tdcA difficulties, ana at resent in detail, the state of the Cotton i bl Execuuve, and movecU de on the table; but wilNS the request of Mr hH vocated the Sf'lu Mr lay ihe iSotioa on lhe question, Mn. Metcalfe aiid Nays; bit, before the Draytonga withdrew V- The bill proposes that th6j Maval shall cohsiit' of one Vice Ad- 1 Ti thirtv Tantnins Tnrket at Livernooh The London Price rai.

iwo near tif mi the same timel serJe the bublic interest, would be to distribute the surplus tuids to the 16th Dec. the latest which have seen, states, that the business in thirtv 'Masters Commandanti two hundred ten Chaplains, fif ie Cotton Market is nearly suspended the different States and Territories iui picoc urnnsps. be appropriate purposes, to oe appwpi lie sales are too inconsiderable to enumg- important tin 1 1 rn The sums to be cordinqr to their discretion. dUtrihntpd mav' be taken in part irom ine EXTRACTS OF LETTERS, i Liverpool Dec. 1 2 request ot Mr.

Buchanan, When ilr. Allen, that the-H4use should ders of the day. proc) On motion of Mr. lcU went into Committee ofVM I cannot convey to you the distress which the ommercial world We have nothing" sinking fundin part from the retrenchments in our present expenditures and in part' from future excesses olj revenue above the present receipts, Mr. D.

concluded by offering the following resolution: Resolved That 1 provision ought to be made by law to authorize and require diej Secretary of the it failing and the greatest evil is the failure of the ountry Banks. "We may almost say there is a Na-onal Tlankruptcy. In such times you may be sure bill making further History of the United States." At a meeting of the American Academy of Languages andBelles Lettres in thd City of Nei York in 1820, a resolution offering a premium of four hundred dollars and a gold medal, to the American citizen who should within two years produce the best history of the United States, and which, with such history, should contain a suitable exposition of the 'situation, character, and interests, absolute' and relative of the American Republic; calculated for a class book academies and schools. Honorable Jut ge Van Ness, Rev. O.

McLt od and Jacob Morton, Esq. were appointed the committee to examine the manuscripts offered, and, decide which was entitled to the premium. Four books were offered by differer authors, and the premium for the best history was awarded to the Hon. Samuel ale, of Keene, (N. This book has bet published in New York; and we have, ju st expended two or three hours in ty Surgeons, sixty-five Assistant Surgeons, fifty Pursers, twenty Sailing masters, four hundred and fifty Midshipmdn, thirty Boatswains, thirty Gunners, thir Carpenters, twenty Sail makers, and su(Jh number of petty officers seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys, as the public Exigencies may require, to bedetei mined and assigned to the different Navy Yarjds, stations, and vessels in the Navy, undekthe direction of the President of tthe Unit States1.

The other provisions of the bill relate to matters of pay, detail of service, Sec The bill was twice read and committed. Mr. Metcalfe of Ken. presented the following: 1 Resolved, That the President of he United States be requested to communicate to this House such in tain Fortifications of i roduce is very much affected. December 20.

We have nothincr to add to the preceding a let th lor the vear i9.fi.nj.. VM'- Treasnrv to distrihut. annuallv. to Jthe States iff of the 12th except that the state of the money i a. 3 ccmoiirliot Jr.

1 rmArtrt epp'mstnhf srmewha.t imDrovmC. i itlKl 4 V. JIJ 1 vj-i a i appropriation for fortre.c the pressure is still alarming. -V- December 21 In consequence of the numerous failures in Lon 115,000 dollars to 80,000 do'! on. and the ereneral pecuniary distress, we wish you cancel all our orders, not executed oh receipt of and Territories of the United Stated three mdhons of dollars fori the purposes of Education andi Inte1-nal Improvenient to be apportioned among the States and Territories according to the rate of direct taxaton.

i The Senate then, according to thejorder of the day, proceeded to consideration of the resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution, jm regard to the! election of President arid Vide President of 4iis, When we can see our way somewhat better ou will hear from usaerain. We do not think Up formation, documents, or correspondence, touching the invitation to be represented at the Congress of perusing 'several chapters. Its style is neat and perspicuous; its -narrations me the United States. ends safe, costing more than 7i a 7 3-4d, per Laver-I Kool, good. London, Dec.

15. jjrVe are sorry to state, that the old established firm of Sir Walter Stirling, Bart iodsoll and Stirling, has been unable to eithkand the present panici It stopped till near three o'clock, in vind amendment he had, offered. He was. replied to South Carolina, when, "uj The question being taken on sum of 115,000 dollars as reprO bill, it was decided in theafci The residue of the bill havP through bi Some amendments were pro discussfd, and before taking the' The committee rose, and'hivC' thodical, concise, and at the same time Mr. Van Buren rose, and said, that the embracing more; facts than any book of the size extant on this subject; and what is its best recommendation to us, it breathes resolution under consideration referred to a subject confessedly of great interest it had been but a shorj time ince laioefore the Senate by the able repcjrt of the coni- throughout that spirit stirring patriotism It 1UVIJ III1J U1U 111J I -So great has lately'been the alarm among 'he bankers of the city, of their names be- r- rxA in1 a rnncpniipnt rtif) linnn which is calculated to lmoress on the mind mitlee, by whom the matter had been con df youth an ardent attachment to our re- sidered; if there was no disposition; Panama, which has peen peceivec oy mis ijovern-ment, from the Governments of Mexico, Central America, and; Colombia, jas may communicated without detriment to.

thepublic This resolution, by the Rules of the House, lies over one day for consideration. The House then resumed consideration of the bill making appropriations for (brtificatibns the question! being on the motion of Mr. Forsyth, to postpone the bill. -7 -1 Mr. McLane, of Delaware, spoke at great length in opposition to the notion, and in support of the bill, which the appropriation of dollars for various works of fortification.

jjT'he subject is one in which our readers are not particularly interested; but the following remarks see fu: publican We hope to ed leave to sit again. The House adjourned. on the part of the Chairman of that hem for money, that several of them i lightly lock up with bank notes and spe- ture editions of this book published, and n)ittee to urtre the subiect at this that it become a standard work in all com-mo-post-he're-I and our academies and schools. iV. H.

Patriot. ment, it would perljaps be well to pone it for a short tmie. He should Wednesday, Fei The resolution' calling upon i tive for information respectir '1" 10 IUC alliuuill til a I11I1HUII. 1 UC-UI- ling Qircumstarice of one of them shutting i "ip half an than usual on Mon-' igave rise instantly to reports of a fai- fore move that it be postponed toj A Panther was recently killed on Lynche's the day for, Monday ticaa at jl auama, came Lp made the order oi next. creek, ear Dubose's ferry, measuring 7 feet i i i The motion was agreed to.

iu inches, irom ine nose to tne tail. iut very few of this species of animal have been eration. Mr. Livingston, of Lou. spok; -in favor of the' resolution, acdii; Ministers.

consideration into th The Senate went of Mr. McLane, in which ihe pays a de- hours of Executive busine s's, andi spent two seen in this part ol the country, since the Revolution. Its skin, handsomely stuffed, served tribute to the! public, services of a with closed doors, and then adjourned. After Mr. Livingston had distinguished man, will be read with plea may oe seen at Ur.

tJIandingis JJrug marks, the X)hair declared Store. It will soon, we understand, be sent i 1 Tuesday Jan. 31. sure by all parties: by rule, for the discussion of to the Museum in Charleston urc, anu -auiuncu truwus it 111c uwwi ui i ir he banking house. Such is now the alarm md panic of the city.

Globil Extract of a letter from London, dated Dec. 1 5. 1,1: am happy to be able, to say, that 1 con-' ider the storm to have passed by. Sir Walter Stirling's failure has had rio effect on the city bankers. Money is much more plentiful.

The continuation! in Consols, Vhwii -was vesterdav at the rate of 60. per I per annum, (not 72 as the Chronicle says is to-day only 15 and I have little that a calm will soon succeed the late most extraordinary and unprecedented 1 Mr. Nathan Sanford, a Senator from the 'Thjs systemof defence (said Mr. M'Lane,) has been anDroved. not onlv hv Conirress.

but bv the 1 Camden Journal. People ot this country it has been sanctioned by their had elapsed, and the; House Orders 6f the Day. On motion of Mr. the House went into committeed: on. the bill "making further Virginia Legislature.

-The question of a State of New York, presented his credentials, was qualified," jam! took his seat, i Mr. Marks presented a petition fro 11 the Grand Jury, Court, and Bar, of Franklin cbunty, in Pennsylvania, praying thit the Convention, so much and seriously digitated ast Summer in the State of has approoauon, ano tney are not prepared to auranoon and give it up. If there beany extreme on this subject, it is that the People jof this' Country are rather too sensitive in regard to it. They considered these defensive works as almost too sacred, and too much beyond the reach) of Congress. So much were the efforts of a portion of his House to sift and reduce the expenditures for these obiects dis been settled, "in short 06" as odr Wes for certain fortifications of i States;" Mr, Condict'in theCL' importation of ardent spirits may be prohi tern brethren sometimes say, in the House bited.

Referred. 'Ik Another private letter, with a sight of The Senate; on Imptioq of Mr. Benton, "And the -question being on Iengs motion to amenci the tiner an apm-onriation ofSl'i-1 of Representatives. The question was taken on Thursday last, on ordering to a third reading a resolution for taking the sense went into the consideration of Executive wc.navc, uccu ia.vureu, siaics, mat iu 'twas confidently reported 6n Thursday even- approved, that they procured for the authors of them, in some parts of this country, the epithet of business, and tafter spendins? some! time rerection of a fortification on of the Pjeople on the subject, and decided ting, that Messrs. Everett Co.

would re- with closed dodis, adjournecj. in Long Island Sound. in the Negative, without debate, 101 votes It sunie their payments the next morning 5 to 94. jtauicais. Aivnougn me motives! 01 tnese gentlemen were good, their design patriotic, and its fruits generally good for Mr.

McL. admitted that the exertions they had made had had some beneficial influence- yet bitter fruits had also sprung- from it. and'Messrs. Williams Co. and Sir Chas.

Wednesday Feb. 1. Scott Sc Co. on Saturdav or Monday. Mr.

King, of Alabama, rose, and said it Petersburg, Feb, had become his paiinful duty to announce The People of the country, thinking this system of ithm a day or two. the arti the death of his hofiorable Hen cle has been brought to Market more free The failure of Messrs. Wewtworth, Co. which we shortly an- died on the 25th last ry who ly, and rather more business has been done 1 to the St at of n)ontn. wniie on qis way nounced in our last, produced an immedi-i I Vate stoppage of their houses at York, Wake- rrices irom 12 to ents.

However, a the discharfere of Government to enter on prime parcel on Wednesday brought 13 -m mm i his duties in the Senate. Cents. Mr. King said he would not at item the Alabama vould eulogy of the deceased; bu The question was taken on the amendment, and.was'deci&tj firmative, Ayes 78, Noes 68, Mr. Forsyth moved to amesd inserting an appropriation 01 rij lars, for the erection "-of ftriiM-.

vanhah in Georgia. i Mr. Stewart then moved to z. bill, by striking ouMhe "for Boc-ue Point, hi North This amendment was str'- sed by Mr. Bryan of N.

C. the gentleman from Pennsjl reasons for proposing it. Mr. Stewart gave as his rt these forts were introduced i against the pressing remonj-Engineer and 1-', promoted over the heas 0 which ought to have PceG 'tk- ni.finri beins: then Rothschild. It is stated in an Irish paper hat Baton Rothschild can hardly write his Ipng have cause toj regret the loss df the valuable services ot one of her best and name.

Wis signature to a checfcxcan only most enlightened, and most useful cit izens: )e deciphered by those acquainted His and his numerous Intends would Ion heice received, as part of hermarriage por plore the loss of one of tjhe best of men. tion from him, a million 01 pounds sterling, with two millions to follow at fixed periods. Without further comment, K. said he neia ana nrauiora. un oauiraay morning, the insolvency of the Huddersfield bank of Messrs.

J. Dodson Sc Son was announced and this immediately followed by runs lof greater or less severity on nearly all the bajvks which issued' local notes in this dis-'trict; and the West Riding of Yorkshire. iWe are happy, however, to state, thai tbere baye beeno further suspensions of 'payment amongst them, the demands hav-jing, in most instances, been met in such a manner as to indicate imrricdiate and icrtslve resources. I )H In London, however, the case has been Jtj lamentably different. On Monday morn-.

the very extensive; banking house of ('I j-Sir PetJkr Pole, Thornton Co. suspen-jtf detl its payments. They were the London correspondents, it is stated, of not less than would offer; the follpwing resplution: tortincations was about to be assailed, the first to rally around them: and One off the bitterest fruits of this, exhibition of popular sentiment was to be found in its effects, upon the public prospects of one the best and ablest men of that day. I hope, said Mr. McLane, I may be permitted now to speak of the late Secretary (Mr.

Cirawford) without fear and without reproach. He is5, so far as regards myself, beyond the reach of hope or envy- I may be pe-mitted to speak of him ai I knew him. He was of all men, the least obnoxious to the chargeof hostility to the system of permanent defence. Nay, he was one of the principal founders5 of that His able report on the subject, whilst Secretary of, (War, to which I refer with pride and pleasure, originated this systeminviting here the able engineer, Hyhose services have been continued under the enlightened auspices of those who have since had charge of that Department. I speak of the.

high merit of that distinguished individual who has' now withdrawn from public life, without invidious sentiment: for lam not one of those who sit down and grieve and grumble over what has passed. I look to the future, and would so act here, that, when the future comes, it may find the People happy arid the country prosperous. With regard to that distinguished individual, however, 1 know that a cardinal point of his policy was a vigorous prosecution of the system of maritime defence jl arid I wish him to hear, in his retirement, that the friends who stood by him in the hour of trial still abide bv bis principles that he may be able to sav of hisYriends as Kesolved, That the Members bf the from a Sheen, The number osheep in England desire of showing evert mark of respect duetto the is estimated at forty-five millions; France memorv of the honorable Ienrv Chambers, deeased, -wm. -rj 'V ourteen thirty-nine millions; in Spain only mf late a Senator from the State' of Alabama, wil go m- 1 if it ini'-- millions. to mourning for him, oile month, by the usual mode Illg IV7 lilt lll-' I 1 a.

rm 1 1 It i negative, witiioui a Mr. 1 ne resoiuiion naying oeen agreed! to u-nanimously, Mr. Kjing again; rose, and said, noblest The part of a friend, says old Felthamyas an honest boldness in the noti- tee then rose, reported p'' i jiis aimino: errors, iiie that tells meo a fault, at my good, I must think him wise hful; wise in spying that which I Ifofty-seveh country banks and the effect of leave to sit again. And then the House Thursday anti fai kthcir fatiure, on a large proportion of these, remains yet to be seen. On Tuesday, the laithful in a plain admonishment.

not: that no case had occurred in the precisely similar ti the present, but it was well known House had thought proper to adjourn, on learning the deathof one of its members while on his way to the Seat of Government. Mr. K. therefore moved the following additional resolution: Resolved, That as an 'additional mark of respect for the memory of the honorable Henry Chambers, the Senate do now adjournl not tainted with flattery. "MrL Dunder," said the late Lord Ellen- has magnanimously said of his Let I 1 .1 1 I Highly respectable farm ot Williams, Sc Burgess, most unex-j Ipectedly failed.

With this; house fourteen h'-lor fifteen country banjeers kept their ac-I df.counts, some at least of whom it is to be -The whole of toS-: pied in discussing Mr1 calling for informal jj eress of Panama. .3, vocated the to lav: it on the table borough, to a long-winded barrister, "the uiicin ue juugeu Dy tneir measures! I Jus system, sir, is established by Congress; and approved by the People. It is ours, and we cannot abandon it," Court is already with you, unless, by perse 1 he resolution was agreed to, nemJ con. veripg to plead, you mean it should be jieared must give way. The bank of Sir against you Numerous amen i uuude ocott a-o.

at ine west ena oi tne and, accordingly, The Senate adjourned. ill Kill IV 1 Tuesday; Jan. 31. The resolution offered yesterday, by Mr. Metcalfe of Ky.

calling on khe President pf Jhe. United States for the correspondence inviting this Government tb take nart in the nectea. iu .1 lectea, 7 i awn, which was in some degree connec ed witli Williams also suspen its payments on Tuesday. Thetnorn i-hfir of Wednesday opened yith fresh is 2. Thursday, Feb.

i resolution before the The Senate, after the fconsideratibn of private ousiness, sat tor two hours? with asters. The houses of Messrs. Everett, Congress of Panama, Iwas iaken up. ciosea aoorson JLxecutife business1, and WalkerV Maltley, Ellis and and of men aujournea. fMessrs.

Syles Snaith and Co. both jtop ined. Twelve country bankers drew on the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. fiurjnzx establUhaient, and two, we believe, pnHhe latter. Interesting from Mexico and Pent.

Jl Deep Well. -The modern system of boring for water, w.hen wells are to be sunk, carries very deep indeed: but it appears that the old practice when duly persisted in, was capable.of going deeper As a proof of this, a French author (in the Traits de Verile) relates an instance where Jabourers had been employed for severaj months in digging a well, without finding water; and at length, alfter getting through various strata, they came to a broalcj, flat, whitish, stone. Upon1 this they struck for a considerable time, until, as they were wondering at its extreme hardness, one of the workmen fancied that he heard voices somewhere beneath. This was actually the fact, for they had, without knowing it, reached an antipodes; and upon listening between the blows of the pickaxe, they could plainly distinguish the -voices of women, crying to one another to and take the clothes in, for it would soon and asking Jf they did not hear it The resolution ofered by Mr. Stewirt, of Pennsylvania, calling on ihe Secretary of War for estimates of the expense of a line of canals, along the Atlantic! sea-board! fmm Cant, Johnson, of the brig Trafalgar, wn a comparison ot this resolution with that offered by Mr.

Hamilton, of S. it appeared that they yere iii substance the same; therefore, (by a rule of the House,) the second could not be received. Mr. Metcalfe then observed, that he had not been aware that his resolution, from its similarity, would beout of order. He had, no partiality to the particular form, provided the subject were brought before the attention of the House.

He therefore moved. to take up the resolution of Mr, Hamilton: and the question of consideration being put, it was decided in the affirmative. A debate now aroserwhich rnntimipH till question respecJ'I'r 5, sion, has insinuate ibjjt. Representatives, an a y-, jostled tot it. dfe.

the Day, the Krt;" rfK the debate tureiof things canD0 question which a Debate being no snar Such a Debate, on is unusual; but it bject, apathy exists on the i generally, that are well aware of i it presents itself in SlrK edebate, it Pf from Jamaica, has favoured Mr. Lyford at Norfolk with files of Jamaica papers to the Boston to Nevy Orleans, and also of a complete system of fortification, tvas ult. Wevfind among them, says the ii TT 11, A -r nr to nt crfi fr-B: state? that he did not feel pirticn-larly desirous that the Houselshould enter into interest, and worthy adistinguished place inHhe archives of history, as designating wue.idUOB Oil It at tills tnnman "ui tlei foundation pt two free, independent and we allude to the De- the, hour set aoart for the considpratinn of orders of the day, when it wa? broken off iJTu ine question ot; consideration should be put.3 It was put kecordingfe and decided the negative? I On of Mr. of Mass. it wks Boohed, That the Committee of Ways and Means ccee.ot the oenerai Assemuiy i ru, award jnghe, highest honors in the pow- The Senate, The Senate acted upon tne oy.tne Speaker.

Mr. Hamilton explained why lie had sujfered his resolution to lie on the tables that it was thought the most a gtpcyf.aarateul people to oe- ri. 1 --3. '7..