An act for improving certain harbors, and the na-: vigation of certain rivers and creeks, for authorizing surveys to be made of certain bays, sounds and rivers, therein mentioned. An act for altering the time for holding the courts of the U. States, in the western district of Virginia. An act to fix the times of holding the circuit and district courts of the U. States, in the district of Ohio. An act supplementary to the act, "To incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed for that purpose," passed May 15, 1820. 3. Resolution authorizing the delivery of rifles promised to capt. Aitkins' volunteers at Plattsburg. 4. Resolution directing a system of cavalry tactics, and a system of instruction for artillery, to be prepared for the use of the cavalry and artillery of the militia. 5. Resolution directing surveys and estimates for dry docks. FOREIGN NEWS. By late arrivals from France and England. Great Britain and Ireland. A deficiency in the EngAn act to authorize the judge of the district court lish revenue, for three months ending 5th April, had for the western district of Virginia, to hold the dis-occurred of 1.681,799, as compared with that for the trict court for the western district of Pennsylvania, same period of last year. for the trial of certain cases. An act declaring valid and legalizing certain sales of land in the state of Mississippi. An act to alter the time of holding the district courts in the district of North Carolina. An act to extend the lines of certain land districts in the state of Missouri. An act making appropriations for carrying into effect the treaty concluded between the United States and the Creek nation; ratified April 22, 1826. An act making further appropriation for ten sloops of war, and re-appropriating certain balances, carried to the surplus fund. An act making further appropriation for compensation and mileage to the members of the senate and house of representatives. An act supplementary to an act, providing for the disposition of the several tracts of land in Tuscarawas county, in the state of Ohio, and for other purposes, passed 26th May, 1824. An act allowing appeals and writs of error from decisions in the district court, in the northern district of New York, in certain cases. An act altering the time of holding the courts in the District of Columbia. An act for the relief of Benedict Joseph Flaget, bishop of Bardstown, state of Kentucky. The accounts from the manufacturing districts continue to be most gloomy. The consumption of cotton in manufactures, estimated last year at 12,000 bags per week, averages for the first three months of this year, only 8,000. In all the manufacturing towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire, the price of provisions, unfortunately, continues to advance, and, to add to this extreme distress, the hours of work had been generally diminished in those districts, and the manufacturers in Manchester and the neigborhood had come to the determination of further reducing the wages ten per cent. The president's message to the house of representatives, on the subject of the Panama Mission, appears in the London papers of the 17th of April. The recent illness of the king of Great Britain is said to have caused a great depression in parliamentary stock. Boroughs fell about one half, and a seat in the house might be bought at a price varying from 1,500, to 2,500 pounds! The Devises Gazette says, that the borough of Woolton Basset is put up at 1.4,000 An interesting conversation upon the subject of negro slavery in the West Indies, took place in the house of lords on the 17th of April. The grand debate, however, would not come on until the 11th of May, when Mr. Brougham's motion was to be taken up. It is said that the Colombian minister has obtained An act supplementary to an act for the gradual in-a promise of the assistance he has found it necessary crease of the navy of the United States. to solicit from some of the London capitalists, pro An act to fix the times and places of holding the vided the transaction receives the approval of his district courts of the U. S. in the district of Alabama.government. PRIVATE ACTS. A project to allow Mr. Huskisson 5,000l. per annum, as president of the board of trade, had failed. The office of treasurer of the navy, almost a sinecure, which he holds, yields him 3,000l. a year. It was confidently stated that government would abandon the settlement of Cape Coast Castle on the coast of Africa. For the relief of Mack and Conant; Jesse F. Royston; Alfred Flournoy; William Tharp; Walker K. Arm. istead; William Brigs; James Dickson & Co.; capt. Biggers' company of rangers; John A. Webster; William P. Gould; Davis Floyd; Otway Burns; Sarah Venable and Jane Morgan; John Matthews; David Tate; John Donly; W. and J. Montgomery; Clark Greece. We had just announced a defeat of the McPherrin; Richard Matson; Elijah Buckley; Jarvis barbarians before Missolonghi, before we received Jackson; James Gibson and James Kay; Moses Ken-intelligence of the fall of that important place! A ney; William Hambly and Edmund Doyle; Penelope letter from gen. Lafayette, received in New York, Denny; Joseph Shomo; Isaac Hodgdon; the heirs of says "The news of the taking of Missolonghi, while Louis Chretien; William McDever; Michael Copp; it has afflicted every honest heart and liberal mind, Hen Hitchcock; James Wolcott and wife; Eliza-is not, however, a death-blow to the cause." beth Lewis; James Cocke; John II. Mills; Michael The following details we feel it proper to give, Hof; representatives of William Keary; Ann D. though exceedingly pressed for room. Baylor, and the heirs of Leroy Edwards and John Eustace; John Adams; Daniel Davis; John Steinman, James Winner and Ann M. Nippes; securities of Joseph Crockett; Phineas Underwood; David Steward; Charles Anderson; Arthur Jones; William Thompson; Waley and Foster; William Kellogg; Garrigues Flaujac; Wm. L. D. Ewing; Jacob Hampton; James Monroe; Rebecca Blodget; and Gilbert C. Russell. RESOLUTIONS. The Journal des Debats, of the 12th of April, thus speaks in relation to the fall of Missolonghi. This is Chateaubriand's organ, and he is a prominent friend of Greece: it must, therefore, we fear, be taken as authentic. The last lingering doubts, as to the fate of Misso longhi have disappeared. The news of the day before yesterday is unfortunately confirmed. The confusion of dates, which yesterday caused us to cherish a ray of hope, is explained. It was the 8th March, old style, or the 20th, new style, that Missolonghi, defended by 4 or 5,000 men only capable of bearing arms, yielded to an assault which cost the lives of Unit-some thousands of the assailants. The bishop Joseph was burnt at a slow fire; the sick, the priests, the No. 1. Resolution directing a survey of certain routes between Baltimore and Philadelphia. 2. Resolution expressive of the sense of congress of the gallant conduct of lieut. Duncan, of the ed States' navy. * women and the children, perished in the flames or news, apprehend it possible that Missolonghi had not beneath the swords of the Turks. The marshes of fallen! and yet there are reports and rumors makMissolonghi are choked with the dead. The bulwark ing it as probable that Ibrahim would be compelled of Western Greece has fallen! *. And to retire, if able to retire at all, instead of being poswhy did it fall? Oh, inextinguishable shame of the sessed of the fortress! Such, indeed, is the wonderFrench ministry! Two French officers conducted fulness of reports from Greece, that we have been the rafts armed with cannons; two French officers several times half-resolved not to give any article taught the ferocious Egyptian where to place his bat- from that country by way of information to our teries so as most effectually to crush the Christians. From the London Courier of April 19. We copy the following from a morning paper, where it is described as "an authentic letter from an English colonel, who was one of the brave defenders of the place," and with a copy of which the paper had been favored by the gentlemen to whom it was addressed. readers. It is stated in a letter of a late date from Constantinople, that positive information had been received there, which says that in the late conferences between Mr. S. Canning, prince Mavracordata, and the other Greek deputies of the Greek government, the two parties were agreed upon the honorable bases of the negotiations that the British minister was to conduct at Constantinople, and which, as far as they have gone, afford a probability of success. Mr. Canning authorized to act in the name of the Greeks under the auspices of England. "St. Anne's, near Lepanto, March 14. Missolonghi has fallen. That heroic city, which for eighteen months had defeated the power of the infidels and repulsed 82 attacks, was taken by storm on the 10th. Poor St. Aubyn fell on the occasion, but he died nobly. On the 8th, while we were re-terms, that lord Cochrane had arrived at Napoli di joicing for our late victory, Ibrahim having been reinforced by 7,000 troops, arrived before the place, and again summoned us to surrender, promising favorable conditions, which being refused, a sharp affair took place, the result of which was that he fell back, having lost 700 killed, 200 wounded, 400 prisoners, 4 pieces of cannon, and two standards. On the 9th he returned with 20,000 men, and a formidable train of artillery, surrounding the town on all sides. An English paper asserts, in the most positive Romania about the first of March; and that he had caused to be prepared under his direction, pieces of artillery to carry 68 pound balls, destined to be employed in the Greek gun-boats against the fleets and forts of the Turks. An article, however, from a Brussels paper of 13th April, states that lord Cochrane was still inhabiting that city! from the committee, 18 officers, 5,000 muskets, and 5,000 uniforms, and that these officers affirmed, that the Phihellenes, at Philadelphia, would send to the aid of the Greeks, seven ships of war, two of which are steam vessels! A report is current that the Greeks, by a very bold coup de main, have made themselves masters of seven magazines of provisions and ammunition, in We had only 7,000 men to oppose him, and those Thessaly and Olympus. The same journal, on auworn out with fatigue, but all resolved to conquer orthority of a letter from Zante, of the 22d of. Februadie. In the evening we received the sacrament in ry, states that a vessel despatched by the Greek comthe church of St. Sophia, and marched to our posts,mittee at Paris, had landed in that island a deputy from which few returned. At 12 o'clock the enemy opened a tremendous fire from 185 cannons and 48 mortars, which continued without intermission, till 10 o'clock next morning, when the walls became a heap of ruins. The enemy then vigorously attacked us in four directions, and after two hours fighting, forced their way into the town. The conflict was now raging in the most deadly form. The streets were choked with the dead and wounded, whilst the It is stated from Prevesa, March 9, (20,) that the blood was running in streams. The slaughter of the Turkish commanders of that place have sent away a Turks was excessive, as every house was a com-great number of families, in order to be able to lodge plete fortress, and the ground disputed at the point 7,000 Ottoman soldiers, wounded in the late attack of the bayonet inch by inch. Our gallant French made by Ibrahim upon Missolonghi. This Journal volunteers did wonders. Three times, headed by adds, that it is confirmed from all quarters, that Miauour brave and lamented St. Aubyn, they charged lis had taken a convoy of 25 richly laden Egyptian and drove back the enemy with great loss, taking a ships, sent by the Pacha of Egypt to Constantinople. number of prisoners; but in making a fourthand desperate attack, our gallant St. Aubyn was shot in the breast, and died in my arms, begging me with his last breath, to die rather than yield. In the mean time the governor defended himself with heroic obstinacy in the great church, but the doors being forced, and most of his men killed or wounded, he sprung the mine, which destroyed both that and the citadel, overwhelming himself and two thousand Turks in one tremendous ruin. The enemy having now entire possession of the hard fought town, we collected about 3,000 of the brave fellows who had fought so well, and after a hard contest, we succeeded in cutting our way out, leaving them in possessión of a heap of ruins, which I have learned has cost Ibrahim 9,000 of his best troops in the last attack alone. I joined general Gouras on the 12th, with 2,500 men, 150 prisoners, six cannon and nine standards, taken from the enemy during the last fatal attack. We brought the body of St. Aubyn off with us, which will be interred to-day with military honors. I received three slight wounds, but am now fast recovering." After the preceding was in type, would any one, not accustomed to observe the manufactures of The most considerable inhabitants of the Morea are now at Argos, to consider on means of saving the country. The London Times of the 7th April says, "Mr. Stratford Canning has received orders to make such pressing remonstrances to the Turkish government, against the cruel war with the Greeks, that it is probable he will prevail upon it to comply; or, if not to declare immediately the independence of Greece,at least to cause a suspension of military operations until the definite negotiations could be made. It is even expected that the news of an armistice will soon reach London." Mr. Canning had already had an audience with the ney to Russia, as connected with the affairs of Greece had taken place between the Buenos Ayrean and BraBuenos Ayres. It appears that another naval fight zilian squadrons, in which the latter was defeated with the loss of three vessels. In the former affair, the imperialists suffered much. The republican force has been considerably augmented, and the blockading decree is a thing of paper. Montevideo is closely blocked up on the land side, by the patriots, and it was thought that the place must soon be given up to them. India. Bhurtpore, a famous fort in the East Indies, appears, at last, to have surrendered. It was beseig ed in 1805 by lord Lake, with 7,400 men, and held out; but was lately visited by lord Combere, with 32,000 men, and a train of artillery consisting of 16 24-pounders, 30 18-pounders, 4 12's, 12 8 inch howitzers, 2 13 inch, 12 10 inch, and 4 8 inch mortars! The natives had long resisted this powerful force, and it is reported that the fortress was carried by storm on the 9th of January. CHRONICLE. Lafayette. Copy of a letter of gen. Lafayette, under date of 29th of March, 1826, at Paris, to a gentleman of Washington. "We are anxiously waiting for the arrival of two New York packets: I hope they will bring me something from you. At all events, I will know what is going on at Washington, and other parts of the United States; it is a food to my mind, a consolation to my heart, which has become more than ever necessary to me. I am happy to think the Panama mission is now on its way. I believe it of high moment for the welfare of South America and Mexico, for the prospects of mankind, and for the dignity of the people of the United States, that they may preserve and exert the moral influence to which they are so justly entitled." The Susquehannah. It is now completely ascertained, that this river may be ascended by steam boats. An improvement of its bed, at particular places, and a better knowledge of its navigation to be obtained by experience, will open the shores of this great stream to the commerce of the sea-board. It is believed that a channel of twenty inches deep may be made and kept open in the most difficult places. Our streams and springs are very low. Those round about Baltimore are said, by careful observers, to have yielded less water last week than in the month of August, last year! This is attributed to the want of snow during the winter: The rain which fell on the frozen ground rapidly run off. Chesapeake and Ohio canal. From good authority, the editor of the American Farmer lately understood, in Washington, that the estimate for the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, would be about $32,000,000; $8,000,000 to the eastern base of the mountain; about 18 or 20,000,000 to its western base, and 4,000,000 to navigable western waters. There must be a tunnel through the mountain of four miles in length, with which shafts of 900 feet in depth, will communicate at distances of 180 yards. Greene and Pulaski. The committee of Greene and Pulaski monuments in Savannah, have reported that Mrs. Louisa C. Shaw, a daughter of general Greene, has made a donation of five hundred dollars towards the contemplated monument; that four thousand dolJars have been appropriated by the legislature for this purpose-the whole expense requiring, in their estimation, fifteen thousand. The following plan of the respective monuments has been proposed and adopted: "1. An obelisk fifty feet in height, (including the base), resting on a Tuscan pedestal, constructed of granite, and apportioned, in its several parts, according to the scale most generally received, be erected to the memory of GENERAL GREENÉ. This form of the obelisk for Greene's monument is proposed, because his ashes repose in our city, and it being a fit emblem of his enduring fame-the material, because of its greater durability, and the increased donation to this monument by filial affection and female pa triotism. "2. A Doric column, forty feet high, of the best American white marble, to be erected to PULASKI. The chaste beauties of the parts, and the solidity of the whole, are not the only recommendations of this order of architecture. The classic association, which are so intimately blended with it, designate it as pe culiarly adapted to enforce those lessons which public monuments should inculcate." Mr. Gallatin is in the 65th year of his age-born on the 29th Jan 1761. He served several times as a volunteer in the revolutionary war. Buildings. The shameful manner in which buildings have recently been erected in New York, has become a subject of general complaint. "It is mentioned to us as a fact, says the Mercantile Advertiser. that a gentleman who has occupied, since the 1st of May, one of a block of new three story brick houses, which rent at a high price, in attempting to drive a nail into his wall to hang his hat upon, actually drove a brick into his neighbor's parlour!" [Houses built thus should be marked by firemen, with a resolution never to throw one drop of water upon, or to attempt the removal of any article from them, in case of fire-but stand still, and let them burn down.] Sunday schools. We are delighted to observe that these "Heavenly Institutions" as we have heard them called, are every where prosperous. On the 9th inst. no less than 5000 children attending them were collected at the Park, in New York, and formed a procession to Castle Garden, where, after an opening prayer, an appropriate address was delivered to them. Steam carriages. Mr. Stevens has, we are informed, at length put his steam carriage in motion. It travelled round the circle at the Hoboken hotel yesterday, at the rate of about six miles an hour. The curve of the circle is very rank; more so than can possibly be required in pursuing the route of a road. This great deviation from a straight line gives rise to an enormous friction; the greater part of which however, Mr. Stevens, has contrived to obviate. His engine and carriage weighs less than a ton, whereas those now in use in England weigh from eight to ten tons. The original intention was to give the carriage a motion of 16 or 20 miles an hour; but he has deemed it more prudent to move in the first instance with a moderate velocity, which renders it impracticable to move fast. It will be in motion again to morrow from 3 o'clock to sun down. [New York Statesman, May 12. India. The East India company's territory, com monly known in Europe by the name of Bengal, occutained, in 1820, thirty-nine millions six hundred and pying the space of 162,000 square British miles, conseventy-nine thousand souls, exhibiting a denser population than any equal portion of the globe, China not excepted. Valuable importation. Mèssrs. William Patterson & sons, of Baltimore, received last week, direct from Bremen, twelve sheep of the finest wool flocks of Sax ony. Samuel A. Foote, esq. has been chosen as an U. S. senator by the legislature of Connecticut in place of Mr. Edwards, whose time expires on the 4th March next. The vote was for Mr. Foote 99-Mr. Bristol 87. Appointments. William Bristol has been appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to be district judge for the district of Connecticut, in the place of Pierpont Edwards, deceased. William Crawford has, in like manner, been appointed district judge, for the district of Alabama, in the place of Israel Pickens, declined. PRINTED BY WHLIAM OGDEN NILES, AT THE FRANKLIN PRESS, WATER-STREET, EAST OF SOUTH-STREETS THIRD SERIES No. 14-VOL VI.] BALTIMORE, JUNE 3, 1826. [VOL. XXX. WHOLE No. 76S THE PAST-THE PRESENT-FOR THE FUTURE. edited and published by H. Niles, at $5 per annUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. We shall next week, or the week after, pubfish a whole sheet supplement, to relieve ourselves a little of the great mass of documentary and other matter which presses upon us; and there are several subjects about which we have a strong desire to say something-but cannot, at present, because of a belief that other things should have a preference. discussion, and the why one part should be retained and another done away, is severely examined. We, two months ago, prepared an article of some length on this subject, and shall yet publish it, though the question is disposed of in congress. But in the election of president, a further extension of the popular principle-that is, to give the election to the people, will not be admitted by the southern states, and a further exTHE PANAMA MISSION. It is reported that the congress tension of the federal principle will not be allowed by will not meet at Panama until October next, proba- the great states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, bly because of the extreme unhealthiness of the place Massachusetts, &c. And again, the large states will during the summer season-and it is intimated that not give up one jot or tittle of the power that they Messrs. Sergeant and Rochester will not leave the have as to the first choice of a president; no wift United States before the coming autumn, and that des- the small states abate their influence when the patches on the subject will be sent to Bogota. Mr. Dawkins, the British commissioner, has arrived at Laguyra, on his way to Panama. Late accounts from Europe report to us that commissioners will be present on the part of France, and it is intimated that Spain may follow the example; a hope is also expressed that Spain will soon come to an accommodation with the new republics, the authorities of the latter having signified their readiness not to molest Cuba, provided Spain will cease to carry on war against them. We rejoice in the prospect that we may have some agency in producing this result, through our ministers at Panama and at Madrid. Cuba to us, as the key of the gulf or as a place of trade is greatly important to the United States-but it is far inore important, on another account, that the sovereignty over the island should remain where it is. THE CONSTITUTION. The grand committee, of which Mr. McDuffie was chairman, to which was referred the several resolutions of the house of representatives to alter the constitution so as to prevent the flection of president and vice president from devolving on congress, made the following report on the sth ult "That they have had the said resolutions under consideration, but have not been able to agree upon any specific plan for carrying into effect the leading resolution under which they have been appointed; | and they, therefore, ask to be discharged from the urther consideration of the subject." vote is to be taken by states. Great difficulties existed in reconciling these things when the constitution. was framed; but they are increased an hundred fold by events that have happened; and we despair of a change, however manifest it is to us that the states are sufficiently defended by their representation in the senate, (a body charged with high executive as well as a co-ordinate legislative power), and that the chief magistrate of the republic ought to be chosen by the citizens thereof, voting in districts, per capita, every free white male having one vote. But the popular AND the federal principle will not, under any new modification, be brought to act together more, perhaps, than they now do, because of the three par ties to the question-to wit, the large states, whether holding slaves or not-the non-slave holding and the slave holding states, and the small states. This may produce, and one day will produce combinations among the great states of fearful import, and the organiza tion of a system by which presidents shall be made in caucuses of conventions. But there is still this safety left for the people of the small states; when about to elect their representatives; let them, if they see proper or think it necessary, perfectly understand for whom their representatives will vote, in case the election should devolve on the house, as it may be supposed will oftentimes happen, unless there are new rallyings under the banners of parties. MANUFACTORIES. The "Merrimack Gazette" has a long and highly interesting account of the "town This result, or something like it, was almost uni- of Lowell," which is the seat of the Merrimack ma◄ versally expected, and from the commencement of the nufacturing company. In 1818, a small cotton fac discussion because that, however generally it may tory which cost only about 3,000 dollars was erected be agreed that the election of presidents and vice- here; but in 1818, Mr. Hurd commenced the erecpresidents of the United States ought not to devolve tion of buildings in which are now daily made four on congress, there is a serious difficulty in estab- hundred yards of sattinet and one hundred yards of lishing any other power upon which such elections cassimere, all completed within the premises, and may devolve; and it is very possible that the twenty employing one hundred hands. In 1820 or 1821, a four gentlemen who were on the committee, even if company in Boston made a purchase here, and went all agreed that the constitution should be altered, en- to work to enlarge and improve the canal around the tertained not less than eight or ten different opinions Pawtucket falls. The expense of blasting the rocks as to the details of such proposed alteration. And and digging the canal was $120,000-the gun powder further had an alteration been recommended by used costing them 6,000! The water which it furboth houses of congress, as provided by the consti-nishes is estimated as being capable of driving 50 tution, and referred to the states, is it to be believed mills with 3,600 spindles each! The company was that, from a clashing of the powers of the great incorporated in 1825, with a capital of 600,000 doland the small states, respectively, a requisite majori-lars. This company is now acting on a capital of ty of the states could be had to ratify any alteration? $1,200,000! They have five great factories nearly We, most decidedly, think not. We now feel nearly certain that such alteration cannot be brought about, even if the friends of the measure should be able to agree upon the details, of which there is a very faint prospect. An agitation of the conciliatory parts of the constitution, naturally throws all those parts into FOL. XXX.. -16. completed, and others will be put up. They are using about 450,000 lbs. of cotton annually, and making about two million yards of cloth, three-fourths of which is dyed or printed on the premises. Near to these factories another concern, called the Hamilton manufacturing company, is located, with a capital of $600,000. They commenced their build-¡ pense of 1.10,624—independently of 1.10,735 paid to ings in 1825, and have already erected one factory out-door paupers-other expenses made the whole 155 feet long, and with several ranges of dwellings, cost of the poor 1.22,347, except in the sum of 1.3,306 &c. They were in operation last month, and in- received for work done by them-so that the support tend to make twilled cotton goods, chiefly. There of the poor at Liverpool, with nearly the same popuare seats for 8 mills like that which they have built. lation, costs about 15,000 dollars less than at PhilaThe Merrimack company employs 967 persons-delphia, being 85,000 dollars in, the former, and up299 males and 668 females-107 of whom are less wards of 100,000 in the latter. than 12 years old. In the houses appertaining to the "Machine shop" there are 263 persons, of whom 162 are males and 101 females. Half a ton of cast iron is the average amount daily used in this shop, and also large quantities of wrought iron. Besides, there are 3aw mills, grist mills, &c. The whole population of the town is about 2,500. They have a handsome church, school houses, and other edifices. A village with 3 or 400 inhabitants, has also sprung up on the opposite side of the river. It is anticipated that the whole populationof this new settlement will speedily amount to 25,000! and then, what will be the amount of the product? How great the home-market created? how useful in our intercourse with foreign nations? Another new village called "Ware," has also sprung up in Massachusetts, within the last four years. Three great factories are already in operation; one of them contains 4,500 spindles and 156 looms. The Waltham works have been famous for several years. Salem will probably, at an early day, be second to no other place in the eastern states, as a seat of manufacturing industry. There is room enough yet for many more establishments, and the establishment of a set of works to make any certain description of goods, leads to others, and they again to improvements in agriculture, &c. in unlimited progression; the whole supplying and supporting interior and exterior commerce, and adding to the wealth and power of our country. MR. GALLATIN. The stale story that this gentleman is a "foreigner" is repeated, and in papers that ought to be more liberal-nay, more just. He is no more a "foreigner" than any man in the United States born before the 4th of July, 1776-and he fought for the new nation to which he had attached himself, as an American citizen. We said this of him when he had been nominated for the vice presidency in a way that we did not approve of-and say it again, that he is as much a citizen as any one of us. It is among the queer things of the times, that the president is blamed for nominating him minister to England, and by those who would have made him vice president of the United States, and yet, they acknowledge his fitness! "THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS." It has been ascertained that twelve hundred young gentlemen were prepared for the profession of medicine, six hundred for law, and five hundred for the ministry, the last year, in the United States. "FREE TRADE." A long and animated debate took place in the British house of commons on the 16th of April, on the subject of the corn laws. The resolution for the house to go into committee to consider the propriety of a revision of the corn laws, was negatived by 169 majority. EPISCOPAL ROTUNDITY. The bishop of Durham, (Dr. Barrington,) who died lately in England, in his 92d year, had been bishop for nearly fifty years, and is supposed to have received not much less than one million sterling ($4,500,000) from his see What a shearing of the sheep, that one man might be plentifully provided for and kept warm! PAUPERISM. The paupers in the work-house at Liverpool, during the last year, were 1,937-at an ex THE JEWS. The conversion of a Jew costs the society, in London, an average sum of about one thousand pounds; and about one half of the converted return to the "error of their ways" as soon as converting-money is no longer to be had. The making of a half Christian out of a full Jew, would render twenty poor and honest Christian families comforta ble for a whole year. How is it that persons can thus abuse the charities of society, by so wasting money which the merciful contribute? "THE PRAIRIE" is the title of a new work, about to appear from the prolific pen of Mr. Cooper, author of "The Spy." The public mind is prepared to give it a most favorable reception. It is to be published by Messrs. Carey and Lea, to whose enterprize and liberality the American people are much indebted for their knowledge of American talent, and we hope that these good qualities have, or will, prove profitable to these publishers. Mr. Cooper has lately departed on a visit to Europe. REGISTER OF DEBATES. Messrs. Gales and Seaton have given notice of their intention to publish, before the next meeting of congress, the second vol. of their "Register of Debates" of the last session, with a eopious appendix and complete index, together with a copy of all the laws passed, &c. It will contain about 1,000 large pages, for five dollars. This is really a valuable work, and we heartily wish the enterprizing publishers a full remuneration for their labor and expense. GREAT FIRES were lately raging in the forests of New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The loss of standing timber has been of incalculable extent. The Catskill and Fishkill mountains have been covered with a magnificent, but tremendous sheet of flame. The mountain house on the former was, with much exertion, preserved. Many buildings have been destroyed. So general and se vere a drought as lately prevailed, perhaps, never was known before. The fire in Worcester county, Massachusetts, is said to have passed over 10,000 acres of land. THE CREEK TREATIES. The following, from the "Milledgeville Recorder" of the 16th ult. has a semiofficial appearance, as explanatory of the intentions of gov. Troup: In answer to the numerous enquiries made of us as to the course the executive of this state will take in regard to the old and new treaties-whether the governor will proceed to carry into effect the first treaty, or will acquiesce in the wretched compromise made at Washington, by which Georgia is defrauded, if not disgraced,-we can state, that governor Troup long since informed the general government, that the law of the state, founded on the treaty of the Indian springs, would be carried into effect as soon as the time limited by the treaty shall have expired. The governor conceives, as we understand, that both principle and duty make it imperative on him to carry strictly into effect the law of the legislature founded on the old treaty. If the people should withhold from him their support, which we cannot believe they will do, it will be their fault and not his, that our rights under that treaty, are surrendered up |