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WASHINGTON.
“liberty and Union, now and forever, one and
inseparable.”
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1846.
THE SENATE DEBATE.
Mr. Houston, one of the Senators from Texas,
addressed the Senate yesterday for about two hours
on the Oregon question. He was decidedly in
favor of giving the notice to Great Britain. The
question was not, he said, whether doing so was a
war or a peace measure, but whether it was right
and honorable to the nation to give it. The Presi-
dent, he thought, was bound to assume the position
which he had done : being of opinion- that the
whole of Oregon belonged to the United States, he
had a right to assert that it did. The principles
upon which the President was elected rendered it
necessary that he should bring the subject before
Congress—he was bound to do so. Whether the
whole of Oregon belonged to the United States or
not, was not the question before the Senate : the
question was only as to the propriety of giving
notice to Great Britain of the termination of the
present treaty. If Great Britain desired negotia-
tion, the notice would not impede it; but she had
sa'id nothing about negotiation ; she had proposed
arbitration, and that mode of settlement had been
rejected by the United States. Mr. Houston dis-
liked the word “compromise;” he would prefer
substituting the term “ adjustment.” He desired
peace, and the best means of securing it was, in his
opinion, to remove this festering subject from the
public mind. He was afraid that the views of Eng-
land had been advanced by some of the speeches
which had been made in the Senate, but he trusted
all would be settled peaceably and properly. If
the question was asked, is this country prepared
for war ? he should answer no. The country never
had been prepared beforehand for war, and never
would be. The American people had a great dis-
like to taxation, and they would not be taxed for a
Avar Avhich might never take place. They were ac-
tuated by a “ don’t care policy,” a “don’t care
feeling,” until the emergency arose, when they
would be found acting as one man. The notice
would facilitate negotiation, Avould “ take the brush
out of the path."’ The offer for negotiation must
come from England: he should not wish that any
offer should originate with this country, unless we
were quite sure that England desired and would
accept it.
He had a great respect for England and for many
of her institutions. The notice was not calculated
to produce war with her. He had nothing to say
against the individual or national character of Eng-
land ; it Avas with her international character, her
conduct toAvards the rest of the world, that he dis-
agreed. He compared the mode in which England
had acquired territory in India, and France in Al-
geria, with that by which the United States had an-
nexed Texas to her dominion.
He thought that any suggestions as to negotia-
tion, if connected with the notice, Avould only tend
to embarrass the Executive, and to strengthen the
claims of Gieat Britain.
Much of the feeling of irritation between the
two countries might, he thought, be traced to the
public journals of both. Mr. H. read an extract
from a late London paper, and commented upon it
at considerable length in proof of this opinion.
He would treat with England upon this question,
he said, on principles of justice and magnanimity.
He Avould adopt precisely the same course towards
her, whether she was the strongest or the weakest
of nations.
It Avas not his purpose to examine the question
of title, or give his opinion respecting it, because
every additional expressed opinion Avould increase
the embarrassment of the Executive. He Avould
not say for what boundary line he would vote, for
such a declaration might be embarrassing under
future circumstances. Whether he Avas in favor of
49° or 54° 40', had nothing to do with the present
question.
He thought if a treaty Avere now before the Sen-
ate conceding the navigation of the Columbia, that
he could not vote for it, and he Avas afraid that any
division of the country by an imaginary line would
prove but a patch-work kind of settlement, which
would lead to future difficulties.
He preferred giving the naked notice, without
any provisoes or clauses Avhatever. He Avould en-
join nothing upon the President but to give the
notice; and would leave him to attach what qualifi-
cations he pleased to it.
Mr. Houston gave a long historical narrative of
the rise and progress of the negotiations between
the United States and Texas, which ended in an-
nexation.
The Senate adjourned until 11 o’clock to-day,
when Mr. Crittenden has the floor on the Oregon
question.
The folloAving statement, which Ave find in the
regular Washington Correspondence of the New
York Tribune, agrees substantially with what we
have heard related here, and have reason to be-
lieve correct:
“ When Mr. Webster left the State Department, in place
©f being a defaulter as has been charged, it appears that there
was a balance paid over to him long after he left. When Mr.
Webster left Mr. Tyler’s Cabinet he requested the clerk, who
has the care of the contingent fund, to settle up the account and
see how it stood. The clerk wrote to Mr. Webster that there
was the sum of $>1,000 for which there was no voucher. Mr.
Webster said the proper voucher would yet be found, but in
the mean time he wished the accounts of the Department fully
settled up, and for this purpose he sent on $1,000, and the
accounts weie settled. 1 he proper certificate afterwards ap-
pearing, the thousand dollars were refunded to Mr. Webster.
So that, in place of being a defaulter, he had actually overpaid
the Department, and this overpay was refunded.”
The Russian Nuns.—A story has been circulating in our
papers of the martyrdom of a number of Catholicnuns in Rus_
sia. We perceive in the last news from Europe that the story
has been noticed in the Paris papers, with the annexed refu-
tation of it :
“Letters from Rome of the 14th deny entirely the story of
the frightful treatment attributed to the Russian Government
and Church, in regard to the Catholic nuns, of which we,
from the paper ‘ L’ Uni vers Religieux,’ published the doubt-
ful statement. The Pope has ordered that the origin of the
story should be subjected to a close inquiry, in order to disco-
ver and to punish the authors of the calumny. It seems that
it cannot be discovered where and how the report of the pie-
tended martyrs took a consistent form. We read in the Eng-
lish papers that the Government of St. Petersburgh has denied
officially to Lord Aberdeen these slanderous accusations.”
Cotton Manufactures in Brazil.—The barque Justice
Story cleared from Providence (R. I.) last Friday for Bahia,
with the machinery necessary to put in operation a cotton fac-
tory of 2,000 spindles. The machinery belongs to a company
of Brazilians, with one American, Mr. Carson, formerly of
the United States army. Six men, including an overseer for
each department, and three women, weavers, have gone out
in the Justice Story. The company propose to make coarse
twilied goods, for rice and coffee bags and negroes’ wear.
A number of the students at the University in Charlottes-
ville, \ irginia, got into a quarrel on Saturday last, with the
keepers ot Raymond & Co.’s menagerie, exhibiting at that
place. A young man named Glover, from Alabama, was
killed by a blow struck by one of the keepers. What makes
this event a matter of peculiar regret is the fact that the de-
ceased was acting as a pacificator, and was one of the most
orderly students of the University. The keeper, who gave his
name as J. J. Bailey, was arrested and committed to prison.
RETURN OF Mr. SLIDELL.
The Hon. John Slidell, Minister of the United
States to the Republic of Mexico, arrived at New
Orleans on the 7th instant. The cause Avhich in-
duced the return of this gentleman Avas the refusal
of the Mexican authorities to receive him as Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from
this country, the Mexican Government being wil-
ling only to recognise a Special Envoy to treat of
matters concerning Texas.
It is said that great consternation prevailed at
Vera Cruz in consequence of the abrupt departure
of Mr. Slidell, and the inhabitants Avere in the
deepest alarm lest an immediate declaration of Avar
would ensue on the part of the United States.
Air. Parrott, Secretary of Legation, has also
returned. The information Avhich he communi-
cates to the New Orleans Times is, that Mr. Sli-
dell’s last communication from the city of Alexico
was dated the 21st ultimo, covering passports for
himself and suite, and a separate one for Air. P.,
which were forwarded to Vera Cruz, (by mistake,)
and transmitted thence by the United States Consul
in that city. Mr. S.’s last communication to the
Government stated that he would remain at Jalapa
until the day of his departure therefrom, (the 28th,)
and no longer. His instructions to leave the coun-
try were imperative. He Avas received at Vera
Cruz Avith the usual honors of a salute, and accom-
panied by the highest authorities of the city to the
point of embarcation, another salute being fired im-
mediately on his departure.
Mr. Slidell left Vera Cruz on the 30th ultimo,
on board the steam frigate Alississippi, Avhich, after
landing her passengers at the Balize, proceeded to
Pensacola.
The New Orleans Bee states that a Avar with the
United States appears to be popular in Alexico.
General Ampudia, commanding the army of opera-
tion against Texas, had under him about three thou-
sand men, and was, Avhen Mr. Slidell left Vera
Cruz, at about ten days’ march from Saltillo, the
place of rendezvous. From this latter point the
army is to be marched to Matamoras. It will be
recollected that this is the army of Avhose insubor-
dination Ave had an account a few days ago. The
mutiny, however, being reconciled, the troops had
proceeded on their march. The Bee says that it
has been assured that Gen. Ampudia had positive
orders not to begin hostilities.
In regard to the internal affairs of Alexico the
Bulletin has the following :
“ The Government of Paredes was considered
very insecure. Some of the papers, advocating
republican views in opposition to the monarchical
doctrines of El Tiempo, openly advocate the recall
of Santa Anna, and the Government is poAverless
to enforce its decree prohibiting discussions of that
nature. It Avas believed that the Government, if
acting on its convictions, would readily have recog-
nised the mission of Mr. Slidell, but Paredes hav-
ing raised himself to poAver by professions of ex-
treme opposition to the United States, and ambitious
men and factions Avatching him on all sides, he
dared not exhibit any symptom of faltering. Gen.
Almonte, from his talents, position, and ambition,
it is believed, had been one of the most trouble-
some persons among those avIio assisted the new
Government to power, and as a means of getting
him out of the way he had been appointed on a
mission to Great Britain. Some difficulty had at
first occurred in procuring means for an outfit suffi-
cient to induce him to accept the place. This,
however, had been arranged, and, previous to the
sailing of the Mississippi, he had arrived as far as
Jalapa on his way to the seacoast. Doubts were
expressed at Vera Cruz, however, whether Al-
monte would actually embark on this mission. It
was thought that he contemplated a new revolution
of the Government, and not improbable that he
would seek to commence the movement in Vera
Cruz.”
CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
The election for Representatives in the towns
where there was no choice at the first trial, took
place on Monday. The New York papers have
partial returns, which sIioav that, as far as heard
from, the Whigs have elected twenty-ofie additional
members, while their opponents have obtained but
five. Compared Avith the vote on the 6th, the
Whigs have elected four members in toAvns Avhich
gave a Democratic majority for Governor, and the
Democrats tAvo in toAvns which gave a Whig ma-
jority for Governor. These results are better than
Avas expected, and if the toAvns yet to hear from
have done as Avell, there is little doubt that Connec-
ticut is still safe for the Whigs.
As Ave expected Avould be the case, the Locofoco
presses are charging the Whigs with raising another
panic. We took care to anticipate this charge, in
some measure, by copying the other day from the
New York correspondent of the Union a full pre-
diction of ruin—a cry of panic—and the causes
thereof. We refer those avIio listen to this charge
for a moment, to that publication. Besides, in all
panics, the Whigs are sure to suffer most. It is
their interest to stop the panic, and to keep up
confidence. Their opponents make the ruin and
bring it on, and then blame the Whigs for feeling
the oppression.—Alex. Gazette.
Dabney S. Carr, Esq., our Minister to Con-
stantinople, sailed from Baltimore on Monday morn-
ing last, in the ship Cincinnati, for his place of des-
tination, via Liverpool.
RIGHT OF WAY.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania, now in session, having
refused to grant to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
the privilege of a route through that State to the Ohio, via
Pittsburg, the counties of Western Pennsylvania appointed
delegates to a Convention on the subject, to be held at Alle-
ghany, (a town in the vicinity of Pittsburg.) The Conven-
tion met on the 8th instant. The proceedings and speeches
evinced a-high degree of excitement. There were nearly four
hundred delegates present from twenty counties. The Hon.
Walter 4 oravarii, who presided, in the course of his ad-
dress, said that the people of that section of Pennsylvania had
an inalienable right to construct railroads to such points as
natural channels render feasible, “and, by the blessing of
God, we will have this right
Addresses were also made by the Hon. Wjr. Wilicins,
Wilson McCandless, and Samuel Black, Esqs.
Fhe proceedings of this meeting have been communicated
to the Pennsylvania Legislature, and the reading caused a
deep sensation. The following, among the resolutions of the
Convention, was singled out for attack :
Resolved, 1 hat the officers of this meeting be authorized to
open a correspondence with the Managers of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, to ascertain whether legislative action may
not be dispensed with, on the unanimous cession of the owners
ot the soil, and to convey an assurance that, in such event, the
work shall be guarded against molestation at all hazards.
The members from Pittsburg defended it, and Mr. Bheck-
enridge, in a very warm speech, declared himselfin favor of
it, concluding his very exciting speech with the words, “If
this be treason, make the most of it. ”
The Alleghany meeting adjourned to meet again on the 4 th
of July, when it will assemble to decide what ought to be
done in the premises.
A Sad Calamity.—The Tribune of Tuesday publishes a
letter from Waterville, in Oneida county, (N.Y.) which states
that between nine and ten o’clock on the preceding night the
dwelling- house of Timothy Leonard was burnt to the ground
with all its contents, and that Mr. Leonard, his wife, and a
daughter of Mr. Woodward, about twelve years old, perished
in the flames. The above were all the persons in the house.
IN one are left to tell the manner in which the house took fire,
nor any particulars relating to the catastrophe,
LATE FROM THE ARMY.
The NeAV Orleans papers are indebted to the
Galveston Neivs of the 4th instant for an Extra
containing late and interesting neAvs from the “ Army
of Occupation,” brought to Galveston by the Uni-
ted States cutter Woodbury, Capt. Foster, from
Brasos Santiago, Avhich place she left on the 30th
ult. We extract all that is important, as folloAvs :
“The army of occupation, numbering in all 3,500, ar-
rived and encamped cn the 28th ultimo opposite Matamoras.
General Taylor, with a company of dragoons, under the com-
mand of Colonel Twiggs, having left the main army, arrived
at Point Isabel, simultaneously with the fleet of transports from
Aransas, on the 24th ultimo, there not being half an hour’s
difference in the arrivals by land and water.
“On the appearance of the fleet the Captain of the port
(Rodriguez) set fire to the custom-house and several other
buildings at Pointe Isabel, and made his retreat good to the
river, although pursued some distance by order of General
Taylor. The buildings destroyed were of little value, being
constructed of logs, thatched with straw.
“ The thousands and tens of thousands of the enemy who
have been reported as in readiness to dispute the march of
Gen. Taylor’s army seem to have entirely disappeared upon
his approach. The only opposition experienced by the army
of occupation Avas first at the Little Colorado, where a Mexi-
can officer with about 150 mounted men threatened to fire
upon Gen. T. if he attempted to cross that stream, stating
that such were his positive orders, and that Mexicans knew
no fear. The artillery was immediately ordered up, when
the troops formed and commenced fording in perfect order, the
water being nearly to the armpits, whereupon the gallant Mexi-
can prudently retreated without executing his positive orders.
“ The only other show of opposition had been previously
made by a party of fifty or sixty, who, having met the army
in the prairie, informed Gen. Taylor that he must proceed no
farther in that direction. By order of Gen. T. the army
opened, and this party were permitted to march through to the
rear, and then depart.
“ When near Point Isabel with the dragoons, Gen. T. re-
ceived a deputation of thirty or forty men, bearing a procla-
mation and message from Gen. Mejia, filled with threats in
the usual style of Mexican gasconade. At this moment the
conflagration made at Point Isabel by Rodriguez was discov-
ered, and Gen. T. dismissed the deputation, directing them
to inform Gen. Mejia that he would reply to his message op-
posite Matamoras on Saturday, the 2Slh of March. .
“ Extraordinary success attended getting the vessels over a
difficult bar without pilots. The schr. Belle del Mar was,
however, driven on the south side, after beating heavily on the
bar, and now lies in two feet water. It is thought that she
cannot be saved. The U. S. brig Lawrence, Commandant
Mercer, remained at anchor off the bar. The brig Porpoise,
Commandant Hunt, sailed for Pensacola on the 26th ultimo.
“ Capt. F. informs us that forty wagons with supplies for
the army left Point Isabel on the morning of the 26th, in fine
condition, and having an excellent road twenty-eight miles to
the army opposite Matamoras; and on the morning after Gen.
Taylor followed, leaving a company of artillery at Point Isabel
in command of Major Munroe. We understand that Gen.
Taylor’s orders are to cross the Rio Grande and attack Mata-
moras, should he be fired on from the town.
“Lieut. Fobil, of the U. S. Navy, who was bearer of des-
patches to Gen. Taylor, arrived in this city this morning in
the cutter Woodbury, on his way to New Orleans.
“ Capt. Foster states that the average depth of Avater on the
bar at Brasos Santiago is eight and a half feet; and that from
thence to Point Isabel, a distance of about three miles due
west, the uniform depth is about five feet. Point Isabel is a
perpendicular bluff of sixty feet above the water, and the sur-
rounding country is hilly and undulating. The country was
in a highly favorable condition for the march of the army ;
more rain would have made the travelling bad, less would
have occasioned a scarcity of water.
“ Col. McCrea was disappointed in his attempt to take the
barges across the Laguna la Madre for the want of sufficient
water. They will, in consequence, have to be taken by land.
“ The steamers Monmouth and Cincinnati are constantly
employed in transporting from Brasos Santiago to Point
Isabel.”
The citizens of Monrovia (Liberia) gave a Public Dinner
to Captain C. H. Bell, and the other officers of the United
States ship Yorktown, on the 17th of January, at the Gov-
ernment House. This dinner was given as expressive of the
sentiments the Liberians entertain for Captain Bell’s vigi-
lance in seeking out and putting down the slave trade on the
coast, and especially in capturing the late slave ship Pons,
The invitation was extended to the officers of the Dolphin,
who were in port at the time ; but, having made arrangements
to depart the day previous, they could not attend. Says the
Luminary :
“ Captain Bell’s conduct cannot be too highly lauded for
the immense benefit he has conferred upon all interested in the
suppression of the slave trade, upon the great and important
results that will effect the colony here, and upon the heathen
that now again breathes his native air.”
The United States brig Dolphin returned to Monrovia on
the 8th of February, from a cruise to the windward ; officers
and crew all well.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
By and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Frederick B. Welles, of New Hampshire, to be Con-
sul for the Island of Bermuda, in the place of Alexander J.
Bergen, resigned, who was appointed during the recess of the
Senate, vice Win. T. Tucker, recalled.
Henry B. Humphrey, of Massachusetts, to be Consul
for the port of Alexandria, in Egypt, vice Alexander Todd,
recalled.
Samuel Haight, of New York, to be Consul for the
Azores or Western Islands, vice C. W. Dabney, recalled.
John T. Pickett, of Kentucky, to be Consul for Turks
Island, vice Abraham Morrell, recalled, who was appointed
in the last recess of the Senate, vice John Arthur, recalled.
William Nelson, to be Consul for the port of Panama,
in New Grenada, vice Jeremiah A. Townsend, recalled.
M. Hollander, to be Consul for the port of Sedan, in
France, vice Thomas Hulme, jr., deceased.
Alexander Newman, to be postmaster at Wheeling,
Virginia, vice J. B. B. Kale, appointed during the last recess
of the Senate, who has resigned.
William Nelson, to be Collector of the Customs for the
district, and Inspector of the Revenue for the port of York-
town, Virginia, his former commission having expired.
William Patterson, to be Collector, &c. for the port
of Sandusky, Ohio, vice Elias II. Haines, whose commission
has expired.
James E. Gibble, to be Collector of Customs.for the dis-
trict and Inspector of Revenue for the port of Beaufort, North
Carolina.
William Gray, to be Surveyor, &c. for the port of Port
Royal, Virginia.
Joseph Sibley, to be Collector, &c. for the district of
Genesee, and Inspector, &c. for the port of Rochester, New
York, vice Lyman B. Langworthy, removed.
John D. Howard, to be Naval Officer for the district of
Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, vice Abraham True,
whose commission expires on 12th April, 1846.
John Dougherty, to be Chief Engineer in the United
States Revenue Service, vice Thomas W. Farron, resigned.
James McGuire, Surveyor, &c. Alexandria, D.C., vice
Benjamin T. Fendall, whose commission has expired.
John S. Shepperd, to be Surveyor, &c. for the port of
Windsor, North Carolina, vice Marcus C. Ryan, deceased.
Thomas Adtison, to be Surveyor, &c. for the port of
Madisonville, Louisiana, vice Mathew Dicks, whose commis-
sion has expired.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, to be Surveyor, &c. for the
district of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, vice Nehemiah
Brown, removed.
James N. Nichols, to be Collector, &c. for the port of
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, vice Solomon Andrews, removed.
Patrick Collins, to be Surveyor, &c. for the port ot
Cincinnati, Ohio, vice Isaiah Wing, removed.
Piiilit Poultney, to be Appraiser of Merchandise for the
port of Baltimore, from and after 1st May, 1846, vice Wil-
iam Dickinson, resigned.
1TOUSEHOID FURNITURE, CROCKERY,
XX CARRIAGE, SLEIGH, 8cc. at Auction.—On Tues-
day evening next, the 21st instant, at half past 3 o’clock, I shall
sell, by virtue of a deed of trust from Patrick Gowins, for cer-
tain purposes therein expressed, at his residence, at the corner
of F and 22d streets, his Household and Kitchen Furniture,
consisting of—
Mahogany Tables, Sideboards, Chairs
Crockery Ware
Bedsteads, Beds, Bedding, Bureaus .
Stove and Kitchen utensils
Also, a Hackney Carriage, Sleigh, Wheelbarrow, &c.
Terms of sale : All sums of and under $20 cash ; over $20,
a credit of sixty days, for notes satisfactorily endorsed, bearing
interest. ROBT. W. DYER,
ap 16—cl Auctioneer.
THE WAR BETWEEN PARAGUAY AND THE
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
The Courrier des Etats Unis has received Rio Janeiro jour-
nals ot the 24th of January, and finds in them important in-
telligence with regard to the proceedings on the shores of the
Rio de la Plata. One, in particular, cannot fail to hasten ex-
tremely the happy accomplishment of the mission undertaken
by the Anglo-Frank intervention—a formal declaration of war
on the part of Paraguay against the Argentine Republic.
This declaration was solemnly proclaimed on the 4th of De-
cember, and accompanied by a long manifesto, in which Don
Carlos Antonio Lopez, President of Paraguay, develops the
motives and the object of the hostilities of which he was tak-
ing the first step.
In 1811, when the war burst forth which had for its ob-
ject the depriving Spain of the magnificent possessions which
it had upon the banks of the river La Plata and its tributa-
taries, those possessions were reunited under the government
of one viceroy, but without having lost, for all that, their ori-
ginal names and distinctions. When these provinces had
succeeded by a common effort in shaking off the maternal
yoke, the greater part formed the Argentine Confederation.
Paraguay refused to enter into it, and declared its desire to
recover the separate existence and independence of which it
had been deprived by the viceroyalty just overthrown. The
Argentine Government at first protested against the isolation
aimed at by Paraguay ; but, the latter having boldly insisted
upon it, the President ot the Confederate States ceased an
unavailing opposition, without otherwise recognising formally
and explicitly the national independence of Paraguay. Mat-
ters remained thus during the whole dictatorship of the fa-
mous Francia; the young Republic which he had organized
with his powerful hand, far from seeking a confirmation of its
independence in causing itself to be officially admitted into the
family of nations, had not even dreamed of proclaiming; its
own independence by its own people—that is to say, up to
the death of Francia no constitution had set forth the rights
and regulated the duties of Paraguay as an independent coun-
try. In 1842, only, did they determine to give constitution-
al forms to the nationality which had existed more than thirty
years, in order to be recognised by the nations of the Old and
New Worlds. But Gen. Rosas, President of the Argentine
Confederation, who had already lost Uruguay, one of his
most powerful provinces, took offence on seeing this public
avowal of that independence which he had tacitly recognised
and openly respected, as long as it had been maintained, in
some degree, in spite of the laws of nations. Rosas is known
to have entertained the strange project of imposing the bonds
of the Confederation upon all the provinces, which, before
1811, constituted the dominion of the viceroy of Spain, of
whom he proclaimed himself the successor. The thirty years
of silence and toleration of which Paraguay desired to avail
itself, could not, said the dictator, have conferred on that
rebel department the right of regarding itself as a stranger to
tne Confederation of which it was a necessary member in
1811.
Such is the source of the quarrel on each side ; such are
the opposite principles which serve as its foundation ; (and
we need not add that the right is wholly on the side of Para-
guay.) But from the question thus stated have arisen com-
plicated incidents, which are, so to speak, the practical side,
and of which one connects itself in a very special and impor-
tant manner with the Anglo-Frank intervention in La Plata.
Hear President Lopez :
“Simultaneously with the right and the fact of the inde-
‘ pendence of Paraguay, another right had also been respect-
‘ ed since then, (from 1811 to 1843,) that of the navigation
‘ Ay the Republic of the waters of the Parana and the La
‘ Plata. No Argentine Government had disputed it.”
Rosas, on the 26th ot April, 1843, refused to acknowledge
the independence of Paraguay, and on the 27th of March,
1844, he renewed the refusal—adding that for the future he
reserved the right of placing restrictions on the commercial
intercourse between the Argentine Republic and the province
of Paraguay, which the war rendered necessary, in which he
was then engaged with the province of Corrientes, (which is
situated on the banks of the Parana, between Buenos Ayres
and Paraguay.) On the 1st of August this threat was exe-
cuted by a decree which interdicted the navigation to all ves-
sels not carrying the Argentine flag,
out of this between Paraguay and Corrientes, and a convention
followed, in which the freedom of the river was acknowledg-
ed. Rosas refused to accept this conventional agreement, and
renewed the prohibition on the 8th of January, 1845. On
the 16th of April he wholly prohibited the introduction of the
products of Paraguay, and this state of affairs has finally in-
duced the President of Paraguay to declare war against the
dictator of Buenos Ayres.
The principal object of the Anglo-Frank intervention, next
to the maintenance of the independence of Uruguay, is the
free navigation of the rivers, which, on the sole account of
their being the only means of reaching the independent Re-
public of Paraguay, should be freely opened to those nations
which have recognised the independence of that Republic.
Thus we have seen the allied fleets, immediately after shel-
tering Montevideo from the attacks of Oribe, organize an ex-
pedition, composed of merchant vessels, (American, Brazilian,
&c., as well as French and English,) and which was to as-
cend La Plata and the Parana as far as Paraguay, under the
protection of some vessels of war. This maritime caravan set
out without the French and English Ministers, believing that
their principles and their intentions with regard to the ques-
tion of navigation could be officially revealed ; but they are
sufficiently evident from their acts. On the 21st of Decem-
ber last Mr. Ousley, the British Minister, and Baron Deflfau-
dis, the French Minister, addressed a joint note to the Buenos
Ayrean Minister of Foreign Relations, in which strong lan-
guage was employed, and both the decree and the actions of
the Government which that officer represents were charac-
terized as being barbarous. (The decree of November 27th
provides that the crews of vessels attempting to force their
way up the Parana should be tried and punished as pirates.)
President Lopez seems to have displayed an equal degree
of prudent moderation in his threats, and of promptitude and
vigor in their execution ; as the Montevideo journals of the
31st December announce that the van of his army—num-
bering about 5,000 foot soldiers—was rapidly approaching the
province of Corrientes, and would be soon followed by 5,000
horsemen. With such a reinforcement, the brave inhabitants
of that province, who have struggled for many years against
Rosas with incessant alternatives of success and defeat, can-
not fail to plant victory firmly on their banners. Lo! now the
dictator of the Argentine Republic completely surrounded by
enemies : the Anglo-Frank intervention by sea, Uruguay,
Corrientes, and Paraguay, by land. It is impossible for him
not to be soon entangled in the net so rapidly closing around
him.—New York Express.
PRACTICAL OBJECTIONS to the SUBTREASURY.
FIIOM THE NEW YORK BANKER’S CIRCULAR.
The main ground assumed, we believe, by the friends of the
Subtreasury scheme is the insecurity at present, and in time to
come, of the public funds while in the control of the State banks.
No objection is urged, as far as we are aware, to the conve-
nience of the present system, or that any difficulty is found by
the General Government in the transmission of the public funds
from and to remote points. On the contrary, it cannot be de-
nied that the greatest facility and ease now exist in the trans
fer of the Government funds to all places where they are want-
ed, and where banking institutions exist. If the Government
require half a million at New Orleans, or St. Louis, or De-
troit, the amount can be placed there by the deposite banks of
New York at a short notice, without cost and without risk to
the Government.
If, then, the main objection be the insecurity of the depo-
siies as at present made, cannot this objection be entirely ob-
viated by requiring from the depositories collateral security to
the whole amount of such deposites. We presume no diffi-
culty would arise in obtaining dollar for dollar from all the
banks now employed ; and if one or more of them decline to
furnish such collaterals, others can be found in the-same places
ready to comply with such requisitions. There are moneyed
institutions at Boston, New York, New Orleans, St. Louis,
and other cities, with sufficient means to secure the Govern
ment for the public deposites at those points.
The public funds, in their present condition, are useful to the
community—to the whole communitythey are safe; they are
easily and without expense transmitted from and to the most
remote points; and if we regard the convenience of the debtors
of the Government, no change can be proposed that will ren-
der payments more easy.
The revenue of the port of New York for the first quarter
of the current year has been upon an average of $400,000 per
week, or $66,666 per day. Gan any rational man suppose
that this sum could be possibly paid in specie by our merchants
to the Subtreasurer of the United States for this port ? As it
is, this amount can be paid and is paid by or to one individual,
in a few minutes, every day in the week, without the labor of
counting five dollars in specie. It is a perfectly simple pro-
cess for the receiving teller of a bank to receive, in the ordinary
course of one day’s business operations, four or five hundred
thousand dollars on deposite, from one hundred or more differ-
ent depositors; but the same individual would find it much
more laborious to receive, during the same space of time, ten
thousand dollars in specie on deposite.
Let us look to England and France, and even there, where
the Governments proverbially take care of themselves, Govern-
ment banks are found essentially necessary for the receipts and
disbursements of the revenue. Payments in coin, either ex-
clusively or in a large part, would be considered preposterous
and impracticable.
That the public deposites in this State are the basis of loans,
even to a greater amount than the actual deposites, will be
seen by any one who examines the official statement of the
condition of the banks in the State of New York, as follows
Circulation. Deposites. Specie. Loans.
27 city banks*.$6,484,000 26,000,000 7,470,000 43,000,000
123 country do. .14,516,000 8,000,000 890,000 32,000,000
Total........21,000,000 34,000,000 8,360,000 75,000,000
Government funds in hands of all the
New York banks................... 5,310,000
Balance on hand after paying the public
deposites.......................... 3,050,000
City Banks.
Proportion of specie to circulation.........$1 25 per dollar.
Proportion of specie to circulation & deposites 0 25 “
It is necessary to bear in view the combined business of
both city and country banks, because a large amount of specie
is held by tlie former to meet the circulation and drafts of those
of the interior, and of banks in other States.
If, then, the entire loans of the banks of the State, amount-
ing to seventy-five millions, be in a large measure based upon
An altercation grew j $8,300,000 specie, what contraction would prudence dictate
when that specie shall be reduced, as the Subtreasury bill con-
templates, to $3,050,000 ? And this, too, when the balance
of trade between this country and Europe is manifestly in fa-
vor of the latter, as is evinced by. that certain index, the rate
of exchange. This, too, while our foreign relations are ex-
ceedingly unsettled ; and when, if the dispute with Englafid
terminate unfavorably, there will be no Government deposites
for the Sub treasury.
If the Subtreasury bill goes into operation the only possible
shape in which it can be made practicable is for the Govern-
ment to add a clause authorizing the issue of Treasury notes
to the amount of twenty or thirty millions of dollars, as a me-
dium of payment for custom-house duties, and to supply the
vacuum caused by the inevitable withdrawal of that amount of
bank circulation.
FROM THE CHARLESTON (s. C.) “EVENING NEAVS.”
The Subtreasury.—If the existing system of cash duties
is to continue, and warehousing is not permitted, the payment
of the duties in specie will be extremely onerous on the mer-
cantile importing body. The present stringency in money
matters will be indefinitely prolonged. Those who have large
pecuniary resources will engross the importing business, and
a-system of monopoly will grow out of a supposed regard to
the general interest in the safe-keeping of the public money.
If Congress is determined on the renewal of the discarded sys-
tem of the Subtreasury, repudiating bank notes in all transac-
tions between the citizens and the Government, let not this
scheme be aggravated in its effects by denying to the import-
ers the benefits of warehousing ; and, until the whole series
of acts are passed upon in relation to the mode of collecting
the duties, let not the hazard be incurred of first passing the
Subtreasury, and then finally refusing the privilege of ware-
housing, which would mitigate in some degree its severe
effects.
DEATHS.
On the 1st instant, in the vicinity of Greensboro’, Alabama,
JESSE HAIR CROOM, Sr., in the 56th year of his age.
The deceased was a native of North Carolina, and emigrat-
ed to Alabama in 1818, having, before his removal, at the
early age of twenty-four represented the county of Lenoir in
the Senate of North Carolina with credit to himself and the
approbation of his constituents.
At Toronto, Canada, on (he 31st ultimo, MARY, the be-
loved wife of Edavakd H. Rutherford, Esq., and daughter
of Dr. Robert Henderson, of Cumberland county, Vir-
ginia, in the 22d year of her age, deeply regretted by her
friends and all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance.
BAIL AT ODD-FELLOWS IIAUU, f
To take place This Evening, the 16th instant.
AY. AY. Moore,
J. A. Blake,
J. T. Towers,
A. S. H. AVhite,
J. B. Thomas,
Jos. B. Tate,
J. F. Haliday,
AY. Lenox,
F. B. Lord, Jr.
C. F. Lowrey,
J. F. J. McGlery,
R. Waters,
It. J. Roche,
Jllanagers.
S. Bacon,
H. Davis,
H. M. S. Farnam,
W H. Ritchie,
P. F. Bacon,
S. L. Harris,
C. Laurie,
J. T. King,
M. H. Stevens,
John Thaw,
J. G. Sturgeon,
A. G. Herold,
A. H. Lawrence,
AY. B. Magruder,
F. D. Stewart,
John Garrett,
Robert Ould,
Geo. M. Dove,
John Meade,
L. L. Stevens,
C. S. Houghton,
B. F. Morsell,
H. P. Howard,
John AVagner,
H. Latham,
AV. AY. Rock.
93”Tickcts $2, to be had at Bayly’s Stationery store, Penn-
sylvania avenue ; Stott’s Apothecary store, Pennsylvania ave-
nue ; Fuller’s, Brown’s, Coleman’s, Verandah, and United
States-Hotels, of either of the Managers, and at the door on the
evening of the Ball.
Ladies who have not received invitations will pi ease notify
either of the Managers. ap 16
SOIREE MYSTERIEUSE.
FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings,
April 16th, 17th, and 18th,
AT CARUSI’S SALOON.
GH.l.Vlt SCIENTIFIC ILLUSIONS,
Consisting of various surprising and amusing experiments in
Chemistry, Pneumatics, Optics, Natural Philosophy,
and Magic,
By Monsieur Phillippe, the celebrated French Magician.
A splendid band of music will be in attendance.
$3“An entire change of performance each evening.
Tickets of admission 50 cents ; children under ten half price.
Doors to open at 7 o’clock, curtain to rise at 8 precisely,
ap 16—3t
HOWES’S CIRCUS,
From Palmo’s Opera House, New York.
Opened on JKonday, JJpril 13.
POSITIVELY FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
afternoon performances.
With the greatest female equestrian in the world,
MADAM MARIE MACARTE,
AVhose wonderful and most admirable riding has called forth
deafening shouts, bravos, huzzas, and applause from houses
nightly crowded to excess with the beauty and fashion of New
York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and who has had the honor
ot appearing before Louis Philippe and Queen Victoria, and the
combined Courts of England and France, and by them acknow-
ledged the first Equestrieune of the age.
DAN RICE,
The Prince of Clowns, whose lively and grotesque delinea-
tions of Shakspearian characters has gained for him the appel-
lation of the “ Shakspearian Clown,” is engaged, and will ap-
pear each evening.
Together with the most brilliant combination of Horseman-
ship, Vaulting, Acrobatic, and Gymnastic Feats, &c. ever pre-
sented to the citizens of the District.
93” Price of admission 25 cents.
Doors open at 7£. Commence at 8 o’clock.
ap 14—dlwif
A CARD.—Four or five Members of Congress can be ac-
r\ commodated with board at James Young’s Boarding-
house, on Capitol Hill, for the balance of the session.
250,000 bricks for sale at reduced prices for cash. Inquire
of JAMES YOUNG,
ap 16—3t New Jersey avenue, Capitol Hill,
rTAHE C1IRONO-THEKMAL SYSTEM OF MEDI-
■ CINE, by Samuel Dickson, Esq., M.D., of London,
edited by W. Turner, Esq., M.D., late Health Commis-
sioner for the city of New York. Price 75 cents.
This is the famous work which lias created such a stir among
the doctors in Great Britain, France, and Germany, and is be-
ginning to be felt in this country. In the first mentioned em-
pire, the revolution effected by it in medical practice is repre-
sented as complete ; even the leading Allopathic practitioner,
Dr. Forbes, the Queen’s physician, having found himself forc-
ed by its success to pay, in his Review, open and public hom-
age to the superiority of its principles, under the sportive ap-
pellation of “ Young Physic.” Perhaps we can give our read-
ers no better idea of the importance of this new system, than
by alluding to some of its results. Dr. Carter, of Reading,
England, declares that he followed its principles for twenty
months—that in this time he treated nearly three hundred
cases of all sorts of disease, acute as well as chronic—and that,
with the exception of one case of violent inflammation of the
brain, he restored them all to health ! If the principle “ ex
uno disce onmes” may be applied in this case, we do not see
what more can be desired.—JVeiv York Dispatch.
Contents : Nature of disease and its causes, Chrono-Ther-
mal Medicines, Consumption, Diseases of the Joints and
Glands, Ague, Fever, Spasms, Palsy, Epilepsy, Apoplexy,
Heart disease, Inflammation, Gout, Blood-letting, Abstinence,
Gravel, Rheumatism, Skin disease, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Insani-
ty, Convulsions, diseases of Women, Cancer, Miscarriage,
Animal Magnetism, Hydropathy, Homoeopathy, the Chrono-
Thermal method ot curing all diseases. “ Statistics show
that where one death occurs under Chrono-Thermal treatment
fifteen deaths occur under Homoeopathic and thirty under Allo-
pathic treatment.” For sale by
J. S. REDFIELD,
ap 16—5t Clinton Hall, New York.
DANK Ob' METROPOLIS STOCK at Auction—
Jj On Saturday evening next, the 18th instant, at 5 o’clock,
I shall sell at my auction store—
30 shares Bank of the Metropolis stock •
Terms cash. r R. W. DYER,
ap 16—fit , Auctioneer.
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
rpi • . , . New York, April 14, 1848.
This with us is election day. The weather is
clear and bracing, butVather cool. The election is
progressing with much spirit in all quarters, and
happily, so far as I have heard, in a decent and or-
uerly manner. As is usual on such occasions, we
may, I piesume, anticipate some display of rowdy-
ism before the closing of the polls. I have given
you my opinion as to the result, and thus far I have
neither seen nor heard any thing to change that opin-
ion, but something calculated to confirm it. That
Mr. Mickle, the Locofoco candidate, will be elect-
ed I have no doubt. The only doubt that I enter-
tain is, whether he will not have a majority over the
combined vote of all his opposers. i think he will.
Last evening the “ unchanged and unchangeable
friends of Henry Clay” had a festival in honor of
his birth-day. It was held in Niblo’s Saloon. The
company consisted of five hundred, perhaps five
hundred and fifty persons. I have never united on
any similar occasion with a more respectable, or-
derly, and enthusiastic body of men. The proceed-
ings, I presume, will be published by the Commit-
tee of Arrangements so soon as the election returns
are out of the way.
Joseph L. White presided as Chairman. There
were a number of Vice Presidents at the different
tables. How many I did not hear. Speeches were
made and toasts drank. The meeting was address-
ed by the Chairman, Mr. Greeley, M. L. Davis,
Thayer, Jas. Brooks, Tomlinson, Franklin, and
Carroll. Previous to these addresses letters were
read from a number of gentlemen, among whom
were Senators Mangum, Crittenden, Morehead,
Barrow, and J. M. Clayton. They will proba-
bly be published, and thus speak for their writers.
We hear nothing of the steamer Unicorn. It is
now said she has on hoard a quantity of munitions
of war which are to be landed at Halifax; the land-
ing of which may detain her a day or two. The
probability is that she did not sail on the 19th. But
if she did I should apprehend some accident had
befallen her.
Stocks are still very heavy, but a shade better
than they were yesterday.
A CALM OBSERVER.
LATER FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
A file of Rio Janeiro papers has been received
at New York as late as the 20th February, contain-
ing advices from Montevideo to the 6th and from
Buenos Ayres to the 27th January :
It was confidently reported at Montevideo that a convoy of
Corrienlino merchant vessels was coming down the river Pa-
rana, escorted by two war steamers. These vessels were
laden with the products of the upper country, and had long
been detained in the river by the embargo of Rosas on its na-
vigation, consequent upon the difficulties with Paraguay.
The convoy of merchant vessels going up the river Parana
was last heard from at Bajada. It was escorted by the steamer
Firebrand.
The Argentine Legislature had voted an issue of two mil-
lions three hundred thousand dollars monthly during the con-
tinuance of the blockade, and for three months after its ter-
mination.
Accounts from Montevideo of February 6 confirm the re-
port that the allied forces had been compelled to evacuate
Maldonado, after holding it a few days. The renegade Silva,
however, was still carrying on hostilities against Oribe in the
department.
The accounts from Salto were to the 21st of January. Ur-
quiza had passed over into Entre Rios, where he effected a
junction with the forces of Garzon, and then marched for
Corrientes, at the head of 4,000 or 5,000 men. Gen. Paz
had marched, it was said, to encounter Urquiza, and it was
rumored that a battle had been fought in which Urquiza was
defeated and Garzon taken prisoner. This is important if
true, since the object of Urquiza was to make a stand at Cor-
rientes against the French and English forces going up the
Parana.
It was reported at Montevideo .that distress was beginning
to be felt in the city of Buenos Ayres, in consequence of the
blockade. Also, that Governor Rosas had little confidence in
his ability to defend the city ; that the encampment of Santos
Lugares, with all its material of war, had been removed, with
the great park of artillery, to Lujan. The whole body of the
civic militia was to be moved out of the city. This body in-
cludes all Argentines who are engaged in commerce. Gov.
Rosas had ordered all the militia corps to be uniformed at
the expense of the individuals.—Commercial Advertiser.
8$ales This SPay.
TT OUSEHOLD FURNITURE, BUGGY, &c. AT
FI AUCTION.--OnThursday morning next,at 9 o’clock,
I shall sell, in front of my Auction Store, a variety of House-
hold Furniture, such as—
Cane-seat and other Chairs
Mahogany Sofas and Sideboards
Dining and other Tables
Handsome Rosewood Cabinet
Carpets, Crockery Ware, Clocks
Bedsteads, Beds, Bureaus, Wardrobes, Washstands
With a great variety of other Furniture.
Also, a good Buggy and Harness,
april 15—2t ROBT. W. DYER, Auctioneer.
By E. S. WRIGHT, Georgetown.
LA ROCERIES, STORE FIXTURES, &c. at Auc*
VX tion.—On Thursday afternoon next, the 16th instant, at
3 o’clock, I shall sell without reserve, at the store of John W.
Bronough, near Market Space, his entire stock of Groceries,
consisting of a general assortment, viz :
Imperial, Young Hyson, Gunpowder, and Black Teas
Porto Rico, New Orleans, and Loaf Sugars
Java, Rio, and St. Domingo Coffee
New Orleans Molasses
Dip, mould, and sperm Candles
White and brown Soap, Nails, Blacking
Pepper, Alspice, Indigo, Saltpetre, Starch
Cassia, Mace, Saleratus, Matches
Boots and Shoes, Buckwheat, Codfish
Buckets, Brooms, Baskets, Powder and Shot
Brandy, Rum, Whiskey, Gin, and Wine
Sperm Oil and Oil Cans
Weights, Measures, Patent Balance, &c.
Terms of sale : All sums of and under $25, cash ; over $25,
and not exceeding $50, a credit of sixty days; over $50 and
not exceeding $100, a credit of four months ; over $100, a
credit of six months, for approved endorsed notes.
EDWARD S. WRIGHT,
april 14—3t Auctioneer, Georgetown.
By A. GREEN, Auctioneer.
TJIOWERS, FLOWERS, AT AUCTION.—On
.JF Thursday, the 16th instant, at half past 4 o’clock P. M.,
1 shall sell at my auction room, Concert Hall, on Pennsylvania
avenue, near Brown’s Hotel, a large and splendid lot of Flow-
ering Plants, of the most superior quality, from the celebrated
flower garden of Robert Halliday, Baltimore. We mention
in part—
Camelia Japonicas, Azellias, Geraniums, Cactus, &c.
Roses—White Perpetual Moss, Blush Moss, Princess Ade-
laide, Laftay Moss, Moss Loe, Anglique Quetien Moss,
Moss Unique de Provence, Cloth of Gold, Sulfatane, Of-
ferii, Lapherina, Devonisensis, LaPactole, Prince Albert,
Lady Fordwich.
Together with a new and beautiful variety of Flowers, too
numerous to mention.
The ladies and gentlemen of the Distinct are particularly in-
vited to the sale, as I expect it will he the most beautiful dis-
play ever exhibited in the city, and please be punctual to the
time. A. GREEN,
ap 14—3q Auctioneer.
93= This sale will he continued this afternoon at 1
o’clock. ap 16
GOLD WATCHES & JEWELRY AT AUCTION.
CAN Wednesday afternoon, 15th instant, at 4 o’clock, I will
vX sell at my store the largest and handsomest assortment of
Gold Watches and Jewelry ever offered in this city, viz :
70 Gold Watches, by celebrated makers, viz. M. J. Tobias,
H. Mortimer, J. Harrison, Win. Robinson, T. and J. Dubois,
Morris 8c Co., Chance 8c Son, Johnson, Blundell 8c Martin,
&p., consisting of Lever, Lepine, Hunting, Repeaters, &c.
100 Gold Pencils, suitable for Ladies and Gentlemen
100 sets of Gold Studs
75 veal Diamond Rings, worth from $20 fo $150
150 Gold Guard, Fob, and Vest Chains, newest patterns
250 fine Gold Finger Rings
A large assortment of Bracelets, new patterns
Earrings, Breastpins, Necklaces, Card Cases
Tablets, Port Folios, Combs, Purses, Beads, &c.
With a large assortment of goods not enumerated.
The above goods are from one of the most respectable houses
in this country, and will be warranted to be ivhat they are re-
commended at sale.
Terms ol sale : All sums over $50 a credit of sixty and nine-
ty days, for approved endorsed notes bearing interest,
ap 13—dts WM. MARSHALL, Auctioneer.
1)AFILE OF SPLENDID FANCY GOODS—
XU The raffle of Fancy Goods at Guion’s, under Gadsby’s new
Hotel, three doors from the corner of 3d street, will take place
this afternoon at 5 o’clock, Subscribers are respectfully re-
quested to attend. ap 16—It
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