The New York Herald Newspaper, September 1, 1842, Page 2

YEW YORK HERALD York, Thursday, September Ne State of the Country. The = The sky is deep—deep blue sun shines brightly. ‘The western breeze from the hill tops of Jersey is as fresh as the breath of heaven whenthe golden gates were opened to the Son of Man. Con- © gress has adjourned—trade is reviving—population _oms increasing—the girls are dancing at the watering pla thegotien banks are exploding—the specie curren ping out of its hiding places—new reli- ons, with fresh deities, starting every day—and cornJand currency, getting lower every y pee week Among the politicians some curious movements are coming to light. Captain Tyler has demolished the whigs—and bids fair to swallow up the demo- crats. Mr. Clay is the only candidate of the former, and Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Van Buren of the latter. The whigs have a plain road—nothing to do but to go ahead with Clay and elect him—if they can. Among the democrats, who have gained all the re~ cent elections, a tremendous struggle between Cai- houn and Van Buren is approaching. Captain Tyler and his administration have taken sides with Cal- houn—against Van Buren, Benton, and their asso- viates. This will be the fiercest struggle for a nom- ination to the Presidency {that ever shook the country. Calhoun begins the game in gallant style, by carrying the war into Africa, and dashing his first blow at New York. In this city, the “young democracy of America” are perfectly crazy for the great Nullifier. The action of these singular elements at Wash- ington has produced the new tariff—the new British treaty—the new apportionment—and various other measures. The intrigues and counter-intrigues among the class of politicians called “leaders,” will be very numerous during the next year. Bat let them go on—the country is prosperous-— and he who trades on the cash system—and believes in God aod woman—can always live happily, and get rich slowly. This great republic is the garden of Eden among the nations. We have nearly twenty millions of inhaGitants—one thousand mil- lions of dollars worth of annual produce—thirty or forty religions, and a new one every month—two hundred broken banks—eighty millions of specie— two thousand financiers not yet in the States pri- sons—and any quantity of fine land, high mountains, splendid rivers, with a sun and a moon, the best and brightest that ever took the great circuit of eternity. Munrrany Mo vrs,—I have just received the following, by military express, from the Major Gen- eral :— “Antineron House, August 31, 1942. “Sir— “ Asthe ranking Major General ofthe Nauvoo Legion, I have received a General Order to repair immediately to head quarters and assume the command, accompanied by my prineipal Aid de Camp, Brigadier General James Gor- don Bennett. Now, sir, [shall ever hold myself ready to defend the Mormon people, or any other peeple with whom I might be associated, against mob violence ; but at the same time it the constituted au- of any other State in for a'brother. ed the Order to his Excellency Gover. ructions, while at the same time | shall repair immediately to Nauvoo, and takecommand of the Legion, where I expect you will accompany me, in con- formity with its mandate. I should desire no better fun than to despatch you with ‘s, on my horse Cicero, among the whizzing bul lets, or blue pills of Galena. Most respectfully yours, &c., JAMES ARLINGTON BENNET, Insp. and Major General of the Nauvoo Legion. Blood and ‘ouns, I’ll go. It never shall be said that the blood of the Bennetts did not rise to the top. Who knows but I may get one of these glorious bul- lets in the “fealf?” What would Col.-Webb say if I disobeyed a military mandate? In the meantime, I highly approve of my ‘superior in command, ascer- taining first the constitutionality of the measure, by direct application to Governor Carlin, to see if there be any necessity of a veto. Butstill, Imust prepare. Ihave no uniform. E’gad, | must advertise for proposals. So here goes:— Wantep to Poncnase.—A full suit of uniform for an officer of the rank ot Brigadier General in the Nauvoo Le- gion. Also, a fine horse, thirteen hands high, a swot ° ng a good old bible and prayer book. i being well provided with all sorts of ammunition. On the whole, I think there is now a chance of surpassing the glory of Cél. Webb, General George P. Morris, and even Governor Dorr himself. Fuxny.—Io the debate in the U. 8. Senate on the New British treaty, great care was taken to have the doors closed, and to keep everything secret. The weather being very hot, the windows were up, and Mr. Allen from Ohio, who has a very shrill voice, talked so loud that any one could hear in the public walks outside the capitol,and as he went over the whole ground, the details of the treaty were common talk in Washington before it passed the Senate. So much for secret session. Satine or La Gower.—This large French war steamer, the biggest vessel of the kind afloat, fired up yesterday morning about 10 o’clock, and moved quietly and slowly down the bay on her way to Nor- fe She has been here six or seven weeks. Her officers and the ‘ eight Commissioners” have tra- velled all over Northern American in that time, and have been treated with kindness and consideration. It isthe intention that La Gomer will visit several southern ports and then go home. We shall there- ore soon know whether Boston or New York has been fixed upon as the western depot for the French line of steamers, of which she has been the pioneer. There can scarcely exist a deubt in the mind of any one of the determination of the French in this business. We fully believe that New York will be the depot. We cannot believe any thing else. Nava News.—The United States brigantine Boxer, Lieutenant Commanding Oscar Bullus, reached Pensacola on the evening of the 18th inst., after a fatiguing cruise of four months throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Carribean Sea; 90 days of which she was at sea. We last mentioned her as at Trinidad de Cuba, whence she proceeded along the entire coast of Cuba to Cape Antonio, in chase of a slaver; thence to the coast of Yucatan, running it down to Sisal, an intricate and perilous navigation; so to Cam- peachy, VeraCruz,Tampico,and Galveston,to Pensa- cola. We regret to learn that the exposure consequent upon the vigilant and unceasing duties of this little craft, has caused some sickness amongst her offi- cers and crew; which, however, it is believed, will be repaired by a little rest and change of climate. Severa of the Commissioners to Santa Fe re- ceived passage to the latter port in the Boxer, and other services rendered by her as the occasion requi- red. No mention is made of the vessel chartered by Mr. Hargous, for the transportation of troops to Yu- catan, being seized by Santa Ana, as is stated in an evening paper. The U. S. ship of the line Columbus, which has been for some time lying in Boston har- bor, waiting for awind, sailed on Monday for the Mediterranean, with a fine northwest breeze, Passenaers ror Evrore.—Three packet ships sail this morning—the St. James for London, the Cambridge for London, and Utica for Havre. The latter takes out fifteen passengers, among whom is a son of General Cass, our Minister in France. Six- teen go in the Cambridge, and among them we no- tice the name of the Swedish Minister. Turowixe ve me Deap.—The workmen en gaged in excavating in Broadway, opposite the Washington Hotel, dug up the skeleton of a man Meeting Relative to the New York and Al- bany Railroad, A meeting on the above subject was held last night, at the Tabernacle, but considering the num- bers, it might have been held in a smaller place, without inconvenience. Five minutes before the time of meeting there were not fifty persons present; but by a quarter to eight o'clock. there were at least 120 present, of whom nearly a dozen were ladies; and all seemed highly respectable,though none were positively handsome. There was a great deal of delay and a great deal ofcontab, and whispering, and eonsultation close to the stove, among four very well dressed and good looking men relative to the way and manner in which the meeting should be opened. Alderman Leonard came in behind time and kept the meeting waiting. Afterhe came in there was more whis- pering and consultation, and the council of four b ing swelled to eight broke up into two parties; one took their station before the stove, and the other be- hind it. The latter group was soon joined by Mayor Clarke and Mr. Delafield. These groups continued in consultation until past eight o’clock, although the hour of meeting was half past seven precisely. _ There were a very handsome sofa and four cain- bottomed chairs on the platform,but nobody seemed disposed to take possession of them until past eight o’clock. By this time there were at least 150 gen- tlemen and 10 ladies in the body of the house, be- sides 40 persons in the gallery. F At last, after a terrible waste of time, Ald. Wa- terman nominated Aaron Clark, Esq., for Chairman; Daniel Merritt, of Dutchess county, and Ald. Leon- ard, for Vice Presidents; Jadob Merritt, of Dutch- ess, and William Paxton Hallett, for Secretaries. The Chairman made a short but admirable speech, pointing outthe immense advantages that would ac- crue to the city of New York, in every department of business by the completion of this road to Albany, without loss of time. } x Mr. Delafield read a statementof the affairs of the Company ; but the greater part of it was a history of railroads. ‘There was a line of railroad (with trifling breaks) from Portsmosth, N. H., to Pensa- cola, a distance of sixteen hundred miles. Alto- gether, there are 5,000 miles of railroad completed or commenced in the United States. The last Le- gislature had extended the charter of the New York and Albany Railroad for three years. _ Its length is 147 miles. There have beensubscriptions obtained to the amount of $1,668,000. But on 7,000 shares thus subscribed, there is not much reliance to be placed. There has been $50,000 subscribed in land, making a total of subscriptions of $1,718,000. Deduct the 7000 shares,and it leaves 1 005,600 subscribed for. But of this there are but $200,000 collectable in the city of New York. There has been paid in three payments $64,335. There was paid out up to June, 1841, $65,626. This includes the cost of a depot on the Harlem River, and $10,000 paid to. contractors for work to be done. The total indebtedness of the company up to July, 1841, was $34,442, besides an unsettled claim of Mr. Morgan. | All the debtors have agreed to take stock for their debts, Rense- laer county had agreed to construct a portion of the road. The company can use the Albany and West Stockbridge road ‘as far as Ghent. The route through Westchester has been re-surveyed. A new contract has been entered into on one part of the line, by which $75,000 has been saved in grading alone; and it has also secured a subscription of $300,000. The southern end of the road would be kept unfixed as long as possible, to see if the Har- lem Railroad Company would come to terms. The river route is impracticable. It is preposterous to think of crossing Break Neck Hill or Anthony’s Nose ona railroad. The present road runs from ten to twenty-five miles east of the Hudson river The time of passage from New York to Troy will always be under six hours. The,price of passaye will be $2, or under. The lowest amount of income on this road per annum, will be $1,000,000. The annual expenses will ;bef less’ than $500,000. ‘The total cost of the road will be but $2,400,000. The chartered capital is $3,000,000. After paying the annual expenses of the road, and seven per cent to the stockholders, there will be a surplus annual fund of $290,000. ‘The Grand Junction Read in England cost $100,000 per mile ; it now pays twelve per cent interest. The amount paid in of each share was $480; they are now worth $916. The Great West- ern Railroad cost $266,0@9a mile. It was chartered in I It now pays six percent. The par value of the shares was $480. Only? $312 were paid in; each share is now worth $451. ie New York and Albany Rail Road is to cost even less than $20,000a mile. And Mr. Delafield concluded by saying that this road will be completed in twenty- four months from this day. The reading ot this terribly long document, oc- cupied about one anda half hours. he Chairman then again dwelt on the advanta- ges of the New York and Albaay railroad to this city, particularly to poor men. -Alderman Ricu then rose to speak to the same effect, about half past nine o’clock. A series of resolutions. were presented by Mr. Engs, and adopted. _The meeting did not adjourn till after 10 o’clock, highly pleased, and not a Aittle edified ; but it was very tedious. Tuk Mormon Discusston.—We have received several severe articles against the continuance of the Mormon disclosures, now under way by Doctor Batchelor and Doctor Bennett, somewhere up town. One writer says that these lectures are too licentious for the age; and that if they are continued, both the apostles deserve “‘ tar and feathers.” An- othersays that there will be in attendance ten thot sand loafers and rowdies on Friday night to hear the lecture describing the secret practices of Joe Smith ; and that unless the Mayor shall have the Police on duty, it may lead to rows and riots. These hints are certainly worth attending to. Great Wnuic Cervepratien.—To-morrow the whigs celebrate their victories over Captain Tyler, by a water and land procession, on the arrival of the members of Congress in town. They have just had a similar celebration in Philadelphia. A great and glorious time it will be Lorp Asusurton.—This distinguished nobleman was ready to hold his levée yesterday at the City Hall, but at the request of the Common Council he postponed it. It appears that the Mayor andCorpo- ration got frightened at the demonstrations of the Sovereigns—the democrats—who did not appear to be in a very good humor yesterday morning. They therefore postponed it till to-day. New York Legislature. In Senate, Aug. 30.—Nothing done. In Assemuty—The House proceeded to the con- sideration of the amendments made in committee to the apportionment bill. Mr. Case moved to strike out the report of the se- lect committee of eight, and the amendments,so that the Senate bill be adopted entire. No question was taken on this proposition, a division being called which brought the House to a vote on the amend- ments as they were offered. ¢ The following districts were agreed to without op- position :— Ist District—Suffolk and Queens, 62,793 2d do Kings and Richmond, 58,578 ‘The next portion of the report taken up was 80 Shag as embraced the City and County of New ork. Mr. Grovrt stated that since this report had been made he had heard from many of his constituents, and they all favored the amendment proposed by him yesterday. This would throw all of one party together and all of the other, and there would be less temptation to colonize. The business and the residences of the commercial men were made con- tiguous. Mr. G ’s amendment was as follows:— _ 3. lat, 2nd, 3rd, 15th wards, Ist election district 8th ward. 4. 4th, 6th, 7th, 13th wards. 5. Lith, 10th, 11th, 17th wards. . 6. 9h, 16th, 12th, 8th wards, except Ist district. Several spoke on this point. Mr. Townsenv called the ayes and nays on the amendment, which were ordered. The eerie was then taken, and the amendment of Mr. Grout lost, as followe:— Ayes 38, nays 63. NULLIFICATION, Mr. O’Surutvan called preliminarily for the ques- tion on Mr. Grout’s amendment, that the city of New York should be the third district and be en- titled to elect four members, and called the ayes and ni which were ordered. ‘ t Mr. vt defended his project. The difficulties. of cutting up the city were palpably evident. The first chotce of the democracy of the city was un- questionably this plan. The question was then taken, and the amend- ment lost Ayes 82, nays 70. Towxsenn called for a question on his amendment, as follows:— “3d, 4th, Sth and 6th districts to consist of New yesterday morning. There was once a grave yard on thatspot. Twelve years ago the skeleton of two human beings were dug up at the same place.— ‘Throwing up the dead, truly Massacnuserts Lecrstature.—This body meets next Wednesday to district the State. The Com. mittee appointed to mature this matter for the ulti mate action of the Legislature, is now in seasion Tar Lave Rains.—Fifty-four feet of the Balti- wore and Ghio Railroad east of Ellicott’s Mills have been carried away by the late rains. York, the subdivision of the county to b i for at the next session” —and called Ah aN aa question was taken and the amendment lost. Ayes 6 (Messrs. Beach, 8. E. Church, — Johnson, O'Sullivan, Townsend), noes ®d. ' The question then coming on agreeing with the amendments of the Committee of the Whole relating to New York, it was carried as tollows:— 7 Ayes. Noes, 68 46. The remaining districts then were adopted with. out dissent up to the 14th. This consists of Saratoga and Washington. Mr. Rogers moved to strike out Saratoga and insert Es- sex; which, aftera protracted debate, was carried. Ayes 61, nays 48. House then adjourned From Mexieo and Texas, Mexico is really in a wretched condition: She is at open war with Yucatan and Texas, both power- ful foes; and although large supplies are said to be coming from England, they will, beyond a doubt,be captured by the Texians, At the same time she is on the eve of a serious outbreak with the United States, and distracted by civil commotions. Santa Anna may now be looked upon as supreme dictator of the country. He orders the armies of the Republic hither and thither at his pleasure ; makes war without consulting his Congress, and if any of his Generals or officers refuse to obey him, they are unceremoniously thrown into jail and kept there. He regulates and alters the Tariff just as he pleases, or according as he is bribed to do so; and now he has called uponall the South American Re- publics to aid him in the contest he expects shortly to have with the United States. Only one, Colum- bia, has answered his call, as yet. As for Texas, she is flourishing at every point, is well prepared, and need not fear an encounter with Mexico. Mr. Consul Elliott had arrived there. It is asserted that there is positive news from En- gland that one of the Mexican steamers of war weuld leave for Vera Cruz between the 10th and 15th of August, so she is at this time momently ex- pected there. Another was to follow her some thirty or forty days after. This first steamer is manned and officered with Englishmen, who receive in England one year’s pay in advance. Upon her arrival, the Mexican navy, in addition to her, will be composed of the old steamer bought of an Eng- lishman, the Eagle schooner built in New York, and the 16 gun brig taken from the Campechanos, which is now undergoing repairs, and wil) be ina few days ready for sea. An expedition is planned for this mighty fleet, which is to sail immediately. Its destination’ is Campeachy, and it is to carry with it the “ Canton,’, of Jalapa, composed of men, which is to conquer immediately all Yucatan. This they are to dowith as much ease as despatching a good breakfast, and afterwards they are with the augmentation of the whole Yucatan fleet, to cross overand pay their respects to Sam Houston. The above is the Mexican va ofthe campaign. There isno doubt that on the arrival of the steamer the fleet will go to sea, and that an attempt will be made either on Galveston or Campeachy, and most proba- bly it will be the latter; the government of that de- partment having declared war with Mexico on ac- count of the loss of the brig. From Canada. The Legislature of Canada meet at Kingston to open the session on this day week; and it is said that one of their first acts will be a vote of want of confidence in the present Executive Council. Whilst it is admitted on all hands that Sir Charles Bagot, the present Governor-General, is a well- meaning, well informed, high-minded and amiable man, it is contended by many that he has lost the confidence of nearly all parties, without gaining any thing by way, of compensation. This is very singular, too, considering that he is the first really Gonservative Governor that has been in Canada for some time past, and was received with even more welcome than Lord Durham. It may arise, how- ever, from Pe fact that he is bound by his instruc- tions from England. At any rate his position is a very trying one, and he will have much difficulty in getting through the session. However, he is a man of great nerve, and possesses great strength of intellect. His council are composed of some very strange materials—good—bad—and indifferent, all mixed up together. Of them and the Assembly, the ‘Kingston Whig” thus speaks :—While the Cabinet containssuch men as Draper, Hincks, Harrison and Sherwood, it also numbers among its members a few of the most honorable men in the province ; witness the names of Jameson, Sullivan, Dunn, Kil- laly aud Ogden. A Cabinet thus composed is pre- ferable to the long existing Family Compact ; for al- though the latter consisted of well educated and tolerably honest men, yet they were too exclusive in their actionsand opinions, to be generally useful or Saree Maugre the presence of the Hyena, and is friends, the present Executive Council should have the countenance and support of well wishers to good government, lest in despair, the authorities of Downing street fall back upon their old supporters —the family. Of the House of Assembly it 1s diffi- cult to say much correctly. It will have several new members, of whom the most prominent are Messrs.:Walker, La Fontaine, and D. Papineau. If His Excellency has peclzmncnenred in coneiliating the French party, these three very, clever gentlemen may be less fierce in their opposition. As most of the paced adherents of the late Lord Sydenham ave been paid their prices since the prorogation, they will doubtlessbe true for a timeso.the present administration. Sir Allan McNab ‘and the ultras will probably cease annoying the House. There will doubtless be an opposition, but of what mate- rials it will be formed, it is hard to predict. _ Tue Rior at St. Carnaries.—The St. Catha- rinces (U.C.) Journal, which came to hand thia morning, connrms the statements published by us last week of the doings of the mob, and gives the particulars at length. Great credit appears to be due to the Rev. Dr. Lee, the Catholic clergyman, for his unwearied ex- ertions in restraining these desperate men from the commission of the worst outrages. A petition was get up by that gentleman, in conjunction with the ev. Mr. Barnes, a Presbyterian minister, addres: sed to Gov. Sir Charles Bagot, setting forth the des- titute condition of the operatives assembled on the line of the Welland canal, and asking that in the absence of employment, some measures be devised for their relief. This was read to the scattered mul- titude at various points, and seryed considerably to allay the excitement. A subscription was likewise circulated by the Catholic clergyman, to which all classes and denominations liberally contributed. .The Journal complains earnestly of the ineffi- ciency of the laws, in allowing the whole commu- nity for miles around, to remain for a week like a sacked city, atthe mercy of a band of riovers, cag trolling in all directions; and ascribes the fact that no lives had benn lost by the citizens, to the simple reason that no resistance had been made. On the mght of Tuesday last, a Catholic church near St. Catharines was attacked bya party of Orangemen—a well known designation a| d toa large class of Protestant Irish—and burnt to the Slee ‘This would show that the disturbancesare no means ended, and if, in addition to the trou- bles caused by want of employment and food, be superadded the horrors of a bloody religious feud among the wretched men themselves, we know not what scenes of violence may transpire before the arm of the law shall be able to restore quiet. Tar Aroostook Movuntarns.—-This important tract of country, which has just been ceded to Great Britain, has been examined by some of our eminent geologists. Dr. Jackson, the geologist of Maine, ke Beat account of his examination of the mountain region of the disputed territory near the Penobscot Forks, which gives a graphic feature of that part of the country, and makes it one of the most sublime and imposing formations. Mountain Katahdin, isa lofty precipitous cone of pure granite, whose treeless summit, having no vegetable growth but a few bushes of the mountain craaberry and spicy blueberries, was attained with great labor by clambe ne up almost perpendicular crags. It was ascertained to be 5,300 feet elevation, the highest in Maine. What is remarkable is, that in this granite formation was found diluvial limestone, with shell impressions, showing the sea had been there ; and in the same region limestone with scoriasceous trap melted and imbrecated into its seams in an ele- gant manner; showing, also, that voleanic action had been at work. From one high mountain, the Sugar Loaf Cone, he saw around him no lessthan fifty lofty peaks, and seventeen mountain lakes, cas- cades of 200 feet fall, &c, iby this Aroostook peice vA must hereafter be called the Alpine Regions of Maine. Tur Frorma War.— After the publication of Gen. Worth’s order declaring the Florida war at an end, it seems a little strange to find that young Octiachee in the field witha band of warriors, and assassina- ting all the white men he can find. To account for this, it appears that Octiachee, at the conclusion of a peace, told Gen. Worth that, previous to his re- ceiving his set message, the majority of his band bad gone on the war-party to Middle Florida, under his brother, you ictiachee ; that Col. W. must expect to hear bad news from this section of country ; the band was now beyond his control, and that whites and Indians would both be likely to be killed in bona fide war. He had sent runners to apprize them of the council andthe cessation of hos tilities, and promised that war should positively cease. Gen. Worth withheld his order for some time, and sent a boat to Port Leon, for the express purpose of hearing whether there was any bad news from the war-party, and, on its return, finding all uiet, he issued the order on the 14th inst.; so that the war is not over after all. Greruewen’s Fact Faantrons.—Oliver, 167 Br way, has just published his celebrated fall fashions. Call and see the lion dance. Ninto’s.—The Ravel family appear in a new Vai deville, full, we are told, of comic situation and sprightly dialogue. The Night Owl is repeat- ed—its attraction is undiminished—crowds of our fashionables are seen wending their way to the Garden, to enjoy the comicalities of Jerome and Antoine, and the magical power of Gabriel, ——— BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL. ‘Washington, [Correspondence of the Herald.] Wasuineron. Tuesday Evening. Proceedings of the House—The Protest, The tariff bill was this morning signed by the Pre- sident, and is now the law of the land. The Senate took a recess from three o’clock to five this after- noon, and when the session was resumed,they went into the consideration of executive business, and continued with closed doors until a late hour this evening. ‘The protest of the President against the report of Mr. Adams was read in the House and created a good deal of excitement. Mr. Avams remarked that the report having been adopted by the House, the protest was against the action ofthe House. He had no proposition to offer 3 indicate what should be the action of the louse. Mr. Borrs followed, and after some remarks, he read extracts from Mr. Webster's speech delivered in 1834, on the occasion of General Jackson’s Pro- test. In conclusion, he submitted four resolutions— three, he said, he copied from those passed in the Senate in 1834, and the fourth added by himself. Mr. Prorrirr moved to lay the resolutions on the table. The motion was negatived. _ On the adoption of the first resolution, the vote stood f Ales 31, nays 46. : Oa i second resolution, the vote was, yeas 86, hays 48, n the adoption of the third resolution, the vote stook, yeas 84, nays 53. When the fourth resolution came up, Mr. Borrs said he had been requested to withdraw it, and was willing to do so. Objection wasgnade to the withdrawal- Mr, Apams asked to be excused from voting. He was induced to make the motion on the score of personal delicacy. {Laughter.] He was not excu- sed. Mr. Wise also asked to be excused. He had, he said, no fear for himself—but feeling great respect for the Clerk, he did not wish him to fall into the hands of Mr. James. Wilkins. Mr. W. then with drew his motion to be excused. The fourth resolution was rejected—yeas 52, nays 69. The resolutions are as follows: Resolved, That while this House is and ever will be iready to receive from the President all such messeges and communications, as the Constitution and laws and the usual course of public business authorize him to transmit to it, yet it cannot recognize in him any right formal protest against votes and proceedings o! declaring such votes and proceedings to be illegal and unconstitutional, and requesting the House to enter such protest on its journal. 2d. ved, That the aforesaid protest isa breach of pe e ef this House and that it be net entered on the journal. 3d. Resolved, That the President of the United States has no right to send a protest to this House against any of its proceedings. 4th. Resolved, That the clerk of this House be directed to return the Message and Protest to its author. The report from the Committee of Conference in relation to the bill on taking testimony in cases of contested elections, was made and considered.— The. first division of the report was agreedto. A motion to lay the billon the table was negatived. The other sions of the report were agreed to Various motions were made, and finally the House was compelled to adjourn on accaunt of the want of a quorum. PROTEST OF THE PRESIDENT. To ere hos rsente 8 i— By the Constitution of the United States it is provided, that “every bill which shall have passed the House of Re: presentatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if ve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return ‘it, with »bjections, to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large upon the journal, and proceed to reconsider it.” Jn strict compliance with the positive oblis imposed upon me by the Constitution, not able to bring myself to approve a bill which origi the House of Represe: ives, entitled ‘An act to provide revenue from imposts, and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes,” I returned the same to the House, with my objections to its becoming alaw. ‘These objections, which had entire- ly satisfied my own mind of the great impolicy, if not the unconstitutionality, of the measure, were presented in the most respectful, and even deferential’ terms. I would not have been so far forgetiul of what was due from one de- ost of the Government to another, as to have in- fentionally employed, in my official intercourse with the House, any langui that could be, in the slightest de- gree, offensive to those to whom it was addressed. If, in assigning my objections to the Dill, I had so far forgotten what was due to the House of Representative asto impuny its motives in passing the bill, I should owe, not only tu that House, but to the ceuntry, my most profound apology. Such departure from propriety is, however, not complain- ed of, in any proceeding which the House has adopted. It has, on the contrary, been expressly made a subject of re- mark, and almost of complaint, that the language in which = dissent was couched was studiously guarded and cau- jous. Such being he character of the official communication in question, I confess | was wholly unprepared for the course at has,been pursuedyin regard to it. In the exercise of the power to late its own proceedings, the House, for the first time, it is believed, in the history of the Government, thought proper to refer the Message to a Select Commit: tee of its own body, for the purpose (i may respect for the House would have compelled me to infer) of deliberately ainst the bill by the Exe- he ap weighing the objections urged cutive, with aview to its own judgment upon the ques- tion of the final adoption or rejection of the measure. Of the temper and feelings in relation to myself of some yy in ofthe members selected for the performance ofthis dut: Ihave nothing tosay. That was a matter entirely with! the discretion of the House of ives. But Committee, taking 2 different view of its duty from which I should have supposed had led to its creation, in- stead of confining itself to the objections urged against the Dill, availed itself of the occasion formally to the wotiver of the President for others ef his acts since his induction into office. In the absenceof all proof, and, as 1 am bound to declare, against all law or precedent in par- liamentary procs ‘and at the same time, in a manner which it would be difficult to reconcile with the comity, hitherto sacredly observed in the intercourse between in- dependent and co-ordinate d ts of the government, it has assailed mywhole official conduct, without a shadow of a pretext for such assault,and,stopping short of impeach- ment, has charged me, nevertheless, with offences decla- red to deserve impeachment. Had the extraordinary re- port which the Committee thus made to the House, permitted to remain without the sanction of the latter, | should not have uttered a regret ‘or complaint, upon the subject. But, unaccompanied as it is by any particle of testimony to support the charges it contains, without deliberate examination, almost without any discussion, the House of Representatives has been pleased to adopt it as its own, and, thereby, to become my accuser before the country and before the world, The high charaeter of such an accuser, the gravity of the charges which has been made, and the judgment pronounced against me, by the adoption of the Report, upon a distinct and separate vote of the House, leaves me no alternative but to ente my volemn protest. against the proceeding, as unjust to my- self as a man, as.an invasion of my constitutional powers as Chief Magistrate of the American People, and as a vie- lation, in my of Tights secured to every citizen by the laws and the Constitution. That Constitution has en- trusted to the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachment. Such Seiten ae is required to be tried before the most PES ibunal known to our institutions. ‘The Senate of the United States, composed of the Rep- resentatives of the sovereignty of the States, is converted intoa hall of justice, and in order to insure the strictest observance of the rules of evidence and of legal proce- dure, the Chief Justice of the United States, e highest je over pers bein ng of the land, is required to its deliberations. {n the presence of each icatory the voice of faction is presumed to be silent, and the sentence of guilt or innocence is pronounced under the most solemn sanctions of religion, of honor, and of law. To such a tribunal does the Constitution authorize the House of resentatives to carry up its accusations against any chief of the Executive Department whom it may believe to be guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. Before that tribunal the accused is confronted with his accusers, and may demand the privilege, which the justice of the common law secures to the humble citizen, of a full, pa- tient, and impartial inquiry into the facts, upon the testi- mony of witnesses, rigidly ‘examined, and deposing in the face of day. If such a proceeding had been .adoj to- ward me, unjust as I should certainly have regarded it, 1 should, Itrust, have met with a becoming constancy a trial as painful as it would have been undeserved. I woufd have‘manifested, by a profound submsssien to the loveof my country), MY perfect faith in her justice, and relying on the purity of my motives, and’ the rectitude of my conduct, should have leoked for ward with confidence to a triumphant refutation in the Presence of that country, and by the solemn Judgment of such a tribunal, not only of whatever charges might have been hemo f preferred against me, but of all the calumnies of which I have hitherto been the unresist- ing victim. As itis, Ihave been accused without evi- dence, and condemned without a hearing. As far as such proceedings can accomplish it, 1am deprived of public confidence in the administration of the Government, and denied even the boast of a good name—a name transmitted to me from a patriot father, prized as my proudest inherit- ance, and carefully preserved for those who are to come after me, as the most precious of all earthly 8. Tam not only sul tell to imputations Newnes | a racter as an individual, but am ay om wi against the country, #0 grave and so Vioiting Pledges which nevee gus violating pledges w! never gave ; Cute wise I balers to be the lave with usurping Powers not conferred by law ; and above all, with using the my chi wers conferred upon the Preiident by the Constitution, ‘om corrupt motives and for unwi ends. And these charges are made without any le of evidence to sustain them, and, as I solemnly ore in trath, of this sort adopted at this time? isa procenling in time Is the bee on for itfound in the fact, that Le Ne ag elected to tue second under the Constitution by the free and voluntary sal of the people, I have succeed: ed to the first, according ie provisions of the fundamental law of the same people. It is true that the Succession of the Vice President to the Chief Magistracy before, and that all prudent and pat. riotic minds looked on this new trial of the wisdom and stability of our institutions with a somewhat anxious concern. | have been made to feel too sensibly the diffi- culties of my unprecedented position, not to know all that is intended to be conveyed in the reproach cast upon a President without a party. But I found myself placed in this most ible station Wg usurpation or contri- vance of my own. I was called to it, under Providence, by the supreme Jaw of the land, and the deliberately de- irm, without any has never clared will of the people. It is by these, the people, that Thavebeen clothed with the high powers which they ay seen fit eaten to eee cl core and will e solemnj ty une ier which Low power tots e ented iis en Thold myself answerable, as. moralagent, for a free and conscientious discharge of the duties which the: imposed ‘upon me. It is not asan individual ly that 1 am now called upon to resist the encreachment in other respects, to the utmost of my abilit: ‘ ance of all personal consequences. ee ‘an individual is of little importance; but the Conaivation of the country, or any of its great and clear principles and provisions, is too sacred to be surrendered, under any cir- cumstances whatever, by those who are cl with its protection and defence. Least of all hebe held uiltless, who, placed at the head of one of the parte ante of the Government, should shrink the exercise of its unqu: on the mest important occasions, and should cane Nad ut a strug- le, to efface all the barriers so carefully created by the Beopte to control and circumscribe the orate to their various agents. It may be desirable, as the ity of the House of Representatives has declared it is, that no such checks upon the will of the Legislature should be suffered tocontinue. This isa matter for the People and States to decide; but until they shall have decided it, I shall feel myself bound to execute, without fear or favor, the law, as it has been written by our pre lecessors. {protest against this whole proceeding of the House of Representatives, as ex parte and extra judicisl. 1 protest against it, as subversive of the common right of all citizens to be condemned only upon a fair and impartial trial ac- cording to law and evidence before the country. 1 protest against it, as destructive of all comity of intercourse be- tween the Departments of this Government, and destined, sooner or later, to leadjto conflicts fatal to the peace of the country and the integrity of the Csnstitution. 1 protest against it, in the name of that Constitution, which is not only my own shield of protection and defence, but that of every American citizen. I protest against it, in the name ofthe People, by whose will 1 stand where I do, and by whose authority I exercisedthe power which I am charged with having fe oi and to whom 1am responsible for a firm and faithful discharge, accor- ding to my own convictions of duty, of the high steward- ship confided tome by them. I protest against it in the name of all regulated liberty, and all limited Government, as a proceeding tending to the utter destruction of the checks and balances of the constitution, and the accumu- lating in the hands of the House of Representatives, or a bare majority of Congress for the time being, an uncen- trolled and despotic power. And I tfully ask that this, my Protest, may be entered upon the Journal of the House of Representatives, as a solemn and formal declara- tion, for all time to come, of the injustice and wnconstitu- tionality of such a proceeding. JOHN TYLER. Wasnixctox, August 30, 1842. Baltimore, {Correspondence of the Herald.) Bartimore, August 31, 1842. Mr. Eprror :— Ata meeting of the Whig Convention, the follow- ing gentlemen were nominated to represent the City of Baltimore in the next Legislature, viz :—John L. Cary, S. H. Tagart, W. H. Watson, D. S. Swee- ney, and Charles M. Keyser. In this ticket there is combined a variety of talent, and if elected, will, 1 have no doubt, attend well to the interests ef our State and city. The Rev.J. N. Maffitt has advertised to com- mence a regular course of lectures on the mind.— Tickets for the course $1. As he jis a favorite ora- tor‘here, I am inclined ,to think that the speculation will be a good one. f The Front street Theatre will be opened on the 10th Sepiember under the management of Mr. Wil- lard, favorably known in the theatrical world. Astill further decline has taken place in flour. It is selling now for $4,765; Howard street holders ask ‘5 fer City Mills, but no sales have taken place. ‘he tendency is to decline still farther. t A fire occurred up Baltimore street this morning at 2 o’clock; which, as I am informed, destroyed a cooper shop, situated near Pine street. s The final e of the tarlff has already given a pte impetus to business. Men at least look as if they had better hopes. The Protest of Captain Tyler, which we have, but which I have not perused, is said to be a curious document, and bears down on Hon. John Q. Adams heavily. "The weather continues fine. Yours, Ropgrick. Philadelphia, [Correspondence of the Herald.} Puruapetrnia, August $1, 1842. Mr. Atwill, late of the Evening Journal, and for- merly from your State, I perceive has out proposals for anew whig twocent afternoon paper. It is un- derstood to be devoted mainly to the advancement of the claims of Mr. Clay to the presidency, and it is said, will enjoy the services of ‘Oliver Old- school,” of the U. S. Gazette, in its editorial columns. Mr. A. is avery amiable, gentlemanly young man, and, for one so lately among us, enjoys largely the good feelings of the community. The Protest and Tariff Law reached here to-day, were issued in an extra, and have been very gen- erally read. The Protest is one of the Premdent’s most popular papers, and cannot fail to more closely endear him to the people. ee A committee of one hundred and fifty, itis said, willleave the city to-morrow morning for Wilming- ton, to escort sueh of the whig members of Con- gress to this city as may incline to accept the invita- tion lately extended to them. The object, it is un- de: is to revive the old coonskin enthusiasm, Itwon’t do, gentlemen—you can’t come it a second time, 80 soon after the first. A story is circulating to-day that J.Q+ Adams means to deliver an abolition address in the State House yard, on arrival here. to-morrow after- neon, and that some of the disorderly mean to mob him. I cannot believe that sueh disgraceful proceed- 7 bal be attempted, much less that they will jowed. On Saturday afternoon, about two o’clock, a small boy named William Anthony, between five and six years of age, becoming entangled in the machinery connected with the hoisting windlass of his father’s saw ruin Frontstreet, below the Navy Yard, had his thigh broken, and was otherwise so dreadfully bruised as to survive only until nine o’clock the same evening. He was an interesting and intellgent child, retaining his senses up to within an hour of his disease, and detailing as dis- tinetly as hissufferings woald permit, the manner in which he received his injuries. About 200 persons were discharged yesterday by Judge Randall, of the United States District Court, on their final petitions in bankruptcy. These are the first in this district who have completed their course, or in other prosecuted their petitions to a final discharge from all their debts and liabi- lities, ineurred previous to filing the same. T understand that C. F. Brueill has been appointed Appraiser in the place of Richard Goe, and that the Senate has confirmed the nomination. Mr Brueill was in the custom house under the administration ot Mr. V. B. He is, I believe, brother-in-law to late Postmaster Page’ A small amount of business was done in stocks ag a not much changed. Flour is dull at $5; Wheat, Pennsylvania reds, 90 to 95; Southern, 80 to 85. Other grain same as last week. Letter from the Postmaster General to the House of Representatives, Post Orrick Department, Ava. 8, 1842. Sir :—In obedience tothe requirements of the 2d and 45th sections of the “act to change the organi- zation of the Post Office Department,” &e. ed the 2d July, 1836, I have the honorto report the ex- nditures of this Department for the year endi une 30, 1841, set opposite the estimates, under eac! head of general account, viz :— Estimates. 's. Heads riation. ‘Transportation of the malle, $8,630,000 % Compensation of , 1,007,000 1,018,644 6) Ship, steamboat, and way letters. 43,000 19.385 06 ‘Wrapping paper, 25,000 16,765 49 Office furniture, 5,000 4,547 65 Advertising, 36,000 83,264 06 Mail bags, 46,000 96.367 31 lanks, 33,000 30,466 75 = locks, k 12,000 5,036 03 agents, 22,000 25,399 92 Clerks for offices, 220,000 211,173 28 Miscellaneous, 67, 58,399 53 5,126,000 4,443,768 42 Igubmit herewith a statement from the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, giv- ing tke information required by the 4th article of the 22d section of the act of 1836. It appears from this statement that the gross revenue of the Depart- ment for the year ending the 30th June, 1841, was as follows, viz. For letter postage, $3,819,738 61 For postage on newspapers and pamphlets, 066,245 46 For fines for infractions of the Post Office laws, 312 60 4,379,206 67 ‘The expenditures for the year were, 4,443,768 42 Excess of expenditures over revenue for year ending June 30, i841, 64,471 85 Adverting to the final column in the Audi- tor’s statement, it will be eived that there was due and unpaid to mail con- tractors, for services rendered during the year ending the 30th June, 1841, 396,801 30 In the preceding column, there is stated to ‘be due by contractors, for the same period 16,152 67 Nett balance due contractors, June 30,1941, 379,643 49 I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Cc. A.W: “ ICKLIPFR, Hon. Joun a ta tio ¢ hin! of un- | M constitutional pewer. I represen i. } Vanbibber, resigned. Philip A. de Creny, of Maine, ty of the peo; Of the Unised States; and it late thels for the Isiend of Martini in the place of John presley eedearvant | tm, and whose wal Wood, Sects fone -- ane 8 Ve at oA incli “y Ww, not, even were bara,, ‘uba, in place of C. J. Bullus, resigned. inclines 2 pe that I protest against every attempt ieee Serneah at Paramoribo, in the place department without sole auatitutionalpower of this | of Thomas Trask, resigned. W. W. J. Smith, of mental law. ent of that funda- | Virginia, at Matagorda, in the place of C. 8. Wal- 1 am determined to uphold the Constitution in this, as | lack, resigned. John F. setts, at Valparaiso, inthe place of G. G. Hobson, resigned. say. velopments on this finvestigation are beginning to attract public attention. Scorn, contempt, disgust, Jaughter and sorrow are the predominant sentiments excited. As soon as the present trial is finished, we shall analyze the evidence. subscription for a senes of operatic performances, PPO! BY THE Prestpent.—John P Brown, roman tothe Legation of the U.S. at the Sublime Porte. Consuts.—A. D. Mann, of Ohio, at Bremen, in the place of F. J.Grund. Fdward Gamage ofS.C., at Florence. Essex R. Li 5 N. Y., at Nantes, in the place ef N. Haly, deceased. J larks, of N. Y., at La Rochelle;in place of H. P. . McGregor, of ni a in the place of C. 8. Peebles, resigned. John A. Robinson, of New York, at Guaymas, in Califc in the place of E. S. Glasgow, resigned. P. P t a, in the place of J.A. B. Leonard. Q. C. Alexander, of Illinois, at Bombay, in the place ot E. A. Webster. Eben Ritchie Dorr, of Massachu- Fatt, or Tax Lear.—Is it not time for another of the Wall street prints to die off? About these days we may expect a death, as the old ‘almanacs Tue Navat Court Martiat.—The startling de- ——_—— TraLtan Opgra.—Signor De Begnis has opened a on a new and improved subscription system We understand he meets with great success. One-third of the list is already filled up. Good. Taearricats IN THE Unrtxp Srates.—After los- ing sight of Mr. Braham and his amiable family for several days, we at last find that on the 26th ult. he was at Detroit, and gave a concert that evening at the National Hotel, which was crowded. Mrs. Sutton, we presume, has not yet left Nia- gara Falls; unless she has given up her original in- tention of going to Rochester, before she made the tour of the British provinces. We learn that her voice has greatly improved ; and if in this city dur- ing the coming winter, she will take the lead in the operatic department. Will she take an engagement with De Begnis ? The Park Theatre has now been open twe niglits at reduced prices, and the experiment succeeds. The female department, with the exception of Mrs. Wheatley and Mrs. Vernon, ispoor. The male cast for comedy is very strong—Burton, Browne, Pla- cide, Williams, Fisher, Barry, &c. ; still we miss Chippendale. ‘The Tremont has been newly decorated, and opens next Monday with the following company :— Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Howard, Mr. John Greene and lady, Mre. Cramer, Miss Fanny Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Ayling, and Mr. Leman, Mr. Comer as leader of the orchestra. : Buckstone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam are playing at the National Theatre in Boston. _ Abbott having married Miss Buloid, both of them seem unable to appear on the stage, for they have made no engagementany where. Miss Cushman will soontopen for the season at the Walnut street. Her sister will be with her. In the meantime we shall miss them both from the Park boards, and it will be difficult to supply their places Miss C. wasapplied to by'the Park manage- ment, to play Lady Gay Spanker for a week at that house previous to her opening in Philadelphia, but she declined, and the part was given to Miss Ayres. The latter lady is engaged for the season at the Chesnut street theatre, where Maywood will soon open withhis daughters, Riehings, and a good com- ny. And in the course of the summer he purposes etn out many novelties, and some very cele- brated stara. It is confidently stated that James Wallack is in this city, or State, and that as soon as he shall have ected an arrangement withchis creditors he will appear at the Park. ‘eleste is anxiously looked for. All the theatres are closed in New Orleans, and all through the South. The St. Charles and Amer- ican are to be rebuilt shortly. Dinneford is doing pretty well out West, and pur- poses building a new theatre in Louisville. Forrest and Miss Clifton, who have been playing together a long time, with good success, are now playing a very brilliant and lucrative engagement at the Chatham, under the auspices of Thorne. Niblo is dow ital business with the Ravels and the vaudevilles, and has made a great deal of money this season. Chippendale remains with him till the close. : Upon the whole, theatricals may now be said to be looking - alittle; and as pp has adjourned, and the Tariff been passed, the Treaty signed. we think, with a proper degree of ent an prudence, some of our managers may ¢ money this wint ‘The Hair—Beware of Potash and Alcohol- IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT A mixture of the above, nick-named Balm, is really injurious to the hair, poisoning, burning, and contracting the bulo of the roots. 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