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look ai the other ladies, whoC? h e ^ apon°all looked significantly at each Ol^ e o u s l \ they all exclaimed, one after another; “outrageous/’ ■ “Te* .Doctor Jenkins,” said M rs. Leslie, “your conduct is'outrageous. Didn’t you visit that strange woman at the hotel ? Do you con fess that ?'’ . . “Yes, madam,” said the doctor with a quiet smile. “ I did visit the lady whom I suppose you mean, Mrs. Van Valkenburgh. “Did you ever, ladies, did you ever? ex claimed and partly asked Mrs. Leslie. ‘•Never did in all our lives,” said two or three at once. .. “And there, D r. Jenkins,” said M rs. Leslie resum ing the investigation, will you tell US what took place?” i have no objection, madam,” said the doc- “I went to her room and while there em- )) tor, braced “That’ll do, Dr. Jenkins!” broke in Mrs. Leslie, “ that’ll do. Y o u may leave the room, sir, and blush for what you have done. “Perm it me, madam, to explain ” “No sir. No explanations. W e know what your plea would be. No sir. W e’ve heard enough sir.” “ Well,” said the Doctor, “If you will not hear me any further, I must bid you good eve ning. ladies/’ H e bow.ed hjrnself out of the room,ns polite ly as he-had .beared himself into it. The next Saturday afternoon, the docior attended-to: a summons from the elders. The examination was short. Taking up tbe inquiry where tbe ladies had left it, the chairman in quired of the doctor it he had actually embraced^ at the hotel, and if so who?” / ' “I embraced no person sir.” V “ Didn’t you confess as much to Mrs. Leslie and the other ladies ?” “No, brother Slim, I was about to. ssy to them, that when in the lady’s room, I “W h at sir?” “I embraced the opportunity to draw a tooth for her,” and be pulled it out of his pocket. T h e Doctor was acquitted, but this did not prevent the appointment o f a committee of ladies to call and examine Mrs. Van Volkenburgh’s j a w . _________________ B a b i e s i n C h u r c h . — T h e editor of the Pittsburgh Chronicle, it is said, writes the foi lowing. H e must be a queer fellow, and won derfully wanting in good taste: “Babies are fine things in their places. W e like them at home in the nursery, the only prop - er place for that class.of juveniles coming under the denomination of babies. But in church, ba bies are nuisances. Now crowing, now crying, constantly keeping up some noise or other, they distract the attention of the audience, and disturb the nerves of the speaker. Gingerbread will sometimes keep them quiet, but hot often. B a bies never sleep in church, not they. They are as wide awake as weasels, but by no means as still. Some fond mothers take their babies to church for the purpose of showing them. This is bad policy. Nobody, except the doating pa rents, ever sees any beauty in babies at church. W e never saw a baby yet, however smart al home, that did credit lo itself in a public assem bly. It would b t # f e to do something to make every body hate it before the meeting-was half over. Mothers, therefore, who wish to preserve the reputation of their babies, should never take them to church.” Y a n k e e C o u r a g e .— Lieut. Lincoln, who distinguished h im self bj^ his conduct in the,* ac tion of the Resaca/de la Balma, is a descendant of Gen. Lincoln, and a son of ex governor Lincoln of Massachusetts. H e was ordered to charge into the chapparrel w here the Mexican infantry were lodged, and were pouring a most destructive fire upon our men as they advanced along the road. Lincoln charged upon the chapparrel with the bayonet, at the head oi his company. In the thickest ofthe fight, be saw Lieut. Jordan, of another company, to whom he was much attached, wounded upon the ground, and a Mexican standing over him with his musket raised in the act of stabbing Jordon with his bayonet. Lincoln sprang forward, and the Mexican seeing him, his bayonet was turned aside a liule and passed through Jordon’s arm instead of his breast, at which the blow was aimed. At the same instant, Lincoln’s sword cleft the Mexican’s skull. Another Mex icaii instantly made a pass with his bayonet at Lincoln, but he jumped aside, and as the Mex k a n passed forward, Lincoln’s sword was bur- lied in his skull. Other Mexicans rushed in, and Lincoln and his sergeant dispatched three more of them on the spot, in a fight hand to hand. Mr. Liricoln is a young officer of highly polished manners, of slender and rather delicate form, hut with a brawny, muscular hand and arm. H o is a true ‘chip of the old block.’— (N. O. Delta. T o AFFORD ASSISTANCE TO A PERSON IN danger of drow nino .— I f the spectator is unable to swim and can make the sufferer hear, he ought to direct him to keep his hands and arms under water,, until assistance comes; in the meantime, throw towards him a rope, a pole, or anything that may help to bring him ashore, or on board; he will eagerly seize whatever is placed within r e a c h : thus he may perhaps, be rescued from bis perilous situation. B a t this desirable object, appears attainable by the proper use of a man’s hat and pocket- handkerchief. which being all the apparatus .ne cessary, is to bemused thus; spread the handker chief on the ground, or deck, and place a hat, with the hrinrdownwards-, on the middle of it-; then tie the handkerchief round the bat, like -a bundle, keeping the knots as near the centre ol the crown as possible. Now by seizing the knots in one hand, and keep the opening of the Iiat upwards, a person, without knowing how to swim, may fearlessly plunge into the. water, with whatever may be necessary to save the 'life of a fellow creatu re. The best manner in which an' expert swim mer can lay hold of a person he wishes to save from sinking, is lo grasp him firmly between the shoulder and the elbow: this will prevent him from clasping the swimmer in his arms, .and thus forcing him under water, and, perhaps, causing him to sink with him. A bsen c e of M in d .— One of the volunteers ol Louisville strayed from the camp lately, and got very drunk; when, fancying he was on guard, he commenced walking backwards and forwards across the sidewalk, and refused to let any one pass until the countersign was given. H e had this mental hallucination at length knock ed out of him, by a series of blows from a dray pin. E f f e c t of S u l p h a t e of I kon on V e g e t a t io n .— Thejqurnal d' Horticulture pra tique asserts that a tree, of which the wood, is tender; poor, and sickly, to which' a strong-so lution of sulphate of iron should be applied, re- fives and puts forth in extraordinary vegetation. T h e dissolution of Sulphate; of which M. paq- uet bar made many succesafulapplicatiobjlbk summer, should be the wRief, w h p a the plants or so^hat the roots may more readily absorb the chemical a- gencies which ieaoimate thejfital forces of the tree. - .. _______ MR. DALLAS’S STATEM E N T . . On giving the casting vote, in the senate, dor the engrossment of the Tariff bill, Mr. D a l l a s , tbe Vice President, read the following statement: The Senate being equally, divided on this important question, I may be indulged jn briefly stating the principal reasons for the vote I am required by the constitution to give. Excluded from any participation in forming or modifying the bill, I am bound to sanction or condemn it exactly in the shape in which it stands. T h e responsibility is deeply felt. It belongs, however, lo the office assigned to me by my fellow-citizens, and will be assumed with frankness, and, I hope, not unbecoming firmness. T h e consequences of my- decision, either way. may seriously affect the country.— No one can entertain, as to that, a profounder solicitude. But, after summoning lo my aid the best purposes and best lights that I can command, the consequences, be they what they may, must be hazarded. T h e system for obtaining the revenue nec essary to support their government is established, directly or indirectly, by the people of the U n i ted States, within the limits, and agreeably to the prescribed forms of the constitution. W hat ever is ascertained to be their will on the subject, all should undoubtedly acquiesce in. Thnt there are known and approved modes by which their will is expressed, cannot be questioned ; and the public ©dicer who reads that will with candor and integrity, may feel assured that he conforms to the institutions of his country when be makes it the guide uf bis conduct. To my mind ample proof has been furnished that a majority of the people and of the stales desire to change, to a great extent, jn principle, if not fundamentally, the system heretofore pur sued in assessing the duties on foreign imports That majority has manifested itself in various ways, and is attested by its representative? in «he other house of Congress, by whom this bill has been approved, and whose votes undeniably indicate the popular sense in the large proportion ol eighteen out of the twenty-eight slates. In this Senate an analysis of the vote before me discloses that while six states (Ohio, Virginia, New-Hampshire, Georgia, Michigan, aod Maine) are equally divided, eleven (Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Kentucky. Massachu- setts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, N o rth Carolina, and Vermon') are against, and eleven (Arkansas, Missouri, Ala bama, Illinois, Indiana, South Carolina, Miss issippi, New York, Texas, Tennessee, and Florida) are for the change. Pecuiiaily situa- led as I am in my relation to the national leg islature, these impressive facts cannot be over looked. In a case free from constitutional ob jection, I could not justifiably counteract, by a sort of official veto, the general will. The struggle to exert without abatement the constitutional power of taxation in such a man ner as to protect by high duties on imports ma ny of the productions of our own soil and labor from the competition of other countries, has en dured for more than 3 0 years. During that peri od a system of high taxation has prevailed with fluctuations of success and failure. It is as vig orously and as exactingly insisted upon now as ever; and indeed it would seem, in some instan ces, as if the longer the advantage o fa particular tax was enjoyed, the stronger became the desire for its continuance, and even its augmentation. And yet it ought to be remembered that this exercise of the taxing power by which the greait mass of consumeisare made to swell the profits o f a few branches of industry, was originally intended to be temporary, td be cohtinued only so long as its continuance was necessary to tbe industrial independence and safety of the whole people. Such was the language, the inculca tion, the spirit, in which it was proposed and justified by its earliest and. wisest friends.' T h e design was to foster feeble Hnfant” manufactures, especially such as were essential to the defence of the country in time of war. In. this design, the people have persevered until, with some, but not weighty exceptions, these saplings have taken deep root, have become vigorous, expanded and powerful, and are prepared to share *the common lot of human pursuits, and lo enter with confidence the field of free, fair, and uni versal competition. The arrival of this period of lime, long proi- mised, has been looked for by a large and justly respected portion of our fellow-citizens, who deemed themselves peculiar and alm o st'exclu sive sufferers by the policy of protection. They have sometimes— perhaps imprudently— em deavored to anticipate it. Their numbers, at first enti'led to influence onlyfionr. their patri otism and intelligence, have gone on gradually increasing as the system ripened lo itslruit, and now constitute what I am bound by registered facts to regard as a decided majority of the peoi- pla and of tbe Union. It is undoubtedly true that this change of financial arrangement, brought about by public opinion, “ which everywhere ought to guide and influence statesmen,” should nevertheless), be characterized by moderation, nay, by scru pulous tenderness for those interests of our fel low citizens that are to be affected by it. The legislation which encouraged their investments —their educational training, or their habits— should cease, finally and-firmly, if required, but still soothingly and gently; and thence 1 may be pardoned for expressing a regret that certain provisions, vvhich, in their bearing seem to me trenchant and sudden, beyond tbe calls of the occasion, have been allowed to remain as parts of this bill. W ere it in my p o w eno exceprffiese provisi ions from the operation of my vote, I would do so; but viewed a s a whole, as a measure to ac commodate a vast and intricate subject to the prevailing sentiment of the American people, to reduce the burdens artificially imposed upon the laboring and productive masses, and to recon cile diminished restriction of trade with increasi ed contributions from it, I cannot resist the im pression tbat ibe biU is more equal, more tem pered, and more just than theaet of 1842 which it supersedes. That it deals with some pursuits and resources of my native commonwealth less kindly than she might well expect, docs not relieve me from my duty, but only makes its performance personally reluctant and painful. In aid of these considerations, adequate, ner1- haps, in themselves to control my vote, there is another whieh, I am free to confess, nothing but an unforeseen, sheer, and pressing public neces sity could ever induce me to forego or forget. In strict concord with the letter and spirit of the constitution, the Vice President of the United States, now called upon to act, is tbe direct agent and representaftvAof the whole people. In advance, and dependent upon contingent results, it is perfectly competent to this, his na tional constituency, to give instructions, and to receive pledge! for their execution. On this fra get, I have only to say to them, and to my whole country, that I prefer-the deepest obscu rity of private life, t t i i h M un wounded- con science,to the g lare qf official eminence, spotted by a sense of moral delinquency. T H E B I N G H A M T O N C O U R I E R . J . K . ORTON, Editor. - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1846. N. Y. A E. RAILROAD—IMPORTANT. We stop the press to announce the important intel ligence that the Commissioner* have decided upon the southern router, both in Sullivan and Broome. This may be relied on, s* it appears in tbe Express of Mon. day eve., and ia confirmed by a letter-from Maj.Brown. Adjournment of Congress, Congress adjourned on Monday the 10th inst., st noon; after a session of unusual importance, and un- usual length; it having been extended to a period of eight months and eight days. 8everal of its sets are of grave moment, snd wil! influence tho destinies of the Republic for all time to come. Among these are', the Annexation of Texas, the Recognition of war with Mexico, the Partition of Oregon with England, the Reduction of the- Tariff, and the establishment of the Warehouse System, the Independent Treasury and the Smithsonian Institution. The River and Harbor Bill, and the French Spoliation Bill, were ve toed by the President; the first, on the ground of the conceived uneonstitutionality of some of its provisions. Both these bills made large appropriations or money, and the condition of the finances—the heavy drafts upon the Treasury, incident to a state of war, we pre sume, were not without their influence-upon the mind of tbe Executive. The Two Million Bill, called for by the President, to enable him to send a peace mis. ■ion to Mexico, and to be prepared to adjust the ques. tion of boundaries with that power, should she be found willing to treat, passed the House by a large majority, and through its preliminary stages in the Senate almost unanimously, but was killed by Sena tor Davis of Massachusetts, who persisted in talking against time up to about four minutes of the adjourn ment. A heavy responsibility is left resting upon the shoulders of that genllcmon, which he will find it dif ficult to sustain before the people; even if the whig party, which has been so loud in its professions of a desire for peace, succeeds in saving itself from the odiuin of his act. The bill to extend pur Territorial lawa over our part of Oregon, waa aljiu lost in \the Senate for lack of time. identical subject of a tariff, of duties on’ import*,., of ibis boundary we ought to pay a lair equiva whatever mky have been tbe courseof locaiaad casual ingaii ii t w w j t t j own booor. ean admit truetionsthat were form- ow n good laith stands *\'* 1 Iven- Ii by. hoaoredm r wltHfihwaujl Peace Mission to Meiico.' On the 4th instant the President of the U. States sent a confidential Messago to the Senate, advising that body that he had taken the preliminary steps to open negotiations with Mexico and conclude a treaty of peace. This he felt at liberty to d», considering the relative power of the two countries, the glorious success which has signalized our armsf and the dis tracted condition of Mexico; and did not think that any imaginary point of national honor, ought to pre vent it. He farther advised the Senate; that in case Mexico should be disposed to treat, considering the complicated questions tp be settled, an<| the probabil it.y that she would ba willing to cede a portion of ter- ritory to the United States, in liquidation ol our claims against her, and the importance of fixing on satisfac tory and convenient boundaries, it would be necessa ry that a sum of money should be placed at the dis posal of the executive, to enable him to prosecute the treaty to a successful termination. The President farther submitted copies of a dispatch to Com. Con. nor, and the proposition made, through tbat individu al, lo the Mexican government. The latter is as follon s : D epartment op S tate , ) W ashington, July, 27,,1840. § To H is Excellency - : The Minister o f Foreign Relations - of the Mexican Republic— S i r — T h e President of the United States, no less anxious to terminate than he was to avoid the present unhappy war with the Mexican Re public, has determined lo make an effort to ac complish this purpose. He has accordingly, instructed the undersigned, Secretary of State to propose through your Excellency to the Mex ican government, that negotiations shall forth with commence for the conclusion of a peace just and honorable lo both parlies. Should this offer be received a responded toby the Mexican government in thesam e fiank and friendly spir it by which it has been dictated, he will imme diately despatch an Envoy Extraordinary .and Minister Plenipotentiary to the. city of Mexico, wi'h instructions and full powers to concludes treaty of peace which shall adjust all the ques tions in dispute between the two republics. If the Mexican government should prefer to send a minister to Washington to conduct the negoti ations here, h e shall be received with kindness and respect, and every effort shail be made to accomplish the object of his mission with the least possible delay. In the present communication it is deemed useless and might prove injurious, to discuss the causes of the existing war. This might tend to delay, or defeat the restoration of peace. The past is already consigned io history: the future, under Providence, is within our own power. The occasion may, however, be embraced to stale that the President bas ever cherished the kindest feelings for Mexico, and that-one of the first wisheq of his heart is, that she may be a powerful and prosperous Republic, in perpetual amity with the United States. Commodore Connor will transmit this de spatch for your Excellency to the Governor of Vera Cruz, under a flag of truce; and you are respectfully invited to adopt the same channel for communicating your answer. 1 avail myself of the occasion to offer your Excellency the assurance of my most distin guished consideration. JA M E S B U C H A N A N . Tha papers were referred to the Committee on F or eign Relations; from whieh, on the 6lb, two revolu tions were reported; the first advising a peace with •Mexico, if a just and honorable one can be affected : and the second recommending the necessary appro priation of money. After debate, the first resolution waa passed by a vote of 43 to 3 ; and the aeeond by a vote of 33 to 19. On the 8th, the Freaidcnt sent the following Mes sage to the House, recommending, as will b# seen, a distinct appropriation of $3,000,000. To the Seriate and House bf Representatives , _ ° f the United States: I invite your attention t o t h e p r o p r i e t y o f making an appropriation to provide for any expenditure which it may be necessary to m ake in advance, for the purpose of settling all- our difficulties with the Mexican .republic. It it my sincere desire to terminate, as it was originally to avoid, the existing war with Mexico,.by * .peace just and honorable to both parties. It is probable that the chief obstacle to be surmounted in accomplishing this desirable object, will be the adjustment of a boundary between the two republics, which sball prove satisfactory and convenient to both; and such os neither will here after be inclin.ed to disturb. In tbe adjustment advanced, if need be, to the government o f that republic, immediately after their ratification of a treaty. It might be . inconvenient for the' Mex ican government tow a it for the whole sum, tb£ 'payment of which may be stipulated by this treaty, until it can be ratified by our Senate, or an application to carry it into effect made by Congress. Indeed, tbe necessity for this delay might defeat tbe object altogether. T h e dis- bursement of (his money would, o f course, be accounted for, hot as secret service money, but like other expenditures. Two precedents for such a proceeding exist inour past histoYy, during the administration of Mr. Jefferson, to which I would call your atten tion. On the 26th Feb. 1803 an Act was passed appropriating two millions of dollars “for the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenses which may be incurred in the intercourse be tween the United S'ates and foreign nations,” “to be applied under the direction of the Presi dent of the United States, w h o shali cause an ac count of the expenditure thereof to be laid before 'Congress as soon as may be;” and on the 13th February, 1806, an appropriation wasmade of the same amount and in the same terms. In neither case was the money actually drawn from the Treasury : and 1 should hope that the result, in this respect, might be similar on the present occasion, although the appropriation may prove to be-indispensible in accomplishing the object. I would, therefore, recommend the passage of a law appropriating two millions of dollars, to be placed at the disposal of the E x e cutive for the purpose for which I have indicty- ted. In order to prevent all misapprehension, it is my duty to state, that, anxious as 1 am to termi- nate the existing war, with the least possible de lay, it will continue to be prosecuted with the utmost vigor, until a treaty of peace shall be signed by the parties and ratified by the Mexi can republic. JA M E S IC. PO L K . W ashington, August 8 , 1846. The Message was refered to the committee of Ways and Means, and a bill reported appropriating two mil. liona according to the Pren«dent’s suggestion. An amendment waa offered-by Mr. Wilmot to prohibit tlovery in California, in the event of its acquisition, which was agreed to by a vote of 83 to 64. The bill then passed, yeas 85, nays 7U,_a.nd waa sent to the Senate. In tbe Senate, Monday the 10th, the two million bill from the House was taken up*. The bill consisted of-three sections, providing as follows : Sec. 1. Appn priates $30,000 to enable the Presi dent to enter upon negotiations for the restoration of peace with Mexico. Sec. 2. Appropriates $2,000,000 to enable the Pre- sident lo conclude a treaty of peaco with Mexico, to be used by him if found necessary, and if expended, to bo fully accounted for by him to Congress. Sec. 3. Provides as an express and fundamenta condition, that in case of the acquisition of any terri tory from Mexico, slavery shall never exist in any part thereof.* Mr. Lewis of Alabama moved lostrike out ihclaat section. Mr. Davis of Massachusetts took the floor, and kept it, refusing to give way, even-fur the introduction of a resolution to prolong the session. The chair deci ded that Mr. D. was entitled to the flour; and though strongly appealed lo, he refused lo yield it, until the arrival of a messenger from the House announcing that that body had adjourned. Then, as it was no longer possible to prolong the session, and wanted but four minutes to twelve, he gave way—the cham ber was cleared, the Senate went into executive ses sion for a minute and a half, and adjourned. Andso the bill was lost. Mr. Davis professed to believe that the section prohibiting slavery would have been struck out, had he allowed it to come to a vote: but it is well understood that it would have been retained by a decisive majority. ANOTHER STATE. Among the acts paMdd b j Congress isone admit. tingWiscposin into the Unfa* ** ;* Slate. This is the twenl/.niath star in our briUiant galaxy of Re publics. • ^ ' GEN. GAINES. Tho Court of Enquiry in the case of Genv Gaines have made their decision and placed it in the Iiahds of the War Department at Washington. It i* under stood to be favorable to the General; and within a few days, doubtless, will be made public. :GOV, BODGK. ~ Th.e appointment of Gov. Bouck aa Receiver Gen e r a l a t t b e city o f New Y o r k , u n d e r t h e S u b - T r e a s u ry Law, ia an excellent o n e ; and due to the sterling' integrity whieh b u marked the course of that indi v i d u a l th r o u g h m a n y y e a r s o f fa i t h f u l p u b l i c service This a p p o i n t m e n t w i l l b e a source of. sincere g r a t i f i cation to a large proportion of the citizens of the State, TH E LATE ELECTIONS. Nearly complete returns are in from the several States where elections have recently been held. Indiana. —Whitcomb, the democratic candidate for Governor is undoubtedly elected. The legisla ture it still questionable. Illinois, democratic all round, by some 3000 maj. N. C a r o l i n a , whig as before, by a large majority. Kentucky, also whig, as usual. CALIFORNIA REGIMENT. The new Regiment for California, under Colonel S t e v e n s o n , a r e n o w e n c a m p e d o n G o v e r n o r ’s I s l a n d o f f N. York ; and a fin e r b o d y o f s o l d i e r s , it is s a i d , it would be difficult to find. They are to be accom panied by two companies of regulars, now also on* Governor’s Island. To transport them,' the Susan Drew of 700 tons, has been chartered, and negotia. tions are under way for two more. Hon. D. S. Dickinson arrived at bis residence in this village, on Saturday the 15th instant. of nodeclaiibeir ally aha iuviolabletom that Acting it portion .of thost lent ior any concessions which may be made by Mexico. Under the,, circumstance*, and considering the other complicated questions to be settled by negotiation with the Msxicen republic, I f deem it important tbet A sum bf tnouey should be placed under the control o f the Executive^ to be T h e O regon P a r ti tio n . The injunction of secrecy having been removed from the proceedings of the Senate in relation tothe lale Oregon treaty with England, the dcbale3 and papers are al length published to the world. These U b I consist of the message of the President submit ting the proposition of Great Britajn for the advice of the Senate, together with portions of tbe corres pondence between Mr. Buchanan, Mr. McLan'e and Lord Aberdeen, and the treaty itself. Tbe Presi dent in submitting the proposition, distinctly says, that if it ia left to his decision, he shall reject it. The Senate however are a part of the treaty-making pow. or, and also of the war-making power: and if they should disagree with him in opinion, lie will follow their advico. The first important point brought to light in these papers, is, that neither President Polk, Mr. Buchan an, Mr. McLane, or the British Government, seem to have considered the proposition of the latter at all in the light ol an ultimatum ; but rather as a means for re-opening negotiations. Mr. McLane distinctly places it in this point of view ; and as distinctly says, that if the joint navigation of the Columbia River should be the objection with our Government, he has no doubt but that Great Britain will consent to a limitation and ultimate relinquishment of her claim to a free navigation of the River in question. The second important fact which, we think, these papers establish, is, that we have in reality granted to the Hudson Bay Company and to those trading with them, tbe free navigation of the-Columbia River in perpetuity. The charter of that Company is per petual; its grant uf Ihe right to trade in the Oregon Cqpntry, from the British Government, expires in 1858: but we have now granted them, in just eo many words, the free use of the Columbia River, without limitation. Tbe foree of Messrs. Webster, Berrien snd Benton’s position, that our grant to tbat Company must of necessity expire at tbe same time with the special grant of Great Britain, in 1858, we ire unable to see. Tbe right of that Company to trade in British Oregon, will then cesse, unless re newed : but the right obtained from this government, to a free oee of the waters of the Columbia, will be as clear on that day, as it is now. A t best are can only claim, that we said one thing in tbe treaty, while we intended another : and so raise a new question for diplomacy with England: for that power has already been notified of our interpretation of the article, and denies its correelness. The offer of Great Britain waa agreed to by tbe Senate, without tbe change of a word or letter. Tbe vote advising its aeeeptanee, taken on tiie 18th of June, was, yeas 41, naye 14, ai follows: YEAS—Messrs. Archer, Ashley, Bagby, Bar row, Benton, Berrien, Calhoun, Chalmers, Thom- as Clayton, John M, Clayton, Colquit, Corwin, Critiendon, Davis, Dayton, Dix, Evans, Greene, Haywood, Houston. Huntington, Johnson of Ma ryland, Johnson of Louisana, Lewis, McDuffie, Mangum, Miller, Morehead, Niles, Pearce, Pen- ny backer, Phelps, Rusk, Sevier, Simmons, Speight Turpey, Upbam, Webster, Woodbridge, and Yu- lee. NAYS—Messrs. Allen, Alchinson, Atherton, Breese, Bright, Cameron, Cass, Dickinson, Fair field, Hannegan, Jenness, Semple, Sturgeon,. and Westcotl. 5 3 \ Our thanks are: doe to Messrs. Dickinson, Dix, Allen, Cass, Hannegan, Strong and others of the two booses of Congress, for-valuable publie docw menls: also to* Col. Hyde of tbe Convention. 5 3 * C. J . O rton, Esq., formerly connected with this journal, hot more recently the' able and vigorous editor of the Norwalk (Ohio) Experiment, bas remo. red to Lower 8andosky, and token charge of Sandusky County Democrat. Melancholy Accident A young man by the name of Bennett, eldest son 'of the widow Bennett of Conklin, was thrown from a wagon on Friday eveninggast, and so much injured that he died on Sunday. He, with several other per. sons, we learn, was coming down the hill just above Squires’ Tavern with a team and hay.rigging, at a rapid rate and full of frolic, when a portion of the hay-rigging gave way, and Bennett and some of the others were precipitated under Ihe wagon. One of the hind wheels p a s s e d overyoung Bennett diagonal ly from the groin to the side, causing his death in a- bout two days. Another of the number, v^ under, stand, received a severe wound in the knee from a scythe which was on board the wagon at the time of the accident. New Slaae Line. o The Post Office Department have established a tri-weekly mail between Binghamton and Cortland ; and Messrs. II. Bates and F. A. Morgan have put upon the route a line of Coaches, to run from Bing hamton via Castle Creek, Hyde’s Settlement, Whit ney’s Point, Lisle, Union Village and Marathon, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and from Cort land back, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. This is a great achievement, aud one that has been sorely necded-for the public accommodation for sever al years; and one that, first and last, we have labor, ed much to have accomplished. Our subscribeftiand the inhabitants on all this route, will now be able to obtain the Courier on Wednesday, the day of its pub lication. O* See Messrs. Bates and Morgan’s ad vertisement in another column. The Democratic Review. • f The August number of this periodical contains a likeness of the Hon. D . S. D i c k i n s o n , engraved by Doncy from a -Daguerreotype by Plmnbc. The en- graving is a finished one, and the likeness excellent. Perhaps the features are a little heavy: but with this exception, the resemblance and the picture, arc all that could be desired. The contents of the number are unusually rich. The article on “ Prison Disci, pline” deserves a wide-spread publication u examina tion. The leading article, “ Legislative Embodyment of Public Opinion,’’ is devoted to the important ques- tions which have occupied tiie late session of Con gress, viz: Texas, Oregon, the Land Bill, Tariff, Warehouse Bill, and the Independent Treasury. Io addition we have an essay on the “ Ground and Rea son of Punishment,’’ and a review of “ Lyeil’s Travels in North America,” an essay on “ The WritingBof Charles Lamb,” a continuation of the “ Papers of an Old Dartmoor Prisoner,” poems by Tuckerman •'nd Symrnea, a tale from the German, Ac. Ac. This sterling work is now edited by Thomas Prentice Ket tell, Esq-, and the price is reduced from $5. to $3. per annum. LARGE OATS. A specimen of a field of oats, raised by Mr. John Darling of Conklin, h a s been left at our office. The stalks were eut, and their average height, in their present condition, is about flvc-feel, nine inches; while some of them are over six feet. We measured several beads from nine to thirteen and a half inches in length. The steamboat Mountaineer, from Peckskill to New York on Thursday last near Yonkers, burst her steam pipe, badly scalding a fireman, the bar keeper, chambermaid, and two or three others. No life was lost. jl3 * Wyatt, confined at Auburn, under sentence of death for murder, attempted to commit suicide on Friday night, last by opening tbe veins of his arm, with the fragment of the blade of a knife, which, it appears, he had kept concealed for 13 months in a plug of tobacco. He bled till he fainted aud fell, tbe noise of which, brought the keepers; when he was restored and will probably survive to undergo the sentence of (ho law. SUMMER AND FALL ELECTIONS; T h e State Elections for the ensuing political campaign, which have already commenced, come' off in tbe following order: Missouri, Monday, August . Illinois, do do Kentucky, do do Indiana, do do Alabama, do do N. Carolina, Thursday, do Tennessee, do do Vermont, Tuesday, September Maine. Monday, do Georgia, do October ■ M a ryland, W ednesday, do S. Carolina, Monday, do Pennsylvania, Tuesday,dt> Ohio, * * do do Mississippi, Mondar, November, .Michigan, do * do New York, Tuesday, do New Jersey, do do Massachusetts, Monday, do Delaware,-Tuesday, do 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 6:h 6th 1st 14 th 5th 7th. 12th 13th 13th 2 d 2 d 3d 3d 9th 10th FR O M T H E ARM Y. W e have New-Orleans dates to the 8 th inst., which cotitaifiVa few additional particulars from the army. / Gen. Taylor -was despatching regulars to Camargo With all possible haste: likewise send in g large jnpplies of munitions. The highest point on the river -at which any of the volun teer troops wjere stationed was at Lomita, be tween Barita.and Matamoras. Gen. W orth had been ordered to lay out a camp lor 10,000 men at Camargo, and. estab lish a depot 60 chiles from there on the road to Monterey. T h e steamship Massachusetts left Brazos July.21ist, bound to New-Orleans, with volun teers. Dates from Havana have been received to the 7th inst. One of the Mexican steamers was fiiiting out for England, under British colors. — [N. Y . Express. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF W . M. PRICE. (From the N. Y. Courier A Enquirer.] T h e public feeling was shocked yesterday, by the announcement, that W m. M. Price, E s q , formerly United States District Attorney, had termjnated his existence, by blowing out his brains, at Oitigon’s Pistol Gallery, in C anal St. As he had been seen at his usual places of re sort in the early part of the day, few were found to believe the report, but it was too true, as we found on visiting the'spot. The body of the deceased was there laid out upon a/platform , cold and stiff, the features pre serving a life-like ap p e a r a n c e ; but tbe sm a ll hole directly in the centre of the forehead, with a deep blue circle about it, showed how be came to his end. The act was premediated, a 9 was evinced by the fact that two letters were found in his pocket, one addressed to his wife, a*hd one to Dr. Raw- son, the Coroner, in which he states that he was induced to commit the fatal act from pecu niary troubles. In his hours of prosperj y he had freely loaned his thousands, and now, when he stood in need of assistance, he was coldly repulsed by those whom he had formerly so cheerfully served. His son, who is a clerk at the Astor House, was sent for,as soon as it was discovered who the deceased was, for until the coroner was called «oone knew him, as he had never been seen At Ouigon’s before. As soon ns he saw the corpse of his father, who had rushed unbidden into the presence of his maker, lie fell to the floor senseless, and was carriid.out ol the room. E x Recorder Tallmadge was among the earli est to viail the spot, and he gave way to a burst of irrepressible tears, as he beheld the cold re mains of one w ith w horn he had been on terms of close intimacy for so many years, and from whom he had parted but a few hours before in perfect health— for Mr. Pi ice was at K itlo’s Garden on Monday evening. The coroner summoned a jury, and proceed ed to take all the testimony he could collect, from which we take the follow ing, as giving a detailed account of the fa’al proceed ng. It shd.vs, too, that the struggle wi hin mn.-l have been great, befoie he succeeded in hurrying hitnsell tothat point, which earned him a sec ond time to the fatal room. Mr. Price was a native o f E ngland, flfy nind years of age, and was Di.-ti ici A ttorney of tho United States for this District, under G e n . Jgplt- son for eight years. He was a man of com manding talents, and in his day ranked among the fii>t criminal lawyers of the country, ha ving been engaged in nearly all of the most impor tant criminal trials of the day. He leaves a i-wife and a large family to deplore his loss. Is t h e M o o n I n h a b i t e d ? — Lord Ross 1 im m ense telescope, according to D r. Sehoreeby, the Astronomer, clearly shows objects on the moon’s surface sixty feet in height. Thtougli this pow erful instrum ent, rocks, innum e rable massses of stone, craters of extinct volcanoes, etc., are seen. * All seems chaos and_desolation: not a vestige of anything that looks like anima tion or life being perceptible. The tariff has ruined the country, suspended all kinds of business, arid thousands of people but kill time at P* have nothing to do daces. watering A gentleman in Baltimore has presented to Gen. Taylor a complete set of camp utensils. • T h in k in the m o rning w h a t thou haft to do this d a y , and at night w h a t thou hast done. T h e shtp Matilda, arrived at Liverpool, from Sbaoghae, bad 40,060 Chinese-brick on board. A • praviou* importation of 15,000 had-taken place a few days before. Secrecy has been' well termed the soul of all great designs) perbape more See been effected ly concealing our owh intentiou*, than by dis- eoveriDg those of our epeny. .. Id^Spdneer was arraigned\ ajt the Hudeon eo, Court, N, J., on WedQeeday^ aud pleaded not gtiifcT; Tbe trial i!tts pbstj^ed uhtil 8tb of September. f ' 5 T ’o whom i t m a y concern. — A lt persons bein g »f- fiieicd with Consum p tion, or C o u g h s , or any im p u r e die- ease q f the blood , would find il to llic-ir inlei .'st lo mid 'he advertisement in another column of this paper, Iieuded, CONSUMPTION. - D I E D : In this v illage, on the 12th inst. M A R Y ELLEN , youngest d aughter of Abel W . and Do. iutla J a c k son, aged 1 y e a r and 3 months. H O T C H K I S S k S E Y M O U R , A TTORNEYS, Solicito.s and Counsellors.—' Office, corner o f Court and Frankl in Si reels. G. W . /Hotchkiss. L. Seymour, .Ti . Binghamton, N. Y. Aug. 1st 1846. IS, Books, Stationery, Drugs, Medicines DYE STUFFS & GROCERIES. D R. A. COOK having taken the Book Store formerly occupied by B. T. Cooke, E?q. of fers for sale to his friends and the public, on rea sonable terms, almost every ai ticle usually kept in the line of BOOKS, STATIONERY, DRUGS, Ac. Ac. MEDIC IN E E . DYE STU F F S . GROCERIES, Ac. N. B.—Doct. COOK, Physician and Surgeon, will attend to calls in the line of his profession ia the village and vicinity. jjj-Office at his Drug and Book Store, one door east oftbe Binghamton Hotel. Residence on.the west side o f the Chenango River. He respectfully solicits, and hopes to merit a share o f public patronage. Binghamton, Aug. 19, 1846. v8n22 • WEAVING, WEAVING. J OHNSON A HARVEY have' removed tbekc- shop near .to the C iothing Works o f H. Lewis, where they are prepared to weave all kinds. ol FLOWERED AND PLAIN WORK, Coloring done as usual. Binghamton, August 19, 1846. ______________ ; New Line of Mail Stages. From Binghamton to Cortland And Syracuse* A N E W L I N E O F S T A G E S h a s b e e n e s t a b - lishedthree tithes a week, irom Binghamton to Cortlanfl, via. Castle Creek,, Hyde’s Settlement^ Whitney’s Ppint, Lisle, Union Village and Mara thon— leaving Binghamton Mondays, Wednesdays^ and Fridays, at 8 o’clock A. M.. and arriving;at Cortland about 6 o’clock P .M . on thesame days. R e t u r n i n g , * leaves Cortland Tuesdays, Thursdays^ and Saturdays, at 8 o’clock A . M. and arrives at Binghamton at 6 P. M. on the s*me days. This line connects, at Binghamton with Dally Stages for Great Bend, New Milford, Pleasant- Mount, Honesdale and New-York: also for Mont rose, Carbondale, Wilksbarre, Owego, Bimini,. Bath, Coming, Ithaca, Ac. At Whitney’s Point with the.Ithaca and Catekill U n e ;-and at Cort-. land with \Daily Lines for Syracuse, Skeneatelcs and Auburn—making a .direct line from Auburn,. Syracuse and Corttattd to New-York, and alao the shortest;anfl:most-direc^rontefroni Binghajm«M|to ridin 01 hamtQn,*ad the-General August 0 , 1846. Office ’Bfng-. ' CortiauA. 1 f BAXE?f <■.' F. A ’ MOAGAN* . ;
