Democratic Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 2

rend jI iW of caery of whatever information The Dill authorizes ay part of the Union the spoils party as was expected by all who watch the sign of the times with an accurate eye ppropriation fa try to obviate such ritten on Lis fore blnu heavens (IT The general appropriation Bill passed the House of Representatives on the 2 1st inst Grand River Kalamazoo Detroit River Wagooshaner $5090 5000 5000 5000 5000 Correspondence Commercial Advertiser Washisotov Apiii Ifi The general appropriation bill has travelled through the Houso morn rapidly than was anticipat ed and is now near its final passage Last night at half past eight it was got out of committee of the whole $16000 50000' 4000 15500 5000 5000 30000 Extract of a letter of a Washington Correspon dent of the Pennsylvanian conduct of Mr Bell toward Mr Speaker Polk has excited the disgust and disapprobation of every honorable mind at Washington It has been as miserable and as malignant as it has been futile an 1 contemptible All who have wntchfcd it have seen that it has originated in envy spleen and mal ice aye in a malice that is so gross and So imp a tient for indulgence that it cannot be repressed by i possessor ft displays itself on all occasions and with reference to nil subjects and evils forth ti timent of abhorrence in every honorable mind Anj who can realize any other sentiment than that of indignant contempt and abhorrence when they Mr John Bell late Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives associating with Mr Henry A Wise Bailie Peyton and Air rancis Pickens and half a dozen others in attempting to transform the Halls of Congress into a bear garden or a Pandemonium because he is disposed to annoy Mr Polk 1 In these 1 endeavors to annoy and disgrace the House Air Beil has heretofore been signally unsuccessful and has found Air Polk a successful rival and presiding officer who is not only sustained by a Vast majority of the House but by avast majority of that portion of this world which has the least regard for truth tnd decency The popularity of Air Polk in the House andon of it is ratsbane to Mr John Bell and it is unfor tunate for his own repose tha lie cannot repress the anguish of disappointed hopes and jealous fears Air Polk has triumphed and Air Bell has been dis tanced Mrl'olu has attained his high post of lion or by maintaining Lis principles and his integrity Air Bell has fallen by sacrificing both anil in this consists the difference between the late competitors for the wool sack As I shall in my subsequent let ters go into a full history of Air Bull's conduct to ward Mr Polk and afford you a correct analysis of his standing at Washington I shall quit the subject for the an 1 tho confusion banished and of the citv young and old with the tent come forth to visit the temple of worship to br' ume the free str long up into the mid fee! Icr one day the burden of existence tetno The sa he Alam I Texas great topic member recommci jgui the York Weekly Mi jseitjer EARLY DAYS can forget their early days ond memory throws aspell hallowed hours of bliss gone friends we loved so well: Tho receipts at the Land Office in this City for the month oT April amounted to the sum of one HUNDRED AND OTYTnoVSUxD DOLLARS j'7to it? The editor of the Terre Haute Courier in an article upon the Is makes the Wc the nearest communication with the Atlantic sea joard for the produce and travel of nil that ist re gion bordering upon the chain of Lukes to be found in Pleasure may cast a charm around And lure us with a smile Rut the golden drcams of earlier years Comes our hearts the while! The Nate of orui arv article is dicator edited by Doctor lament ot Lu ver mmiu tat every rn should no sess oriiy possess bin kmry how to USE tile agitators anticipate the to the ultimo rihn regum I pisased nway subject of the public land following startling assertion Wc can only say that a company of indivi duals in the East lately placed 8'2500 000 in the hands of an agent in Illinois for the purpose of purchasing up all the land on the line of a certain rail road projected by them in that State is perhaps fur others rather than ourselves that the fond heart requires a hereafter The tranquil rest the shadow and the silence the mere pause of the wheel of life has no terror for the wise who know the due value of the the billows of the stormy sea Sweet is at last the heaven of But not so when that stillness is to divide us from otlurs when those wc have loved with all die pas sion the devotion the watchful sanctity of the weak human heart are to us no more when after long years of desertion and widowhood on earth there is io be no hope of re unioti in that invisible world be yond the stars where the torch not of life only but ot ove is to be quenched in the fountain and the grave that we would fain hope is the great restorer of broken lies is but the dumb sea! ot hopeless ut ter inexorable sensation and it is this thoight this sentiment which makes religion out of love and teacltelh belief to the mourning heart that in the gladness of tm ted affictions is feltnotlhc necessity of heaven! To how many is the death ofthc beloved 'he parent of aith Buhner Education is a companion which no misfortune can no clime destroy no en emy alienate no despotism enslave At home a fi tend abroad an in solitude a so lace in society an ornament It shortens vice it guides virtue it gives at once grace and government to genius Without it what is man A splendid slave 1 a reasoning sav age! vnscillalihg between the dignity of ati imelli genet derived from God end the degrad ltica of bru'sl Philip rcin the I'hilatlclpbia Gazette The It is to be regretted that so Urge portion of our population should unwisely neglect the observance ot the Sabbath We say unwisely be cause religion apait we are convinced that a day of rest is a necessary provision for the wants ot our nature and that he who rejects the indulgence thus offered exposes himself not only to unnecessary la bor and suffering but to danger and actual pecunia ry loss We have often heard it remarked by ob servant business men that few get rich who habitu ally iirglrct the observance of the Sabbath We need not ascribe this ro superuuiural agency It is the plain effect of a plain cause One day of rest in seven is necessary for man The bow that is ever bent looses its elaeticity The mind that is everen gaged in schemes of profit and loss in calculations of business will become at length confused and lose its tone of acuteness and accuracy Its light ness and bttuyanco will depart it will lose its fertil ity in resources and its confidence and activity while the frame equally operated upon will become debilitated and even diseased Thus the strength which nil occasional day of rest would have proser I ved is forfeited the business min is endered un i fit for his dit'ies and he who worships no God but his gold is punished in his dar ling passion for the violation of a lav ordained and i sanctioned by nature u'tdbyGvd The luVur of pleasure is equally un wise in his vi 4ation of the Sabbath The monolo ty of idleness or enjoyment wtot pails upon tne sr tisrs 0 tu ty 'serious and exalted thought is cae ional 1 cess try to preserve a wholesome turn and temper of intellect And what cun be norc delightful th in the calm and thoughtful enjoy ment ot a day of rest a day when the hum is hush the thousands smile of Con or trifolium a It is said to and cns seeding N'Vu rulz Ice! Wc are happy to learn that Air A itts has fitted up two neat Ice Carts by which he will supply our citizens with ice at their doors during the season at a cheap rate We wish him success in his undertaking Trouble Ahead in the anadas A Bill has pass ed the assembly of Upper Canada appointing Messrs to al! Boston Patriot' in th reported last nig A reckoning with calumny The navigation from this port through Erie and the western lakes open ed yesterday the 2Gih of Mpril Is the wind was heavy down the lake the whole day no craft at tempted to leave port there being neither pnesen gers nor freight for the west Tha Erie Canal was to bo opened the day and was so far as we know Boats left here for the east that day and we hope 11 get through The Steamboat Taylor Cap' Ch Myrick left this dav for De troit and is already out of sight upon the blue waters 'There are already many steamboats and vessels in Wo have received biographical sketch of the President of the United States together with his in augural address delivered on being sworn into of gcp: published by Air Baily on an enamelled card inclosed in a beautiful wreath of hickory done from a steel with a very good likeness of Gen Jackson measuring about 4 by 5 21 inches surface '1 he work is a very pretty' specimen of the fine arts' the lettering is perfect and can be read with easo Boston JI ef ormer IS an appea ars Sir I would not if Icould forget Each scaneof glad delight When joy was borne on every breexe And al! around was bright! The cherished names of early friends Though they have passed away Shall gild with radiance every hour And cheer my latest day! Ju ni We find the following paragraph its lata London paper IV I' Spectator In the library of the duke ot jckingbam at owe is di po! tid a box containing piqy rs which are ecu red with three seals said to be those of tbs late marquis of Buckingham the late lord Grenville and the right honorable Thomas Grenville Th? contents ofthe boxare understood to be the msnut script letters of and documen's relating to nr an) this place lately despatches from hrs gevenuvr caUSeiht immediate departure for Washington Tnera it thing insome'he wind! 1'hil Etj arm lebk posstr iiit before many The sugge sigmiiu m'lwar: tk zeal Mr VG ALLANS April 4 or the Inst three days there has boen reports from Texas but on none of whic i nm can be placed that Col annin has had a fight Mexicans at or near uoliad It is said that nt 150J ofthe enemy were killed It was pin? i hatoan nrHuuiv hum uucu iuui ken but after diligent enquiry we could not obtain any info mation in relation to this report upon which we could at all rely Santa official account tac tatting of ban Antonio is in town He acknowledged the tlghlinL I was pretty hard and boasts of having killed bOO xians out of the LtrO tn the tort He is silent as to the firs attack the Mexicans to his stave in the battle fields ot lexas boat that leaves 'rom the Ork aiis bee IMPORTANT ROAI TEXAS most distressing intelligence was received yesterday from this delightful (but at present unlor timatef country by tho arrival of the General Do Kalb ir Brazoria whence she sailed on the 3 1 insl On the 231 tot Colonel anning had sent out a scouting party of about 50 men they were massa cred On tiie 2 l(h he sent out a skirmishing party of 150 they were also cut offi He then resolved to destroy the fort of Goliad burn the town anti cut his way the enemy encamped in his neiglibor hood as his provisions failed and his garrison hud di minished to 300 But in attempting this he wassur rounded by Mexicans and compelled to capitulate nd lay down his arms alter which with character istic trenchi ry he and all were shut The detachmentjrf volunteers from Georgia un der Major AVard has also boon cut ulf with the exception of three persons one of whom had ar rived in Brazoria before the De Kalb sailed On the 26th ult General Houston found it neces sary or convenient to retreat twenty miles rearward from the Colorado river as one wing of the Mexi cans arrived on the opposite bank The Mexicans were advancing in two columns one upon General Houston the other towards the mouth of the Bra zos The army under Houston was posted rear tho Brazos river on tho 2Dih ult and contained about 200 i men that column of the Mexicans opposed to him had then crossed the Colorado and number ed about 3000 The Texians th in and Houston has determined that the enemy shall neverrcciossi the Colorado and we think and trust that they shall oot pass tha Braroa TH A DI LO My fading flower 1 I nursed thee still With much and tender care I guarded thee from chill And from the cold night air The flowers around thee bloom bo bright When thou art and Ione Yet to a weary sight Thou art the sweetest one There is a fragrance in thy breath A beauty on thy leaves A loveliness around thy death And yet my spirit grieves And yet my spirit grieves for thee My fair and fading flower And pensively I watch to see Thy last and loneliest hour Ah thus it is that things of earth The flowers on which we smile Though rich and beautious in their birth C'na only bloom awhile And purest juys we loved the best 6'ooii fade away and die And leave us signing for our rest Beneath a brighter sky Steam Voyage to Europe we have neither Le gislative nor Congressional proceedings to publish to day we devote a spare column to an extract from the Prospectus of a great association formed for the purpose of establishing intercourse by steam between Great Britain and America '1'he leaders and direc tors are among the first persons in England for rank and wealth The capital is 2U0fl0U0Z in shares oi 50 10 0) shares being reserved for this coun Times The first and most important snbiect which en gaged the consideration of the Directors was the selection of a Harbour on the West Coast of Ireland the best adapted iurcomrnercial intercourse between UTS thntj tGngdpijijjjnd the Western World This coast is by many degrees turoia near est to America and by all jiautical men allowed to be must accessible and for these reasons it the natural point oi arrival anu the Old and New Hemispheres avoiding at! the dan gers and difficult navigation of the entire Coast on which the loss in shipping and manufac turcs hivo been proved before the House of Com mons to exceed 206(1000 per annum Upon ma ture consideration tho Directors have come to the determination of selecting Birturbtiy on the extreme co St of Galway as tha ort best calculated to real ize the advantages which arc the object ofattatnment This Port lies nearly on a stra ghi line drawn on the arc oi the sphere from Liverpool and Dublin to New Yoik and is the fhorttst and most central point of communication with Liverpool by Dublin being from the latter Ilf) miles with Glasgow by Belfast (from ihe latter) 138 mies and with Bristol by Waterford (from the latter) 110 miles Thus the whole of the three kingdoms would be more fully embracud by taking BirturbuV as a point of depar (are dian other Harbour that can be named enii'J which was the ort first contemplated by' Dircctois is 1 10 miles irom anti 16 from Dublin whilst Birtuibuy is only 110 miles fr Dublin and ilte same distance from Waterford position of Birturbuy is more favorable for the 1 ide with the British Colonics in North America anjiie more sou hern Port of Valentin and is qually well situated for the United Slates and the West Indies The Harbour is capacious safe free from till ground swell and capable of accommoda ting the largest ships in all weathers It is about 4 miles lung 1 mile wide and has upwards of 36 feet of water over 1200 acres The length of time which is now occupied by the passage in consequence of tho difficulty of the Channel Navigation (averaging 37 days for un outward and 22 for a homeward bound vessel) prevents stowage of fuel at the outset of either voyage in sufficient quantity for the em ployment of steam and as there is no sheltered Bay in the present line where there is safe ingress and egress to take in fresh supplies the use of steam be tween England and America appears under existing circumstances precluded The outward voyagefrom the West Const of Ireland to New York would occupy about thirteen days and the return voyage about ten being less than half the time now const med mid as this new line of transit would not bo tab long to allow tite stowage of sufficient fuel the bene fit of steam would be secured By the aid of a rail way from Birturbtiy to Dublin and from Liverpool to London the communication with the last mentioned metropolis will be completed in 28 hours more and as this swift and certain passage will be practicable at a cheaper rate and less risk of life than the pre sent tedious and uncertain one little comment can be necessary to demonstrate the' advantages which must result irom the present unkenaking to the Commerce of the British Dominions We str cglj 'uspect however that th "4 Dr ahis tn would bate consist trably should Htsis re diy approach a crisis however I deem the party thus insignifi cant I must impress upon the people of Canada that they will become powerful if the people become apathetic it is the duty ofthe Canadians to act at once upon the threats of the Their ibes tell them that they arc preparing for ac tion the Association reports on the necessity of or ganization and I therefore say that it is incumbent on the people to be prepared to defend their rights to the utmost It should be explained at tho door of every Church in the province that the bureaucra tic party havy threatened to resort to force that consequently every man of mature age should pos sess iiimseii ufa good gun and should familiarise hunscli with the use ot it This should be impress ed upon them ns a great duty and not as the mere idle sokiter play a tn litia muster Having con vinced every Canadian that it is his duty to arm ef iectually it Humid be farther explained an 1 in fact arrange that every parish should luruis i a certain quota of weh artned men who in ise of emergency mignt rally round the Executive or tho pop Bar breach of tho Legislature and protect both or either from the attacks which are threatened of cuniuiuiiicatioit should be nrrcod upon At present I can flunk ofno better than a number ot fires lighted at posts agreed upon at about 5 miles (or (ess) (list nice from each other A tew hours would spread the desired intelligence through the country and a large force miuht be brought to bear upon a Ven poitit in a very short time Take as an example mtrqal Suppose the lories were to turn out as they threaten you might bring from die parish of St turent alone a su cient number ofbrave undimrdy men to destroy every belligerent tory in the city and to make poor Nir Adam Thom dieoffear on may however give to the tory party all the benefit they can possibly derive from he troops Remember that there are only 29'JO of all sorts in Canada un i these 290'1 are sctmr over a vast exte nt of country Montreal lias les than one regiment and a tew artillery With vigor the'y might be cast into the 8t Liwrenco with em means 11 suggest themselves you my only object is in urging y)u to be prop red in eas jn of the vain glorious tories should turn fals and they should really determine on a St Joseph Kalamazoo Clinton Monroe (canal) LIGHT HOUSES It is quite evident Irom present indications at Washington and elsewhere that some permanent system will soon be adopted by Congress respecting the disposition of the proceeds already derived from the public lands and very probably of the whole public lands themselves It is not however proba ble that any thing determinate will be done upon the subject during the present session Many members of Congress from the old States and particularly from the South dread the accumulation of a large wiirnlnq in the Treasury and in order I a Blate of things they are inclined to vote for distri buting the present surplus among the States now the new States the public lands which may remain unsold within their limits after a period to be fixed bylaw In view of this anticipated elate of things so imr portant to the new States it is vary desirable that Michigan should become a member oi the Union as soon as practicable and have a representation in both houses ofCongrcss to take care of her interests When both Michigan and Arkansas shall become members ofthe Union the new States will be strong enough in the Senate to defeat any measure which may injurious to their interests if not powerful enough to accomplish what will promote them It is highly impirimit for the new States that Mr Bill now before Congress should be defeated was at the mouth of the river and the Julius uaisar I Burning of a One hundred and twenty six lives lost A dreadful catastrophe occurred in Theatre booth in St Petersburgh on Sunday the 1 4th ebruary A beam took fire from a lamp during tho purlormnnce when the building was enveloped in flames The greater part of the audience in the boxes efTLcted their escape without injury bm those in the pit crowded into narrow passage xvhiclt was soon blocked u) when the roof fall and covered them with fire brands of about hundred persona who were in the booth ottu hundred and twenty one mules and five females perished and about ten more were severely injured1 The Emperor himself assisted at the fire irtllij luu vtuutu if a nflllinn and a half of do! ars When I The Bill toe this is com pie 1 and vessels drawing tcet oi water uno naive tmc This is expected to be all accomplished within two years: then there will be tin uninterrupted water communication'frbm Quebec to Chicago a distance of 1509 to 2000 miles and when the Belfast and Quebec Railroad shall be completed it will open a i Ct Thousands thrown The cdn(ribuflori(i the Treasury of the American Ami Slavery in this city from the of March to the tkh April inst nt were published by the Treasurer the Commercial Advertiser ot Monday The is thu handsome sum of three thousand three dred and eighty eight dollars and forty sii crte 1 equal to forty thousand six hundred and fifty Lira and fifty six cents per annum People haves undoubted right to give away their motley 3S please to whom they please and ftr what th'X please or to throw it away when they please' ft is to oe regretted however when thereare many enterprizes on foot tn which the judicious applica non ot such a sum of money would accomplis great good that these forty thusttnd dolisn shouW be not only thrown avi ay pu even to a worse tu No doubt the contributors meant well and thin' they are doing service to the cause of humanity But such is nut the fact Erery dollar thus contrh buted but rivets another fetter for the slave whj9 the money itself is was'ed in the support of a ttwarm of hungrv fanatical agents employed in the country to scar er the seeds of til will amon? the people or expended upon inflammatory publication the only possible effect of which is to endanger the peace and safety of the Union and to put farfner and yet farther off tho great day of emancipation But every visionary scheme must have its d8y nj although thousands and tens of thousands of dol hrs have been wasted by these anti slavery people they cannot point to a single slave who hashed treed by their labors or their money Still a deluded people continue to give and 'heir agents and mana gers to waste and jV Spectator Assignment of Imwlrent A law has re ceived the signature oi the Governor and ia now ir force the provisions of which should be known to the business community as soon as possible I makes void all assignments which do not allow tha creditors of the debtor to become parties and receir rin equal share bi the property in proportion to their debts excepting only such creditors as may by ths laws of the United States or of thia Commonwealth bo entitled to a preference It further pr vides that such an assignment dit charges a II debt due to any creditors who may In come parties to it unless there has been fraudulent concealment or false statements or a transfer of property to a creditor for the purpose of preference or notice of insolvency to a creditor to enable hint to attach property These are the gcneral provi dons of the important law we shall publish it at length as soon as we can obtain a copy from the Secretary's office rom the sketch we have given above ar read ers will understand that endorsers lenders without security and other honorary creditors (astheysre termed) can no longer be preferred an assignment Tite law of attachment is left as i't was but it can not be long before there will be such a range in this law as will prevent the abuses which grow out of it abuses which will now be greatly multiplied Much as this law was wanted we fearthc sudden ness of its operation may create some difficulty We have undet stood that it was intended to add amendment providing that the law should take ef Apprcprutions tor We are happy to learn that Congress is disposed to be liberal with Michigan in the way of donations of public lands and appropriations for internal improvements In the general appropriation bill which lias issed the House provision is made for defraying our Territo rial expenses We are informed also that the com mittces to whom our Constitution was referred will ycct Q11 a ty some months hence but ths very soon report in favor of a donation to us of pnb 1 previous estion was taken on the Lil which cats lie lands to the extent asked for in the ordinance ap pended to our stato constitution In addition to these bills have been reported which will undoubt edly pass making the following appropriations for harborsand internal improvern' it ROADS Detroit to Saganaw Detroit to Grand River Detroit to Chicago A HaRBOKs Yem Species of Clover A new spee'es of clover txuvu iu i ch me ijiicernft nvay incarnafum has been brought' to thia cotmtry by uuiMr uiujj iom uananciaigua: iv ejd tTo or three (rop yearly will last fom three co fio 3 va ilTThu Journal often speaks of the excesses party and yet no party was ever guil'y of more sac Hfices of principle to parly than that of which the Journal is tho organ to the time of forming our state constitution and 'establishing the state govern ment under it the whig' of Michigan contended man fijllv for maintaining the boundary strip the I A Good One Wc were much amused a tew day since at the conduct of a couple of tars wao booming alongPearl street but making very crooseu wak The stopped in front of a store its the ne borhood of Cedar street where a couple ot ine a were engaged in pumping the water out from ce Htilo Tom just look Whv eyes' Tom if New York sprang a Ict and pumping her A 1 Hcmis V'roin rite Buffalo Canal JJai It gives us much pleasate announce to the public that the navigation on Erie Canal commenced this day tor the ensnng son The splendid boat Wimple Cbmmercial Line Capt A Shaw Master ov city in fine style bound to Albany with one an and sixty five passengers on board a ra3iorii whom were bound to Albany and c'chenecteu boat is fitted up in a style that reflects much ore upon the proprietors and master 2 he prospec9 successful operations on the Eric Canal were greater than at present Tho tee from presen pearances will be out of our harbour at fartherest TO THE UBLIC The undersigned deeply regretting fff transactions doily practised by "certain i in the vicinity of the Land Office and a sense of duty to thepublic and lollise ffJ bound to stare that from facts and circuits a within their own knowledge it appears that ous individuals without capital or iDtegrity the practice of making application for lr8c ties of Land without the intention oi com purchase for the purpose of imposing on tR purchnserzby inducing him to buy f'om they arc pleased to term their right MlN ces have cccui red where these persons 0( failed to complete the purchase and their right thus leaving the land market in the Office plats while it is actually ecf nor can this fraud be detected until tjw nl8 the Ollices his been brought up Li me me much injury has been done Other md honestly applied for the same land am aj tjon answered it was when an 3PP subsequent to the detection of the fram fijj ed it thereby roused the indignation oi een juS atu applicant and inducing hint with app8 jjc0 tice to reprotfeh the Officers ot this flt oncg with unfairness and partiality 1 tjc soon on consideration of the above 'verbver of tb3 lies and inasmuch as it is beyond the po' earl)g8ty undersigned to apply the correction 1 aStopto hoped that purchasers themselves manybe8 the practice complained of which c31s of these fected by refusing to purchase the will 8j dishonest men and this species of once cease to their own good and to ti the public 1 drive bk the tyrant leader of arbari in home or dig him a Every steam the cities of tho South anil West bears away brave volunteers panting like the war horse to fight in favor of Texian liberty New Or leans Mobile Charleston Natchez Cmcinnattt Louisville Philadelphia New York Builalo have already held public meetings to aid the gmn ous cause in the way of money provisions In the House April 14 When the general appropriation bill camc up Mr Lae moved to strike out all the appropriations for the expenses of the territorial government of Michi xao r' Mr Storer of Ohio opposed tne motion anu contended that Michigan had put herselfout of the ale of the government of the United biates and ncrar entitled to its protection He said he understood that there was no governor pf Michigan except their own state gov uior and no courts ex cept those of her estabishing Mr Ci rtEtiNfl said they had not yet acknovv lodged the independence of Michigan nor admitted her into the Union Until they had done one or theother they were bound to provide for the expenses of the territorial government The money would not be drawn unless it was wanted Nir Johnson suggested an amendment to the mo 14 1 ihnt eK i flerire i Ki hf IIUII i I iilHJ HltD LllLi territory of Arkansas and Michigan be paid in pre portion to the time which should elapse before they were admitted into the Union Mr Lay accepted the amendment as a moditica tion of hid motion tnon an in npepssitv for this Rir jldiuk eatt vlvw amendment The salaries were paid by law nut by the appropriation bill and would be paid pro rata til! the time when their functions ceased from death resignation ora change in the relations of the terri tory jpg The Texians have actually become desperate from the massacres and situation of their aibtrs They have burned Ban elippe de Austin and de stroyed all the country in their retreat fl hey have sent hither their women and children with the De Kalb and other vessels are crowded 1 hey have res lved flu case of necessity to burn brazona and landing on the approach ofthe Mexicans land are transporting most of their eflects to Gilvcs which nines tho schooners Columbus and integrity of our southern were i ready to sail The Pennsylvania and I katnn tn out tSLanandmih were bound for this port tne sannagu it aeeineu uu i icii auw" 5 1 1 A I 7 I I II I 1 I 11 I tricnus iu8 duiiuihoudijuu and sustaining our rights to the disputed territory But most unfortunately for the cause of Michigan a change came over the spirit of their dremn The elections under the state constitution which threw the new rn State into the arms of the Democratic party checked their ardor and ar rested at once all their exertions earful that the Democratic party would gain all tho honors of the controversy with Ohio and thus render it stronger in the state than ever they abandoned the field against Ohio and fell upon the public men to whom the pet pie of Michigan had confided their interests rom that time to the present they' have co opeiated with the en mieaof Michigan in deriding her course and assailing the characters of her public servants They have appeared to be willing to surrender etcry thing to which Michigan is entitled if they could only' screen themselves and throw upon the Demo cratic party tho responsibility of the sacrifice Du ring tho trial of our controversy with Ohio by' Con gress they have instead of contending in our behalf been continually assailing out counsel and trying to impeach tho character of our 'witnesses The pa pers of Ohio quoted the testimony' of the organ here against our State authorities who were laboring our behalf and an Ohio senator in Congress in ma king out his case referred to communications to the same effect which he had received from this city Tho courteous Editors of the Luflalo Journal in cline to the opinion that we erroneously stated that the Whig ticket for Charter officers in this citv had uccceded by a diminished majority Irom last year it to bo and that we made it for the benefit of the concern of Martin Van Buren Now wc assure the charitable editors of the Journal that the error was entirely We penned the article in question the evening of the election nnthe authority of a respectable gentleman of this city whose statements we relied on We were not residents of Michigan at the previous election and did not learn our error until we saw a compari son of votes in the Journal of this city when we im mediately corrected it We do not think much of these coined' victories" so much in vogua among the Whigs and which the Buffalo Journal is as apt to manufacture us any of its cotuinporaries We presume we were as honest in our statement as the was in its annunciation of a steamboat in sight of Buffalo on the afternoon of the ult $165500 It is probable that more will be added for the St Joseph Harbor rom the Washington correspondence of the Boston Post Senate Col Benton concluded hfs powerful and appalling speech to day' on his Expunging Jlesoltl tion Of all his great efforts I think thia is truly the grandest With the patient labor tnd enduring toil and eager search ofthe gold finder ho has ta ken up a mighty mass of history and records and evidence and rifted out authorities and precedents and parallels and facts and collecting together his materials has fused and wrought and lorged them into a thunderbolt which the electric flush of his mind has hurled upon the Senate leaving them sear ed and scatbed and blackened and prostrate and speechless by the explosion I Such an occasion as this was wanting to bring forth the resources show the grasp display the abil ity and test the vigor of his powerful intellect Such a treasonable conspiracy (between a corrupt powerful and profligate monied corporation with the money' of the nation in its vaults and a trained organized talented factious Senate) against the Go vernment of the country was wanting to test its power of resistance And such a man as its chosen chief was wanted to wield that power Such a union of wealthy sharpers and needy Sen ators was wanting to distress the country by a sud den and wanton curtailment of nine millions of its currency and convulse it by the issue of eight him dred thousand Bank phillipics and panic speeches in order to fix the charge and odium of distress upon the Chief Magistrate ofthe nation and thereby drive him from power Such gratitude and devotion as that of tha Ameri can people for the venerable and venerated chief tian who had fought their battlesand ed the measure of its was wanting to throw back the Red Sea of wrath that threatened him with perdition and cause the angry waves to overwhelm the whole host of his the and Sunday less rabble the Pharaoh of the and the nrro players of the Senate the mob like the fiend like god like and all 1 Such nn occasion as this was wanting to teach the envious and impatient aspirers to power that they could not corrupt a branch of government and violate the constitution with impunity by arrogating the right of impeachment and passing sentence oi condemnation upon the Chief Magistrate of the na tion without hearing or trial Such a jurist and Senator as the one who spoke this day was wanting to present that Senate before the grand inquest of the country for high crimes an I misdemeanors Ably has he acquitted himself of Ins duty' and the country will a true bill Mr Clay has already given notice from his place in the Senate that he should soon retire to the shades of privacy and this very day many came to the Senate chamber under the impression that they were to hear his panic valedictory What the mo ment his faction is outvoted docs he desert tha scr vice of his distressed and agonized and bleeding country 7 all the btaniiisbments of life arc gone The coward sneaks to tlw brave live on WEDNESDAY MAY MEN TImB UcHu or President MABTJN VAN BUREN or Vice President RICHARD JOHNSON Health is vrvsried by Cleanliness fl he citizens inait Afia nf Bathing ora informed that Air Lillibridge of the Tontine is about to erect immediately on the Lot adjoining the American Hotel a Suit of Baths fur the accommodation of the public generally A sub scription Book is now opened at the I online where all who would give it their approbation are request ed to signifiy it by the most approved demonstration We understand that Messrs Riley and Mkerlyhave I abandoned their project of erecting only a few Baths in order that the public generally and stran gers to our City should fmd easy access to this most desirable acquisition to health under the Rianage mcht of Mr The Steamboats Daniel Webster and New York arrived in our port evening the first inst from Bhffalo crowded with passengers MONDAY MAY 2 Ic3t Albany with freight This even ukHW under a week or more from this day ruil there will be nothing save hnsarnaW "ch i Mere west 1 as the most less calumnies have bean circulated by the ip press upon almost all sides of us touchinc ti of the opening of our navigation liag w' and repeated time and again that year would not be open at Buffalo until late in or the beginning of June Now what arc tha upon which these assertions are founded I We sV'" resume this subject mean while it will be 1 that with a clear lake we are waiting and shnlHs for week to come for the Erie Canal themselves of the luxury of falo Journal rom lie Belfast (AD) Advocate Belfast and Quebec Jluilroad I he public mnd much awakened to the subject of the Railroad fl tCcnn fz fj twrwr 'i can be given touching the importance ol tne under taking or probable value of the stock arising trom facilities it will open and tho amount ot business which may be expected from it will be read with avidity By reference to the map itwilbe perceived that this Railroad will open a cotnmum cation from the Atlantic to the Canadas ami the vast Territories and Slates of the West wita no other nnturd obstructions than the rapids in the St Law rence between Montreal ami Lake Ontario andtho alls of Niagara between Lakes Ontario and Erie Around these alls the British have the Welland Ca nal which now admits tho passage of vessels ot 100 tons burthen from one Lake to the other The ru vincial Government of Upper Canada arc now ne gotiating tor the purchase ot this Canal with tt view to its enlargement so as to admit vessels of 300 tons rP'i rntnnvp the obstructions in tlic river above Mon treal the Provmcnl Government have oppropr men tNffite the construction of the New more than a million and a half of dollars bben me diii i this is completely effected steamboats and ships York and Erie Rail Road has passed the ise will pass from the St Lawrence into ike Ontario i Legislature and become a law I he Bill authorizes I rf varr i ntn I Erie xr I a loan from tho btttc to me rew Rail Road Company or three millions of dollars Rhode Island By the following article from a Boston Whig paper it will be seen that our Demo cratic friends have suceeded in the late elections in Rhode Island lllwde Island Mr Van treti has put this little State into his breeches pocket and will probably keep it there till next January The election which took place on Monday resulted in titc success of 4 I I I 'I fl Bidwell Perry and Dunn Commissioners meet other Commissioners from Lower Canada on questions of mutual interest to both Provinces was then rejected The Leg Mature of Massaehusetts on the I a th in stant pus ed a bill of a very important character in relation to the assignments of insolvent debtors It forbids the assignment of property by a debtor for the benefit of any particular creditor or class oi ere ditors to the exclusion ofothers The object of the bill appears to be to preclude assignments or securi ties to endorsers or confidential creditors Early Vegetables Our indefatigable and ac commodating host of the Exchange had spread up on his tables yesterday full grown and beautiful Radishes Lettuce and other vegetables the growth of this season and the produce of the Detroit Gar den We notice it not only as an evidence ofthe avidity with which the proprietor of the Exchange labors for the taste of his guests but as an earnest ef what can le done in the climate oi Michigan as regards the vegitable kingdom if a little enterprize and labor are bestowed Erie Ha REO The' Erie Observer ofthe 231 gavs steamboat Oliver Newberry arrived yesterday fromDe'roit and the Wiliiam Peacock is advertised to leave this morning for tU Porx We may consider tho navigation from this port up as Messrs Cary Co Buti'alo advertise that they will pay in goods out of their store 100 cents to the dollar for Washtenaw bank notes (Er In the Board of Aidermen of the city of Nev York on the ISih instant Alderman Stilwell laid upon the table a preamble and resolution recogni zing the independence of Texas Ihe following is the resolution Resolved as the opinion of tne members of this Common Council that the Cummonw alth of Tex ts is a free sovereign and independent State and in her intercourse with nations should be recognized as such Leap Year Kes dution We learn that at a meet ing ot Young Lillies in county a few days inCe it was un mitiiously resolved tlait any one en tertaining attachment for a young gentk shall at the first opportunity say to him to which his replying is to be taken and held so much of a marriage treaty us tu render his retreat dishon orable Nevertheless any gentleman merely with holding the responsive monosyllable shall continue to be received as before A good device an 1 God bless the iltcou Geo Telegraph We see that a letter is iron the rounds asserting that if the Texians nre conquered Mexico will de clare war agtmst the United States Vel vot It is only io send lite nil road men that way and they will dig up Mexico hke a flower garden tE (daz It the bee fan! 3 wen in ad he wiu'4 draw ms it his eyes i orfe 'pretator in The fol'n rxtt A 0e SHELDON ofPublE Land Office Kalamazoo (M I April 2Jst 15 30 rTPublishers of ed to gh a the above an msoo axiivul of the first canal bouts from 1 benefit of ths I ebn rom the veiling Star Extract of a letter received by a gentle man of this city from Cabloot Natchitoches dat ed 33ih March 1836 The Texians have had a number of lignts late ly this side of an Antonio and I believe hae been victorious There are so many flying repot ts that few are credited GA 13 lu LATEST ROM LORIDA The The Darien Telegraph of the 1 2th inst contains Inter advices from Pieolata and 1 ort Drane Nothing farther had been heard from Gen erals Rcott and Clinch but two volunteers who had returned to ort Dranc reported that the rear guards of the army on its way to the Wythlacooche had becnattaked by a large body of Indians the main body being four or five miles in advance I he ac count was little credited nt hurt Drane The Portas left with a very small garrison consisting chief ly of sick and wounded The Milledgeville Journal of the 12th inst states that the Creeks are again exhibiting symptoms of of hostility Ten or fifteen families had fled to Co lumbus for safety The Creeks had attacked plan tation shot down the cattle and carried oil six ne groes The Journal says the Creeks have 10000 warriors but this is probably a gri st exaggeration lr Com Ado 'PI vvhulrt Oi the llAA vr 4 KJ kuv kzv I United btates Mint tor the1 last iorty years i 816000 about $17966000 of which is in gold and $13133000 in silver During tho last two years there has been' coined about 110 1 15 in gold and $6858095 in silver rrotn me ukwui uvimuj Disposition of the Public Revenue 'The follow ing sections of Mr amendments arc those referred to in our article touching the subject ofthc disposition of the public revenue Sec 11 Aid be it furthir enacted That the Commissioners ofthe Sinking und be hereby au thorized and directed at the commencement of eve rv quarter of the year to examine into the condi tio of rhe Treasury and the probable amount of receipts and expenditures during that quarter and if in their opinion the money in the Treasury du ring the quarter will generally exceed or fall short of seven millions of dollars it shall be their duty to cause the sum equal in the former case to the sup posed excess to be drawn out ot the 1 reasury ana invested in some safe stock or stocks in the name and behalf of the United States and in the latter case to order a sale or sales of such part or por ton of any such stocks owned by the United States as will produce a sufficient sum to make up the supposed deficiency the proceeds whereof shall be paid into the Treasury Sec 12 And be it further enacted That said Commissioners ot the Sinking und shall be govern ed in making such investments or sales by the cur rent and customary prices of stocks in the commer cial cities of the United States and in their pur chases said Commissioners shall give preference to such stocks whose payment is guaranteed by someSuite if the rate of interest upon the sum proposed to Be invested will probably as iavorable And at the commencement of vet year said Commis sioners shall mako adeiniled report to Congress of all their doings and proceeding under the provis ions of this act TVoman The good government of families leads I States Of every domestic circle woman is the centre Homo tiiat scene of purest and deepest joy is the empire of mnn There sho plans di rects performs the ackno wledged source of dignity and felicity Where Km virtue is most pure fe male sense most improve female deportment most correct there is most proprt ty of social manners The early years of childhood those most p'n cious years of life and opening reason are confined to wo superintendence: She therefore may be pre sumed to lay the foundation of all the virtue and all the wisdom that enrich the world.