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Hoktst.OritOßEmplwrivEsi DEC. e.
Toe Atom Ile .=The Hopi.: *churned the CORSi•
&titian 4 the am en'autharise the Presided of the
United States to ac t. the. service of volunteers who
may associate and o+- nise themselves and offer their
szrvices to the Government of the United States;—
and the amendments thereto having been agreed to,
it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,
and was accordingly afterwards read a third time,
passed, and sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The hill from the Senate, cc making further provi-
sion for filling the ranks of the army of the United
States," was read a third time as amended.
it motion was made by Mr. Fisk, of Vermont, to
recommit the Bill to a Committee of the whole
House, which motion was negatiied by yeas anti
nays, 95 to 51. The Bill was then passed by the
following vote—For the Bill, 95—Against it, 52 ;
and the amendments were sent to the Senate for
concurrence.
The Bill from the Senate, supplementary to the
act laying duties on the notes of certain banks, bank-
ers, &c. passed through a Committee of the whole,
and was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.l
(fROM Tilt NATIONAL INTIILLIOLNCER, NOV. SO.)
EXTRACT OF A LETTER F1(0111 ARTHUR SINCLAIR, M.
CAPTAIN COMMANDING THZ UNITED SPATES NAVAL
FORCE ON THE UPPER LAKES, TO TIIIIMECRETAET OF
THE NAVY, DATED Off Erie, Nov. 24, 1 4.
Thinking it probable information will not
you before this; of General 'McArthur's excursion'
into Canada, I have the satisfaction to inform you.
that by the cartel Lady Prevost, which vessel has just
returned from folding. prisoners at Long Point, I
have learned of his having visited that post, where he
was opposed by five or 600 militia, who had en.
trenched themselves. He charged their works, and
captured snore than one half of them: He passed
down as low ris the Gtoll River, on his way to join
I General Izard at Fort Erie ; but hearing of the di.'
struction of that post, and the evacuation of the Pfb-
vince by our atiny, lie returned to Detroit. The
citizens on the other side spi...tk in high terms of his
generous and humane conduct in his whole route
through the country.
FROM THE GEOIWtrowN FEDERAL REPUBLICAN
OF NovEMBEIt 29.

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STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
A litter from Mr. Dallas was read in the House
yesterday , representing the country to be in the most
alarming situation, and intimating that there was not
a moment to be lost, in the adoption of measures to
save the nation. The letter awakened feelings in the
House which gave rise to one of the most animated
debates. A motion in the House to print it was lost;
but the people shall not be kept in ignorance and de-
lo A.m. Unless something Miraculous occurs, we have
no hope of Congress ever meeting again after the 4th
of March, if it is not dissolved Wire.
When the motion was made to print the letter, it
was opposed by Mr. Fisk of New York. He said
the Committee to which the letter bad been addressed
had concluded that it ought not to be piloted. It
conveyed truths relative to our treasury too Immi-
lia:ing and portvmous. He had no doubt die letter
would get to the public, having beep publicly lead in
the House, and beiug on the public journals. The'
letter contained the truth, and. nothing but the truth.
Yet he ardently hoped its publication would never re-
ceive the sanction of the Houle.
Anoikar lad Omm.—The Chancellor of the Exche-
qUer (Mr. Eppes) made a false step yesterday, and
fell over from his seat, chair and all, into the main
aile of the 'Patent-c ffice.
The day before, the bank question WAS disposed of
definitively by the House, where no other bank bill
can originate this session. The last dependence is
upon the Senate. And on the smite day Mr. Dallas
sent in wiener, the' like of which was never berate
seen or heard of, for the candour of explanation and
the boldness of disclosure. It is published to-day.
All the props of Government seem to be giving way.:
The prospect brightens. Alter ten weeks squabbling,
the House of RepresentativeS his at last passed one
revenue bill, a tgx on whiskey, 107 members voting
for it. If the patient be not too far gone to be saved,-
such a vote upon all constitutionaland juilicieus_mea.
tures, for the defence of chi country and the reco-
very of the finances, may hive the desired elect. •

STATE PAPERS.
PO. 111.11111TISMI NOT&
.111031 TIM IBITLIII TO THE ALISSICAII ISIWISTIRS. •
0 Ghent, Tnetembior 4. 1844: ,
41 The undersigned hare the honour 0 acknow-
ledge the receipt of the Note of the American Mai-
pcitentiaries, dated die 24th ultimo.;
" ti. is WO unfeigned regret that' the under-
signed observe,'lodi in the tone and substance of
the whale Note,
.so little proof of any 4i4PPsition on
the part of the Voyerarneat of . the Unites' States to:
enterinto an amicable discui!ion of the severe; points
subrnitted by e ondersived in their s former co-
phi
poupicatiptt. andereig oed ape perfectly aware'
t.lotgln *NON %ward those points for,,coneWoral
tiom an.cl
.st#t**l with so inuch frankness, as they dot
tie v 641, which they. mere proposed, ;W.*
PatliCl froi,;itt4 IP-P4 cosicse of negortsUolge. by-. tliet
closing aPAPe Obic'ols of. the GoverOißosqo MO'
those which the Arnerir-S0 Ci.ovet•noleot.hed is 140
were withheld;. hit in sq tieing they were: priaciply
actuated by a saocere desiroot bringing.tbs oegneta-
tion aisopo aspoisilils to a faiourable termseatioas
#0: in sosP,.AselisOf# OLOSix..williogoo, t9.401P1Y
Ir_,itn 410 wss*SSMlreged lir ti*Amaiwaa rieuipo.
germane' .men- t,41 Dierfilftly Mf ibst the
,!gar between his iNty. ea4,thiolJnite6l Sows . was
*dared by the *ter power week* precool 131 ma
:Mime rights alleged It by assert •11 COol4,Britaasi
end di by the Veite4-Stilhll•74lthe war *Jai
!declaid the U*94l StaM•aill: 1'116" .net h 4
spit
MlO.tcir -JeC, IP P9_47 of , Males or i
the 41aCiti te4e.is hgd t/M olio& on. Clisailta had
been 191. 41" . ,9(iliVorgi4o49llingbP.way.ol4.4
P7pods,
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thattlsey would h aye avallehbenneleertiliteirsitua-
tion to obtain on the side of Cintada important cessions
of territory, if not the entire, Ibandonment of that
country by Great Douai's.? Is the American Govern-
ment to be allowed to pursue, sa foir as its means will
enable it, a system of acquisition and aggnmdizement
'to the point of annexing entire provinces to their da-
, minims', and is his Majesty to be precluded from AYR:I-
-ing himself of his means, so far as they will enable
him, to retain these points whin) the valour of Bluish
arms may have placed in his power, because they hap•
pen to be situated within the territories allotted ueder
former treaties to the Government of the United
States ? Such a principle of negociation was never.
avowed at any period antecedent to that of the revolu-
tionary government of France. If the policy of the
United States had been essentially pacific. as the
American Plenipotentiaries assert it ought to he;
from theic political institutions,• from the habits Of
their citizeps, and from their physical situation. k
might not have been necessary to propose the prec cur
tionary provisinns now under discussion. Thati•
of late years at least, the American Government
hive been influenced by a very different policy ; bf
a spirit of aggrandizement not necessary to their. mini
security, but increasing with the exteneoftheir empire
has been too clearly manifested by their progressive
occupation of Indian territories—by the acquisition
of Louisiana ; by the more recent attempt to wrest by I
force of arms from a nation in amity, the two Seri-
das ; and lastly, by the avowed intention of pernta-
nently annexing the Canadas to the United States..
'.lf, then, the security of the British North American
dominions requires any sacrifices on the part of the
United States, they must be ascribed to the declared-
policy of that Government in making the war not one
of self defence, nor foe the redress of grievances, real
or pretended, but a part of a system, of conquest and
'aggrandisement. The British Government. in its pre-
present situation, is boond in duty to endeavour to se-
cure it: North Ametican dominions against those at-
, tempts at coLquest, which the American Government
have avowed to be a principle of their policy, and
which, as such will, undoubtedly. be renewed, when-
, ever any succeeding war between the two countries
shall Aim d a prospect of renewing them with success.
The British Plenipotentiaries proposed that the mili-
tary possession of the Lakes, from Lake Ontario to
• Lake Superior, should be secured to Great Britain,
because the command of those Lakes would afford to
the American Government the mean s.of commencing
a war in the heart of Canada, and because the com-
mand of them, on the part of Great Britain, has been
shown by experience, to be attended with no insecurity
to the United States. When the relative strength of
the two Powers in North An* ica is considered, it
should be recollected that the British dominions in
that quarter do not contain a population of 500,000
persons, whereas the territory of the Un;ted States
contains a population of more than seven millions ;
that the naval resources of the United States are at
hand for attack, and tharthe naval resources of Great
Britain are on the other side of the Atlantic.
The military possession of those lakes is not, there-
fore, necessary for the protection of the United States.
The proposal for allowieg ibeterritoriesonthe southern
banks of the lakes above mentioned to remain in the
possession of the government of the United State;
ptovideil nu foitificatious should be crested on the
shores, and no armament permitted on the waters.,
has berm wade, for the purpose of manifesting, that
security and not acquisition of territory is the object
of the British government, and that they have no de-
sire to throw. obstacles in 111‘...., way of rany commerce
which the people of the United States may be desire
ous of carrying on upon the lakes in time of peace.
The undersigned, with the anxious wish to nctify all
misunderstanding, have thus more fully explained
the grounds upon which they brought lot ward the
propositions contained in their former note respecting
the boundaries of the British dominions in North
America. They do not wish to insist upon them be-
ypnd what the circumstances may fairly require.
They are ready, amicably to discuss the details of
them with a view to theadoption of any modifications
which the American Plenipotentiaries, or their Go-
vernment, may have to suggest if they are not in-
compatible with the object itself. With respect to
'the boundary of the district of Maine, and that of
the North Western frontier of the United States, the
undersigned were not prepared to anticipate the objec-
tions contained in the note of the A inerican.Plenipo.
tentiaries, ;4 they were instructed to treat for the revi-
sion of their boundary lines,' with the statement
Which they have subsequently made, that they had
no authority to cede any part, however insignifi-
cant of the territories of the United States, although
the proposal left it.open to them to demand an equi-
Valent for such cession either in frontier or otherwise.
14 'The 'American Plenipotentiaries must be aware,
.that the boundaerof the district of Maine has never.
,been correctly ascertained; that the one asserted at
present by the American Government; by which the
direct communication between Halifax and Quebec
becomes interrupted, was not in contemplation of the
British Plenipotentiaries who concluded the treaty of.
lifS3, and that the greater 'part of the territory in
question is actually unoccupied. The Undersigned
'are persuaded that an arrangement on, this point
might beeasily grade, if entered into with the spirit
of conciliation, without any'prejudice to the interests
of the district in question.
6 As the necessity for fixing some boundary for the
north western frontier has been mutually acknowle4g4
ed, a proposal for a discussion on that subject cannot
be considered as a demand for a cession of territory,
unless the United States are prepared to assert that
there is. ne limit totheir territories in that direction;'
'and that, availing themselves cf the geogeaphical
'error upon Which that pan of thetreitty of l7Sa was
was founded, they will acknowledge no boundary,
Whatever, then unquestionably any proposition, Id
fix one, be it what it may, must be considered as do-
mending a large cession of territory from thir. United
Stites. Is the 'Ainericin gevernment prepared to
assert such inlimited net- so contrary/ to the
evident - cf. el- easy itself ? Or, is his
underhand that the Ame-
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