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A late London letter in the Boston Time
gives the following description of portion
Windsor Castle:
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DOINGS IN FLORIDA.
ST.. AUGUSTINE, E. florida, J
January 30, lS4I. (
THOMAS ALLEN, Esq.


THOMAS ALLEN, Esa.
Oul Territory, which has already been cruelty and
iireparably injured by the misrule of the admnisra-
ton Of the greaestand best, and that of his foot
step" successor, has beekof late and is in state
OF great agitation and excitement Especially the
Eastern portion of IT'D in consequence of treH auhen
ticated reports which current among ustha it is
determined upon by Mr., Van Buren, and his advisers,
GAS if poor Florida had not already received more than
sufficient of evil at their hands) fasten upon her
their parting curse in the shape of treaty of peace
with the Indians, by which these devils in human
FORM some OF whose hands are, at the very moment
am writing, rocking with the blood OF our slaughtered
women and children, to he permanently located
upon soil, them from which, has cost the
nation untold mons OF money, and what is Of far
greater Importance, led that which will prove if the
now indicated policy of the present administration Is
carried out, useless and waste of human life
Against a measure so Taught with ruin TO Florida
entirely destructive OF the little hope by which her
citizens have been sustained under their pfotracicd
and multiplied ferings, well hostile TO the
interests Of the United States they will and must re-
monsrae in the strongest and most emphatic manner
to the power ITSELF which mcditatcs the evil and
should their remembrance be unheeded their dernicr
reliance must be upon appeal to the Senatc--tha
sheetanchor of the Government-and that body will,
we may not doubt intcrposc TO save On the score
Of interest alone, this measure is wholly Objectionable
but Il ere numerous other ouiweiehng consdera-
tons existing in the which should consign it to
utter rePohation proposes to ccde to the sasnges
large, and of the fsres portion, at least far
climate is concerned, of the Territory and there
by establish upon exposed seaboard frontier popu
ation which has never entertained towards the Anne
ricans, as nation, aught like genuine kindness OF
feeDg--a feeling not at all likely TO he augmented
(eyen should they temporarily to suspend overt
acts Of hostility by the recollection oftheir present
ations with us II seems to me that thus TO locate
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BRITISH MODESTY.

We take tn Re following extract from the Colo
NAL Magazine, for January, published in Lon
don. If, sis thought, it expresses the views OF
Lord Palmerston, il is important We are now,
it seems, to be ntimidated into concession 10 the
entire claims Of the British Possibly the delay
~ the negotiation Of the Boundary question is
improved in the preparation of the squadron al
luded 10. Shall we see only when the feet is in
view2
From the Colonial Maya sinefor Jan 1871.
Arlicle-AMERIcA.
1T our duty to settle at the boundary ques-
ton. We are now maintaining large and expen-
sive army in Canada and New Brunswick let a
powerful squadron Of ships of the line heavy frgates
steam ships, and bombyessels be ordered to Icndez
sous in Halifax at the opening of the navigation in
spring, and measures be, in the mean tme taken
through Minister at Washington TO declare per
emp'only, that the boundary must be fixed within a
given time. As the Americans are always so ready
to take advantage of the inag ned difficulties of Eng
land let US not lose the present opportune period for
the Claiming and establishing Of rights, which have
been trauduienty withheld
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such population will be a course not only wholly at
war with sound policy, but inconsistent with common
discretion, as II Icgarls future intercourse with
the nations who hold sovereignty over the neiphbor
ing islands and at the time entail upon our con
tguous border settlement condition Of embarrassing
and painful insecurity The ill-blood created by the
present struggle will continue until our generation
shall have passed away and as well might we look
for harmonious union between materials by nature the
opposite and discordant in their character as to
expect that amy even, for a season, prevail be-
tween the inhabitants Of the country and those by
whom their homes have been made desolaie and their
families in cold blood butchered. To talk then, Of
peace, condition things likely to endure, while
The Indians remain in the country, is worse than idle
and bespeaks either gross ignorance Of human ma
ture, and especayo the character olhe savage,
most reprehensible disregard of the baleful conse-
quences which must inevitably result from any mea-
sure short Of their absolute and entire removal That
to such ignorance the opposite policy in view is aitri
buable for one, will not believe; for, if Mr. Van
Bucn is not, by his personal experience enght-
ened upon the subject he has about him those who
know and can point out its utter madness and folly
and can, therefore, discover Blu, one rational way
to explain tit is nevertheless one which however
little credtable to him may be- am compelled by the
force Of facts to adopt namely That his project Of
treaty and peace with the Seminoles is designed as
an imposlure upon the people Of the United States by
which he hopes to secure to himself the credit Of clos
ing an expensive and disgraceful war; at the momen
he is going out of power "by false peace'-a peac,
which he well knows will exist only in name--and in
yolse the new administration in the odium Of renew
ing hosities which WILL in truth, have ceased
A FLORIDIAN
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.. A. SMITH moved lhal .he genlIeman have

Mr.. A. SMITH moved that the gentleman have
leave 10 proceed
Which motion prevailing
Mr.. BLACK proceeded a few moments when he
closed his remarks ''' ~
The CHAIRMAN then gave the floor /.
mi; DoW MINI, OF Florida, who after deprecat
ing The extraordinary character OF the discussion
which had taken place upon a inca ure the sole object
OF winch was 10 give peace 10 Florida proceeded 10
reply TO that porion OF the argument Of Mr. Giddngs
when contained certain charges against the Flor
uahs ~ relation 10 the causes OF this war and TO vim
dicaie ms lMr. D's) constituents therefron. This
ne uiu AZ great eng,h-enterng infinitely into details
anu coh'ehuing lhat the documents which had been
read Wy Tue gentlemen from Ohio came some of them
from Indians, some of them from slaves ana aII Of
mem nom partial and prejudiced sources And he
denied that the sentiments of the gentleman from
emo on certain subject were the sentiments of the
great whg paTy-or OF that part ia the State of Ohio
lie regretted that the gentleman could not have per-
,nited TINS subject TO pass at this time-beieying,
ne did, ihat II the genius of Homer could sleep
times the genius Of fanatcsm should sometimes also
be permitted TO sumber
Mr. ID believed that this was glorious moment TO
terminate the war-hc believed it might be terminal
ed, II the money was voted promptly now but let the
chance pass, il would never return
Mr.. ID. concluded at few minutes befoIe O'Clock
and MIR. SMITH, of Indiana having obtained the
quorum having voted the committee and reported
that fact to the House.
At minutes to o'clock, p. Nj
MIR. MALLORY, of Va, moved an adjournment
and the question taken by yeas and nays and
negatived: Yeas 81, nays g.
A call ofthe House then moved by Mr. LEFT
negative ed As to so.
An adournmen, then again moved and carried
And the House adjourned until tomorrow, eleven
o'clock
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philadelphia Correspondence.

PHILADELPHIA, February g. 1871.
U. s. Bank stock sold to-day at 80 cash. Exchange
on New York from TO per cent. premium, specie
about the same.
As the U. S. Bank now receives only her own
notes and specie in payment Of debts due her, they
will all soon be redeemed, and are now, in
quence, nearly quite good those of the other
banks. This is of justice to the note hol-
ders and them from the tender mercies Of the
brokers who woudbe very glad to deprecate the notes
and buy them up at 10 per cent discount
There was meeting Of the delegates from the DIFF
fercnt city and county banks on Monday evening, at
which measures adopted for regulating The bus
of the banks with each other settling balances
&c II was ,here determined, as learn, to pursue
restrictive policy and thereby prepare fors resumption
at as early day as practicable This policy will Of
course have tendency to lessen the amount OF our
circulating medium, nearly reduced 10 a specie
basis u may be that when We &c, quite down to
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this bass--when not dollar OF paper be found,
We may be covered with blessings and benefits; but
cannot perceive, as have descended in the scale.
that contraction has brought with il any extraordinary
blessings and benefits" either to the rich OF to the
poor certainly not the latter but the contrary 10
evident to all that il has produced almost total stag
nation Of business and consequently much distress
snong those who have to depend their industry for
support
The Woods, vocalists have gone to New York with
the intention Of returning Immediately to England.
While Mrs. w. is universally esteemed and admired,
nc has an excellent faculty Of rendering himself most
excessively dissgreeable all with whom he IN
contact. The Truth is, believe he has little too
much John Builism about him, which we Brother Jo-
nathans never could admire, Mrs Wood appeared at
Mrs. Bailey's benefit, on Saturday evening, and
deeply affected by the kind in which the audi
received her; but he did not deem il prudent TO
make his appearance and had already akeu his depar-
ture.
We have yet no information Of any action of our
Legislature consequent upon the suspension, though
we have rumor that it will be legalized. This. I
presume, will be done, and the banks authorized 70
issue small notes.
Several merchants from the South and West have
arrived here with U. s. Bank and drafts the
these at par, New York and Boston may have cause
to regret the pursued by their brokers towards
the Bank X.
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Nrm Fork Correspondent.
New YoRK,.Fe


Although tho fact has been officially promul-
gated it is well understood here that Robert H. Nor
rs on Friday last reoped by the Senate from the
Office Of Recorder or First Judge of the Criminal
Courts of this city, and Hon Frederick A. Tall
madge appointed in his stead. Combinations usually
stand over to the next Executive day. and presume
this change is announced in the Albany Evening
Journal Of to-day.
The delay in this case has been mainly caused by
the perlinacious resistance of the Loo Foco mino-
rity in the Senate, whom the majority have afforded
every indulgence Mainly for the sake of delay the
minority ed reference OF the whole matter the
Attorney General Willis Ha) for his opinion there
on. The majority READILY consented and in due time
Mr. Halls opinion was received have not seen
it, but hear that ii is triumphant-inesisble in its
support Of the Governors course
The Money panic continues here. Stocks all
lower to-day, except u S. Bank which closed at
% l2-2 per cent higher than the closing price yes
terday Still, The fall within few days is tremen
dous. North American Trust and Banking Company
is down "a 10; Stonington Railroad 81 "a; Hair
lem 81 "a Canton Company 81; Vcksburgh Bank
5 3-4l
Domestic Exchange has improved to-day. On Phi
adelphia A a S; Baltimore 3l2a A; Richmond Ia
as North Carolina A; Augusta 7 l-2a6; Mo
bile ga ~; New Orleans a 5 IL Cincinnati and
Louisville 8, ST. Louis a 10; Exchange on Eng
land remains s l-4a3-4
There is no fear Of suspension here. Our City
Banks are stronger positively than before The
amount of specie in their vaults yesterday IS 5O4
OO0
The Newburyport [Mass) Bank has been stopped
by the Bank Commissioners for alleged irrcgua.
rity but its friends allege ito entire sosency It has
only $4,000 Of cash resources in hand, while its iab-
lities exceed 100000.
Our river is still closed above the Highlands, but
the ice is weak for crossing with teams Great in
convenience is felt especially at Albany, where the
river is often impossible by Of unsound or float
ing ice and the mails forced to 60 round by Troy
miles above The Albanians resolved on hav-
ing bridge Of their own, which Troy will resist TO
the utermost II would embaIrass the navigation to
Troy.
Produce looks down. Cotton is dull, and Western
Flour has been sold to-day for export at VA rs.
Bulwer's new novel, NioHr and MORNING, will be
published week by the Harpers, anticipating its
reception from England 1t Of the Ocreveaux School,
and abounds in passages Of thrilling interest.
The same publishers have in press most interest
ing work. embodying the results of Messrs STEPHENS
and CATHeRwooDs late exploration of the ruins of
Paienque, the vast ruins Of ancient city which
are found in Southern Mexico, the Indian village
of Palenque. The engravings for this work are pre-
pairing at great in England and the book will APP
pear early in the spring 1t will be Of great inte-
rest Yours HAROLD.
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State, and especially those which were within the
exclusive province Of his State. What was the pur-
port OF TINS whole matter bot saying that the States
were either unable or unwilling TO manage their own
affairs The Senator alludes L tho deplorabIe condi-
ton oil these banks and speaks of this Government
the only power which correct the evil. He, Mr.
Clay io one, would be glad TO the Federal Go
vernment attend its affairs, and attend to them
successfully He thought the question had assumed
no new shape since the brief discussion of yesterday
nor, indeed since the last session, when he had moved
10 strike banks from the bill As the taxing power
Of this Government. he held il be strictly limited TO
revenue purposes. Because the banks in Mississippi
or in Alabama, or in any other State were in bad
condition. was with him argument in favor of our
travelling out of our constitut onal sphere to apply
Corrective.
MIR. SEWER having obtained the floor said il mus,
be apparent 10 every Senator that there was not the
remolest chance of this bill passing Congress at the
present session and TO prevent further waste of the
time of the Senate he moved to lay the bill on the
table.
Before the question was taken motion for adjourn
ment was made, which prevailed
And the Senate adjourned