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Correspondence Of the Boston Atlas.

WASHINGTON, Thursday, March 81.
Mr.: CLAWS REsIGNArIoN-oUR RELATIONS
WITH MExICo--wiTH ENGLAND--RIGHT OF
SEARcH--NoMINATIoN OF CONSUL FOR LIv-
ERPooL--oF COMPTROLLER.
IN the Senate, to-day, after the transaction
of business, mostly of private nature, Mr..
Clay, of Kentucky, took the floor, for the pur-
pose of introducing to the Senators assembled
his friend and successor, the Hon John j..
Cri,tenden. And as this was the day which
some time since. he had given public notice
he should probably forever bid farewell 10 Sem
atorial honors and IFS great responsibilities,
public expectation was raised 10 lis hig hest
point, and the curiosity Of hundreds. hours be-
fore the appointed time for the meeting Of tie
Senate, filed the galleries, the floor, The anti.
chamber. yea, the very passages. from which
neither eve could see the Countenance, nor
ears intercept the words of the retiring States
man, whose history has been, for so long a pc.
riod Of time, so closely and inseparably inter-
woven in his country IS annals.
1t has often been said of Mr.. Clay, that on
any occasion for which he has had time to
prepare himself by due deliberation and anx.
icus study, he has scarcely satisfied the aniici-
pations of his friends; his unprecedented es-
ssys being always the best, his most brilliant
efforts ever the 'frstIings Of his heart His
genius, like the steeds of Araby's best blood,
is 1eetest and most powerful, in all the untam-
ed wi!dness of lis native course; before it has
felt tie curb. and is yet ignorant of the spur.
His speech to-day, in many parts, was excel
lcn;--in none, undressing; and perhaps
friends and enemies vii! unite in the opinion,
in Ual Al
as the leaving it,
Mr.. Preston moved the adjournment of the
Senate, as, in lis then state of feeling, no busi
ness could be transacted.
In the House, the Loan Bill was passed,
los to Sc.
As wrote you in my last. no message will
be sent TO either House in relation to our al
fairs with Mexico, though find in some Of
,he papers in New York and Philadelphia,
that message has already been sent; and not
that alone. but the whole lone Squadron has
been ordered to sail directly for The dominIons
of Santa Ana 10 show him experiments with
our Paixhan guns. am very sorry, however,
for the promotion OF science and the fine arts
in general, and for the qualification of my
friend Antonio Lopez DE- Santa Ana in partic.
ular, that no such expedition is to be fitted out.
The squadron may be wanted nearer home be-
fore long; and, besides, frigae would be all.
sufficient TO teach the distine uished Mexican
The art of naval warfare, as best pracised by
our bold sailors. Our Government has wise
ly determined first to try the virtue of the pen
before resorting 10 tho ultima ratio regum.'
the all convincing sword. Dir. Dorsey, of
Maryland, is about leaving the city with in.
struciions for our Minister there, the Hon,
Waddy Thompson: and from what | learn Of
their tenor and character, his ExcelIency, The
said Antonio, will relish but little the terse style
of our Secretary for Foreign affairs. Upon
one point the Administration is firm as ada.
mant;' it will insist upon the immediate liberia.
ton oil every American citizen captured at
Santa Fe. and such apologies from the Govern.
ment of Mexico as the Executive and his cabi.
net hold necessary TO satisfy the outraged dig
nifty ofour nation. Fortunately, our minister
there is not 10 be diverted from the path of his
instructions, by the gasconading of his Excel
lency, or the subtle force of his diplomatic tai.
ent.
By the arrival of the Columbia, dispatches
have been received from Mr.. Everett, but moi
confirming matter of any grea, importance.
The arrival of Lord Ashburton is now daily