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psniset hat. With ths axesption ~ one. psrhA ps
two instances. has never Appropriassd shilling,
or bscane either partner or proprietor Of the con
cern,
The State can nsyer manage these improve
meats with proper discretion and economy. They
become instruments Of party and patronage, and
men are selected 10 superinAsnd them, not on the
ground Of their qualifications for that duty. their
industry, capacity and integrity. but their poti-
tsrests Of the public viii Be sacriGcsd 10 the ascsn
dsncy Of party, and, a. has been the case here,
faithful and competent ohiesrs will be displaced by
political tools. because they declined to use their
influence over the Thousands employed about the
canals for the benefit Of party. Why is il that
the election Of canal commissioners is considered
in New York and Pennsylvania Of as much, if
not more, consequence than that Of governors 1t
is because of the political influence they exercise
and not on account Of the other important func-
,ons committed to him. They arc great political
Instruments, and are elected mainly on the score
of their politics.
Ever since the frat agitation Of the subject of a
canal connecting the lakes with the ocean, the pol
itics Of this State have been greatly influenced,
nay sometimes entirely directed by it, 1t was on
this canal that De Witt Clinton aosted into the
chair Of government, from position of complete
political insigni6cancs. BY leaguing with the
Hartford Convention in its opposition to the late
war with England. and laboring to defeat the re-
election OF Mr.. Madison, be had entirely lost the
~ -
hitherto sustained his1y ! ~ = Ewas not an Of
fee in the gift of the people to which he could
have successfully aspired But he raised the
question Of the canal, appealed to the great Sec
tional interests Of the western counties, and at
once all political principles were merged in one of
pecunary advantages. He arose from the dead
and ascended to the governmental chair; his re-
creancy to Democratic principles was forgotten; ;
hebecams the hero ofth system ofpublic improve
ments, and will descend to posterity as a great
public beneActor If he did not make the canal,
the canal certainly made him. He mounted the
canal excitement, and OH the back Of that hobby
rode to Immortality, though destitute Of almost all
the qualities Of great man, or great statesman
He borrowed his learning from Doctor Samuel
L. Mitchell; his political science from the Albany
Junto; and his ideas Of internal improvements
from Gouvefneur Morris. II ia said we should
never assail the dead but when the dead raise
their heads too high, there seems To be no reason
why they should not be pulled down as well as
the living. The greatest Of all liars are the tomb
stones and the biographsrs Of great little men.
As this letter is already sufficiently long, shall
continue the subject in another.
NORTHERN MAN AND
A FRIEND TO THE UNION.
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Extremes Meet.

In the debats on n printing contract made by
Congress with Messrs. Gales and Seaton Of the
National InteNigencsr, Mr.. HALE, senator from
New Hampshire, made the following remarks:
Mr. HALE. ] will dets;n then Senate but a
assment tn present view Of this matter which
has not been presented, and which think ought
to be taken. 1t is a practical common-sense
view Of the thing. AS long as there are two
great political parties, there must be two great
political presses supported at the seat Of gov
ernrent; and just 80 long ~ their list Of sub
scrbcrs cannot sustain them, they must be sus-
tanned cut Of The ~attonsl treasury And when
parties are 90 nearly balance a. they are hare,
no one party can sustain it, own press without
little help from the other. Now, we want to
sustain the Union and the editor al that Paper,
and We are going to do it by direct bill but
W cannot expect those who belbng TO an sppo-
sils party 10 help NJ do that unless give some
jobs 70 their press II you want your b tx
ssraeshsd you must tickls your neighbours el-
how. n II upon that principle that We are
bound to carry these measures out 80 That the
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AeAssrz. Professor Agassiz 10 now at Key
West and vicinity, employed by the United
States government to assist Lieutenant Bache
in selecting sites for lighthouses on the coral
reefs extending along the coast Of Southern
Florida. letter received in this city, saya he
4 hnsily At work, and IA quite charmed with the
detgaAfal climate, and the mass and variety oi
corals Re- h occupied IN examimng.--N Y. Adj
reYtiyr.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Afler the reading Of the journal,
Mr.. DANIEL moved to go into COMMITTEES Of
the Whole on the private calendar. He saie that
in order 10 give gentlemen an opportunity to
eynct their regard for private claimants, he should
demand the yeas and nAys
Mr.. McCLERNAND asking IL il was In order
tn call for reports from committees, was answered
by the SSEAKRR that there were several bills on
his table which would be first in order.
Mr. McLANE wished to say to the House
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now advance IN the public funds n Axpessed, do
you believe In il N. de Baron IN de Roth
eehld aroused from his reveris. raised his head
and replied with IN accent full OF sadaess and
gravity II, cir, believe only in God" !.
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eW" The Boston journal seized with sud-
den spasm of wit, relieves itself thus
A SMASHING BUsTSEss.--A Now Orleans pa
per, in eulogizing new steamboat, savs shc is
destined TO do smashing business both in
passengers and in freight, The STEAMBOATS, in
that quarter arc getting to he rather too noto-
rious lately, for doing this kind Of business.
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BARON RoTHsCHILp.-The Paris correspond.
ent Of the Courier dss Etafs Uniy contains the
following anecdote Of Baron RotIschild.
"Thc splendid New Years fetes which were
to have been celebrated at the hotel Ro,hscbiId.
have been put aside on account Of family sor
row, very young child, n grandson of Baron
Rothschild having recently died The Baron
was so much affected by this affection, that for
some time he gave up the care of his affairs and
neglected his vast Enterprises.
& "a few days since, friend came TO offer him
his coincidence, the Baron recalled with a mel
anchoIIy tenderness the winning WAYS of the
poor little child. They brought him into me
every morning here, in my cabinet "said he" and
think see him now, npon my table overtnrn-
ing all my papers,"
"At this period mn agent from the exchange
cnme in. 1t was the hour when he came TO
take the orders of the prince Of finance, and
render him an account Of the movements in the
funds, and the aspect affairs on the course had
taken since the day before. Interrupted in the
overfowing OF his memories and regrets, M. de
Rothschild fell into a melancholy reveric, while
the agent launched bravely into the subject of
his habitual visit and continued with the most
minute details his oxaose Of the state Of finan
cinl matters, without being Disconnected by the
silence Of his auditor. which he attributed 10
continued and deep calculation After having
finished his report on the state Of all the stocks
negotiated on ehangs, The agent added A
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That il y plaass,s fps ~ to'ait up tos scem,
four fair cosrssp4pd6nt says shs thinks tho
sbove facilities are enouRh fbv the present, and
we certainly agree vith her (; but II the gentle
men show any more At their airs, abe declares
that chs will give them lot mQFe.]
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N TlON A l. III A l. l..
BENEFIT AND LAST NIGHT
or the engagement and appearance Of
MISS DAVENPORT.

FOR FEBR UARY, 1851.
MARYLAND STATE LOTTERIES,
Drawn by the authority Of the State Legislature by
STATE COMMISSIONERS.
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SUSQUEHANNA CANAL LOTTERIES.
These popular Lotteries draw In Baltimore, as
follows ;-February 18th = Class 10, Capitals,
$4,000, $4,000, 5000 and 1000. Tickets 40; Feb
rusry IS Clase B, Capitals, IS ZOO, 1900, $500
and 3,6O9, 70 Nos. and Is ballots,-Tickets 10,
Feb'y. 26-Class IL, Capitals, 1880 and 20 Pri-
yes of - 500, IS Of 81 SOC, Tickets $40.
sL-Orders from distance will be promptly
and faithfully filed
ADpREas
F. NORRIS Co. Managers.
BALrIM0RK, Mn.
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The Syracuse Standard thus pithily sums u
the Wing creed in New York:
tW The four principles Of the Wing party
Three loaves and one small Fish"
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SMITHSONIAN LECTURES.
In. GCADBY Of London, will deliver course
OF Lectures "on tho Structures and Functions Of
Insects" with numerous Illustrations, on the
evenings Of Monday. Wednesday and Friday Of
this week
February lQ-dSs
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. The New York Commercial Advertiser
gives the following item:
FuGIrIvE SLAVE CAsE.--We learn by the
telegraph last evening, that the first fugitive
slave case at Cincinnati was tried on the 18th
inst. The person arrested was a female, who,
as the case was proceeding, consented to 60 back
to her master, and thus the case ended
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only standard recognized by modern statesmen,
how much better off we should have been without
the canals, and what vast incaculabIe benefits
might have been derived from the judicious dispo-
sition Of this prodigious sum. among the different
sections Of the State equally, insend of single
portion, because il 10 perfectly notorious That the
western part of the State. and the cities Of Al
bany and New York monopolize all the benefits
Of the canal. The river counties, and those Of
Long Island, are deeply ard seriously injured by
the competition of the vest, yet were obliged to
pay their proportion ofihe expense Of the cunnls
The truth is, that these public Improvements,
ss they are called, ought 10 lie prosecuted nj
the expense Of the State. Moderated at ALL they
should be the result ofprieais en'srprze, and that
for several reasons. In The FIRST place, unless un
der the influence Of a maniac, there would not be
so many idle, visionary and was,efu projects on
foot, since people always more careful OF their
own, than Of the public money In the second
place, the State would not become jobber and
specuIator in lands and railroads, and be placed
as New York now IL, in antagonis,ical position
with those public improvements which are the
product of individual or corporate enterprise. And
in the third place, the people Of one portion of the
State would not be taxed for Improvements, either
without benefit or absolutely injurious to them..-
Nor is il at al necessary for States to assume tie
responsibility Of thess undertakings. There j.
no country in the world. in which public improve
ments have been carried 10 such an extent AZ in
England. Yet there il not one Of these that is
not the product Of individual enterprise. The
govsrnmsnt hes eontsnted itssif with granting per-
mission and regulating the privilege Of 'hess COM
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Behind the scenes.

The following pquant paragraph, which Illus
trates the nature of the discipline which Mr..
Polk maintained among the members of the
Democratic party, we extract from the personal
discussion between Mr.. RHETT and Mr.. FooTE,
on the Compromise resolution of the latter.
Mr.. RHETT. There is not man upon this
floor who does not feel more mortified and more
sensitive at the position which the Senator and my
self occupy in this controversy than do. But
what can do? will tell the gentleman what oc-
CURED during tho presidential campaign to which
he refers After General Taylor was nominated,
and after General Cass had been nominated, was
at party on the heights Of Georgetown, as the
gentleman says. Mr. Robinson, Mr.. Cartier, and
some other good Wings came to talk about the
presidential nominations, when stated to them
that in my opinion, the Democratic nominations
would be beaten, and that General Taylor would
be elected. Mr.. Robinson, | believe, told the
Senator from Mississippi what | said. The next
thing | heard of il was when | went 10 see the
President of the United States (Mr. Polk) one
morning He said to me: Show is THE? You said
you would support General C1ss and the Demo.
cratic nominations very clearly and very dis
tinctly to me. Now MIR. Richie tells me, that
Mr. Foote told him that he heard that you were
against our nominations, and going with the
Wings" "Why," said !, ''sir, never said go.
On the contrary, shall certainly support the
Democratic nominations, as ] told you before !
shall support Mr.. Cass, and South Carolina will
support him. All that l said was, that believed
we about 60 be beaten, and the charge of Mr..
Footo totally ungrounded." ! Immediately
came to the Senate, and asked the Senator if he
had made that declaration. He told me that he
drew that inference from what had said. i told
a., ;pFar 7 IolJ
him further that General Cass would receive my
vote, and that he would receive the vote of the
State of South Carolina. Oh, said the Senator
from Mississippi that is out of the questions; Mr..
Calhoun lie against him, and he will never carry
South Carolina. Then / said to him, Will you
carry Mississippi for General Cas-? Certainly,
said he, by ten thousand majority. then said to
him, Now, you carry Mississippi, and don't trou-
bic yourself about South Carolina and will carry
South Carolina for General Cass. The result has
shown whether was right or wrong.
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lucky, with the remark that he in favor of a
more stringent course than that which was recon-
mended by the gentleman il was read as follows:
BE az enacted by te Senate aud House Of Representa-
tiUes Of he United States IF Amsrica IA Congress
assembled, That the sum OF five thousand dollars
be- and the same is hereby, appropriated out ofany
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
10 be expended, or much thereof as may be ne
oessary under the direction of the Commissioner of
the Public Ruildings in discharge Of the expenses
incurred in the extinguishnnent of the late fire in
the library room, the removal of the rubbish, and
the preservation of such books and other articles
may have been saved, and the construction of tin
roof for the preservation and protection OF that
portion of the building now exposed.
! MIR. STANTON, OF Kentucky, moved that IL be
referred TO the Committee of the Whole the state
of the Union.
| Mr. STEPHENS, Georgia, could see no neces-
sity for this, he presumed there would be no OBJ
lection to the passage Of the bill.
| The rules were suspended by unanimous con-
| sent, and
1 The hill was then passed, without debate.
! MIR. STEPHENS, Of Georgia, moved, and Il was
agreed. that the Clerk be authorized to carry the
| bill forthwith 10 the Senate
/ The question REQUIRED on the motion that when
| the House adjourn, it adjourn to meet on Tuesday
| next.
| 1t was decided in the Affirmative yeas 81
| nays "a.
| And, on motion, the House adjourned
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FILLMORE is denounced by the Aboltionists
and the Freesoil Democrats, and Freesoil
Wings, of the Northern States, as a pro
slavery man, and that his administration is de-
nounced as a pro slavery administration. Mr..
FILLMORE occupies the just constitutional
ground on the Slavery question, and can be
set down neither among the pros or the ants.
The assertion that Mr.. FILLMORE, when
Mr. RHErr was with him in the other branch
of Congress was considered and ranked with
the aboitionists," is altogether untrue, and MIR.
RHETT cannot be ignorant of its unlruth. MIR.
RHErT was in Congress together with MIR.
FILLMORE from 1888 TO lS43. During that
time there was much agitation in regard to the
right of petition, and Mr.. FILLMORE uniformly
recorded his vote in favor of the right. He be-
lieved that every citizen presenting respect
full petition to the body that by the Constitu-
ion had the power to grant or refuse its prayer,
was entitled to be heard aud that the petition
ought to be received and considered. If right
and reasonable, the prayer of it should be grant
ed and if otherwise, denied.
Mr.. FILLMORE, during his entire Congress
sional career, believed, and uniformly acted on
the belief, that by the Constitution of the
United States the whole power over slavery
was vested in the States-that Congress had
no Jurisdiction over il, and was in no way re-
sponsible for its continuance in the several
states where it existed. We defy Mr. RHETr
OF any one else 10 produce from Mr.. FILLMORE
Congressional career single vote inconsistent
with this statement Of his opinions. How
could such a man be considered or ranked with
the abolitionists2
Mr.. RHETT AYERS that Mr.. FILLMORE stead
| lily and uniformly voted with the Aboltionists
on ''all extreme measures" We have no
great iondness for hunting through the journals
| to find how gentlemen voted fifteen years ago,
but we have dipped into volume of the Con-
greSSional Globe for 1888. and turned to the
first vote that seems to involve the slavery
question, being one growing out of motion
made by Mr.. ADAMS to refer certain memo
rails against the annexation of Texas to a Sc
Iect committee. Mr.. WISE moved to lay the
motion of reference and the petitions themselves
on the table. Mr.. ADAMS and sixty eight
others voted against this motion. Among them
was Mr. FILLMORE; and with Mr. FILL
MoRE's we find the name Of Mr.. RHErT.
SO it would seem that if Mr.. FILLMORE
sometimes voted with ''the abolitionists," on
that occasion at least he voted in company to
which Mr.. RHETT cannot except. If the sup
port of this right of petition is one OF the Sex
treme measures" referred to by Mr.. RHETr,
a.
steadily" supported it, whether that support
compelled him to vote with Mr.. GIpDINGs OF
Mr. RHErr. But we distinctly deny (and
would again call upon Mr.. RHErT for proof to
rebut our deniaD that he ever gave vote in
Congress inconsistent with the constitutional
rights of Shareholders, or with the position that
he regarded the slavery question as one ''wIrH
WHICH THE NATIONAL GovERNMENr HAD NO
THING TO DO"
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How Is This!

Pending the choice of the Speaker of the
House Of Representatives, Mr.. RICHARDSON,
Of Illinois, asked MIR. Books, of New York,
how he voted on the Fugitive Slave bill:
"Mr. BnooKs, (Mr, r. yielding the foor) voted
upon that question the same way General Cas- and
Mr.. Douglas, from his own State, voted.
'Mr RlcHARDsos. The gentleman from New
York ia certainly npprised Of the fact that Judge
Douglas tcas confined 10 his bed by sickness at he
time the biz passed, Docs he pretend that he was
unable to attend the House at the time the Fugi,
tive Slave bill under discussion, or when il was
being voted upons
mir. b. was sorry to hear that Judge Douglas
had been then confined TO his bed so as to deprive
him of the power OF leaving record in the Senate
such as he (Mr 3D. had left in tho House But
it was very remarkable that every Northern Demo
cratic Senator, rave only the two Senators fro
Iowa, was equally sick on that day, and also
confined to bed. The malady was general, and
only Iowa escaped the contagion."
Pending the discussion of the Compromise
resolution Of Mr.. FooTE on Tuesday, Mr..
DOUGLAS himself is reported, in substance,
to have said !:
Mr. Douglas explained the reason of bis absence
when the vote was taken on the Fugitive Slave
bill; be was called suddenly 10 New York TO settle
pccuniary obligation Of $1,000 Before leaving
he was told the debate the bill would last several
days. While dung at me Astor House he was
told the bill had been ordered TO third read
ing; he Immediately left, and travelled all night
in The hopes reaching Washington in time to vote
on lie final passage. The bill, however, had been
finally passed on the day before. lie would have
voted for it."
VIII Mr., RicHARpsoE explain
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Another judge stepped forward to yindicate the
position assumed by his brother Of the bench. We
allude 10 Judge Kelley, who thought that the time
has come when "the dogmas' laid down by the
fathers Of the Revolution may be usefully re-
viewed, with view TO their modification or aban-
donment, ne occasion may require. lie intimated
that the United States may safely rely her mill
tia force in waging foreign wars in behalf Of tho
political freedom Of distant States; and concluded
very appropriately with giving, toast, "The
United States Of Europe-May they annex
the British realm.'' This is pretty wide expan-
sion Of the Kossuth platform. and one moro worthy
Of Tammany Hall flibuster than of Judge
chosen to administer justice according to law.
The Geographic report Of the banquet, furnished
to the Baltimore Sun, states that several Of the
speeches "were made amid much confusion and
collision of feeling"
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rHIRTY-sECoND CONGRESS.
'IRsT SESSION.
FaiDAf, December 20, 1851.


MIR. FETCH said that as there was no quorum
i'm attendance he moved that the Senate adjourn.
Mr.. BRADBURY thought that something ought
70 be done towards having an investigation into
the causes OF the recent fire. and he hoped the Sen
ate would wait awhile, and perhaps the Sergeant
at Arms could ensure the attendance oil a quorum.
Mr. FELCH Withdrew his motion.
Mr. MANGUM moved that when the Senate ad-
iourn, IL adjourn till Monday next
The CHAIR decided that under the Constitution
less than quorum could not adjourn but from day
10 day
Mr. MANG UNI moved that the Senate adjourn.
Iost--ayes 10, noes 10.
After an interval of half an hour, no quorum ap-
pearing,
On motion Of MIR. MANGUM,
The Senate adjourned
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PETITIONS.

By Mr.. HOWE; The petition Of William Nckle
and forty four others, citizens Of Venango county,
Pennsylvania, praying Congress TO establish post
route from Agnew's Mills, in said county, via La
MARITIME and Five Points, TO Cas-, on the Susque-
hanna and Waterford turnpike, ten miles east Of
Franklin.
BY Mr.. APPLETON: The petition Of Il. & Shaw
aud others, that survey be made of such parts OF
the China seas and straits of Gaspar, as lie in the
course our vessels pass during their voyage to
China Referred 10 Committee on Commerce.
Also, the petition of ]. w Bennett for payment
of property lost in the destruction of Minot Ledge
Light House Referred TO Committee on Com
merce.
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Congress.

In the House OF Representatives, the joint
Committee on the Public Buildings and Grounds
were instructed to inquire into the origin of the
late fire in the Library of Congress, and other
matters connected Herewith; and an appropri-
alton of five thousand dollars was made TO de-
fray the expenses incurred in suppressing the
flames and the preservation of the public pro
pcrty. An adjournment until Tuesday took
Mace