and breadth 57 feet. There are likewise building, frigates of very large dimensions, and several very large

was steam boats.

days, was put up by the provincial assembly of Pennsylvanja, some years before the revolution. It was the firs bell rung when the Declaration of Independence proclaimed, and bears this remarkable inscription,"proclaim liberty throughout the land, and to the people thereof."

It is very singular that such a motto should have been adopted at a time when the country was quietly reposing under the dominion of the British king; and the circumstance connected with the fact just stated is worthy of remembrance.

"HIGH PLAYING!" It is stated that £10,000 sterling, nearly $45,000, have been offered to Mrs. Siddons and Charles Kemble, if they will proceed to the United States, and perform one year therein, beginning at Charleston and ending at Boston. Mrs. Siddons is sixty years old, and has long since retired from the stage, but remains in excellent health. The probability of an acceptance of this offer is not stated.

ABO, in Finland, was almost completely destroyed by fire on the 4th Sept.-785 houses were reduced to ashes, besides all the chief public buildings, and the cathedral of St. Henry, which had stood 700 years, the university with 40,000 volumes, &c. &c. Of the 14,000 inhabitants which the city contained, 11,000 were deprived of their homes. The Russian government had made much exertion to soften this calamity, by allowances of money and provisions, &c.

of a ship of war belonging to a northern state seeking to RUSSIAN ARMY. A London paper says-The captain be a naval power, lately lying at Spithead, was deposed from his command the other day by his own crew. His offence was a too despotic use of his authority, in the exercise of which (inter alia) he had thought fit to mast"EBONY AND TOPAZ." The following from the "Bel-head the surgeon, and cause the second surgeon to be videra Apollo," is one of the happiest explanations of this publicly flogged on deck. The crew acted in a very systematic and resolute manner. They approached the captain in a body, and, respectfully taking off their hats, of the rest not to allow the brig to leave the harbor with one of the number stepped forward and declared the will the captain on board. After each sentence the spokesman made a pause, whilst the entire body repeated his words. The captain was obliged to quit, and took the road to London, leaving the ship in command of the first lieutenant.

toast that we have met with:

A subscriber wishes us to give him some information as to the meaning of these two words. Two of our patrons absconded last week without leaving the change due us they are EBONY and we received three subscribers this week who paid in advance-they are Toraz.

A REVOLUTIONARY. Among the petitions presented to the house of representatives on the 17th Dec. was one of John Blake, a revolutionary officer, who entered the service in April, 1775; who was in the battles of Long Island, Harleam Heights, East Chester, White Plains Trenton, Saratoga, Stillwater, Stoney Point, besides, a score of skirmishes.

The following is an extract from the petition:

NEW SOUTH WALES. From the year 1788, the period at which the English government began to forin establishments of convicts in New South Wales, until 1821, they invested in that object 5,501,0231. sterling. It has been ascertained and calculated, that according to the old method of maintaining convicts in hulls of ships, and houses of correction, the expense would have amounted, during the same number of years, to 7,214,486/. sterling, by the first mode, and 7,900,221 by the second. The offenders transported in that period, and the troops necessary for their custody, including civil employments, form a total of 33,455 persons. The colonies of New South Wales "When in the Jerseys, I captured several small de are composed of five beautiful cities, many towns, and tachments of refugees, which so irritated their comman innumerable villages and hamlets, and a population of der, col Delanca, that he offered a reward of sixty 40,000 individuals, scientific bodies, houses for education, guineas to any person who might bring me to him, dead churches, libraries, theatres, &c. The colony possesses or alive. General Washington, then at Crumpond, in 300,000 acres of cultivated land, 5,000 horses, 120,000 ths state of New York, wrote me a letter to repair to heads of black cattle, and 350,000 sheep. Commerce his quarters. When I arrived, he says, "friend Blake, produces an annual exportation of £100,000 sterling.I have a pleasant tour of duty for you, which is to take a But the most happy results of the change, are those detachment of men, and make col. Delanca, and his which the convicts themselves experience, who return guard prisoners.-I have heard he has offered a bounty to the bosom of society, and become laborious, useful members of the community, and good heads of families.

CHERBOUG. The following account of the basins &e. at this famous port in France, is from a late English pa

per.

for you; therefore I give you this opportunity to retali ate. Accordingly, the following night, I repaired to his quarters; but before I arrived I took two of his men who to take the sentinels without alarming the guard. I gave me the countersign, by which means I was enabled found the door bolted, and went to the window, where I The works at Cherboug were destroyed by the Eng-quired what was trumps? I immediately answered, saw several officers playing at cards, one of whom inlish in 1758. They were afterwards resupied, on a stu-Black Jack, of the fifth regiment! at the same time o pendous seale, by Louis XVI., and carried on till the re-dering the window broken. The guard of 36 men and 6 volution, when their progress was interrupted; since officers were made prisioners, but the colonel was abwhich they have been going on with great spirit, and two sent and escaped. immense basins, building slips, and the docks connected with them, have been completed. The basins are exca- "I have at last attained to my 74th year, without revated out of granite rocks; one is 30 feet deep, and the ceiving the compensation due for my services, and have other 60 feet deep; the ships are launched into, and dock lately had the misfortune of having one of my armo ed out of the smaller one, which will contain about 16 broken; yet I am under the necessity, even debilitated sail of the line. The larger basin is for the fleet, when and disabled as I am, of laboring to support life. Bu ready for sea, in which 24 sail of the line can be moored soon will the vital spark expire, and free my country with the greatest case, by means of anchors inserted in from my pressing importunities. Shall congress be rethe granite, and, when wanted, can be at sea in a few proached with partiality? Why, then, do some, who serv hours. The two basins communicate with each other, ed only nine months, receive their pensions as many and with the harbor. The covers over the slips and years, whilst others, because they have, by persevering docks are on a grand and magnificent scale; they are industry, obtained a scanty pittance, are remanded from erected on granite piers, with the roofs constructed on a their country's generosity? I sincerely hope that, while most excellent principle, and executed in a very supe- she so liberally rewards meritorious foreigners, who ens rior style: they are regularly stated, each roof having a tered the servive at the eleventh hour; she will not b number of rows of lights, each row containing 27 wit-unmindful of the freeborn sons of America, who bore lows. There are two three-decked ships, and two the beat and burthen of the day. My countrymen, 1 ships of 100 guns on two decks, building; they are con- reckon upon your justice and generosity. sidered of a most beautiful form, and are of very large dimensions. The length on their lower deck is 217 feet! sions.

The petition was referred to the cojumittee cu pens

LONDON NEWS PAPERS. The London Literary Ca zette says, "A twenty-fourth share of the Loudon Courier was lately sold, to our knowledge, for five thousand guineas. The whole of the Morning Chronicle was sold for £40,000, about one third of the value of the Courier. The purchaser of the share alluded to, has upwards of ten per cent, for his money."

REVOLUTIONARY OFFICERS. From the National Intel- LONDON WATER WORKS. The New River works at ligencer-addressed to the editors: Islington "discharge every 24 hours 214,000 hoghead's Gentlemen: In conversing with some gentlemen, I have of 63 gallons each." This exceeds the rate of 8,916 been quite surprised that they did not more correctly un-hogsheads per hour, or 135 hogsheads per minute. derstand the ground of the claim of the officers of the revolutionary army, which is now before congress. They plead the faith of government, as solemnly pledged to give half pay to them for life. The soldiers had no such promise. When they enlisted, they had large bounties In specie, or provisions for their families, besides the pay of the continent. But officers had no such bounty; and their depreciated wages did not find them even in clothes. The officers suffered more by depreciation, than any others, whether soldiers or citizens. But for this they ask no relief. They plead an express promise of congress. The five years pay they received was not a fair and reasonable equivalent: for it was depreciated eightyfive per cent. when they received it. In fact, they never ackowledged it to be an equivalent, and it never was sueh.

CHILI. Heman Allen, esq. late U. S. minister at Chili, and his lady, arrived at New York on the 27th inst. atter a voyage of 125 days from Chili and 57 from Rio. The Chilians celebrated the anniversary of their indepen dence on the 18th December. Considerable excitement had been caused at Rio in consequence of a misunderstanding between the emperor and Mr. Gordon, the British minister.

It seems to me, then, that there is a debt justly due to the surviving officers, that caunot be winked out of It appears that the latter was residing in a splendid sight. It is one "rather of justice than gratitude." It is mansion at Bota Foga, (about a mile and a half from the * peculiar debt. And the sooner provision is made to town), which the emperor took a fancy to and purchased discharge it, the sooner will the nation be exonerated from it. He accordingly gave Mr. G. notice that he must res au obligation, which it took upon itself in the day of move; to which he replied he would not, unless by comdanger; and the full benefit of which it has received in pulsion, and in that case, he should demand his passthe blessings of liberty, which it enjoys through the ports and repair on board the Ganges 64, then lying in agency and sufferings of these worthy veterans. the harbor. A personal interview had, as was said, tak If the subject were subranted to the people, even with-en place between them, at which much acrimonious and out a plea, it is confidently believed that a very large harsh language was used. majority would decide in favor of these aged patriots. A serious difficulty had occured at Valparaiso between For all their toils and sufferings in defence of freedom the government and the British officers on that station, and independence, they have received less, far less, than growing out of a disturbance which took place at the any others who aided in the glorious work. They re-theatre, between an English officer and a citizen of Valtired from the army, at the close of eight years' service,paraiso. It appears that a quarrel arose between them, without their wages for immediate use, or any bounty, in the course of which the officer struck the Chilian, or gratuity, to enable them to engage in business. The when the soldiers were immediately called in.-One of paper of government they received for many years of them advanced towards the officer and touched him with suffering and action, did not support them a single year.his bayonet; the latter immediately drew a pistol from his Have they not, then, a strong claim upon the gratitude pocket and shot the soldier dead on the spot. This led of the country? Nay, have they not a just claim for a to the immediate arrest of all the British officers then in reward of services, costly to themselves, and auspicious the house, who were forthwith conducted to prison. to the nation! G..

PHENOMENA. A letter from fort Brady, Saut St. Marie, dated Oct. 23, published in the Detroit Gazette, says "Since I wrote to you last, one incident worthy a passing remark, broke in upon the monotony of the post. A sentinel, while walking post in the position of 'support arms,' on a platform over one of the gates of the fort, received an electrical discharge from a flying battery, which melted the point of his bayonet, benumbed the left half of his body, rent the pickets with which he was in contact in its decent to the earth, and left the man an apparent corpse. Efforts at resuscitation were timely adopted, and he returned to life amidst excruciating agonies.

The next morning, sir John Sinclair, the British ach miral, and Mr. Nugent, the consul general, applied to the governor for the release of the officers, but in consequence of some delay in giving them up, the marines at tached to the squadron then in port, amounting to several hundred, were twice landed, and appearances were, for the moment quite threatening. The officers were, however, eventually released, when the one who killed the soldier was given up by the Br. admiral to the civil authorities of Valparaiso for trial, and the whole affair was under investigation at the last accounts. We learn that great excitement was produced; at one time, a gene ral massacre of the foreign residents was anticipated. (V. Y. poper.

FROM KEY WEST. Dec. 26, 1827-addressed to the editors of the Baltimore American: lestador, from a cruize on the coast of Spain, sailed from Captain Hopner of the Mexican schooner of war Mo here on the 24th for Vera Cruz, with her prize, a felucca, filled with Spanish oil and olives. Two more prizes daily expected for orders, will touch here and proceed

The "Aurora Borealis, whose appearance south of this has excited so much remark during the season, has exhibited itself to us with more than coramon splendor. On the 29th of August we saw it in the form of an arch, from which broad streaks of pale evanescent light darted toward the zenith. In the month of September, it appeared again in the same form. On the 6th of October, a rare variety of this inexplicable phenomenon garnished the horizon of Ste. Marie. Its transient, but splendid period of iradiation commenced at 7 o'clock in the evening, the boarded the schooner Lapwing, Kennedy, of your port, His B. majesty's schooner Nimble, (capt. Holland), moon being about 20 degrees above the sensible horizon from Norfolk for New Orleans, off the Double-heade and near the full; the clouds of a cumulostratus form; Shot Keys, on the 19th instant, all well. She at the same the wind strong from the northwest, and the thermome-time fired two shots at the Reuben Ross, but could not ter at forty-five degrees, Farenheit.

"A faint orange column first arose from the east; to which succeeded a luminous arch, broad, defined at the base, and whose centre was a little east of north. In a few minutes the eastern foot of the Aurora became inflected upon itself, like the main spring of a watch, and moved along the chord of its own arch for a few degrees, to the left, increasing in splendor and richness of color, till it acquired a deep orange tinge at the base, softening to a yellowish green at the top of the rays, which darted upward from the involutions, then broke into a thousand shapes, and danced "in air away."

for Vera Cruz.

overtake her. Next day she fell in with the Spanish guineaman, the brig Guerrero, of 18 guns and ninety men, and chased her on shore on Carysfort reef, where both vessels struck at 8 o'clock in the evening. Tire Guerrero bilged in a moment, and lost all her masts. The cries of five hundred and sixty-one slaves and her large crew, were appalling beyond description. The English schooner being on shore, and unable to govern her priz soners, was obliged to witness the escape of a large party of them. The female slaves were first placed on boar the wrecking schooner Thorn, belonging to Bunce and Disney of this place, in number 232, and about 40 of the

CAPE FEAR BANK. The notes of this institution are in very bad credit. It is reported that it has been sued for 2 or 300,000 by the branch of the bank of the U. S. at A letter dated New Orleans 8th Jan. and published in Eayetteville, on which judgment will be obtained in May the National Gazette, says "I open this to-day-our gext. This is as it should be. Banks must be pressed house of representatives and senate met yesterday, with as they press those who owe them-protested as they an overwhelming majority for Adams; thirteen to four in protest-sued as they sue; else, instead of being subser- the senate. The legislature appointed a committee to vient to the public convenience, they will grow into gamb-attend the general-6 Adams men to 2 Jackson. The Ang rag-shops. We know of no reason why banks, hon- senate, 3 Adams; house of representatives, 3 Adams and estly established and decently managed, should not 2 Jackson." either pay their debts, or cease to do business.

which make it death to sell land, except by consent of the
ration in full council. It was assumed by col. McK.
that this was no new act of cession, but simply carrying
into effect the spirit and understanding of the treaty of
Washington; but, to make this clear, it was insisted that
the same price, and according to quantity, should be re-
ceived for it. This basis was accepted; and less money
and safety preferred by the Indians, to a larger sum and
danger.
PLATINA. A large mass of platina has been recently
discovered in the Ural mines, weighing about ten pounds;
hitherto this metal has been found only in very small
parcels. It is said that certain mineralogists had pre-
viously ventured to predict, that Platina would, at some
future period, be found in the greatest abundance,
because it might be even more useful than iron; and the
most useful metals are the most abundant. This is the
irst instance in which facts have offered even the slightest
testimony in favor of such a presumption.

ARRIVALS. The number of vessels which arrived in the ports of Cuba in 1826, was 1,659. Of these no less than 1,106 were from the United States. Of the latter, 720 entered at Havana, 209 at Matanzas, 98 at Santiago, 56 at Trinidad, 14 at Principe, 9 at Baracoa, and at Manzanillo, the only remaining port, there were no American arrivals. There were but 158 English vessels, and 188 Spanish. The most numerous after these were French, of which there were 83.

falsehood and misrepresentation. "The last day of
the session, the senate had an evening sitting for the
purpose of receiving messages from the president.
On this occasion, the commodore conducted Mrs.
Decatur to the capitol, to witness the ceremony of
the adjournment of the senate.
through a small anti-room to the door of the senate
As they passed.
chamber, about nine o'clock at night, they saw,
with surprise gen. Jackson with his two aid-de-camps
walking backwards and forwards appearing under
the influence of great excitement. So soon as he
conducted Mrs. Decatur to a seat in the lobby, he re-
turned and asked one of the aids whether or not it was
true that gen. Jackson intended to attack Mr. Eppes
in the senate chamber. The reply was such is the
general's intention, and such is the object of he visit
to the capitol at this hour. He added, further, that it
was altogether impossible for any one, to alter his
determination."

of gen. Jackson above alluded to; the other capt. Rich-
I had the honor to be one of the two aid de-camps
ard J. Easter is unfortunately no more, or I am confi
dent he would unite with me most cordially in this

statement.

I accompanied gen. Jackson to Washington city in the year 1819, during the memorable Seminole debate. I usually attended him wherever he went; and to the best of my recollection, and belief, he was not FREE BORN ENGLISHMEN! The pauper system in in the senate chamber or in the anti-room of the senate England, has lately been made the pretext for a most at any time during his visit. I remember frequently disgraceful scene; we allude to the public sale of peasants to have heard him invited by the members to visit by their rich neighbors, on no other grounds, than that the the senate while in session, and always heard him wages of the former were insufficient to support life.decline doing so, from motives of delicacy as his offiAfter this it is to be hoped that the British reviewers, will cial conduct was at that time a subject of investigtion tro longer sneer at the nature of some of the advertise- before that body. On the last evening of the session ments, which appear in our southern papers. in the anti-room of the senate, and am equally confiof the senate, I remember distinctly that I was not. dent that gen. Jackson was not there.

"On Tuesday last, at a village 10 miles from the metropolis, a vestry was called of the inhabitants of the parish to let the labor of the able poor to the highest bidder; the clergymen, church wardens and several respectable While at Washington I witnessed, with the highest Housekeepers, were present, and protested against it, but gratification, many interviews between gen. Jackson their intentions were entirely frustrated by the over- and com. Decatur. The cordiality of feeling, and the whelming votes of the farmers and land holders, who car- respectful deportment of those gentlemen towards ried their point with triumph, and the poor men were ac- each other was such as might have been expected fually sold one by one to the highest bidder, like cattle from the chivalry and generosity of their dispositions, in the market, or slaves in the West Indies. They were and little did I anticipate, on those occasions, that sold to the farmers from 5s. 6d. to 8s. per week, strong when the tomb should have covered one of those. able and industrious men, some with large families, and distinguished patriots, that his respectful and friendwho had been in comfortable circumstances, but are now ly language would be misrepresented, to sully the out of employ, the land being nearly all laid down for mea-fame of his surviving friend. dow. This sum the purchasers are well aware is insufficient to maintain them, consequently an additional sum is to be made up out of the poor-rates, and the householder is therefore compelled to pay for the farmer's labor, and the industrious who are too noble to ask for parish relief, are thereby compelled to be paupers. If this system be tolerated and acted upon more generally, what will be the result? No farmer will pay 12s if on this system be can have the same man for 6s. and then send him to the parish for the other 68. I shall be extremely happy to peruse the opinion of some one or more of your able Correspondents, for it is a matter of great moment, and I trust will soon draw the attention of the legislature, before ruin and starvation has broken the once noble spirit of our English peasantry."

[Landon Morning Chronick.

POLITICS OF THE DAY.
FROM THE WASHINGTON TELEGRAPH.

Tallahassee, Dec. 23rd. 1827. SIR,-I have recently seen in the Baltimore Patriot of the 13th ult. an article under the head of "general Jackson and commodore Decatur," which I have read with no ordinary degree of surprise. It is much to be regretted that the ingenuity of its author had not been directed by a more strict regard to truth, and a higher respect for individual feelings and reputation.

Those who know gen. Jackson, can never give the least credit to this ridiculous tale. He has often yielded to the persuasions and entreaties of his friends, but when, in the whole course of his eventful life, was he ever driven from his fixed determination by threats and menaces? all will answer, never!, It is somewhat unfortunate for the author of this strange story, that he should have remained silent until after the death of the lamented Decatur. This circumstance alone, must create the most unfavourable opinion of his veracity; and what man of common understanding can believe, for a moment, that an angry controversy could have taken place be tween gen. Jackson and com. Decatur, in the anti. chamber of the senate, without its being immediately known to the public: and yet I, as the aid-de-camp of gen Jackson, though said to have been present on the occasion, never heard of the occurrence, until informed of it through the medium of the new spapers.

I have thought it equally due to gen. Jackson and the public, to make this statement, which you can use in any manner you may think proper.

R. K. CALL.

Washington city, Dec.7th, 1827. The following extract from the article referred to, SIR. Your letter of the 19th ult. covering the enables me to pronounce it an unqualified tissue of Lexington Virginia Intelligencer of that dato, mas

In senate, Jan. 4, 1828.
Read and passed-seat down for concurrenec.
JNO. MILLS, President.
In the house of representatives, Jan. 8, 1828.
Read and concurred.

Jan. 9th, 1828.

WM. C. JARVIS, Speaker.
Approved

LEVI LINCOLN.

A true copy. Attest,
EDWARD D. BANGS, Sec'y of the commonwealth.

FINANCES OF MARYLAND.

Brief abstract of the report of the committee of claim's of the house of delegates, shewing the receipts and expenditures of the state of Maryland, for the year ending 1st. Dec 1827.

been duly received, and in answer to the enquiries of his country's blessings, and whose fame is her proud. you put to me, I have to state that the article to jest inheritance. which you invite my attention, is substantially, not verbally, correct, so far as it represcuts me as saying that I was informed by Mr. Clay in the forepart of December, 1824, that he intended to vote for Mr Adams. There is no mistake in the date, as a visit which I made to your part of Virginia about that time enables me to fix it with certainty. I left Washington, on that visit, about the 15th of December, and had received the information of Mr. Clay before I sat out, and told it, while absent, in the family of my father in law, col. McDowell, of your county. But the inference so much insisted upon, that I must have told the same thing to Mr. Eaton and other of his political friends, is wholy erroneous; for. having no authority from Mr. Clay to promulgate his intentions, I only spoke of them in the bosom of Receipts. Dividends on bank stocks $23,663 34; direct a private family at two hundred miles distant from taxes 16,912 25; interest on U. S. 3 per cent. stock held Washington. Since that period, and especially derby the state 10,053 08; escheats, &c. 5,308 4; licenses to retail spirituous liquors 7,300 54; do, to retail dry goods ing the present summer, I have on several occasions, 5,026 71; loans 68,000; marriage licenses 7,743 68; ordiand sometimes in the presence of political opponents,nary licenses 18,951 65; state lotteries 26,249 36; state when the course of conversation led me to it, men inspection of tobacco at Baltimore 39,977 77; tax on tioned what I knew of Mr. Clay's early intention to plamtiffs 2.169 62; eastern shore treasury 18,104 49; vete for Mr. Adams; and in this way I came to speak with many other items under 2,000 dollars, and in the of it again, some two or three weeks since, in the whole amounting to $266,416 421, house of my father in law, where I had first spoke Payments. Chancery records $17,983 24; Chesapeake of it near three years ago, and whence, with some and Delaware canal 30,000; civil officers 12,428 37; extadditions and variations, without the privity of any cutive contingencies 2,562 06, judiciary 38,559 97, legisla one present at the conversation, it has crept into the ture 48,754 34: militia 3,208 67; miscellaneous 17,32661; paper which you have sent me. No one ever asked penitentiary; salary to officers, and materials for the admy leave to publish what I said; if any one had,dition thereto 20,784 05; pensions, (revolutionary), the authors of the publication in the Lexington paper 15,595 55; public buildings 3,016 68; state tobacco in might have been spared an office which must have spection at Baltimore 8,797 90; state warehouses been inexpressibly painful to their honorable feelings,ral other items less than 2,000 dollars-the whole amount41,924 38; Washington monument 13,582 44; with seveas I should not have refused to the adininistration anying to $293,409 31. But on account of the balance of testimony in my favor to give, notwithstanding the last year there remained in the treasury $76,291 39, subcharacter of the war which the great body of their ject, however to the payment of various appropriaforces are carrying on against me. tions amounting to $2,679 42, and shewing a deficit of $6,388 42.

Yours respectfully, THOMAS II. BENTON.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. In the year of our Lord one thousand eighteen hundred and twenty-eight.

WHEREAS, the trustees of the Washington Monument Association, have passed the following vote: "At a meeting of the trustees of the Washington Monument Assoication, held at the hall consecrated to the memory of the father of his country, on Monday the 20th of November, 1827.

MEXICO.

pulsion, have urged the congress of the union to adopt like measures. Jalisco, Mexico, and Michoacan, have enacted the expulsion of Spaniards from their territo ries.

Strong excitement prevails in Mexico against the European Spaniards. The "Correo" of the 28th November, observes, that, as a proof of the public opinion upon this subject, the states of Guanajuato, and Ojaco, have passed acts for their expulsion. The legislature of Queretaro has assembled, for the purpose of passing a similar law; and that of Puebla, it was believed, would soon be called together for the same object. Tamauli "Whereas, the hall erected by permission of the legis-pas, and Coahailay Tejas, besides passing laws of exlature in Massachusetts, in the rear of the state house, for the reception of the statue of Washington has been completed, at the expense of the trustees aforesaid; Voted That the trustees of said association, by virtue of the power vested in them, do confide, and entrust as well So determined is public opinion upon this matter, that, the said edifice erected at their expense, as the noble sta- wherever the legislature have, ‘under the dominion of the ture, the work of the first artist in Europe, to the care and Escoveses,' resisted the public will, the people have protection of the government of the state of Massachu-risen en masse, and compelled their legislators to pass setts, for the use and benefit of the people of said state, decrees expelling Spaniards from their territory; and, to all future generations, with the following provisong:after accomplishing this object, they have quietly disThat the said hall shall never be appropriated to any persed. This occurred first in Valladolid-next in Oa other use, or the exhibition of any other monument, or work of art, than the statue of Washington. And that in case the edifice, of which the hall of Washington forms a part, shall at any future time, cease to be used for the purposes to which it is now devoted, the trustees of the Washington Monument Association, or their successors, or in failure of thema, the mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston, for the time being, shall have a right to take possession of the statue of Washington and its pedestal, and to remove the same to any other situation within the city of Boston, which they may deem expedient."

jaca-and lastly, in Vera Cruz, the congress of which, notoriously known to have been long under Spanish infiuence, has enacted more rigorous measures for the expulsion of those with whom they had, until recently, coalesced, than that of any other state.

The general congress has taken into consideration propositions of a similar nature. In the senate, the projected law was referred to a committee, there being only eight dissenting voices. In the house of representatives, the law proposed, signed by 31 members, (a majority of the whole house), was immediately referred to the comTherefore, resolved, That the legislature of this committee of public safety, the rules of the house being dismonwealth accepts the statue of Washington, upon the peased with. This plan, which, it appears, will be terms and conditions on which it is offered by the trustees adopted, is as follows, viz: of the Washington Monument Association; and enter- Art. 1. All Spaniards, who, in conformity with the tains a just sense of the patriotic feeling of those indivi- capitulations made during the war of independence, ought duals who have done honor to the state, by placing in it to have left the territory of the republic, shall now lear a statue of the nien, whose life was among the greatest lit within the term which the government may fix.