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              .11 JL.i - -V. -vc- s--c.- g. if f " IT .SWOTS VOLUME BY L. DARPEHi , Ofico in. Wooi vard's BIock,"Tiird Story TSRMS T oIlripr nnam, payable in ad rnc $2,50 within fix months f 3,00 after the ez- vation of tb year, .labs oi twenty, i,u each- ' From the Evening Post . AT SJCA. - ir rzt. s.jfL. Loxarcxxow, or bbookltx. The night was made for cooling shads, . For silene and for sleep; And when I was a child, I laid JJ j bands upon vaj breast, and prayed, And tank to slumbers deep. , : Childlike, as then; I lie to-night, And watch my lonely cabin-light. : . ; ; , : ... . Each morement of the swaying lamp Shows how tbs Tassel reels, , And o'er her deek the billows (ramp, c And all her timbers strain and cramp With every shock she feeler ' . It starts and shndders, while it barns, And In its hinged socket turns. How swinging slow, 'and slanting low, ' . . It almost level lies;. And yet I know, while lo and fro I watch the seeming pendule go ' With restless fall and rise, .. The steady shaft is still upright, - Poising iU little globe of light, ' " Ohand of God! O lamp of peace! O promise of my sonl! b : c Thongh weak and tossed, and ill at ease Amid the roar of smiting seas , , : m : The ship's convulsive roll ' I owe, with love and tender awe Yon perfect type of faith and law. , A. heavenly trnst my spirit calms ' My soul is filled with light; The ocean sins his solemn psalms; ; . The wild winds chant; I eroBM my palms; .. Happv-asif U'-night, '' Under. tfai cottage roof again; I heard the soothing' summer rain. TIME A3TD LIFE. T C. . STUABT. . ,'Thsre Is a dark and mighty sea, Which restless rolls its tide, .And countless rivers silently - Into its bosom glide. -That sea is Time. Upon its shore, . All gloomy with the past, What wrecks of. ages evermore ". ' Life's river-stroams shall cast! There, shivered in the sand, are strewn .j, . , y The proudest works, of Art; '" ' ' There, pyramid and spbynx, o'erthrown, Of dust and mould are part; There, bSggars sleep, embraced by kings; t And there, all silently, . J Beneath Oblivion's awful wings, " ' " Stations and races lie. 0 dark and mighty is that sea ; . The restless ser of Time! Its waves unto Life river. streams , With solemn music chime;' And phantom men and nations tread Its grim and gloomy shore ,r Th lirias; to 4he land of death : - ' r - "Welcome evermore! ' " . ' JSy There are cot' many Goer things than the following:: , 'j .-. . ; . ; ' . . ; . . TUE COLDC SUBSET. C : : '" ' ' " IT LOROFBLLOW. ; " '": - " The golden sea its mirror spread Beneath the golden skies, --And bat a narrow strip between . . Of land and shadow lies. . The cloud-like rocks, the rock-like clouds, - Dissolved in glory, float, And midway of the radiant flood - . , - Hangs silently the boat. The sea ia but another sky, The sky a sea as well, And Which the earth, and which, the heavens, The eye can scarcely telL So when for us Life's evening hour, Soft fading, shall descend, May Qlory, born of .earth and heaven, - - The farth and heaven blend. ' .ajflooded with peace the spirit floats, With silent raptures glow, -itcTill where earth ends and heaven begins The soul can scarcely know.' kTEB STOLE H" NOTE. BT A KITIHtD ATTORNEY. "What teems to me the most remarkable phase : of villainy U? that a maa himself wealthy can find it ia his heart to, plunder the. poor of ear. - Bines of the long,nd weary years. . When- the ricbro'b the rich it seems not half so. wicked. as when a man of humble means is deprived of his ttmbls sustenance.; ; I Ear often seen the entire property of individuals swept away at a sio- gla stroke of illfortane; and more than once have I seen a man, who thought he had a competence raioad in a single day by a villain.' The instance I am about to 'elate, though happily the designs of the robber were frustrated, is one of this character, where an unscrupulous peraoft designed to send, misery and ruin to a family of an humble,mechacic. Except that he indulged too freely in the use of Aha intoxicating, cup, John Wallace was an honest, high-minded, and exemplary man. : ': His s)M freat fault hong like .dark- shadow over his tosny virtaes. He meant well, and when jober he did well. , .v ... He was a batter .by; trade, aad by his industry -ad thrift had acquired money to bay the house -iaFwliIoh le lived. Ke had" purchased it several jeaxj $f7r9..f9i $Z,QQQt paying one thousand down, and securing the balance by a mortgage to tl1 seller; .iTIia-oi0rt2lt'ioU aa lmos ddeA-ai Ae ''tima wnenra eircumslanctf-bcenrred whi2h'maaA ma acquainted with, the affairs of the family, Bat Wallace was ready fof thaudayTia bad save-' ed op the money, and there seetnsd no .poasibiti tj of an accident. I a1jras,toe&t:saCliaU of W$JH6er, aadyam free to say that, they, wera-.(he,-bes hats the eity afforded. I had also done soma little collecting anarawa up ecae i.ja'cocamenis tor Aim. in great distress, declaring that her father was ruiniJ atd tEu ILejAlooli be tarneious of tie "Perhaps net,. HJsi-WUaee," replied I tryln to console heraJ give the affair:' whatever it Ui brtfbter upecU -. - . ; "You know my father, Mr. Docket?' "1 do, very well" --. s". -2 f "Yob know bis infirrflftj?" : ' "Ido;I am aorry for him. There is cot a more honest or better disposed man in Boston than yoar father." ' f ' ' "He is verj good and kind to ns all, bat , "I hope his jnfirir itj doer not render him troublesome at home?" - v - , ? "No sir; the people take adrantagea of him." "What has happened?" lie bad the money to pay the mortgage on the house In which we live bnt it ia all cone now.". "Gone?" ". "Yes; gone." . "Lost?" : : ' 1 don't know; I suppose so. Last week he drew out the two thousand dollars from the Bank and lent it to Mr. Brjce for ten dajs." "Who i Mr. Brjce?" "He is a broker. My father got acquainted with him through George Chandler, who boards th ns, and is Mr. Brjce's clerk." Ibe poor girl blushed when she mentioned the clerk's name, and it did not' require a great deal of penetration for me. to discover that he was her lover. "Does Mr. Bryce refuse to pay it?" "He has paid it." " Well, what is the trouble, then?" . "Father says he has not paid it" "Indeed, but the note will be evidence that he has not paid it. Of course yoa have the note." "No, Mr. Bryce has it." "Then ot course he has paid it." "I Suppose he has, or he could not have had the note." V "What does your father say?" He is positive he never received the money. The mortgage must be paid to morrow." "That is very singular. Was your father" I hesitated to use that unpleasant word I knew must have grated harshly on the ear of the de voted girl. : '. - Mr. Bryce says my father was not jnst right when he paid him. though not verv had." "I will see your father." "He is coming here in a few minutes; I thought I would see you and tell yoa the fsftts before he got here." I do not see how Mr. Bryce could have ob tained the note unless he paid the money." "Nor I." ; - "Where did your father keep it? "He gave it to me, and I put it in the. front room.1 Did yoa give it to yoar father again?" Wo." "Who were in the room when yon put it in the secretary?" Bryce, Geo. Chandler, my father and myself." "Have you ever seen the note since it was placed there?" "No." v ' . "Has jour father?" : V . "Ha says not." "Very remarkable." "It is indeed; I know my father would not tell a lie about it. But he might have taken it out when he did not know what he was about." "Very likely; but if he was in a condition to take it out at all, he would nnderstaiid what he was about?' "I should think so." "What kind of a man is Bryce?" -I don't know; George Chandler likes him very well, only to say he is very close." The conversation was here interrupted by the entrance of Wallace. He looked pale and haggard, as much from the effect of anxiety as from the debauch from which he was iust recovering." "She has told you about it, I suppose?" said he in a very sad tone. . "She has." ; I pitied the poor fellow, for the $2,000 was a large sum for him to accumulate in his little business. The Joss of it would make the future look like a desert to him. It would be a misfor. tone which one must nsdergo to appreciate it Besides, Wallace was an honeat man, and a persoo of fine feelings. Liquor only made him more ree and generous; it only seemed to intensify the peculiarities of his nature. De Qain-cy says that men are not disguised by sobriety; and it is when drinking that men display themselves in their complexion of character. Wallace when tipsy was never more truly himself he was himself he was himself intensified hia good and evil traits .were ten fold more vigorous than when be was sober.' I like tha man nt pitied him in his present distress.' "What do you think about it?" asked he Very gloomily. y V : ' r '-"i ' V ""v VI don't know what to think." ; ' ' "I confess I had been drinking when,! went to his office at the time he", savs he caid ma. And with the help of God I will never let anoth er drop pass my lips." - J - He eppke with earnestness, and when he otte ed thd name of God, it was reverently spoken with bis eyes raised to heaven, 5 A wise resolution, bat I feared iit had come too late. . - . '. , ... ; "4 know he never paid , me... I was not much in liquor at the time. v I remember Tery Welof going homaaa well as I ever - did in my life. ' I could tell how - passed -every -inement'of the lime." 'i O Vi - ' - I r,"What; passed between yoa on .that day? , . : vWell, Inaraiatepped into hie office it was only; day befbreyesterdaytIl hWaot 0 forsTet tQ itva my money read. Ibr me-to-morrow. ,-3 .ii.-.i i!u P.- i IU took me into- hit flee, and Feat there for ome Ume." " '." W '-, i'-u "What did he ay?1- -is v . evat).; I s.w-m ."; "" j'-.J At . r vJ i "He then lelt toe; enflwent Jetoe front oSce .wher f heard him JendGeor W diaw avcheckv iwK&iwnl' AeiZr so I suppose La was going tr w me XhvnJ "-4 'J "He sajt Bryco remarked when It sent lim ; MQTJNT : yEENON, that he was going to pay , me' with the money. "Just so.- . . - . , : "And when George came in, he went to the front office again,' and took the money:: "Then he came to me again but did not offer to pay me." "Had yoo the note with yon?" c. .t . "No, now I remember; he said baaoBDOsed had not the note with me, or he would pay it. He told me to come in the next day and he would have it ready that was yesterday.' .'"Well?;; . .... ' : V ' www I iv nen i came to look for the note it could not be fonnd. Annie and I have hunted the house all over, but could find nothing of it." "Xou told Bryce aa?" : , -," . . ., - "I did; he laughed and showed me the note wun nis signature crossed over with ink and a hole punched through it." 'It ia plain, Mr, Wallace, that he has paid you me money as he alleges, or he has obtained fraudulent possession of the note, and intends to cheat yon out of the amount if he can." "He has never paid me," replied he firmly. "Then he has fraudulently obtained the note What sort of a per ion is this Chandler who boards with yon?" A nne young man. He would not do any thing of the kind." - : "lam sure he wouldn't!" repeated Annie, ear nestly.. " "How else could Bryce have obtained the note but through him? What time does he generally come home at nights?" - Always at tea time, tie never goes out in a . -r- the evening." ; "But father, he did not come home till 10 o'clock, the night you .went to Bryce's. He had to stay at the office to post the book's or some thing of that kind." "How did he get in?" "He has anight key." "I must see Chandler." ' I hope you don't think he had anything to do with it." "I cannot tell. I should like to see him." "He is innocent I am sure!" exclaimed Annie. "No harm in seeing him," added Mr Wallace, 'I will go for him." In a few minutes he returned with the' young man. Chandler, in the conversation I had with iiD, manifested a very lively interest in the solu tion of the mystery, and professing himself ready to do anything to forward my views. "What time did you return to the bouse on uesday night?'.' I asked w'ih the intention of sounding him a little. "About twelve." "Twelve 1" said Annie. "It was not more than ten, I heard you." "The clock struck twelve as I turned the cor ner of the street," replied Chandler positively. I certainly heard some one in the Trout room that time," said Annie, looking with as tonishment at the group around her. "We are getting at something," I remarked, laughing. "How did joa get in Mr. Chandler?" "The young man smiled as he glanced at An le. . . . " "I did not tell yon about it," said he, "for was afraid it would, make you nervous, and perhaps get an honest man in trouble. Host my night key." "Eh?" - : - ;, .;. "Host my night-key." "Go on, sir," I began to be deeply interested. "A watchman happening along I told him my situation. He knew me and taking a ladder from an unfinished bouse opposite, he placed it against one of the second story windows, and I got in that way." ' ' - "Good; now who was it you heard at 10 clock." . . : "Wallace looked at Annie, and Annie looked at her lover. . "Who was it?" . "It was Bryce," I replied. 'You may depend npon it." "The villain!" exclaimed WaUace, "Ukiog it for granted." 'v "He ia mean enough to do such a thing," added Chandler. "When you lost your night-key he found it Where did you keep it, Mr. Chandler?" "In the pocket of my outside coat." ' Exactly so." y.; r: : '-. ' ' , . I wrote a la wyer letter "demand , against you," which was immediately sent to Bryce. Cautioning the parties not to speak of the affair, I dismissed them. Bryce came. .... . "Well, air, what have you against me?" he asked rather a ti fly. "A claim on the part of John : Wallace for two thousand dolls rs," I replied poking my hand over papers, and appearing supremely indifferent. ; - : i .;- . " Vi -"-'": "Paid it," said he as short as pie-crust. "Have you?" said I, looking him in the eye as sharp as I could possibly bring my optics to bear upon him. . - ., .1 .-' The rascal quailed I saw he was a villain. "I have." ' ' ". "Nevertheless, if within one hour, yon do not pay me two thousand dollars, and one hundred dollars for the trouble yoa Lave caused my client, I pledge you my word and hondr that,' at the end of the next hour, yon shall be lodged in jail to answer to a criminal charge. ;t . , a ,110 turnedpale an4 hia lips quivared. J-..' 'f'What do- yon mean, sir?"'- Ji ...i. . --c . 'Imean what I aay. Pay - or take the conse- was a bold xhargv and. if, hojlai .looked like an honest man, I shoald not have Oared to make:'; '' "I paid the note 1 tell you," whined ne. "No . Pii0tt: .o - . V - mm-- 4fD 1T... ft . MT;11 llitintnnnthlnirl . Wiera.4K too etjtfci e.j liw. diti -,f WhTj of onrser-whea I p'sid jM1 A tlMrhen yoo folonioasl y'ehtired- th'ef Louie of I John'Tallace, ruary SO, at 10 o'clock, and took; t&e sota from the secretary. ; OHIO iT TTJjESDA T'Too- have no proof, stammered he, grasping a cbair for support. . v " ' '- - ' ' " " ' r "That's my look out. I have no time to waste will yoa pay or go to jail. : i- .' "I will pay; for though, what yon say is-false, I shbnld not like to be aceused of stealing a note,' 5 ' ' i - 'He drew the check on the spot for twenty one hundred dollars, and after begging "me not to mention the affair, which" be thought mubt in jure his reputation, he sneaked off. - : ; . -. I cashed the check, and hastened to Wallace's house. The reader may- judge with what satis faction be received it, and how rejoiced was An nie and her lover. Wallace insisted , that I should take the hundred dollars for my lef Sices, but I was magaanimons enough to take fonly twenty. Wallace kept his promiset and.' ever after was a temperance man. He )'died a lew years ago, leaving a handsome property to Chandlef and his wifev fnpan nrin fajiifsc. THE EUPIBE OP JAVTS. It may interest some of our readers to know what is included under the name of the Empire of Japan, which now, for the first time, sends an Embassy to a distant nation, and that' nation, which is the more remarkable, thej youngest in the great family of nations. Japan1 proper con sists of three large islands. Nippon,' Kin ia, and Sikokf. Of these, Nippon ia the largest, and contains the capital of the Empire, Yeddo. These are surrounded by a vast number of smal er islands most of which, little er nothing is known of estimated by some ' at,f ,000, and a- gam, by others, at 5,000. The dimensions of, the Empire are about 17l,000 sqaare miles a ittle larger than the six New England States, and New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together. The population is variously estimated at from 15,000,000 to 60,000,000, and does not, The country is mountainous andvolcanic, and the Fudsi Jam ma, which is some,' twelve thousand feet high, is covered with - pf rpetual snow. The climate is extremelj various, jt is said. In the north the winters are aometUnes intensely cold, and in the south it is about M mild as the south of France. Rain is freauerit all the vear round, but prevails mostly in ' Jane and July. he climate is much milder, however, than the atitude would indicate. f Japan is rich in metala and mineral wealth. Gold and silver are abundant, an so are copper, ead, and cinnabar. , Tin of the finest quality has been found, and coal and sulphur in inex haustibly supple. Of iron, which is found in three provinces in ore of excefleotqualit, there is said to be sufficient for all the wants of the Empire. Cornelians and agates and jaspers of rare beauty are met with, but, as the Japanese are ignorant . of lapidary the country has been imperfectly prospecUd for such hidden treasures as the diamond and other gems. Japan is truly an agricultural country, for ev- ryfootof available laud, even to steep hillsides, U carefully tilled. And where the sides of the hills are too steep to use oxen to the plough, it is drawn by men. The soil is generallv thin, but labor, irrigation, and the judicious application of manure are awarded with large crops. Thechief crop is rice, next in importance to which is the tea plant. Cotton, corn, and the sugar cane are also cultivated, but not largely, and the mulberry tree very extensively, -. .1 The principal articles of manufacture are silk goods, paper, porcelain, glass, steel, and lacquer ware. AH the metala produced in the country, but chiefly gold, silver, copper, and iron, are worked with skill, and the Japanese understand combining metals, such as gold and copper, with most beautiful effect, in a mode unknown to others. In fine, in the -strict seclusion in which they have lived for centnries, the Japanese have produced all and manufactured all they wanted. The portals of commerce once opened, Japan will produce, as well aa require from abroad, a thousand thmes to which the people have here tofore been strangers' They will want , leather! and booU and shoes, "cotton and. woolen cloths. improved agricultural implements, better clocks. tiTet an forks and spoons as a substitute for chopsticks, and numeroua other ."triflesrrauch as people need when they first set ap housekeeping. Better than all, the Japanese will want the steam engine, the steamboat and the steamoar, and the electric telegraph. All or. the most of these indispensable to a proper civilixation Yankee ingenuity can supply, and Yankee enterprise must supply. . ;; ' ' - . . Xiovemeiiti of thio Japanese ParLADitraia, June 15. ; To-day the J apanese visited the Custom House Cornelius Si Baker's extensive chandelier mana-fectory, and other places of interest. The ser ants have been engaged all day in packing np. Their apartments are kept strictly private. ; ' v This evening the Mayor had a" private Interview with the Ambassadors to bid them farewell. Congratulatory speeches were made on both sides. The Ambassadors expressed themselves pleased with the Tisit, having obtained muca TaluaMe in formation. ..... ",. - j Thera reaa a grand torchlight proteuion in of of the strangers to-night.' Several thou sand men were in the linei InclndingVortyTn- gjneI Compenies; their machines' beauUf minated and adorned, aod. the "streets . through which the pageant moved seemed like one grand mass of pyjotechnicjBre.- - ; ,vi, ' nSajrVnestt 'evinced' Vncli delight at ' tie brilliant ercTo, which, they enjoy td firom the Hotel palcony without disturbance) One job. pau'ihad announted imitation of Tom ray, in the sape"of a mulatto dressed sp for -the occasion, xn"aamachine. The Embasiy will, be accompa nied to New York! Cv ia special committee of the Council, " U-V if. June 16. The Japanese left the fcctsl at lor the wharf, in excellent humor. On their arrival at the wharf tie .vera greeted Vy an Uni - JUNE - 26: i860. mense crowd gathered to take a farewell look. The steamboat was gaily 'decorated with stream ers, and the shipping purpa its holiday suit. A Camden turned out to see the" strangers, and it was with difficulty that they" were able to reach the Park. A special train left at 10 o'clock for Amboy. At every station on the. road a crowd assembled to welcome them. . . . i :, 7 Nsw Yoke, June 16 The Japanese Embassy "arrived at Amboy at 1:30, where they were received by the New York committee, who were waiting on board the steam er Alida which left very soon afterwards for this city, arriving at the battery at 2:40. No uholeas ant incident occurred throughout the journey irom l-niladelpbia. A plentiful collation was provided On board the Alida by the liberality of the Messrs. Leland, of the Metropolitan Hotel .i,u ui tuo uu st iae Datterj was greeted with the shouts of an immense concourse of people, and salutes from the forts and military on shore. - . At 3:15 P. M. the procession moved from the battery, passing up Broadway, through a crowd estimated) number from 200,000 to 300,000 people. The Japanese, accompanied by the N; x. and Philadelphia Committees, rode in open barouches, and were escorted by a division of militaiy comprising all of our effective regiments and numbering upwards of 6,000 men. At 4:15 the whole line had passed the head of Wall street. All the windows and ronfs from the battery to Union, and throughout the other streets through which the procession passed, were crowded with spectators, who greeted the Embassy with cheers and waving of handkerchiefs." No accident or disturbance has thus far occurred. The Japanese are delighted with their recep tion and quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel, which is illuminated to-night with 3,000 Veni tian lights, covering the entire fronts on Broad way ana rnnoe streets. On being shown to a - w-fc - -. their quarters they were astonished with their sumptuous appearance. Their decorations in elude the Japanese coat of arms and many characters embodying Japanese sayings. They are to be serenaded to-night by a band of one bun dred pieces. One of their artists this evening took views of the Hotel and the military galh ered oa Broadway. Letter From Secretary Toucey. . Navy Department, June 11, 1850. Sin: I have had the honor to receive from you as Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, a copy of certain reso- otiona introduced into the house on the 19th of March last, in relation to expenditure of money n that Department, with a suggestion that the committee will be pleased to receive a communication from me I have nothing, to aay on the subjects referred to in those resolutions beyond what I have already said in an official communi cation which I addressed to a former committee more than a yea ago, but I desire to say a few words in regard to the proceeding originated in the present Congress. The Hon. John Sherman, a member of the House of Rspresentativss from Ohio, introduced a resolution at the last session of Congress au thorizing aa investigation of certain naval ex penditures therein referred to. Under this resolution committee was appoin ted, of which Mr. Sherman was chairman, con si sting of three Opposition and two Administra tion members. The investigation was prosecu ted by Mr. Sherman upon ex parte evidence, a great number of witnesses were examined, and a report made filling a volume of near 1,200 pages. When the examination was concluded Mr. Sherman presented his resolutions to the committee and the were rejected, and a report end resolutions of an opposite character adop ted vindicating the President of the United States from every imputation, and declaring that nothing had been disclosed which could affect the personal or official integrity of the Secretary of the Navy. Thus foiled and defeated by his own committee, who had seen and heard the wit nesses brought forward by him, Mr. Sherman has now introduced into the present House of Rep resentatives the self-same resolutions which had been thus rejected, has procured them to be re ferred to the Committee on Naval expenditures, of which, though Chairman of th. Committee of Ways and Means, he was found to be a member and now, without proposing any further testimony, he seeks through the instrumentality of the present committee, which has neither seen nor heard a witness on the subject, to obtain from the House of Representatives a vote of censure npon the' President ,of the United States and npon the Secretary of the Navy for the manner in which they have exercised their official discretion in the performance of their official duties'. It must be- obvious to every one, upon the mere inspection of these resolutions, that it was not the object of the authority.of them, in introducing them into, the -present. House of Representatives, to institute an investigation into the state of the Departments; for purposes of legislative reform. : Nor was it his object to institute an inquiry to, aid the Hpnse in any way in the exercise of its legislative functions. -He has not sought to invest the committee with power to send for persons or papersy , He has not proposed to call witnesses to presecute an investiga tion into fasts. He has not taken the first step to shed any new.light opoa.the subjects referred oin these tesoluticms. Y It is equalFy pbvions that it was not the object' of the aulhor of them (bat the House BQOuld.exercise its conetitutwnal ower of impeachmsnt They-ahow upon their face that io IsteatleV-er- purpose exists to go to the &aatdai a high couii- of impeachment with ny presentmeSt -of delinqnency.- On" the contrary, froni e'ery act done and Erom 'every act omitted "to be dose, it appears.cbnclusiveiy that the proceeding iathepreseni Congfess has so reference whatever to airy," proposed exercise of ie power of isrpeicitient cr cf la-islatian, W it is designed solely and exclusively for the pur. posaci isdcfiej a vote f censura opoa the Jltatjmtg ctttr. Presidentf the United States and the Secretary of the Navy for the exercise of that official dis cretion which the Constitution, and laws have conferred npon ; them and made it their duty to exercise. Unless we assume that the whole object of this proceeding is mere partisanship, under the . cloak of official forms and shelter by official irresponsibility, there is no other possible purpose or object or this unprecedented proceeding than that to which I have alluded. Is it a legitimate , or Constitutional proceeding! The ; powers of this Government are vested in three, distinct and iodepeudent departments the legislative, executive, and judicial. The legislative power is vested in Congress, the executive in the President, and the judicial in the Su pre ma Court, and Such inferior courts as Congress from, time to time may establish. Each department is independent of the others, except in certain cases specially defined by the Constitution. . The legislative department is divided into two . branches, the Senate and the House of Representatives, the concurrence of both being necessary to make a law, and each is therefore, an absolute check npon the other, and the President . being required to participate in legislation and at times to interpose his veto, is a check npon both. The executive power is check- j ed by the Constitutional provision requiring the . advice and consent of the Senate in cases of treaties and appointments. ' The executive and judicial departments are subjected to the power conferred on the House of Representatives to present, and npon the Senate to try, all cases of impeachment of officers in those departments. With these limited exceptions the three great departments of the Government are absolutely independent of each other and this indepen dence was designed by the framers of the Con stitotion, from extreme jealousy of power, to guard against its concentration in any one de partment by the resistance of the others. The Senate can only exercise the legislative power and that portion of executive and judicial pow er thus conferred npovj it. The House of Representatives can only exercise the legislative power of presentment before the Senate ai a high court of impeachment thus conferred upon it. Each may institute an inquiry or investiga tion to aid . it in the exercise of these powers and each may protect its own sittings, elect and dismiss its own officers, and try, condemn, cen sure and expel its own member. Thus far they have power to go, and when they proceed one step further than to exercise the plain powers thus conferred upon them by the Constitution, they violate that sacred charter . which tfiey are bound by the highest of all obligations to support. - It is different to believe that the mover of these resolutions can entertain the remotest ex pectation that the House of Representatives will usurp the special judicial power which is exclu sively conferred upon the Senate, or will attempt to airaign at its own bar and to try and con demn any executive orjadici&l officer of tte Government, er to indict a vote of censure, or any other puaishment upon any such officer without a trial, and without an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser and by the witnesses against him, and to be, heard in his own defence. It is beyond the utmost stretch of human char ity or credulity to suppose . that the author of these resolutions, or any one who has directed the least attention to the distribution of the powers of this Government, can for a moment entertain the behalf that the House of Representa tives has any power to inflict a punishment of the most trivial kind, and least of all the grave punishment of a vote of rebuke and censure upon the President of the United States, the Heads of Departments, the Judges of the Supreme Court or of any inferior court, or upon any offi" cer whatever belonging to the Executive or Ja. dicial Deparlmeats for assumed official misdoing or the wrong exercise of official discretion. These officers are, many of them, entrusted with great powers, and often with a large dircretion, which they are bound to exercise according to their own best jadgmsnt; and the framers of the Constitution did not see fit to make them respon sible for it to that body, which, however impor tant and exalted, is, from its nature and consti tution, of all others, least fitted for the exercise of judicial functions -the popular branch of Congress. Such an assumptioa of power over all the officers .of this Government would eutire ly change the character of the House of Repre sentatives, and might with equal reason and pro priety embrace within its scope the members of the Senate. It would be a. gross and manifest usurpation, in clear and palpable violation of the Constitution, I will not say unexampled, for we hate had an alien and sedition law, but unpar allclcd in the history of the country. Yoa will not, therefore, expect me in any such proceeding as this to come before you to defend any one against ex parte evidence taken before a defunct committee of the last Congress; to d e fend the f resident. for receiving by mail and re ferring, in the usual course of business, or my self tor receiving, a letter, partially of .a politi cal character, on the subject ot a contract, which as rightfully awarded, without any regard to it. to the lowest bidder, in accordance with the unanimous opinion of aboard of engineers who bad no knowledge of existence to defend myself for making an advantageous purchase of ne cessary Government supplies at the lowest price offered, when I had an unQuesUpnaJle right to do .so; to dufend myself for making appointments upon the highest .recommendations, upon the DC8i iniormawon tuai couia oe onlaaned, and. npon the best judgment I. could form; to defend myself for taking the opinion of an experienced engineer of the highest, character, with the rea sons for his opinion, where I was called opoa to give it 'only the weight which was due., to it for the. reasons be assigned; or otherwise to defend myself for the manner in which I have exercised the discretionary powers which, k was my duty to eierc-.se according to my best iadgment in the raspohsible position, w.tichjccupjfc.' ' To aa this, and much more, I am ready to respond, if those who have " the .'power shall see fit to give me' an; opportunity ia any constitutional war. -; ' - ' " ' - - I am, very retpeclfull.yoor obedient servant, til i;s-,y-,i- IsAaoToccrr, Secretary of the IStrj. Hon. Rob kit Harrow, '. Chairman of Comas ::se cn Narxl Exrea- dltores, Ilccse cf rrrr.enUtives. NUMBER An exchange nys-tbey call Liccc "... "Honest old Abe" to distinguish him "frca tl, test ot their party.- ' ' " : - ; JCfThe recent census of St. Louij sT.os u-population of 143,930. - Whites Hi,CG3; . i 1,245; Free Colored 1,019. - : SSy John T. Monroe, American, haslet , t-lected mayor of New Orleans; aiid Major VI. , independent, mayor of Lexington; Mo. ' CSTLieut. Col. James W. Ripley, of the' C finance Corps, is spoken of ai likely to "eucc 1 Gen. Jeasop. . ' -- r tSf Chicago will soon boast of5 the la.:c . a and best Post Office and Custom -UccaiiU-. Union. The work on the U. Js. building is fceir - pushed forward rapidly. ;. ., - Vsf The hardy Norwegians are still makk homes in Wisconsin. Four hundred recent! entered the State in a body to farm the rich will land. ,:' ".'" " " - ' " - ' . . The Association of Protestant Iruhaeo. is now holding its annual session in New York. About eighty delegates from eighteen States are in attendance. " LSf- James Birney, the Republican candl dais lor Lieu t.Governor of Michigan, is the son cf James G. Birney. formerly candidate of the Liberty party for President. RaS The Sailor's Home, of London, .daric the thirty-three years of its existence, has given succor and shelter to 30,143 seamen. Last year 8,225 boarders. The steam fire department of Baltimore cperates not only efficiently; but very economic ally. The expenses of the present year will not exceed $50,000. ST The new railroad bridge at Rock Island, to replace the one swept away by a freshet, was built and the train running regularly in one week from the date pf the accident. 6? The Pittsburgh Gazette says there are nearly forty iron mills in that city and vicinity. Five of them manufacture 100,000 tons of iron and nails annually. - Ten dollar notes altered from two's on she new Citizens Bank of Middletown, DeL, have appeared. The bank has only been in operation abont two weeks. : - DtHf The Committee of Conference upon the Homestead Bill have been unable to agree and asked lobe discharged. Thus the matter ends for the present. v The New York Sunday Mercury asserts that Mr. Fowler has not gone to Havana or elsewhere, that he has not left the State of N. Yn is in the city almost daily, and has no idea of self expatriation. . . . CST-Hon. Henry M. Rector, one of the jodges of the Supreme Court, has entered the field aain dependent democratic candidate for Governor of Arkansas against Richard 11. Johnson, the regular nominee. S&" The Italians of Memphis, Tena we see it stated, are organizing a military company, and have already succeeded in securing the names of six;y or seventy men. The corps will be named : the Garibaldi Guards. .... ' - CST" Davenport (Iowa) Democrat and News says that in that city there are $56,000 of uncollected taxes of 1859, besides several thousand of 1858, and yet it is proposed to levy a tax of 13 mills on the dollar for 1860. V JSgT Hon. F. S. Lyon, of Marengo county, Alabama, has accepted the appointment of commissioner to Europe, Under the act of the last legislature, "To encourage direct trade between the Southern States and foreign countries." ' The Vermont Caledonian has a pod of cotton which was raised in Glorer, in that State, by Mr. Abbott, "real Southern cotton as white, and nice as any colored individual ever picked, on a Georgia plantation." Seven of the large white swans presented to New York city by the authorities of Hamburg, for the Central Park pond, have suddenly died, under circumstances that lead to suspicion, of. poison. IS$- The Hartford "rimes"; thinks Brigham' Young's business East is supposed to be an at tempt to induce the black republicans to read opt the "twin" polygamy which they beartlesaly turn ed out of doors at Chicago. , v CST" The State Journal says that the Artesian . Well is two thousand four hundred "abdfiTSea, , feet deep. The work was not prosecuted rapid-. ly the last few days on account of an accident to the steam boiler, and the rain storms. gS? Four men were garoted at , Havana, on the 2d, in the presence of 20,000 persons. Su-? gars were unchanged. The demand was mode-, rate. There was a stock of 300,000 boxes inj port against i5!JO,000 last year.'' . : L t tSfA commercial house in NewfYork.has re-( ceived inntelligence from its branch in Horg; : Kong that the Chinese government has refused to accept the English and French ultimatum and t that war must accordingly be looked for immedi- ateIy- ; ' , . , - ZHJ At Delhi, N. Y a few days ago, a broth-1 er and sister, the latter 7 years old,. were driving, a cow to pasture, when the boy, who had apiece of rope, in sport tied it to the cow's tail and a round his sister's body. The cow ran, dragging, the girl until dead. . . . ... .. t2y A despatch states that the dsmocrats cf the second coogressiosal district of Indiana Lava ' nominated James A. Cravens aa their car rc:-sional candidate. The district is at prese-1 r : ; - ' resented by Hon. Win. H. English, V.I3 .L ; being a candidate for re-nomination. XJ" Final jsdgment has been Tc . j ForrestI divorce "case. 'The court l.I. ...... Mr, Forrest should pay inta the U-"..-- - Trust Company ia New York, for the I . Mrs. Forrest, the sum of $35,533,' Ul i.i --mount adjudged.; and alio i2CS S3 f.r c. w.- bursements, &c 1 . " f -J -Ir A. U. Brisbane addresses a . Archbishop Holies, thrcoph the C ' Cenner, srnz tbat. as the Calhollo Europe arrest to lave cbandocei tie r of the temporaries cf the CLurc'i cf " tie Cati&wcs throughout tie world Ia t3 rsise an army cf I C3.CCD c&a la r " rowtr aai r;Va ct ti.9 C-.r:.