The American tariff is still the theme of popular complaint
in some of the states of the Union. Mr. Maddison had taken the field in its support, and begun to defend it with his pen ; while the States of Georgia and South Carolina had sent formal protests to the General Congress against the illegal assumption of power involved in passing it. It would seem, by recent accounts from Washington, that Congress are not altogether satisfied of the jus- tice of its first operation ; since the Committee of Ways and Means had decided to report a bill to provide for refunding to the importers the additional duties levied by the tariff, on goods which had been previously shipped for the American market, on the faith of the then existing duties being unaltered.
The intelligence from the Republics in the Southern division of the New World has, unfortunately, become" little else than a record of insurrection and anarchy. There has been a revolution in Buenos Ayres, brought about by the troops engaged in the war with Brazil; the object of which was to reinstate the old Governor, Rivadavia, who is popular among the wealthy and influential classes. The change had been made without bloodshed ; but Ro- derigo, the expelled President, was trying to raise a rebellion in the provinces. The Mexican general, Santa Anna, who, some time ago, revolted, appears to maintain his ground, in despite of the Government, and even to have defeated their troops in two en- gagements. In Colombia, Colonel Obando, who was implicated in the conspir:cy against Bolivar, has raised an. insurrection, and taken a town. The Dictator is marching against him. Bolivar has issued a wise decree, permitting the importation of Spanish produce in neutral vessels, but not directly from Spanish ports. A war is waging in Central America, between the states of Guatemala and St. Salvador; the object of which is little known, and of little conse- quence here.
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