Ertract cf a latter dated Washington, May 20
The Senate now and then perform acts

 which would do honor to that dignified and

 intelligent branch of the government in it's

 purest and best days. The nomination of

 Mr. Rector, as Indian Agent of the Delaware.

 and some other tribes in Arkansas, was re- lected to-day, by two votes. Mir. Rector

 mas been, and now is, fugitive from justice.

 lie stands indicted in Missouri, for stabbing

 man, with intent to kill. He fled from thence

 into Arkansas, but neither the boundless

 prairie, nor the dense forest, could hide him

 from the purest and best of men," This

 deed was so similar, in all its particulars, to

 several performed by the President. that it

 was only necessary for him to discover the fu- g'tive, to reward him. An Indian agency, be- ing the most lucrative of any in that quarter, m the gift of the President, it was bestowed on nm. A majority of the Senate, however, could not, in the face of a bill of indictment, charging the offence of stabbing. with intent 10 klIl, conscientiously give their votes for the confirmation. One would suppose. from the tate dlsmissals, that the President was oppo- sed to duelfng and ifhis mind has undergone any change as to the enormity of this off ence, tt IS very certain that it has not as to stabbing. with intent to murder. The Senators expose to much personal abuse from the hlreiing presses. when they exercise their ad- Vis0ry powers in favor Ofmorals, law, and or Ter, but the country will sustain them :; and it 5 to be hoped that they will be neither intimi- lated or fattered by them or the President. VT. Tazewell returned home in disgust; and lthough as a Senator he maintained the doc