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The Hon. MT. Wilkins. in the Senate of the United States, upon introducing a memo rial from the inhabitants of Pittsbnrg, on the pecuniary distress experienced by them, wi hich they ascribe tn the removal of the deposites, made some remarks. Pittsburg is the resi- dence ofSenator Wilkins, when he is at home, and the memorial was the result of meeting. which he said he was willing to confess was numeronsly attended, and by large portion of his own constituents hut he said they la bored under a mistake as io the existence of distress in the Western part of tho country He then goes on at some length to shew how the inhabitants Of Pttsburg were. under mistake on the subject hut more singular attempt to reason men of intelligence out of Oplnions formed upon the most conclusive evi- dence, and confirmed by their own daily and hourly experience, we have not often met with. It happened that Mir. Webster came into the Senate chamber whilst the gentleman from Pennsylvania was making these remrks; and as soon as the memorial hed been read, he said-" Here is a memorial averring the ex- istence. at PittsbUrg. of a very severe degree of pecuniary distress; it is admitted i0 be signed by sery respectable persons; and its list ofsigners is certainly long one. All these persons declare, under their names. and on their veracity, that such distress does exist.-- The Honorable Senator declares that no dis fress exists. Now, sir, when the patient de- clares that he feels not only pain. but agony, and the Doctor says he is perfectly we'll, and

 it is not possible he should feel any pain at all, one oftw0 things must be true-either the patient Is insane, or the practitioner not skill fal."