31 JANUARY 1846, Page 2

The American mail brings us snore reports of war discussions

in Congress—placable speeches from Calhoun, and a war-whoop from John Qubicey Adams. The most melancholy circumstance as to the veteran's new spirit is that it looks hke a sign of over-ripe age. Mr. Adonis has begun to forget himself—what he has been, and what is Ills repute in history, personal as well as hereditary.. The recording- angel will not forget that brighter page, and will throw down the pencil while the aged Adams dreams out the remnant of hie days. Mr. Calhoun is a leading statesman of the present day, and his course is a proof that a spirit of discre- tion still survives among the practical men of the Union.