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tures ofthe several States, for the term of
six years, one third of them being elected
biennially. Two are chosen from each
State.
The Represntatives are elected by the
people for the -tcrin of two years——nnd one
Representative is-‘returned -for every 40,000
persons.
Frointhe Commercial Advertiser.
NEW-Y()RI(, 7th Nov. 1833.
Illister Editor-—Nigli upon a fortnight
—I’ve been in a considerable of a quan-
dary. You must know that i’m llth cous-
in to Jack-—that is the Major who has writ
so much lately about Amos Kendle and the
President, and ever since he’s taken - to
wi'itiii proclamations, messages and sicli
like l’ve had a notion that he ought’nt to
take quite so much upon liimsclfconsiderin
there’s more of the name.
Well as I gwyn to say I’m plaguy ’fecrd
Jack (though he says he sticks as close to
the President and Amos as a burr to
a wether’s tail afore it’s shcered) 1’m afeerd
1 say he’ll be spilt by keepin eompaiiy
with somebody down south that he now
makes no mention on in his letters. So
tother day I thot i’d tell him a piece of my
mind,and I writ him jist to let him know
-that some of his friends here did’nt think
his takin all the responsibility in pollytticle
matters like the president without consultin
a single blood relation want ginnewinc re-
publican.
‘Veil, as I was saying, that letter was
writ nigh upon a month ago, and as true as
Pin 4th corporal (which I aint exactly, since
Peleg Goodfellow some how got to votes
ahead on me—but it was so nigh a hit that
most every one that I’d about as good a
righttu it as he had)—-as true I say as my
name’s Downing, I’ve never to this day so
mlich as received a “ thank you coz,” from
Jack. I did’nt think so much oii’t till I
hecrd Major Barry had got back from the
west, thinkin somethin might have gone
wrong in the post oflicc which would have
3been put to rights as soon as the Major had
settled his private business. ‘Well no letter
kim as I was sayin, and I begin to conclude
that the post master want altogether to
blame. Now if.lack thinks that because
he’s the government or purty near it, he’s
not to pay no more attention to his friiids
who used to sleep 3 in a bed with him, and
wear as clean a bib Sabbaday as himself,
because they never writ a proclamation, hc’s
-made a sirashin mistake-
As soon as I found out I was to be looked
down on in sieh a stile, "I guess I made up
my mind pretty qiiick.—Gall darn it, says
I, I’il be a pollytician too, and sec wlio’ll
cut the widest swarth, I or Jack- If aunt
Patience had hind mo swore 4.-l=.is oath,
she’d a been out of patience for once I
guess, and wondered what was a gwyin to
iliappcn; but as good luck would have it,
there want nobody by but Enos Peabody,
and he was so intent devourin a plate of
jambed turnips, that he did’nt hear nigh
upon half the words: and coiisideriii what
a sweat I‘ was in, and that it want spoke
right out, ony in a kind of half smothered
‘growl, I don’t think I was much to blame.
But that is’nt neither here nor there.
I know afore, there were two parties in
York state, just as there is down East. But
as I did’nt know which was the real dimi-
cratic party, nor nobody that did but the
-Post and Currier, I thought i’d keep a sharp
look out, to be sure to git on the right side.
So I took to readin first the Post and, then
the Currier, and a leetlcsometimcs in Noah’s
&. Croggle’s paper. But there I got into
the tarnclest snarl that any poor critter ever
did to my thinkin, so that twas about as
much as I could do for sometime to tell
wli_icli eend was up without stopin to think.
No wonder, thought I, that the old general
sometimes gits on the mug side of the line.
But I was tellin what a snarl I got into rea-
ding the Post and Courier. Ifl’d a had a
spark of federal blood in me, I should have
flew into a passion in a minute, but .I saw it
‘want no use. One said this was the ginue-
jiyine ticket, and totlicr that, so, says I, i’ll
jist step over the way to neighbor Peabody,
and ax his opinion, (for it was the last day
ofElection, and I was plagy unwilling to
loose my vote.—-A fter I had told him all
about it——“ Corporl” says he “ your’e a true
chip.” So I he says I, but I want to vote
the right ticket, says I. So be up and told
me a long story about a great great
uncle of mine. The long and short on’:
was that my uncle was once axed to accept
the ofiice ofjusticc of the peace, which he
want williii to cazc he thought he want im-
partial eiiuf.” Nextyear, however, he cliaii-
gcd his mind, and when he was axed how
it happined—wliy says he, jist about the
time I was appointed last year, I was down
in the meadow and saw my bull and neigh-
bor Pclatiali’s lightiii like all nature, and
said he, I’d a lectlc rather mine had whipt.
But, tother day [was out agin and see a
skunk and 21 blacksiiukc at it, and I did’nt
care, said he, if the divil had both on ’cin.
So he thot he’d got quite impartial—and I
tliirik so tn. But, says I, I|0lgh[)(”~, 1,0“,
will this help me to decide which is the
ginncwine republican ticket? True said
neighbor Peabody I never thought on’t in
that light. Tlie-y’re both regular and ac-
cording to the usages ofthe party, but which
on ’em is the right’uii is more than I can
tell. So I lost my vote, and am tariinl feet‘-
ed I shall neverliiid day lightin this matter.
Yours to sarvc,
Pi«;'r'i'ino.\'i«‘. DowNiNo,
4th Comp. N. Y. Militia.
Slander.-—A case of slander was recently
tried at l*Iartford, in which a Mr. Livingston
and wife were defciidaiits, and Miss Ruth
Miller, plaintiff. 'l‘lic latter is a young In-
dy ofiinsiispected virtue, and the slanderous
words were spoken by the wife of the de-
fendant nt difl’crent times, addressed to
young ladies, strangers to the plaintiff, and
rcflcctiiig in vague and indirect expressions,
cruelly on the plaintiff’s clirructcr. The
defendants denied the speaking ofthe words
as well as their actionable cliuracter. But
the jury taught the good lady, that persons
were not to escape responsibility for the
wiiywardness of their unruly members by a
Verdict for the
pliiiiitill'200 dollars.
“Look out for Squalls.”--Theire are ru-
mors from VVashington (says the Spectator)
oftroubles in the cabinet proper and impro-
per, touching the successsion. The Kitch-
en concern is said rather to favor Col. Jon-
son, of Kentucky, celebrated for not writing
the Sunday Mail Report, and for not killing
Tecumseh. Maj. Barry, the ‘eflicient’ head
of the post office, is said to go for Ifcntuclc,
and the Rev. 0. B. Brown, one of the dep-
uty Postmasters General, is on the same
side. The consequence has been, ajar in
the Post Oflice Department. Mr. Brown
was removed from one desk to another, in
order that other assistant Generals, might
have a better chance of operating for their
favorite. Other movements are anticipated
upon this subject. Attempts, it is ‘said will
be made to buy Col. Johnson off, by of-
fering him the vice presidency, or perhaps
the office of Post Master general. VVill the
Colonel sell out? It is thought not—but
time will tell us all about it.
The Lost Fozm(l.—It will be recollected
that we mentioned in our paper of the 29th
ult that :1 Mrs. Green and child had been
lost a number of days in the woods near
Fort Covington, and that a search was a-
bout to be made for them. This search re-
sulted in their discovery, but in the most
heart rending and distressed condition ima-
ginable. The poor woman wandered about
from place to place, distracted by the pitc-
oiis cries of her infant, and the distressing
demands of hunger, for six da_ys, without
food, without shelter, without clothes suffi-
cicnt io protect her from theautumnal frosts
until exhausted nature sunk beneath the
complicated miseries she was called to suf-
fer. VVhen discovered, her child was dead,
and the wretched mother in a state of iiudi-
ty, having torn off her clothes to wrap up
her tender offspring. Her feet and legs were
so benumbed that the blood had ceased to
circulate in them, and for several days it was
feared that amputation would be necessary;
but we are haypy to learn that this great ca-
lamity will be spared her, and that she will
probably recover with the loss of her toes
only. -Tliose who have experienced simi-
lar calamities will be able to comprehend the
height of misery and distress which it was
the lot of this poor woman to endure, and
such will deeply commiserate her condition
and misforuiies.—[Ogclcnsburg .r'fq)ubl2'can.
Confession of 1lIurdcr.—A few days ago
a man died in the vicinity of Ellesmere,
who on the point of death, confessed his
having committed a murder about 20 years
ago, for which a blacksmith, named I’-re’s-
ton, was sonii after tried, convicted, and ex-
ecuted- Tlie murder was committed on
two aged people, named Francis Bruce and
Ann Taylor, who resided at Langford, near
Drayton. The murder took place on Sun-
day evening. The next morning the de-
ceased were found with their throats cut,
and the guilt ofPreston was established by
a chain of circunistancial evidence. He
was known to be poor, and was seen run
ning from the scene of niui'der on the eve-
iiingittook place; the next morning be
exhibited a liandfull of gold and bank notes.
A stick and a hammer, with which the old
iiiaii’s skull was fractured, were proved to
have been barrowed. No doubt was therc--
fore,'eu-tertained ofhis guilt. \Vhen on the
scafibld he denied any participation of the
murder, but admitted his share in the rob-
bery. It now appears, from confession of
the dying man, that Preston watched at the
door while the murder and robbery
were committed ; but councellcd that
the robbery should he committed with
out violence, and was ignorant that the
murder had been committed. The murder
was perpetrated by two other men, one of
whom was the dying man whose conscience
sought reliefin the disclosure.
[London paper.
I/V/rite Pine.—-Tliis trcc,which constitutes
much of the present wealth of this part of
the country, is the loftiest tree in the U. S.
It attains sometimes the height of 1.50 feet,
and even more, with a trunk five feet and
upwards in diameter. Its foliage is ever-
green, light, delicate, and making an ele-
egant appearance.
Maine fnriiislies about three fourths ofall
the white pine lumber exported from the U.
S. and Penobscot river is the centre of this
trade, and hereafter must furnish the main
supply'in the lumber market. Througliout
the Northern States, about three fourth of
all the buildings are chiefly built ofthis ma-
terial, and the oriuinieiital work of nearly
all the rest is composed ofit. For masts and
spars its use is almost universal througliout
the Middle States, and owing to its lightness
its loss could not be supplied without con-
siderable difliculty.
Very like a IV/zale.——T\vo ladies, :1 inc-
ther an and daughter, resided no great
distance from Edinburg. Both were seine-
what exceeding in cu /tonne ])0i7it, i. e. were
every corpulcnt. The first prided herself
upon her ancient descent, while the other
enjoyed with it, in the fullest extent its usu-
ul accompaniment,a haughty walk and con-
versation. One day the daughter had seine
slight altercation with the servant girl, and
received not a sullicienily submissive aii-
swcr. She demanded, “ I’riiy do you know
who you are speaking to 2” “Yes,” said
the girl, “ yerc Miss .” “ Then Iwoiild
have you know, my mothcrsprung from the
best blood in VVales.” The girl, ofcourse,
succumbed ; but shortly afterwards meeting
an acquaintance, she exclaimed——“ Eh,
woman, do ye ken what gars our lcddies
be sac fat? Miss telt me liersel, that baith
her on’ her mother sprang from the best
blude 0’ the Whales ! [Scotch paper.
The most extensive establishment enga-
god in the manufacture of carriages in New
Eiiglmid, is that of Messrs. Knoles & 'I‘hay-
er, of Amherst, Mass. They employ 70
first rate workmen. and the business is car-
ried on upon the English system ofa divis-
ion of labor, each man being confined to a
single branch of work. They have turned
out since the 1st of April, various kinds of
carriages to the amount of$3-3,000. They
have lately furnislied a carriage for the Pros-
ident oftlic U. S. at the cost ol'."-};l-I00.
[Cou/'. i§' Eng. l
A young Man doing a good busines in
this city, and who has not the facilities ofan
extensive female acquaintance, takes this
method ofinforming all those young ladies
who desire to change their situations from
single blessedncss to that of a wife, that the
advertiser would be pleased to make arrange-
ments with somc young lady between the
ages of I6 and 22, of an amiable disposi-
tion aiidgood personal appcarance.Althougli
money is always an object, yet a young lady
with the two former qualifications would not
be objected to. Although advertising is a
singular way of obtaining a wife, yet the ad-
vertiser does not dispair, as others have slic-
ceeded in this way. This being bona fide,
all communications will meet with the most
honorable confidence. Address with real
name JAS. S.Lncius,tlirough the PostOfiice.
SUMMARY.
It is said that, in l60'2,Cape Cod was dis-
covered by Bartholomew Gosnold,who hav-
ing caught a great quantity of Cod there,
gave it its present name. There are two
places which are favorite resorts of these
fish : one in Europe, and the other on the
coast of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland,
comprising the Grand Bank and Labrador.
It is estimated that the annual number of
cod-fish taken by the Americans, English
and French, is nothing short of 40 uiillioiis.
Remarlcable Providencc.—Tlie following
epitaph is copied from a tomb in the vicinity
of Port Royal, Jamaica : Here licth the ho-
dy of Louis Cady, Esq. a native of Montpe-
lier, in France, which country he left on ac-
count of the revocation. He was swallow-
ed up by the eartliquake which occurred at
this place in 18:29, but by the great provi-
dence ofGod, was by a second shock flung
into the sea, where he continued swimming
till rescued by a boat, and lived 40 years
afterwards.
It is stated in letters from New Orleans,
of the 1st inst. that thirty lives have been
lost by the burning ofthe steamboat St. Mar-
tin, which event occurred near Donaldsville,
while the boat was on her way to New Or-
leans, with a cargo of five hundred bales of
cotton. The passengers finding the flames
spreading with awful rapidityjumed over-
board, and the number mentioned above
were drowned.
The Comptroller ofthe Treasury has or-
dered that the duties on goat’s hair cam-
blets, imported subsequently to the 3d of
March, 1833, be refunded, and that import-
atioiis ofthis article which may hereafter be
made, he admitted free ofduty. The comp-
troller lias also decided that the duty of 30
per cent, imposed by an act of 26th April,
1816, on hats of silk, remains unaltered.
The Boston Mercantile Journal, after
speaking of the recent treaty with the Pot-
tawatomies, says :—“Only one million acres
are left in Indiana mid Illinois. So goes
the uorld. Race rolls on after race, like
wavc after wave. The resting place beyond
the Mississippi will not last long. It’s a
mere plank in a ship wreck. The Red
Man has had his day.”
The Providence Patriot,(says the Courier
and Eiiqiiircr,) publishes our account of the
iron crop in Ohio, and seems to think we
did’nt tell enough of the story. He says
they used to have cream ponds in thatState,
sweetened with Muscavado,and the margins
were covered with trees full of apple dump-
lins. Vile dont believe it.
Mr Samuel Haynes, a shoemaker of Bel-
fast, Me._has invented ii machine for ciitting
shoe leather. It will cut a side of leather
into Vamps and quarters with a most aston-
ishing rapidity. One man it is said will cut
out more shoes in an hour with this machine
than 153 men can cut by liand in a (lay.
Dialogue.-—Ali, my dear friend, Mr. Jon-
kins. llow d’yc do ?
Quite well, I thank you.
_Pray walk in. Take ii chair. And how
does 1312-5. Jenkins do ?
Mr. 'I‘omkiiis I came abroad in quest of
quiet, and if you please we will c/range the
subject.
The total number of shoes made in Lynn,
Mass. in I83], was l,(i75,7Sl ; av:-riigs
number ofJourneynien employed I741 ; of
binders 1605 ; in the whole business, about
seven-eiglits of the working people of the
town, besides hundreds from other towns.
The new Opera House in N. Y. is one of
the most splendid in the world. Every box
is filled withisofas-decorated with silk cur-
tuins—-tlie pit set out with arm chairs—tlie
lobbies are carpeted most clcgantly—thc
stage the largest in the country.
Loan AL'riiouii’s LAs'r.—“ As the ele-
phant in the Zoological Gardens has swal-
lowed a ten pound bank note,” said his
lordship, “ we may shortly expect a power-
ful digcst of the paper currenc_v.”
A mixture of Alcohol and turpentine is
used in some places, as a substitute for oil.
It is in some respects preferable, and less
expensive than common lamp oil.
One ofthe "objects which will occupy con-
gress. at the approaching session, will be the
erection of suitable buildings for the accom-
modation of the Executive Departments.
‘tumor says that Mr. Duane intends lay-
ing before congress, an exposition of the
circumstances connected with the transfer of
the deposits and his dismissal from ollice.
The President has offered the oflicc of
Attorney General to Benjamin F. Butler,
Esq. of Albany, and it is said he will accept,
the appointment.
The Hon. Henry Clay offered $500 for a
noble white bull, exhibited by Mr. Frink at
the Franklin county, Mass cattle show, if
delivered in Kentucky.
The manufacturers and Mechanics of
Philadelphia have made suitable arrange-
ments for the reception of Mr. Clay on his
return.
The Union men of Georgia, are gong to
hold a meeting at Milledgville, and the Nul-
liliers have appointed one at the same place.
‘Wm. J. Duane is nominated in the Cin-
cinnati Advertiser, for the Vice Presidency.
The eitizens of Muysvillc, Tenn. are ma-
king preparations to give a public dinner to
Colonel Crocket on his way to \Vasli'iiigton.
'I‘heSiamescTwins have been bound over
‘.0 appear at the circuit court of Alabama,
held at Athens for an assault.
The President has appointed Richard
Pollard of Va, to be Consul of the U. S. in
Mexico, vice James S. \‘i"ilsou.
The citizens of Lowell voted a second
time on Monday oflast week, on the tlieatre
question. For licensing, 392. Against, 559.
The ship Atlantic, Young, with 30 men,
sailed from Bridgport, on the second inst.
on a whaling voyage.
During the firing of guns on 'l'liursday,
in honor of [Ur C/(.43/, ‘.200 or 300 Ptegeiicv
boys rent the air with ‘ffurrali for Jackson.’
Lieut. Randolph, who tweaked the Presi-
dent by the nose, has been arrested and
committed to jail by the U.S. Marshal inVa.
A native of the Sandwich Island, a print-
cr, is working at his trade in Rochester,l\'.Y.
The Mayor of Albany has been indicted
by the Grand Jury for granting licenses.
In one county in Illinois, 900,000 bush-
els of wheat have been raised this season.
Paulding is supposed by some to be the
author of Colonel Crocket’s Meme-its.
A family of Shakers in Pittsficld, have
raised upon 3 acres land,1250 busl'i.potatoes.
The steamboat New England has been
towed to l\'.Y. and lies at the lieadClieri'_v st.
A tlieatrical corps is playing at Norwich.
FOREILG 5' .
By arrivals at New York and Boston, ac-
counts have beeii received from Lisbon to
the 30th of October, and from London to
October 8th.
The death of the king of Spain is con-
firmed.
PORTUGAL.
The Swecdisli bark Fritliiofi’, C‘l[)l, Mo-
berg, arrived at this port on Monday from
Lisbon, which port she left on the Ifltli of
October, seventeen days later than our pre-
vioiis dates. The following suminary of
of the news is from the Journal of Coni-
merc = :
Capt. M. unfortunately brought no pa-
pers, and lint two letti_-rs, which are desti-
tute ofpolitical news. One of them, da-
ted Oct. 9th, states that Capt. John Hur-
man Borg, Director ofthe Deaf and Dumb
Institute at Lisbon, liaving been sent as a
truce bearer to the cnciny’s lines, died on
the way- it was said by cholera, but many
suspected he met with a di{l'erent fate.
We have had along coiiversation with
Capt. Moberg, througli and interpreter, and
learn that on the morning ofthe day he left
Oct. l2th, being Don I’edro’s birth-day the
troops of the Queen sailed out from Lisbon
in strong columns to attack the besicgers.
A sharp cngagemctit must have ensued, as
Capt. M. heard -.1 continual firing of caii-
non aiid musquetry from morni::g till late
in the afternoon. The result of course
Capt. M.did not know. The Pedroite troops
were in fine spirits, and the utmost conti-
dcucc was felt at Lisbon in the success of
the sally. -
Deserters continued to pour into the city
——avei'agiiig from 30 to 40 per day. The
principle part ofthe fleet was laying in the
river. Two of the smaller vessels were
cruising on the coast. A few days before
Capt, M. sailed, a Portugiies vessel, bound
from seine port in the liniids of Don Miguel
to Brazil, and loaded with salt and wine,
was carriisd into Li.-‘hon, with the flag of
Donna l‘iI:1ria flying over that of Don Mi-
guel.
Provisions were scarce at Lisbon, partic-
ularly flour. The surrounding country
being in possession of the Miguelits, all
the supplies for the city had to be brought in
from the sea. The country between Lis-
bon and St. Ubes had been completely de-
vastated by the Migiielites, to prevent its af-
fording any supplies to the capital.
St. Ubcs itselfcoiiti-.iucd in the hands of
the Pedroitcs.
The presence of the Queen at Lisbon had
produced a fine effect upon the minds of
the people, both in town and country.
From the date of our last advices until
the 1‘2th Oct. there had been no attack by
the Miguelites, and no fighting, except mere
skirmishes.
GREAT BRITAIX.
English Factories Bill.
The following is an abstract of the bill
passed at thcrccent session of the Britisli
Parliaincnt, for the relief of children and
youth working in factories.
1. In the first place, the Factory -Act
provides that for the protection ofthe health
and interests of the rising generation, no
person under 18 years of age shall be al-
lowed to work in a mill or factoryin the
night is defined to be the the tiuic that iii-
tervenes between half- past 8 o’clock in the
evening and lialf-past live in the morning.
Lord Ashley’s bill extended the same pro-
tection to young pi:rsons till they reached
their Qlst year, and described the night to
be tlietiine interveningbetween 7 o’clock in
the evening and six in the morning.
2. In the second place, the act provides
that no child under nine years of age shall
be admitted to work in a factory at all at
any time of the day, or under any condi-
lions. In looking at the report of the coin-
niissioiicrs, how difl’erent do we find the
present practice! “ It appears in evidence,”
says these gentlemen, “that in some rare
instances children begin to work in facto-
ries at 5_i/ears of age ; it is not uncommon
to find them there at six: many are under
scvon, still more under eight ; buttlie great-
or iiuniher are nine.”
3. In the third place, we find it provided
that children between 9 and 13 years of age
are only to be allowed to work 8 hours in a
day, or 48 hours :1 week.
4. In the fourth place, the act limits the
hours of working for young persons between
I3 and 18 years ofagc, to 12 hours a day,
or 69 hours a week, exclusive of an liour
and a half for meals in the course of the
day.
5. In the fifth place, the act allows whole
holydays and eight half holydays in the
year: the period of the latter to be deter-
mined by the master or employer.
6 In asccrtainiiigtlie age of the children
iihosc admission into factories is allowed,
or whose scale of hours is graduated from
8 to 18, the simple assurance oftliose inter-
ested is not to be taken. The pateriialcarc
ofthe law requires the certificate of the sur-
geon that the child is of “the usual strength
and appearance of children for the age”
to be admitted or protected. Vfe do not
remember to have seen either of the
two last mentioned provisions in Lord Ash-
ley’s bill-
’ MEXICO.
The New-Orleans Bee contains the fol-
lowing intelligence communicated by a pas-
scngcr in the brig Spark.
An estafctte thatleft Mexico on the 10th
tilt. arrived at Vera Ci'u'/.c on the 153th, and
brought oilicial information of the total de-
feat of the insurgents. The principal points
of Guanajuato were taken by the govern-
mciittioops, and the coinmaiidant of the
station offered to capitulate, in order to
save the horrors of an assault. The Vera
Cruzc Journal ofthe l:?.tli contains his cor-
respondence with Santa Anna upon the sub-
ject.
The traitor Escalado had been unani-
mously condemned to death, and was to
have been hung on the l2th in the capital.
The C'lz(sapca7re and 0/iio C'anal.—-'I‘liis
great public work is at leiigtli completed
and in full operation from the District of
Columbia to the head of the falls at I'Iar-
per’s ferry. Large qiiantities of merchan-
dise and produce are afloat upon it, passing
daily east and west. The Point of Rocks
is now the point of attraction, and really
presents we are told an animating sccne.—
Rail road cars and Canal Boats, constantly
arriving interchanging passengers and car-
goes, and then departing-—the hustle and
confusion cfa little village suddenly arisen,
as it were out ofthe earth, and actually do-
ing the business of a commercial emporium
—thc novelty of two great public enterpris-
es so long at war with each other, just go-
ing into harmonious operation upon the spot
so lately unkuo vii save to the wild foxes ol
the mouutaius—in one word, the noblest
exhibitions of art and nature coiiteiiding
for mastry, are the rich reward oftliosc who
may find it cimvcnieiit to make an excur-
sion upon the Canal, viatlie Pointof Rocks.
[F/'ederici’r, ./lltl. Tiizzcs.
C.-.l07zi'zat’ion.-—-Oii the 4th inst. the Ten-
nessee Houscof Representatives, M r. Brail-
ley from the select coniinittee on the sub-
ject, reported a bill to aid the Society for
the colonizatioii of the free black popula-
tion of Tennessee, which was read the first
time and passed. The amount appropria-
ted by this bill, we do not know: $500 per
annum was the sum specified in the resolu-
tion directing the inquiry. There is anoth-
er resolution ofmucli greater moment in the
hands of the same committec—iustructiug
them to enquire into the expediency of nic-
morializing Coiigi'css in favor of an appro-
priation of $100,000 annuzilly for the re-
moval of free blacks from the United States.
[Juzuz of Com.
'1‘/re 1l1'ctcors.—Tlic l3iiffalo, N. Y. Jour-
nal gives a somewhat different description
ofthe meteors of the lfltli, from that which
has been commonly given. it describes
them as shooting upwards or in a liorizoii
tal direction ; and observes, that the Auro-
ra Borealis was visible at the same time; a
fact which we believe, was not observed
here.
The Village Record has the following,
which may possess interest for some ofour
readers :—"' Most ofthe papers we receive,
contain some articles on the successful cul-
ture of silk.‘ Two enterprising and public
spirited individuals of Pikclaiid towi:ship-
recently pureliascd and took from the nur,
scry planted by Charles Miiioi', 1000 white
mulbui'_v trees, intending to prepare for the
i'aisin_9_‘ of Silk; \'Ve are authorised to say
that 33000 or more trees, ofgood growtli for
transplanting, may yet be had, on applica-
tion, without delay, to Dr. Isaac Tliomas
in ‘Nest Chester.”
Mrs. Lucy Hurlbu rt, ofFariiiington, Con.
left her house and family on Monday mor-
ning the lltli inst. before the otlier inmates
of the house had risen, and, though the
most diligent and unremitted search has
been made, no vestige ofher has been tra-
ced sincc. She was in ordinary health, and
was not suspected of any disorder of the
mind; but since her disappearance, some
previous circumstances has been developed,
which joined to the circumstance of her
having left an infant only 8 weeks old, to
which she was greatly attached, iiidiic-ed
the belief that she was deranged. She is
about 23 years of age, and rather short in
stature. Information respecting her, direc-
ted to her husband Lyman I*Iurlburt, of Far-
mington, will be most thankfully received
by her fiiends.
The following is an extract of a letter re-
ceived by the Editors of theJournal ot'Com-
merce, dated Fiusnonm, N. Y. Nov. 17.
The stage left Fredonia last night on run-
ners. Last evening we were visited with
a heavy clap of thunder. For several nights,
innumerable meteors have been seen. They
have filled the entire canopy of the heavens
until day light obscured them. "
Another Stemnboat Burnt—ZlIany Lives
Lost-—The St. Francisville (Lou.) Pll(I)l1l.\’,
ofthe 2d inst. contains the following mel-
ancholy account of another steamboat dis-
aster-
“ VVe stop the press to announce the loss,
by fire, of the steamboat Caspian. She
was hurt near the mmitli of Red River,
andwe are informed that between ‘.20 and
30 souls perished in the flames. Particu-
lars not yet received.”
One in 1585 of the population of France
is deaf and dumb ; in Rusia, one in 1549;
in the U. S. oiicin 1538.
NORWALK GAZETTE.
TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 26,1833.
Our readers will recollect a letter of Mr Du-
ane’s which we copied last week, in which he
stated that he considered the removal ofthe de-
posits unnecessary, unwise, vindictive, arbitrary
and unjust. This letter called forth from the
Culinary Depzirtmcnt, on Tuesday last, a person-
al attack upon him, which is worthy of those who
expect to keep :1 controlling party togetlier, for
all future time, by -fear as well as reward-by
sliooting dcsertcrs as well as paying adherents.
The leugtliof the paper forbids its publicatiou.—
Its purport is that Mr Duane pledged liiuiself to
the President, wllen the removal of the depoits
was under consideration, to concur in his views
or retire; but that afterwards he \\ ould do nci.
iher, and was not sufficiently decorous and was
dismissed. Mr Duane had a duty to perform to
the counti'y—he was not there the servant of the
President, to do his bidding. but an cliicer with
him—nominatcd, but not appointed by him, and
made by the law of the land responsibl-7, not
to the President, but to Congress. If he was sh
foolish as to give such a pledge, he would have
been still more so to have disregarded his respiiri
sib lily to the country. in redeeming it. Hfs
country expected him as she expects every otlidr
cabinet ofliccr, to oppose the wishes ofthe Presi-
dent when they are in opposition toher constitu-
tior:,laws, or in'ici'ests. \Vou';d it have beenthc
proper way for Mr Duane to have opposed what
he considered an unjust and arbitrary exercise
ofautlioriiy, by resignation? Certainly not.-—
The pledge was of no sort of consequence. Tle
President had no right to receive it or Mr Duane
to give .t. It interfered with the [mramount du-
ties ofboth. Suppose the President had cr.lercd
Mr Duane to give him fifty thousand dollars out
ofilic '.l‘reasur_v, and received a pledge that he
would do it or resign and let him appoint some
one (:l:C who would. What would the pledge be
worth? \Vould iicttlic-Presideiit violate his duty
in receiving it, and Mr Duane his by redeeming
it,and giving some one else an opportunity to rob
tlictreasiiry for the I’residcnt.’ The law of the
-,lar.(l says that the deposits shall remain in the U.
S. l3'.uik unless, in the opinion of the S-‘.=crc-tary
of the Treasury, they are uiisafe. The President‘.
ordi.-red Mr Duane to remove them, but be con-
sidered tliein Sq/‘r, and could not llierefoic do it
wnliout breaking the law. To break the law, or
permit seine one else to do it, by affording the op-
i.-oittiiiity, are net materially iiiffereiit; and a
;lCllge to do Clll‘.Cl',lS nfrio binding force whatever.
This Wll’Jl(.‘ subject will be exaniined by acoii;-
initicc of Congress this winter, and cleared up.
it will most [}l'Ul.‘/{1l)l_'y' be found, what it is univer-
sally bi-:l;cved to be, a stock jobbing affair, into
whicli the president was urged by those who sur-
ruu-'7i'l lifm.
The Legislature of Georgia have had :1 “great
.i.ch2ite" on a motion to strike out the word “sove-
rc.-'gntf’ from a clause in their records, reaiiiiig
‘the sovereignty 0l~lll\.‘I_IllilL‘3LlSl':1lCS.l Tlicriiotioii
Valli-d b_v a small [ll{1j')I‘lly- The United States
goverinneiit has all the sovereignty which the-‘
Slates have conveyed to it by the Constitution,
and the Stairs retain the rest, The States have
ratified this deed arid mustsubinit to it. Ifthiy
deny the sovereignty of the United States, they
ll(‘ll_\‘ the government all power to act, at home
pract"c(iIl_I/ done this, for the sake of Indian lands
rind gold riiiie.=',=iiid it may well be wondered why
she did HOl.\'01e by her Legislature, that it was
right.
C0.\'SlS'1‘E.\‘C1'. —'l‘zie Mmquis of Caermarthcn
owns a majority of the stock, and controls on-
tirely the Miinliattan Caiik otN.*-.w York. This
baiik is one of those ‘which have been selected to
receive the money and do the business of the go-
i.-eininent. In the veto message, and in every
adininiswation print, one of the objections urged
againt the U. S. Bank was, that a part of the
stock was held by foreigners, althoiigli they could
not votr, and had notliing to do with its manage-
ment, and yet, here is a bank employed which
is arenas! and controlled by a British Noblcinan !
The late riicteoiic phenomenon was more ex-
tended than we had anticipated, having been vis-
ible in almost every part of the United States.»
As we stated in our last, the sensations which it
produced were various. A fellow near George-
town, D. C. havingjust robbed a hen-roost, was
so much alarmed at what he had no doubt was
the day ofjudgement, while trudging home with
his booty, that he ran back to replace it, when
(as in luck would have it) the poor penitent w~as_
appreliended.
SUIClI)E.-A man of the name of Phipps hung
liimself in Boston last week, in a temporary fit
ofderangement, in consequence of a wound re-
ceived soriie weeks before, in the head.
FIRE AT BRiiJGi:ror.'r.—On Thursday eve-
ning about '7 o'clock, a fire broke out in the rear
of the cabinet makers shop in Main street,occu-
pied by Messrs. Parrott & Hubbell, and in a few
minutes the whole building together with a barn
in the rear was in a shcat of flame. - The house
occupied by Alanson Hamlin. 1359- On the 50001,
am the house occupied by Widow ASE! Hubbell
on the north, together with 2 three story dwelling‘
houses, owned by Everett Lewis, fronting on
w‘ai[s1reet, with the large barn and stables at-
tached to the public house occupied by Monson
Hinman, were instantaneously on fire, such was
the rapidity ofthe flames, (the wind fresh from
the S. E.) The fire crossed VVall street, burning
the house owned and occupied by Robert Linus;
the house of the late Stephen Hull, corner of
Wall and Main streets, together with the barn,
blacksmith-shop, and other work-shops, crossing
Main street, and burning the houses belonging,
and one of them occupied by Ephm.Middlebrook.
and the other by Mr. Hutchings. AISO. tll8h0ll59
next north, owned and occupied by Ezra Greg-
ory, together with a large barn and Tallow-
cliandlery in the rear, and the house owned and
occupied by Thaddeus Hubbell ; these were all
in flames in ii few minutes. It was at this point
that the flames were finally arrested. [Com-
or abroad, as a nationalgovernment. Georgia has '
.-"*'?;S“3fi‘§i1ié9sts;~.
Norwalk Chronicler