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1-cmvdr r1
ed in the same manner [)l'(‘SCi‘ll):)d in the t|i1.ty-|
ninth section of the act aforesaid ; and if such
cause shall he appealiible, then tliepliiiiititf shall
have -power to remove it to the next Superior
Court, as therein provided; and wlicnever tho
Judgo shall be disqualified toact in any case,or
perform any duty, not appertai_n1"g to said county
court, his place shall be supplied by any Judge
of Probate residing in the same county, who
‘shall have power to act in such case, and per-
form such dtity.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. 'l‘l‘..':t in all
prosecutions under the act. entitled "An Acp.
providing for the support of baisitnrd t-liildren, ’
the trial of the question of fact, as to the guilt
or innocence of the defentlaiit, of the charge,
shall, at the desire of either party, be by jury.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, 'l‘h:it th re
shall be appointed annually. by the Getirrnl As
sembly, two COmmiS51l)llC1’S in catch county, wl_io-
sha.ll, with the Juzlge of the county court, 1.-
thcir resuective counties, constitute 21 coti:..l_y
court, for the performance of all the duties, am:
the exercise of all the powers imposed or con
fer-red on the county court. by it e act. eniiil ~u'
"An Act relating to highways and liritlgos,” ,1‘-y
-the nineteenth, twenty-secoiitl, and tweurytlii-d
sections of the act to which this is an addition-—
by the eleventh section of the act entitled “ An
Act relating to Sheriffs”—by the first and sixth
sections of the act entitled “ An Act for liceus.
ing. and regulating taverns and suppressing un
licensed houses”———and by an act passed in 1834,
entitled “An Act in addition to the act ciiti-
tled An Aclconcerning jails and jailors.” And
said commissioners shall receive the same coiii-
pensation per day, during the lime tlii-y are
employed in the business afbsesaid, that the
Associate Judges of the county court have
heretofore received.
VVM. \V, BOARDMAN.
Speaker of the Hotisc of 1{.t-presciiuilives-
Cl-JARLES HAWLEY.
President of the Sciiuie.
Approved. May 9. 1838.
WILLIAM W. ELLS‘.~’OR'l‘H.
An Act to repeal an Act therein named.
BE it enacted by the Senate and "House of
Represeiitntives, 1l1G8rIt‘l‘fll.c1SSt.‘lnl)ly convened,
That an act in addition to an act entitled -‘.-in
act for the admission and settlement of iiiliiibi-
tants in towns,” except section four! h of said
act, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, May 31, 1838.
An Act for the fullillment of ilze obligations of
this State, iinpusctl by the Constitution of the
United States in regard to persons held inser-
vice or labor in one State escaping llllu anoth-
er, and to secure the right of trial by jury. in
the cases herein lI)ellll.')I)€(l.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate. and
House of Representatives, in General Assseiiibly
convened, That whenever any person lcgiilly
held tolabor or service in any State or Territory
of the Uiiiied States. shall escape into this State.
the person entitled to the labor or services ofsucli
fugitive, or the agent of such person duly au-
thorized by hiui, upon making due proofof such
title, to any court or Judge authori'/,.-tl to issue
writs of habeas corpus. shall be eiilillcti to a writ
of habeas corpus. to be directed to the Shcrili'of
the County, his deputy, or either constable oftlie
town where such fugitive shall be, r.-ouiniam.ling
him to take the body of such fuigitive. anti liiiu
have before Ilie said judge, or before the Cotiiity
or Superior Court, tlicn in session, or next to be
holdeu in said county, or. if such fugitive be at
the time of his arrest residing within the limits
of a city, before the City Court, next to be liold-
on or then in session therein, at the discretion of
the judge or court issuing sucli wrii,on a day
therein specified. to answer such claim.
Sec. 2. The proof to entitle any person l0Slll.'ll
writ shall be by affidavit. setting forili niiniiicly
and particularly. the ground ofsuch claim to the
..-services of such fugitive, the time of his or her
escape. and where he or she is. or is bcli'--'V0d 0)’
the afliarit to be. _ _
om.-.jro. Uii return ofilie writ Willi the boilyol
the person so claimed as aiort-.~:ai«l. it shall be the
the parties. or, if requiri-.d, to allow further ne-
cessary proof, and in such case. to commit :he
person so claimed and arrested as a fugitive, to
the custody of the slierilfof said county for safe
lteepin:,': or to take a bond with sufficient sure-
iies, in such penalty as shall be deemed Satisfac-
iory to the person claiming the services of stich
fugitive, conditioned that he shall appear before
such judge or court, at the time and place iliere-
in specified. to abide the order and decision of
the Court orjudge having cognizance thereof in
relation to such claim.
Sec. 4. The trial ofthe questions of fact, at is-
sue between the pariies. shall at ilie request of
either party be by ajiiry of twelve men. drawn.
iinpannelled and sworn as in other civil cases
pending before said courts respectively, or if
such trial be before a judge in vacation. such
judge shall have authority to cause such jury to
be drawn from ihejury box of any town or towns
in the county, and to be suuiuioned and impati-
nelled for the trial of such issue: Provided,ihat
no person shall be qualified to sit as ajuror in said
case, who believes there is iioi constitutionally or
legally. a slave in the land.
Sec. 5. If upon the hearing of said parties,
such court orjuilge. or in case of 21 triul hyjtiry,
suclijury shall find that the person claiming the
services oftlie person arrested as aforesaid. is not
entitled thereto. the person so arrested shall be
discharged, andjodgtnerit shall tnereopon be reti-
dered in his favor against such claimant. for such
sum in damages, as the Court or Jury trying
such issue shall av-ard, iogetlicr with his Costs
and execution shall issue therefor. But if on
such hearing said Court oi"_Jur_v shall rind that
the claimant is entitled to the services ofsucli fu-
gitive, the Court or Judge 1)el'ore‘w lioui sot-li
hearing shall have been hail, shall gr.=in't to such
claimant a certificate stating that it siiiisfuciorily
appears that such fugitive, (who shall be particu-
larly described in such certificate by his name,
sizeand personal appearaiicc) doth owe service
orlabor, to the person clziimiiig the Sf-l.’ilP. under
the laws of ‘la , State or Territory front which he
or sl‘='Ne.- ‘;l,:‘ 7- and iherebv allowing such per-
....i:. 3.5:». :*_;_',.'.‘ named in such certificate to take
1’~_-':it‘H:-., .i '.‘onvey liiui or her througli and
,. " nu, towards the place of resitleiice
.. - ;:«..rson entitled to his or her labor or scr-
~'..;e. and such fugitive shall ilicreu; on be deli-
vered I0 such claiinaut, or his agent duly ap-
pointed therefor.
Sec. 6. Such certificate slizillziuiliorize the
person having the same to reiuove such fugitive
therein named without iiuuecessary dolay.
through and out oftliis suite. on the direct route
to the place of residence of such claimant.
Sec.7. The fees anil expenses incurred in any
proceedings herein authorized, shall be paid by
the claimant before the rendering of any ‘service
for which such l'<e- shall be cliargeable.
Sec. 8. No Justice of the Peace or other ofli
ccrappointeu under the authority of this State
other than the Courts orludges authorized to is-
sue writs of babeas corpus shall be authorized lt-
graui any warrautor process for the arrest ofany
fugitive from labor or service. or any certificate
of the title ofany claimant to the services ofsucli
fugitive; and any Justice oflhe Peace, or other
o,‘1i.,-er, violating this provision, shall forfeit and
pity to Ilie party grieved five hundred dollars,and
shall be deemed guilty of a inisdcirieanrir.
Sec. 9. No officer. or other person shall take
or remove outof this State any oilicr person, un-
der :1 claim that such person is a, fugitive from
iliibor or service under the laws of any other
;Staieor Territory. except in pursuance of the
f provisions in this act C"lll€lll'lCtl, on pain of for-
,fciling five hundred dollars, to be recovered by
fatty pcrsoii who will site for atid prosecute the
‘same to elli'('l. A rid if any [)C1‘S_()l)Sll£lll be or-
grcsieil or dctuitii-tl as a ftigitive from labor as
l£ifl)l'€silltlC0ll1fal‘y10ll'l3 provisions of this act.
such person may by himself or by his next
friend apply for uudohtnin a writ of li-ibczis cor-
pus from any Jtiidge or Court by law authorized
iogrout the same, in be proceeded with on ilie re-
iurii iltereofwith the body of such person. 10 lllt‘
manner herein before provided: Provided, tltai
nothing herein shall be construed to extend to
any proceedings before any Coiirl or Magistrate
of the United Suites. or any person acting by
the ziullioriiy of such Court or Magistrate.
WM. W.‘ lit).-\RDM.-\N,
Speaker of the House of Rt-presr-ntiiiivcs.
CI'1:\f{1.l'lS HAVVLEY.
‘ Pl‘C:l(iB|\1. of the Senate.
Approved May 23, 1838.
VVM. W. ELl.S\\’0li1‘1'l.
School Coininissioiicrs Report.
From the Report ofilie Coiiiiriissioricr of the
School lfund, to the Legislature. it appcarsthzii
in relation to the llcveiiiie of this Fund, there
was on the 31st of .V1:ii‘cl'i, 1837,‘ on /iaml. in
czisli. $522,060 55
'1. he amount of interest, rents and
bank dividend:: received in the
ycarending M ii rcli 31. 1838. was
A iiiouut ()flelIip()r&U‘y loans repaid,
Amount of dividend refunded by
New Hartford,
100.568 97
5,800 00
23 00
$128,452 52
Paid out from the revenue of the _
Fund in the year, viz:
Old dividends remaining unpaid,
Special grant by last Legislature
to Districts omitting I0 make re-
Iurusiu season,
Amount of Oct. and March divi-
dcntls on 83,122 cbildreii, at
81 20 each, ,
Compensation of Commissioners,
Treasurer, clerks,‘ insurances,
iravcliiig experiscs, books. sta-
tionary. printing, fuel. postage.
&c. in the Coiiiiiiissioiicfls and ,
Trea.-iirer‘s ofiiccs, relative to
the Fund,
Temporary loan from surplus of
interest on hand,
1,323 35
99,7-16 40
" 3,573 8-1
2,500 ob
811-1.291 5-1-
Tlit-rc was also the sum of 831.000 temporari-
ly loaned on interest, on good security, payable
on dcu'i:iu.'l, whicii, with the above bzilance, vill
he siiflicient to pay the October dividend to the
srliools.
The dividends paid toilic schools in iheyearer.tl-
iug Marcti 1829, were to each child. 85 us.
In the years ending Miircli 1830 '31 ’32 90 “
- " " jl833’3~1 95 "
“ “ 1835 $1 00
" “ 1836 -1 05
“ " 1837 1 15
“ “ 18.38 1 20
And with ordinary collections, Ilie dividends of
the next year may. in the opiuioii ofilie Coin-
iriissioiier. he further iiicreasetl to 81 2-3.
lll relation to tliepr2'iici'}:al of lfiiiid, the Corn-
Illlsslrilltff states. that the amount on hand in
t-usli. April 1. 1837. was $8.095 l9
Priiicipal received in the year, 38,909 78
, 8-17.001 97
Loanedinilieyeeronbondand niorl’g.40.342 14
Priiicipnl on liund in the Treasury,
April 1.1838, (which has since
been loaned) 6.662 83
-—_—_-L.
_ ‘June 1825, have been ‘$157,352.
duty of such court orjiiilge before whom the some ,
is returnable, to hear the allegations arid proofs oft
The Ohio lands. which a few years since were
960.000 acres, are reiluccd by stiles ro5.707 acres.
'l‘lJ.6 sales of lands in the lust yearamouiit to
815.728 18. The whole auiouut ofsales since
The number
ol'.-r-liool societies in the State is 211. of districts
1.661. The annual dividends to schools have
(lotibled since 1818.
Year ending March 1818, div. were 819 40-1 98
1825 72,418 30
" 1830 “ 76.932 80
" 1833 “ 80.913 80
" 1835 “ 83.799 00
"‘ 1836 “ 87,73‘ 80
“ 1837 “ 95.862 85
“ 1838 “ 99.746 40
The present capital oflhe Fund is as follows.
viz : .
1. In Bonds, Conlracls, and Mortgages. viz :
1169 debts against residents in N.Y. 8647.828 80
6-13 do. do. in Ccnii. 600.969 68
318 do. do. in .\lass. 223,412 7].
360 do. do. in Ohio 164.922 21
27 do. do. in Vermont 4.809 93
2. In. Bunk Slack, in this State, 616.700 00
3. In culli't:alea Lam/s, and Buildings. viz:
lit the 3 western counties of Mass.
21 farms, 17 smaller tracts and
7.373 00
6,236 00
In N. Y. 4 farms, 1loi and btiildiiig,
in Ohio. 2 farms,
4. lVilrl Lands, viz Ohio.
5707 notes in 20 dillerent towns,
In New York 4771 acres in 5couii-
in
27,019 89
tir-s, 13,026 57
In Veimoni 6863 acres in 2 coitu-
iies. 11,967 00
5. Slack on farms, 570 00
6. Cashin the Treasury, 6,662
$12,028,531 20
Total amount of Capital.
The capital, lst ofJuiie, 1825 was $1,719,433-L 2-1-
do. in May, 1828 1,877,615 10
do. “ 1829 1.882.261 68
do. " 1831 1,902,957 87
do. " 1833 1.929.738 50
do. “ 1835 2.019.920 89
do. n 1837 2.027.402 49
do. “ 1838 2.028.531 21
increase ofcapiial since 1825. $309,096 96.
Increase of annual dividend since
1825,
$27,323 10
Public Lands.
Th» following resolutions were passed by the
General Assembly, on the subject of the Public
Lands :
At a General Assembly of the State of Con-
necticut, holdeii at New l'lilVel], in said State,
on the first VVediiesduy of May, 1838-
Resolveil by this Assembly, That the Public
Lands, belonging to the Uniotd States, are the
t,'()Hlll1()n property of all the States, and the pro-
ceeds of them should be appropriated to their
use and bcnefit,and to no other purpose what
cvur, without the consent of the States respect-
ively.
‘Resolved, That this General Assembly do‘
solemnly protest against a ccssion of any of
die pubaic lands to a State in which they may
be situated, at a price less than that at which
they are offered in market, and also against the
_ire«:niption laws, and the grants made under
-he authority of suclilaws.
Resolved by this Assembly, That our Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress, be request-
ed to use their best endeavors to have the pro-
coeds of the public lands divided among the
States severally, as soon as it can with proprie-
ty be done.
Balance.leli,bcloi'igiiigiotlie reventie.$141,l60 98 '
buildings, 68,255 00 .
in Conn. 9 farms. 16 smaller tracts
ac. 28.747 60
.1.
Resolvvd, That it is expedient that a p01‘-
iioii of the public lands belonging to the United
‘totes, should be appropriated to the support of
education in the original thirteen States, of this
Union ; and that the Senators and R."pl'CS8l]li'.-
Lives in Congress, from this State, be requested
to procure the adoption of such a measure.
Resolved by this Assembly, That his Excel-
lency, the Governor, be rr quested to forward a
copy of these resolutions to each of our Scria-
tors in Congrrss, and also to each Exccuivc - l
the several States with a rrqucst that they iuay
be laid bi fore the Legislatures of their States
rcsp«:ctiv..-ly.
Sub T1‘€.‘IXSlil‘§,"-
Slate of C'o7;rtcclicul— (3'cncrril Acssciiib/_7/,
illuy Session, 1838.
Wliereas, a bill, called the Sub Treasury, Or
independent Trcastiry bil , is now pending‘ be-
fore Coiigrcss; and whereas said bill, in the
opinion of this Assenibly, is, in its c~li_arac._tei'
and tendency, contrary to the spirit of our ‘in-
stitutions, rlniigercus to our liberties, and dies-
tructive of our dearest iiitercs-ts, and will, if
passed into a law, still furiliei"dcrange the cur-
rency, and prostrate business, spread ruin and
tlcsolation through all classes of society. and
clmiige the present distress into a set and deep-
rootcd despair.
And wlic-reas if said bill become :1 law it will
provide one currency for ofiico-holders and an
inferior one for the people.
Therefore Resolved, Tin-it it is the will of
this Gencral Assembly, that our Senators and
Representatives in Con_gr‘ss, vote against said
bill, or any other containing similar provisions,
and use all legal and proper means to prevent
the passage tlivreof‘, and that they be and here-
by are so instructed.
Another resolution requests the Governor to
forward those proccediiigs to our Senators and
Reprcseiitativcs in Congress, and to the Execu-
tives of the several States.
Expuisging Resolution.
Certain resolutions on this subject were re-
ported by a joint cominitteu of the Goiicral As-«
scmbly, reciting Mr. Bny.'trd’s resolution offer-
ed in the Senate of the United States for re-
storing the originalrccord—aiid concluding with_
the following all of wt‘:-icli were adoptedf:
And whereas the resolution so introtluced by
go Hon. 1\1r. 1.'}'il_‘,’Z1l'Ll, is in the opinion of this
euczal Asscmbiy,jusr. and proper, and ought
to be ztdoptcd by the Senate of the United
Sta tesf: -. '1‘ h erefore,
Restilivcd, 'l‘hat. it is the will of‘ the General
Assembly that our Senators in Congress vote
for the saiiiri, or some other one containing simi-
lar provisions and having similar objects, and use
all legal and properuiicaris to induce the pas-
sage thereof; and Itllill. they be, and they here-
by are so i'2isl.~uc(c: .
Resolved, ’l,‘liat his Excellency, the Gover-
nor, be requested tocommunicatc 3. copy of the
foregoing preamble and resolutions to each of
our Senators in Congress.
COI‘)'CS170fl(f€n(‘C of I/ze Courier t§-Enquirer.
United States Senate.
'l’]~Zl\‘i\‘}-ZSSEE IN '1‘ HE SENATE.
Illcssrs. G/‘um/_y mirl ll//iilc.——A fewdays ago
there was a spcecli of Jiidge \Vliiie, reported in
the \Vasliingion papers, which contains the fol-
lowing passrigcs:
Mr. [’i‘esit,lt-riii, this letter was a secret one, ed-
dresscd to the 1’i'esitlciit in 1’liilad;-lphin, intend-
ed for himself and his directors only. ‘It direct-
ly impugos the motives. and speaks contemptu-
oiisly oflhe cliarucler and siziriding oftlic whole
General J1::sc::il;li; of//zc Slulc.
It gives a list of iizimcs or directors of the
brauch, and concludes wiili a threat of revisiting
ills upon the bends oftiiose who may darcio zit-
teinpi enforcing the State Law.
This letter was written in 1818; it remained
a secret in the hands, and for the giiitlriuce of, a
directory of £1 powerful mor:eyrd institution from
the time of its receipt till 1835, wiilioui tiny of
those cziliimiiieied in it having arty suspicion
that among their acquaintances there could be
found a titan capable ofihus stabbing their repu-
tation in the dark. It was brought to light by
the investigating coiiimiitce, and from the time 1
have first seen it until now, 1 have never been
able to think favorably ofils author, or to have
any confidence in him. And now, Mr. Presi-
dent, you are ready to ask. who was the author?
I tcllyon, said Mr. \Vhite. throwing down
the book front which he had read the letter, it
was none other ilian my honorable colleague.
The man who could thus treat me might cle-
cci-ve me once. but he never will a second time,
unless. pert.-bance, he should do some act which
com ports wit it the character ofan hr.-norable man.
This morning, as soon as the Journal of the
Senate was read. Mr. Grundy gpt up and called
the attention of the Senate to this reported
speech. He said that he had not heard the con-
clusion thereof, zit the lime it proposed to be de-
livered. Some ger-ilemen had stated to him
that such a speech had been made, and he had
\\ uited till it was pnblislicd. in order ‘.0 see what
it might contain. With regarrl to the personali-
ties contained in that speech. he -had only to say
he treated then‘; with disdain. anti Willi scoro._
Judge White responded—said he took back
nothing--anil went to coinmciit on Mr. Gruudy’s
bottling tip his wrnili for six weeks. and coming
iriio Ilie Senate to pour it out, after this lapse of
time, upon his head.
There was much more of the smite kind. A j
Bell and Turuey matter in every thing but the
blows. Mr. Grundy. put in a rt-joindcr. and
was “going it" pretty strong, as Mr. Hat-itcit
would say. when Mr. King called to order, and
the Vice President put a stop to the flurry.
Connecticut in the Senate. Henry Clay,
John M. Niles, and the cons!ituenIs oflhe latter.
Mr. Clay rose and presented a petition from cor-
iziiii citizens in favor of a United Suites Bank.
He took the opporttiiiiiy to expose Mr. l\'iles’s
iriiseruble iiiisrcpre;-eniiition with regard to the
signers of the petiiioii from Ilziriford, upon ilie
sairie subject presented some time since by Mr.
C. He showed that they were the first men in
that V'l(2ll'l5.l;.{€, and that some were ltiieiy friends
of the Coniiet-ticttt Senzitor’s own political party.
Mr. Niles’ reply was the barking of a sore
headed bear. He feels very billcrly upon this
topic. and he showed his teeth, as usual. He
scoldr-d the \Vl.iigs severely for making converts
front Loco-Focoism in his own good city of
Hartford. said it was too bad, so it was! and
hoped that tho proselyies would be as filllllful to
their new friends, as they had been to him and
his party.
SMALL NOTE Rx-:s'rmc'rioN._
Mr. \Vebsier then rose and olicrcd the me-
morial of all the importing iriercliaiits of ilie
city of New Haveii, cxceptiiig one. certified
by the collector of that port.) praying Congress
to repeal the f1\'8(1()llilf iioie issuiiig batik restric-
tive law. He also presented at the same iinie.
resolutions to a similar effect, fioin the Board oi
Coniiiiissiotie-rs of Associated Banks in Boston
and its vicinity. ‘
Mr. \Vebster went into a very interesting and
pertinent course of remark ;, in which he showed
the practically pernicious operation of the new
Specie Circular of Mr, Wotidliury. as well as of
the old. He showed that the banks were mak-
ing vigorous efforts to resume specie payments,
and that this last effort ofour estimable Minister
of Finaizce was calculated to retard, and was
actually retarding that desirable consuiniiiation.
"tion, whicli he could possibly be expected In (lo.
. considerabletlissatisfiiction is daily znaiiifesiirig
He expressed the opinion that the obnoxious
feature of the llep():’ll(3 act of 1836, which was
-the cause of this euibarrassmcnt, ought to be
at once entirely repealed, or its operations sits-
pended for some leiiglli of time. ‘The papers
were then read, and the question being on print-
itig ihern, .
Mr. Hubbard made some remarks for the pur-
pose of viiidicatiiig Mr. \Voodbury. 115 l13\'“l.£.’
done every lliiiig. in issuing his recent proclaimi-
under the law. as itslaiiils. lie also stated that
there was no kind of iiir-onvt-tiiciice cxpericiiced
in 13o:-,-ion, in the payiiie-iii of pi.-blic dues. Hlldvr
ilic lust circular; and ciit-d the Boston Daily
Atlvt-rtiracr as proof of this. He said that the
notes ofilic Mcrcli:-;iils’ Batik were in the predica-
uir.-iit of he-iiig rcccivetl uritlr.-.r the law. by reason
of not having lsSllt‘(.l less than live dollar notes.
within the l‘l:lt.‘l‘i'll(.‘l(_‘(l time. And he furllierl
sititctl that $2’d0.00U had been paid for public'
dues in liosiiiii, since that circular was issued.
Mr. \Vebsicr asked Mr. llubbard how these
facts could be possibly made to seem consistent?
Mr. Hulilizirtl then admitted that this same
t\lercliniits’ Bank had to be sure paid out less
than five dollar notes, tiotoflts own, but ofoihcr
bunks? ,
Mr. \Vebste'r then conictidet] that here was ti
distirictiuir without a difference. The bank
doing this was as clearly witiiiii the iutertlict as
any other batik. And he insisted that there had
been great ii'iconv'l:tiien(:e fell in Bos:on, by the
incrclintits under the operation of the law.
The conversation went oti somewhat longer.
Buchanan joined in it. and was followed by
others; the motion to print prevailed. and the
or 'inary business of the day was then t.’-iken up
and attctidcd to. S'1‘L‘i\'OGIiAPI‘lICUS.
\V'AsniNG'1‘oN, June 1-1. 1838.
In Senate, this morning, pursuant to notice,
Mr. VVcbstcr called up the proposition of Mr.
\Villiaiiis, to institute a coiiiniissiou to explore
and run the north-east boundary line, conforma-
bly to the ti'enty of 1783.
,_f\-Ir. \Vt.-bsier remarked that it was not his iri-
lcmiun to make an arguuieut, but to state the
American sidc ofiliequttsiion. In giving the de-
tails be occupied the Senate nearly two hours.
llis Sl(ll(:‘nlCl‘llS. throughout were fortified by
otificial documents not] maps. It was a most‘;
lucid view oflhe whole question.
He expressed his opinion that Maine would
not be satisfied with any reference which was
not l)flSr‘(l iipou the treaty of 1783. and his regret
at observing that there was :1 tllsptisllltin on the
part of the E.\'P.Cl1ll\'€, to vary front the stipulat-
tion coniniur—-d in that treaty.
At the request of Mr. Bucliuiiau the subject
was laid on the table until to-inoriow, or next
day. when he will probably reply to Mr. \‘.7cb-l
SICT. ’
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l
M r. Preston moved to take npiliejoini resolu-
iioii olferetl by him. providing for tho ziiiiir-._taiiriii
of 'l'exn3 to the U. Slates. _Aftt.-r some tllfslll-,
torycoiivnrsziiioii. in wliicli Mr. 1)l‘(’Sl()li, l\lr.l
Sotiiliartl. Mr. Czillioun, and Mr. Liiiiipkiii,
pariicipziled, on the iriolion of Mr. Norvcll, the:
resolution was laid on the table, by a vote of:
ayes 21-—iioc.-:. 1-1.
After some disctissirin on it pri-sate bill, which
was laid on the table for the present, the Senate
adjouriietl.
lo the House, the nufinislicd business of yes-
terday morning was taken tip. The iuoiioii
pending wzisilie resolution oftlie coinmiiice on
1“()l‘('l_gl_1All"all'S.l() be rlisclizirgetl from the further
corisidcrziiioii ofccriuiii documents in relation to
Texas.
Mr. Howard was entitled to the floor, god
spoke without closing his iciiirirks. until the hour
liad cx.pii'ctl—-wlicii the I/rcciiip/£07: bill was
lailtcii Up.
This bill was reported last night, with sundry
amendments by the committee of the whole.
These uiiieiidineiitswiili uitmerousoiliers which
were pi‘opostetl. occupied the 11111156111 debate.
iiuiil nine o'clock at night, wlicn the bill .wns
ortlercd to be engrossed for :1 third reading. byl
it large iiii.-joriiy.
and paiclies. its friends were dotcriiiiiictl that it
slioiilzl now be read and so ordered. Some ini-
poruint aziictidments have been made; others
equally important rt-jtn,-tctl. A little aflcrleii
A
house attending. And then the House. after a
session of more than ten hours adjourned.
Dt's.srilt'sfiu.-lz'on among the Cree]: Indians.-—
The Little Rock, Aikaiiszts Gazette, states that
ilselfainoug the Creek emigrants, who were re-
moved to the frontiers of Arkansas. :1 year or
two since. They maiiifest little (li~:-position to
plant corn or to provide for their fiiiure siippori.
In some instances. they have destroyed their
own ft noes and other property, and given other
evidences ofa turbulent spirit. Apprelzensions
are (‘(llPt‘lillnPll, that they will prove troublesome
neighbors. The Govcriiuieiit have ordered a
supply ofarms and fllIllllln'i1|iUD,iO be immediate-
ly forwarded to Little Rock, for the protection of
the frontier.
Rise in Lake Erz'e.—lt is said in the Cleave-
land Gazette of Saturday, that the “titers of
Lake Eric, at that point, are at least three and
a half lect higher than they were three years
ago, and one and a half feet above the level of
last year, A rise is also said to be observable
in the waters of the Upper Lakes. Herc (says
that paper) is it problem for men of science to
solve, if they can. Is there anything in the
popular notion of a rise and fall-a tide—once
in seven years’! Are there any autlienticatrd
facts or observations indicating such a tide 11--
It strikes us tlint the phenomenon is a curious
one, and worth iiivcstigziting.
l
Jail Burnl.——'l‘he jail at Norwich was burnt
down on Saturday night last, together witli the
dwellioglioiise of the iailor. '1‘he fire was oc-
casioned by the attempt of a_ prisoner to burn the
lock oli his door, and thus make his €SC-flpL‘.-—-
l\'cw Ifavcn Elcrulal.
Elcclioii of Post Jlaslcrs by the Pe0plc.—Thc
Albany J(.'11'i:l'S0l'lli1il starts the proposition that
Post l‘ilastci's bu cli-ctcd by the people of their-
towns to which under certain limitations, we
most licartily respond. \Ve hopc, says that pa-
per, “to see the day when cacli towoship that
will give proper bonds for fidelity shall elect its
own Post Master--or, Post Masters, if they
have more than onc——uud thus cut off one great
source of corruption, subscrvience, and just
discontent. What a mockery on justice as
well as Dciuocriicy is it to see, as we have seen,
aPost Master the choice of three-fourths of
those whose voice ought to be decisive in the
matter, iurnod-out of his oiiice, to make room
for one who is universally obnoxious!”
The power of the Post Ollice is becoming so
ornnipoteni, that the only security the States,
anon, can have from Executive usurpation, is
this check over that power from the peoples-
Alllit:ti_gli the bill was shreds)
o‘cfock at tiiglii ilic final qiiesiioii was taken. and
the bill passed by a inujoriiy ofaboul forty, 21 full
N.© @~l-\ZET‘lT'lE..
‘*oo.\"'i' GIYXC UP Ti-is snip.”
VVED.‘*ZiCSDAY, JUN E 20. 1838.
0? Our posi-ridcrs say iliut they cannot pay
the printer, until their subscribers pay them.-
All we have to say about it is, thniourpost-riders
must pay us, and that too rcry soon.
0:‘? All those iiidebttd to this Oflico for ad-
vcriising, papers and job work, are notified tluit
unless payment is made before the 4th of July,
their accoiiiits will be put into the hands of al
lawyer for immediate collection.
N. B. He-rezificr no adveriisemeiils will be
inserted, except for _7/earl]/'advcrtisers, which are
not accompanied by the cash.’ ‘
01'?’ Our tliauks to the New-Haven Register
for doing nsjnstice in the matter oflhe “ deben-
ture bill."
er of last week. zi cxinimiinicaiion which touches
VVC observe in the Bridgeport Furni-
iipon the some siilijcci, and either iuadverir-oily.
or otlierwisc,’-falls itiio the same error which the
Register was so prompt in correcting. \Vc trust
that this hint will be all that an honorable man
will require to induce him to do ilie hottest thing.‘
“ All’s fair in politics" is not our niotio-—and il
tiny of our opponent.-.: cliooso to gplopi il in nint-
icrs where we arcpcrsouull_y concerned. so be ii—-
“ilic lizirilesi int.-st fend oli"’——-ih:tt's all, for the
prcsenl.
THE SUB-TRf.l‘.8URY Slll—iEME.
Serious npprcliei'isioiis have l)Cl.'lJ cntcrtniiiml .
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for :1 few weeks past, its to the iiltiinnie fate of
of the Stib-Trezisiiry Bill.
The fact that the Adiiiinisiraiioii have siukcti
tliizirpripuiariiy—-iiiilccd, their very e:r.i.<tcii(.'c,
upon this lliL’21>.1ll'(.’, and that ilie uiontzy of the
people is nbsolitte-ly iicr.-tacsiiry to l_-zcep their par-
ty iogrilicr. and iliziI.j-.itlgizig from the post. no
mcziiis would he left uiitricd to Secure the cou-
ihris oct.-asioned_ in the minds of inauv, vcry dis-
mal fears in relniioii to this Sl£i|_jt'L’l.
Ac:ording to the rcjircsciiiaiitin;-ofall who are
az1_f';1il in these iiiutiers, parties are very nearly
2. n'in_joriiy of 10 8f_[-illllsl the hill, allowing all ilie
7‘ '
lliis
calculation, liowcvcr. we iliiiik docs great injus-
C()flilE‘(.‘llCll1 votes to be cast in liivor of ii.
ticc to some of the il!f.'llllJt‘.l’3 from this siate—to
mic, at least, of thcm—-ilie member from this
County. \Ve do not believe that lie isprepiircd,
ilius to act zig::iu~t wlini lie/cnows to be the wish-
es of _/irtic-.sz'.r.’/is of his constituents. if he tlocs.
it will be becatzsc he wishes intake his liiinl
leave of \Vusliiogton on the best of terms with
Mr. Van Buren. and has iiintlc tip his iriind ne-
But.
perhaps, we do hitti injustice in these renizirks.
vcr to risk the result of arioilier election.
lndeed, we would believe that he is altogellier
too high-niiiided to he influenced by any other
consideratiozzsilian those whicli he couscit-uiious-
ly believes would accord with the wishes and
advance the interests of his corisiiiueiiis. Shall
we be niisiaken? _
Since the vote upon the repeal of the Specie
Circular, we have never believed that the Siib-
Treasury Bill would pnss—antl we cannot be-
lieve it now. Its fate will probably be determin-
ed before the isssiie of our next paper.
HEI/lRY CLAY.
Thelale great meeting at Masoiiii: Hall in N.
York, appointed a committee to ili\-ilc Henry
Clay to pass through the State of New-York by
way of the cities of New-York, Albany and
Buffalo on his Tctlllrll to Lexington. after the ad-
jotirnnieiil of Congress. The coiiimuiee ad-
dressed a leiierto Mr. Clay to this clfcci. Mr.
Clay's letter, declining lheiuviizitioii and giving
his reasons for so doing. does honor to that high-
soulcd patriotism for u liicli he has ever been dis
iinguislied. \Ve shall publish it in our next.
01?’ Our absence prevented our correcting the
proof of the editorial matter of last weeds Ga-
zette. \Ve hope. therefore. that our readers will
not lay atourcioortlie sundry grauimaiit-ul and
other inaccuracies of which our types would.
;n‘2'rita_f2tcz'e, convict us. The errors were so nu-
merous, that we will not, now, attempt to cor-
rect them.
{);",Tr=' Richard H. White has. at last, been ac-
quilted of the charge of buruiiig the Treasury
Building.
{fir The N. York Star says, that James K.
Paulding. the popular fll1ll)Uri 15 Ulllllllmcd Sec‘
retary of ilie Navy.
01?’ The Prince de Joinviile, (son of the
King of we 1.‘,-enclh) was treated to a splendid
banquet at the Astor House on Saturday last, by
we Freucli residents and other citizens of N. Y.
{)j= A State Couitriercinl Convention was
held at Richmond, Va., on the 13th inst., to de-
,E.ty;rcs.s-
Dt'i:m'cc of Bank and .Slalc.—-\Ve liasteo to
aiitiouiice the resignation of Mr. Burt, one ofthe
prUpi'ielUI's oftbe State Paper, as a Diriector in
the Albany City Bank. Only two of the pio-
prietors ofihe Argus are now Bank Directors.
\Ve learn from Jeromc’s Bulletin, June 6th.
that a prisoner by Ilie name of l\1'Gan was shot
dead by the guard, in attempting to escape from
Tboinaslon prison. He was swimming when
vise. means for establishing 11 direct trade between
the South and Europe.
Goon.—An exchange paper says, if you wan,
to know whether it is safe to trust a man with
goods on credit, see if he is a paying subscriber
to some good newspaper.
0? The weatlieris so excessively hot and de-
shot—-was previously hailed but made no no-
swer.—-Bangor IV/ng.
biliiating—iliat even if we believed that our
readers were possessed of patience enough to
.-.
read it. we frankly acknowledgethat we have not i 1‘
stmnzna enough to perpetrate editorial. But is
so «happens that our columns are wanted for this
publication of the laws passed at the 133; session
of the Legislature, and sundry interesting 1-9-.
the space which they occupy-—-and shall very
patiently wait until all the doings of the Legisfi
lature are before the people,‘be[‘ore we make any
further comments tipon Iliem. ‘
Fonr:ioN.—Ar1'ival of the Great lVca(e'm,_.-
The Great \Vestern arrived at Quarantine about
3 o’clock, on Sundnv mornino [35, pm-ving “fled
cl D , 1
from Bristol on the -111) instant, making the pas-
sage in 14 days.
F \ A ' ‘ —._ T - \
. rou‘ FRAl\CL. Deal/i of Talle_1,rand.—
Prince lzilleyrziiid breathed his last on the eve
carriage "n ‘he P”3"l"U5 SUINl€l‘y" but a slight
- V I
sure produced an ariilirax, or giirigreiie had he
‘ I. , I
was thus czirrictl olfiii his 8-1th year
Joinvillc the King’s third son, had been promo.
ted.to the rank of Captain of a corvette, by an
ordinance dated the 27th inst. '
T1'ۤ1Slll'y Buildiiig. (T ,
Our readers will recollect that the new Trea-
5‘”.Y Blllliliiig. at Vt-’asliington, erected at an 11-11:-
incnsc expense by the party now in power, and‘
almost coiiipleicd,is now ordered to be taken down
on account ufils deli.-ciii.'c and isiiszife construction.
So much for Var. Buren economy!
‘Vhcn the bill proviiling for the erection gfn
“CW lire-proof building you the present site, was
before the [loose of Rt-presciiiniives, the other
day. Mr. \Viso remarked. that he did‘ not care 1|
straw, whi-,il'ier the bl2lll1ll1g_C:1]flé(lqnvn or re.
m-'ll“0ll- BU! it zmollier ‘brie/: building were"
erected as was proposed. it would be found that
it would not be lire-proof. For his part, he
tlitziiglit ilie better plan would be to allow the
lxiiiltling to l“‘ll'lulu at least for ilie remziiiiiiig
Ho
iliooglu it would strinil as it llluuunient of ii“,
fi:‘.v days of the present anliniiii;-irziiion.
glhrltillri tloiiigs of that neluiitaistriitiuri.
begun under the auspices of Jackson, and was
in fact
" The 1’10llSP;lllfll Jack built.”
trol of the public rcvetiiie in their own hands,
But he would like to know what had become
of
," The Mall that lay in the llotiscihni J.-ick built."
" He. woiild also vcry “ iiiucli like to lcnow,"
; ‘Wliere wore the rr1.’s '
1 l llfil zi‘t: the Mali -
'1 o
i '1 hit! l:—iy in the lloiise that Jack built,"
— lle coiit,-lii.ltd by drziwiiig a coiiipaiisori be-
lwceii the building rind the glooiny prospects of
the élllliliillslfillltilvl. '
After zi long debate, the \Vlll)i2 subicci was
‘laid on the ialilp.
.r—v...
xpcdiiiuii, coiisisliiig of ulmm
."/‘.2:
KL’
2430 ariiit;-d iiien, riitisterctl in-iir Lcwi.~.-town. a
Aiirulicr C
ci'ossiiig into Cilliatiii, and ziitiickiiig Qiiectislor.
.lu.-I as they were entering the lm.-its, it was
rnuiorr-d lli‘.:l the U. S. auili -riiics were coming
;——and this pzilriolic baud dispersed sun: ceremo.
rnie. _
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lislit-d at Cicnvclaud, O. 1: is about o‘nc rjuurrcr
ilie sizcofilie New York pr-niiy p:ipers,miil the
price is or:l_I,/ 3 cents a number. Newsp:iperid'
ll1llF.l be a scarce article in Cleavt.-lurid, or pm»-
if" The ‘/Xgc" has tiiuch ufa circulation. ,
O('?’llis Excellent-y ilie Governor. has up.
poinit-il Col. OLIVER E. \\'iLLi.uis, of Uurtfurd,,
Q_iiarir:rniasier General of this State, via Col;
Thus. 11. Seymoiir. ‘removed.
1]? Hon. VVM. L. S-Toniis, of Middletown.
and Ei:i~:.\‘i-;zi-zit LEAR-.\'ED, Esq. of New Lon.
duo, have been appointed Bank C
for the year ensuing.
om ii i isi:-ioneis
li.\"v’l~ZS'I'1GATl0N.-—\VC publish this week, (on.
pointed by the lust Legislature, ‘in inveaiigiuo
lll0 " Judicial Exp:-iises"ofilic Stale.
worth an aticiiiive perusal. These Reports 43;.
cile the inilignaiiou of the Lucas past all belief.
Ker-p cool, keep cool. gcuileiz:en.- You have 3|.
ways professed to coiirl investigation ; and now,
when the people have taken you at your word,
and are looking iiiio your manngciiieiii fora few
years past. it is very uncivil ofyou to fly imon
passion, and lay about you "like all possest.’.'
Recolleci, it is excessively hot wezitlier. and
the hydrophobia is a di'eari'ful disease—so keep
cool. keep cool, or you may worry and run vour-
selves so complett-.l_y out of breziili,- that you
will be iiiterly unable to raise a bark at the next
spriiig’seIeciion. Ilere, messenger! help these
fellows to a little ice water! I
. 1
Public Sentiment. _
1176 cut the following from the‘ Hartford
Patriot & Democrat, a paper which less than a
now THE STATES s'rALvn.
There are now eighteen statesihat have Whig
, .
Governors, and but eight that have Loco-Focus.
There are tweuiv states that have Whig Legis-
latures, and if the elections were now to take
isiration :
Foco, or genuine administration states out oflhe
twenty-six that compose the Union. This
pr0st'ralion and overthrow of Ilie Republican or
old Jackson party of the country. within the
short space of twelve months, is the natural re.
sult of the "disorganizing and revolutionary"
policy that has been pursued by the Government,
and is precisely what was confidently predicted
by honest and independent Republicans. Is it
surprising then that Mr. Secretary Woodbury
should desert one oflhe Executive Departments
at \Vashingion, where he receives six thousand
dollars a year. and retire to a judicial station in
New Hampshire with a salary of only fourteen
hundred dollars per annum? This act Wa'a
probably dictated by that instinct of self-preset.
vation. which teaches certain animals, whose re- "
semblance to Minister of State has often been
illustrated by caricature, to abandon the falling
house or sinking ship. It is the most decided
ports of committees. \Ve_ cheerfully sun-ende,-.\
The Moriiteur announces thatihe Prince do
it was *
ufzt tir.-wspriptr, licziriiig the illliive title. and pub-
5
year ago was a staunch supporter of the admin- ‘
placethere would not probably be but three Locoo ‘
a
if.
"mg Of ‘lie 1711! May. He had been out in hit-
nics as plciiiy as blz:ckbcrrics—-oiie ofili-3\two—- l
our first page.) the Report of the conimitiee ap- ’l
II is weir
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