MAJOR DOWNING.
To the Editors of the New York Express--the
the same paper my old friend Mr. Dwight
printed aspell ago. .
A ’.V.tsiiisci-ron. 11th Dec. 1838.
Gentlemen—My last letter telled you that
Uncle Sam wanted me to come here and give
him a lift, and sol come. I found the old gen-
tleman pretty cool antl ready for business—tlio’-
when we come to talk over matters and seeing
ltow plagily these rats have been working, he gits
as spiteful as a bat. “ We must get rid on cni_
some way or other. Major,” says he. “ Party or
no P5Tty.” and as the people are all now herein
Congress--or at any rate one for every forty thou-
sand on em—-U ncle Sam took the notion of
writing Congress a Letter with his own hand.
and I send yoti a true copy out. Uncle Sam
thinks’ it equal to a new Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and I dont know but it is; tho’ I
waned him to make it.a lecile shorter, but he
wo-ild’nt. .He thinks it best for me to fit out the
“ Two Pollies" with steam kittles as well as
sails ; and cruse along the coast as long as possi-
ble, whilst he takes care of matters and things
here—‘ for,‘ says he, ‘ Major, there are nutoiily
‘ Land Rats’ but ‘ Water‘ Rats.’
Howsever, I think things will work out about
right. Uncle Sam’s Congress will git hold of
the right eend of the matters shortly, and ori-
twist the tangle ; and iftbis dont the ncazt will.
So no more at present from
Your friend,
J. DOWNING. Major.
Downingville Militia, 2d Brigade.
To C'ong'ress——The:ime is come, when ifyou
don’t do something to mend matters, you best
stay at home after this session, and turn to and
hoe Corn and dig Potatoes, or any other useful
employment, and let other folks take your
places. and earn eight dollars a day in putting
public matters to rights. Thetime is come, too,
to speak plainly, so that tltere need be no mis-
take.
There are two or three matters thbt will come
before you, that require sharp looking to—tlie
first and most importatit, for the present, is the
best inotle of collecting the public money and
taking care on’t after its collected. Now on these
matters, we have already had some halfa dozen
Messages and Vetoes, as many dozen Treasury
Reports and Circtilars, aiirl we are now as far
from security and truth as we were when the
Experiment began, and all goes to show that
there are only two ways in all matters, the right
way and the wrong way, and when you start
wrong, things only get worse and worse so long
as you persist in doing wrong, or try to make
wrong right by another wrong. The right way
seems to me so simple, that any man who can't
see it must be too great a booby to represent
forty thousand freemen; but if itshould turn out
that whatl describe as the right way sltould
prove to be wrong, then I atn willing to be set
down as the greatest booby among all my peo-
ple. I don’t mean to be led or misled by Mes-
sages or Reports—-such documents, as far as
figures and facts go, tell their own story, and I
suppose are correct, but so far as their opinions
and reasonings go, every man is at liberty to
adoptthem or drop them~—-if, therefore, my opiu-
ions or reasonings don’t exactly agree with the
opinions and reasoriings of these Messages and
Reports, or ifby chance, I should scrape off some
of their sharp corners or straiten some of their
crooks,I hope no one will see cause to complain
about it—as a greater nutnber of honest folks
gain more by the correcting of an error than
other folks lose by belngnplll right,
A little over five years ago things were work-
ing right in the money way, as well, ifnot better
by a system fixed on twenty years before, than
the good men who agreed on that system expect-
ed——all worked well, and all breaches ofiudus-
Icy pr0c!\P'“’i '-‘it-.".’.’i., iitiil :7-‘.:i.~r,: went ahead of
is.
ing out honest industry. Now this is all for the
t.—rnent says they ought to collect the government
"5—¥ 1:
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present on that matter, and the next is, after
having a good currency. (and such we have had
and ought to have again) let us see if we can't
collect it correctly, and keep it honestly till it is
wanted to pay expenses of government.
The Messages and Treasury Reports of late
seem to be puzzles in this matter, but it is only
the beginning ofa greater puzzle. The govern-
money and keep it till expended, and that they
surely can find as honest men to keep the money
of the government as the banks. There is no
doubt that they can. but what proof is given that
they will. If the government will select just
such kind ‘of people as stockholders of banks are
apt to select to keep their money ; or such kind
of people who are selected by men in their wills
to be the executors ofthcir estates and the guar-
dians oftheir little children ; then, I say, they
would be doing their duty.. -B_t_i,t if. on the con-
trary, the government sele "r'iihn to keep the
People’s money, whose stro‘t'i”,t_i'¢=.'st claim is found
in their being "good party men"—-—nien who are
so afraid that the liberties ofthe coiititry will be
destroyed iftheir party dont get uppermost, that
they are willing to spend all the money they can
borrow or steal, to stistain their party—neglect
their trade and fatnily to attend ward meetings
and nightly assemblages of leaders, and caution
“the People” against trusting any man with
power, who by his honest industry is well offin
the world—-calling all such “vile aristocrats."
dcc. &c. If..I say, such men are to be selected
to collect and keep the People’s nioticy, it will be
kept, and the more there are to watch each other,
the more will be kept.
\Vha'. is the use ofbarsand bolts, and sureties
and bondsmen—sonie one mtist bar and bolt up
——some one‘ must be trusted, and one really
honest, conscientious man, who has earned it
reputation and good character is stronger and
safer than a thousand bolts and bars; but such
tiien are not ready to do dirty party work-their
cliaracter is above it. but is itjust anti right that
such men should be excluded. Antl are not the
people entitled tojust such, to keep their money 7
If, however, a different class of men are to be se-
lected. then lsay, have as few ofthem as possi-
ble. If we are to have Sub-Treasuries, dont
multiply the keepers and watchers. Ifa cat licks
cream, you wont mend the matter ‘by putting
another cat in the cellar to watch the first. There
will be no saving of eggs in the barn ifinstead
of one Sl£lll_],l§'_ there you put in just twenty
Skunks, all towatcli one ahother.
UNCLE SAM.
Kountersind and sartified as a true copy.
J. DOWNING, Major.
Downitigville Militia, 2d Brigade.
South Ca7‘olina.—The Hon. Patrick Noble,
Senator frotn Abbcville and President of the
Senate, was elected Governor of South Carolina
on the Silt inst. The vote stood for Noble 96,
Elmore 58.
Dr. Thomas Smith of Darlington, was elect-
ed Lieui. Governor, by a majority of one vote
over Dr. B. K. Henagon, of Marlborough. The
Hon. Angus Patterson was elected President of
the Senate.
Important resolutions in relation to the Slave
question were introduced into the Legislature of
South Carolina onthe 8th inst.
These resolutions relate to the indictment of
citizens of Maitie, who had been instrumental in
carrying away certain slaves from Georgia. The
Governor of Maine having refused to comply
with the demand ofthe Governor of Georgia for
the surrender of the persons of the offenders,
these resolutions claim to mtikethe subject coin-
inon cause with the Southern States “for pro-
curing a redress of grievances, and for the
maiiiienarice of her and our common rights."——
Express.
tin Van Buren and_Queen Victoria can afford to
gress, the propriety ofiuserting in the Sub-Trea-
sury bill an appropriation for huildiiig a wall,
something like the great wall of China. along
pay for their own bread and butter.—1b.
(l§*’ We would respectfully suggest to-Con-
the frontier between the U. States and Texas-
also aclause prohibiting steam navigation be-
twen this country and Europe. Some such
‘ additional securities’ seem to be necessary.—1b.
\Ve learn that upon the acquittal of Mahan,
he was detained in prison on a civil process, at
the suit of Grezithouse, for the value of certain
runaway slaves. A capias was issued anti Ma-
ban could not give bail.
At a meeting of the Van Buren members of
the Legislature of the State of Georgia, held at
Milledgeville. on the 22d ult. John Eorsyth was
nominated as a candidate for the office of Vice
President of the United States at the next na-
tional election. -
The last of the C'.’tci:o7cccs.—Tlie Nashville
Banner ofthe 7th ‘instant, says: “ The last de-
tachmentof the Cherokee Ir.dians passed through
this place on Stinday. They were in ntimlier
about 1800. It is apprehended that they will
suffer intensely fruit) the cold, ere they reach
their new homes, particularly if they prosecute
theirjourney by land during the winter. Itlias
been suggested that they will probably pitch their
tents in the neighborhood of the Ohio river and
wait for spring."
According to a letter quoted by the Cincinnati
News, 14 wrecks from the late gale on Lake
Erie have been heard from. and that the loss is
couiputed at about $200,000. The greater por-
tion of this amount is loss to the Cleaveland
merchants.
The death of Mrs. Mary Kincaid is announced
in Monroe county, Va., at the age of 100 'years
and 5 months. The life ofthis lady speaks well
ed to see the Indian cabin disapper, and the ele-
gant matision rise in the most precious lights of
civilization.
The Madisonian states that Geri. Gratiot’s
property has been attached by the govertiment,
to cover alleged defalcations, which are said to
be $50,000 in amount. Gen. Gratiot was chief
of the engineer department, and has been dis-
missed.
.q_————-——-<——-‘—"‘¢"*"""“ --
A tlrunkard was lying asleep on the rail road
track which passes through Fleet street. Balti-
more, on Saturday night of last week, when one
of the evening train of cars from Philadelphia
passed over him, severing his head and killing
him instantly. As it was very dark he was not
seen by the driver.
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The Legislature of Kentucky assembled on
Monday. the 3d inst. The Hon. R. P. Letciier’
was utianimously elected Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
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It is 8 stated in the Indianapolis Journal of a
late date, that \Vm. C. Keener, formerly"Post-
master at Printer’s Retreat, Switzerland county,
(Indiana,) was tried and found guilty of robbing
the mail, at the late term of the U. S. Court in
that place, and has been seutcencedto ten years’
imprisonment in the Penitentiary.
Mr. Elliott, the Whig ctrtdidate, was t'ic:.'|etln
for the Mountains of Virginia, where she has liv~ '
-It is by no means enough with some, that a cau- _
didate be an abolitionist ;
other things. So then. if he votes at‘ all. he
must throw his vote away, or must vote tor acan-
didate who will not favor some ofhis views.
other words. he must, in the nature of the case.
petition for certain , _
will reject his petiiions—iinless he can give rea-
sons so potent as to induce these men to grant
them.
he must be many
In
things. and vote for men who
ltwill further be said, that we must carry one
thing at a time. _ _
Here are fifty points of equal importance in the
estimation of sortie. Now give a reason. lf.Y°“
can, why one of tltese should be preferred to-
another. _ _ _
There is another point of view in which this
subject should be considered. ' O
The organization of a party, confessedly a mi-
nority; for the sake of holding the balance. of
power between other parties, and tlitis turning
the scale to suit its own views, in a govertiriient
of the minority, and therefore anti-republican.
It is likewise a litre held otit to the unpririctpled
demagogue who will favor tltetn in. the particu-
lar they desire, for the sake of their support in
furthering ltis own schemes.
The proper course seerris be, for the advocates
of any particular measure or sentiment, first to
win a majority to their views by conviction,
when they will obtain their object as a matter Of
course ; but to attempt to obtain it in the other
way, is to attempt to thwart the will ofthe ina-
jority, and to set themselves up to the highest
bidder, who will, of course, be the one that is the
greatest knave.
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N©R\M./ALK GAZETTE.
“noN"r civic UP THE SHIP.”
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1838.
OUR COMMDVI SCHOOLS.
VVe very cheerfully omit sundry political and
miscellaneous articles which we had prepared
for this week's paper, to make room for the fol-
lowing abstract of a report which was presented
by Mr. Hart, at a late meeting of the Norwalk
Association for the Improvement of Common
Schools, and by that body, ordered to be publish-
ed. We commend it to the considerate perusal
of all who are interested, and all who should be
interested in the welfare of our District Schools.
Mayor of Boston on Monday by a tr.-ri'.i:7.:~.~‘ -"t
1302 over all the other candidates. Tits 2'
Whig ticket for Aldermen is also el -'*_.
1ndz'ana.—-The Legislature of
__’___,_...-oaaxt-'l“"‘1"Er U!‘ I ‘I
1 _.-I ~-~'>r«I3--nr_-;_ s,=.:culatious__-_—no.
. "-’77l»"“- ' ’ 2'' fé liad"—-“the
. _h_, _,g,,. _ . Q _ ...~ ua_uger”—aud so a
M g__ .‘_'a.- m,-,,1,;:_anrl a nutty change was
,.,;',f('i'e°’nf ii-...aod it has/been changing ever since
{mm bad lo worse....ond now we are told that
the cause of all this evil is " over trading at ham
and abroad.” and ilrat is true enough-but what
brought ille co...“/,5: to over trading? I‘ll tell
nu; when il-iegovernment put aside and de-
stroyed the only;4'ystetn that fortwenty years he-
fme had kept iircheck the spirit ofovertrading,
which Halo,-ayy belongs to all free countries" of
indusuy and.reuterprise—what did the govern-
men; do’! ‘ id it furnish a safer system '1-—
Did itgay ,1! here we have now a large revenue
yearly ingfeasing in the Treasury, because the
public d t is now paid ofI—let us divide it off
among .e states to be applied to useful purposes,
and set»"to work at once and take of} duties till
we bringthe revenue down to the amount need-
ed for the honest expenses of the government?”
No, ibifwas not done. though it was attempted
after iywas too late, and then made things worse
_..bui, he first thing that was done was to order
all tl banks where the public money was de-
posi, d, to lends it out freely. and " not cramp
trade as the old system did,” and then, of
rcoiirse, began speculation and overtrading,
and over imports. Merchandize came in
by millions and added millions of revenue,
which by order, was lent out, .and of course,
brought in new merchantlize and revenue-—.ibe
public lands ne-x-t tooka start, and millions were
poured into the Treasury. till the amount alarm
ed every body—-specttlators and government and
all-and then came the remedies—more violent
than the disease. “Specie Circulars" at one
point, and a law to divide the public money
among the states at the otlier——aud where was
‘the public money and what was it—-was it in
gold and silver in the Treasury? No, r.otadol-
lar of it—-it was revenue collected in"pape7', and
by order lent out in paper and invested in bound-
less speculations--all paper. and all at once or-
dered by law to be paid up in gold and silver...
then came the doctrine of " Gold and Silver and
nothing but Gold and Silver and down with all
_BanIcs”—and then conie—sm.asI;-.-.-and it would
have been the same if raccoon skins had just
then been made the only “ Constitutional Cur-
rency." .
If we want Gold and Silver to pay the ex-
. crises of government, let there be nothing but
Gold and Silver received by the government.
and .then both ends will be sure to nieet--but if
you adopt this course, the first thing to be done
Ais.to knock off at least two thirds, if not three
fluaflefsa Of all the wages of public officers and
all-otlier expenses of government. or else calcu-
late on adding a JOUI. twenty uiillions of Treasury
notes annually to yonr.puhlic debt—and theti at‘.
ter a few years you will find Treasury notes as
cheap and plenty as they are in Spain——or tax
the people openly and fairly, and lei [hem know
what they are paying.
One thing is certain, the industry ofthecoun.
-try can’t prosper without good money-——and
.there is no getting on without credit; ifyou tie-
stroy credit, you destroy nine tenths of the in.
dustry ofthe people, for about nine tenths begin
the world without money, and are put ahead by
credit Gootlpaper money is good credit, and it
is as much the duty Qf Congress .10 adopt a sys-
teiri that shall furnish a good’ paper currency
lhal Wlll be eflU.a.l.ly current every where in the
Uflllefl States. as it is to fix a standard for Gold
and Silver. Tins you must do, and you ought
to know how to do it. andsuutil you do ii, there
.,_i~’.‘.' *'
:. E75.‘ .-
sue of Treastiry notes, or sortie further legisla-
cient character, and available at an early day. the
. he report uftlit: secretary of the Treasury is
longer than the Presidetit‘s Message. ltmakes
one fact pretty evident—tliat is, that there is no
such thing as “surplus revenue" on band now.
The following condensed table will give a view
of the receipts and expenditures, estimated and
ascertained, for 1838, with the balance on the 1st
of January next.
Receipts or Jlleans.
Balance due Jan. 1, 1838,
Receipts from Customs,
Receipts from Lands,
Miscellaneous,
Treasury notes issued,
Second and thirtl bonds of Bank
U. S. of Pennsylvania,
Amount.
$27,160,251 88
17,478,770 56
3,136,828 54
253.431 85
12,716,820 86
4,542,102 22
875,294,206 22
Expenditures. '
Civil antl Miscellaneous first three
quarters.
Military, first three quarters,
Naval, first three quarters,
Estimate of above expenditures
for 4th_ quarter,
Public deb‘. for the year,
Redernpiion of Treasury Notes
for the year,
Balance on the 31st of Decem-
ber, 1833,
$4,029.67-I 13
15,731,323 62
4,335,563 21
3,249.000 00
2,217 08
8,089,440 84
34,866,987 33
. $75,294,206 01
Unavailable Funds in 1838.
Deposites with the States, $28,101,644 97
Due from insolvent banks before
1837. 1,100,000 00
Due from banks that suspended
payment in 1837, and not pay-
able till 1839,
Part of money in the mint,
2,400,000 00
500,000 00
Total. 32,101,544 97
From balance oti 31st December,
1828, being 34,866,987 33
Deduct total unavailable as above, 32,] 01.644 97
Available balance remaining, $2,765,342 36
The exports ofthe yearentling Sept. 30, 1838,
are estimated at $103,136,000 being $14,283,376
less than the previous year. The imports for
the year ending the same date, were about
$112,000,000, being a diminution from the pre-
vious year, of nearly $529,000,000. "It is an in-
teresting fact, (says the report) that for the last
three years, more than $86,000,000 annually, or
nearly nine-tenths of our domesticjexports ltave
been derived from agriculture. More than seven-
tenths of our population are probably employed
in that useful pursuit.”
Mr. Woodbury says, that without another is-
tion to raise means, " which shall be of an effi-
prcservation of the public faith irtust be endan-
gered.”
He is also very anxious for a “ reorganization
of the Treasury department." The -- Imlepen
dent Treasury” plan he still seems to prefer to
any thing else.—Hartfimt Com-lie-,-,
A Present.-—A roll oft bl b ' ‘
1400 lbs. has been made zit tlete dudifyi oiilglltilidhnegl
Meacliam, in Cayuga county, N. Y., intended as
a present to President Van Buren. \Ve don’t
think much ofthis fashion of makina presents of
butter and cheese and hats and bonrietts to Pre-
sidents and Queens. Why not send your big
rolls of butter, your mammoth cheese, and such
will be _no permanent -prosperity, bu; piemy of
fluctuations all tlietiriie wearing upon and eat-
lilie. 10 1700?‘ people, who know how to value
_ Evans was .elcr'.|£tl.Suir'ikaoti‘a‘ :;-.«: _;,:':.<,‘i--
, ed \Vhigs, The prefereifce i- «= t_ .. ’.'0‘.-J.“
‘-turned on the internal it iprov ' r.-/st: ..|. l
the state, the successfnlcandidate t. ;- ;a.sy_=:t= .:
of it.--N. Y. Express.
‘From the N. Y. W/rig.
Parties and Parts of Parties.
The following sound antljutltcious article will
be read at this moment with parttctilar irtterest.
The argument is ttnanswerable-— the position as-
sumed impregnable. It is from the pen of a
gentleman of this city,- who is an avowed aboli-
tionist, aud one who was voted for as an aboli-
tionist at the late election.
If every candidate is compelled to pledge
himself to carry out the opiitioiis of each con-
stituent, we shall never ltave men worth sup-
porting for oflice, as not one will be independent.
The Test Princ7'ple.—Tlie custom ofbringing
candidates for public ofiices to the tests of par-
ticular associations, requires an investigation
which it has not hitherto received, tending, as it
does, to involve the community in inextricable
confusion, to split them into a thousand petty
clans, and to sacrifice the great interests of the
natioti to local prejudices and party peculiarities.
The Abolitionist, for example, requires the
candidate to favor his vinws; the Anti-Mason
his; the Temperance man his; the Native
American his; the Canadian patriot man his;
and so on through the long catalogue. Numer-
ous other subjects might be made test questions,
and probably will he. should the custom con-
tinue; such as Duelling, the Sunday tnail,
Popery, the Theatre, 610. (SEC. &c. In short, we
are in a fair way to have as many parties as
there are subjects of dispute.
Now then, for the practical part ofthis party-
izing. .
The Abolitiotiist requires the candidate to an-
swer him favorably, which, if he does, he loses,
it may be, more votes than he gains. Perhaps
this same Abolitionist may be an Anti-Mason;
in which event he finds himsclfin a straight, uti-
less the candidate should not only be an Aboli-
tionist, but an Anti-Mason. Itmight be, that an
individual was an Abolitionist, an Anti-Mason,
a Temperance rtian, a Native American, an
Anti-Duellist. an Anti-Sunday-mail-man, an
Anti-Tlieatre man. and an Anti—dozen other
things, all appearing to him of great importance.
Indeed, no great reason can be assigned why til‘.
ty subjects should not be made tests, ifthe test
principle is admitted at all ; for there are at
least that number of subjects of itnportance,- in
the estimation of many. And wltere’s the can-
didate that could pass such an ordeal 2 Or stip-
posing sucn a one could be found, wbere’s the
party that would sustain him? There are
Abolitionists that are Free-Masons, and there .
are Anti’-Masons that are Ami-Abolitionists, and
so on. Thus. a candidate coultl not suit the vari-
ous views of the members even of one party,
tnuch less of the numerous parties. A mere
Anti-Masonic candidate would not satisfy an
Abolitionist Anti-Mason. Hetice a subdivision ;
and then some “Striped Pig" question would
make a sub subdivision; till, finally, the par-
ties would get frittered down to nothing at all-
and would accomplish nothing—exc.epting, per-
traps, the success of the party they might wish
to overthrow. and the sacrifice of the important
interests of their country.-
It will be asked, whether we would petition
government for eertain things. and vote for men
who would reject our petitions. We reply. that
no candtdateof any party will advocate all rile
measures which some deem important. Where
‘hem: am] ‘V1.10 .W.lU bless you for them? Mar-
. . ' -' t — ' l he will.
on the first Monday in this mo " .; ;.-1,; ' ‘M auhupa 3 Us as “e mpe
;;‘r »’~3° tracts from at Report of the state of the Com-
man, and Gen. Hanna a friend to a tnodifit-. V:.-;«1
The concluding remarks oftlie report are very
,: -i=?ne_nt. There is much room left, however,
‘ s . irtlier corntnent, which weintend toimprove
1 =‘ future time, unless the author of the report
‘on S ~ tools in Norwotlc, at the tale visitation.
" .'=0ol list, .65-average, 48. RcndingClasses,
' .e in number. rising eicveii tlifferetitboolts, viz:
,:-glisli Reader, Gootlricli’s History, Goodricli's
Cliild’s History, History of Connecticut, Ame-
rican Reader, Tcstanzcnt, Franklin Primer,
Penny Magazine, Na:ional Reader, and Philo-
sophy. All use the 'I‘estameut once a day.-—
Aritlimetic and Grammar taught. The school
house is surrounded by rdads, one of which is the
tborouglifare to the stcamboats, and—descendiiig
a bill as it passes the house, the business and go-
verument of the school must be disturbed, or
wholly interrupted every day. Auotlier school
is kept over heail, and the lowness and indistinct-
ness of the voices, which was witnessed, is be-
lieved to_be owing in part, certainly, to the usage
of keeping the voices of the pupils suppressed,
in order that the two schools may not liindereach
other. The teacher is employed by the day,
and by the scholar; which. inthe opinion ofthe
visiting committee, has an injurious tendency in
regard to all parties—afibrdEng somethingbutlit-
tle better than a premium on negligence and non-
attondance. Furniture within doors, very in-
convenient, and only street privileges out of
doors. Considering all circumstances, not for-
getting the multiplicity of books, the unsuitable-
ness of some,antl the want of uniformity among
the better ones, the visitors were not surprised at
finding some disorder in behavior, and back-
wardness as to attainments. Neitlierteacher nor
scholars could be reasonably expected to do what
they rriiglitdo, under other circumstances. There
are three private schools within a quarter of a
mile of this school. It should not be forgotten
that less than one in three attend the distric,
school-—-and, that of 160 scholars, 112 have no
benefit of the public money.
FLAX H'it,L -Dl_STRICT.—N0. ofscholars in
the district 82—average attendance, 25. Read-
ing classes three. Use History of the U. States.
English Reader, and Improved Reader-—Testa-
ment, each day-classes in Geography, Philo-
sopliy,and Arithmetic; which it was thought
ltad better give way to good spelling and read-
ing. Presentteaclter commenced with _the pre-
sentterin. School house between two or three
roads, and so much out ofthe centre of the dis-
trict that sotne children are sent to a nearer
school out of the district. That it should be
utoved toa better place appeared plain, although
the school room was comfortable, excepting that
the writing tables and beaches were tnade to suit
grown persons, and notcbildren. Itappearslllal
less than one in thre.e attend the disirictscliool,
and that of82 scholars, 57 are not found in this
school. .
SOUTH Cnrmtnrs Dts'riuc'r.—'-Wliolc number
13S—average, 40-g-98 not sent to this school.
Two reading classes—use English Reader and
Easy Lcssons—Bible also. Classes in Grant-
\Vell, which thing shall it be? V
-")1_.n I7r~:Lx. Uis'rttic'r.-—l\'umber ol scholars
" ween the ages of-I antl1G years, 160-bp the
Question ordered by 114 to 107. and re ‘sated ;
motions to adjourn negatived by close votes.;
Several members entreated Mr. Atherton to al-
low them a few words in opposition. but with-
outeffect. Mr. C. H. Williams ofTenn. asked _
to be excused from voting. Refused. Mr.
Wise also asked to be excused, telling the
House he should refuse to vote at any rate. .Nnt .
excused. Several members attempted to
plain: but were called to order. Fiuiilly, '
first resolution was carried; yeas 198. nay --
J. Q. Adams. Evans, Everett, Potts, ‘}...;5,«.- .g,‘‘.
Slade, 6. Adjourned, -1 1
On \Vednesday, the second resolution =.=.‘t_..,fl
likewise passed; yeas 134, nays 67. _ '1
The first clause of the third l'880illl:t.tl vszi:-.5;
carried by 170 to 30; the remainder by 113.1 :82
39. .
The first part ofthe fotirth resolutions-;1e -
ried by 182 to 26; the residue by 1'75 to"'i.
The first part of the last resolution V '22 -’E.l~
ried by 147 to 51; the balance by 12‘ to -~
So the resolutions were all passed. Adjouruedal
Corrcspa-nrlcnccof the N. Y. Courier t§'Enquircr.
' N WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. I838.
The Senate to-day presented a very animated
Anotlierscliool is kept over head, and both of
them sufler disadvantage by being in this posi-
tion, bnt, vastly more, inregard to attainments,
decency and health, on account of the location.
It is painfttl, as well as unpleasant, to see a
group of children, brought up with care at home,
but who must be, in some measure, inured to in-
tlelicacy and indecency in that place of attend-
ing school.
NORTH CENTRE Dis'ritic'r.—‘Whole number
113—average,45—-reading classes use English
Reader and Spelling Book. Evidently. this
school uuglit to have different books to reatl iii.
The English Rcatler is an interesting book for
those who have learnetl to read,but the Popular
Lessons, foriustauce, would be more interest-
ing, aiid in every respect a better book for learn-
ers.. Spelling, very gootl. . Classesin Arithme-
tic, and Geography also, from four different
books. Bible once a day. The school house
is a good one, but stands in the 'highway, unac-
‘ t
commorlated, between two or three roads. It is scenhe. CA bill was introduced by the Chairman
hoped that the respectable lirollrietors, will te- "r I e "m‘." --° W I‘ ”'3"°ev "'0f""i”” P03"
Pm“? me P8 ,l0flile fourth ins almenttothe
collect that indelicacy and indecency, do some-
times tend to immorality.
[Conducted -in our ne.i;t.]
Sllfliesi" Wl10wit1‘;ll_tTlflted.- at the same time. that
tzle present cogditiondof the Preasury deuianllh
e prump an spec y acllom .‘ ’ _
' “Mr. Clady gt-as of opinion that the bill ought to;
0 it et 0 m : , '
of Jaf’ 1840 0 exit‘! ii "hii"-ngihe man’
I .. d. n is t r. right called for-_
tie yetzjs an nays. when there sprung upa very
warmd isctission not only as to the polugy of“,
amen merit, but as to the original import an
intent of this far famed tleposite act. ,
Messrs. Benton antl Niles were unusually fol
roctotts. and denounced it as a trick to raise re-
venue from the people to distribute among the
States-‘that the safest place .fur.money was it
the pockets of the people, to distribute among thi
fled SUII‘t3retI.l';li(.)"g0l0ll, we should next be asked to le
_ I A, . . .
_____ 4 IA yzy axes.or t ie purposes of distribution among
0:99 VVe have several new publicatto Orporam-ms—i my were Opposed. ‘O me W119“
) l bl r ni } d b H by h._.‘ iiieasure, in every shape, whether in that of dis
tur. a e. or sic us _y ie pu. ts.:e,__rsE¢;.%iribittton.or the more insidious though not has
which we intend to notice more particularlyfdtjyflangcrous form of tleposite. '
our earliest leisure. Among them are “ Fire.-0' Mr‘ Presmu Hlmgm it would bf’ be."".'° '6
side EduCmi0n"“_‘_ The District School as H peal the whole at once than by legislatiiig in thi
manner hold out a liugerina hope to the States
was"—-“ The Girl's Reading Book,” by Mrs. I B
when all must see that it was never to be pail
s;g0umey,3ml «ism,-lcal Him upon [he pee, over toiliem. He voted foritoriginally bocaus
By the v'vay—why don’t our
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03*’ The notorious Bill Johnson has been re-
captured, arid committed to prison in Albany.
E‘ We are indebted to the Hon. T. T. ‘Vhit-
tlesey for an early copy of the President's mes-
sage, and other public documents.
0:?’ The Hon. Benjamin F. Butler, late At-
torney General of the United States, has been
appointed U. S. District Attorney for the South-
ern District of New-York, in place of Mr ‘ii
l:e thoitglit it would be taking from the Gcnerii
Government the means of that wild and reel,‘
less extravagance Wilittil had cliaracterizcrl it o
late; buttliatsalutary ellect had not been pro
tluced—but the same wild disposition for prof];
gate gains still existed. Could he have fiireseei
events, he certainly would never litlve lent it hit
sanction. He had been deceived and chem“
ittto its support, and regretteJ thi! ho had sits.
lained it. ,'
Mr. Callinun said that it liagfanswered the ob-
ject for which it was ititetizétl. and he did not
know but if any Senator wofld bring forward a
plan to repeal it in toto. burlltal lie would vuté
fol‘ ll. /1 I
Mr. C. iritimateil in pr/Hy broad terms that
all the present tlistresses/5f the country grew out
of the boundless extravittznnce cttitcttdererl by
the Tarillof 182-1 atlltl1S28- This proposition
Mr. Clay deiiietl. ariilbtiiiteniletl they were ml’-
ing to the nml-admiuistrazion ofthe Governtiicnt,
the reckless experiments of unprincipletl politi-
cians; but above all were they owing to the il-
legal removal ofibe public tlepositcs from where
they were safe iurthe Batik ofthe United States.‘
and properly taken care of. " Yes. sir." 25-‘
Mr. Clay. "it was removing with illegaé i" 2
the public money from this Bank and p!-: ;..-2.‘:
it in pet irzstitiitiuns. Will!-‘ll WOW '"'!""l ' " ‘
L‘—«,.._..f_. " ; ' - _: ,
ple’s Edttcation.”
friend VVeed, now and then. furnish the public
with a good thing in the book line, before it is a
year or two old?
HIGHLY IMI’0RTAt\'Tl—“7e learn from the
Bridgeport Farmer that BrycmtSmith, Esq. was
elected Town Clerk of Brookfield on the 3d inst.
by 37 majority! The Locus of that town, are
in extacies, and nothing prevents their getting
up a jollilication in celebratioiiofthe momentous
occurrence, but Bryatit’s aversion to speech-
niaking! ‘
A Lii~;.—Tlie Bridgeport Farmer says:—
“Front the Nurwalk Gazette, we learn that Mr.
Culver. the Abolizion preacher, who held forili
i-n Retlding previous to the blowing up of the
Baptist church. is a genuine fetleral whig.”
The Gazette saitl no such tltitig, and the
“Farther” learned no such thing from the Ga-
zette or any other source. The “Farmer”
learns nothing b.ut the lessons taught him by the
Hartford Times.
co1~zc.ItEss.' ' ,
*-- ----~-q-more of our absence (Iurii _
“'ll0l.0 of the past n'c¢=ti, we are compel?
b0|’F0W from OUT cotenipofariss matter wlie‘... »~.
to fill the columns which are generally appropri-
ated in ourown editorial speculations. lrVe copy
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course of his remarks he recurred to the i iii. ,1;
trodticed by himself for the distribution‘ .,_,r ,1
proceeds of the sales of the public lands among
the states (that bill which Gen. Jackson so polite-
lypocketed, and a pliant Attorney Gene,-al {cum
jtistification for) after so‘large a iitajoriiv of Con.
gross harl_pronoiiiit:t~tl upon its merits, 8I'ld he fun
ther said that if it had been siitfuretl to take in
course tfhtare never would have been the surplut
so mt.cr eprecatctl by the gentlemen,
Mr. Palliiiadgedefentled the act with gram
spirit antl with great power. It hail been ri.cmm_
lr)nerided tlirge seve_ral_ttmes by Gen, ,],ck.,,,,_
utlrlirm its! enunctation was a party measul-9'
ant ig wit iothers, wasto be denounced became
t_.n_.- ackson had clitinged his opinion, and the
original friends of the proposition had not done
so. He malfllaiiietl that the measure was wisp
and politic, and had acted most beneficially on
the states.
7 - , ,
[lit ‘New I ork it had been used in an] grim,
55 on ‘fund, thus ‘fostering education, anti fitting
Ire rising generation to .-jupport the institutions
0 rational freedom. \\ as it forgotten, then, a
plan was on foot, at the suggestion ofthe Senator
from Missouri, to waste the whole surplus in ii
c_liai?n of fortifications along this extensive fron-
tier . \«Vhere, then, would have been the mo-
ney. but thrown away upon brick and morning
that era this had been ii stain of dilapitlatinn and
r - - ,
decay? The discussion was kept up until 4,
P. M., and at last was postponed at the sugges-
tion of Mr. Preston.
the following notice of Congressional proceed-
ings frorn the New-Yorker:
Ctiiigresshas dnrie nothingyct ofiniportance,
except makingrofsome mischiefon the Abolition
question. He who agitates that subject l2,r par-
'.y purposes and for party ends—-no matter on
which side of the question he places hitiisel.'——
can be no friend of the Union.
On Tuesday, Charles G, Atlierton, a new
memberfrom New Hampshire, introduced to the
Honse_of Representatives lll6‘ft)ll0Wlng series of
resolutions:
Resolved, That this government is a govern-
ment ol limited powers. and that, by the Consti-
tution of the United States, Congress has no
jurisdiction whatever over the institution of sla-
very in the several states ofthe confederacy.
Resolved, That the petitions for the abolition
of slavery in the District of Columbia antl the
Territories ofthe United States. and against the
removal of slaves from one state to another, are a
part of the operations set on foot to affect the
institution of slavery in the several states, and
thus indirectly to destroy that institution within
their limits.
Resolved, That Congress has no right to do
that indirectly which it cannot do directly ; and
that the agitation oftlie subject ofslavery in the
District of Columbia, or the Territories, as the
means. antl with a view of disturbing or over-
throwing that institution in the several states, is
against the true spirit and meaning ofthe Con-
stitution. an iufringeinent of the rights of the
states affected, and a breach of the public faith
on which they entered intothe cnnfederacvf 3
Resolved, That the Constitution rests tip the
broad principles ofeqtiality among the members
of the cotifederacy, and tliat-Congress, in the
exercise ofits acknowledged powers. has no right
to discrirriinate between the iustituzions of one
portion ofthe states, and another, with a view of
abolishing the one and promoting the other,
Resolved, tlierefore. That all attempts on the
part of Congress to abolish slavery in the Dis-
trict of Colutnbia, or the Territories, or to pro-
hibit the removal of slaves from state to state, or
to discriminate between the institutions of one
portion of the couiitiy, and -another, with the
views aforesaid, aretin violation ofthe Constitu-
tion, destructive ofthe ftintlameittal priiici les on
which the Union ofthese states rests, and eyond
thejurisrlictiun of Congressgand that every pe-
tition, memorial, resolution. proposition or paper
touching or relating in any way, or in any ex-
tent whatever, to slavery as aforesaid, or in aboli-
tion tltercof, shall, on the presentation thereon,
be laid on the table withoutbeing debated, print-
ed or referred. '
As soon as these resolutions had been read,
Mr. Atherton proceeded to make a speech upon
them, in which lie labored to make as much
party capital as possible-out of the Abolition
question. .He spoke half an hour, and closed by
moving the Previous Question! on these resolu-
tions introduced by himselfand by him advocat-
ed—thus forcing the House to vote on lIi§.0\\'[l
proposition without ‘allowing any body else’ to
discuss and hardly time to understand it. ‘Can
this be honorable? ‘ ' ‘
Much excitement prevailed in the House (the
rules having been suspen-led—,-138 to 66.4,,
favor of the immediate consideration of these frauds or defects existed. in order to return ll
Richard H. Hayes, Esq., Attorney at Law it?
Columbia. Tenn. was shot in the street of that
tilitce a few days since by William Polk, broth-
er of Mr. Speaker Polk. The quarrel originat-
ed in ajest of Hayes. which was deeply resented
by Mr. Polk. The latter had lnrsewhipper
Hayes previoiisto the rencountre which resulted
in his daath.—Ncw- Yorker.
Alabama Legislature.—Tbc Legislature c
Alabama assembled on the 3d. Mr. Calhoun
.a Sub-Treasury man, was chosen speaker ofthi
Senate, by a majority of3. In the House, Mr
M’Clung, anti-Sub-Treazsury, was chosen spcali
er, by a majority of5. .
F707?! 1/16 New - Yorker.
THE PENNSYLVANIA TROUBLES.
We shall burthen our columns as slightly it
possible with accounts of the extraordinary an
outrageous doings at Harrisburg, They 8,
such as must be regarded by eye,-V fepubficd
with shame and sorrow. The history of on
sticli fracas as this will do more io gugmin ,1,
cause ofthroncs and despotsthan all the "Pan-
otism” of our Northern border can undo in 15
years, » . '
The attentive readers ofthis paper do not not
an ‘explanation of the origin of this disgracefi
business. The whole history was given oi it
time the occttrrences were taking place. Tho.
who reveal it know that actors of both parti»
have been clearly and grossly wrong in the ing
ter. In the first place, the “ Democratic”Jud
of Philadelphia County, who, at the prom .5
of Mr.~Charles J. Ingersoll, rejected the tfnii
vote of the Northern .l.iherties‘~‘l}-,e,.eb’pd.~
franchising 5,000 freemen. on ihe P,-em,‘ ,1,
is your anti-slavery, anti-masonic. anti-theatre.
anti-duclling, anti-every thing had candidate ?—
niar, Arithmetic, Geography, and Composition.
resolu'.ions,) when the Prev’ u t‘ M , I - — .
carried by it vote of -103 t<i°1ti2Qiuiti$°nMv;i.i .oPi’0nU6iietrfi(ii]d iioizfgzlmzfigfftfihfirvzlghcbd
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