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yet,’ was the reply. ‘ I mean to cut up this
plaguy great log, spellip or no spellin. before
I go in. I had as lieve keep warm here
choppin wood, as freeze up there in that tar-
nal cold back seat.’ ‘ Well, the master Sen’
me out to hear you gpell.’ ‘ Did 119? Well.
put out the words an I’ll spell.’ Memorus
being so distinguished a speller. J 01133 did
not doubt but that he was really sent out on
this errand. So our deputy spellingiinaster
mounted the top of the wood-pile_.] U51 10 H07"
of Jonas; ‘to put out words to his temporal‘ }'
pupil who still kept on putting out 0l"PS-,
‘ Do you, know where the V850“ be-Ems:
Jonas?’ ‘ No, I don’t, but I-6P°Se [Shall find
Du, now: . Well, he“; ‘us.’ (They both
belonged to the same Class-l ‘ SP9“ A'b°m'
i-na-tiori.’ Jonas SP9 3- A'b'°'m b°m,a'b°l"
(in the mean time up goes the ‘axe high in
grit’) i a-boml (down it goes again chuck into
the wood) n-a na a-bom-i-na (up it goes again)
vi-o-n tion, a-bom-i-na-tion, chuck the axe
‘goes again, and at the same time out flies a
furious chip and hits Memorus on the nose.
At this moment the master appeared just at
“rner of the school-house, with one foot
ithe threshold. ‘Jonas, why don’t you
in? didn’t I send Memorus out to spell
‘ Yes, sir, and he has been spelling
. , how could I come in if he spelt me
here?’ At this the master’s eye caught Me-
morus perched upon the top stick, with his
book open upon his lap, rubbing his nose, and
._iu.~.=r l‘.'= l:7‘.».c out or putting out the next word of
ti- 3 .
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.f:..r "')l1‘:-:TlO-(la-tloll, pronounced
ill .1 is-.':~,Z.<'ei~. but louder voice than
‘before, for he caught a glimpse at the master.
and he wished to let him know that he was
doing his duty. This was too much for the
master’s gravity. He perceived the mistake,
and without saying more, wheeled back into
the school-room, almost bursting with the
most tumultuous laugh he ever tried to sup-
press. The scholars wondered at ‘his looks
and grinned in sympathy. But in a few
minutes Jonas came in, followed by Me-
morus with his spelling-book, who exclaim-
ed, 'I have_heard him spell clean through
the whole lesson, and he didn’t spell hardly
none of’em right.’ The master could hold
in no longer, and the scholars perceived the
blunder, and there was one simultaneous roar
from pedagogue and pupils; the scholars
laughing twice as loud and uproariously in
consequence of being permitted to laugh in
school~time, and to do it with the accompani-
ment of the master.—T/is District School as
it was.
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From the Evening Star.
CONGRESS.
Wasnincron. Dec. 20th. 1838.
Dear Sir—The resolution presented yesterday
by Mr. Rives of Virginia, calling on the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for informazion relative to
the sale ofthe bonds ofthe U. S. Bank. and the
deposits in that institution of the funds thus rais-
ed, has engrossed a considerable portion of the
time of the Senate this day. and given rise to an
animated and highly interesting debate.
The speech of Mr. Rives in support of his
resolution was equally with the resolutions
themselves. astounding and overwhelmiogto the
genuine adherents of Loco- Foco principles, who
follow them as the wanderer doili the t'gm'sfa-
tuus. into whatever bog it may lead hiiri.
That after having abused and villified the
Bank of the United Slam.-i tin‘ 2.» long a period—
after heapitig upon 2 ii=.:?.luli'.'iu and its cliiel
;;:fi",.r_:::" '.§’:$:?. in: most vindictive
'-*7.‘ ' . .r.:‘ ii:-.i :-:.--- active imagi-
_ 2-~-_ J... administration party
_ ..,,_., late period turn to the monster they
,,,,.;id fair) have crushed. and shake hands with
we ,,,,,5pe3{;ab‘,g wretch they have so long
anathernatlzed. ¢l0€8 "Niel-‘d at-‘Pe-‘“' 3 ‘“‘"V°l 31'
most beyond credibility. _
Tha; such is the fact. however. there is now
no room to deny; and to what extent this
new alliance has beeircurried on the part of the
secretary, it is the object of Mr. Rives’ resolu-
' ' vesu'vale-
‘LORI’: Ewes gxpressed his ‘astonishment at this
6,8,6 ofinings. The Sub-'1 reasury s_c!ieme was
,ev,,;,ntly dead—he spoke at large of the heavy
,.id repeated defalcations. and expressed in the
most decided terms his disapprobation of the
course taken by the administration in relation to
0“ '‘'.-.°. :‘l3.“l ;‘
,3. ._;{‘.1t~.., sug-
' \.‘.:.,‘l .'_":;...l,,"~'
' ‘°e,ma!ters.
Mir. Wright. in reply. accused the Senator
from Virginia of deserting his friends, and ex-
ressed his surprise and regret that a gentle-
man holding the relations to the President, held
‘ gfilr, Rives, should entertain the opinions ex-
ed in his observations.
Mr. Rives arose to answer the remarks of the
i Senator from New York. and took occasion to
reply to thisinsinuaiion, ‘that perhaps the Hon.
Senator knew more of his relations to the Presi-
dent than he did himself. His, (Mr. R.’s)
sentiments towards Mr. Van Buren were those
of high personal respect. but that he was not
here as the friend ofthe President of the United
States. but as a Senator from the Sovereign
State of Virginia."
President-’ said Mr. Rives, "And I beg the gen-
tleman to understand this.”
iv A0. «at. remark Mr. Wright waxed very in-
n.o..to him-
him he re-
,(fi(;,j,ant. 6 COD8lUtiu:o ~.. _- fi,._V,__-‘,3
lsziif, asti said if it was addressed to
~ wall:-.:: arid scorned it.
7?}. =. galleries were at this time crowded to the
_-?‘:;'h.-; =. at their capacities, and the number of
'.-_i.::‘.r.g and beautiful ladies was uncommonly
:_ 32:,-_;;v~. when Mr. Niles of Connecticut taking ilie
:3 my, two-thirds of the spectators with one cou-
.r....i.:z made a precipitate retreat, while the ina-
jsirity ofthe Senate applied themselves diligent-
ly Ioconversaiion, or the perusal ofthe newspa-
;}:l8f5‘:-
“ The crow .dotb sing as sweetly as the lark
When neither is attended,"
and thus in the Loco-Foco caucuses of Hartford,
(as Hartford was at the time Gov. Edwards
thought proper to appoint this luminary to fill
.the vacancy, occasioned by the death of the
Hon. Nathan Smith.) Mr. Niles’ oratory might
have been swallowed, when accompanied with
a due modicum of tobacco smoke and gin and
.water, But. in the Senate of the Uni ed States
,poo,r_Niles is sadly misplaced. lnelegance, and
[indeed coarseness of expression may sometimes
'be excused in the native orator, when the sub-
stance of his harangue, though dressed in a
homely garb, is valuable and important. But
when ungrammatical words, a trifling manner.
_§,l,ld a contetnptible elocution, are combined to
_,give utterap,co_ro sentiments at once vindictive
and ridicn,lo,u.s. ,ibe speaker mi:st become a mere
-object of derisiou—a thing to be pointed at by
«the slow proving finger of scorn.
_i\,’l,i:. .,Gr.ittenden took '.lie floor. and in an elo-
gueot.,(orasNiles would say. illoquenl) speech,
-thanked the gentleman frorri Virginia for the
highand noble stand he had taken. ‘ That no-
his and patriotic stand,” said he. "will lose no-
.thing by being contrasted with the little party
warfare that has been carried on against him.”
Speaking of the new matrimonial alliance pro-y
jected by the administration with the monster,
Mr. C, ',ea,ii:l, ... .1 was but yesterday and they past, to _a_e_cure the Frepdom of l_3lc,ct_'ron_e,. The
"I am no tassal of the
would as soon have gone to bed with Polypho-
mus as with Mr. Biddle. now they begin to
think he is not so very frightful 8 moflslef-”
Then with much sarcastic humor the Hon
Senator drew a graphic picture ofthe interview
that would take place (in case ofthe consmma-
tion of the nuptials.) between the Senator from
Connecticut and other gentlemen then on the
floor, and Mr. B. at his “ Palace in Philadel-
phia." He continued his observations to some
length in this sarcastic tone, which must have
been any thing but agreeable to certain of the
Honorable Senators.
M r. Calhoun made some remarks in reply to
Mr. Rives, but said he should vote for the reso-
lution, which being put to the Senate, was car-
ried, and then the Senate adjourned.
From the Court. Courant.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. 1838.
“ "While rank corruption. mining all within,
Infects unseen.”—Hanilet.
“ Corruption is the order of the day."
Gen. Jaclcson.
I told you a day or two since. that it had been
seriously proposed by the Calhouns. Bentons.
66 Co. of the United States Senate. (as the on-
ly means that suggested themselves to the minds
oftliese leaders ofthe party inpower. for the re-
plenishing ofthe robbed and despoiled Treasury.)
to cut clown entirely the whole Revolutionary
Pension List .’ The reports of that debate will
show you that I did not misinform you. Such
is, indeed, the last intention oftbese people. for
the purpose of making up the losses occasioned
by the defalcations of the Treasury ofiicers.
whom they have so long kept in place——kept in
place, too. full well knowing that they were
enormous defaulters while so retained in office !
Yes—the surviving soldiers ofthe revolutionary
struggle which gave to this nation the glorious
independence it now enjoys-—and the widows of
“that Spartan band. whose life, during that strug-
gle, was one of constant labor. peril. suffering
and fatigue; whose houses were hospitals, whose
employment. was tending the dying and burying
the dead : or administering shelter, making
clothing, and providing food for the living-—
these brave soldiers. and their Roman wives
and mothers, must be deprived in their old age,
oftliis, the scanty bounty of their descendants,
that the insolent ofiice holders of a corrupt ad-
ministration mav. like the rich man in the
parable, “ be clothed in purple and fine linen,
and fare sninptuously every day!” Full twenty
millions cf the people's money gone to feed the
lu.7;ur'y of Loco~Foco qflicc holders; the loss of
which. is now to be made up lff’ by cutting of the
pensions awarded by a grateful country, to (he
revolutionary patriots who established its incle-
pendence with t/zsir blood. and the complete devo-
tion 0/ their whole lives.’
Reader! do not fancy this the high wrought
picturing of a too zealous pariizan. “ Lay not
that flattering nnction to your soul!" I wish it
were so; but it is not; it is the simple truth. as
you. and 1, and the whole country will find,
(upon an examination that will not occupy much
time.) to our cost! Ponder upon these things-—
act upon thcm——and it may not yet he :oo late to
arrest the ruin impending over our dearest insti-
lotions !
The House have been occupied all day with;
Reports of Committees. and the Swnrtwoutl
affziir. L
The committee of Elections have reported-
favorably to Judge Duty in the ‘Wisconsin affair.‘
Mr. Wise occupied till a late hour in the
evening, with his speech on the Swartwout de-l
falcation.
, \VAsiirNG'roN, Deccmber22. 1838. l
House proceedin.gs.——Mr. Wise finished his
searching speech uponthe Swarlwoul resolution."
at half past eight o'clock last night. He held;
out to the last as he began, and produceda mass
of facts and illustrative reflections. which. when l
printed. may, and probably will bo road by the
eople ot’tli.6 country, with improving effect.
The first thing to day was the consideration
of petitions. That immediately under consid-
eration. was the Hayti petition. which Mr.
Adams had moved to be referred tothe commit-
tee on Foreign affairs. with instructions to report
thereon. Mr. Dromgoole had asked for a di-
vision of the motion ; and now, the first branch,
(to refer.) was carried; and then came the latter
part of the division. Mr. Adams maintained
his motion, on the ground that the chairman of
that couiuiiltee had given a pledge that the peti-
tion. if referred to them should not be reported
on. M r. A. thought thatthis was asubject that
should be made the subject ofa report—and that
opinion he defended at some lerigtb. and with
much earnestness. Precedent, propriety. and
the character of the petition itself. prescribed
such a course, and there was no good reason why
it should not be taken.
During this speech. Mr. Adamslook occasion
Ioallnde. quite poin'.edly,toibe servility ofthosc
men. in that house. who had, for sectional,
sinister. and indefensible reasons. combined to
force upon that body the infamous “Albertan-
a .7!
Mr. Bouldin. of Va. was of opinion that it
would be better to pass the motion. by way of
letting the people of the non-slaveholding states
know that the south had no wish to stop their
mouths.
Mr. Bynum next took the floor. and com-
menced his first rant ofthe session. He instant-
ly threw himself into the midst of the abolition
discussion, which he used for the purposes of
aiding in the great abolition. Van Buren. Cal-
houn agitation coalition, now in the progress of
CelRaer[lll\rl as “the new party" in this country.
Utl_v '.|‘inn..,.-.,_ ,j,n”oh[ it dc r (,-
to a Southern man. to argue orlalk onilfisziliilig
. at all. in any shape; and so he went on to dis-
cuss it!
Mr. \Vise thought it was idle to talk about
taking the high ground of non discussion now,
when this subject is marched upon the House
01')“ by the South itself!
Mr. Thompson then‘ went on to discuss further
what he had just declared it degrading for u
Souilieiner to discuss at all.’ He was opposed
to the inolion to instruct.
Mr. Petrikin then moved the “P. Q."
Mr. Campbell ofS. C. moved to lav the mo-
tion of Mr. Adams (:0 instruct.) on lhe table.
This motion took precedence, and was decided
by yeas and nays thus-——yeas 140, nays .46.
Mr. Petrikin moved that when this House ad-
journ.it be to meet on Wednesday next-; (Tues-
day beiug Christmas day.)
Several Executive communications were laid
before the house by the speaker; and then the
House adjourned till the day after Christmas.
The Senate met, did nothing ofconsequence,
(I learn.) and adjourned till the same time.
Correspondence of the Express.
V WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.
Mr. Bell to-day has been giving the President's
Message 11 searching and sconrgirig operation.
Ede spoke at length upon defalcaiions in general.
2, and the tlefalcatiiin which is distinguished from
; all others which has immortalized this adminis-
‘_ tration, and made New York. and Swartwout
. 66 Co. forever notorious. Mr. Bell has his
= remedy forthese National Diseases, which bids
fair to make the government odious, as well as
to free the Treasury from all its funds through
the summary operations ofthe public pluriderers
who are paid for this robbery. Mr. Bell has
been fighting most zealously for several sessions
.
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measure is not abandoned. althd;.~,_
prospect of the adoption of any »,-1..
we have a new Congress. '
The abstract ofthe new Sub-‘_t‘reasc,n ‘Hill has
been out some days. Whatwil? ‘liéi S;-7..ii-Con-
servatives say to the 20th section, IIi.':i".‘1'.-g, it a
serious offence. either to deposits :"~..-~.- public
money with the banks, or to k.s;‘—p ':_>;iol: 00168
when collected. This is a new f=*:c:u::: in lhlfi
bill of abominations. and one T\'l:lCl) l'wlS been
put into the new bill for the vi‘.-jg l.~.or':.:.l.-le pur-
pose of blinding the eyes of the -:.av;lm-.-r'= -- 30'
ceiving and disbursing officers,‘ o‘-;‘.!L 2+-am. are
allowed to receive notes-—but the moment they
are received, under pain and penalties. th9Y are
to be got rid of-—-and how’! Why of course by
an immediate presentation to the brink. and an
exchange for gold and silver. \Vhat difference
is there between this system of humbug and 8
direct payment of the government dues in gold
and silver.
Prentiss. the talented Mississippian. will make
a long speech to-rnorrow. In his exordinm to-
night he promised to prove to the conviction and
toltlie satisfaction of the friends ofthe administra-
lion, that they were, whatthe leaders ofthe pur-
ty most unquestionably are. a great set of
rogues. Mr. Prentiss has thrown. down lbe
gauntlet and dared any administration man to
take it up. To-morrow, therefore. will be an
exciting day in the House, unless the contested
election, which, by the way, is the special ogder.
should be the subject under consideration.
4
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WASIIINGTON. Dec. 27.
In the Senate, no business ofimportance was
transacted.
In the House. Mr. ‘Wise resumed his remarks
upon the reference of the President’s Message.
He contended that the President of the United
States and the Secretary of the Treasury were
implicated in the frauds which have laielybeen
exposed. and which were now to be punished
only because they had been found out. There
was no excuse for the frauds which had been
committed, but the plea of non campus on the
part ofthe perpetrators.
The correspondent ofthe N. Y. Express says:
“ The Secretary of the Treasury received from
Mr Prentiss a severer castigalion. if possible,
than the stripes dealtout the other evening by
Henry A. \Vise. He accuses Wnodbury ofbe-
ing cognizant of defalcations. and of keeping
defanlfers in office. after swearing. as he did,
before a Select committee. that he knew nothing
ofthem. The oath ofassumed ignorance wasta-
ken by the Secrciary, in February, 1837. Mr.
Prentiss has pointed out front the Secretnry’s
own Report. dcfalcations as far back as 1834.
The picture drawn of Mr. VVcodbury-was even
a painful one for friend or foe—and not less so
of Mr. \Voodbury than of General Jackson——for
those who have hitherto belivcd in the honesty
and integrity of the "stern old Roman," must
have their faith shaken after examining that great
magazine of facts which exposes these defalca-
tions. It would require the whole strength ofthe
administration to sustain Mr. \Voodbury. The
expositions made of the whitened sepulchres.
stagger the faith of some of the warmest adhe-
rents of the administration. It will require all
the combined power of party promises, party
faith. and party appeals to sustain Mr. \Vood-
bury. He stands convicted ofimbecility or cor-
ruption—of open iniquity or gross negligence-—
of secretly conniving at defalcations, or of sus-
taining defaulters through the advice of the
Executive.
Mr. Cushman of N. H. the P. Q.—P'rcL-ious
Qneslion—of the House, has come to his relief.
and promises defence to-rnurrow. Prentiss in-
vited this Ajax Telamon. as he calls him. to the
The Cincinnati Whig says that he is a brother
of Arthur Tappan of this city, and nearly as de-
cided an aboliIionist.—N. Y. Express.
From Delroit.—A gentleman wholefi Detroit
on 'I‘uesda_v morning 20th inst. informs us. that
be was informed the night previous to his de-
parture, that three ofthe patriots who escaped to
the woods, bad reachetl Detroit, and gave the in-
formation that five of their companions had been
frozen to death in the \\ oods. All was quiet at
Detroit. __
From the N. U. Transcript, Dec. 19.
JlIc.'l:ico.—-The schooner Ann. Bonlem ps, from
Tairipico. reports that on the 30th uli. a battle
was fought between the government troops. coin-
rnanded by Generals Cos, Canaliso, and Pudras,
and the federal troops of General Urrea; the
government troops were defeated Willi the loss of
five hundred men. killed and wounded.
Pudras was taken and shot. The loss'of the
federal troops very small. Also information had
been received at Tampico that the government
of Mexico had refused to acknowledge the treaty
made with itie French at Vera Cruz.
’1'e2:as.—By the arrival of the steam ship
Cuba yesterday. we have files of the Houston
and Galveston papers; the latter to the 13th
inst. The message ofthe new President LHIIIEIT.
occupies a large portion of these papers; frpm a
hasty perusal ofit, we are ofopinion, that bisex-
cellencv is more devotional than the mass ofhis
countrymen. It is quite a sermon when con-
trasted‘ with those that have emanated from our
own “excellencys.”
He is warmly opposed to the annexation of
Texas to the United States. Indeed so much
so that he gives fully a column to the subject-
rcgarding the proposition as injudicious; and
the accomplisliiiieiit of such a measure destruc-
live to liberty—-the grave ofall the hopes of hap-
piness and greatness of the young republic ; an
amalgamation that would render futile her vic-
lories, and unnecessary the '- blood of her mar-
tyred heroes.”
Presillenl Lamar was inaugurated on the 10th
at Houston ; many persons were present to wit-
uses the ceremony, and to hear the address.
Fire.-—VVe learn by a slip from the Advertiser.
that a serious fire occured in Montgomery. Ala:
on the 16th inst. destroying the Planter's Hotel.
Journal Office, and other properly valued at
$50,000. It was by blowing up some two or
three buildings that the Bank was saved.
More Rcform.’——Mr. \Villiam‘-E Coe was this
week removed from the Post Oflice at Bradley-
ville, and Mr. Murray Kcnney appointed in his
place. The office is probably worth fife or SIX
dollars per year. Is iiol this great business for
the Postmaster General of the United States to
be engaged in? Reason probably is that the
whigs at the last election chose Mr Coe one of
the Selectmen of thetown ofLitchiield.—Lilch-
field Enquirer.
Dodging Athc'rton’s Resolulz'ons.—The whole
Van Buren delegation from Connecticut but
VVhittlesey. fled on this vote. Toucey leading
the van. Thes Nortlien Allies of Mr. Calhoun
will not stand fire when an Election is coming
on. VVhittlesey went over to the enemy. and
Toucey the captain fled !—E.rpress.
$i‘l0,‘127,2-18 68 2
Forty millions fiiur /zunalrecl and twenty severz.
lliousa-ml two .’iunalrecl and eighteen. dollars and
sixiy-eiglil cents isthe ascertained and estimated
amount ofthe expenses of the Federal Govern-
men! for the current year. Is not this a queer
field. and expressed the hope {hr-.1 ‘.-;‘ »'.-'_,'."': its
he can.
In the HOUS-i‘ it
upon 8 motion 0" 57:‘. -"
(_:r.pieslor the R-;-pa... '.,~:v-'-'
Treasury in l'8lt.‘.'.;.u. :..- past an-.2 ;.;-;...-.;‘. .4.)-
falcationrs.
This Report contains the particulars of forty
Sub-Treasury Defaulters, not including the de-
falcation of that King of Defaulters. Samtiel
Swartwout, or his Chancellor ofthe E"
William M. Price. The administrativ-.. 2::-i-iii-»
bers are for keeping this record ofthe?-. xiii .3
ofsome of their prominent men from II:-‘ 1'
Many ofthem spoke feelingly and ear::-391;. .:'.~-
diiy upon the subject.
J_/'rC'(' ‘. fl.
Mr. Bond, of Ohio, asked the House to :
up the public business’ before the I-Ion;--'; -no ;
terday, ,in relation to printing twenty ‘.ll~.ll‘. -no
copies of the document of the Secret--‘«.:';.' r.-I re.-
'l‘re:isury, in relation to defalcations.
House refused.
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Political Abolitionisriz.--The cons ' -t < ..
the Loco-Focos is manifested by their V
lions ofthe.Whigs as the abolition pal
summer, the Albany Argus devot ‘ ii
columns to tirades ofabuse of the Whig party.
because the \Vbig Convention at Utica refused
to accept an invitation to attend an abolition
meeting then sitting in that place. It is known
that the N. Y. Evening and New Era loih
courted the favor of the abolitionists in this state
previous to the election. and that their candi-
dates. in Oneida and other counties, succeeded
by abolition votes. Herein W'estchesler. their
leading paper is an avowed abolition journal, its
editor a member, and. we believe, an ofiicer. of
the abolition society, and its columns are weak-
ly devoted to that cause.
We consider abolitionism in the abstract.
purely a rrioral question, with which political
parties have nothing to do, more than with th_‘e
organization or Cllurchoe or sectarian sncie25d5-
Every individual has a right to eiiicriuinjand
express his own opinions on the subject. bit he
has no right to disfrauchise his neighbor for do-
ing the same thing. VVlien the 'Loco-Focus
characterize the Democratic \Vbigs as aboli-
tionists, they only condemn their opponeiils for
their own acts. and as on all other subjects, ex-
hibit their total want ofconsistency and truth.—
Hudson River Chronicle. ' 7
“i
The new Senator from 0/iio.—-The Coluihbus
Register states on the 20th, that the two Houses
balloited for a U. S. Senator. The resultwas
determined on the first ballot as follows :
For Benjamin Tappan. 57
Thomas Ewing, 50
Reuben Wood, - 1
Mr. Morris was a candidate for reelection, and
W88 def6i1led- Mr. Tappan. says the Register.
is an abolitionist equally with the ostrucised
member. But _ Mr. Tappan has other claims
which may propit_ia:_e the rnagnz_it_es of Loco-
Focoism. "He is, we are informed. a diiciple
of Fanny Wright; and that priestess _of.inldeli-
ty may now once more raise he_r voice in the
caacus room ofthe party.” Mr. T. it is slated,
belonged to the old Federal party. when that
party existed. ,
Benjamin Tappan. generally called Judge
Tappan. chosen as above the U,r_iited States‘
Senator from Ohio. is a native of Northam’pton.,
Mass. VVhen young he learned the midi ofa"
silversmith, and afterwards studied Iawjwith
Gideon Granger. in Connecticut. He hoifievei
was one of the first settlers in Ohio about the
year 1790. He is a very warm abolitionist: in.
politics, a Loco-Foco; in religion he is said to
be something ofthe Fanny Wright school. He
§«..~.,-witientary upon the promised retrenchment,
his New Hampsh-“.8 Secrelary _,_,._, -, N,-.__,, ,,,,_..,-, ,5"; Wii::'.'i compared with eleven millions, or therea-
-W-m.-is. the actual expenditure under what the To-
‘ ’ re pl--,l.~‘,r.i to denominale the “ profligate
,_ laud t".'-.l.-'Z‘.'.".“._'h'_]i',l,” sulminislration nf.Tolirr Arl-
«1l.':'.-'.~‘ ‘I
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:-iii«‘)‘.'<t. fan ‘5 ._ .1‘ ' 1 "-1. ~.'-.'iiv:"~3
have been constiw‘ '4 -= :7 . -
ance of law, and who have walked off with the
money entrusted to their keeping.—Pouls. Adv.
--5.1..‘-av-2 = -2.‘i‘.=-
Strange 1_'./‘true-—The Boston Transcript re-
, lates that-—_in ilie House of correction at South
(Boston, on the 27th ult,an Irish woman gave
birth to achild while asleep in her cell. She
' declares positively. that she knew nothing about
lit until awakened by the iufan:’s cries! When
the door was opened by the watchman. she came
out and walked up three flight of stairs to the
hospital, without the least inconvenience, de-
claring that she felt qnite well.
Here is another marvellous account from the
Boston Medical Journal, no doubt equally true
—-“There is a child in the town ofScitunte, Mass.
between 10 and 12 years of age; who was born
without either arms or legs, with the single ex-
ception of alitlle meminber resembling a part
_ of a finger, with the first joint onthe lcftsliould-
er, with which it can open a box, or pick up a
cent. He rolls himself about like a ball, with
facility; has a good countenance good health.
and an intelligent mind. constantly improving
at school." VVliat a funny sight it would be to
see an army oftwoor three hundred such folks
rolling themselves up and down ilie sand banks
of Cape Cod!
Newspapers.-.-—VVe copy thefollowing sen-
sible remarks, from the address of the Cor-
responding Coinmittee of Centre county, Pa.
to the Whigs of that county. :
One word to our friends at parting :—If you
wish to see con-ecr principles prevail—if you
wish to promote the prosperity of your party—jn
shortifyou wish to exist asa party you mustsus-
tain your paper. One great cause of'our weakness
in this courily. no doubt, isto be attributed to the
feeble and inefficient support and limited circu-
lallon Wlllcll Our papers have hitherto received.
Our principles are sound and iiccd only robe
properly known, to be approved by the honest
and reflecting portion ofthe cor_n_inun_ity. It is
surely no unreasonable thing to ask a man to
contributetwo dollars a year, not solely to pro-
mote the interests of his party or his political
principles. however desirable that may be; bin
for the grat__ifica,tion and instruction which a well
conducted newspaper affords. It is in ourjudg-
men.t the cheapest article a man can purchase.
let bini be rich or poor.
Co,n,r,lition of the JVIormons'.--A memorial
has been presented to the Legislature of Missou-
ri. asking pecuniary aid for the Mormon women
and children ofCaldwell county, in that State.
Many houses belonging to the Mormons in Cald-
well, -havebeen burned. about sixty men impris-
oned. forty killed_, and and hundreds have been
compelled to fly from their homes, to escape the
vengeance ,of the citizens. leaving about two
hundred women, rn'ost of them with small chil-
dren, destitute and unprotected from the rigor of
the winter.
Two Horrible Murde1's at New 0rlcans.—On
the morning of Wednesday the 5th inst. two
appalling murders were committed bya man
named Francis Fish, on two children the eldest
aged ten, by nearly cutiing offtheir heads with
an axe. They were the children of Mr. Russell.
living on Raccoucee Point Coupee. Fish also
made an attempt to kill the mother, but in this
he fortunately failed. He was apprehended after
adreidfnl struggle. in which he was seriously
wounder‘, and conveyed to the parish of Ascen-
is a man of great energy of character and of
ackn,ow_ledged talents. . l
sion for safe custody.
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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2. 1s39.
THE SUB-TREASURY OVI FOOT AGAIVH
If perseverance can accomplish his ends,
none of the favorite projects of Mr. Van Bu-
ren will ever be defeated. Once repulsed,
he immediately renews the attack at another
point; again driven back, he returns to the
contest, rallying his followers under a new
war—cry; and when he is a third time rout-
ed, and his antagonists are congratulating
themselves upon their decisive victory——once
more he charges, and again seeks to bring
his thrice discomfitted troops “ up to the
scratch,” by appealing to somenew motive—
by promisin'g the redress of some new griev-
ance. This has been his course with regard
to the Sub-Treasury Scheme. It was first
brought forward at the Extra Session, and
then defeated. It was then called by its
friends “The Sub-Treasury Bill.” Before
the next trial it assumed the name of the
“Reform Bill,” and under that captivating
title the odious measure was again pressed
upon Congress, and again knocked in the
head. But it must be tried again, and to gull
the people, another name, still more attractive,
must be found for it. So. it is now christen-
ec “The Iarlcpcnrlcnt Treasury Bill,” and a
third time the attempt is made to seduce the
Representatives of the people into its adop-
tion. But “it is no go”—-and now for a
fourth trial. And in the name of all that is
ingenious in the Patent Oflice, what have
his prime ministers, VVright and C.imbre-
leng hit upon now, whcrewith to gild the
nauseous pill which they are determined the
people shall swallow, at all events?
Every body recollects the declaration
which Cambreleng made last winter, in or-
der to quiet the apprehensions of its oppo-
nents—that “the Sub-Treasury Scheme is
now in operation, and will so continue to be,
until 1841, in spite of Iamentations here or
elsewhere.” Every body knows too that,
since this declaration was made, a number of
the most respectable of Van Burcn’s Sub-
Treasurers have run off with millions ofthe
people’s money. Of course, nothing but op-
position to the Sub-Treasury Scheme, under
any disguise, is now to be expected. For
there is a prodigious and wellfounded excite-
ment existing throughout the nation, against
any measure which shall perpetrate the heap-
irtg ofthe public funds by the fiscal agents
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them. And, in addition to all this, the recent
elections show, that the people, beyond a
doubt, are opposed to the whole scheme, and
determined to resist it to the last, Under
these appalling circumstances, it will never
do to say a word in favor ofthe obnoxious
and thrice defeated Sub-Treasury Scheme.
How then shall we work it, to cheat the peo-
ple into the adoption of a measure which is
absolutely necessary to sustain us in power?
“ VVhy,” says Matty, “it is just as easy as to
blow your own nose—take advantage of this
very excitement-—‘ now is the tide in our af-
fairs, which takcn at the flood, leads on to
fortune, and we must take the current while
it serves or lose our ventures’—all we have
to do is to give our favorite project a new
name, and the people, poor fools, will swal-
low it without winking. Just call it ‘A Bill
more effectually to prevent frauds in the col-
lection of the public revenue, and to punish
public defaulters’—wliat do you say to that '2”
“Just the thing,” unaiiirnotisly exclaim
VVright, Cambreleng 65 Co. 5‘ Now wc’ve
got them—for those who feel obliged to vote
against the ‘ Sid)-Treasury,’ will not dare
resist a proposition ‘to prev.-ent frauds and
punish. defaullers’ ”——-and forthwith, the old
Sub-Treasury Bill, with such modifications
as its new title required, is brought a fourth
time before Congress for its approval ! VVas
there ever such unbl_ush‘ingeff'rontery l-such
ar; insult offered to a plundered people! But
we will give our readers a brief synopsis of
the particulars in which the bill introduced
by Mr. V_Vright into the Senate, differs from
the one of last session_.
The collectors of the public revenue are
?~ll°‘V«€d I0 I°°°.ive bank notes, but required
immediately to pres_ent them to tho Bgmks
which have issued them and draw the spe-
cie; and should any such Collector, Receiv-
specie from any banks whose notes have been
paid him by the public debtors, “such offi-
cer shall be dismissed from the public ser-
vice, and shall forfeit all comperisation then
clue to him.”
The comments of the editor of the Express
in reference to the punishment of defaulters
are very pertinent. There is nothing in the
bill, he says, " interdicting the passage ofthe
Great l/Vestern, _or Liverpool steam ships,
which is a material defect. There is no-
thing in it prohibiting the extension towards
Canada or Texas. of Rail Roads with Loco-
motives on them, to transport offthe Treasu-
ry Loco—Focos, another fatal defect. There
is nothing in it at all destructive of any of
the inventions of Fulton or \rVatt—without
which no Leg-Treasury can be safe.”
The people must be convir__1ce_d by this time,
if any thing can convince them, of the utter
disregard which the majority in our Nation-
al Council pay to their expressed will. Self
aggrandizement ever has been, and still is the
pole-star of the Executive, and of the swarms
of myrmidoins which follow at his heels and
fatten at the public crib. And just as long
as Martin Van Buren is President of these
ofthe Government. and the people are de-, to ski» --:'~;' 7.
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U. States, just so long will the Ill
lance on the part of the people l?‘
to detect the hypocrisy of his p1'9’
publicanism, and resist his dis: 1
croachments upon their rights. 7 l
ways much less danger to be ap* E
from a blustering ignoramus, how 3
lar and influential, who is made a
his adherents, than from a cunning
and an artful intrigue: who mak
his supporters to work out his owl l
projects.’ Let every genuine I
then,/tvhile a shadow of our coi
liberties remains, march forward 1
cue! VVe care not under what l
has enrolled hiniself/Whig, De
Conservative—it is all the -o.~.m_- !:
welfare of our common c.i=.mtr'.' i<
that lies nearest to his l]9l‘I‘-‘, v.-l,-. _'
with him at once, agreed ‘ 7:.-.z hi:- 3
pairiot who accomplishes 3l‘.")c'l.
verance ofour country frw-:—; ;i‘.-- *
now environ her. '
The New Ycar—The compii...
season to all our readers, and Ol
thanks,‘ to boot, to those of our fl
have given us the surest tokens o- ...c.
probation, and encouraged us to go 0:
Way_1'eioicing. by paying in (I.(l’(.‘anCe fc
coming year, and sending us the narr
new subscribers. lVe certainln '.—.-. a
reason to be grateful, pers‘ 7.iT‘.;:,
evidence which \ve are daily tc-c-ei.»i‘:w,,§
our editorial labors are appr-_;§a:z:-d lzr
public, and that they are disposed. to sustai
irulepcnrlcnt press in this section of the (
ty. But we are still more gratific-d,i
we regard the public favor bestowed o
in the extension of our circulation. 2:3 or
dence of the increasing interest v.;liE.:'u
for the diffusion of correvf. iv 1
spccting the conduct of ;i-'.:--:;*?''.'.., n,: .- mi,
ed with the I'Ili1llElQ’.-f'l‘ ..;».. ri' -_~ .?,.'ic',
ness, and the ill c.-1‘ rue peopl-
maintain a strict --.nt.i:l_v .pon the ac \
their public servant-.:. -‘-is long“asthe«
munity are misinformed or indifferent,’-
so long will demagogues bear rule.
when the people know what is going on,‘
take an interest in the political movemer.
the day, we have no fears for the ultii
safety and prosperity ofthe Republic,
Tow/t I.'lccli.rnis~.—Of one h.u“irlr=erl
rig/it towns in this State which have\
their annual meetings for the election oflt
officers, the lVhigs and Conservatives
carried Sc3?fc7ll_7/-0720, and the Locos cl
thirty-sewn!‘ “Coming events cast t
shado\v._s before.” l
,>.Ifsf The County Court for llllS”COlf
coinrnenccd its Juiiiiury term at Fairfi
yesterday.
Sf? Our readers will find somcthingin
csting under our Congrcssionzil head. ‘
intend to give them, soon, asketch of«
l“.(’Sl'. speeches made upon the most import
subjects which engage the attention of C
gress.
1lIorc ])qfalcalio7t5.——Tlie lVashirIiypl
correspondent of the Baltimore Cliro C
says : ~
“ There is some rcason to E -.-livv-'2
eruor Cass is involved in r~'*‘ 571 4 I“,-
ilie public ireasury.—Ila* ' l
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unless it shoiilgl be dcteri
blame for the frauds upor. 2'-l
The tllSC()\'3fl(:'S of whit ‘, g’
lcnowledgeil to have been '
no longer rests on rumor
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Vlllizit are we coining ' V 7 . - \
have we conic to ! 1f ‘la
cliaracter as Gov. Cass, .. ;.
rogue, and their misconduct is but just coi
ing to the light, what are we to expect fro
the thousands ofinferior grade \_VllQlll the g
vernmeut has made Sub-'l'1_‘easu;‘c_:rsl
It is rumored that Gov. Cass hasibeen i.
called from his mission to France. But ifh
gets :1 hint ofwhat is in the wind, it ‘isle,-n 1
one if he comes when he is called,
But the most remarkable flict in this ivhol
business of dcfalcations, is, that these pubis
robberies, which have been going on or
since the inauguration of Gen. Jackson, d
just (l’l-S‘COI.'€7'(Z(b .' . _ _ _ _
These VVhigs are an inquisitive set. L‘
sooner do they get the ascendancy, than
three \\'€C‘l{S they bring to light immen
frauds upon the people, which have be:
committed under the very nose of the Seci
tary of the Treasury (“honest Levi,” as N
VVise calls him,) for years—a1ld he. 30'
man,/mew 'II.0llt'l72.g' at all about them!
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,='.‘GPVVe notice that the Hartford Patr:
&. Democrat, has nominated the Hon. W
C. Rives of Virginia, as its candidate for t
next President, and N. P. Tallmadge, fort
next Vice President of the United Slillt
lVe are not disposed to quarrel with at
nominations suggested by the press, so l0l
as the ultimate decision of this imports
question is accorded to a national conventi
of the opponents of Martin Van Buren. .5:
though HENRY CLAY is the man of 0’
choice—-—and we are ‘ready to sink or swi
,.
er or "Postmaster, fail forthwith to draw thetpwith his flag flying at our mast head, st
we think that the exigencies of the press
crisis demand the sacrifice ofindividual pl ,
ferences and prejudices, in order to sccuret "
ultimate “ greatest good of the greatest nu
her.” Mr. Rives certainly deserves well
his country, and is entitled to the gratei
cominendations of every patriot for the not
stand which he has made against the ruino
and humbugging policy ofthe administratic
But as much credit as we are willing to allc
the Conservatives, we think that they are l
suming ra__ther too much in insisting upon t
election of both President and Vice Preside
from their own ranks. Give us Henry Cl
for President and we are ready to supp:
either Rives or Tallmadge (both worthy
the office.) for Vice President.
The Colombian Banrl.——The concert
last week given by this association of arm
teurs, reflects great credit, not only upr
their teacher, but upon the young gent]
men themselves; and the more, inasmuch :
an untoward accident deprived them i " “
aid of Maj. Lee, and unexpectedly threv
entirely upon their own resources.’ A
and highly respectable assembly wg
Norwalk Chronicler