‘- war out here.
before the sacrifice, a council of 80 of the
warriors and head menjof the nation, met to
see whether they would accept the Offers Of
two traders of the American Fur Company.
who offered them very valuable presents if
they would release her to them, so that they
might let her return home. But. all would
not do. A majority of the.council was fora
sacrifice; of course, those in favor of her re-
lease iiould do nothing. _ .,
At the breaking up of the council, the
prisoner was brought out and, accompanied
by the whole council, was led from house to
house, when they gave her a small billet of
‘wood and a little paint which she handed to
the warrior next her, and he passed it on to
the next until every wigwam had contributed
some wood and paint. On the 22d of April
‘she was led out to be sacrificed, but not until
she came. upon the ground did she conjecture
her fate. They had chosen the place be-
tween "two trees which grew within five feet
--of each other. They then made her ascend
~ . three bars tied across from tree to tree and
* also tied one arm to each tree, her feet resting
. on the bars below, where a slow fire kindled
heiieath would just reach her feet. Two
‘ warriors then mounted the bars, and there,
standing one on each side of her, held fire
under her arm pits until almost dead. Then,
at a given signal, they all shot arrows into
her body so thick that hardly a pin could be
placed between them. _ The arrows were im-
mediately taken from her flesh and it was all
-cut off from her bones in pieces not larger
, than halfa dollar, and put in baskets. All
this was done:before she was quite dead.—-
: Then the principal chief took a piece ofthe
flesh and squeezed it until a drop of blood
fell upon the corn that was just planted, and
this wasdone to all they had in the ground.
—i—_.,
charge of the brutal assult upon Mi-. Reeve. re-
mains yet in prison, not having yet undergone-
exaininaiion. Several physicians whohave 3‘;
amincd the clothes and person of the accused,
are ofthe opinion that the marks tliereon inns:
have been caused by vitriol or some dther strong
acid. The magistrates are busy in hunting up
further ‘evidence in the case- ,
We promised some days since. ‘that the
“Democratic parly,. should not very soon hear
the last ofthe Prcsident’s pardon oftheperjursr
Gauseman, and we assure that some interesting
pariyihat itsball not. A villain (we call things
by their right names in this office.) has been
guilty ofa most heinous ofience—he has com-
mitted perjury in behalf ofthe Loco Foco party
in this city, has been convicted ofthe crime by
a jury, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment
by the U. S Court. The President has pardon-
ed him! Umil this gross perversion ofjuslice is
explained—we pledge ourselves to keep it before
the public.-—Ncw. York’ Gazelle.
Jlfr. Clay/.—Of all the arts practised either by
faint friends or‘ open adversaries of any distin-
guished public man, surely that is most disingen-
uous which attempts to produce an impression
that he is not true to himself. This stratagem
is put in practice. we perceive, to prejudice in
the \Vest the wcll-earned popularity of HENRY
CLAY, arid ditn his just claims to political crui-
neuce, by representing him as wit/ulrawing, or
being about to withdraw, his name as a candi-
date for the Presidency!
So far from his withdrawing his name from
the generous coinpetion for the highest trust of
the Republic, there has never been a moment,
according to our information from different quar-
ters, when Mr. Clay’s name and political ser-
vices were more honored and esteemed than at
this very time. No one, we are very sure, can
have any authority from him to circulate the
story to which we refer. If Mr. Clay has am’
right to withdraw himself from the place which
he has so proudly occupied in the estimation of
This is. the way they treat prisoners of ‘his fellow citizens, he has not done so. and can
on the ground at thetime.
by the Sioux and treated in the same manner.
I have visited the Otoes, eight miles from
here, and have been forcibly struck with their
superstitious burials of the dead. \Vhen a
warrior of any note (lies, they kill one ofthe
-. best horses ofthe nation on his grave and
then cut ofi‘ the tail and tie it to a pole fifteen
feet high and there leave it. They believe
the spirit ofthe horse will serve the spirit of
the warrior. in the next world.-—C/iicago
3 Democrat. '
FOREIGN.
London papers ofthe 19th and Liverpool of
the 20th Dec. were received at New York by
the Packet Ship England which sailed on the
22nd inst. VVc gather from our exchanges, the
following summary oftlieir contents.
In England, .tlie moderate Radicals seem to
be looking very earnestly to Lord Durham as
their leader. The Loco Focus, however, he
» will not act with. and he opposesiheir violence.
Some ofthe English papers are perfectly cra-
zy'on the subject of a war with this country.
Tlie‘Liverpool Mail is particularly rabid, and
we should not be surpised, iftlie British govern-
ment refuse to declare war, to find the editor of
I the Mail coming over here in a cockboai, and
making war on his own book.
The Captain Ross transport had arrived at
Liverpool from Quebec. with 26 Canadian pris-
-'otiers. On the voyage they attempted to over-
power the guard of Canadian militia. The
ringlcudcrs were ironed, and so remained until
’ committed to ‘the borough jail. They were to
be sent to Australia.
Fr:mcc.—\Ve make the following. extract
from the speech of the King ofthe lfrericli, at
the opening ofthe new session ofilie Chambers:
I hope that our differences with Mexico and
the Argentine republic are drawing to an end.
The naval forces which recently left our ports
are, at this moment. before Vera Cruz, and
will speedily obtain from the Mexican govern-
ment thejustice and protection which our corn-
» merce reclaims so long.
The Paris press has recently assumeda hostile
-tone towards England. The'Courier Francais
says openly, that "France is no longer on the
same terms with England thatslie was six moths
ago.” The ostensible cause of this change is
{he refusal of the British Govermiient to unite
with France in refusing to settle the Belgian
question on the new basis—namely, that Lim-
bourg and Luxembourg shall be ceded to Hol-
‘ land, and a large deduction shall be made from
the share of the Holland Bclgic debt formerly
"allotted to Belgium.
Letters from Athens of 29th ult., state that
serious disturbances had occurred in the Moran,
and that it had been proposed in ‘the Kiiig‘s
Council, to proclaim niartiallaw in the country.
- Lower C'anacla.‘—Sir John Colborne was in-
America
on Tliursday. He immediately issued his proc-
lamation continuing in office all the present olii-
-£st8_.lled governor general of British
-cers in Lower Canada. -
On the 9ili instant two pieces of artillery, six
-pounders, wereseized in a barn. about two miles
in the reizr of Youngston. They are safelv de-
.-posited in Fort Niagara.
Al PVorIr.—A ‘writer in the Times asks,
“ Xvhere are the Whigs?"’ We answer, they
are diligently at work in every part of the State,
as the Locos will find to their sorrow, in April.
No tnistake ahoutit! All those gentlemen Lo-
cos who did not take passage either in the barge
or smallboat for Salt River, last spring, will this
year be rowed up that noted stream as far as
ISub~T.'easury ‘Flats. Commodore Niles sails
-with the squadron. this year. Neither “ misera-
ble” Conservatives nor “ worlcnzen infaclo'rz'es,”
will be taken on-board with the Commodore.-
Hargforcl C'ou.rier. - »
Award about Whig Economy.--Tlie Loco-
Foco paper in this c.i.y, and some of_its “ echoes,”
have recently published one or two articles about
“ \Vhig economy," and allude to a few trifling
expenditures by the Legislature last year. Now
we are glad to see them broac'li the subject——it
affords an excellent opportunity to show up to
public ~-.view.the wasteful e.rlraoag'ance that cha-
racterized the legislature ol'1S37, which was the
-last‘ year the Loco-Focos held . power in the le.-
gislature ofthis__Staic. Let us first compare the
expense of the session of the'Loco-Foco legisla-
‘ture of 1837 with that ofthe Wliig legislature
-last-'1/ear.‘ The expense ofthe session for 1837
The foregoing was told me
by a trader of indisputable veracity, who was
In June last, the
narrator’s wife’s brother was taken prisoner
have no intention to do it. The same may. we
have no doubt, be said of his distingcislied
friends, the two other VVliig statesmen whose
names have been placed before the People by
their respective friends. They all abide the will
of the People.
As for Mr. Clay, with such evidences as the
following ofliis hold on the affections and confi-
dence of the People. from sound republican
states, the reader will be able to judge as well as
we, what ought to bethoughtof such fabrications
as that which we have referred to:— Nat. Intel.
From the Raleigh Register and North Carolina
Gazette of January 14.
HENRY CLAY.-—\Ve take great pleasure in
stating that a free and unreserved interchange of
sentiirieut with the members of the legislature
iusiifies us in stating that there is not a whig in
‘that body who does not warmly espousetbecause
of Mr. Clay for the Presidency, in preferciice to
any otliercandidate. It is not party attachment
alone that his friends feel for hiin,but an attach-
ment that springs from the best feelings ofthe
heart, the strongest and iriost entliiisiastir: that
can rule there. And why is this’! Because
his simplicity and singleness of character, his
unassuming and frank deportineiit. the grandeur
(if we may be allowed ll]8__Q?£pfCSSl0D) of his
patriotism, the purity of his principles, and his
unfaltering courage in proclaimingthem, endear
him to all generousuicn. Slander and calumny
have assailed him, but he has otiilived all, and no
man now exists in America more influential in
the national councils, or more ardently beloved
by those who know him. The appellation of an
American statesman, in its broadest and most
elevated definition, belougsto him. For about
ihiriy-five years he has occupied a conspicuous
position in the public eye, taking an active part
in all the great measures which have distinguish-
ed our legislation, fixing the public gaze, and
commanding applause for his eloquence, his
maguauimiiy, and his total disregard of self-iu-
terest.”
“ The Ball Rolling.”-—The New Orleans Bee,
hitherto a pungent and able Van Burcnjournal,
has come out in favor of Henry Clog for the
Presidency, and against the Sub-Treasury.-
Mr. Van Buren is disposed of in the following
suuimary manner:
“ We believe Martin Van Buren to be un-
worthy, and altogetlicr incapable of adiniriister-
iug the otlice of President of the United States;
ihai he is the creature of circumstances, substi-
tuiiug expediency for principle, and cunning for
staiesmaiiship. and nothing short of a thorough
purging of the variousdepartments from the in-
fluorine and contagion of ilie present dynasty can
save the country froui the doom to which imbe-
ciliiy and corruption are hurrying it.”
True—most true—true as language can make
it. Van Buren wants lLOI2CSl1/ and capacity.-
His advancement lo the office heholds has near-
ly ruined the country, and much as we rejoice to
see the South justly appreciating the character
and services of Henry Clay, we tliiuk the ques-
tion of getting rid of the Van Buren dynasty, of
greater importance and magnitude than the
choice of a successor.—Slar.
The “Real Grit" from the W'est,—An ofiice-
holder at the West, who lately retired from his
oliicial duties, winds up his address onthe occa.
sioii in the following eloquent manner: “Now
gentlemen, it matters not to me whether you call
me skunk, ‘possum, or racoou: I have luxuria-
ted for a long time in the high grass of Govern-
ment, where tall fodder has never been lacking,
though I have been somewhat searified b
thorns and thislles, and harrassetl by the con-
stant barking of political curs. My own peace
and comfort require that I now quit the field, and
crawl into my own private burrow; and should
any of you. hereafter, endeavor to siir me up
with so long a pole as to be entirely out of my
reach, I shall, to say the least ofit—-squeal most
in
awfully .
New OILLI-ZA1\'S, JAN. 9.—1lIelanr.'holy Ship-
wreck and Loss ofLife.—Tlie Spanish bark Ar-
gonauie. (Iapiain Avila, boand to Havanna from
Santander, went ashore on Gingerbread Kev, on
the morning of Tuesday the 1st iustant,atB o’-
clock. The captain, ma e, and crew, and seven
passengers, (in all, twenty-four S')Ul8,) took to
the boats, and reached Cat Key in safety, leav-
in.g_forly-sevcnpassengcrs on board, all qfw/tom
perils/Lecl.
TEST OF DEMOCRACY.
“ A democratic adiriinistration will henceforth
tolerate no bank notes of a less denomination
than twenty dollars. Myown liriiit is one linu-
dred.”.-—- Col. Benton.
was_'$'2l-,5-14 26; ‘but the Whigs last year re-' “ The suppression of all bank notes under
:1 .‘.t.l need the expenses of their whole session down
to $14,898 -'30 ; ' thereby saving nearly seven
thousand dollars for the State, by prudent man-
agement. ‘Let this fact be remembered by the
people’ of Connecticut.— Hart/b'rd Courier.
As Mr. John Reeve, one ofthe Engineers of
the Fire_’Departrrient‘,.in'.New York, was return-
ing home from a fire. some person who was evi-
dently lying in wait for h’im—sprung out before
him aijd threw full in his face. :1 quantity of
Sulphuric Acid, by which his face and breast
were dreadfully burned, and the sight ofhis eyes
forever lost. The perpetrator of this shocking
not of barbarity is as yet unknown.
$21) will henceforth constitute a touch stone of
democrac_y."——Globc. .
Such are the tests of Democracy required by
the two great organs or mouth pieces ofthe pre-
sent adininistrai'ion—tests which were unknown
haveiabout as much to do with the faith of that
party as they have with the visions ofJo‘. Smith.
the Mormon prophet. But yet, and we are
ashamed to speak it. such has been the tyrrany
of party discipline. tliattwo years ago such non-
-sense as the above would have found a too willing
response among‘ a large portion ofthe republican
yeomaiiry of Connecticut. Fortunately, how-
ever, the‘ season of humbug is over, The, “ ex-
io the fathers ofzlie democratic party, and which _
and the result is that the foolish crusade against
small bills has terminated. ' Public opinion has
acted like acharm upon this subject. -
The same remarks are applicable to the Em-
pire State. where also an unconditionalrepealof
the restrictionsori the circulation of small hills
has been effected by the votes of Van Buren
men themselves! Public opinion was so deci-
ded and emphatic on the subject, that evenlhey
dare not resist it. This fact, in particular, an-
gurs well. It shows that men are coming to
theirsenses. and that, one humbug exploded,
we may expect that the more honest men of
“the party,” will go on eschewing heresies.—-
Hartjbrd Patriot.
~
li\‘l©lR\lVAlL.ll< co./;tzzs7Tr=i'ts..
"noN"r GIVE or THE suir."
WEDN ESDAY. JAN UARY 30. 1839.
ES-everal notices, advertisements, and
communications have been received too laic
for insertion this week, but will be published
in our next. ‘
l'10PtWALl(.
E‘ The Whigs of Norwalk are requested
to meetat the Norwalk Hotel, on Monday
evening next, (Feb. 4th,) at 7 o’clock, for the
purpose of appointing delegates to represent
them in the State, District, and County Con-
ventions. By order of the town committee.
Torwal/c, Ja-7z.ua7';y 28, 1839.
DARIEM.
§§='The \Vhig Electors of the town of
Darien, are requested to meet at the Inn of
Albert Scclcy in said town, on Monday eve-
ning. the 4th of Feb. next, at 6 o’cloc’k, for
the choice of delegates to represent said town,
in the approaching District, County, and
State Conventions. A punctual and general
attendance is solicited. '
By order of the Town Committee.
.D(b7'lt37l, Jlbllutl/)'_‘lj 28, 1889.
WILTOVI.
§I:§=' The Whigs of Wilton will meet at
the Town House, on Monday evening, the 4th
February, at 6 o’clock, to appoint delegates
to the State, County and District Conventions.
By the town committee.
lVillon., Ja.7uML7‘_?/ 29, 1839.
REDDIVIG.
itfs? The Electors of the town of Red-
ding, favorable to true Republicanism, and op-
posed to the Sub-Treasury scheme, are re-
quested to meet at the Town House, on Mon-
day, Feb. 4th, at 7 o’clock, P. M. for the pur-
pose of appointing delegates to attend the
State Convention to be held at Middletown
the 13th Feb. next; the County Convention,
to be held at Bridgeport the 6th day of March
next, and the District Convention for the 11th
Senatorial District. A punctual attendance
is requested.
By order of the town committee.
Rcdtling, Jaituary 28, 1889.
VIEW-FAIRFIELD.
£13? The Whig Republican Electors of the
town of New-Fairfield, are requested to hold
a meeting at Hopkins’ Hotel, on Monday
evening, the 4th Feb. next, at 6 o’clock, to
appoint Delegates to the State, County, and
District Conventions.
By order of the Town Committee.
New-,Fa.i-ijiclcl, Ja.7tu.a.ry 28. 1839.
D/ll/IBURY.
the town of Danbury are requested to attend
a. meeting at 1VIec/.:cr’s Hotel on Monday eve-
ning, the 4th Feb. next, at 7 o'clock, for the
purpose of appointing Delegates to the State,
‘County, and District. Conventions. A full
attendance is requested.
By order of the Town Committee.
Dcmburg/, Ja.7zuaxr_r/ 28, 1839.
IITH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
The Whig_Convention for the no-
mination of a candidate for Senator for the
11th District, will be holden at Jlfee/ccr’s Ho-
)’ lcl, in Danbury, on Monday the 4th of Marph,
at 1 o’clock, P. M.
Jctviuaiy 28, 1839,
- COUNTY ooNvr«:N'r1oN.
‘T/re I-V/rigs of tire County of Faiyfigld
will hold 0. Convention 0% the 6th day of
Marcli._7ie2:t_, at Bridgeport, for 1/11: purpose
of 7z.o_mzna.lmg a. iWIembe-r of Congress, a.7ul a,
S/I.e7’_?_.fli The Coiwention will consist of dele-
gates from the several towns, equal to double
the 7z.umbe7‘ of their Repres_e7ita.tioc,g in 1}“,
Geneml Assembly/, and will assemble at Bar-
nu,m’s Hotel, at one o’clo.clr. P. ]lI.
As the Isl .ll’[0n(la._7/.of February [ms 533,,
designated for /zoldmg l/te p7'i:na.rg/ meetings,
f‘”' {be I-',7&0f66 Of Delegates to the Stale Con-
vention, it is respectfully; recomrnended that
delegates to the _Cou.nt;i/ Com;e7i.tion. be also
clioscn al that lwze]
ERASTUS ,S'1‘URGES,
HENRY RUGGLES,
ANDRE\V BULKLEY,
HENRY DUTTON,
JONATHAN D. WEEKS,
TIMO. T. l\/IERWIN,
STEPHEN MIDDLEBR0.0K,
' REUBEN BOOTH,
January 22, 1839. '
'°aan_zwwoQ /l«1‘ll’I209
SENATORIAL DISTRICT. No. XII.
ATTEI/lTl0l/l THE WHOLE!
T/ze W/rig _elecl0rs of the 12111. Senalo7'ia.l_
District, are requested to meet in mgiy s(:1,-e-
ml towns on lifondtty/, l/Le 4!/2. Feb. next, for
the pm’-pose of c/wosmg rlclcgatcs to tire Dis-
;I'-fic Vilriol‘ Casc.——Towt'i8entl, arrested -on pc-riment”litis‘beenetfoctually tried jntliiutats, trial Cont.-eiitioii, to be lleld at Da,n'e71.o7z,
r
l
' tion; and it is p(i.rticulu7'l_1/ requested that
$3’ The Whig Republican Electors _of the Locos “had no ticket made out!”
' hook,’ and see to it that a meeting is held
and that-delegates are appointed.
by the jury in a civil case, (Davis cs. Stud-__
well,) and that for the _sum of one dollrpr. tlemari to serve him as the Senate once serv. judge. Heis na¢obno;iou,,,,- the Adminmgg
Wednesday, the 27th Feb. at 2 o’clock, P. Jlf.
for the nomincttion of 0. Senator; to the County
Convention, to be held at Bridgeport on
Wednesday, the 6th M'a.rc/L, at 10 o'clock,
A. .M. for the nomination of S/ierifl‘ and
Member of Congress; and to the State Con-
vention to’be lioldcn at .Middlelown on the
131/1. Feb.for the nomination ofStale Ofliccrs.
Earl» of these Conventions will be compos-
cd of clelegzz.t_es from the several towns equal
to double L/Le number oft/icir Represcnlzzticcs
in the General Assembly/'.
By order of the District Com.millcc.
Nurlwal/c, Jan. 22, 1839. _
VVIIIG STATE CONVENTION.
T/ie Vi’/rigs ofConnccliout will hold a.Slalc
Convention (bl lllidrllclown, on Werl-/zesda._7/,
the 13!/t (lay of Feb1*7uw'_7/ nerrt, for the pur-
pose of 7t0mina«ting (1, Governor, Liczitcnanl
Gave-rnor, Treasurer, Scc1'cla.r;1/, rtnrl Comp-
troller, and for -l-rartsdclirzg a.n._i/ other busi-
ness l/ml mrtycome before l/icm.
venlion will be composed of" clclcgates from
the seccml towns, equal to double the number
of their rcprcsc-rilatiz.-es in tlic Gencml As-
sembly/. The Town Comm-iltecs in tile diflcr-
ant towns are requested to call meetings of
tlic W/rigs on l/re lst llfonclay of Februmji/,
being lira. 4_t/2. day, (or at some ollicr conceit-
icnl limc,) to elect delegates to said C071/I.‘(Z7?r
every town be fully represented. A
JEREMY HOADLEY, Sm“ Cmlml
DAVID F. ROBINSON, ,.
M , Committee.
i«:Lv1N Cori~:i.A1\i),
Hrorlforrl, Dec. 20112, 1838.
THE APPROACHPNG CoNvEN'rIoNs.——If
the WV/rigs of Faiijfielrl County knew with
what anxiety their brethren in other parts of
the State are watching their movements in
respect to the important councils which are
to be held preliminary to the grand contest,
they would spare no exertions to convince
their Eastern friends that they have nothing
to apprehend from this quarter. VVe con-
fess, however, that we should like to see a
little more enthusiasm prevailing in regard
to the Conventions which are soon to be held.
We fear that our friends overrate their
strength, and are consequently too sanguine
of success. They place too much reliance
upon the virtue of the cause in which they
are engaged, and do not sufficiently consider
the importance and absolute necessity of per-
sonal exertions and individual sacrifices, in
order to meet, and successfully withstand the
unsparing and desperate efforts of our oppo-
nents. Whatever is worth doing at all, is
worth doing well. And if the triumph of
the interests of the whole community, of
religion, of public morals, national honor,
and correct constitutional principles, over the
radical, infidel and disorganizing doctrines of
Loco-Focoism; isa matter of any consequence,
it is important that the necessary prelimina-
ry measures should be adopted to accomplish
their 'overtli row. '
We have every reason to believe, to be
sure, that the VVhigs of this county are
awake to their duty, and conscious of the re-
sponsibility which rests.uponthem—-and we
are firmly persuaded too of their ability to
elect any candidate that they may unite upon.
But the very fact that they are strong, and
need no urging to the performance of their
duty, renders it the more important that they
should come forward at once and in their
strength, and by consultation and united ac-
tion with their friends in other sections of the
state, impart confidence and infuse energy
into them ; and thus instead of following in
their wake, take the lead at once, and march
them on to victory.
Up then, and gird yourselves for the con-
‘flict, \Vhigs of Fairfield County, and see to
it that your delegation in the approaching
State Convention is not outnumbered by that
of any county in the Statc. .
S1080/I"l)I,g o2rl.—VVe learn from the Alex-
andria Gazette, that Gen. Jackson has been
turned out of the Presbyterian church at
Nashville for “hard swearing.”
Well (lone, llIirl(lletown..——At the city elec-
tion which was held, last week, at Middle-
Last August term but one verdict wasgiven.
and that for the sum of fifteen dollars only.
rendered by the jury in our County; C0767!
for the past year is only 316. Hard times
for lawyers! V
In addition to the criminal trials which
were published in our last, Ha.mta./'2. .7lIcEw-
en, was convicted of theft, and sentenced to 60
days imprisonment in jail. IV)». Mirnson
was convicted of maliciously shooting and
isfiguring a horse, and sentenced to pay a
fine of $40, and 60 days imprisonment in
jail. The criminals whose convictions were
noticed last week, were sentencedas follows:
Frienql Starr Joice, ‘(for burning barn,)
State’s Prison 5 years.
Wm. Cooper, (bui'glary,) State’s Prison
2 ears.’ ’
D-
So that the whole amount ‘of the verdicts ’
_ ...
— -
ed a certain Minister to the Court of St.
.James—-recall him in disgrace! -‘
5-,“':§= WHAT excuse will Messrs. Ingliam,
Touceg/, Pliellps, W/zittleseg/, Haley and Holt
render to their constituents, for voting against
‘the appointment of the Izwestigating Com-
mittee by the House? What do the freeinen
of this State think of this new act of devo-
tion to the ‘one-man power-‘I’ Do they ap-
prove of this. attempt of their Representa;
tives to hide from them the frauds, peculia-
tions and robberies of their own servants?
But perhaps these gentlemen, who constitute
the Connecticut Delegation in the House of
Representatives are merely opposedto an in.
vestigation jilsl at this particulam time}. It
may be that they entertain som_e fearful fore.
bodings of the effect which a_ report from this
The Con- days.
3.
Ilulrla/1. Uford, (burglary,)State's Prison
2 years.
PVM. Tcabout, (assault and battery,)j0.il 10.
John Qlll7L6'_?/ A(llI.ms.—VVe beg leave re-
tion, a sketch of which will be found in our
congressional columns. VVe understand that
them all aback.
great deal of faith on his sleeve, and we hope
they will still entertain some respect for his
opinions, and suffer them to exercise the same
influence with them, that they have ostensi-
bly; exercised heretofore. His views upon
this matter are certainly entitled to the same
consideration now that they have ever been;
and when he asserts that they are the very
same which he has entertained for many
years, it will not do to charge him, with in-
consistency. The abolitionisls, who have
been so forward in promulgating his speech-
es and opinions as the text-book of their
creed, will subject themselves to this obnox-
ious charge if they now denounce him.
Mr. Adams, has ever heen the uncompro-
mising and fearless champion of the rig/it
of politics, and ‘all New-England has ap-
plauded and sustained him in this characier;
and it is altogether too late in the day, for the
ultra abolitionists to recall the encomiums
which" they have showered upon his patriot-
ism and hurnariity,and consign him to the
ranks of thepro-slavery men, as they term all
those who will not go the whole length with
them in their fanatic crusade. ’
T/re Ga.lc.;The N. Y_. Wlhig estimates
the amount of damages _occasione_d by the
gale of Saturday, at over $2,000,000. '
T/ac Genllcma.n’s Il1tLga,zinc.——VVc regret
to learn from our worthy friend the postmas-
ter, that ours is the only copy of this work
whichis directed to his office. This ought
not-so to be. This Magazine commenced a
‘new scries’ with the number for the present
month, in which -the editor, in addition to his
usual variety of amusing and instructive
matter, promises to introduce ‘a monthly se-
ries of articles descriptive of the various
Jfanly Sports and Pastimes, containing a
fund of information not elsewhere attainable;
and illustrated, in its course by several hun-.
dred engravings on wood.’ The Arts of
Gunning, Boating and Sailing, and the inci
dents of fancy water-craft; and every requi-
site pertaining to the purchase, breeding,
breaking and keeping of the Horse and Dog,
together with Archery, Angling,and all sorts
of ‘Pop-clan‘ Ga.mc.-, are to furnish monthly
subjects for the pen-of a writer of acltnow-
ledged ability. This will add much to the
interest and popularity of this well-conducted
magazine. The No. for January coiitaius
an elegant and very accurate portrait of J.
IV; llfttllack, the talented and accomplished
manager of the National Theatre, N. Y.,
together with an interesting and instructive
memoir of his Life and Theatrical csircer.
There are also sundry other articles of great
merit and surpassing interest, furnished by
the most popular writers of the day. which
town, the Gibraltar of Loco-Focoism, the en-
tire Whig tickct was most triumphantly
elected. The Sentinel and Witness says, that
The
poor fellows must be in a shockingly bad
way if they cannot even raise a nomi7La.lian!
What will Mr. Niles say!
Quite a. Jlflsta./t'c.—-VVe intended, last week,
to have corrected a trifling error in the state-
ment of the editor of the Stamford Sentinel
in relation to the amount of business at the
January term of our County Court. He
sa rs. 5
“The docket of this court, we understand,
was unusually large. One oounsellor had be-
tween 8D and 90 cases pending, many of which
are still in controversy.”
Now, the facts are simply these: The
“docket of this court was unusually” small.
All the counsellors together “had between
80 and 90 .cases”—-for there were less tlimz.
90 upon the docket. The public will doubt-
less be gratified to learn, that for a great
number of years, every docket of the Coun-
ty Court has been larger than the last by
some hundreds of cases. The bill passed at
the last session of the Legislature, givingthe
Superior Court original and concurrent ju-
risdiction in _a majority of the cases hereto-
fore brought only to the County Court, is
one of the causes which have operated to
create such a._dearth of business in the lat-
ter court. We know of no other cause, un-
less it is that the community are doing what
the editor of the Sentinel advises, settling
“their difficulties among themselves, with-
out the intervention of lawyers.”
THE TIME IS S}IORT.——Tl1e Slate Con-
vention assembles at Middletown on l’Vednes-
day, t/Le 13th Februoriy. Let no town in
this county fail to be fully represented on that
occasion. The meetings for the choice of
delegates should be held in every town on
Monday next. If the town committees fail
to call meetings _seasonably—.-let some good.
whig take hold of the matter ‘on his own
Comity Court.—The County Contrad-
journed last Thursday—tlie 4th week of its
session. Only one verdict was rendered
place this work in the front rank of the pc-
riodicals of the samcvgcnrus. Thereare many
gentlemen in this vicinity, who need only to
become acquainted with it, to appreciate its
character and give it their cordial patronage.
We shall be happy to communicate the names
of new subscribers (together with the cash)
to its worliy Editor, VVilliam E. Burton,
Philadelphia. Terms only $3 per annum,
in advance.
John Van Bu.rcn.—The Presiden_t’s son,
or as he is sometimes called, _Ncw-York’s
favorite grandson, is making quite a figure
in Ireland. (He has had his "day in Eng-
land, where he acquired an uneriviable noto-
riety by his arrest ‘of the editor of the N. Y.
Courier «Sb Enquirer, the particulars of which
we published some months since.) He
seems to be regarC_led in Ireland as a Prince,
or sort of heir-apparent to the Presidency of
the United States; and the good people of
the old country appear to think that all the
attention by them bestowed on this Kinder-
hook cabbage plant, will not only be ver,
gratifying to the paternal feelings of the
committee might have upon our next elec-
tron.
thought it advisable to keep their constitu-
ents in. the dark, until after the 1st Monday
of April next! .
pectfiillyto referourAbolition friends to the have been caught for once, in a ,,,,~,.mn-,y__
exposition of his sentiments, made by this dis- and we very much fear that this willriot
tinguished gentleman, in reterence to the the g-“grime that they will be found in the
prominent objects of their political organiza- same unfortunate predicament. ' "
Mr. Adams has been named as the candidate the Administration party in the House of Rea
of the Abolitionists for the next President. p1-esemaiives relative to the appointment bf-,§.
But this recent movement of his. must take Committee to investioate the late defalcation A
They h3V€ always Pinned 3 of public officers, arebenough to convince an;
And for this reason, they may have
It will be a bad business for them. that-they» '
H.
Keep Dork is-The recent manteuvresof
reasonable mind that they are decidedly hos.
tile to the exposure of the frauds andpecula.-,
tions of Executive officers and of the Execu.
tivc departments. .
Mr. Cainbreleng, to be sure, first proposed
an investigation into the Swartwout defalca.
tron; but has done his best to throw the ap-:.
pointment of 21 committee for this purpose into,
the hands of the Speaker of the I-lbuse-—
Ptiblic sentiment demanded an investivation '~
and Mr. C. forsooth, would answer figs def
mand by packing "a jury or .-i.i...i..;.i..u..,‘
men to try a gang of Administration rogues 5
Instead of acommittee to ferret o"ut'and ex--
pose the corruption which was charged ho
wanted a committee of such sworn feally to
the Executive, that they would gloss over we
crime mid exculpate the criminals. The
exigencies of the party reqni,-9,] ,, “,1”-,,,_J
’Il‘(bSll.l7I.g committee, and no (‘Olllmlllf'(‘ 91‘ 1-,,’ .
other cliaiacter would su_it'liiii'i or liisiloeoyl
Foco rctinue. Itiw-as nottlemnnrztlic enfoiigli
for the Locos to allow the House to choosg
their own committee, but one 7710.71‘ the speak-
er, must choose it fortheml ' i
had only succecdcdin arranging tip» inatte-r.
as he intended, (and believed he slionld beablti
to, when he in_ti'odiicci.l his resolution) we
have no doubt that the recent dcfzilcatioris in.
stead of being, as they now are, mill-strint-s,‘
hanging about the neck of the Ex:-wig".
would have been transforincd into jetvolé
wherewith ‘to adorn his crown. But 1}“,
cause ofthe people has triumphed in the'Na.'
tional Legislaturc—tlie principles of Deuioc-i
racy have prevaileil—thc Representatives of-
the People. and not the minions of the Ex-.
ccutive, are to examine into the conduct.of
our public servants. “ Let there be light” is}
now the order ofthe day; and we confidently
believe, that the more light the ]‘/eople havg»
the darker will be the prospects of Nlaitiii
Van Buren, and all whose political fortune-gi
hang upon his favor, . i ‘
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InL‘csli,rrr1.liI2g Commillee.——.'I' his commit?
mittee are now in New York, ferrc-ting out,
the circumstances connected with the late dc-i
falcations in that city. They are armed with
I plenary powers by the adoption by the House
of a Resolution introduced by Mr. ‘Vise on
the 19th inst, authorizing the committee to
choose a clerk and employ a printer to print
its journal and other p.'ipei'_s iii-r-cssary for its
members, to proceed to i\'cw York and other
places for the purpose of prosccutipg tht-ir in,
quirics, and cxcusing tht-in {min ;.m~nd;,m~,,
upon the House, until they shall have made
their report. Notliirig but lime is now want.
ing to enable this committce to present to the
public a startling array of facts developing
the whole heighth and depth, length and '
breadth of that system of “spoils” which has
impoverished the country and enriched the
“victors.” The Loco-Focos in the House,
have been determined from the first, that if
they could not prevent the raising of this
committee by ballot, they would, atany rate,
postpone its appointment to so late a periodof
the scssion, as necessarily to render their in-
vestigations very briefand superficial. They
managed very adroitly and very successfully,‘
to consume five weeks of the session in dis-.
cussing tlic manner in-which this committee
should be appointed, so as to leave but about
a month for them to make their invcstigationi
and prepare and present their ‘report. But
we venture to say, that enough of corruption-
and iniquity will be discovered in a single
month, to cover with shame those mi:-repre-
sentatives of the People, who by thus oppoé-
ing and deferring the appointment of a suita-
ble committee, have endeavored to shield the
plunderers of the public treasury from detec-
tion. We copy the following sketch of the
character of the gentlemen composing this ,
committee from the correspondence of the N,-
Y Y. Express :
The com mittee is composed of nine members‘ . -i
1fC'-ainbreleng- --
good fellowship between the respective go-
vernments. And they even go so far as to
construe J ohnny’s gracious acceptance of
their hospitality into ‘ confirmation strong as
proof of holy writ,’ of the ‘friendly C.lip_osi-
tion’ of the U. S. Cabinet towards the supre-
macy of the British government interest in
Canada! —
His movements from place to /place are
duly chronicled in the puhlicjournals, among
those of the Princes, ‘,Dl_1l{€SiE1l_l(_l Lords of the
continent. The merchants ,of Belfast invited
him to a public dinner, and he was among
the ‘distinguished guests’ who attended the
Earl of Gosford’s Annual Dinner. The Earl
toasted Johnny’s father, and Johnny thanked
him, and toasted the Earl; and if we may
judge from the comments of the journal
which records the proceedi_ngs, John Bull is
now perfe__c‘tly satisfied that he has not a bet-
ter friend in the world than Jlforlin Va.-72. Bu-
ren.
VVe doubt not that Johnny plays the prince
with a much better grace than his father does
the clcmocmt; but we hope, for the honor of
his native country, that he will not conduct
himself so indiscreetly as to oblige the old gen-
EX8Cllt1V€i but Will Cement the bonds Of three Administration men—tWo Conservatives.
and four Whigs.
Mr. Harlan, of Kentucky, is the Chairman of
the Cvlnliiiltee. He is well fitted for his place—
a fine. determined man, that will not flinch from
any duty. He has capacity, too, as well as firm-.
ness. and will make a most efficient Chairman.
Wise, you know. Like old Martin Luther."
he would go where duty called him "though
there were as many devils as there were tiles on
the houses to oppose him." Wise will give no
sleepto his eyes until he has finished the task
Pfefore l1"I1- The searching operations made b
mm the last few years, have made him well
(1-“.1.1lifie,,t,l to “ snufl corruption in the‘ tainted
breeze. Noman has done more than Wise
towardsexposing the system of rapine and plun-
der carried on under the administration of “ the
greatest and best. and of the man who u'.jk‘_
in the footsteps of his lllustrious prodeecuor." ‘J
Curtis, the third man upon the Committee,
you know, all together. He is well qualified it;
be one of the Committee, and is thoroughly ac-j
quaintcd with the details of all the known facts
connected with the Defalcstion. ' '
. Dawson, of Georgia, is the very pcrsoniiica:
iion ofa peace- maker, and will make every man
whose blood runs beyond a temperate beat, think
twice before speaking once. He is thg head
efiit-ient—a good adviser, and an honor
man of the Georgia Dalcgatian—imelligent ‘qlpg .
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