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we shall see our judges ‘perched,’ like the
bird of wisdom upon the ‘chair’ of justice.
‘ Tallow’ is ‘lard ;’ a ‘bureau’ is a ‘chest ;’
a ‘bench’ is a ‘chair;’ ‘chaff’ are ‘husks;’
a ‘house’ is a ‘dome a ‘boom’ is a._‘bow-
sprit,’ and to ‘walk’ is to ‘ride.’ There is
no knowing what things‘ may come to, when
this book shall have done its work. ‘ 
I might enlarge this list indefinitely: Of
necessity it must include a large portion of
the book; for, as ‘I have already said; there
are few synonyms in the languag'e;'_ If the
examples which’I have adduced are more
grossly inaccurate than the majority of all
the instances in the book, they are not more
2.'-ru/._7/ so. The very grossness of these ex-
amples would secure our children from their
evil influence. The slightest knowledge,
and a small degree of mother wit would lead
children to renounce the authority of their
teacher, in these instances, as if by instinct.
The other instances are more dangerous.——
They would probably lead the children ; and
if so, they would most surely mislead them.
lfthey should not, it would not be because the
book taught them better, but because they ob-
tained better knowledge from sortie other
quarter, and threw away the teachings of the
book. . _
, Sir, if the very principle on which the
book is built is false, a few incidental—and
almost decide/ital advantages cannot save it.
In a former communication I remarked that
scholars will undoubtedly learn the meaning
of very many words from the columns of
this book. So they will. The alleged sy-
nonym furnishes such an (I.ppro-.2:imation to
the meaning of its fellow, that the child, who
knows the meaning of one word, may very
often guess pretty nearly at what its fellow
Of this class are such words as

means.
these:

‘advice - - -counsel | hector - - tease, vex’
‘mushroom - fungus l scamper - scud, run’
‘dormant - sleeping [ snug - - C1058. tight’
tboosy - - - -drunk [ vile - - base, mean.’

‘ siicc.inct- concise,briell _

This class, however, may be set off against
another large class, where one hard word is
neither defined nor explained by teaching
the child, when he spells it, to repeat another
hard word. Thus:

‘annails-_-chronicles l purulence - - - pus’
‘quaver- - - - -trill | pulverize- -calcine’
‘cycloid - - - curve l isolate - - - insulate’
:bin~1p - - - ' gravel‘ ] mammet E mopsy,’
solstice - - - tropic | mopsct.
‘siren - - - mermaid |

I -.-.m not yet through, sir, Ibcg you to
have patience with me a little longer.
AN OLD SCHOOL-MASTER.

T/Le B/'lllS.’t Squadron ttt Vera. Cruz.—--
Private letters from Mexico have solved the
problem that has so much puzzled the Quid-
nuncs of the day in regard to the object of
the imposing squadron despatched to the
Gulf of Mexico by the British Government.
It appears that Mr. Packenham, far from in-
terfering in behalf of the Mexicans, is about
to join the F rciich in making imperative de-
mands of redress for spoilations committed
on the property of the British citizens, and
other grievances of a similar nature. The
impression prevails generally that if the de-
mand is not immediately and satisfactorily
answered, that the fleet of her majesty will
co-operate with the French blockading
squadron and coerce the semi-barbarians ol
Mexico into the payment oftheir honest debts.
VVhile England and France are thus earnest-
ly pressing their just claims, would it
it not be advisable for Uncle Sam to look out
for his own, and come in fora share of the
plunder. A proposition we understand was
made to our Executive to join the coalition
with France and England, but it was declined
by the cabinet at VVashington from a reluc-
tance to become implicated in the politics of
European sovereignties. The course pur-
sued may, perhaps gain for us the praise of
magnanimity; the world may land this dis-
play of forbearance towards a sister repub-
lie; but upon the Mexicans the exuberance
of brotherly kindness will be thrown away;
far from appreciating the silence of our go-
vernment. when other nations are pressing
their claims, they will be disposed to regard
it as a mark of cowardice; and thus be sti-
mulated to repeat the insults and inj'u"ies that
have so often provoked the meekness of the
American people.—N. 0. Bulletin.

From Ja.m(tica,.—By the brig Vandal,
Capt. Fuller, from Kingston, Jamaica, the
New Orleans Bulletin has been ptit in pos-
session of the Kingston Chronicle, dated the
2d ult. Its columns contain no local item of
interest. From passengers information is re-
ceived, confirming previous accounts of the
deplorable state of fliTlll'S in the Island, re-
sulting from the emancipation of the slaves.
In consequence ofthe inefficiency of free la-
bor, the plantations had ceased to yield a re-
venue. The crops were almost entirely cut

ness was prostrated, commerce suspenrled,
and distress and poverty every where pre-
vailed.

Hon. Step/ten Van Rensseluer, the last

entail, departed this life on the 26th January,
after a protracted illness. He has held more
important stations, probably, than any man
now living in the st-.tte——State Senator, Lt.
Governor, member of Congress, &c. Up to
his death, he was Canal Commissioner, Ro-
gent, and Chancellor of the N. Y. Univer-
sity, and senior Major General of cavalry.
Of course, his death leaves vacancies to be
filled; if the -Albany Regency permit. 1
‘will not enlarge on his character, as the news
may reach you a day earlier than this. Gen.
Van Rensselaer was in command of the N.
York militia on the forntier during a por.
tion of the last war with Great Britain, and
was the Federal candidate for Governor
against Daniel D. Tompkins in l8l3.—-N.
Y. W71.ig.

._ Pensions.—We are informed that Pension
certificates from the War Department, obtained
by Widows of the soldiers of the Revolution in
-conformity to the law of Congress passed in July»
lS33, are daily presented at the Pension Office
in this cilyffor payment. and that the applicants
are told that the Government had not only pm-
vided no funds for paying these Pensioners, "but
had not even yet given directionsfor the enrol-
ment of their names I This, we suppose. affords
at fair specimen of the manner of doing business
by the present administration. The applicants
for Pensions are fast sinking into their graves-—

5 o’clock.

and while rascals In high life are running off
with millions of the public money, the Govern-
ment will" not furnish the funds to carry into ef-
fect a law passed more than six months since.
and to help a poor. aged widow to get a cord of
wood or a bushel of meal. 'I‘lie prospect is that
all the trouble and expense that has been incur-
red to make out and prove these claims and ob-
tain certificates, will be entirely lost, and that
the law of Congress will prove little better than
a faithless promise .’—P:tt. dc Demo.

MAI/1lEUVRlVlG FOR THE PRESIDEVICY.

A NEVV VIEVV OF THE FLORIDA ‘VAR.

Delaware is as good for Mr. Van Buren's pur-
poses. if his friends can throw the next election
ofPresident upon the House ofReprcsentaiives,
as the great State of New York. When the
election goes to the‘House, each State is entitled
to cast two votes only. Hence States, not peo-
pie or their representatives. are what our mod-
ern Machiavelians are playing for. at the same
time that. by tryingtodivide the oppositioti, they
hope to throw the election into the House. This
is the only expectation they have of defeating
the undoubted will ofthe majority of the people.

\Ve have seen in their vain endeatiors to cast
the odium of abolition upon the opposition. that
the most sacred interests of the country, are but
the dice with which they are playing their des-
perate game for the great stakes of qfiice. We
have now another project on foot for the accom-
plishmentof the same great and selfish end.——
The miseries of the savage warfare upon the
population of Florida are to be cast into the rat-
tle box in the expectation of throwing another
(leuceinto their count of Presidential votes.

It has been intimated in the public prints that
Florida was about applying for admission into
the Union as a State. \Ve learn that a discove-
ry was made that she fell short of the requisite
population 10,000, which of course would defer
her hopes. Soimportant is it considered. liow-
ever, to have anoilier state, and especially to
have it attached to ilieinteresls ofthe succession
of the late “illustrious predecessor," which in-
tended to perpetuate a remainder, beyond the
present dynasty. that a scheme was promptly
and ingeniously devised to enable Florida totake
tl.e rank to which she aspired. The “TRANS-
CENDANT Bi~:iv'roN,” as he is calledin party by-
berbole. who is most interested in having the
\Vhite House descend in the regular line intend-
ed by the testaior. has brought forward a bill to
populate Florida at the public expense.’ He of-
fers “ transcentlant inducements” to 10,000 set-
tlers. They are to be transported with their fa-
inilies to the savage frontiers. Eachsettler is to
r- ceive from the Government 320 acres of land,
which, for the “hole, would amount to three
million two hundred thousand acres. The set-
iler to be protected in the cultivation of the soil
by the military arm of the United States.

We have not time or room at present to expose
the impraclicability of such a monstrous scheme.

If the united people ofthis Confederacy are
willing to give three millions two hundred thou-
sand acresof their land for two votes, to secure
the re-election of Martin Van Buren, and the
succession of Thomas H. Benton, we are most
wonderfully inistaken.—J‘vIadisonian.

THE LATE GALE.

\Ve have gathered from our exchange papers
some of the particulars of the effects of the dis-
astrous gale of the 26th ult. Many lives were
lost" by flood and tempest," and the destruction
of property was immense:

New York.-—Ma oy buildings were torn down,
and roofs torn off, indeed houses in all parts of
the city have been more or less damaged-the
gultcrs of some flying ofl-'—-here a loss of baliis-
tratles, and there a loss of signs and sign posts,
Cliimnies have fallen without number. Tam-
many Hall. we see, has thus lost one ofiisz. vo--o
——\\'e hope-—iiothing ominous.

Saturday q/Ycrnoon —Tliere never was a more
exciting scene in this city, than between 3 and
The tide was rising rapidly, and it
was impossible to mark out its bounds; it rose
eighteen feet above low water—higher than ever
known before. South street and Water street
were alive with cnrmen, hauling off goods°.——-
Great prices were obtained for ttuckagethere.—
Hogsheads were floating about without any re-
gard toowners. Cotton bales paid no attention
to premises, but floated up the slips promiscuous-
y. Signs, awnings, every thing of wood that
could be dislodged from its moorings, were fly-
ing in the air. No niau was safe in the streets.
Yet wonderful to say, we have hemd of 5,“ one
life lost—that ofa Mr. Randolph. who was killed

by an awning post falling on him in Chatham

street.

The '1'1'de—-It is said, has not been so high for
seven years. Old Neptune has severelv chas-
teiied those who have intruded upon his domain.

The Ccllars.—Perhaps'.he greatest losses will
be found here. Nearly all, ifnot all, the cellars
in South Street. \Vater street. and in the lower
part of the cross streets, have been filled. Where
merchants have stored goods that could be thus
damaged, the losses must be very severe. Re-
lectories have been filled with salt water—aIso
Eating Houses. Barber Shops and Grog Shops.
Around Fulton Market yesterday afternoon, a
great many were bailing out their homes.

Further of the Gale and Flood—Great Havoc
al_-’1lfIu7?y. tS'e.—T/zc City under Water.—The
rains which fell in torrents in the interior of :he
country, produced as disastrous a rise of waters
In the streams. as the driving in ofllie Ocean by
the East wind did upon our coast.

The flood was excessive all up the North Riv-
er. At Albany, a warm rain poured down
incessantly. from Friday night Iill Sunday
morning. when the flood tore away the ice and

carried it down the river. The ice in the Mo-

hawk had broken up in large masses, which ac-
qulriug greater force by the rapidity of the cur-
rent below the Cohoe's Falls, brought down the
VV:-iterford Bridge. and with this accession, on
its arrival at Trty. broke up the ice in front of
that city, and came with accumulated force up-
on Albany. Boats are sunk at the wharves of
Troy, the cellars of warehouses filled with wa-
ter, the lumber at “last Troy carried off. At
Albany. the water was six feet above the Pier.
South Market street and the lowerpart ofthe city
were completely under water, Sunday, and the
houses insulated, being approachable only in
boats from State street to the Eagle Tavern, &c.
Sloops. schoouers and canals boats have been
sunk at the wliarves—many carried down the
river. From Troy. above, were constantly seen
floating down vessels of every description. canal
boats, lumber, bridges, &c., a scene of chaos and
destruction.
The North American Steamer, once the pride
of the flVe|'» sunk at the pier, being crushed
by ice. and is a total wreck—-the engine, it is
.-itlltl, having perforated her bottom. The
hull floated down the river Sunday afternoon.
nearly under water. The first stories of the
sioreson the wliarves along the river. were fillel
with water, in some to the second story, and a
great deal of flour destroyed. and vast quantities
Of produce. as large quantities were accumula-
ted by the sudden closing of the riverin the lye.
ginning ofDecember. Two persons were drown-
ed in attempting to escape from vessels floating
in the stream. The deluge was so sudden that
there was no time to move goods. Vast quanti-
lies of lumbar were sweptofl from the docks.—.
I‘he water came up Slate street, says the Ar-
gus, even ns high as the new Exchange. On

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Sunday night, the weather becoming suddenly
cold, the lower part ofthe city, still partially sub-
merged, was actually buried beneath an artifi-
cial lake of ice, formed since the morning. The
oldest inhabitants do not recollect a greater flood.
The loss is computed at one million of dollars at
the lowest calculation. The North America
steamboat, which had been completely refitted
last summer, will alone be a loss of $90,000.

Philadclp/iia.—The storm of Saturday ap-
pears to have had considerable extent, and at
Philadelphia, except for the absence of a tide
_from sea, the damage by the blow and freshet of
the rivers. was nearly as great as at New York.
The frcshet on the Schuykill, however, is with-
out xi parallel, being 10 feel more than its level,
and two feet higher Ihaii ever known. Over-
flowing the locks of the canal—-washing down
stores. mills, honts,&c. In the city. near the
margin of the Delaware, much coal, wood, and
salt was swept off, and the contents of cellars
damaged. The amateur club boats were, as in
New York, swept down the torrent. ._.ome
houses on the wliarves were torn away—fiom
others the inhabitants were taken out of the se-
cond story windows by row boats along the streets.
Fields ofice have been left as the water receded.
Three men are reported drowned in a boat swept
away. At Manayunk the banks of the river
were completely inundated, and the dwellings of
many poor families carried off.

The streams appear to have been swollen to
unusual dimensions. Among them, the Lehigh,
in which the mail driver was drowned, and the
mail lost, in attempting to reach the town.

It is stated on the Exchange Books that the
City Ice bout met fifty-six canal boats, stacks
of hay. etc. drifting down theDelaware on Mon-
day. while making her way up the river.

Three men were drowned above Phoenixville
by one end of a house giving way and drifting
away with them on it—otie attempted to save
his life by clinging to a tree. but after remaining
there several hours he became exhausted and
perished.

Connccticut.—The water rose at Hartford 15
feet, and broke up the ice in the river completely,
from the prcsure of the water running upon it.
Fruit and shade trees were blown down, and
buildings injured. The bridge across to East
Hartford is partly carried away.

The meadows on both sides of the river over-
flowed toa great extent, and many dwellings
innst have been surrounded by the water sosud-
denly, as to give but little time for the occupants
to escape.

In me country, the damage done to barns, fen-
ces, &c. is very great.

\Vc loarn that the ice has carried offthe Wind-
sor bridge; also. the bridge at Tarilfville, arid
the one over the Agawam, this side of Spring-
field.

The flood in Farmington River rose 22 feet.-
The dam whicii supplies the canal feeder is
about half gone; it small breach in the canal at
Fnrtnington and one in the feeder. All the
bridges on the river, above Farmingron, so far
as heard of, are gone.

Intelligence has been received from as far
north as Brattleboro’, from which we learn that
the bridge at that place and the one at Montague
were both “ swept by the board," the latter hav-
iug beenjust re-modlevl. and its completion cele-
brated only about 25 hours before it took its
departure. Springfield bridge has also received
greatinjury.

The Storm Eastward.---Tlie gale was rather
light at Boston. The height ofthe gale was at
high water. and some damage was done to the
shipping atthe wharves, butlcss than might be
expected.

At Providence the wind was very severe.-
Two barns were blown over at Fox Point, and
several chimneys were blown down. The bar-
bor had been closed by the ice for several days,

but the wind and rain opened it. f}
at ouieui tne storm commenced on Saturday

afternoon and continued till a late hour with ima-
bated severity—the wind blowing a gale from
the South East, with much rain. The sea was
forced into the harbor. and the water dashed
ovcrthe ends of the wharves, leaving much ice
upon them;

The Storm in New Ham}2sltire.—'l‘lie Boston
Times says that during the great gale._ri.u Satur-
day last, the waters of the Merrimac Jl\’(:l' rose
to an extraordinary height, sweeping away at
least seven valuable toll gates. and destroying a
large amount of property. It is said the river
has not risen so high at Concord, within the re-
collection of the oldest inhabitants; and there
has never been so great a destruction of prop-
ty by a freshet in the Merrimac.

 

Backing 0ut.—An Ex-Postmasterin Georgia,
who recently resigned his office, has made an
amusing exposition. He says. that his receipts
as Postmaster were nothing at all, though he
was expected to do the drudgery of the party,
and that, when he had been olficiating about a
month, the Department drew on him for $50,
which he very cbaritably furnished. Shortly
afterwards, when there was not five dollars of
the public tnoney in his hands, the Department
drew on him for $50 more, which he also fur-
nished. Hearinglsubsequently, that a third re-
quisition was about to be made, he backed out
from his official dignity as precipitately as pos-
sible.

This was a hard case. 'I he closest parallel to
it, that we have ever seen, was that of a late
stage traveller over a muddy road in New Jer-
sey. Soon after s'arting, one ofthe stage wheels
dropped into a mud-hole, and the passenger. at
the solicitation of the driver, got a fence rail and
helped to pry it out. "Iguess." 5‘‘’d ‘be (lIiV6l‘.
after the job was fiuislied, "you mought as well
bring that ere rail along with you; there'sanoth-
erliole ahead.” Accordingly the traveller, not
in the very best humor, trudged along half a
mile on foot under the burthcn of the ponder-
ous rail and again relieved the wheel. He was
now about to take his seat in the vehicle, but the
drivercalled out to bitn: “There's another hole
youder—I guess you’ll have to take that ere rail

along with you. and, as the road is muddy, you’d

better go afoot.” “ Look ye, sir," thundered the
traveller at last, provoked beyond all endurance
—"go to the devil with your old stage! I’ve no
objection at all to walking. but as for paying
stage fare for the privilege of walking the whole
distance with a big rail on my shoulder--I’ll see
you d—-—d first.”—Prentice.
—— 

Opposition of the Loco Foco Leaders to im-
proving Common Schools.—The Hartford T imes,
in publishing a list of whatthey call extravagant
appropriations and useless expenditures author-
ized by the last Whig Legislature, enumerates
as one of their great sins. the creation ofthe of-
fice of Secretary ofthe Board of Commissioners
for Common Schools, the expense of which, they
say, will amount to $1200 annually. And in
the address of the Loco Foco State Convention
held in this city in October last. which was writ-
ten by John M. Niles, and who. if the Times is
to be believed, is the greatest statesman and pa-
tirot to whom Connecticut ever gave birth. it is
said that “no former Legislatureconsideredsuch
an qflice useful or necessary.” Of this address,
which was approved by that body, 25,000 cop-
ies were ordered to be printed for circulation, and
they have gone forth to the people. proclaiming
the voice oflhat convention, that this olficer, up-
on whose eflbrts every thing depends, is unne-

cessary. Thus we have John M. Niles, and the

Hartford Times, and the Loco Foco State Cou-

' crtratvugon ce .’ .’

vention all out against this measure, for the al-
‘edged reason of its expense. We admit. that
the \Vhigs are its authors, and they are willing
to take the praise or blame which shall be award-
ed to them by the people: at the same time, we
regret that the Loco Focos have thought it ne-
cessary to bring it into politics, for the purpose
of attacking the Whigs. We believe that not-
withstanding the efforts of John M. Niles and
certain Loco Foco leaders of that party, the
measure has been generally well received by
people of all parties.

The law in regard to common schools was
passed, we believe, by ti nearly unanimousvote
of the Legislature. and even the “gentleman
from Hampton.” we are told, yielded it a reluc-
tant asseut. ‘Vhen a party are driven intosuch
close quarters as to come out and oppose a law
of this kind for the better education of the peo-
ple, they must believe that their cause is in a
desperate condition.

The opposition to this measure is under the
silly pretence of economy-—the wasteful expense
of three dollars per day. While in service of the
agent of the Board of Commissioners for com-
mon schools. It is the business of this agent to
see if any thing can be done to render more ex-
teusive and effecttialoursystem of popular edu-
cation. This is called aristocracy and wasteful
Every Governor of Connecti-
cut for many years past has brought this very
subject, distinctly, to the attention of the Legis-
lature, and urged the expediency and necessity
of acting upon it. The Whigs have taken it
up in earnest, and resolved to ascertain the facts
on this interesting question, and do whatever
shall be found best. The Locos, conscious of
their own culpable negligt-rnce, and of the wis-
dom and popularity of the measures now in pro-
gress, are willing, some of them, it appears, (if
the Times and John M. Niles can make them.)
todefeat the whole enterprise, and ifthey can but
get into power, to doom the people and their
children to insignificance and ignorance. \Vhat
have these Loco leaders, whose pockets are lined
with the public money, ever done for common
schools? \Vith the exception of some of their
great men-—pu're. untlcfiled democrats, it is be-
lieved that there is not one man in this whole
community who does not rejoice in the enterprise
begun; who does notfeel that the time has come,
to enquire at least, into the present condition of
common schools. Our adjoining and some more
remote sister States. have absolutely shamed us
into action. Thanks to our fathers, who have
left us such a noble School Futid—a fuirl for the
poor rather than ilie rich-—and why shall we
not carry its beneficent effects more fully to the
children who need it? All that has been done
thus far, is to send an agent into the schools to
see howthey are conducted, and learn if some-
thing cannot be done to remove the great evils
which allcotnplain of, and to wake up in the
community a feeling in favor of this long neg-
lected institution. We rejoice that thiseflort has
inei with such general approbation. \Ve have
recently heard of but one man who has openly
raised his voice against it in a public meeting ;
the great and “patriotic Loco Foco of Hamp-
ton," who in the Windham County School Con.
veniion stood "solitary and alone,” in his vote
against a resolution introduced by Judge Judson
in favor Of establishing normal schools for the
ediicaiion of teachers, denouncing the attempt
as aristocratic.

Governor Ellsworth placed in the board of
commissioners several gentlemen belonging to
the Looo Foco party-but they, all of them,
not only approve, but-*‘a’iiilhn,tly unite, in every
thing that has been done, any none more so than
Mr. Beers and Judge‘:cJtitI‘s‘on. We know that
Niles and Cleveland, those great democrats, are
makiuga great ado about this waste of money.
and to their shame, are trying to give this enter-
prise a political character, that they may bring

ilie passions of party to obstruct its progress.—
“Tc call on (In: people. and Ilu: clxildzcl] UK‘ U16

people to mark these men. If there ever was an
excellent, honest, disinterested and noble at-
tempt made for popular education in this State,
it was done by the last Legislature Too much
praise cannot be awarded to the gentlemen who
have already accomplished so much. The L0-
cos talkctl and have talked for years, but as
a party they did nothing; and now, seeing
the contrast. and knowing that the VVhigs are
justly entitled to much credit, a few reckless
leaders of the Loco Focos complain of three
dollars ti day paid to the faithful Secretary ofthe
Board; just the sum saved per day from each of
the sixteen Loco Foco judges of the County
Courts, dispensed with. There never has been
in Connecticut, a more virtuous, intelligent, and
independent Legislature than the last. By mere-
ly attending totlieir appropriate business, they
saved $6,000 to the State, in the shortness of
their session; and there would have been many
more days saved had it not been for the billings-
gate of a certain Loco Foco, which was regular-
ly poured out for several hours each day, as
from Boreas himself, upon the assembly.—-
Courant.

 

Whistling.—Tlie Loco Focos are whistling
through the pipes of their organ in this city, to
keep their courage up. “A most effective or-
ganization has been commenced,” they say, and
they are “determined that the Whigs shall have
the ascendancy for one year only." A very
laudable determination on their part, perhaps,
and they may possibly persist in it forafew
weeks. but we rather suspect that the first week
in April will show them some very cogent rea-
sons for changing their minds. This boast,
however, of an “efiicient orgauization,” must
not be lost upon the friends oftrue republicanism.
The Loco troops will doubtless be well drilled,
and since they begin to talk of their “efficient
organization,” we must be prepared to givetliem
ane tcient beuting'.—Hartford Couvier.

Dreadful Railroad Accident.—Ye.-sterday
morning about 9 o'clock, a most melancholy ac-
cidentoccurred on the Harlem Railroad. under
the following circumstances: ‘

It appears that the railroad cars for this city,
and one of the New Haven stages started to-
gether from the Harlem River Hotel, and that
the stage drove ahead of the cars. ‘When near
39th street. however, the locomotive having ac-
quired full speed, the stage at that time being
about 25 feet ahead, when the driver suddenly
drew his horses across the track. The engineer
immediately stopped the engine and rung the
alarm bell, but the locomotive being under great
headway came dashing on. andicame in collis-
ion with the stage, striking the driver’s seat,
which it entirely carried away,cutting loose .the
pole and harness, and releasing the horses.

The driver was thrown from his. seat_across
the track, and under the axle of_the locomotive,
the front wheels ofwhich passed over him, crush-
ing his lower extremities as high up as the breast
bone, in a most shocking manner.

He was carried into a house nearby and from
thence back to the hotel. Drs. Williams and
Bailey were called_in. butcould afford no relief
to the dying man. He lingered until 3 o’clock,
when he died, retaining his senses to the last.—
He entirely exculpated the engineer from all
blame, and said that the accident was the result
of his own carelessness. _

The name ofthe deceased was Daniel Fisher,
he was aged about 36 years—a man of estima-
ble character. having two children residing at
Baltimore; he was part proprietor of the New
Haven line of stages.

The coroner held an inquest on the body last

evening. and a verdict of accidental death was
resumed: '

There were six passengers in the stage at the
time of the accident, one of whom was badly in-
jured. another slightly; the rest escaping un-
harmed.—N Y. I/Vltig.

Illississippi.—The Legislature of Mississippi
_was organized at Jackson. the capital, on the 8th
Inst. In the Senate Col. Bingam took the chair,
and the House was called to order by the former
Speaker. This meeting is held pursuant to
adjournment last winter—the members being
elected for two years. The Governor's Message
was sent in on the first day of meeting. which
occupied two hours in reading! The Natchez
Couriersays nothing is wanting but union amonn
the Whig members to ensure the election of;
Whig to the United States Senate.

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N©lEWALK GAZETTE.

“ooN"r GIVE UP THE snip.”

WEDN ISDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1839.

§3'§=' \Ve are compelled to go to press with-
out having had time to prepare our usual va-
riety of editorial articles. The solicitude
and cares necessarily attendant upon sickness
and death in our family, during the past
week, have usurped the time usually devot-
ed to this paper, and again thrown us upon
the kind indulgence of our patrons.

SENATORIAL DISTRICT, No. XI.

The IV/ti,gr C()IL'L'67lll07L for the nomination
ofa candidate for Senator from said District,
will be holden at Mee/cc7"s Hotel in Dmibunr/,
on Monday, the 4th day of March next, at one
o’clock in the afternoon. And the IVIL-ig
Electors of the several towns in the District
are requested to choose delegates to said Con-
vention, equal in number to twice the num-
ber of Representatives of the respective towns
in the General Assembly.

It is respectfully requested thatall who desire
that the ascendancy ofthe Republican Whig
party may be maintained and permanently
established, will give their attendance at the
primary meetings. An animated and severe
contest is before them. The Sub-Treasurers
of a corrupt Administration, and all the dis-
ciples of Swartwout and Price, seeing that
their craft is in da-nger, are already in the
field, and will make the most desperate ef-
forts to regain the power which was so just-
ly taken from them at the last election, and
once more to bring this State into submission
to the dominion of the Loco-Focos. Cor-

respondinrr efforts will be required of the
Whigs. it is coundeuity believed that they

are prepared and determined to make them.
Per order of the District Committee.

SENAT()RIAL DIS'l'RICT. N0. XII.
ATTEVITIUVI THE WHOLE!

Tlte IV/Lig electors of the 12th Senatoria.l
District, are rcqzteslctl to meet in t/lair sere-
rttl towns on ,Momla.y, the ‘llll Feb. ue:rI, fm
llttl purpose of c/loosing (lclegcttcs to Me Dis-
trict Convention, to be lteltl at Datricn on
Werlnesdtl/.7/. t/te 27tlt Feb. at 2 o’clor/.', P. III.
for the nominrttion ofrb Senator: to tire County
Convention, to be held at Bridgeport on
I’Vc(l’/tt’..Stl(b_7/, lllc Gt/L M'o.r.c/t, at 10 o’clock,
A. RI. for the nomination of S/Icrifl and
llIember of Congress; and to z/Le State Con-
vention to be ltolden at tllirltlletown on tlie
13t/7. Feb.fo7‘ tile nomination. of State Ofliccrs.

.E(t6/L of these Conventions will be compos-
cd of clelegdtcs from the seve-ml towns equal
to double the number oftltcir Representatives
in the General Assembly.

By order of the District Committee.

Nam-at/.:,Jan. 22, 1839.

 

COUNTY CONVENTION.

T/te IV/tigs of the County of Fuirj/ielrl
will hold (1. Convention on the 6th drty of
]lId.rc/2. next, at Brirlgepo7‘t, for the ])Zl/I’])0.S'c
of nominating at fllember of Congress, and a
S/teriflf The Commntion will consist of dele-
gates from the several towns, equal to double
the number‘ of their Representatit-es in tile
Gcne7'o,l Assembly, and will assemble at Bar-
num’s Hotel, at one o’clock. P. III.

As the 1st M0n(ldy of February has been
desigitaterl for /iolding the primary meetings,
for the choice of Delegates to the State Con-
1:ention,itis respectfully "recommended that
delegates to the County Convention be also
chosen at that time.

ERASTUS STURGES,
HENRY RUGGLES,
ANDREW BULKLEY,
HENRY DUTTON,
JONATHAN D. WEEKS,
TIMO. T. MERWIN,
STEPHEN MIDDLEBROOK,
REUBEN BOOTH,
January '22, 1839.

namnttuog fimnog

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WHIG STATE CONVENTION.

The Whigs ofConnecticut will/told dState
Convention. at lllicldletown, on Wednesday,
the 13t/L (lay of February next, for the pur-
pose of nominating a. Governor, Lieutenant
GOU8i'7L07', T-red3u're7', Secretary, and Comp-
troller, and for transacting any other busi-
ness that may come before them. The Con-
vention willibe composed of delegates from
the several towns, equal to double the number
of their represeiitadioes in the General As-
sembly. T/te Town Committees in the (life?-
ent towns are requested to call meetings of
tlie W/rigs on l/LC lst lVIonzlay of Februamy,
being the 4th day, (or at some other concen-
ient time.) to elect delegates to said Conven-
tion; and it is particularly requested that
every town be fully 7'cpresentecl.

J5.i‘.i‘I§’.-.".‘i’2.‘£.E.§;2.., cm-z
MELVIN COPELAND, ’m"'”it“'

.Httrtforrl, Doc, .‘.';Ut/1, 1838.

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LiBEiuLI'rit-—Freedom of Speech and ‘ ’
0pinion.—An Abolitionist who reads us, inn? “ if;
the letter which he has written us, quite a, l_',';t.
lecture upon freedom of speech and opinion,
requests us to discontinue his paper, because -,-E, 
we happen to entertain the some views with V
himself in regard to the liberty of the press?‘-
He is so libe-rat, that he cannot ‘ countinance
in any person’ the sin of differing in opinion
from himself. His letter reminds us of the-
old definition of orthodoxy. ‘ Ortltorlozy is my
doxy—Hctcro«;loxy is another man's doxy.’ I

Of course at shall stop Ebenezer Dis-
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A DUN.—The delay of many of our sub-
scribers to liquidate the small amounts due to‘ ,
this office for papers and advertising, will; l
compel us to place our accounts in the hands
of D. S. Bartram for collection on the 1st of" '
March.

Co7‘rection.-——Two errors occtirrcd in the-
publication of the article on Town’s Spelling
Book, last week. After the words, ‘This ‘s.’
is the ])l(l.7L—-tlleft!(I.l'1t’)‘e of the book,’ insert, I ‘-
‘ These are’ ; and insert the word ‘ repe£re~d?,
in lieu of ‘separated’ in the last line of the
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PUBLIC LANDS.

The following candid article from the’
New-Yorker, deserves the attentive consider-
ation of every freeman of this State. The
graduation bill, as it is termed, found but one
opponent from Connecticut, (Mr. Haley,) in" ,
the House of Representatives. This bill
proposes to graduate the price of Public . .
Lands, or in other words, to rob the old
States for the benefit of the new. The bill a’
reported by the committee in the U. S. Senate,
proposes to reduce the price of7l,O00,000 of
acres from $1 25 to 75 cents peracre—a direct -
loss to the old states oftwo fifths of their in-
terest in the public domain. This is the‘
number of acres it will operate upon instant.
ly. The bill will (in addition) have a pro-.
spective operation upon 7;30,000,00l) ojncres,
which are \vitliout the limits of the new
States. The value of the public lands at, . "
$1 25 per acre is nine ltmulrnrl millions of ‘
dollars. The portion of this vast amount, I
which would fall to Connecticut upon an
equitable distribution, (according to Ila/try
Clay's bill,) would be I/tirly millions of (lol-
ltb7‘S. And Mr. Haley is the only man from -
this state who opposcsthc giving away ofthis
enormous sum due to this State, in order to
secure the vote ofthe new states for the re.
election of Martin Van Buren! The Rep-
resentative from Fairfield County, T/iomris
T. I/V/tittlescy, and all the rest of the Con
necticut Delegation but one, were cm"; 2.2? 
sacrifice I/eirly mill .....-~ «.- r - » i 
tn the tax-payers Of’ . ' - .--.§s;.'.;~
of pai'ty——a free-Wil ‘« _ ' f......u
ambition of the Executive! \Ve- can tell ‘
theso gentlemen who have thus voted to.
throw away the patrimony of the State
which their constituents sent them to repre.
sent, that it will cost them all the money
which they have thus most treat-heroiisly
sought to squ:indei', to re-elect [Item to the
station which tliey now hold. ‘

THE PUBLIC LANDS-—I’ot'i.cy of Gen .Iur:/rson
and Jlr. Clary.-—A.< the disposition of the Piililicx

Lands appears at the present moment the lead-
iug topic of national interest, we propose mpre-
sent our rcatlcrs with an outline oi the general
policy ofthe two great parties of the Republic-_
on this important question. The tlistiiit~tivo_
views of these opposite parties on the general
policy may be gathered from the reports of M r.
Clay in 1832 and 183-1; from the annual ines-
sage of General .la_t-kson in 1832, and the spe-
cial message of IS33 returning the Land Bill to
Congress with his olijc ctious. W'e ass-uuie that
these documents represent the broad general
doctrines of the two parties. notwithstanding
their views may diller in some respects froui
those of tlistinguishcd politicians and statesniet)
on either side.

The Public Lands of the United S ates are .-.
those within the limits defined by the Treaty of‘ '
Peace which terminated the Revolution, and
those acquired by the Treaty ccssions of Louis-
iana and the Floridas. The lands ofthe former
class came under the control of the General Go-.
vernment by positive cession from the States; '/V
and those of the latter class were purchased and
paid for out of the common Treasury of the
Union. It is the view of Mr. Clay that the Na-.
tional Domain is thus vested in the General Go—.
vernment as a species of trust property, to be
managed for the best common interest of the
States for which it is held in triist,and with strict
reference to the original termsof the trust. He
istherefore opposed to all measures which may
tend to sacrifice these lands at inadequate prices;
to cede them tothe Siatesin which they lie; grant
peculiar privileges to the residents of particular:
States; or to lend any facilities to speculators
who are squauing by proxy. or monopolizingtho
common property of the people by representa-
tive occupancy and frauduleutpre-emption.—z
These are the outlines ofthe policy of Mr. Clay.

In the various discussions which this subject has,
undergone for the last five years, and in the va-
rious shapes which it has assumed in Congress,,
Mr. Clay may have compromised or modified
some of its details, but its general features haste,-
been rigidly preserved. ‘ - g

The bill of Mr. Clay which passed Congress- -"
on the 2d of March, 1833, was framed, upon these -
general principles. It proposedto divide among
the States for the term of five years the pro.
ceeds of thisconimon property._, The provisicns
in this bill were in the highest degree liberal in
the new States, and just to all the States. It
provided, first. that after the 31st of December,
1832, there should be allow ed to each of; the
seven new States a grant of 12}, per cent. addi-
iional upon the proceeds of all the sales ofPublig _
Lands within their limits,_to be applied to some
object oflnternal Improvement. Secondly, the
residue of the net proceeds to-be divided among _ j ,
all the States according to their Federal r,ep.re- ,
sentation, to be applied to purposes of Education ,
or Internal Improvement. . -

The bill passec’ the Senate by a vote of to
20,and the House of Representative by. 8.vol9
tot‘ 96‘ to 40. The proportion of t_he net proceeds
of the Public Lands which each State would

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