and subversive of the principles and the prac-
tice ofthe government from its earliest history’
I forbear to mention a great number of other
couii:s in this bill of indictment." It is now
bein_r_>' trial before the people. The verdict
cannot be mistgken. God grant that this
party may he called upon in 1840, to say
why final judgment should not be pronounc-
ed iigiiiiist tiiem. ' Sir, their will be no ar-
re t of that jur.l_r:niei:t. No appeal. There
will be no stay of v.?I\’cC.llIlt)l]. I It will go forth
8'1.ll)9(’.‘(C(‘.tl"€~l by an expulsion from the
high pl:-lcr-,S\‘.'l1’i"ll you -lsigzracr-.
in.-.'.a...‘n.;-il‘vi Z€Kfl'i’V.‘$.
NINE DAYS LATER.
The steam ship Liverpool, arrived at N.
Y(,;-},- on the ?,L3[l) February, having sailed
f;om Liverpool on the 6-’.ll. _
The S‘_’t'OIl-l session of Parliament during
the l'ei;‘l1 of her 1ll’(.'St‘ll[ iiitijvsty, was opetwtt
on lllt’. Stli Feb. by 21 Sp;—‘C('l'l lI'Om ill‘-‘5 ll1|'“n€-
'l‘h-.2 Loritlon coi'r‘espondr-nt of the N. York
Express. thus eouiiiients upon it:
“The Quce:i’s speech is felt to be but mea-
gre :iu:l imsatisfictory; it is long, and _m:iuy
sulijects are toucued upon, but it ('.0lll:1ll'lS no-
filling‘ decisive; and it has been rumorenl that
niiiiisters, liiicliiizr themselves too weak and
dlS_jI!llil(".l to cope with tlic_ complicated and
\\'Cl;'[lll\' ui:~.tt»rs which the country impi_>r:i-
tivcl v ale-n inls l.) be discussed, expl lined, and
legisl.-ited on, have purposely compiled a
speech in which there is riotliingr,-xplicit,
lea ving the cliapt-.-r of accidents to tleteriiiiiie
them in the course they will pursue. In the
piss ige rel-.iti-.-e to the estirnates, the Queen
is iii.-ale to say, ‘I feel it my duty to recom-
mend that .-rile,-quate provision be made for the
e:c.5gc:7.t'l«:.9 of the public service. I fully re-
ly on your loy:i_lt_v and patriotism to innin-
tain the e licicucy of those establisliments
which are ess:-iitial to the strength and secu-
rity of the countrv.’ It is i:.iferret'l from this
tliittliere is an iritcntiori of increasing our
ii-:v.il and military force, more particularly
in In.ll’t anl Cainzida. \Vith respect to the
latt-gr, the advices have been so far favorable
bv the last two or three arrivals, that we feel
pretty eiiucli at our case, seeing that there
l].”t\':‘. b—_-e'-;i no fresh internal outbreal-:s, and
the preditory incursions from the Ameritwiri
siale. -altisougli so iii.-ignificd in the C.-madiari
])'1p‘3l‘S, we are disposed to look upon as mere
le.t‘l)DOl‘£1l‘\'t‘tll:l lo-c.;il outrages, UllCOl'lIlI.'Clt'(l
with anyisysteuizitic plan of rebellion, and
cert tirily iiiic.-nziected with any intention open
or s>.cr.;-t, on the p:trt of the yicojilc of the
Uiiirm, to iujzire or insult us. It is gct‘ierally
consitlert-tl that Sir John Colborne will be
left to m tintain -inrl enfo:‘cr: ti'.'-niquiliiy in the
Can l’l.t<; but it is f:-are-d that the stormy dis-
C=iS‘:~l.)iIS wliicli will arise when Lord Dur-
hzrn brings the uritter before P:ii'liaiiie.iit,
will cans-.-. some time to elapse before any
cal.ii and jirlicious ineasnres can be struck
out for i‘eiii~.-tlyiiig the alleged grievaiices,
heiling the dililiw-i'ices_ and securing the per-
inan-cnt repose and prosperity of those pro-
-vitices.”
Tlie Liverpool brings the important news
of (L r]i5s'ol»:l~l.l0rz. of I/re Franc/i. C/zambcr of
Depvrlics.
‘* ll wing found it impossible, after many
attempts, to torrn a. ministry which should
conform to his peculiar views, and yet corn-
uian-.l a riiajority in the Chamber of Deputies.
the King vi’ the. French has adopted the bold
step of dissolving the C'h:iinhers. This is
‘looked upon as a. rirost p0l'_Y.(:l',1i.0l1S measure,
resembling in some respects the famous
“co:/.p (l’clol” of Charles X, in 1830, and
(Linger is predicted to the peace ofthe coun-
try and even to the monarchy, should the
French king obstirizitely persist in his course
in opposition to the wi:l of the Cliambers,”
The further trial in the Court of Q.ueen’s
Bench. of the liabc-as corpus in hclialfofthe
Cariadian insurgents, is postponetl to the 15th.
The Corn Laws continue to bethe univer-
sal topic of newspaper, and public meeting
discussion. The attention of the whole
King-lom is engrossed by them; and there
can be little doubt a niajoiiry of the People
desire a mod iication. The Grain mark et has
fallen off, which will prob:-.l.ily put a stop to
the exportation from this country.
Ire."anrl is full of :1g’ll21llOl1_, sedition, vio-
‘ll rice and niuriier. Several daringcutrages
‘have been recently committed, and many
Protestant families are about leaving it for
some safe residence.
The tlillictiiai-cs between Hellgand and Bel-
gium still excite uneasiness .on the .Ci,-mi.
item, but the accession of l~‘i'-atice to the _ternis
of accommodation proposed by the despotic
powers, ha-:.l rendered the threats of iesistatice
from Belgitim, ridiculous. ‘-Fi'z1tite Vt as
pusning large bodies oftroops to the frontier‘.
Sp:tt'27. otlers nothing of interest. The
Queen Re.-gciit do= s not seem alarmed bv her
reverses, but .s keeping up the carnivaliwith ,
great spirit and gaiety.
.1/l.:,lltI.-.—--B_§-'ll1C arrival of the Bra.g:L2z.:a
steamer, from Cadiz, and Gibraltar on Sun-
day last, which conveys an Indian mail to
England, we learn that the Burmese govern
merit haul deciarzd war against the _British
possessions in India, and that it was probable
N©RMWALK GAZETTED
“oo:\"'r GIVE UP THE SHIP-”
W"lCD~.\"Et'iDAY. IVIARCH 6. 1839.
write. THCKET.
State Election First Monday in April.
For Governor,
IVILLIAIU W. ELLS I-‘VCR TH.
For Lieut. G0\'errior,
C1'1’.-"1E~ZLEiS' IIA IVLEY.
For T reasii re r,
IIR.-1.-ll RIDER.
- For Secretary,
ROYAL R. IIINIIIAN.
For Comptroller,
IIENR Y KILBOURN.
FUR »‘9’§*I.‘9A'l‘0I-IS.
lst Dist. J-itlius S. Barnes, of Snu.th2'ngton.
3zl Ilimm Roberts, ofB"oomfi-old.
51/L Erlwarzl Himnmt, of Siiul/Lblbfy.
6!}; Joel Ttttllc, of Gitilforrl.
I2//2 T/lomrzs 8. Butler, of Norwalk.
l-'ll.— Job lVilli.'1.72t¢, of Pomfrct.
FOR BIPTNIBERS (IF CONGRESS.
lst Dist. .}'o.<a;.ilr Trit-mbull, of I1(bI‘lf!77‘d-
2./‘l Wm. L. Slorrx, ofMicl(llelown.
t3:§='This number completes the second
year of the present editor's connection with
the Gazette. I-Ve have neither time, space,
or inclination, to follow the example of some
of our cotemporaries upon similar occasions,
and occupy a column in thanking the public
for favors which we have never received, or
npbraidiiig it with ingratitude and neglect
which we have never experienced. Suffice
it to say, that if that portion of the. commu-
nity on whom the Gazette is dependent for its
support, choose to sustain it under its present
editorialdirection, we shall know it; and will
spare no exertions to render the paper wor-
thy ofa more liberal and extended patronage.
To our ll-ll'L'¢?7'flSl7l.g' f7't'cn.(l.c, we have :i
word to sa_v—and that is: W'c are deter-
mined from this time, henceforth, rigidly to
adhere to our publis/zed terms, which are,
‘f yearly advertisers, one square, $10 per anii.”
Those whose advertisements occupy a greater
space in our columns, will be charged in
proportion, unless ct .rpcci¢z.l agrecmcnt is
made respecting them. The privilege of
yearly advertisers is also limited to their own
immediate business ; and all exlm advertise-
ments will bc charged at the usual rates.‘-
\Ve are compelled to adopt this course, in
justice to those ofour yearly advertisers who
kt-eptlir-ir advertiscm-rnts within the pre-
S(‘.l‘lbCCl limits. If euc-._l1 one of them 3IlUU‘lk.l
occupy the same space which some of them
have been permitted to do, our subscribers
would have nothing but advertisements to
read; and tlie.’circulation of the Gazette
would, consequently, be so much curtailed,
that it would be worth butlittle as :1 vehicle
for advertising. Thus the interests of adver-
tisers concur with the wishes of a great ma-
jority of our subscribers in demanding :1 "re-
form” in this matter.
:13?’ Charles W. Curtiss, Esq., of New-
Havcn, has been nominated by the VVhigs
and Conservativrs of that County as their
candidate for Sheriff.
.W'e think the annals of Prisons will hard-I
ly lurnish a parallel to the following facts,
for which we are indebted to a correspond-
ent:
About the year 1820, James Osborne, of
Sherman, in this County, was convicted upon
charge for assault and battery, and sen-
tenced to pay a small fine and cost. The
precise amount of the whole, we do not now
recollect, but it was quite inconsiderable.—--
The amount not being paid,—he was commit-
ted to-the jail in Danbury, where he remain-
ed eiglttcc_n'3/ears. As the law has stood
during that period, he could be discharged
from his iiiipitisoiiineiit, only, upon either
paying the fine. and cost. or giving his note
n
0:‘.
the Nepaulese would join the former. In
COll'e8(]llL‘l'lC€ of these hostilities it was con-l
jectured that the over-land communicatioii tor
In lia would be for a time intverrupted, owingl
to the s!.e;t:iiboats being rt-qiiiretl for the con-’
vi.-ytinco of troops. The R/iaalainu./it/iz/.5"
tv.-ti’-st-:=..inier left ;‘.lalta for i‘rlarscilles witlii
dC;).‘tlCllCS for England l.‘?:0z‘l.“l‘::l]C(.f, ziiiziotim-.l
ipgtliis qsveiit, iminediately after it was known :
t1ere.—— ‘rm.
CE” At the present day every .Ieffersonian
Republican in the land—no matter iflie has
been as true to Democratic principles as the
needle to the pole--if he does not wheel at
the word ofcommand. and follow his leader
into the bogs and quagriiircs of Loco Poco-
ism, he instantly 'oc.comes a_Fc.'lcml.is.l .’ This
is a state ofthings 'nrou§_glit about by tliedeni:i-
go-gueism of the present adininistration, al-
though it is susceptible ofproof lllill.-‘tilt’. most
bitter and unreleriting Fctlemlisls ofthe late
war are in.tlie ranks of that party:-—.Patri0t
anl .D,”/)L0(I)‘(I«l.
Voice of the .Peopla.—-“ This Convention
(the VVhig State Convention) met at Middle-
town on VVednes-day last. The present Stan.-
Officers were renominated. T/L‘lS is right.”
-—-New-Ifcu-e.-t Iirzgislcr of Feb. 16.
Eclzo.-—-“ The VVhigs held their State Con-
vention at Middletown last Wednesday, and
nominated the present incumbents. So far,
lll]Ol'll._V to release him.
for the amount.
fused to do.
This he ever steadily re-
Tlic Judges of the County
Court, the Sheriffs and Statt-.’s Attornics have
all eiideavored to get rid of him, and to per.
suade l'll!l1_ZOC_)-I€’ClllC the note, for without the
note, neither one nor all of them had any au.
But all has-been in
vain, and he has remained a tenant _of_the
prison.
During the session of the Legislature in
May last, a representation of these facts was
mzideto that body, and a resolution passed
ordering him to be forthwith released, un-
conditionally. Even then, he refused to leave
tlicjziil, and was forcibly lurnerl out! He
returned to his native place; but his friends
and acquaintances, with only a few excep-
tions, liad disappeared Some had removed,
and others were no longer among the living;
and he found their places occupied by another
generation of men. He was a stranger in
the land of his fathers, and sighed for his
former habitation within the walls of the
Prison. He wandered about for a few months,
and in October last returned to the jail in
Danbury and sought admission. The jailer
,5.-o good.”-——Brz'dgeportFarmer, Feb. 20.
received him. and the,3.;e:h9,notv is, occupy-
‘ Be tl crew-so humble. t/zerc's noplace like Home ." -
the keeper two dollars per week for his en-
iertainment!
THE LOCOS COMII/lG UP TO THE SCRATCH!
Some ofour friends, we fear, are inflicting :1
deep injury upon the Whig cause, by indulg-
ing and a.cti'n.g upon the idea, that the Loco-
Focos are so completely used up, that they
will hardly show fight at the ensuing elec-
tion, and consequently, that the 'VVliigs omit
/Lclp defeating them. Let us say to all those
who are reposing in this fancied security, that
our greatest danger lies‘ in ov.e7'mt.’ng our
strength, and relaxing our exertions. The
enemy, ever vigilant, has now become despe-
rate. Maddened at the thodght of losing the
spoils of victory, they have staked their all
upon the hazard. They are nervedyby the
energy of despair; and will regard neither
law, reason or moral principle igthéir furi-
ous efforts to retrieve their fallen fortunes._
Let us not, then, deceive ourselves with the
dclusive idea, that we are about to enter upon
a light struggle, which cannot fail to result
in an easy victory! To convince our friends
that the enemy is neither dead, or asleep, we
copy the following article from the Hartford
Courant. And we call upon the VVhigs to
rally in their strength and counteract the
desperate efforts of the Loco-Focos. " lVe
can do it if we will. If we meet them with
united ranks, with firmness and correspond-1
ing activity, the day is our own—the.-cause
of the People and of the Country is tri-
umpliantl 2
ram: rm; iurtrroim COURANT.
Loco-Foco Plan of opemtions—Importanl
Disclo.sz1.re.——"We invite the attention of eve-
ry \’Vhig in Connecticutto the following cir-
cular, which has lately fallen into our hands.
It was probably lost by -some careless Loco-
Foco.
[coivrinziv'riA;.]
Nonwicn, December 26th, 1838.
S1r.—-I-laving been appointed, by the De-
mocratic State Convention recently held at
Hartford, “ the Corresponding County Com-
rnittee,” for the county of New London, we
would respectfully urge upon you. as the
Town Conimittce, that you commence in
your town an organization without delay;
by appointing one or more faithful and intel-
ligv.-tit persons asa committee in each School
District, whose duty it shall be to take the
name of every freeman in each district, with
his political character, and report to you the
result.
It is very important that you have» every
School District thoroughly canvas§ed, and
be able to report to “the Corresponding
County Committees,” on or before the first
VVednesday in February, the number of de-
mocratic voters—of federal voters——and the
voters of doubtful politics; inasinuch as we
meet on the second \Veduesday of February,
for the purpose of melting out. a sttiteim-nt of
the condition of every town in the to
.’ui\\'21l‘(l to the State Uentrul Corn“-3.
We would also advise that you in
Committees from the scveral_School Di ~iricts,
to consult together and aid in perfecting the
list, at least, as often as once a week, until
your final report is rnadc to us.
Distributed, as the duty will be, among se-
veral thousands in tluis Sl.Ilt(‘,‘(’8C.l1 and all
must unite in the execution of the proposed
organization, and every individual intrusted
must feel that on him depends the result.
In the confidence that you Wlil be vigilant
in the great contest, and asking at all times
such suggestions and advice as you may
please to bestow, we are,
Your obedient servants,
BELTON A. Corr,
ERASTUS C011‘,
ALEXANDER STEWART,
Per. G S. GII.BERT, Secretary,
To whom you will please direct all coni-
munications.
Can any man read the above without be-
ing satisfied that the Loco-Focos are making
every exertion, and using all the means, to
which desperate men in desperate circum-
stances can resort. Every school-house in
the State is thus to be made the head-quarters
of Loco-Focoism, and the work of “whip-
ping in” is distributed among “several thou-
sands in the State.” This “confidential” cir-
cular has been sent into every town, and it
discloses the plan of operations adopted by
the Niles party, by which it is hoped to re-
volutionize the State. VVe have only to say
in reference to it, let the lVhigs meet them
on their own ground——let them organize in
every town, district and neighborlood, and
with half the exertions which are makin ; by
the Loco-Focos, they will carry the State by
an immense majority.
BUT LET .\*o'r THE VVi-nos mzsr IN’ rm.’-
CIED SECURITY. The coming contest zvill
exceed in bitterness, and in the use ofde.‘>'pe-
rate means on the part of the Loco-Focos, any
election which we have ever yet witnessed.
The nomination of Mr. Niles has discour-
aged many of his party, but their despair
will not cause them to forcgo their usual
efforts. They will betlie rather strengthen-
‘rt. 31,!-
Corresponding
County Com.
ed by desperation, and we shall find them
every where figlzllng at bay. \Vli-at then
will the Whigs do? \Ve know they are
already active and vigilant-—but their pre-
sent activity and vigilance ii stupor--is
death, compared to..th,e zeal which they must
and will manifest. life know their spirit,
and we are satisfied that at such a crisis T_HEY
CANNOT sL;E1?.
E’ The Loco-Focos of this Senatorial
District, (the 12th,) have nominated Mr. Sam-
uel Raymond, as their candidate for Senator.
Weliave reason to believe that Mr. Raymond"
ing one of the cells of that jail, and paying _
rub I”
If it is true, as we hear, that he has been for
some weeks past attempting to undermine
Mr. VVhittlesey’s popularity among his Loco-.
Foco friends, he doubtless had an object in
view ; and it may be that object was, to get
himself nominated for Member of Congress.
And then, if he could only be elected, why he
might be able to give the good people of
New-Canaan a new post-master!
JIIUCIL ado about nol}n'ng.——'I‘.lie editor of
the Stamford Sentinel must have read our re-
marks on the nomination of Messrs. Osborne
and‘, Ferry, through a pair of horn specta-
cles, or he would not have been “at a loss to
determinb?’ what our views we-rein regard to
the matter. 'We do not know how we could
have expressed our opinion more undisguis-
edfy than. we did, when we spoke of these
gentlemen as two of our very best. and most
popular men; and concluded our remarks by
saying, that ifthe Whig Convention should
make the some nominations, there would
not be enough of_ Loco-Focoism, in this
County, left for seed. If we must be more
explicit in order to be understood by the
editor ofthe Sentinel, (for we presume that
no oné else misunderstood us,) we will re-
peat what we said before, that we believe
them to be “the very men whom the Whigs
would have nominated, had their Convention
been held ftrst”—and we will add a word
more, and t_h:xt is, that the Vlihigs will not
abctn./.lon. their favorite candidates, because the
Coiiservlitives very ad roitly anticipotcdthem
in, their, nomination. But whatever may be
thought of the propriety and courtesy of this
movement on the part of the Conservatives,
we agree, that ‘t if ever these gentlemen were
in the confidence of the=f’Whig party, their no
mination by the Conservatives ought not to
weaken that confidence.” It certainly is no
fault of these gentlemen that the Conserva-
tives -“ have thought proper to supportthein.”
Do you “understand” now, Mr. Holly?
___._.:._
;j;_'$=- \Ve learn that some of the Loco-Foco
delegates to the District Convention, were ve-
ry much dissatisfied with lVIr. Raymond's
nomination; and did not hesitate to express
their conviction that he could not possibly be
elected. VVe won’t tell which one of them it
was who said, that “Sam R-.iymond’s nomina-
tion was enough to d—n the whole Loti-
Foco ticket in this County.”
\/Ve will say, however, that they had better
be pretty careful how they handle him—for
he is a very slippery fellow. They must
elect him, by all means, ifthey mean to keep
him!
“ lVill the-. ‘Whigs tell us the present state
ofthe New England \_V'dl§1‘—p0\V',3F.”f"B"iflgC‘
purl Former.
\Ve Cannot aponlé For the. whole of New
' England, but we believe that small nortinn
of it called Connecticut can get along very
well for the year to come, without the Nile’:
inundation. That turbid concern has already
flooded the State. with its putrid scum, in the
shape of speeches delivered in the U. S. Se-
nate—-—and instead of fertilizing the soil over
which'it has been spread, it has proved like
the plague of the frogs and the lice to Egypt,
a curse to the people.
.__..._—_.
:13? VVe have the pleasure of again ac-
knowledging our indebtedness to Hon. T. T.
l-Vliittlesey, for sundry valuable public docu-
ments.
9:? At ;t met.-ting of the \Vhig Delegates
of the 12th Senatorial District, held at Dari-
en on the 27th iilt., at the house of Albert
Seel_ev, the meeting was ‘called to order ‘by
John Bell. .Ir.,and was organized by appoint-
ing Thouias A. Mead, ,C'n,airman, and L. M.
Stevens, Secretary. _ .
The Convention after receiving the cre-
dentials of the delegates proceeded to ballot
fora candidate for Senator, when
THORIAS B. FEUTLER,
of Norwalk, received the unaniinoiis vote of
the Convention. 'VVliereupon it was unani-
mously
Resolved, That Thomas B. Butler be re-
commended to the frcemen of the 12th Sena-
torial Ifiglistrict, 8: a suitablle caqdiclate tq r%p-
resentt em int c next .ieI*is attire 0 t 18
State. 3 g _ ’
Resolved, That the doings of t;his-C0nven-
tion be published in the] N0IL‘]\}’all{ Elazette
and Democratic Sentinc . A journe
-Tiio’s A. Mean, Cltairinan.
L. M. Stevens. Sec’y.
Q
‘,3? We learn from the Patriot and Demo-
crat, that the Loco-Foco State Convention
were excessively bothered by the extreme
modesty of their favorite candidates. Their
strongest and most popular men, one by one,
declined being their candidate for Governor.
lllr. Beers would not stand, because it would
be too much of a sacrifice. Mr. Inge-rsoll
would not, because there was no chance of
being elected; and Mr. Ingham would not,
because he had rather stand his hand upon
the Congressional Ticket. The choice was
then narrowed down to “ the gentleman from
I-Iampton”'and Mr. Niles. Now came the
tug of war. But the friends of Rolationiin
Ofllcc, prevailed and the lot fell upon the de-
funct Senator. It was hard work to nomi-
nate him, but to elect hirn—-“ ay, there’: the
“ The spirit [of Loco-Focoism] is onward
and abroad.”—Ha.rtford Times.
We are glad to learn that it is " abroad,”
and not at home. It is fast progressing "on-
War;cl”_;t,o l‘ll39.ll98\'l of Salt River navigation.
_.-_.....—-...a-.-.._-,. .._. -r..—-.—_...—-o—--o~—~.—_ ..
H3’ The Patriot and Democrat, speaking
of the Convention which nominated John M.
Niles for Governor, says:
“ One feature of this Convention was of a
most. extraordinary character. Professing
10 be gm'em_ed by democrvatie principles and
usages. they closed their doors upon the p.e0-.
ple and did their work in the dark!”
We have read of men before, who loved
darkness rather than light; and the reason
was, because their deeds were evil. "For
every one that docth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light. lest his deeds
s/could be reproved.”
The Difle rence.—-Every town in this Coun-
ty, but one, was represented in the VVhig
State Convention. Less than one-lzalf of the
towns in this County were represented at the
Loco-Foco State Convention.
“Let the great oalcs be felled, that the
sprouts may grow."-—,;'I*lie modest author
of this self-sacrificing sentiment, is now
the Loco-Foco candidate for State Senator
from this District. At the time he utter-
ed the above sentence, he was declining the
honor of being considered a candidate for
Representative, and urging-the noinination of
some “sprout” of_ Loco-Foco democracy.
But now the “ grearoak” is himself a candi-
date. And we can assure him that the axe
is already laid at the root of the tree—the
"great oak” will be felled on the lst Monday
of April next, and so great will be the fall
thereof, that there will not be enough of it
left for a tool/t-pick.’
The Investigating Committee have report-
ed; and a synopsis of their report has been
published, which will fill one page of the
Gazette. This synopsis furnishes an abstract
of the details of their labors, and presents
the progress and results of them in the sim-
plest form. The facts connected with the de-
falcations investigated by the committee,
which are deemed material to develop their
true character are very concisely stated, to-
gether with the conclusions ofthe Committee
thereupon. ‘We shall publlish this Abstract
of the Report next week.
Smiley’: Encyclopedia of Geograp/'ty.——
This beautiful and interesting little work,
intended for the use of families anl schools,
presents the study of Geography in a new
and very attractive form. It is illustrated
by numerous engravings representing the
works of nature and of art, which will make
its study by the young pupil both pleasant
and instructive. It is accompanied, too, by it
new and beautiful Atlas, which is altogether
superior to any other work of the kind that
has fallen under our notice. It has already
been introduced into many of the first school:
in the country, and has received theapproha-
tion of many eminent teachers. For sale b_v
In-kn 5 “land
53* ‘V9 commend the following extract
from the Madisonian, to all the p:ttr_i_otic lov-
ers ofour country and her free institutions,
to all who prefer the welfare of Rome. tothe
glory of Caesar. Its appeal ispr-culiarlyap-
propriate to the freeman of this State at the
present most interesting period “ thin
gauze,” in the language of an able cotemora-
ry, “ which now covers the destructive and
deinoralizing policy of the Loco-Foco, Fede-
ral party, ,is green through by all eyes, and
every day furnishes fresh evidence that pure
Republicanism is soon to overthrow the last
refuge of Van Buren heresics." Let imion
of seztlintcitl be but followetl by concert ofac_-
tion, and our beloved country is soon redeem-
ed, rcgcneratid and disenthralled, from the
degraded and debasing political slavery into
which such miscreants as Martin You Buren,
John M. Niles & Co. have sold her.
" We humbly and sincerely a(lmOl’lrlSl‘l all
who are opposed to the present misrule, that
harmony, union, and cordial cgnp,era_iion
should be seriously inculcated and observed,
or we shall utterly fail o_f attainigg the com-
mon object, for which patriotism cries aloud.
The interests of the coun_try,,tl'i,e wants of the
people, demand that we should look ,to the
prescnt and the future, not to the past-ahead,
not behind. VVe should sacrifice every thing
for the cause, nothing for men. Bring such
laborers into the field, as are capable of ren-
dering the Republic the most efficient ser-
vice. Cast every selfish, per_s0D_a_l prejudice
or predilection ipto the sa,crif_i_c.ia_l flame; and
uniting every where with one_se_r_itiinent, one
objcct,'and as one man, come in one firm, so-
lid and indivisible phalanx to the rescue ofthe
publicliberty. lffithout this concert of pat
riotic actiop,’ we might as well lay down our
virtual despotism for ha_ll a century to come.”
The North Eastern Boundary/.——\Ve have
not seen a more correct and concise history
of this question, which now tlireatens to em-
broil .us in a war with Great Britian, than is
contained in the following letter from Major
Downing:
To the Editors of the New York ,Ezprc5s—
the same paper my old friend Dwight print-
ed a spell ago.
WAsmNo'ro.~'. 25 Feb. 1839.
Mr. Editors, Itell’d you in my last that I
would say something in my next Letter about
matters Down East. A short horse is soon
curried—and as this matter is in a nut shell.
l‘ll crack it for you after my fashion—and
then ifyou dont understand it, you may look
at the maps and ‘read over Treaties, letters and
reports about it, and see if you can get any
more light. V
This ' Disputed Territory,’ they talk about.
is a considerable of a streak of Land kiver’d
the most on’t with everlasting big Trees,
‘ ofdutv mi t...= ; '-
arnis, give up the fight, and tarnely submit to al
where our folk go a logging. We say it is
our Land, and England say: it ain’t—the
question is, who is right‘! We say we claim
by a Treaty made in 1783, and England says
that she agreess to the same treaty. Now
that Treaty marks the line as clear as a whis-
tle—_-it says north to the “ high lands” that
divide the waters running’ one way and the
V’Vest and South ‘Vest back to another pint.
Vile then go North to that pint where the
waters run as the Treaty says, that is where
the streams on one side run to the St. Law-
rence River, and where they run down to
the Bay of Fundy on totlier side, and there
we stop. But England says there aint no
high lanrls there at any rate, that there is
/rig/ier lanrl further South where we ought
to stop—..—-but at these liig/wr lands—there is
no stream running into the St. Lawrence,
for the str-eams all run South there. life say
the treaty donrsay “ limo high” the lands are;
but to the “ high l'a.-ntls” that divide the streams
running North and South—-t/mt is t/re pin!
—-and that Land can’t be low laml, fdr then
the ‘V“l_9TS ‘_V0ul_dn’t run nary way. And be-
Sldes this there is_ another explanation in the
Same treaty that marks out the spot we claim
to, as trite as a line; and if anv l‘m‘tl]i’3 farm
was mark’d olfby a (leed—like this-:—any
Court in creation would give it to him.-—
Now the hull nub ofthe business is this,
England finds that if we claim by the old
Treaty, we cut offall her roads between New
Brunswick to Canada, and in winter time
when the River St. Lawrence is frozen up,
there is no sending across lots—from Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick to Quebec, or
10)’ pf1Tl0f Canada. A few years back it
was agreed to leave the matter to some old
king—(a Dutchman, I believe)—to say
where these high lands was. He consider--
ed a spell, and seeing no doubt what his
brother king’: notion was, he fix’d on a line
north Where there warn‘t no high lands atiaill,
but jist far enufnorth to allow this Passage
across——jist as tho’ the Treaty said, " the
North Pint shant be so far north as to cut off
this Passage way.” Now here the matter
rested-——all we ask is, to go by the Treaty,
and now that our follcs have got riled up
about it, and know what the Treaty is, thev’ll
make a spoon or spile a horn——and I don:
see any other way of settling oi:’t. lf Eng.
land sends troops tlicre-, it will be a "ilisputi-r,i
'l‘i».rritor_v,” for I would list about as soo . tin‘;-,';
of going down in a W'olf Cave to so.-ix out
the wolves with bread and l)lI'.lt*T as 'atteinr—t
to drive out them loner :ir.i.’d-lizard fi 'lI .,l.tv-om}.
choppers from the forrsta where ll)r'\' linow
they have got Law on tlicirside. “Te found
it pretty tiif work to rout out the S:-niiitole;
Down Soiitli—-—luit that is cream and cu,~,mr,}9
to routing out the Down .l-Iwsters, if llwv gig
their dander up. They are ainaziiig ‘civil
folks if you dont attempt to drive or srrougv
‘em, and eoiisi.lr~mble liberal in a burg.-iih
, too, if vou dont try to pull eye teeth—for flit-p
it would be dog cat dog. Now ldont see
only one way of settling this inatter, or at any
rate quieting on‘t for a spt-ll—for there is no_
other way SL'fffl)I.‘LT on’! but by the 'l’reat_v or
something worse; but I go for (;uiclin_.'r or:’I.
Etirzlanrl, i suppose, dont care how long it re-
our folks dont nathcr, provided they aint los-
ers by it.
Now for
lpo rI]ICI'1V.-I»: -,- _-. ; ~ .-,_.-,
Territoryl , , ;v5._W'_ j. _.,
Q
--1-A
-<
cuts it———there is enufon"t for all creatioii
cut till the Q_!lt'Cl1 acts to be a §2’l'flll(llTl0l.ll{\r..
and by that tiine folks will be chopping orb;
we dont care niiich about that. for it is about
as likely that as niniiv f|‘li\'S will in time go
one way as totlier, and so long 11.‘?,ll1t‘v dent
trouble us or likely to troubln as iv} _wor;t
complain. Vlr'c like to are folks moving, as-
pccirilly in the way of Trml.-_ it km-pg mat.
ters brisk and spry, and as for sogt-ring, ex-
cept 4th .liil_v or some such (lay, in ten years
from this time folks will be ashmno-d on-’t.
Now my advice is to our foldks to keen
cool, and make no stir about the my ‘er till
they git orders from VV'ashinrgton. The Gin-
cral (_iOV’t‘Fnlnt‘nl air.t asler-p about ll.-—.'lll are
wide n\vakc——Conaress will put the matter
as strait as a pine log, and Englanzl will
scetlic advantage-of doing rit:rht—but iftlicso
Governors on both sides, for the sake of ii.
flourish, lead their folks into hot blood, they
may find tnev have begun to carve the meat
b.--fore it is cook’d and have a poor dinner
on’t. This is an everlasting Cnuntrv in 3
real fight, when all take hold-—.then “'6; shall
be sure to rnalre clean work and to git with:
we fight for. But ifany part on’t undert.-ikesf
a fight nforc the other part knows what the
quarrel is about it maymakea muss an dirty
wor-k only. '
-There is always too eends to a stick——wo
have in this matter got hold ofthe clean eend,
and let us keep it and not in a hurrv or im-
timely scuffle change eends. and perhaps hold
the nasty one. and that’s all for the prise:-nt-.
From your friend, J. DOWNING, Major.
Downingville Militia, 2d Brigade.
Cn!\'GRESS_.
The Frontier lVm-.--TheiPr:-sidcntcom-
municated to Congress, on the 26th ult., a
Message upon the subject of the Maine bor-
der difiiculties. We havecompiled from the
VVashing.ton correspondence of the N. Y.
Express, the following abstract of the Mesa
sage--and the action of Congress upon’_i_t-—-
which, in .connection with Major Downing’:
letter, will give our readers all the par_ti_c_ti_-
lars which are requisite to a correct under-
standing of the whole affair. 1
The Preside-nt’s Message, letters of the
British Minister, Mr. Fox, letters of Mr. For-
syth, the Secretary of State, and all t-he cor-
respondence between Maine and New Bruns-
wick, and the General Government arid
Congress, commented upon and referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. .Thego
documents all contain matter of great im-
portance. The President’s Message,'which
all in all, is rather non-committal, excuses
Maine for the adoption of the resolveto drive
the tresspassers from the Aroostook. The
President’s Message also says thajthe Go-
vernor of Maine has been requested to dis-
hand the troops ordered. It says also, .tl'iat
should Sir John Harvey persevere in his
claim of exclusive jurisdiction over pita
waters running another way, and then away ‘
mains a D£sput'c:l lcritorg/—-an:l lsuppone-, -
er mnttcrs——an:l as regards a P.-issasze across
Maine, have been read inthe two Houses of -
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