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which its intemperance has engendered. Partyftrenchments. The Egyptians made a feign-
spirit entrenches the soul. and tbrtifies both head ,’ ed retreat; and the Seraskietj, Hafiz Pacha.
and heart, against reason. and moral influence. V
:'I‘hat society is also endangering the peace and
union "of the churches in the U- SINGS» by D18 "
ing a participation in. tlteir excesses, practically
it‘ not in form. a term of communion.
there seems to be no interest of primary it/npor-
tance in our country. political orreligious, which
is not put in jeopardy by the honest men who are -
embarked in this . benevolent, but unwise and
disastrous ettterprise, as it is nowicontlucted. I
~ respect their motives while Ideplore their/crtors.
‘ Humanity, patriotism and piety long to seetheir
ultimate end accotrtplishctl, but weep over the
desolation which marks theié course. H
Your society. gentlemen. embraces many
whose names I venerate. and not a few of my
personal and highly respected friends. As you
requested my sentiments. Icould do no less than
giveqthem with plainnes and sincerity. I trust,
although I cannot hope for your cottcurrence,
that you will do the same justice to my motives
whichl have done to yours. If tny views of
can do no good to the slaves or to the country.
‘unless they advise to an abandonment of the cr-
sent out a strong division of cavalry. The
first‘ corps it came up with, composed of Be-
Idoutns, dispersed according to. the order they
that the Egy
formidable redoubts constructed by Prussian
officers, front which great advantage was an-
‘ticiplated. In order to draw the Turks still
fart erfrom their entrcnchments, Ibrahim
and Solitnan continued to retire for two
hours, hastening to gain a field of battle
which the superi_orjudgtncnt of Selves had
previously selected as one of the most favor-
able. ' o
On reaching this grbttnd, the Egyptian
army suddenly laced right about, and avail-
ing itself of the nature of the position, fot'm-
ed into compact masses, the infantry in the
centre, the cavalry and light artillery in each
wing, and made vigorious charges on the
'l‘urks, who were astounded by this sudden
attack. The ranks of the latter were soon
thrown into disorder. The Seraskicr, h_o_w-
cvcr, rode up to the front, and, by his valor
and the bravery of the corps around him,
remedied for a time his false step. His
heavy artillery, unfortunately for him, could
tors which have hitherto characterized the not come up. and the light guns of the
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Anti-Slavery Society.
I am, gentlemen. with great respect. your obe-
dientservant, ROGER M. SHERMAN.
Rev. Joshua Leavitt and H. B. Stanton.
From the N. Y. Qbserucr, of the 24th inst.
FOR EIGN 0
By the arrival of the steamer Liverpool
on Monday. English papers have been re-
ceived to Aug. 1st. The intelligence is of
unusual interest.
The Turkish army in Syria, (93,000
strong.) was signally and completely defeat-
ed on the 24th of June. in. a battle fought at
Nezib. on the Euphrates. beyond Aleppo. by
the Egyptians under command of Ibrahiut,
son of Mehemet Ali. The Turkish fleet,
(32 sail.) had also been treacherously deliv-
ered into the hands of the Egyptians.
The Sultan of Turkey died at Constanti-
nople on the 28th of June, aged 56, having
reigned 31 years. This event having been
announced at the moment of the arrival of
the news of the signal and overwhelming
defeat of the Turks in their contest with the
Egyptians. both on land and on the sea, ex-
citeda great ferment at Constantinople. It
was thought b some that Mehemet Ali
might be invite to the throne of Turkey.
Egyptians. directed by Europearr officers
and seconded by well timed charges of caval
ry, threw his ranks into disorder. His
wings were at the same. time too extended ;
and l.-is troops excited by the ardor of pursuit,
had not preserved any regula_r order to bat-
tle; they could make scarcely any resist-
.tnce ; and at this period some corps of
Arabs, wlticlt Ibrahim in «his retro.-at had left
in ambush. on the right and left, fell upon the
'I‘urkish rear. and thus completely put the
Ottoman troops to the rout.
The disorder became so great that the
Turkish soldiers threw away their arms,
and fled in the utmost confusion. Part of
the troops endeavored to gain the entrench-
ed camp, while others tnade for the most
fordable points ofthe Euphrates. It appears
that a large portion of the fugitives succeed-
ed in escaping, and that the massacre was not
so great as might have been expected. But
the camp, artillery, baggage, and even the
muskets of the Turkish army fell into the
hands of the Egyptians. The Seraskier, car-
ried away in the general rout, crossed the
Euphrates. His horse, wounded by a. ball in
the shoultler, fell from loss of blood in the
middle of the river, and would have been
carried away, -with his rider, when a young
Albanian, on a small Epirote horse, seized
F,-0.9, England we learn ,.th\L_,-e had been the Seraskier by the rrtiddle, and contrived to
formidable riot at Birmingham by the C
tists, and an attempt to burn the city. 'I 'é’
police and soldiers had succeeded in suppress-
ing it, but more mobs were anticipated at
Birmingham, and an attempt was made to
get up one at Newcastle upon Tyne, which,
however, was promptly suppressed. Lord
John Russell had issued a proclamation‘ of-
fering 200l. reward for the apprehension and
"conviction of the leaders in the riot at Bir-
mingham. but without He had al-
_so.ob,am(ed [mm Ppalqiamem an im.,.ea_$e ,0 sailed in the Van Buren paper-5.
tthearmy of 5,000 men, and 1! sum of 10.0001.
to establish a police force in Birmingham.
The commercial intelligence from Eng-
land is of a mixed character. In the cotton
market a very decided improvement had tak-I
en place. The sales had been unusually
large with an advance of more than half a
penny. In the London money market there
had not been much alteration. The specie
in the Bank otfEng‘land had been reduced to
three millions, and specie was still flowing
out of the country. Attempts had been made
to borrow several millions frotn the Bank of
France and from the capitalists of Paris, but,
it is said, without success. Apprehensions
were entertained of a failure of the crops,
which would increase the specie drain, and
it was feared, compel a suspension of specie
payment. ’ ‘
Fears were entertained of a =fa.ilu.rc of the
corn crop in England and France.
,Ministers had carried the bill for the urti-
form rate of postage to a penny by 59 tnajo-
rity. Lord John Russell had disagreed to
the long petition of the Chartists at great
length. arguing calmly and in order every
one of their grievances.
The news of the sudden and overwhelm-
ing defeat of the Turks by the Egyptians,
exoifed aSt0uisht‘.1e.ttt,in .Eug!a,rtd and France;
especially in - contemplation of :the magni-
tude of the consequences involved -in it,,not
onl to the parties immediately interested. but
tot e whole of Europe, and even of large
portions of Asia and Africa.
The French papers take great credit to
France for having produced the General who
manneuvred the forces of Mehemet Ali,.,Col.
Selves, and they say ,that -tothim alone is
Egypt indebted for-so magnificent a victory.
T e French are about to establish a steam
packet between Havre and New-York. and
another between Bordeaux and the Gulf of
Mexico. ‘
France is increasing her force on the Sy-
rian coast, with the avowed purpose of sup-
porting Egypt.
From C/t._inal.--The East India Company
-at London, onthe morning of the Blst ,J,uly,
-received important news,‘ over-land, -from
Canton. to April -f5th, not only confirmatory
ofwhat has already reached the .-‘U. .States,
but-that the Chinese trazde__had been totally
stopped, and :British merchants _rt1ade_,prison-
era by the Chinese authorities. '
TURKEY AND aovrr.
' In the battle of Nezib, near Aleppo. 23d
of June, the Turks are stated to have lost
4,000 men killed, and 5,000 prisoners. Ibra-
h1m’s announcement of the battle to his fa-
ther, Alt Pacha, Sovereign of Egypt, _was to
the following effect: “ The Turks are dis-
persed; they have left ..hehind them every
thing, best cs 6,000 prisoners.” one ac.
count states ,-that ;4,000 of the said pri-
soners have applied to enter the Pasha’s ser.
vice, and have been accepted.
The Gazette (la France contains the fol-
.lowing account of the engagement: " The
'I_‘urkish_army occupied a strong position at
Nazeb. Ibrahim, who had received the Pa-
cha.’s permission to make‘an attack, wished
to assail this position in front; but Soliman
Bey (Col. Selves) succeeded _ in restraining
his ardor, and it was agreed that the enemy
get him safeto the other bank.
’afterwards Ibrahim was reposing under the
Three hours
tent of the Scraskier.
T /to wirlow of Gov. Clinton -re.-oi/erl by tile
Van Bu:rc7t. P~rcss,.'—It is generally known
that Mrs. Clinton, who was at Saratoga
when Mr. Van Buren arrived there, did not
choose to appear cordial towards an indi
vidutl whose course and conduct she holds
in abltorrence. For this she is brutally as-
The Bos-
ton Morning -Post is especially malignant.
The following an (‘.X3Il‘ftCl. from that paper:
“ There her hearing was as stiffas a po-
ker, and as .co,usequen.tial as a turlcey cock.
A person of such un,.bottnded self complacen-
cy, and ridiculous \vea|.'.uc_ss, would be like-
ly to conduct just as she did, in return to the
mere politeness of (L fiztis/zcdgcntlemmt, com-
plying with the‘ requisite forms of polished
society, as was Mr. Van Buren’s civil proffer
on this occasion. He showed himself. the
gentleman 3 site any thing bttt a lady. Her
arrogance, resentment, or whatever it might
be, was manifested in a manner characteris-
tic of low, vulgar life, not of high breeding
The widow is a fair specimen of Whig aris-
tocracy. and they are welcome to all the
popularity and honor they can derive from
the circulation of this ridiculous anecdote.”
Such is the coarse language in which the
Van Buren organs assail the widow of Du‘
W'itt Cla"n.ton..' Bttt it is characteristic.—
They ca_lumrt_iated and persecuted /zim—why
should they,not insult and revile lter?
Mrs. -Clinton did not feel at liberty, in
compliance with the mere ‘ forms’ of polite-
ness, to stifle her feelings. Let us recall a
circumstance to the public re.collection.——
When Gen. Jackson visited New York, he
inquired for Mrs Clinton, remarking that
his first duty was to pay his respects to the
widow of of his old friend. Mr. Van Bu-
ren, who was in attendance, contrived to be-
guile the General of his purpose. Subse-
quently the General inquired again for Mrs.
.Clinton, when Van Buren again started ob-
,jectio_ns.to his visit, on the ground that the
time was all required for the reception of
committees, _&c. "But the old General ‘took
themesponsibility,’ in spite of Van Buren’s
artifices, to callg-on Mrs. C., who, in the
cottrse of the.intervie_w, ascertained from the
President himself that :..Van Buren had en-
deavored to deprive her of.that mark of re-
spect N ow we submit whether, with a keen
sense of thisindignity, Mrs. Clinton should
be assaulted in this unmanly, ruffian-like
language, for refusing her hand to Mr. Van
Buren ’.l——Alba.7ty Evemlrtg Journal.
Lrtbor_.Lost.———'I‘he Albany Argus is again
picking out paragraphs from the )Vhig pa-
pers, to show that a difference of opinion
exists among them upon the subject of the
next presidential candidate. Last summer
the state printer assumed the same agreeable
task in refe_r_e,nce to the gubernatorial nomi-
nation. ,4. majority of ten.thousand votes
for lVm. , Sewarrl last fall, seems not to
have taught the organ of the Regency the
fatuity ofthese attempts to fqment jealousies
(among its opponents. The gWhig party
have dtflcred year after. year about their.can-
didates. In some states these differences
have been carried to the polls, and been'pro-
ductive of humiliating defeats." Experience,
hotvever, has every where scattered its en-
lightening rays, upon the path of our friends.
Even in .Pet_1nsylvania, exertigns are mak-
mg to extricate .-the .Whig Car from the
" slough, of ,despond” into which obstinacy
:t_nd dissensions have plunged it. _Ohio also.
like 11 gtlllantgbarquethrotvn upon her beam-
-nds ‘by thebaflling of the political breeze, is
steadily and majestically righting, and. at the
t--xt e ection will assume her erect‘ position
should be drawn by manrJe.ttv.rt:s,-frotn his en-' .tnd pursueuher glorious career. In t.his'_,state,.
the croakings of disappointed ambition, and
timidity that distrusts the councils which it
cannot terrify, aided and abetted even by the
indefatigable kindness and undoubted patriot-
ism of the editor of the Albany Argus, can-,
ihad received; and the Seraskies, imagining
tians might be easily routed,
Indeed: advanced with the whole of his forces. Thus
be abandoned his $.l.t;ot_tg pbsition, and two
not paralize the mighty arm of popttlar in-
dignation which has twice struck down’ the
standard of Regency oppression in the Etn-
pire State, and is now again raised to remove
the last barriers interposed by that corrupt
faction to the onward progress of the People’s
Will.— Troy Mail.
“ For Twenty Years."—— We have not been
more impressed with the import of any senti-
ment lately, (in an administration paper, at
least.) than with the following extract of a
letter in the Washington G_lQ,b{3.Z. '
“Cheer ttp——the people will support the
administration and pass the sub-treasury at
the next session. This will give the admin-
istration peace and t7:.iu7_);p/rfor tttzgztty years.”
How full of nteaning is that brief setttence,
and how significant of the goal object of the
party leaders whose organ the Globe is, and
of the organ; by which they expect to ac-
complish that object. Pass t/tc sub-treasury,
and it will ‘.‘give the administration peace
and triumph for twenty cars!” What do
the people think of the octrine implied in
that avowal '.li But whose administration?
The administration of Martin Van Buren to
be established in triumph for twenty years?
This ntust be the meaning, unless it is (what
amounts to the satne thing) such an adminis-
tration as he and his shall please designate
as the successor. And if for twenty years,
why not for fifty years .7 It may be well for
the people to look at this a little. Here is
the avowal made, and the doctrine openly
proclaimed, that the sub-treasury is to estab-
lish the administration in peace and triumph
for twenty years-—-and by‘ what rule is even
this limit fixed? It is time for the people-«to
decide whether they are disposed to install
any adminis,tration' in power over them for
twenty years, by placing in its hands an en-
gine of such immense strength as the sub-
'easury is thus declared to possess.
And yet this Loco-Foco letter writer has
not over rated the power of this engine. Let
he administration once entrench itself firm-
F9
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I‘O
fairly established, and interwoven according
to the details proposed, and we should soon
witness its potency. If any illustration is
needed, we have but to tu rn our eyes to those
countries where the sub-treasury system has
for years been in operation, and we may
easily see the machinery by which this ad-
ministration is sustained “in peace and
triumph for twenty years!” ‘Are the peo-
ple ofthis country _prepared thus to give the
administration " peace and triumph ?”-—-
Ilartforcl Courier.
lt\‘l©E'3.Mt’//AlL.[l€ ©AZETT’lE..‘_
wEDt\,IEsDAY."‘AUG.IJs-*1‘ "28. teas.
T0 PRINTERS AND EDITORS.
FOR SALE—The press, types
and good will of this oflice. Par-
---I ticulars furnished on application
(post paid) to the Editor.
Norwalk. August 1. 1839.
“ FIGURES WON'T Lu'.."—'l‘ltc Norwich Au-
rora of last week, after having made a calcula-
tion of the relative strength of parties in the
next Congress, sutns up the result of his labors
as follows:
Van Buren, . . 122
Opposition, . . . . 120
Van Buren majority, . . 2
But the Aurora man has been in-too great
haste in making his calculation—for according
to late intelligence, Kentucky has elected 11
\Vhigs and 2 Locos, instead of .10 Whigs and 3
Locos, as be has it in his estimate. Indiana he
ltas put down 1 Whig and 6 Lot-os—which
should be. according to later returns. 3 Whigs
and 4 Locos. There are two vacancies. one:in
Massachusetts. and one in Louisia_na,”wltich-the
Aurora did not include in its table. These va-
cancies will unqucstionably be filled by thorough
going VVltigs. us the Districts are staunclt Whig.
The Loco Fuco majority of 2, which the Auro-
has figured ottt, will be somewhat reduced.
But we believe the following, from the N. Y.
Express, to be more correct, than the es;imate
ofthe Aurora:
T/te mzzct Congress.-—Some of the Loco-
Foco papers are figuring the administration
into a majority in the next Congress, and
even some Whig papers, since the result of
the late elections has been known, have given
up all as lost. But on summing up our
losses and gains, it will be seen that they
have been more scared than hurt. The
Loco-Focos are hallooing before they are out
of the woods. In the states where members
were chosen previous to the late elections,
they stood as below : _
\Vhigs 91. Loco-Focos 88.
_We willnow add the numbers elected at
the late ‘elections at.the south and west. and
see where we__sta'r_1d, : -
' Loco-Focus.
Whi,gs.
Elected before, 83
Kentucky. 11 ,2
'I‘eneess'ee, '7 .-36
Indiana.“ ‘ .3 ,4
North Carolina, 6 .7
Alabama, 22 _._3
120 ,,1.1,0
In the states where elections are_-to-take.
place, in the last Congress, the members
stood as follows:
Whigs. Loco-Foeos.
Rhode Island. 2 -
Maryland, ' -5 3
Mississippi, 2 -
I23 ' 113
If these three states vote as they did in
l8.37t;';gth'e_,-_l_Vhigs will have 16 majority, or
if we’? ose- two or three as we may, still we
have the, majority. _ '
' ‘theoutcry the. I_.oco,.fFocos _ ,lt,avr.3
l y behind the sub-treasury—let the system be l
.‘ I’ go
AT WA
made, they have not gained so nfiich in the
ing table shows the result as corn_p;;t_rcd_ \yi_th
the last Congress .: ' '
Next Cong. Last Cong.
(L. (L. F.)
6 7 ' 6 ' 7
N. Carolina,
Kentucky. 11" 2 I2 I
Tennessee, 6 10 3
I ndiana. 1
Alabatna. 2 3 1 4
29 22 35 16
The whole gain has been six members,
which is quite as well as could have been
expected.
R/rorlo Isla.-ml.——Tlte election in Rhode
Island took place yesterday, at which time
metnbers ofCongress were to be chosen. The
two parties have been warmly engaged,
and if the divisions among the Whigs dot I
not weaken their strength, there is little
doubt their ticket has succeeded.
('t;‘;t=A.strong friend of Henry Clay, frotn this
town, having occasion to go to the goodly city of
Gotham, on Thursday last, and knowing that
Mr. C. was to he at the City Hall until 2 o'clock,
determined to gratify his optics by a view of the
man whose laborsin the Senate of the United-
States he so much adntired. On landing at the
foot of Catherine street. he found that it only
wanted 5 minutes of 2, the hour at which
Mr. Clay was to leave the City Hall.——
Determined in his purpose, a Yankee is not
easily foiled. So in the present instance;
the friend of Mr. Clay added fresh pow-
er to his locomotives. and reached the Park in
the shortest possible space—but not until the im-
mense crowd who had congregated in the Park
to pay their respects tothe Senator of Kentucky
had commenced retiring. Our Yankee, on com-
ing near the City Hall steps, found that Mr. C.
had seated himself in a carriage. between which
and his person was a dense throng of citizens.
He shouted for the crowd to “ gnakc way .”' and
he finally reached the carriage. But here was
a “ stumper" for him. Several gentlemen were
'n the carriage. and wishing not to be mistaken
in °‘ his man," he exclaimed, “Gentlemen, I
have come a great ways to see Mr. Clay, can
you tell me which is him.” Mr. Clay reached
forth his hand, remarking, “ My name is Hen:
ry Clay.” which was eagerly seized by as warm-
hearted a Democratic Whig as can be found in
the land of *5 steady habits,” who remarked.
“ I’m glad to see you—how do you do T" We
believe he spoke the honest sentiment of his
heart, for the exertion he made shows he had a
strong desire, to see Mr. Clay,—.and was " glad"
to have his desire gratified, at least.
For the Norwal/c Gazette.
Mr. Editor—We have just seen a criticism,
No. 3. in your paper. addressed to Mr. J. Or-
ville Taylor. The preceding ones we have not
seen. We wish, however, through your kind-
ness, to ask Mr. Monitor to give an exposition
of a few words, he may fittd in Dr. Web-
ster’s Scltoolilbiclionary, New Haven Edition,
of 1835. We take his School Dictionary, be-
? cause that is the book from which children ac-
quire the meaning of words. When Mr. M.
shall have made a better disposition of the Doc-
tor's words, than he has of Mr. Town’s. orshown
any thing more specific, as to import or applica-
tion, we will endeavor fully to answer his criti-
cism. Error, if this be such, does not change
its character by a change of place; nor does the
child acquire a more specific idea, by defining
the some word, by the same definer in a Diction-
ary, than in a Spelling Book. M r. M. says,
“the pupil wants the specific sense." That is
true, “ otherwise he gains nothing by the defini-
tion." That is nottrue. For to say the least,
the~child will acquire one sense, and generally
one application. One thing at a time, proceed-
ing from generals to particulars, is very much
the way by which all knowledge is acquired.-
When the general import of.a word is known, it
is not difficult for any onesto perceive itspart2°.cu-
lar senses, in such connection. as may occur-
“This observation is applicab_le,to a vast pro-
portiion of words,” (in Town's bpok we suppose)
“and-_a neglect of specijic applications renders
any attempt tp define wprds by synonyms. or"
single words. to a great extent useless or worse
than useless.” We percei-veil-"Mr. M. under-
stands a single defining word, in a sense equiva-
lent to synonymous. This is according to the
common acceptation, and is correct. We now
ask him, to open the above named Dictionary,
and justapply the same rule, the same mode and
the some precision of defining, by which he has
tested Town’s words, and show the “specific
sense," and "specific application,” acquired -by
the pupil in spelling and defining the following
words from our best School Dictionary :
abdicated, renounced countenance, to support
abashment, confusion convoke, to summon
abatement, decrease commit, to imprison
aberrance, a wandering disguise, to conceal
abominable. detestable ferment, to work -
adjacent, adjoining gather, to collect
bosom. breast melt, to dissolve
boundless. unconfined prosper. to thrive
constraint, compulsion propagate. lmgellefflle
contentment, satisfac- blight, a disease
tion goat. an animal
contumacious, perverse bismuth, a metal
commerce, trade pigeon. a fowl
climb, to mount lovage, a plant
consociate, to unite crutch, a staff
To the same list about 4,500 words might be
added..from the same Dictionary, each having a
single definer; and about 12,000, having one, two
or more single, separa_te defining words; such
as a_bet, to.er_1_conrage, help.
Mr. M. closes his No._ by saying, 9‘ the classes
of most d'rfficu_lt words, and those most necessa-
ry in nn_.elementary book, gre ‘wholly om_'rtte_d.”
As to the most diflicalt, we think he is somewhat
mistaken. As tothe most n'e_ccssary, Dr. Web-
ster's Spelling Book has little to_bqt_ist of; for we
could enumerate between__one anidhtwo thousand.
amongst the most necessary, andiof pretty com-
mon use, not one of which can" be found in his
elementary spe,ll_i:-ng columns. It should, how-
« ever, be remembered, ' Town gives (primitive
late elections as they pretend. Th_e follow-
22:‘
words. as far as practicable, in his first purl;
and in tbt; set;o_nd part, furnjshies the means of
r°‘"‘l"g, ?l'}30$t all the dhriivatives in the lan-
guage-_ The, separate, correct spelling of the sim-
ple ppi_r._rtiti.ve. with the separate. correct spelling
of the prefixes and suffixes (which any scholar
'tr_ray acquire it: one or two days) will enable the
pup_il correctly to spell more than 50,000 words.
A.
From the New Haven Herald.
Connuztvctztut-2N'r.-—’l‘he exercises at com-
mencement. yesterday were such as fully to sue-
tain the high rcputatinn of tlte College. The
pieces are characterized as a wltole, by atone of
manly and correct sentiment, which did honor
to the speakers. It struck us that there was a
greater unil'ormity"of excellence among the dif-
ferent pcrformers than is usualon such occa-
sions. The delivery of the young gentlemen
was noticed as being at once natural, distinct and
impressive. The large and intelligent autlinee
retired,1tfter a protracted sitting, highly pleased,
apparently. with the exercises of the day.
The degree of A. B. was conferred upon 93
young gentlemen, viz: .
J')llll Thomas Andrew, David Fisher Alwa-
ter, Matthew D. Bagg, Samuel Bailey. Williatn
Barnes. Robbins Bartcll, John Slteltlou Beach,
Tho’s B. Biddle, Lorenzo Dow Bird. Henry
Newton Bissell, Eli \Vltitne_v Blake. \Vtn. R.
Boartlman, Charles Bristetl. Daniel Brooks, Da-
vid Judson Burr. Enoch l<‘itt:h Bttrr. Zalmon
Barlow Burr. Philauder -.\'1.Bt.-tton.Jnhn Catlin,
“'11:. Henry Chandler, \Vtrt. Bestor Corbin,
John Thomas Councilman. Rufus Putnam Cut-
let’. David Lewis Dztauett. Henry Laurens
Dawes. Thomas Day, J. Martin :Dtl(lle_\f.,..J.
Heatley Dulles, Eugene Edwards, Charles St.
John Eldredge. August ns Greene Elliott. Dau-
iel Gordon Estes.VVm. Fairman, Endrcss Faulk-
ner, Lcvi Wells Flagg. Samuel Fowler, John
Morris Gilbert, John Mason Grant. Abraham
Evan Gwyne, David Nichols Hall, Lewis Hall,
Willard Preble I-Iall, Charles Hauimond, Joltn
Niles Hubbard, Richard Dudley Hubbartl.\Vm.
Fairchild Hubbard Alva Abraham Hur.l,* Hen-
ry Routes Jackson. Isaac Peudletou Langwor-
thy, Joseph Gay Eaton Larnetl, Theodore Ad-
gate Leete. Watts Sltertrtau Lynde. Augustus
Rodney Macdouough, Ebeneze r Porter Mason,
Henry Terry Mason, John Francis Mason. Jus-
tus Smith Masters, Samttol J} Mills '.\‘lerwiu.
John Yale Mills. Charles l'Iuntin_2tort Morse.
Henry Cltild Morse, \Vm. Herbert Norris. Frau-
cis Allyn Olmsted. Cullen Packard, Elipitalct
Parker, Horace Clark Peck, Frederic Trcnck
Richard Elisha Rice. Daniel L. Ramsey, .l ttlius
Ea Sanford. George Slterntan. John Sllt3l’\\'()tItl.
John D. Sherwood. Richard Sill, Hamilton Lan-
phere Smith. Levi \Vard Smith. Sylvester
Southard, Charles Janewny Stille. Clta's Tain-
tur, Increase Niles Tarbnx. Silas lflourney Trot-
ter, Geo. Washington, John M. VVatsou. Erl-
wartl \Vells, Hervey E. Weston. Josiah Dwigltt
Whitney. Levi D. Wilcoxson, \_Vm. Perkins
Williams, Elizur Wolcott. Jultn Beach \Vood-
ford, \Vm. Sturges \Vrigltt, Francis \Vharton.
* Dcccasetl afew tlaysprcvious to Comntettc..-
ment.
About 40 graduates received the degree of A.
M. The ltonorary degree ofLL. D. was con-
ferred upon the Hon. Chancellor \Valwortlt, of
N. York.
Rcjoicilzgs.-—The Loco-Focus are crowiu;-_v
lustily over the result of the recent elections,
and it is very natural that they should. They
have a right to rejoice as loudly and heartily as
they can. for there is no question that they fec.l
really animated and cheered at their good for-
tune. To Col. Polk, the Govt-.rnot electof"l‘eu-
nessee, the administration owes an immense
debt,for he has, (temporarily at least.) gained
them it state‘. Under the western system of
electioneering. where the candidates take the
field in person, he who has the best address, and
the gneatesttalentin public and “stutnp" speak-
ing, possesses every advantage. and this Col.
Polk had in its greatest extent. A man of the
most perfect tact in such matters, exceedingly
familiar with the variouslocal feelings oftlte peo-
ple of the state, and well practised in eleetioneer-
ing taciics, he took the field early. went through
the whole state in person, and Governor Cannon
being prevented b his station from using the
requisite cottnteracttng exertions, even if he had
possessed the same eiectiotxeerittg talents, we
see the result of Polk's _e_fibrts. aivletl by the
power, patronage. influence, audjunds ofpublic
men, who felt an equal interest with hitn in the
issue. I '
But let not the administration suppose that
the Whigs are to be discouraged by one or two
losses. although rather heavy ones. The strug
gle between the people and power is prolonged
by ‘these r_e\_/erses. but the people are not yet
overthrown. In those states where they have
suffered the most. they are reorganizing, and
will be prepared agairt to cope with their op-
ponents, confident that the disaster they have
experienced, will prove but temporary. Let
the adtninistration remember, amidst its rejoic-
ings, that it is not yet ittstalled "in peace and
triumph” over the people “for twenty years!"
—Hdr{ford Courier.
Rotation in 0fl’ice.—-Mr. Charles B. Davis
has .been rotated from the office of Postmas-
ter at Concord, Mass. to that of Inspector in
the Custom House in Boston. The princi-
ple of rotation is delightful, in the eyes of the
Loco-Focos, which substitutes a fat oflice for
a lean one. Mr. Gourgas, the editor of the
Concord Freemen, a regular “ sinker or
swimmer,” has been appointed to succeed
Mr. Davis in the office of postmaster. Thus
it is “that the patronage of the General Go-
vernment is brought into conflict with the
freedom of elections."—Dcmoc7'a.t.
Discovery in IIa.rtfo'rd.—-This city leads
in wonderful discoveries yet, as a Connecti-
cut city should. The last and most impor-
tant appears in the Evening Courier, and is
no less, than that half a bushel of silk worms,
from five to six weeks old, will keep a good
sized hog six days. This item, highly inter-
esting as it is to silk growers, is of no small
importance in New York, where swine‘
form no small part of the constituency of
our representatives, the Hartford Courier
does well in remarking that farmers will find
it for their interest to quit growing corn, and
buy mulberry trees, and raise worms for the
purpose above indicatced.—N. Y. Despatc/L.
‘Whole-hog men ‘.2
A man in New-Orleans, whose physician
directed a rigid vegetable diet, asked if mint
julips came within the restriction.
Very Goorl.—-The Philadelphia Ledger
speaking of Grenville Mellen as the author
of a temperance ode, calls hima Wa.ler-Mel-
lcn.
The Columbia South Carolinian states
E‘. H. Elmore, has resigned his seat in Con-
gress, as a member from the Congressional
District of Richmond, Orangeburg, and
Barri well.
_.p-..._—......, , ,
Perkins, Geo. Pierce. Charles Peury I’or'.er.,
(Ian-e__ctz'o7t.——The N. Y. Era insists -that
the western elections have been governed by
the question of the Independent -Treasury.
Upon this the Troy Mail very aptly suggests
that this must be . isprint, and that the‘
word “ contents" should be substituted for
question.—-Ha.rtforrl Cortrigzr. ' '
Alaba.ma..--The result of the 'Alabama‘
election is a Loco-Foco Governor and ‘Le3
gislature, and 3 Loco-Foco metnbers, olfCon-'
gress to 2 Whigs. In the last Congress we‘
had but one Whig from that Sat'e.—I/1;.
The Red Riz.-er Murderer.—IIolstein. the.
murderer of Moore, says the Philadgelphitt,
Herald and Sentinel, passed. thro_’tt'gh"’t‘he‘
parish of St. Martinsville, La. about three
weeks ago, on his way to the parish of La.
fayette. He was not arrested, as his crime
was not at‘ the time known. He is now
probably a resident of the Repubic of Texas.
Abraham Bird, who was lately removed
from the oflice of receiver or public moneys
at Palmyra: M0_. proves to be a defaulter to
the amount _of sixteen or seventeen thousand‘.
dollars. Ftve receivers have been appointed
at that pla:.e within the last few years bv
Gen. Jackson and Martin Van Buren, and
two of the five have speculated upon the‘
fttnds in their possession. '
No.2,-a.l.-—-Th.e American squadron, under
Capt. Read,_satIed from Singapore for Chi-
na and Mamlla on the 28th of March.
Flo2'ida..—_The constitution for Florida.-
has been ratified by 66 majority
$30,000 worth of shoes recently arrived at.
Norfolk from the little town of Rowley, Mas.
T be largest calf yet .’--Mr. Henry Miller.,«
of this village, is the owner of a calf,.from
Judge Nelson’s short horned Durham bull,
which weighed, 12 hours after its birth, 130,
pounds! The mother is a cow of about
common size.—-Cooperstown (Otscgo) Jourf
Mr. Ezekiel H_u—ntley.mfather of Mrs. Sig-
ourney, died at Hartford on the 13th instant._
Rillhb0nC, the forget‘ in Auburn has. it is
said been released from hard labor as a con-
vict, and expects shortly to be pardoned.
A Mr. \Vesson, a yictualler at Providence,
R. 1., was beaten to death on Friday by u.- i
Captain Solomon I-licks. It resulted from)‘
a quarrel.
Another Stud/rtwou.!er.—'—'l'he Peoria, Illi-g
nois, Register gives an a_c.count.of the defal-'
cation of Mr. Orrin Hamlin, ofthat place. a,
contractor on the central Rtllll'0'.l(l. He was:
cntrustt:d by the commissioners with a check’
on the bank of Illinois for 8! L600, to collect, '
and rctu m with the money. The first he
did, but forgot to do the last. The tempta-
tion was too great for hitn, and so. following -
the fashion of the times. he danced the sub-
treasury hornpipe and has doubtless G. 'l‘-."
T. It is said that previous to this, Hamlin’s,
honesty \\ as unquestiont’-d, and he would"
have been trusted with any amount.—Ha.7'l.'
Courier. 1
Losirtg Good Jllmals by an Etta‘!/tqrtakc.
——An Amt-.-rican ship lay it) Talcahu no at
the time Several earthqualtcs were ex |'lt‘.l'l(’l]('.‘
ed there. Shortly afterward, while in-
another port, the Captain thought it neces-
sary to punish a man, but allowed that ifthe.
offender could advance any reason for his
immoral conduct, he would be p’ rdoncd.—.-—-
“ Why, sir,” said Jack, “you see as how I
think that ’are earthquake shook my moral
principles out of me.” Such able reasoning’
had the desired effect, and Jack was lorgivcn
\
T/Lc Sc/zoolmasler Abrorul.-——lt is statctlf
that “ of one hundred and eleven voters who
testified upon the contested election in North
Carolina, for members of the lust Congrcss,_.
twenty-eight could not write their nantt-S."
The schoolmaster being (thread, will ac-
count for his not being at borne in that sec-
tion of country.—- lVorld.
Ex-I’rt~sident Houston is a cnttdidute in
Texas for reprcst-tttative in their Legisla-
ture.
A western editor lately had the audacity
to announce to his subscribersthat he would
not take in payment for his paper, eitlu-r
woodchucks, dried apples, terrier pttppies,.
tow, birch brooms, axe handles, wool or‘
vcgt-.t:tblcs. But his subscribers, with that
sturdy independence which such people gen-
erally possess, refused to pay hitn in any ‘
thing else, and he now is ready toitakcthcttr
at the market prices.
Little Roz:/.:.-—An Ohio paper tells the fol-
lowing story about Little Rock, the capital:
of Arkansas : ,
A slippery kind of a customer arrived at/
that place in a steamboat late in the evening,
and had hardly been installed an hottr in:
one of the hotels before he was comfortably
seated at a gambling table playing poker.——-
His opponents, who played a much stronger
fleeced him was compelled to takethe same
bed. Some time in the night our customer.
acting on the principle that a man has a per- '
fect right to his money wherever he may find '
i_t, stole it back. The picked gamester ascer-
tained his loss in the morning, and~immedi-
atply charged his bed fellow. The money
was found upon him, and being brought_be-
fore his honor Judge Lynch, although he en-
tered a plea that he had taken nothing but
his own, his argument was overruled, and he.
was sentenced to receive a dozen lashes,
well applied upon his bare back. There was
no getting oil] and he accordingly took the
dose with hardly a murmur. The punishment
over, our hero put on his clothes, buttoned
up his coat, shrugged and twisted his
shoulders, which were still smarting, coolly
took a survey of the surrounding objects,
and with the greatest indifference ejaculated :
“ Well,‘ Little Rock is getting to be quite a.
brisk place-—I’d no idea of it when I land-
erl !"
A Conceift Rz'ot—being the threatened se-
cond edition of the disgraceful scene that
took place at Boston a year or two since, oc- ‘
cu rred at Baltimore, on Sunday evening. A
nttn named Sarah Neal, in the ,Carmeltt_e
Convent, in Asquith street, became insape, ,
game than he did, soon eased him of his sur- .
plus revenue, when he went to bed. The «
house ‘being full, one of the chaps who had -
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