- should be pai1i,ct_il_arl~y noted, for the benefit t
Correspondence qf the Express.
; .VVAsiu.\'o'roN, December 3d.
The House is as deeply entangled as ever
in the net spread by the clerk. There is, as
yet, neither organization, nor Mess:ige—nei-
their a Speaker, nor a Clerk of Congress.
Some 240 men meet together at 12 o'clock-—
separate, go home and return to the place of
meeting, to reenact the play of the preceding
‘day. The Clerk of the 25th Gongress sits
enthroned as asort of semi-Clerk, Speaker.
Governor, Member of Congress—acting a
very modest part in every thing pertaining
to his place, except in refusing to carry out
‘parliamentary law and established custom,
by reading the names of members whose
certificates have been presented, and whose
election cannot well be doubted, before the
House, in some form or other, is organized
and placed in a business position. At night
time almost, the House adjourned, at the
point where the meeting coinmencel, at 12
o’clock. The day’s work was rather a hard
one-but it was interesting rather to the mak-
ers of speeches than to the listeners here and
elsewhere through the newspapers.
The propositions befiire the House yester-
-day. were lost sight of in a new one made by
the Clerk, which was to defend himself in a
written statement which he had prepared for
the occasion. This request was the main
.mattcr ofdiscussion during the day. After
zsifting the debate—-long as it was—-I bL’llL‘-Vt‘
"nothing could be gathered from it, not before-
known and said. The proposition to read
was opposed upon a single ground, and that
was considered a valid one. lt was charged
that the clerk had prepared his statement last
night—that it was but a party and an crcparle
speech, intended to present the subject falsely
before the House and to give it an official
sanction. 'I‘bis, of course, was denied, and
especially by Mr. Vauderpool of New York.
w 0, I suppose, wishes to be, and will be
considered among the Administration leaders
-here. He told us that the claimants were
defended by him and his party only in con-
sideration of "popular liberty,” "popular
rights,” and other matters equally iznportzmt
to the people. It was, on the part of the
Administration,a People’s measure through-
out. if the citizens were to judge from the
honest conviction of this new Premier of the
Administration. Mr VVise was honcstenough
to confess that there was as much party feel-
ing as principle in the defence, and it was a
useless‘ humbug for members to make the
whole defence merely a matter of principle.
The debate, if it should be continued in
the spirit it has been conducted to-day, will
speedily become prosy and uninteresting.--
VVhen speeches enough have been made, it
is to be hoped that the Clerk will become
honest enough to abandon the ground he has
taken, and allow the House to be oraanizcd
in the usual form and order. 5
Yours, &.c. E, B,
WASIIINGTON, December 4.
The Senate this day, yesterday, and Mon-
day, presented ‘a beggarly account of empty
boxes.’ The members are not yet two-thirds
here, and those who are, can do nothing be-
fore the organization of the House. Some
* little anxiety and impatience is manifest in
regard to the message, but as its contents are
pretty well known, or the important portion
of it. curiosity will probibly be content to
rest satisfied for the present. The House
opened this morning as on Monday and Tues-
day—-the old Clerk pursuing the same course
of conduct in regard to order, recognizing
the several speakers, adjournments, &c. In
all things saving the extreme assumption of
power on the part of the Clerk in refusingto
read the names of the certified members, he
‘has been as modest as meek-eyed virtue her-
self To-night, however, he ventured to prit
a question of adjournment, and the House ad-
journed with tolerable order.
Mr. IVise, of Va., to get rid of difficul-
ties that obstructed the organization of the
the House, offered the following resolution,
which appears both reasonable and practica-
ble to place matters in a proper position.—
The proposition, however, was lost sight of,
and other resolutions were offered as substi-
tutes. The House adjourned without acting
on any of them-exactly where it was the
firm day.
“Resolved, That the Representatives of
the Congress of the U. States now assembled,
to relieve themselves from the embarrass-
ment and difliculties which at present ob-
structtlie organization of the House, will
‘proceed, by the acting Clerk, to call the
names of gentlemen whose rights to seats are
not disputed or contested; and after the
names of such members are all called, and
before they proceed to elect a Speaker or oth-
er officer, or to organize in any manner, thev
shall, provided there be a quorum of such
present, hear and decide upon all credentials,
certificates or commissions of persons claim- -in convention, on motion of some one whose
v p I’ I
mg seats in the House of Representatives name I do not know,tlic “ inob” adjourned.
under the constitution of the United ‘States,
and the ‘laws of the respective states.”
Mr. Benton is laying out work for the dc-
partments. The Budget of Resolutions of-
fered by hiui today, are but the preludeto as
many more soon to be forthcoming. Those
sent to the chair were only loose ones from
the top pile in his drawer. They speak of
. . _ i
Banks, of the tariff, of the compromise, of‘
dI'a\VlJElCl{S. and various public matters, to be
brought before Congress during the session.
flarrespandmiee ofthe N. Y. Herald. -
‘We have found the end of the rope at last, i
and the House of Representatives has been
temporarily organized, by placing Mr. John
Quincy Adams in the Chair.
The way in which this was bmugm about,
of such future legis’iat‘i-ve bodies as happen
to get involved in a fog. It ivas done by
dint of resolution.
'' At 12 o'clock, Mr. Hugh A. Garland, the which l have refe;-red. He could not give
any other, without di-priving :1 sovereign
State of her representation.
Clerk, called the House to order, when Mr.
Underwood, of Kentucky, took the floor, and
concluded a speech he-commenced yesterday.
on the subject of a resolution for organiza-
of New Jersey followed, after which =
claimed .Mr. Garland the Clerk.
House, and members from all sides flocked
around.
determination.
not say one word, in rclatioii to the profitless
subject now before it; but as I find. fillet‘ four
days’ delay, we have dinc nothing, and we
ingdiscussiou l liavc riot-or witnessed ih n
we have bad to-day, :.iltliou_gh, as to the inat-
ter of orgariizition, that rcziiaiiis in thcsamc
state as at the close of last night’s proceed-
ings.
was simply tliis——“Are those mciiibcrs of
New-Jersey who have the regular r, autlic-nti-
cated certificates of election, crititlctl to vote T’
VVASHINGTON, Dec. 5. And this was reached in the simplcstwziv
proposition is made.
the vote. The qur-siion ,-1;-is,-S, c~\VhO m-,_. seem to have becn successful in putting an
to be rec.og.,nized and countrd as members "mile 5l°Pl° the 5m“i~"'ll“8' Of 0PiUm- BT58
from New Jersey?’ The Chair decides that S”‘”§‘a’ll“g of” l3 “gal” £>”’l“§ 0": 5“ 3" 93"
hose who hold the rcg«ular certificate of l’-’“5l""’—’ 5°"1l9w3'ldll’eChl"‘959 03300-1‘S..l.D 1W0
election must -vote.
ed fi'oin, and therefore the debate arises.
tion. tvhich he had proposed. Mr. Randolph ’,h,‘,’,,f’,,°’,_.°,jsl°"'
- The gentleman from Mzissachusetts, ex-
An immense excitement, was now in the
Mr. Adams exclaimed, .
“ l3‘ellow Citizens—I arise to addrcss this
House, contrary to my express and implicit
-I had resolved that I should
are not likely to do any thing, lcaiinot long-
er sit still.
“ ‘Fellow citi'/.ens‘, and I adilrcss this House
as such, because 1 will not a<.'d:css myselfto
the clerk, whom I cannot recognise as a pro-
sirling offset‘, l appeal to you, in the name
of this Hons»-, and in the iiziiiie of tlic Ame-
President of the meeting. It was _“ usurpa-
tion,” “snatching from the House its power
of decision,” and whatnot.
!l‘he members
did not like the idea of calling Mr. z_1cla77l$ 8
usurpcr, and quickly called the crascible gen-
tlcman to order. He proceeded, but soon be-
came as fiery as before. He appealed from
the decision of the Chair, and clinched his
'(l€Clal”-.!l1ilO[] by declaring that to permit the
ccrtified member to vote, would be shocking,
-uriprccedenteil, &c. &c.
l.(?l'."SiC(l. _ _ .
Mr. Adu.m.s said it had no applioatiori to
personal rights. This was a poser.
rican people, to org.-inizc, and that too \\‘it_h-
out delay. Four days have you spent ini
idle and useless debate, and what have you.‘
accouiplislied ‘.2 Nothing, and more than no-‘
thing. The clcik has di-cidcd on two qu«_'s-
tions placed before him, and be has said,
:,1EIzlll‘l and again, that he wiil not record --
What is to be done? W'ill you sit here, day
after day, neglect your duty, and the interests
of the pcoplc—lliat pcoplc about whom we
hcar so much adulation and idol:.try, or will
you exercise your rights, and organise.-—-
Through the clerk you cannot be orgzinizcd.
for he will not call the roll of the House,
and it is useless to attcmp to gct at an or-
gaiiizatioii tlirougli that clinnncl. Do you
ask what is to be done’! l-‘ollow the oxuiii
pic of JII’r.B‘1u-ggcss of Virginia, as sot forth
in flfr. J.-:fl"er.s'r:7i’.v manuzil, who, when tlii-y
were dispr-rscd by Lord Dl1l‘.lI‘iO,l‘f.‘, and oi‘-
dered to their homes, refused to do so; but
retired to a tavern and ilzcrc organized thorn-
selves. I appeal to this Housc, or to a ma-
jority ofit, and I demand, in the mine ofthe
American people, that they organize.
.7lIr. 1l.If(bI).'.S now submitted a resolution,
that llfr Graces, of l\’eutucl< y, submitted yes-
terday, calling on the clerl: to call the roll,
without any rcl'crciic.c to contested seats.
Jllr. Grooves begged leave to iriterriipt Mr.
Arlmiis, whilst he read a cori'espoiidcncc he
had had with .7lIr. Gcirlanrl, in relation to
calling of the roll.
Mr. A-lams assented.
Elfr. Graves now read a correspondence,
by which itappcarcd that .flf7'. Garlanrl, on
application of lift‘. Griu.-es, had said that ifa
majority of the meinhers, whose seats were
uncontested, would sign a piper requiring’
him to call the roll, he woull call it. Un-
der thc circumstances of the case, I-Ir. G2'(u:r2.s-
hoped that IlIr A/lams would modify the
resolution so as to conform with the corres-
ndence.
Mr Adams said that he could not make
any such modification.
Il'Ir. Vu.mle'rpool said that he had a modi-
fication to such an clfr-ct prr-pared. [Cries
of order, order, &c.]
.ll1r.~ Aalanis prescribed and criticised with
conduct adopted by the clerk.
Jllr. R/tell, of S. C. rose and addressed
“ .llI/'. Clerk.”
.JIr. Arlruns-—I object to the gcntlcmaifs
adlrcssing the “ Clerk.”
JlIr. R/re/l.——\\'cll, " fellow citizens, I
move that Lcwis I\’illi-.-tins, of IV. C. as the
oldest iiiember ofthis House, be elected chair-
man of this body, for the purpose oforg.'ini-
zatiou, and the election of Spealrer. _
Jl'I~r. Jllulliii-s.——lt is perfectly competent
for the House to oi‘g:mise, in the usual way,
and I protest against the nomination.
Here there was a most unexaiiipled excite-
ment, and it was diflicult to say which part
of the house was right side up. A hundred
members, at least, were on the floor at once.
VVhilst this scene of disorder was in the
most succcissful tide of experiment,
Mr. R. B irnwall Rhett, of South Carolina
———And I shall always honor the man for the
decd he perforiiied——rose,and on his own re
sponsibility, noiriina.rd John Quincy Adams
Chairman ofthe Convention of Congrrss, to
organize that body and elect a Spciiker.
Mr. Rhett, put the vote, pronoimccd it car-
ried in the affirmative, and announced Mr.
John Quincy Adams, duly elected Chairman
ofthe House of Representatives, autlioriscd
to sit as such, till a Speaker was elected.
Thus, was the whole work effected. Mr‘.
Adams accordingly took possession of the
speaker’s chair; and is now Governor oftlic
House possessed of all the attributcs and
qualifications ofSpciikor.
At the moment this wondcrful revolution
was accomplished, the galleries were crow-
ded to excess; and as Mr. Adams asr;-ended
the “throne,” he was greeted with a vollc-.*.'
ofmingied groans and hisscs, and loud bursfs
of applause.
He stood alone, h-owcvcr, iiiiiritiiiiidiited,
presenting in the Chair the sublime specta-
cle, of a patriot exposed to the virulence ofa
rude storm. yet defying all danger.
liiimcdiately after he had been installed
President of the House of Reprcseiitatives
H
C'orrcspondencc i_if.t/ic L’al(2'more Pal:-iul.
\VAsiiixo'ro.\', Dec. 6.
A more amiriatcil, cxcitiiig, and iritcrcrcst-
The question which was debated today,
maginable. llfr. Arlruizs is Chairman A
The rneetiig go to
The dc-c.isioi'i is appeal-
Mr. Arlams promptly gave the decision to
Great was the indignation of the Van Bu-
.WI'r. gftmrlcrpaol of
much warmth and severity, the course of
this \'ic\\‘.
hurled agrairist the Chairman.
had not been taken from l.hc House.
spec. h, full of raillcry at V-anderpool’s
fresh from the Court of Queen Victoria l llf-7‘
Granger was a strong advocate of the deci
New Jersey Whigs.
fora volley of sarcasm from him also, abou
trampled upon its obligations; and his recon
devotion to demorricv.
head 0fl.l)t‘ll' political church.
Jacksori used to say.
settled at once. by the evidence of print
as to the admissibility ofthe members. Th
address to Mr. Adams. No sketch can d
justice to it.
Ilfr. T. T/iomas made a speech exccedingl
Mr. Ogrlcn Hcjfrnan replied by flarin‘g i
and feel ings.
atcly the attack of Va.7ir,lc-rponl upon himi,
humor than he had manifested bi-fore wlic
ass-tiling the decision of the Chair.
unhandsoinc, however to refer to a goo
looking gallant, and (they say) captivatin
intciicled his speech for the ladies; and
ers of the day.
cter ofhimself; for, without moving a muscl
done! good and faithful servant!”
are the blessings ofacontcnted disposition.
have been delivered on the question befor
the meeting. The celebrated Dudcazt ha
the floor for to-morrow.
probably be continued for several days.
The Senate had a short sitting.
cup-ation of Florida.
know not.
Nrii:cil Correspoiirlence. -~ The times con
July 19th. ‘The vessels were then lying a
for the Pacific.
list at one time, with the dysen-tary.
come to blows.
thcy (leclai'cd that tl.ey would resist.
Englisli ; also, that frequent afirays took
place on shore, in one of which a Chinaman
was killed. and some women and children
were wounded.
Opium in C'/iiizirt ——'l’lie late cdict of tlic Cc-
'_ 1 . ~ - - . .
lestial bmpei or’sHigh Commissioner, do not
pr'ovinr:.cs, report to the Imperial go-vczinmr-nt,
that tl;ic.p.eop_le had found a subsigime for it
cqually intoxicatirigand more expensive ; this
substituteissupposed to be a dncoction ofthe
hemp flower, so extensively used in the south
ofRiissia to produce intoxication, in Tartary
and a great many parts of‘lndia.-—E:z:J«;n-9,.-s
Calif Smile’. Q'u(b"lL'7'.'JTI.(Z»sfe7‘ U. S. A.
The hottest among the was shot at and badly wounded in the log
]OlDlS ofthe party’s tail coirll sca_rcel._v'.liave by the Indians, while or: his way from S1
"I I J h - u “ 7 o ' , » ' ' ‘
. 7' 9 ng mm, the noblest Roman been more fiery than this lL8ClC‘l of the tram Augustine to Picolata, on the 25th u]i_ A
of ‘them all,”'s.prang to the floor. and ex-’ bands.
claimed, "Fellow .C£ti-gens !”
Thick and fast came his harshest man riding behind Capt. S’_sL carriage “.-M.
words against the opinion of the venerable first. morr-.llv \\'(1tl!l£l€2.’l.
Mr. R/tell read the rule prohibiting inspi-
bers to vote in a case in which they were in-
rhe case, The rights ofa rcprcsentativearc
the rights of his constituents, not his more
Gen.
’.?."/imizyison, of S. C. supported Mr. Adamsin
J5-fr. .lIcrcer, of Va., repclled the
iriiputaiioii of “usuI‘pc-1',” which had been
The appeal
itsclfwas proof that the power of (l(‘CISlOn
Stanly, of N. C. madca sharp, cutting
pro-
fessions of courtesy and decorum, contrasted
with his violent language, so unworthy one
sion of the Chair, and of the claims of the‘
Vanderpool -came in
l David Crockett.-—\Vhilc holding a scat in
Congress, Col. Crockett contracted a dislike
, who not at all con-
sidered a model for manly beauty, and who,
also, wore spectacles to conceal his cross-eyr s.
The Colonel was at an exhibition of wild
beasts in Washington, whcn he was called on
to express his opinion ofa large baboon that
figured amongst the rcstof the animals. “ lf
he only wore a pair of goggles.” said Crock-
rev.--born love. of precedent, after having
’ A striking part of
Mr Gi'iz2iger’s speech was tlmt. in which he
recounted thc cii'cu:r.-stances of the contested
election case in the New Xork Legislature
—thc case of Allen vs. Fellows, respecting
wliicli Mr‘. Wise had road to the House an
article from the New York Times on IVed-
nesday. Mr. Granger commented on the
case with force and vivzicity and called on
the faithful to follow the authority of the
The opinions and arguments of1JIr. Craig
of Virginia, are of“ no account,” as General
He has taken it into
his head that the members ought to go at
once, and examine all the evidence on both
sides, before admitting the certified members
Mr. Wise told him that the whole question is
/ri.cz'c title; and that there is no competent.
evidence before them beyond the certificati
detailed report will contain it splendid pas-
sage in which Mr. Vlisc made it personal
ingcnius; for it was the very opposite ofwhat
he said on tlie case ofGliol.-son and Claiborne.
his face that unlucky oration, amidst the
loud laughter of all parties at the glihness
with which this gentleman could pour forth,
at cliffcrcnt times, and for different purposes,
exactly antagonistical doctrines, measures
You will receive, also a sketch ofthe elo-
qiient tribute which Jlfr. Iloflman paid to
Ill’-r Arlams, after‘ having noticed appropri-
JJIT. Vmi.a'.cr7mol rcplied with considerable
smartncss to his colleague, and in .a better
It was
widower, lilic-ll1'r Gmnger, as his “venera-
ble colleague,” or to taunt him with having
was cxecrable taste in ii rhetorician of Jlfr.
l«"a.mierpool'.s style to sneer at the eloquence
of Ogden. Ifoj/Tina/n, who is, unqucstionzrblv,
one ofthe most brilliant and polished speak-
Vamlcrponl is a good trump
ofhis face, he deliberately assured us that
his constituents ever hailed him with “lVell
Many
The spceclics of Mr. Biddle and of Mir.
l"l+’,’iile of K’y, were among the ablest that
The debate will
.~’lI-r.
Be2i.lc7i gavc notice that when the Senate
was rc-ady'to proceed to.lc.g‘isl-ative business,
he would introduce a bill for the armed oc-
Vllictlier it makes
any provision for a few regimcnts of dogs, I
tains a letter from an olliccr on board the
John Adams, and t=li.e,Journal of Commerce,
one from an offccr of the frigate Columbia,
the former dated July ltjih and the latter‘
Ho‘ g‘-Kong, but were to sail in a few days
There had been much sick-
ness on board the frigate, 12-1 on the sick
The
letter from the J Olll]'A(.l&l ms express a strong
belief that the English and Chinese will
A number of English ships
Wt‘-1'0 =II.1C«l1O!’t'Cl at liloug-Kong, .and were or-
dercd by the Chinese authorities to remove
thence to VVliampoa, but the captains refus-
ed, and ifattempts were made to force them,
It was said, moreover, that two maiidarins
had been seized and held in durancc by the
, .
SELECTED SUMMARY.
‘
\Ve learn that the Merchants’, Arcade.
Traders’,‘Black:ton'e Canal, and Roger Wil-
‘ILHHS Banks redeem their bills in specie at
their counters. The other Banks in Provi-
dence are at 3 per cent. discount.
Commodore. E. P. Kennedy has becn ap-
pointed to the command of the VVashington
Navy Yard, rice Commodore Patterson, de-
ceased.
Cominodorc James Renshaw is appointed
Yard and station, ‘vice Commodore Ridgely.
naval force on the coast of Brazil.-—-Nat. In.
they need to use them. It is the firm opin
mand for trees will commcncc, and coiisc
quently the prices gradually will advance
Cd.—NOYffba7il]7f07L Courier.
l forthc Hon. Mr. \V
ctt, "he would be as like Mr. VV as tw
eas.” Turning round he saw Mr. IV
by his side, and, in order to smooth over th
"ls that you, VV '2 Well, I owe an apo
to make it to you or the monkey?”
'1'/ic British Quccn.—An amusing stor
a.
had served up t) her in her bcrth—two mu
L’
0 meet the exigencies of sea appetites.
V Despair:/i.
cral Van Renssclaer. They refuse‘ to pa
n
paid rent long enough.
the law has been resisted, and the posse com
'ti-nantry amount, in the coui.ty of Renssclae
to nearly 2000, and are all armed.
promise, we hope, of some kind, will talc
place. There was no better landlord tha
equally liberal. Nevertheless, we see i
hands oforie family.
The editors of the New-York Evenin
D
d
L’
for illegally advertising foreign loteries.
ll sented to the Oycr and Termincr, the 11
Jonathan Chapman Esq. has been nom
didate for Mayor.
9 A large quantity of the rock composin
morning last, with a terible crash.
er, colleague of the Queen, will soon com
6
3 Liverpool. She will be ready to cross th
Atlantic in April next.
Is it so .7 .S'outlirons.—Professor Espy sai
wind.
in this city.
increased,.and blew with great force unti
after midnight,
with showers of rain.—-Bolt. Amei'2'ca.n.
We are glad the nuisance in Ci--ntre strec
is to be removed.
t
the river, there can be no nuisance.
N. Y. l’Vli:i'g.
(l2:(l. They were hired by an eminent plant
er to labor in the Island.
New Yo r/be r.
60 gratis of opium. Notwithstanding an
emetic was given him, and a free use made
of the stomach pump, he expired in aboutan
hour after swallowing the poison. Intem-
pcrance appears to be the only cause of this
sad event.
We see _it stated that ex-Governor Marc.y
will be a ppojnted to the Attorney General-ship
of the United States in the event of Mr.
Giundy’s acceptance of the appointment of
U. S. Senator of Tenne.ssee.—Ib.
A number of young riien at Portland, Me.,
are getting up a company to go to the Orc-
gon Territory.
_ All the Banksin Ohio have resumed spe-
cie payments.
M11 Webster is not it passenger in the Liv-
¢TP09l but is to come in the Loiidon pocket
i'.\‘ler.liato1'.
to the command of the New York Navy
who hoists his broad pendant on board the
‘frigate United States as commander of our
IlIirll)cr-r_i/ Trccs.—-During the winter
nioutlis, it is l]:H'(ll_V possible that any sales
will be effected or that prices will rise. The
money market is not yet relieved and peo-
ple will hardly purchase trees months before
ion, however, of iptelligcnt men, that tlic
business of cultivating silk wi l be renewed
with great vigor in the spring, and the de-
The friends of the ‘business held a meeting
in town on Monday on the subject, which
still excites much interest, was fully discuss-
afl'air, continued with perfect collectcdncss:
ogy somewhere; and I don’t know whether
is told of th» breakfast of one of the ladies
who came outontlie last trip—-and signed
the complaint of the passengers as publish-
edon her arrival here. It is said that she
ton chops two slices of l;-am, tlirce eggs and
three cups of coffee. In order that the ladies
may have no cause of complaint, fifty tons of
provisions have been placed on board, to
The Pa.l~roon.——There is trouble in Alba-
ny in relation to the tenants of the late Gen-
rcnt any longer, and ccnsider that they have
The progress of
talus has been called out this day. The
A com-
the old patroon, and his successors are
tliis the wisdom of our policy against emails,
and large landed estates accumulating in the
Star, the New-York Dispatch, and Sylvi-s-
tor’s Reporter, have becnscverally indicted
The Grand Jury of New-York have pre-
Omnibusses ofthat city as a public nuisance.
nated by the VVhigs of Boston as their can-
the roofing ofthe southern end of the tunnel
of the Harlem Railroad full in on Monday
The President steam ship, 600 horse pow-
out of dock--complctid in all respects ex-
cept in machinery——which is to be fitted in
in our office halfan hour ago, “:1 storm has
been raging at the South Vfest for the last
thirty-six hours, and is still raging.” Yester-
day it was clear here nearly the whole day
——today there is a North-East storm (if
The above paragraph is from the New
York Express‘ of Tuesday, 2 P. M. at the
time it was written, and during the whole of
the day, a violent North-East storm prevailed
Towards evening the‘ wind in-
occasionally occompanicd
The New York Gas
Light Company are preparing to remove
their establishment to their ample grounds
at the foot of 24th street, East river, wlierel
they can have ample room‘, and being near
Cnc hundred and sixty colored persons left
Philadelphia in the ship Archer, for Trini-
A few more "could
probably be spared from this city, and such
an e_ritcrprise would be worth their attention.
Suicide.-—l‘.li'. Norman Barnes, of Litch.
field, aged 61, committed suicide by wiring
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’TROUBLE AT \V.'-\SHlNGTOi\’.
A gentleman just in from-’Wusliingtou.
gives us some intelligence of the rnovemcnts
at the capitol. He says the Whigs mct On
Saturday evening informally in relation to
the New Jersey delegation.
This question, he says, assumcdga new
and important aspect. The contesting dele-
gation went up to the l-louse and -mm’/.'.c(Z
iffzei-1' seats’. and it was ascertained that they
had filed it ccrtificatc from the Secretary of
State of Ne-.vJerscy of their <-luction—-a‘.-
though that functionary has no more right
to grant such a ccrtific-c.tc'tl:aii you or I, nor
is it in reality of any more validity. That
is n dutv expressly cnjoincd upon the Gov-
ernor aiid Council——iieverthcless the clerk of
the House has (lt"l€‘l‘mlD(‘ll to consider the.
rcgulur and spurious certificates of cqual V1‘.-
litlity. He will state the case toihe mean-
. the Shite of New Jersey without calling the
flZ1:flL‘S of either set. 'l‘l‘:c’efi’-. ct of this will
be to exclude tliem all. ln this cincrgcncy
what were the I-Vl-rigs to do? They core./il
prevent the House being oi'gr.i'iiz:;d until N.
Jersey was called, cither by clamor and noise,
or by witlidrawing——iii citlici‘ case the result
would be inevitablo——tlie Loco-Focos would
organize separately, and having a quorum,
would be recognized by the Sen-.itc an-l by
the E.~:ecutivc—wbilc the I'\’higs would be
left without a quorum, and could do iiothing
but sit and gaze on cat’-.l'i othcr, unable to
in-;sv. in any direction. The end would be
that they would either have to go home, or
proceed to direct violence and drive the L0-
cos from the capitol, or to finally succumb
and unite with them. Allthis is very plain;
and, moreover, upon any of the issues thus
raised before the country, our adversaries
would have the decided advantage. 'l‘licn
what can be done? Simply as it appears to
me, said he, to remonstrate and protest against
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form, and submit to that decision.
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to take place.
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is much trouble in the ranks of the Locos;
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lieve they will do 50.
Indiana, are in favor of cxtrcinc measures,
brit common sense pleads in another direction.
If it were not for the Senate, the whole inat-
ter might be under the control ofthe Whigs;
as it is, their opponents have tlrc power to
organize and procccd quietly and regularly
to business without them.
taken as they are, looking to all surrounding
difficulties.
MORUS I\lUL'l‘lCAULlS.
The morus multicaulis speculation is now
at an end—-at least for the present. It is. in
common parlance, flat upon its back; and
whether it can be made to stand again of it-
self, or be made to stand upon crutches, re-
mains to be seen. It has fallen suddenly like
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'3 sprawling, with a good many under it who
were crushed by the fall. Some are quite
dead—othcrs may crawl out with only some
of their limbs broken-—otbcrs may, by care-
ful surgical skill, be restored again to sound-
ness. if such slrill should fortunately be at
hand; but vast numbers have fallen like
those who were revelling in the halls which
the giant in the old testament, pulled down
over their heads. \Ve have no pleasure in
contemplatingtlicse wrecks of hope—thcse
cnterprizcs of avarice, which never can be
reached without our integrity, as wcllas our
happiness, being put in extreme peril. In
all such cases, the reaction is extrcme—thc
ebb corresponds to the flood.
Some years since, in Boston, when the
marketing was brought. to town in pannicrs
slung across the horse, wild pigeons were in
such abundance, that a farmer who had come
to market with his pannicrs full of pigeons,
after selling as many as he could for a pen-
I ny a dozen, at length went away in despair,
leaving his horse, in hopes that some person
would steal what remained unsold. But
t judge of his surprise, when, on returning to
his horse, he found that some other marketer,
as. unfortiinate as himself, had turned Iris load
upon what he had left. It has not yet quite
come to this with the mnlticaulis, although
they have been sold in quantities at public
sale, at four cents and two cents per tree;
and then the sale was stopped for want of
any further bids.
This is certainly underval-uing =tlicm.—
Tliey are a plant of incstimable value to the
country-. They yield an abundant foliage.
The worms consume them with avidity; and
they have not, as many feared, proved un-
healthy. The silk produced by them is of
excellent quality. They will not endure our
rigid winters; but the taking them up and
storing tliem i_n the cellar, or covering them
up in the fields, is not an affair of any gieat
labor or trouble, and the extra labor is -a,r_nply
coinpensated by the ease of picking the
leaves from standing tr_ee,s.
We have a right to hope, therefore, that
the public judgment will, at length,.do them
full justice; and although they cannot be
expected to go as high as they have hereto-
fore been sold, yet they will bring siich a
price as will fuliy pay for cultivating them,
and be. obtained so reasonably, that the farm
ers will be warranted in making plantations
of th.ein _1'o,r the purpose of raising silk.
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which many must experience, in failing to
ed im:iginatioiis anticipated, may disgust
the course of the clc1'k—--appeal from his de-
Any otli-
er course would be fatal, and that is the course
that will lizive to be adopted in his opinion.-
No decision was had, and another meeting is
The same state of things prosent them-
selves in the case of Naylor and Ingersoll;
but I tell you, says our informant, seriouslg/,
that Naylor will never allow his coriipctitor
to occupy his scat——if he has to resort to vi-
I am thoroughly satisfied of this,
and you in-ay look out for trouble—indecd,
bctwecn them I see no way of avoiding vio-
lcncc, but others need not participate. There
their meeting broke up without coming to
any conclusion, and was exceedingly inliar-
T/icg crmnot miitc '21-pan .Picl.'ens.
From what I now state, said he, you will
at once be able to comprehend the difiiculty
the Whigs have to encounter, iniperfiect and
busty as it is, in reference to the New Jersey
delegation. They must take a position in the
outset they can iiiaintuin to the end, and Ibo-
\Visr-, and Proflit of
Things are to be
a tremendous Colossus, and it now lies
Our only fear is, that the disappointments such an extraordinary time, but content.
_ . _ _ _ self with placing it in our columns fr .. ..
realize the brilliant prices which their heat- i . i
raising silk. . This will be a great evil; for, “-
in our humble opinion, the raising of silk in -
New England may presently become almost
as valuable an interest as the raising of cot-
ton in one ofthe Southern States.
VVlinn we have a little leisure, and an o'p- - ‘ii
portunity of looking at the documents, we
design to give a history: little known to most
persbns, of what was done for the encourage-
ment and advancement of this business many
years ago, and long before the American
Re\'olution.——Ncw Englaml Fafmer. ‘
S/‘i.ocI.:ing Eccul.-——An accident of the most
ilistrcssing nature occurred in Guilford last "
Friday e\'r:ning'. Miss Hannah Handy, a la-
dy about44 years ofagc, resding in the family
of her brother-in-law, Geo. Hart, Esq, met
with an accident under the following circum-
stances: During the absence. of Mr. Hart
and his wifc, and,afiei' the children had re-_
tired for the night, Miss Handy took a cari-
hers, make no decision on it, and pass Ovoi‘ dye and ‘Wm mm the ‘Yard for same fuel. '
While stooping, the sh-iwl around her neck
came in co: tact with the light, and in ti mo-
ment slio was enveloped in flames. Her
screams ofagony and her cries for help were
distinctly heard by the neighbors, who hast-
ened to her assistance, and on their arrival,
they for-ind. hrr dress to the waist entirely con-
sumed, and her neck and breast burnt to or
p-.-rfr-ct crisp. She lingered in the most excru-
tiating agony until Sunday afternoon, when
death put an cud to her suflérings.
New Haven Palladium.
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Murde-r.——A shocking murder took place
on Sunday morning, in the Refcctory at the
corner of Chatham and Rosevelt streets. A
bar, on his way home, for something tot
drink and wa= served by the bar-keep, named
Tiuiothy Robinson: adispute arose about
the number of glasses drank and White-
without hitting him. After many higif’
words between the parties, a customer came
in, and asked for a slice of boiled ham. Rob-
inson took his carving knife, came from be-
hind the countcr, and proceeded to cut the
ham, when \Vhitechurcli came stildenly le-
hind, and struck him a blow so violently as
to knock him against the stovc, and he made
a lungc with the carver at VVhitechurch,
and stabbed him fatally; he fell, and died in
about three minutes. The bar-keeper, recov-
ered from his astonishment at the result, fell
senseless on the floor, and was subsequently
arrestcrl. He is an aged man, a cripple. of
good character. It was a most unfortunate
accident.——Sla-r. --
Count Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, whose
arrival in this city was announced in several"
of the morning papers, left New Orleans in
high dudgeon, and for just reason. He was
informed by the proprietor of the St. Cha lest!
Hotel, that it was customary for gentlemen
traveling without baggage, (the Count was
not splendidly provided in that way fora
man of his titular dimensions.) to pay for his
board in advance, whereupon the following
dialog-iie transpired:
Count.—M_v name is asufficicnt guaranty
for my bill.
P«u.blica.n.——-Your name, Count, is a very
good name, but won't buy marketing.
Count.—-Make out my bill.
Public(ui.——It shall be done. 5
The clerk thereupon presented the bill.
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parte. I
“ My name,” said the Coun‘, “is Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte-——I wish it stated in full
in the account.” '
A second bill was made out, and the en-
tire name written out, in fair legible letters.
" My name is Count Louis Napoleon Bo-
naparte, Prince of Segoria, Kamschatka, and
other dependencies; say so in the bill.” re-
sponded the sprig of nobility.
“I will not make out a third bill,”’said
the cterk.
excellency, and forthwith absquatulated.
ill r. Benton Trz'm2i72}i.ant.—’l‘he trouble in
verified by the proceedings of the loco-focos
in caucus._ Mr. Pickens was first no’
atcd for the office of Speaker. and a
by northern loco focos. But a gen
the same party thinking that M
ofAlabama. could carry some votes t -
Pickens could not, proposed Mr. Lewis.-
This caused much agitation, which resulteg.
in the nomination of Mr. Jones of Virgini
I-Io swept the course the first ballott. Still the
difficulties were not settled, and Sunday was '
desccrated by other orgies.
friends properly insisted upon their rights to
respectful consideration. But Mr. Benton,
who watches every movement of his grea
rival, foreseeing the advantage Mr. Calho i
would gain over him by the election ofl _
relative, Mr. Pickens, entered the field 9
controversy, as we_ are informed, himself.
We are told that he openly denounced the
friends of Mr. Calhoun, and conjured his
friends to "touch not the unclean thing,” that
he personlyattended their caucus, and remind .
ed them of Gen. Jackson’s denunciation of
Nullification, &c. It is unnecessary to re-
mark that Mr Calhoun’s friends were thrust
aside, and Mr Jones of Virginia was urged
upon the field, as the party candidate for
Speaker, and the representative of Mr Ben-,
From the U/railed Slates Gazelle.
Pii.ocLAMA'r1oN.-——It was some time since ’
sta-tedthat Mr Ingersoll had received from
the Governor a certificate of his election.
This ivas, of course considered as a kind of-
prima facie evidence of his clcction to Con-
gress in the third district, by which he
should take his seat in the twenty sixth’
Congress, so as to vote for Speaker, and
speak for himself. So preposterous was this
idea that some paper positively denied the
assertion, and even yesterday morning the
Inquirer copied from a Washington paper 9 '
contradiction of the report, and at the sa-.
time the Pennsylvanianiisssued the prov‘ '
mation and preface. The election tookipla-..: '-
in Oct. 1838. The proclamation was issued I
November. 1839. We will not now com~‘i'.;
ment on this extraordinary paper, is-sued
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urc reference. —- 5-,;
Then follows the proclamation, whi
pl'0(ll1C’.t'.‘.’ piejiiilices against the business of
many with the whole matter, and operate to do not think it needfu] 10 mm.
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l\lr. Ingersoll duly elected, iuithe usual
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Mr. \Vhiti-church a fireman, stopprd at theft". .
church struck at Robinson across the counter, .2’ .
made out in the name of Count L, P. Bona-_, '
" Then I’ll be d—-d if I pay it,” said his . I
the camp, we spoke of in ourlast, has been '
Mr. Calhoun’s '
too, who is of course gratificd.—Madisonian.l 1-
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