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At the present period of general derange-
ment in almost every department of buisness.
it is natural for all inquiring minds to cast
their eyes around them in search of some
pursuit calculated to yield them a support. 01'
to advance their pecuniarly rescqprces. And
where, let me ask, doc-‘st a min meet a cer
tain respons: exliiept {rpm the produlctiolpsfof
the soil an w ere ese can one no or
stability’as to the safety of his investments,
and to an ‘ample. return for his labors.—
\Vhat other pursuit c=in offer to him a sure
guaranteeof a comfortable support for his
faiiiily, and permanent provision for his
children.-- In c_oii_iin_ercial pursuits all is
chance-..and uncertainty, and he who can
boast of ,being;on the ascendant today, can
only claim tooccupy the reverse position on
the marrow. The history of whole streets
in our mercantile citi?s. is but a record of
their rise. and the.dow_nfall of their occii-
pants. It is 11 melancholy, reflection, that
such arethe uncertainties atteiidaiit on com-
merce, and on mercantile affairs generally,
that ever six or seven 'e:ir_s witness a com-
plete itevdllutionpin the idercantile class ofthe
coinni_iiiiiiy. And yet such has been the fol-
lyand absence; of proper discrimination a-
mong parents generally, that apparently it
liiis been their most anxious desire to devote
their sons to mercantile iursuits. and risk
th,eir',prospci‘it.y on chanbes as fluctuating
and more uncertain than the turn of the die.
It is to this gross misdirection of the mind
that many branches of agriculture have to
this day- been totally neglected, although
ofll-ring the most bountiful returns to those
who would engage in them. Providence
planted the vine alone in Persia, Syria and
North America. To France and ltaly he
tendered no such tribute. And yet we see
France, whose cliinate was so llll(‘.Ong|'Dl€ll
to the vine at its first introduction, that it
could barely survive on its most southern
shpres, now l')§COIL)e enriched beyond pvtery
ot ier nation v t e immense accumu a ion
of wealth which, for ages. her vintage has
poured into her bosom. We see that coun-
try becoming affluent and powreful. not from
the natural productions of her own soil, but
from those which she has borrowed from
more favored 'ClllllCS. Look at her live
groves, and the whole race of oleaginous
plants from which she‘ derives the immense
quantity of her choicest oils, su fiicient‘, almost
for the consumption of the whole carth.——
Look at her groves of almond. figs, prunes,
and alinost every other fruit calculated to give
supportti her citizens, and amplitude to her
commerce. And lastly, look at her immeiise
and increasing plantations for the silk cul-
ture, l'lv't!lllng in profit all her other pursuits.
‘Not oqe of these invaluable productions .is
the git of ll-tl.UI‘D, but all are exotics, trans-
planted to her soil. For ourselves we may
claim both the vine and the mulberry as pre-
eminently our own, and. planted on DUI‘ Soil
by the Godof nature. And thus favored,
shall Americans succumb and yield p;'ec§-
dence to nations ossessing few natura a -
vantages. Shallpwe shrink from the devel-
-opement of these rescources which Provi-
dence himself has marked out as peculiarly
calculated to enrich our country, and extend
our sphere of comfort and happiness. \Ve
trust not. We trust that we shall not have,
for the future, any recreants among us, who
doubt the triumph of American skill, enter-
prise, and industry, where any other nation
dare claim success. It is such men who re-
tard the national advancement. and-are a clog
to its prosperity. They are worse than drones,
for they impede the labors of the industrious.
Men, professing such 6pll1lOn8&&)l1gllI to re.
ceive the withering scorn an erision of a
nation which claims to have no superiors in
knowledge and the arts. and which acknowl-
edge no consummation to their labors but
that which ensures for them the most tri-
umphant success.
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE GALE.
On Friday, just at night the wind com-
menced blowing in heavy gust-‘, and towards
midnight heightend into a heavy and regular
gale from the east which continued till nearly
morning.
Persons who were up during the night re-
present the gale to have been more severe
than that ofthe 16th.
The damage done to the shipping at the
wharves is very considerable
The tide rose to an almost unis-outed height,
flooding nearly the whole of Sea street. and
a part of Front street, carrying offimmense
piles of lumber, wood, &.c. Some persons
who lived in cellars in that viciiity, came
very near being drowned out. The back
bay also flooded very high, nearly to the
grading of the railroad, and completely cov-
ering the Tremont road for some distance.
The Derchester turnpike was flooded for
nearly three miles.
The end of Law’s wharf was carried away.
A new frame House in South Boston, in
progress of completion, was blown flat with
the ground.
-From below we have the worst rumors,
but are not yet in possession of particulars
sufficient -to enable us to make any accurate
statemeiits.
The tide flowed up into VVatei' street, and
damaged dry goods in the cellars to a con-
siderable amount.-—Bos¢ou Ti-mes, Dec. 30,
From Provi1icetown.—We learn by a slip
fmm the Barnstable Patriot that the ancient
town -of Provincetowri. which sheltered with
its enibracitng arm the Pilgrims‘ Barque, the
gallant little Mayflower has suffered severely
by the late gale. Pro rty to the amount of
850,000 was lost, an the loss falls prin-
cipa_lly--on the inhabitants of tlie-town. The
wind blew with great violence, causing an
unusual rise of tzie tide, and nearly every
vessel at the wharves broke loose and drifted
ninoiig the stores and dwellings along the
sliore,'demo.liehiiig every thing in their ivay.
- Jesse Small lost his store and half his
‘stock ofdry goods and groceries. Eight or
gen fi§h.st0l't‘S were thrown down, and £1
vast quantity of salt _works blown away.
Many cellars ofdwelling houses were over-
flowed, and the inmates com,pe;lled to seek
shelter with their mo_re fortiinzite neighbors.
Seine of the ivhitrves were entirely swept
-.iw’ay, arid the shores piled up with fragments
of -‘2.'rc_cl.¢s'biiildiiigs barrel.-,_._fi§_lI.' lumber. ifnd
spar.-. "‘I‘h‘e loss to the shipping ivns.im-
ziici1sc.——ll=’}iig. __._.-T 7
From the New York Sun.
R101‘. OUTRAGE. AND DEATH.
On Tuesday evening. being N Year’: eve,
the elements ofdisorder, riot. rowdyism and
violence began to exhibit theinselvcs soon af-
ter nightfall in several parts of our city, and
apprehensions were rationally entertained by
many of the sober and reflecting that the
night would not pass away without the oc-
currence of scenes insulting to the peace and
repose ofthe city, violative of every princi-
ple of law and order, and calculated to ter-
minate in some fatal catastrophe of wounds,
blood and death. Such were the fears ofthe
sober and reflecting from the early evidence
of riot and disorder exhibited, and what was
then prophecy, was soon after converted into
a fragment of frightful history. It is well
known that there are in our city scores of
thoughtless anddissipated young men “who
acknowledge no law other than their own
irbitrary wills, and reverence no authority
other than their own physical powers and
combined energies impart.
Of such material, was composed a band of
young spirits, who on Tuesday night assem-
bled in the 7th and ' l3th wards, and passing
along Grand street, madethe "night hideous"
by their wild shouts, their licentious rcvelry,
and their baccliaiialian din. I:‘.nteringapor-
tcr house at the corner of Grand street,
and Forsyth street, kept by a German named
Kraft, and closing the doors, without any
provocation, they proceeded to demolish the
furniture of the bar-rooni and counter, and
soon left from $30 to $40 worth of property
in ruins. Two of them then found their
way into the kitchen, attacked a German
servant girl, bared her person, and exposed
her nakedness, and then forcing her down
on the floor, one of them held her down
while a young man named John Armstrong.
since killed, attempted in the most brutal
manner to revisit her, but owing to her
screams of murder--her fierce resistance-
and the arrival of Mr. Kraft, was prevented.
Some of them also penetrated into the bed-
room where Mrs. Kraft was confined to her
bed with sickness, and there attempted sun-
dry acts of ruflianism and violence. .I..eav-
towhrds the Bowery. where one of the gang
went into the pie and cake baking establish.
ment of Mrs. Ketcham, and under h‘,‘c[i_-nce
of purchasing a pye‘ took it to l.l"_g (foo.-_ and
coufering with his companions, called out to
the young lady in ult.‘:-ndance for three more
pics, and then, with the one he had, rushed
out and joined his companions and they went
shouting triumphantly away. In a short
period after this they visited the tavern
and German boarding house called Concert
Hotel, 10! Elizabeth st., kept by Valentine
Mager, where there was a German ball. and
running in file into the bar room below, coni-
menced breaking and destroying the tables.
chairs and the decanters and glasses, as also
some of the windows in the tnost reckless
and ruffian-like manner.
Officer Barber, who was attending at the
door of the bar-room, in the upper and rear
part of the‘ house, coming down to repress
the disorder, was attacked, beaten and ove-
powred; and Col. Ming, secinga conflict
between a man ti ho was defending himself
with a sword. and one of the gang, (said to
be Armstrong) put up his hand to prevent the
falling of the sword upon the head of the
latter, and by the force of the descending
blade had two of the fingers of his hand cut
oil‘, audthe other ‘badly wounded, when he
retired. The invaders failing to enter the
ball ‘room. were soon after repulsed and ex-
pelled by the inmates, part of whom belong
to the Jefferson Guards, boarding in the
house, havingtlieretheir muskets. and oth-
ers pistols and swords. The Alderman of
the \Vard, and sundry watchmen, were sum-
moned to the spot; but the rioters left, and
the doors and windows were closed and bar-
red, They, however, returned again in less
than an hour, and were making demonstra-
tions ofaii intention to renew the work of vio-
lenco and ruin, but were arrested in the act
by the discharges ofnearly 20 ntuskets from
the uper windows, by which the leader. John
Armstrong, was pierced with two balls, and
soon after died, three or four others more or
less badly wounded, when they retired.
Armstrong was a very stout and powerful
young man, and was 22 years of ago; his
body was conveyed to a porter house in the
Bowery near Grand street, where several
physicians were sent for, who found him dead,
and executed a post mortem examination of
his body.
A member of No. 15 has got a bullet
lodged in his right arm; and one of his com-
rades was shot through his left hip. {the ball
grazing the lower rib bone. One of No.44
was also shot; but our informant could not
say whether dangerously or not. The
names of the wounded appeared to be care-
fully concealed by their comrades, who were
eiicitcd to the highest pitch of resentment, so
much so as to put the examining physicians
in personal fear for their safety.
Fa rl/tcr particular‘: of the Riol.——The ri-
oters, in pursuit of their infernal appetite,
spased no one’s person or property. A coun-
tryman's horses were cut loose and started
at full speed along the Bowery with the
wagon, throwing the owner out and iniuring
him severely. A coachman was dragged
from the box of his coach, and his horses
frightened off at a run down Ch-atbain street.
A female in Ann street was violently seized,
dragged across the street, stripped almost
naked, and her person exposed and brutally
beaten. As a gentleman and his wife, (she
being far advanced in pregnancy.) were
passing along Bayard street, near the Bowe-
|’}'. some 15 or_‘2O young ruflians held the
husband, while others seized the lady from
her husband's arms, dragged her across the
£t|'C£‘-l. Slflppvtl up her garments, and after
beating her bare body, and treating her in
the most infamous manner, amidst her cries
and screams of murder, dragged her back
.to her husband again, and cried out, ' there,
:take your old prostitute.’ A chivalric voting
‘s'*=T|1lf-‘mall who interfered to rescue and pro-
tect the lady, was instantly knocked down,
and oflicer B. F. Tompkins, who also inter-
fared, w:_i,sseized by the throat, choked and
forced up against the side of the l}0Ll5t',Wl‘l6n
be crying out. ‘I am an oflicer,’ and one of
the party knowing him, they fled, and he
escaped further injury. A party endeavored
to ‘force an entrance into a house in Church
SUE-Cl. and .bcing defeated, forced off both the
ing this place they passed along Grand st,;
Venetian door an l_its frame, and carried off
all together. A German porter house in
Pitt street was entered, furniture and crock-
ery broken, the refreshments wasted, and the
daughter of the landlord seized, and her-
clothes tied over her head. At another por-
ter house in or near the Bowery, they took
forcible possession, eat and drank what they
pleased, and afterwards grossly abused offi-
cer Tompkins, who interfered. _
A number of persons who came in their
way were severely beaten, while others had
to flee for safety. These outrages were not
all porpitratril by. the same ruthless gang-
for it is lanientableto say that several gangs
of a like infamous character, were outraging
pence, persons, property and law, at or near
the same time. On New Year’s day a par-
tv of the volunteer runners with engine No.
S7, went to the private residence of Mr. Ro-
bert Gibson, 2l7 Canal strei-t. and forcing an
entrance demanded food, and some cold vict-
uals were given them by the cook, \\.l)(?n Mr.
Gibson requested them to go out, which they
all did except one, who laid hold of Mrs. G
and after handling her in a most ruffianly
-manner and breaking some crockery, he was
expelled. Soon after those who hail left re-
turned with a reiiiforceirieiit, and made a ‘des-
perate effort to take possession of the house,
btit were repulsed.
Soon after a second reinforcement was re-
ceived, and the embodied band kicking in the
the staircase that led to the reception room,
where some friends had assembled to enjoy
the bounties of the Woitliy host. Here,
however, they were met by a stout and gal-
lant sea captain,wlio, suatchiiig up the tongs,
attacked the invatlers with so much fury
that 8 or 10 ofthcm were ii_i rapid succes-
sion knocked down the stairs and upon the
floor, with each a ghastly wound or terrible
bruise on the head. The tongs were brok-
en in 3 pieces by the violence of the blows.
and those who were Unl1llI‘tI'5_‘_‘.'i off as fast
as they could lr«'1Vel-_ \\’llll6 the wounded
C|'3_Wl€d Dill blCf".l'll1g as they went. Appli-
cation “’’.‘.3 made at the police for warrants
f0’-' such of the gang as were known, and _of-
iicer Madden succeeded in arresting one of
them in the above mentioned porter house,
with the mark of the tongs upon his fore-
head, who was committed to prison on a de-
fault of 500 dollars bail. _
Armstrong was a rowdy and ruflian of the
deepest dye. In his pocket after death was
found -.1 large batch of spurious and counter-
feit bills, as also some counterfeit dollar and
half dollar pieces. One of his counterfeit $5
bills he endeavored to pass the same night,
on Mr. Kraft, corner of Forsyth iind Grand
streets, for liquor ; and failing in doing so,
commenced and perfected the destruction we
yesterday described. Indeed he is strongly
suspected ofa more serious crime, for the
roll of counterfeit bills found upon him after
death by the coroner, resemble closely, if
they are not the very same, that were stolen
from the store of Messrs. Hall 6: Mellon, cor-
uer of Mott and Chatliam streets, on the
night in Dec. last when it was set on fire and
robbed. And yet this man. covered with in-
famy, as he was, and killed in an act of out-
rageous riot and violence, is followed to the
grave by about 700 persons, with mourning
badges on their arms, and many of them
swearing to avenge his death-—but on whom
they cannot tell.
TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
riitsr silzssios.
FRXDAY, Dec. 27th.
No business ofiinportaiice was transacted
in either house to-day. The election of
Printer to the the House of Representatives
was postponed till the 10th of January.-—
Most ofthe residue of the day in the House
was employed in debating whether a Chap-
lain should be elected. -
A motion to print 5000 copies ofthe Pre-
sident’s message with accompanying docu-
uinents, and 15,000 without the documents,
was adopted, and the House then adjourned
to Monday. »
Mo.\‘n.iY. Dec. 30.
In the Senate nothing of interest took
place.
in the House Mr. Keinpshall, the hither-
to absent member from the State of New
York, appeared, was qualified, and took his
seat.
The following gentlemen were announced
as having been appointed by the Speaker,
to compose the Standing Committees of the
House:
On Elections Messrs Campbell of S C;
Rives of Va; Fillmore of N Y; Mcdill
of O; Crabb of Ala; Brown of 'l‘enn;
Fisher of N C; Smith of Ct; Botts of Va.
On lV._i/s (£’lt(b Means Messrs Jones of
Va; Biddle of Pa; Atherton of N H;
Lawrence of Mass; Rhett of S C; Vander-
pool, of N Y; Evans of Maine; Conner"
of N C ; Cooper of Ga.
V On Cluiiiis Messrs Dawson of Gzi; Rus-
sell of N Y; Banks of Va; Giddings of
0; Williams of N H; Gentry of Tenn;
Hill of N C; Galbraith of Penn; Mallory
of N Y.
O». Commerce Messrs Curtis of N Y;
Hillen ofM D; Vllhite of La; Burke ofN
H; Tolliind of Penn; Habrsham of Ga;
Parris of Maine; Botts of Va; VVi-ller of 0.
On. Public Lands Messrs Corwin of O;
Reynolds of Ill; Lincoln of Mass; Crary
of Mich; \Vhite of Ky; Fisher of N C;
Garland" of Va;-Hubbard of Ala; Tbomp--
son of Miss.
On the Post Oflicc and Post Roarls
Messrs McKay of N C; Hopkins of Va;
Capiiian of Ala ; Marvin of N Y; Leadbet-
ter ofO; J_L Williams of Tenn; Anderson
of Ky; Butler of S C; Brown of Miss.
For t/ie District of Columbia Messrs.
W CJolinson, of Md; C H Williams, of
Tenn; Beirue, of Md; Clark, of N Y; Da-
vec of Me; Graham of N C; Cranston of
R I; Black of Ga; Hawkins of N C.
On (lie Jztdicia-ry Messrs Sergeant of Pa;
Crary of Mich; Hoffman of N Y; 'I‘urney
of Tenn; Mason of Ohio; Sainuels of Va;
Colquct of Ga; Storrs of Con; Farnzird of
N Y.
On. Rcvolulio/ia.r;y Claims Illcssrs Cz‘ai§,t
of Va,-_ Ranrlolp/I. 0] NJ; Hall of Vt ; Tal-
iafer-ro of Va ;. Purnzcrtlcr of Mass ; IlIon.l-
gomcry of N 0; Rogers of S C ;- _El_1/ of
N Y; SIt'cm‘i7rgc7t of O. ' ’
door, rushed along the hall and half way up ‘
On Public E:rpe'nd-iturcs llfessrs Briggs
of Ilfoss ; Smith of Me ,° Bond of 0: R<Wi-
den ofla; Duncan of O; Crockel of Ten;
Hall of Vt; Walerson of Tenn; McCollo/t
0 Pa.
fOn Private Land Claims Messrs Cassey
of Ill ; Ga.-rla.nd of La; Calhoun of Mass;
Dillell of Ala; W’ii:lit of la; Butler of K3./:
Ha-slings of llluss; Jameson 0} Mo; lVlnte
of La.
. On ./l1(mufai:tu.;-es llfrssrs J Q Ailmns of
]lIa.ss,' Nisbct of Ga; Slade of Vt ; Tal-
ling/I,ast of R I; I-Vorl/iinglon of jlltl;
Dromgoole of Va-; Mitchell ofN Y; East-
man of NH; John Davis of Pa.
On A_i;'1'iculturc Messrs Dcbcrry of N
0; Dennis of lllrl; llIcClclla.n of Tenn;
Smil/t of V! ; Hammoml of Pa; Show ofN
II; ,Swcency of O; Doig of N Y; Hook
of Pa.
On Indian Affairs Messrs Bell of Ten ;
IV-ill-ia.nis ofN C; Alford of Ga; Cross of
Ark; C/Linn of La; SlL(’])(I/I'll 0‘/"NC; Lucas
of Va; Hunt ofN Y; L WV Davis of In.
On llIilita.r3/ Aflai-rs llfcssrs J0/1.7251372. of
Tenn; Thompson 0fS C; Nliller of llfo;
Calcs of Va; Kemble ofN Y; Allen of 0 ,-
Zlfrmroc ofN Y; Sumplcr of S C; Goggin
of Va-.
On. l/I-6 Militia. Illcssrs Keim of Pa;
Carter of Tenn; Grifliii ofS C; lVa.gciicr
of Pa; T/tomas nfMd ; Goods ofO; Roger-s
ofN Y; T-riplclt of K3; ; Rid;,rzoa.3/ of 0.
On. Naval Affairs Messrs F T/iomas of
llld _; Reed oflllass; Ilolmcs ofS C-; King
of Ga; G-r‘i.nncll ofN Y; Aizderson of Me ,-
R0bl?t30?L of D; Hollcman of Va; Profit
of Ia.
On Foreign Aflaiirs Messi's Pic/cons of
S C; Cu-SlL‘l7lg of lllrtss ; Dromgoolc of Va,-
Grungcr ofN Y; Bynum ofN C; Hawes
of K3/; Ho-ward of In; Everett of Vt ,-
Cl-iford of Me.
On, the Territories Messrs Pope of K3];
Jcnifer of Md ,- Ramsey of Pa; Campbell
of Tami; Stuart of Ill; Brewster ofN Y;
Davis ofK_1/ ; llfontag/tr ofN Y; Fine ofN
York.
On Revolutionary; Pimsioiis llfcssrs Tal-
liafcrro of Va; Carr ofla ; Andrews ofK_1/,-
Sleenrozl of Va ; Rayner ofN C; Ed. Da-
vies of Pa. ; Brockzeay of Cl ; Taylor of O ;
Haul of N Y.
On Invalid Pensions Messrs S/terrocl
Willirtms of K2]; Morris ofO; C/iillcnden
0/ N Y; Dean of 0; Strong of N Y;
Randall of .Me ; Morris of Pa ; Palen of
N Y; Edwards of Pa.
On. Roads and Camals .Messrs Ogle of
Pa; Graves of K3]; Carrol of .Md; Hill
of Va; Smith of Ia; Star/tuicatlter of O;
Rug/ncr of N C ; Colquitl of Ga. ; Blackwell
of Tenn.
On Patents Messrs Fletcher of Vt ; Beat-
ly of Pu; P-rent-iss of N Y; Ncwlia-rd of
Pa; Ra._i/nter of Pa.
On public buildings and grounds llfcssrs
Lincoln of Mass; Perri/ten of Pa; Leonard
of N Y ; Kcim of Pa; HdSl'i7bg5 ofO.-
On Rcvisals and Unfinished Business
Illessrs .Pccl: of N Y; Parish. of O ; Jolm-son
ofN Y; James of Pa; Dana. ofN Y-
0», Accounts Messrs Johnson of Va;
Lawrence of Mass ,- Johnson of N Y; ./lIa7'i:lt-
and ofPrr; Boyd ofN Y.
On. lllileage .Messrs W'illia.ms of Conn ,-
lVz'llictms of Mass ; llforgan of N Y; Last
of Pa; Allen of N Y.
On the Expeiidilurcs of the State Depart-
ment Messrs Uiidemooil of K3; ; B3/num
of N C; Crabb of Ala; Lowell of Me;
Trumbull ofCo7m.
On. the Expenditures of tltv'Trca.sui'_7/ Dc-
partmcnt——.ilIcss*rs Events of Me; Atltcrlon
ofN H ; Osborne of Cl; l‘Varrcn of Geo;
Jones of N Y.
On the Ercpcndilu-res of the lVar Depart-
ment Jlfessrs Garland ofLa.; Howarrl of
Iml ; Wagener ofN Y; Ifolmcs of S C;
Cooper of P a.
On Expenditures of the Na.v_i/ Department
ilIcssr:Sallonslall of Jlfuss; Vtmdcipool of
,N Y,‘ Simonton of Pa; Green of Ky ;
Ge-My of Pa.
On the Expcztdilurcs of the Post Oflice Dc-
parlmenl Messrs .llI(I/l'L"I.I& of N Y; Bog/tl
of K3}; Lowell o_/"Me ; Davis ofKy,- Brown
of N Y.
On the Eztpcndilurcs on Public Buildings
Messrs Stanley ofN C; Furnace of Pa;
Gales ofN Y; H€nT1/ ofPa; Earl ofN Y.
Some time was spent in a vain effort, first
by Mr. Wise, and afterward by Mr. R Gar-
land, to suspend ilie Rules to enable them to
move resolutions against the consideration of
memorials touching the question of slavery
within the District of Columbia.
Upon the motion to reconsider the vote on
printing a large extra number of the Presi-
dent's Message, Mr. Thompson, of S. C.,
made a speech at some length upon the gen-
eral character of the message, &c. after
which, the previous question being moved, the
motion for reconsideration was withdrawn.
A question arose concerning the proper
mode of disposing of certain papers touching
the merits of the New Jersey election, which
was not decided at the time the House ad-
jou rned.
On Tuesday, in the Senate after the pres-
entation of a variety of memorials and peti-
tions, and the introduction of numerous bills
and several resolutioizs the bill to amend the
act for the punishment of certain crimes
against the United States was teken up in
the Committee of the \Vhole, and, after some
explanation from Mr. Wall was ordered to be
engrossed for a.third reading. The bill to
establish a Board of Commissioners to hear
and to judgeclaims against the United States
was taken up in Committee of the Whole,
and after some few observations it was made
the order of the day for \Vednesday next,
when the Senate proceeded to the consider.
ation of executive buisnests, and afterra short
session, adjourned to meet on Friday next.
The proceedings in the House consisted
almost entirely of propositions, suggestions,
and votes concerning the reception of aboli-
tion petitions, the House steadily refusing
to suspend the rules for the purpose of per-
mining any proposition of the nature to be
received. In the course of the day. the time
for daily reception of petitions (which has
expired before one petition has been received)
was extended for twenty days. '
The House adjourned over to Friday
next
-Poulson_’s American Daily Advotiser, at
Pliilad. is merged into‘ the North American.
, lnl¢'I‘€5l. just published at Montpelier in that
SELECTED SUMMARY.
One Term.-—Gen. Harrison. to a letter
addressed him by the editor of the Missouri-
an, makes the following reply:
Non-rii Benn, 17th Jan. 1838.
Sir—In answer to your inquiry, made in
your -letter of the 29th ult. I repeat the doc-
laration I have often before made. that if
elected President ofthe U. S. I would, under
no circumstances, become a candidate for
a second term. \V. H. Hs’RRlSON.
The Mormons:-A corresdondcnt of the
Journal of Commerce, writing from Mon-
‘IOSO. Upper Missouri, Dec. 4. says that the
Mormoiis who were driven from Missouri,
and are now settled in large numbers in that
"9lS_llb°t'l100(l. -havc some fears that the Mis-
sourians have designs against them.
Extract of a letter from Judge Wilkr-son,
General Agent of the Am. Colonization So-
ciety. dated Washington, ‘25th, Dec. 1839:
—-"I sent off this morning to Norfolk 52
Kentucky eniigrnnts for Liberi;i,—also 34
from Virginia, liberated by Mr. Huntoii’s
will. and 6 by Miss Randolph. All pretty
well fitted out, except the Virginia 34, who
require yet a good deal to make them coin.
fortablc.” ‘
The "Green Mountain Boys” is the titli-
ofa new liO\'€l in two volumes, of thrilling
State. The incidents are from those roman-
tic scenes thattranspircd there before and du-
ring the revolution. and the authoris thi-
writer of May Martin, which got the prize.
Haifa mile of new raft was formed on the
Red River during the late rise. The Erad-
icator steam snag puller is‘ there to clear it
out, but it will require forty days.
River Piralcs.—Robbi-rs have become so
daring on the banks ofthe Mississippi, that
some of them a few days since fired into ii
steamboat that was passing the mouth of
White River. They hang out false lights to
decoy the boats.
lllelctnr./ioly Acciilcnl.—-Mrs. Sizer, an
aged lady of this place, and wife of Mr.
Timothy Sizer, sen, was engaged about thrie
weeks ago in a room in wich a furnace was
placed containing burning charcoal; when,
as is supposed, she became suffocated by the
gas arising from it, and so fell that her
clothes caught fire, and she was burnt in a
most shocking manner.-—N. Lon. Caz.
D-roll Legislation in Georgia,-—A bill,
passed the Senate on the 12th inst. yeas 45
nays 39, which vests with the Superior or
Inferior Courts of the State, under certain
conditions and restrictions, the power to in-
corporate churches, hotel, volunteer, and
manufacturing companies, change the name
of individuals, &c.
Going Back -—Great quantites of goods,
on consignment to various houses, are in the
progress of transhipment to Liverpool.—
This is the sure mode of decreasing our for-
eign debt, and relieves the country from the
excess of importations.
Amicable resolutions have been agreed
’ the Meditator on Saturday evening, from
'I‘he Vvinchester Virgiaiiin says that the . .
snoiv in that region is generally over two if " ,__.-
feel deep; . _:_,,_~
At Hagerstown it was from two to three
feet deep on a level.
The Army and Navy Chronicle says that
Paymaster R. A. Forsyth has been recently ‘
dismissed from the Army by order ofthe Pre-
sident of the U. S. for a defalcation of about ,- 1
815,000 in his accounts. - ‘
A B7'£I7I(l7‘t’lfl_ Pi'll.——Br~nj. B. Massey, of
Boston, it is said, has been purged to the
felt Brzindri-tli’s pills.
' Upon the question of the. admission of
Iowa into the Union, the territorial legisla-
iure have passed a vote of 21 to 4, a resolu-
tion, that it is iiiexpedierit at present to take
any preparatory steps towards that end.
A big gun cast at Alger’s foundry, Bos-
ton, was recently tried for the first time, and
burst. It was to carry a I50 pound shot,
and would riqiiire sixteen pounds of powder
to charge it——uiaking an expense of $l5 for
a single discharge. ,
The l_lon. Silas lVriglit has given notice
in the U. S. Scnatethat he will soon bring -
forward the Sub-treiisury bill. Thus it will
be seen that this "revolutionary and digm-.
_zaniziiig” scheme is to be urged through the
Senate, while New York, Virginie, I’em;.
sylvania, Delaware and Michigan are onl
half represented in that body. If Mr. VVriolit
\\—‘lSllL’Cl to obey the will of his consiiiueiiis
and do his country a service, instcadof intro- -,
diicing the Sub-treasury scheme, he would '
resign his seat and go liome.——Pal. Dem,
Still Anot/icr.—Frid:iy and Saturday last
there was another great fall of snow in this
vicinty; and like the two ppeceeding, was
thrown into iinmi-nsedrifts—-in many places
we learn, for we have not ventured very far,
l0 tol5 feet in height. One before our office
is about 10 feet high. It is believed that there
is now on the ground an average depth of 3
to 4 fect of siiow—morethan we remember
ever to have seen—and more, with one or
two exceplions, than is recollected by our old-
est inhabitants.--Lilcli_/t‘clil Enquirer.
/‘ Trcmcniloiis Snow Slorms.—It snowed at
Rochester 56 hours steadi'y, from Friday to
Monday, falling to the depth offour feet! the
greatest known in yea rs. The roads, railroads
included,'are buried, and the mails and all
traveling lIil€‘l'l'llplf‘d. ln wistern Massa-
chusetts the same. The towns are complete-
ly cmbargoed by a depth of some 3 or 4 feet
of snow.
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FOREIGN NEVVS.
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Items of For-ci_g'7i News by I/to Lola Ar-
rivals.-—Aiiiong other arrivals was that of
London Nov. 20th. The Hon. Daniel Web-
ster came a passenger in her and has taken
lodgingsat the Astor House.
There is no material change to notice in
the Money Markets of either London or Pa-
ris. They appear firm and improving if
any thing. Theznews received from Ameri-
upon by the Iowa legislature, and the Coun-
ty Court ofClark County, Missour'_ -. _ ..
relative to the disputed territory till I -.._;, -;:=r
The troops are withdrawn.
at Boston on Wednesday. Daniel P. King
was elected Presdeut of the Senate, and Robt.
E. Winthrop Speaker of the house; both
lVhigs. ' '
Mrs. Susan Decatur, widow of the late
gallant Commodore although, very ill, still
lives, and, we are happy to learn. is thought
somewhat better than she was a week ago.
Not. Intel.
Burl Omen-—vi:r_1/.———Tlie St. Albans (Vt.)
Republican says :—“ In this number of our
paper are to be found ‘seven petitions for di-
vorce. but not asiugle marriage !"
A powder mill belonging to the American
Powder Co., at Sudbury. Mass. was blown
up on Sunday morning _last and Mr. Joeeph
Lamsou killed. ,
The shipping at Newburyport is estima-
ted to have suffered damage to the amount of
$20,000, by the gale of Friday night 27th
ult. Of 139 vessels in port 41 were more or
less injured.
Cliapluin of the Scnule.—'l'he Rev. Mr.
Gookman. ofthe Methodist Episcpoal church.
has been elected chaplain to the Senate of the
United States. , \
Mayor of Albany. -At a meeting of the
Common Council, Jared L. Rathbone, Esq,
was re-appointed Mayor of the city, for the
current year.
Onliziations.--At an ordination held on
Sunday, 22d instant, in Christ Church, this
city, by the Right Rev. Bishop Browncll.
Mr. S. L. Stocking was admitted to the Ho-
ly Order of Deacons.
Chapman was admitted to the Holy Order
of Priests.—Couraut.
The shipping at Charleston sustained
great damage during a gale ivhichprevailed
there on Saturday night, 28th ult. A great
many vessels were more or less injured, and
some smallercraft were stink. No lives ap-
pear to have been lost
Bellville Ba.nk.—The Newark Eagle says
that; this failure is likely to "prove total,
and the propability is, the holders of its bills
will get nothing at all. The receivers have
as yet received no funds.
Charles Saunders has been convicted, at
Hartford, of setting fire to a building in that
city last summer, and sentenced to the State
prisod for five years.
Great Loss of Lives.-—I't is stated that the
number of lives lost by shipwreck on Cape
Ann and Cape Cod on and since Sunday the
|5tli inst. is greater than the whole number
lost for the lust twenty-five years.
Gone to Europe.-H. J. Levis, the cashier
of the swiiidling Schuykill Bank, is abscon-
«led to Europe in the ship Pocahontas from
Norfolk, ’ ' ' r
The average amount of rain for the last
year is forty-three inches, or six inches over
any year past. In the South, however, there
has been a drought. ~
Divirlcml.-—The Atlantic Insurance, Com-
pany has made a dividend of fifteen per
ding all further military or civil proi~---:i:..a‘:.- 3
The "Massachusetts Legislature assembled ‘
-At the same time, the Rev. Robert M. ‘
ca Of ll'in h9l‘¢fl\Ynl'!i_1'ir\n a-if l\l'-3-u ‘:7-i'
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-"J;-t'.=.-.; ~.-..*-.- .. uiiuut: ueiter in Liverpool,and
the markit more firm. I‘. had also assumed
a more lively appearance at I-Iavre with a
slight improvement in price.
The Russians have met with sudden and
unexpected reverses among the Circassians.
It is asserted that several English and Po-
lish ofliccrs are among them and urging
them on.-
By a royaliorder of the 25th ult, M. de
Bacourt, rescsident of minister to the duchv ,
of Baden, was named as Envoy extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United
States. _ - ‘
Appearance of the Qucezi ’l('lt8n sbe made
he?‘ Declaration of Loi:c.——Her majesty
wore a brilliant bracelet on Saturday, at
the Privy Council, on which was the por-
trait of Prince Albert. The Marquis of’
Lansdowne addressed a very complimentary
speech to her, when she had concluded’hers_. ~
saying that he was persuaded that the _news ’
of her approaching nuptials would diffuse
universal joy throughoutthe realm, and that /
he begged her gracious permission to make
the news public. The Queen bowed grace-
fully and handed him‘-‘her speech. The
Queen appeared to feel the extreme awkward;
uess of her position, looked unusually pale,
and read the declaration, of her intended mar-
riage with somc trepidation of voice and man-
ner, though she pronounced the words mu-
ture consiile-ration emphatically. It was
generally observed that Lord Melborne
looked aged and appeared not to be in usual
spirits. i
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Poisonti7tg.—A diabolical attempt --was
made to poison the family of Mr. Hoyt, the
collector of N. Y. Some person. b1'011$ht #-
package of coffee to his house, purporting to ‘
come from a manufactory in the Bowery.
with compliments to Mr. Hoyt. and Wished
him to try its superior quality. Mr. H. took
the precaution to send it to the police. *
There was no such place in the Bowery as
that indicated. Mr. Chilton analysed the
package and found it largely iin_pregn_ated
with arsenic—some say one third its weight. ?
A Dutch girl from Bergen, New Jerggr, _ _
has been taken up as‘ the feinale_wh is‘ ‘
supposed to have administered poison in cakes
to the voung butcher,£n ‘whose stall she left
it. It ‘is said she is his wife. and is pregnant 9 _
by him and was moved by jealousy. ‘
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‘A Brutal Son.—Daniel Simonson, of B__er- -_
gen, N Jersey, the father of the female now
in prison charged with the murder of ‘her;
husband, Mr. John Floor appears to be in _a.’
situation little less enviable-than that of his
daughter, if the information furnished by an
officer of the Police be correct. Simon,
son in a fit of inehriation fell upon and . _
beat his wife most unmercifully at t eir resi-
dence in Bergen—and when his aged father.
now about 80 years old. came in and inter-
fered, the unnatural son fell upon and beat his ,
father, knocking him ‘down and stamping on '
him thereb occasioning the rupture of 87%‘
blood vesse , and thereby endangering his‘
father's life. For this brutal act he was ar-I
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rested, handcuffed and corivcyed to Hacker:
amount $6,283, for manufacturing counter-
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