__I.-__-I2 ‘-2 , .
.
stowed. I think aguinstthe wheelhouse. Th?
longer and finding two dead bodies. returned,
life l’)’i.‘il. was forward of wlieelhouse on the to Soutliport. One of the l)0Cll6"S on a piece
starboard side—on promenade deck—-it W118
cover-vl with Ctl'|V:lSS. I saw the UV“ ‘l"i‘l
ter boats hanging on the davits. and cleared
away. We took supper about 6 o’clo_cky;
l.l]t:l'c were two tables set, each about hull tin:
length of“t1ie’ ‘c -bin, and were full. Somr
had to wait. The boat went at the rate 0‘
12 or 14 miles 'I‘he't-ables had been clear-
ed an hour wh -n the til -rrn "its ‘Il""l'l ll‘‘'' (
the lD0at.Wa3 on fire. I did not know Captain
Childs.‘ I was then ziliont turning in, ‘had
my coat and boots ofi'—-my berth not f:ir_lroiii
the companion-way on the starboard side-—
three berths distant. _ Apprcbvndl-‘l n°ll“"‘-’
Sari.-H13‘ lint put nn mv li0'itS. en ‘t at (l lint-§
took my overcoat on my arm. _ W hen I got
an duel.-, ldiscover.-d trie casing of smoke
pipe on fire, and think it had reached the
gproiienside deck. The flames led aft, the
casing was pretty well on fire. 'I bought It
might have been extinguished. Cannot say
whfih.-p {ha fire was below the main deck.
Supposed the crew were zit work with the
‘fire engine. ?I should think that the buckets
had not b -en us‘«_-di ' "l‘n.. nus:-ii}-.rcrs i. l
made a rush-to't'b'e quarter boats. and filled
them. ‘Thev.-seemed de_tei'iiiini~.d to destroy
thenis:-.lves _amfjl ‘their only means of safety.
.I rep:iii1-il"t«’i'th-- stirbo -ral h-iii. \\‘lil4'll lilo‘.
were lo-.'ve'ring, until it touched'the waiter, and
some one must have cut the tackle. It could
not h'ive befi-n iii‘ih.iokt'i.l. Sh" \\''is fill -
and swamped. She was fu1l—-about 20 per-
sons in her. ' '
The other boat went down disv‘ngaL'cd. in
pretty.much the same way; she was also
full By that time the fire had made such
heazlivay. that I thought the boat a gone case
—tbought the best thing was to run the boat
ashore, and rim up to find the captain ; found
himat the-wb--el house. and gave him thit
advice. The boat.was already heading for
the 1-ah;-l, The _fire.h-ad begun to 8SL‘C."lCl‘f-l'Oll'l
the Proms-na(ic deck, and the \Vl’}€(’l
house. Tuere were 2 or 3 persons on the
prom":-nude deck, near the wheel house. My"
attention was turned to the life boat, and I
observed she would soon be burnt. She was
lowered and I assisted in pulling offtlie tar-
pziulin; determined I would not go in her,
being satisfied she would" share the fate of
the other; boats. They were lowering her"
when I left the promenade deck. and Idid
not see what l)t'C'<1ll‘l€ of her ; w"nt down to
main deck aft; they were appiren ly im.
screwing the hose of the engine; could
scarcely see for the smoke—and should think
the coiiiinonication between fore and aft was
then cut off This was about 20 minutes
from the time" of the alarm. The eiigin.
stopped about 15 minutes after that ti" 8 I
than recommended the people around me to
throw the’ coito.i ov--rboird.
10 or '12 l1llt‘SI over; I told -them -they had
got to do soiuetaing for [ll8l'TlSPlV6.: prett_\'
800:], and H~lVl8:'(l them to take to the cotton
bal« .-. Nearly all the cotton not on fire was
thrown over. I then cut ofii a piece of lini-
lying near. 5 f=-'l*r?':.:. '-rag. and spzinncd it
' I ‘ - 2 .~-12;: zgas square shiped,
2-".-: :.‘~:‘:<'3 " ' ride. One of the
. W fit .. the rope thus at
;_t .. ' ;; :;;_ .:s_‘_.-_ :'.;-_;__.i .5, cupstnii, anti get-
-..ig mi to the b -lo, wt: lu\\'8l'L’t.l the bale and
ourselves into the water. by means of the
rope. . Toe. boat then lay broadside to the
wind. This was on the larboard side ofthe
boat, under the lee. VVe sat upon the cotton
facing‘ each other. The bile was about El
third out of water. with both of us on it; the
tide was strong’ The rope was coiled and
laid away on the top of the b.-ile. My coin-
panion did not like to get away from the
boat. I determined to get from the boat be-
fore I was burnt to death -accordingly shov-
ed the bale away from the stern. and the boat
drifted about a knot and a half from us. This
wris about 8 o’clock; we brought away ii
piece of board. We had to keep the end of
the bole to windwaad when the fire was rag-
ing.
Siw a lady on the boat. one of her child-
ren was overboard; we passed the child so
near I could have put my - and on it—--it laid
on its bick—tho rnotlier crivd out to us to
save it. In ten minutes after we had l:-lt the
boit saw nobody on board but those on the
foreciistle. The child was deud—I judged
it w.is a female child. Can't recollect the
dress of the lady, it was as liiuch as I could
do to keep on the bale. The water ivashiiig
up, would wet my waist. VVo were in sight
ofthe bout till she iv:-nt down, which was at
3 Oiclock. We were a mile dist-nt at the
time. \’.Vhen we left the bout it was cloudy.
The moon went down at 4 o’clock. I look-
ed at my watch every half hour. It was
so cold I had to make. efforts to keep my.
self warm. by whipping my arms, &,c_ Aboiii
4 o'clock the bale capsized with us. in con.
sequence of a heavy is'~'5«'-it went over end.
ways and the other side came .-i-top. W’.-
both iiiunaged to get on again lVe lost tllr
Tlley till‘:-\\‘—
of wreck. I was taken. on ‘board the‘ Nimrod. ‘
bound for Bl‘ltl_Q'9pOl‘t. “lent ashore to Capt.
Davis’. and took the boat for New York
next morning at 8 o’clock.
Capt. Childs appeared confusel when I
saw him at the wlieel-house, and made no
other remark than merely to answer my
picstion--and from not being seen after-
wards, was probably suflocated there.
Went down from the wheel-house-saw
men taking down buckets and piissing them
to the promenade deck. My impression was
at the time. that the tiller ropes were burnt.
I think there was a communication l)f'l.\\'t3Cl'l
fore and all of tho the l_)0at\1~‘lfl.t‘l‘ the lile-bout
was lowered off: The life~bo.t was cleared
offiiiimz-cliately after I left the ‘wlicel-house.
It is my opinion now, that if the boat had
been immediately stopt when I sail: the fire.
a few buckets of water would llZ.H'\8_ extin-
guished ill The quarter boats coiildcarry
each about 15 persons with safety.
Car-1'. 'l‘r:ii.nsi..——-‘.Ve cannot better express
our deiesiaiion of the conduct ofihis man. if he
is worthy to Le called a man. than by qiiotiugthc
l.ui«_»uag.-‘ nfllie N.Y. Atlas. accompanying the
letter ot'Capi. Coinstock ofthe Siaicsniari.iil'tcr
his search for the bodies and cfilectsofihc suffer-
era.
“Captain Conistock. in his letter, says;
'Cipt. \Vil.i.iiii Terrell, master of the sloop
liiipovenii-nt, was, with his vi-sscl. within
four or five miles of the L‘.‘Xll’tgl0D at the
time she coinmetici-it I)lll'lllHL', and thinks il
be had im.-nediately repaired to her assist.
ance, he could have sived it great. nuuib r
of lives. Tho reason he assigns for not do-
in u so is that lie would liar.-c lost the tide over
the bar at the port to which he \V:'lS bound,
and accordingly he pursued his inhuman
course. leaving upwards of I00 persons to die
the worst of deaths. The circumstances of
this unparalleled cruelty will bcr.ifter be
more clearly exposed, and ' I trust he will
receive its merited deserts.’
“ We hope so too; and we now draw the
black lines thus round the name of
CA PT. W ILLIA M TERRE LL.
to show that, by his inhuman conduct he
has expunged himself from all sympathy
with his fellow beings. There are no
i-ord.=.-—-langiiage is wanting to exprcss our
.ibliorri=iici-,detestation. and horror of such a
monster. He will go to the grave tracked
riy the curses of all those who have lost
fiieuds and relatives in the Lexington. and
those who syrnpathise. with them.”
More Bodies Reco-vered.— We understand
that the bodies of lleiiry S. Craig. N. Brack-
ett. VVui. A. Green, of Providence, David
Green of Philadelphia. Agent for the Minor
Shoe Company. and Mr. Finn the comedi-
.-in, were picked up at River H--ad. L. l.
Benjamin D. Holmes and \\ il lam Dex-
ter. both of Boston, are to be flddtd to the
ll~f(1rll"|l‘lfi<‘l_
1
TWENTY-SlX'l'H CONGRESS.
VEIRST SESSION.
Correspondence of (lie Daily Whig.
’l‘uURsnAir Jan. 16.
Yesterday Mr. Iloflinau of your city in-
troduced a resolution to remove the esks
from before the seats ofthe members. This
would seem to be :1 trifling matter. But
from long observation of the course of con-
gressional proceedings. I am convinced
that it would effect a revolution ofya most ini-
portant kind. Slated at their case with the
appliances of desks. writing materials, &c..
members while away their time in writing
letters. and attending to any thing but their
dluty._ ll tliecy were dcprivltidbo.‘ tlllSlll1XlC]ll')'.
tie time o -ongress wou c. emp oye in
something besides long prosy speeches deli-
vered merely for effect at home; anotlaer
kind of -speaking, more brief, more to the
oint and really addressed to the matter in
liand woul.l be adopted; and the public busi
n.-53 would be done more intelligently and
C‘.\’pt'(‘llll0l1Sly. Such is the ai'ranr_rement in
the British Parliainent. There there are
merely rows of uncusliioncd oiiken seats. into
which m!‘l1ll)6l'S are crainined; and a di-bite
there nerver lasts over two or three nights.
Tliey will not endure the “bushing up” of
the ideas of the able speakers who have ex-
hausted tho subject.
Mr.‘ H’s motion was laid on the table; but
the evils_ot' tlhe [l))lit.!St‘[I‘!ll arlrsipgekmept arefgct-
mg so in o era c. iat t xii t is re orni
will one day be carried.
The eternal subject of abolition petitions
came tip again on a proposition of Mr. Coles
Ol V-1-. which he supported with a long
speech and concluded by moving the previ-
ous question. He refused to withdraw it fo'
the purpose of allowing Mr. Granger and
Mr. Monroe to make some rem:ii'ks-—and
pl8~'e of board, and had no command of the the latter declared he would not vote at all
bale after that. My coiiipmion coiiipl -inc-d
iiiuch_of the cold at our first setting out;
dlllim Sr’-"rt: to have the spirit he oif;,rl;t to
-h:_vc—-frettinc__r hiins»-lf ab ut his situitioii.
llilfih llltlllfls. &c.—-His name was Cox. and
liyed at 71 Cherry street. He s('e;n9(l to
give up all hope——sliorily after we lvfl. Illt‘
boat. I izuve. him my waistcoit, he [1 vlng
only a flannel shirt, boots, cap_ and ham...
loous. He was a firrman. After Q’t'l.lll1Q’
0“ l“ lllt‘ bill? afiain. he remained -on it about
2 1-2 hours. The last half hour he-seemed
stupid. and had lost the use of his h,,nds_ I
rubbed and pounded him to get his blood in
circulation. It was very i-oiugh_ and 1 was
obliged to hold onto theirope round the b,-.l.._
It got broadside to the se:i——gave a lurcb—-
Cox fell off-and sank without a sh-.,g.,1t.‘_ I
then got on to the middle of ll... ha}, and
continued there aboutan hour. when" ii be-
came smoother, and I was able to-sit upon it,
Cox fell offabout half-past 6 A.M. VVh+=n 1
saw tlic "t‘5St'l I waved my hat. The sloop
was the .\‘le.‘:'hant. Capt. Meeker, of South-
port. I was picicsd up at ll o’c.lock. Tl"...
picked up two person§‘olivc»and two dead,
Those alive were Capt. }‘lanch.=sm-, who
was picked up on a piece ofthe i‘.-her-l-hous-;,
and a Mr Smith on a hole of cotton. Capt
M. was first picked up. Both pickerl rm
within ball an hour after I was. Capt. Mm‘.
Chester was ‘pretty near Hone. Smith was
in-about the. same situation as myself-—-he
was one of the flronieii. They were pm in
bed, and the boat, after cruising three hour;
Silk Culture. Mr. Clay remarked upon the
try
and buy less aboad.
tion ofthe public land, which he "assumed
to be a more assumption of the State debts.
had laid down any principle but what “'35
on the .iiatter unless sillowetl to give his run
sons for it.
Then motions for .-i call of the
House. adjournment, &c. &.c.-—-The debati-
will go on.
'l‘o-day, the Hotiso was eiitertained with
i-xplin itions and all that sort ofthingr. Messrs.
l\'litcliv-ll. Fisher. Iliilriws and the Spphk
0!‘, relative to the proposition of the first
n.-iined gentle-roan to lluff Green about thi-
public. printing. The whole story has been
before the public some days. and nothing
new was elicited.
In the Si-nate. a debate of some interest
sprung up on the presciitrition of a petition
from the Anierican Silk Society by Mr.
Clay.
After speaking of the importance of the
necessity of clierishing otir domestic indus-
_ No Country could prosper with an an-
tral excess of $40,000,000 of exports over
imports.
lfiml" d“l.V 0" “ll l“l‘”_ll¢‘S. and distributi-
lstt‘-tpqr0.<:<-Eds ofthe public lands among the
tie*:<‘~- «tn help them out of their'diflicul-
Mr.Calhoun took fire, and said he differed
from Mr. Clay in all his views-'-—tbat a tar-
lll lllllllcll ‘-‘VPt‘_y interest; and he would do
iiotliing to assist the States, bv a distribu-
llfr. Clay denied this. and denied that he
ofthe wheel-house..im.(l tilt‘ Ollwl‘ “fl " lll“"“ l
should be treated alike by the ‘House. and
that if _any_wei'e rcjectedtho reason should _
be given. .. ' ' ‘
tion ad joii med.
perfectly consistent with the compromise.
:lSSll -option.
amendment to the Sub-Treasury Bill-ring
ing the changes upon gold. silver, &c. &c.
wlieri-upon I cleared out.
‘ Fnimiv. Jan. 17.
It ofthe N. York Express) Mr. Walker made
‘ I I . T I ‘ j ' V ; I ' ‘ ‘ a
is characteristic of BT71 Callioitn. to assume a short sp»-ec_l_i on the SubvI‘ie.isili(ty billbin
but an opponent’s propositton is a thing en- reply to Mr. Clay... M,r. V . cop not tit
tirely different from what it is. and then to coiziplniient Mr_. Clay 3 talents, he spoke
argue. and impugn motives on that arbitrary impartially of his great abilities long expe-
‘ i-ii-nee, and eminent public Sl‘l'V|Ct‘S.
M’-r Benton hooked a long spcech on an then met. Mr. Clay's arguments, as wall as
‘he could, in the space of about an hour.
Mr. Buch:Il'lill'l was to speak the next day.
He
s E LE 0 'l‘ 1-: oms U l‘.V1l\T_llT_R Y"
The Sub Treasury Bill occupii.-d the Sen
ate all day. and was passed. The tollcwing
is the vote. The :iiiiendri'ie_nts were uniui_-
p0rtan"l':" I
Yeas—Mcss2's. Allen. Benton. Brown.
Bu~c.7I.ana'I-. Calhoun. Clay ofAla.lia.ma.. -Cull).
bert.Filllou.. G:-unrly Hublia,-rd. King. Linn.
Lumpkin. iMoulo/2. Norvell, Pierce. Racine. ,
bevier, S/nil/'i. of Cmtnecticut. Strange. Tap-
7}(LI.'.. l’VtLl/arr, Williams and Wrz'.2'/it--9.4.
.Nays-—Mcss-s Bells. Clay of Kcizlucky/.
Crittcndcn. Davis. Dixon. IIenrIm‘..-"tin.
Knight. BICl"7"l-Ck. Nicholas. P/iclps. Pren-
tiss. Preston. Robinson Ritggles, Smith of
Izidi/ina. ll’/rite and Youn,g‘«—-l8. i
The Scnatt‘ then adjourned until Motldiiy
iicxt. _ .
In the House. Mr. Mitchel made another
explanation. and read his letter to Duff
Green; and the residue of the day was
occupied with Abolition petitions—-and no
question taken. Mr. Curtis introduced his
bill for the relief of insolvent debtors.
Correspondence If the N. Y. Empress.
SA'l'URDA\'. Jan. IS.
The proceedings in the House to-day.
have been totally devoid of public interest.
The hour of the session was occupied with
the consideration of personal matters. Mr.
Fisher of North Cilrtlllllfl. had :i word or
two to say to Mr. Mitchell of New Xork.
and Mr. Mitchell something to say in reply.
Mr. M. thinks that Mr. F. is convicted at
least ofa lad memory, and Mr F. retorts by
imputing some sinister design to Mr. M. in
writing his letter to Dufl'Grren.
Mr. Slade. of Vt. recommenced the aboli-
tion specchbegun by him yesterday. The
member was upon the floor from one until
half past three. and even then, at the hour
of adjournment. had not concluded his re-
marks. The spcecb therefore, will be re-
sumed on Monday. I see as yet no sign of
a termination of the discussion upon this
siibject, either in the disposition of the mem-
bers, or for the reason that it has become ex-
liaustcd. If left to itself six weeks will yet
be occupi. d.
The Senate was not in scsion to day. In
my letter of last night Iouiitted to mention
the reason of the peculiar vote given. Mr.
Young and Mr. Robinson voted against the
bill for the reason that they considered them-
selves instruct. d. Had the Tenncssce Sen-
ators done as they should have done, retain-
ed their places for the terms they were elect-
ed, and had the Senate been full, the Sub-
Treasury Bill would hardly have passed.
The company who honored Jllflgt‘ White
witli a dim‘ r last night was a most numer-
ous assemblage. The seperation did not
take place until two this iiiorniug. Many
speeches were made and among the speak-
ers were Judge Vvliite, Mr. Clay. Mr. llsesul
ton. Mr. Popc.‘1\'lr. Biddle, Mr. Gorivin.
Mr. Austin, and Mr Dill:-t Mr. Clay took
occasion to renew his expressions of confi-
dence. in the Harrisburgh norriin.iti_on.-and
again pledged his hearty support. Judge
Whitesaid that Gen. Harrison went inimn-as
nrably beyond his opponent in power. in mor
al capacity. and carability. He had how-
ever a strong attachment to Henry Clay, and
was hardly prepared to give him up. Mr.
Webster was toasted by Gov Pope.
Judge VVhite’s manly position is regarded
here as one of the noblest sacrifices ever
recorded. You should have sec-n him in the
Senate--his venerable appearance is patri-
archal cbaractcr——and have heard by word
of mouth. scntimt-nts that would have done
honor totlie best man and best days of the
world. Such a man may be banished as
Aristides was. but the people will recall ‘him
ere the time of his prescribed banishment has
expired. as the people did "the Just.”
E. B.
’ MOXDAY. Jan. 20.
In the Senate the bill for the ariiied occupa-
tion. of Florida was further debated by Mr.
Prrslon. and finally passed. by a vote of _‘.24
to l5. Mr. Clay occupied the residue of the
day in one of the ablest speeches he ever
made. against the Suotreasiiry Bill. which
came up on the question of its final passage.
In the House Mr. Slade consumed the
day by talking about abolition memorials.
Tutzsnrw, Jan. 21.
In the House. the abolition discussion occu-
pied the wboleday, the members south ofthe
Potomac having the exclusive possession of
the floor. Mr. Garland, of Va, followed M-,
Slade, of Vt. (who spoke the day before-) arid
t'X.imlt)t'd his llrgiiiliunt at length in rt-xgrnrd
to the powers of COTIQIVSS on this sulij ct;
but he re fused to enter upon a (llSCtl.‘.‘-SlOl‘i‘ of
the moral question. and thought n- Soiitlinrn
mun would consent to do it in that place,
He was followed l)_‘ Mr. Butler, of S. C. who
wanted to make pol.ticril cnpitalout oftliesub-
jv<"_. Mr.Dronigool«~, ofV:i. also spoke on the
5lIb,]dt". The previous qllt‘Stl()l] was moved
upon Mr. 'l'nompson’s proposiii'on-—to iualre
:l l‘lllt' raising the qll(’Sllm') of reception. and
laying the motion to receive abolition petitions
upon the table, The question was lost by
the close voic of ayes 98....nn_\-5 90_ M.’-,
Adims -then moved a new proposition as
fol'.o\v.=: ii
the Standing rules ofthe Housc—-
Evcry petition, A presented by the Speaker.
I
Mr.‘ Adams stated‘ briefly the obiccitibf
his proposition, which was, that all petitions
.'-i‘lie House then,‘ upon Mr. Adorn’: mg.
‘hilt
ding numbeirsuto his disciples.
13,.-3,12: in i's38.——'w.. gather the follow.
ing‘ froin that valuable publication, the Amer-
lC:'ll’| Almanac for I840:
°Egypt supportsa-population of 3.000.
000 people; provides for 140.000 pai.
troops. l6.000 sailors. 2.0.)-0 youths in her
estahlislimi-nts for piiplic. education. destined
for different branches of the public service.
60,000 in the arsenal. manufactories. &c..
10.000 engaged in buildings and public
works in the towns and provinces. such as
canzils. roads dikes. forts uiagazina-s. palaces.
lnOSql1f‘S. rivers. walls. &c., 6.00.! ililferi-iii
governmciit cniployers; of the r- st, 800.000
may be calcul -ted as tl‘2l(lt'SllIf‘t] and people
employed in cities, tt)\\DS, &c. the surplus
and the mass devotid to agriculture. Tliu
Marine Academy of Alt‘.X2).ll(ll’la has 854
students. al-l.Ar:ibs, who are educated for
oliiccrs of the fleet. p
,__An Attempted Suicide.-—A man who is
evidently di-rziiiged, attempted to cut his
throzitzirid murder his wife. He l't.!.~lllt‘S at I24
N:1§8:|ll strr-ct. aiil had only yesto-rrluy tikt In‘
board there. Some observation be-iii_g inade-
l’(-'8pt‘CIll'lg the l‘t‘|ll()Vtll of some things be-
loiigiiig to oi her bout-dei's from the roiuii hr
was to occupy, he started up and drziwiiig
kiilf-' gave liinisi-~ll :1 gush in the throat.
exclaiiiiing, "l’in sospt-ctr d. ain ! ? tlii.-n l’ll
cut my throat." Ills wifv endo=-voted ll) f|"l5'
mite his "design. but he .tlirust ll?!‘ Oll
snd stabbed her in the breast. The W0m'-In
is not much injured. The maniac. was tn-
kcn to the watchbouse. VVe have been in-
formed his is an Englishinaii, anl has been
but a short time in this country. His
wound is not dangerous.-—E:r:}n‘c8s‘.
An E;rplosian.—-'I‘lie alarm of fire in the
fourth district. Monday half past six o’clock,
was caused by the blowing up of the fire-
works m:iriufacto"v belonging to D. Moraii.
‘.27 l\'ladi.~:o_n street.’ The fire was acciazlentall _v
conirriunicated from a lighted cigar in thi-
hilnll of it young man who was pllrcllusmt-'
some fire works. An explosion iiistuiitly.
took place, blowing the buildiiig, which was
of wood, to HIOIIIS No part of it was left
st2inding.——E:rpress 2 id.
Bank of the United States of Pe~ms1/l-
vania.--A ri-solution having been passed by
the Senate of P- niisylvuiiizi, instructing lllt
Judiciary Committee to bring’ in a bill to_re-
pe.l the charter of the Bank ofthe United
Sites. Mr. P:-arson. the Chairman of_th:-
Committee. resign:-d as at uiember——nss1uri-
ing those. in.~tru=tions as lzis reason for do»
ing so'. Ills resignation was accepted. and
Mr. Brrnlag was appointed tn_his place
Whi-rcupoii, that geiitleiiian declined for the
same. reason. So th zt iniquity is not lik--iy
,g>_fingl willing tools in the State of Pennsyl-
vania.--Amer-ican.
Bonnet, his wife and four children. who
have been connected for several years with
the B-ptist Mission in Burinah, arrived yes-
terduy in the Champlain from Calcutta.
Mr. Bennet’s health having failed. he was
advised to take this voyage with a view to
its recovi-ry.
Rev. Dr. Judson, who has been for 28
years -connected .with that mission. is in a
very feeble state of hcalth.—Journal of
Commerce.
Appoiiitments by the P-resirlent.—-By and
with the advice and consent ofthe Senate.
Hiram Perry. Surveyor and lnspector of
the Revenue for the port of Albany. N. Y.:
from the 6th inst., when his late commission
cxpircd.
Norris. Vlfilcox. to be Marshal of the
I'nited States for the District of Connecticut.
from the 28th day- of January. I840, when
his present comiriission will expire.
Incident —--.-‘Iniongst the crowd of wretch-
ed \\'()fllf ii. who yesterday thronged the Alnis
I-louse Oflice in the. Park. was ‘one, who
while waiting for her turn to be relieved.
was suddenly seized \\ ith the pains of labor.
and was taken down stairs, where in a few
minutes she gave birth to another unfortun-
ate.—E;7:p-ress 22d. _
Not to Africa but Havana.—A letter
fi'om"'Havanu. in the Boston 'l‘ranscript s-iys
Gen. Jackson was expected to visit Cuba
from New (Ir! ans. It would be amusing
if the General’s old threat to go to Africa
should be realized pare force. through the
agency of some Cuba kidnapper.
Ohio River.-—At the last accounts the ice
iii the Ohio rive-r had broken up. and the
Louisville papers of the 16th instant stati-
tlie uzitor h Ll riscn there over two
fget. and that boats were preparing to start.
The Wlieeling G zette of Friday sziys that
iiiiniense quantities of ice were still running
in the river.
Mr. George Williamson, traveling collec-
tor of the Albany and Syracuse Railroad,
hrid both his legs run over by tho cars on
Sun-.l.iy, .l‘.2th and died on the following
uioriiiiig
A Ln./re grm.c.——Lnlte Jackson. a body of
- I - ; _ . I ‘ * ' ‘. ‘
\\lllt.|' of seviril lllllts in extent neat Ialla for Ml. Bmrdman.
Resolved. Th... the following beuddcd to h=-ssva Fla» is said to have emiri-13' disan tary. Mr. Nu.-s hal throw. and Mr. I-linnian
pt-are .
Punctua.zion..-—A southern paper adver-
or by any member. with a brief verbal state tises :1 black runaway by the following R.-piste; go jndg-e_
Av
merit ofits contents. shall be received, unli-ss decriptions :---"he is about 2 . years of age.
objection be made to its adoption forspecial //.z's nose turns up six feet high. had on, &c ”
'easons ; the name ofthe meniber olijecting. What a nozzle that must be!
We ought to make more at home, and the reason of the objection shall, be en-
He would putthe max- t
Aliibuiiia does not go in for silk. The
“ed “P9” ‘he -l"“l"“"l- The ‘l““9l‘l°l_‘.'_l" bill to promote the culture ofthis staple» has
every such case sh .l. be-:".S/tall the Petition b..,.n thrown. out of he]. [,.gis1a,m.e_ How
be -re_;ectccl: and no petition shall he .r‘e;ect- short siahleun some. mm am
ed but by a majority of the members pi§es- °
em. . One Jiundred and fifeen emancipated ,
slaves are waiting at Norfolk to go to Libe-
rtzi _
titution.
"Joe Smith.'the’Marmcn prophet, is bold-
Sir George Arthur-has resigned the gov-
In- the Senate, (says
the r:ori'espondc'nt criimcnt of the Province of Upper Canada.
about 7 o’clock. Mrs. Dorinda __Ilale,1'.wi:e qt
Mr. John I-lale, mate of the bark Aurchi-
bald Garcie. shot herself with one‘ of her
Return of Miss£onarics.—-Rev. Ccpbas -
M ftb " - fd - °"'d"'- - -
05‘. ° em are m 9' stale ° 9" back with their wheat through Coluiiibiana
county. to the Beaver fslls, where they made
sale for cash. T
int; forth -at}.Rllll‘“l*'lphi:i. ”"d is ‘Wekly a<l- body. each mm with his coat turned wrong
.~.-idc out, and. being asked why they did so.
A female S1li€ldc.—Thl8_ morning. (23.¢l)
husband's pistols. 59 Rosevclt st. at her
i'esidcnce.—E:1:p'I'¢$S-
The Steam Boat -Company to whom the
Lexiiigton boloiiged. are pursuinga most
pr.ilsei\'Ol‘thy course.- They spare neither
p ll .s nor expense to recover the bodies ofthe
(ll‘0\\'l'l('Il,,€ll‘l‘.l in some instances they have
incurcd a very heavy expense to send the
corpse“ home to very distant friends.
Fire —-.-\t l0 o’cloclr last night (‘26th,) a
fire broke out in the four story building
No, 285 B.-oadway, between Reade and
Chambers streets. occupied by Messrs. Du-
bois &. ('liambers as a Piano Forte Ware-
oousc In spite ofthe efforts of the firemen
the building was entirely destroyed. The
stock in the warehouse was 000 Of the
most valuable in the city.
II(l.I‘[f0rIl and New Hm-en Ra.llroaiI.—A
capitil \\ inter buisncss is now transacted on
uir l‘tlllt'mi(l. VVP niliced that the tram Ol
cars which left ve.~terdav afternoon was un-
usiinllv lt1l'£{C--V-illl liezivily freigllleflt and
not lnr l‘l‘0lll\On(‘ ' hundred passengers In lllt‘
cirs. Pretty fair buis..essl ’
Hn.rtfor.l Clourier, Jan. 15-
'I‘hérc was a slight shock of an carthqiiiikv
sensibly felt in the vicinity of Fairfield.
I-Ierkiincr county. N. Y. on Friday last.
Hamil Tz'mes.——'l‘lie Shipp ng and Com-
uiercial Li-t, published in this city On llli
9th of ‘.\'ovc_-irilii-i‘. contains a stat:-iiient ll‘Oll'-
t-ie Custniii llouse books. of the imports in-
to the city of N. Y.. ofthe lezitlinsz’ aTll('l~‘-‘
of nierchandize. from the first of Jan. to th-
3l.st of Oct. of the present year; and also, :-
s'atemeiit ol the importation of the same in‘
ticles. during tlie's:tmo- time. in the year i838
From this document it appears. that in this
half-pipes. 55.047 qu:irter-czisks, 8822 lndiai
quarters of l838l Now, estimating eacl
pipe or blid. to contain 100 gallons. (\\‘l1It‘-l
is loss perhaps by 20 per Ct't'|l.. than the rcn
have of
50| 90-] Ul
306 900 (ll
. 1 04.‘
Gin, 482 600 “
O 90.
Rom. 34l.000 "
Wine.3013.335 “
71.590 135 $3.1bI.709 O(
The prices here named are the lowes
The price here given for wine is b4—~lo\v tb-
average of the quotations; but then it is ti
prior‘-s.
the whole, to $l,590.854f-niaking the sun
total to be 84.772563. paid out of the peel-
liquors brought to this_city alone.
nine months there has been brought into this
port alone, l2‘2l pipes. ll.l85 half-pipes,_anil
2807 qiiartcr-casks of brandy; lt826 pipes
gin: 3410 hhds. ruin, l2.729 pipes. 2093
barrels, and 50.992 box:-s. winel which i.-
an increzisc of 16.300 hhds. in all over the
import ol wine and spirits during the first 3
contents) and other casks in proportion. Wt‘
Brandy. 753 250 gulls. at $1 15. S366 237 50
o 50, 1.506 667 5i-
prices quoted in the some paper for spirits.
be observed, that tnese are the wholesale
The consumer has to.p:iy at least
50 per cent prom, wliicli profit is equal, oi.
_ ' Gurlcy. Rev. Mr Height. Rev. Joel Parker
ets of rum and wine drinkers. for the foreign
lNl.©D‘R\Ml'blL.ll( ®l5lZlETTlE.i
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1840.
FOR i=iu~:srms'N"r,
WILLIAM ii. Hartiusoii.
or OHIO. " o
JOHN TYLER,
or vmox.\'iA., r-‘on VICE PRESIDENT.
TICKET FOR ‘STATE ‘OFFICERS.
For Governor, _
“WLLIADI VV. ELLSWOIKTHo
For Lie-ut. Goverzior.
CHARLES HAVVLEY.
For Treasurer,
TIER.-ll.“ RIDER.
For Secretary,
ROYAL R. HlNM1‘No_
For Comptroller, I
IIENl{_Y KILBOURN. _
YOUNG MEN'S S’I‘A'l‘E. CONVENTION.-
Wherens the \Vliig State Convention. at its"
meeting at New Haven’ on‘ Wednesday. the
15th day of January instant, passed a resolution
in the following words. \iz:
" Resolved That this Convention recommend ’
to Ibr Young Men of this State opposed in tlioyi
present National Adniiivisirmion. to hold a Youn ._
\lcn's State Convention at Hartford. on Wedne
day. ll"? 26th (lay oft4‘ebruary r.-ext.t'or!ha pu
pose-of responding Iotlie nomination of Presi
lent and Vice President made at .[—]a"§,-hm‘,
and the nomination of State Officers made ac’
this Convention.”
To carry said resolution into effect, the State‘
, Central Committee would recommend that the
several County Committees request the Town
Commiuees _in the towns in their respective
Counties. tocommunicute the recnmmendmion
above named to the W-liig Young Men ol their
~« V"f8l WWDS. and cordially invite themlo at-
‘ tend the proposed Cnnven ion. It is not deem-
ed necessary to elect individuals as delegates.
but the invitation should be to all Young Men
who are opposed to the present administration
I and in favor of '11:: election of Gen. Harrison -
:0 the Presidency. ' i ‘
From Ilieinterest manifested on this subject
by the Young Men who were delegates to tho.
>‘taieCoii\'eniion.and from the muninerin which
the proposal wzisreceived. we doubt nut butibis
Ptlll will be rmzpondeil to in a manner worihyho
|lt(‘,_VOlln‘_,! \Vliigs of Ci)flHCCllCt1~l; and it is hop
ed that every town" in the State will be fully
'i-presented. _
.ll-IREMY HOADLEY.
Ml-ZLVIN (‘or-i-:1..liNu. Statg Cgnt,-at com, _
EZRA S H.iMii.'roiv.
Harlliiril. Jriiiiiary 20,
\
i
1840.
C0l.0NlzA’l‘l0N. —-The frieiids of ‘Colonization
in New Yurlr. held a meeting in the Tabernacle.
on the evening of :he 22:]. which was well at.
'Pntl€Ll. The Rev. Dr. Bangs took the clmif,
'l'he meeting was addressed by the Rev. R, R.
Hon. Theodore Freliughuysen. Hon. B. Js‘
N. Y. Evangelist.
19"."
New OaLr:.u\'s.Jan. 13”‘ =
Yesterday. says a correspondc '
other
Sunday, to save appearances. passed up St
baroucbe drawn by four bay horses to Joi-
was to deliver a sermon.
hero :1 regular Calvunistic discourse upoi
that blood should be shed to ensure a reniis
sion of sins.
An Iricenrlia.r3/ Caug}zl.——-The
Cl‘l‘Il]ll‘|t-'(l, was the work of an incendiary
vicinity of Hartford.
gust, and is supposed to have tried his hand
.1. the business here at that time. He is
young in years but old in villuiny. Vt’.-
trust that he will now be put into safe keep-
in._4.-—Ha-rl. Cour.
‘W/rig Cattle in t/re lVrong Pasture’--
The last Rc-gistor containsa stzitement in rc-
ga rd to lliv ballot for State Oflict-rs. utterly
false. It says. " on the first ballot for Gov.
Mr. Ellsworth had a majority. Mr. Board-
uian :1 few, Ilmi. J. M Nilesthrec. and one
scattering’ So far from this being the case,
the vote stood--whole number. I05; for
Gov.Ellsworth 103. for E. Phelps 2. No
vote. was thrown for John M. Nil:-s. or Mr
Boarduiaii. and no scattering. For Licut.
Gov. there wcre two scattering votes. one of
which “as thrown for Mr. Storrs, and one
In the ballot lor Secre-
the rest. Whether these three were CISI. in
derision or in sober earnest. we leave the
Terrible dissension, in-
deed, in the XV‘-ig ranks l—Hart. Cour.
T/re Dutch are Coming—A few day
since, says the Beaver Argus, several honest
Loco ‘Ge.-rm:in larin.-rs started in company
with loads of wheat from Columbiana coun-
ty, for Massillon. in Stark county, to raise
money to pay their taxes. The best offer
hey could get, was 43 cents at 3 months’
Obliged to get money. they drove
They turned homeivard in a.
.V. ;
Y. Express was anotler splendid “-'._;. P312:
which all the beauty and ugliness. cl: .2:-2 -_-~+; .
canoe and intelligence of New Orlt ans came
out to go to cliurcb. to walk the streets. lo
pay visits. or spend the time in some way or
Gen. Jackson. who had sworn on
Saturday not to go to the battle ground, on
Charles-strcct about half past ten. in an open
P.‘-ll'l{t’.I',S church. where Mr. Breckenridge
The house was
comfortably filled. and Mr B. gave th‘ old
the subject of substitution. and the necessity
fire at
Spi‘iiigfield, last week," which was mention-
ed in our paper of Friday. it has been as- ,
- the Society have been nobly set -:: 1 1 .Ti--.-
The author oftliis villainy. who caused the ‘
d.-striiction of property to the amount of ten
thousand dollars, we are informed, has bu en
arrested. and conimitted for examination;
strange as it mriy appeal‘. he is a boy only
fourteen _1/ears old! who goes by the n;ime
ofJohn. He has aclcnoivlcdgol the deed, and
iniplicotes another boy. who has fled from
Springfield. and is supposed to be in the
We are also informed
that the boy John was in this city l:is' Au-
Buller. Hugh Maxwell Ev-‘-;. .21:-.i.§‘T-.v
pli_v‘lP;.”5 .'- «tr .L
ll-Si .<'.’i3'.3r .
'; ’ -‘-> '3" _-,..'.
" ’ “ .'.‘v-.‘;'i’i"2i;-iii ‘-'~".:: /
"=3 "5"" '-"""‘ =5’-.1’ ’9"'-‘-"l -‘-"='=‘-?‘."~'"-32. liiih Sam.
-’ J3-v‘. 3!: t-‘~ 1- is ‘has stated that they were pm.
seeding ll] ‘the most prO_3perous fnanneg-.._.[ha[ _
ilie first session of the new Colonial Legislatitlroi
was lost closed, it had occupied them for thug -
weeks. and all their proceedings were condiaclt-
ed in perfect harmony. They had altogetlxec
. prcliibited the introduction of ardent spiritfi; all
itinerant tratlic among the natives had been
stopped. The writer wished some of the eno-
niies of this measure in America could have .
looked upon this people in their deliberative aa-
~'euilily,he thought it would have shamed those
who had ridiculed the idea of forming a Colo-
- iiy in Africa. Their manner towards. each
other was cliaracterized by the greatest urbanity
and courtesy. and he never saw more sincerity
in any legislative body. in watt i..-.-~;, .-,m.- *
interests of their consti uents. . '
l
Colouists-—aiid in all their relaIli,::: 1!;
tribes were in perfect peace; the best exertions
were being made to di.~.t:uVer- the murderer of
Mr. Finley. and his surrender wasdaily expect-
ed. All the members of the legislature. it was
stated, were colored men, with the cxceptionof
the Governor.
T111; Br.ooii~iiou..\'ns HAVE com:.—An oili-
cerof the army. says the Madisoniamjustarlivo
ed in Washington from St. Augustine, re ‘ts
that a vessel with 33 blood-"hounds bad e I
one of the ports of the Peninsula. before b
If these animals were to ba""e'tup'loy‘e i
hunting down sub-treasurers. who purloin the
substance of the Government. instead ofthe in-
ji.-rcd aborigines of the land who are struggling
liir their rightful possessions. there would be
more lustrasbetl upon the country than a score
of Florida wars would produ-:e.
We acknowledge the receipt ofs—undry‘ public
documents from Hon. Thaddeus Belts and H65."
'Pll0tll8$‘B. Osborne. '
LEAP Yl'J.\ll.— There is a laudable disposition
among the corps Editorial, to press upon the
ladies the importance of making the best useof
their privileges "while they have them. 1840
being (cap year. the fair ones have the right to‘
iurii the tables upon the beaux..and "goa \vo'o..‘
lug". themselves. \Ve add our hearty wish.‘
that their labors of love may be inbundantlyyri
successful. and that many an old and crusty
bachelor may be caught, and by the softening
power of female influence transformed into _g
social being. an affectionate husband. a happy
man. and a useful memberofcommuuity.*Tli,is‘
wish however, is not induced by 'any,.b_opc-._‘o
personal advantage. for our ,lonelinéss_ hit
been the suhjeciof con1n‘iiseriation,isino
p"ovided for. \Ve have in our'mind's. .
eral bacbelor'frie'nds who have been ofi'_ i
for n considerable lengtlrol _time',fand ‘C «l
r--plied, -‘be sure we'll sltow you at the next
elect-£073 .~"’ . '
....- ..._..'.\ ,
condition might be essentially imptoygda ‘
consolidaion oftbcir interests with some .
‘i
Norwalk Chronicler