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Their steps were arrested by the sound of a-
simple prelude upon the harp; as they pa}-1_8°
ed just within the door, a sweet, bird-like
voice, filled the apartment with melody.——'-
The song was the fine ballad of “ Old Rob-
in Gray,” which, when well sung never
fails to thrill every heart; and as the singer
rmw 'thre\vshe1~.' whole soul into the mourn-
ful strains, all stood in breathless attention to
catch‘ the exqui‘site‘sound"s. . _ _
. ‘lt_must be Fred’s wife,’ whispered I_.-Izzy.
as they ‘pressed forward to catch a glimpse
of the vocalist. But her back was turned to-
wards them and they could only seeasylph-
like figure, attired witlithe utmost magnifi-
cence. I ' - _ _
‘ How do you like your new sister ’l’ said
Mrs. Grantham, as she welcomed her guests;
‘ is she not all I pictured‘ her '2'
‘ We have not se'-n her,’ was the reply;
and at that moment Fred approached. \Vliat
was their astonishment, when in the lady who
leaned upon. h.is arm, they discovered Our
.Ics.sie. ' .
As he led his wife to a seat beside them,
and hastened to their gracious welcome, he
could not _forbea_r whispering to Lizzy, ‘ You
..
— see how much I am indebted to‘vour man-
ueuvering; thepaitner of a royal iluke, the
belle of an hereditary prince, the songstress
ofthe regal soirees, is, after all, only the lit-
tle sewing girl.’
‘ ut when did you marry her '2’
' Ask aunt Tabitha.’ ’
Frel Carleton had devoted the two first
years of his wedded life to the cultivation
of liiswif-’s fine musical talents, and he then
brought her into society, determined to try
whether her beauty, talents, and grace were
not sufficient claims upon the admiration of
the fashoinable world. He had succeeded
even beyond hishopes‘, and as he beheld her
receiving the homage of rank and fortune,
he could not but smile at the indignation
which his sisters had once expressed3espect-
ing so degrading an alliance. As soon as he
-saw his wife’s charms fully appreciated, and
was assured that his sister had become re-
conciled to thojthought ofintroducing her
into society, Fred gladly withdrew from its
frivolous gaities, and during a long life of
uninterrupted domestic happiness, never
found reason to regret his marriage with
‘Our Jessie.’
» LEXINGTON INVESTIGATION
Testimony of Capt. Stephen llfamc/.1 651973‘-
I live at Providiancc, R. I., Have been a mari-
ner near 20 years, master, mate and pilot.-—
Have been a pilot 5 years. '_Consider the
Lexington as good a boat as any in the line.
Have been in the employ of this Company
since March last. The Lexington had iron
rods to steer by, with the exception ofjust
_enough hide rope to go through the blocks
to the wheel and from‘ thence to the rudder.
Have never seen a boat steered entirely
with rods and chziins. Have not known the
Lexington to be on fire until this last time.
-My duty is when the boat starts to go to the
wheelhouse and remain there.
The mate told me that the Lexington had
about 150 bales of‘cotton on board. Did
not particularly observe their stowage; it-
is no business of mine to look after that. It
wasstowed much in the usual way. There
was cotton on the top of the boiler head.-
The. wood we used was stowed away in two
little rooms on each side of the engine.—
They would hold 5 or 6 cords of wood each.
Previously to our last trip workmen were
employed the day before in fixing the blow-
ers, which were out of order.‘ , Know noth-
ing about steamboat engines.
gine was forward-, and stood handy to be got
out on the forecastle. \Vas at the wheel
when the first alarm was given, about half
past 7 o'clock, P. M.' The first I heard of the
alarm was some one came to the wheclhouse,
opened the door and told me the boat was on
fire; it was not Capt. Childs.
man was in the house with me.
As soon as"I learned the boat was on fire
[stepped aft; saw the promenade deck burn-
ing all round the smoke pipe, probably 2 or
3 feet, a thin flame following the pipe up
from the promenade deck. Returned to the
wheelhouse, caught the wheel and hove it
hard to port in order to sheer the boat to
land. At this time I thought it a doubtful
-case ifthe fire could be put out. We were
about 50 miles East of New York, about 4
miles from the L. I. shore. Her head be-
ing North, to sheer her round South would
have taken three or four minutes. Had not
got her fiirly headed to the land when the
tiller ropes gave way. She was then head
ing S. E. The engine was working.’ Do
not know where the engineer was at this
time. Before the engine stopped the boat
headed more Easterly. Just as I hove the“
wheel to port Capt. Childs came into the
wheelhouse. He put his hand on to the
spoke of the wheel, when_ the tiller rope on.
the larboard side gave ’way. Can’t say
which of the ropes gave way, but suppose it
was the one attached to the wheel. The
smoke became so thick in the wheelhouse
that we could not live there and had to leave.
Capt. Childs came out of the wheelhouse
with me and went forward. I did not see
h-im afterwards. I called to the men on the
forecastle to get the fire engine out and man
the buckets, -‘but the engine could not be got
out on account of the fire. I did not see
them use the buckets. ~
My impression is that the tiller rope was
not strained off but burned off
The ‘preventer tiller’ was in good order.
with chains to it running through blocks.
Steamboats are rigged thus in case of any
thing giving way so as to prevent steering
from the wheel house. A person might
have got to the preventer two or three mi-
nutes after I left the wheelhouse. Idid not
go there as I considered my services would
be of more use forward. After calling out
to the hands for the fire engine, I went to
the life boat and found some gen.tlern.en there
taking off the tarpauling and undoing the
lashings, do not know who -they were. 1
did not notice any one in particular. Did
_not notice Capt. Hilliard there. - Should not
know him if he was ‘now in this room. I
caught hold of the lashings of the boat and
requested thernnot to let her goiovsr the side
until we had got ii line made fast to‘ her,
called to the hands to pass a line which they
did.‘ It was fastened to the boat's bows,,1.he'n-
told them tonia-kc it fast forward to prevent
the boat passing under the ste:tmer’g wheel
The firc on-
My wheels-
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when she struck the water‘. The line was
‘not made fast, The fl‘l’l3 was ll)E'n burning
through the upper deck around-. the boat as
she lay. Icut the lasings and told them to
launch.her.. Ijumped from the promenade
to the main deck, and caught hold of the
hawser myself, found the hawser was not
made fast. There were, however, plenty of
persons holding on to the hawser to have
kept the boat, but they one after another let
go, until I had hold ofthe hawser almost by
myself, and could not hold her any longer.
The engine all this time was working. ’ .\Ve
then found two buckets and commenced
throwing water. Some persons knocked
the heads out of the specie cocks and used
them in the same manner. \Ve drew the
water over the side, the boat having pretty
much stopped. \Vhile some were throwing
water, others took a flag staff and knocking
off the bulwarks, lashed them together, made
a line fast to the raft and hove it over the
side. We emptied 4 baggage cars that were
on the forecastle, and threw their contents
overboard. \Ve then made a line fast to
them and hove them overboard. The en-
gine had then entirely ceased working.
From the first alarm the engine worked 15
or 20 minutes, gradually decreasing in speed
until it finally stopped. ' We secured every
thing we thought any person could save
themselves upon, and then continued throw-
ing water--—thc raft floating alongside, being
made fast to the boat's rail.
The main deck now fell in, as far as the
capstan Several passengcrsiduring this time
had been getting over the sides on to this
raft and into the baggage cars-. Some had
drowned in the attempt. The boat was all
on fire under us, and the flames began to
burst out of the fore scuttle. The fire now
cornered us in so small a space that we
could do nothing more towards throwing
water. ‘what few ware left, parhabs eight
or ten persons, got over the side and hung
on to the ropes of the raft. They asked me
what was to be done. I replied there did not
appear any chance for us; for if we remain-
ed we should be burned and if we went over-
board \ve'should perish; There were at
first about 30 persons on the forecastle: Van
Coit and Hoyt were among them. I then
took a piece of lanyard and tied round my
waist, and lashed mysclfto a pieccof timber
not on fire, and hove myself overboard on to
the raft. As Istepped on to it there were
two or three on it, and hanging to the rope
attached to it. - It sunk under me. I raised
myself up again, and grasped a piece ofthe
boat's rail that had burned off and fallen in-
to the water. From that I got on to a bale
of cotton, on which there was a man sitting.
I found the bale was made fast to the railing
that lay in the water, and I took out my
knife and cut it loose. About the time Icut
the rope, some one who was standing on this
piece ofrailing in the water asked me if there
was room for another. I made ‘him no
answer. As he spoke, hejumped and knock-
ed the man of who-was sitting on it.—
Then both fell into the water. The man
who jumped rcturnedtothe rail; the man he
knocked off, I hauled on to the bale again.
I caught hold of a piece of board that was
drifting past me and with it shoved the bale
clear of the wreck"'and let it drift down the
Sound in hopes of being able to make shore
at Crown,-Neck Point ; but I could not gain
on the shord, yet I continued to use the board
as a paddle for exercise-as long as I could
use it. \Vhen I left the wreck, I looked at my
watch. It was then midnight. VVhen I look-
ed again, it was 10 o'clock. The man who
was on the bale with me told me his name
was McKenny, andthat he lived in N. York.
He died about daylight in the morning. He
seemed to give up after having been knocked
offthe bale. I encouraged him alljl could and
told him to keep slashing his hands about
his body. He did so at first. When he di-
ed he fell back on the bale, and the first sea
that came he rolled off and sunk without a
struggle. By this time. my hands were fro
zen and useless. I looked at my watch be-
fore this, it.was 2 o'clock. I suppose the
man died about 3 o’clock, but I could no lon-
ger get my watch out to see. The wreck in
‘burning made a great light. Soon after I
saw a sloop running down towards me, and
Imade shift to get my handkerchief over
the board and raise it up in hopes the sloop
would see it which I believe they did when
[first got on to the bale I sat astridc, but
finding mysvlf getting cramped Idrcw one
foot out and set with both _legs on one side
hanging in the water. The man on the bale
spoke of his wife and children, and said he
thought he should never live through it. He
complained much of the cold. Alter Capt.
Meeker ofthe sloop took me offl was taken
to Newport and there received every possi-
ble attcntion. These are all the particu-
lars I can give relative tothc disaster.
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The Loco-Foco philosophy is to make
every thing a subject of rejoicing. The ed-
itor of the State paper says that on the whole,
he is glad his pétrty were defeated in New
York, because, ifthey had not been—some-
~thing else would have been "to pay.” It’
was pretty much so with old father »Hodge,
over the mountain. His son Ben came in
one day and said,
“Father. that old black sheep has got
two larnbs.”
“Good,” says the old man, “that’s the
most profitable sheep on the farm.”
“But one on em’s dead,” added Ben.
‘‘I’m glad on’t,” says the father, “ it’ll be
better for the old slieep.”
l “ But 't'other’s-dead, too,” says Ben.
“So much -the‘ better,” rejoins Hodge,
;_‘glh,e’ll make a grand piece of mutton in the
H . '
“ Yes—but the old'sheep's dead, too,” ex-
claims Ben. ' j
“ Dead! dead! what, the old slice-pdend l”
cries Old Hodge.” that’s good,- darn her!
she always was an ugly old sciimp."
ilfirlrllebury People's Press,
‘Lac/refs New Em.-—'I_‘he New Era con-
tains a list of the SllliS‘3l'll)3I'S to the Fund
raised. for its establishment. The l\I‘iyor
(Mr. VaTl8I)).IB the largest contributor-.
His‘ subscription amounts to‘$l20_. Mr,
Forrest, the' Actor comes next, with a $50
Sllbicrlption. The subscription of Mr. Smith
T. Van Buren (son of the President-)-‘sinks
down to $5! -. .' .. ,
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-p y—<.a.'E-i4.n.: «
Bleeclflil‘ the new Marshall,'gives $100 Mr.‘
v
A... _n‘A_.4__
Clorrcspondcaceof the N. >Y."E.t-‘prgss.
' New Oku-mus, Jun. l¢l.,’l840.
The curtain fell yesterday, ab/out 1 o'clock,
upon the last act of the farce -‘of “ Jackson's
visit to Louisiana," or " Ma.i'tin’s attempt'- to
reduce a rebellious province ;” and the au-
dience retired in utter disgust, at the misera-
ble performance. When it \vas found that
the General absolutely refused to have any
thing to do with the Monument Committee,
the Council of the First Municipality met to-
gather in great haste. and resolved. to erect
:1 monument on the Place d'Armes, in front
oftho cathedral, and requested the old Here to
lay the corner stone yesterday, before he left
the city. He at first rcfuscd, but_ after re-
peated entreaties, yielded to their solicitations.
The legislature met, and resolved to be in
attendance at the ceremony. During all this.
the Battle-ground-inonuinent gentlemen pub-
lished their programme, and stated that the
General would lay the corner stone of their
affair too ! Some 500 persons ‘attended, biit
the old Hero not coming, the stone was laid
by the mason and the Committee sans cere-
monic. The Place d’A:irmcs monument
gentry got up matters as well as they could.
and about 12 o’clock G.cn. Jackson appeared
on the ground, and ina hole about three feet
square and three inches deep laid the corner
stone ofa monument that never will be built!
The attendance of military was m0_Sl Sl1fl_b'
by, there not being fifty native Americans in
the procession. Four companies of about
fifteen each. all foreigners and no-vlv ffiljlnefl.
the night watch ofthe lst and-2d -municipali-
ties,‘a few cavalry. and some twenty or thir-
ty devoted made up this funeral procession.
The old General was enclosed in a bar.ouche.
with his Nashville friends, and there was
the Legislature‘ and of the Councils. It
was a sorry sight indeed. The chief office-
holders were-absentl This has vxclletl
much speculation. Not a clleel‘ Sillulcd the
Hero. during this his last puppet parade
through our streets. On" arriving at the
steamboat, he bade the crowd farewell‘. He
was much excited, and told ~h _
plain language, that he had been deceived.
" Icame,” said he, “from my own fireside
to lay the corner stone of a monument to
Clialmclte, and I was informed that this
monument was to be built by the contributions
of all the people of Louisiana. I was told
all the funds were collected for it, and I was
invited as the guest of the State. But I have
been deceived, cgregiously deceived. I find
the people of Louisiana did not want to see me.
Ibid you farewell,—I never_will see your
city again. I go to the Hermitage never to
leave it, if I live to reach my home. Fare-
well !” Such was the spirit of his observa-
tions. They were uttered in a severe tone
of ‘voice, and he could scarcely restrain his
temper. No huzzas went up forthat speech.
I have heard it whispe.red that he has denounc-
ed Mr. Van Bureii in unmeasured terms for
thus making a tool of him. Look wel-1 toil‘;
source. The chagrin o.fthe.Battle-Ground-
Monument men cannot be concealed. 'l‘he
party- are groaning under the expense. and
begging for. lfielp—cost820,,00Ol I, .
'I‘WEN'1‘Y_-SIXTH CONGRESS.
' FIRST ‘session.-
Corrcspondencc of the N. Y. Empress '
.WEDNESDAY, January 22'.
The two important subjeuts before the
yesterday, and as they have been for the last
ten days, the Sub-'I‘reasury in the Senate
Representatives. Mr. Adams, in the one
speech upon the Abolition matters for some
days under consideration. Mr. Clay and
Mr. Bu,cIi.a.na.n have been sparring it in the
.other branch of Congress, and I have heard
a part of all and nearly the "whole of two
very interesting speeches from Mr. Clay
and Mr. Adams.
‘Mr. Adams’ was mainly in reference to the
amendment introduced by him last evening.
He spoke of other matters, however, than
that contained in the amendment. He spoke
ofthe charges which had been introduced
against him in former times of delaying the
introduced the propositions which had caused
debate, and had, for the most part, spoken up-
on\them. Slavery had been defended by the
ablest friends of the South, and not one voice.
had been raised for freedom, except that of
the member from Vermont. Mr. Adams
said he was not sorry for this discussion.
He believed much good would grow out of
it and he was, therefore, glad the subject was
brought forward. Upon some future occa-
sion he should speak upon -the subject" of
Slavery. An opportunity would present it-
hers least expected. VVhen he did speak, it
would not be upon a memorial praying" for
the paltry matter of Abolition in the District
of Columbia. The question, ere long would
assume a difierent shape. Already four of
the verge of civilization in reference to the
agitating subject of Abolition, and yet we
heard nothing of the question except in the
form of memorials for Abolition hero. I
ButIca:inot give you even a synopsis of
Mr. Ada.ms’s speech. It contained some
startling opinions upon the importance ofthe
great question of slavery, and some excellent
practical advice in reference to the prayer of
the petitioners. For nine years he had told
the Abolitionists that he could not vote for
Abolition inthe District and every session
almost he had so informed the House. But
the right of petition, and the duty of“ the
House to‘ hear, petitions he should sustain
as long as he had power to defend the right.
Mr. Alvord of Ga." one of a scoreof incin-
bers upon the floor, follow_ed'Mr. Adams, on
the other side and-made it very sensible
speech. Mr. Hunt of New York has the
floor to-morrow. ' j _
The morning session passed off with a re‘-
port of a bill from the Committee of Ways
and Means for the support of the Armylbr
the year I840, _ _ , - ‘ ' ‘
The miscellaneous business of the Senate
was not important. butthe dis'cussion"iipon
the -Sub-treasury‘ Bil-l partook of ' all‘ the ele-
- merits of n deep'ly'int_eresting deb:i'te,'l." First
near him on foota few of the irembers of
the brave fellows, who fellion- the plains of
two Houses of Congress, are as they were
and the Abolition question in the House of
House, has made a solemn and impressive-.
time of the House. Southern members, hadwpciiiionei-s_
self, when, where, and how, Southern mem-..
the States of this Union were almost upor_L
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we had a speech from M13 Bflchdlla“ °l1-5*”
who, to riltich dignity of character and much
courtesy of manner, adds the attraction Of 11
Well cultivated mind. _
Mr.'Buch:iuan made the usual :_1ntI~bal'Il€
argument which has been twenty times con-
sidered. He railed, not after the fashion of
Benton and the Globe, but used the Same
argument in decent and respectful language.
The Sub-treasury scheme he ‘lauded to the
skies, and contended that neither the Govern-
ment or the Executive _had a tithe Of the
power under the-bill which ‘the bank party
would have under the establishment of a na
tional bank. Then camea chapter upon the
simplicity and beauty of a hard money gov-
ernment, and the advantages of a small over
a large currency. It was predicted that the
bill would pass the House and become a law,
and that ‘the people would be well pleased
with the scheme. Mr. Clay’s speech was
dissected by Mr. Buchanan, but not in a
manner to show a very skillful surgeon.
' Mr. Clay, however, replied ‘to Mr. B.
Between the Scna'ors there are no past griev-
anccs to settle, and both are accustomed ti
oegard one another with much courtesy and
good feeling. Mr. Clay went logically into
an examination of Mr. Buchanan's several
positions, and made one of the best offhand
specchcs I ever heard.
Mr. Clay proved cleai lythe utility ofa Na-
tional Bank by the-safe circulating medium
it established,—by an experience of forty
years in which a National Bank had sup-
plied the currency of the country,—-by the
uniform value of that currency, and by the
riecessity which existed for such 3. currcncy
Fin a‘.g0Vel'uinou-¢,liI.rp_ nu;-3. .
But I must pass over Mr. L.‘Ia'y‘s speech
for lack of time to send you a sketch of it.—
The ablest portion of it was in reference to
the hard money governments of Europe,
which day by day Senators are holding up
as models worthy of our imitation. Mr. Clay
wisely thinks that the Secretary of the
Treasury, and the President and Senators
might as well cite the advantages ofa mon-
is heal-C,-S j,{“archy to prove the utility of a inonarchical
over a republican form of government.
Mr. Buchanan made a brief response and
was followed by Mr. \Valker of Mississippi,
who was piqued that Mr. Clay would take
no notice of the lengthy reply made by him
yesterday, to Mr. Clay’s first speech. Mr.
Clay's reason was, that Mr. Walker had made
use of ad caplanrlum arguments, merely and
greatly misrepresented. Therefore, he chose
to treat him with silent contempt. Mr.
Walker, naturally enough felt hurt, but he
smothered his wrath until Mr. Clay ' had
finished, and Mr. Buchanan made his brief
rejoinder. Then came Mr. Vllalker boil-
ing over with indignation, and wishing
to say something insulting. Well, it came,
andtheinsult was that he was glad nut to be
noticed by Mr. Clay, ‘and that hereafter he
should confine himselfnot to the dead but to
the living ! Mr. Clay with all calmness and
self-possession responded first to Mr. B. and
—for this is from a good Administration-nthe“ “M Mr‘ Vvalker l“ 3 “'°"d- Why he
had not considered his insolence. Mr.
VVal_ker was now hot as cayenne pepper, and
told the Senate that he was ready to give
‘Mr. Clay satisfaction there or elsewhere if
%""““-".8‘~9*‘ie=.\_r,ed'l, “ I aggrieved,” respon-
ed Mr. Clay again.—" I’ aggrieved by any
thing that Senator could sayl No, sir,’ it ex-
cites "not the least emotion in my breast.-
~ And I can tell him Iam not yet so dead,
or that I have yet life enough left, to repel
‘ impertinence, come from what quarter it
may-—whether from the Senator or his
backers !” Mr. Walker was surrounded by
a clique who probably had him put forward
to make the attaclcupon Mr. Clay. I do
not believe, judging from the’ result of the
one, that he will soon make another. Mr.
Henderson of- Mississippi, now took the
floor, and will speak to-morrow. The Sen-
ate adjourned, and the multitude dispersed.
. . ' E. B.
THURSDAY, Jan. 23d.
The House of Representatives have been
in session about four hours to-day The
Abolition question was the theme of debate.
Mr. Hunt, of N. Y. begun and finished one
speech, and Mr. Bynum begun another——
the House adjourning in the midst of Mr.By-
num’s remarks.
Mr Hunt contended for the reference and
reception of the petitions from the anti-slavery
He was ‘opposed, however, to
granting the prayer oftheimemorialists, and
mainly upon the ground that it would be a
violation of the implied faith of Maryland
and Virginia, in the cession ofthe ten miles
square. Slavery, Mr. Hunt contends, can-
not be abolished here, until the triune power
of the. Dist. of Columbia and the bordering
States shall consent thereto- "Mr. Bynum
‘had not commenced his lunatic ravings. and
theieforti Icannot tell now what his opinion is.
The Senate were in session seven hours,
.'-‘—fro_m noon until seven in the evening.—-
The Sub-Trersury Bill was before the Sen-
ate six of the seven, and the session closed
‘with the final passage ofthe bill.
Mr. Henderson opened the discussion. He
is the new Senator from Miss. and this is his
maiden effort. The speech was a plain
-and sensible» argument, without attempt at
ornament or a design to be merely effective.
He examined in part the- argument of his
colleague, Mr. Walker, and for an hour and
more, he confined himself to a discussion of
the question of Labor and the effect the Sub-
Treasury system was to have upon the prices
and products oft_he country. I have heard
no argument made, more appropriate to the
subject under consideration.
Mr, Smith of Indiana. made a few remarks
which I did not bear upon the subject of sal.
dries. ' .Mr. Merrick, one of the Whig (Ma.
ry.larid)»scrialors followed and wished for an
adjournment as the hour was late. No, was
the response of the administration senators
--Mr. Benton’5 voice rising above the rest.
I The adjournment was lost 2] to I9,-—a
lialf hour after it was lost 23 to '18, and this
between 5 and 6 i-. M. Mr. Merrick took
the action» of the Senate in all possible good
temper, and spoke upon the merits of the
bill ‘for more than an hour, His speech
thouglrnot. well digested contained man
facts, and a lucid exposition of the bill.
(Mr. Davis,_ of Mass. followe'd,-L.-a man
}who:, highly appricciatedias he is here, at
the ‘capitol and at hoine, in_ the” old«Ba'y-
St:iti=i,”’.-liiis as yet, never been apprbgiaigd.as
ht? should have been. '
.o- M D-
fi ‘I-""¢|"r|?E .'..'
laborer in every occupation, could have
y necticut, 30; Rhode Island, 15; Massachu-
,_-_a.. .. .- o.-\..vn._
‘—_
-on .
I would that every mec.hanic—-every day
heard him." It meels the question practical-
ly ofthe alleged superiority of a hardmoney
government over one of mixed currency like
ours, and it overthrows that specious ar-
gumcnt which Calhoun, Walker. and Bo-
chanan, have contended for in the Senate,
andihundreds -elsewhere, that a reduction of
the value of property, of the wages oflabor
and of the common productions of the soil
and the manufacturer are national blessings,
and the signs of national prosperity. In fifty
minutes Mr. I. said more against the bill
than can he slid for it in fifty days. The
debate élosed‘at 7 P. M. and. the important
question was then put—for its passage. 94.
against, 18; the same as on the engross-
mcnt on the 17th. -
During the morning an important Mes-
sage was sent to the two Houses of Congress
in relation to the North Eastern Boundary.
It came from the President of the U.’ S. in
answer to the Resolutions of the Senators
from Maine, and contains all the correspon-
dence between the British Minister. Ml‘.
Fox. the Sscretary of State,-Mr. Forsyth
and the Governor of Maine. The corres-
pondence is in reference to the occupancy of
:1 portion of the Maine disputed Territory
by British troops Mr. Fox excuses the
act from the circumstantial evidence, which
was nothing more than common rumor, that
Maine intended to violate the agreement
made in March last, between the Lt. Gov.
of N. Brunswick, and the Gov. of Maine,
through the agency of Gen. Scott. This
rumor Mr. Fox thinks iscorroboratcd by
Gov. Fairfic-ld’s' r-ecentmessiige to the Le-
3:.I.-...m>_ nf Nlaine. Mr. Forsyth of course
considers, theact of marching British ......,..
perfectly inexcusable, and he pronounced it
an infraction of the agreeiuent between the
two governments. Mr. Fox says in reply
that he asked the advice of his government.
Mr. Forsyth rejoins thathe feels confident
the British government will consider the
possossion a violation of the agreement and
command the withdrawal of the troops. So
ends the matter. The correspondence be-
tween the Secretary of State and the British
Minister-, though respectful and dignified _be-
trays some feeling. A very little breeze
would fan the emberers to a blaze. Rumor
even now speaks of discofd, bitterness, &c.
but without the least show of authority.—
Five thousand extra copies of the Jllessage
are ordered to be printed. ‘E. B.
- FRIDAY, Jan. 24.
The venom-mouthed Bynum of N. C. has
railed to the end ofthe day : he closes not
until tomorrow, nor even then unless he
shall have thundered and lightened to his
he-art’s content. ~_ ’
In attempting to prove one of his positions
Mr. Bynum ran afoul of Mr. Peck of N. Y.
—not calling by name, but alluding to him
in a‘ manner which could not be misunder-
stood. The member from N. C. not by
name but by classification, had charged him
of being an aboli_tionist.
Mr. Peck as he heard the charge, asked
" Does the member from N. Carolina mean
me?” ‘
Mr.-Bynum. (sneeringly,) I mean a gen-
tleman by the name of Peck !” -'
Mr. Peck.—*‘,lf the gentleman from N.
Carolina asserts that 1.... .. ....x.-x;.:-..;...,
he says that which is not true I”
‘ Mr. Bynum.—-“ I do say that the gentle-
man is an Abolitionist, as I understand Ab-
olitio7i..’.’ ~ -
Mr. Bynum, however, did not smile.-
The plain, blunt answer of Mr. Peck did
not please, and the laughter of the inemly
but excited his choler. Turning, theref e,
to Mr. P. and breathing out threatening and
slaughter, with his body bent, his arms ex-
tended -and his eyes-flashing fire, he asked
the member from N. Y. if "he meant to as-
sert that what he had said was false!” The
question was twice repeated.
Mr. P. rose, “calm as a summer’s morn-
ing’! and nothing learing,.he said No! I
do not say that the member told a falsehood.
I said that wine! he asserted was not true !”
Mr. Bynum.—“ Then, sir,” said the son
of Jupiter Tonans, “I pronounce the member
from N. York a- blackgumtl, ascoundrcl, an
Abolitionist and a nigger !” The‘ Speak-
er, who sat motionless with surprise till now
demanded " order.” The majority of mem-
bers—nearly all indeed, for nearly all were
disgusted with the beastly language of By-
num—joined in the common cry for order.
-Mr. -P. nothing excited, told Mr. Bynum
that none but a gentleman could insult a gen-
tleman. He not being one, of course could
not. -
Mr. Thompson, of S. C., thought lllr. By-
num should withdraw his oflensive epithets,
and apologize to t_he‘House. ]|Ir. Petriken.
thought Mr. P. ought to withdraw his lan-
guage. Mr. Peck said, that “if the House
should decide that he had said any thing of
an unparliamentary character, or any thing
disrespectful to any gentleman of the House,
he should feel bound to make an apol-
ogy; but he had done nothing worthy of
censure. He had denied -a false assertion, and
sooner than retract the first or last word of
that, “ he would leave hisplace in the House
-—he would leave the earth and cease to ex-
ist.” The House adjourned.
SELECTED SUMMARY.
Great Fire at Wilmington, N. C.-—A
fire occurred in that place on the morning
ofthe 17th inst, which destroyed about I50
buildings, mostly in the buisness part of the
place. Among the buildings destroyed, were
the Custom House, Court House, the Clar-
endon and -Reston’s Hotels, both Printing of-
fices. and several of the most valuable build-
ings in the place.-"" Three quarters of the
business of the town was done in the build-
ings of t_he_two squares burnt down. Loss,
about $450,000! - '
New Eng_laml‘ Ncwspapcrs—It appears
from a pretty’carefully-collected table in. the
Boston Alm_anac,.that the number of News-
papers. in Maine, including semi-‘weeklys,
&c. is 43; in New Hampshire, 25; in Con-
setts, 109; total, 248 in New England.
The amount of risk incurred by the Bos-
ton_-fir,e'a_n,d_ marine insurance companies last
year, was $99,675,047, ‘and the loss sustain-
.ed,_a2,3i'i,o_6o.
., p-. .u2.—-—— —.
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The Wz'dow's Mite.”-The reader who
perused Capt. I-Iilliard’s statement before the
coroner’s jury, must remember the affection-
ate remembrance of poor Cox for his wife,
even in the last moments of peril preceding
his death, while shareing the uncertain re--
fuge of a bale with Capt. Hilliard. It ap-'
pears from her subsequent conduct that that
wife was worthy of his love; for one of_ the
first acts of her widowhood was to offer the.
widow’s mite for the recovery bf her hus- ‘ '
band’s body. Upon the insertion of the ad-
vertisement inthe Commercial, offering five’
dollars reward, the editor made some touch-
ing and appropriate remarks, the result of
which has been, so far, that the reward of-
fered by the widow, has been increased. by
contributions ofthe publishers of the Com-
mercial 85, and_ by its readers 860, to 875.
There is a Swiss girl at the Massachu-
setts hospital, who has charmed all the phy-
sicians there with the sweetness of her voicb.
Her friends are apprehensive that she will
never get well, if she continues to sing so’~
delightfully. She is now under chargeof -
Dr. "Webb, who daily prescribes crotchets.
and quavers for her benefit.-—Boston Post. ._ .
I."-L"-c.——The shop of Mr. Lemuel Ensign," I
near Waterbury river, infthe cast part of
this town, was consumed by fire __'on Friday.
morning last with the tools, &.c.loss estimated
at 8400 to 500. No insurance. J
‘Link/ield Enquirer. 4- 4'
Fire at B2'nglia~mt¢m.—There was a great
fire at Binghamton, N. Y. on the morning
of the 23d inst Seven or’¢ight stores on
Court and Franklin streets, were destroy . " 5
and the loss of property is said to be ver 6
great.
,The State of New Jersey, it is probable, I
will not recognize the present House of gap.‘
rcsentatives of the U. S. as a constitutionally J
organized body. Its acts, therefore, will be ’
nugatory as far as that state is concerned.
About $20,000 of the money buried by
the pirates, Gibbs and Wansleyr, have been‘
recovered-—the greater part by the two in-
dividuals who discovered the treasure.» '
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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. I840. ' ,
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son PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM H. HARIIISON.
or OHIO.
JOHN TYLER,
or VIRGINIA, FOR vicrzlmu:-:sinr:N'r. . I».
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-YOUNG MEN'S STATE CONVENTION.
Wliereas the Whig State Convention. at its
meeting at New Haven on Wednesday, the
l.’_)ih day of January instant, passed a resolution '
in the following words, viz: 4‘
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“ Resolved, That this Convention recommend
to tlie/Young Men of this State opposed to the
present National Administration, to hold a Young
Men's State Convention atHartford, on Wednes-
day, the 26th day of’February'neiu, t'oribe‘pur--
pose of responding to the -7.---‘-.-"*
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"~-'--".: .-‘cf==2i’«:?'{r-r- Zi.:rt- .2-33.-..-i, ma Sislio i ’
Cs.--..::ai Conimiiiee would recommend that that i
several_County Committees request the Town-
Comrniltecs in the towns in their respective .
Counties, to communicate the recommendation '
above named to the Whig Young iV1en of their.
several towns, and cordially invite them l<>"Ȥ't5
tend the proposed Conven'ion. It is not deem‘,-_
eil necessary to elect individuals as delegates,
but the inviiziiion should be to all Young M31!
who areopposedto the present administrator:
and in favor of the election of Gen. Harrison .
to the Presidency. . _ -
From ilie interest manifested on this subject
by the Young Men who were delegates to the
State Convention, and from the manner in which
the proposal was received. we doubt not but this
call will be responded to in a manner worthy of
the young Whigs of Connecticut; audit-is bop-
ed that every town in the State will be fully
represented. _ - ' _ '
JEREMY Hoiinmzr.
Mnnvru Corsnimn. Stale Central Coin.
EZRA S. HAMILTON. -
Hartford, January 20, 1840.
THE WHIGS. of Greenwich. are requested
to attend a meeting. to be held at the Academy’
on Thursday the Gib of February, at 6 o'clock.
P. M. for the purpose of hearing the report of
the Delegates ofthe late State Convention, and
to appoint Delegates to the Young Men's Con:
veuiion, to be holden at Hartford in February.
and to transact any other business that may
come before said meeting. '
By order of the Town Committee.
Greenwich. Feb. 1. 1840.
. Our: DirLi:o.rrioiv.—\Ve are glad to see that '
the Resolve, not to entertain abolition petitions
in the House of Representatives was voted
against by the members from this State, to d
mau. The spirit that would deny the rightof
petition in one case. rnighi"be led to exercise the ,
same prerogative in another. and thus the people-
would be cheated out of their sovereignty and
be placed entirely at the disposal of their pub-
lic servants. The doctrine, we conside‘I' den} i‘
gerous and anti-Republican. Let it not be uu-pg
demand from thisihat our feelings are.fai7orablo
to the prayer of the peiiiioners—we only con.
tend-for the right which belongs alike to aboli-. - ~.
lionisls, colonizaiionisis. -or any other classof ,
'ndividuale. '
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FOREIGN.-Byllie arrival, atl\LYorla, ofthe \
packet ship Patrick Henry, Liverpool papers
have been received to the 26th ult. and 'Loudou‘l
to the 25th. -
The British Queen did not arrive, on account
of strong head winds. until the 25th December
The length of her passage occasioned com
anxiety. The Message of the‘ President was‘
expected by her. She met with some foul we
iher. having had her decl-is swept. I Her time of.
sailing icon the 1st of next month. . ’
‘Cotton had dcc_lined_ from "one-fourth to eghtlp
ot‘ a penny. I
Th‘ Queen \va_s_,to_ j
j ._ uaiptbe broom-stilcklwiibl _
Prince Albert on the 4th ofthe prcs:ei_i_t__i:1io_inl';.. -
The 26in Jan. was ilie day for the meciiugo]
V ..-L.&.. ‘
_ Parliament.
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