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GOVERNOR IJLLSWORTIPS
PROCL_AMATION.,
It is the duty and high privilege of depen-
dent creatures, to acknowledge the govern-
ment of an Almighty God, whose intelli-
gence comprehends. and whose power con-
trolls all things.’ The changes and revolu-
'tions in the material world-_-nations, fami-
lies and individuals—--the past and future are
ever present to Hut, and all events, and all
creatures are subject tothe purposes of His
wise and just government.-—It becometh
man to inquire what is his relation to such a
Berna, what hiscbarater and prospects.-
We infer from the depravity, pains and death
which overspread the world. that man is in
ruin, and that an offended Creator will pun-
i.-li the trarlsgressor of His law: we learn
from His holy word, both the cause of His
,.displ'easure and His interposition to rescue
the humble and penitent. Let us then. as it
people,‘ with the conviction of our exceeding
s-infulness before a justly offended Goo. de-
preciate his merited displeasure, and implore
his pardon and forbearance.
Unto this end. in accordance with an an-
cient and venerated custom of our fathers; I
do appoint Friday, the 17th day ofApril next,
to be observed, througout this State, as a day
of Humilia-tion, Fasting and Prag/er. I re-
commend that the people refrain. on said day,
from secular employments, and assemble in
their places of public worship in a spirit of
deep and unfeigned contrition——there, care-
fully to view the year that is past, and hum-
ble themselves for every thing that is ofTen-
sive. to Goo-—particularly for their forget-
fulness of His supremacy and care of this
nation —for ingratitude, and abuse of public
blessings-—for the neglect of His holy com-
mands, and rightful claims of His Son our
SAVIOR---fol‘ such extensive disregard of
truth and justice—for intemperance, and so
much insensibility to the magnitude and
heinousness of the evil—for pride and rest-
less ambition-—and a spirit of sectional and
political selfishness which threatens our na-
tional existence. Let us likewise mourn.
before Goo, that while we are distinguished
for civil and religious liberty-—for equal and
just laws——for christian privleges and gen-
-eral knowledge, we have done so little for the
extension of like blessings 6 others, and the
security of our own, to posterity.
And let fervent prayer be offered to At.-
MIGHTY Goo that (He will avert from this
State and nation threatened and deserved
punisliment—that He will protect and bless
us in our united and several interests~—pre-
serve and bind in closer unity the States of
this Un-ion—--calm every disturbing excite-
inent——restore harmony, confidence and
kindness of feeling—that He will put an
end to war on our borders and to every in-
human scheme for exterminating the aborigi-
nal race—give to every citizen, throughout
the republic. a clear perception of duty, and
_firri_iness to perform it,—-to truth and right,
victory in every conflct--and to our rulers,
wisdom, elevated views and self-denying
patriotism.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
State, at Hartford, the second day of march,
TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
FIRST ‘S!-ISSl0N..
From the New-Yorker.
THURSDAY, March, 12th.
Mr. Campbell, in behalf of the Conirnittee
on Elections reported to the House, in ac-
cordance with their understanding jofa reso-
lution adopted by that body. requ_irmg the
Committee to report fort/iioitli which set of
claimants of seats as Representatives from
New-J-ersey appear to have received lllf‘
greatest number of lazq/ul votes, that the Ad-
ministration claimants have the largest ag-
gregate number of votes, and sufficient evi-
dence had not been submitted to the Commit-
tee to ‘invalidate theirclaim. (It is under-
stood that the_.IVhig claimants are now in
New-Jersey, taking‘ testimony.) On the re-
ceipt of this report, a scene of great excite-
ment, turmoil and viole_nce occurred. Mr.
Fillmore, of N. Y. moved that the r_eport be
recommitted, on the ground that it was basscd
on partial and imperfect evidence. Mr.
Petriken of Pa. offered a resolution,,iverring
that the five Administration Members are
entitled to the seats, and on this demanded
the Previous Qt.‘Sll0l'l. The Speaker deci-
ded that Mr. Fillmore had the floor, and
that Mr. Petriken’s resolution and motion
were out of order. Mr. I’. appealed, and
the House reversed the decision of the
Chair: 88 to 28. This increased the up-
roar and excitement. A portion of the
House had determined not to adjourn with-
out taking the question on Mr. Petriken’s
resolution; but after a desperate struggle.
and repeated motions to adjourn, for a call
of t_he House, call of the Yeas and Nays,
&c. an adjournment was finally carried
about 9 o'clock, P. M.
Similar scenes were enacted on Friday.
The House at first refused—Il0 to 94-to
s ispend the Rules so as to go on with the N.
ersey business; but the subjcct at lrngth
came up in course, and a tumultuous debate
on points of order, appeals from the Chair,
&c. consumed the day. Mr. Barnard of N.
Y. was speaking on a question of order
when the House adjourned. ‘
In the Senate, on Friday. the Assumption
Resolutions reported by Mr. Grundy were
adopted, with some amendments, after a per-
Mass. and Buchanan of Pa. and some inci-
dental remarks by Messrs. Preston, King.
Calhoun, Clay of Ky. Brown, Crittcndcii,
Rugglcs and \Villiams. ‘
1. Resolved, That the assumption, direct-
ly or indirectly, by the General Govern-
ment, of the debts which ‘have been or may
be, contracted by the states for local objects
or State purpose, would be unjust, both to
the States and to the people.
This resolution was adopted, 30 to l.
The second resolution was as follows:
2. Resolved, That such assumption would
be highly inexpedient, and dangerous to the
union of the States.
This vote was 26 to 3.
3. Resolved. That such assumption would
be wholly unauthorised by. and in violation
of, the Constitution ofthe United States, and
in the year of our LORD one thousand
eight hundred and forty. and of the Inde-
pendence of the United States. the sixty.
fourth. Wii.t.iAii W. Ennswoiirii.
By his Excellency’s command.
R. R. Hr'~‘iiiAN. Secretary.
llIehcanics and Laborers.-—'l‘he distress
that has pervaded the country for the last
four years for want of employment, and yet
operatesԤeverely upon us, ought to be suffi-
cient to induce us to inquire why these things
are so. For years we have been promised
the Sub-Treasury, which the administration
party assert, if it should become a law, will
revive business, and that they required a
greater majority in Congress to secure the
passage of the bill. They have now a ma-
jority in both houses; it has passed the Son-
ate, but has not been touched in the House.
Why isrthis, fellow citizens .7 This bill is
onley held up to public gaze as a trap to
catch the votes of the peole; they do not
intend to pass it; they know, from the Pres-
ident down to the most abject slave in the
House, that ifthis bill should become a law,
it would be a curse rather than a blessing to
the country; they kown that private enter-
prise would be crippled—that the great ma-
jority of the laboring classes would be de-
prived of employment-—-and ifthefeelings of
Martin Van Buren were at all enlisted in
behalf of those for whom he expresses so
much regard. he would cause the works at
the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, N. Y., for
which the appropriation is not yet run out, to
be immediately carried forward. Let us,
then, who are deprived of employment sole-
ly by means of this administration, express
our desire for it change through the ballot
box of next April and November. ‘
A. MECHANIC.
1»
Alexander Everett's Picture of Jllartin
Van Buren.—Throughout his public pro-
ceeding we see the eharacter of the man :—
a narrow, sordid, selfish spirit. pursuing
little ends by litre means: no loftiness of
purpose-—no power, depth. or reach of mind
—no generosity of feeling—no principle,
and of course no faith in the -existence of
any such quality in others. He enters on
the high and sacred concerns of the govern-
ment in the same temper, in which as a vil-
lage lawyer he sat down to play All Fours
at the tile house, and is just as ready to em-
loy any trick that will increase his share
of the SPOILS OF VICTORY I”
Again in speaking of Van Buren’s petty
tricks. he says-—
" His talents, as far as he possesses any,
fit him to act upon this theatre. His little,
narrow, sordid soul is at home in the little
arts, the little intrigues, the little miserablr,
mischiezious monkey tricks that may be sup-
posed to decide questions in a council of
Chambermaids.’
A-Question of Vleracitg/.—The Globe -
of Tuesday, stigmatises Gen. Harrison as
the ‘' hero of defeats and failures.”
1 Col. Richard M. Johnson, now Vice
President of the U. States, in his speech in
Congress, said of Gen. Harrison that,
"During the late war, he was, longer in
was. perhaps oftener in action than any of
them. and NEVER S
utterly repugnant to all the objects and pur-
poses for which the Federal Union was
formed.
The vote was 29 to 3.
4. Resolved, That to set apart the public
lands, or the revenues arising therefrom, for
équafl
tional.
For this resolution. Mr. Benton moved
the following substitute-—which was adop-
tcd: A
“That the assumption of such debts, ei-
ther openly, by direct promise to pay them,
or disguisedly, by going security for their
payment, or by creating a surplus revenue
or applying the national funds to pay them,
would be a gross and flagrant violation of
the Cons‘.itution, wholly unwarranted by the
letter or spirit of that instrument, and utterly
‘repugnant to all the objects and purposes for
which the Federal Union was formed.”
The several amendments offered by VVhig
Senators were voted down ; among them
two offered by Mr. Crittenden in relation to
the distribution of the Public Funds, and de-
claring that Congress did not mean to inter-
fere with the credit of the States. Another
offered by M_r. Prentiss of Vt., declaringtbe
constitutional power of Congress to distribute
the proceeds arising from the sales of Public
Lands was also voted down. At 8 o’clock,
the business was finished, and the Senate ad-
journed over to Monday.
On Tuesday, the New-Jersey Question
was pressed to an immediate issue. The
House passed to that order of business, at 1
o’clock. The question was on the report of
:1 majority of the Committcelon Elections
importing that on the face of the returns, the
Administration claimants had received a ma-
jority of votes: Mr. Fillmore moved ‘that
the Report be recommitted, in order that the
testimony before the committee be submitted
and examined. Mr. Petriken of Pa. moved
the Previous Question, which was seconded
by a majority of the House. The House
had previously refused to suspend the Rules
in order‘ to receive a report from thcminority
of the Committee: Yeas 83; Nays ll6.—
The Main Question was now ordered : Yeas
III ; Nays 91-—Mr. Adams and several oth-
er Whigs protesting and refusing to vote. So
the Main Question, on the admission of the
5 Administration claimants of seats from N.
Jersey, was taken. and their admission car-
ried: Yeas lll; Nays 80—Messrs. Adams,
Stanley, and some 12 or 14 other Whigs pro-
testing against the proceeding as iincoi1stitii-
tional, and refusing to vote. So Messrs.
Vroom, Dickerson, Kille, Cooper and Ryall,
are admitted to the contested seats from New
._Iersey—at least, until evidence to oust them
is adduced by their opponents. The claim-
ants admitted did not appear to qualify, being
in',New Jersey taking testimony in support
of their claims.
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill ox-
plainmg liberally the prbvisions of the act
passed last winter abolishing Imprisonment
for Debt,
»Mr. _V\'all, Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, gave notice that he will next
week report a General Bankrupt Law.
A number of remonstrances against the
use of blood-hounds in Florida were receiv-
y unjust, inexpedient and unconstitu
USTAINED A ‘D13-
FBAT-” -.-.-
chains and rods instead of tiller ropes in
sonal discussion between Messrs. Davis of
the before mentioned purposes, would be
ml
Steamboats; also, in favor of ti Protecting
Duty on Silk. A modest request from the ‘
Legislature of Mississippi was received_asl(-
ing the cession of all the public lands within 1
that State for purposes of Internal Improve-
ment.
was called from its long slumber on the table
of the House by. ‘Mr. Jones of Va. who mov- ’
ed its reference to the Committee of Ways
and Means. Mr. Everett of Vt. wished to
nue bill, and ought, by theterms oftlie Con-
stitution, to have originated in the House.
Mr. Crabbe of Ala. wished it sent directly to
the committee of the whole, without any pre-
liminary reference. The Administntion, he
urged, had secured a clear majority by the
admission of its 5 N. Jersey supporters,and
was determined to pass this bill. Then why
not pass it atonce, and let Congress adjourn?
The House rejected his motion——Yeas 77,
Nays 115. The bill was then referred’to
the Committee.
In the Senate, Mr. Lumpkin presented the
Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia in
respect to the difficulty between that State
and Maine, and he and his colleague, Mr.
Cutlibcrt, spoke briefly upon them. They
were referred to the judiciary committee.
Mr. Knight of R. I. offered a resolution
instructing the committee on finance to in-
quire into the expediency of excepting urn-
brellas and parasols from the articles made
duty-free by the Compromise Act. In offer-
ing it, he spoke generally in‘r_eply to a re-
cent specch of Mr. Calhoun, and in support
ofa Protective Tariff. Mr, Calhoun briefly
rejoined. Mr. Knight's resolution was then
agreed to.
SELECTED SUMMARY.
1lIa7'g/laml Bank Bill.—The Senate had
the Bank bill from the House under discus-
sion on Wednesday of last week, and after
having been amended by the adoption of
the substitute it \\ as passed by a vote of II
to 9. The Senate's bill fixed this period of
resumption by the banks on the 15th of Jan-
uary next, or within ten days after the banks
in Philadelphia or Virginia shall resume, if
those banks resume before that day.
Balt. Am.
New Route for Boston.——A daily line cf
steamboats has commenced running between
this city and Norwich, Conn. From Nor-
wich there is a continuous Rail Road to
Boston, via VVorcester. “'6 should think
this road would get a fair proportion of the
Boston travel. Fare through from _N. Y.
to Boston, $5.—J. of Com. '0
A Committee of the Pennsylvania House
of Representatives reported on Wednesday
of last week, that there were I357 petitions in
tho House for immediate resumption of spe-
cie payments-—and.-I049 against it; 3972 in
favor of the issue of small notes, and 351 a-
gainst them.
Vile learn from the Newark Daily Adver-
tiser that the bridge ovcr the Iliickensack,
was destroyed by fire on Saturday last, cost
upwards of 825.000. There_was an insu-
rance of some $15,000 by the North River
and Howard Insurance companies in N._,-Y.
and 85,000 by the N‘ Jersey Company ‘of
Newark. V
Co2uite'rfeit.——“ Hartford Bank, I-Iartford,.
Con” '5’s, siged A. O. Perkins, cashier;
Jos. Trumbull, president, well copied.-
Virgnettc, Perry's Victory; No. 3615. letter
C; pay to G. Goodwin and C. Day; dated
Sept. I839-paper dark. The bill is got
up in good style and likely to deceive.
T he Fire in Ncwark.—The Newark Dai-
ly Advertiser states the amount of damage
done by the fire on Friday evening, at from
15.000 to 820,000; the number of shops
burned at nine; dwelling houses. five.
A Frcnchman’s Definition of Broker.-—
“Ah! I make i-on dccou.i:erte!-—dat is de
raison vat fore de peepelle coll de agent
B00h'(Li7'——lt is becose venue de persone hav
bizzecnesse vid him he become brolre !”
An Irishman, on passing through a field
of com the other day, said to a friend,
“ I-Vhenever you see a herd of cows all ly-
ing down and one of them standing up, that
one is sure to be a ball.
A letter from the Post Master at Wilming-
ton, Del. to the Post Master of Baltimore,
dated the 8th inst. says-—"' Your bag for
this place to day was either stolen or lost
between Elkton and Newark—supposcd to
have been cut from beind the sulkey.”
Van Amburgh. after recovering from a
long and severe illness from a wound in his
leg caused by a tiger, has been again bitten
in the arm by a lion. and will be unable for
some time to perform at Rouen, where he
was to have exhibited his beasts.
Vile learn from the Cincinnati Republic-
an, that a young man died in that city recent-
ly of hydrophobia. He had been bitten by
a rabid dog, in July, and did not experience
any ill cflccts from the bite. until it day or
two previous to his death.
The carriage manufactory of Messrs.
Curtis at Stratford Cor.-ii. with a tcnoincnt
adjoining, was destroyed by fire on 'I.'lrurs-
day of last week.
Last year the quantity of ice shipped for
distant ports, at the whurvcs in Cliurlcs-town,
Mass on board one lmnrlrctl anrl./'o7't.s' rlij/c')=
cnt vessels, was upwards of thirty thrmsaml
tons.’
Capt. M. C. Perry has been appointed to
the command of the steam frigate building
at the Navy Yard. Brooklyn. and has in
charge the supcrintcndcnce of her equip-
ment, &.c.
the whig nomination as a candidate for the
office of Governor. and announces his inten-
ofa few months.
At Cleveland, Ohio, the Whigs have suc-
mayor, aldcrman,&.c. for the first time for
many years.
The Legislature of Indiana have author‘
ized the issue ofa million and a half dollars
ment-for the Dutch loan of five and a half
riiillion of guilders to the Bank of the Uni-
, have signed the Temperance pledge in the
0" ‘V°d“93da}'- ll“-‘ s“b'T""-a5“"Y Bl“ south of Ireland at latest dates.
Bank is in Matanzas.
accompany the reference with certain in- Queen wore on he-,. head a “vrealh of 0,,
structions, but they were rejected. Mr. Ad- mime blossoms, and a veil of floniwn lace‘
ams of Mass, contended that this wasii-reve- Wm: a necklace and earrings of diamonds.
I-Icr Maj:-sty’s dress was of white satin,
with a very deep trimming of Honiton lace
1
body and sleeves were trimmed with the
same m'aterial‘to correspond. The train
was of white satin, and was also lined with
white satin, trimmed with orange blossoms.
The cost of the lace alone of the Queen’s
dress was l000l.
pure white, was manufactured in Spitalfields.
soit qui maly pense,’ incribed, and also
treaty of Greenville.
tion of departing for "Europe" in the course in honor ‘of _Kosciusko, and supported it in one
the most iegling, classical and eloquent speeches
ever made in the House of Representatives.
ceeded in electing, by a majority of 109, the Ohio Seraie.
and wastippointed in 1825 Chairman of the
Military,‘Cominittee‘in place of Gen. Jackson
who had resigned.
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Mr. Jaudon- has effected a final arrage-
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18.11840.
éd States. . .
L Three hundred and sixtythousand persons .
Levis, the late cashier of the Schuylkill
The Queen's Drcss.—Her Majesty the
n design similar to that of the veil. The
The satin, which was of
Her Majesty wore an nrmlet, having the
motto of the Order of the Garter, “Honi
wore the Star of the Order.
We understand that a good deal of uneasi-
ness has existed lately among the workmen
employed by the United States at the armo-
ry at Springfield, Massachusetts. It seems
that a newly devised pattern for muskets has
been lately adopted by the War Department,
which requires much more labor to finish
the arms, and yet no allowance is tirade for
the extra work. Against this the workmen
remonstrnte, as unjust to them, it having
necessarily the efiect to reduce. their com-
And what is quite extraordinary, the salaries
of the ovcrseers of the work have at the
same time. been increased several hundred
dollars each. It is stated that the hardship
of this arrangement is such. that very gen-
eral uneasiness prevails—to*such an extent,
indeed, that some of the workmen have quit
their employment. ’
If this account is correct. it affords a
characteristic exemplification of the frierid-
ship of the administration for the industrious
laborious classes of the community
Hartford Cowrant.
For Rent, on a Lease of Four Years.
That well known Farm situated at
North Bend, in the State of Ohio, is
offered for rent for four years from the 4th of
March, 1841. The present occupant, Gen.
\Villiam Henry Harrison, being about to
take a lease from the People for the ‘ White‘
House’ at Washington, is desirous to let said
farm upon reasonable ‘terms to some good,
practical farmer. The land is situated in the
Far \Vest, but owing to the gallantry of its
present occupant in former times, no fears
need now be entertained of being disturbed
by Indians. The owner would object to the
cultivation of such fancy afl'airs as the Mul-
berry and Rose bushes. and insists that the
good, old and substantial grains. such as corn
and rye be raised. The land being well
adapted to the cultivation of cabbages, Mr.
QV/aln Buren will be entitled to the first refus-
al. There are no hickory trees upon the
place. Should Mr. Van Buren engage the
premises he can be accommodated with a
weeping willow grove, in one corner ofthe
farm, as a place ofsolitary resort. The fences
are all strait, and should the above gentleman
take the lease, he will be strictly forbidden to
tear them down for the erection of the old zig-
zag, worm fence.
Application maybe made to Danel Web-
ster, Boston; Nicholas Biddle, Philadelphia ;
Henry Clay. Lexington ; or to the old farmer
himself at North Bend.
“The Argus, Evening Post, Globe, and
Democratic Review will insert the above for
six weeks and send their bills to Samuel S.
Swartwout and Wm. M. Price, Esqrs., Minis-
ters Extraordinary at Paris.-— Courant.
GEN. WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
WILLIAM H. HARRISON was born in Virginia
on the 9th February.'1773.
In 1791. when 19 years of age. he was ap-
pointed by \Vashington an Ensign in our infant
rm .
In 1792. he was promoted lotlie rank of Lien-
tenant; and in 1793 he joined the legion under
Gen. Wayne, and in a few days thereafter, was
selected by him as one of his Aids.
()n the 24th of August. 1794, he distinguish-
ed hiinself in the battle ofthe Miami. and elicit-
ed the most flattering written approbation of
Gen. \Vayne.
In 1795 he was made a Captain and was
laced in command of Fort VVashinglon.
In 1797. he was appointed. by President Ad-
ams. Secretary ofthe North \Vesiern Territory
and czqflicio, Lt. Governor.
In 1798 he was chosen a delegate to Congress.
In 1801, he was appointed Governor of lndi
aria. and in the same year, President Jefferson
appointed him sole Commissioner for treating
willi the Indians.
M1309. he was re-appointed Governor of'In-
dianu by Madison.
On Ilic Gib of November. ISII, he gained ilie
great battle of Clipyiccanoc.
On the Iltli Scpreniber. 1812. he was ap-
pointed by Madisoii, Cuiiinianderincliicfofilie
North Western Armv.
Mcigs coinmciiced—lnsied five days. and was
terminated by the brilliant and successful soriio
of Gen. Harrison.
Stephenson occurred.
On the 5th of October. 1813, he gained the
splendid victory ofthe Thames, over the British
and Indians under Proctor. '
In 1814 he was appointed by Madison one of
the Comiiiissloners to treat with the Indians.
and in the same year with his colleagues, Gov. I
Shelby and Gen. Cass, COD_cl1,i(Ie,(.l his celebrated
In 1815. he was again appointed such Com?
In January. 1818. he introduced a resolution
In 1859. he was elected a member of the
In 182i, he was elected Senator in Congress, 1
In 1827, he was appointed Minister to Colom-
ed; also, against the law requiring iron in the form of State notcs,halfofthc denom- bia,_andln182S, wrote his immortal letter to
Bohvar,thc delivcrer of South America,
ination of $5 and half of 9,350.
‘.339 ‘~30 .1-
->"d
ensation from one- uarter to one-third.— ;“'—
P q “A Looimn on IN Vi:zvici::,” liiscoine to
FOR PRESIDENT;
WILLIAM HENRY :.l.uuusoN,of 01110-
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,-
JOHN TYLER, of Virginia.
TICKET FOR STATE OFFICERS.
For
For Governor-—\\7lVI. IV-. ELLSVVORTH
Lt. Goi:e7'nor—-CI-IA’S HANVLEY.
For Trcasu-rcr—I-IIRAM RIDER.
Fo7"Se¢:_retar3/-—ROYAL R. HINMAN.
For Com'pt7‘olle7‘—-HEI\'RY KILBOURN.
SENATORIAL NOMINATIONS.
Dist. 1
H
on o- — - -
o. 0- o. ¢~ -
Job Allyn, of Hartford.
2 Solomon Colo, of N. Glastonbury.
Williaiii Selby, of Hartland. I
Elcazcr Warner, ofN-.-w Haven.
Nehemiah C. Sanford. of Derby.
Edgar Atwa.tor, of VVallingford.
IIcm']/ St-rovig, of Norwich.
Samuel C Selrlon, of Lyme.
Alrraham D. Baldwin, ofFairfield.
I1tI7L)'_’l/ Ru,gglcs, of Brookfield.
Joshua B. Itbrris, of Stamford.
Joseph Eaton, of Plainfield.
L Hilchcoclc, of Barkhamstcd.
Eli 111:1/gall, of New Milford.
Nathaniel P. I’c7'7'_'//. of Kent.
Eli Wfilcorr, of Middletown.
E/ip/1.. A. Bul/clog/, of E. I-Iaddum.
Elisha Stearns, of Tolland.
51 Abner Ilemlee, of Hebron.
comiiiunicaiion.
ity Pest Master Brown is handled, but we have
a repugnance to abusive epithets, wlieilier in
hand. and as much as we are disposed to favor
our correspondent, we cannot, consistently with
the course we have chosen. give publicity. to his
We care not with wliaisever-
reference to the exotic of the Sentinel, his cor-
respondenqor the stereotyped President of Loco-
Foco meetings in Stamford and its vicinity.
A
Government officer, who can lend himself as 8
party hack to guide the deliberationsof every
petty gathering of " the party,” should be held
up to merited contempt.
Mr. Brown has become obnoxious to his party.
and in danger of being shuffled our of place, we
should make some allowance for his present
zeal.
Coiisideraiions of personal or official dig-
nity, are not to be entertained for a moment
where the loaves amljishes are in jeopardy. Our
correspondent need have no apprehension about
the honest farmer of Greenwich.
suffer in the comparison with such a “man. If.
as our correspondent states, the P. 0. Depart-
ment lias affidavits from the party leaders of the
fnaniier in which Post Master Brown “honestly
discharges ilie duties of his post,” his new-born
zeal will not avail him much, and perhaps " the
most practical scieniificfarmerin Fziirfielu’ corin-
ry" will not long have his agricultural pursuits
interrupted by the active duties rrquiretl of a
He will not
Government agent.
Mom-: Fxcrs 1-‘on THE PE(iPl.l::.—Il appears
by the Bank Rcporlof the Secretary of the
Treasury, made to Congress in ’37, that from
1820 to 1830, during the most of Mr. I\Ionroe’s
and all of John Q. Adams‘ administration, the
increase of banks for ten years was only 22,
averaging a fraction over 2 a year.
$8,981,657, averaging less than one million a
year.
But from 1830 to 1837, a period of only seven
years. under the Van Buren policy, while the
grand experiment was making on the currency
ofilie couuir_y—no less llian _/bur humlrccl and
ni7zety four new banks were chartered, averag-
ing more than seventy a year: and the increase
of capital during the same time was $2367
268.
S) ‘.)
para
averaging about 34,000,000 a year.
During this period of seven years, one linu-
dred and sixty five more banks were given to
the country than all that had been created be-
fore from the first organization of the govern-
And what is still worse, the most of
these banks were chartered by Loco Foco Le-
For example. all the banks in Ar-
kensas,.Missouri, Illinois. Indiana and Michi-
In the latter state. more than fifty Banks
have been created and all by the anti-bank par-
In Mississippi 13, South Carolina 5, in
meat!
gislatures.
gan.
iy.
Pennsylvania 17, in New Hampshire 9, in
in Maine 41, and in Ohio, while that party had
the ascendency, they chartered 19 new banks,
and added to their capital $1,532,231, in the
short space of four years.
The following is the experience of 'a recent
convert from Locofocoism, as stated by himself
at a meeting in New London county, a short
time since :
‘I have always been a Republican—was in
0" ll’° 13' Or M53" 1813' llle H989 Of F0“ favor ofTliomus Jefferson James
a long time, and needs assistance. ,
mm Gem j.j,,,,isUn is an old Granny‘ and I be_ 600 prisoners and three pieces of cannon. Ge -
erul Brune had seven balls shot through his )_
Madison, and
the last \var—voletl for Gen. Jackson and Mar-
tin Van Buren—boi am now convinced that
On the 31st ofJuly. 1813, the battle of For: the country is sick—ihai it has been in travail '
'.Vc are told
lieve he will effect a safe delivery.’ .
MASSACHUSETTS.-The Whigs are having
of 130. A cba
In 1816, he was elected a member of«Congress. momhsj
Even
nge ,of,300 votes in less than six
-— u-_-—~».- . x.
u . .. ....,~».-e "-
li\’l©ll€.\’h7ALlK ©[élZETTlE.
' stant, my attention was arrested by the sound
Perhaps. however, as
The iri-
crease of capital during the same period was
8,-
[Received too late for insertion last‘week.l
For the Noi-walk Gazette.
MR. Enrroii—About noon on the 4th in-
O
I distant music. I listened, and was soon
convinced that it proceeded from a military
band, which, I thought, might be accompa-
their march to meet the British on the Amos-
took, or to co-operate with the blood-hounds.
in Florida. I foliowed the direction whence
these animating sounds proceeded," andlwas
s
Liliputian regiment, escorted by our Colum-
bian Band, on their march totiike possession
of the Congregational church. This Regi-
mcnt mustered about four hundred,’ and con-
sisted of nine companies, each ofwhich -wore"
its badge, carried its banner, and ‘was pre- _
ceded by its leader. It marched into the.
church, and occupied the main floor—the
Band stationing themselves in the Orchestra, 1
and the spectators filling the galleries, and.
every vacant seat in the house. '
ing of- the pupils of our common schools.-
The Rev. Mr. Hall ‘invoked the Divine
blessing upon the audience, the occasion
which had assembled them, and upon the ef-
forts which are being made to render popu-
lar education efficient "and universal. The
pupils cf each school were then exercised by
ograpliy-—u-ant of time compelling them to.
omit recitations in-other school studies.
The Rev. Dr. Mead, then,after a -few per-
tinent remarks‘ to parents and teachers, ad‘
dressed the children.
nor of his address were so appropriate and
happy, that he was listened to by his whole
audience with evident tokens of interest and
delight. His remarks were eminently prac-
and striking illustration, that while they were
understood and appreciated by his youngest
auditors, they were heartily relished by all
the pleasure of hearing them.
certainly much indebted to the-School -Socie‘
ty’s Committee for planning this novel cxhi.
rangements in carrying it. into effect, and to
the Rev. gentlemen who contributed so large-
ly to its interest and usefulness. The‘ per-
formances of the Band too, who volunteered
their services, infused a spirit of animation
and good feeling which was grateful to both ‘
young and old.
I do not know. Mr. Editor, when I have
been present on a more interesting occasion--
but I have only time to say, that if its exer‘
minds which they have had upon mine, our
community will soon exhibit a spirit worthy
of the cause, in seconding and sustaining the
patriotic efforts of our Board of cducation'to"—
extend the advantages, and enlarge the utility
of our common schools-—:i spirit in which
we have hitherto been most lamentably de-
ficicnt. A PARENT. .
Norwalk, March 9th, 1840.
-’.
The defence of Fort Meigs, and the subse-
quent caplu re ofthe British army, may be fairly
considered the most brilliant and extraordinary ‘
events of the late war.—.lohn 1ll.'N2'les.
paper at l3alrimore. He intimates that be will
‘show up’ Mr. Calhoun by publishing certain
correspondence.
SILK CUL'1‘URE —The National Silk Socieo '-
coming summer. The whole amount of thd
bouniies is $16,000. '
LETTERS OF GEN. i3oN.ti>Ait'ri.-i ,
TO ins WU.-‘E. DURING ms CAMPAIGN IN i'r.u.!. '
LETTER I.—To Josr;i=iiiNi:'. AT MILAN.
Rovi-:iu3nr.1.A, 6th J nly, 1796.»
you the particulars. I am dead with fatigue.
Depart iinmediaiely for Verona, I-pray thee; I
shall need you there. for I believe I am going to
be sick._ lam in bed.
With a thousand kisses, Bo NAr.ta'rz.'
LETTER iII.——-To JJS-EPIIINE AT M ILAN. I
Venoixa, July 11th, 1796.’
I had iysi left Roverbella when I learned that
the enemy were before Verona.
posed of affairs very happily.
garments, without being touched by one.‘ _
I send you a thousand kisses. My health is
h ir ' ' M . .
up ‘own way in ass now. and the Boston good. We had but ten men killed. and one
big papers are full of little victories. ‘
Lynn, the town of shocniakers, has come over
. , °' erw'thG .MAih {v.G -8l.l8Sl..and ivsil Wh' ‘l "
Edward Everett has declined accepting j,nal::a;lndn,.jgo,;a,:l:ja,,;,,;, aulrggfonjr '8 g e 16 lguclel a ma-lom-Y
hundred wounded.
Boiuiiaivri-:. ' ’
LETTER III.—To J-0-8.1-IPHINE AT Mimiv. I
l\IAaMuior._o. 17th July. 1796 I
I have received yourletier, my adored 1‘
Ex-Governor Wolf, Collector of the Port of ll basfilled my bean "lib .l°)’- I_ am 0
The Mails are to be carried by the Baltimore 1,
hiladelpliia and Washington Railroad, after I)
pril.
Philadelphia, fell down dead on the steps ofthe forthe "ouble Y0" I33“? Iakfifl 10 Send In
Custom House in that any a few days since_ news; yourhealth should be better by thisti _
An affection of the heart with which he had I am sure ‘l""5’°" 3'3 Well» I musf urge you
orig been troubled, was probably the cause of I?-m°"m 3°” l‘°l'58§ ll Cflllnbl fai I
his death. A
1 to be béneii-,. ‘
cial. ‘ ' .,/~_
Ihave been sad ever since I left you. ‘
appiness is in your presence. I unceasingly
ring to mind thy caresses, thy tears, thy dmiae
ble jealouzies; and the charms of ibeincdmpm-.
nying some chosen body of U. S. troops on. '
' at
oon most agreeably surprised at meeting a .
their respective teachers in Readjpg and Ge; j .
tical, and delivered -in such a social manner ,
and so interspersed with pleasant anecdote
bition, to the teachers for their prompt ar. ‘
cises have had the same influence uponlolherll-'
'1 'ra72slalc(l from the Fr_cnch_/br the Gazette. . l
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I soon discovered that this was a gather-' ‘
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The matter and man- ' ll
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the “children ‘of a larger growth” who had‘
The friends of our common schools are ,’
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Durr GREEN is about to establish a Harrison '
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I
iy have offered numerous bounties. varying I
from $100 to $1000 each, for the best speci-_“_
mens of raw silk, to be produced during the , .-
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I have beaten the enemy. Kilmaine willgivo .
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