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Babble oftm,-9, yet barely know their letters;
Neat-_i<i_intt=.rl mummies, mocking uature’s shape‘,
(3.; j-,,,,.,,,. i,.-,--- imntly man can match an ape;
V-..,,i,_-,.,s_ wli-i. rrgiiily served at hriine. P9FCll3l?f-I593 V
{-1.,.i .i,,,,..i Kl l‘mm the rope on which !hey__daiic§3; . ,
D.var.=‘_-, :l'tlll']l(.'S._j'l_t_'_L{lef:. all that yield cotiteut,
Wli.-re Sin hold.~i carnival and “fit keeP5 lems
\'Vhere. shoals on slioals. lite Hlffllesl millt°0.“.“-l’-v- ’-
One sex in laugh. and one to try tollilu-sh. }
When iriinciug Ravenoi sports rig 1| Puma 6”“?
And turns fops‘ her-.rls while turning pirooettes;
There, at each rihald sallv. Where We be?" "
The knowing giggle and the scurt‘tl9.l9-€l'-
\Vhilc from the intellectual gallery first
Rolls the base plaudit, loudest at the worst.’
Gods.‘ who can “grace yon desecrated dome,
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W hen he may itirn his Shakspeare o'er at imme -
\Vho there can grou p the pure ones of his race.
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To see and hear what luds him veil hi5 i808 -
Ask ye who cart? why is 300 y_0U_- and y0_u9
No matter what the rionseiise, il_’tis new-
'p,, D,,L.,,,r L.igir_:’s will orirsotis grvereflri
'[‘i,,.,y |j;j\It—‘. no iinie tor llziinlei, or .or L"al’;
Our rlariuliters Itirll frttttl .L”‘”'.l" Jllllells “'01
To count the twirl.- of .-\lriiaviva's toe-
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Not theirs the tilnine who .ornisb forth the treat.
17;,” ours, who throng the boarrl and grossly eal;
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‘Ne lurid. iiirleetl. the virtue. kiiirlliiig Stage.
Arid prate of Sliakspeare and his dcalltless Page?
best, on Cooper call,
But go. ut'ii'iounce his 1 ’
Roirian of them all ;
Cooper, ‘ the nobles:
Where are the (‘-IHWL _ ,
" ‘is an old thing, they've seen it all belore.
pmv [.j,,,,,,{.,,; if ye; inrlec-rl. the Stage muststand.
"U/iili guiltlcss iiiirtli it iiitiyrleliglirilic land;
pm. .,,.',rer else each scenic: teiiiplc tall,
And one apprrivirtg sileiice ciirtaii: all‘. _
_Des;,,,,,-, rt, smmzie may yield their rising youth,
But FrC€(lritY‘. dwells with ptirity and trttllil
Tlieu inake the eliiirt, ye who rule the binge-—
\Vitli l'l()\'8l‘l|'('73”c.v 5‘”l7fl5e ‘he 33°;
Even \Vi-t, so long forgot, may play its part-
Anrl Nature yet have power to. lIlell..ll‘le heart;
Perchance the listeners, to their tiistirict tine,
[\_[ay fancy common setise——'t.were surely something
!.J‘3\\’-.
Trim to the Press-_-its teeming sheets survey,
Big with the wonders of each passing day;
Births, deaths, and weddings, forgeries, fires, and
wrecks.
Hat-aiigiies and hail-storms,brawls and broken necks,
Where lialf-flertgcrl bards on feeble pitiions seek
An im-rriortality of near a week 3» '
\\7here cruel eulugisis the dead restore,
In niaudlin praise to martyr them once more;
VVhere rulfian s|anrl'rers wreak t.'ieir coward spite.
And need no veiirimerl rlagger while they Write:
rjthere. (WM, 3 q,.i1|so noisy and so vain.
“We almost- hear the goose it r:[o:lied complain.)
\Vt,9re each hack scribe,_as hate or interest burns,
To-_irl or toad eater, stains the page by trims;
. 0|‘ virtu nsuriis the critic s chair.
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Laws ,1 mm,-1; Guido. or a mouthing player;
Vic-erovs it o'er the realms of prose an i" rhyme.
Now puffs pert ‘ Pelliuzii,’ now the ‘Course ofTime,'
And, though ere Christmas both may be forgot,
Vows this beats Milton. and that \'Valter Scott:
\Vith Sarnsnn’s vigor feels his nerves expand,
To overthrow the nobles cfthe lanrl;
Soils the green garlands that for Otis blriom,
And plants a brier even on Cabot’s tomb;
As ttirn the party coppers heads or tails.
And now this faction and now that prevails.
Applauds to-day what yesterday he cursed‘,
Lmnprrons the wisest and exto-lsthe worst ;.
\,V‘nile hurrlv to-tell, so course a daub he lays,
Wliicii sullics most-, the slander or the praise.
"Y.-t, sweet or bitter, hence what fountains burst,
VVhile still the more we drink the more we thirst,
Trade hardly deems the busy day begun.
Till his keen eye along the page has run:
The blooming dniiglrter throws h-er needle by,
And reads her schoolmaie’s iiiarriagc with a sigh;
\-Vhile the grave mother puts her glasses on,
And gives a tear to some old croriy gone;
The preacher, too, his Sunday theme lays down,
To know what last new lolly fills the town:
Lively or sad. life’s meanest, mightiest things,
The fate of figlitiiig cocks or_ fighting |tir.g.-7;
Naughi comes amiss, we take the tiittiseous stuff,
Veijnice or oil, a libel or a puff. '
’Tis this szistninstli:-it coarse, licentious tribe
Oftenth-rate type-int-.rt, gaping for a brilie;
That reptile race, with all that’s good at strife.
‘.Vh.o trail their slime ll)r()il_t_'ll every walk oflrfe;
Sraiiisilie \\'ltllP. tnlilei where a great man's name
Sraurls jtr()lIt.ll_\' cliisr-llr-rl by the haiirl of fame,
Nor t't)ll[l'l ttic sac-rcrl fireside fear to crawl,
B.ut drop their venom there, and poison all.
”[‘is Curirisily—-lftritlglt in its round,
N.) one poor dupe the caluiriiiy has found,
Mill shall it live. and -till new slarirlers breed ;
\Vhat thotigli we ric’er believe, we buy and read:
Like Sr:oilaurl's war-cross. thrown frotn hand to hand
To rouse the angry passions of the land,
So the black falsehoorl flies from ear to ear.
\Vliile goodness gricvcs, brit grieving. still must bear.
All are not such? Oh. no, there are, thank Heaven,
A nobler troop to whom this trust is given;
\Vhn, all unbriberl. on Freedom's ramparts stand,
Faithful anrl firrn. bright war-ders ofthe land.
By them still lifts the Press its arm abroad,
To guide ali-curious man along Life’s road;
To r-beer young Genius, Piiy’s tear to start,
In Trutli's bolrl cause to rouse each fearless heart;
O'er male and female qiiacks to shake the rod,
And scourge the unsexed thing tha-t scorns her God;
To tiuiit Corruption from his secret den,
And show the monster up. the gaze of wondering
ITIED.
I-low swells my theme! how vain my power I find,
To track the witttliiigs ofthe cririous mind;
Let aughi be hid, though useless. nothing boots,
Strriiglitway it mus’ he plucked up by the roots.
How oft we lay the volume rlown to ask
(if him, the victirii in the Iron Mask;
The crusted medal rub with painful care,
To spell the legend out——that is not there;
‘Alllll dubious gaze o'er moss-growr: tombstones bend
To find a name——the herald never penned;
Dig through the lav.a—deliigcd city's breast,
Learn all we can. and wisely guess the rest;
Ancient or modern, sacred or profane,
All must be known, and all obscure made plain;
lf ’iwas a. pippin tempted Eve to sin,
If glorious B-.yi'on drugged his raiise with gin;
If Troy e’er stood, if Shakspeare stole a deer,
If Israel's missing tribes found refuge here;
If like a villain Captain Henry lied‘-,
If like a martyr Captain Morgan d'ierl..~
Its aim oft idle, lovely in its end,
\-Ve turn to look, then linger to befriend;
The maidof Egypt thus was led to save
Anation’s future leader from the wave;
New things to hear when erst the Gentiles ran,
Truth-closed what Curiosity began.
How many a noble art now wide-ly known,
Owes its young impulse to this power alone;
Evenin its slightest working we may trace
A deed that changed the fortunes of a race-:
Bruce, banned and hunted on his native soil, A
With curious eye surveyed at spider's toil ;.
Six tirnestbe little climber strove and-failerl;.
Six times the chief before his fries hatl’quailed';
-9 Once more,” he cried, "in thine my doom 1 read,.
Once more I dare the fight. ifihou succeed ;” -
”l.‘was clonc—-—therinse.ct’s fate he made his-own,
Once more the battle waged. and gains! a_ throne. .
(CI‘r)"'be co,r.i'irttted.), - _
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ls so wont to choke the door?
- SE1.-EC..TE1.3. f .SUM.M,A.Il*-Y‘
. f est; afirrpjji ‘arr M§n't_i’: . _
- .-—Tb ‘War’ D8 __i.1'!'.im9nt.5_;,aS vtr, ;jlea_ri'i'
from thei.-Army and‘:‘Navy Chronicle, has
passed; among other regulations. respecting
the appointment in the army of persons from
civil life,‘ oi'i‘e'-'stéit‘titi;gVt‘l'i'zit‘ ii‘i5""'i:‘ti‘iidi‘dtt'£é will
beexaniined who is married. ‘The neces-
sity of yotingcfiicers being constantly in the
field with their companies, the‘ want of ac-
commodations in the small quarters of a gar-
rison for a family. and the inadequacy olthc
pav ofthe ‘offieer to‘ support tiiore‘t'han”him-
self, are the reasons assigned for the adop-
tion oftbe regulations. ’ -'
Catholic School Fu.7trl.——The Board of As-
sistant Aldermen on Monday evening. by an
uiianiiizous vote, adopted a report made by the
committeeto whom the petitions and reinon-
strauces on the subject were referred, ad
verse to grantingany portion of the public
"school fund for the purpose of maintaining
common schools exclusively Roman Catho-
lic.—N. Y. Sun. . _ _
Bur-'ning of a. Ferncole Seinintwy ——Thc
St. John's Female Academy was cntirrly
destroyed by fire on the night of the 17th
ult. The pupils had barely time to escape
in their night clothes. One young lridy
dangerously sick, fled in her fright from thv
house, anrl after a great search was found in
an out building two hundred yards from the
Seminary, with a counterpane around her
She was taken to the lodgings of her f.thcr,
who had been sent for to see her in conse-
quence of her sickness, and from the moment
of her fright was restored to perfect health
Crotmi. Aquerlucl.—-The operations on this
important and stupendous work have com-
menced, and we believe the full number to
be employed in this vicinity are at worlr,--
The construction oftlie Aqueduct ncross.tlie
magnificent arch in this village, is now in
progress, and will be completed early in the
fall. The men at Harlem, who have been
for some time refusing to work without an
increase of wages, have, we understand, gen-
erally resumed their employment, and the
work is again rapidly advancing to comple-
tion.—— l'Veslcltr~:sler Herald.
The line of car communication between
the fill‘ west of Ohio and Philadelpliia is now
complete.-' C?tFgOt‘S of prodtice have arrived
in Pliilzidelphia, from Cleaveliintl, and else
where, via the Pennsylvania and Ohio Ca-
nal, and we may now consider that impor-
tant link in the great chain as complete, and
internal navigation as now secure.
Di‘. Horace C. Gillette, of East VVindsor,
informs us that he has succeeded in produ-
cing, from thcjnice oftlie Tomato, a liquor
scarcely to be distinguished, in its appear-
ance and flavor, front some of the best spe-
ciesofpure wine.
Prod-use in g0/i.i0.——Tbe Zanesville Ga-
zette, of the 2l‘st inst. says:—-—“Vv'lieat has
gone down the last week from 50 cents to
424, and thence to 40 cents per bushel, at
which it now rests. Flour is retailing at
$32.79, no wholesale price. Corn remains
at 26 cts. 0:118 1?. l-‘,2 to 16 cents.”
The Special Eleclion..—The Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Pennsylvania,
has issued a warrant for :1 special election in‘
Bedforl County, on the 6th of May to sup-
-lv the vacancy occasioned by the expulsion
of-Mr. M’Elwee.
A metrical version of the Psalms has
never yet been prepared for the Irisb,tboi1gh
the New Testament was translated into their
language in 1602, and the Old Tcstciinent in
1682.
The Gaelic Highlanders of Scotland had
3. metrical version of the Psalms prepared
for them 118 years before they possessed the
New Testament, and 143 years before they
had the entire Bible in their own language.
Twenty-five thousand dollars were said to
be pending on the result of a rrice between
the ' Albany’ and new ‘ North America’ last
week, when the former broke her shaft.
The sloop of war Preble. has been order-
ed to cruise on our Eastern coast for the pro-
tection of our fishermen, the coming season.
A smart shock of an earthquake was felt
in several of the towns in Plymouth county.
(Mass) one night last week.
Extract from a lettendated, P/rilczrielp/rirr,
April 22. “Yesterday there was a meeting
of Van Buren and Porter men, of over Two
HUNDRED, at the City Hotel, who formed
themselves into a Tippecanioe Club. Is it
not cheering .7”-—Bastrm Atlas
John Thornton Kirkland, D. D for ma-
ny years pastor ofthe South Church in Bos-
ton, and from 1810 to 1828 President of
Harvard University, died in Boston on the
26th ult.
The rrianufactory of St. Gobian. near
Paris. has lately custart enormous plate of
glass its ti single piece, which is 16 feet 3
inches high, and ll feet 0 inches wide.
The Imperiril Public Library of Russia
contains upwards of 425,621 volumes, and
17,236 manuscripts, which are under the
care of twenty seven ofiicials.
The thermometer at Philadelphia on Sun-
day afternoon stood at 86 degrecs—and on
Monday morning at six o’clock at 44-deg.
During the month of March, 195 steamers
arrived at Pittsburg, and front the 1st to the
17th April 102.
A slave named Bacchus died recently at
Friedlaind, Va. aged ll0. He was in the
capacity of a teamster at the siege of York-
town, and also saw C7i'L‘l’l. Braddock as he
passed on to the west. ‘
Lord Hill has received her Majesty Queen
Victoria's instructions to order the cavalry
of the British army to ivemmustachios: the
order will, consequently, be issued forth with
The steam ships President and United
States are in dock ready to receive their en-
gines, and may be expected out in July
next. --
Turkey has negociatcd a loan with the
copper rnines.
The Gazette, one of the oldest papers in
the city, has been merged in the Jouanal of
Commerce.
Croto7z.—-__Tbos_c~ who strtick ‘for higher
{rages have_returiied_to.'ivoi.k, tii'ed’of bold-
, i'.7ti_g- out.
Rotchild’s, secured on the customs and the .
The New Orleans Ti-ue_'_American has
.a.lé‘=i1p.by item. we ran-
?;3-¢_"£it'liichgvviiuld make her‘ foirturie if she
cddldonly t_';e‘pe’nt-‘it on tbestagie. She “'85
aipassenger‘ on brirtrd the steamboat Selina.
which was snagged in going; up the. MIS-
sissiprzi-. and .)."h‘-.’,.“....ll1.9 b.0.=tt Ptmed. -’."'”“”
tri'iddl'e,'shc found ‘herself on the hurricane
i'o'of'of; the part sinking in the writer; with
3. desperate bound, liowever, she s rang to
the part fallingtowardsthe shore, it cl atone
leap c,leured‘_a space of tiventy-eight fe_et.——
Wit.l,i_out,_s_toppiiig, s_lic,,cssayr,-d by ttnrtlhet
‘spring to reach the Ashore, but the second ef-
fort was to gitcat, she ft:ll'slt0t‘t, and descended,
uninjured, info the soft mud ofthe Mississppi
waist deep. when extricrited we imiigfinfi.
she could hardly be in :1 plight to appear a-
mong the Bayadercs.
A New I7i.venlion.—-—-The Lonrl_on VVeek-
iy Dispatch gives an acr:ouut of it new in
vention, by a Mr. Grieve, of London, which
he callsZincotypograpliy. By this he is
enabled to transfer pages of books or i_iews-
papers on to it zinc plate, from which be
can print exact copies. equal to any typo-
graphical printing, attlie rate of $3000 per
hour. The cost oftransfei'irig is but it inerc
trifle, and 15,000 copies can be obtained
from the same plate. The editor says he
has examined the eight thousandth impres-
sions, ivliiclrtvzts clear, and without what is
technically called a “pick” about if.
Very Good.--The Northampton ‘Courier
says that the Vllliigs of New York city did
very well. considering that they had not
Rautoul to help them, as they did iii“R..b0do
Island and Contiecticiit.—-Brislon Atlas.
The clianel cut. by Connecticut river across
the neck of the peninsula at Hockzinum is
now about 35 rods in width, and becoming
broader every dtiy.
A S'lecpcr.—-A story is told in a London
paper of fat person named Bradley, aged 22-
years who hnd been in one continued nap
for the last '27 weeks. He is kept alive by
gruel and other liquids which his mother
pours into his mouth. His body is described
as much wasted; and the faculty had not
been able to explain his mysterious case.
Mairzlfacttrres in Egg/77l.—Ainoiig other
instances of the improved state of iriiintifac-
tures in Egypt. it is said that there are now
30.000 linen looms, 7,000 cotton looms. and
4,500 ivolleii looms in various establishments
in that country. At the some time the corn
and other vegetable products ofEgypt are on
the increase. -
Twelve tin packets of preserved French
beans, in ii wooden box, have been ltrrotight
up from the Royal George, stamped "Con-
serve Articbena dc Catrou, Marseilles."_
Neither vinegar nor pickie shad been used;
they had been boiled and placed in air-tight
vessels. and were as fresh and fit for use as
when first enclosed. They have been 57
yea rs under writer.-—E-rig. paper.
I')7z])£’a.Cl2.77le7Z.l of Justice .ll’[tZ)'Tlll,-—Ti'llS
case is likely to experience more (lel:iy,——a
writ liavins; been sued out of the Supreme
Court, calling upon the Aldermen to show
cause by what authority they sit as Judges
in the County Court. The proceedings will
therefore he stayed until this qties-,*io I de-
cided.-—N. Y. Stair. ' ,
Arri-i:a.l E;t'lmor(li7za~y.——-A fine ship of
about 300 tons arrived here on Thursday
from Muscat. ‘She is owned by the Irriatin
of Muscat, and has brought out a cargo of
Coffee and other products of his dominions.
She has also on board several fine Arab
horses intended as a present to our Govern-
ment, for which the Imaun no doubt expects
a handsome equivalent.
The religious rites of the Ciiincse are ri-
diculons and cumbrous. They l1'c1Vt3, in one
street or another, and to one demon 01: an-
other, perpetually splendid illuminattons.
music, theatrical performances in presence of
their idols, repzists of fruits, and wine and
cakes, and roasted pigs. &c.. placed before
them; with the burning of C'r'tl'ldl‘.’S.
The friends of Gen. Harrison in _the city
of New York are making arrangements to
celebrate the Raising of the Sr-igc of Fort
Meigs in May 1813, by a grcttt gathering,
oration, &c. on Friday, the 8th inst. The
citizens ofother States are invited to attend.
VVe understand that Gideon lVelles, Post
Master of Hartford, has been srtbptenacd to
l/Vasliington, to be examined before :1 Com-
mittee of Congress in rcgaiwl to the abuses
complained of in the Post Office Departnient.
The Rev. Mr. Newton, said to be the
most cr-lebrzitcd Methodist preacher‘ in En-
gland, has arrived in New York. He will
attend the annual Conference in Baltimore.
The Canal.-——The first bouts of the seas-
on froni title water. arrived at Buffalo ontlie.
27th tilt. The Buffalo Advertiser of “Ted-
nesday contains the following:
One /z-unri.’i'crl brrrrcls per /zour.——Tbere
has arrived. by VVestern boats sice Tuesday
evening. 5,000 barrels of flour. All the ca-
nal boats are loading with it for the. East.
A story was in circulation at Bostott on
Thursday, that the Administration party
have a plan in view of dropping; President
Van Buren at the ensuing election, and re
calling Geri. Jackson from his retirrnent.——
Very improbable. A _
The I.t=gislature o-f New-York have a-
mended the law relating to imprisonment for
debt, so as to extcnrltlie benefits ofthe act to
non-residents.
E7r.c0um.gin«T.——'I‘hei'e are forty profes-
sors of religion in Conglress; twenty _olf
whom have formed themse ves into a socia
pfaying cirge, wb1i)cli meets every Saturday
evcninor.- oslon osl.
r;>...'Z/.- Ti'a.‘i:elli7tg-'I‘he regular train of
cars arrived at Hartford _yes_terrlay, at-the
early l)OlJt‘ of2 o’clor:k. bringing passengers
who left New York at 7 in the morning—--
making but seven hours between the two
cities. ‘ ' ’
Passengers who left Boston at Gin the
morning arrived here at 5 minutes before 4,
via Spriiigfield.——Ilai-Zfoivl Coura7it-
Liglrt7ri7zg.—-The lightning of Sunday
struck the dwelling house of Mr. James
Ross, in S-.ico. The fluid came down the
'ch_irnne_i', broke through into a chamber, and
set fire to a betl whereon twocliildren ;-were
lying,-a\vaki_ng_one of them, without disturb-
ing the slumbérs of the other. ’ Mrs. Rosswas
prostrrited by the ehoqlr, but soon re"co“v_ered.
-. V ’ " - Portland "Argus;
T_W_VE_NT_,Y-SIXTH CONGRESS.
f;'r1ns'r" all-:ssioN;_
From; the New- Yarlce1' Qf Saturday.
The abusive, unprofitable debate on poli-
tics in general in the House of Representa-
tives, upon the bill iriakirig flppl‘(,ipt'lat,i(m-
for fire Civil and Diplomatic Service of ti:
Coiintry. liris h""‘ti ""t‘t‘ivrl on tb"o't'rh n-.
other weck. Mr. Dellett, from Mobile, Ala.
has made :1 ‘sensible, statcsriitinlilre speech,
intended to rlernonstrnte the aclvzintagcs of a
National Bank HS contrasted with the ‘ Iri-
dependent 'I‘rerisui°y;’ but the mass of the
Speeches have been disgriiccfully out of
keeping. The Opposition Members insist-
r--d thrit, as this debate was begun by Dr.
D-iriciiii. with an niipi'ovolrr-,-d and abusive
pe'sonal nttriclr oti Grin. H.=.ri'ison as well
as on the l/Vliig party generally, they would
not be rr-strictcd in the raiigc of the rlebatc,
but would speak its-long as they thought
proper. On Mondiiy of the week, the ma-
jority attempted to force the bill out of-C1om-
mittee by sitting oi.it the dcbatc; but after ri
session of I/i.irly/-one /tours, they were forced
to give over at 9 o‘clock on Triesrltiy eve-
ning. leaving the debate still in progress.
The Coiiiuiittce on the rlitrgraceful cri-
cotintcr between Bytiuin and Garland madc
it meagre rcport on Snttirday, hart-ly rc-t'a-
pitulating the facts in the case and not 5115’-
grcsting any action. The facts are not inn-
iuriiillv different from the statcruont iiiadc ir-
our last, except that the Committee think
Bvntiin did not :ittr=ii'tnt to stab Giirlonrl, but’
only niarlc some iiicflectiizil attempts to open
his knife in the frenzy of his passion. Eyc-
tvitncsses. liowever, assert that Bynum /lirl
open his knife, l.l10l‘gll at first too mttch agi-
tated to do so, and then attempted to reach
Mr. G. with an evident ititcnt to stab, but was
ivitlilield. Here the niuttcr slt-cps—proba-
bly forever. .- '
Messrs. Hopkins of Va. 1\/lcK:iy of N. C.
and Black of Ga. have been the chief speak-
ers on the Administration side of the main
debate in the House since our last; Messrs.
Corwin of Ohio, Dellett of Ala. anrl Mor-
grin of N. Y. on the part of the Opposition.
The first two and the fourth spoke at great
length.
The House voted on Thursday to abolish
the Committee on Public Expenditures, as
useless, by a large rt ajority.
The Senate on Thursday discussed at
great length a Gradation bill introduced by
Mr. Clay of Ala. Mr. Clav of Kv. wris if-
chief opponent. It provides that all Public
Lands which have been five years in the
markctshiill be ofi‘-sred at $1 peracre; ten
years. 75 cents; fifteen years, 50 cents.-—
Mi‘. Hubbard tnoved to strike out the last
clarisi-, which prevailed, and the bill p.-issr-rl.
On Ttirsdtiy, the Senate pa:-'SPrl' to its
third reading without opposition, :1 bill to de-
. fray the expenses incured by Maine in the
“ Aroostook Wni"’ of the spring of 1830.-
The ‘ciriniage’ is 5S'2.04.000. A charge of
$5,000 from New-Hairisbire on an old ac-
count resting on similar principles, was
likewise allowed. The day was mainly de-
voted to the discussion of bills imprrsing
changes in the Judiciary Systr-ni ofthc Uni.
ted Stat-rs. lVlr"SSl‘S. \Vebster. Clnvton. Hr-in
derson and Crittenden iveretlie chief speak-
crs.
lVcclnesday was chiefly consumed bv the
Senate in considr-ring bills making appro-
priations of Public Lands in aid of various
Railroads running through the National Do-
main. Mr. Benton opposed them and spoke-
in opposition to the ‘Railroad mnni.-r,’ as [re
styled‘ it. A bill gi':intin_o: Land to retrib-
lish it" Dtrle Institute’ in Florida. was (lr-‘l)t1-
ted and laid on the table. The senate finally
went into Exectitivc Session. '
In the House, the Appropriation Bill was
still under C0ltSlt’lt‘t':‘ltlOD. It is unrlcrstood
that the p.'ii'ti'snn debate is at an enrl. Vari-
ous amenrlments were proposed-‘—to discon-
tinue the Braiicli Mint in Georgia—to reg-
ulate the fees of District Attorneys and l\l:fr-
sh:ils—-to pay no salary or fees ‘to anv Dis-
trict Attorney who is a D.-faulter, &c.—nll
rlefeated. The House arljoumed at 11 P_ M_
without reporting the bill.
From the Bufulo Advocate and Journal. 0
§t3l0l,74l._£=;i;§
ACTUAL DAlLY EXPENSES OF
PRESIDENT VAN BUREN'S GOVERN-
MENT.
The following table, carefully formed
from the government books in VVashington,
shows the amount of expenses of the Admin
istrations of John Quincy Adams, Andrew
Jackson, and Martin Van Buren; by which
:1 person can see and know the increased
and extravagant expenditures of President
Jackson and Van Buren's‘ governments, oycr
and above that of J. Q. Adams. "By their
dees ye shall krzoiv them,” and by their
promises ye must judge them. in regard to
Retrechtiient, Reform, and Economy. '
Expenses of the U. Slates Guvermrzciit undcr
J. Adams. Jackson. Van Buren.
4 years. 8 years. 3 years.
Total.
5Q.501,SG5,00 1-:l5,792,735.00 lll =l06,953,00
Yea‘i;.j.3
.rt1'.‘2{625.46l,50 18,224 091.88 3‘/,135,654,33
‘I. .onth.
1,052,122,] 2 1,518,674,32 3,094,637.86
Da ,
y 34,590,511 ' 49,929,022 101,7-l.1,52
Hour.
1,441.26 2.080 23 4,239.23
Minute, 24,02 34,67 70.05
Second, -10 58 1,17}
By the above schedule it will be perceiv-
ed, that the‘clrr2'l_?/ expenses of Martin Van
Bu ren’s government exceed those of John Q.
Adams, the enormous amount of$67,l5l,l2;
and the present Adniinisti'iition’s expenses
er year, are $24,5l0,l88,83‘ more than
those of John Quincy Adams per year.——-
Frirtherniore, every minute that takes its
flight adds $46.63 more to our expenses
than it did under Mr. Adams; and every
second of time, 77 1-2 cents more. About
all the minutes in the world will soon be re-
quired toicoin specie currctzcy sufficientlto
grease the wheels ofoiir Loco-Foco Govern-
ment; and‘ where, in the ‘name of common
sense, will be found gold’ and‘ silver bullion.
'fdi‘t the purpose? Unless. new mines are
discovered, it Icannct be done. Think of
this, yc advocates for an entire metallic cur-I
iéncy Ponder, pause, and reflect.
/
——; --- 5A
ter is’ Mr. Clay’s|answer to-,a‘,lette,r_ of invita-.
tionto attend the ‘bite dinner to Mr. Rivse.
l'V_.asinr¢e'rpN. April 11, I840.
Gentlemen‘ Sharing with you, in enter-'
taining a grateful sense of important servi-
ces rendered by the Hon. VV. C. Rives, in
opposing the ruinous financial and other
measures of the present Federal Adminis-
tration, l. shotild be most happy to be pre_s-
eiit and to assist at the public dinner pro-
posed to be given to hitn, and to which you
have done me the honor to invite me. But
my public duties here will not allow me
that satisfaction. I regret, therefore, thzttl
cannot accept your obliging invitation. 0
1 avail myself of the occasion to congratu-
late. you on the conclusive evidences. which
every day brings forth, of the signal rr.-bulre
that certainly_ awaits this administ:i'ation.——
A current is running against it as deep, as
strong, as rt-sistless asthat of,the Mississip
pi; and we have hope that the Ancient Do-
iniuion will soon bring her mighty tribute
to swell the stream. The land of Washing-
ton, of Jefferson, of Madison, and Henry,
cannot longer submit to the inisgovernment
which has spread ruin and bankruptcy
throughout the whole extent of this dcvotr-d
coiiritry. On the ._first day of January next
we shall have 8. happy new year; for, by
that day, a jury of twenty members of this
CCtnf(‘(ll?l'8Cy will have pronounced thcir
vcrilict of contlemnation against the grcatrist
abuse of public authority that was ever
pet‘pcli‘atcd on any free country. I am,
gcntlr.-man, your friend and obedir-nt servant.
- H. CLAY.
lrfl©[53\itHttLlK re./rtzeiririgi.
VVEDNESDAY. MAY 6, 1840.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WELLIAM HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio.
I-‘OR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER, of Vii-giiiia.
Tm-3 Com1=ArtisoN.—Tlie New Haven Re-
and misrepresentation of the people’s favorite
forthe presidency, in which there are it plPttti-
ful allowance ofsuch terms as The man in (he
iron~cagc—latrgIiing slock——ttosc of wa.i:—slool
pigeon—i7nbecilc—\\iith others stereotyped for
party use. asks the question—Can such an im-
becile old man be elected over our present able
and clislingzris/zed Chief Magistrate T
The Register knew full well when this in-
terrogatnry was penned, that history abun-
dantly establishes the title of one to ability and
rlisiinciir-n—ihn other it our present able and
rlislinguis/zed Cliitzfll/f:1.gistrale" is left without
one recorded evidence ofrlisiinction and ability.
His administration exhibits the stamp of his
\Vhat has he prrzjected during the term
ofhis presidency that goes to prove that there is
minrl.
the least smattering of power. boldness. or orig-
inalify in his soul? His administration has
been btit a following in the footsteps of his pre-
decessor. He possesses in a good measure
some of the smaller attributes of his reputed
father. subtlety. craft, and low cunning. but the
ltiglier l‘ralts—-l)olrlnes.s of design, and steadiness
of pnrnosr-. and mental vigor to prosecute. have
not fall'r=n to his inheritance. To the want of
this irigrerlient. may be ascribed the halting and
wavering rincertiiin course pursued in reference
tntliat nft-rr=jr=cted yet darling scheme of his
prc(lcr:c.~:sor‘. the stib treasury—a scheme that
Ur. Van Buren stands committed anrl pledged
to 'carry ll‘lT0t_l,£!l). There is not want of ti re-
- quisite majority. or a willingness to act when he
shall give the nod. Why ilien this unaccount-
able riclay? The trtith is, the little magician is
aware that the current is setting too strongly in
favor oftbc R‘egister’s imbecile olclmrzn, and that
in this case "sniice for the goose is not sauce fur
ilie gander." that ihotigh all things may be ex-‘
perlieni for this administration, the subrlreasury
would be too powerful anengine ii: tbelianris of
its opponents.
Tlieqrinliiies of mind possessed by the Re-
gister’s able and ./isl2'.n,t,ruishetl Chief Magis-
trate, fit him for the capacity nfa village petti-
fogger, from which station his friends ought nev-
er to have taken him. \Ve need no further ev-
idence in contrasting these two men, than
to refer to impartial history. Let its voice
be heard. and the palm will fall where it is rlue,
and the Re,<zister’s charge of imbecility will be
found as false and hollow as the cause that
prompted its titterance.
VVHO Dru IT Z—\Ve were struck the other
day, says the Alexandria~Gczette, by the plain
common sense exhibited by a gentleman from
the couritry.in conversation upon politics. We
remarked to him that we were rejoiced to bear
that he was no longer a supporter oftbe present
administration, and observed at the same time
that he had undoubtedly good reasons for his
change of opinion.
"My reason is a very plain one,” said he,
“one that every man can understand. I looked
around me and fpund every thing wrong, and I
asked myself what marle it so, ‘who made it so?
and my reason told me tbatthose who had pow-
er must have made it. The VVbigs have no
power——tliey could not have brought about this
state oftbings—the Van Buren men have had
all the power, and they must haved'one it.”
This reason seemed to us a good one. He had
come to the same point thathe wonldhave done
had he waded through the whole field ofargu-
ment.
Vmoi.\'iA.—Tbe t'wo parties in the Senate
stand even handed--16 to 16—being a whig
gain of 3. Last year the administration had a
majority of 6.
The House of Delegates has 71 Whig. 59
Van BuFen—two districts to be heard from. If 0
these districts send Van Buren men as before,
the House will stand as last year, viz. 71 whigs
to 61 Loco Focus. The Senate being tied, our
majority on joint-ballot will be 10. In this cal-
culation the delegates from Accomac and Fred-.
erickare not included--—ihe~firs't_;an impractica-
‘ble whig, the other dispu.ted..
Opirilions of Mr. C_,lt.r._*i].-—'I,‘_lie; following let _
gister. in an article full ofits characteristic abuse .
This day (Wednesday)—tbe Legislature of _.~ 4',
this State canvass in the city of New Haven.‘
To till tire vacancy in the U. 8. Senate occa-
sioned by the death of the Hon. Thaddeus Bette,
will probably be among the first duties to re-
ceive the; attention of that body. We have
heard several names mentioned in connection
with theolfice of Senator, but we are unable to
say with any degree of probability who will re~ .
ceivc the vote of th_e Assembly.
I
The visit ofthe French frigate to the __Sa_nd».
wich lslanrts. has been made a subjeczofinqnfi
ryinithe British Parliament. ' ' ‘ *
Ax INDEPENDENT PoLI'rio1Aiv.—Jolin Mc-
Elvaiue, ‘Esq. a leading member oftlie Admin-
istration party in Ohio. late 8. Van Buren candi.
date for Congress. and a member of the Van
Buren Central _Comrni'tee, has. for reasons
which he frankly avows in an address through
the Columbus papers, publicly renounced his
support of Mr. Van Buren, and declared him.
selfin favor oftlie election ofhis old command.
er and fellow-soldier, Gen. Harrison, whom he
prefers and supports, “because (says he) Iknow
him, and know him to be a brave man, a true
patriot, and a capable statesman, and because
I have been dissatisfied with the courseof mca.
sures pursued by the Administration.
According to Prentice. it is said that the gov-
ernment, fiurlingtlie bloodhound's noses of no
account, has stopped their pay and rations. It
is further said that the four-legged Hessiaug
have now under consideration an overture from
the Seminoles.
I
In the year l66l, an inhabitant of Ips-
wich, residing in a distant part ofthe town,
having absenterl himself from public Wor-
ship, his farm was sold by order of the Gen-
cral Court, that he might live nearer the
sanctuary, and be able more corivcnientlv to
attend upon its religious services‘.—N. Bed-
/orrl Rcgislrcr.
Wonder where the man lived who bought it I
The N. Y. Morning Chronicle, 21 neutral pa-'
per in politics says that ". the Van Biirenites
may thank their own fully or something worse,
for the “ hard cider and log cabin” entbtisiasmt
which threatens to sweep them to pBl’dlll0Dr—-r
They piovokerl it by thcir sneer.-t at‘ the‘ simple
habits of a single hearted old ‘patriot, and the
per~plc have taken the nutter tip and made the
reprotich their waichword. It is our firm belief
‘hat the outrageous slanders of the administra-
tion party upon the character of HAaitiso1
have done more to give him pnpularitythan all
that has been said in his praise.”
James F. Babcock, Esq , editor of the New
Haven Pallarliurri, has been appointed Aid to
his Excellency the Governor. in the place of
John B. Robertson, Esq. resigned.
Mir. R1-22:1) :—\Vill you give a place in your
columns to the following notice, and thereby
contribute to the interest of many of your sub-
scribers? by
A new road has long been in contempla o,- i‘
the object and cfl'ect of which will be_to cdnnect A
Poundridge, in VVer-itchester County, N. Y.
more intimately with New Canaan and Norv
walk. The distance is not far from one and a-
half uiiles, of whicli rather more than two-thirds
lies in Pouudridge -—the remainder in New Ca-
naan- Of the necessity of this road any one’
must be convinced who has been compelled to;
travel up and down the steep and rugged hills of
ilie old road. VVhen we consider that this road‘
has been so long in contcmplation—that a much‘
straighter, level route, easy and cheap of con-
siruction is well known, the amount of freight
and travel that would turn’ in this direction, it
is perhaps surprising that successful efforts have
not been made for its construction by the several
towns mentioned, and particularly Poundridge.
The old road is nearly impassable with loatledt _.
teams. though an occasional load oflumbenplasv
ter. and sometimes coal may be seen traveling -
over it. suliicient to show what would be the
result if a proper channel of communication
was opened with Norwalk. This would be ef-
fected by the construction of the road in ques--
Should this enterprise be carried into ex-
ecution, Norwalk would find a great accession»
to its business. Poundritlge contains ti popula-
tion of seventeen hundred inhabitants, not infe-
rior in enterprise and habits of industry to the‘
neighboring towns. They are principally farm-
ers, and their surplus produce from nearly all
parts of the town will find an easier road to Nor-
walk than to any other landing on the Sound‘.
The distance to this market would be less than
to the old landing at Stamford arid incompara-
bly easier. Norwalk would supply Poundridge'
with all those articles for which the interior must‘
look to the sea-board, among the most impor-
tant of which would be lumber, plaster, dcc. for
which there is an increasing demand, our farm-
crs finding the latter article the best and cheap-
tiun.
est manure.
The following are the proceedings of a meet-
ing on the subject held in Poundridge on the’
24th ult. ' _
The meeting was organised by appointing
Leander Slawson to act as Chairman, and Wil--
liani, Lockwood, Esq. as Secretary. The ob-
ject of the meeting being made known— '
Resolved unanimously, That it is.expediebt-
to renew our efforts for the completion of the
contemplated road, commencing in Poundiidge,
and passing through lands of Samuel K. Olm-
Stead and others to the Connecticut -line.
Resolved. That a Committee of five be up
pointed to devise and concert measures for the
promotion ofthc above named object. _ . -
Resolved, ,'I'hat William K. James, of Nori-
walk, Bradley Keeler,_of New Canaan, Horatio-'
Lockwood. Leander Slawson, and, Willard
Weed, of Poundridge,comprise said Committee.
Resolved. That the proceedings oftbis-meet‘«
iiig be published in the Norwalk-Gazette- -
Lmuvnnn SLAWSON, .Cbairm_ai;;.__
Wat. Locinvoon, Secretary. '0 3
Norwalk Chronicler