’ To lay the
" I‘n‘_ all beyond ,
-And- is it fancy all! can reason say
Yet say. shall not new joy those hearts inspirer
‘When gmttping round their future evening fire,-
’[‘o hear‘ the wonders of the world they‘ burn.
And lose his absence in his glad_ return?
Return’? alas !’ ltesii-all'= return no more.
I.-‘K.’ '
- To Mess his own sweet home. his own protfd§‘shot!e,.
Loot‘: once aga=in‘—cold in his cabin now.
Death's finger-mark is on his pallid brow;
N 0 wife st‘-ond by,-__her'_ p,a,tie,u,t _\§',§_t_Cll_,LQ..li§BPo--...._ ‘ . .
'l‘o~smi‘l’e on"hi'm’:'ih‘en turn away to weep; " _
Kind‘ \‘vptnan’s place rough mariners su_pp;l_'i_etI;'» 7.
And shared the wanderer’s blessing when he died.
Wra oped in.-.the raiment. that it:-long must - wear,
His body to the deck they slowly bear;
Even there the spirit that’! sing is true. '
The crew look on with.,sad;;_but-_curiousview.‘
The setting sun fliogs round his farewell rays, ..
;1‘f;;'thc broad ocean not a‘ iipple‘ plays;
The «?’°'i\-eat, how,aw-ful.in-its? -1‘-var.‘ ’
. silent lac!-"'.-‘~.’t:? -'l',',;'ll§‘.-'3. 5.-iolttitii-hour: _
' ' . :,,,,-my-,» ;.-.-;.-1:; prayer is said,
"9 '.'f,"‘-
-'1 ’r”_ . .
_ _ inst --.1 .;.,. ,,,,..._ ;-,,._;.‘_.-3 it-. r.-:2: is paid;
. _ I’ ,’ ’:,'.~..’.‘-4 ‘.\=:-‘tzr ."ll.'F'i€‘- til’: "1 "‘!'!g Place‘
2 ,: ,;.,- :-.':..;- r.-ti.-;-::5 3:; one, tong cold embrace.-
:‘3:igt.-‘. bun-tiles for a moment sparkle o'er.-
like him. beheld no more;
lioms down. he sinks to sleep,
out the deep.
'lt‘hen;break,jto be,
Down, countless lat , .
With all the nameless sliapes-that ha
se on A-l‘ps”—‘-i‘n vatin my muse essays
spi‘rit'~ that she dared to raise: I
\Vhat spreading scenes of rapture and of we,
VViih roseantl‘ cypress lure me as I go.
1‘-‘n every- qtiesiitirr and in every glance,
Tn follv’e wrrnder, and in wisdom's trance.
I-n all c1"l’ife. nor yet‘ of life alone, '
this mighty power we own.
‘We would unclasp the mystic book of fate-
And trace the paths of all we love and hate;
The father’s heart would learn his children's doom,
Even when that heart is crumbling in the tomb;
Ifthey must sink in guilt. or soar to fame,
And leave a hated or a hallowed name;
By hope elated. or depressed by duubi,_
Even in the death-pang he would find it out.
“ Alps ri
What boots i-t to your rlust a son were born
.An em pire’s idol or a rabble’s scorn’!
Think ya the franchised spirit shall return,
To share his triumph, his disgrace to mourn’!
Ah Curiosity! by thee inspired,
This truth to know how oft has man inquired!
[clayl
Earth's loves must moulder with" earth's niouldering
‘1-‘hat death can chill the father's sacred glow,
And hush the throli that none but mothers know '!
Must we believe those tones of dear delight,
The morning welcome and the sweet good night,
-The kind monition and the well-earned praise,
That won and warmed us in our e_arlier days,
Turned-, as they -fell, to cold and common air!—
Speak, proud Philosophy! the truth declare!
Yet no, the fond‘ delnsion,if no more,
We would not yield‘ for wisdom-"s clieerless lore ;
A tender creed they liold'who'd'at’e‘bel-ieve‘
The deadtreturn, w-ith'tliem to joy or grieve.-
How sweet‘, 'while'lingeriingslow on shore or hill,
‘Vireo all'the'pi"casant sounds-ofearih are still,
‘When- the round moon rolls through the uzipillared
' sliiesf '
A’nd stars look down as they were angel’:-i eyes,
How sweet to deem our lost, adored one nigh.
And hear their voices in the night-wind’s sigh.
Full many an idle dream that hope had broke,
And the awed heart in holy goodness _woke;
Full many a felon’s guilt in thought had died,
Feared. he his father's spirit by his side ;—
Then let that fear, that hope. control the mind,
. Siiil let us q_ucstion-. sii.|l no. answer find ;
Let Curiosity ol"l'I‘caveii i-nqtiire,
Nor e€tvrlli’§-Cultl‘ dbgmas qiiencli the ethereal fire.
Nor even to life. nor death, nor time confiued'—-
The dread Hereafter fills the exploring mind;
\Ve burst the grave, profane the coffiu’s litl,
Uuwiscly ask of all so wisely hid;
Eicrnity’s dark record we wotild read,
My:teries, unraveled yet by mortal creed;
Of life to cntne, unending joy and um,
And all that. holy wranglers dream below;
To find theirjarring dogmas out we long,
Or which is right, or whether all be wrong;
Things ofan hour. we would invade His throne,
And find out Him. the Everlasting One!
Faith we may boast, undarkened by a doubt,
We thirst to find each awful secret out;
Hope may sustain,§and innocence impart
Her sweet specific to the fearless heart,
The inquiring spirit will not be controlled.
\Ve would make certain all, atid all behold.
Unfaihomed well-head of the boundless soul!
Whose living waters lure us as they roll.
From thy pure wave one cheering hope we draw-
Man, man. at least. shall spurn proud Nature's law.
All that have breath, but he, lie down content.
Li.'e's purpose served. indeed. when life is spent;
All as in Paradise the same are found ;
The beast,‘whose solid fooistep shakes the ground,
The insect living on a summer spire,
The bird. whose pinion courts the‘suiibeam's fire;
In lair and nest. in way and want, the same
As when their sires sought Adam for a name;
Their be-all and their end-all here below.
They nothing need beyond. nor need to know;
Earth and her hoards their every want supply,
They revel. rest, tlten fearless. hopeless, die.
But Man. his Maker’s likeness, lord of earth,
Vii-'lio-owes to Nature little but his birth,
Shakes-down her puny chains, her wants, and woes,
One worldsubdues, and for another glows.
See him. the-feeblest. in~his cradle laid ;
See h'tm,.tlie irii’g.litiest. in his mind arrayed !
How wide the gulf he clears. how hold the flight,
That bears him upwardio the realms of light!
By restless Curiosity inspired,. ‘
Through all his subject world» he roves unlirezl;
Looks back and scans the infant days ofyore,
On to the time when time shall he no more;
Even in life's parting throh its spirit bur-us,
And, shut from earth, to heaven more warmly turns.
Shall he alone, of mortal dwellers here,
Thus soar aloft to sink in mid-career?
Less favored than a worm, shall his stern doom
Lock up these seraph longings in the tomb L.
0 Thou. whose fingers raised as frotn the dust
Till there we sleep again, be this our trust: ’
This sacred hunger marks the immortal tnind,
By thee ' twas given,.lor Thee. for Heaven designed;
There the rapt spirit. from earth's grossness freed,
" Shall see, and know. and be like Thee indeed,
Here let me pause—-no further I rehearse
What claims a loftier soul, a noble; t-use .
The mountainfs foot I have but loitered rt-jtmd
Not darted to scale its higliest, holiest ground . ’
But ventutediou the pebbly shore to stray. ’
While the broadfoceanall. before me lay ;,..
. How bright the boundless prospect there on-high ;
How rich the pearls t:l1a1- here all hidden lie;
But not for me--to lifé’ii-coarse service sold.
Where lllfllluglll lies bariran: and. nought breeds but
g0 ( - -
’ T is yours, ye favored ones,at' whose command,
From the cold world ‘I ventured, here to stand r
Ye who were lapped inwisdomls lI1fll'n!0-fl0£(l)OW€l‘8,
Who._still to bright improvement yield your hours;
To you the privilege and the power belong.
To give my theme the grace of living song .~
Yours be the flapping of the eagle’s wing, '
To derethe lofiiest» ciiag and heavenward spring~;~.
Mine the light task to hop lrointspray to spray.-
Blest ifll charmaone summer hour. away. -
One st-mmec hour!-—..its~gnlden sand have run,
And the poor labor olitlie bard. is.done—-.-
g.
- -E999: -t.t.:”c,i.ta§k’-of Fl9!li§'8*!!1§l| reti.it‘i'i-‘.2
V Atil¥Ith0‘*b¢ P; ’ in ’
“PétITc_e to lb -‘a
the table‘.
Yet. ere l, fling aside n_iy'humble lyre. A
Let one food wish its trembling strings iu_Ipire_;
prt'_itnpf_i’tlrtfr _, rn:i‘.‘uniti__i ‘ dfjins.
_ncient' sp‘t'1"t,1lf}liere, ac o:f:’ol_il_,}.f. '
ltlfaiyglearnitiflidwell and?’-ell‘ her stpres utifold;
Stillmay bet‘ priests atbund these altars ‘stand.
— -And train to truth the children of the land .
Bright be their paths, within these lbadej who .
rest.
There , brother-bands-7--beueatli,
’ blessed. "
his guidaiice,
P389-
.Wlto comes to them the staresinan and the sage.
Praise be his portion itr—hits.labors here,
reer° . .
The love that finds in every breast a shrine.
When zea’l'ai‘rtl gentleness with -wisdom join.
Here may’ he sit,,while race succeeding. race,
Go proudly forth his parent care to ‘grace; - ,
in head and heart by him prepared to rise.:_
To take their stations with the good ‘and--wise;
”1‘his‘ crowning recompense to him be given,
To see them guard on earth and_guide to heaven;
Thus in their talents, in theirviriues blessed.
CONNECTICUT LEGlSLATURE.
From the New Haven Palladium.
T/mrsdag/, Mag; 7. -
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Cleaveland.—_
Some time was spent in making out a roll of
members; when the House proceeded to the
chice of second clerk. On the fist ballot,
Joel W. White had 77 votes, Mason Cleave-
land 56. and 60 scattering—-no choice.-
Some conversation took place, a resolution
that the clerk employ an assistant negatived,
when the House again balloted, and Joel W.
White was chosen, he having 101 votes, M.
Cleaveland 47, and 47 scattering. Mr.
White is a loco, but chosen by whig votes.»-
Mr. W. made a short speech upon the occa-
sion, declariug that he belonged to the class
of worlries; that he was willing to perform
his share ofduty; that if it was designed as
an honoi‘,‘“or to bury ptrty felling‘, he was
gratified. He felt incompetent to one thing
-—the reading of petitions in the hand wri-
ting of lawyers, but as the gentleman asso-
ctatcd with him was well qualified in‘ that
respect, he should not hesitate, reserving to
himself the privilege to resign at a future
time. Sundry resolutions to raise commit-
tees passed, and the House adjourned to 2 o’-
clock P. M.
Aftcrnoo27.—Two or three committees ap-
pointed, and reports presented and laid upon
Frirluy Mornin.e- Jllay 8.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ludloiv.
The Speaker announced the following
joint standing committees : ,
On the Judiaciary—Messrs. Strong of the
Senate, B-tldwin, Perkins, Brainard of N.
London, Bulkly of Fiiirfield, \Vittcr, Bacon,
Dowd, White of Bolton.
On School Fund——Messrs. Hendee of the
Senate, Foster, Camp, Foot, B.-itcs, of Read-
ing. Baldwin of New Milford, Smith, Cleave-
land, Johnson of VVillington. ’
On Banks-—Mcssrs. Bulkley of the Sen-
ate, Smith, Halo, Robertson, Sheffield, Back-
us, Harrison, Hunt, Williams, of Saybrook.
On Divorces—-Messrs. Chapman of Hart-
ford-, Beebe, Strorig ’of' Milford, Trumbull,
tnedieu; Spitatgue.
On Claims--Messrs. Wightmari {of the
Senate. Catlin Ellsworth, Tibballs of Mil-
ford, Chapman-, of Groton, Duncomb, Hough,
Hurda Gillct.-‘
On State Prison-Messrs. Eaton- of the
Senate, Woodruff of East Hartford, Cook,
Lord, Beers, Fenner, Bates of New Hartford,
Davis, Orcut.
On‘rtew Tozvns and Probate Districts-
Messrs. Perry of the Senate, Clark of Mans-
field, Killam, Bliss, Burr, Backus, Gay-
lord of Goshen, Holmes, Chapin.
On Roads and Bridges—-Messrs. Baldwin
ofthe Senate, Birdsey, McKee, Hull, Hill,
Francis of Canterbury, Birge, Brownell,
Glazier.
On Incorporations other than Banks--
Messrs. Atwater of the Senate, Storrs, Hayes,
Elton, Rodgers of New London, Wells,
Bittsford, Brainard of Killingly, Strong of
Chatham.
On Military Returns—--Messrs. Sclden
of the Senate, Phelps, Nichols of Danbury,
Bucl of Marlboro’.
Report of directors and warden of State
Prison presented, and 500 copies ordered to
be printed. _ _
Adjourned to 2 o’clock P. M.
Afternoon.—On motion of Mr. Foster, the
report of commissioners appointed at the last
session to fix the boundary line between the
States of Connecticut and Rhode Island, was
taken up and referred to the joint stasnding
committee on the judiciary. .
On motion of Mr. Foster,‘-Vvednesday at
2 o’clock in the afternoon, was assigned -for
the election of at United States Senator to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death of the
late Hon. Thaddeus Betts.
Mr. White of Windham, offered a resolu-
tion, that when the House adjourn, itadjourn
to meet hereafter, until further’ordert':d,‘at I0
o’clock in the morning. ..
On motion of Judge Cook, the proposed
amendment to the constitution, relating to
the election of Judges of Probate, continued
from last session, was taken tip, 250 copies
ordered to be printed. and m-tde the order of
the day lor Wednesday morning next.
Adjourned to 10 o’clock to-morrow morn-
mg.
Saturday Morning. 9.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Dutton.
Petition of Garden \-V. Avery, for restora-
tion to rights forfeited by crime, referred in
this House yesterday to committee on. judi-
ciary, came from Senate referred to'commit-
tee on State prison. On it motion for con-
currence with the Senate, considerable de-
bate arose, in which Messrs. Cat.-lin,. Bald-
win, and Foster took part—Mr. Baldwin,
at some length supporting the motion, and
Messrs. Catlin and Foster opposing it-
when, the question being put, the House re-
fused to concur with the Senate, and adhered
to their former rote. ,
Petition of VVm. L. Fogg, for restoration
to rights forfeited by crime, referred’ to com-
‘mittee on judiciary.
Rf-’30lll1’l0n from the Senate, directing the
‘committee on the Judiciary to inquire‘ into-
'thc cx.ped'i'ency of . employing jails as wot-1;.
houses and houses of correction.’ ‘House
conctirrcd..
Who, with their fathers, hero turned wisdom‘: ‘
_ Roll .c.t.tl.|cd-.. .Jo..itrtial...t:ead- and» -
The praise--that cheered a Kirkland’: mild ca’.-, ” Jouephus
0 be his ripest years his liappiesl and his best! ,
Gallup, l‘Vi-lliams of New Millford, L'Hom- .
__*___ , L_ ‘ L...
Petition of James \V'oodmansee.—pieying
town North §tgn_jg§t0n may be
, nexed to the wit of 15:: gefetted to
c "' iltee oné’ ’ towns "
uric 5 T
'' Th '*Spealtef"att‘iiounced the follbwing
committees on the part of the House:
On Engrassed ‘Bil_ls—Morgau of Preston.-
Albert Clark,’Brinsrnade. _ r
on finance-5-Thompson of Bridgeport,
Raymond, Nichols of Thompson. , . .
Adjourned to 10 o’clock Mendy morning.
Monday, :?1lf_ayi .lil.—.‘-_.l-,‘ttre1iaon..-—Prte‘yer.
COITCCI i
Brush,.fr.om Stamford, appeared
this ‘morning; was’. duly ‘sworn, and took his
seat. * ‘ ~
” Petitions of Gen. Read,‘ of Sztybrook, of
Geo. Mitchell, )of- G. D. Russell and others,
of John Noyes and others, all for aid of, Con.
Literary Institution, referredto com. on that
subject. ’ Of the inhabitants of Wethersfield,
for additional firemen—of Birmingham Fire
Co. for same—to com. on 'incorp_g]'___ations
"other than,Banks.- Of Joeseph Toy, to
hold land, to com. on sale of lands. Of
Charles Larrabee, and of Erastus. C. ,Bish-
op, to com. on Claims. Of Jared Rogers
and 60 others for protection ofrockweed,
laid on the table. — Of Jas. Winton.._f,or. di-
vorcc, referred to'Divorce coin. ’
Petition of East Haven School Society
came from Senate referred to com. on New
Towns and Probate Districts. Houseboa-
curred. ‘
Committees announced--On Sale of
Lands--Everett, Meriviu, ‘Morgan of Gro-
IOD. . i, , .
On Agriculture---H,é_b°ti‘rd, Francis of
Wethersfield,_ Johnson til: Guilford, 'Mead,
May, Bosworth, Pratt, Ladd.
Bill relating to assessment of taxes, read
second time and referred to,Judiciary coin.
Bill relating to convicts discharged from
State Prison, read second time. Mr. Fran-
cis of Wethersfield, explained the object of
the bill to be to protect the town of Weth-
ersfield from the support of the sick and dis-
abled convicts who are discharged from
State Prison, at the ex iration of their sen-
tence, and were unab e to return to their
homes. ' ‘
Resolutions passed referring portions of
the Governor’: message, as follows: That
part relating to manufactures and protection
of domestic industry--that part relating to a
communication from State of Maine-.-com-
m-unication from New Jersey--National
currency——-Insane poor—Public Lands-
and Common Schools——severally refened to
committees each of one from a country. So
much as relates to Military afi‘airs—State
pensions—-School Fund---State Banks,--to
ibe committees on those topics.
Bill relating to assessnterit of taxas first
read.
Adjourned to 2 o’clock P. M.
Afternoon.-—Committees announced :
On so touch of the Message as relates to
Common Schools—Olney. Beach, Avery of
Bozrah Beard, Fuller, Cutler, Parsons, Con-
On petition of D. Bromley and at ,_
-Pease, Church, Packer. Baily. 0!"-V‘ ’
Wilton, Tout-ielot, Sha-ilot',"Chaptna
lington. ‘- . ' ‘
On petition of Andrus Scott andlotb rs-
Storrs. Denison, Hoadly. Thatcher, Gould,
Averill, Colt, Pierson, Griggs of Tolland.
Gouimittee to inquire what disposition
shall be made of sundry copies of the Geo-
logical Survey of this State—Perkins and
Watrous.
Report of Commissioner of School Fund,
with accompanying documents, referred to
Committee on School Fund, 1000 copies of
Report and such documents as the com. se-
lected, ordered to be printed.
Petition of Wm. Clark and others, refer-
red to com. on Roads and Bridges.
Adjourned to 10 o’clock P. M. to mor-
row. .
Tuesday, May 12-
Journal read, &c.
Numerous petitions presented and referred
to committees. Among them—inhabitants
of Wethersfield, Woodstock. Chatham. and
Westbrook, for division ot towr_is——of Fair-
field co. for removing county seat from Fair-
field to Bridgeport—O. H. Brown and oth-
ers against commissioning Capt. A. H.
Read—-of Minerva Lucas, Mary Ann Jud-
son, Charlotte Judson, for divorce-and sev-
eral asking aid for Conn. Literary limita-
tion.
Mr. May excused‘ and Mr Preston appoin-
ted on com. on New Towns, Gbc. '
100 additional copies of the roll ordered
printed. . ,
Hartford Savings Society report-read and
accepted. Deposits $556,507 55. Divid.
5 1-2 pr. ct.
Mr. Perkins offered resolutions inquiring oi
Judiciary com. if any alterations in the reg-
istry law—or in the latv relating to the of-
ficia! return of votcs’—-are necessary.‘ .
Com on State prison reported that peti-
tions of Pliny Hollister, Archibald Hall,
John Holmes. Pardon Jones, and Joeseph
Saunders, for release, ought one to be gran-
ted. Report accepted.
Norwich Savings Society report read»-
accepted. ' "
Comptrollei-’s report of Grand List, and
annual Bank returns read,—-5000 of latter
ordered printed. _
. Two bills relating to doings to testamen-
tary guardians—bill relating doings of ' as-
sessors--bill relating to collection of taxes-—
severally read first and second times, and re-
ferred to J udiciarycommittee.
Bills relating to oaths-—to assessment of
taxes—to waste on real estate—to qualifica-
tions of commissioners appointed by Probate-
Courts—regulating civil ‘actions-—and, for
the protection of trees on public highways-—
each read first time. ‘-5 « .
Committees announced onportious of the
Governor’s Message: , , "
Public Lands-—--Chapman of Hartford,
Evarts, Clark. of Lebanon, Hoyt, Reed of
Sharon,. Williams of -Saybrook, Wilson.-
_ Communications from New Jerscy—-Ba-
cont. Church- of Avon, Hoadly. Stoddard of
Lejyai-d." Weed‘,...Corbin-, Htomes Yeamitns.
National Currcnc —-Perkins, Doolittle,
Tyler, Close-,1i.aw, Marsh, Strongtof "Chat-
hatru Hunt of Coventry". . " , _
Manufactures. due.--Robertson, Hale, Otis,
Forenoon.—Pra'yer.---
--A-4 -.~. --~- ~'--
Coniniunications from Maitie-—Cleavc-
laud. Ruie_e.;Hu’mastuu‘;_,
ey._ Ac.l;,ley;.;_Hurd. Pomeroy.
Peti ['‘on- of: U. 1.~‘_ull‘er::‘a"ud ot
hers réfelrredito
restoration of rights, referred to Judiciary
com.--of Birmingham Fire Co. referred to
com. on Incorporations. ;
Military report No. 2 read and accepted.
Adj. ‘ - ' -
much of the Governors Message as relates
to the -V ' ' ’
Insane Poor—Swift. Olney, Foot, Wa-
trous,-~ Williams of New Milford, Witter,
Dowd, Storrs, - - .
Petition of A. Mitchelson and others, refer-
red to com. on School Fund—of Ely \Var—
ner, to com. on Claims.
Order of the day—-proposed amendment of
the Constitution giving the election of J as-
tices of the Peace to the people-—tal-ten up,
advocated by Catlin. VVhite, Hill, and some
others; and opposed by Brainard. Foster,
Swift Baldwin. Perkins, &c. and after being
fullydebated, was decided in the negative;
ayes 103 (less than two thirds.) nays 98.
N. Haven Savings Bank report read Gr-
accepted. -
Resolutions from Senate—House concur-
ring-—instructing Judiciary com. if any al-
teration are necessary in the law relating to
imprisonment for debt, to report—-and refer-
ring so much of the Governor's Message as
relates to National Currency, to com. on
Banks.
Adjourned to 10 A. M. to-marrow.
Wednesday, May 13-Formoon.--Prayer.
Journal of yesterday read. Petitions re-
ceived and referred--of town of Wethers-
field for expenses in supporting paupers—-
for new school district in Hartford 2d socie-
ty—remonstrance against do.—of C. Smith,
Elizabeth Sikes, Mrs. Montrose, Polly Cas-
tleton, for divorce, &c. &.c.
Order of the day—amendment of consti-
tution giving the people the appointment of
Probate J udges—debated, and lost--ayes
ll6. nays 86.
Com. on so much of the Message as re-
lates to the Militia-—Phelps, Hayes Stoddard
of Bethany, Johnson of Franklin, Hubbell,
Carpenter, Smith, Hunt of Coventry.
Com. on expediency of procuring one copy
of Day's Digest——Perkins and Bacon.
Aflernoorr..—-Petition of Windham Co.
Bank for alteration of charter, referred to
Bank com.
Bills read second time and referred to Ju-
diciary. com.—act to prevent waste of real
estate-—relating to Courts—relating to oaths
—assessmcnt of taxes—for preserving fruit
trees. "
Order of the day—election of U. S Sena-
tor. Hos. J. W.‘Huntington chosen by 112
votes out of 208. for the unexpired time of
- six years from March 4 1839.
Com. on petition of Linus A. Coc report-
ed in his favor, $23—postponed. Adj. to
10 A. M.
Thursday, Jlfay 14—Forenoon.—-Prayer,
&c. .
Petitions received and referred—of citi-
. sens of Hartford for repeal of circus laws-
‘ of E. Dlonsori and‘-others for alteration-or N.
Haven limits—remonstrance of citizens of
Chatbam vs. petition of H. Churchill and
others--of inhabitants of Wethersfield vs di-
vision of that town. ' ' s
A message from the Governor with res-
ignation of Major General W. C. Clark.
The Committee on New Towns reported
in favor of creating a new town from the
parish of Westbrook, in the town of Say-
brook-—the population about I200. -Both
Houses concurred in accepting the report
and granting the petition. .
SELECTED SUMMARY.
Another survivor of the ill-fated Lexing-
ton.—We learn that it was currently report-
ed in Boston on Thursday afternoon, previ-
ous to the boat's leaving, that Mr. Blake,
President of the W’enthatn Bank, who was
supposed to have been lost, arrived safely at
that place. He. was picked up at sea, the
fifth day after theaccident, by an outward
bound vessel, and carried to some foreign
port,’ from whence he had just returned.-—
N. Y. Express.
The gallant Col. Crogltan, of U. S. Army,
reached this city on Thursday, on his way
from Washington on a tour, as Inspector
General tothe Western posts. He was grat-
ified in the opportunity’ of paying his best re-
spects to his Commander General Harrison,
with whom he served in the hard fought bat-
tlcs of Tippecanoe and Fort Meigs.
‘ Cittcinnatti _Gri.zettc.
The Rev. B. C. Meigs, one of the Mis-
sionaries to the Island’ of Ceylon, his wife
and three children, arrived at Philadelphia
on Saturday, the 9th, in the ship Washing-
ton, from Madras. Mr. M. has been absent
from tbis_ country twenty-five years.
The Ohio Rit.-cr.—'l‘he Cincinnati Re-
publican of the 5th says that "the river now
is higher than it has ever been since the
great freshet in 1832, and is still rising.-
The water is from two and a half to three
feet deep i-n the basement stories of the stores
known as Cassi-ly’s Row, at _the foot of
Broadway. .
The charter election of New Brunswick,
N. J. hasresulted in favor of the Whig tick-
et by an average majority of 123.
The Hon. F. W. Pickens of S Carolina
who returned -home from Washington. a
short time since, in order to recruit his
strength, continues so indisposed as to ren-
der his return to Congress this session un-
certain.
.Mr. Dabney, the absconding teller of the
Bank of Virginia.;irrived at Richmond on
Saturday night. His place of ir'cl'u'ge was
Canada. The Richmond papers seem to
to expect that he will make important disclo-
sures. _ _
Mackenzie and Van Rensscloer, impris-
oned for violating the neutrality law on the
Canadian frontiers, have been ‘pardoned by
the President. R _ ‘
t s We learn from Washington that it is
known there that Gov. Cass is in favor
of ‘the election of his old Fellow-Soldier,
Gen. Harrison. The followers of Van
Beard. Fenn’er,“Bates', Brownell, ~.lolirison»ol?
Willingtona ’ ' -
~WaterfoI_d. 'Dt1IlI"Zl1-_ 1
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,©§§.wnt_.i§_, ,(G-./.ttZlZ§'._‘iT"Ti‘E’
" wt-:i)NE-sDA.Y.* Max 29, is4o..
ct>_tn5.9on _sti‘le,: of lands-'-‘-of Jo_hn’"Sl-iney for. .
Afte)'noon.—Committee announced, on so ,
Buren areclamorous for his recal-, but the lit- ,
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F ton «i!rtn_s'rnir.N1‘,- _
VVILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, of ‘Ohio.
_ FOR vice PRESIDENT,’
_. JOHN T‘! LE3, of Vll‘fllnIl!a
‘ JUSTIOIS or was Przacr. AND Peon;-11.;
J nouns.-The bills to amend the Constitution.
so as to give the choice ofthese officers directly
into the hands of the people, came before the
House on Tuesday of last week. In t-ere,-ence
to Justices the vote stood 102 yeas to 98 nays
—a vote of two"-thirds being necessary to an
amendment. it was lost,-
ment providing for the election of J udgep or Pro.
bate, the vote stood 80 for, 116 against.’ In dis-
posing of these mailers. our Legislature has fol-
lowed the anti democratic lead of Martin Van
Bureri in the New York Convention. It is to
be regretted that. these vestiges of Federalism
should still be preserved. There is no substan-
tial reason for keeping the power of electing
these officers out of the hands of the people,
where, according tothe spirit of otir lbrm of gov-
ernment, it legitimately belongs. According to
the method now in use of eltciing Jusliclg ,,f
the Peace, the power is atthe will or caprice of-
teniiuies ofa single Representative:-the Legis-
iature not knowing or caring any thing about
the wants of a community. or the gratification
of ti candidate or set of candidates as the case
may be.
Anios K1:im.u.r., Post Master General. re-
signed that oflice on the 11th inst. His succes-
sor is not appointed. Mr. K. therefore will con-
tinue to discharge the duties of the office until
some one is fixed upon to succeed him.
Other. resignations are rumored. anti ti break-
ing up of the Cabinet is talked of in various
circles in \Vitshingion.
Mr. Kendall will devote his-talents to the
Globe as assistant editor. This move is proba-
bly inlendeil to check the downward tendency of
the interests of Mr. Van Buren.
Among the candidates for the succession. the
name of our great rejected, John M. Niles is
ineuiioncd. The Washington correspondent of
the Express saystliis is only to give hitn stand
ing at home. As the people have rejected him
perhaps it will be deemed by the President a
suflicieiit qualification for Executive patronage.
Br:'r'rns'a.—We have it mortal hatred of the
method resorted to by papers, to some extent, of
both parties. to bolster up ilieir cause by a great
display of confidence in offering bets. It is often
adopiei by tltose whose pockets are as empty as
their heads. Although this principle is repug-
nant. it affords some very amusing exhibitions
of folly and empty blustering: As for example,
it recent case between the Albany Argus and
the Evening Journal. The Argus offered the
following bets to be taken up by the Evening
Journal, Mr. Tliurlow Weed—“ $50 that Mr.
Van Bttren gets the electoral vote of Virginia;
vauia; $50 on Ohio, and $50 that he will be
re-elected to the Presidency." Mr. Weed im-
mediately waited upon the Argus, or caused a
friend to do it, with the $250, and offe_red to take
each and every one of ihem—when the Argus
immcdiatdly nacxln our I-‘ROM THEM ALL.
For the Norwalk Gazelle.
Loox our roti. AN lMPOS'l‘0R!—A fellow is
strolling about begging under false pretences.
He is a stout, healthy. middle aged man, with
bright red hair. Pretending inability to speak
English.be, with feigned humility. pleads his
wants by presenting a printed statement oflosses
and sufierings occasioned by an earthquake in a
foreign land. This is no novelty——Ii is the re-
newal of an old trick. Last year it was stated
in a Boston paper, that the above mentioned
kind ofdocuutents were made and sold at Bos-
ton, for the same purpose as counterfeit money,
to defraud the pltbllc; consequently persons
offering such false papers should be treated as
vagabonds and swindlers. A.
“ The further power is removed from the peo-
ple the better. This is Whigery.” So says
the New Haven Register. Dcu’t the Register
know, that this identical sentiment, which it
calls Whigery. had its origin in the brain of that
prince of Dcntocracy, Martin Van Buren. See
journal of proceedings of the Convention to
amend the Constitution ofilie State of N._York.
Tm: Loo CABlN.—Tl')l8 is the title ofa neatly
printed sheet, started on_the ls: of May, under
the auspices of Horace Greely, Esq., whose
reputation as an able and polished writer is too
well known and appreciated in need a word from
us. The Log Cabin takes up the cause of the
log cabin candidate and the people. It will be
continued till the 1st ofNovember--six months-—
price 50 cents. Published weekly at 30 Ann
street. New York.
WEsT\YARD Ho!—We are obliged to the
Postmaster of Stamford for forwarding us the
New Haven Palladium of the 13th inst. His
services in stopping these eastern fugitives, will
hereafter receive due acknowledgments. It is
attributable to neglect that they have hitherto
been passed over in silence.
A large number of petitions have been pre-
sealed to the Legislature to untie the gordian
knot of matrimony.
No circles or SI-:NA'roli..—Tl)e House went
into the choice of U. S. Senator on Wednesday“
last. As was expected here. Jabez W. Hunt-
ington had a majority of the votes given, which
stood as follows:
tlb mtindare not “take the~iiesponsibiliy;?’- -.
Jabez W. Huntington 112
Win. W. Boardman 21
R. M. Sherman 4
R. Booth. 1
R. S. Baldwin 1 ,
Chauncey-I-.‘. Cleaveland. 63---—90
Majority, ' 22.
1st 2d 33 4th 5th 6th
I. W. Huntington; « 10 10 ~9~’ 8= 6
Wm. W. Boardman, 3 3' 3 , 4 6 , 5
Cleaveland, . ’ 3- :3 3+ 3-‘ 3- 3
W. W. Ellsworth, 1 1 2 0, 0 ,0,
Reuben Booth, 1 2 2 3 3' 2“
Henry Strong; 1 ] 1 1 ,1 1
Truman Stnith. 0 0 0 0 l 2
Jabcz Htiniiitgton, 1 U 0 ‘0” 0 0
W._\_V.B_oardtnan, ‘ ‘D 0 0 ,1 0 0_'
W. J. Boardmau, 0__ 0 0 -O 0 1
20 20 20 20 20 20
For the’ a'inend- ’
$50 that he gets New York; 350 on Pennsyl- ,
win the afternoonflthe choice -of Senator was
taken up by the Senate. but without success.
Six ineffectual balloiiiigs were bad; and the
gsllbject postponed one week; The ballbtiiigs
stood as follows:
Among the news brought by the Briish
Queen, is the rumored settlement of;lhe Bou_n-
dary Question.» From the confident tnanner in
which the English journals speak on this sub-
ject, the rumor seems entitled to some credence.
It is to the efl'ect that an agreement has taken
place between our Minister and the English
Ministry. to adopt the intermediate line of the
King of Netherlands, and by payment being
made by the British Government to the State
ofMair:eof200,000l. ’
NATIONAL CONVEN’TZO.‘~f_
We had intended to give an ext - Ali:-Ll (.lt‘i.‘.(:i3
ofthe Convention in this numbe. of tire (3.1-"‘
zelte, and therefore prepared one o|'_abou[ (hfge
columns length-—but the press of other matter
forbids its publication. The whole proceedings
ofthis Convention are so fraught with deep, and
intense interest, that to condense and cut ihetn
down seems the work of sacrilege. “-'here to
strike out and where to withhold we are entirely
at a loss. They will stand upon the page of
history as the spontaneous overflow of the in-
dignant feeling of a'people against an oppres-
sive, coirtipt, and profligate atlininistration.
The Convention was organised by ap-
pointing Jotm V. L. l\'lCl\’lAHON President,
and :1 Vice President and a Secretary from
each State in the Union. From Connecti-
cut, John B. Eldredge, Vice President, and
A. Baldwin, Secretai'_v.
The Committee of Arrangcmcns for the
city had prepared banners for each State, on .
which were inscribed the coat of arms of
cach State respectively, with mottos, as given
below. The delegations of the several States-
formed on Cove street, filled into Baltimore,
and passed thence to the grounds at Canton,
where arrangements had been made by a
splendid arch, two large pavilions,dc-cornted
with flags, and a fort, with the cannon brist-
ling on them, representing Fort Mcigs in the
distance.
The order of the procession was as fol‘-
lows:
New Ifmnpsltirc, motto, ‘ Crcsci! sub pon-
rlerc vcrlus.’
.7lIassacltusct1.s, motto, ‘There-’s Lexington,
and Concord, and Bunker Hill, and there
they will be for ever’
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Ncw York—360 Delegates. Banner—-
State arms; motto, ‘ The ebbs and flows of
whose single soul are tide-s to the rest of
mankind.’ 2d Banner, State arms, State
motto. ‘ Excelsior.’
New Jerse_2 —-‘ The neat impression of her
broad seal will be respected.’
Pcttttsg/l1:ania—-‘ Virtue, liberty, and in-
dependence.’ ’
Dela.wa.rc--‘ Constant and invincible.’
. itiu.-ic.
]lIa.r_7/land——‘Ri:ligioustoleration and pub-
lic liberty.’ ’
District of Colzunbia—Motto, ‘anscnsiblc
to blandishments or threats.’
Virginz'a.—-Motto, ‘Hail mother of an-
other Prcsident.’ ’
North Ca;-a.’2'na.-—l\'lotto, ' On, Stanley ,on."
MUSIC.
South Ca.rolina.—lVlotto, ‘ The palmetto
resists oppression.’
Georgia—Motto, ‘ She has aroused from
her lethargy.’
Tennessee-Bctnuer in mourning. Motto,
‘ Not that she loves Czesar less, but that she
loves Rome more.’ '
Kentuc/l'g/--l\lotto, ‘Henry Clay.
nominc uuiluin par culogium.’
music.
O/'tio—-Motto, ‘She offers her Cincinnatus
to redeem the Republic.
Loa.z'.sia.na.——l\/lotto, ‘ Sans pour ct sans re-
rochc.’ ’
Indiana—Motto, ‘,She ‘cherishes in man-
hood the dtfender ofher infancy.’
Mississzppi-Motto, ‘ Once more unto the
breach, dear friends, once more.’
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Illi7t.ois—Motto, ‘ She_ will teach the pal- ,
acc to respect log cabins.’ The prarie is on
fire.’
Missouri’-—Motto, ‘Remembers he.’
Michz'gan——-Motto, ‘ Oh may thou ever be
what thou art now.’ ‘ .
A~rlransas—Motto, ‘We know him who
gave up office for our sake.’ ‘
The. following gentlemen were, by the
committee appointed for the purpose, intro-
duced to the thousands who were present.
They appeared on the stand in the order in
which their names follow. -
Henry Clay, Daniel VVebster, .Messrs.
.Wise, Hoffman, Preston, Graves, Curtis,
Vim. Cost Johnson, Williams, (N. C.) Fill’-
more,»Saltonsall, Jenifer and Kennedy. An.-
other shout for Clay and VVebstet' brought.
both of these gentlemen ‘arm in arm’ to-meet
the salutations of the people. Nine cheers
greeted them. Then followed Crittenden of-
Ky., Hall of Vermo'nt,| Col. Ely of Philad'.'
(who was at the battles ofBunker Hill and‘
Lexington.) Ex-Governor Thomas, and Col’.
VVashington, of Maryland’, and numerous
other distinguished gentlemen. all of whom»
were recognized and welcomed by the then-
sands of men determined to be free, assembled’
from the sea shore-andlthe mountain top.
Daniel B. King spoke. for the ‘Old Bay"
State.’ 1200 men- had come 500 miles to
represent her. ‘ He told the people that her
present Governor had been elected by only’
om: majority,.but that he should go out by
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« it vote of ten thousand majority against‘ him}
The‘ "Empire State.’ Mr. Reynolds, o_{‘_
Norwalk Chronicler