Norwalk Gazette, Wednesday, June 3, 1840 · page 2

 

 

-of Mr. Van Buren.

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(times from the Empire State; aye, sir, the

utive palace. ‘
The President has shown his capacity for
war in the management of the bloodhound
war in Florida. ‘On the 4th of March we
shall. place in -the-Presid'ent_ial’ chair the He-
ro of Tippecanoe—-a- General and ya ‘states-
inan-’-capable of conducting _a war. and
bringing it to a successful terminatiou—one
who never lost 2. battle.

Mr. Chairman, we should all depr_eca_te_

‘war; but, sir, much as I de'preca"t'é"it,""steI'_n.‘
absolute necessity may demand a resort to it;
and wheneverthat necessity shall arise—
when our rights and national honor cannot
be otherwise preserved, I trust I shall be
found on--the side, of my country, nor will I
stop to inquire whether sheis rig htor wrong.
I have already trespassed too long upon
the indulgence of this House. I return my
thanlrs for the kind and unexpected attention
which I have received; but allow mg‘. _m
conclusion, to address a word to my distin-
guished friend from M-nine. True to the
federal instincts-of his party. he boasts ofthe
respectability and gallantry of his connex-
ions, and informs us that during the last war
he unfortunately lost a brother, and had an-
other seriously wounded. I would not speak
ofthern in terms of disrespect, and doubt not
they were brave and gallant men, but the
honorable member from Maine will permit
me to say, it will never be my pride to rise
here and boast of my patriotism and courage,
by telling this House and the country that I
lost a brother, but saved myself. ’

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A CHANGE OF TACTICS. .

The Pennsylvanian a few days since
spoke of Gen. Harrison as being “as rich as
a nabob.” .VVe are puzzled 'to know the ex-
act meaning of this phrase, as made use of
by our contemporary. Are we to understand
him as saying that the ‘ Hero of the Thames’
is better off in a pecuniary sense-than Mr.
Van Buren? If not, are we to understand
that the President is richer than a ‘nabob .7’
We think it a matter of little importance to
the American people, whether the candidates

nominated for the Presidency be rich or

poor, provided they -possess" merits l?”id claims.
have served the country faithfullyand well,
and are fully competent. It is strange, how-
ever, that the friends of Mr. Van Buren
should endeavor to get up any issue of this
.-lrind—should endeavor to make the irripres-
sion that Gen. Harrison is rich, and there-
fore that his claims are not so strong as those
This, too, when it _is
known that the latter scorns even to ride in
a coach of American inanufacture, o_r_a‘t all
events makes use of a-French coach. ‘But
even on this point, however, the friends of
the administration have misrepresented Gen.
Harrison. Instead of being rich asa nabob,
he is poor, comparatively speaking, and was
recently abused for his poverty, even by some
of the partizans of the President themselves.
Thus, immediately after his nomination, he
was sneered at as a poor old man who would
be glad to pick up the crumbs which fall
from the rich man’s table. It was in this
spirit that the Baltimore Republican ex-
claimed—--“ Give him a barrel of hard cider,
and settle a pension of $2000 a year upon
him, and our word for it, he would sit the
remainder of his life in a log cabin and stu-
dy moral philosophy." Finding, however.
that this policy will not answer, that the Log
Cabin excitement is likely to sweep like a
torrent through the country, the enemy have
changed their _.tactics, and, as above stated.
affirm that the ‘ Farmer of North Bend’ is
"rich as a nabob. But we can soon dispose
of this story. In a late number ofthe Boon-
slick, (Mo.) Times, we find a copy of a pri-
vate letter, written by Gen. Harrison to an

intimate friend, on the 13th of February last,

which explains, and in a manner calculated

to carry conviction to every. well regulated

mind, the actual position of this veteran’s pe-
cuniary affairs. He says:

' "I have actuallv, from necessity, been

obliged to give up the correspondence of
many of my best friends. Having gtven up
my oflt‘~c«e~ to. my son-in-laxw, which, _(from the
creation of a new circuit with similar juris-

dictions.) afiords only to him a decent sup-
port, it becomes necessary to raise the fami-
lies of three deceased sons and one living
one, solely clepemlanl upon me, and to pay

the interest of some ten thousand dollars of
debt, to make the greatest personal exertions

with the means which my farm afforded.‘ I

accordingly made contracts for supplying

large quantities ofstone and lime, and wood

for burning three millions of brick, for the

use ofa canal which is being made through

my land. Throughout the summer and au-

tumn I was employed daily, from early

dawn until night, in this business. Every

moment of my spare time was occupied in

the attempt to keep up my correspondence,

but it was vain. Many other letters. I as-

sure y~o.u,_besi1d'es yours, of the same period,

rornaifn unanswered» to this day."

The C‘/titrcit u-n-C/tu/)'c/iecl.-—'I‘he following
r-:-solutions were adopted by the [Garrison]
Abolition Convention lately held in this city.
They were moved. by VYi.lli'.a_m' Lloyd Gar-
rison. __

Whereas the American Cru.rcli~, with the
exception of some of its smaller branches,
has given its undisguised sanction and sup-
port to the system of American Slavery, in
the following among other ways, viz:

, 1. By profound silence on the sin. of Slave-
holding.

2. By tolerating slave;-breeding, sIave-tra-
ding, in its ministers and members. .

j 3. By receiving the avails ofthe traffic in
‘ slaves and the souls-ofmen’ into the treasu-
ries of its different benevolent institutions;
and, . - '

'_4. By its indifference a-.nd‘=. opposi'ii‘on..t.o
the Anti-Slavgeity enterprise 2-—Therefore,.

Reso.l~ved~, That the Church ought not to
be rega-rded,and treated as the Church, of
Christ, but as the foe of treedom,_:humanity
and pure religion, so. long as it occupies its
present posit-ion. » . . . .

-New British Niger ’Ezpe.z=iti....;;—;our--

readers will be pleased to_l'ea.r'n- that the_‘Bri-
tisli Government have resolved to-‘send’ out
sevecal iron. steamers to t-he-coast. o£‘.A.fri'ca,
to'.ascer_1d the Niger, with the‘hope‘ of mak-
in'g' arrangements with t-h_e;nati-ve chiefs-for‘
the su'ppressjon'o't"_t_-he slave trade. ' " I
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thunder strikes upon the dome of this Capij-; 

tol, and reverbrates in the halls ofthe Exec‘- éulthf an théginnovatiogs imroduged-...§§._;-the

_ ed} by pr'act-ical:printers-’_’-’-j .

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3O,__oerqontz7_4_g Pre]udzce$.—"1 I13 "3-°-5*

Pacha of Egypt, was thé di§section"of_.l1'ul':na3
bodies in teaching surgery. The priest oo
firmly refused’-to sanction such a violation, of
311:‘-we--.laws ' o_t'--‘the"’_proph’et;- ‘~‘-The Pacha
told them in.his qpiQ10.fl dns,se9u9n:}V8§ -per:
fectly pr"op‘er}‘and’" hat their own bodies would
fumishuthe.-first examples, unlesstheyspeedv
ily came into his views. The argument was
inevitable ; thepriestwsgNconyincgdi no 
"We ’-.‘.'re~' r3'ally“‘afraidf:‘our Loco-Foc’o"
friends ivillilmake‘ 'themsclves- sick, by ivor-
rying abont _ the t110__l't1.l‘&-°« Of, lite l,’a”.Y-
We aresincere aboutit. Not joking Fhcy
feel such unutterzible disgust for‘I-Iard Cider’
and such ‘contempt for ‘Log‘_CablT!S' \‘\"P?~C'-m
suggest no relief, unless it is-alittle touch of
Dr. Brandrcth, .or some other ‘patelll, --medi-
cine.’ Perhaps to swallow some-of their old
‘Hickory Poles} covered withsoine unctious
substance. might aid digestion. and relieve
their minds.—Tro_1/ Mail. ' t ‘
Capt.‘ Rogers, of the'whale ship-Beaver,
was arrested in this city on Monday,‘-by or-

representations which had been made, charg-
ing him \v-ith'. putting a ‘seamen by the name
of Gordon into the hands _of the cannibals of
Suvage"Isla”nd, that he might be‘ destroyed.-
Capt. Rogers’ statement is that Gordon re-
quested to he landed there rather than to be
brought home,.and thutlie has the evidence
ofthis in Gordon’s hand wr'iting.—N. Y.Pa.

Acl-vice Iollower1.——'I‘he President Of the
‘United States, in his special Message, recom-
mended that the People should take care of
themselves and not ask too much ofthe Gov-
ernment. In pursuance of this advice the
People, by their Delegates, to the number of
25,000, have lately met at Baltimore and
concluded to take care of themselves and of
the government too.

The murderer of the Marshal in the Bal-
timore VVhig procession, has nrit yet been
discovered, although the Police officers are
in active pursuit. A
into a very nice estimate of the expenses of
10,000! _They should add y$l0,000, paid to
the widow of the Whig Marshal, who was
ferociously murdered by a locofoco.

_ T Troy Mail.

A Horrid Afai-r.——Two persons named
R. L. 'Winn and the other Joseph D. Brown,
qua rrelled in a stage between Peru and
Chicago, Illinois, on the l7th, inst. Both
drew pistols, fired and killed each other.-—
One was shot in the head, and his opponent
in the heart. They were the only passengers,
and had over a thousand dollars with them.

Piles! Poi2zl.—An investigation is now
going on. as we hear, at \Vest Point, into the
moral condition and disipline ol the Military
Academy. Certain intimations and charges
having been made by one of the individuals
ofthe Academic Staff} the Searetary of VVar
directed Major Gen. Jones, Col. Cross, and
Capt. De Hart, to proceeil to the Point, and
investigate the whole matter.‘ Those offi-
cers are now engaged in their duty.

Great Real Eeslatc Lottery/.--—'1‘his great
huinbug has gull-ed thousands. The New
Orleans Sun says that of Mr. Schmidt, has
sued his creditors in the Parish Court New
Orleans. From the statement of his afl”airs
filed and sworn to by him, it appears that a-
bout $90,000 of tickets have been sold at
theoffice in that city. Ofthis sum, there is
about 65,000 remaining, deposited in certain
banks in New Orleans.

Thefolloiving is the copy—word for word
letter for letter—-of a bill sent by a Great
VVestern Steamer, to one of his customers :
Mr. —,to doctur — deTTur -to a steaming‘

yewer wif. - 50 sense

givin Huldy a doas of No. I 25 sense
.VVe would rather be killed by an educat-
ed physician than be cured by such an il-
literate ass. —Albctn_1/ Atlvertiscr. ‘
. The Philadelphia Spirit. of the Times
states that a packet which sailed lately for
that port, took out as steerage passengers, one

ebbing of -the tide of emigration may be no-
ticed by the packets which leave this city.—-
The vessels which are ‘here detained, wind
bound, are full of passengers of this class.
. ' . N. Y. Atlas.

Overflow of it-lte_ Miss-issppi.—A gentle-
man who left New Orleans May lst_and'ar-
r-ived at Cincinnatti on the I 1th, in the
steam-boat Gen. Brown, states that nearly
the w/'tolefla.t country, from the moutlrof the
Oltio to New Orleans, is umler waiter.-—
Our advices from New Orleans to May 9th,
represent the inundation in that vicinity to
be already extensive, and the river still ris-
ing.—Jour. of Com. —

Upwards of 60,000 bushels of wheat were
shipped from Cleaveland, Ohio, for‘ Canada
Ports during the week ending the 9th inst.
This grain is to be ground‘ in‘ Canada, and
shipped for" England, thus saving the duty
on foreign flour. ' _

The slaves in the Canadas, who have run-
away from the southern States, have ,_ peti-
tioned Parliament for a naturalization, law,
by which they may become citizens, as in
the event of a war they may be recaptured
and again _held_as- slaves. -

The Cincinnatti Republican contains state-
ments from farmers in that State and Ken-
tuclry,that the ravages of the fly in the grow-
ing wheat are very extensive in their respect-
ire regions. . - - - ‘

The Houston Telegraph says that a spe-
cies of wh_eat indigenous to the country has
been discovered on. the northwestern frontier
of Texas. WI-id oats and -rye have
found in the greatest'aburidano'e. ' ‘ ' '

They who will abaiidonja friend for one
error: know little of. ‘human character; ‘and
prove that their hearts aregas cold as their

judgements are weak, = _ A g:

— The United States arsenal, situate about
two miles below St. Louis, containing 100,-
900 cartridges, blew up. on the evening. of
-the lhth inst. ’ ‘ “ "

the barq_ue Eliza,_from Boston,\soltl in Natch-
'ex'«,.ai few ‘days since, for $24,000. A '
The Boston Post says," “-the bést papers...

—in.‘t.he- country, are those whicli”a‘re_-eonduct-

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der of the U. S. Marshal, in conse'qu'erice of ,

The loc.ofocos[have gone -

hundred returning emigrants. The same I’

been I
. , ‘ .moti(;n~of M'r. Cha-pmarr.’ is assigned to con‘-

'I‘hree ili-undred tons of ice’;-.the cargo of

CONNECTICIJT LEGISWLATURE.

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, _._ Fiibay mo1i‘fi.in;.gi,'i1‘3lV1ag/ 22.
 'I"_Iiei,,,-,committ'_3fe on” Judiciar-y',.;ivho were
l,Q§Llft1Cfé§l to“_;‘ei’i‘_c'1tlii'e w'heth‘e‘_r_,it'he punish-
ment for-burning barns, &.c. is adequate to
the enormity of the offence, reported that it
.is-adequzrte: Report‘ accepted.‘ r-‘-' "
.. Act to abolishzimprisonment for debt, ‘laid
on the table.‘ “ « _ V

—» The committee of one appointed from a

select ailocation of a ‘Hospital for the insane
poor, have: reported :in'-"favor of = Middlctown.
A-i'-esol‘utio_n {to pay the committee for their
services,-.refer'red to the com..__on ,_clai_ms.-
Reso‘lu_ti.0ns_ ullc-win g Messrs. Nichols and
Chapman 8521 68, for running boundary

passed.” - , A - - _
.§»Sundry_.resolutions of a.-private nature
were disposed of. _ , -
;Afternoon.——'I_‘he _housc -was occupied
principally on petitions on .iudividu_al claims.
.-__,Tll8 Judiciary committee, to. whom the

' subject was referred, reported that it would

be inexpedient to reduce the number of
Judges of_the Supreme Court of-this‘ State.

« . . Stbturziay/‘rnorning, .7lIa._7/ 23.

Resolution passed, instructing the Judicia-
ry Committee to inquire if any alteration is
necessary in the usury, laws. » »

Same committee reported a bill respecting
imprisonment for debt. 1

Committee on State Prison, on petition of
VVm. R. Rigby for release, reported favorably.-

Petitiop of Thomas Barney, and sof Gur-
don W. Avery, praying for restoration to

Committee on contested elections reported
that the members from Cornwall had for-
feited their seats in-the House, for having
violated the statute provision prohibiting the
distribution of ardent spirits on election days.
A counter report would be presented by the
minority. ._ ,

Resignation of Jabez W. Huntington,
Judge ofthe Superior Court, accepted.

Adjourned to Monday.

' ilfondag/, ZVIa._1/ 25.

The petition of Bradley Gould for an a-
mendment to the Constitution, praying that
" property qualifications of electors,” may be
abolished; referred to select committee.

The Committee on the Judiciary reported
a bill for an act relating to guardians and
minors; read first time.

Resolution on public lands from Vermont.
Maine, &-c. referred to committee on Gover-
nor’s Message on public lands; do from
Kentucky on the culture of silk-; referred;
do. from Maine onthe North Eastern Boun-
dary; do. from South Carolina in reference
to the refusal of Main to deliver up two cit-
izens ofthe latter Statecharged with carry-
ing ofl negroes; do. from New Jersey in re-
ference to her Representatives in Congress ;
committee on School Fund reported against
any alteration of the law in reference to the
taxation of lands belonging to school fund.

The committee on"State Prison reported
unfavorably to the petition of F H. Burch-
ard, John V‘/illiams, John VVinchell, Abijah
Butler, and Jonathan Striclrland,—for release
from State Prison ; reports accepted; peti-
tions not granted.

An act concerning crimes and punish-
ments was read the third time, and on mo-
tion of Mr. White, of Windham, 250 copies
were ordered to be printed.

An act in reference to regulation of courts
and the ‘times and "places for holding the
same, was read twice, and 250 copies order-
ed to be printed. I

A resolution was introduced by Dr. Rob-
ertson, that the committee on school fund be
instructed to inquire into the expediency of
appointing an assistant to the Commissioner
on the school fund. -

The petition of the toivn of Wbodstoclr
for a division, reconimitted to the committee
on new towns, &c ‘

The committee ‘on the judiciary reported
in favor-of the bill for a public act for the
sale of personal property attached, with an
ainendment. Read the second time and post-
oned. ._

The resolution for reducing the number
of the Judges of the Superior Court to four,
came from the committee on judiciary, with
an adverse report. Report accepted—num-
her not reduced.

,The same coin. reported against the bill
for an act providing for the distribution of
estates. Read the third time and lost.

The act providing for the registration of
voters was read the second time. It differs
in some points_ from the prior law requiring
that in the Fall there shall be a quadren-
nial registration forthe purpose of providing
for the Presidential election, and some other
minor distinctions, increasing the penalties
for neglect and fraud in the selectmep, and
also the penalty for giving a false name, or
attempting to vote by another name on the
Registry List. Postponed to a third reading.

Tuesday morziing. May 26. -

The annual report of the President and
Fellows of Yale-College was read and ac-
cepted. Receipts of College forthe past year
$30,271. 67; expenditures for do $29,830.

A resolution was introduced by Mr. Camp,
of Wethersfield, that the joint standing coin-
mittee on the judiciary be instructed to in-
quire as to the expediency of an alteration of
the‘time‘of holding the General Assembly
from May to January.

Petition of Harriet Johnson for divorce;
referred.

- The committee on the judiciary reported
against the expediency of requiring consta-
bles tolgive bonds with" surety in the same
-.manner as sheriffs. Report accepted.
Friday afternoon, at 2 o’clock,_upon the

sider the case of Phelps and Roberts, of
Col‘eb—rook.’- ; j ' ' ‘
' The report-of the Housatonic rail‘ road
was read and ‘referred to com. on" Banks.
The report of the committee on State
Prison in favor of the release of Read Bun
nell, wliich- was yesterday laid on the; table
was read; ‘and’ petition granted. ‘
An act-to - secure the inhabitants of this
State from fli-e-from locomotives, was read.
, An act‘ prescribing the duties-of -‘Superior
and County‘ Clerks -in certainicases. ‘Read

. . _ -first time; ‘ ‘
most able, amusmg,_infiuential, prospga-yous..." ‘-.

'1?he4committee-en the Judiciary_ report_ed_
agai'nst- the'act for t'I'_i(_}-~“‘i‘eg‘l1ltl_l.l0n of ‘_t:I’Vll
acftions.”’ R.eportt“a‘ccep.ted.'.', ~l3il.l:lost. -

.4.“

county, appointed .by,th_e last Legislature to ..

l'ine:between';Connecticut and Rhode Island, «

rights,forfeited by conviction of crime,pass+~d. .

' . co‘p_i'es';'printed.. . - '

The etitiqn, of E..B,,,,,}Vhite for divorce.
from Ffieniiietta \Vhit’e°'liis wife, which was
grantedif,i{iri.;‘tihe house and’ rejected in the
Senate;?c'tiine.fromI the committe of confer.
encéiand was‘ by them granted." Bill in
form granted.

new towns, &.c. reported against the petition,
of Green"s farms to be annexed to the t_own
of “lestport. jReport_,acce:pted._ :P8llllOfl
not granted. 0 _ _
The committee on incorpbrations reported
in fai«;or, o.f..inc,reasing,the capital of the.Nor-
"ivic,h"iind Worcester"g’Rail-road by adding-
20Il0~ shares.’ Report accepted. ’ Petition
r.ot'g‘ra‘rited. A ' V ‘ I " .
 Th'e‘r,epo"rt of the‘ committee on Military
Returns, No. 0,’ accepted. . on ' I ,
A resolution was_’pasj'sed that Joseph Pratt.’
Samuel_C. Selden, Oliver ‘I-I King be ap-
pointed directors of the State Prison for the
ensuing year.‘ .

‘ A resolution was introdiiged that Leman
Church and Henry'Dutton be appointed di-
rectors of the Housatonic iRa,il_'Road Bank
for the‘ ensuing year. Rcfe‘rr.e"d.

'I‘he'committee on Banks reported a bill
for an act in favor of the petition ofthe Nor-
wich Savings Society for an alteration of its
charter: Read the first time. _ ,

A resolution that,._Eli B. Austin be appoin-
ted a State Director of the ‘New "Haven
.Bank for the ensuing year, referred to_ com-
mittee on Banks. ' I

The act for the settlement of estates limit-
ing the time of taking out administration
and probate of wills to 15 years——laid on the
table. ~ A

The act relating to the sale of personal
property attached, read the third time.—
Passed. I .

An act for "forming and conducting the
military forces,” read twice and referred.—
An act for the registry of voters. The act
for registration of voters, read the third time
and laid on the table. ,

The committee on the jurliciary reported
against the expediency of any altertion in
the present usury laws. Report accepted.
The committee on the‘judiciary against the
bill for a public act tofrepeal “the act consti-
tuting Courts and regulating County Courts,"
read the second time. ‘

An act constituting and ‘regulating courts
and appointing the times ’ and places for
holding the same, in alteration of the pres-
ent act for the same purpose read the"sec-
ond time. _

An act toiprovide for the “registration of
births. deaths andmarriages,” read the sec-
ond time and referred to the committee on
judiciary. A

The act respecting the duties of presiding
officers at elector’s meetings, requiring trip-
licate lists of the votes at each election to be
made out by the presiding officer and impos-
ing a penalty upon the sheriffif he shall re-
fuse to receive and transmit the votes in
each county; read the second time.

I’V(.’(l7lcS(lfl._7j ZlIo-r’/ti’/z.g, iIVIw_1/ 27.—-The
committee on the Judiciary were, upon the
resolutioniof Mr. Hill of ‘Weston, instructed’
to enquire as to the expediency of abrogating
the atiachmeiit law. . The report of the
committee on the state prison on that part or
the Governor’s Massage relating to the state
prison was read and accepted. Aresolution

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the county prisons receive $1000 of the
profits of the state prison, which at the pres-
-ent time exceed $9,000. Laid on the table
and 300 copies of the report and resolution
ordered to be printed.

A resolution thatno petitions or meinori-

retary's office after the 28th-of May.

The act in addition to an.act constituting
and regulating courts, with the times and pla-
ces of holding the same, was read the third
time and passed. ‘

The act’ concerning crimes and punish-
"ments was i'r.-ad the third timeiand passed.

The, committee on banks who were in-
structerl to enquire and report the monthly
statement ofthe banks, reported all the infor-
mation in possession. Report accepted and
laid on the table.‘ '

The committee’ on divorce reportcdiin fa-
vor ofthe petition of.ElizaAllen vs. Wm. Al-
len for divorce. Petition granted.

The same committee reported against the
petition of Daniel R. Potter for divorce.’ Re-
port accepted—petition not granted.

The same committee reported against the
petition of Phebe Ann Curnrnings. vs. Miles
J. Cummings for divorce. Report accepted.

An act regulating notaries and fees, the
object of which is to provide_for the compen-
sation of persons necessarily eiiiployed by a
sheriff for the arrest of a criniinal. ' Read a.
second time and referred. I I 4 .

A resolution that Timofhy Merwin be
paid the sum of dollars, the ‘amount of
costs; read the second time and referred.

Moved by Mr. Catlin that the resolution
of the House ordering 250copies of the three
reports of the committee on elections to be
printed, be re-considered.

A resolution was introduced by Mr. White
of Windham, that the committee on_thejudi-
ciary be -instructed to 'inqiiire"as7t__o:the expe-
diency of increasing the pay ofw'it_nesscs, and
rendering it more certain that they would ‘re-
ceive their pay. ' M_r. Vllhite remarked that
he did not wish to be taken from the secular
business in which he was engaged to per.
form business of the State, wheii he did not.‘
receive any pay for such services and he did"
not think his constituents were generally‘ in
favor of it. He had been thredtiiries called
from home and had never yetbeen paid at all
for his duties as witness; he did noticare at
allgabout the pay, but he really hoped this
would pass; and he was likewise inijfavor
of increasing the pay of witnesses-——they did
not now get more than one third enough to
pay their daily expenses, and they ought, at
least, to have enough to pay their expenses.
These were his views, and he wished the
committee on the judiciary to take notice of
his sentiments.

fire, read second time and referred.

of Courts to inform the wardens of state
prisons of convictions wh.i'cI1"mi'ght take
place in their respective courts: read the
third‘ time and passed; ' M 7'-
An‘act?for~the'_assessment "of tpxes came
from the committee on‘ the .l.uCl,iciary—300

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came from the same committee that each of

al of a private nature be entered in the Sec- ;

.Aflernoan.---’Ifbo- committee, ,.on-,.i:,oads and .-
brid‘ges_,r"eport'ed i*‘,in'favor‘ of the petition of the
Boston Turnpike Company; laid o'n:_t_Iie tab]?-
-The I-Ion. Joseph Eaton was appointed Judge
of? ihe’County Court ofthe Coiiiity' ‘of Wind-
hann

Mr. Spalding appointed Judge of Probate for

for Harppion; Jonathan Nicliols.do.t'or Thomp-
son; Hun. Joseph Eaton do. for Plainfieltli
Thomas ‘Backus do. for Killingly; Harvey
Campbell do. __for V0lUnIQ\Vl]5, Thomas B..
‘Chandler do. for i\Vo'odstock. Justices of the
Peace for said County were also appointed.
The act relating to.gua.rdians and minors was
read ilie third tiineaiid passed.
It was ruovjedliy Mr.-Cu;A_rMAN of Hartford
that the whole subject matterofilie Colebrook
members he‘, indefinitely _posiponed.. Mr. C.
sirenously advbcatcd_ his motion, in which
opinion he was opposed by Mr. S'.l‘[t0l\'G of Mil-
furil, who moved thatflllie question ofindefiuite
postponement be taken by years and nays-, which
were ordered. -Messrs. CA'rr.iN and Bmnsi-;Y
made some remarks. and ilie question being ta-
ker: there appearedio be 3112-y_eas.aiid S6-nays.
The ‘report of ;'Pl,ainfi-.-ld Bank was received
and accepted. , . '
The committee on the State Prison reported
in favor ofgraniiug the peiion of I-larvey Gris-
wold for release from ihe_ State Prison after the
31st day ofMarch, 18’-II. -. ;
Moi etl by Mr. Ilavirorzn of Salem to post-
pone llie_,Sul)_jet:t till ,Monrlay next ; wiilidrawu.
Petition not granted. Report not accepted.
Petition of T. I}. Butler for zi Military law.
An act for the observance ofthe Lord's day,
Tlianksgiviiig day and Fast day. Adjourned.

"I‘WEN'1‘Y-SlX_'1‘I-1 CONGRESS.

r_1 R s'r 's.r:'ss1o_iv.

From the New- Yorker Q/'Salitr_zl_ay._ _

On Thursday. the 21st, the House, Mr.
Banks in the chair, went into Committee ofthe
Whole on the Sub-Treasury Bill, ‘and Mr.
Cushing spoke in opposition to the schemes un-
til the House adjourned. '

The attention of the Senate was occupied
most ofthe day with a discussion of the private
claim of M_e_ssrs. Crooks, which was finally post-
poned indefiiiilely. by a. vote of 25 lo 14. _'I‘lie
consideration of the Bankruptcy Biil was. on
motion of Mr. Talliiiadge, deferred until the
next day, and the Senate n'iljouruerl._

The House on Friday refuse-il,b_v asmall nia-
joriiy.iosuspend the rules, in orderio make the
Sub-Treasurybill the special order for this day,
and each successive day. at 12 o’clock, until dis-
posed of. Several private bills were considered
in Committee of ilie W hole and repiirted. Some
were disposed of, and a number were ordered to
a third reading. .

In the Senate Mr. 'I‘allmailge made a very
able speech in behalf of the Bankrupt Bill: he
was ofopiniun that the voluntary class ol'Lrarik-
rupis alone shnulil be enihracetl attliisiinir.-,and
declined a disco-sion of the consiiiuiin-nuliiy of
an inclusion of banks. Tnwa-rds the close of
his remarks be said of the Vice President that
his patriotic motives in seeking to abolish im-
prisnnmeni for debt were most praiseworiliy.
He also complimented very highly Mir. Silas
M. Siilwell, who was ilie great pioneer in the
work of reform in Ilie State of New York, and
who had done so inirch to break the disgraceful
rnanacles which had bound the debtor in’ hope-
less eaptiviiy. '

In the House. on Monday. the resolutions of
the Legislature of Micliigaii in favor of an up
prnpriation for the Cumberland Road were pre-
sented, and a motion to commit them to Coni-
miitcc on \Vays and Means was lost by 90 to
87. Mr. Adams presented petition for a recog-
nition ofthe imlependenceof Hayti, and against
ilie admission of new slave States to the Union;
resolutions relative to the Amistad question, and
a niemorial, ably llrawn. in reference to the
Conduct of Judge '.\IcLane, of the Supreme
Court, which was referred to the Judiciary
Conimitiee.

In the Senate a message was presented from

relation to the presents received from the lmaun
of Muscat. The Presitleiit gives Coiigress to
understand that the coirimantler to whose cure
these presents were entriisied, has determined
to carry out the wislies of his sovereign, by giv-
ing to the Government what is refused to be re-
ceived by any of its ollicers, and askstliat Con-
gress may make such provisions as it may see
til. He also suggests the propriety of some le-
gislaiive enactment as to the proper course to be
pursued by the Execuiiveor legislative branch-
es or the Go_vernmeri.i in future cases. where of-
fers ofa like kind may be made. ‘Mr. Hub-
bard iiiadc a speech on the Bankruptcy Bill.
saidlo have been the-alrlest given from the Ad-
riiinistraiion side nfibe Senate mi that question.
After speaking of the iiecessiiy that existed -for
the eiiacimei-it-of some lH‘tlfl)"lD system. he said
"he could not bring his mind in vote for ilie bill,
whichthe iiia-joriiy of the Co-iiiniitiec had re-
ported. He denied that there was any constitu-
tional power to pass such a billI—ihat itwas
giving to the debtor the power to waste away
the -means of the creditor, without the creditor
having the power to stop it, and that the debtor
might, in his owii good time. when it best
pleased himself. abrogute all the contracts into
which he hail entered. ‘ : .
_On Tuesday. in the House, the Pre-empiinn
Bill, from the Senate, came up.and was dis-
CUSS€‘l- MR Lincoln spoke at great length
against the bill, and M iv. ,White. of Kentucky
Spolie On the same side. M r. Hubbard, ufAla.
had Smne Objcciions to the bill.but it was finallv
passed. . '~'
In the Senate, Mr. Benton made a speeclion
the Bankruptcy Bill reported by the majoritv
ofthe Committee. denouncing it by wholesafe
and in detail, and attributing the petitions in its
favor 10 a wish to identify ‘the 500,000 bank-
rupt crP(lil_()rs’ with iheopposiiion, on the eve of
‘a Presidential election. The ‘bill authorising
the States to tax any lands within their limits,
sold by the United States. was the theme of
much discussion between‘ Messrs. Norvell, Se-
vier,*I~Ienderson, and \Vhiie, but no action was
had iliereon. ' ‘
In the House. on Vllediiesday, Mr. Cushing
resumed and concluded his speech on the Sub:
Treasury. Mr. 'Alford'muv'ed to reconsidertlie
vute,of yesterday by which the pre-emptiou bill
was passed; but after some discussion it was
rejected. _ '
In the Senate, a joint resolution was intro.
duced by Mr. Henderson to authorize the loan
of public money now in Bank at Natchez, for
five years, for the benefit ofthe sufferers by the
late rornadb. ample security to be given for the
money. After some discussion it was referred
to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Wright
presented four memorials very numerously and

An act: to secure barns, houses, &c. from -respectably signed by gentlemen livintr on the
_ _ «Northern Frontier, asking approprgiatioas to aid
An act’ rendering‘ it the duty of the C]e;ks :New York in making a ship-canal around the

Falls of Niagara. The discussion. ofthe Bank-

ru ptcy Bill was continued. Mr. Wall had been
attacked by his political-friends for his ‘substi-
‘iute,’ and he defended it-with much eameaines5_
The bill of Mir. \V.it' will be remembered.con-
tains three provisions, viz. Compulsory, Volun.
tary, and includingCorporaiions; and be main-
.tvins strenuously, that we~'b_ave no power under

the Picsidcimcovering ilie correspondence in .

jections which have led some of

tbeconsiiiution, iii pass a Bankrupt Law. 8P‘
plicable to others than merchants and traders.

Such he insists was the law contemplated by

the framers at.‘ the Constitution, and such was
the system for which there was a safe prece-
dent in the British government. Mr. Strange
was for giving the bill the widest range. and

.. Tuesday .-AJ‘.'l.£J'7t007t....-..:..'I.ll1t.’-.. committee. on Brooklyn; Daniel‘Kuowliori for Asliford ;" Sol- 'rr’ial<iii.?. “it 'in"dlud'é”évéry class’ of citiiéfliso
oinon Pa._yne.do..f_'or Canterbury; Calvin Hib-
'bard do-. for \Vindham; Mason Cleaveland do.

Mr. .Walker followed Mr. Strange, also in opo .
position to the resfrfciion of Mr. ‘Wall. ‘He said
not to include. corpo_raiions—all class_es.-.-as pa__i;-
iicipants in the penalties and advantages of the
bill, would be goiinfg r'be'nind_ —the_ age. He de-
sired not only to abolisli_t,l1el.lDpr.lSDnm§Lt.l..9f,llJB
body, but to release any fu.uire_ i:rs>i>¢;rfiig_.}hs*-
debtor nilghti‘ acqui’re- by -honest. indus|Y‘}- *"_H°
would be told no _rn0t‘e,A0f ill10l15hme"‘ °r‘m"
irisnntneut wheri the debtor is” not released from
the debt: , In‘ that sense the-wibole c_o_unl.Fy.W_89
but a prison, and all its fiiiure efl‘brts,;mi_y, its.
very soul was mariacled and chained dovvn;
He was for pressing l_'orward,in-the march of_lib-
erai and eulightenedpriiiciples,nol reirogradinga
Mr. VVall replied. He. thought by his, bill, I19
had been making" giant strides iri’*l".'i'vriI“0l"_tl',!_!._'-‘
debtor, and he ré‘g'r'eiie'd his views w.cré~nntj;nn‘-
dérsiood orfappreciatetl. The qiicsiion ‘off ‘_tl_i_'e
bill, 'ct)nlrary lo expectation’, wasnoi ta‘=ken_l_”"‘

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3,'.i2‘_s4'iji2'-—’.';._f'

1-‘on rai:srnE1v'r,»‘-- -" “-
vi'_rr’.LrAiir Hnsrriv 1rxnars‘oiv,‘or-onto.
FOR. vice -'Prriasinr:i\"r’,’

was struck by lightning on tlie..16ili, 

o'clock in the afternoon. during asevery shower.‘

The fluid struck one of the“,-2.'ras ‘of ihe""‘fore'-
mast, descended the mast-into thelloiver hold,
where it was supposed to have set -fire to some
cotlonstowed near the’ mast. ' , .j '5

After an ineffectual attempt to get at the are‘
io extinguish it, the men being drivénfrom their
work by the smoke, the ‘batches were closed-
about 8 o’clock, and the boats were cleared and’
got out, and about ten P. M.—ihe feniales‘aniI‘
children, with as jiany men as 1't_"iS= though!
proper, were put into the long boat and moored
astern. where they remained all that night‘, and
the next day and night, until lllonday morning
—ilic ship being hove _to, in order to be easy,
and in liopesof being discovered by some pass-
ing vessel. _ ‘

On Monday rnorriiiig, the wind having very
much increased‘, with 8 rising sea, andihe fi-re
uot appearingio have increased much, the boats
were lioisted iii a'gain,'and sail niade,to the N.
E. About 1 o’clo_ck I’. M..a sail_was discov.-
ered, and the ship was put btfiire the wind to
speak her. At 3 P. M._spoke llie- ship Cliliori,
Capt. Ingersoll, and were taken off. The ship
was abandoned about ten A. N... at wliich time
the fire was very fast increasing. arid the decks
were growing hotter every minute.‘ The pus.
sengers and crew saved but Lille except. the
chillies they had on, and a few articles of little
value. , F-

Sii.ir.-—'I‘hc_ New York Evening Star of
the 26th uli. meiitions that one individual in
that city has retailed live hundred! ouncesofSilf;
VVorm Eggs in small parcels, to farmers and
others, and that not less than 3500 ounces had‘
been sold in that city alone \\ iiliin ilie previous
sixty days. \Vha_t will the liubble’-bursting
croakers say to this?

 

National 1/rasjnrilg/..—-It has become fish-
fionable for newspapers- to utter nothing but
groans; on every side of us we hear mourn-
ving, lamentatioii and woe—we are told that
their is no business doing, and that the whole
land presents one dismal scene of distress".
\Ve_shall probably, therefore, be set-down as
very eccentric, unfashionable aii(l’ato’rnina-
ble, if we venture to deny the truth of‘ these
lachrymose assertions. and say that the coun-
‘try is prosperous and full of cause for joy
and exultation. Yet. we do say so, and will
stou.tly maintain’ thatrhere has not existed for
man-y“ycars a period when there were "such
'fl'attering prospects and such evidences of
real prosperity as at the 'prc.scn.t.. "

-1'

The above article is taken from the New’
York Sun, a profcssetlly neiiiral paper,_ taken,
too, by Whigs who believe it. to he honestly
what it professes. ," he baie.'fa.':ed l'a"sity hi’
the foregoing article.._woulil do credit to the,
rankest Loco Focojournal of the country. Tire-
nature ofihis article must expose the deceptive’
character of ihe_ Su_n,_and place it in‘ its true
light'—n wolfiii .she‘ep"s clothing. Can any one"
believe for one moment such asrupid in:ll18f
face of such evidenceas the following '2.‘

' A Gloomy Piclm'cI_—'I'he' Pittsburgh In-
telligencer gives a melancholy‘ accoiintitof
this once prosperous place. During the past:
year between 40-09'a‘ri'd' 5000 personsiihave
left the city, from their inabilityto obtain em--
ployment. Three fourths ofthe manufactur-‘
mg industry has fallen offfor want of sales.‘
An extensive Foundry which ,pr.o_duce.d5
953005000 worth of castings-a yea-.-=,. lizmentiigeg-,;
lY Suspended. and diisoha-r-gedfall .hancfs.-—.
From another iron establishment, I00'\vorl('-..

lisbtnent in the city has been compelled by;
the insane p'olicy‘ofthe‘ admignistrationyto cur-
tail operations to almost H nothing. Iri_more~
prosperous times. Says-the I.ntel.ligencer,,.out.'
of about 200 drays and carts, it was. very

difficult to get a load of merchandizc ,hauled._.
without delay and inconvcn1ence,,now three

fourths ofthe number are idle more than half:
theirtime; ‘then eyery industrious man, wo-

man and child coming to our city could get’
employment irnmediatelyand theirpay eveiv‘
Simlrday night; _Dow_ou.r mechanics are obli3'i
.‘-{ed 30 go to fisl'1ih—g, or labor in the c'oun_try,’
for 18 o-4-, 25 orvat most 1.g_cengs.&_‘d&z_;,.

 

f For the "°'°biDg (Effects of the weatliér'for"ai
ew day? d"’"‘3 the past week, we found a.mosz
agmefible and refreshing a-ntidote iris-Bis5e|1'3
newly erected Soda Fountain.. This cooleffer.
vescing beverage is entirely fr-eefi-om ‘hose ob -
, _ our very fasti-
dious. political'friends to turn up their com uiic A
tioll.8.nose.s,at hard aid’: . I " PI 7

.:-P."

.si©t=aw.ai.i<“ 

JOHN TYLER, of Ylrgiiifzf.-“‘-‘-'-4|-L.,_. .
SHIP BURNT AT Si-:A.--The packet’ ship P64 I

land, I4 daysfroni New York bound 

men have been discharged, and every estnb-"