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CoNNEc'if1cU'i‘ LEGisi.A'i‘UItE.
Z ’.l'/mrsdtzy, May,28.
The Commiitee on Road and Bridges. On
the petition of VVm. Clark an.d others, for an
act to rebuild Zoar Bridge over the Hous_a-
tonic river, reported favorably with a bill in
form. Petition grahted——bill passed.
Same committee, on the petition -of Henry
Sherwood and others, for the discontinuance
of a highway, and ceding the same to the
United States, in Fairfield County. reported
favorably with a bill in form; bill referred
to judiciary commi,'_.tee. — '
Committee on incorporations, on the me-
morial of the New London and Norwich
Steamboat Company, for an increase of.c.ap-
ital stock, reported a resolution authorising
the company to increase their capitals to an
amount notjexceeding 1500 shares of 50 dol-
lars each; resolution passed.
Bill relating to Courts of Probate, referred
to comm:itt-ee on j.udic.i-ary.
iBill relating to the assessment of taxes,
same reference. ‘
Bill concerning the settlement of estates,
some reference. -
Bill against fraudulent conveyances, read
first time.
Resolutions appointing Elihu Stearns
Judge of the County Court, and Daniel Gla-
zier and Saul Alvord, County Cotnmission-
ers for the County of Tolland; passed.
. Resolutions from the co.mnii.ttee on banks,
appointing Edmund G. Howe and VVilliarn
T. Lee. State Directors ofthe Phoenix Bank;
‘Hartford Bank; Philemon Canfield, of the
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank; Richard
Rand, of the Midd-letown Bank; Joseph
Brooks of the Connecticut Bank; Thomas
B. Butler, of the Fairfield County Bank;
Eli,B. Austin, of the New Haven Bank;
and Justin, of the Vtlinclham Bank. Passed.
Committee on Roads and Bridges, on the
petition of Boston Turnpike Company, to
discontinue a portion. of their roa-d, reported
a resolution a.—utl'iorisi'ng the company to dis-
continue all that portion of the road lying
cast ofthe town of Pomfret. A minority re-
port was also presented in favor of discon-
tinuing it through the town of Pomfret.
I After a debate by Messrs. Perkins, John-
son of Ellington, J. VV. VVhite, Fuller and
Bacon, the question was taken on granting
the prayer of petition in accordance with the
report of the minority of the co-mmittce,ancl
decided in the afiirmative.
Resolution appointing Cyrus H. Beards-
ley Judge. of the County Court, and Abra
ham D. Baldwin and White S. Northrop,
County (fommissioners for the county of
Fairfield'. Passed.
Resolutions appointing the following
Judgcs of Probate for Fairfielcl county.
Rufus Blakeman, District of Fair-field.
Edward Taylor, Danbury.
Thcophilus Nichols, Ncwtown.
Benjamin Isaac-s, Norwalk.
Thomas B. Fzinton, Redding.
Joshua B. Ferris, Stamford.
Thomas F. Rowland, \Vestport.
Bradford I-Vinton, Weston.
Bill appointing Justices of the Peace for
the county of Fairfieltl. Bill read. G
Mr. Hill, of VVeston, moved to have the
motion laid on the table. fvlotion lost.
' Mr. Hill then moved to amend by adding
the name of David" Pa-tchen, of \Veston.
Mr. Bulkley stated that the claims of Mr.
Patclion had been before the county meeting
and been 1'ejec.ted' by nearly a unanimous
vote. Arnenclment lost.
Mr. Bennet moved to amend by erasing
the name of Daniel Bonnet, and inserting
the name of I-Ianson. S.. Edwards, in the list
oi“‘Justices for the to-wn.0f Huntington-—lost.
'l\'1r. Close moved to amend by adding the
units of Siml. Close for the town of Green-
wich,and also that when the question is taken
on the amendment, it be taken by yeas and
nays
I-i'itla,g, May 29..
The House resgpned. the consideration of
the motion pending at the adjournment yes-
terday, to amend the bill appointing Justi-
ces of the Peace for the county of Fairfield,
by inserting the name of Samuel Close, of
the town of Greenwich. The yeas and nays,
it will be rccollected, were ordere-;l on this
amendment.
Mr. J. WV. VVh.ite, said he rose in the out-
set to defend the rivghtsof the minority—they
were not disposed to be troublesome to the
House, but there was now and then an isola-
ted case, in which they tliouzglit the-isr wish-
es should be gratified. The office of Jus-
tice ofthe Peace was one of so little impor-
tance that he hoped the House would grati-
fy the member from Greenwich by making
the amendment proposed.
Mr Bulkley, of Fairfit-.ld, was opposed to
the amendment because the claims of this
gentleman had been furlliy can-.vassed‘ in coun-
ty meeting; _and there were reasons stated
to that meeting which had induced them to
reject the nomination.
The question was then taken, when there
appeared Yeas 64—Nays 138. So the a-
mcndment was lost, and the bill as reported
was passed. .
C,‘ommur:icati'on received from Henry
R‘lPt1afd', Esq. in» pursuance of a resolution
of this House, transmitting sundry documents.
respecting the condilon of common schools
in this country and in Europe.. Referred to
committee on Common Schools-
Resolution that a com.initt'ee of three be
appointed: to-inq-ui.re and report at what time
it will be p.roper to terminate the present ses-
sion. Passed. .
Second Annual Report of Commissioners
on Common Schools, referred to committee
on common schools.
On motion of hit. Perliins, the House re-
sumed the consideration ofthe billproviding
- for the registration of names of electors.——
Mr. P: suggested‘several-amendmerits. The-
arnendinerit which elicited the most debate
was one-providing that the meeting of the
Board of Registration on-the inorningi, of the-
election,..no person. shall be admitted.- to the
privilege of- the elective franchise except
those whosliall, have arrived. at the age of
twenty-one years since- the last meeting of
the Board.. Messrs. Perkins, Welsh, Dowd,
and R‘ S. Baldwin, supported the amend-
ment, contending that the principle of the
Registry, law would be entirely destroyed, if
it was. left entirely voluntary ‘with the elec-
tors to register their names or not previous
Yeas and nays ordered. Adjourned- '
0 the day of election. They also insisted‘
with much force that the amendment would
- prevent much trouble and delay in. the prop-
er business of town‘--meetings on election
days, by excluding all unnecessaryand im-
proper applications to'be admitted to the
privileges of the elective franchise on that
day. Messrs. J. .Whll9s»Hill- M' C-°°kv
Birdseye, and Sha‘il6’r,' opposed the “amend-
-ment at considerable length. Some of-them
deemed the whole bill unconstitutional, and
they all insisted that much injustice” would
be done, if the amendment wz_is.adopted, by
excluding many from the privilege of;..be-
ing made electors who were justly entitled
to it. After aprotracted debate, Mr. Strong
moved that the bill be recommitted to the
Judiciary Committee. Lost. The question
then being taken on the amendment which
had caused so much discussion, it was car-
ried. After sundry other amendments were
proposed and adopted, the bill was laid on
the table.
Saturday], Ma.y/ 30.
The House resumed the consideration of
the Registry bill. Mr. J. \V. White addres-
sed the House at considerable length in oppo-
sition to the measure. He contended ‘that
the bill now before them was a complicated
one---that the object it was intended to effect
(the prevention of fraud in voting) might be
gained by simply requiring a list to be taken
ofthe voters as they deposited their ballots,
and if any persons are detected in double‘
‘voting, let heavy penalties be imposed—he
was as much opposed as any one to illegal
. . . ' t' . M . V’. l‘ 'd th.t the law was
Ezra‘ S. Hamilton, State Director of the ‘lo mg Y V aw Sal '1
an expensive one--it cost his own town
(which constituted but one hundredth part
of the state) the last year the sum of 830,
and at this rate it cost the State the sum of
83000, which expense was to be repeated
every year. So far as he could judge from
his own observation, Mr. WV. said, more mis- '
takes were. made the last year under its op-
eration‘ than in any preceding year, and from
the very nature of the case accuracy could‘
not be expected. Mr. W. also thought the
bill unconstitutional; and, in short, that it
was in every respect more fit for a commu-
nity of wild Irishirren, who had no idea of
law or order, than for civilized society. On
concluding his remarks, Mr. W’. moved that ‘
when the question is taken it be taken by
yeas and‘ riays.
The question-then being taken on the mo-
tion ordering the yeas and nays—ordered
-unanimously.
_ The bill being as read amended, the main
question was then taken—-Yeas 130, nays
59. So the bill was passed.
Bill requiring presiding officers of elec-
tor’s meetings to make out triplicate lists of
the return of votes. Passed.
Bill authorising the towns whose list of
electors shall exceed 700, to op»:rr the ballot
box at 7 o’clock in the morning. Read sec-
ond time.
Bill abolishing capital punishment, and
substitntingjsolitary imprisonment for life as
a penalty» for -‘crimes now punished with
death. Read first time. t
Committee on claims, to whom was re-
ferred sundry resolutions granting money to
Hezekiah Olney, late sheriff of Hartford
county, and Starr Ferry, sheriff of Fairfield
county, for services in distributing proclama-
tior-rs, public acts, &.c. reported: uznfavorably.
Petition negativetf.
Jlfondrty afternoon, June I.
Committee on the Judiciary. to whom was
referred a bill relating to book debts, report-
ed that the same ought to pass. Bill passed.
Bill increasing the pay of jurors, &c. re-
ferred to judiciary committee.
Committee on the Judiciary, on the bill
providing for the sale of the estate of insol-
vent debtors, allowing the Trustee to become
the purchaser under certain circumstances,
reported that the same ought to pass. Read
‘second time. -
Same‘ committee, on the bi.lltl'ecl'aring the
principle on which taxes shall be assessed,
‘reported urnfavorably. Road second time.
On motion of Mr. Brainard‘, of Killingly,
the House took up the bill abolishing capi-
tal punishment, which was read,and on mo-
tion of Mr. B. the subject was made the spe-
cial order of the day for lllfednesda-y next, at
2 o’clock I’. M‘.
Bill reported by the committee on the ju-
diciary, for relief of honest and insolvent
debtors, read second time.
Mr. Chapman, of Hartford, moved that
the subject he laid on the table and made the
order of the day for to-marrow at 2 o’clock
M. Carried’.
‘ Committee on- State Prisoir, to whom was
referred the report of the-VVa=rden and Di- ,
rectors of the Prison, reported a resolution
directing an appropriation of $5000 from
the avails ofthe Prison, for certain repairs,
to be expended under the direction ofthe'of-
ficers ofthe prison. Resolution passed.
Bill constituting the townjof Stratford a
Probate District.
Mr. Thompson, of Bridgeport, opposed
the bill. Mr. T‘. said the District was now
none too large, and the people of Stratford
were very well accommodated.
Mr. Swift, of \Vestport, adlvocatedt the pas-
sage of the bill. Bill passed.
Resolutions passed appoint-ing Judges of
Probate for the county of Hartford.
Tztesday mowing. «Tune 21
Bill’ provid‘ing that any notes or bills of
exchange falling due. on the sabbath,thanks-
giving, or fast-days shall be payable the day. A
preceding. Passed.
Committee on States Prison. reported a res-
olution appropriating 8100 from the avails
of the State Prison to each county which
shall have established a County Prison on
the manual labor princi'ple..
Much discussion fol"l'owed’, and‘ several
amendments were offéred, but lost.
Resolutions appoiiatiri.g_ Judges of Probate
and Justices of the Peace for the county of
Litchfiel’d..
Committee on Divorces on the petition of
Luzon Warner, of Brookfield, against Maria
Louisa VVarner, for-‘divor.ce,. reported unfa-
vorably. The petition set.‘ forth that six
months after the marriage- of the petitioner,
the birth ofhis first heir occurred, the'pater-
nity of which. be utterly disclaimedi The
respondent deniedfthat tlierewas any ground
for the disclaimer of the petitioner;. Mr.
Chapman, of the committee, stated ‘fully the
evidence antlfthe circumstances-of the case
upon which the committeefbunded their. re-
port. Adjournedito 2 o’clhsk, P. M..
,,V..4ft,ernoon.—The consideration of. the di-
vorce case was resumed, and the report of
the committee accepted. . ‘ ‘
_ The. order of the day, which was the con-
srderatioii ‘of ‘the bill fbr the relief of honest
andfinsolvent debtors, with the amendments
\V.l1l_(_‘.ll had been;p_rpposeti to it, was then an-
nounced. _ " " " " ""
- - The arnendinent to the amendment being
first under consideration, was to erase the
time named in the proviso, viz. July 4, 1837,
at which time. the zimendtnentwas to affect
all contracts for debt. so as to leave the na-
ked question of entire abolition of imprison-
ment for debt.
Mr. Chapman moved that the question
upon erasing this proviso be taken by yeas
and nays—negatived.
The question upon e
was taken and lost.. ‘
Thequestion then recurred upon the a-
mendment of Mr.r=?Foster.
The debate, which arose on this question,
continued till past 6 o’clock, during which
the House adjourned to 8 o’clock tomorrow
morning. ‘
rasin g _the proviso
7’Vcdm':s(Ia._7/ morning, Jzme 3.
The question of abolishing imprisonment
for debt as brought before the House, on the
bill reported by the Judiciary Committee;
"and Mr. Foster’s amendment, which was
pending when the House adj’d. yesterday.
The question occurred on Baldwin's
amendment, with the insertion of the words
“ to coerce the payment "—-so asto read that
“ no person shall be imprisoned on any civil
process to coerce the payment of debt.’.’
The amendment was opposed by Messrs.
Foster, White, Cleveland and Bliss, apd
supported I: ' Messrs. Perkins, Baldwin,
-Welch and Johnson, and adopted, yeas
J05. nays -95.
Mr. Foster then moved to amend the ri-
mendment by adding to its close “except in
cases of fraud." The effect of this indefinite
amendment was explained, and yeas and
nays ordered-i-which were ayes 89, nays
105. so it was rejected. ‘
After some further debate the question
was taken on Mr. Foster’s amendment as
amended, and negatived, ayes 6 nays 184.
Mr. Chapman then made a motion to a-
mend the second section of the bill, which
was carried, 85 to 76. Another amend-
ment was proposed by Mr. Swiftand carried.
Aftcrn0on.——Report ofcommitte appointed
to inquire into the expense of printing the
Journal of last session. Read and accepted‘-
Bill relating to incorporated companies, re-
ported by committee on the Judiciary,in lieu
of one referred to them, read third time and
passed.
The House then took up the Order of the
Day, being a bill to abolish capital punish-
tnent, and substituting in lieu thereofsolitary
imprisionment for life. The bill was finally
passed--91‘ to 6f.
The Committee to whom was referred‘ a
resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution limiting the number of Repre-
sentatives to one from each town, reported
u-nafa-vora-bly. Resolution l‘ost.
Bill’ allowing town clerks the acknowl-
edgement of deeds where the deed is to be
recorded intlie records ofthe town where the
town clerk resides, read third time-—lo_s_t. .1
Resol-utiori that the House will proceed to
electa Judge-of the Superior Court to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the-resignation-of
the Hon. Jabez W. Huntington, on Thurs-
day at ‘.2. o’clock P. M. Passed- -
Bill concerning suits on- inortgagcs.—
Passed-.
Bill relating to lists ofassessments, impo-
singa fine of 30 cents on persons who ne-
glected to hand in lists of their property to
the assessors—postponed. Adjourned.
T/tzorsrlrzy morning, June 4.
_ Bill allowing the trustees on estates of in-
solvent debtors to become purchasers of such
estates in certain cases. Passed.
Bill allowing foreign decisions to be read
in evidence in courts of this State. Passed.
Resolution that the Committee on Banks
.be instructed to bring in a bill repealing the
-charter ofthe Jewett City Ba.nk,or for wind-
-ing up its concerns. Laid on the table.
l Resolution authorising the Board. of Com-
.missioners of Common Schools to distribute
~.to each school district in the State a bound.
-volume of the- back Nos. of Common School‘
Journal, the binding to be done at t-he publric.
Lexpense. The resolution was opposed by
'Mr.. J. W. White, and ably advocated by
Messrs. Olney, Foster, R. S. Baldwin,“-’elch,
and Yeomans. Resolution passed.
A Committee on Incorporations, on the res-
*0-l-ution referred to them to- incorporate the
‘Connecticut Botannic Society, reported that
the passage of the same is-‘unnecessary and
inex-pedient. The committee, however, re-
ported a resolution authorizing all physicians
and surgeons to collect their fees by law.-
Mr. Storrs said that the committee had had
the subject before them for several days, and?
had? quite unanimously reported; a resolution
repealing so much of the 8th section of the
m-edica.l‘law as related to- the callection of
fees.
On. motion of Mr. Chapman, of Ha=r-tfosd,
the \vhole subject was laid on. the table.
Resolution appointing Daniel Plantfudge
of Probate for the District of Stratford, and‘
Isaac Sherman for the District of Bridgeport,.
severally passed.
Rcsol‘ution’s appointing Samuel J.. Hitch-
cock Judge of the County Court, and De-
grasse Maltby County Cotiimissioner for
New Haven County, severally passed‘.
Resolutions passed appoiriting Judges of
‘Probate for t-he county of New Haven.
Bill appointing Justices of the Peace for
the~courit'y of New Haven, passed.
Afternoon.-—-Resolution to adjourn with-
out day on Friday t-he 5th inst. laid on the
table.
The House then. proceeded to the order of
the day, bcingthe elect'ion. ofa Judge ofthe
Superior Court to fill the vacancy occasion-
ed by the resignation of‘-the Hon. Jabez. W-
Hunti'n.gtvon. On the- first ballot. the result
was as follows: '
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For: William L. Storrs, 133 _
Origen S. Seymour... 57
Samuel J. H'itchcock,. 3'
Charles Bliss, 2
Blank 2-——64
Billfor registering the names of electors,
came fronifthe Senate amended...
.l?‘O_RE1GN NEWS.__
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S E L E T E-D, - -,-$_,U M M._A_.‘RY_. - j
LATER FROM FRANCE.
By the packet ship Burgundy, Captain
Lines, Paris and Havre papers" 10 the 300! ~
of April inclusive are recivcd. By the Bri-
tish Queen we had Paris advice: to the 28th
evening.-'" _
It was reported in Paris that the King of
Naples had refused the meditation of the
King of‘ the French, between himself and
Great Britain, and__that he was determined
on resistance. ‘It was reported also that
Austria hadoffered hitn assistance to the a-‘
mountof 30,000 men. ‘ The English steam-
er Hydra had captured five vessels (mer-
‘chant-men offthe coast of Sicily.‘ Dispatch-
_es had arrived at Toulon in answer to the
was not known, save by rumor. _ There is
no truth, probably, in the Austrian part of
the story, and the rest is rather doubtful.
'I‘hc U. S. sloop of war Cyanne arrived
at Toulon on the 25th of April. On the
same day another instalment of 3,000,000
ifrancs-, of the Haytian debt, was landed at
Toulg.
5 A sqtiadron of three vessels was about sail-
§ing from Toulon for the Chinia seas, to
‘look after French ipterests during the strife
with England. ’5
The comini-ssioners appointed to regulate
commercial intercourse between England
and France have finished their labors, and
their report may be expected soon.
There is no later news from Algiers.
From the East the intelligence is still
ominous of coming trouble. ' The resolution
of the Pacha remained unshaken, and he
had given a new proof of it by appointing
the traitor Capitan Pacha, to the command
of the united Egyptian and Turkish fleet.-
'1‘his had caused great irritation at Constan-
tinople. The Pacha’s military preparations,
in Syria as well as Egypt, were on the most
extensive scale. In the former he is said to
have 80,000 men.
From Spain we have again intelligence
of the death of Cabrera—announced as posi-
tively as before, and perhaps as truly.
Cam. Adv.
Late front Libc7'ia..——The Colonization
packet ship Saluda, Capt. Parsons. arrived
last evening from Liberia, Africa, after a
passage of 38 days. She left at that port the
U. S. brig of war Dolphin,
The Saluda arrived out on the 1'7th of
March, with her 152.0 emigrants, who were
cordially welcomed by the colonists. They
would probably settle at Bexley, on St,
John’s river.
The colony has been again alarmed by the
sound of war, and a number of lives have
been lost. When the Salutla left it was
hoped and believed that these troubles were
at an end.
The accounts from the Maryland Colony
at Cape Palmas are very cheering. Natives
andsettlers are busily engaged at their farms
Crops abundant.
The African Methodist meeting house at
Monrovia was destroyed by fire ‘on the 15th
of February. It was a small wooden build-
ing, very old, and of course came down like
tinder- "
The labors of the Methodist missionaries
had been entirely successful, particularly at
a place called Roberlsville, where a great
number of natives and a few American Col-
onists gave evidence of conversion.
On the 15th o_f March, an attack was made
by about 300' natives, under a chief named
Gaoterah, upon the Methodist missionary sta-
tion. at I-leddington; (King Tom's town ;)
after an hoim:’s. fighting the assailants were
repulsed, with the loss of thci-r leader and 30
or 40 men, which achievement was effected
chiefly by two Methodist missionaries and a
native convert. The village contains fifty-
two houses.——N. Y. Eurpress of 3d inst.
17'rtira-ud Honoialile —-Moses Dawson, the
Editor ofthe leading Van Buren paper in
Cincinnati, some five years since, wrote a bi-
ography of General Harrison. He is now
opposed to his election to the Presidency and
supports the cause ofthe present incumbent.
He has begun. in his papers, a serious of let-
ters to the old General on the policy of the
Whig party. In the first oftliese. he uscsthe
following language, which forms a rare and
honorable exception to that employed by most
of the opponents of Gen. Harrison.
" That it is a painful as well as an ungra-
cious task to give opposition to the elevation
ofa friend to any office-, I am free to declare
and more particularly it is. so to me when
that oflice is the highest to which an.y man
can aspire ;, but I flatter myselfthat this cir-
cumstance is the most conclusive evidence of
my disinterestedness in: the case. In the
work alluded to, I have represented you as a
brave and capable commander, a.disintercs-
ted patriot and an honest man; all. of which
I did and do yet belive you to be, a~nd Ito the
utmost of my weak ability defended you
against what I? conscientiously believe to be
the foulest slanders, and of those counts in
your favor, I have never yet had reason to re-
pent. l.fin my future remarks, then, I may
impugn your political opinions, or contest
your judgment on constitutional questions, I
must not be considered as doubting ofthe pu-
rity of your motives or the honesty of your
intentions.”
Such are the opinions of one who knows
Gen. Harrison int:imately,. and who opposes
his election. to the Presidency. Ilis opposi-
tion is based on political considerations
a.-lone- Dawson is a Loco Foco, in favor of
the sub-treasury, an exclusive specie curren-
cy ; of course opposed to Banks and the cred-
it system. Cen. Harrison differs with him
on. these points, and ofcourse, cannot receive
his support. Such opposition is perfectly
legitimate and honorable. We des-ire our
,readers to mark. the testimony of this poli-
§tical'opponemt’of Gen. Harrison. He says,
"IILCLU6 rep:-escntad you. as; BRAVE AND
CAPABLE C0)‘[M~Al\'DER,.A. DISINTERESTED
PATRIOT. A.'\'n. AN’ iio.\'Es'r MAN ;, all of
wlticlt I did, a-ml do 3/el believe _'I/auto be. “Yet
there are not wanting reckless partizans of
Mr. Van Buren who deny Gen. Harrison
all these qualities; who-even charge the old
Hero with-cowardice! Moses Dawson,a loco ,
_ foco, pronounces this, andothers, "t/‘iefotilcst -
slanders."
Jabez »Fuller was executed. at Wliite
tod about a-.ycar.ag.o.~.’_
King's offer of meditation, but their tcnor~
gician, was shot by. a“‘ Dr. ‘McLeod, in‘
Montgomery, Alabama, -for conniving, as
was supposed, at the elopement of McLeod’s
wi'fe'.~ Adrien was performing at Montgo-
mery,- and the woman became too much: en-
chanted with .him, and -pressed her suit so
perseveringly as to‘ expose ‘ him to'thé ven-
geance of her husband, who pursued Adrien
to a Ferry Boat, from which the latter sprang
into the water and was there shot. General
commisseration was felt for Adrien, and the
belief was that he was cornparatively, if not
altogether incorrect; yet it is said that’ the
standing of the murderer is such that it is
doribtfrrl whetherjustice will reach him! !
‘ _ ' ‘Pa.lla.dz'um.‘
A C'onl3rarliclion.—The N. 0. Sun, of the
lfith inst, says : “ The report of Monsieur
Adrien, the'Magician, having been shot turns
out to be untrue. He embarked on board
the steamboat John Duncan, at -Montgome-
ry, for Mobile, in coinpany with the wife of
Dr. M’Leod, who followed the parties and
overtook them at Hayne’s Landing. Atthat
placeilte went on boardthc steamboat and
shot at Monsieur and missed him, when the
latterjumpctl overboard and was drowned.
Private letters from England speak of an
encounter between t Great Western and
an unknown vessel pen the last outward
passage of that steamer from New York, of
whichwe perceive no notice in the papers.
It took place in the night, to the great alarm
of the passengers, who were aroused from
their berths by the violence of the shock.
The bowsprit of the vessel was left on board
the steamer, and nothing more known ofhcr
character or fate. It is further stated, that
after b-lowing offsteam for about ten minutes
the Great VVes'.ern proceeded on her passage."
The Northwest Passage Fou.nd.—The N.
Y. Journal of Commerce, says that Messrs.
Simpson and Dense, of the Hudson's Bay
Company, after two previous attempts (,in
[837 and 1838,) which were but partially
successful, have at least succeded in effect-
ing a complete solution of the problem. rela-
ting to the “North West Passage” to the
Pacific Ocean. They have asct-rt~a-in'cd that
such a passage exists, and that Boothia is
an Island. This great island is seperated
.from the main-land by a strait from 3 to 10
miles wide, running from S. E. to N. W.
and connecting the Gulph af Boothia with
the Northern Ocean. '
Mastodon Boncs.—Mr. Koch, the proprie-
tor of the-St-. Louis Museum, writes from
the Osage country, whither he is gone on an
exhuming expedition, that he has discovered
an entire skeleton of a gigantic Mastodon,
besides some other formations new to him.
This gentleman occupies a high place a-
mong western naturalists.
A good bcg'in7t{ng.—We learn from the
the Herald that Judge Barton, of Philadel-
phia, advised the Grand“ Jury to prosecute
for libel all persons s¢:ll'i7tg the Herald. Our
Courts should follow up the recommendation.
This is the mode and the true way to abate
the n.uisance.——N. Y. Star.
Tczas Tigor.—-A spotted tiger,measu ring
ten feet from the nose to the tip of the tail,
and large in proportion, was killed a short
time since all the branclilor Mr. ‘W; 1’. Au’-
bry, on Corpus Christi Bay, Texas. He
had! just killed a two~yca.r old heifer. The
animal closely resembles the real Bengal
tiger.
Attempt to brz'be.—-The Richmond Star
states that B. VV. Green. under trial in that
city for his connection with the bank fraud,
attempted to bribe Mr. May, the prosecuting
attorney, by offering him 85000 if he would
allow matters on the trial to go easily with
him.
leans Sun, died suddenly in that city, much
regreted. He served his apprenticeship in
the office of the Daily Advertiser, and was a
remarkably swift compositor.
A IVindfall.--The Lions from Morrocco,
and the presents from the Imaun of Muscat.
are to be sold and the proceeds placed in the
public treasury.
A Dr. Eldridge has been arrested at.Phila-
delphia, charged with having obtained $15,-
000 from the Banks by means -of fraudulent
checks. ’
cess of widening John street, from Broadway
to Pearl street‘, is now going forwa-i=d.. At
least 100 houses, we should say, in that street,
are being pulled down, cut off or moved back.
Milk of Human Kindness.-—The Presi-
dent of ti Debating Society in the West, is
lately said to have decided that “the milk of
human kindhess” literally meant milk punch
with a little nutmeg in it, '
Palm 0il.—-U.pwards.of $7,000,000 worth
ofthis article has been exported from Africa
in a single-year.
Col. Cr0cl¢e{£._—The Texas Sentinel pro-
nounces the story about Col. Crocket being
alive and prisoner in the Mexican mines to
e a hoax» '
Twenty thousand‘ barrels of.’ Flour have
been shipped‘ at Toledo, Michigan, for the
Boston iiiarket. ‘
A gentleman who left Hamburg (opposite
Au-g-usta,) on Saturday morning last, states
that the Savannah river was then ten feet
deep in Broad street, Agusta. Many fami-
lies had been obliged to retire to the upper
stories of their dwellings, and severalhouses
had fallen down, having been undermined
by the water.
'1.-‘lie New York. Albany and Troy Steam
Bo-at Line have reduced the fare on all their
boats to one dollar between the cities of N.
York and Albany. ,
Rev. Joel Parker, pastor of the Broadway
Tabernacle church N. Y., has been elect-
ed President of the New-York Theological
Seminary. He has not yet expressedhis ac-
ceptance of the appoi'ntm’cr'it. ‘
Wrecla of the G}n'ppewa'.—The Quebec
Mtercumy of Tuesday confirms the loss of the
Chippewa in all its most distressing details
—hamel~y, that only the captain» and one boy
were saved‘. She went ashore between the
1st and 5th instant, ner Cape Rosier.. , The
between decks separated completely from the
bottom. A large number of the unfortunate
Plains on Friday last, for-a murdercommit-. men floated ash_orc,.antl nineteen were bu- revenuc,.and recover. the prom
“lite interest-’ on. the.-p_ublie debt.’
ricdin one.‘placa..
non
Young Adrien, sou o_t the Juggler of Ma-' ' ‘
James B. Anderson, edit-or ofthe New Or- '
W'z'dem'ng John Street, N. Y.——-The pro- .
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G./AZ ET ‘ll’ E.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10,1840.
Ion PRESIDENT,
vvn.m_A-M HENEY innnrsoxmr Ohtoo
0 non vice i=iiEsi‘nEN'r,
JOHN ?'nt m:-in‘, .ot*~..y1',,m;,.‘ .' I
~ Snrnréion *CoUn"r Jubo:.-—By‘rciferericb- to
the proceedings,of the‘ Legislature in: another
column, it willpbe _seen__that or,i,Thursday~gl't_erg
noon. the 4th inst; the Hon. W-m. L. Stowris was
elected to fill the place of the Hon.'Jabez’W.
Huntington, resigned. ' " A
Wm. Lloyd Garrison has sailed for England.
May he flourish (here a thousand years.
A Uivicomt S'ri-:.u1 P.ic1'u-:'r.-Our_- readers
will recollect that we noticed some _t.i_r_ne_ _s‘in_ce
the intended establishment of aglineiof pickets
between Liverpool, Halifax and Boston.! i'l'-hie‘
first ship ofthis (Cunardfs). line reached Hali-‘
fax on the 1st inst. in fifteen days from Liver-
pool. On Ihe 21 she left Halifax for-B_o’sVton,‘
and reached her ‘destination in 41 hours; Noni?
ber of cabin passengers to Halifax 27--to Boa-_
ton 24. The Bostoniaus were considerably
elated, and gave the stranger a warm and cn-;
thusiastic reception. The newsby this arrieahv
although 15 days later, is not very highly into‘-’
resting. Political as well as commercial. iitféll-‘
ligence is unimportant. Bus-i't‘iess,though slight-
liy improved-, is still very dull. Cotton had deo-
clincd a shade. -
The quarrel between Great Britain and Na.-
ples has been amicably settled. The Naples
all hostilities between England and Nnples.—
The captured vessels were all to berastoired on
both sides.
On the subject of the North Eastern Bo"unda'-
ry nothing had been done. No further infor-
mation has been communicated lathe public on-
this subject, nor is there any intimation Il..:l-any:
negotiation was pending upon it in England.
The amount to be defrayed not ofthe public
fund for the expense of her Majesty's marriage,
is £91226. .» * . . -
Lord William Russell was murdered in ihe
heart of London on the night of M ay 4th, wheth-
erby his domestics or by robbers is not known.
-supposed to be the latter. He was 73 years-
of age. and near relative ot' the leader of the-
House of Commons. , _' _ .
Goodwin,lhe young man wholeft New York
with a large amount of money belonging to his
employers, was arrested on the 7th, in company‘
with an abandoned female who accompanied!
him from New York. Thirteen thousand dol-
kits were surrendered to the member of the firm
who went in pursuit of him. He had spent
about $500. '
The Grand Duke of Hesse announced to hi‘
‘States on the 4th. the approaching inarria
his daughter with the Crown Prince of Ru
The 36th z_inpivei;§y;y_of _th§__]_3_ril_i_s;Land. .
eigniliible Society was held at Exeier Hall.—
The reccpls during the year amounted to £111,-
449 13s. ld., the expenditure to £110,174 73.711;
and that the society is under cngagenientsfor
upwards of 5680.000.
Irish temperance still progresses. In one
day. in the most protestant district of Tipperary,
Father Matthew,.Ilie Catholic priest. adminis-A7
tered the tee-total pledge to 13.000 persons,
.which increases the number of thetsocietz to
700,000. - '
Prince de Joinvillo had been ordered to prod
cecd to St. Helena in his frigate, to obtain and
bring to France the mortal remains of the Em-.
iperor Napoleori—the British cabinet having
consented to the removal. .
In Spain appearances are in favor of a. coitiv
clusion of the civil war. '.
. Five of the Sultan's wives wcrein hourly ex-
pectation of giving birth to an heir to the throne.
Constantinople was to be illuminated for seven
nights for sons, and three daughters, without dis-.
ti.-iction as to priority of birth. '
Rvssu AND Cinc.issiA._—-The Circusiautr
continue successful in their irregular contest.-
__wiIh Russia. They’ have been victorious in‘
many slfi'ninishes—liave re-fallen a number of
fortresses of importance-—put the garrison: to
the sword, and supplied themselves with am-
munition. The news ofitheir success has pro-
duced’sunprise' and: alnr._m in. B.ussia—a.nd all’
the «Russian troops at‘ Sebasutpoof and Odessa,
had been ordered to Circassiawithout delay.’
No later intelligence had been received friomi
China. The preparationsfor war were contin-
ued onav large scale. Si-gnapore was to be the
principal rendezvous for all the troops.’
The New Orleans Bee of the 23d ult..sayI,c-L
Tlie: steamboat Hinds, which was-wreckcddu.
ring the tornado‘-at Natchez, has been picked up-
at Baton Rouge, having fifty-one dead bodies; air
board—fort_y-eight of whom were males, two‘;-
females. and one child. ' % " “
Tun Piutsnrranmiv Citrmjcrr.--A‘ccordi'rig uh
a statement made in the General” Assembly
sitting at Philadelphia, on Friday, there are ‘at-
tached to the Presbyterian Church oftho_Un'ited
States, from 160,000 to 180.000 cqmmuutganxs.
Tn-1: CA-Ill-iBAL Ar1-j.un.—C’apt- Rodgers. of"
the Hudson whaling ship "Beaver, who had?
been arrested for giving one of his ',sieamei_1-.ta
the cannibals has been wbotlydischarged from.
the complaint. .
THE STATE 01-‘ PENNS .:L\lANIA‘,...‘
The Legislature of. Pennsylvanig_.- has -at‘
lenght taken the first step towards r'esloring._lho-
credit offlbe commonwealth. and repairingjho
wrongwionc by her national faith, and ‘Ameyi;
can character." A. direct raaihas‘ been-laid,"
which it is-supposed‘ will produce-about one.
million of‘ dollars annually; and: mi; gum if fig,
compuled|wi|I make up the-dea¢iency.-;'n.ib¢--
pt payment of.‘
Gazette of the 16th announces the cessation of"
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