LAWS OF C O NNECTICUT.
msssn MAY snssioiv, 1840. ‘
An Act in addition to an Act concerning
' Banks.
' Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Represenlali'ves in Gcuera.l'As-
semblyj conceited, That no ‘stock of any bank
in this State, that is transferred, hypotheca.
ted or pledged to any such bank, or to -any
person in trust for such bank, or is held in.
trust or owned by any other banking incor-
poration, shall be voted on at any meeting of
the stockholders of such bank.
Sec. 2. Whenever by the charter of any
bank the number of shares of ‘stock in the
same, to be held by any person or co-part-
nership or corporation shall be limited, if
any ofthe s ock of such banks shall be held
in trust for any person, co-partnership, or
corporation, such number only of said shares
so held in trust as aforesaid, shall be voted
upon, as will with the shares held by such
person, co-partnerships or corporation in his
or their own name, equal the number so lini-
ited by such charter.
Any person who shall vote upon any
shares of stock in bank, in violation of the
provisions of this act, shall be disqualified
from holding any office in such bank, forthe
term of one year thereafter. --
Sec. 3. No person shall be entitled to vote
— at any meeting of the stockholdersiof any
bank in this State, as the attorney, proxy ‘or
agent, or any other person, co-partnership,
or body politic, without a power for that pur-
pose duly executed, and on which power
shall be endorsed the oath or affirmation of
the person of one of the copartners, or of the
agent or attorney of the body politic, grant-
ing such power in the words following, to
wit: “ 1 do solemnly swear (or affirm as the
case may be) that I am, (or that the co-part-
nership, consisting ofmyself and are; or
that the corporation known by the name of
is, as the case may be) truly and in
good fiiith, the owner (or owners as the case
may be) of the shares in the capital stock of
the ban k of (as the case may be) specified in
the within power of attorney, and that no
other person has any interest in said shares,
directly or indirectly, except as stated in said
power”, which oath or affirmation may be ta-
ken before a judge, justice of the peace, or
notary public, who shall certify the same:
and whenever at any meeting of the stock-
holders of any bank in this State, itshall be
claimed by a stockholder, that any other
stockholder has no right to vote on the stock
on which he offers to vote, such stockholder
shall not be permitted to vote on the stock un-
til he has lodged with the presiding officer
of said stockholders meeting, an affidavit by
him subscribed, made in the manner pre-
scribed in the foregoing section of this act,
except that in lieu of the words “as stated in
this power” used in said section, the stock-
holder so offering to vote, shall state the cha-
racter and amount of the interest (if any)
owned by any other person, co-partnership
or body politic in such stock.
Sec. 4. The directors collectively of any
bank in this State, shall not be indebted to
such bank on notes and bills discounted at
such bank for their benefit, or for the benefit
of any or either of them, to an amount ex-
ceeding one third of the capital stock of such
bank actually paid in; provided ltowever,
that nothing herein contained, shall be so
construed as to extend or increase the amount
for which any bank may be indebted or lia-
ble to such bank, as the same is limited by
the 3d section of the act in addition to an act
entitled “an act concerning banks,” passed
in the year 1833; and no person not a resi-
dent of this State, shall be eligible or quali-
tied to act as a director of any bank in this
State.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the
first section of an act entitled “an act rela-
tive to incorporated banks,” empowering the
several banks in this State to issue post notes
he, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved June 8th, 1840.
. Wii.Li.ui W. ELLswori'rn.
cm» x
The eight/2. Wonder of tlie IVorld—Po-
m-itum of life.-—Dr. Colossus takes transcen-
dant delight in being able at this important
juncture in the history ofmedicine, at a crisis
when quacks are prowling and preying over
the country, administering their deleterious
nostrums to the credulous, robbing the igno-
_ rant and huinbuggible by their receipts and
killing of poor humanity more rapidly than
sword, pestilence, famine and intemperpnce;
he is most transcendantly happy at such a cri-
sis, to announce to the world the wonderful
virtues of his all powerful compound, the
Pomatum of Life. Its Compositio7z.——'I‘he
Pomatum of Life, or Resurrection'Grease, is
a compound of equal parts of the double con-
centrated extracts of buzzard fat, and the rec-
tified quintessence of skunk oil, intermingled
with a highly precipitated decoction of bed
bug’s lard, to give it an agreeable perfume
of purely vegetable lustre.
Its Vl'7'f'Il.cS. It is an unfailing remedy
for every disease under the sun and moon,
and for 15,347 diseases that do not exist; so
allowing only one disease to appear annu-
ally, it will_1ncet all contingencies for I5,347
'-fears.
Ccrlificalc. To Dr. Colossus: Your Res-
urrection Grease or Life Pomatuin, I tried
this moring on a skeleton in my office; I gave
the frame a thorough saturation of the Pomo-
tum, wrapped it up in warm blankets, and
laid itout in moonshine, and I was waked
up early in the morning by the fellow baw-
ling for Soap and water to wash the grease
off his hands, face, and body, and for a clean
shirt. Respectfully,
"riiouns BROADLIE.
Tiiz Ui\‘I1‘ED STATES STEAM FRIGATE now
on the stocks in the large house in the Phila-
delphia Navy Yard, gives employment to two
hundred and fifty men, including laborers.-
She is built under the direction of Mr. Lenthall
a highly scientific naval constructor. Messrs’
Merrick dc Towne are making her machinery’
The engine will rate six hundred horse power’
and, without doubt, will be completed in the
specified time. - The U.States Gazette says the
hull is probably the best modelled and finished
of any ship in our navy, and her tonage rated
two thousand tons—-the largest fiiigale now a-
float. ‘
General Jackson advertises a farm of 850
acres for sale, but he gets no bidder. Has
be begun to feel the pressure too?
TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION. '
From the New- Yorker of Saturday.
On Thursday. the 11th inst. the attention
of the Senate, was principally devoted to busi-
ness of a private nature. Among the me-
morials, there was one from the Chamber of
Commerce of New-York, remonstrating a-
gainst the passage of any Bankrupt Bill be-
fore the year 1841 ; and recommending that,
if any be passed, the compulsory feature be
included, so far as traders are concerned, and
that a consent of a majority of creditors be
necessary to a release, allowing an appeal
where it may be thought necessary. .This
memorial was ordered to be printed, and re-
ferred to the select committee on the Bank-
rupt Law}
In the House, the Bill from the Commit-
toe on Mileage, fixing as the basis for‘ com-
puting the mileage_of Members of Congress
the distance by direct geographical lines
from their residences, to ,Washington, in-
stead of the distance by post-routes, was pass-
ed, by a large majority. The mileage now
allowed amounts in some instances, to more
than the per diem compensation. Some
members receive more than two thousand
dollars a session. It was intended, original-
ly, to cover the expense of travel, but at
present, travel does not cost eight dollars for
every twenty miles, nor any thing like it.—
The new mode of computation will reduce
the aggregate charge about thirty thousand
dollars. The Pilot Law was discussed by
Mr. Curtiss and others, but not acted on;
and the Sub-Treasury was taken up in Com-
mittee of the Whole. Mr. Parish of Ohio
and Mr. Floid of N. York, spoke in its favor.
Friday in the Senate, Mr. Crittenden re-
ported from the Committee to whom the
subject was referred, a new Bankrupt Bill,
embodying the principal parts of Mr. Web-
ster’s draft, previously presented. The bill
from the House reducing the charges for
mileage of Members, etc. was referred to a
Select Committee. The Militia question oc-
cupied the remainder ofthe day. Mr. Crit-
tenden having attacked _the rcpoft of the
Secretary of lVar as a plan for a standing ar-
my in disguise, and insisted that the Com-
mittee in its report should have confined it-
selfto the matter before them, viz. the report
in quetison, and not have gone out of its way
to denounce Gen. Harrison and Gen. Knox;
Mr. Clay, of Ala. defended his report with
great zeal, denying that he had_ made more
use of Gen. Harrison or Gen. Knox than he
was justified in doing by the circumstances
of the case.
In the House, Mr. Grinnell spoke on the
Pilot Law, and Mr. Barnard‘-and Mr. Gal-
braith proceedcd in the discussion of the
Sub-Treasury Bill.
Saturday, in the Senate, there was an ani-
mated discussion in relation to the re-charter
ofthe Banks of the District of Columbia.
The Charters of all these banks expire by
limitation on the 4th of July next, and the
Committee were anxious to have the subject
acted on immediately. Mr. Benton spoke
strongly against the renewal. He said if
persons supposed that any banks were to be
re-chartered which had suspended specie
payments, while he had; power to prevent it,
they weregreatly mistaken. The motion to
take up the bill was withdrawn. Mr. Wright
presented the preamble and resolutions of
the Board of Trade of New York in rela-
tion to the Bankrupt Law. Mr. Clay, of
Ala., and Mr. Preston continued the discus-
sion ofthe Militia system of the Secretary of
I*Var, and the Report thereon by the Com-
mittee of the Senate. Mr. Preston proposed
to amend the motion to print 20,000 copies
of the Report by appending it to the Report
ofthe Secretary of War abstracted from the
other matters, and the question was taken by
yeas and nays and lost, 11 to 22. The mo-
tion to print 20,000 copies of the report of
the Committee for the Militia was carried by
a vote of 22 to 11.
In the House Mr. Grinnell, Mr. Holle-
man, and Monroe continued the discussion
ofthe Pilot Law. The morning hour ex-
pired before the debate was brought to a
close; and the Sub-Treasury Bill being the
order ofthe day, Mr. Shepard of N. C. and
Mr. Burke of N. H. spoke in its support un-
til the adjournment.
Monday, in the Senate, the renewal of the
charters of the banks in the District of Co-
lumbia was the subject of animated discus-
sion. A bill was finally engrossed extend-
ing their charters two years. The condi-
tions coupled with the bill are, that the said
banks shall not issue or pay out the bills of
other banks that do not pay specie; and that
they shall not take a stay of execution on
any judgement recovered against them, or
make an appeal, See.
In the House, the rules were suspended to
go into a Committee of the VI/'hole on the
state of the Union, the, vote being 87 to 43.
The Sub-'I‘reasury bill was then taken up,
and Mr. Pope of Kentucky, addressed the
House in opposition to the bill. After the
recess, Mr. Pope concluded, and Mr. Black
of Georgia spoke in favor of the measure till
the House adjourned.
Tuesday, in the Senate, the bill to Rechar-
ter the Banks in the District of Columbia
came up, and was passed by the following
vote :——Yeas 20; Nays 13.
Mr. Benton interrupted the call of the
Yeas and Nays by objecting that the bill
could not be taken up before 12 o’clock.—-
The interruption was decided to be out of
order, and an attempt was made to defeat
the bill upon its title. The Senate, howe-
ver, by a large majority, refused to amend
the title of the bill, the yeas and nays being
demanded. The bill, during the mornirig,_
was sent to the House for concurrence.-—
'1‘he Militia scheme of Mr. Poinsett was be-
fore the Senate in a proposition to print ten
thousand extra copies of his project. The
Majority would consent to no such motion,
unless they were to have printed with Mr.
Poinsett’s the Reports made by Gen. Harris-
son twenty one, twogand three years ago.-—
The motion to print the old and new reports
was adopted.
In the House, the Sub-Treasury bill call-
ed forth two Speches, from Mr. Crocket, of
Tennessee, and Mr. Bell of the same State.
Mr. Crocket spoke briefly. Mr. Bell spoke
at length, closely reviewing the billunder
connsideration, and not concluding at the
hour of adjournment.
%-,-1% 41: 1'
interesting debate on the Bill to put on end,
so far as this country is concerned, to the
Slave Trade, brought forward by-Mr, Davis.
It was advocated by that Senator. and Mr.
Webster, and opposed by Mr. Calhoun, Mr..
Grundy, and Mr. King. It was finally or-
dered to be engrossed, without a division.-
A debate occurred on the subject of Report-
ers and Reporting. Mr. Clay of ’Alabama
complained of somemisrepresentation of his
meaning in the ' Intelligencer.’ Mr. \Valk-
er submitted a resolution to the crfect that a
corps of Reporters ofeach polical party shall
be selected, who shall be sworn to report the
proceedings as correctly as possible. It was
acted on.
In the House a motion was made to fix
on the 9th of July as the day of adjourn-
ment, but the rules were not suspended to
receive it. It was agreed that for the re-
mainder of the session the I-louse shall meet
at 10 o’clock A. M. Mr. Edwards, of Pa.
moved that a publication be made daily of
the members absent from their seats; not
concurred in. Mr. Bell occupied a great
part of the day in a speech against, the Sub-
Treasury Bill.
From the Baltimore Pilot.
THE STANDING ARMY.
The present administration not satisfied
with their Vandal-like seizure of the public
money and its prostitution to the bascst pur-
poses; not satisfied with their train-bun
troops of office holders; not satisfied with
their howling hosts of hireling scriblers,
who would, for money, blacken the tombs of
their fathers, and like Italian Bravo’s, stab
in the dark for pay ; not satisfied with the e
they want a standing army. VVant in time
of profound peace, a body of men sufficient
to sweep from our soil the strogest army
that the despots of Europe could send against
us. And these men, too, who advocate this
measure, call themselves Democrats, and are
loudest in their invectives against all Feder-
alists. Why raise an army that to-day could
hoist the American flag over the Vtfcstern
continent. Are we threatened with the in-
roads ofa foreign foe? Does the marshal-
ed Legions of Monarchy defile our land .7 or
has a mighty fleet been seen upon our coasts ?
Noll No! I! Then again I ask---what
doeshe want them for? Freeman echo it,
and ask this would-be tyrant, what does he
want them for, and if he answers not, ‘hurl
him, with a giant’s strength, beneath your
feet, -for silence says he’s guilty. ' .
Thinks he that the pages of history are
sealed to us as he would that our voices
were. Who robbed old Rome of freedom .7
Who tramp’led on the liberties of Greece .7—-
Did not the hireling soldier? Did Martin
Van Burcn think we know not Cromwell?
A pretty master surely is be for thee to take
thy lessons from, and doubtless you will
prove a willing scholar. Go back a little
farther my power-loving Lord, and take some
other patron we wot not of. .
Sons of America, shout the alarm! seize
again the fiery cross and call the cfiiins to-
gether, for an enemy is not on but in our
borders. The man we made our President
would be our King—he wanted to give him
soldiers to take your freedom from you I-__-—
Will you not make the fetters for your limbs,
and say to liberty away with you, well try
a master now. Give him his wished for
guards—--and build him forts upon your hills,
and bid farewell to freedom.
Your voices will be hushed in your coun-
cils, and like the troops of Bonaparte, bright
bayonets will gleam in your Legislative
halls. Give him what he asks for, and as
your children bow down theirnecks in slave-
ry and mourn in bonds, they will shake their
clanking chains and curse ye, curse g/c bit-
terly, and when in the loathsome dungeon
the tears of a few unconquerred spirits will
blot out forever the last expiring spark oflib-
erty, they will call down vengeance upon
your mouldering bones. Then if ye care
not for yourselves, by all that’s sacred, think
upon posterity; and as your fathers gave
you their blood-stained legacy, so hand it
down as a holy boon, untarnished and unde-
filed to them. '
Refusal of pardori, for Rat/tbzm.—-The
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of the Ist
inst. contains a highly interesting, but very
long decision by Governor Seward, upon a
petition for the pardon of Benjamin Rath-
bun, the great Buffalo forger. The petition
was supported by the names of several thou-
sands of citizens. His excellency prefaces
his decision by an interesting review of the
extraordinary career of Rathbun, his enor-
mous transactions in real estatv, banking,
building, &c., in which his daily disburse-
ments exceeded $5 I 0,000—-his enterprise, use-
fulness, public spirit, and influence; and he
very feelingly alludes to his “aged and re-
spectable parents, and a wife even more em-
inent for her virtues than her misfortunes,
who are involved in the consequences of his
conviction.” In view of all these consid-
erations, and the extensive sympathy felt for
the wretched culprit, the Governor closes
with the following sensible conclusion :—
“ It would be altogether inconsistent with
the public welfare to grant pardons to all
those for whom an excuse could be offered
at least as plausible as that so prominently
presented in this case. His conviction was
necessary to maintain the sway of the laws,
and rights of citizens, and to vindicate the
honor and dignity of the State. I reluctantly
add that it seems to be a case in which the
effect of that conviction must not be impaired
by the exercise of Executive clemency.”
Goocl News.—We are happy to say that
the gallant Colonel Bailey has met with a
success in his expedition which augurs at
least a turn in the tide of our fortunes. He
has just returned to camp, after some twenty-
eight days spent, with great toil and fatigue,
in Lcciting the swamps and hammocks from
the Ocilla to the Suwannee; and has brought
with him ten prisoners—six women and
four childreii. In pursuing the Indians, one
woman was shot, mistaking her for a warri-
or was killed previously by Capt. Hall.—
Theinen attached to the party captured, were
absent hunting. These Indians were taken
by a detachment of sixteen men under Cap-
tains Hall and Townsend who after the
troops had destroyed the crops of corn, ect.,
determined to make one more effort after the
Indians. 4
Wednesday, in the Senate, there was an I
S ELECTED SUMMARY.
Post Oflice A_fairs.—.-The Report made to
Congress on the 26th l1lt.il)y_tl10 Post Office
Committee, states that the present revenue
of the Department is barely sufficient to
cover its expenditure; and recommends that
further action upon petitions for the estab-
lishment of additional post roads, be post-
poncd till the next session of Congress.—
The whole number of Post Offices on the
Ist of May, 1840, was 13.375-
17lorz'tlai..—C-len. Armistcad has're_ccivc-d in-
formation that there exist some differences a-
mong the bands of Seminole waI'rIoI's. Sum
Jones is said to be ll.‘.‘l|'Ig.lIll:' endeavors to in-
duce his poople to submit, and several small
hands are disposed to come in, but are re-
strained by the l.lll'C.'llS of "Wild Cat and ‘Ti-
ger Tail, Gen. Armistcud has ziccordingly
hoisted ti white flag at the posts Solllll of tho
Suwannec, in order that those lndmns who
desire to do so, may take refuge zigainst the
parties of these chiefs. Iftlicy come in they
will be sent to the 'Wcst.
A Man Driiflezl to Sea. —-Capt. Timrnons,
one of the pilots of our bar, reports flint ll
man named Charles Farley was sent on a
raft by another‘, named Lalor, after a boat
for which a reward was offered. 'l‘hc poor
fellow was soon going to son, the day l)f,'I()|‘O
yesterday, and Capt. 'l‘immons sent a boat af-
ter him froiii Tybeo. 'I‘ho boat had to re-
turn, the crew being unsuccessful in their
endeavors to rescue him. \Ve hope the man
may be picked up before he pcrislics.
Swccbnria/t '.I'elcgra.p/i June 0.
Proscriptiort.-——-We have been informed
that a committee of seventeen, one from each
ward, has been appointed to wait on the post
master of this city,to ask him the immediate
dismission ofall who are in his employ that
are not known to be in favor of the present
administration. 'I‘hc same committee are
clothed with power to malrc the same de-
mand on the collector of the customs. We
shall see wliothcr Messrs. Coddington and
Hoyt will bow to the mandate of this self-
created inquisition.—N. Y. Com. Adv.
' Ba//z/c Law.--The new Bank Law of
Pensylvania requires the Banks of that
State, in proportion to their capital, toloan the
State $3,000,000, if demanded within one
year from the date of the law, receiving in
exchange for" said loan, state certificates
bearing 5 per cent. interest, and payable in
not exceeding 25 years. If after the re-
sumption of specie payments, on the 15th of
January next, any of the Banks again sus-
pend, their charters are to be forfeited.
New Haven and Nort/imnplon Canal.—
The citizens of New Haven, on Wednesday
last, voted an appropriation of $3000 a year
in favor ofthe above Canal, so long (not ex-
ceding 30 years) as it shall be kept in opera-
tion. The vote in favor ofthe appropriation,
was about 2 to 1. There is no doubt but the
Company will be encouraged by this annual
stipend, (which is not a loan, but a gratuity,)
to put the Canal again upon a business foot-
ing?
The pirates who lately captured the Eu-
glish brig Vcrnon, off Cape Atonio, Cuba,
murdering the captain, Cunningham, and
two men, are in prison at Havanna. At
their preliminary examination, a spectator
says, the cold-blooded recitals of these demons
his heart shrinks within him. They resided
at Regla, and were well known at Havana.
Ecmiomy/.—-During the late debate in Con-
gress on the general appropriation bill, it was
stated, as evidence of President Van Buren’s
economy, that he had paid the sum of FIF-
TEEN HUNDRED DOLLARSf0’I' ll F7'e7l(!/L Berl-
sleorl! Surely no one can find any difficulty
in accounting for the pecuniary embarrass-
ments ofthe Goverment, after learning that
the President has a. bcclstea-cl l/tat costfiflcen
/tumlred dollars!
The new aqueduct 'over the Moliawk,
seven miles adove Troy, is a great affair~—
1150 feet long, and having 35 piers-—all
built ofthe fine blue lime stone ofthe Mohawk
strikingly contrasted whith the crude work-
manship of the old aqueduct, a few feet from
and parallel to it. This additional aqueduct
is to connect with the widening of the great
Erie canal, which here crosses the river.‘
Silk.---The Raleigh (N. C.) Star observes
that several persons continue experiments in
that quarter. The editor was lately shown
skeins ofvarious colors, the produce of worms
raised this spring, which is decidedly the
best specimen of American Silk he ever saw.
It possesses as beautiful lustre, and is as fine
even and strong as the first quality of Italian
silk.
N0 Drmger of slcm'ci7i.g I/tis _7year.—1t is
estimated that there is flour enough in Buf-
falo alone to furnish bread suflicicnt for the
whole State until after the next harvcst.——
What the farmers and flour dealers are to do
whith the old crop and the immense crops
which the present favorable season promises,
time will determine.
A storm occured in Arkansas on the same
day of the terrible tornado that occurred at
Natchez; the water of the Mississippi was
forced from its proper channel, trees were
torn up by_the roots, and snapped like pipe
stems. Providentially, no lives were lost:
but the destruction of property is represented
as being immense.
T/Ltl?lf0n and New B8(lf07'(f Ra2'lroarl.—
This work will be opened for public travel
on the Ist of July, agreeable to the promise
of the Directors, some months, since. The
length of the Road. between New Bedford
and Taunton, is nineteen miles and three
fourths of a mile. The actual cost, as we
learn, will come within the original estimate
of $400,000.
Miles Hotchliiss, who has been employed
for some time, in keeping it nine pin alley in
Oswego, N. Y., and who “immortalized”
himself by cndeavoring to impose upon Gen.
Harrison, by writing him a letter, which the
General did not notice, but which was an-
swered by a. Cincinnati Committee, has been
appointed Register of the Land Office, at
Kaskaskia Illinois.
Suppression of Slaxverg/.-—Governor Buch-
anan, of Liberia, has concluded treaties with
eleven native Kings, in nine of which was
embodied a provision for the suppression of
the Slave Trade. This is checking the evil
in the bud. I
Rail Roacl.—The receipts of the Hartford and
New Haven Rail Road for the month of May.
were— -
For Freight, $750 09
“ Passengers 6,690 04
$7,440 13
The expense of operating do not exceed
$1,800, including repairs.
Extract ofa letter, dated
Cu.wini-'.rii._ANi), Olrl Allegheny/, June 3,
Under Providence we have been blessed
with an opportunity of tendering our broth-
ers of the Union, the “first fruits” of the
“g:[[l](!|‘l.]§ brill,” from the identical spot
where it was first put in majestic motion—
on t/to riglll trac/.'. An electron in our
mountain top district for Coimnissioncr, this
day, has rosultml in :1 clear ,gr/oi’/I. of I75 out
of 2l7 votvslll Last irlcction, "Vans 3 to
our l——now we have more than 3 to their I I
I /I/.7un'lr/.nl mu/, ,(,'7‘Ill72/_7//i7i.g.-——-VVe have
still more Lryatifyirig news from Ilarrisburg.
The tlvt-rnor has signed the Improvement
lilll--llit: Tax lilll, and flu: lilll to pay lint:
iriteri-st on the State l.o.':n:-: in spcciig: or its
t't)lllVlllL'lIl. This: indct.-d gratifying, and
must cheer the heart of ovt-ry l.l'Ht'. I'i.-nnsyl—
vanlnn. The prospect is now brighter than
it has been for months.
A committt-(2 pf the N. Y. City Tempo.
rnnco Socit-ty hos pf,'l.IlIUllI‘fl the Common
f."-ouncil to prohibit the croctiori of I:ool.l'rs for
the sale of spirituous liquors, on tho aniw,-r-
sary of our National lrtfl(:p(,'IltI(,'rI«'.TC. Um:
would think that the ‘/.500 (:$;l,ill)IlSll('fl grog-
gerics oftlmt city might suffice, even for a
cclcbratiori ofthe l."oiiitli.——'l'i'//L/:.s'.
It is .=.-tatr.-il in the (ire-cnsburg (l.’ )St-nti-
nel, that some persons, being cnga goil in
boring the earth, near that town, for alt wa-
ter, and whdn at the depth of 712 fe t, they
struck a vein of bituminous coal, wh h was
found to be upwards of five feet in do ".h.
Gov. Porter has made a requisition upon
the banks of the State of Pcnsylvania for
$l,2f)0,f)00, being part of the three million
loan, which lie I/tin/:3 that the law fixing the
resumption, authorizes his claiming of these
institutions at 5 per cent. interest. VVc have
not learned whether the Banks intend acced-
ing to the Covcrnor’s demand or not.
Mr. VVoods of the Revenue Department,
Staten Island, states that the number of pas-
sengers arrived at Quarantine, from foreign
ports, subject only to Quarantine regulations,
from the 1st of April last to the 17th instant,
is twenty/-tlirec lliouscenil four /lllmlfcrl and
two’/tly-scecn.
A new line ofsteamboats, of narrow con-
struction and great length, are about being
launched to run up and down the rapids of
the St. Lawrence,‘ between Montreal and
Kingston. I
The Baltimore Sun says that another in-
dividual, named Potcc, was arrested on sus-
picion of having killed Thomas Laughlin
on the -1th of May last.
Isaac Hill has been elected .I)l'i’-’5ltl(‘I'll_ of
the l\'lccliani-:s Bank at Concord, N. H. '
It is estimated that there are 135 miles of
paved street in N. Y. city, and 25,000 houses.
The French line. of steainboats to the
lVcst Indies is to start from Bordeaux; the
Mexico line from Merscillcs.
The Legislature of Pensylvania adjourn-
ed at midnigbton Thursday the llth. The
Lancaster County Loan Bill has been ve-
toed by the Governor.
A house for the accommodation and re-
freshment of visitors, has been erected on the
summit of East Rock, near New Haven.
A Catholic Total Abstinence Society has
been formed at Albany.
The New-York Conference of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church is now in session in
the Allen-street Methodist Church in that
city, the Rev. Bishops Hedding and Soule
residing.
the fields of wheat in Erie, Huron, Seneca,
and Sanduslry counties. VVc understand
that there are thousands of acres which will
not produce the seed.
Neal‘ $67,000 in tolls were received on
the New York canals. the 1st week in June.
The Legislature of New Hampshire have
postponed the subject ofelccting a U. S. Sena-
tor till next session, in consequence of the Locos
being unable to agree upon their candidate.
Afccllrzg Inci(lcn.t.—'I‘he husband of a
poor woman residing with her three infant
children in the western part of the town,
had abstained from the “ crathur” for nearly
a year, until last week, when he became sav-
agely drunk--beat his wife as if he had re-
solved to murder her—was arrested, tried,
committed, and consigned to the tender mer-
cies ofthe “ dunjon keep.”
The wife, forgetting the recent brutality
of the father of her children, in the remem"-
brance of his former kindness, followed him
to the jail, and made strenuous and persever-
ing application for his release, urging with-.
touching eloquence that she a fricndlcss wo-
man, soon again to become a mother, and
her three children were alone, among stran-
gers, without fricnds or protection, and with-
out food or decent clothing. Those to whom
she applied either had not the power or
were not satisfied of the propriety of libera-
ting him, and she was cast upon the charity
of our citizens.
A day or two since, as a last rt-source, she
appealed to the Judge of the County Court,
and was successful. Hastening with a glad
heart to the jail, with the order of her hus-
banl’s liberation, she found him—dcarl.
N. H. Ilcralcl.
{,Lo,,s CABIN.-—Tlle " Windsor Team” came
in'to'Jthe city on VVednesdny, with a good sup-
ply of logs for the cabin about being erected on
the corner of Asylum and Trumbull streets.-—
Tbe oxen numbered about thirty yoke, and
were driven by hardy Tippecanoe farmers.-
As the team passed by our office, we noticed
several banners floating in the breeze, with ap-
propriate motlos. among which was the follow-
ing:—" HiumisoN— The Log Cabin Camlidate
—We work for the man who has worked for
his couinry.” We also noticed a barrel of ci-
der, lapped and ready to be drawn, labelled
“ Hard Cider for the \Vinilsor Team." The
exhibition was a novel one for this region, and
attracted a good deal of attention.
Severalteams from Bloomfield arrived the
preceding day, with materials for the cabin,
among which was a flag staff, near a hundred
feet lo_ng.—IIar!ford Courant.
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The I-Icssinn fly is destroying many of
sionwacix enzefrre.
VVEDNESDAY. JUNE 24, I840.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM IIE.NRY,~;1IARR ISON, of Ohio.
___..._____,_
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER, of Virginia.
We noticed some time since that [he Loco
Focus had made out their nominations for the
offices of Electors, at :1 Convention that assem-
bled in New Haven. This ticket, like the ticket
for Stale olliccrs, made its appearance rather
prematurely, like “one born out of due time,"
the time for making these nominations having
been previously fixed for the 4th of.luI_y. But
unlike the ticket for State officers,some portions
of IIi0 tleinocracy refuse to gullup down this se-
cond dosc. The committee therefore of this
County, have called :2 Convention at Ilia regu-
larly sipt-cilicil time ('I|lI ofJuly) to select their
own man. VVlietlicr Mr. Wbittlciu.-y’s nomi-
nation will be cnilorstd or not, is a matter of
9"”‘° uncertainty. H5 it is supposed that the
run/rrz/gem/,.s no/c, who figures as committee man,
,bas an "itching palm " fin that place. In that
case an effort will be made to elbow 'I'lxomas
T. out of the way.
'l'lir.~ llartforr! 'I'ime.-.-, Inn, has not yet given
its assent to the Nevz Ilnvcn ticket.
I’irirr;r..--i’:)'ur reaileis, some of then at least,
have probably seen an article from the Globe,
which has been going the rounds of the Lou)
Foco papers, purporting to show the unpopu-
larity of Gen. Ilarrison at home. The 310;): is
worthy of the font of steaming corruption that
gave it shape and motion. The facts in the (335,,
are, according to the Cincinnati Gazette, that in
1820, there was an election for Governor in the
State of Ohio. To the re-election of their in-
cumbent. fG0v, Brown.) there was no regular.
opposition. Gen. Ifurrison was not a cumlidalc.
Some voters dissatisfied with Ilrmvn voted For
Governor Morrow, and some for Gen. Harrison
rison. In his "own county, and in nine others,
lie_did not get a voIe—iu 14 counties more he
got 7-}. votes! These votes were returned to the
department of State, and counted before the. So-
nate. The statcnient oftlicui is now paraded in
the Globe as otiicial evidence from the Jourriril
ofthe Senate of Gen. ilnrrisoo’s want ..t'popn-
Iarity at home. The liccziico of ale counrw
will appreciate the standing ofthe old Gciieial.
when they see the Government organ lC‘Surt in
such contetnptihle eiiiticcs to throw obstacles in
the way of his {?lr”‘(:lluIl.
Tim 'rr:i.u. or Comioeoiii; l~Ii._=..i.-.'r is still
coniiiiucd. Tlic trial lrns been protiacwd to fit:
one:-zpectul length in lI'_§‘ltJg; the 2_'.*:r/t's!5; of con}.
This witness
~ has acted as Secretary to the ilefeiitlant, and his
intimacy on this account, with the transactions
ofthe fleet, renders him a rather important wit-
ness. He has been attacked furiously by a
number of the officers. Ilis character for se-
iacity, however, has been represented as rather
questionable. This trial, sonicwliat like the
Florida war, drags its slow length along. Its
weekly expense is represented to be about $800.
ofilie (‘om-irn:doi'c’s v. lll:t'.';'ySCS.
IIARD Cionii.-This continues to he-the ma-
terial out of which '.he Locos are stretching ev-
ery nerve to make political capital. The bug-
bcars of Abolitionism, Federalism, selling white
men, pettic-oats, cowardice, &e. have all lost
their poteiicy. and hard cider iiumorzilitywill
be soon laid upon the shelf with its predecessors.
The teaming brain of Loco Focoism will then
be compelled to cost about for some ncw'decep-
tion with which to mislead the people.
It would seem from the New Haven Palladi-
um. that. ilie Post Office is not yet disposed of.
The powers that be have referred the matter
back to the party in that city, who. according to
the spoils men, wlioliave decided by a innjorit_y
of nine votes in favor of Mr. Jones, the present
incumbent.
Accini:N'r.——An accident occurred on the
Hartford and New Haven Rail Road on Tues-
day of last week. A leamster who was confi-
dent of his government over his cattle, was dri-
ving ii pair of oxen near the track in VValling-
ford. As'tlie train approached the cattle became
unmanageable, and one of them jumped upon
ih track and was struck by the engine, which
broke the yoke, and tossed the animal 8 or 10
feet into the air, and came down (load. Tho
other ox escaped without injury.
A raw MORE ACR.ES.—Tl1e 10th and 11th
inst. were observed by a large concourse ofthe-
citizcns of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and West-
erii New York, who assembled on the ground.
where stood Fort Meigs, to commemorate the
defence so gallantly made of that post by Gen.
Harrison against the British and Indians, I12-
ISI3. This celebration, like all the Whig cel-
ebrations that take place new a-clay, was attend-
ed by an immense multitude. The minibcr
may be very safely put down at 20,000. I_lon.
Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, was President of the
day. Gen. Harrison was himselfiu attendance,
and addressed the vast multitude for an hour
and a half, in exposition of his principles and
views of public policy. He was followed by
Hon. Thomas Ewing, ‘Mr. Schenck, ofD'ayton,_
Major Clarkson, an Aid of Gen. Harrison in the
last war, Messrs. Haddock, Love, and Charti-
berlin, of Buffalo, N. Y., Taylor and Elouthe-
ros Cooke. of Ohio, G. Dawson, of Michigan,
and others. Mr. Corwin, \Vhig candidate for
Governor, was detainedon the road by sickness.
The celebration was concluded and the as-
semblage dispersed on the evening of the 11th,
not a single accident having occurred to mar
the enjoyment or dampen the enthusiasm ofthe
vast multitude assembled. The speech offieu.
Harrison we shall endeavor to publish in our nexl_
-4346 votes were in that why thrown for I-Iar- '
the Palladium, liaveiliad a regular meeting of
so.
Norwalk Chronicler