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' BY REQUEST.
ST. JOHN’S COI.;[_.EGE. ,
Cbrrespondcnce of Me Ballzmore Palmol-
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 22. 1841.
The annual commencenient of St. John’s
College took place this day in the hall of
the -principal College. building. and “'35 5”‘
tended by a large and brilliant assemblage of
ladies, riiembers and strangers. Atrallmg
iiiyself ofapolite invitation, I_ “"-‘N ‘-‘I'll’ ‘he
crowd, and was _highly "gratified Will’! the
performances ofthe young men‘ who grafluflt
ted. The orations were conceived in good
taste, exceedingly well written, and deliver-
ed with propriety and animation, and reflect-
ed great "creditupon themselves and the"
Alma Mater. I annex a‘ scheme ofthe ex-
ercises ofthe day. , . ,
1. Salut-iry Addresses in Latltlv and Ola’
tion—--“ Ilfenlal Va.ssr1.frLge"——l3y Dcmlt‘-l
Mavnadier Henry. of Dorchester county.
2‘. Oration —“ Permanence of Rt‘P"l~‘ll°‘“‘
Ius‘.itutions'"—-by Luther Giddings, of Fred-
erick county. , _
3. (')ration--—"National Grandeur not indi-
cative of national ha.ppint’SS.”—l3Y Fmncls
I-Ienrv Stockett, of Anne Arundel county.
4. 'Oration——“National Entbusiasm”—_-by
George Stephen Humphreys of Annapolis.
5. Oration--“lmp_erfect preparation for
professional life,” with the valedictory ad-
dress--By William Giddings, of Fredick
county. _ _
The degree of A. B. was conferred upon
the aljove named'yonng gentlemen; and that
of A. M. upon the Rev. Wm. H. Trapncll.
and Wm. H. Thompson, alumni ofthe Col-
lege;‘and the degree of LL. upon the
‘Right Rev. George W. Doane,Bishop ofN.
Jersey. :
A ‘Baccalaureate sermon,I understand.
was yesterday preached in St Anne’s Church
by the Rev. Dr. I-Iurnphrcys. President of
the College, which I have heard spoken of
in the highest terms, as an able and eloquent
production, replete with excellence and sal-
utarv advice to the graduating class. _
A This time-honored iustitutiqn,I am happy
to learn, is in a flourishing condition. Val-
'uable accessions of rare shells and minerals
have recently been made to its cabinet. from
difierent sources. and considerable additions
to its library. Its means of usefulness were
never more efficientand I hen rtly trust it will
continue to receive, as it richly merits, the
patronage ofthe citizens of Maryland.
BY REQUEST.
The hand of time has reduced the patriots
of our revolution to a very few; and while
they are daily leaving this temporary resi-
dence, for one, as it is hoped, of eternal hap-
piness, it cannot be amiss to record the acts
and bravery of such as may come under our
notice; and in now presenting the name of
Capt. Robert Sheffield, we know of none
whose attempts have been more daring, and
his early life one of more devotedness to his
country. Captain Sheffield recentlydied at
the ‘Sailor’s Snug Harbor.’ on Staten Is-
land, near New York, a place reared bv
the hands of another hero who has left this
vale of tears many years since, but whose
bounty has reared a building—the refuge of
the afilicted-—the worn out veteran finds here
a place where his remaining days are. made
comfortable, and though reared by an hum-
blc 5.1il—or‘, may be termed the Greenwich of
America. It was here our friend drew his
last breath, at the age of 85——once opulent.
circumstances the lot_ofall. brought his grey
’bairs to poverty. The deceased, at his death
was the oldest Liverpool captain in this
country, having commanded the ships Mars
and Severn, forty five years since, and at
that time it was considered a great undertak-
iue‘ to make two voyages a year: and it is
believed that Capt. Sheffield took the first
full load of cotton that ever was carried from
this country to Europe. As a ship master,
he was ofthat school when courtesy and hos-
pitality prevailed, and his family have now
various testimonials in the shape of presents.
given him as a mark of respect for his assi-
duity and seamanship. But: in the days
that tried mcn’s souls, where do we find oiir
friend? why, in the front of the battle, con-
tending with, and obtaining victory on victo-
ry over the enemies of his countrv.——I-lo
was a lieutenant of the privateersVGrand
Turk, America, and otbers——a sailing inas-
ter in the Colonial service, and during the
war of our independence was in fourteen na-
val actions, one of which was rendered me-
morable by the capture of‘General Prescott,
as well as the celebrated action ofthe whale
boats under the gallant Brewster, on Long
Island Sound; he was at last taken prisoner
and confined on board the Jersey prison ship
then lying at the present site of the Navy
Yard, at Brooklyn, near New York. To
hear of the dreadful scenes in which he par.
ticipated on board of that receptacle of'hor-
ror, would at least elicit as it ought to, the
kindest feelings for those who achieved our
liberties. Twice was an attempt made to
escape from that abode of horror, and as of-
ten repulsed——and-our friend carried with
him to his last moment, marks of the bayo-
net he received on one of those attempts;
and the manner he at last escaped, was a
curious stratagem—one of his messmates
had died, he took the body, lowered it into
the water, and placed himself in the cofiin,
and when carried to the place of interment,
boldly raised himself up, frightened those
who had it in charge, made his way to the
eastern end of Long Island, and thus escap
ed by crossing -to his native place, -Stonino-.
ton, where he was concealed for some rim:
He afterwards joined the Grand Turk pri-
vateer, and as he often said, paid up Johny
Bull by destroying in that cruise 40 sail of
British vessels. He has now gone to that
bourne from whence travellers ne’re return,
and so long as the days of ’76 are remem-
bered, so long will those acts be appreciated
by his countrymen.
A Cool Ea:cuse.—A gentleman was the
other day, looking attentively at some amus-
ing carricatures in the window of a print.
shop, when on a sudden. he felt some one at
his pocket. As there was only one person
standing near him,he instantly turned round.
upon him full in the face, said. “Your hand,
sir,‘wasin my pocket 1” "Was it sir?” the oth-
er very cailmly replied; “I really beg your
pardon, if it-was; but the weather is so very
cold, one is glad to put one-:'s hand mtg}-
wlzere ."’ . -
by saying. that the allegation ofthe Senator
_ From (lie New York Express.-
THE CLOSING SCENES OF VAN
BUR-ENISM. ‘
Seldom, if ever, did an Administration die
so disgiact-fully as that of Van Buren.—-
There was not an office, that it could secure,
left unsecured There was not a vacancy
that was not suddenly filled up, even under
circumstanci-s too, that should have made
the appointing power stop for a moment, at
least, to reflect. '
The appointment of Philemon Dickerson,
one ofthe soi (lisanl Members of Congress
from New Jersey, to a-Judgeship in New
Jersey, was under all the circumstances, a
wicked, and a most flagitious wrong. His
brother, Mahlon, as a mere. locum teneits,
held the placetill Philemon had carri,cd out
the Executive will in the House of Repre-
sentatives,aiid then atthe close of a session of
Congress, when Pbileinon’s services could
no longer be used, Mahlon resigns, and
Philemon is put in his stead! Thus is the
Judiciary even used by Executive Power to
buy Executive tools. Thus is the ermine of
Justice d:'agg_lcd in party politics,——and thus
does a Senate ratify a corrupt and well-
known bargain. —
The appointment of Judge Daniel, of Va,
to the Supreme Bench at midnight, was an-
other flzigitioiis act. The breath was hard-
ly out of Judge B-arbour’s body, before Van
Buren hurries a successor into the Senate
Cbambe.r;an'd an approval of him is insisted
upon 5; carried at midnight, by draggingSen-
ators oiitof their beds. It is ofno easy thing,
one would think, to find a Judge fit for the
Supreme Bench in twenty- our hours,-—bnt
Mr. Van Buren found no""iffic.ulty in it.—-
The responsibility of the place, the necessity
of having a min well fitted, the decencies of
buinanity,and ofcommon life, availed noth-
ing with the Ex-President,—-for in twenty-
four hours. a Judge died, and a Judge was
buried, and anotlier.Judge was elected to fill
his place!
The appointmontofPliilemon Dickerson,
it is thus seen, was in pursuance of a corrupt
bai‘gain, to keep a vote in Congress from N.
Jersey, and the appointmentofJudge Daniel
was to snatch the place from the President
to be. In the first place, there was an out-.
rage upon public justice, and in the next,
upon public decency. Thus in shame ‘and
dishonor, unpitied and disgraced, ends the
career of Mr. Van Buren. ‘These two clos-
ing scenes are but parts and parcels of a
characteristic life.
From the Journal 0/’ Commerce.
\VAsume'roN. TU]-1.~‘DAY, March 9th.
The Senate, this morning, resumed the
consideration of the resolution dismissing
Mr-ssrs. Blair and Rives, as printers to the
Senate. An amendment was pending, de-
claring that Blair andRives were duly elect-
ed, had given bond for the faithful discharge
oftheirduties, and could not be dismissed
without a violation ofcontract.
' Mr.[-Jiintingtoii, ofCon., spoke about three-
fourths of an hour, with great point and en-
ergy. in reply to the remarks made yesterday
by Mr. Buchanan. Mr. H. contended that
the Senate had the right to dismiss their
printers, and went fully into the subject.—
The bond of the printers was, like the bond
given by the St3Cl‘t‘l.ill‘_V of the Senate, or by
any other‘ Ufficer, intended only to bind the
officer who gave the bond, and did not bind
the senate. In short, the printers stood upon
the same footing with any other elective of-
ficers
As to the expediency ofthe resolution,Mr.
Huntington argued that the manner and cir-
cumstances ofthe election of Blair andRives
were sufficient to warrant their dismiss-.il.—
A triumphant party was just coming in, and
a defeated party just going out, had no right
to inflict on their successors officers unpleas-
ant to them.
A long debate followed, in which several
Senators, among them Messrs. Henderson,
Walker, Clay,Wright, Calhoun, l.{ingSmith
of Conn., and Preston, participated.
In the course ofthe debate. an unpleasant
collision took place between Mr. Clay and
Mr. King.
It seemes that Mr. Clay had remarked
upon the character of the. press concerned,
and ofits senior editor, and pronounced both
to be infamous.
Mr. King took up the cud__qels for Mr.
Blair, and adverted to a foriiier fellowship
between him and Mr. Clay, and said that
Mr. Blair was on a footing of equality, in
respect to moral worth, with Mr. Clay. ‘This
was the substance of the remark.
Mr. Clay, after remarking that the posi-
tive allegation of the Senator was unparlia-
memory, and that he had always studiously
avoided any aniiiiadversior. upon any press
or any editor exceptiwhen it was forced up-
on him, women to say that the Globe was a
libel, and its editor a libeller. He had never
taken it up without seeing atrocious slanders
upon himself or others who were members
of the Senate, &c.——Hc spoke of the abuse
formerly lavishvd by the Globe upon ‘Mr.
Calhoun, and ofithe evidence formerly borne
by the present adherents oftheGlobe an-ainst
its character. He concluded these rcriiarks
from Alabama. was “false, untrue, and cow-
ardly.”
Mr. King rose, but remarked that he had
no reply to make.
, Mr, Preston followed at length, express.
mg his regret in the course of his remarks.
that gentlemen had been betrayed into hasty
and unparliamentary language, by the dis.
cussion of collateral matters.
Mr. Wright took the floor, but the Senate
sdjoiirned at 4 o’clock.
About the time of the adjournment, Dr.
Linn of Missouri handed Mr. Clay a chal.
lenge from Mr. King. Mr. Clay accepted it.
prevent the contemplated duel; and Messrs.
K1"2.'- Linn. and Clay were forthwith arrest-
ed, b_!‘0Ilght before magistrates, and bound
°V"-‘I "1 lllesum 0ffiVBll10llSand dollars each
to keep the peace,
, _'rHi:-: AMISTAD cAsE_
VII’. Justice_Story_ pronounced the decision
of the Court in- this case. There was no
‘_ll5§"“t eXP"9_SSt‘d. and. I presume, the opin-
10!) was unanimous’. The Court decrees that
the negijoes oft/i_e Amistad go free,
The nominations of, the Collector were
sent in to-day._ Gov. Lincoln is noiiiiiizited a
_ Collector of Boston.
Correspondence of [he Ea.-press.
' - , ‘ WAsiiio'roi~t, March 9.
The Corps diplonzaliqiie, Mr. Fox, the
British Minister, at their head, (who St'l(l0fD
seen, therefore always attracts the attention,
and now more than ever) paidtheir respects
in form, this morning, to Gen. Harrison, in
the White House. All were out in their,
court dresses, and as usual, made a in st
brilliant display. Addresses as usual ' *0
on the advent to power of a new Executive,
were exchanged. The Secretary of State-
ofthe '1‘rensury—-and of War, tlic Attorney,
and Post Master Generals, were also there,
who with the ladies of their families made
a most brilliant and interesting company.——
Two or three rooms were full of visiters.—
Indeed the new President and the new Cub-3
inet bring to the Capitol quite a coterie of
ladies, so that VVasliington under their ad-
ministration, promises soinethiug of amuse-
ment and guyety, if, as our opponcntsay
nothing more.
Mr. Fox, the British Minister, on being
presented by tho Sccr'etar_v of State, made
the President the following address:
Si’/':——I have the honor to address you in
the name of the Diplomatic body accredited
to the United States ofAmcrica. We hast-
en, sir, to congratul'-to you upon your ac-
cession to the high office of President of this
Republic, which the. confidence of your fel-
low-citizens has conferred upon you. Vile
Governments and COllI'1l.l'l:S, in ofli-ring this
testimony of regard and respect for your per-
son and for your station. \Vc rejoice, sir, to
have heard from your own lips, in your in-
augural Addrrss, the declaration ofa virtu-
ous desire to promote the relations of Na-
tional friendship and peace between the U.
States and Foreign Powers; and we are-
happy to recognize in your personal charac-
ter and qualities, the strongest assurzincc that
the efforts of your government will be faith-
fully directed to'accomplish so wise and no-
ble a purpose
To this ad fress the President of the U. S.
made the following reply:
Sir :——I receive with great pleasure. the
congratulations you have been pleased to of-
fer me in the name of the distinguislied Di-
plomatic Body now present, the R.epi‘esen!a-
tives of the most'po\verful and polished na-
tions with whom the Republic which
honored me with the office of its chief mag-
istrate has the most intimate relations which
I trust no sinister event will, for ages inter-
rupt.
The sentiments contained in my late add ress
to my Fellow-Citizens, and to which you
have been pleased to advcrt,are those which
will continueto govern my conduct througli
the. whole course of my Administration.---
Lately one of the ~Peoplc, the undisputrd
sovereigns ofthe country, and coming im-
rztediately from amongst them, I am enabled,
with confidence, to say that in thus acting I
shall be sustained by their undivided appro-
l)t1llOn.
.I beg leave to add, sir, that both from
duty and inclination I shall omit nothing in
my power to contribute to your own personal
happiness and that ofthe friends whom, on
this occasion, you represent, as long as you
may continue aniogst us.
ARMY ,A.\'D NAVY.
, The officers ofthe Navy ycstcrdziy in full
uniform, having paid their respects to l.llt’
President, the officers of the Army in full
uniform paid their respects to day. These
were also brilliant spectacles. '
315
‘WASHINGTON, _March ll.
The Senate closed today its discussion, 5.-
by a party vote, effected the removal ofBlaii
and Rives as Printers, surrendering lllt
bonds of Amos Kendall, and ofanother, that
they faithfully perform their duties.
Of the procress of the qu:-it‘i’cl between
Mr. Clayand Mr. King, I am not informed,
the parties iritei‘ested keeping it to them-
selves. '
About 3 o’clock, the Senate went into Ex-ii
ecutive Session, some n--w nominations ha v-
ing been laid before them, principally to fill
vacancies, but nothing for our city. It is
supposed, and it is probable, that the nomi-
nation ofa District Attorney will be sent in
to-morrow.'
follow.
or U. S. District Attorney.
the air of good and high autliority; and tl
services of N. P. Talmadge are justly he
in such estimation, that it see-mt.-ti to be cer
tain, that he would obtain almost any thing
indeed it remains to be proved or known that
N. P. Tallmadge asks for any reward for
his services. I am not at-all inclined to be-
lieve, that either he or his brotlicr is really
in the way of any of the gentlemen who
have been named by me in the Express as
probably successful C:1l1dltlEll.t'S_f0l' the Col-
tectorship or for the place of the District
Attorney. '
It is worthy of remark that the two lead-
ing Federal oflicrs in the Cityof New York
are substantially vacancies——thc place of
District Attorney, by resignation of Mr. But-
ler. and of Collector, bylthe resignation of
Mr. I-loyt. Mr. Morgan, after all, being but
a locum lenense,put in for a moment to fill up
a gap.
There is something of a moving about in
the Cabinet Departments, but many changes
are threatened. Mr. Hobbie holds on. in the
Post Oflice. The others as to whom I wrote
you some days ago, “will hold on. About
the Patent Office something of a-quibble is
thl‘eotened,—-and if it be not proved, that
Some persons immediately interposed to aMr. Ellsworth has used the franking privi-
lege of that office for electioneering purposes,
his many warm friends will be able to keep
him in,_it is probable.
A candidate to fill the vacancy ofa Ma rsh.
al-in our. Northern District of New York,
was sent in to-day‘, or will be to-mon0W_
The_crowd thins off a little. The cars,
three times, a day, go off full, An-jva]5
some—-defaulters many.
JTASIIJIJGTDN. March 12.
The Senate was In sessiori from twelve
until three P. M.——a portion of the time be-
ing on Executive business. Mr. Hoffman,
U\- Ha.» '5-.1324’-‘
a.‘
‘Cl your city is t?0!’)flI'!'H(’Cl-'rllJt“l.'0 were other
speak the true sentiments of our respective
6.
That oftlic-Collector must soon»
A rumor of some intent has been runninol BU‘:-'lJe
through the city, obtaining so much generaall ""9-
notoricty, that it would be affcctaiion not to‘ ‘‘'‘‘S 5”” 10 ll‘-
rublish it, 7.-iz. that Judge Talmadge (of the '_3“3l _ll’°f‘5"”“l
Superior Court) was to be either Collector) ‘“ lhls ‘”-."~ ”“
The rumor bore "0 _ _ _
,,.labcttz-d in the act by certain persons, with a
M view to the ])7/.7'Cll(Z.S‘(3 of his fret-dom.
has recently been discliarged by the expira-
he asked foi',——but it is by no means 'cei'taiu,l
nominations of minor import acted upon.
The resolution to make extra allowances
to the Secretary of the‘Senate, and others ‘of
his clerks,was_very properly laid on the table,
it not coming within the idea of retrench-
ment and ret'orm,_to incl-udea salaried officer
of $3000 a year in a simple resolution to
make a gratuity to clerks and others.
The Senate may possibly continue in ses-
sion -until Saturday evening, when I think it
will certainly adjourn. 4 -
It is said the matter is all settled between
Mr. Clay and Jill‘. King. and that no chal--
lenge passed, so that the general impression
as to that was erroneous.
T/ze llIc'Leorl (/'ase.—The C-anarlaTimes,
a Liberal paper published at lVlontrcal, has
the following paragraph in relation to the
arrest and imprisonuicnt of McLeod. Most
ofthe Canada papers speak in a very differ-
ent tone.
“ A true bill has been found by the grand‘
jury against Mc cod, for murder; conse-
quently, he must now .rcmain in confinement
until his trial comes on. I-lad not Mr. Mc-
Leod, vain-«_>loriously boasted in a tavern at
Iiockport, New York, of having belonged to
the expedition sent by Sir F. B. [lead 10
destroy the stvaiiiboat Caroline, he would not
now be wliere he is, and this trouble and ex-
citement mig ht have been avoided. Should an
American citizen come into Montreal, To-
ronto, or any other place in Catitttltt, and
publickly declare himself to have been the
murderer, or an accessory to the in u rder of
3 lfiritsli sulgji-i'[, \\‘(_)llltl lit} not immediately
be lodged in jail; and there kept until found
guilty or innocent by :1 fair and impartial
trial'l We have nottbe least doubt that it is
the intention ofthe authorities ofthe State of
New York to do him every justice, and
t.llSCllI1‘.‘gt‘ him at once, if proved innocent ;as
we cannot for"a inomentsupposeihat the citi-
zens of.that State would be guilty of suctb
barbarity as to take away the life ofany in-
nocent person in cold blood, merely to grat
ify their feelings of vi-ngeance for any ill-
tri-atment which they have received from the
British Government.”
______________
From the Albany Evening Journal.
Union Bank of Bufi‘ulo—The notes of
this association are not redeemed by its agent
in this city, and some of the notes are under
protest at the Bank Department. The cir-
culating notes ofthe Union Bank amount to
$46,000 for the redemption ofwhich 844.000
Illinois 6 per cent. stocks and Sl4,000 Nt->\\'
York 5 per cents. have been deposited with
the Comptroller.
T/ze Bil//ill of TV(’Sle1‘7L Nero Yor/c.——This
association, wliicli is located at Rochester,
has also neglected to redeem its notes, parcels
of which are under protest. lts notes in cir-
culation ainount to $83, l58, for the rt-dr-mp-
iion ofwhich tlieComptroller holds 551013.000
Indiana 5 per cent. stocks.
We understand that the Cashier oftbis
association is making arrangem-.-nt to return
.-ind cancel so much of its circulation as to
prevent any ultimate loss to the bill holders.
In the present state of the. money market
we presume that the Comptroller will not
deem it advisable to offer these suretics for
sale.
S/,:le2ir.ii[l Assess/ne7zL‘.———A lot of ground
belonging to the estate of a person deceased,
Situated on the corner of 28th street and 7th
avenue, being (38 feet 10 inches deep, was
assessed for the pretended opening of :28 st,
the sum of one l/i.ou.sa7z.rl and ll!-?:I'l]/-SCEJCIL dol-
lars an/l fine cents; and for the pretended
opening of the seventh avenue two /mnrbcd
(L72./.l nine rlollrtrs and 72.i7i.c-l_7/-cig/it cents, ma-
king in all ttoclve /Lunrlrcrl and fo7'l_7,' seven
/fol/(L7'.v and I/tree ccnls. This assessment has
been some time on interest, and both togeth-
er now amount to about fourteen lll1ntlt't’(l
dollars. This land is not worth one half of
the sum. Wliat kind of an-improvement
shall this be called? The land sharks would
not have it at the last great sale, although it
was offered for the term of five thousand
years to any person who would come forward
and pay the assessment and the interest, and
then for any length of time.
..lIu.nic7'.pa.l Gazelle.
Eml to a Long Slot-3/.—Every body in
in this city had heard of the slave Tom
s, whose case made so much noise
He was the slave of Mr. Darg, and
e State Prison for stealing sev-
dollars from his master while
der circumstances which in-
led suspicions, at the time, that he was
He
tion of his St‘Ylit‘UCG. By the faithful atten-
non of the Prison Chaplain and others, be
has lrarmd to rrad—-and gives evidence of
having become a trueChrist‘ian. On leaving
the prison, (S|‘Vt"Val gentlemen being prr;sc-nt,
including Mr. Darg) be was asked what he
nicant to do with himsclfnow. He replied
that Mr. Darg had always treated him well,
and he intended to spend his days with him.
N. Y. Ta-tllcr.
ll'foonslm2.c and Me/o1l_7/_—..Aselect number
-of love-struck, moon struck, music-striick,
young genileini-n,snpplied with the necessa-
ry qunntity of lutes,flutes,:1nd guitars, took it
into their heads,onTbuisday eveiiingto sere-
nade a _voung lady, or ratlu-vr an old house
in Charles street, in which they believed a
young lady to be: Tlrey tuned their instru-
:nt:'l)lS, attuned their ,voices, and performed
away for some thirty or forty minutes, mak-
ing night hideous with soiigsand airs breath-
ing sublimated sentiments, when a negro wo-
man, with a mouth like an ivorykeyed ac-
cordian, raised the window and addressed the
vocal an_d instrumental amateurs untlei-neath:
'-' Look ht--a, gemmen, t.-tint no use to be fool-
in away your time round here, kase dar aint
no ’jvctl0n to you playin ‘Jim-along Josey.’
‘Conny in de Holler,’ or any ting dnt’s fash-
ionable and nice, but ’talian and other fool-
ish tuncs yo-i’s peiformin round here aint no
account. Go way, white folks.” The sere-
enaders sneaked away as iftheir presence in
another part ofthe city, just about that time.
was imperiously called for.—-N. O.Picayi/.ue.
“ A rolling stone got/zers no moss.”-A
very doubtful adage. We have just seen in
a country paper, the marriage of Pelog Row-
liuston, of I-lolidaysburg R1,, to Miss Or-
phelia Morse. i
u a
AWFUL CATAS’I‘R-OPH‘E'‘.' ‘
The steamboat Creole, Captain Dalman,
one of the Red River packets,jon' hi-r pas-
sage from Natchitoclies -to New Orleans,
with a cargo of upwards of 1000 bales of
cotton, boxes of specie, bundles of banlf
notes, nierchandize, &c., came out of Red
Rivet‘ at the grey ofdawn on l\'lonr.lay mor-
ning,thc 2‘2.d February. VVhen abouttwr-lve
miles below, she was discovered to be on fire,_
and a general alarm was given. The pas-
sengers, more than sixty in number, and
consisting of men, women and children, were
all in their berths at the time. The fire
commenced at the after part of the boat, the
tiller ropes were imiuediately scrvid, and
the confusion, consternation and panic which
ensued defies description. ,Amid the raging
of the flaiiie, the engine continued working.-',
and drove the boat directly against.the.shore
Here four persons l-ape-d offand escaped.
Rcboundiiig, as it appeared, she altered her
course, and running near a mile and a half.
brought up against the bank on the oppositi-
side of the river.
In the mean time, and while the Creole
was crossing the river, many of the passen-
gers, and some of the crew, tlzrew over bales
of cotton on which they einbarlred. Soun-
missing their aim in jumping, or their bal-
ance afterwards, were precipitated into ll]t'
stream and drowned. Many rcinaincd on
board till she. reached the opposite shore,
when they leaped off A few \vei'e fortu-
nate enough tu reach the l.-inrl, but the great
or part plunged into the water, and it is be-
lieved of these nearly all were rescued--—
The present estimate is that about izseltc
human beings lost their lives by the catas-
trophe. Of the 20 or 30 unaccountr-d for it
is hoped the most of them floated off on cot-
ton, and may have been picked up by steam-
boats and other crafts. There was scarcely
an article saved.—'I‘lie passengers, male and
female, with scarcely an exception, escaped
with barely what they slept in. The pro-
vi-rbial hospitality and kindness ofthe inhab-
itants of the neighborhood relieved their
pressing necessities, and enabled them to
reach the city.
A Furious Eloy)/i.a7zt.—An elephant in
the menagerle of Humphrey &; Lynes, kill-
ed a man in New Orleans on the 25th inst.
The name of the deceased was Crumb.
He was the keeper of Mr. Ilumphery’s ele-
phant. Yesterday afternoon, when about 6
miles froui this-city up the coast on the op-
posite side ofthe river, and as both elephants
were walking along together, the deceasecl
addressed some words to the elephant of
which he had charge, when Lynes’ elephant
made a lungeof his trunk at him. then knock-
ed him and his horse down. He then took
him up, put him in his mouth, and crushrd
him to death. VVhen he came to Algiers.
he met a mule on the road, which he threw
over the fence out of his way. He then he-
came unmanageable, passed down through
Algiers, creating great alarm, and was at
large as late as ten o’clock at night.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Fxpress,
turns the assertion of the Globe, that the In-
‘augural Address was written by Mr. \Vcb-
ster, to a good account as follows: ’
"The Globe in thus assigning this paper
of GL‘l'l;¥T!\l Harrison, to one of the first wri-
ters of this, or any other land, pays an un-
intentional, but an exalted compliment to it.
This “ old Gi:unny,” ofa sudden, has become
a “lobster! This “imbecile old man" is
one of the leading minds of the age!-
Thus does the organ of the defunct Gov-
ernment retract its slanders upon the vener-
able m:in whom the People have put at the
head of the Republic.”
REMOVA [SS FROM Ol*‘F'ICE.
\Vith the‘ following views of the Boston
Atlas we fully concur: I
“ \Ve do not intend to mince matters, in
expressing our views of removals from of-
_fice. Those \\ ho have fought this great but-
tle, have bceri broughtioo often into collision
with the liveried minions of power, not to
feel strongly on this sul.-je-ct. The arro-
gance and insults which have been endorsed
from the Praetorian bands of Government,
in the .rll‘et‘lS and at the liiisting, when they
should have been attending to their official
duties, cannot be speedily forgotten. The
insolrnce of power and place, the arbitrary
and degrading means which have been
adopted to intimid:-ite and suppress the polit-
ical action ofthe people, cannot be overlook-
ed by those who took sufficient interest in
the struggle to come within the pale of its
influx-ntte. How long is it since Bancroft
lectured and Thomas hissed? How long
is it since the sons culoltcs of the sections
were marshalled. with the custom House
Officers at the head, and besotted l‘llfl'li]l'lS at
the tail, to parade. through the streets, attak-
ing Whig Ht.-ad Quarters, and bristling in
hostile array to overawe and breathe defi-
ance to the people ? Are the Janissaries of
Van Buren to retain possession of all the
fortifications of political patronage? When
the Herculean club of patriotism has disa-
bled the serpent, shall we not be permitted to
draw out its fangs .7 The nation will not
be satisfied neither can the party he sustain-
ed lll'll(‘SS the demngogues which now dis-
honor the Public Employment, are taugl.t
ti lesson, which shall operate on their ‘suc-
cessors in all future time, that the people
and not the office-holders, Sll‘tll rule.
WVe do not wish to confound the innocent
with the guilty, by thrusting one man out
ofoffico merely to make room for another,
after the prescriptive example set by the ad-
verse party. But those who have neglected
their public avocations to become itinerant
clectioneeres and bullying partisans; who
have for2‘otten that they were the servants
and not the rulers of the people, ‘ought not
to be permitted to escape from the appropri-
ate punishnientdue to their offences. They
knew the chances of the game they were
playinc_r—the chose to risk every thing on
the hazard, and having lost,& cannot now be
allowed to draw their stakes.
New‘ Hampshire Election:--'I‘he entire
Loco Foco ticket has succeeded, of course,at
the election in New Hampshire last Tues-
day. The inajority will be about the same
as at the Presidential election. The Whigs
did not make much eflbrt. Both branches
of the Ls~gislatui'e as before. The vote is
much smaller than it was last fall.
,, .. ,
‘Wednesday, March 17, 1841.
TICKET FOR S’I‘é.'I‘E OFF ICER3,
FOR GOV)~'.R.\‘0R.
Ivillialn W. Ellsworth.
LIEUT. GOVERNOR,
Charles Hawley.
TRESURER.
Hiram Rider.
SECRETARY.
Royal R. Hinman.
COMI”l'Rnj,LEI'..
Ileiiary kilbourn.
Cozagressionnaii Nominations.
1st. Dist.--Hartford County.
JOSEPH TRUMBULL, of Hartford.
‘3d. Dist.—Ne.w Haven 5: l\liddlesex Cos.
\VlLLlAM W. BOA RDMAN, of N.Haveu.
3:]. .Dist.—New London Co.
THOMAS \V. \‘-VILLlA.\lS, of N. London.
4th. Dist.-—l7airfiel(l
TIl()‘.\1AS B. OSBORNE. of Fairfield.
6th. Dist.—'I‘olland&-. Winrlliam.
JOHN H. BROCK\VAY,of Ellington.
Senatoirial Nominationns.
Dists. ‘
1—Wiu. Ronnixs. 2d. of \Veihera-field,
2—.lABl'ZZ KING, of l<2i.fie-ld.
3-.Jt-sisrii S. Pncir, ofBurIiogmn.
4-AARON N. SE1.V'I\'I-JR, of New Haven,
(>'--.lAMi:s B1.Aci<s'roivi-:. of Branford.
8--Hi-::\'-itY S'riiot\'G. of Norwich.
9—SAMU]-II. C. S]-JLDEN, of Lyme.
l0—No.-ui PLL-‘MB, ufBriilgcpo'rt..
12-.lu.~.iiU.-1. B. l-‘izanis, of Stamford.
l5—L.-tMBi~:it'1'_ l‘lI'l‘(.'I-ICOCK, of Barlthamsted.
I6-—.J().~'EI’H H. BELLAJIY. ofBeIhlem.
1.9-.l()Sl-ZPII CHEDSEY. ul'Durham.
2U—\Vu.i.iAM A. FOSTJ-ZR, of Stafford.
21——Ei.Aiu Looms. of Coventry.
FAR.-m-Ln NIco1.1.—The Locos are making
much ado about this gentleman, whom they
have dignified as their candidate for Governor.
\'Vekoow not but that he is well enough in his
"real character, but the attempt to impose him
upon the freemen of this state in an assumed
and false light, must have a very strong tenden-
cy to injure Mr Nicoll’s prospees, by exposing
the hullowuessof a cause that requires such
meansto sustain it. The people are neither so
blind nor so regardless of principle as some of
the managers of the loco focos seem to
:liiuk them, and the efliirts of these men to
give Ilieir candidate the reputation ofari lionest—
Sirazfiird Farmer,
w_hile he is in fact a recently retired nabub. from
the city of New York, living on his dividends
hearted, unsophisticated
and a freeman of this state but of short standing,
will only have the efl'ect'to excite disgust, par»
ticulary among that portion of our citizens with
whom, for political effect, Mr Nictill has been
classed. His Chronomelcr Gold I/Valcltes, and
One Hetndrcd and Tu-enty Five Dollar Foul-
ing Pic-cos, together with the appropriate ac-
coinpauimenisof such articles——silk stocltings,
cambric liundkei(:hief' and soft hands, would
draw a smile upon the sunburnt and sat-
urine visages of some of our hard fisicd and
cowhide booted nltl plownien. But we are not
disposed to miike an ‘odious comparison,’ rc-
flt‘Cllll_9_ upon a man, who, as we said before, is
well enough, for ought we know, in his true
character. \Ve speak of him in the light in
which he is madeio appearby designing men.
If he allows himself to be made a puppet of,
to dance to this tune or that, at ilie pleasure of
‘he wire pullers, why, all we lsave to do, how-
ever Farmer Nicol! may be ocailied tlieicby, is
to expose the trickery.
ll”/to-is Far2ncr1\icolf? is the inquiry we
hear on every side, no one in this quarter (we
acknowledge we are a little on the side ofthe
world since the Housatonic Rail Road was
built) having before heard the name. The
Bridgeport Standard speaks of him as fbllows:
“ Mr. Nicoll is probably less known to the
people at large than any man of his age re-
siding in Fairfield County. A native of
Strritford, he has past mostof his life in New-‘
York city. During the last few years how-
ever he has spent the greater part of histime
in this St:it0,m'1tl has, we believe,-been a voter
since 1837. He was last spring nominated
for Senator in this District, but was of course
defeated. It will be seen that his expe-
rience as a Connecticut politician is extremely
limited.”
If retirement, and the enjoyments of rum,
contemplation. surrounded by case 5: affluence,
are congenial to the tastes of Mr Nicoll, it is to
be regretted that the rills ofbis bliss are to he-
come turbid. and embittered by the mortification
of political defeat.
The Loco Foco candidate for Congress in this
county is said to be a Wm. S. Pomroy, of
Bridgeport. \Vill any one in these diggins in-
form us if this is our distinguished compc-er of
the Farmer?
east,-,,n papers where the Farmer can be but_
little known ihatit is ‘that same’ ‘sterling reptib~
lican.’ We ask the question. because in this
quarter it is siply VVnJ. S. Poiiiery, of Bridge-
port, without any ofthe ‘lustre which might be
derived from that meteoric hebdomadal, the
Republican Farmer. ‘ ‘
As you and I have been rather cozy of late
Mr Standard, allow us to appeal-to you for the
gratification of our feverish curiosity on this
point. If it really is your neighbor, we trust
you will manifest proper indignation at such
attempts to burlesque a member ofthe fraternity,
Resolved. That the opposition of the whigs
in Congress to the Bill reducing the salaries of
oflice-holders. show that their practice in regard
to expenditures of this kind is very different
from their preaching previous to iheiPresiden-
rial election. - '
Our Loco Foco economists at the County
Convention who adopted the foregoing -resol_u-
--ion should have give a reason for their sudden fit
lWlillfilLlf‘fltlZll'l"l‘ltl. .
\.Ve see it stated by some of the
Norwalk Chronicler