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For vt/is Gazette.
.5 Mn. Rem: : As my article for this week
was handed in before the publication of your
pa. of week before last, itcotild not of course-
eontain the notices of Citizen's last article
which I should otherwise have made in
this place. I beg you therefore to allow me
to add a few notices in the following post
cript, and allow Citizen. if he chooses. the
sole‘ use of’ the field for the two succeeding
weeks. . - ,—
1. Citizen reiterates his old position, and
declares he is 'fully'conviu‘ccd that not out‘-
child in fifty can acquire it perfect l.'no\vl;
edge ofthe common branches under fifteen.
He speaks ‘confidently’ from hisotvn ‘much
experience in teaching.’ and intimates that
he has the concurrence ofthe other teachers
in the same’ opinion.
Now by ‘perfect knowledge,’ andtthorougb
knowledge’ in this connexion, Citizen must
mean such :1 knowledge as qualifies the child
to proceed with propriety and profit to the
higher branches, and such as makes his
longer continuance in the common brainches
atthat period, an unprofitable appropriation
oftime. If he means anything else by these
terms. he means to trifle or to palter in a
double sense.
In the first place, Citiz-‘-n has not the con-
currence ofthe other teachers in his opinion
as to the capacity of children. Immediately
on readnig his article, Icalled on our old-
est and most experienced teacher. and
put the question .to him, by what age,
under suitable advantages. he could take
cliildren th-orouglily-through with all the
studies of our common schools. He replied
by (welt.-e yi:ztrs: and added that the difiicul-
ty_ -.v:is by no means in the capacity of the
CilllLil‘c‘l]. ‘I then went to the teacher refer-L
red to in Citiz-.»n’sartiel,e, and made the some
inquiry, “ I7-_n~zy /inc. outo_f/ii/"1-r/" said he,
’can be taken thorou_<_rlily through byilie llgt‘
oftwvlvc years.’ lie €ltl"l0fl also, what my
own_ obseivation ll‘ld tauglit me before, that
he llilil at least l2 in his school, who by
next Spring would be so far advancel that
they could not continue there longer without
either ogre-at waste of their own time, or
- without injustice to the rest ofthe school.
2. Citizen ‘does not doubt in the least that
many who enter College by 15 are more
thoroughly examined than the teachers of
our schools—-for the examination of teachers
"in this town is very superficial indeed.’ Su-
perficial as it may have been, we have gen-
eraily sounded till we have found the bot-
tom, and in most cases run the craft ashore.
But that Citizen may understand the, I will
now say that the examination of candidates
for college which I have ivitnessed, has been
such as not one third of the teachers em-
ployed in Norwalk for the last 9 years could
pass ; and that almost without exception. the
very young pupils wer‘e'-fbetter fitted in the
common branches than the very old ones;
from the fact that they are in general the
children of liberally educated parents. who
are uniformly the persons to insist most stren-
uously upon a thorough acquaintance with
the studies of the common school.
3. Citizen thinks that the fact that pupils
are admitted into the High Schools of Bos-
ton at 12. to continue for three years, does
not ‘prove that they are at that age acquain-
ted with the common branches.’ DoesCitizen
feel himself drotvnin"g that he catches at
such a straw as this .7 Such a system at
least proves what tliose_wbo framed it, and
who have carefully watched its operation for
2! years, think ofthe capacity of children.
The pupils are not admitted even to the
graniinar schools which precede the High
School, without an examination: and wheth-
ertliey are examined for the high school or
not (the report does not state) the presump-
tion certainly is not that they pass through
the thorough course of the grammar schools
without being suitably qualified in the com-
mon branches ; for in Boston, they do not
begin to think any thing ‘/iiglt,’ till their
children are better educated than it is possi-
ble for them to be in schools managed after
our system.
Citizen is either ignorant ofthe grammar
and high school system of Boston, or he
misrepresents it. Above their primary school
they have 14 Grammar and 2 High Schools.
But these are not schools under a single
teacher like the union school proposed for
Norwalk. Each Grammar school has its
male and female principal, with three or 4
assistants in the several departments eac.h ;
so with the high school, with the further
advantage thatthe Classical high school is
distinct from the English.
4." A reference to the system which has
been in successful operation in Prussia for
an age settles the question of the capacity of
children forever, and exposes the gross error
of Citizen. I refer you to Prof. Stowe’s re.
port p. 134. Vol. 1. ofthe Conn. Common
School Journal. ' The whole course com-
prises eight yetirs, and includes children from
the ages of 6 to I4.’ and the great majority
of the children of Prussia actually complete
it by the specified time, with a thoroughness
almost unknown in our common schools.
In addition to our common branches, and
many other things besides, that course em-
braces ‘Real instruction, or knowledge of
nature and the external world, includingthe
first elements ofthe sciences and the arts of
life, Geometry, doctrine of magnitudes and
measures, History, the history of the chris-
tain religion in connection with the contem-
por:i_ry civil history, and the doctrines of
Christianity; Knowledge of the world and
of mankind, including civil society, the ele-
ments ofL1\v, Agriculture, mechanic arts,
manufactures, &/c Composition. Application
of Arithmetic.and the mathematics to the
business of life, including Surveying and
civil engineering; Elements of Drawing;
Exercises in singing and the science of Mu-
sic.”
Citizen adduces his own experience as a
teacher to substantiate his conclusion thatnotl
child in 50 can attain a thorough knowledge
ofour common branches before 15. There is
no denying his experience ; it follows that he
must have been a very unsuccessful teacher.
or else have labored all his life und_er very
unfavorable circumstances.
Ooething more. Citizen declares that if
he ‘.knows ought of the meaning of words
in the English language,’ I have ‘most de-
cidedlv expressed my contempt of a com-
mon .;.imt education.’ He insistsupon this
aoufyithstanding mydisclainior. I shall not
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' deny that: Citizen may know as well about
the meaning of words. and logical _force In
an argument, as he ha-s proved_ himself“!
l.now”about the capacities of children. and
the state of Common education. arnong "5-
compared with the state of education else-
where. There are other things in his coin-
munication which Idesign to notice,butthr-y
will fall in with the current of my calculas
tions and arguments without turning further
aside. A Woitiuivo MAN.
Congressional.
Correspondence ofthe N. York Tribune-
MONDAY. Jan. 3.
In the Senate, various petitions were pre-
sentcd'for the repeal, postponement & amend-
ment ofthe Bankrupt Law.
Resolutions introduced by the following
Senators were adopted; Bx’ MI‘ P_T95l°D-
directingthe Committee on the Judiciary to
inquire if further legislation. is necessary in
case of the removal or resignation of -the
Vice President ofthe United States.
Mr Bates introduced a billto refund to
Massachusetts her expenditures during the
last war, which was twice read and -referred.
The debate on the referrnce ofthe plan of
Exchequer to a Select Committee, was con-
tinued by Mr Huntington, of Conn. who
condemned the plan in its every aspect : In
its Government relations as injurious and
unsafe; as a remedial measu re on the finance
and currency. inefficacious; and as a polit-
ical machine, destructive. It proposed to
confer such power, as he would trust to no
man—to place the money ofthe country in
the hands of the Executive, and break down
tlieindepenrlence and liberties of the people.
In its present state, no Senator could sup-
port it.
Mr Bates took the floor. and the Senate
adjourned.
‘In the House. Mr \Vni C~st Johnson
spoke nearly two hours on the Tariff ques-
tinn,and advocated the reference to the Coin-
mittec of Ways and Mt'al1S,.8S.!ht? most ap-
propriate committee. liavinQ}”|’|S-’l|CU0"| 0""-_T
the whole subject of revenue, the appropri-
ations, &c.
Mr J C Clark succeeded in gaining the
floor, and after remarking that the debate on
this question hindered legislative action, and
held the committee inactive, that he had no
disposition to stifie debate on this subject, a.-.
that it would remain open for discussion
when the billcame up, moved the previous
question.
On motion of Mr Clifford. it call of the
House was made, and I98 members were
aset-rtiiinetl to be in attendance. The ques-
tion of secondingthedemand for the previous
question was carried. by Yeas 28; Nays
88; the Speaker deciding the tie in the af
firmative.
Mr Rhett withdrew his amendment of in-
structions to the Committee, and the question
was taken on the amendmentof Mr Ather-
ton. to refer the subject to the Committee of
Ways and Means. and decided in the nega-
tive: Yeas 95—Nays 104.
The question then rcciirring on the origi-
nal resolution it was modified by Mr Fill-
more so as to refer to the Committee on
Meiiiiifiicttires, that partoftbe Messatze which
relates to discriminating duties and (lomestic
manufactures. and was then adopted without
adivision.
Thus a preliminary debate, arising on it
question of reference. and extending through
eighteen days, is at length closed bv a signal
triumph of the great principle of Discrimin-
ation and Protection. '
The remaining parts of the Message. in-
cluding the Fiscal Project. were now refer-
red without objections, to the appropriate
Committees. and the House having disposed
of the stibjectfadtourned.
The Loan bill so urgently demanded bv
the pressing wants ofthe Treasury, will
probably next be taken tip. and may occuy
the attention ofthe House some weeks.
Tur.'.snAr.Jan. 4.
In the House. Mr. Hunt gave notice-—
leave for its introduction being refuse-d—-of a
proposed ameiidmentto the Constitution of the
United States, rendering the President ineli-
gible after the term of four years.
A conversation arose as to the priority of
business, Mr. Adams earnestly insisting that
the abolition petitions. some days since laid
over for debate, were now the business in
order. These were finally taken up. The
first, protesting against the adoption of any
rule stigmatizing Abolition petitions. Mr.
Adams had moved to refer to a Select Com-
mittee of nine. Mr. Meriwethernow moved
instructions to that Committee to report a
general system of rules, and to consider the
expediency of abolishing the previous ques-
tion. of re-estsblishing the one hour rule &.
to take bills out of Committee of the Whole,
laid on the table.
The House here got into another ofthose
scenes of confusion which usually occur
when the subject ofabolition comes up, and
Mr. Adams enters the arena with his perti-
nacity and sarcasm. The report on rules,
which was laid on the table, leaves the 21st
rule in full force—to the operation ofwhicb.
Mr. Adams will be obliged to submit until
a two-thirds vote can be obtained to take up
the subject.
In the Senate, Mr. Young introduced a
bill which was twice rend, and referred to
the Committee on public lands, so to amend
the eighth section of the Distribution Act, as
to give the Governor of the several states,
the power of selecting the lands ceded to
their respective States for interal improve-
ments.
The plan of Exchequer was further debat-
ed by, Mr. Bates, who, without directing his
remarks to the merits of the plan. urged on
the Whig party to avoid coudeining it imma-
turely, as had been done by the opposite
party; but when the subject came up in a
proper manner, to effect the greatest benefit
to the suffering country—not despising the
less because the greater desired good cannot
be obtained; and by Mr.-‘-Barrow. who deci-
dedly opposed this scheme’-as-a continuation
ofthe list of experiments that had been made
since the seizure of the public moneys by
Jackson, and as proposing a Government
power which was inconsistent witn public
liberty, which, if it became a law, would be
the death-knell of freedom," and which, men-
grel product of Nothern Federalism and Va
abstraction, be hoped the Whig party would
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not vote to refer to any conjimittembutthat it
would be strangled in its birth.
a scheme as no one who repudiated 1! Bank
of the United States could consent to. and
such as no Federalist had ever yet had the
hardihood to recommed. and yet it emanated
from a strict Stale Rights construction Ez-
ecutive, whoui, no longer recognized as a
head ofthe \Vhig party. and who. from his
two vetoes. had subjected himself to the
ridicule of the Democratic party,arid the
scorn ofthe Whigs.
Mr.- Morehead took the floor. and the
Senate went into Executive Session-
. \Vsn‘ru:snA1. Jan. 5.
In the House to day, a personal explana-
tion arose between Messrs Profit and Arnold
relating to remarks of Mr A.’s yesterday,
in which he had compared Mr P. to a hurt-
gry mouse on a trenc/ier liunling crumbs.-—
Mr P. concluded that he would not conde-
sceud to notice any thing the geiitleman
might say now or hereafter on the floor.
Mr Fillmore in accordance with directions
from the Committee on Ways and Means, of
which he is the able Chairman, reported it
bill authorizing an issue of Treasury Notes.
to the amount of fivc millions dollars—the
time for the issue of which to be terminated
as soon as the remainder of the twelve mil-
lion loan is made negotiable. j" .
The announcement of the bill caused a
general burst of laughter throughout the
Hall, and was immediately followed by a
motion fromMr Stuart of Ill to lay it an the
table; who, when Mr Fillmore appelaed to
him to withdraw the motion for a moment
and not thus summarily and without debate
(the motion to lay on the table not being de-
bateable) dispose ofii bill brought forward
in this cxigency to save the nationyfrom
bankruptcy, declined to withdraw the motion,
saying that all the \Vhig members of the
House were committed against Treasury
Notes and if this bill werethus immediately
disposed of. some other measure of relief
would sooner be brought forward.
The Yeas and Nays were taken. and the
House refused to lay the bill on the table,
by Yeas 33. Nays 163. The bill was then
referred to the Committee ofthewholc and
ordered printed.
Mr McKeou gave notice that when it
came up he should offer an amendment re-
pealing the Distribution Act.
The House adjourned at half pas 2 o'clock
having been occupied during most of the
Session on the important ‘case of Mr Arnold’
(to use his own words.) and the correction
of the Journal proposed by Mr Adams.
In the Senate n report was presented from
the Post Office Department. for the disburse-
ments from the Contiiigcnt Fund for l84!.
Mr Preston from the Committee on Mili-
tary Afiairs reported it bill for the settle-
ment of the claims of Maine forthe services
of her Militia.
The debitc was continued on the plan of
Exchequer by Mr Mort-head, ,who condemn-
ed it in toto, contending that the people ofthe
\Vest, if ofno other parts ofthe Union, had
decided in favor of a U. S. Bank, under the
beneficial operation of which they would be
relieved from their present oppressive burden
for cart.-igc on exchanées. ,
Mr Simmons thought the plan should be
taken up and deliberately acted on and might
be so modified as to be beneficial to the stif-
fering country, for whose relief they were
bound to act.
M} Woorlbury has the floor for to moi-row.
THURSDAY, Jan. 6.
In the House a resolution reported by Mr.
Fillmore from the Committee of Ways and
Means, directing that Committee to inquire
into the expediency of reportinga bill author-
izing appropriations ofsuch necessary objects
as had generally, contrary tol.iiv. been inclu-
ded in appropriation bills. ivas adopted.
Mr. Saltonstall, from the committee on
mautifactures, reported a resolution authori-
zing that committee to send for witness es
and take testimony on the subject of the
prcsent Tariff laws, of their operation on the
interests of the country, and the alteration
those interests may rr-quire.
The discussion which ensued, was broken
offby the expiration ofthe morning hotir,
when the resolution was laid over till to iiior-
row. 55 bids fair to give rise to a continuation
ofthe protracted tari_ffdebaie just termiiiiited.
On iiiotton of Mr. Fillmore, the Treasury
Note Bill-—-which authorizes an issue ofnot
more than five millions at any one time
outstanding; the period of their issue to be
limited to one year, and to be terminated
sooner if the loan shall be iuade negotiable-—
was taken up in Committee of the Whole on
the State of the Union, (Mr. Hopkins of Va.
in the Chair.)
Mr. Fillmore as Chairman ofthe Commit
tee who reported the bill, made a brief and’
pertinent exposition of the circumstances
connected with the reporting of the bill.-—
He first sent to the Clerk's table the report
of the Secretary ofthe Treasury, a portion
of which, l'C(‘.0lllm“n-’l€fl the issue of five mill-
ions ofTreasury Notes, was read. He re-
ferred to the estimated deficit of a great
amount in the Treasury for this year, and
the necessity ofsome means to meet that.-—
The Committee had at first declined bringing
forward a bill for the issue of Treasury notes,
in lieu thereof reporting an addition to the
loan bill of five millions; but that having
been delayed, and the exigencies of the
reasury being immediate and pressing, they
—although it majoity of them were opposeil
to the issue of Treasury notes—had not felt
it their duty to with hold this plan thus rec-
ommended. for the temporal reliefol the treas-
ury, lrom the House, to whose disposal it was
now submitted. He had uniformly voted
against the issue. of Treasury notes——not on
the ground of their unconstitutionality but
expediency----and it was with much difficulty
that he had now brought himselfto vote for
this bill, which he should do as the best and
perhaps only means of teuiporarily averting
the disgrace ofthecreditof Government. He
was opposed to the issue of Treasury Notes,
if any other cotirse could be taken.
Mr. Davis of Ky. opposed the bill.
Mr. Wise replied to Mr. D., advocated the
bill, and offered an amendment providing
that the proceeds ofthe sales of public lands
should be applied to the payment of the
National Debt both now and hereafter, that
no issue of Treasury Notes should be made
until‘ this revenue was first thus applied, and
-then 'I’reasury' Notes to be issued. .
Messrs. Fillmore and Arnold raised the
irrelevant, before which was decided,
In the Senate. Mr. Clay introduced a bill
to amend the several acts respecting copy
rights.
' The Exchequer plan was discussed by Mr
Woodbury, \\ ho elaborately examined its
details, opposing it, except the provision
relatingto the collection of moneys, which
savored of the Sub-Treasury system, and to
that extent met his approbation.
The House made its regular adjournment
till to morrow, and the Senate adjourned over
to Monday.
FRIDAY, Jan. '7.
In the House, several petitions having been
presented, Mr. Adams objected to their recep-
tion unless the reccption of petitions were in
due order. Mr. Payne of Ala. moved the
suspension of the Rule, so that petitions
might be received which prevailed: 110 to
42.
Several petitions were now presented and
received without objection. until at length Mr
Giddiugs of Ohio offered one praying for a
law to prevent the transportation of Slaves
coastwise in vessels of the United States.-
Mr. \Vm. Cost Johnson of IlId., contended
that this was not receivable. After an ex-
éited and irregular debate, in which Messrs.
Giddings, W'ise. Adams, W. Cost Johnson
and Arnold participated, the Speaker decided
that it could not be received under the Rule.
Jlfr Giddings contended that a part of the
petition, praying for the protection of all per-
sons “constitutionally entitled to Freedoin,”
was clearly receivable. The Speaker
assented. Mr. John Campbell of S. C. now
moved that the balance ofthe petition be not
rt-ceivcd——-or rather. that the question -of
reception be Iaizlon t/te table. On this prop-
osition Mr Adams refused to vote. stigmati-
zing it as tricky and deccptive- Mr. Gordon
of N. Y. attempted the same thing, but was
at last pursuaded to vote .43/e. Mr. Adams
did not vote. After a very discreditable and
a tumtiltous wrangle, the vote was taken.
and declared-——Ayes 104; Nays 86. Sothe
motion was laid on the table.
Mr. Giddings now offered another petition
praying that all the people of the free states
be relieved from all constitutionality or other
obligation to protect and defend Slavery.
Mr. “Vise moved that the question of
reception on this be laid on the table. After
another row this motion also prcvailed:——
Ayes 205; Noes 86.
lllr Giddings now ofibred another petition
praying that no more Slave States he admit
ted into the Union. This was likewise laid
on the table: Ayes 102; Noes 82.
Mr Giddings now announced that he held
petitions from about.l0,000 citizens of Ohio.
praying to be relieved from the necessity of
aiding to hold human beings in bondage, but
under tlie\decisions just made by the House,
he should not present them.
After several oth‘e”r»pt-titions had been pre-
sented, Mr. S. J. Andrews of Ohio, offered
one for the repeal of the XXlst rule of the
House whicli was laid on the table: Ayes
09; Noes 89.
, Jlfessrs. Andrews. Coiven and Stokely of
Ohio presented several more Anti Slavery
Petitions, which were in like manner laid
on the [:lbl.t’.;
flfr. G.‘I).t\'l8 of K_v. now presented a
petition for the repeal of the Bankrupt Law.
Mr Cravens of la. moved its reference to
the Judiciary Coinuiittee. with instructions
to report a bill repealing the Bankrupt law.
lift‘. Profiit moved a call of the House.
ilfr-' Crittenden of N. Y. moved that the mo-
tion to Tt’ft:‘l‘ do lie on the table. A Ill:-mber
movi-il an adjournment. and, being involved
in general confusion. the House soon adj.
SA'rUitn.nr. Jan. 8th.
In the House, ii resolution offered by Mr.
Briggs was atlopletl, instructing the Committee
on Public Expenditures to inquire into ilie qual-
ity and amount of furniture iliat has been pur-
chased or contracted for, for the New York Cus-
tom Huuse, and whether there has been any
reduction in the expenditures. or iii the number
of persons employed therein. during the past
year. &c.
The business ofyesterday was taken up, the
question be.-furu the House being on the motion
of Mr Crittenden to lay on the table the motion
of Mr Cravens of la. to instruct the Committee
on the Judiciary iii rcporta bill to repeal the
Bankrupt Law. ’
The motion to lay on the table was with-
drawn. that the direct question on instructions
might be taken as a test vote.
On the main ‘question of instructions. Mr
\Veller asked the Yeas and Nays. which were
ordered. and carried. Yeas 115. Nays 95. A
reconsideration was moved and rejected. as was
intended. I
By subsequent procecdings.’ihe committee on
Judiciary. were instructed to report a bill for the
repeal q/' the Bankrupt Law on Tuesday nu t,
11th. A reconsideration being moved and re-
jected, the House adjoiirrietl.
lVIore Biddle Ind-ictniertts.—Austin Mont-
gomery appeared before the Recorder of
Philddvlpliiil on Thursday, and made an oath
charging Jlfc-ssrs. Biddle, Jaudon. Dunlap.
Coivperthivaite and Andrews. with a con-
spiracy to defraud the stockholders ofthe U.
S. Bank of Pennsylvania. Process was
awarded and served. and the first three per-
sons appeared and entered into recognizances
in $10,000 each for their apperance for trial
on Thursday next.
Gen. Gaines. it seems not only quittcd his
command without leave, but was guilty of
insubordination in addressing his communi-
cations to the Secretary of War instead of
the Commanding General, whom he does
not recognize. He has not been arrested,
however, but will probably receive a perina-
nent leave of abscence from his command,
which will be devolved on the ofiicer next
in rank.
Sir Charles Baggot, the new Governor‘
General of Canada, was in Boston, and at-
tended the opening of the Massachusetts
Legislature. He arrived at Albanybyjthe
way of the Western Railroad on Wednesday
evening,-and would thence proceed to Cana-
-
as-dam. __ P
Connecticut.-It appears by tbelate cen-
549,693 persons over 20 veaas of age. who
Connecticut has the least in proportion to
her population. there being 526 in the State
or I in every 574 ofthe population. New
Hampshire ranks next in the general dif-
fusion of education, there being I in 306.-
Then follows Massachusetts, with I in I64;
Maine I in 154 ; Vermont 1 in 128; The
ratio ofall the rest of the States is over I to
the I00. North Carolina is the lowest on
the list there being in that State 56,609
whites over 20 years of-age, who cannot
read or iv.iite—or l in 9!-—-Danbury Times
Business on the Eric Railroad.—'I‘hc
Goshen Democrat says: "Not a little sur-
prise was occasioned last week, on witnessing
the quantities of ‘commodi.Iies' received from
the west, atthe depot in this village. Among
the eatnbles left there on Thursday were 7
or 8 tons of poultry. some of which were
brought front the vicinity of Buffilo—large
quantities of venison, with a sprinkling of
bears and other wild animals. VVe also
noticed several tens of handles for white
wash brushes, bellows tops and bottoms,
turned bed posts, chair backs, seives, with a
great variety of other articles too tcdiousto
mention. A considerable falling off of
freight was expected during the winter
months, but the last two weeks have satisfied
us that the Company will have as much
business as they can attend to during the
whole of the year. If the citizens of New
York understood their true interests, they
would put their shoulders to the wheel and
finish this road in Live years from this date.
United States Ba-nl:.—-A meeting of the
Stockholders of the United States Bank was
held at Philadelphia on Monday. The An-
nual Report of the Directors was read. Res-
olutions were adopted throwing open the
books. papers, ‘&c. to the inspection of Stock-
holders, declaring that the last two assign-
ments were passed in violation of the spirit
of the Acts of incorporation, and_that they
are therefore void, and that it is expedient to
inakca general assignment olall its proper-
ty for the payment of its debts. The reg-
ular or anti-Biddle ticket for Directors was
elected. ‘
More of I/Le Santa. Fe Ezpedition.-—Ev-
cry thing relating to this unhappy crusade,
involving as itdid the capture by the Mexi-
cans and the probable consignment to it hilt‘
worse than death of some three hundred per-
sons, most of them natives of the United
States, has a deep and melancholy interest.
We find in the St- Louis Republican of the
24th ult. farther news of its fate. fully con-
firming the previous accounts. Lvtters are
publishcd in that paper dated at Independ-
ence, Mo. Dec. [5 and 16, announcing the
arrival at that place of Signor Manuel Al-
varez, the Americnn Consul at New Mexico
who was obliged to leave Santa Fe by the
atrocious barbarity ofthe Mexicans. \Vhen
he left he had with him eight or trn com-
panions ; they separated, however, some
300 miles froui Intlepeiidence. The cold
was very intense, one mitt) having frozen to
death. and others being very sick. anti all of
them being greatly annoyed by the cold and
snow during the entire journey. which cc
ciipicd fifty days. The five who separated
from the llltllll party are supposed to have
perished.
According to the relation of Signor Alva-
rez, the Texan expedition, on their arrival
n('(lI' Sitita Fe, was divid--t.‘ into three part-
ies, under commandful Howlziiid, Cook and
;’lI..'Leod. When it shortdistance from San-
ta Fe. Hoivland, Baker and Rosebury were
sciit on in advance to ascertain the dispositoii
ofthe Mexicans. They were seized, strip-
ped, and ordered not to leave the hounds.-—
They, however. tnzidetheir CS.‘fl,Ot', traveled
five days. were retaken by some shcphi-rds.
brought in and shot. Seven others were
then sent in, among wlioiiiwcre Kendall,
(ol the Picayum-,) Cooke and Lewis. Thesi-
were seized on their way. and drawn up to
be shot; but the Capt-xiii who had them in
charge ilisobeyed orders and took them to
the Governor. Seventy more of the same
party were soon after brought in.
The party under Cook, numbering 83
men and 7 officers, was met when 75 miles
from Santa Fe, by the Mexican Militia, and
attempted to negociate with their Colonel,
but were told they must surrender or fight.
They accorrlingly siirrendered without fight.
ing, on condition that their lives should be
secure.
The main party—numbering about two
hiiii-rlred men—-under McLeod, (who is said
to be :1 coward and a fop,) surrendered when
about fifty mils"-s in the rear of Cook. All
the prisoners, three hundred and four in mim-
ber, were stripped of their arms, property at
stores. The Proclamations and other pa-
pers, and among them Mr. Kendall's pass-
ports, were burned in the Public Square.--
Tlie whole body were then marched off,
bare-footed and half naked. for Mexico. a dis-
tance oftwo thousand miles; andthe orders
were that each man who gave out should be
bziyoneted and left by the way. Wiht-n Al\
varez and his party left. the prisoners had
marched thirty miles. and three of them had
already been killed.
The conduct of the Mexicans is represen-
ted as savage and ferocious in the extreme
towards the defence-less prisoners, and to have
extended in many instances, to the fore",-gners
residing in the country. On the 17th of
October, before his departure from Santa Fe,
Armego, the Governor, wrote to the Amer-
ican Consul, ordering the foreigners to con-
fine themselvcs within the town for twenty
days. After his departure, the nephew of
the Governor, who is also his confidentand
Secretary, accompanied by a sergeant and
soldier, and followed by a mob, attacked the
house ofthe American Consul, burst into it,
and wounded hint severely in the face.-
Threats were iuade by the rabble against
the American citizens and many were ar-
rested aud thrown into prison, from which,
on the return ofthe Governor, they were
released. Two American citizens had their
houses broken open and their money and
property taken. M. Alvarez demanded his
passports. which, after a delay of about 30
days, were granted. He had 16 companions
be left, of whomseven reached Inde-
pendence.’ -
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Ojienirig oftltc Pollsirzllc Ralilroazf.--'I’he
It wassuch point of order against this aniendnivnt as sus that there are in the United Sates Prqsidi.-nt, l\-’l:in:':i'_*9rs and Offirto-rs of the
P-‘illilflvlpllizl, Reading 3.-. Pottsville Railroad
The Committee rose. and the House adj. can neither read nor write.’ Of this number Company, passed over that road from Read-
ing to Pottsville, on Saturday m0l'Dl‘Dg_’,
re.urnin_-.2‘ at IO rr.ir.utcs fast 2 o’cloclt.'P.
M . they Slall.(‘d from Pottsville for Philadel-
phia, and arrived at Pt-ter’s Island Bridge
ten minutes before 8 o'clock-—total time.
including stoppa ges, 5 hours and 48 minutes.
Pc-nnsg/Ieaiiiaii.
Rev. Mr. Mafit has been retained by‘ a
Methodistsucit-ty in Boston. who have leas-
ed the Odezin for five years. Mr. M. preach-
ed his first sermon _thcre onthe second inst.
and then proceeded to \Vashington to fini-
fil his duties as Chaplain. Upon theclose
ofthe session he returns to his new loca-
uon.
Singular cflcct of L-iglzzning. On the
‘24th of November, near the residence of
Major H. Stinne-it in Pope county, eighteen
sheep were killed by lightning. \Vht-n first
seen says our informant. they were lying in
a heap, three double. and their wool was
burned to it cinder. Three other sheep were
also ivouiided.——Ar/lansas Ar1i.~oca.le.
The Manager of the P-ark Theatre has
published it Card. stating‘, hat during M’lle.
Elssle-r's engagement, the Theatre has lost
above $2200, while she has received for
her services 85,438. As an evidence
that our citizens are less best-tted with Els
slersisin now than some" months since. we-
chronicle this fact with great pleasure;
though we regret Mr. Simpson’: personal
mislortune.——'I'ribunc.
The-first rail road in America was estab-
lished to convey granite from the lt-dgrs to
our ships. The latest rail road, from Ch-.irl«-s-
town to Fresh Pond, is constructed for the
transportation of ice And it will be recol-
lected that granite and ice, are said by high
authority, to be the staple commodities of
New England.——Boslon Mere. Journal.
Home Squadron.-——A Vt’ashingtoi: corres-
pondent ofthc Evening Post, states that the
Home Squadron is to be constituted as fol-
lows :—
Independence, Captain Gallagher.
Columbia, Captain Parker.
Missouri, Cat.-tain Newton.
Mississippi. Captain Salter.
Vandalia. Commander Ramsey.
FillfnOlllh, Commander Mclntcsh.
Dolphin, now at sea.
Grampus, Lieut. Van Brunt.
Utica and S/i.cnecla(I_1/ Railroad ———A
printed memorial to the Li~_gisl;.mn-, signing
thatthe not profits of the above Rogdéfm the
last five years have been $238,887 per annum
on an average. or 135 percent per arnum on
the capital and praying the Legislature to
restrict the rate of late to two cents per mile.
and also to require more than one train in a.
day. and to prescribe regulations about stop-
ping to receive and discharge passengers.
The Mcxicart. Scltooners.-——'I‘tvo schoon-
ers. have rvcvnlly l’it.‘r'n bull’ in this port by
.Vlt.ssrs. I-Iargoiis, Brothers &. Cn., and fully
armed and made ready for sea. On Sunday
the Collector tliought it his ditty to pr:-vnnt
these vessels from sailirig, as they \\'(‘l‘l' about
to do. until it can bedeti-rmiried \\'ll(‘!li(‘T the
t)l'OI‘t‘t"lll1t‘9 is not in violation of the law of
the United Statrs. These vessels is suppos-
ed to have ht-vn built by order, and on iiccoifnt
of the Mexican Gm-crnmciit, for ’.l':r- purfr-so
of wgir against Tc-xas.—-Jour. of Can‘.
“Grog? }llnric_'I/."-—V\7i.= iinrlcrst.-ind that
352500 were raid to the sramcn on board
the Receiving ship Columbus, in lieu of
spirit rations. for the last tlircc months,
which thcy had voluntarily rclinriiiishml.
Vie also learn that the crew of llic U. S.
scliooner Grampus, coiiimnnlt (l by Lit-2 Van
Burnt, ii hich vessel is now ready to sail on
a cruise. all with the ('..\'(‘t‘pli0n of ten of
eleven receive money instead of grog.
It is time tht the custom of allowing
spirit rations on board our ships was abol-
ished.-—Bost. Jour.
It is stated that the Branch Mint in N. O.
is now engaged in coining the smaller de-
nominations of coin. or fraction of a dollar.
Sixty thousand dollars in dimes had been
stamped within the last twenty days, prior to
the 2lst ultimo.
A Trifling Quarrel mi./l Tragic End——-
A man named Durham has been coinniitti-d
to jail in Mercer co. N. J. for killing his
wife in a quarrel as to the mode in whichthe
tea should be made, “he insisted upon its
being made as his mother made it, and she
refused to mingle-. it in any other way than
the way her mozher taught her. Becoming
excited. he struck her with his fist, and
knocked her down. Her head struck against
something hard. and her skull was fractured.
She lingnred in distress about ten days.—
The husband commiinicaterl the facts to no
one, but some neighbors visiting the house
found her deranged, hiding be-rselfunderthe
bed, with her head very much swolleu.——
Her death, it is alleged, might have been,
prevented by proper treatment.
A copy of Cranmer‘: Bible, edition 1539
in folio, wanting the title page and two other
leaves. was reccnly sold in London for .5550."
The volume concludes with the following.
colophon z--—‘ The ends of the New Testa-
ment, and of the whole Byblc, fyished in
Apry’ll, Anne M.CCCCCXXXIX.'
The interest due lst inst. on State Stocks '
have been paid in every case except Mart.’-
land, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
IfIassaclzusetts.—The Legislature of this
State convened at Boston on Monday, last
week. and each House was promptly orga-
nized by the Choice of Whig Officers.
The aged, they are indeed,‘ long shadows.
and their evening sunshinelies cold upon the
earth ; but they all point towards the rno;rn-
ing.—Jcan Poul Ricltler. I
4
Henry Barnivell, the ' last of Paul Joirfes‘
crew,’died at Up_per Marion. Montagomgfary
Co. Pa. on the 9th.ult'. aged 87. '
The Legislature of Maine convencilo
Augusta on Wednesday. ____ _ _~___‘ _ 1
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