Congressional.
Golrrespondlem‘-c q/‘the N. Yar/c Tribune.
MONDAY. Jan.31.
" In the Senate, to day, Mr. Simmons an-
nounced the death of iris colleague, Hon.
Nathan F. "Dixon, and offered resolutions for
the appointment of a Committee to take
orders relative to the funeral cereinonies, that
the Senate go} into] qjiotifrningrfor thirty
days. that the ' :‘itten' t e une'ra to morrow
at'l‘2._o’clocl,r,)a_nd th:i,t.they now...adjourn,
which were u'n‘a'u'imo‘usiy adopted. 3
In the House, the Speaker, on ‘leave pre-‘
scntcd communications, from the Treasury,
lit/or and Navy Departments, relative. to
0 their respective accounts for I841, the mim-
ber of_clcr'-ks employed, &.c. ; among which
from the Trcas'ur'y Department was a :S_t«“ttl?-
' inent ofthe amount of public money deposi-
t ted in the Louisville Savings Bank. and of
the a'c'c'ounts ofthe Treasurer of the United
States for l84l. .
A great number of Senato bills mostly of
a private mmre were taken up front the
Speaker's table, twice read and referred.
Mr. Fillmore from the Committee of ways
and means on leave reported a bill making
appropriations for the relief and protectiop of
American Seamen in foreign countries;
which was.t_wice read and referred to the
committee of the whole on the Union.-
Mr. F. also introduced a resolution.'which_
was also adopted, desiring the"Se~.'.re_ta.ry of
State. to communicate to the House, in a tab-
ular form, a comparative statement of the
tariff of other countries and the U. States.
Unsuccessful attempts were made to offer
several resolutions.
The regular business before the House,
was relative to the censure of Mr. Adams,
with which Mr. A. expressed his willingness
to proceed to his defence; but a message
having been received from the Senate com-
muuicating the intelligence of the decease
of Hon. Mr. Dixon. ‘The House then adj.
Tucson, Feb. 1.
In the House to day, Hon. Messrs. Cooper
and Colquitt, Representatives elect from
Georgia, appeared, were qualified,andtook
their seats.
The House then adjourned, and proceed-
ed in procession to the Senate Chamber. to
unite in the funeral services of the Hon. N.
F. Dixon. Senator from Rhode Island.
In the Senate, no legislative business was
trans.-"ic'ted. An impressive and appropriate
funeral sermon was (‘lelivered by Rev. Septi-
mus .l'i.istiii, Chaplain to the Senate, preceded
by prayer ziriire;idiug ofthe Scriptures by
Rev. Mr. f\‘ltll{ill.
A pi‘ocessio:iwos then formed, and the
body was taken to the Railroad Depot, to
betr.-:ns_:iorte-J and find a last long repose,
at the place .of the late residence. of the de-
ceased.
' ‘.lVx-zozvrcsnav, Fcb.'2.
In the Senate, petitions were presented
agaipst the repeal or postponement of the
Btinxrupt LIW, and for other purposes.
The resolution of Mr. Clay, amendatory
of the Constitution, was taken up, and Mr.
(Bjpchana‘n.sglol;e at length in reply to Mr.
ay ant. in efence of the veto power, as a-
conservative power to prevent -impure and
hasty legislation, to guard the minority, and
pot so lioble toabuse as maintained by many.
in proorof which he noticed the fiictthatout
of the six or seven thousand laws passed
since the organization of our government.
but about twelve have been vetoed; of which
four were pink bills, six for internal im-
provenientsand one for Distribution.
_ The Senate then went into Executive ses-
sion.
hlflj-‘he H0039. 51 message was received,
t att eP'es':l itl‘ d ' .' ' -
Note Bmi 1' er ia signed ‘or: Treasury
Mr. Everett gave notice that he should
call up the Apportionment Bill, on Tuesday
next. _
The ugIt'inisli(}.-ll business. on resolutions to
censure 1' r. A ams. was taked uo.
_ Mr. Adiiiiis then offered the resolutions for
information from the: Departments of which
:i:.“:? "i."=’l°"il~*' “"i§‘°-‘*‘ ‘°“‘i“i.i°'
w ici o jections E‘-ll'I_0' ma e, ’r.
Adams contended that the infcirmation was
absolutelyneccssa-ry to his defence. The
firstresolutinn, calling on the President, if
not incompatible with the public interest, for
copies of the correspondence between the
Depa’rtment_of State and the minister of
great Brijlain; also of the correspondence
etween t. n Governor of South Carolina
and the; late’William Johnson, Judgeof the
Supreme "Court of the United States, relating
to an act ofthe Legislature of Smith Caro-
lina, directing the imprisonment of colored
persoris arriving from-abroad atthe ports of
that State; also for the act or acts themselves,
an’ any opinion by the said Judge Johnson
of $6 g'l(!)O,!‘1Siltl1i.i0nallf.y thereof, was read.
‘ _ r r mcr moved to la this resolution
on the table. ' I y ,
_ .év.I.r. 'JO‘lJU?l’U(' .“lfll3VCU to’ ray II1e'"\V'li0lo
su, ject on t e ta e. ’
AdA,.ft¢1' Some codnyorsstion. in which Mr.
amsexpresse is esire to proceed, and
called on every friend ofthe right- of habeas
corpus.-.of trial by jury, andof the right of
pptlttion. to abitain Ehlenceforth from any vote
0_ aying on t e ta e or postponement of the
-“?“_l?.lf3t‘_3l. 01' any but ‘aye’ or ‘no’ on the-direct
ques ion. .
__ A call of the House was made, and 196
members were ascertained to be present’.
The question was then taken, and’ the
Hbuse refused to lay the whole‘ subject‘ on
the-table :_ yeas 89, nays 107'.’ " N
_ The question then recurring on the adop-
‘)0.l'1 Of the resolution’, after a debate of some
length as to its relevancy, it was adopted:
979 NayS‘96. I I
Phe second resolution, calling upon the
Secretary of the Navy forthe proccedingsof
the late trial of Capt. William Bolton the
correspondence and circumstances connected
therewith, was then
Nay’-s84. .,
“'¥hé"thirrll resolution was then‘ taken up,
ca mg on tie President to communicate to
1l18H0'USe‘copies of any letter written by him
to Wm. Lost Johnson, relating to a rule~'of
the excluding frpm reception petitions on
the subject of sl very; and whether the
clgrelsidenltl evplr apthorized Henry .1 ‘Wise to
ecaret at e 'new the President was in
favor of such a'j'ule. f,’fI'o this, ’ '
Mr. .'Wise'att'em'pt'ed to "offer “*1 8-mcndmflli
—.i
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' adopted: Yeas 95,‘
c'gl__l i,ng,,for iiifoIma1.io.n on th e,._Ex.c;;uli v,e_.,files,,
oj"'theI,,fi;-Efiles of .‘,a_r_iy Excphtjitriz I-3‘epa-t;‘trpent,',;
touchitig thebharge ilohn Quincy Adam-s-;-is;
said to‘ have prefe‘rf_red at one titric to J c{ ,5-‘rson"
aiid ot’li'é'i's agfiinslt the Federalists off New
England, inculpating them with designs
and acts to dissolve the Union of those States,
- The Speaker,‘ after some conversation on
this subject, ruled the amendment out oforder.
Mr. Gentry moved to lay this resolution
on the table, which was carried, Yeas lll,
Nays 64. _ . . - - — ~
Mr. Adams then spoke at length in pre-
liminary remarks, demanding that time be
givcn him to receive the information called
for "by the rosolutions adopted, and that-
he be’ tried before a committee .of the
House on the crime charged, as they had
refused his trial before a Court which he
‘held was proper and just. A desire had
been manifested to drive this through with-
out giving him opportunity to defend himself;
such a course had never before been taken
iuany deliberative body. This proposition
was concocted in dark conclave. and caucus
in oneof the dungeons below, and was
brought here to be sprung upon him without
notice. He asked for the postponement of
the subject. _
Mr. Summers of Va., moved as a substi-
tute for both Mr. Marshallfs and Mr. Gil-
mer’s propositions, that the whole subject he
referred to a "Select Committee, to take into
consideration the alleged contempt and breach
ofprivileges. whether an_y further proceed-
ings are necessary, and if so, of what char-
acter. '
He briefly advocated the propriety of a
calm deliberation of this subject by a coin-
mittee before action on it by the House.
Mr. Gilrner then, after repeated efforts
obtained the floor, and deprecutlng all the
incidental and extraneous considerations that
had been brought in, advocated his original
simple resolution, as commending itself to
the unanimous support of the American
House of Representatives.
\Vithout concluding. he gave way to a
motion to adjourn.
THURSDAY, Feb. 3.
Mr Calhoun moved to refer the commu-
nication of the President relative to the case
ofthe Creole to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs witha request to its Chairman to re-
port immediately on the subject. He regar-
ded this as an important subject. It was
seen that the Bahama Islands instead of be
ing under the protection of Great Britain
were but a nest of pirates. As slaves by the
laws of that county were not regarded as
property, they might go a step farther and
refuse to give up cotton, &-c. the production
of slave labor.
After a few remarks by Mr. Preston as to
the delicacy and importance ofthesulij:-ct and
the necessity for immediate action, Mr Cal-
houn’s motion was carried.
Mr Simmons, Chairman of the Committee
on Manufactures, moved that that committee
be authorized to employ a clerk.
The motion was carried : yeas‘.28 nays l4.
In the House, Mr Gilmer continued his
remarks from yesterday in advocacy of the
resolutions of censure of Mr Adams. He
commenced by proposing-to -Mr A. to with-
drew his proposition on which all were bas-
scd, if Mr A wouldwithdraivthe. petition.-—
Mr A. declined to do this, stating that he
had presented it under a solemn sense of duty
and was not at liberty to withdraw it. Mr
G. spoke for an hour and a half in support
more pirticularly of his simple resolution to
censure Mr A. He dwelt upon the sacred-
ness of thé"Union, the value of which should
not be brought into calculation, as would hi.-
the case iftho petition were received, and It
report, however able, is triadc. by the gentle-
man from hlassacliiisetts. He wanted‘ no
agreement to preserve this Union. Seven-
teen millions of people reposed in peace and
perfect content under it, except the 46 citi.
zens of Haverhill, signers of the petition. It
would be a better and more economical way
to send Mr Adams as an Envoy Extraordi-
nary to them, than to stir up the whole couri-
trv with a report on this subject.
‘Mr Adams spoke of the inconsistency of
the charges made upon him by gr-utlemen
who at one moment agreed with the mock
petition from Georgia, that he was a mono-
maniac, and the next charged him with
crime. Was it custoinarv to charge an in-
sane man with crime? He referred to the
declnraflon madevby \Vm C. Johnson. that
this petition was written on Congressional
paper, and its signitures were in the same
hand writing, iiitiinating that the gentleman
was acquainted with its origin.
Mr Johnson denied any knowledge of the
petition, until Mr A. presented it.
Mr Adams proceeded to reply to Mr Gil-
mer, and referred to his foruier declaration
that he would stop Mr A.’s music, saying
that he had auxiliaries in- this design. He
Tficn read to the House an anonymous letter
he. had . _rec.eived. ..dated J,acl.-sou, N. C.
Jan. 20, I842, and postmarked Norfolk,
Va,, informing him that his course was
watched in Congress by thejwhole South, and
unless he changed his course he would be
unexpectedly launched into eternity. He
also ‘exhibiterl a ‘picturesque representation of
himself which he had rcceived,the origin of
which he said was known to members in the
House. in which was the mark of a rifle
ball -on his head, the word ‘Abolition’ writ-
ten over; on the sides, the words‘ Mene,
tel.-el. upliarsia; and underneath the worrlsf
‘ To stop the music of John’ Q. Adams, the
6th President of the U. States, who
“ In one revolving moon
Is statesman. babbler and buffoon.”
This as well as the reading of the letter
caused considerable laughter. He then ex-
pressed his surprisethat a proposition to cen-
sure him had come from Va., to which State
more than any other except his own State,
he was attached, as from that he had been
introduced into public life, by Washington,
whose confidence friendship and patronage,
he had enjoyed.
He could never extinguish his gratitude to
those sons of»Virginia and -to that State, and
he was surprised now to receive such treat-
ment from‘her Representatives. I-lo declar-
ed ‘lie wo'uld'have preferred to have been stab
bed to the heart at'his desk, than that those
propositipns should have been byouglit for-
ward. to destroy his character and good name.
" Without his concluding, the House adj.
as well as of Madison, Ieflerson, and Monroe .
' , F-'ntnAv_,Fch. 4.
Iu"the_House of.’.Representatives,‘;Mr. Ad-
ams._‘co’n_tin\ued liisdcfeiice 0n'.’l_he pr,oposi’tion
to cejnsyure him; _ _ - -L. ‘
Mr. A. presisted in his demand on Mr.
-Cushirig for the source, since he had declar-
ed it was not Mr. Giliner, ' whence he had
received information of an intention to re-
move him (Mr. A.) from his post as -Chair-‘
man of the Committee and appoint Mr. C.,
Mr. Cashing declined to introduce private
conversation in the-House, saying that
his colleague could refer directly to the
members of the Committee,,on ,Fore‘gn
Affairs who were now present.
Mr. Rhett said thatlafter the proposition
had been made to remove Mr. Adams from
the head ofthe Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, iucidentally meeting with Mr. Cushing
he said to him that as he was second on the
Committee he supposed they must appoint
him Chairman; and that’ Mr_. C. promptly
replied that he neither could nor would serve.
Mr. Adams then continued, disavowin:
anyintention to inculpate his colleague” lilr.
Cushing, and exonerating Mr. Giliner from
the charge of tampering with him, saying
that itappeared from the explanation of the
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Rhett)
that he had a part in it.
Mr. Adams occupied the floor during the
day, touching upon various topics in- his.de-
fence, causing at times considerable merri-
ment, and exciting much interest. ‘He
referred to a letter written by him in 1808
to the then Senator Anderson of Tennessee,
which was yesterday read, by Mr. Gilmer,
to prove Mr. A.’s attachment to the Union
at that time. He also read from speeches
delivered by him at Boston on the fourth of
July, 1837, and before the Historical Society
at New York in 1839, to prove that he ‘no-'0
remained sound towards the Union. He
gave way a little before four o’cloclc to a
motion to adjourn. '
[The proceedings in the Senate to day
were unimportant. Most of the day was
devoted to private bills. Mr.Benton brought
before the Senate a curious and important
question —the answer to which has not yet
been made. He submitted whether he was
to be paid or not, as a member of Congress.
He states that his check for a certain sum of
money from the President pro. tem. of the
Senate was marked by him, “ the hard or
protest,” that the Bank of Washington offer-
ed Treasury Notes for the greater p-irt of
-he cbeck——whic'h notes Mr. Benton declin-
ed recei'ving—-that Treasury Notes are one
per cent. below pair in this city. Mr. Clay
intimated to the Senate to day that he would
retire from the situation ofSenator very soon.]
SA'runti.n', Fcb.5.
The Senate was not in Session to day.
In th-.- House, Mr. Adams occupied "the
door principally during the day. in continu-
ation uf his defence, which will probably
consume yet a week. He commenced by a
severe attack on the press for misrepresen!a-
tion of him, and particularly on the Intelli
gencer for suppressing‘-—‘as*lie,ulleged—his
remarks. This paper after some strenuous
and successful exertions to furnish daily re-
ports. this morning informs its readers, ll:-it
on acdount of the harsh and unmeritedatt k
made yesterday by Mr. Adams, in his speech
on its reporters and publishers it shall dis-
continue other than authorized reports of his
remarks. He charged the. Globe and other
pa pcrs with l1'llSl‘t‘.pl'()S€t)tln;_1 him. He in-
tended to show that there was a design in
the South not only to support their -.'i’\t'n
‘peculiar institutions,‘ but to spread thel.i,v of
slavery tiirougliout the other portion ol,-the
community. He charged the Intelligeucer
with withholding his disclosur<—s, under an
anti-Abolition influence; and read many
documents showing an unl.ivrful interferiince
of the Post Oliicc Department, prohibiting
the transmission of Abolition papers by niaiil.
This he said was one of the great proofs of
the conspiracy which he iiitcnded to prove.
He desired it postponement of the subject
until the information from the l‘)l't-'Sli.lEfll.|‘f'md
D-*partments——called for by the resolutions
adopted and which was necessary and essen-
tiul to his defence—-was obtained, and moved
to postpone ’till next Thursday week.
Mr. Arnold, after briefly expressing -his
opiuioiis against a postponement, and in la-
vor ofthe motion of Mr. Summers to com-
mit the whole subject to a Select Committee,
intimating that, by this course, the subject
would probably be finally disposed of, and in
the easiest manner, moved the previousques
tion, (which would cutoff Mr. Adains’s nio-
tion, and bring the House to a direct votu—-
first oti,l\"lr. Su.niners's vote.) *,
A call of the House was moved, but pa-
fused : Yeas 82, Nays 98.
Mr. Adams then appealed to Mr. Arnold
to withdraw the motion for the previohs
question, saying that he would withdraw tlic
motion to postpone, and proceed. This was
complied with, and Mr. Adams continued
At half past three o'clock he gave wayt
a motion to adjourn. '-
ANIMAL ll'1AGl\'E1‘ISM.—-Dr. H. Collgjer is
lecturing upon Animal Magnetism, in,i'New
Bedford, with much success. The following
letter from Charles Dickens, Esq. in relajion to
this mysterious subject, will be read wiIh.;i ‘ ter-
est: Tnnmozvr Housr-3, Janf.'§7.
Dear Sir——-If we can possibly arrangelit, I
shall be much interested in seeing your crises.
when you come to Boston. With regaid to
my opinion of Mcsmerism, I have no hesita-
tion in saying that I have closely watched
Dr. Elliotson’s experiments from the first-
that he is one of the most intimate and val
ued friends ——that I havcthe utmost reliance
on his honor, character, and ability,‘ and
would trust ‘rnylifc in his hands at anytime,
—and after what I have seen with ‘ my own
eyes, and observed with my own senses, I
should be untrue botlito him and myself, _ifI
shrunk for_a‘ moment from saying tl1f|'i.It_lm
a believer, and that I became so again I all
my preconceived opinions and impressi us.
To. Du. (Convex. CHAS. D_lCKE‘,
At’ a Town_ Meeting in Stratford, "a, few
days .Sm_Ce. [a vote was passed ,tor'proh_ibit:tj_iie
sale’o_f~ a_rd_€nt spirits within the _limits of’,'t,l'i'pt }
town. A meeting was called on Séitu_r‘tl_’a,'_v
last for the urpose‘of,rec,onsideringl;--tlie
vote. but we’ earnthat nothing.’ivas'='donéiih
the matter.-— B-Fidgepo rt Standard,‘ ' ll st‘-.""‘,"-‘;? ; ’
.,.
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--{rain-the Boston gdtlas, Jan. 28th.
E E '.I"R A DEE.
'l‘lie_-wealtli of ‘a nation is made up, it is
true,. o'l.the'aggrega'te- wealth ofits individual
members. Nevertheless, one nation may be
richerithan’ :in'othei'-’-ofthe some inembers-—
without halfthe amountof money, or ofmon-
ey value in property.’ ' ‘ ,
England contziinsa deal more money, and
a far greater money valueiu property, than
this Union-—-yet England is poor while we
are Tic/I-.' This difference grows, partly,
from the difierence in the value of labor.-—
The laws of Engl:ind._favor the accumulation
of property, in great masses, in idle hands.
The laws of this country favor the distribu-
tion of property, andhold it out as an in-
duccrnent to industry and economy. The
labor of England is not worth more than a
quarter of a dollar a day, while the labor of
this country producesa dollar. Consr quent-
ly,-thc workmen of Fngland, as a class, are
always very poor. No man there, who
works for day wages can do more than live
decently, when in full strength and unincum-
bored with a lurge,f:tmily—and if his labor
is interrupted by sickness. or if a family
requires his support, he is almost certainly
to become 11 pauper-—depcnding, in whole
or part, on public charity for bare sustenance.
Here, on the contrary, every man of indus-
trious and frugal habits may lay up from
the wages of l:ibor—-tho more day wages-u
the basis of future independence. The same
comparison may be drawn between this and
other nations, with the some result—-and it
serves to prove not only the truth of the
maxim that "Labor is wealth," and the only
true national wealth-—but, also that this Un-
ion is the wealthiest nation in the world.
VVe have, it is true, no jeweilcd crowns
no depositories of diamonds, and other pre-
cious stones—no magnificient castles-——no
splendid deer walks——no aristocracy, born
to a rich inheritance which they cannot
alienate-.—nor—a starving popular-ion, whose
continual cry is ‘bread ! bread .” we have full
employ. and ample pay, for willing hands-
witb comfort, competency, independence,
and even wealth, at the command of every
man who is reasonably industrious frugal
and temperate. 1
This result is the conscqeunce, in a great,
measure, of our distribution and protection
laws. The first prevents wealth from re-
maining long in masses. in the hands ofthe
few--while the other finds proffitable em-
ployment for all our labor, without any de-
pendence on the wants, the will, or the ca-
price of foreign nations.
Friar: Tnaun, as l. have shown, will over-
turn the fair fabric which has thus been
reared by the wisdom of our predecessors-
and, with it, we have only to bring back
primogeniture and entailments. and our pop-
ulation will directly become, like that of
England, the tveulthy few and the miserable
lIl£L72._1/.
Thank heaven, the folly of some, and the
wisdom of other nations, will prove an um-
ple shield against free trade, in the literal
acception of the term. However much wr-
may be disposed to seek national ruin through
thatchaiiiiel, it will never be opened to us-
aanrl it only l‘('!n1lln3 to be seen how far our
own folly will permit us to approach it, and
to draw upon us, in» proportion, the effects
which would follow its full introduction.
It remains to be seen whether the people
oftliis country can he so far deceived and
misled, by a union of honest ignorance,
teaching uhat it does not understand, and
l).'1rt'fa«'eil kuav«_>ry, willing to sin k the nation,
its interests rind institutions, for the sake of
political power and patronagc——in the adop-
tion ofuiiti-protective laws which will ruin
our manufactures —-shut tip our mines-
drain the notion of the little remainder of its
specie-—put an effectual stop to internal im-
provt-:nei'its——-kcep us constantly in debt to
forei_;_rners—-and to destroy the great home,
market for the productions of AgflClllii1f9.‘
In this matter there is :1 weiglit of responsi-
bility ri-sting on the Whig party, which they
are called upon to assume and perform with
>llflCI'lI_\' and zeal. Our opponents. the lead-
ers ofthe opposition, are in the field, active
and efficient, openly advocating the spacious
ducfrimi of free trade. The people‘ are
waiting to hear wlmtciiti he said ‘1'fg‘2llDSl it-—
and it is our duty to our country and to our-
selves, to meet this important crisis, like men
who know their caiisq is truth, and are dc-
termined that it shall=‘prev:iil.
The Girard Stock is held in this city in
large quantities. Instances have already
fallen under our notice, ,\vliGl‘e widows and
orphans have “ losttheir all.” It is publicly
stated that 9390 shares are held by females,
2663 -in the hands of guardians, 4638 are
held by trustees and 335 by benevolent insti-
tutions. In amount over one viziflion seven
/rand-red tliniisaml dollars. The stock is all
o\vned—in this country, excepting 9 shares
and its original value was _ ti-c miiIz'o7i.s.
P/iiladcl. Gazette.
Interest on State Debt.-As we anticipated,
the scmi-annual interest upon the State Debt,
due yesterday, was not paid. For the hon-
or ofthc Commonwealth itshould be known
every-where, she had provided the requisite
ainount of funds, and the failure was owing
neither to the want ofdisposition nor want of
ability to meet her sacred pledges of, good
faith.. We do not pretend to ‘measure the
degree of blame which rests upon the Bank
of*_Pcnnsylvauia,theDepositeBank oftlieState.
fo’ this transaction. The institution was
will provided with State Directors, whose
special business it was to guard the_ public
in iies and.to.give timely notice of danger,
an it is specially inctimbent upon them 0
ex lain7their unfaithfulness in this matter.
Gov. Porter is deserving of all praise for
hisl-unremitting efforts to procure the requi-
siteifunds. As the last resort, it is under-
‘st dd he applied yesterday afternoon to the
pr(incipal City Banks, and we. learn those
institutions promptly tendered the necessary
aid, upon condition of receivinga portion of
the assets of the Bank of Pennsylvania for
collection, with an assurance the State should
-gttarantee-tlie Lmoncy advanced. befofe the
%time determined -by “the Legislature for re-
ésiitnption.-.—-__Pli.ila.r1 American, 2d inst.
'I:‘,he_;Tlcgmipe;rance movements in this city,
'§ays'tl'ie, Bridgeport Standard, during_the
last "ten days, have been very successful.+
More than seven hundred persons it is said,
have signed the pledge of Total Abstinence,
—.._.t .._..._.. __.__.._.._-
I,ta_'rio' or REP-RESEN'l‘A'1‘I,ON.'
- It is saidtbat the select committee of Con-
gress l)pOI1.[.l'l€ appojrtitinient ofreprescntation
have made areportlrecornmetiding 68,000 as
‘hf: mil‘) Hm’-‘or the new census. The ratio
will males the House consist of 224 members”
‘”be”"'s’ a'd§‘CI‘case ofl8 from the present
number. l‘nc following table, derived from
a document prepared by the State Dej);i1*[.
iiient, shows the numbei‘ of Representutivg-5
to which each State will be entitled, is the
above ratio shouldbe adopted, and the frac-
tions unrepresented, with the loss and gain of
n__umbei's. No. 1'"-ractions. ‘Loss. Gain
Nlainc, 7 25.793 1 O
N. Hampshire, 4 A12 573 1 0
Massachusetts, 10 57,699 0 0
Rliode Island, 1 40.823 1 0
Connecticut, 4 37.971 2 0
Vermont, 4 19,948 H 1 0
New York, 35 43.919 5 0
New Jersey. 5 34 036 1 0
Pennsylvania, 25 24.007 3 0
Delaware. 1 9,043 0 0
Maryland, 6 26,124 2 0
Virginia, 15 40,202 6 0
North Carolina, 9 43.092 4 0
South Carolina. 6 55.582 3 0
Georgia, 8 35,014 1 0
Alabama, 7 13,343 0 2
Mississippi, 4 25.566 0 2
Louisiana, 13,030 0 1
Tennessee. 11 7.986 2 0
Kentucky, l0 26.924 3 0
Ouio. 22 23.465 0 3
Indiana, 10 6,864 O 3
Illinois, 7 50 0 4
Missouri, ' 5 20.406 0 3
Arkansas, 1 21.600 0 0
Michigan, 3 8,267 O 2
224 33 20
The fractions in several of the States are
very large ; and it would perhaps be more
equitable, if we should follow the Mexican
plan, nnd allow an additional Representative
in all cases when the fraction exceeds
(34,000) one half of the numerical basis.——
This would give an additional Representa-
tive to Mussachiisetts. Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, New York, Virginia, North Car-
olina, South Carolina, and Georgia. ,
Under the Census of I830, the ratio was
one Representative to every 47,700 inhabi-
tants: under that of 1820, 40,000; do. of
l8l0, 35,000; do of 1800 and 1790, 35,000.
The number of Representatives in Con-
gress, under the first census, that of 1790,
was 405, do of i800, l4l; do of lS‘.0,
181 ; do ofl820. 213 ; do of 1830, 242.»-
Under that of I840, according to the propo-
scd basis, ‘,2‘2.4.-—Jour. of Com.
An eminent London sculptor has sent
over an order for a block of Middlebury,
(Vt.) inarhle, for Re-'uben’s group of the-
" Descent from the Cross,’ as being superior
to mostofthe ltalian marble. _
Georgia ——Thc official aggregate of the
votes cast at the late election in this state, to
fill three. vacancies existing in its rcpresen
tation in Congress, (excepting the county of
Glynn, in which no legal election was held,)
is as follows:
Bl.-iclr, 3l.872 Dougherty, 30.668
Colquit, 32.190 Gilmcr, 30,_4l0
Cooper, 32,425 llfright, 30,336
A.‘Il7_}C.’l-Z Calculation.-—If we reckon with
the ancients,that a generation last thirty
years, then in that space eight hundred utili-
ions of human beings are born and die; con-
sequvntly seventy four thousand and thirty
nine must be dropped off every day-
Jl1c.’.cor.—-—A very splendid meteor was
seen in this vicinity on Saturday evening, at
half past 6 o'clock; it past off to the south
west, with a serpentine rnctinn. It was
nearly as large as a full moon. and appeared
very low, and apparently between Hartford
and New Haven. No perceptible noise ac-
companied it.——Ha.rtfo-rd Couranl.
Br-itis/1. Coin.—-An elegant gold coin, of
the. value of five pounds sterling, will shortly
be issued from the British mint. It was
disigned by W Wayon, Esq , R. A. and
will bear on one side: the exact likeness of the
Queen, and on the other, the l't’pl't-:St‘lll.dl.l0fl
of the fabled Una leading the Lion. It is
said to be a splendid work of art.
The tern pr,-rance cause zipperzrs to flourish
ull over the world. It is smtwl lliut '.‘ni.- con-
sumption of nine in Loriduii has fallen off
during the prt‘sctit year upwards of 205,000
gallons. .
A splendid bull isto be given in honor of
Cllfll'lt’S Diclcens, Esq. at the Park tlieatre,
on the l4th inst. Thearrangenients are pro-
jected on a magnificent scale. The stage
part is to be embellished with various
designs from the writings of “Boz”
An Exchange paper thinks that the meni-
bers of Congress had better get up a fisticail
agent to do their fighting. If two meni-
bcrs get by the ears, the agent flog them both,
and thus “equalize the exchanges.”
We hear that the Branch of the Bank of
Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, has been closed.
P/iilacl. I nquircr.
The particulars ofthe loss of the Peacock
have been received by the Navy Depart-
ment. No blame is imputed to the oflicers
or crew.
Seven Pet‘ C-en.£.—The New York Cot‘-
poration advertise a Loan of $90O,000_7on
account of the Croton l-Vater VVorks, for
which seven per cent. interest is to be paid.
No Sltin PZaslcrs.—-An injunction has
een issued against the Common Council of
Louisville,_ Ky. to restrain thorn from the
issue of small checks on the Treasury. de-
signed asa currency medium. It was ap-
plied for by the Attorney of the Common-
wealth.
The receipts, of the American Board of
Missions, during the month of December,
were $28,396. Total from August I, to
Dec. 31st, $144,084. .
The final consummation of the plan pro-
posed last Saturday by the Committee ofall
the active Banks took place last evening.—-
The Banks will issue their own notes imme:
diately, establish a permanent fund to secure
the allied Banks, and resume specie pay-
ments on the first of August.-—P/til. Gaz.
Apprn'n£ments.--Mr. Downer has’ been
made P. M. at Norwich in place of Mr. L.
Hommedieu, removed. Wolcott Huntington
Esq. has been appointed Collector-at New’
London‘ in place of C. F. Lester, removed.
Bridg-’t. Standard.
Singular Acc2°(lc1it.—-A singular accident,
whether from Catrc'lvssn(=ss or design is not,
yet known, occurred on board the steoiiisliip
Missouri on Tuesday morning. The ofl‘.-'
cers on board the ship. whit-li is now lying at
the B|'00l\'l_‘_»'n Navy Yard, tvere z1t\'airr'ihéd
by the cariting over of the Vt-‘S$(‘l until she"
was nearly on her beams ends, and on exam-
iiisition it was found that (l1(“l‘t: was five "'0,-
six fee_tof_\vater in the hold, vrliicli arose’
from the stop, cocks, foi‘ the supply of the
boilers, having been left open. and the ‘vessel
was found to be aground in the mud. Had -
the frigate been lying in deep \'.‘{ll(‘l‘ in the
stream, there seems room for litrle doubt
that’she would have gone down. A rigid
inquiry into the matter‘ has been instituted.
. N. Y.E:rp'ress.
For the Gazette.
“ Nu leave.-ned malice
lllfecls one comma in’ the course I hold "
MR. EDI'rort—-VVil| you allow me through
the medium of your paper, to bestows slight
thump upon the heads of our Sclegt Men _- in
order to raise a little ifpossible, their {butnpsf
of conscicntioiisness. which seem from‘. some
cause or othcrio be most uuaccountably dept“ '
sed. ’
Vv; have in this vicinity many cliildrcn
whose parents from illness or misfortune in bus-
iness. are utterly unable to furnish them um,
necessary food and clothing and at the same
time support them at school; and who hm-n
too much conscieniiniisncss to continue them
there longer than they can pay the teacher for
his time and painsin instructing them. Hence
many children attend the school until they have
learredjust enough of reading to say they can
read and enough of writing to scrnwl their own
names, when liir-y are set adrift to strive at
fearful odds with their fellow men on the groin
arena of the world. -
Another class there is. which. divested by
Rum Of every attribute of liunianity, rear up
whole herds of “little responsibilities," and
in 3 lialfnaked and half starving state, send
them in school,“-liere, .|e3.;m,e ,,f,j,,, ,,,.c,._Ssa,‘3_,
class books they continue with but verv little}-
fl(l\'3.'ilagc to themselves; while from having ‘
notuols to work vt-iili and being abundantly
supplied wiili those vicious h:il_iiis. so iiisi~psru-
l-ly attendant upon a life csfidlerirss. they are a_
continual source of riniioyaiice to the teacher,
while at the same time they are a heavy tax
upon his slender purse. The children of the
widow also present large drafts upon hislilier—
alilies. the aggregate of which nopcison enjoy-.
ing only the limiied income,of our teachers
can defray. and which ilie good p'eople of the
state of Conn. never ititentlerl to impose upon‘
They have, in fact, done all that
lcgisltilian could do to prevent it. The law re-
quires that allthc children ofa certain age shall .
be kept at school, and also requires that the
Select Men shall abate the rates together with
the expense of books oflhose who are unable to-
Ihem alone.
pay the same, and toldraw an order for the
amount iipou the Treasurer ofthe town. But
so long as the amount of such abatement is to
be paid from the Treasury of the town. it is
almost impossible for them to discover an indi-
vidual who is so p00!’ as to need assistance in
dc-fraying his or her school expenses.
\Vliat maltcr ifthc last cent whirli the moth-
er can cam is expended in furnishing her fa-
tlierless children with the nrcessary protection
against the inclemency ofthe season '3 If her
school rates are very heavy she can at least
pay one half! \Vhat matter though the ‘rum-
tnics’ semi their sorry children year after year
to school while their vicious habits drain their
purses to the lost cent. leaving nothing for the
instructor of their children’! No matter for
all this! But while the Selectmen-are l’PqIllf'\_ .
ed by law and by du'y to abate the bills of these
the poorest ofthe human race, they turn the
teacher pennylcss away wiili the very comfort-
ing ilenlaraiion. that he must ‘get it out r;f’um,’
well knowing: that not a solitary cent can be
(':ilit3r:l(‘(l out of those misctnblc snr-ctziclesuf
degrndatioii. they cast iiivnu the tr.’-rtr:.‘.cr .'i bur» '
den wliicli lftcy will not so iiii.:r-.'-- as tmir-ii: witli
one rrfilieir fingers. But were it so be cast on-
Ollillifim but for a season. alilimiuli 2lieircondi-
tionsin life would rcndcrit scarcely perceptible,
I think that the subject would be viewed in a
clearer light. and that there would be no difii~
culiy in drawing the full amount from the just
and proper source—ihal source from which the .
voice ofthe people has decreed that it should
be draw, but which decree. owing p_rohably to
an imperfect cranioliigical developement they
cannot understand so long as the town in which
,hc.ir own property is situated is to pay the
amount.
Is it not ‘a pity that while we have laws
wisely enacted to secure to every child in the
state a decent education, and to indemnify the
teacher for his perplexing mile in instructing
them that our selectmen in whom the trust of
their execution is rc-posed, should by a short
sighted 6: parsimonious husbanding of‘ the funds
ofthe town, defeat the great object for which
they were intended. Shall such things be tol-
erated in the State of Conn., whose highest
boast is the general difihsion of knowledge
among her citizens and whose brightest jewels-
are her intelligent sons? There are portions
of the earth in which such a course might be
persevered in—but here I trust it will not suc-
ceed,but that those for whom, and by whom
these laws were enacted, will rise as one man
and belabor these unjust violators of them
with the weapons ofa just warfare, until those,
periruberances are raised upon their craniums,
which will enable them to discharge with an
honest and honorable fidelity the sacred trust
reposed in them. And ifthis cannot be effécred.
that they will be. discharged from their olfices,
and others be called to fill their places who are
already prepared by a "proper development of
their faculties, religiously to discliarge_tlieirn-
portant duties of that responsibltisffitibn. . .
Januray 28th, 1812, 0 JUSTICE-
Norwalk Chronicler