" Bankrupt"La‘w.
Congressional.
L: I -
Correspondence of the N. York Trzbune.
Benton) bad charged the distress of the
country on‘ the”'Wjh'igs‘; hut l\‘V7e'l‘é'7 not__‘thc,
Dstiiocratic p:i'rty'obntixious to the charge
of bringing this distress upon the country .7
in the: frliitlse of iPLc‘pi'escnt‘-‘lives. 104113’, %"After. the Senator? had voted for measures
M,-, Fillynm-.-., on le.ive.. reported frornihe
Committee of Waysand Means‘th_e Anpuirl
Bill making appropi-ia__tio__n_s.for fprtifications.
‘ The resolution of Mr. J. Davis iv-.is‘ta‘ken
up and adopted, directingthe Secretary of
the Treasury to inform_t_he H0U§¢.h'0}Y;\m?t}Y
officers and persons were connected in any
way with each port of" cnt‘ry“of!‘the United
States on thethird of March, 1820. 35d Match.
184i, and 1st December, 1841. with d
compensation at those dates.~respectiv.el y. 80
the aggregate amount of expenses at eacg
port ; also the amount__ot revenue collccte
at each Custom House in the United States
for-the year preceeding the 4th March, 1829,
the 4th March, 1841, and for the current
fiscal year. Also, enqmrmz Oll-llt‘ Seclelaly
of State, of the Treasury, of \-\'ar, ofthe NaV,V
and of the Postmaster Geiieml. whether the
law of Congress _
,.tian:u.v.n.ucI bind-ing. In l-he" several depart.
ments to be furnished by contract, after being
advertised in the public prints, has been ex-
ecuted, at what rates such printing has been
done, and the difference between them and
that of the two Houses ofC0ng‘t‘€SS tttthe I331
g,,3s;,,n_ Also; requesting the President of
the United States to inforin the H0033 b)’
what authority the Commission of George
Poindexter and others for the investigation
of the concerns of the New York Custom
House was raised, for what purppsetlie num-
ber of persons connected therewith, the com-
pensation received by_each and the aggregate
cost of such Cominission. _
The unfinished business relative to. the
censure of Mr. Adams was -taken up. _ Mr.
A. having the floor on liis_dt-fence, said he
wished notto consume thetime of the House
and the Country. and if the House saw fit
now to dispose ofthe matter he had po ob-
jections if it was done wil,h_0t1l- tmP"g"”l.:‘f_ hls
course or that of his constituents. He yield-
ed the floor to
Mr. Botts, who moved to lay the Whole’
subjectjon the table. _
The question was taken. sttlie ‘lt!]I.0lc sulyfot
was [aid on the smile: yeas l0b. nays 9-3.
The question then recurred on the recon-
sideration of-the vote lying on the table the
question ofthe petition for the dissolution of
me Uuiom the muse of this proposed censure.
Mr. M€i‘Fl\V€IheT said if the vote was
reconsidered he should withdraw the motion
to lav onthe table, and letthe vote be taken.
directly on th'e reception ofthe petition. .
. ’ The motion to reconsider was carrledi
Yeas I44, nays 52. _
Mr. Merriivether then withdrew his trio-
tion to lay on the table, and on the reception
of the petition, moved the previous question
which was demanded by the House. .
The question being on the reception of
(he pemiom Messrs. Burnell, Hudson and J
C. Clark asked to be excused from votin_g.
on the ground that their votes would be lia-
ble to be misconstrued. Theydecliiretl that
they held the Union to be indissolublc. =md_
1lmt.tl'1eSt3.Slates were ‘one now and form“-‘I’ 3'
but they should feel bound to vote for thel
réceptiaii of the petition. in 5'~ll"P°" ‘ll “"5
right of the people- _
The House than refused to receive the
Disso-Iutiom Petition: Y-eas 40; Nays 156.
Mr. Adams said he had two petitions of
the same character, one from New York,
and one from Pennsylvania, the presentation
ofwhich under the presentdisposition of the
House he would reserve till a future period
The remiinder ofthe day was consumed
in the presentation of petitions, numbers of
which were from Mr. Adams, and for the
most part on the subject of slavery, which
were rejected.
In the Senate various petitions were pre-
sented. among which was one by Mr. Stur-
goon from Pittsburg, for the passage of the
Exchequer Bill, retuiniiig particularly ‘its
exchange provisions. ,~
Mr. Calhoun presented resolutions: ofthe
Legislature of South Carolina, against the
reception by that State of her distributive
share ofthe proceeds of the piihlic lands.-
He said he. was proud to represent a State,
which by a majority by which99uut of every
hun-died, could resist so enormous a bribe.-
He also presented resolutions of that Legis-
lature, justifying the course of Virgiiiia in
her controversy with New York.
The resolution of Mr. Clay was taken up
directing the Committee on Public La_nds to
inquire into the expediency of reporting a
bill providing in case any State refuses her
distributiveshare ofthe proceeds of the pub-
lic lands, for its distribution among the
remaining assenting States.
Mr. Mangum moved to add, the inquiry,
or in what manner these proportions ought
to befdisposed of, or if at all. -
' Mr. King moved to strike out from the
resolution. so as only to authorize the inquiry
proposed in Mr. M=ingum's amendment. _
This resolution, and the amendment gave
rise to an interesting debate. which continu-
gd duping th_e__y-err)-.iind(:|' Of the day, and in
which it was contended, on the one hand,
that the shares refused should revert to the
Treasury, that if they iveredistributed among
the remaining States by deducting from the
revenue. theamoimt of taxation to be paid,
wouldbe increased, and in an equal propor-
tion among the States refusing as well as
those receiving their shares. and on theother
that the fund not being a legitimate source
ofrevenue, should be distributed among the
States -assenting. *
3 Messrs. Clay, King, Calhoun, Smithgof
Is‘, Allen, Woodbury, Archer. Bert-ien,
.Wrightand Preston participated in tliedebate.
The subject was notdisposed of, and the
Senate adjourned. -
. Tucson. Feb. 8.-
In. the Sfe_‘iia_te to day, various petitions
..'-..... presented. among which was one from
New Yor’k,‘by Mr Benton, for the postpone-
ment of. the Bankrupt Law till May next.-—
He spoke-of thedistrcss that would be caused
by this Whi.gi_'ineasiire_. and asked for the
_ 'c'on'sideration' of liis__b,ill’to'~ postpone theact.
2‘ My ‘f1‘g.lln'1{idg‘e'_ presented several petitions
against the repeal orpostponeuient of the
ought to .b_e_¢n and -.91.-tt.I¢ !I".‘.l‘.'- 11‘-it"-W035
;l_'opo,_, it could, be amended. asmzperience
dictated. "rm o Bun-tor from M-it-curt (fitt-
their .
di rectin g job:-‘1."F'I-'tt.F°t!t‘é¥--.-,é_‘1_t,tl-A _
producing this distress. had he no heart t0
feel for thosewho siiifered ? ‘ ~ -
Mr. Benton, It is false l It isjfalse l \
The President called the Senator to_order.
Mr Preston":-irperssed ‘his’ deep pain that
such an occurrence had taken place.
Mr Benton, no pain atall, sir.
M‘r“'I‘a'l'lmadg‘e had said nothing personal.‘
What he had said he would repeat. -
Mr Benton, It is false. . _ _ j
A long -and excited debate on this subject,
and on points oforder ensued, participated
in by many Senators, in which Mr Preston
suggested that the Senate close the doors for
the settlement of this matter of breach of
privilege. This was not done. Mr Man-
gum offered a resolution to appoint a coin-
iiiittee to inquire what order ought to be ta-
ken as to a Senator using opprobrious and
insulting _language to another; and ivhat
‘ivitli refeifice to the language used by the
Senator from Missouri, (Mr Benton) to the
Senator from New York, (Mr Tallmadge)
while he was on the floor. The rcsolut on
was not received, and after a quarrel of about
two hours,_ the subject was for the present
dropped. _
Mr Clay's resolution was taken up in-
structing the Committee on Public Lands to
inquire into the expediency of providing by
law for the distribution of such shares of the
respective States of the proceeds ofthe pub-
lic lands as are refused by any State, among
the remaining assenting States, and (as mod-
ified at the suggestion of MrMangum)wheth-
er any disposition of such moneys ought
to be made and what course was necessary.
After a brief debate, Mr King's amend-
ment proposing to take out the first inquiry
was rejected 2 Yeas 20, Nays 23.
Mr Sevier moved to lay the resolution
on the table which was ncgatived: Yeas
I3. Nays 35.
The resolution was then adopted. Yeas
'25, Nays l9. The Senate adj.
In the House, Mr‘Fessentlen gave notice
that he should introduce at the earliest op-
portunity a resolution rescinding the twenty
first rule.
- The reception of petitions under a sus-
pension of the rules of the seventh of Janu
nry was continued and concluded.
Mr Cashing moved to reconsider the vote
ofyesterday by which the House refused to
receive the petition for the dissolution of the
Union, and attempted to debate the subject.
order by the Speaker, the question was laid
over.
Reports from Comniittecs then being in
order the resolution reported some time since
by Mr Saltonstall from the Committee on
Manufactures. authorizing that Committee
to send for persons and papers in the exam-
ination of the operation of the present Tariff
Laws, was taken up.
Mr Tillinghiist at some length advocated
-the resolution.
Mr A. V. Brown of Term. offered an
amendment. providing that the Committee
should not take the testimony of any persoris
interested in the subject about which they
are to be examined. He briefly advocated
the amendment.
Mr “food opposed the resolution, and
without concluding his remarks, the subject
was laid over, the morning hour having ex-
ired. \
P The House then, on motion of Mr Fill-
more. resolved itself into a Committee ofthe
Whole on the State of the Union, (Mr Briggs
in the chair.) and took up the bill, niaking
an appropriation of $15,000. for the relief
and protection of American SL‘fllTlHl1 in for-
eign countries; which without debate, was
passed in Committee.
The Bill making appropriations for pen-
sioners was next taken up, rind passed with-
out debate. Its amount is $533,276;
The bill making appropriations for the
civil and diplomatic expenses of the Govern
ment for l84| ——the amount of which is 87-
669,073 38-was next taken up, and after ii
briefexplzineition from Mr Fillmore, without
action upon it, -
The Committee rose and reported the ‘.2
former bills to the House, when they were
ordered to be engrossed and read a third
time: to morrow. The House adj.
. . Wr:ni~'i:snAr, Feb. 9.
In the. Senate to day, Mr Tallmatlge pre-
sented a petition iiumerously signed-by bus-
the Bankrupt Law. He said he was glad
to have this evidence from this quarter of
the favorable manner in which this benign
law had been received.
Mr Smith of Indiana, presented a petition
from that State against the repeal of the
Bankrupt Law. ; -
Mr Woodbridge presented two memorials
poneuient of the Bankrupt Law. _
Mr Preston from the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs. reported a bill to refund to Mas-
sachusetts her expenditures during the Last
VVar. ' ._ ' ~
The resolution of Mr Evans directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to corrimunicate
to the Senate any information in his posses-
sion showing the comparative Tariffs of for-
eign nations, and other information on this
subject, was adopted. ' A
The resolutions of Mr Clay to amend the
Constitution. by ‘restricting the Veto ‘ power.‘
&c. were taken up and ‘ -
Mr Archer spoke about two hours in o.p-'
position to the resolution. - Although some
inodifications..migl_it be beneficial, he repudi-
ated the idea-of opening the door to ‘amend-
ments of the Constitution. The Senate adj.
In the’ I-Iouse'M,r. Gilmer sent to the
Speaker papers respecting a question of‘
privilege, which he wished the Speaker to
ay before the House. » '
After‘ an examination by the Speaker, a
communication signed by Messrs Gilmer,
Hunter, Rhett and Pi-ofiit, members -of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, was read,
respectfully asking of the House to excuse
them ‘from further service on that Committee,
.,He/said after the'pdssa’g‘s. and;s_tating that recent occurrcnceshad in- single day
of the law iind__th_e ,‘ref,_i,i_,s_,afl to rep:-al'it'th'ere’ duccdithevm to doubt whether the removal of ~l.iO|'l of; Electors of President-and-Vice Bres-
the riréserit» Chairnian. Mr «Adams. would
th9.!tr tliorltppfohation -of the ;l-_l_ouse_., and that-
rhigfggfi .iirui‘illin,g_to work with a Chair.
The debate at this time being decided out of
iness men of St. Louis against the repeal ‘of
from Michigan against the repeal or post-
man who had shown himself an unsafe to
pository-of:-.the public trust }kn(Ti,«\}',_l'l0 had
not theconfidence of the. me“mb'é-rs -of the
‘Committee.
_A communicationwas also read addressed
by Mr Cost Johnson to Mr Gilmer stating
that from the course of ‘Mr Ad‘a‘“ms in the
House, and the manner of his using the notes
of the Committee, he should feelbound to
vote for‘-‘some other--persoi‘i"as chairman--I
adding that it would have been agreeable to
his feelings to have been relieved from ser-l"
vice on the committee some wee_ksf‘since.
A motion was then made in accordance.
with the request of the first papeixfand being.
carried under‘ the operation of thejpreviousj
question, Messrs Gilmer, 'Hunter,, Rhetj.‘
and Proflit were excused. ‘
Mr VV. C. Johnson. on his motion, wa
also excused.
A motion was subsequently made by M .
Adams, and concurred in. for the nppointr
ment by the Speaker of members to fill thi
vacancies.
Reports were received from Committeej
in great number, of private bills. and other}
of minor importance. ' V
——&&..
Expenditures, reported a resolution calling
upon the Secretary of the Treasury for the
report made by the Commissioners, or any
of them, appointed to iiivcstigatethe affairs
of the New York Custom House ;- which
was adopted. " ‘
Mr Wise, from the Committee on Naval
Affairs, reported Bills to organize the Navf-l
inent ofa Board for the preparation of rule
and laws for the government of the Navy.
Mr Clifford, from the same Committee,-‘
reported a bill to regulate the pay of purserl
and warrant officers of the Navy. ’
Mr Taliaferro from the same Committee
reported a bill to amend the acts of 1836;.
'38 allowing pensions to certain widou s. .3
Mr Everett from the Select Committee oli
Apportionment, reported a resolution forth}-
printing of 10,000 copies ofthe census doi-
iiinent, showing the aggregate amount tf
each description of persons in the Unitdl
States by Counties and Towns ; which was
adopted. He said that no business now ‘ér
mained before this committee. -
The resolution reported from the Commit-
tee on Manufactures authorizing that Com-
mittee to'-seud for persons and papers, to ex-
amine the present Tariff Laws, was taken
up, and Mr Wood having concluded his re
marks, in opposition,.\-1r L. Williams iiioypd,
to lay the resolution on the table.
The morning hour having expired, the;
subject was laid over. I
The bills making appropriations for pen’,
sions and for the relief of American seamen‘
in foreign countries were taken up. and after;
a brief conversation were severally read ii,
third time and passed. The House adj.
Correspondence of I/icJo'urnal of L'I'ommci-cc.
'I‘iiuiiso.iv. Feb. 10.
In the Senate to day. some resolutions call
ing for information respecting the drawbacks
duty on brown sugar; the amount of fislii ,-
bounties and allowances; the aim.‘.;i,n
tax per bushel; the number of vessels, a‘i..
of tonnage, and number of persons engage"
in the fisheries. other than the whale fishe-
ries, were considered and agreed to.
The resolution of Mr. Pier.-e. Cull up
for all the proceedings of the New York
Custom House COHIIUIFSIOD, was considered
but not finally acted on.
already called for the report in this case.
was silent in the House to day.
The Journal of yesterday was read, when
it appeared that the Speaker had appoint:-i
Messrs. White of Lou., Chapman of Ala,
Cooper of Ga., Sheppard of N. C, and
Holmes of S. C.. on the Committee of_ For-
eign Affairs in place of those who declined
and were excused from serving yesterday
The question was taken on the motion to
' lay the resolution from the Committee on
Manufactures einpowerin-__r the Committee to
take testimony,on the table, by y.--as and nays,
and resulted as follows; yeas I08, l]9lyS 70.
Mr. Stanley then called up the resolution
authorizing the Committee on public expen-
ditures to employ a Clerk, which he s.id
would enable them, if any existed. to detect
extravagance in the public Departments.
And on the main qviertion being put, it
was decided by Yeas ll2, Nays 58. So the
clerk was allowed.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole, Mr Briggsin the Chair.
Civil and Diplnmalia Appropriatimis.———
The Bill was taken up in orderto be con
sidered by clauses, when
Mr Gilmer said he had several amend-
prepared to present, and hoped the consider-
atiun of the bill would be postponed for the
present, as he understood that if the classes
were passed which he wished to amend, he
would not be allowed to call them up.
The Chair informed him that, after the
bill was gone through by clauses, he would
thenbe at liberty to offer any special amend-
ments he thought necessary and proper.
The Committee proceeded to the consid-
eration ofthe bill.
The second section ofthe bill, making an
appropriation of $12,500.‘ it as proposed to
be amended by st-rikingoiit I3 6.-. inserting l5-
And was discussed by Messrs. Cashing.
Fillmore, Gentry, Wise and Mason, when
‘The Committee rose. . 0
Mr Ge_ntr.y'then moved to recommit the
bill to_' the Committeeiof Ways and .Means,
with instructions to strike o_ut_cvery.itcni
which was not authorized by e;ti,‘sting_ laws.
. This motion beingobjected t'o,.. .
Mr Gentry moved to suspend theiules,
but before the motion was put, the I-1,ous'c,aj.
. . 7 ' ir..‘..‘...r, Feb .14."
I_uythg,Sennte several_memor-ials were pre-
sented, remonstratingjagainst any lie-peril 0|‘
postponement of the General Bankrupt Law.
‘Also resolutions of the Legislature of-Ind_i-
ana, in favor of the improvement ofthe hat’-.
bor of-Michigan City. and the removal .0l0h'
tstructions from, the Western Rivers by the
General Government. . Also, asking that ‘.8
I be«des_ignatc_d~on w.bit'h the_elec-
ident shall take place in allthe States. Allil
these werd referred. , ' ‘ ‘ '
Mr Llm‘ {mm ‘he C°mml“°e °"‘P“b“i5"3?-.thlPy' wished still further iiiforuiation ;—
Department and to authorize the t1PPoint' (Tied to by Mr Randolph’ or NJ.
The House has
It is somewhzit singular that Mr. Adams
Mr Gilmer expressed himselfsatisfied-.and
on Finance, the House bills making appro-
pr tioris for the payment of Pensions for
l.8 2, and --for the protection of American
Se meu——botb of which were read a third
ti‘ e and passed. '
n motion of Mr Tappan,':the Judiciary
‘Ctjirimittee was instructed to inquire into
th;jc=xpediency of stereotyping -and publish-
inmaii edition of the laws ofthe U. States.
The Senate went into Executive session
* the House Mr Fillmore reported from
the Committee on VVays and Means. a bill
0 riia ing appropriations for the Indian Ex-
oeises of I842, which was read twice and
sent to a Committee of the \Vliole.
Qn motion of Mr Boardman the Commit-
'.ee_ on Commerce. was instructed to inquire
into the expediency of establishing a system
of Electro Magnetic Telescopes for the use
of Government.
Mr llfedill of Ohio offered ii resolution
ofinquiry into the motive and legality of
certain Investigating Committees created by
the Executive, to which the President was
called to respond. ]lIr Fillmore moved in
add that the Prepident report the results, if
there be any, of such investigations. }lIr
ind at his iiisligatiou the whole matter was
laid over one day.
‘A resolution heretofore introduced from
the Co-mpittee on Manufactures,authorizing
that Coinmittee to employ a clerk, now
came up. Mr A V Brown of Iowa offered
this resolution, :ind was very effectively re-
Mr
urney moved that the r,~.<'solution do lie on
the table. After some further proceedings,
Mr Atherion of N. H. again moved that
the resolution, do lie on the table, which un-
der the Previous Q,ucstiun was carried :—
Yeas 97. Nays 89.
SATURDAY. Feb. 12
The Senate was not in Session to day.
Mr. Everett gave notice that he should on
Mon. offer a resolution to discharge the com-
mittee of the Whole from farther considera-
tion of the Aoportkinment Bill, to make it
the special order on Tuesday next, and every
day thereafter till disposed of, and that at two
o'clock on 'l‘ii---stlay, the 22d iost., debate
shall cease and the qu.-.-lion be taken thereon.
The Speaker laid before the House a com-
munication from the President of the United
States in answer to a resolution of the
House, stating that the authority under
which the Commission of George Poindex-
tor and others to investigate the Affairs of
the New York Custom House was r.iised,
2 was the authority vested in the President to
-take charge that the laws are faithfully exe-
cuted. and to give to Congress from time to
time the information ofthe State of the Un-
ion; and that its purpose. and object would
be explained by the Commission itself,
which would at the proper time be laid be-
fore Congress Also, a communication from
; the Governor of Iowa.
S»:veral Senate Bills were twice read and
referred. ,
The remainder of the day was consumed
Paid °“ lll°exP°”“ll°“ °l "9fii‘“’d Sugar? thy ID the considefiition of Private hills. :1 great
number of wliivh were passed in Committee
A .":'iLi5’Dl0 a.a<I.rt;'portc-CI to the House.
. -_ jhere they were ordered to be engrossed.
Disu.nz'on.-In a speech made at 2: Stats-
Convention in South Carolina, in May, l833
by R. Birnivell Smith, (Mr. Rhett) that
g‘t'nl.lt'mfln.l10\\'11 iiieiiibcr ofCongrcss, gave
utteraiice to the following lungii.-igc:
' Once, iiidced, my pulse heat high for
the Union. B-it the dziys of my boyhood
have passed away, and the bitterest fruit
which the experience of manhood has
broiight me, has been the knowledge of my
true situation. as a citizen of this confederacy
What has this Union left for us? It has
usurped the rights, and trampled on the inde-
pbii«'leiice ofour native country. It has abol-
ished the beautiful system of liberty andjus-
tice, bequeathed to us by our fathers, in our
Constitution, and has built up an armed des-
potism in its stead. T/{Le Star Spangled Ban.-
.ner no lorigar waiics in. lrzump/1. and glory
for me. " * i " "
‘Sir, if a Confedcrczcgj of the Southern
States, could now be obtained, should we
not deem it a happy terininatio,n—happy be
yond expectation of one long struggle for
our rights against oppression .7’ . — '
And thissis merely a specimen ofthe
(language. held not only by Bzirnivell Smith.
but by M.'.Duf‘li«=, H:1miJton,Calhoun and
Hayne, and this language although deeply
regretted, and severely censured at the
North, went_ urircbuked by the citizens of
the Slaveliolding States—-and Calhoun in
‘the Senate, and R.hett in the House, are at
the present time regarded as oracles by the
jraeinbers of the South. And these same
ments to offer to the bill, which he was not..‘pggHt-ho uttered or approved of language
‘strongly urgingthe establishment of a South
em Confezleracy.-’cannot contain their patri-
vl-ic indignation when-the vr.-neralJohn Q.
Adams presents a petition from a portion of
the citizens of'Massachusetts, couched in
.-l'espectful— language, and praying for an ob-
jject to which he is directly opposed l l -
1 Boston flier. Journal.
Fighting in Venezuela.-—’—C.ipt. Aitwood,
gfrfhe .brig:mtine Breeze, from Kiuston,
from Jamaica, whence she sailed on the 24th
ijlt., states that two days previous to his de-
parture, news was received froiii Cartliagena.
In consequence of some outrages on British
slibjects and their property by Carinoua, the
leader of the revolters, under pretence of en
forcing his blockade, several persons were
flogged and taken out to be shot, and several
vessels plundered.
' The Charybdis brig of war was ordered to
Slllll from Jamaica to examine into the nmttr-r._
This news is that on "the arrival at Cartha-
gbnia she was fired upon from two Cartha-
__ nian brigs of war. and several gun boats,
c.‘ The Charybdis thereupon cast anchor
and-commenced her defence; and the result
of; the action was, that the two Venezuelian
sliijis, were sunk, and the Admiral, with a
lajrgeinumber of men killed in the engage-
l!1jt‘,l.‘i_t,‘: and was considerably_ injured in her
upper works.-—N. 0. Bulletui.
«iIldvanfage_of Temperance.—-It is estimat-
edthat one person out of ninein the United
Shles i_s a total abstinence man, making the
nnihber of temperancemen ‘2,00,000 in all.
jfippse each’ individual saves only ten cents
* .
t.
K
Sii
.s‘ v‘-.:in'oi'ie.;.yea‘r thevamount saved will_ be
‘ _.‘Mr; Evans, Ycpotted-iffiutit Ljaz.-'2.9_0;00O-.'T I. :' .. - ";
, Later from China. s 5 4
":5The barqué'Y_a|pa_raiso, Capt; _Lockwood
from Canton, arrived in New York yester-
terday morning. bringing Canton dates to
October l2th, 8 da.._vs.later than were receiv-
ed by the Probus. i
The intelligence as to the intentions of
the Emperor is contradictory. Keshen the
former Minister of State, instead ofhaving
been taken into favor, as was reported, has
been ordered to be beheaded.
If this is to be rt‘IIt.’d on it goes to show
that the Emperor’s hostility has been by. no
means abated, since Keshen was an advo-
cate for buying off‘ the invaders by conced-
ing certain commci'cial privileges. But on
the other hand the Chinese Repository of
Sept. 10th. says that an imperial edict is in
Canton, said to have been written after the de-
spatch from Sir Henry reached Pelrin, and
though not “made public is believed to be
peace-able in its tenor, hinting that money
and greater privileges of trade-than existed
formerly" might be granted to bring about
an amicable adjustment of existing difficul
tics. but declaring that no territory can be
cetled, and severely blaming the provincial
authorities for the late false reports.
There has been a great ‘deal ofsickness at
Macao and many of the inhabit.-ints both
Chinese and foreigners, have fallen victims
to a kind of Influenza. -
Great fears were entertained at Maca
that the Nerbudda, British transport with
troops and coals, with U7 souls on board,
had been lost. A boatfromther, wiili 83
on board chiefly soldiers, has been picked
up; they reported that they had left the Ner-
biidda in a sinking state,haviiig driven over
a large reef off the North and of Formosa
The boat had been eight days at sea when
picked up. The Nimrod sloop ofwzir has
gone in search ofthe Nerbiidda.
The Canton Register of Oct. 5, says it is
I')B.‘(‘.’l‘.lIlg ti singular speculation what will
be the end of this beginning of war with
China. Our own opinion is that the i\'Innt-
chow dynasty should be overtlirown, an-
other he placed on the throne, and China be
thrown open to all the world. This end.
we think, would be infinitely preferable
than to possess any portion of its dynasty:
we shall probably enlarge on this specula-
tion next wcek. We are informed by a
native that Yihsham and the Governor are
again recruiting for stout and valiant troops.
and arming them with muskets.
Startling as well as Slrcmge.--Virgin-
ia is divided by the Blue Ridge in two dis-
tinct sections, one occupied by planters, with
slaves, and the other mostly by an intelligent
white farming population. A Washington
correspondent says among the wonders of
the (lay at Washington is the novel and ex-
iraordinary phenomviioii presented in the
notice of a petition from Virginia for the
abolition ofslavery in the District ofColum-
bia! It is signed by 93 men in Lewis county
which is the northern part of the interior of
the State’-—a free laboring, grain growinig
listrii-t, which has been much filled up late-
ly with the sturdy iiortliern farmers, \\ ho
~-have bnen einigr--ting thitlier from Pt'lll]35‘I’
vania.—P/Li./.a. Grtz.
More Buzzing Up.—Ab0ut six months
since. ti man named Johnson, came to this
city from the western part of the State, hav-
ing about him a large sum of money. About
the time of his arrival in New York, he
wrote to his friends. and since then nothing
has been heard from him. A fcwdriys after
the date of the letter a packet sailed for N.
Orleans, and upon discharging in the port,
ti body was found. snugly packed in a box,
but in a very decayed condition. C0l)jt‘('[tll‘t3
is now rife that this was the body of the
missing Mr. Johnson. The Captain of the
vessel forgot to mention the CIl‘CllmSi.‘.lYlC€'
of Mr. .Ad1fllS.—-iv Y Su.nda._7_/ News.
S£2igul.'u'.——Tlie Baltimore Sun relates
the following suspicious circumstance as
having occurred last week near Lancaster,
Pa. A gentleriiari having considerable mo-
ney about him left that city alone in :1 car-
riage for llavre do Grace. He soon over-
took it woman with a basket on her arm, &.
allowed her to ride with him at her request.
He soon suspected that the person was a man
in disguise, and as they were coming near a
piece of woods he became anxious to get rid
of his companion. He therefore accidentally
dropped liishat, and could not stop his horse
until it was some distance behind. With
considerable liesitatjnn his companion, at his
request, wént hack for the hat, and watching
his chance he gave hishorsetho reins, drove
through the woods. and on reaching the first
house‘ opened the basket, and found within a
pull‘ of pistols well loaded and a tin whistle.
The inference was plain, and in view of his
escape he pocketed the pistols and the loss
of his hat with great pleasure.
A Painful Afr;-i'r—An Eloyiemcnt-—A
young Miss in her 14th year, from the Wcst
perliaps the ric/test heiress in the to/role
llfcst, whose property too was in her right,
recently left this city for Liverpool with a
man aged about 60. The young lady was
left by her father at a boarding school near
this city where the gentleman became ac-
qu.-iinied with her, and it is believed, that a
marriage ceremony was performed before.
they left. The news must be most painful
to the parent, who dated upon this, his only
child.—N Y Express.
Yale College.——Mr. Bancroft says. that
Yale College ows its birth to ten worthy far-
mers, who, in 1770, assembled at Branford,
and each one, laying a few volumes on a
table. said, "Igivc these books for the found-
ing ofa college in this colony.” Such was
the small beginning ofYale College, in New
Haven, Conn., which is perhaps excelled by
no college in the United States, in the ability
of its faculty and professors, the present
number of'itsstu'de'nts, and the number. talent
and influence of its alumni. '
‘To pelt a man with eggs. unless they are
rotten ones. is getting to he considered a
most unpardonable waste of chickens.
Monoma1iia..—"Tom, wot’s monomany ?”
..!_.-.Why, you see, Dick, wen. u .. poor feller;..
it’s called ‘larceny ;’ but when it’s a rich up,
the jury say,it’s 'monomany ;'_, and-they-can't
till his memory was refreshed by the murder‘
_ Later from Vera Cmz.—-The New Or-
leans papers ofthe 2d inst. contain advices
from Vera Cruz to the 18th January.
On the l0ih,the '1‘:-.xian prisoners were
oi‘deLed to-leave their prison to aid in the
public works. A physician was present
and examined them. At his suggestion,
four were remanded back to prison, and two
were sent to the hospital——two were pcrinit-_
-ted to work unfettertd—all the rest were
chained. * -
Eflects of (lieflood.—'I‘heAlba'nyArgus of
Monday morning has some particulars-ofthg
effects of the freshest in the valley ofthe Mo-
hawk, the waters of which rose some twenty
feet above their ordinary level. At Fontln,_,_-
and foigten miles west, on Friday noon, the
railroad track was covered with water, and
some parts of it swept away. ‘On Saturday
morning the houses in the southwest part of
Schemctady were up to the sills of the first
windows in water. The splendid bridge
was, however but little injured.
At Amsterdam the dams on the creek gave
way on Thursday evening, tleluging the
entire village. The bridge over the Mo-
hawk at that place was swept away on Fri-
day, floating down bodily to \\ ithin two mil: 3
of Scli.iii.~ctady. Two’ bridges over the
creek at Fonda, (the Cuvadotin,) are gone,
About 200 feet of the dam at Jones’ Mills,
are also gone-—dnmage about $l0O0. The
west track of the railroad in the drop cut
west of Sclicnectady, is gone. At Little
Falls :1 paper uiill ii as carried away, and a
portion ofa large store factory knocked out
by the ice.
Horrors If an Asmzzft.-—'I‘lie house cori-
ltllllttl sev. fill punclivoiis of spirits. v.-hirzli
l.l‘.t: min pl'PSPl)'. immc—diutely l..'3;"jlt‘C by strik-
tiug in the llffa-’.l. All new soon became
madly diuuk; and 5i=v.—.-rail \‘.‘l‘L“i(‘Ilt‘S, (Spe-
ciallyxhosc uiountirig the steps that lion‘ bet-ri
placed against the butts in rrialilc iliim to
obtain the rum, fell into the liquor l‘:t’.".(I-fOt‘L‘-i
most and pr-r3she(l I]llnOll(‘('(l by Il)(‘ (‘l'()\\.d.
Several fights took place, in \\’lll(‘l) ll‘.t: dri;n-
keniiess of the pa rtivs alone |lI't‘\'(’lll€‘d mis-
chief; and to crown the whole, it light fall-
ing into one of the barrels of spirit, the place
was set on fire. and iiiany . poor v. rt-tclics.‘
who, from the quantity of liquor they had
swallowed, and iricapzilile of moving, were
consumed in the flames.--— Coslcllds a(f‘L'(.'7t\
lure of a Sn/rlier.
T/re 1"ra-iide7zt.—-—Cupiaiii Jcpsonjof the
S(‘I'l0t-flt.‘l‘ 1l’Iokina, which arrived here on
Wednesday night from the Cape de Vt‘Td
Islands. says that the stern boat of the steam-
er President, and several water casks hear-
ing the name of this ill fated vessel, have
been picked up and carried into St. Nicholas
one ofthe Islands. He was assured oftliis
byarespectable English gentleman, who
had seen them. Capt. Morret of the Poult-
hey from Smyrna, recently arrived at this
port, reports having passed on the l2th of
July :1 piece of wreck, which .ippNii't~<l like
the broad side of a steamboat. l-lis (li'E(‘.l'l[)-
Lion of it agrees with the linown apjreaianct-:
ofthe Presidcnt. Tlicse are the first an
the-ntic traces of that noble Slllji.--"TTib?6?lC.
The following. is from the log-hook ofthe
brig Puultney, Capt. Moult, of Baltimore,
which arrived here a few days since from
Sinyrzia.
"July 21, ll A. ’\'l., lot. 40 ‘?.l N. Ion.
30 16 W. from New York for Smyrna,
passed :i large piece of wreck. sixty feet
long, thirty to forty fectivide, and lO()I(td,
like the broad side of astcamboat. It ap- ‘*..\
peared to be ppit of the main channels, hav-
ing four dead eyes, with turned mouldings
and long flat iron straps. Her bulk was
black, with a broad white strealr, and large
painted black ports. There was abite of
hauser over a piece of wood, apparently
part of the guards.”
Irregulariiies of the MaiZs.—Mr. J. S.
Skinner‘, Assistant, under intsructicn from the
Postmaster General, has issued ii short cir-
cular to the several Agents. &t'. of the De-
partment, urgently instructing them to dis-
cover and report every instance in which
mails are delayed by contractors to give place
to passengers. and especially where bags of
newspapers are thrown out for that purpose.
as it is reported to be oftrn the case. In.‘
every instance where such delinquency can
be proved the utmost penalty of the law will
be inflicted by the Department. Postmasters as
publishers of newspapers are urged and en-
trcated to foriizird to .the Department proof,
ofany such delinquency which may come to -
their lrnoivlvtltle.
Disgi-a.ceful.—-In the Ohio Legislature
on the 22d ult. a petition for divorce was
presented, when a Mr. Byington inquired
if it would be in order to move that the pet’,
tition. be sent to HELL! Mr. Me Fully
moved that the ge7z.tlema'n. from Pi/re be ap-
pointed the special messengerfo-r its dcsfalclz. .
An E17press.—-A Wisconsin editor ac-
knowledges the receipt of Congressional
documents ’ in advance of the mail’ in con-
sequence ofa flock of wolves chasing the
post rider across the prairies.
Some of the sterner Sex, indignant at the
prescriptive policy of the ladies, avowed in ‘S
the popular phrase ‘total abstinence or no by ,
husbands,” have started the watchword-—
‘ n itural waists or no wives."
Up to last evening one /tuml-rerl and seii.-en-_
teen persons had made application to the
District Court for the State of Gonnecticut
for the benefits of the Bankrupt Act.
Ifartfard Cou-rant, Friday. ;
At the recent meeting on the License sub-
ject in this town, it was voted; 27 to 30,
that license for the sale ofspirituous liquors
s/zoulrl not be grarited.—-Da.ul2-u7'_7/ Times.
January.--At New Haven, 12 o'clock,‘
noon, everyday in January excepting four,
the mercury in the shade was above the
freezing point. .
The Bank of Gl'fll'_'t\'lll9,__0_l_ll0, has stop-.
ped payment. The Ohio Statesman says its
circulation was very great. '
The receipts of the American Board of.
Missions during the month of January, were
over forty thousand dollars.
Big Pig.-—Mr.' David Brooks, of Strut.
ford, lately slaughtered a Berkshire pig eight
months o_ld.__ivhic,i_i_iveighed 43511.5. ‘ . -
elp it; -that's‘it-L” .
The Steamboat: now 1 .1
tsveeii ~Nii"iv"York and~~:A.llihiiLy.r-will?" -7"-
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