.1:
killing:-t dcv;-r——for I
blip \'.'i‘.‘_ri '.;ot~.r Shovel.’
‘i‘l.ie. :D‘.2.'.-".lln]l:l'l replic:l«-
‘ T‘-’lin-.2 "Clot, I dial not think mine shovel
saw you-——you shot
=.'o‘s 'oa.io:i. Idid not think it would go off.
. I never lctiuvv it to so uffbefoi‘e.’
the deer, .a‘n:l,I _-.vill,~t_zo to the Justice and
5‘.ut‘.'tpinlt1 of you , and ‘make you pay your
‘fine’, unless you give me the skinantl two
.'.lollizi's..' ‘ 2 ~ .. I 2 ‘ ’
" Veil,’ said‘ the Dutchman, ‘though I
'didn’t think ’ my ‘taiii’t old shovel vould go
off, dat is better clan pay ten dollars.’
. so the l).-irgain was concluded ; the Yan-
kee receivingthe skinrand two dollars, left
the Dutchman to take care ofbis‘ venison.
While the Dutchman was taking care of
the venison, and before he had put it out of
-,j,e.“.,,y_. another Dutchman came up and
threatened _.to complain, upon which IETJHS.
the shovel shooter, related all that had pas-
sed between him and the Yankee.-
'Va'nd,erhausen said to Hans that liebad
been imposed upon : thattlie.Yankee killed
thedeer himself. ~~Thé two Dutchmen then
agreed to pursue the Yankee, and to bring
. him before a Justice, and Hans entered his
complaint, pro bono publzco. Wbefeupon
the Justice, after hearing all the testimony.
pro and con, and taking the" subject matter
into cool,‘ serious and deliberate considera-
. tion, came to the conclusidii that the Yankee
killed the deer with _a certain instrument
called a rifle, and that he pay a'fine of ten
dollars, or be whipped ten lashes. The Yan-
kee chose the latter. ; The Justice then or-
dered the Yankee to be stripped, tied to a
tree and the whip applied. There being no
officer present, the Justice concluded to do
the whipping himself, and at it he went.--
After he had given the Yankee five lashes
and was pgrocecdingto gl\'e_llllI) the other 5
the Yankee bowled oiit.=—*‘5l0.,D..l' »
‘ Vot,’ said the Justice. ‘ there is five more
to come.’ ,
The Yankee informed the Justice that half
(thafive) _wentto.tlie complainant.
Justice--‘ Dat is law; uutie the Yankee,
‘tie up the Tutcbman, give him hulf—-the 5.’
SELF—PRESUi\IPTlON.
It is with nations as-with individuals, those
who kno'.v‘tbe -least of others, think the
highest oftbcmselves; for the whole family
of pride and ignorance are incestuous, ‘and
mutuully beget each other. The Chinese
affect to despise. European ingenuity, but they
cannot mend a common watch; when it is
out of order, they say it is dead, and barter
it away for a living one. The Persians think
that all foreign merchants come to thcnifroin
a smallisland in the northern waters, bztrrcn
and desolate, which produces nothing gqod
‘or beautiful; “for why else,” say they, "do
the Europeans come to us for such things, if
they are to be had at homo .7". The Turk
will not permit the sacred cities of M-=.cca or
Medina to be polluted by the residence or
‘even footsteps of-.1 single cliristiaii; and as
to the grand D‘:l!’O of Japan. he is so holy
that the sun is not permitted to have the lion-'
or ofshining on his illustrious head. The
king of Malacca styles hirnself lordof the
winds; ‘
and the Mogul, to be eqiirilwitn l‘;l'rt,
ti7.l.°s himself CO.“l-Tlil-“l‘(‘l' oftbe -.'-.'orl.'l.‘ and his
gr.-in-1ec.= are (ls-1‘.-;ir.iiti-.'.t~.=t‘l rulers oftlie tlii:-ii-’
der storm on-'.l steersmcn of the whi:'l.\'ind:
even the pride of Her:-zcs, who lettered the
sea, and wrote his comzriands to Mount Atii-
os; or ofC.-ligula, who boasted of an intrigue
with the moon, are both surpassed by the sov-
ereign of an insignificant tribe in North
America, who every morning stalks out of
his hovel. bids the sun good morrow, and
pointsoiittoliixii with his finger, the course
he is to take-for the day: and to complete
this climaxiof pride and ignorniice. it is well
known that the Khan of Tartary, who does
not possess a single house under the canopy
of heaven, has no sooner finished his repast
of m:ire’s mill-: and horse flesh than he causes
a iiemltl to prmrlaini from his seat, that all
the. prin"“s and poteutates of the earth have
his permission to go to dinner l--L¢2C07l-
From the Boston Post.
Mr._ Picrpoet delivered a temperance lec-
ture at C-abottsville, the other evening, and
said as be had been accused ofhearing down
‘rather lieavily on the vendors of intoxicatiiig
,-'Jri’n’ks. he proposed on that occasion_ to vol-
unteer his se.-vices to the injured individuals
aforesfiid, as counse. and advocate. He then
went on (as the Chronicle informs us) to
state the various pleas which men maltc to
excuse their_coii!.iiitiance in the trafiic; and
seriatim, one by one, to answer theui. The
l‘-.1Sf.‘ipl-E“?! which he put and answered was
the License. Yes. siid the Speaker you
have a license-niid that is your plea. \Vell
my friend, if that is your plea,‘[ would ad-
jure youto keep it--lock it upamong your
jewels—-guard it as the apple ofthine eye——
andwvhen you die, and are laid in your coffin
be sure that this precious document is placed
within your cold and clzimmy fingers, so
that when you are. called upon to confront
tlitfsoiils of your victims before your God,
you may be ready to file in your plea ofjus-
tification, and boldly to lay down your li-
cense on the bar of the Judge. Yes, my
friend. keep it——_vou will then want your li-
cense,signed by the commissioners of Hamp-
deq. and endorsed by the selectmen ofSpring-
fie d. .
QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE
ALBERT.
, S,YMPTO1\1S 01-‘ A scmrrctz.
' The French Journals appearto delight in
scandalizing they-Qu_ee_n of England and her
Ro_~;til~Consort. The follmving is the latesi
specinien of Parisian gossip. which is copied
“from the New York Mercury: , _
, . ;The husband ofthe'C-lucen of England, is
not quite ‘as happy asa king’ in his august
=_house_hold.- "The prince, is tall, thin and
ajmaj_ble ;,,the‘qiieen is short, fat; _plum"p afid
passion-ate..' Pl-telemon and Baucis were
bctte‘it.assorted.* ‘Instead of sustaining this
excellent young man and of aineliorating
-thoeqtiivocal and difficult position in which
he -is:-placed ,by:the English fail-'3,-it is for-
gotteuthat inmarriages oftbis sort it is the
woman who owes aid rand" protection to‘ the
husband; ' T ]' ‘ ' .
— Jealousy appears to be tbe1d.iminantpasL
s_ion.ofthe Queen. -«The prince cannot raise
his ‘eyes’ upon at woman, -. without’-.exposi‘ng
,Jiifl)3€‘lf.$97A<1-*l§”'~.¢lé*‘i :4‘:-~~ "~».;*r '
_
if "‘Wi*l l,"s~I id"t h e""Yulikee, H},-'rf‘.i' li‘a"v"c "ll illed
l VVhen at__a ball tlie,Quccn_ imposes upon.
hiiii a ‘list ofljiorsohs '~\‘itl_1 \,\'lH‘-Nit ll‘? 5‘? -l“-fl
daqcg 5.=lt’(‘.f:'(l >fl>'Cl'.fl’.'t!iiCn‘-5! "l3“i‘-Sll l1§mll.'=-
some and young, He is irit-rdiu-ttcd from.
gro'itzg out alone, ‘and his ztiiriiitvrst prot:.er_-.d-'
lugs, and most simple ziclions llfllu‘-l'g” ml
*-_ _-. ~.~..-.-... ~. , ‘ -“-! ' _ j _ _' ,‘ ',_
active SUY\’c1l2‘t(lL‘.t‘-. Uhaln 330* l-W lll ll-‘-’
has borne. all this will‘: the gr-iitleness ofspirit
‘.l'1_'-it forms [l)tT_‘(ll$lll1Cl.l\'Q ch:'ii'acter of his
family; rare and precious quality, which
,,,].1e,-1' to an a.-lvnntageotis pit;/sipzt-e, has
doiiliiless made the fortungs ot the house or
Cobourgh. ' .
But one had need be a Cobourgb, well
disciplined, we-ll educntrd in the principles’
of cojugal patience: still,circ.umst-.inces will
arise 'wl'iere submission would be intolerable
J--such have lately occurred, I hear here at
Paris, at lVindsor. '
There is a circle in the apartments of the
queen, in which meet the privileged-—-the
most distingiiislled lords and ladies of the
mun, Tea is served up. and the conversa-
tion turns on various subjects. The prince
keeps his place listening with disc rction,suiil-
ing when the royal inoiitb deigns to smile.
and from timcto time risking :i timid word,
or aplirase of respectful flattery. .
By some accident the conversation turned
upon the. brilliant representation at the
Queen's theatre, on a previous evening, at
which the court had been present. ‘Tlie
Quer-n frowned, and reprouclied the prince
with having ca.-t some rash glances into the
box of the beautiful Lady S . \
The young prince knew in his beart_that
lie couldjustify himself, and he did so in so
.cxcellent a rnunner, that the Qniecn was iri-
tatcd at so victorious a contradiction.- The
prince, to appease her. offered her :1 cup of
tea, with a liandsonie compliment, but the
Queen yielded to her rizazwaise ftumeunmade
and involuntary rtioveinents which upset the
cup, and cast some of its contents into the
face of her il‘.".:2*.ricus husbaiid. The com-
pany was struck with astonishment. The
prince, irritated, immediately left the ap-
partrnent, but ill concealing his rising dis-
pleasure. . The next day he declared that his
condition was no longer supportable.
‘I care not for grandeur,’ said he, ‘the part
of husband to the queen suits me no longer;
the; illusion relative to tho a.gre-nzcrts of the
employment are dissipated. I shall resign
and take niydepartiire.’
These conjugal ad ventures true or false,
real or exaggerated. occupy the attention of
English society. If the prince has really
taken this determination, it is thought he
will presist in it, for if the Cobotirghs are
patient, they are also cbstiiiate, like all Ger-
matis. and great will be the political scandal
that his depzirture. would give rise to. The
cup of ten of the queen of England, may one
day furnish the theatre with a comedy no
less picquaut and ingenious than a glass of
water of the Duchess of M '1 rlboi'oug'ri.
TL
L3: j
C0.‘.)gl'eSSi0iia.i.
Correspondence oft/zc N. Yor/c Tribune.
Mn.\'n’.u'. Feb. 14.
day the 24th inst. In this, as other ‘questions
of i'6a'tio’ii:i1 inipoiuiiice, he.‘ hail-Lconsulteil
.~:o..".e ofjbis‘fricnds?‘in,ost of \\‘l]=t_7_'1l concurred
in the pro'priet_v of this step. , The resolu-
ll-..‘tlSi‘\\'ef'€ t‘e.~id-, as follows; V A
, 1. Resc-_lued._TI_iaI All,l~‘lll€_(llIl~y,(T-f4‘!_l'1lf! Gener-
al G-ivermnent, for Cl.‘lltlUf.'lll‘|;,'ll,§ Arlini«iistrn~
ring). to provide an atlcquatc revenue within llm
year to meet the current expeiisr-s of the year;
and that any expedient. either by loan or by
Treasury Notes, iosupply in time of peace, a
deficiency of rcvciiiie.'especially during the suc-
cessive years‘. is uuwis -, and must lead to per-
UICIOUS CONSEQUENCES. 0
2. Resolved: ’l‘hat such an adequate reve-
nue cannot be obtained by duties on foreigi: ini-
ports, without adopting a liigber rate tl't3nllWon-
iy per cent., as provided for in _the Com-
promise Act, whicli. at the time. of its passage.
was supposed and assumedas a rate that would
supply a sufficient revenue for an economical
administration of the Government.
3. Resolved, therefore, That the rate ofd ‘es
on f'oreij.zu imports ought to be aiiginented ‘be
ynnd the rate oftweniy per oelii. so as in- pro.
duce a nctt revenue of twenty six millions of
dollars, twenty one for the ordinary expenses-of
Govcrntneiit, two for the payment of the exist-
ing debt, and two millions as a reserved fund for
coiilitigeticies.
4 Resolved, that in an adjustment ofa iariflllio
raise an amount of twenty six millions of rege-
nue. the principlee ofllie Coinpruinise act gen-
erally should be adhered to; and that especiajly
u inaximuin rate ofnd vulorein duties should be
esipbtislicrl, from which there ought to be as lit-
lle departure as possible. “
5. Resolved, That the provision in the act .of
the Extra Session for the distributionufilie pro.
ceeds ofilie public lands, requiring the operation
ofiliat act to be Sll$|‘6lltled, in the curitingeticy'ul‘
a biglier rate of interest than 20 per ceut.. ought
to he reyeolctl.
G. RC-solvetl. That it is the duty of Govem.
-uieul at all times. but more especially in 3
season. such as now cxists,ofgeiiernl L‘t1'll)arras5.
merit and peciiniary distress, to abolish all use.
less instiiiitions and ofiicers to curtail all unite.
:3:-.:s:..'j_.; ."-:<,.c:‘.s.c.e.::nd to ,-zrcciicc rigizl 3:;nnon‘iy.-
7. Resolved, That the contingent expenses of
the two Houses of Congress (night to be greatly
l‘Ctll)f.‘8_(__l,_;‘ apyl the inileage of members of Con-
grcss oii’§l‘i§.'to be regulated, and more clearly
dcfiiied. " ~‘
8. Resolved, That the expenses of‘ ilie Judi-
cial Department of (iovernnient have of late
years been greatly increased, and ought to be
iliminislieil.
9. Resolved. That the diplomatic relations of
the United States with Forcigti Powers have
been unnecessarily extended, (luring the last
twelve years, and ought to be reduced.
10. Resolved, That the f'r:jiiki:ig jirivllegc
oiiglii to lie futtlier restricted, the ubiisive tines
ofit restrained and punislied. the pri.-3l:1gei)n let_-
ters reduced, the mode of estimating Lll’:‘l.’Jn(.'E$
more clearly defined and prrescribctl, and a
small addition to postage made on books, painti-
lets and packages traiismiiled by the mail to he
graduated and increased. according to their re-
spective wei,ghts.
11. Resolved, That the Secretaries of the
State. of the Trc.-.isur_y. of the War and of the
Navy Depnrtnients. and of the Postitzztstcr Gati-
eml_lie severally directed, as soon as practicable.
to report what offices can be aliolisliqi. and what
l'v:ll'£‘.I!‘_‘llt‘f}5?Zt!" of public expentliliire can be
made. without public detriment. iu the rsstieczi;
in the Senate, the resolution ofI‘vli~. Pierce
calling on tile Secretary of the ’l‘reustiry fury
infoi'i:::itioii relative to the New York Cus-1
to.ii Elqiisc Cl)ll!l22iSSl0t'l;1‘.':a:3E‘tL1$2lnl.;il(Cfi up;
illr L5.-.-rce rczerretl ti the pt‘-Moises ti‘)-11!‘-“
by inc
came into power oftl sir exposure of the cor-
ruption of the proceeding Ati:i2inisti'atioti,
and expressed his desire for the information
sought by the resolution.
Mr. Clay denied the power of the Presi-
dent to appoint this Coniuiissioii under the
provision‘ oftlie Constitution by which it was
claimed. In this way hosts ofotliccs might
be created and their salaries fixed by the
‘Piesident, and the powers of Congress su-
perceeded in a great degree. The public
transactions were covered by a veil almost
impenetrable by the Whigs, the present
Executive liaving retained in office most of
the iucuznbents be found at the continence-
merit of his power; and yet here were geri-
tleinen calli:1gt;iuntiii._;;ly for tlieir proniisctl
exposures. . He advised them not to bark
before they got out of the woods. He had
learned front one of the Commission that
their report was iiourlv ready, and would be
lzilti l)*‘.*lt)lt' Coiig'i'cSS in a fr’-iv tiny:-‘.. 'i'l‘i€:.‘
would then have :1 r-welzition ofsome oftli-3
transactions of tar-. prec-ceding Atlriiini.=.t.ra-
tioii. which it would be far more ;;le:'=.:ui1't for
the-in to continue to keep in Lldl'l(l'l(-‘SS.
t\ir.V’l=iiiguiii said he had li-id for some time.
a resolution prepared to elicit this i~nf<.-ruia-
Lion, and would present it when the report of
the Coinmissioners had been received, not
only to investigate the transactions of the
past, but to learn wlietlicr thei'e had been an
improveinent in the present Adininistr-.ition.
As they were unable at present to obtain all
the pointsoftruth desirable, he moved that the
resolution be laid on the table; but did not
press his motion. .
The motion of Mr. Mangum to lay on the
table, wasthen cai'i'icd; by ye’ Kl, nays 17.
And the Senate adjourned. -
The Speaker lairlbeforetbe House Com-
munications from Messrs. l\Ilurk A Cooper,
Chapman of Ai:i., and Holmes of S. C.,
asking to be excused. from service as inerti-
bers ofthe Committee on Foreign Aflairs.
They were severally excused by votes
nearly unanimous, and a motion made by Mr
Adams for the appointment of members by
the Speaker to fill the vacancies, was con-
curred in. ' '
The remainder of the day was consumed
in the reception of petition,s—this bcingthe
business in order. _
Mr. Adams said he had received anotliei‘
petition praying Congress to take iricastires
for aipeaceiible dissolution of the Union, he-
sides a number of petitions intended, be bad
no doubt, to involve him in thesame trouble
from which _he had just. escaped. ‘He had
received, among others, petitions for the ex-
piulsionlof. Members .from this House. c It
_was_ not his.pur.pose to present mock petitions
lioaxés, thosecoritaining indecent, filthy, or
violent matter, or those insulting‘ to members
of this House. _He gave notice tothose who
were accustomed to send them to him, that
he should present no more Iofthis character.
1 ‘ .Tunsn.n', Feb. 15.
-In tlie Senate. Mr. Clay, in accordanceywith
previous intimation, brouvht forward --his;
series of resolutions, and asked-‘that they‘ be‘,
9
pvintét!--und:t'tta’d,'¢' théfspecidl-iordéli to’: Tltbw
presciit i|xCiu'lIltilS'.l‘:llla‘.'f} l.n:-fore they -
charge.
The resolutions tvere then made the spe-
cial oriler f()l'l.l"it: 72/ltli inst. ,
l‘.l:' i‘-’l.t'l'l'lfl\"ifllflflllllfd a rcsolution as a
joint rule of both Houses, prohibiting unread-
ments to h;ipl'OpllitllOll bills. appropriating
lot‘ hbj~-cts not autliori'1.’d by pre existirig laws.
Afte. bricfre:iiarl.'s by several S.-tnators,
the resolution was ordered to be pl'it'tlt'(l,1)l](_l
laid on the ttble for future coiisider.-ition.
Mr. Benton expressed his d-.-sir=:- to asex-
tain the sense of the Senate on his bill to
postpone. the Bankrupt Lziw till the lst oi
July. 1842, and moved its crit'lSl{l€l‘nll0l‘l.
Mi‘. Clay sigiiified his entire willingness
now to dispose of the bill.
Mr, Rives said ho had voted against the
Bllt’il\'l"J[.‘I ;f_i'l\‘.’ and for its repeal, and his
mind had undergone no cliange. \Vbile he
was re*:i(l_\‘ to vote for the repeal, he could
not consent to agitate the public tnind by a
postponement.
The question on ordering the bill to a
third t‘e2t~'Jing was decided in the negative, as
follows: Yeas 18, Nays 23.
Mr. Clay's arnendinents to the Constitu-
tion for the restriction ofthe veto power, ac.
were again considered.
Mr. Mor~.—lie;irl, at length. advocated the
resolution in ii highly powerful and eloquent
spec.-li, pd|‘l.l(.‘uliit'l_'\’ i'e-piyiiig to Mr. Buc.lian-
un's i’emzirkS on this stibjact. The Senate
then went into Executive Session.
In the House. Mr. Evcrettgavc notice that
he should tomorrow offer :1 resolution mak-
ing the apportionriient bill tbespeciul order
ofTiiesday next in precccletice of nll'otbei'
btisiness. and providing that debate therein,
in Cornmittee oftlie Whole, cease on Thurs-
day the 2-ltlt inst. and the question be taken.
Co:nmutiic.ations were received frotn vari-
ous departments among which was one from
the Postmaster General asking an Appropri-
ation ol $2,572 85 for repairs according to
contract ofthe, building for some time occu-
pied by the Post Office Department.
On motion of Mr. Underwood the bill to
suspend for one year from the 1st March,
1842, that part of the Act to revise and ex-
tend the Charter of the Banks of the District
of Columbia, which inhibits :lic Bunksuiter
thatdtite from payin-gout the notes of non-
specie paying B-«tilts, was taken up.
The bill was pissed: yeas 97. nays 73.
Mr. Fillmore moved that the House re-
solveitself into a Committee of the Whole
‘for the further consideration of the Appropri-
ation bill, but ivaive;ltlic motion. and‘
Mr. Gentry renewed his ‘motion to recom-
mit the hill, with instructions to strike out
every item not uutliorizetl byexisting laws.
Mr. G. atlvocated this motion‘, and Mr.
Fillmore‘ explained the action of the Coin-
mittee which reported the bill. _ ,
‘Mr, Randolph moved l.l‘Iej);t‘eVlOtl_S ques-
tion‘; and upder, its "operation, the. 'nio‘tiori
prevailing’ by"ye:i_s l44,fn‘uys_2‘2., the._bill‘ was
recoinniittedrf .The House then"’adjour_nc‘d.
. ‘ .2 '. . - - , .
~ , \VnnivssnAv, ‘Feb. 16.‘.
- ' Int-Senate, to day.’ on- motion of Mr. Lew-
is, a resolution instructing the‘Coinm'ittee on
Post Offices and Roads to inquire into" the
expediency of extending the 'Frau_k'ing'-Priv-
ilege to ox-Vice Presidents, -was adopted.
Mr. Benton submitted a series of resolu-
tio‘ns,‘» which ywerge orderedtpr-i'nt‘ed, - instruct-
ing the Judici-z‘i’ry. Coinm1ittée‘to br’in‘g-in"!/u
jt5i'lt':t¢"m‘a:’cod the Ba1sti‘rbjit= %I~ai‘sv-‘ob=“-'u”" to‘
ive branches oftlic public service under their.
l
confine_ its operations to thetrnding parts of
Corporations,', toprevcnt the actfrom inter-
foriuz with~theirisolvcnt laws of thestatcs.
'l‘be rc.-solution of Mr. Bentonrinstructing
the Committee on, Finance to inquire -into
the nature nfthe payments now niariebv the
Federal Government, whether in hard or
paper money, whether at theoption of the
creditors, ~.vbctber Government paper is at
discount, and what l’P.lTl9flV is necessary to
preserve the faith ofthe Governmeiit to save
its creditors from loss. &.c. was adopted.
The resolution of Mr. 1-Valkcr was taken
up calling on the President for information
relative to the -terms of the Convention be-
tween the United States and Mexico, and
various facts relative tlicreto. Also for any
communication from the late American Con-
sul at Santa Fe as to the violation of the
rights of Aruerican citzcns. ,
The resolution of Mr. Linn calling upon
the President for information relative to the
recent Ol1l.l"r)Q'9S committed by Mexicans on
the persons and property of the American
Consul and citizens residing at Santa Fe
and the Northern Province of Mexico, was
adopted. The Senate then adjourned.
In the House. the resolution of the Com-
mittee on the Contingent Expenses of the
f-‘louse, relative to the employment of the
Clerks oftbe House, was debated dl]l‘ll'IQ’tl‘.L’
-“turning hour by tVlessrs. Summers, Gordon.
Morgan and Smith of Ala. Mr. Morgan
said the contingent expenses of the.‘ State
D.-pnrtment during: the past year were over
860.000; of which more than $l.O00 was
for periodicals. por-_ms. ice. for the Depart-
ment. These and Similar enormous expen-
ses should be lopned off; and here was the
plane to lieuin. Mr. Bmvne took the floor,
and the subject was laid over.
The House then resolved itself into a
Committee of the whole, Mr. Briggs in the
C‘-li-rair, and re‘.=iirncrl the consideration of the
civil diplomatic aripropriminn Bill for I842.
the question pending beincr on the second
clause. appropriatinq$l2.50D for pay ofoffi-
cors and clerks oftlic Senate and the House
ofReprescnt.'-itives.
Mr. i\'fcKeon obtained the floor. and for
the pt‘ll'pnSf‘. as he said. of civingtho widest
possible latitiid:-. to the r,le'n:ito. moved to strike
out the enacting claiise of the hill.
ThcCh'iirm .5 d-=ci lnxl this mit oforder, and
no amen-'lr~‘cnt could be made except to the
clause under (.‘fil1.°l'l“"«"-l-l0l'l- Mr. MCK. ap-
pi-alevl from this decision.
The appeal was rlr-liate-zl at great leticlb
bv Messrs Adams. f-loplrins, Fillmore. Til-
linghast and Underwood in support, and
Messrs. Cliffnrrl. ,/\,tiierton. Proffit. Pope and
Cooper of Givnrgir-. in opposition to the de-
cision of the Chairman.
The decision was then sustaind——yeas 78.
n.'t‘.'s 52.
Bv this decision, the usual debate on the
\Vl"lOlr.-‘ bill. and almost every other Sl)l')_j"Cl.
on single items of the bill, will be cut off.
and the merits of the bill nnl\' l:-e debated at
the pt‘ope1‘lim~'~' after the items have severally
been rlisposi-rl of. .
The Committee rose and the House adj.
'I‘nuiisoA'r. Feb. 17.
if in the House. Mr Cashing said‘ he had
been lflilftlcfcrl by the S°lect Comnitttec on
the plan of Finance recnnirnended by the
President, to ask leave oflhe House, in part,
to report this morning. Leave hrinq gran-
ted, lie inov.-zrl that the C0?‘l!.'¥3lllt"F_? be dischar-
f_Tt'tl from further cnrisideration of that part
of the Presi lends ;\l<-ssrtge. re.ferred to them.
of the letter of the Secretary oftl1eTre;isurv
anl of a petition proposing a plan ofn Fis-
cal Agcnt. He then reported ' A Bill amen-
datory of the several acts establishing the
Treasury Department,’ and uioved that the
bill and report acco'np'inying, be rcferretl to
the Committee oftbe Whole on the State of
the Union and be printed, together with 2600
extra copies of each.
Mr Garret Davis, a member of tb it Com-
mittee, on leave, submitted a counter report
The motion of reference and to print the
usual and extra number of copies, of both
reports. was carried. Previous to this
The reading of the report and bill was
called for; and they were read by Mr Cush-
‘ing, occupying about an hour and a half,—-
Tbe report, it will be found, is an able and
philosophical examination of the origin and
use ofcoin, and the subject of banking. ‘The
bill could not be obtained for examination,
as it passed iznmediately into the hands of
the printer. It is based on the Sccretarv’s
bill, with modifications; among which are,
that the Secre'tnr_v of the Tréastirynnd the
Treasurer of the United States for the time
being. and one Commissioner. to be appoint-
ed by the. President for st term of four years
and, with the Treasurer, not removable ex-
cept for phvsical disability, incompetencv. or
neglect.ofdut_v. shall constitute the Board of
Exchequer; the atrencies not to exceed ten
——one in Boston. New York. Philadelphia,
Charleston. and New Orleans; the remain.
ing to be located as the public interest re-
quires; not to receive morethan ten millions
private dcpositcs; payments by the Board
to be paid in gold or silver, or at the consent
of the creditor in Treasury Notes, &c. &r..—
The Exchange feature is understood to be
inateriully altered,
Mr Burnrii-d gave notice of his intention '
at the proper time to move a substitute for
this bill, authorizing the S-3ct'etnt‘_V of- the
Treasury to issue in payment of public dut-:5
‘Exchequer Bills in form and denomination
for circulation. The f-louse adj.
In Senate Mr‘Siiii_iiions oflered a resolu-
tion instriicting the .C1nninittee on thc_.ii_itli-
ciziry lo report a"b_ill for the postpurtntiirziit
ofthe B-.inkru'pt Law ,for'onc year. In con-
formity with the instructions of the Le3,:isl;i-
turc of Rhoda Island, he asked that tiiesense
of the Senate be now iiilreti on" the resoltitiori
.Thc'Cbziiru‘iai'v, Mr Evans, _ ‘said ,tl'iat ii
{bill of this cbatfactei'__hnving alicarly been
fro.-jccted, this pro"po's'ition,co’ulti not, ticcording
to the rules, bobroiight "forward this session
The, Senate ¢efwscrl.’io._'re’cei1:c t/ta resolu-
’f_tia7jt.'l Tilt-.‘. Sehate t'h"«,-.n'j.adj. ' '
_ Cleavcland was visited by a terrible storm
on the 8th. 1 A "poi'tionofthc adjoining towns
May fie_ld and K,irtl’and,were destroyed. One
man was killed, severulwere tv0und‘ed, trees
were twisted-off, liezivy_ston'cs removed and
7 _ns,cs~la‘idl pfostrate. "'l‘h'e'*wid h’ offithe
itoim‘ was’ frfiriffilty "1o”one""'hund réd ’rod§.“‘ l
LOCO F0lCO' u.-\NDlDATES.
community, .to include-“Banks and Trading.-Ti’ Theloco focos cbrnclbeforc‘-the pcfiple of
this State now with very diffeiijent candidates
‘for State Officers from those nominated by
them last year.’ —'Ilhen they put men on
their ticket most of whom were unknown. to
nine tenths oftheir ‘own party. They could
assert most positively that their candidate {oi
Governor, Mr, Nichol’ was one of the best
men in the wor|d——a pure unsophisticated
democrat—a patriot, lb /lard war/ring dem.
aural. and all that; and not one in ii dozen
could say that it was nut so, because they
never heard of the man before. So it was
with others on the ticket; a vast majority of
the people knew nothing about them, either
good or bad. Now however, it is different
-—-their candidates are well known. There
is their candidate. for Gov‘ei'uor, General
Cleveland--he, by the grace of ‘the Jet
mocracgj of Hcunpton,’ has been in our Le.
gislature often enough to show \Vl‘lut lie is.
Hardly a question could come before the
House of which he was a member without
his rising to make. a speech; and let the
subject be what it might, be was stire to trv
to give it a party turn. With him indeed.
the Alpha and Onega, the beginning mid
ending. the whole object and aim ofall legis-
lation seemed to be, to promote the interests
of his party. His chieftalcnt consists in his
capacity for malrinu speeches al}Olll'lt.lln__'Z
more in words than ideas; and if he should
be elected, and shoiilti ‘practice law as here
ln_f_2n'e.’ it would tzot prol;-ably interfere much
with his public duties. The other individ
uals on the ticket are also well known——3
out oftlie 4 held offices under Jackson and
Van Buren, and labored hard to keep their
late znastcrin office; but wlicntlie people.
rose in their might and sent /427721 into rrtire-
merit, these gentlemen were. under the dis-
agieaable ‘riecv.=.=sity' of Si1'fti‘il'l_i'__7 his fate.
Having lioivever so long been in office
and fed from the public crib, they now feel
exceedingly uncomfortable in private life, dz.
long to be again clothed with official au-
tbority. Of their avowed candidate for U.
S. Senator. 100, Mr. Niles, it m':y be said,
lie is well known-—too well, prolmlily for
him to stun] mu-'li chance for an (!ll‘¢'l.l=:li to
the high ofiice to which he again :ispii'cs. In
short, it may be so id of all the loco foco :'.-ri-
didates now before the j‘,.“.()pl¢+. of this State.
that titty are \\'t.‘ll knoivri as (‘lF‘.\‘Ult'(l parti-
zzins; anti tariff, anti bank; n(lfx(':l'('l‘ilS of litr-
late ‘ nortlicrn lntil} with scitiilicrzi princijrlras’
~siib tn‘-'.':siii‘_v, hard rnonei-y liviiiibiig advn
cutes, who joiiied loudly in tl'ior- cry against
bank notes, and especially small bills, until
they with their party, destroy:-d the beef
currency ever enjoyed by any nation. The
peopleyof this State recognize. in these men
the unwavering siippnrters of the \\’ltOl¢'
course of policy pursued by hlr. Van Burcii
-.vliich'wns so S‘-l’_.Zl1(1ll_V condeinnczl at the
Presidential election. it the freemcri cf Con-
necticut attend the polls in April ticxt, I/less’
mciz. cannot be ef:'.c.’c:1.——-N. H. Pa/.’ac1it:.r.':.
A t\'eiv Yoi'kt'-r, visiting Pliiladclpiiia
during the present excitcinctit, went into a
barb:-r’s shop in the moriiing to get shaved,
and offered a one dollar bill for ch:-.ngb. The
barber shook his l‘icu<.l, and told him to pay
next time. He went into :1 rclectory, and
eat ti sliilling's worth, and received the same
answer. Curious to see how far the excite-
ment could be carried, he went about for
several hours, trcatctl all his friends, on the
credit of the dollar, and at night he gave
it to a beggar, telling him thiitif be made
smzill purcliases it would last the longer.
Oat/'a.gcous C:.‘F_l/'l'(t7l.‘Il.‘_1/.-—\v6‘ find the
following in the Jouinal. of Coniuiercc of
a lute date it is from it COi'C$j‘iOl)Llt'ttt ofthut
paper and is dated Mobile, Jun. ll, lS4i2.—-
lt shows 8. scandalous state of things.
‘ A law was published this morning, au-
thorizing the Stieriff to take charge of all.
colored men on board the vessels in this Buy
imprison them, and cliarge about $7 each
for his trouble. He is also to require bonds
from the Captains for the sums of $200 each
man. that he will take. them away on his de-
parture with his ship. Tliese vexatious
proceedings have no origin in any recent oc-
currence, or cause of uneasiness, but the old
Jewish rule of -reta-licttion--a sort of com-
bination in the south by way of ofisct to the
abolition agitation. The number of blacks
in’ the Bay is said to be 350 : who are to be
thrown into prison. suffering the privations
of criminals, for no evil deed or action. The
same law promises to cause expense and ex-
citeznent in the city. Such are the results of
hasty legislation, cai'riedtlii'ough the Halls
by party strife and contention, and on the
last day of the session, when all errors must
rein-uiu twelve months before they can‘ be
corrected.’ '
T/te Flood.-——'1'he devastation ‘caused by
the recent freshet seems to have been greater
in the Southern tier of Countics—in the Val-
ltes oftheisusquehaunah and Tioga rivers-
than in any other sections. _A correspon-
dent of the Rochester Post says that at Os
wcgo ‘the water rose higher than it had
been since l807. At thejunction of Oswe-
go Creek and the Susqut-liannah over a
hundred inhabitants were driven from their
houses. Tlie damage to the New York 6;
Erie Railroad was very great. .
Tempemnce in lzig/L places.-_—Extract ofa
letter from Washington, dated 5th Februaiy, -
l84°2,—-to Edward C. Dclcvan, Esq.
“At _a great and splendid levee given on
the occasion ofhis (li1llglllt‘l‘.S inarriugc, the
Prcsidciit of the United States of Aniei'ic;i,
had not a. drop of “Wine or other alcoholic
drinks furnished. Nothing-but cold water
‘was to be lll‘l.'.l.--d-lltf an ab urcdcli/Lg occasion
too! Wliat u noblc‘step—-one which ‘will
draw to him thousi_ind's of hearts, warm and
fresh, and-will tell on the future destinies oi
the n‘ii:ion'.’—.4ll:a.7;_z,' ..ou7‘2ta.l. '
. The ‘Box Ball’lzistnight‘wu’s probably
the irioistrsplcndicl afiiiir of the kind ‘eve:
witnessed in this citv. VVe have ncithct
room nor time for any details Oflhv .--ii-i.--iiigc-,
'ments'tliis' iiiorziitigf. It must bi L-utfit-‘ixtat
to say generally that every thing. went oil ll.
the finest style.-— T1 -ifzmzc.
Death of ’Grog'a.'n.—-Grogan whose seiz-
ure in ‘Yerittoiit, and iniprisoninent in-l\'Jop.
tre.-£11, la_stf_a_ll, cui_1set_i" so 'trlu'c_h. noise,» died ‘at
lCti‘an,apiain“ou did 1tb'o‘t-January; * -
Bank of tlie Un-'1 cl States.—'I“he Oflicia
Report of the affairs of this Bank up to Dec’
lst has been published. It owes over 315,.
000,000 in Europe, -‘E-l,-S-94,l32 to Depogi.
l0l‘S. 889,606 totlic United States. 85,000,-
000; to Pennsylvania Banks, and has $2,-
392,136’ of Notes and $4?.(3*,‘383i I.if- Post
Notes outstanding. 'l‘o meet these debts, it‘
has'over82-1,000,000 of State Stocks pl¢dg-
ed for loans in Europe; and $32,000,000‘"“bf’
Discounted Paper (in good part protested)
in the hands of its vhrious Trustees or A3.
signccs. The State Stocks are d:iily"gro’w.
ing worse and worse .throu_r._rh' Rep.ud.iati,o‘n
and kindred rascalities, while the Discount
ed Paper is about as bad as so. much well
can be. It is a sad account.-— T'I‘iLttne.'
Some nine vears since Prentice of the
Louisville Journal lost the use of his right
hand by continual writing 2 liehiis since
used his lcft,but has now lost the use of that
also.--lb. , _
llllll ll’ .-l L if lllll Ell‘ 'l‘ll.l
Wlzdncsday, I-‘ebruary 23, 1842.
STATE CONVEN TRON.
This Convention, wliicli assembled at Hart-
ford on \Veduesd2)y last for the nomination of
State Ofiicers, was one of uni.-sual iiitercst.-9
'l'be number ofc'ele,«_:a:es wasloreertliuii at any
similar meeting ever held in this State, being
_ . .
Iliree /ll.'II(]r(.(Z(17I(.[_f07'I:l/, and (llil)lH'(l with u
.-pirii that tells well f0rll‘.t} success of the (filth
The
Convciiiiou assembled at 10 o'clock-;, and was
lirlazcs, at the election in .-X;.ril iiext.
called to order by JAS. F. B.tI3cuv(:i.’. Eu; of
the State Central Committee. 1]Ii(l.‘.’.’!l".|.Ix rarity
organizetl by the Ujlljvlftllllélll t.fJm.‘g«.- lsnncs.
Esq. of Nurwzilli, as President pro. it-:n., and
Josisrn G1.Anni.\'u. Es'(].q,')S Secrrizimy pm. in in.
A Cumn-ittce of one from 11 County was ap-
pointed to make out a list.t:t' ricrumiicnt officers
ofibc Ct)ti\'€-ulinn.
Also, a Committee ofuiie from :4 County to
rec-rive C.'(‘.'l('f!'l2tl.-‘v.
Tlie-. \K'lxv;{ =.c.?ir-vrs and Couriiy Cuinmiitecs _
present tn-.r-3 tlieii imiicu to seats in :be Con-
veiiiioii.
The Coinniiiiec to select pnraiarieiit officers
t';>rilic Convention, icportcd the fa Iowii:g'—-
which was accepted:
P-rt.str.’cnt,
SAMUEL SELDEN. Esq. of Lyme.
_ Vice Prcsz'a'c~rirs.
JAB!-ZZ Ki:-‘G, ol'llzir1l'o;ul Couiity.
Sr:'.a.n S'i‘itu:~'O, New l.l=.'.'rii do‘
Er..isi't's W1Li.iL:.is, tlew London do
Jess:-.‘ Ivi-zs, Liar.-lifield do
3t..\’3.t:»ii>.' is-AAC.-7, Fairfield do
W:t.t.i.t:.: Fisiiun. bl-findllitfll ~ do
Gooztot: Gii.i.i:'t"r, Ti.-llund do
Snzuom. PARSONS, fVli(l'.llt‘:L'X do
.Sccrc1'arz'cs. .
ELIPHALX-2'1‘ A. BULKL1-J1’. 6.: S. G. CORNELL.
_M0ved. that SUL'lI‘SUltSlilulCs as are present
be invited to take seals and participate in the
debates oftlie Convention. Motion adopted; f
Voted, That a‘ Committee ofuvo from eaféh
Seiiatoriul District Le Gjij;Ullll(‘(l mpirseizt a list,
ofnamcs to the Convention, as Candidates for
State Officers.
Volcd. That a Cemmittc-2 afone from we
eoiinty be appointed by the Cliuir. to report an
Address and Rcsulutioiis to the Cl)t‘.'-‘£‘i3llUU.
Tlic fullo\\iiig gciitlciiiett were tippuiiitcd :
Alfred Sinitli, Dennis liimbcriy. Erastus
Williams, Lanibert lliicbcock, .lit5iUll E. Noll.
Daniel P. Tyler, Saul Alvord, Henry Sc-llcck.
On motion of Mr. \Vnnd:ufiL the Conven-
tion adjournciliu meet at 2u’clot-1.‘, P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention met agreeably to adjiiiirnnignt.
The Committee on credentials reported the
list ofdelegatcs ; which report was accepted.
\Ve make room only for
Faiifieftl County.
Daricn, \Villiaui Andros;-:, 1:1-dward A. “'21-
terbury. '
Nero Canaan. Darius St. John. C B Hoyt.
Normal/c, Benj. lsaacs. Henry Selleck. '
Trumbull. Wheeler P Touccy, R B
dlebruok.
Monroe. Nathan Sherman, \Vm Clark.
.Dunbur_y. \Vm A Banks, Rurry Starr.
Huntington. Elias A Hall, Juscpli Fomliuson.
13700/.'_/lefcl. Peter M Hz.-bbell.
Sf-rut/incl. Robert Dayton, Judson Peck.
‘ Greenwich, Samuel Cornell, 15 B Lockwood,
Geo Knapp, Joseph Brush.
Wilton. Lcgrand Kcelcr. ‘
Stamford, Alfred Reynolds, Seth C Lat‘
Bridgeport, Daniel Sterling. A A -l’?'n,
James Fitch. * , m,,.._
Vole/1. That the Convention prop-e‘”ed to 1
choice of State Central Cnmttiitieea:
"C The following gentlemen were gi-boson, vii:-T
JAMESF BABO’OCK,
HENRY PECK,
V EZRA S. _HA_-.‘i1lLTO.;\i.
_The Convention vias addressed in _a very
able and spirited manner by Messrs. Merrimau
of Watertown, E. C. Bacon oI'Litcbfie|d,and
E. A. Bulklcy of East Hatldam. “ _ ,'
'l‘lJ8.CD.'1ll1lllf88 to present a list nfnames for
State Officers, _reported the fl-llmvizig 'f'icke_tf-
nor. covi-:xtc‘:oit.
IV. V5’. ELLSWORTII, of Harli',o‘r.‘d’.
1-‘on LIEU1‘. ouvié:‘r.t\'on.
Risitiisniv BGOTH, of DanbuI‘y.:.
' roa fIBI£A:UHER. _ C r-
JEREMIAH. BROWN, of Han-zrorda "
-tron si~:citi;'rAm'. '- ’ " * ‘
- ~ - Poi: ct-M1>-i=n'oi.i.i-zit. - - -
HENRY‘*Ei1LBOURN, or Hart_rqj-cg. ‘
Oumoiion, -tfolccl. that the izanies of the _.;a‘:~..,
didates be voted upotilscpait-it_ely. Bbfi)7PC fak-
fag’ tlie qt; estionwuit tlié iiutzii l’f3:lT_()Il:"ll‘i_t_V'_-
Mr. .\-lcrriiuecn. .ot'\Vat_erim»_-ii, spoke warinily
is .l'%a§"e'.sf;c!is!i::'j .G.‘.’.)'t’...'!1(£.". .l‘il,l$}t'.9[*.lt-._....T_l1.9
nuiii‘.i'r.itioii pus-‘ed uiiuuiiiii-usl_v.'. .; T
On proposing the .llElf)ifc ot'Rr;utm.v Booid.
for Lie':.i. Govertiur, M iv. Babcock of New-l=I>a_-
veil made appropriate rciti3rk_s in co‘:n_mendh_-
iiou.-of this nomination.-“Passed .uiia‘n«iipou'_sl”‘.
On‘ proposing ibej'caifi'tl7‘ida‘ie’rt:tii~§i‘Prbétiprii
Mr. Wovidsi-ard mov‘cd’tbat .isa‘ns.a*or .
M l(_J,- "' *‘
DANIEL P. TYLER, oi""o’6’.fiz'a1‘tiH!a'a_'x1;_. -
Norwalk Chronicler