Congressional.
ri Corrcsponclerzce q/"the N. Yor/c Tribune
l.\’IONDAi'. March 14.
In the House of Rcpresentativcs,- to day,
Mr Barnard on leave, reported from the
Com'mi'tte‘e‘ on‘ the Judiciaryifbill’ to amend i
the law providing for the seli-ction'ofJurors
in the United States Circuit Court of Penn
svlvinia, passed.
V Petitions were thenpresented in order, in
great numbers, among which were many for
increase of duties on various articles.
Mr Cave Johnson made an abortive at-
tempt to get up another ' row’ on the sub-
ject of the Bankrupt Law. He presented
several petitions, in all from forty or fifty In
habitants of Tennessee, for the repeal orfor
the suspension of the’ Bankrupt Law. the
reference of which he moved to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, with instructions to
that Committee to report a bill to suspend
the operation of the Bankiupt Act, and al.l
proceedings under it till lst of March. 184?-
andmovedthe previous question. Mr Chit
tendcn moved to lay the petition and instruc-
tions on the table; which was negatived.—
The House refused to second the demand
for the previous question, and thus ‘the pe-
tition as giving rise to debate, was laid over,
not soon to be reached again.‘
Mr Arnold presented a petition, (purport-
ino' to have come from citizens of_VirElDf=‘l
tbs. reading or which was received with
much laughter, declaring that John Quincy
Adams did not incur or deserve censure for
presenting the Haverhill petition ; that Mr
Wise has justly incurred the charge of fla-
grantly wasting the time of Congress by
debating that subject, which couldbe of no
public utility; that Mr Marshall, in endea-
voring to inculcate the doctrine that the peo-
_ple had no right to petitition for what Con-
gress cannot grant, has incurredthe censure
of those who believe the people can govern
themselves, and have as good a right as
their Representatives to know for what they
shall petition ; and that Messrs VVise, Mar-
shall and Adams ought to fbe publicly re
« prlmanded by the Speaker for using toward
each other blackguard language, and re-
commending the adoption oftbe rule to pre-
vent personalities in debate, Soc. The ques-
tion of reception was raised, and laid on the
table.
Mr Stuart of Va. presented a petition
from iron masters of Western Virginia pray
ing for additional duties on iron,the printing
of which was ordered by Yeas and Nays-—
02 to 68. '
Mr Barnard presented apetition of 38 cit
izcns of Williamsburg, Kings Co. N. Y. for
the recinding of thc2lst rule, and the redress
ofgriovances ofthe North, particularly with
reference to the Right of Petition, or as an
alternative to take measures for a peaceable
dissolution of the Union, which he proposed
to refer with instructions for a report against
the prayer, the reason therefor, &c.
Mr Wise raised the question of reception,
and Mr Briggs proposing to debate it, the
question was laid" over.
The House adjourned before the roll of
the States were called over.
In Senate, Mr Clay presented a petition
from Pennsylvania. and one from Orleans
county, New York, complaining of the dis-
reputable proceedings of Congress, its inefx
ficiency for public good, &c. and advising
them to adjourn. Also, from Mrs. Blanner-
hasset, for remuneration for depredations
~committ_cd on Blannerhasset Island, about
1805. ‘
Petitions were presented for protection.
&-c.. and several Private bills were passed-
Resolutions ofiered by the following Sen-
ators were adopted: Calling on the Secre-
tary of lVar for information relative to the
Mississippi Lead Mines: and by Mr Barrow
directing inquiry by the Secretary of War
as to the expediency of immediate appropri-
ation for the construction of-a War Steamer
for the defence of the coast of New Orleans.
The resolutions of Mr Clay relative to the
revenue, Soc. were taken up, and Mr Choate
made an able and eloquent speech in their
support, and with particular reference to
that relating to protection, in a very clear
m:1nn.=:i', arguing the constitutional right, as
well asthe benefit to all interests to be deri-
v-ed from the protective policy. The Senate
then went into Executive Session.
T‘unsn.n, March 15.
In Senate to day, Mr Allen.’s I'('SOlUl.lOD
ulling on the Secretary oftbe Treasury for
'- formation as to the effect of the operation
"the Distribution» Act on the revenue of
fjovernment, &.c. was taken up, debated, and
laid over.
The resolutions of Mr Clay, were again
up. and Mr Miller made a sound and practi-
cal speech in support ofthe protective policy
by means ofdiscriminating duties to an a-
mount equal to the wants of Government.-—
He maintained that the Compromise Act
justificd an adequate revenue and required
the adoption of the system of home valuation.
. The Senate then adjourned.
In the House, on motion of Mr Botts, a
- resolution was adopted directing inquiry by
the Committee on the Judiciary as to the
necessity of amending the navigation law so
as to prevent interference on the part of For-
eign Steamers with the revenue laws oftbe
United States by the transportation of letters
from one quarter to another. Two resolu-
tions of inquiry ofa similar character of the
Departments, offered by Mr Stanley were
adopted.
Mr 1lI.illory. from the.Committee on Na-
val Affairs, reported bills authorizing the
construction ofa war steamer for harbor de-
fences, and the construction of a depot - for
charts and instruments of the Navy of the
United States ; which were twice -read and
referred to the Committee of the whole.
On motion of Mr Adams, from the Com-
mittca on Foreign Afiairs, the rules were
so:-:pcnded, and a resolution——against the
in-;.=;t strenuous opposition of [Ur Cushing-—
was adopted, "directing that Committee "to
inquire into the expediency of reducing the
expenditures of the Diplomatic Department of
GOV:-.‘l‘l1!'flBnt by diminishing the number of
2‘-linis ors and Agents abroad, and to report
to the House. '
Two reports were made from the Com-
zaittee ofElections, ofthe case of Mr Levy
D-.-legato from Florid 1-—one by Mr B-.irton
in favor ofnnd one by Mr Halsted. in oppo-
sition to his clai-n to his seat. Each oftbe
reports were signed by 5 Mciiib; rs,
On__motion of Mr Th0'inpson of La. :1 Se-
lect,Corn‘n’i‘ittee of three was ordered to in-
quire into and determine some-mode of clas-
sifying the several sulzordinate ofilt‘-GT5 Oflhe
Govelnmeiit.
Tde Appropriation bill was then t3-lie“
up in Committee of the Whole, Mr Stan-
ley’s motion to strike out the salary Of the
first Auditor of the Treasury, pending. - Ml‘
Linn made an able speech in support of
this motion, contending that it was their clu-
ty as well as right to withhold the salary
from an incompetent and faithless oflicer.——
Mr Sprigg opposed the motion. DII‘ Stanley
the-_n,withdre_w the amendment.
Mr Green moved to reduce the salary to
$300, intimating his intention to_ follow up
this by moving to reduce in this ratio the
salaries of all the heads of bureaux. Mr
W CJohnson opposed the motion on the
ground that the present salary was not too
farge to command talents requisite for the
important ofifice. _ ,
After furt.her debate by Zlzfr W IV Irwin,
who wentinto a deface of the character of
the lst Auditor. Mr lVliller—-and others, the
Committee rose, and the House adj.
Wnnru-zsnav, March 16.
In Senate. to day, communications were
received from the War Department. showing
the expenses of the Army, its comparative
numbers of men and officers for I841, &c.,
from the Treasury Department a statement
of the expenses of the United States, exclu-
sive of trust funds for the last quarter ofl84l.
The resolutions of Mr. Clay were taken
up, and Mr.‘Calhoun spoke for nearly an
hour on the subject ofthe tariff‘. He object-
ed to the resolutions because while they
professed respect for, the Compromise Act.
they violated it in all most every essential
pai‘tic.ul.1r. He advocated the restoration of
the land revenue, a strict adherence to the
Compromise Act, and the system ofad valo-
rem duties—without which South Carolina
would not have consented to the Com promise
Act. He opposed the principle of home val-
nation. and dwelt at length on the blessings
of free trade, particularly instancing the
prosperity of South C.irolina under the ope
ration ofthis system.
Mr. Evans has the floor on this subject
for to morrow.
In the House, at a late hour oftbe session
yesterday, Mr. Gre-en’s aincudment to th
Appropriation bill to rc-duce the salary of
the first Auditor from $3,000 to $2,500 was
negativcd. \-Vith but little interruption the
Committee th_-in passed o"e:' nearly eighty
sections to the l0lst section ofthc bill.stril.°
ing out in their course, as previously :lg|'P(‘[L
on. the various items of contingent appropri
itions, to be provided for in another bill,
unier specific estimates, $2.575 were re-
tained for repairs to the building temporarily
occupied by the Post Office Dt’p|T[lll9nl. A
reduction of-€31,000 was made in item fu:
the salary of the Fourth Auditor and clerks
in his office, and for ‘$2,000 in the Fifth
Auditor's office. A motion was made to
strike out the salary (L500) of the Presi-
-lent’s'_.Secret:iry to sigh land patents, on
which there was some debate, and the ques
tion not taken.
The resolution from the Committee. of
Elections confii‘n1ing Joshua Love-ll's right
to his seat as Repi'e.=.ci'itative from Maine,
was concurred in.
The consider -tion of this bill occupied the
remainder of the sitting.
'I‘nuasn;-nr, March, 17.
In Senate to day, the bill to revive the
neutrality act of 1838. was engrossed for a
1l]ll‘(l reading.
After the transaction ofsome unimportant
business, the resolutions of Mr Clay were
taken up, and Mr Evans, spoke upwards of
two hours in reply to Mr Woodbury, dis
proving Mr W'.’s assertion that the appro
priations had exceeded the estimate during
Mr. Van Buren’s Administration, by refer-
ence to statistics, showing the (enormous ex-
ir.=ivagance of that Administration, and en-
tering into the general subject of the finan.-
ccs of the country. lie did not conclude
his speech; and the Senate went into exe-
cutive session.
In the House Ilfr Gilmcr, from the Select
Cominittce on R.ttl.r(‘l’i.Clll'll£‘nl, on leave, made
a report from that Committee on the frank-
ing privilege; also, a bill to regulate the
mileage of members of Congress, which
were twice read, and referrrd to the Coin-
mittee oftbe lVliole on the Union.
Mr Stuart, of In. from the Committee on
Public Expenditures, on leave made a report.
The Loan Bill was then taken up in
Committee of the Whole. (Mr Briggs in
the Chair.) the amendment moved by Mr
Fillmore, by direction of the Committee of
Ways and Means. authorizing the sale of
the stock for the highest price after reasona-
ble advnrtisement, still pending.
Mr Fillmore made it forcible and thrill-
iiig speech in reply to the remarks of Mr
Wise of yesterday, replying with much
spirit to .7lIr W.’s imputation that this provi-
sion to sell the bonds of Government below
par, was the severest stab that could be in-
flicted on the credit of the Government, and
that coming from the Committee of Ways &
Means. They had only been induced to in-
sert this at the most urgent recommendation
of the Executive Department. He read
letters from the Secretary of the Treasury
and the collector at New York, urging the
course as indispensable. Was it the Coin-
mittee of Ways and Means who had directed
ibis stab at the credit of Government, or was
lithe °p.~culiar’ friends of the Administra-
tion ? He was induced to believe there
was a deep game playing here to inflict a
blow on one of the parties Oftllls C0t1ntI"y.—-
Why was it that the ‘ peculiar’ friends of
the Administration did more to obstruct its
measures than both the other parties together?
He warned the House and the country if
this loan bill failed that the. responsibility
would fall on those ‘ peculiar’ f'i'iends.of the
Administration, who were thus found on this
floor playing the demagogue, and opposing
all measures for the relief of the Treasury.
Messrs Tillinghast and VVm.C Johnson
advocated, and Messrs Pickens and Rey‘-
nolds opposing the motion.
Mr Marshall at some length opposed the
motion in an eloquent speech, contending
kers to:'.depreci'ate in all possible means the
bowls of Government and that money could
that this provision unnecessarily invited bro» ~
be obtained in plenty without offering Gov-
ernment-bonds below par. He also adverted
to many other subjects. .. -
Mr Everett opposed the provision giving
the Secretary authority to sell the bonds at a
discount, and moved to strikeout that part of
the amendment, and insert a clause making
it the" duty of the Secretary to dispose oftbe
stock at the shortest time to which it can be
done at par. not exceeding twenty years.
After some further debate, the House adj.
Frunnr, March 18.
Mr Clay presented a petition from the
glass cutters of the city of New York, asking
efficient protection for their business ; Mr
Choate one from shipmasters of Newbury-
port against a repeal of the Pilot Law of
l837.
A bill to continue in force the neutrality
law of 1836 was read a third time and pos-
THE TARIFF.
This Subject is beginningto attract the.
attention it deserves: and we are happy to
fiifd that the right spirit, in connection with
jut and liberal" views of this great subject,
appears to be aroused throughout the Union.
Even at the South. the advocates of the true
American system are rapidly increasing
their numbers. The advocates ofprotection
--in short, the friends of hoin-.: industry,
have certainly much to encourage them ; al-
tbough there is nothing to warrant them in
the least relaxation of their activity and vig-
ilance. ‘
I The question itself whether or not we are
to allow foreigners the entirecontrol of our
narkets. appears to us easily answered ,—
lhc negative is almost ifnot quite, a selfe-.-L
ilent proposition. Look, for instance at
the leather statistics. According to Huzard’s
ed with several of no ‘importance. , A bill to
permit Illinois to tax the-5 Public Lands sol}
within her borders within the last five years‘
was debatedibut not definitely acted on. _,
The Senate now passed to the Special Ori
der (Mr Clay's Resolutions) on which Mr
Evans of Maine made a long and powerful
speech in reply to Messrs Calhoun
Woodlniry. He concluded by imploring
Senators of all parties to unite in relieving;
the Government from the pecuniary embat-
rassmcnts under which it now labors.
In the House, on motion'ofMr Triplett/if
_Ky. the following Resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That the Secretary oftbe Na 0'
report to this House, as soon as convenient‘;
may be, what amount of force, if any, aid,
the annual cost thereof, will be nccessziry,
provided the Board of Nair;/_,Commi.r,$ianqrs
be abolished. 7*-. '
Mr Thompson ofMiss. now roseilo make
a demonstration against a petition prbsr-nt=.-d
yesterday by Mr Morgan of New York,
asking Jongrcss to assume the -responsible
Debt of lllississippi ; and cjccl /ie'rfrom',tlLc
U/tion.’ Mr '1‘. made a very considerable
flourish about the matter, and intimnfed
Register, these manufactu res, in the year
‘.840, amounted to $33,000,000 ; probably
a low estimate, as a recent statement gives
the shoe and leather manufactures in New
England at $19,697,700. Connecticut in
1840 had of these. manufactures 8:?.,0l7,93l ;
Massachusetts in l837. had over $18,000,-
000, of which nearly $l5,000,000 were of
boots and shoes. The little county of Essex
alone maniif-ictured to the amount of $5,~
400.000. There are employed in M:1ssa-
chusetts upon boots and shoes alone, 42,000
‘persons. Thus it appears thatthis business-
is by no means‘ a monopoly ; this shoe la-
bor is diffused throughout the community.——
Shall this important interest be sacrificed
to realize the dreams ofsoine political vision-
ar .7
‘ The rich alone bcnefitted. while the
poor,will be injured and oppressed by a tar-
iff ll’ “lhy. the tariff, if it be that discrim-
inating tariff for which we are toiling, will
be laid upon the luxuries which the rich use
and which the poor do not, and upon arti-
cles which are liable to come in competition
with, and diminish the prices of the poor
man’s labor. Tell that stuffto the marines I
his disposition to call any man a liar and
sippi had behaved dishonorable! ‘
lllr Fillmore now moved thit the Hurst-
ignin resolve itself into a Committee of lhe
Whole on the State of the Union. Mr Gil-
dings resisted, pleading the claims ofPrivati-.
Bills. Mr F.'s motion prevailed-83 to 80.
So the House in Committee took upthe
Loan Bill, intended to relieve the pressing
necessities oftbe Governinent, and prsvrve
.\lzii.innal Credit from dishonor. The fl,Ut"S'
tion lf-‘elI'l‘__T on Mr Ev-reits aiiiendiiisnt to
illow the loan to run to twenty years if no-
'USSi)fy.
M r Milton Brown of Tennessee, made a
few sensible and pertinent rem:-.irl-:s advocat-
ing Retreiiclimcnt and an increase of the
Tariff‘ for Revenue. purposes.
Mr G-iddings now obtained the floor, and
begged the House to remember that 'C‘-on
gross had been in session fifteen weeks, «lur-
iig which 30 days should have been given to
Private Claims, but only seven hours and it
half had yet been so applied. He said there
was probably about six hundred persons
having just claims on the Government, in
whose l)c'l‘l;)lf bills ought to be promptlypass
ed. Yet here was a pI'l\'nte=bill da-y utterly
_ onsuined in partisan speeches to nqpossible
purpose! '
Mr. Proflit next took the floor, and in his
behalf Mr. \-Vise moved an adjournment:
Aycs 57’; No-cs 63-—no quorum voting.-
Thc Committre rose and reported the fact to
the House.
Mr. J. G; Floycd ofN. Y., (Loco,) moved
in adjournment: Voted down. Mr. Profiit
now took the floor, and spoke an hour in
reply to Mr. Fillmore, but really in justif-
cution of himsclfand his few allies, and
asrersion of the Whigs. At length the
House tired out adjourned, leaving him in
possession of the floor.
SATURDAY. March 19. ,
The Senate did not sit to day. j
In the House, several communication.
from the Departments were laid before thd
House by the Speaker,.. gmong which, from
the Treasury Dcp-artincnt,,was a,_.statemcni
that on offer has been made for taking the
remaindcr of the Loarigof l84l', *
Several Senate Bill,§iw?ei‘e tal‘re?n_ up from
the Spcnkei"s table, twiicf-'read, andrévferri-d,
The Loan. Bill was again. taken up in
Committee of the ll-,Vhole—Mr. "Ward in tho
Chair—-and Mr. Proffit resumed his reinaiks
on the general subject of politics, in defence of
Mr.Tyler 5.-. the ‘Corporal Guard’ particular-
ly, and in inculpation of the lVhigs A~
moiig other things, he said that many of the
whigs who issued the manife-sto, regretted it,
that it was done under the impulse of the
moment, &.c. Mr. Raynor called for their
names. Mr. Pioffit declined giving them.
but on being urged by several wliigs to do
it, said he would mention one gentleman.-J-
The Chairman said it was not in order to
give names. Mr. Botts appealed: from the
decision, and after some excited conversation
Mr. Proffil. refused to give their names,
and thus the appeal was settled. Mr.
Proffit concluded so abruptly his remarks,
which were but a meagre defence of the
Executive and his friends, .._as_ to cause
much surprise throughout tli;e7é%House. and
the involuntary exclamation fi"3'm Mr. Starl-
ley, “Has the Gentleman from Indiana coh-
cluded? Why. I thought he was goingl
say something to me l” *
Mr. Gentry obtained the floor and tile
Committee rose.
Several petitions were presented, on‘m‘o-
tion of Mr. Fillmore. resolutions were adopt-
ed direciing the Secretary of the Treasuiy
to cause to be instituted an inquiry into the
means of ‘reducing the contingent expenses
oftbe Judicial Department; also instructing
the Committee ofways and means to inquire
into the expediency of reportinga billappro-
printing for such contingent expenses of the
Departments of Goverement, as shall be
stricken from the present Appropriation Bill,
and require specific estimatestherefor. The
House then adjourned; ‘
Melanclzolg/. The wife of Mr. Ira 'l‘ayloi-
of Cornwall was found dead with her head
in a spring of water near her residence do
Monday morning last. She has left a bus-
band and nine children to ‘mou__rn her extra-
ordinary death.-—Litch/ielil Enquirer.
Poverty treads. J§o'n the heels of great and
the operative himself knows better. He-
scoiindrel who should venture to say Mlssis-il1Pars of the low wages system in England,
yes, and he hears of its effect too upon her
laborers; and he has no very ardent desire
to be reduced thcoreiically to a similar state
of squalid poverty anl distress.
In fine, this seems to us to be simply a
question wltcther we shall be our own pro-
duccrs as well as consumers: whether uni
verszil industry shall pervade all classes of
community; or whether the rich shall be
mere consumers, and for that matter, the
poor too-"l——wli.en t/'I.e-z/ can get a.n_7/tlz.2'ng to
c0n.tu.nc; whctlier the business eiicrgics of
the people shall be sustained ;. or whether a
general tnrpor, with at least partial distress
and ruin, shall overspread the country.
lV07"Il7I:Cll, Nczrs.
From the N. Y. Jour. of Com.
Clii/ta.---'I‘iiere is more than ordinary in
terest in the news from China. It seems
from the litters that the Cliincse have made
some important changes in lllf ir mode of
operations. The Government has ceased
issuing edicts, and remains perf-i-tly silent
as to its feelings and designs The people
‘.V(‘l'0'€‘Kl.".n0lV¢ly retiring from the S03 Coast,
The attack on Cushan was l'f’SlSl.P{l with
inorp bravery and effect th in displayed on
any other occasion. This is evident from
the statement of the English that 1500 Chi~
nesc were killed. The fighting lasted four-
days before the British got possession, and
they were not a little surprised to find that
the can u with which the place was defend-
ed. were many ofthein of a very fine con-
struction. cqual to their own. The English
commander found it requisite to send homi-
for a reinforcement of troops, as necessary to
the success of the next cliampaign. The
Chinese had on some occasions exhibited
reat personal hatred of the English, killing
all who fell into their hands.
Extract of a letter, dated _
Macon, Nov. 18th, 1841.
At the last dates no overtures had b‘een
made to the Plenipo. from either the Impe-
rial or Provincial Governments, and it is
now a matter of speculation wont course the
Emperor will pursue.
The British forces in the North are (livid-
cd bcttw-.t=n Ainoy, Cush-an, Ningpo and
Cliiiilice. They have not 500 men for each
and cannot pursue their depredations further
without abandoning their present conquests
or receiving large reinforcements. '
Notwithstanding the official notification of
the Plenipo. of an immediate resumption of
hostilities inthis province in the event ofany
warlike preparations being made, the Chi-
nese are again actively engaged in preparing
for defence; large fortifications of granite
are being built on the banks of the river
below Canton, and where a frigate could
pass last spring, an artificial bar of stone has
been constructed at an immense expense, and
and which effectually impedes the naviga
tion, except for boats of light draught; some
hcavy guns, and large quantities of muskets
have been imported within six months, and
sold to them at high prices and, the truce
which was agreed upon violated in several
points; but there seems no reason for sup-
posing that the Mandarins have any inten-
tion of commencing offensive operations.
It is believed by many thgit Sir Henry
Pottinger will be here in December;.and
as he stands pledged to resume hostilities, if
he comes there is but little doubt another
attack upon Canton will be , ma‘de_-——and the
city occupied by British forces.
The Hong merchants who paid two. of
the six millionsransom money of the city
last May. and who_ by order of the Emperor
are required to refund the remaining four
which were paid by government, were call-
ed upon ten duys ago to contribute a million
of toels towards payment for the defences
now in progress, and not daring to refuse,
$600,000 was immediately made up do paid;
and as no reasonable amount of _ wealth can
stand the extortion thesis poor wretches are
subject to, I should not be surprised if within
a year the whole of them were to fail.
The patriarchs before the flood, who lived
nine hundred years, scarcely provided for a
few days; and we’, who live but a few days,
provide at least for nine hundred years.
Ricliesé--He is rich whose" income is
more than his expenses; and heis poor
unexpected riches. ]
whose expenses exceed his income.
:61.‘-
L _'I 'N_E S. ,
Suggested by the award of a Gold'Medal follr.
Thomas Bridgemian. the Author oftbe “Young
Gardeoer’s Assistant." at the 14th Annual Fair
of’ the American Insiiiuie, 1841, for its great
practical utility.
A3 Vt“-°R'5 mt?-ed. and Honor’s brightest test.
I‘ve seen :1 Medal on a warrior's breast ;
But In my mind it brought sad scenes to view-
The sweeping carriage of red ‘Waterloo-—
The urplian’s Ie.-ar, ihe widow's drooping he-ad:
For slaugbler'd heroes on false glory’s bed---
The earth made desolaie,iis fruits despoil'd
By mad Ambition, fearless and unfoiled 1
Not so the Token thou hast gained'froiif Peacg,
'I‘liou lov‘st to see fair Nature's wide iuc_reasé..
And the “ Young Gard'ner,” in thy fertile book
Finds an “ Assistant" ‘not I0 be mistook l
Thine is the pleasing art to cultivate,
Fill Plen!_y’s born, and better man's estate;
Tliine is the wish the Cuiie_r’_s life in mend.
And teach him that a Gaideifis his friend;
Tlial virtue smiles-—'sheds blcssiiigs on his head
And makes him happy in his humble slred ;
Who ioiids his "liitlc"paich” in well spent hours
Amid his kitchen treasures and his flowers;
That vice ne’cr mars afrlovely scene like \lliS-
The consummation of the poor man’s bliss !
Health, my firm friend, long life and health to
thee,
Health to the scions from the parent tree;
Well may tliy trophy be a source of pride,
May they preserve it, wl:atsoe'ei betide ;
’Tis a memento for imparting good.
More nubly wan than that for shedding blood!
Fairflcld Countg/.——'I‘he Whigs of Fair-
field County since the nominations of the
State ticltt-I, have appeared more wide
awake than any other county in the State,
as far as we are able tojudge. The nomi-
nation of Judge Booth, for Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, seems to be very popular—and the
noiiiinations for Senators are excellent. In
the l0th district, there is Dr. Elijah Middle
brook, of Trumbull; in the 11th Eli 'l‘.
Hoyt, Esq of Danbury; and in the l2th
Judge Bissell, of Norwalk—all of whom
are among the strongest men of the county.
It has almost become a political maxim that
"as goes FuirfieldCounty, so goes the State.”
N. H. Palladium.
From Florida.--'l'he Savannah Republi-
can of the llth mentions as a fact that the
chief Asynocis, with his whole band consist-
ing of?! warriors and 57 women and child-
ren, has surrendered to Major Bclknap.—-
Letters from Florida state that twenty-three
settlers, soon to be followed by others, have
gonc. west of Tampa, the stronghold of the
lndians,to open a settlement. A block house
is to be built for them by the troops. This
is certainly an important iiiovenient. Nine
Indians have come to Tampa. The Cypress
has been occupied and litei‘-ally covered witii
trails by the troops. Hopes are entertained
of soon bringing the war to another of its
ends, which seem as plenty as the mounths
ofthe Nile.
$17,000,000 I l-“This is the amount of the
National Debt at the present time, of the
United St.-.tes, and the various departments
of Government are penii_vless——-most of them
imablcd to meet just demands by hundreds
or thousands ofdols.’——Tht-sc are some ofthe
rcsults oftbe election ofAndrew Jackson and
Martin Van BUN it; but they are of the most
trifling consequences compared to the im-
mense ruin which has been wrought hytbat
party in all the facilities of business, espe-
cially the currciicy. The wounds inflicted
,upon the country by those administrations,
are deeper and more ruinous than their
worst enemies ever charged upon thcm.——-
Those who would carry out the policy of
those administrations will not be forgotten,
certainly not while the effects of their meas-
ures ure St'€l’l.——-.Pall6b(li’ll-77]..
Repu..vliation.—'I‘|ie Vicksburg VVhig of
the 2‘2d has the following :——From tha Le.-
gislative proceedings in another column, it
will seen that the House of Representatives
on Frida.g/ night last solemnly repudiated
the Union Bank Bonds l The time was
well chosen l FI‘ldlLy is ominous—it is
/1.a'n.gman’s day the world over, and Friday
night was a fitting time for such a deed of
infamy and villany. It is well that the foul
deed was pcrpetrati-d under cover of dark-
ness. Night ’\‘.'ElS the-pi'op«~r time for such
tlceil of oiitla\vi‘y. Thu light of day would
have grown pale, and the sun have i~s_~f'iiscil
to shine on such a S('t“llt‘ oi’ iinmitigatcd rus-
cality.-N 0 Com, Bulletin.‘
_W/mt (L Picture !-\1Vhat a spectacle
Connecticut would present to the other
States with Chauncey F. Cli-aveland for
Governor, John M. Nilv-s for Senator, and
Perry Smith Judge for life of the Superior
Court! The whigs of Connecticut should
not forget that it is possible for such a state
of things to occur, though we cannot say we
think it probable; butthe bare possibility of
it should stimulate every whig to do his ut-
most to make assurance more than doubly
sure thatnosuch disgrace will bcfil us.
Because the locus do not appear to be as
joyous and confidcntas last fall. it is no edi-
défice they are not at work as diligently as
ever. L--t the Whigs continue as they have
begun, and in about a fortnight more the
glorious victory will crown their eflnrts.
N. H. Palladium.
Dislmnorezl Treasu'r_1/ Notes.-Although
tbe Congress of the United States has allow-
ed the credit of the Government to be dis-
honored, and its paper is coming under pro-
test almost daily, yet there are individuals
indorsers for the Government, who cannot
afford to have their own credit thus dishon-
ored. VVe have in our eye a case in point.
llfr. Morris Ketchum of Wall street, last
spring, at the earnest entreaty, of the then
Secretary oftbe Treasury, consented to take
one hundred thousand dollars of Treasury
notes. drawn payable to his order, and for
which be advanced the money. Those
notes endorsed by him, were negociated, and
they are now coming in matured for pay-
ment. But although the Government affords
to be dishonored. and stands in the position
ofa bankrupt, yet it_ is not so with the Gov-
ernment's indorser, Mr. Kr-tciium. He feels
that his own honor requires that the notes
he has endorsed should be met : and lie
pays them. But where is the honor of the
government.in the meantime ?—-Commercial
Advertiser.
Time.--Nothing is more precious than
time, and those who mispend it are the great-
est of all prodigals. -
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Dnnnnrur. EXPLOSION.-The Steamer North
Star. which blew up recently near Tuicaloosa.
is more awful in its detail than any thing we
have met with oflaie. A surviving passenger
has published an account of this terrible scene. 0‘
in the Tuscaloosa Flag. The facts are these-
Tliere were on board the boat sixteen cabin
passengers, with three Ladies and two Children,
Both boilers burst with an explosion like artil-
lcry, and in an instant two thirds of the beau-
Iiful boat vias hurled into the air in atoms.-—
One oftbe boilers was blown one hundred and’
fifiy yards over the tops oftbe highest trees into
the open field. , -
The false sides. says the letter, were
blasted into iii-re atoms, and were already
filled up with water ',_,tbe' main deck. was
sliivered into splint:-rs, and the heads, legs
and arirs of apparently a dozen human be-
ings, belonging to the crew, were projecting
out here and there from the mass ofinflam-
mable substances that had now fallen into
thohull, and in a confused pile were ming-
ling with red hot embers from the furnace,
while their groansiand their cries for help
came horribly and awfully to my ears. Bv
great exeitions all the ladies, the children
and the men who could move were got on
shore.
But the tale is vet untold ; the boat was
now entirely enveloped in flames; from stem
to stem it was one mighty mass of that dread
element. And before my eyes, in that abyss
of flame, there were not less than l0 oLl2
ofour fellow beings burning into cinders.—-—
I saw before me three of them burning in
the brightest flames---one of them appar-
ently in a sitting position. The groans, the
heart sickening cries ofothers could be heard
them no assistance whatever. From
moment of explosion until she was bu '1
dovrnito the water's edge, not more thu.i20
minutes elapsed. ‘
Fifteen persons were killed and several
others were severely wounded.
The Indz'a.ns.—Rumors are in circulation
in the West that the tribes of Indians romov-
cd from the United States proper to the
western line, are about to form a grand
fcderacy, or one tribe, for hostile pm
The Missouri Reporter says thata
Council is to be held on the Cher
Council Ground in about two months fr
February 16. It is also stated that an i
terview was had with the British minister a
Washington, by the notorious John Ross,
Chiefof the Cherokees, while on a visit to
that place a short time since.
Coflcc I-Iousc'Licc7iscs Abolis/led in Ollie.
—The Ohio Legislature has repealed every
part of every law which gives to towns and
villages in that State, the power to license
drinking shops. All licenses hereafter gran-
ted, must be given by the Court of Common
Pleas, and flint only as regular Taverns
properly fitted up and actually wanted for
the entertainment oftravellers.
Resum72tio7i.—By laws recently passed,
the Banks of Ohio were required to resume
on the 4th of March; those of Pennsylva-
nia on the l2th oftbe same month ; those of
Maryland on the 2nd of May ; those of Indi-
ana on the l5th of June! and those of New
Jersey on the l5th ofAugust.
Population of? P/z7'is.—According to the
returnsof the ofiicial census for l_84l, the
po.pu_lation of Paris and the outskirts is one
million one hundred and fifty thousand seven
hundred and_twenty one; nearly a million
domiciled within the gates. London has
a third more.
IVhat is the matter with the lokcys late-
ly? Their zr-al seems to be diminishing
daily—and their hopes appear to flag. Cheer
,up men, cheer up—-there's no knowing what
you may _do by sticking to it.—-New Hat-an
Palladium.
The Vllhigs of the 12th district have nom-
inated Judge BISSELL as their candidate for
Senator. It will be seen by referring to the
list of nominations made thus far, that our
friends have been very happy in their selec-
tions. The prospect is that the next Senate
will be unusually talented-—Conn. Coumnt.
“ S(’l‘c7Il_7/_/l'I'c rents or a dollar a. clay 2'3
enougli for a llfcgclzanic,” said Chauncey F.
Cleaveland, when he was a Representative
in the Legislature by a majority of one vote
and now he expects the votes oftbe mechan-
ics to make him Governor! How many
will he get ?—-Pdlld-!lfU»77l.
A supplement to the Resumption Bill has
passed the Louisiana House. fixing the-"first
of December, (instead of Sept. 30th,) fat‘
that consummation. The Gas Light
Banking Company has rejected the for
law.—T7'z'bune.
The brig Emprcssario reports a fight o
Havana, between a British brig of War and
a Slaver. The slaver proved to be the.
s‘rongest and finally escnped.—N 0. Pi-
cayune, 5th.
New Orleans has 833 grog shops of dif-
ferent grades, paying forlicenses $198,100.
Their cost to the city is estimated by the
‘ Bee’ at Five Millons Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ! I
The Legislature of Maine, (Loco) after
four or five years of intermittent humbug,
have abolished all restrictions on small bank
notes. ‘ _
Wall Street Cli.urcli..-—The congregation
of this church have unanimously resolved
that the condition oftbe church is such that
it is expedient to remove it from its present
location.—-N Y Express.
Mr. Eli Hoyt, aged 22, was instantly
killed by the accidental discharge ofa gun
at Warren, Trumbull Co. Ohio, on the 7th.
The Banks of Baltimore have issued small '
notes, which are taken with great readiness
by the citizens. ,
The Nashville recently arrived at New
Orleans in eight days and fifteen hours from
New York.
A merchant advertised lately for a clerk
accustomed to confinement. He received
an answer from a person who lzad been seven
years in goal ’
Sam Slick says that getting in love is
somewhat like getting drunk; the morea
fellow loves, the more he wants to. Sam
/
knows a thing or two.
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who could not be seen, and we could render
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