,Orson Wood, Somers:
, and advocated by Mr Arnold, and lost.
I "while it is of no possible benefit to the pub-
. should be put on‘: rejected, .61 to 85.
--strike him out.
. Mr Minor would be to unequally classed.
. ‘mittee on_J.udic-iary.
‘tied an act to aid in the construction of the
.n_nJ Palmer, and opposed at considerable
,,;,a_li',ing for the yen: and nay3,“Wl1lch were
dolphus Woodworth. Staflord :.
Hanks, Mansfield; Alonzo W
Lorin P Waldo. Toll-and:
George VVay. Coil‘
Salem: Lodowick
ington : Rho
Frederick E‘
Birge. Hebron:
chester: John Daniele.
Bill, Lyme.
Bill providing that to.Wn officers may be
voted forfon one ticket: .re-ad 2d,.lime.
House adjourned. _ _ _
' Afternoon.—Bill for an act in addition to
and in alteration-of sundry acts relating to I
banks. _
'--Mr Billings moved that the bill be taken
up by section : which was done. ‘Nd 9a‘3h
section canvassed in succession.
'When the 5th section -was read Ml‘ S‘_’Y'
mour moved that the clause which folblds
votingby proxy be struck out. _After along
debate this amendment was carried, 79 to 5.4.
When the 6th section was read, Mr Wil-
cox moved that the clause requiring‘ bimlis
to redeem their bills in New York 0|‘ B0Sl0"
be struck out, carried. .
On reading the 8th section, Mr Pnl_m91‘
offered an amendment, subjecting the doings
ofthe bank commissioners to_ the approval of
the General Assembly. carried. '
Mr Douglas offered an amendment as an
additional section to the bill, tothe effect that
the banks shall be compelled to keep an
alphabetical list of the debtors of such bank.
with the amount of indebtedness. Will‘ the
kind and amount of security. 1f_on)_’. and ill?“
such list shall be open for public inspection
during bank hours. Mr D supported his
amendment at some length. which was de-
clared to be carried 61 to 56.
The house seemed to be somewhat at a
loss what they had voted for, and Mr Fowl-
er of Derby, moved to reconsider, carried 85
to 52. House adjourned.
- _Wed-nesda._r/ Morning, June l.-House
resumed the consideration of the bill relating
to and in alteration of sundry acts relating
to banks. '
Mr Arnold’s amendment to strike out the
clause confining discounts to directors to
business paper, was opposed by Mr VVilcox
llI_r Perkins examined the report of the
Bank committee and showed according to
the admissions of Palmer. the entire and
wilful falsity of many of its statements-
Mr, Palmer replied to Mr Perkins at
some length, endeavoring to overthrow the
objections which Mr Perkins had heaped
up against it. Mr Palmer however admit-
ted that the statements of the chirman of the
committee were in some measure unfounded.
Mr Chittenden said that as the third sec-
tion ol the bill now stood, he should be com-
pelled to vote against it. It would be of ma-
terial injury to every person or bank buying
and selling drafts and bills of exchange,
lie at large. lVlr C concluded by mov-
ing that the 3d section ofthebill be struck out.
This section provides that no bank shall
receive a greater amount of premium on a
draft than the amount paid by such bank for
collection, and fixes the rate of exchange on
New York at one quarter per cent, and on
Boston at one half per cent. The question
was taken, and the third section struck out.
Mr Chittenden offered an amendment to
the fifth section, providing that no share. or
shares, held by any corporation as security,
or pledged in any way to said corporation
shall entitle said corporotio-n to vote : which
was-adopted.
Mr Niles offered a further amendment to
the fifth section. providing in substance,
that no director shall vote on any shares ex-
ce pt those he holds in his own name, and
that no person shall vote on any proxy, ex-
cept the person to be voted for be mentioned
in grid proxy. Rejected, 80 to 71.
Mr Arnold then moved that all that part
of the section which regulates the amount to
be loaned to directors, and the kind of paper
he struck out.
While_,this motion was pending the house
adjourned. .
Afternoon ——House resumed the consider-
ation of the bank bill.
Mr Arnold withdrew his motion to amend
by striking out all of the first section that
regulates loans to directors to business paper
he struck out; which was carried.
After a trifling amendment, proposed by
Mr Seymour and carried, Mr Palmer call-
-.ed for the previous question. He ‘said the
house had already amended away every
Sillllt.-‘ll'y provision of the bill, except the 2d
section, and he thought the question should
now be put.
The question was then put, shall this bill
pass .7 carried ll7 to 55.
Resolution appointing Albert Latham,
also J Am.-u und 1:... r‘.lir-eseboro’, coin-
missioners on the New York and bosruu
turnpike road: referred to committee on
banks. ‘
Resolution appointiugjustices of the peace
for Fairfield co, for the year ensuing, read. -
Mr I-laivley moved -to amend the bill by
adding the name of Henry Dutton. ‘
Mr Dyer said Mr Dutton was rejected by
the county meeting, but out o‘fs_1/mpatlr._1/ and
compassion for Mr Dutton he was willing he
Mi‘ Scofield inquired why the name of
I-Vm '1‘ Minor, which was passed at the
county meeting, was left off?
‘Mr Hurd said they had concluded to
Mr Scofield said he had no objections-
Committee on incorporations other than
banks to whom was referred a bill incorpor-
ating the order of Odd Fellows, reported in
favor ofsnid bill, striking out the 2d section
which provides for incorporating branch
societies. Bill was rejected, 75 to 88.
Bill for an act concerning adjourned elect-
ors meetings: read twice and referred to
committee on .Tu.clic,iary.
Bill for a public act providing that towns
ofover 3000, indabitants shall choose five
select men and no more, and towns of under
3000, 3 selec men and more; and also, that
they shall be elected by ballot on one piece
of paper: read twice and referred -to com-
Bill for an act -in addition 10 an act enti-
Housatonicrail road. This bill ' was advo-
cated by Messrs Pease, Seymour, Chittenden
glengtlilby Dr Douglas’; -"M-r.D concluded by
ordercdfand thebill passedby ‘I25 _to.
Bill repealing the law by which thcpfees
of clerks of county courts are the. some a3 {he
fees of clerks of supreme courts ; read twice
and r_eferred._ Adjourned.-
Thu-rsday .Mofnin._,?,F June‘2.—l-Resolution
instructing the Judiciary committee to report
a bill reorganizingthe County Courts so_ as
to give__a Chief Judge and two Associate
Judges in each county; also another resolu-
tion directing the same committee to report
a bill giving one Judge to each county:
laid on the table and made the order of the
day for to-morrow. The Speaker announced
the -order of the day. ’
The committee on capital punishment, to
whom was referred the petition of Sarah
Abbottand others for the cominuta_tion of
the punishment_ of David Abbott. DOW ln
New Haven jail’ under sentence ofdeath for
the murder of his wife, to imprisonment fol‘
life. reported in favor of the petition. and rec-
ommended that said Abbott be confined in
the State Prison during his natural life-
House decided that the punishment should
be commuted; 134 to 36-—and the House
adjourned.
Aftern0on.——Petition of Moses Taylor
and others to annex the parish of Greens
Farms in the town of Fairfield to the town
of Westport. Alter some deb.ite the bill in
form passed.
Rt-solution appointing John Palmer.
Frederick S Wrldman, and William P Eat-
on, bank commissioners for the year ensuing,
passed.
The committee on Judiciary reported in
favor of the bill disfranchising students of
colleges and literary institutions: hill laid
on the table and 300 copies ordered to be
printed..
Resolution directing the bank commission-
ers to report to the legislature what banks
have made dividends out of their stock for
the past two years: passed.
Cornrriittee on Militriry afiiiirs reported a
bill providing that persons performing
military duty ten years shall be forever ex-
empted from a poll tax, that persons 35 and
45 be excused from military duty. except at
brigade and regimental musters, &c: read
twice and, on motion of Mr Woodward
laid on the table and 300 copies ordered
to be printed.
Committee on tnalitia reported in favor of
the bill providing that the Adjutant-General
Commissary-General, and Qrurrter Master
General riiay be removed bv the Governor
and Senate, also in favor of the bill reducing
the bond of said officers: bill read second
time.
fommittee reported in favor of the resolu-
tion against West Point, and recommended
their passage, passed.
C-ommittee on license laws reported a bill
repealing all laws regulating the sale of
spiritous liquors: read second time.
MrSurith offered an amendment, providing
that nothing in this act shall be constructed
as affecting the law relating totavcrners:
which was adopted.’
After some debate.on motion of MrHribba rd
the bill was laid on the table 97 to 16, and
the House adjourned.
Friday Morning, June 3.——-The speaker
announced the order ofthe day, being a res-
olution directing the committee on judiciary
to report a bill altering the organization of
the county court, passed
The comrnittee on banks to whom was re-
ferred the communication from the Mecban
ics bank refusing to pay their share of
the expenses of the bank commissioners.
reported a bill repealing the charter of the
Mechanics l):-ink of New Haven; referred
to committee on banks.
.The resolution appointing Harvey Smith
Judge of probate for the district of Ridegfield
came from the Senate referred to coimty
meeting off-‘airfield co.: houseconcured.
Report ofthe bank commissioners, read
and laid on the table. ,
By the report itappears that the following
banks have divided portions of their capital
stock as dividends during the vears l8-40-
’4l, viz: the Jewett City Bank. Exchange,
Thames. Quinebnug, Mystic, Connecticut,
Fairfielcl County “and. Stamford Banks: in
I84 l,—'42 the Jewett City, VVhaling,
Thzvncs. Quinebaug, Mystic, Connecticut
and Fairfield County Banks.
Mr Palmer called for the reading again.
The commissioners expressed great surprise
that the enlightened members of the House
should be so dull as not to understand their
former report. ,
Mr Palmer said he considered the report
couched in disrespectful langiiage. and mov-
ed it be rejected.
_Mr Chittenden supported the motion to
reject: tie said he Lunaiclornii the imputation
conveyed in the report that this legislatrire
was wanting in discernment enough to rin-
derstand the former report, was disrespectful,
Mr Copp sripportedthe report: he said
the language ofthe report was plain, abrupt
and honest. like the man who made it.
‘Mr Seymour opposed’ the report an.-l
wished it rejected: the report was ‘rejected
77 to 63.
Bill providingthzit the Quarter ltlastpr
General, pay master general. and commis.
sary General, may be removed bytlie Gov,
and Senate, passed.
Bill reducing the bonds of the quarter
master general from $20,000 to $l3,0-30
passed.
Bill providing that Sherifis. ate. mav com-
plete the business in their hands after. leap.
mg office: read twice and referred to com.
mittee on Judiciary.
. Bill repealing the law of l83l relating to
nine—pin-alleys; read third time and rejected
82 to 44 House adjourned.
After7toon.—Bill for an act to aid "in the
construction ofthe Honsntnnic Rail Road
returned from the Senate with an amendment
taking away from the Ifnusatonic cornpanv
Their Banking privlelgrs; Ilouse concur!-evd
and--the bill passed as amended.
Resolution appointing Lemon: Church and
Henry Dutton commissioners on the House-
tonic Rail Road ’, passed. .
Bank commissioner’s report for last year
accepted and transmitted to the Senate.
Sundry resolutions on the -subject of the
tarrifll Th,ese_res.olutions are strongly in
favor of protective discriminating, duties. .
Bill incorporating the Baptist" Society at
J
-‘5 ‘—‘3'/so
Greenwic h" passed.
' wood in the chair) -the first section still bei
. .Committee on judiciary reported. against
the bill limiting the term of office of notaries
public; and rendering every bank ofiicer
ineligible; bill read 2nd time.
Bill for an act in addition to an act
relative to the a=drnission' of electors. This
bill after having been amended to death, was
recomrnitted for resurrection.
Bill relating to childern employed in facto-
ries requiring that children under I6 years
ofage shall be sent to school 3 months in
every year, and that children under'!4 years
ofagefishall not be required to labor over I0
hours a day in such factories, with a penalty
of$l5 for breaking the first provision, and
of$7 for breaking the second.
Dr Douglas moved to amend by inserting
$25; carried.
Mr Essex moved an amendment in lieu
of the first section providing that no person
shall employ any child under I4 years of
age in a factor_v,unless such child shall have
been to school at least within the year pre-
ceding. When, after a wandering debate
the bill with the amendments was. recour
mitted to select committee on the ernp!oy-
ment of children in factories. House ad-
journed.
on State Prison, to whom was referred the
petitition of Melvin Copeland. for relief from
the competition of state prison labor, togeth-
er with sundry other petitions, resolutions
bills, ac, presented a report with resolutions
convicts of state prison were under 2| years
ofaee. _ Report accepted, resolution passed.
House resumed the consideration of the
bill repealing all laws relating to the sale of
spiritous liquorsfivith the amendment of Mr
J_ C Smith, providing that nothing in this
bill shall be’ construed as repealing the
present low relative to taverners, ac.
Mr J C Smith moved that the House re-
consider the vote adopting the amendment.
Mr Perkins thought the law had better
remain. brit the amendment was reconsider-
ed 63 to 59. On motion of Mr Smith the
bill was laid on the table.
Bill appointing justices of the peace for
Litcbfield county, read and passed.
Resolution appointing Richard Niles. Jo-
seph Pratt, and Edwin Stearns, directors of
the Connecticut state prison for the year en-
suing, came from the Senate amended by
substituting the name of John Cotton Smith
for Joel Pratt; House concurred, and resolu-
tion passed.
Committee on Agriculture reported a bill
prohibiting the killing of woodcock be-tween
the first of February and the lst of August:
also of pheasants, cartridges and qnails, be-
tween the lst of February and the l6th of
Septernber——tlre bill also providing for the
protection of of small birds, and repealing
the present law; bill read twice.
Mr Beecher moved to strke outthc second
section which provides for the protection of
small birds; rejected, and the bill passed.
Resolutions appointing the following gen-
tlemen Judges of probate for their respect
ive districts; passed.
James S Brooks Meridc-p,
Robinson S Hininan , New/Hriven
John R Wilcox lliridison
George Griswold Guilford
VVilliam L Foot Cheshire
William Durand Milford
Augustus Hall, 2d \Valingford
Thomas JlKingsley Lebanon
Resolution appointing justices of the
peace for New Haven county. read-passed.
Report or the committee on education laid
on the table and 300 copies ordered to be
printed. House adjourned.
‘Afternoon. Committee on Judiciary, to
whom was recomrniited the bill for an act.
relative to the admission of electors. recom-
mended the indefinite postponement of said
bill, and the adoption ofanoiher bill which
they presented; new bill read twice.
Bill prohibiting the selectmen from lend-5
ing field pieces belonging to millitary com,
panies: read twice. -
Bill for an act to promote the growing 9''
oysters called up; read third time. ‘
Congressional.
Correspondence ofthe N. York Tribune. 3
Mo.-inn, May 30.
In Senate, to day, among others, Mr Bei-
ton presented a memorial from Vermont fo-
the repeal of Bankrupt law, and announcel
his intention to bring in a bill for this object
Mr Archer, from the select committee or
. the subject reported a resolution for the en-
ployment by the Senate, for the remainder
of the session. of the corps of reporters, rid,
excecdings in number. _,
The Apportionment bill was again taken
up, and after some debate, the question was
taken, and the ratio of 70,680 was inserted
in the bill: yeas 28, noes 18, as follows : l
X-’g:As—Messrs. Archer, Bagby. Barrow.B.-iyl
arrl, Beirien. Buchanan, Calhoun. Clayton!
Conrad. Crafts. Cullrberi. Evans. Fulton. Gm
ham. Henderson. Linn. McRoberts, Mango .
Merrick. Porter. Preston. Rives, Sevier, St -
2600- Talmadge, Walker, White and William
"'-4 n
NAYs—Messrs Allen. Bates. Benton. Clroab.
Crlllemlel). Huntington Kerr. King. hioreliedl,
Simmons. Smith of Cr. Smith of la. Sprag p,
Tnppan. Wilcox. Woodbury. \Vright aid
Young—-13. .-’
\Vithout further consideration of the bill,
the Senate went into Executive Session. 0
_ In the house Mr McKennon, represmla.
tive elect from Pennsylvania. vice Joseph
Lawrence, deceased, was qualified and tool:
his seat. '2. ,
Mr Fillmore ofiiernd a resolution to mi
minat_e debate in committee on the army ap-
pyoprratinn bill to morrow (']‘uos(l-,,_,.)' "[5
0 clock P M Mr Rhett moved to lav the
f7rl_lJll0n on the table, carried, yeas 100; nay";
3. ;
On motion of Merriwether, a resolntioli
was arlo7)tecl._ calling on the Secretary ofthé
Navy for copies of all orders issued by hiri
since the lst inst. to prevent the launching
of vessels, for the discharge of workmen. ml,
After a refusal to receive resolutions und
the regular order of business, the army aid
pr_opriation bill was again taken up_in coul-
mittee of the whole on the Union (Mr Unde
i‘
r
under consideration to which.Mr Cave Job _-
son hadmoved a proviso to reduce the nu -
ber ofthe army to the standard of I82] :1
tohbolish one regiment of dragoons, and I
this proviso Mr Rosevclt had moved a su -
Saturday Morning, June 4.-Committed.‘
Tbis report stated that one quarter of the A
_—..
...._.
V -——___..¢
titute, limiting the army to the number now
The question was further
r.
TUESDAY. May 31.
In Senate to day, the Secretary presented
ll letter from Hon Samuel L Southard.
President of the Senate pro tem. dated at
Friedericksburg, Va. May 30 resigning thr-
office on account of-irrdispoition. C
On motion of Mr. Berrien the Senate
proceeded to the election of a president pro
tem and on the second ballot Hon. Willie
P Mangum of North Carolina, having re
ceived 24 votes out of 45 cast,_i\'as declared
elected.-
The apportionment bill was again taken
up, Mr Allen's motion to strike out the
whole district system pending. Mr A ad~
vocated the motion contending that the sec
tion was unconstitutional.
Mr \Vright opposed the amendment, as
well as the originalsection, condemning both
as unwise, mischievous and unconstitutional.
The Senate adjourned,
In the House on motion of Mr Gwin a
resolution was adopted fixing the daily hour
of meeting at ten o'clock, A. M. after Mon-
day next.
The Army appropriation bill was again
taken tip in committee and Mr McKeon at
some length advocated the proposed reduction
of the army, and replied to Mr Cashing.
contending that there was no inrmc-diaite
prospect of war, with ‘England.
The question was further dc-bated till ad-
journrnent.
s
in actual service.
debated til_l adjournmen
\Vr-znivi-:snAY, June-.1.
In Senate to day, the President pro Icm.
presented the petition of Amos Kendall for
remuneration for a judgement of 81 l,00O
and costs, obtriinedagziinst him by Stockton.
Stokes &. Moore: for acts lie alleges, done
in the discharge of his ofiicial duty and by
the advice of the President of the United
States. while Postmaster General.
The resolution providing for the employ-
ment ofa corpse of Reporters by the Senate,
was taken up and carried, ye-as 30, nays 10
he apportionment bill was again taken
up. the Districting section being under con-
sideration, requiring (as it came from the
House) the election in all States to be "made
by single and contiguous Districts, but (as
rimended by the couimirtee of the Sen
ate) providing that merely that in States
where the elections are held by districts the
district shall be single and contiguous.
This amendment having been rrjecled
and the Section remains as it came froin the
House. Mr “fright moved an amendment
nearly the same in substinence as that just
reierted.
\Vithoutfurtber consideration of the subject.
the Senate adjourned.
A resolution was adopted ¢'ll]tl102'lZlY‘lg‘tllr'
Select committee on the alleged frauds com-
mitted on the Cliickasaws to send for persons
and papers. '
The House proceeded to the consideration
of business relative to the District of Colum-
bia, as the special order for to day and to
morrow.
Bill to incorporate the Yftishington Gas
Light Company was trken up and lessthan
a quorum being in attendance after a call of
the House. and several yeas and n:r_vs, the
bill was laid on the table, and the House adj.
Correspondence of the Journal cf Commerce.
THURSDAY. June 2.
Mr Fillmore will probably report :1 Rev-
enue Bill from the Committee on VVavs &.
Means toward the close of the week. ‘It is
now generally conceded that as soon as the
army appropriation Bill is voted on b_v the
House, the subjectof the revenue and the
Tarifiwill be taken up and considered daily
untill the same bedisposed of. The rern:iiri-
der of this week will probably be dr-votrrl to
private bills by the I-Iouse. In , that case
the army bill must occupy some days next
week. So the'Revenue Bill cannot be to ken
up nruch before the time I suggested some
weeks ago, viz the l0'.h of June. if‘
in the Senate to-day, a Joint Resolution
was reported, dirprting the transf--r of stock
5 held bv the United Siatesin the Chesapeake
- and Ohio Canal Co. tothe State ofMarvlanrl
on certain conditions: which was ordr-rwl
a second reading. The amount of stmglr
o\vned"bv the United States, is two and a
half. rnillinns. which may serve to swell
the ammrnt of unavailable means. ‘
Apportionmcitt Bill.——'The qt]t’SllQn lining
onthe amendment to the seccond section
nflered by Mr Wright.
Mr Crittenden spoke in support of the
Constitutional power of Congress to district
the States &c.' moved to pass the bill as it
came from the house.
Mr Woodbury opposed the plan ofdistric-
ting the States or interfering with the inan-
her of elections by them prescribed.
Mr Preston earnestly ad vacated the distric-
iing plan, as it came from the House.
Mr Benton vehemently opposed the 'lnw
as proposed byibe House. He said, the law
ifil passed, would die. The first day of
next Congress would see it die. toge-thoriwitlr
the‘whole of similar laws-—the distribution
la\v—the bankrupt law. They wonld all
be expunged together.
Mr Bayley t ok the floor.
ivastalren. ,,
District Buis7tC.vs.‘:—In the House. of Rep-
resentatives. M r Uiidr-rwood said he should
introduce the various bills in relation to the
Distr‘ict, as siiggested by the Committee.
The first hill introduced was one to incor-
poratetbe ‘National Institution for the. pro-
motion of Scir.-no-.o-.’ which being modified to
suit members was finally passed, yeas I05,
nays .66., ‘
The nextbill was one to amend the char-
ter ofthe towb of Alexandria.
The question was then taken on the
amendment of Mr Cave Johnson which
provides that the Mayor and Common
Counsel of Alexandria shall be chosr n by
ballots biennially, by the white male citizens
twenty one years of age, who shall have
resided in the town one year, prior to the
time of-voting, and carried yeas 96 navs 72.
Mr Adams moved to rt-commit the bill with
instructions to strike out the word ‘white.’in
the amendment which had been adopted and
No question
from Massachusetts on the table.
ed, would carry the bill with it.
-.r.,A.._,.,~,ru.\"‘-i
The yea: and nays on this motion were rights.
/
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ordered and resulted as follows: yeas 87.
riays 66. So the motion prcvailled. .
The House then resolved, itself into Com-
mitteeof the Whole.. —
The House passed two bills,——one to
provide a police guard for the city of VVash-
ington, for the protection of.p.u_blic and private
property, and the other to light the streets '
of the-city. ' ’
SA'l'URDAY.,.June 4.
Governor Bagby in a prepared speech of
a coup‘.e of hours continnedithe debate on the
apportionment bill yesterday in reply to
Messrs Crittenden -and.Preston. Although
there was some display ‘of ingenuity, yet,
his rloctrinvs in relation to the powers ofthe
State and General Governments were novel,
st:irilirr«_- and utterly untenable. Mr Gra-
hum of North Carolina answered and most
eff.-ctually exposed and refuted ilie extraor-
rlintbrgj argument of the Senator from Ala-
bama. Gov Murelienrl of Ky. has the fioor
to (lay, and Mr 'I‘.rlinad_<,ze will follow him :
withoiit hearing [Cliff take them on trust 8538‘
sure you that they will honor the states they
r‘r-preisnnt, and bring up much knowl-
r-ilge. eloquence and practical good sense.
’l‘h- so (__rPnllc'ilit‘D rarely put tliemselves in
a wrong position, and when they do they
have manliness and character srifiici-nt to
.'!r‘lHIO\\'lr‘Ll-_ft' it. The bill will he p1SS|"(.l in
Senate today districting the United States
by :1 vote bt'l.f\'6?f‘lJ 25 iinil ‘.38.
war _declin-s answering the (‘all of the
House uprn thrdr prrrtnicnt for the report of
Col Hitchcock touching certain alleged
frauds in the lridizin Department. Notwith-
standing the reasons assigned by the Secre-
tary for witliholding the report may, to a
great extent, appear satisfactory, yet the
enormous peculations committed by certain‘
ofiice-rs under the government might prop-
erly be corrrmrinicnted without jr-opardirig
the public service. B--sides, as a friend o
Mr Spencer, and his well known integrity,
and abhorrence of nialvei"s:rtion in office, I
fear that. by misconstruction, or perversion
of his motives, his reputation may be assail-
ed, and the cry of pure D.-mocracy be trum-
pr-’tf‘tl through the land, that the \Vhigs are
shi.--lrling defaulters in office count:-nancing
the most b:~lT&‘f3Ced plunder of the ’ public
treasure.
From the Jour. of Com, /Way 23.
The E.rr.rt}i.qita/cc at IIa.iti.—'l‘he particu-
lars of an Eitrtltl.]LJ:ll{e at Cape Haitvn. which
are contained in the letters. are appaling.——
The worst ofall, is the fo|li)\\'irig r-nd,orse-
ment on one of the letters \\'lliCh we have
seen. It seems to be the infor‘m=rtion receiv
ed by a S¢‘(‘Ol'lfl messenger. At any rate, the
city is overwlielmed by :1 destruction such
as has seldom befallen any place.
Pom‘ Au Pi-.r.\'cr:. May 12, 5 P. M.
Jus' bt-lure (iI~‘Sp-'It(‘lllnq this letter news
has reaclied us that only one person has
been Sflvt-‘Ll. it Mr. Dupuy, all the others be
ing drowned by the sea, or crushed to death.
The cape itself is one mass of ruins."
Other letters with which we have been
favored, a re as follows:
Pain‘ An Phrscn, 12th .‘~la_v.
On the 7th inst. at half past 5 o'clock, P.
M. we experienced one of the most severe
erirthqiiakes h‘.~.t has happened since the
il--structive one of 1770. The first shock
lasted from two to three minutes, if no long
er; and occasioned gi'nat(l;iin:1gt' to numer-
ous buildings, particularly those occupied by
foreign commerce. We have since had re-
pe :ted shocks, of short duration. The town
is a picture of consternation, and will remain
so until after Pentecost. the nnnivr-rsary ‘oi
the terrible r-onverlsion of l770. Our stores
and dwellinqr houses are Sl1dll"l‘t'd from roof
to b’lSf‘. Ai‘Cmii‘rts pom Gorriiives ofthe 8th
inst. are more deplorrible: the place having
her n visited by firm! the sarnetirne, and our
c’orresponder‘it there was writing litierally in
the. strer-t. We are most anxious, however
for intelligence from the Cape. A‘ Govern
merit couri»-r arrived here last night from
the iiei_f_rhborlioorl_ with the most dreadful
tidings. that the city and most of the inhabi-
touts had perism-tl,'1'hrr sea liaving risen dur-
ing the convulsion and subrnerged the town
and its vicinity. The surviving inhabitants
are said to be without food.
(:0/l.7.7l.’(.:/7:-’IlI/, Stale P-rismr..—\Ve learn
ll‘0|1il.llP:rnt.iIt:‘tl report of the Directors of the
Conner-ticut State Prison to the General As-
serrrbly, just published. that the number of
convicts in th it institution at the mrninencrr
ment of the year was 205. There have
been discliitrgetl on expiration of sent:-nee,
38 : pirrdoned by the legislature 3: died l0:
recr-ived irrtoltlie prison. 57—leavinL_' now
in (-nnfinc-in«~n'. 21 l. Although the number
ofqonr-ii-ts is somewhat larger than at the
ex-nirition of last yezii‘. the number of com-
mitrncnls is seventeen less than it was dur-
ngr that periml.
The whole arnmrnt. of income for the last
year has been 312L433 97: expenditures.
$13.37‘). l'38—lr»avin;' a balrince. in favor of
the prison of $8.063 29 as the nett earning.
During the p-rst yr-ar, much the same COIITSP
of labor as in former yezirs. with the excep-
tion of about 25 men, who have within the
last two months been emploved under a con-
tract in the manufacture oftable cutlery.
The physir-ian states that two thousand
and eighty four prescriptions have been made
for the cont-'ir'tS during the year.
The Directors l‘vr-artestinmnv to the faith-
fnl manner in which the \V:rrden Deputy,
Warden, Clerk, Matron, and the several
nverseers of the shops have discharged their
rlutit-s.— Daily Courant.
Our loco brethren are getting‘ on swim-
mlnfllt’ M New Haven The Registry law
must not be placed with things that were—
‘an Act to encourage pipe l:l_Vlfl9' in its stead.
Go yourlenath gentlemen and by all means
keep the ‘guillotine’ in motion. There is
nothing better in cases of apathy/. Your
opponents will not be troubled with that
article after this _season.—Stamlard.
One hundred and twenty suffrage men "of
Wnonsockct, R. l. have issued a manifesto,
moved to lay the motion of the gentleman setting forth that they have voted for the said a dandy soap-lock to an Irish '
‘People's constitution,’ but will not beiudtrc- “come, tell the biggest lie
The Speaker said this motionifit prevail ed to enforce its establishment by violence your life, and I'll treat" y
_ They await in full confidence the legal. punch.”
Mr VV CJohnson, said so much the better. peaceful and s
I regret to perceive that the Secretary of
’ aunt-I-minim-H
Arrival of the Columbia-
12 Days Later from Europe. ‘
This steamship arrived in Boston on’-
Thursday morning, I3; days from (Liver-.9
pool, via Halifax, with files of ,E,ngli§_h,f -_pg-W
pers to thell9th, the day of her sailingfg
The news is not of n1uch-politicarl-irnport- "'
Trade had not improved-.-in Engjlandsg
ance.
---nioney was abundant _ _
Another conspiracy to‘ assassinate-’?'th,e
French king has been discovered, and scve.
eral arrests made, among them the notojri...
ous Considere._ It is stated’ that the inforn‘i’a-"
tion‘ which led to the detection of this plot
was given by the mistress of one of the con-
spirators, who has since been murdered and.
ht“? body thrown into the Seine. P ,
In the House of Commons, on the l0th
M:iy_Sir Robert Peel brought on the new
T-N13‘. and made the leading speech on that
subject, at great length. ' He also gave no.
tics of his intention to bring up this income
tax bill, for its third reading, on the 23d.of
May. A i '
A dreadful railway accident occurred on‘.
on Sunday . ay l8. The train was going
to Paris with an unusual number of passen-
,g_rr-rs, and when within three miles of that
pile, and in a few moments the fires in the
enginrs covrimunivated to the carriage arid-
the \\ hole mass was soon in fl:illH'3.
scene is I‘t‘[iN‘St"l)li"d as dreadful. The pas-
the cars l-eca:ne victims to the flames, and
more t/ran.ftft,1/tccrc bunrerl to dent/1!
Great Cowflag-ration.--An awful confla.
gration o'.'cr.rrr'ed at Hamburg, beginning on
the l lih of1lIay,and burningfour days. A
large part ofthe city was laid in ruins. A
body of firemen. twenty '.l'l0U.~8Dd strong,
could not arrest the flan es until million:
worth of property had been destroyed.
The New H-rniburg Zeitung of the 13
inst. Status that the losses are computed as
follows —-“30.000,000 of goods burned in
were houses; ‘.2().000.000 dollars of furni-
ture and other valuables in warehouses; ind
this is independent of the value of the houses
destroyed, which are proposr-d to be rebuilt
by a state loan. .
Seven more ship's, with sixteen hundred
troops, had éullr.=¢.._fcr lnriia,. which Sl’)0‘.\s a
determination on the portal the. government
to push the war against Aflghiirristnn.
It is said that Anioy, Chusan, and Niag-
po had been dec.larcd free ports. and that the
people of tbr:_-Che Kang province had re.
quested the English to take possession, as
they pref:-rrr-d being under the British Gov-
ernment to the Chinese.
Stilt LrzIer.——The Grmt W'estern arrived
on S-riiirdry, l-ringing Liverpool and Lon-
don (lab 3 to the 2lst iilt.—two days later
than were received by rheColunihia. There
is nothing of sprrirrl irm-rest. Parliarnr nt
r'1SS(’l'Hl)lt‘(.l on the 20th. In answer to an in-
quiry from Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert
Peel said the report of the commissioners
appointed to. explore the‘ Boundary line in
1839 would be laid on the table as soon as
thcaccompunying plans and appendix could
he cornplvtcd. ’
The London papers continue to caution
the capitalists not to meddle with the United
States loan, and say that none of it can be
Co/t C.-itse.-—\Ve learn from the New
York Tattle-r that in the Saturday setting of
the Supreme Court, the case of Colt was
crlled up. The. District Attorney announ-
Ct-‘(l his readines-s to proceed, but the prison-
er's counsel failed to make his appearance,
where upon the Chief Justice directed the
lvarnr-d gentleman to take his default, and
that unless the counsel for the prisoner
should apply to have the default set aside,
the case would be returned to Oyer ard Ter-
niincr for sentence.
Destructive Frie.—A little br.-fore,5 o'clock
Wednesday morning, a fire broke out in the
upper loft of the large double four storv
brick building, No. 82 Cliffstreet owned and
occupied by Messrs. Harper 6: Brothers as
a part of theirprrblishing establishment.
The ripper story (occupied as a bindery)
and its contents were entirely destroyed.
The contents of the other floors were entirely
drenched with water The loss is estimated
at nearly sl00.000: insured for $40,000.
Assassination of the Gov. of Missouri,-
The St. Louis Gazette says they learn from
Independance that Ex. Governor Lillzurn
W. Briggs was shot, on the 7th instant in
his own house while sitting with his family.
The shots were fired rmm’ without through
the window. Two balls entered the head
and two the neck. He was not dead at last
dates, but there was no hope for him. A
pistol was found under the window, but there
was no clue to the discovery of the assassin.
Die-orces.—The Legislature of Connecti-
cut have already granted several applications
for divorce at the present session, andiothers
are yet to be disposed of. The Committee
however state that the applications are fewer
than usual—being not more than ten or a
rlnsen in all. It is a question whether the
facility of obtaining divorces in Connecticut
does not encourage infidelity, as the readiest
means ofobtaining the desired_result._
. Jour. of Com. M
Powder Mill E:2:plosz°on.—--We learn from
the Hartford Courant, that a small powder
mill in Manchester, owned by Mr. W-etherill,
was blown upon Tuesday afternoon“ We
learn that there was but one man in the mill
at the time of its explosion, and that he was
badly but not dangerously hurt.
W/rich is to be believed ?—Gr-orge Baiicr-oft
in his History of_ the United States. says the
Boston Atlas, passes the warmest eulogiums
upon the Rhode Island charter,-whichilhe
in the world. Thesame George Bancfoh
denounces this same charter, in State street
before the assembled "sympathiZers" ’OifBos:
' ton as the very reverse of demo";
Which is to be believed ?—Palladiumilc._
A Fair Hit.—"Here, you‘ bog trotter, 2.
4 laborer,
you ever told_- in
on to a whisk-by
9
“An by me sowl,
prerly recognition of their
rctgrted I Pat.
yer honor’: a=;getiri..,i....,-
t—'‘-...._. _. ,. ’
the road llfldlllg from Versailless to Paris;
city, one of the engines ran off the track,
the second over that, and the third with little"
impetus followed; several cars ran on the.
The ‘
sengers be-ir.g unable to open the doors of
taken there until our bankrupt States pay up.
pronounces the purest form of government ,
Norwalk Chronicler