. .ty of votes,‘
- Its operation may be t
been elevated to the high trust, and that in
opposition to the wishes of a vast majority of
the electors in the State; and it is believed
also, inopposition tozthe wishes ofa majority
of his own party. _
The law, providing that the Sheriffs of the
several counties may be elected by a plurali-
violates a fundamental principle,
he established usages ofthe.State.
o elect a man without
to this-highly import-
portion of the whole
by is the salutary
as well as t
any one,qualificatior'i,'
ant ofiice by a small'pro
number of voters. W _ _ h H
principle, that a candidate for office 5. ad
receive a mo.jo7'il_1/ of the votes depa rte
from in this instance .7 No satisfactory {viii-
sons were assigned by the advocateso . 8
measure and we believe that none exist. P
The report of the cornmittee on B_lln«S.
with the accompanying bill I07 3 Publlc act’
demand a brief notice at our hands. _ _
The report breathes _throughout a ‘Spirit
of bitter malignity—-insinuates a vile stander
against several respectable gentlemen. In the
absence of’ all proof, and is without a sin-
le featureto redeem it from utter contempt.
It is much to the credit even of this legisla-
ture, that the report has never been accepted
in eitlieri-louse. It is not our intention to enter
minutely into the various provisions Of the
Bill itshlf. We would only remark that
they evince :1 spirit 0
f distrust of and a hos-
tility to these institutions, alike illibcral and
uncalled for.
It should be matter of State pl'id8._lllfll
amidst the shocks which credit has received,
and the ruin that has been spread every-
where around us, our own banks have stood
firm. The Commissioners in their report,
state that “they have no hesitation in saying
that the bill holders and depositors are at
t perfectly safe: that the currency
3
Plesen . n v-. , « .
of the State is of the first order 3 -3- 3‘-—'= .
withstanding U ii’ii "ii? ’.\"-if 1"" "2"
ions section of ' '- '; .it .i'--'t:i;.'\--.r-'.‘ .._ '*
reenacted; C.lc,..ae~ .i-uil"‘* ; '4-*'-“" """""i'!’
-.-‘~.‘:;‘, airiu‘
the most unlim".-- * E" .
placing millions of property under their
entire and undisputed control: as they are
autliorize.-:l upon the refusal of any of the
officers of any bank to answer such interrog-
atories as are put to them, to suspend the
operations of that bank. until the nextsession
of the General Assembly.
Why, it may be asked, is the num_ber of
commissioners iiicreasedl and why is the
poor deposilor in the Savings bank cornp_ell-
ed to bear the expense of an inquisition
which he does not ask for, and the condition
of these institutions does not demand .7
In connection with this subject we may
mention the hasty and unconstitutional act
repealing tliecharter of the Mechanics B ink
for-frefusing to pay a tax for the payment of
which. they were, by the terms of their
charter, exempted.
We have already remarked that an en-
larged and enlightened policy had been
adopted in relation to‘oui' Common Schools
under the influence of which they were rap-
idly improving in respectability and useful-
ness. Union schools have been formed, and
were forming under the most favorable au-
spices, and information regarding the condi-
tion of our schools was everywhere disseml
nated. All these improvements a spirit of
vandalism has prostrated: and while our
sister States are carrying forward the system
which we had adopted, with the most_cheer-
ing hopes of success, Connecticut, with her
immense fund, has made a retrogade move-
menf, VVe sincerely hope that every
elector will read the report of the committee
on education. Sure we are thatno man can
rise from its perusal without a settled con-
viction that a portion, at least of the school
fund may be beneficially expended upon the
committee who have put forth this extraordi-
nary document, and who seem, both in theory
and practice, to eschew a knowledge of
English Grammar as a deadly evil’.
We hope also the electors of this State
will carefully ponder the law, entitled "An
act relative to students in Literary Institu-
tions.” We hestitate not to affirm that this
act was passed in the face ofthe Constitution
and in violation of its plain provisions. By
this law, a portion of our fellow citizens 81:6
literally disfranchised, whose only offence is
that they are “obtaining an education.” It
would seem, that in the oppinion of this leg-
islature, ignorance is a virtues-. intelligence a
crime. The only ground on which the con-
stitutionality of this act was defended, was
that the legislature had a right to declare, by
a law, what the framers of the constitution
meant by the term “reside.” How profound
ly ignorant must the late Chief Justice Mar-
shal and his associates have been in suppos-
ing that it appertained to another branch of
the government, to expound the meaning of
the constitution.
The law regarding the sale of spiritous
liquors has fallen a victim to the same rage
for innovations. The power of deciding
whether the vending this poison should be
licensed within their respective towns has
been taken from the people. It was not, it
would seem, democratic enough to entrust
them with the power; and they are now
compelled to acquiesce in the establishment
ofas many of these dens of iniquity as the
selfish and the unprincipled may choose _to
establish. There is hardly.“ '~°‘”°‘'°“ "‘
name ayyrl vi,r.inu ill reality. '
Our limits forbid that we should do more
than glance at the act repealing the Registry
Law, and the refusal of the majority to per-
mit an amendment by which persons residing
in, and coming from another" State, niigbt be
prevented from voting.
Our notice also must be very brief, of the
law regarding imprisonment for debt. This
bill was not reported by any committee, but
introduced by an individual almost at the
very close of the session, passed through its
several readings, and hurried through both
Houses in the space ofa few hours. While
by its title and enacting clause, it profound-
ly sweeps away the last guard that was
thrown around the rights of the creditor, and
the last hold upon a fraudulentanddisbonest
debtor, it will be found on examination to
contain provisions peculiarly adapted to pro-
mote litigation, and accumulate cost, and
. under the administration of inferior members
of the legal profession, for whose benefit it
seems to have been especially designed. more
..vexatious and oppressive to the poor and
' unfortunate debtor, than any preceding en-
actment that ever existed in our statute book.‘
._n2u_“‘*‘*"I|I‘?
On the last day of the session resolutions
were adopted recommending such a discrim-
inating Protective tariff as. with fhe “-“"5
ofthe public lands, shall be sufficient to de-
fray the expenses of the General Govern-
ment, 1; must be apparent thatp tariff, reg-
ulated only by the wants of the Treasury,
varying as they do. from Y9“ ‘° Yeafv mus‘
be liable to such continual fluctuations as
would be ruinous to our manufacturers.-—
But iftbe avails of the public lands are ap-
plied to the’current expense of the Govern-
ment, as the Resolution recommends—aver-
aging as they have for seven years ending
on the [st of January, 1840, more than ten
millions of dollars a year, the ballance nec-
essary for the support of the Government, to
be derived from duties on imports, must be
reduced so low as to give no adequate pro-
tection to the American manufacturer. A
series of resolutions were offered by one of
the minority of the House, embodying the
principle of discriminating protective duties
for the support of Government. without the
at-ails of the public lands, but they were
rejected by a party vote. It is apparent
therefore, that our manufacturers must look
elsewhere for the friends of sufficient and
permanent protection than to the majority in
the late Legislature.
We might advert to the act changing
the system of our county courts. To the
actdenying to the cbiefjustice of the supreme
court the power of removing cases from
one county to an adjoining one, and especial-
ly to the act refusing to the superior courts
the power to appoint their own officers. and
compelling them to receive their clerks at
the hands ofthe county courts; as evincing
From the Bridgeport Farmer.
Interests of the Cz'ly.—-All we owe is 180.000
dollars. The city list is $66,000. Now three
times $66,000 amounts to $198,000. and this is
$18,000 more than enough I0 pay all our rail-
road debt. Including the list ,of‘East Bridgeport
about twice and half‘ our lists will pay the
debt. Then if’ a man owns a place that is
valued at 8600. if it goes into lhelist at 818.
Now 2 can balflimes 18 makes $45—tbe whole
tax to pay to discharge our indebtedness. and
their the city owns 3150.000 of Railroad Stock,
which, in the opinion. oftliose best acquainted
with the matter. will, when finished, be worth
par; in which case the $45 is not lost, but is the
stock and properly Q/‘him. that paid the 845 tax.
So iflhe rail road stock is not worth a penny,
the iron loses the $45; ifil is worili 50 cents on
the dollar. be will lose $22 50; and if worth
100 cents on the dollar. he loses nothing except
a little interest. By the way, the man's place
assessed $600. is generally worth $1000; so the
man worth $1000, after being taxed to pay the
debt for this Railroad Stock, iflhe stock is good
for nothing. will be worth $955 instead of $1000
and iflhe stock should bn worth half price,
977. and if worilipar, he would be worth the
same $1000. This is supposing Ihe worst pas
siblc case. provided we were to pay the bonds
now; but we have not to pay them now.-
There are about $30,000 now due. and lhis no
doubt could have been postponed a yearif seen
3" vs I’"'l"'-"-‘d -- our liver oils-..meelin.tL: _.,!N_l|,CI\
ifour stock would be par. the thing might be
satisfactorily arranged, Bnl supptise we had
agreed to raise $30,000 by tax, it would be about
one third ol‘ilie'lisi: so the person 3i8 in Ihe
list, would be taxed 6. and nothing iriore done
for a year, when the stock we own could be sold
to settle all does most likely; at any rate.
we stand an equal chance to never be called on
for another cent. Tlten your real estate would
W. Holley, Nathaniel D. Height, Henry
A. Mitchell. Alexander N.‘ Holly, Aaron
Dean. J ’s H:; Hoy,Ja’s H. Minor, Benj M.
_Wecd, red. A- Sinith,,Josiah Smith, A. S
Ingersoll. _
Wellnn.——Olit'er C. Sanford, Walker
Sherwood, "Eli Adams, Zenas Johnson,
John dwards, Daniel B. Fayerwealbel’.
Edwa Hill, VValkcr Lyon, Oranda Perry
Handfprd Nichols, Loyd Seely, David Pat
chcn, ,Mattbew Bulkley, Charles Wheeler.
l'Ve_§iporl,—J.ilin Gray 2d, Alfred Taylor
Burr Wallrer, Alva Gray, Isaac Bennett,
Ebenezer B Sherwood, Elipballt Swift.
Edwin Wheeler, Street A Kt-eler, Zalmon
Sanford. "
;,..iions of
called livith reference to the obl
they have
this city have been held of latt-_-.
resulted, we are sorry to learn m
deal 0 nothing. No pro-'l5'°" l’
madefr the payment 0'; exlen“
bonds low due or for lie lflleliesl
bonds.i Moreover ills “Oi P"°b“l’l‘°- ‘hm 3"."
such j'irovision wil/he m3d9- _
of ourcitizens, adv? healing _ll“3 "."""°_e Oi
Nn_;-.m,[],- cnnpsel have dctcrniim.-.d that lfllle
b0,1d,hol,1,.,-s please, the validity of these
oilig.-itians shall be tested in a court 0f_]llSll('L"
Iéfipfobilble that they will be so tested and
t_=i.,as soon as the ‘law’s delay’ Will l"""“"
"Ills true it’s a pity and-it's a pity it’s true.”
The legality of these bonds may well be
qiiesioned, but there can be no qlll‘-ftlon i_lS
to he effect which this deteruiination \\‘lll
h..-.'~.- upon the character and credit of our
[lullgily___Brirlgrepo'rt iS'lu,nrl¢tr(l.
:is been
be kept goo-J, our city increasing and building
a reckl- ssness of consequences, and a disre-
gard ofthose important interests connected
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with a due adminislr-‘"-"‘
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Veér _.
:3.-' .-‘i-:«'r_i :::.-“ .-.-
_=I.' . "vi speak and that briefly
‘oi the manner, - s well as of the temper and
spirit in which allthe leading measures of
the late session have been carried forward 6:.
adopted We hazard nothing in saying the
movements of the majority were regulated
and controlled by a ‘power behind the throne-
greater than the throne itself.’ That every
important measure was settled, without the
walls ofour halls oflegislation—and that the
legislative body were the mere registrators
of the edicts of an irresponsible caucus.
Upon such a body it is easy to see that reason
and argument were alike thrown away
When these become so convincing as to
excite apprehensbion oftimidity and faltering
in the ranks of the majority, the previous
question furnishcdan ever ready and decisive
answer. This rcmedy was often called for
and most unspnringly applied.
We complain not that nearly all the impor-
tant ofiices ofthe State have been filled by
the friends of the pre~'ent administration.
But we do complain and the people will
complain, that in very many instances these
offices have been filled°by men utterly incom-
petent to the discharge oftheir duties. That
vacancies have been created and filled with-
out tlre least regard to the public interests.
That these have been grossly and wantonjy
sacrificed upon the altar of party devotion-
and to the maxim, that ‘to the victors belong
the spoils.’
It is useless perhaps to speculate ou the
causes that have given to the party now in
power, an accidental, and We ilelit’\'e 8
temporary ascendancy in the, State. We
believe there is a strong whig majority. in
Connectictit. Circumstances connected with
the administration of the General Govern-
ment may have caused apathy rather than
disaffection in their ranks. That portion
oftheni who have sustained the anti slavery
ticket, have indirectly, although unintention-
ally, contributed to the result of the late
election. \Ve believe these men to be honest
but we also believe that they have mistaken
their interests. That their efforts have
contributed to place power in the hands of
men by whom they and their principles are
alike hated and despised.
To the friends ‘of order and good govern-
ment throughout the State, we clieefully
submit the question, whether they will once
more arise in their strength and vindicate
their principles, at the ballot boxes-—or
whether they will suffer power to be perpet-
uated in the bands oflhose by whom it has
been so signally abused.
CLARK BISSELL.
ALFRED SMITH.
TIMOTI-IY COWLES.
CHARLES J. McCURDY,
THOMAS VVOODWARD,
THOMAS C. PERKINS,
VVILLIAM '1‘. MINOR.
Committee ofthe Minorilg/.
The Bee Moth.-——Mr. T. Hudson. of
Hudson, Ohio, states in the Ravenna Cabi-
net that in his opinion the ravages of the
great enemy of Bees, the Bee Moth, may be
prevented by the simple process of thorough-
ly saturating thefhive with salt. as the mill-
er will never deposit his egg in hives thus
prepared. His plan is to plane and prepare
the boards for the hive. '-"=4 "W" '9‘ "Wm
IL. I... .. rew days immersed in strong brine.
His own personal observation and experience
as an apinrion has led Mr. H. to the above
conclusions and practice.—— Clem.-eland. Her.
The C-rotrm Aqiterluct. is now completed
and in a few weeks the water will be let in.
The Tribune says ofit that the citizens of
New York may not be generally aware
that inthis magnificent worl. they are sur-
passing Ancient Rome in one of her proud-
est boasts. None of the hydraulic structures
oftbat city, in spite ofthe legions of slaves
at her command, equeal, in magnitude of
design, perfection ofdetail. and prospective
benefits this Aqueduct. The main trunk
consists of an immense mass of masonry, six
feet and a halfwide,niue feet high, and forty
miles long, formed of walls three feet thick
cemented into solid rock. But this water
channel, gigantic as it is, is far from being
all the work. The dam across the Crotoii,
which retains the water in a grand reservoir,
is a mound of earth and masonry forty feet
high and severity feet wide at the bottom,
and has connected with it many complicated
but perfect contrivances to enable the engi-
neer to have complete control ‘over the
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l\_I,r}v_-.~ l:-'t I-2'.
1
Up. and our cl:ar_a_c_:tcrxviihniit,-.,r:§~
r;-' es‘:-c ;;. '1i.:‘.i.
J...-oi;
i - : -;::..a once in six monlllsi 80 We 3'6
to be called on ."or intern.-st and sued of’ course
if we dont provide for it 500 times in a year;
that is we may be sued and have to defend 500
soils in ihepreseni year, or allow execution to
issue against us to any amount the plaintiff
may obtain. We have already ,had the city
stock attached for $30 interest, and are called on
to appear in Newlown before a Justice, and no
doubt we shall hate to pay 350 iii the case;
and if ilie stock is sold to pay ll. llf0l>abl_‘/ liVe
shares will be required; and if 500 cases
should be so decided. and $30 execution obtained
on each soil. instead of 50, it would ainounl to
$l5.000; and if the stock should be sacrificed
at $10 the share. it would just amount to 150.000
all the city slack for one year's interest. Then
supptisellic stock at the end of lbs year or so.
worihpar, and decide. in in court that the city
shall pay its bonds, where are we then? This
enormoiis debt on us. the slack gone, the credit
of the city gone. confidence in each other gone.
harmony and peace gone, and all personal
properly gone, and all persons who are tenants
gone. to avoid taxation: business gone, the rail
roadgonc, and with it the back country, the only
thing all cities depend on for their prosperity or
growth. Real estate and landlords on band to
shoulder the debt. The landlord cannot pay
his lax from his rents, for he will have no leu-
ants; the manufacturer will be reuio've.d out of
the city to avoid taxation. 'l‘lie frugal ‘hard
working man. who-nwns—a small place worth
a few_ hundred dnllara. is_...;.i.-... _
heavily taxed, and is ruined; merchants will
leave. for the country trade vtill turned away:
the builder will leave, if a lenaul,for he will
find no ernployrrient; the saddler, Ihe carrige
maker, the sboemakrr, and indeed all not bound
here by real estate vtill leave, and the burden
on them must prove most opressive. If 1 am
accused of aggeration, let me point you to the
value of real estate now in comparison to what
it was before this horrid repudiation doctrine was
taught; all allow tliatil has already fallen
fifly per cenl. Now then I stop short, conscious
that not half the tr0l.lble_we are doomcd to have
is 3'93 imagined; and ask, is not the fall on
real aslale already more than enough to pay
the whole debt three times over”! And had wie
not better pause, be cool, and compromise at
at once. STRAIGHT.
.
Appointuienls for the County of Fairfield-—
May Scssion I842.
'I‘. T. Wbiitlesey. Judge County Court—-
Sam’l Beardsley, Ezra Morgan, Alaxander
N. Holly, Commissioners.
Judges of Probnte—S. Tweedy, Bridge-
port: Silas H. Hickok. Danbury; Morris
\Vilson, Fairfield; Thomas Blackman,New.
town; Jonathan R. Sanford, Redding; Wm
Slit-‘rwood, Ridgeficld; Henry A_ Mitchell,
Stamford: John Gould, Strnlford; Edwin
Wheeler, VVt'stport: Eli Adams, Weston.
Justices of the Peace, Fairfield--Jeremi
ah Sturges, John S. Wilson. Sam'l A. Nich-
cls, 'l'ho's Robinson. Joseph Bartram, Dan-
iel Wilson, Williain S. Smith. S. P. V. R.
Tenbroke. Augustus Jennings. Jesup Banks,
Jo’s M Moorehouse, Lyman Banks, David
Coley, Jesup Alfred, Rufus Blnkemnn, '1‘,
Burr, Cha’s Nichols. Morris Wilson, Wm.
Nichols, Nathan II. Holdridge, Henry
Sturges.
Danbur_v.—'I‘. T. Wbittlesev, Oliver
Shepard. netiim. Booth, N. L’ White, s.
H. Hiclsolf. Timothy B. Hickok. Frederick
Seeley, Edward Taylor, Ja’s Bceb.-_ Ezra
Mallory.Sturges Sel leck, Ja’s Ste~vens,Abra in
Slow, l)uvid B. Stet-ens, John Rider, Fair.
cb_ild Ambler, J. W. Nicbiols, Ira Lindsley,
'I‘itnothy Holister, Ira R. Wildman, Thols
P. White, John S. Bliickman.
Bridgeport.-—Jnsiah HubbpIj' Jnseph
Seeley. Wm- B. Dyer, Mark Moore, Willys
Stillman. VVin. H._Noble, Abijaih Hawley,
David Perry, Philip A. Cannon. Matthew
Curtis, Ira Sherman. Henry Olmslend, w_
S. Pomeroy, Ja’s C. Laomis, Benj. Stillman,
Isaac Sherman, Dwight Morris, Henry
Dutton. ‘
Daricn.—Abrain Clock, Holly Bell, J,-ls,
H. Gotham, George Richards. Edward Sco-
field, Chas. H \Vaterbury. Gilbert G. VVa-
terbury. Geo. Mather.
G7'eenw£ch.—-—Sani’l Close. Conklin, Hus-
ted. Barto F. \Vhitt-,5-Ephraim Golden, Zul-
mon Minor, George I. Smith. Sam’l G Cor.
nell. Gideon Close, 'l‘lioinas A. Mead.
Reddi7tg.—Jonatban R. Sanford, Tho’s
B. Fanton, Aaron Sanford, Jr., Jared Olin-
stead, Cortes Merchant, Jeremiah Banks,
Ja’s Sanford, John W. Sanford, Walker
Bates. I
Rirlgefield.——Gamnliel N. Benedict, Thos
St. John. Jacob T. Haviland, Stephen Olin.
stead. Wm. Sherwood, Cha's Nash, Hiram
C. Nash, Nathan Smith. Joseph C, sears,
Pierce A. Sutton, Harvey Smith, Wm Lee.
Slamfortl.--Cha’s Hawley, smith _ R,
mighty mass of water.
Sibley, Joshua B. Ferris, Sands Adams, W
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limb of,/1.4. ,7; “-33. .1 .‘l. T. Tuclier.
'--,,.:--.2-rein a Boston
*1 :he type slick-
-.'ai.» ~.:-:’;;.;:- .:i:y_ 2%. "-med book of
--;.:. '..us first printeu—that the \\-'Hl‘l€-
orén abstracted one of the manuscript she:-ls
aijl told their employer it was lost.—and
ui‘lcss another like it was translatvd from
lhl golden plates, there would be a serious
va':iric_y in the book. This produced no
s --ll difficulty, but it was finally obviated
byLprocuring anothea sheet. But u.nfortu-
n.i ly the new sheet was entirely -u-nit/cc I/Le
howevel‘.
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01 one.’ It went into the, book
an the trick was not discovered until It
w.ls too late.
ll’/ie N.0rlca'/ts Pica}?/rule says “VVe have
abtliit as high an opinion of the intellect of
an Indi.»n squaw who coils ho.-irls arniiiid
bell neck, or ilie good sense of the African
wlib suspends brass rings from his nasal
orgari, as we hive of the braiiiless fup who
vo'-luntarily enters the chain sang; and
C‘IlftlfIlI)l.‘TS his person with haiililcs Dor-s
a chain ofgold. or one of diamonds‘. -__~ive.
brilliancy to the eye? Docs a breach of
stained glass, the size ofa carriage window,
even though it be rorneliiin, add a tint to a
blush ofthe clicek? The custom of wearing
a’ superfluity of such gewgaw trinkits is
abominable, and displays any thing but taste
repi/blican. laslc. He who is a slave of 0
by-4 breast-pins, watch chains like the tiller
rope ofa Mississippiyl sleiimboiit. or, f"i_ng§~r
rings Il11ll.’\\’0lJlll e_-nch.rin the culprit, is ‘in
-vui'OplIlTOl'l, dc-ficientof brains; a man with
a partially finished attic story.
Allcmplezl Robbery/.—'I‘he Evening post
says that a geutleirian, between 10 and ll o’
clock on Saturday night, in Fourth Avenue.
xvasattacltcll by two men, one of whom struck
him from behind with H stone and knocked
him down. He rose and (lt‘lr"llllL'tl liIlllSt‘ll
“fill his |l!lll)l'l-‘.ll?l, and finally ll‘l<_Tl‘lll*l‘lt‘ll the
scoiindrels offby his cri--s for help. qlhn
next morriiug he went to look for his umdrel
la and hat, which he lost in lbe scufiii, and
found in the track a shabby hat, on the leath-
er of which was written ‘James L. Smith
Police Officer.’ 9
A Nun Busiri.css..—'I‘liere are now in
opp,-ratipn in Cll]CiDl'lZlll.’1l1l‘e lard oil facto-
ries, which daillv consiirrie from twelve to
twen,y barrels ofla rd. This oil is becoming
very popular there. and is used for various
P”|'P0-‘t’S—fol‘ lrlzicliinery, ligliting churches,
St0l‘PS:_(livellin_gs, &c. Its m:-inufuctiire will
. i -
prob.ib.y be of great importance to the “Test.
Joli! Stevens, of.l:icl.'son counlv_ {H} was
shot (lays since. asHis }S]u[l)p(‘jsrd_ by;
some 0‘ re -ormons. e at incurrer
tlieirldppleaslirchby refigsinghto give money
to tielr preal' ei's——t 0U_£I one of lh= II‘
mr-nihc His house was broken open and
his truth riflod.
A liflnppcr.-—E. Tallinarige states in the
Louisvilj-3 Advertiser, that there is a syca-
more no r York. South Carolina, on ‘tho
Cntawbafriver, that nierisu res seventy six
feet anfl’ four inches in circiimfrence,’ and
the llallo',v inside is l8 feet in diameter.
l
Attempt to lake the J'Varrcn Guns-—Tlie
Providencl» Journal of Monday Says ;._An
unsuccessful attempt was made lastS;iliii-rlay
night. to I'd,‘/\'t”lI'll’. fiolli pieci-s in possession
ofthe \V'artet1,Ai'tillei'\'. Four h0l‘s.'=.s, with
harnesses, ivele sent down from this city.
iinderslood to liavc come from fliddc~n’s s'a-
ble, early intljlc eveninrj, and about midninht
information was received that from fifteen
Ila twenty-firejmen had left the city in the
irection oi ‘Wareden. Expresses were
instantly cespaclied by different rorirls, and
arrived at Wiripn soon after the marnuding
party. They liar] broken open three build-
ings, in search rlfthe guns, one an engine
house, and th other a house in which a
horse was ke , the-n.lbe alarm was given
by sounding alb gle. In ten rrinutcs fifty
men with miisljel were assembled and in
ten lhforg. tbhe 7l‘li:‘\llY)) Il’jfl\'il’tl)f_2‘ been gjyen] by
one o t ec or e s. a out two untrerl
arrived all armt-dpnd ready. Owingto the
darkness, the as"sai,ants escaped.
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Mot-c7ne7i.l of ’I"r’aop.s‘ —-A company of U-
3. living artillcrylarrived at Newport on
Monday. Another company of the same
“"55 ‘S expected liext week from Plattshurg.
The Plallsburg Republican slates that this
latter cor_npil_riy will procneil across the coliti-
“'.V {mm Bllllillgttn via Montpelier. They
have four pieces olcannon.——B0slon D. Ailc.
Gazette exprcssesii belief, that not a farlhing
broken concern.
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i
a
/ history of the voyage and discovery be p_|1b- ofthe Senate. and urged upon the House to
Cild Bonrl.~;.——Some half dozen‘ tnr“‘l’"l:>'S l _
mittee on the library.
Will" be ~rea-lizcdlbyithe holders of this able provisions ofthe compromise act.
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Congressional. A
. ' Commerce.
Correspondence of the Journjo "f -
,,.'i).ur, June 20._
‘ l ,3‘ l I
The Senate took tip ,5 A’f’.m " r:,s_£"3i::eC:?t
heretofore submitted. “ mg “I f’ ‘
of the deb, of [he/bj AS.”c0l)l.l'aCIeCI since the.
4th March. is-M’. r»f‘*°‘“d- . .
’ up the resolution to
M '1‘. i v" “. . . .
pmvirde 'fio’:_p:’}:,piiblication of the history of
me voyaggaltl discoveries of the Exploring
. d" ”
NW: j_.l<’)(Ill was ordered to be engrossed and
-,..1’r~s that the curiosities collected by the
oring expedition shall be kept in the
e. and that the
t
Pm‘
(,1)
pper hall of the patentjofiic
ishcd under the direction of the joint coin-
'I‘he remediail justice» bill was taken up.
3" lfi“ll"' by a strict narlv vote.
' it was dc termined by ii solemn vote of the
Ollllc l°"g which was out of order, that the Proi:isio7tal
Tctrigf Bill should not be acted on bv the
day of June. .
In the House of Representatives, Mr
Adams asked and obtained leave to offer a
risolulion inquiring of the Secretary of the
Treasiiry what amount of the proceeds of
the public lands h..d been paid to the States,
and what amount had been retained to pay
the principal and interest of debts due to the
United States by the States. A'l0ptf-d.
On :‘.;otioii"'of Mr Fillmore the House
went lfll.O--§0fIl!llll.lE’t‘. of the whole.
The C0‘.Ylll'lll.lt‘e went into consideration of
Ttti-zflztiirl Rcccnuc Bil/s.—Mr Randolph
took the floor. and expressrd ‘regret that
the stibjzct ofthe revenue had not been sub-
milled to one coiiimillee a'one: if it had
then the distrzicting and conflicting opinions,
which now prevail, on the different liills, be-
fore the Committee, would not exist.
Mr Hunt rose and said that it was not the
(l(‘Sll‘l} ofthe North to lay any tariff 0Idl]IitS
which would not be assented to by every
well informed man in the South. '_
M r Brock way followed and contended for
:1 positive protective tariff, which he contend-
ed was promised to tl'lt'.N0l'lll£‘Tn and Eastern
Slates, :ii.d he wriit on to show that the
uovernrnnnt was pledged by previous legis
latures and previous adoiinistrations to pass
:1 protective tariff‘.
Corrcspomlcncc of the N. York Trt'lnm.e..
TUESDAY. June. 21.
In Senate, Mr. Prcstoii, from the Commit-
tee oti military aflairs. to whom had been
referrt--d the inquiry as to the expctlieticy oi
redticinq the army as pl‘0VlIlr'(l by the army
appropriation bill limit the House, reporte d
21 bill for the l't‘Ol'§_‘/:lfllZ:~1l.ll7fl of the army.
recoiiimeuding :i r:-duclion—in 20 companies
of ilragoons, of 200, in 40 companies of ar-
tillery: of 320; in the 80 companies of in-
fantrv, of ‘2.,400—nnd an abolition of thi-
offices of Superintendent of Arinorics, coin-
missary of purchnsi-s, and three paymusters
in the army-—l"ixiiiga reduction of 2,920
men, leaving the computed force of the arniy
or .8834 onlisl.l:cl. men. instead of 7.329 as
proposed by the flnust-, and an‘ et-Icctive
force of about 7,000°men.
The bill providing for the publication of
lhe account of the t‘liscov-.-.i‘ivs ofthe Explor-
ing Expedition, was passed. Senate adj-
Iii the House, Mr Barnard from the coin-
rniitee on Jiidicitiry, reported a bill providing
for the punishment of manslaugliter and re-
volt on the high seas. .
i\lr Boarduian, from the C0ll]ll’lllI'Pt‘- on
public _buildings, made a roport relative to
zirrangemeiils in the public buildings, the
ventilitions of the 'l're.:isur_v biiiltliiig, &c.
The tariff bill reportezl by M r Fillmore,
from the coinmittcc of ways and means, was
taken up, Mr Sziltonstall having moved an
élfl amend iient to strike out the first section
and insert his bill from the committee on
lnZ1nllf‘;1l.CUl‘fS,al')f.l Mr Habcrsliam having
moved to Tlll!l;’llt'.l that amendment by inserting
his uiiiiority bill from the latter committee.
Thi.-question was taken on th-.- amendment
of Mr II-lI)l:'l‘Sllllm, which was negalived :—
Ayes 37, noes 85.
current expenses of the Indian Dc-partineiit
for fulfilling treaty stipulations with
Indian tribes \V'lS taken up and after some
convei's:ition was reported to the House,
where it was ordered engrossed. The
House adjourned.
\Vi-;o.\'nso.ur, June 22.
In Senate to day, after some unimportant
busin ss during the morning hour, on motion
of Mr Evans, the army :ippropl'iuti0n bill
was taken up, and after consideration till a
late hour, was pass ed, and returned to the
House with v:iiiotis amt-ndiiients. The
Senate, after an Executive session adjoiirncd.
In the House, the larifl bill was taken up
in committee of the whole on the Uiiion.-—
Mr. Pickens Opj)0Si*(:l the bill and replied to
Mr Fillmore, contending that it was im-
possible, as \\ as proposed by Mr F to raise
$27,000,000 revenue from imports, (as esti-
mated on the basis of I840) of 1377 000,000
(.iUl.lillllC articles this requiring a duty t.f'36
per cent.
Mr Snyder of Pa opposed the bill on ac-
count of the tlistributiou clause and its levy-
ing it duly on tea, coffee and salt.
Messrs Hubbard and Wise of Va opposed
the protection-and distribution policies, and
advocated ii to riff’ for the ncct-ssary revenue
for C'iOVPl'nlnl"Dl..
Mr. Cushing mrde an able arguincnt in
favor of protection connected with revenue
and l]l'_f_’(-‘(I the necessity of immediate action
on the bill, and the passage of a permanent
revvtiuc law bl-lure the 30th inst. The
I'IOUSt.'il(.lj0lJl‘n(‘(I.
'l‘ut:risDAv.Jiine 23.
In Senate, the bill from the Hotise, to ex-
tend to the lst of August prox, the existing
revenue laws. with the proviso that the dis-
tribution shall not thereby be suspt-nded, was
t.-ilri n no. I
Mr Evans explained the wants of the
'I‘re.-iisiirv and the necessity of a permanent
'l‘.iriffbill to raise a larger amount of Reve-
nue than could be collected by the 20 per
Ct;Ill.. duty under the Compromise Act. 'I‘he
present bill was inddspt-usable after the 30th
of June, until the passage of a permanent
Bank of Ben7til.g'li)7z.——'I‘lie Benninqton act, as without it it wasrloubtful whether any
eve.-ntiet'ould,be_-collected l1l'l(IeI'Il}e,_ilnj)l‘ac[fc
. He
movedto amend the proviso ofthe I-Iouse so
‘.
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O
in?
-The bill makin'I appropriations for’ the’
f'August. .
After a discussion
te adjourn:-d.
III Ihe HD1189, tilt! Army appropriation
of some length the Sen-
Bill was received with amendments from the
Senate and referred to the- commiuge of
ivaysand means.
In committee ofthe whole on the Union,
he-t'arifi' bill was passed, and the Navy Ap-
propriation bill taken up,'the questioh being
on the concurrence with the Senate’s amend-
ments
for pay of officers and seamen from $2,335,
000 to $2.800,000.
The first ofthese increases the item
Mr M»-rriwethet‘ opposed the amendment
rnairitziin its position in regard to the reduc-
tion of the bill, entering into an examination
of the estimates exposing their want of cor.
rectness and accusing the Secreinry of the
navy ofdeception &'.in act-urncy. Mr Sprigg
0“ Ol ll‘? Senate, after a little fluiry of discussion opposed the amendment of the S.-nnle nnd
advocated reduction and rigid economy in
the navy. ’l\'lr Adams opposed and Mr Fill.
A n’l’J0”i’y PH tlc I101‘ Sent. ‘-0 the Pl'€SlLl€I)lZ, 30lll more mlvocntg-id thg afnendrnpnt 0
l e Senate
and made some statistical explanations iiith
regard to the bill. The House adjourned.
FRIDAY. June 24.
In Senate after presenmtion of petitions.
&c., the provisional Tariff bill was talc:-n
up. The question was on motion to strike
out on ainendiiient ofthe House and insert a
provision iliat the Distribution of the prcpeds
of the Public Lands shall be sz.s72c7ulcd11ntil
after’ the first of August. After dehnle it
was carried -—-23 to l8‘ - After the rejection
of severalother proposed amendments, the
bill as amended was passed-24 to I9. It
goes back to the House, it here the Senate's
amendment will probably be concurred in.
In the House, the subject of Military
Bounty Lands wast:il.'en up, but again piit
over. The private calendar was then called
over, and a large number of private bills
were priest-cl. After a good deal of iinnei~cps-
s-try allcrcaliori the House look tip the Naval
Appropriation bill. No qllvstion u-ns taken
A Message from the Presiilerit relating to
The Speaker laiid lelore the -House-'« a
report from the Sr-crrtary of tho "]‘r.»n§nry
in answer to a resolution of the House, ,ai;-
companied by a draft of.-a bill for the revision
of the existing laws regulating the appoint.
ment, number of, duties and solarirs of offi-
cers of the customs, with a view to the. re-
«luction of expenditures.
The leinporary Tariflibill was then, after
souie struggle taken up in regular order of
busint-ss, and the anii-ndm-out of the Senate
to strike out the proviso ofthe House that.
the bill shall notinterft-re with the distribution
and insert a provision postponing the distri-
bution to the lst of August, htivingr been
read, Mr Yorke, amidstjmany competitors,
obtained the floor and moved the previous
qua-stion.
Mr IV--ller moved to lay the bill on the
table; I'(’_jt’CI(‘(lI yous 84, noes H3, The
previous question was seconded and ordered,
yeas l05: riays 90,
The main question then being on concur.
rence with_the amendment of the Senate was
concurred in: yeas I04, nuys 96._nnd [he
bill il=l\'ing passed both llousrs, awaits only
the Slgl]fll.lll'e of the Presirlenl, to whom it
will be sei-t to day, to become a lnw_
_ St/'rt'w/2e_I‘:'ic.s —'l‘he tditor of of the Cin-
cinn.-rili Dally Rt-puhlicar. sivs:
“\Ve have it from unquc.-tionable authority
that one man has raised this season, from
l‘V0_=lC*«’TS. four hundred bushels of straw-
b9“‘I"S. “'l’ll('ll have averaged him in our
'“‘"li'L‘lS. two dollars per bus:-l, histwo acres
of strait-bi-rry patch having thus yinldnd
liiin eight hundred dollars.”
Rc~'isla’/ice to the District Sg/sit-m.—On
'l‘uestluy afternoon. the House of I{epres,.,,_
latives of New Hampshire, by a vote of l60
lo 58 declined to district that Suite as, clirec.
ml by ll“: r9Ct‘l)l. law of CongrrsS.and it is
said the S. nate itill undoubtedly concur in
this course. ,
A letter from ll.-imburph, of the 16th ult
saysthatibc reflection of the fire in the nil-
\\ilS seen notonly in the Baltic, but in the
Germ:-in ocean, at the dis ance of l00 miles,
by the persons on board the ships that were
coming to the Elbe. . .
An Important Suit.-The New Orleans
)'.. . _ -
I ltd} one slateslhat the owners of the Slaves
o\p board the brig Creole that escaped into
I assziu, have commenced suit against one of
the insurance companies of that city for the
amount insured in that office,
We understand that the New Em has
cliauged hands. and that it will hereafter be
published by Messrs. Godwin & Co. The
proposed publication of the Momivtg Post
has been relinqiiislir-cl.
Fro’); (h e IV. I'{. I-Ierczld of the 13th inst.
Arl‘iV"(l at New Haven. this foranoon,
about I2 o’clock, the canal boat Splendcd,
with 200 Bull-frogs and l Chunk Head
Snfllit‘. l0 the mflslel‘. All l.inJed safe and
tvcll.
Something lihe a I'Val/t‘ has been underta-
ken by Menson Ernest, a famous Norwegian
-runner, now at Mpscoiv who h IS engaged to
travel from thutcity to Jerusalem in thirty
days.
The Auburn Journal says that water has
been procurrcd at the depth of 577 feet in
~.\’lontczum:i, which is believed to contain
more szilt than any of the celebrated Salim
Springs.
lwlile Hills. N. H.— We understand that
the workmen on the Monument, since it has
reached its present height, have twice been
able to distinguish the White Mountains
from the top—it requires a very clear a,~mos_
phere.—-—Bunker Hill Aurora.
Some elegant paintings have been discov-
ered on taking down aceiling in Paris, on.
a second ceiling in a house which was form-
rly the abode of Necker and his dughter
Madame de Stat-l.
A general council of the Cherokees have
passed a law, that all spiritous liquors found
VD
out on the ground. . .
Outofa_popul..tian of 3l,7-17; Montreal
contains but 78 residents who were nativtq
of the United States. 0
S to postpone the distribution until the lst -
steam colniiiiinicntions with France, was -
recei\‘e.l. The Houscarljoiirnvd,
SA'l‘L'RDAY June 25.
at any time in their nation, shall be poured -
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