- lence of this onsent upon the Secretary of
and SUIII to be dc;-posited in the Department
of‘St:_ite, this incendiary torch of Constitution.
al doubts to cheer up and stimulate the rebel-
llm) Of 51813. sovereignty, against the truly
popular aiiddemocratic principle of single
districtrepresentafion. "
The ,I_\V0 houses of congress. perceiving
the direct ten=_Iency.ofthis instigation, by the
chief" f\-I.-igistrate himself. to insurrection
against a law approved and signed by him.
Nil. I0 produce a conflict more dangerous to
the peace and harmony of the Ufllfin, than
that of the New Jersey election in the 26th
Congress. made. a last effort to avert so de-
plorable a calamity. They introduced into
an act regulating the testimony in cases of
contested elections,‘a section providing that
no person presenting himself as a tnembr-t‘
elect of-the House of Representatives, should
be ad-tnittcd to a sent, without certifying his
election conformable to the law prescribing
_ election by single districts. This act for the
regulating of the taking of testimony, &.c..
was one of the most arduous labors of the
session.
committee, had beend ebated in ti conciliatory
temper. and with mature deliberation. in both
Houses—-and was sent to Mr. Tyler on the
last day of the session.
ed and signed it, nor sent it back with his
objections; but following an example of his
illustrious predecessor, in one of his most
arbitrary acts, ptit it in his pocket. New
Hampshire and Georgia may carry into tin-
resisted execution their threats of insurrec-
tion against the law. The fortitude of the
28th Congress will be called to meet the
shock, and the chief Magistrate, sworn to
support the Constitution and the laws. will
be there to head the rebellion against them.
The first," most embittered. and most vio-
lent assault upon the administration ofMr.T_v-
ler, was cotniiienced at the met ting of Con-
gress at the special session. It was aimed
specifically at the Secretary of State, and its
object was to drive him from his place and
from the councils of the President. The
close of Mr. Van Buren’s administration had
been inarited by a rancorous and insulting
tone assumed in negotiation with Greatl3rit-
ain, a mixture ofthe bully and the coward,
which had made us the laughing stock of
the world. Mr. Webster had entered the
Department ofstatc, and the tone and temper
of negotiation was instantly changed. In-
stead of a sharp and senseless reproach and
contumely. candid and friendly disciission
was su"stituted-the soft answerturnetl away
wrath, and the conciliatory spirit infused it-
selfinto the diplomacy of both the parties
It operated like a charm, but it roused to a
pitch of frenzy the opposition of the defeated
Democracy ofthe Five Points; and in reso-
lution upon resolution, and speech upon
speech, in both Houses of Congress, the
Secretary of State was charged with having
sacrificed irredeemably the interests and in»
depenlt-nce of the country, before the frogs
of the B:itish lion. This internal war was
kept up through the whole session, even
policy. and so to propitiate them. with the
same hand he approved and signed the bill,
_ It had been prepared with the most
anxious assitfuity. by an able and diligent
He neither approv-
lihrom the New York Sun.
Early Life, of John C. 'Colt.
ofthat colony, from Ct)lt‘llt‘Sl.t‘I‘, Engltintl.
John C'tIld\\’t..’ll Colt was born at Hartford in
I810, and was const-quently 353 years of ago.
His juvenile clinractt-i'istica were it loud-
ness for boyish sports, extrenie bruvci‘y, or
decision of cliaracter; and great generosity
oftli.-‘position, inclining him to take sides
with the weaker party in all jiivt--nile quar-
rels. His daring was l't‘Il\dl'l\'1‘|l)lt", so that lie
seldom caine to blows; and though often
called in as an arbiter, he had no quarrels of
his own.
At the age of twelve. Colt went to resitle
with an uncle at Burlington. Vt. an excel-
Ipm man, who appreciated his neplie.w’s
character, and was extremely f\llII(‘llt‘(l to
him. In one of his lt‘[ ers, this uncle says
——‘l’ll tell you what, John is nintlc of good
stuff. and you need not give yourself any tiri-
easinr-ss about him. He likes his own way
rather too much, btit then he is always more
than half right, and where is the harm in
Qivingliim a little play? He is as kind
hearted a fellow as ever was; and take him all
around.I never saw a better boy in all my life.’
The following simple anecdote will illus-
trate one point in his youthful char;icter:—
Going out one cold winter morning to feed
his uncle's sheep, our subject fotiud a stray
lamb frozen to the ground in the snow and
nearly dead. He told his uncle. Orders
were given for one of the men to kill it.-—
Our subject implored for the lamb, but in
vain. \Vhen the man came in with a stick
to despatch it, he stood overthc little sufferer
antl protested he would be killed himself
sooner than let the lamb be killed. The un-
cle coming up at the time, otir subject renew-
etl his cntrenties, and was told, ‘Well you
foolish fellow, take the lamb to yourself, and
do with itns you please.’ He flow for an
axe. cart-fully cut the little creature from the
snow, put it into a basket, and carried it to
the house; where, after some six weeks’
nursing. it became hardy enough for remov-
al to the stables, and throve well, though
from its once frozen feet always a cripple.
And the grateful little cripple, followed him
about the farin.
At this age, as Often happens to boys of
genius, a singular clian-_1c carno over his
mind. I-Iethirsted for knowledge. Here-
tofore, he had been more attached to play
than to books; but now,the love ofstudy
the tlesireto know, became a passion.
He had attended school; and his applica-
tion and rapid acqtiireineuts gained him on-
iversal praise.
Hc now wished to get a presentation for
the Military School at West Point, his early
passions, like. that of most young men ofar-
dent and ambitious temperament, being for
tr.-ilitary glory. But he had a stepmother
-who ruled in his futher’s house; and as is
too often the. case, made it any thing but
after C.ipt. Tyler’: vetoes of the first and‘
second bank bills had smoothed the raven
down of loco foco democracy till it smiled.
Just before the close ofthe session the viru-
State was at its height. I had believed his
colleagues fully justified in their resignation
oftheir oflict-s—-but I I]'Id advised him to
retain his place till the imminent danger of
a war with Englan-:l should be dispelled; and
bv a speech in the House. on the case of
Mc.Leod.I had expressed my concurrence
in the spirit of his corrcspontlence upon that
thorny suit-ject and conti‘ibutetl by my open
an.l avowed approbation, what aid I could to
sh.-tine his adversaries into silence.
But I did not conceal from him that I
could not extend my approbation to Mr. Ty-
lt-r’s flflillllllslf-IIIOII -—iny confidence was in
M r. Webster in negotiations with Great.
Britain. and that con fidencc reposed not less
upon the temper with which I knew he was
conducting it, than upon his talents. Icoultl
have no confidence in Mr. Tyler. At the
very threshold of the session, in the convul-
sive of the South to restore the gag rule
against the right of petition, his name and
ojicial infl.-tense had been used with fol.-'.ll
success in debates of the House, to reverse
the thrice repeated vote of the majority to
suppress the role. Mr. Tyler had suffered
his name and influence to be thus publicly
used without disclainiing his participation
in the gross outrage upon the independence
of the representatives of the people. The
s:)'ithern ‘o-Vhig, first mover of that rule
declared in the House, that he had a letter
from Mr. Tyler expressing his approbation
of it, and complementing him upon the part
he had performed in procuring its adoption.
And the corporal of Mr. Tyler's guard de-
clared that he knew that the President of
the United States was in favor ofthe rule.-
I had been a member of the select committee
which had reported the second of the vetoed
ban/r bills-—-and had witnessed, through all
its tergiversations, the conduct of I‘.-‘Ir. Tyler
in the progress and final catastrophe both
of that and ofits predecessor, the Senate bill.
A thorough conviction that slavery and niil--
lification were the corner stone of Mr. Ty-
ler's politics. and duplicity of his morals,
forced itself upon my observation, and I was
eady to say. like Shakspeare’s Hamlet-
"It is not, nor it cannot come to good;
Butbreak my heart; forI must hold my tongue.”
At the meeting of the second session of
this Congress last December, I perceived in
Mr. Tyler’s annual message, compared with
the reports ofthe heads ofdepartments, which
he made part of it by his urgent recommend-
ations, ample reasons for the most decided
approbation of his whole system of policy,
and for the most determined opposition to it.
_________________.__
"Vtzll neighbor, what's the most Christain
ngyvs this inorning?’ said a pious gentleman
to h-;,.-, rim’; neiglibor, the deacon. ‘I have
}_u.iri'el of floor for it poor wo-
,,-:1 I who is it that yo=.i’vc
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What a pity that so Jo
be cauglit in such a Sna-rl.
.
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a comfortable honie to his .cl)ildr-en. She
had decided that he should engage in mer-
cantile p(!"SUll5. He begged to be allowed
Captain l’.~trtridge’s Military School, but
this was denied. He then entrcated to be
sent to College. but all the aspirations of
his young ambition, his inisjudging relatives
opposed.
At fourteen, he was placed in a store be-
longing to the Union Manufacturing Com-
pany, at Marlborough, Conn. He perform-
ed the duties of this station with such zeal
and fidelity, though so contrary to his incli-
nations, thathe was made the agent’s assist
antbook keeper at Manchester. His father
about this time, took him on an excursion to
New York. It seemed to him a Paradise.
On every hand were stores of knowledge
and food for thought. He found too, excite-
ment which, for a tiine, he entered into with
the zest of early youth. His ambition to ac-
quire an education increased, and be deter-
mined to have one at all hazards; with the
profits ofa year’s clerkship in his pocket,
he left his situation and came to New York.
He soon after. got a promise from his father
that he should be allowed to fit himself for
College.
At an academy near Hartford, he vigor-
ously rt.-sumcd his classical studies. He la-
bored night and day, and astonished every
one wizh his progress. Three months had
gli led iusensibly away, though not unprofit-
ably; when at the quai'ter’s close, he was
surprised by a mandate from his father. re-
hiring him home in the next mail stage.
The influence of his step mother was at
work against him. He left the home which
she t‘enr.iercd unendurable, and went to Balt-
imore, unfri-uded. almost pennyless, and but
seventeen years of age. But it was not long,
before he found employment as a teacher ofl
mathematics in a ladies’ seminary; to which
he soon added further occupation, as assist-
ant in a high school.
He made many friends by his excellent
conduct and remarltablc talents; and among
the rest, It gentleman by the name of Ever-
ett, a canal contractor, was so charmed with
his energy, ncqiiirements, and (-‘..\'C(‘llt’I'll traits
of character, that he offered him a large sal-
ary to go upon the work as an engineer, and
entrusted to his charge one of the most ex-
tensive as well as difficult jobs on the north
brs,ncli of the. Susquehannah.
The young teacher was struck du rib with
delight anti vvondcr. The work was beyond
his expectations ....d the Salary offered him
gretitly beyond his hopes.
At the age ofeightc-en, and entirely inex-
perienced, he performed the labor of a
Hercules, to the satisfaction of his employer,
but to the ruin of his own health, and with
the money he had saved of his wages, he
went to Wilbrahani, Massachusetts, resolved
to devote himself to study. He. according-
ly placed himself under the tuition of the
lato President Fisk, President of the ‘v‘~."esly-
an College. A
At home he. lintl one. beloved sister, nmnnd
wlioiit l.\I.'ln(,'(l every tetitlrill of his brat‘t.——
Slit‘. was the only being who made tho
ihought ofth:-it liomc t:-ndu:'2hlc—-anti she
I~.cc:iiiie It victim to the p€f'SP.Ct‘;fi0rt v-.-his_-,h
liZ‘tI,l twice driven him from the patt~i'ntil roof.
She could not fly into the world for refuge:
--but she found it in tho gra v.-. Sarah Ann
Coltdit-d fro.-ii takingarsciiic, in I829, at the
nn
'l‘li-.: way of virtue is the only way to f-;~li-
i‘."\'.
age oft-.vcnty t.-i.el
John C. Colt is of English decent, had he
traces his ancestry back to Sir John Conlt.
His first American ancestor, John Colt, was
born at Hartford, in I658. his father having
emigrated at an early period of the history
occiisitiiim .
lllt.‘ t\lotlltoI‘zttit~nii.
board of lit‘-I‘. in tiny ciipiicity.
to Norfollt.
the Coiistitution?
iicrtiaintunca uttiiclit-tl
to the
then to )\lt9.\f\fItll'l:|, to Calcutta, to
ed that, enlisted as he was in the corps, such
a thing was impossible. ;
The course fare, uncouth companionship.
antl arduous (ll)llt'S of a soldier, soon cured
him of his folly. The excitement died
brought on by his situation produced a vio-
lent fever. After several weeks confinement
Constitution and sailed on her cruise, he
recovered and procurt-d a discharge from
Washington.
‘VG next find him engaged for one year,
as a clerk, at a small salary. in the office of
Dudley Seldcn,-Esq. of this city. a distant
relation of Colt. l.‘v'l r. S-.-lden found his
young kinsinan regular, studious, and indus-
trious, and became sincerely attached to him,
as he has shown in defending him in his late
trial. Not intending to sturly law, but wish-
ing to qualify himsolfas ti civil engineer and
teacher, he made arr-angeiuents to take a
years instruction in mathematics in the Ver-
mont University.-' When his year was ex-
pired. and he was aboiitto take his departure,
Mr Seltlen said to him. "your father has
sent me a hundred dollars for zyou.” "Give
it back to him with my thanks,” replied the
son. He has said that he could not, even
destitute as be was, bear to receive supplies
from a fountain whichlias been scaled to his
poor sister.
At the Vermont University. our subject
was an inmate at the house of PI‘€‘.Sitl8l'Il
Marsh. to whom he became much attached.
During his stay he thoroughly mastered the
theory of his designed professions. He also
became clistingiiished in a debating society of
the institution.
The severity of the studies produced an
attack of bleeding at the lungs. His intend-
ed employment was too full of-exposure for
his health, and he accepted a partnership in
a trading voyage up the lakes. He regain-
and ed his health, niade a small sum of rroney e;l th: separation.
anti bought him a farm in the most beautiful
portion of Micliigan.
But he was obliged to leave it, just when
he h:id become. attached to ll——f0I' the torri-
blc sickness that prevailed ll‘.d(I€‘ hiiu fly for
his life when reduced to nlinost the last ex
tremity. He sold his farm and made a
tour in the soutli,visiting nearly all the valley
ofthe Mississippi, Florida and Texas. At
Neiv Oi loans, to replenish his funds, he gave
ii series of lectures on chemistry, with exper-
iments. But getting more pain thanmon-.-v.
he engaged in more attractive speculatioiis.
with more success.
He spent the summer of I83-1 in Louis-
ville, Kentucky, and at this time gave his
attention to book-keeping, and in a year or
two had amassed the in-.iteri:ils for the work
he afterwards published in Cincinnatti. For
several years, 1835. lS36, and I837, he
spent the sunimcrs in Ohio and Kentuclty,
teaching and lecturing on book-keeping. and
his winters in trade and speculation in the
South.
He became acquainted with the daughter
of ti Norwt-giari. a girl ofsiugular charactr-r,
rare beauty, coiisitlcrable accoinplishnients,
and of a very romantic disposition. Her
manners. talents and sizu.-ition, won his frien=.l-
ship. His kindness won her devoted attach-
ment. He pursued towards her a course of
virtuous resolution——hers towards him was
one of concealed passion, to which she be-
came a victim. Finding her love returned
by friendship only, she committed suicide.
3: it 4: v
Ho published his work on book-keeping,
for which his celebrity as a teacher, and its
own mt-rits, made an extensive sale. He
became deeply connected in the ‘book trade.
opened a store with a partner, but while he
was absent at New Orleans, he found that
the affairs of the firm had been so misman-
aged that ho was obliged to close tip his bu-
siness with as little less as possible; and in
April, 1e39, he came to New York. and
opened an ofiice for the sale of his boolts.
\"i’hen he had accurnulzitetl, by exchange,
a stock of books, he would pack cases of
theiu offto some point for auction sale. or
for fresh exchangt-, and thus kept his chan-
ces movinu. He made his abode at his
office, and lived in a most frugal manner;
St‘lLl0II'I visiting, and ever devoted to business.
He performed not only the manual labor of
packing, but all other duties of such an es-
l1‘.l)llSlImt.‘nl.; even sometimes, that of a por-
ter to convey packing cases from the ware.
room to the passage below, without assist-
ance.
He was moral and temperate in his habits
but was on one two or three occasions bur-
ried into excess in wine, by companions who
took udvaotageof his general abstemiousness.
To stem the current of adverse times, he
ectured successfully in Boston and Philadel-
phia. In the latter place he l)L’t‘flII".e ac-
quainted with a female in humble life, named
Caroline I-lenshaw. He had the opportuni-
ty to do her some kindness, and she was
9;iateftil—gratitude easily ripens into love.
She threw herst.-lf upon his prote.:tion—lie
educated her, even teaching her to write.-‘-
She joined him in‘New York, and they lived
together, enjoying all the happiness and liv-
ing in all the proprieties of wedded life.-
Colt had become so attaclicd to her, that ht-
had resolved to have the niarriage ceremony
performed previous to the birth ofthe-ir child.
He lived at No. 4'2 Murry street, and had
his office for the sale untl package of books-
in a room in the Granite building.
\Vith the. subsequent events the public is
well acquainted.
Co1.'i"s MAnr.iAcs.—-Uiidcr thehcad of “last
r:oiivci‘satioii of John C. Colt." is published the
following slteich offiis marriage with Caroline
Henshaw. his views of his former obligations
"l'liebrothcr's soul was paralyzed. Eve-
ry prouiptin;.r of his unibition was drowned
in tho tile‘! air which this most unhappy event
lln |'t‘80l\'t!(l to qiiitthe country
.‘\C(‘-ltlttltl lIl‘I|II,',‘lIl l)c’l)t‘nlll his eye a navy or-
dot‘ for fitting out the frigate Constitution for
flu rvsolvcdto get on
llc hastened
But how could he get on board
He unit an intelligent
iriarines.
out was pr-rsiiinlt-d to mills! in thatcorps.
Ho pI'()lIOSI.‘tl to go to Constantinople. and
Canton,
and return lIOIIIt' tliougli South America.-—
It was t\ iiiad project, untl he had not reflect-
away.und the stite of mind and body
in the hospitable, during which time the
- -:2:
I
lit at length he spolte of his poor
Care, he was quite unmanned. ‘Vtfhen
our ‘uaintance commenced.’ said he. ‘I had
neve flectedon the nature and consequen-
ces such offeuces. I even took a sort of
cre - myself for being less criminal than
iuo ‘ting men. Our situation was pecul-
iar,tl I was weak enough to think mar-
riatnpossible. tthe very time of arrest
hover. I was contemplating the only re-
par . n I could make for the injury she has
sus, ed through me. I do not say it to
exp myself,.but to condemn the general
tote f feeling on the subject. but situated
pri:' ly as I was, had I obeyed the diCt=\U‘S
of and pure morality. the whole world
tvrnl have pronounced trio a fool. Had
Ctirdne been a cold, selfish, calculating wo-
maniistead of a confiding, enthusiastic, true
heari girl. she would have saved her repu-
tatioi Society will good-naturedly tolerate
cert phases of vice, while virtue herself
will decried if ‘she walked not in fashion.''’
Col 'as eager to do whatever remained in
his ‘pver for Carol-ine. '
‘-Iappears, that frorri the beginning. Cr.-It
vasjn-xious to sanctily by niarti-ige their
unl ry connection; but that at first, it was
deft d, because her testimony was thought
of iiportance to Colt, as ifshe was his wife,
shepultl not be a \vitness——thougli she was
wilt'_-’_1lo forego that advantage, if by so
(laid; she. could be benefittt-tl. For herself.
slitjagiernt-d to have no lhoiight, wish or pu r-
it
posalievoud his life—on that hung her ex-
isteaie. ' If he was spared all was well; if
he-its not, the world was nought to her.--
Thefdvic:e_of friends had thus fztr =1rI‘C'5lL‘d
his‘itentions, but now he ivould not be re-
fusct He wished to die the husbantl by
ever: rite, oftlie woiiian he lad t-.iiigI.t to
coiis'ilei' herself his wife. Wbvtit-\'cI‘ ht‘
iitto./ptt=tl to-speak of her siifil-rings. and the
h;tteitlowi'_v of scorn and insult his nziiiic
woul entail upon her. and their innocent,
helplss child. tears and sobs, such as break
the srorig man's heart, would choke him.”
"'lhis, this,” said he, “will uutnau me at
the ‘last hour.”
"Jhe erring pair had not met since his
seiitgnce, and the heart sti-icltvn Caroline
I-19-i1a‘.v,was led to the cell of tho condonin-
ed rein, to dtcide whetlicr she would hear
iiiilnitrricd, or as the widow of on t'.\'CCvl-d
iiifrr.‘ei't--2', her inevitable lift‘-long infamy.-—
‘filo Sgt] intt~rvie\\' overcame tlit-m hotii, yr-t
eat‘n.lelt for the other. Either would Iiave
‘poms, their burden with patience, if:issurt=-.l
it coild be born alone. Neither would ad-
mit tic other was to blame, and only deplor-
It was an illfatcd and
ci‘iiii’nal love, but it was stronger than tlezitb
--anal is full ofdeep writhing to the yoiiii-__:.'”
“The iiinrriage ceremony was .=.olt-inii.—--
Two liciiigs yr-t in the glory of life, \\'L‘I'c to
be united, only to be St‘p:‘Il’:Iit‘.Ll again by :1
fearfu deatl». 'l‘he_y clasped ll1tl.')i',lS over a
ya~.vru'iig grave. In the narrow co ll of H
prison. the clergym:in gave to the \\'t‘r.‘j)II'I£‘
Cai'oline for one day the noint-~ of wifv. C-ill
was firmt-st of Il'IL‘.‘D?ll'l_y'; he \\'DUl\l liar»-
scotlit-tl his tliSll'.'1Clt"l partner, In: she would
not be t;0uifni'terl. The t‘.lcrt_ryiii:in until-lv
toendurcithe scone, withdrew, au:.I for a
few moint-nts they were permittvtl to (‘tilt
vc-“st.-, but the rules of the prison boiiiidt-t.l
thisint.lulgencc—antl llD2Il'Il(‘3 to t.-neltire thi-
ey~_>:, of indifferent 0l)St‘I'Vt"l'S in this lion r of
misery, she was p:.ti'alv'/.=-d, and pis.-ivi-. witt-
extrrine grit-f, was lt'fI away. And altvr her
departure, Colt atltfrt-s-st-tl himself to his last
prcp:ii'atioris arid continued to the end calm.
if not resignt=d.
flan’! lie Disct;urtigctf.—'I‘lie w hi-gs liavt,
seen-darker days than the prr-st-nt, am] they
bzivt to look b:ick only :1 few years to call
then) to remcmbranct-. \VI.o that l’(’IlI('tlI-
hers our gloomy prospects in ’3S and '39.
and our brilliant triumph in I840. will now
despair? It does not appear from the result
ofthe late elections that the. locos have gain-
ed any voters from the VVhig ranks, btit that
they have polled a less votethan atthe I’i‘t-'.<-
itleixtial election, we may therefore concludi-
that the Vihigs have zibout as iiiuch streiiutli
as ever. and all that is necessary to ensure
their success is to bring it out. It is not to
be wontlt-retl at that the pcculi-ii’ sitiiaiion of
afiiiirs at \Vasl'iington for the last twelve
inc.-ntlis, should create apathy and dissatisfac-
tion in our ranks, but we think there can be
no question tliattlie VVhigs will rally in I844
in siifiiciniit force to carry their ciindidute
for the President.
To niake good our assertion that the
Whigs have seen d:irl.'er days than at the
Present, we will refer to the Stat-.-s where
we wore deft-ototl in '33 and '31), and suc-
cessful in 1840. In Maine in 1839 the
loco candit’:ite for Governor was elected by
a majority of 6.339; at the [’i‘esidenti.il elec-
tion, Harrison's majority was 41 I. In l".'li.is
saclitisetts in I840, Morton was elected Gov-
ernor by a majority of two vott-S; at the
Pr:-‘sitlential t-lt-ctioii Harrison’s innjority was
'20,930. In New Jersey in I838. the vote
on the Congressional ticket was about ti.“
the Van Buren Congress, however decided.
that the loci) cnnditlut.-s had a ii:ajority———at
the Presitleiitial e.lct:tion Harrison's majority
was ‘2.,3I7. In .PL‘Ul1S_\'l\'f1lllfl in I838 the loco
t‘antlid.ite for Governor was chosen by a
majority of 7,526; at the Pit.-sitleiitiiil elec-
tion Harris0n’s majority was 34!). In t\~l:i-
rvland in I838, a loco foco Governor was
t-,'host-n by a majority of 31]; and in I839,
the Van .l3uren iriajority on the Congression-
al ticket was I I I5, while at the Presitlential
election Harrison's inajority was 3.584. In
Gt.-orgia in I839, a loco foco Governor was
elqctoil by a majority of I827; at the Presi
tlential t.‘l€Cll0l'I H-airison’s majority was
8,33l. In Ohio in 1838. Vance (locofoco)
was chosen Governor by a majority 5,836.
at the Presidential election Harrison‘s ma-
jority was 23,375. In Tennessee in I839,
the loco canditlate for Governor was 2,556;
at the Presidential election Harrison’s major
ity wasl2.I03. Indiana was against us in ’39
the 'Whi1s electing but two of the members
of Congress; at the Presidential election
Hari‘ison’s majority was 13.698. I\iichi-
3-an, in 1838, gave it loco majority of 27f;
at the Presidential election Hari'ison’s major-
ity was I802. In Delaware in I838, a
loco foco was elected to Congress by 52 ma-
jority; atthe Presidential election Hrirrisoiils
majority was I093. In Mississippi in I839,
a loco foco Governor was chosen by 3114
I
l
.»
It will be seen by the above th, ‘I the
19 States carrie_d by the Whigs in I-E_8'40. IQ
of them went for the Locos either iii '38 or
’.39. Have the \Vhigs any reason to de-
spond now, when in the face ofall the defeats
during the two years immediately proceeding
the Presidential election in I840, tht-y their
gained such ti complete victory ? Certainly‘
not. Let them organize at ont'.e. in every
State in the Union, and pt‘(‘|):\I‘e to come out
will crown their .t-flbrts in I844.
III!/l'l_f0l'(l Courier.
flfonroe Erlwtt~r(ls.——'I‘he. 'gI‘E'iII. financier,’
we Un(lt.'fSlflf'Id, says the New York Union,
notwithstanding the horror he expressed in
Court at the damp walls of a prison, and his
determination that, if once placed there, it
should be his tomb. seems to be very happy
in his new location, as well as his new voca-
tion. He has been set to cut out boot tops.
at which he prov:-s to be very atlept—know—
ing a says. the exquisite touch of forrii
which the. bloods of fashion prefer. The
Colonel, after sentence, was quite in good
spirits, saying he had seventeen -‘thousand
dollars snugly put away, which he inteiidt-if
to l~l(‘L’ptlSal start in the world when his
tiiue was out.
sf.
~.--
Vvle un-zlt-i'staiid that the ‘favorite stt=ani«=i'
Belle’ has been apprist-cl at -$10,000 - and the
l.o:its of the Count-t'tit'tit River Coiiipziriv at
8lS7,0C‘0 Tlite stocltholdr-rs of the Belle
are to take their pay in the stock of the Riv-
er compiiriy. Vsfe hear it llliIfl‘.lIlt'(l that ii
int-ctiiig will soon be field by the stock liolders
to inquire into the recent inunageiiientoftht:
coiiip-any’_s afliiirs, and to give a public ex
pose of the concern as far as they may be at-
‘ole to unravel it.-—-N. H. Ref’.
Te:inc.vsee.—'I‘iie legislature of 'l‘t-uric-sst-e
atljoui'netl on the I7tli. after the Sf'l'I.’ilB had
I't'flISt‘tl to go into the election of an United
Stairs Senator. The bill for dividing the
State into Ctiiigrcssional Districts fin-ally
passed both Ilouses—-the Senate by a vote of
I4 to ID, and the House by 40 to ‘.23 The
hill to stay executions in all judgements be
fore Justices ofthe peace has become a law.
In six of the eleven Districts. The \Vliigs
of the last election find an ag.f:i‘e:att' m:=j.ir-
ity of l0.583; in Il1L‘Olllt't‘ five the locofoco
in:ijorit_v :irtioiiniez.l to '?,3= 3. Tlirt-‘e of the
ncw clisti'ic-ts-—the Seconl, Fourth and Tenth
contains no fl-.iCfl)l.‘t‘I'S ofthe present Con.oress.
The First. Foiirth, l5'ifth. Sixth anrl Ninth
will be Loco Foco-tlio other Vtfhig.
A foolish story has got into some respec-
table papers from the Cincinnati Sun, st t-j
ting forth that after the tli-nth in that city oil
the lit-ail of a certain fi.lIlIll\'. the t-hi‘-dren.
two stint? and :1 tl:it)t1'l'iIi-i‘, lII.()I'Ilt'l' It’) gt-t at
the Pr(’l3r-i't‘.v' left lt_\-' the lziiht-r, tliev t'oiif"li'.+'t!
their mother! in It «__r:irre-t of ihv tiiirilv inan-
Slfir‘. _ll‘- Ins: her just l~:’it’)'l t-iit.ii._rh In l-.'i*t-‘p lit.-I‘
:lll\’t‘,1IllLl t‘~IIl'.ll'I! :1 iniizzl--. --ii li---r ir-oiizl;
to I'Il'('Vt'l"lIll‘.lt'l‘ t--.\-‘in-_i for livij. Ti.-I-. Old
lady .iii;~.ll‘." tlio tl, .&<'. I
'l‘h" \\'l!r.lt- :‘lt!I‘_\' IS '
l')()-Silly’ arid i.e.p"tilizil.-l_\' In l.t’ H‘,’*-33:1--fl Ht
full """[)(.Lf/(:‘(ff.’l7)I.
Tliei M i li.--.2iiI..Iii S--|‘l<-.~. ll)" -‘H
-.\-ho l1'I\'€' T)I‘t‘l'I 5-) t'f)l.FIl‘IH. ll‘:«’.Il \'lI'.
~.vn«il.'l ht‘ it-ii‘itJ\'t--:l fl‘-‘HI! tli-3 C-".llt=«'!iH‘.=liip of
this l’ort. '.\’o t.":i-.i-.;f_rr.> in this <{f;.:-t- has ?=<'- ii
iiinzlu, :iii~l :ii::l w-- it r: "r='li‘»f‘
any lSl‘rII'll.1"!1!|l>xlf"l,i .-:i\'.-‘ .l')lIt) .l-mt-S senti-
c-ffii'-inll-.'_.-—\\-'w Iiitixigl tits ii;;.-«.'l'i ivlir-ii Pax-
lnti l'l:«lli'7'. '.l~_‘f'l rt-.-l llt- ’t.'Jt.'.I/f.-.’ not /-z/.'(‘
ll‘.-i if-=»_. Sr‘
f_‘:.=
rtis
its-iii it)
.\’t_’ Ill)
‘i
- 3
ii’
srirl, Ir) titlirir iiiritlrs nft-.\'lI'.'ir.‘lit‘IL! EI St"lI.°.-
Tlit-y uill turn siirrimn-r-zt-Is, wall: on their
h:ii'itl.'~‘, Sac, One lj![i(- girl, :.l:riiit six years
old, 1|-'ll!{lll',‘ tuructl I‘(HI‘.".-'.l on her lzarids and
for-L flllt-_‘rI‘.l‘.I('l\-' like a cart wht Pl. and bro?
I.lI(’.tllll‘_I(‘l1(‘t'(l0\\'I'I hill. S‘it_- turiit-tl round
sitlé-.v.~iys; and so Tllpltl were lit-.r motioris.
that I (.'0llltl not distinguish bt3twt'ei'i her legs
and arms as she turned over. If any one
wishes to bring up a ynunt_r Fanny Ellssler,
they will find heron the road to Paris, a
few miles from Caiiiliiviy. She is (lecitletlly
the greatest t_‘lI}Il'21!.'IPl' I have seen on the
continent of her age.’
Bi-Igiurit.-—-\\’e. learn that the tonna gt» tlti-
tv Clinrgerl on the British Queen, of which
the Beltgirin Government complains, has
already been refiintlt-if to the Consul of
that Government. and that no doubt exists
that our re‘atic-ns will be restored to their
foriner footing. immediately on that facts
being known to the government of Br-lgiurri.
N. Y. Jr/ur. of Com.
1Ve'n Arz'a,ngei21e7tl.—Tl1e winter arrange
ment ofthe Stoninszton Railroad and the
'[‘ranspnrtation Company commenced yester-
day, The boats leave Stonington for New
York lTI1€Sf.lil_V_,'S and Satiirclays. and will
leave New York for Stoninzton, Mondays,
‘-Vedne.=tla_vs and Frirlays. Boats will run
-from Norwich on the intermediate days.
Emf)(z-s.<:7/ from the S(I,Tlfl'I.(72:CfI. Islrzmlm-——A
letter has been I‘t"C(-‘l\'l;‘fl in this city from
Mazitlan. dated in St-‘ptvmher. mentioning
the arrival at that port of the schooner Shaw,
from the Sandwich slands. bringing passen-
gers Mr. Richards. and the King’s Secreta-
ry, Haalilie, who are bound on a secret mis-
sion with all speed, to the United States.
Bast. Eve. Jour.
0,-g;mn.—A public meeting was held a
short time since at Alton, (Ill) for the pur-
pose of taking the occiipation ofthe Oregon
Territory into consideration, at which it was
resolvedito encourage, by every means in
the power of the niceting, the emigration to
that coimtry, and use their influence with
Congress to have it occupied by the United
States.
NM-a,l__.’1‘he frigate Saratoga, now at
Pmrsmnutli Navy Yard, it is said will soon
proceed to Africa, as the flag ship of Capt.
Gregory. the commander ofthe squadron on
that coast.
W'lieels.—The Boston Bulletin says that
the number of evolutions made by the wheels
THE GREAT STORM AT THE WEST.
ycsterday’s
d
as lately and speetiily as may be from Erie,‘
Pa, sweeping the whole Southeastern‘ shore
ofthe lake by stage on Saturday as SundaV_
. h . h , h , the storm, and its ravages as
' I Q ‘i - -- - . . ., .
III t cir.trtn,Qt , ant aunt er great vittoiy Cje,,ej,md' Oh”,
night or Thursday of last week, and soon br-
0'
D
the rain turm_-t.l'to snow w hfch melted awhile-
tlt-red even more than usually (lt~'Ir‘Slfllllt‘.
ashore several rods from the water as it nowis.
-'-time.
liaving taltt-ii shelter uiztlt-r the Canada
,\ _
had siist.ii.;t-ti .-nine rlaiiaagt-.
ten \\'l‘t‘t‘l\'S
they li =d hvartl.
l-l-eel; niirl fin’/._v
part of the .-torin tliai tl:t-_\' could Sl'I‘ nothing
.
t
ill" (i-l"‘ll""~‘l""*l_“fill?‘ml‘ bl”? Hill:/{ill ill-l.-”l..lll.SS itttil: liltt' 1I.I(l-\\lIIli‘f.
ll)-;it J:,i~,-It’ iv.-mil.-l:i v Jill. his 5- , pr-r_—-1 /'.g..;:;,n,/’. r[w,H_ \,',,,,_r ;” H,“ j,,,,.j,,,,. rust, some fin,
A I,-,.,,,,C;P,“j):,,,,.,,.,,,. G,-I; ,__ ,,, ,;__,,._,_,.,~; ;n_, {Vi t, but has tltiiit: ltttlo injury other than to
Ct\'l!t' Ulilllrl llhrii Ti‘ ('lfi§‘ "*'ll.-"i ll‘l'I’tl'l'I llli' l”Uill'l‘du"' the fllllsl and obstruct nuv':'-{anon 0”
" ‘,‘-"n “." " ‘ ' i :1. ..,...j -
prii-.t-i_n:il r.,.;ns to I).iflS. D". il“*__-‘_j:II’I says: “‘l:,",,'l"l' ,
.q,,,,.,,,,;,,,,,, ,,r,,_,. ,h, ;,. ,.,,_,,,__,,,o ,,, §,.,,,,,,,,;,,, l he schr. Joflerson, Capt. Dougall, i\-ei.t.
have l)"t-‘fl SI3fTl(‘lt’IIll\' [P-.~it‘(l in v.-iiri, Il‘I("\' l't_'- “slhlrll T b lllllllwli [Ml ,mghl' about l.h'lee
- ‘ mil»,-s atiove Buffalo liunt house and IS it
.'_fi I
Front the ’1'iibuncqfT/zurslday.
We received no papers from Bufiiilo by
Liail (as it left that city on Suri-
ay,) but from a friend who came through
gist, we have a full account of the nature (if I
far west as
It coinint-nced ina rain on “"edriesday
an to blow severely and grow colder, until
and then covered the groiind. All through
Ff!-dry and Saturday it snowed. furiously,
with a strong \\'('Sl. wind _,.,.,_.,;,,,_,. from 50",}-,-
pysl to northwest as the storm contint'd.—-
l he snow Covered the gr-gum] to ,, Von. con.
siderable tlt pib, and lay in drifts thy.-,3’ {cm
deep in iiiuiiy places. Even this side of
Buffalo, so late as i\lontlay morning, it \v.is
necessary to stop the ca rs repeatedly s, slim--
el snow off the track. The stage road
around the east end of Lake Erie was yen-
Our it formant rciiiaiiietl at Erie through
l7ri:.lay night. At one o'clock on Fiitfav
the nol»l=- Slt‘Zlllll‘i0!lf. Ciiicatzo drifted by iii
distress, tlraggiiig one anchor, having lost
this oil t-r, in r snsolrti pipes gone, and she
iiit'apablt= of raising steam. Ht 1' gall-.:,ng
copt.-iiri (Whih ) and crew had a small sail
yet stitntling. \\l':l) which they tritd hard to
\\’t'till‘.t*l‘ Pvt-squc Isle and make the harbor»
ofErit-; but though they were within a
short tlistance of the pier, tlit~y could’ not of.
ft-ct it. They driftediawny, and was finally
flown ashore 50 miles below. Her crew
had then brcome so chilled and stupifietl as
to‘ be incapable oft-xeition, and could hardly
be ai'ou.=e(l to Itiiow they were ,SIIf(". ’].lIt'l.P.
wt-i'e-about foity persons on board all of
whom came ashore alivt‘. Tlieboat is high
antl dry on land. H--r cargo on board is
safe, but the heavy wart-s, however, were
ll.I'0\\'l) over duringthe storm.
Our informant heard of five vessels ashore
near l.lI(‘. month of Grand River, Ohio; ttn
oiiCanada sli0re,and rnany bttwt-t n I')unl.-irI,;
&Biiff.lo,but no other Sl(‘i3llJIJOfIl,&:l')O lives lost
but those we have already recorded. '1 he
l)(':‘.L'll for some lTlllt'S on the East end ofthe
ltilte was strewn with barrels of flour, &t-.
wzislietl from vessels or thrown overl.-oard to
lighten those in distress. The amotint of
loss must be very gr:-tit. Ile saw vessels
The $It‘lIIl'll‘v0fIl.S Chautauqe and H-.iii'i.<oii
into l3uf‘f-ilo about. 4 u’t'lock. P. M.
the gale Tlit-y
Tl): y l'('p()lltLl
so far as
“"Ol't’ |.lIlI'lTl‘-_’ the worst of
on the ("niiada shore
'1‘r.e sailors slntié that the sky was so _
with snow during a good
soil in-vvr ltriew that they were approaching
‘and till the‘; .-truck. Some pt rstms who
had t-~s.l.i:.irlcetl for ‘the W’:-st.’ on being laritletl
-‘iif-sly from tip vrsst ls (lt-t~l:iro'(l that they
find I_r-(it. v.-ti-.;iii_t__r'li, 2ItI?l ttirt'ie~.l l.lIr‘lI' faces East-
wartl.
Fri,-7n the Bu_[]it(o xltfccrliscr Q/'Sulu/da_1/.
The (_‘l(Ill,‘ bl.-xv ifsvll pretty iiiiicli out this
fI]"~-'I':lti§. 'l'..-- ll.‘It:j')t‘f?lllH't‘ was VCTV low
‘llltl itlttign-tla-~t‘ it was the wt.-I‘.-.l gitle we ever
t.\'j‘xtellt‘tIi't:"l in la’ufl'.-iIo.—Tlie sliaip, cl.-.-tr
'1II‘ :i~:i.s i.-.oi'iiit:_g, the frtiz-cit ground and snow
I-_-[iii \\'I‘t'L'l\', attt-ndt~d with it riielzinclioly
lo.-is tif lift,-—t)i'it: entire fttinily. liusbaiid, wilt:
iliztl five L:lIllIll‘t-'l’I, lt)£Zf‘.'Illr:l' with ti young
woiiiaii, and one of the men belonging to
the vessel. leaving P"Tl5‘l)t'(Jl Capt. Dou-
«_r.ill from whoiii we have the painful intell-
gi-ricc, says Ill-’:I. about two hours after I.i.~;
vessel bi-achttl, tho cotnpariiou-way was
\\'.'lSl]P.(l off, and the children and young wo-
man were drowned in the cabin and forc-
castle. A portion of the crew had got
ashore, in quest of help, and were endeavor-
ing to rescue the family. The mate wrap-
pt."tl his overcoat around the woman. and
tried to keep her warm by walking her to
and fro on the beach, but she soon became
exhausted and incapable of motion, and was
placed in the boat which had washed up,
where she died in a short time. Her hus-
band was delerious on reaching shore, and
attempted to escape into the swamp neir by,
but perished withina short distance. One
ofthe hands belonging to the vessel, named
James Bruce got into the swamp and was
likewise lost. The family was from Hart-
ford Ct.—nam(‘s unknown——-the children
aged from 8 years downwtirds. .
The crew succeeded about midnight, in
getting on board the brig Oliver Richmond,
ocaclied below theui, in a greatly exhausted
state. _
When our reporter reached the vessel this
forenoon, the figure of the young woman
above mentioned was discovered standing in
an upright posture in the fore castle com-
panion-way, frozen stark and stifi) with her
hands partly raised in an iinploring posture
and her eyes fixed with a cold and stony
gaze upon the shore.
John Quincy Adams delivered a Lecture
on Government at Providence, R. I. on Fri-
day evening. The Chronicle says "it sus-
tained fully the grounds taken by the Chart-
er party in that State. One interesting fact
he stated concerning the adoption of the cou-
stitutin of Mzissachiisetts: the whole number
of persons voting for itdid not exceed l5,000
-—giving a vote to every 35 inhabitants.
Rev. Chas. G Finuey has arived in this
city from Oberlin, and will probably. pass
the winter here.—T7'-ibune.
A Father ofo Family/.—SirGeorge T ut-
liill relates a case of an Asiatic Russian.
who had by his first wife sixteen at four..8.fl<l
sixty nine infints at twenty seven births-—
eighty seven children in all. -
ofthe Caledonia on her passage from Liver-
majority; at the Presidential election, Har-
io this unhhppy vit-iiin.
rison’s majority was ‘2533.
pool to Boston‘, was 280,000!
Colt’s wife and chifd are living in Balli-
inore. '
Norwalk Chronicler