. Paradise of Content."
~ - Change is not of necessity its quality.
,-,-derives its hues fro_in those that are in its
ban truth will warrant—tru'th that sits down
and watches all the changes to whiclr the
scene she is to depict is liable? Doesany
one believe that Mrs. Little wiill not find the-
social and domestic circle ali that she has
described it? Tell not to-her, then, the truth
so fatal to her dream‘--l‘et the true color-of
- the scene fa[d_e.~a.wa~y slewlyfromher sight ‘-
break not in upon the dream of her happin_:,ss
that has given motion to her pea..spare
= her a’ little while, for‘ we see into what she
has dipped her . pen. She was, as the Hy-
irienial' record of the paper shows, made ;a
*-’wife‘onl‘y twodays before she described "the
Why should you
' send a serpent to deform its path. and to lead
her to fears that create discontent .7 Rather
let her stand amid the beauties she describes,
till, perhaps, the loveliness of her own dispo-
sition may impart permanency to the scene
which has so often‘ changed for others--«
It
. midst; and its means ofimparting happiness
are drawn into use only by the attractive
qualities of those who are to receive it.
Permanent and blissful be the Paradise of
» content to the young and joyful bride. And
it is in the heart of woman always to be bap-
py, but it is only to be so by participation.
Steady, then, and gentle, be the hand upon
which she leans; for‘ Paradise would lose its
charms, if unity of purpose, and gentle
- yielding. were not the characteristics ofthosc
who tread its paths.— U. S. Gazelle.
Mosnar. Dec. 19.
» No business was transacted by either House
. this day. The death of Mr. Habersliam of Gen.
was announced, and the usual forms of respect
passed through, when both houses adjou riied.
Correspondence of Ike Tribune.
TUESHAY, Dec. 20.
In Senate to’ day several petitions and
private bills were considered and gave rise
to some debate; _
Bills were iiitrudiiccd, on leave, by the fol-
lowing Senators, and appropriately referrcd :
Mr. Linn, to surrender to Alabama and Ar-
kansas certain sections of public land report-
ed not worth surveying; also. for the settle-
ment of Oregon Territor_v——r~.ferred to a
Select Committee; Mr. Bates, fixing the
' compensation to Pension Agents; also to
" -continue the office ofCommissioner of Pen-
- eions; Mr. Fulton, authorising the sales of
lands in Arkansas. Tennessee and Louisiana
- heretofore appropriated for the benefit of
schools.
The resolutions of Mr. Benton calling on
the President for information regarding the
Quintuple Treaty. alter spine remarks by
- Messrs. Benton &. Arcbenwcre postponed till
Thursday.
The resolution from the House prohibit-
‘ ing the sale of intoxicating liquors in the
Capitol was laid on the table, and after some
~ unimportant business, the Senate went into
‘- Executive session.-
In the House, Mr. Gwin asked leave to
offer a resolution calling on the President for
any official information he may have re-
ceived relative to the recent mutiny on board
the‘ brig Somers. A suspension of the rules
for its reception, was refused.
The House took up the bill for the repeal
' of the Bankrupt law. '
‘Mr. Everett stated that he had never de-
sired it to be a permanent measure; its bene-
ficial effects he considered all accoriiplished,
and as a prospective act, particularly In Its
voluntary provisions, and limiting its opera-
tion to mercantile transactions and to debts
of a large amount, it might be beneficial, but
he preferred its entire repeal and the bring-
‘ iug forward of another plan if expedient. on
its own merits. He had therefore brought
forwardthis bill,which be thought unnecessa-
ry to commit to a committee.
Mr. Barnard made an animated and pow-
eifnl speech against the repeal.
Mr. B. concluded by moving to refer the
bill to‘ the Committee on the Judiciary.
"Mr. C. I. Ingersoll moved an amendment
of instructions to the Committee to report a
Bankrupt Act excluding voluntary applicants
_ and including trading corporations.
Mr. Pickeus moved the previous question.
(which would cut offthe motion to commit
‘and bring the House to a direct vote on oi-
‘dering a third reading) which was not sec-
oruiedm-56 only voting in the affirinative.
Mr. Pickens renewed the mot I-l for
the
' repeal to do immediate. executio , l- st some
amendment should be introduced and prevail
thus saving a part ofthe bill.
Pending this question, on motion of Mr.
Arnold. the House adjourned.
The question will probably be taken on
the repeal and of course, be carried, to-mor-
row.
‘VI-QDNESDAY, Dec. 21.
In Senate to day, various petitions were
presented, Mr, Benton presented a petition
ofcitizens of Washington county. Vt. for
the repeal of the Bankrupt Law, and be ac-
companied the presentation of it with his
usual violent denunciations of the law in its
every aspect. and demand its immediate and
unconditional repeal.
4 Mr. Linn from the Select Committee on
"the subject, reported the bill to authorize
measures for the occupation and settlement
of Oregon, &c. and expressed the hope of its
early passage.
Mr. Allen re-introduced his resolution to
rescind the rule of the Senate requiring the
transaction of Executive business with closed
doors. providing however for its continuance
with reference tothe consideration of treaties.
Laidover. _ '
Mr. Benton introduced-a resolution inquir-
’ing of the President of the United States
-whether ‘any proposition had been made by
the British Minister to the United States in
regard to the assumption of (State Debts.-
Laid over." '
Mr. Linn offered a resolution calling on
‘the Secretary of VVar for the reportof Lieut.
Tremont. commander of the Exploring Ex-
edition beyond the Rocy Mountains: adopt-
ed. Senate adjouyned.
In 3}“, House, reports from Committees
'were'received during the morning hour.
f.ytThe bill for the repeal of the Bankrupt
Act was then again taken up. _M r. Picke_n’s
pending motion for the previous question
failed of a second : Ayes 66 I D8.V_S 94- ,
’ Mr. Barnard then withdrew his motion
jo, co,;'nmit the bill, (carrying with it the
‘ainciidnient of l\fr.C .l. Ingersoik) and moved
. ., ..-. ,._..
repeal of the voluntary pnovisions of the law
and that the repeal shall -not effect applica-
tions made »béfore'tbe 4th day of Marchlnext.
M_r. Underwood briefly advocated the
aniendm3';nt,’ii~rging the propriety of continu-
ing thelaw in force in reference to its invol-
untary provisions of as measure of security
and justice to creditors.
Mr. Hopkins went for the entire repeal of
the law, as iniquitous in its effects and un-
constitutional. ' _
Mr Briggs renewedthe motion to commit
the bill to the committee on the Judiciary,
with instructions to report a bill _r-xcliiding
voluntary applications, and including corpor-
ations issuing papcr money.
Mr. Cave Johnson moved to amend _Mr.
Brigg's motion by instructingthe coinmittee
to report a bill for the entire repeal of the
law.
Mr. Wise adivocatcd this amendment. and
condemned the existing law in toto as 11 mere
party measure passsd in hot haste to secure
the votes of the 500,000 hankrupts in the
country and as the cause of--‘the present dis-
trcss pervading the land.
Mr. Charles Brown drsired the modifica-
tion of the bill so as to include banking cor-
poraiions.
objection to the bill and now passed away.
and that its future. prospective operations. if
modified as he wished would be beneficial.
'-fithout taking the question the House
adjourned.
Timason Dec . 22-
in Senate. to-day, Mr. Buchanan present
ed a memorial of Mrs. Recside, widow of
James Re‘-cside, deceased, asking to be refun-
ded €5l88,000 loaned by her husband to the
Post Oifice Department.
Mr. Barton's resolution inquiring of the
has
President whether the British Minister
made any proposition to-the Government in
regard to the assiiniption of State debts, was
adopted.
The resolution to refund the fine of Gen.
Jackson was taken up and a preliminary de-
ba'e of some interest arose, in which Messrs.
Linn, Buchanan and Allen warmly advoca-
ted its passage and justified the conduct of
Gen. Jackson in this case. and Messrs. Bay-
ard and Critic-nden expressed their willing-
‘ that
ness to vote for the bill if so modified
their support of it could not be construed in-
to a sanction of the principlvs on which Gen.
Jackson acteJ. Mr. B. introduced the pain-
phlet recently published by ‘A Ki-niuckian’
on this subject, and wished the resolution.
with this pamphlrt, referred to the Commit-
tee on the Judiciary. that the subject might
be fully investigated.
The further consideration ofthe resolution
was postponed till 'I'ucs-Jay next. And the
Senate adjournr-cl.
In the House Mr. Fillmore said be had
received urgent appeals from the other end
of the Capitol and from the Departments
(both being out of funds) to pass the Appro-
priation bill this week. He therefore mov-
ed to go into Committee of the Whole to
take up this bill to-day, as Friday and Sat-
urday had becn set apart for private bills.
A resolution of Mr. F.’s to terminate de-
bate on the bill at 5?. o’clock having been
adopted, the House went into Committee of
the \Vholcon the Union and resumed the
consideration of the civil and diplomatic Ap-
propriation ’bill. the question pending on the
niotiou of Mr. Fillmore, to reduce the item
for coast survey from 5350.000 to $20,000.
Mr. C. I. Ingcrsoll considered the survey
ofthe highest importance, and Mr. Hassler
[the present supcrintciidani] the fits-st man
in the country to superintcnd it; butthought
it should be done by officers of our Army
and N..vy under his direction.
He considered it a work of vast import-
ance to the navigatiiig interests ofthe coun-
try, and thought it might be conilucted with
far more economy and dcspatcli by officers
ofthe army or navy. But 300 miles of a
line of coast of 3000 miles had been survey-
ed in a period often years, and he complain-
ed that the charts. among others of the chan-
nel at New-York, discovered seven years
ago. had never bien published.
The hour of two hiving arrived. the
Committee proceeded to vote. Mr. Giliiier
modified his amendment so as to reduce the
item to 810.000, agreed to. The whole
itcm wasthen.on motion of Mr. Gwin, strick-
en out; avcs 78, noes 64 Au-. 3lTI(*‘l'lfI'Yt8Tll.
of Mr. Tallinghast to appropriate $20,000
for the publication of the account ofthe Ex-
loring Expedition was adopted.
The bill was then reported to the House,
where the previous question was applied-—
Mr. Gwin’s amendment striking out all the
appropriation for the survey, was concurred
in: yeas H9; nays 84. Mr. Tillinghast’s
atII8n(I_tl1t:nl was non-concurred in. No oth-
er iiripo'r’tantarriendrni_-nts were made.
The bill was then passed, ‘and the House
adjourned.
Fnirxr. Dec. 23.
In Senate, after the presentation of meino.
rials, Mr. Evans, from the committee on Fi-
nance reported the’Appropriation bill from
the House. Mr. Bo-nton then made another
furious speech against the treaty in support
of his resolution calliiifg on the President for
information conccrnin‘g the Quintuple treaty.
The subject, however, was postponed and
the Appropriation bill was taken up, read a
third time and passed.
Two communications from the President
were then rr=ccived—-—one announcing, in an-
swer to a resolution passed some days since,
that Lord Ashburton made no proposal to
our Secretapy of State for an assumption of
the State Debts by the general Government,
and the other stating. in reply to another
resolution that he had no communication to
make concerning the territory west of the
Rocky Mountains. After spending a short
_time in Execiitive session, the Senate ad-
journed to Tuesday. _
In the House, at l0 o'clock, the hour to
which the House had before adjourned, there
was no quorum present. At about I I the
private bills were read a third time and
passed. .
On motion of Mr. Andrews of Ky., the
House resolved to adjourn to Tuesday, in
consideration of Christmas.
A resolution was then passed calling on
the Secretary ofthe Treasury for the amount
of the defalcation of Jesse Hoyt, and what
means have been taken for the recovery of
the same. Resolutions instructingtbe Land
committee concerning titles to certain lands
:1:
‘-an amendment to the bill to provide for the
He thought much of the popular
in Mississippi, calling on the Secretary 'of
the Treasury for information relating to
lighthouses, and also for. info'rn‘intion rela
ting to the number of persons employed in
the N. York Custom House._were arlopted.
Mr. Adams gave notice of a "motion ‘to
take up the bill concerning French Spolia-.
tions. after which the House adjourned to
Tuesday. '
Gus. JAcKsoiv's Fiiu: -e-The recommenda-
tion ofibe President in his annual mesage. 80d
the attempt now making in Congress, to remit
the fine once imposed on Gen. Jackson have
occasioned some inquiry and discussion as to
the circumstances which occasioned thelinflic-
lion of the penalty. We find in the Hartford
Courant the following succinct account of the
matter, which will enable the reader to appre-
ciate ihejusiice ofthe clairii now made upon the
United States for "relief."
“A member ofthe Louisiana Legislature.
named Louis Louailler, who had been active
and energetic in support of the war. publish-
ed about the first of March. l8l5, an article
in one of the papers. disapproving the course
of Gen. Jackson. He was at once arrested
and imprisoned by the General. On the ap-
plication of Louailler, Dominick A. Hall.
District Judge of the U. S. Court, issued a
writ of habeas corpus, requiring Louailler to
merit. The Constitution of the Uni't’ed'States
(Art. I Sec. 9.) provides that “(lie privilege
invasion. I/te public safety may; require it.”
Gr-n. Jackson, instead of obeying the order
ofthe court, seized and imprisoned the Judge.
Corpus in favor of Judge'Hall, whereupon
an order to arrest JurIgc"Lewis!
the battle of New Orleans. and when the
Peace.
on the 37th of March.
Gen. Jackson to appear before him, and an
siver for a contempt of Court, in refusing to
obey the writ of Habeas-Corpus. and impris-
oning the Judge. The General. feeling
that martiallaw must noiwconie to an end,
was characteristic. He interrupted
Judge several times with remarks like tjic
self to them.”
ing crowd.) “you were -not. sir,”-f&c. (A
full account of scene at thetrial, may be found
in Niles Registe-r_,of June 3. l8l5. to which
we refer the curious.) Judge ‘Hall then
which he immediately gave the Marshal a
check. Whe-thr-r Gen. Jackson really paid
the fine we cannot say. but we take the fol-
lowing from Niles Register,Vol. 8, page
252. ’
( instantly paid by the “t:i't‘i’7.er‘i's'W‘l’a’f,'r_'r'e"-';"i'.'lio
and the business was so arrangcrl, that the
G«~neral’s check on the bank was returned
to him without being presciited.
MU'ri.\'r.—Further ii?-iriicolars concerning the
Mutio and Execufiiin'-on board the Uriiied
5’
States brig Somers. The account from the
Courier and Enquirer, which is herewiili sub-
Captain McKenzie, himself:
patches with which she w: s charged, to ll'lt'
corrimanding officer on the coast of Africa,
Captain Mi-.l\'erizie sailed for New York,
with the publicly avowed intention Ofl.0llCl'l~
ing at St. Thomas for provisions, previous
to coming on our coast at this season ofthe
ycar. A-day or two previous to December
1st, a_iid ivhenthe vessel was uithin 500 or
600 miles from St. Thomas. Midshipman
Spencer hinted a part of his plans to Mr.
§Valr-s, the Purse-r’s Steward, who affected a
hearty co operation, took .an oath 6’ ‘sccrcsy,
&c. which Spencer Administered to him,
when he was made more fully acquainted
with the plans of the mtitirier-i's.
They had arranged to raise a scuffle on
the. forecastle some night after leaving St.
T/iomas, while the deck was in charge of
Midsliipman Rogers, a nephew of the late
Coin. John Rogers; and when the men eb-
gaged in it would of course be ordered aft to
account for the cause of disturbance. and Mr.
Rogers was thus engaged, they were to seize.
gag and throw him overboard, with as little
noise as possible.
the cabin and kill Captain Mackenzie; and
others were appointed to be stationed at the
main hatch, through which the crew must
pass to get on deck. The two after guns
were to be pointed forward to secure the
mutineers from an attack. and such of the
crew who had iioi yet joined but who then
elected to come in with“them, were to be ad-
mitted, while the others were to be throvrn
overboard. '
They were then to getout all the boats and
ligpten the vessel; after which they were to
ma .e for the Isle of Pimzs, w/icre t/'ie_r/ were
to meet a confederate. They were then to
cruise in search of American vessels trading
between this port and Europe; which after
being plundered, and the males on board
killed. were to be indiscriminately sunk;
and ifthere clfanced to be anyfe-males. they
were to be taken on board the Somers. rio-
laterl. and retained so long as the Pirates
might desire. when they also were to be
committed to the deep! The arrangements
the females, the various officers on board, &c.
were all completed and drawn up in Spen-
cer’s hand writing; and he assured Mr.
Wales that he had twenty of the crew with
him sure.
Wales was watched narrowly after this.
as he was suspected, and he was told that if
he showed any signs of betraying them, he
would be thrown overboard. \’Vales not
daring to communicate with the Captain, ex-
posed the plot to the Purser who informed the
Captain. Measures wereimmediatelftaken
to investigate the matter. Spencer was sci-
be brought before him, for the purpose of
inquiring into the legality of his imprison-
of I/2.: writ of /iabeas corpus shall not be sus-
pended unless ‘£0,167! in a case of rebellim or
The District Attorney. Mr. Dick.thr=n-ap-
plied to Judge Lewis for a writ of Habens
Gen. Jackson, impiisonerl__D£clr, and is.<u_cr1
All this
was in March. l8l5, nearly two inonI.bs alter
whole country was resounding with shouts
of joy and thanksgiving for the return of
(in being discharged. Judge Hall.
l8l5. summoned
obeyed the riiandate, but his conduct incoiirt
the
following:-—"State facts and-"'éo’n’fi_ne your-
"I'wasthen with these brave
fellows in arms.” (alluding to the surround-
sentenced him to pay a fine-"of $1.000. for
“It will be recollected that this fine was
limited the subscription for that purpose t-o_
osu dollar each. that each might have this
honor oftaking a part in the contribution.
joined, is supposed to have the approbation of
The Somers having delivered the des-
Spenccr was then to enter
for the division of the spoils, the aliotmentof
\-4....
I
.4..-
zed, his papers were examined. and all ‘the
detai_ls of their plans as narrated by Wales
were fully, co,’/irmed. Spencer, Cromwell
and Small, w re then secured, ‘and all hands,
were then mustered on deck, Captain Mac-
kenzie addressed them on the subject of the
proposed mutiny, apprising them that all
the plans of this inutineers had been discover-
ed and frustrated, and warning them of the
consequences of any similar attempt.
Capt. Mackenzie then addressed a circular
letterto each of the officers on board the
vessel, except the acting Midshipman. re-
requesting their opinion as to the course of
conduct which should be pursued towards
Spencer and the two men who had been ar-
rested with him. Each one returned for
answer that they deserved immediate death.
and Captain Mackenzie’s opinion coinciding
with that of his officers. it was determined to
carry the punishment into immediate efl"ect.
The prisoners were then brought on deck
and informed of the punishmcnt to be execu-
ted upon them. _Small at once confessed his
fault, and asked most penitently the forgive-
ness of his commander and the officers which
was at once accorded to him. He then ob-
tained permission to address the crew, which
he did. warning them against permitting
themselves ever to be seduced as he had been
into the committal ofthe crime for which he
was about to suffer death. '
Spencer asked a respite of ten minutes for
bimselfand companions in guilt. in order
that they might prepare to die. And he was
asked if he wished to write to his father or
mother, but he replied that he did not. He
then acknowledged his guilt and the justice
ofhis punishment, and renia-ikcd that he
would rather meet such a death there (at sea)
' than to be subjected to the infamy ofcxposure
on shore. The ten‘ minutes asked for by
Spencer, was extended to upwards of one
bour, during which he often asked the for-
givencss of Small which was at last ol.taine l.
Every thing being in readiness, the noose
was placed around the neck of each of the
culprits, and the officers were stationed about
the decks to'5see that (‘very man had both
bands on the rope. About one o’clock. (sea
time) on the 1st December, the signal for
execution was given by firing a gun to lie-
ward, and the guilty men were run up.
After hanging about an hour the bodies
were low.erid down and delivered to their
several niessmntes, to be laid out and se_wed
up; and in the i-veningtlicy were committed
to the deep, Captain Mackenzie reading the
service usiml on such occasion of burial at
sea. Small's last words were to invoke a
blessing on the American flag, and to ask
forgiveness for so having dislionorcd it; but
the others die-dfbivithotit any marks of pt'ltl-
tence. Immerlintely after the execution all
hands were called to cheer s/zip ; and three
hearty cheers were given for the American
flag, which was then waving at the gaff;
after which all hands wr-repiped down and
the iistial duties ofthe vessel were resumed.
Four of the men who npptiared mostdeep-
ly implicated were placed in irons iin mediate-
ly; the others were periiiittnrl to go to duty
until they reicberl port, when they were so-
cured. 'l‘he_,follbiving are the names ofthe
prisoners_:«' I--. '-'-it ‘
Charles A. \Vilson. sail-.'n:il.'cr’s
Da-nir-l l\tc.Kinlr-y, l-tinrlsmau.
Benj. F. Green, ordinary seaman (appren-
tice.) ,
Alexander l\'lcT\'ee. 2-l class apprentice.
George VV. VVarncr, ordinary seaman (ap-
preniicc.) ,., , . .. _
Charles -G.‘ Go.ld_crrn,ai_i;,Igloo-dsman. (ap-
prcntice.) -' If-7
Eugene, Sullivan, lst class apprentice,
George Km-vols. landsman, (apprent"icc.)
Richard Hamilton. lst class apprentice.
Charlcs -Van Velsor, ordinary seamen.
(apnrenticc)
Henry ,3;W’altham, (mulatto) wardroom
steward. . , _ _,
Edward Gallia, (*r’riulatto)""stecrage cook.
mate.
T/ic Snmers.,——About two \Vf.’€l\'S since. the
rumor was rife in this city that the U. S.
brig Somers had fonndered at sea and all on
board were lost.. This rumor was based
upon a letter received in New York by a
merchant vcssvl from St. Thomas. in which
it was statqd"f'hat the Somers had been caught
in a very seifere gale and had snffvrrerl so
much that she-was hourly expected to go to
the bottom. It is now believed that the let-
ter in question was written by one of the
mutineerson-board the Somers. in anticipa-
tion of the-siic'ci-ss of their plot, and with a
view ofaccounting for the expected disap-
pearance ofthe brig.—Al.~5a7i.y E1.-e Jouij.
The following is the plan, found in Spent.-er"s
neckcloth, ofthe mannerin which the attempt
was to be made, foseize the vessel.
‘The crew was to rise at night in his
(Spencer’s) watch, and the mutiny to coin-
mence by a sham fight on the forecastle; he
was to conduct them aft, as if to report them
to the officer ofthe deck. They, in turn,
were to appear greatly excited; and as if ca-
ger each one to tell his own story, were to
crowd round the officer, and clapping their
hands on his mouth. &. throw him overboard.
In the mean time, others were to go down,
as if for the purpose ofcalling the Captain
and first Lieutenant, and stab them in their
sleep. The quarter-deck guns, loaded with
grape, were then to be pointed down the
batches, and those who had not joined,‘ shot
down or brought to terms. They weretben
to cruise off New York for packet ships.
supply themselves with wives from the pass-
engers. murder the rest, and rob and sink
the prizes; that no traces tnigbt be left.’
Rliode Isla7i.d.—-The Dorr party have
bolted their objections to the Legal Constitu-
tion, and are busily registering all their for-
ces under it, with a view to carriyng the
State in April next, whereupon, they urge,
they can mould the Government to their
wishes. This is acting a sensible part, and
is in accordance with advice from Dorr
himself. Efforts are now making to com-
bine the old loco foco party and the Dorrites
uponthe same ticket, which would presenta
truly formidable front. Many of the Van
Buren leaders of I836----40, however. ap-
pear as yet to decline any combination which
would seem to imply a sanction of Dorrism.
The Registry closes on the 30th inst. (Fri-
day) and it is already certain that a heavy
vote will be cast next April.
ter.
(Cameos PROMISSORY No'i'r:.-'I'be follow
ingludicrous circuinstauce lately happened at
Kilkenny.Ireland: ‘ F‘
A tailor who was r'na'i"ried'to a very sickly
woman, grew ‘enamored of a young girl
who lived in the neighborhood, and, on (cer-
t_ain,conditions, he agreed to give heria prom-
ise in writing, to marry her immediately on
the demise of" his rib, in consequence of
which Mr. Snipp passed her the following
note of hand: ‘In two days afteriheid.-riiise
of my present wife, Ipromise to marry Marv
Moran, or order, value received under the
penalty of fifty pounds sterling. Given an-
der my hand this sixtecriih day of May. ctc.
Jeremiah Sullivan.’ Shortly after Mary
received the abox-e.note. she died, leaving it
endorsed to a female friend, who also chan-
ced to take a fever and die before the tailor"s
wife; however on her death bed she also: in-
dorsed the note, and gave it to a cousin,
wboni heabsolutely niarrierl, agreeable to
endorsement, in two days after the drain of
his wife; and it is said that the tailor and
his wife are now living happily in the city
of Kilkenny.
(T
The Nero York City Tract .SocicIy.-—Tbe fol-
lowing statement ofthe labors of the missiona-
ries for the past year,is from a communication
in the American:
The Missionari s have made to the Board
of Managers monthly statements ofthe result
of their labors, as far as they had -come to
their knowledge. and been investigated by
them: 13 Missionaries, aided from visiteis of
every Evangelical Communion, \\ hose av-
erage number has been l0l4, distrilutul
684,599 tracts, containing 3,209,0l2 pages
of important truth relating to the §:i|i'atiiin
that is inCbrist Jesus; supplied (It‘Stilt1lt3[it'l’-
sons aiid familii-s with 979 Bibles, and 788
Testaments. (provided by the New York Bi
ble Socirty.) lr-nt 5443 volumes from the
\Va rd librarie-s;_gatbercd 2090 children into
Sabbath and 486 into Public Schools; induced
209 persons to unite with Bible classes, and
I257 to attend church; obtained I I81 Tem-
perance Pledges; and held l375 dirtrict
Prayer Meetings; 25 backslidcrs have been
restored to the enjoyment of, Cliristain Fel-
lowship; 311 persons have been hopefully
converted, and 228 converts have united
with Evangelical Churches; accomplished
by the blessing of God, at an expenditure of
less than $12000 per annum. This is rath-
er less than the average results for the last
seven years.
A Lur/ci/ Alirluccr ——-A New York cor-
rr-spi:-ndent of the National Int:-lligcnca-r
states that ‘a youiig lady (‘ifl‘t‘in1ll’l{:‘ll)lt.’l’)e:IlJ-
ty having been for some time barred and
bolted from her lover. (:1 gay bachelor resid-
ing at one oftlie hotels of the city.) found
means to get out o! motbr-i"s house, in Car.
roll Place, very early on ‘Wednesday morti-
ing, and st:-pp:-rl into a carri:2ge in, waiting.
The iiiotlir-r il\\ill\'|'flf‘(l from her sleep by the
surldcu start of w heels fi'0m her door, sus-
pc-r-tcd the truth, ran into the street in her
night (‘lf)lll(‘S, rind in itli bare fe--t, r_r:ivecli.'is.-
to [lie-:t.'.it‘i‘i.'i<__{e, -xliii-it slw on-i'ti>r'lr‘ zit t?~i-
corner of l'3i‘o:'i-:li=.-ay an-_l Zlcckvr striwt ——
'I‘\\'0 Of llll‘9t‘ gvtllletlii-ti flu-.\' ti,‘-. lit-1” iilil and
stopped the horses, and after ‘ii fight, in
which the. windows were brokgin and S0.'tit‘-
skirmishiur_r done with canes. the niamnia
was helped into the carriage, and the cul-
prits taken home with her. The lover had
brought the matter to a crisis however, and
by strenuous geiieralsliip and eloquence be
carried his point. .?('clergyman was sent
for and the fll)(Ji)(‘Pl‘ brcaklasted in Carroll
Place as one of the fa mil_\'.'
The loco foco papers coinplziiii iliat thr-
Whigs liave not fulfilled their promises and
restored the afi:-iirs of the ‘Got’?-l‘t'l,fI;iF.'_.fI'.fl’ and
the prosperity ofthe p.-opln, as tl'Jé_v stood
before Gen. Jackson C0,!‘._im(’l'i(‘tc‘d tinkering
the currrnc_v. They assert that the Whigs
have been in po-.vernearl_vtu-o years. This
is a bit of a loco foco l_YtlSI.'il\'P. The Whigs
were not in power but.one month, and dur-
ing that time Co.-;_-r.-.-‘s was not in session
--the 8CCl(l(’l'll:tl occupant of flu! Execiilkve
chair since that time has been a mere cat’s
paw for the loco focos. But, suppose it was
as they claim; the Whigs must work hard
indeed, to build up in two vcnrs all that the
loco focos tvete able to pull down in twelve.
Among the liabilities of Redwood F'sh-
cr, as set forth by him oifapplying for the
benefit ofthe bnnlrrupt act. the following
strikes us as ‘peculiarly rich’ and worthy of
note :—
80. Mordecai M. Noah. editor, of the
citv of New York, on a promissory note
driwn by me, payable to him or order. da-
ted 10th of July I842, payable six ‘months
after date, on account of subscription by me
to the ‘Union’ newspaper, $150.00.
PValc}i.es made by Mac/iiner_i/.—-A- watch
maker in London, after devoting twenty
years of his life to inventions, is now enabled
by a variety of mar-hioes to construct an in-
credible number of watches in a day! By
one machine 300 perfect plates can be pro-
duced in on'e day; and by five machines. al-
so centre, third and fourth wheels crossed.
polished and cut, with balances for three
hundred movements. By another, 300 pin-
ious are cut and rounded; another drills the
holes, the tapping. screw holes &.c., planting
the dr'ptl'lS and escapemcnts. Four other
machines, will make pivots for sixty move.
ments in a day. Twenty other machines,
for every description ofwork connected with
watch making, make up the set. The best
chronemeter makers in London have de-
clared that every. part produced by them is
far superior to any thing that has been, or
can be produced by other means at the pres-
ent day.
Cheap Living.-ln the provision market
of Columbus, Ohio, last week, the finest
turkeys were selling at 25 cents each ; geese
at I8 cents; ducks at sixteen cents the pair;
and chickens at 75 cents the dozen—six-
pence a piece! Beef at 2 cents per pound.
and other catiblcs in proportion. A chea
place to live in that Columbus must be.
P
The Legislature of Indiana, is now exact-
United States Senator will be held this win-
&..../
ly tied. politically on joint ballot, and the 1
opinion gathers strength that no election of i° W5‘ “hm” 3200“ '
.- ~.‘v’.e€'
I The Barn! Bibles.—'I‘h‘e 'allcged‘ioiitr’a"'r‘g‘t’9._
at Cbazy, Clinton county, ' N Y.—the
burning of "two or three hundred Protestant
bibles” by the Catholics ofthat place— is the
‘-1
Rochester Democfrat .of the 14th, over the
signature of the Rev. Bernard~O’Ri-illy, the._:
pasior of S__t,_ Patrick's Church. He discredits
thesstory in '_toto,- ,aii_d_giv,cs;,good reasons _for 2
regarding it as a'_l__if,urril3";t1_,¢:_"{_,_gi_it up with sinis-
ter,_dcsigns' ag,ains",t‘th,ci ’Caiho‘lics-and ’thcir_
religion. ‘ _, , . . - .. ~ -' 0,
Since clipping ilié_a_bo've, we have:_s‘ec'n the?
proceedifigs of q‘_‘iptIl)"li'(‘i meeting in the Tlicitiity
of ihp co_qflagiiii'iion', conden_in_ing in setfere terms
the 'inipious"aiid ’~I'l8'i€l__\'€tl ‘rlaiiiig (proceeding.
There is very liiiiemruoni, lefl_-;f‘t')I‘-,d,0til)l.
OPENING 'rni-: lV\iIr\"[i_l’_lP)-1.-‘A recent Burks
county, P:-1.. Intclligencer iiiakcs‘“ilie following
very inieresii g and useful statement: I
‘On \Vednr-sday last Mr. James Kerr an
elderly gentleman,~ while dining at Mr.
'l‘uclier’s in our lorougb was rhol.-ed by ,1
piece of her f lodging in his windpipp, ' his
breathing was almost instantly ari't'§ted, and
in the course oftin or twelve minutr-s the
functions oflife were rntirely suspended. At”
this critical juncture Dr. W'illiam S Hrndric
and ('l.arlis Furgerson arrived when the
former iiiiriiediatr-ly opened the trachet, & l.-v
inflating the lungs rrpeatcdly, in -the-course
of three or four minutes respiration -was es.
tablished, when the obstruction was rapidly
pushed tip and dislodged from the throat of
the patient. We learn that the wound is
healing, and that the individual has sufferrd
no inconvenience \\llt1lt3Vt’|' fi'oin the opera-
tion.’ - « ' ‘ ' ‘
From Te-i:as.—'I‘be Gaivcston dates to
the 8th inst. have been’ rt-cc-ivi-‘d at New
Orleans. Tlierr- is little news, however.-—
Congri ss was in session at VVashiiigt'0n.—~
g(‘IIt'Y'cil (lissatisfactiori. Of the Mexican
relations it gives no good account 2 its toms
is ri-gnrdvd as opposed to any active hostili-
lltS against Mexico. It says little con-
cerning the Navy, and I'€'pl't‘St.'l)lS the goiter-
al condition of the. country as deplorable-—
its resources Cflppltfi, its circulation valulcss
and its credit extinguished. Reports from
the Army are contradictory: some saying
iliat 850 men, completely organized, are on
their way to the RlO_ Grandc; and others
that the troops are fast descrting. The lat-
ter is propably true. The Indians have ii-
cpiXl_v stoli-nSs- vcralluhoise,-s fiom_tl(ijc vicinity
o ustin. mugging is corn» on to it
great t'Xtt‘nl..ll't‘ the port of Galveston.
The ‘La,-=1 Card’ of Van Burr-nism is an
effort to induce Gr-ri. Jackson to fll.I('ft(I and
preside over the proposed Loco Foco Nation-
al Convention, which is to nominate Mr.
V. B for next President, and whistle down
Messrs. Calhoun. Cass, Johnson, Buchanan,
&.c. This is a good thought; buttheadva..:~
ed age and extreme dt-bility of Goo. J. will
probably dz feat its execution. The old
G:-in-ral nould hardly live through the fix.
it«_:m- mild excitement of carrying out this
plan, especially ifthe ("oin-'e-iition was held
inor nu-or \\«‘tl')l5'l'.-—‘7'I‘7:f)‘ll7l€.
Isle of Pz'm».--—'I‘he 1\'a\'_v Dvpartmcnt
it is said, iinriu.-diair-ly on rccvipt of the Com-
manrler 2\“lcK-nzir.-’s (It‘SpalCl'lt:.‘u (>)(It’l".‘d a
vessel of war to proceed with all dispatch
from Norfolk to this island—whic.li lies off
Cape Antonio, (Cuba) in lat. 2| 3|.
The Island has but few houses on it
which are concealed in biislies—is of con:
sidcrable extent, and has good wells of water.
A me ricrm.
The Right Rev. John Dobois. Roman
Catholic Bishop of this diocese, died at his
resizlericc yestrrday. He had breii for
SOlX)i”llfll€‘ quite fa-eble. Bishop Hughes,
we take it, Sl)(‘Ct‘Ct'lS to the office-, the dutii-s
of wliicb, he has for some years performed
as coadjutor.——Jour of Com.
T/ie Fire in I/ic (.'11pola.——Tbc Special
Cniuuiitt»:-c in the N. Y. Board of Assistant
'2_\lrlr-rman, to whom the subject was com-
mitted, reporir-rl that the fire in the Cupola
of tbe""C-ity Prison on the day when Colt was
to he executed, was arcirlental. ,
The Hudson river is still open to Pough-
ke cpsie, from which point there are lines of
stages to Aliany: The sleigbing is said to
be excellent. Psissengors who leave here
at 5 o'clock. P. M. arrive at Albany before
noon the next day. Fare 955. .
N Y. Jour. of Com.
S]7ccic.—Spcncet' was right in his calcula-
tion that the bomeward bound packctsfrom
Liverpool would have specie on board about
these days. The packet next due will bring
about half a million of dollars.
Jour. of Com.
Abandonment of a Town.——The Natchi-
toches Reporter, says.’ that the town will, in
all probability soon be abandoned; a new
channel has been formed in the river which
threatens to leave the town high and dry.
Slioc/ring Casualty/,—The Hartford Cour-
ant says that the house of Deacon» Holmes
at VVL-st Cornwall, was consumed by fire on
the night of the 5th inst. and his wife and 3
daughters of the ages of nine, six "and three
respectively, were consumed in the flames.
No other particulars were given.
U. S. Senator from Nov I/i Carolina.-
William H. Haywood. was on Tuesday of
last week elected United "States Senator
from North Caaolina, in place of William
Gorham, whose term expires on the 4th _of
March next. ‘
Tu-rn out at Lowell.-—-The girls attached
to the factories at Lowell have resented the
attempt to reduce their wages 20 per ‘cent.
by leaving in large numbers. On Tuesday
last, fifty of them quit work. and one‘ bun-
dred and fifty are under promise to follow
their example, ifthe reduction is persisted"
in '
The Boston Post says that the Millerites
talk oferecting somewhere near the centre
of that city, a large and cheap building, in
which to hold their meetings till the destruc-
tion ofthc world. It is to be large enough
o contain four or five thousand persons. and
‘If we can’t hear it aim for want of cars’
as the jackass said to the corn field.
subject of a ltiiig communication in the»,-:_..
Tliie 1\l« ssar__u- of Prisi-Jcnt Houston ‘gave ‘
Norwalk Chronicler