CONGERSSIONAL.
Mono-.n*, Feb.20t
In Senate to day-, most of the morning was
occupied in the discussion of Mr. Mac
D)iffie’s resolution in relation to the as-
sumption of State Debts, which he called up
to which various amend:ments~were offered.
The whole was again, after‘. a. lengthy dis-
cussion. laid‘ on. the table-
'Fhe army a-p-propniiition I5l.lzl- was taken up
and the amendments ofthe House were con-
curred in.
An attempt was made to postpone other
business in order to take upthe bankrupt
law but failed, ayes 20-, nays 22.
The bill providing for the remission of
General Jackson's fine was then taken up,
and was discussed at length. It was finally
modified so as to express no censure of the
Tudge who imposed the fine. and ordered to
be engrossed for a third reading.
In the House, on motion of Mr. Hastings.
the bill to continue in operation for five
years, the act making provision for revolu-
tionary pensions, was taken by general con-
sent, and passed.
Mr. Adams then asked if it would be in
order for him to move a suspension of the
rules. for the purpose of presenting a petition
from 5l,806 citizens of the commonwealth
of Massachusetts. praying that they may be
dissolved from all connection with slavery.
The Speakersaid not at this time.
Mr.Adams (amid lotid cries oforder)hoped
he should have an early opportunity of pre-
senting the petition, for he did not wish it to
remain upon his desk.
In committee ofthe whole, Mr. Fillmore
moved to take up the bill authorising the re-
issue of Treasury notes, and for other ptir-
poses. The bill was read.
Emcheqiter Plo.n.——-Mr. Barnard rose to
move, as an amendment, his exchequer plan
authorising the issue of -$15,000,000 by the
agency of State banks--the bills of these
banks so issued to receive the Government
Stamp, and be receivable for all public dues.
The amendment failed, ayes 34. nays 105.
The bill to authorise the residue of the
Treasury notes was then passed ll I to 51.
TUESDAY, Feb. 21.
In Senate, to day alter the reception of
several reports from Standing Committees,
memorials. etc. the bill for the relief of Gen.
Jackson was taken up on its final passage
and passed, yeas 28, nays 20.
Mr. Young moved to take up the bill to
repeal the Bankrupt act, refused, ye-as 24,
navs 23.
The Navy Appropriation bill- from the
House was taken up, and after the adoption
of some amendments without definite action,
the Senate adjourned.
In the House, the motion to print ten
thousand extra copies ofthe adverse reports
from the committee of Ways and Means to
the $200,000,000 stock project, came up.
Mr. Thompson of Mi. devoted his hourto
a deftin-se of Mississippi against the charges
of repudiation against her, in reply to.Mcssrs
Granger, Adams, and others.
The'House resolved itself into a Commit‘-
tee of the Whole on the Union, and took up
the bill making an appropriation to test the
practicability of Professor Morse-’s system of
electro magnetic telegraphs.
Mr. Cave Johnson moved that bal‘fthe a.
mount of the bill to he placed in the hands
of Mr. Fisk, (a gentleman now magnetising
in this city.) for the purpose of experiuieni- -
ing in Mesmerism !
The amendment was rejected, and the bill
was passed over informally. ' ‘
On motion of Mr. Adams, the committee
took up the bill reported by him from the
committee on foreign affairs, appropriating
forty thousand dollars, to be placed at the dis-
posalofthe President ofthe United States,
to provide for future commercial intercourse
between the United States and the Chinese
empire, on terms ofnational reciprocity be-
tween the United States and foreign nations.
Mr. Adams moved to strike out the restric-
tions in the bill,
The Committee rose, and a resolution was
adopted to terminate debate in halfan hour.
The House again went into committee;
and Messrs. Everett. Adams, Holmes, and
McKeon, occupied the half hour‘.
Debate then ceased, and the committee
proceeded to vote. The amendment of Mr.
Adams was agreed to. A
The committee rose; and, after the pass-
age ofthe bill—-yeas 96, nays 59—the House
adjourned. '
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22.
In Senate to day, after a few reports from
standing committees, and the presentation of
several memorials, the resolution of Mr.
Walker declaring the assumption of the
debts of the States a palpable violation ofthe
Coast-itutiou, ._&.c. came up.
After a few remarks by ‘Messrs. Barrow,
Aciker and Mecrick, .
Mr. Tallinadge moved to ‘lay the resolu-
tion on the table; carried, yeas 25. nays 18.
The Navyappropriation bill was taken up
and after being amended was ordered to a
third reading. «
On motion of Mr. Bowen the bill to repeal
the bankrupt law was placed on the orders
as the first business after the expiration of
the morning hour to m.ov.r.ow.
Mr. Bayard expressed a desire to have a
vote taken on the resolutions, heretofore sub
mitted by him to expunge the expunging reso.
lotions. The Senator ‘from Missouri (Mr,
Benton) had submitted amendments; and
with his acquiescence he would be glad to
fix a time for taking the question without
debate.
Mr. Benton was ready to vote at any time
—-.—say after the bill to repeal the bankrupt
law should have been disposed of.
The Senate adjou cued.
Mr, -C, J. Ingersoli submitted a resolution,
which was adopted, ‘requesting-the President
of the United States to communicate to this
House, if not, in his opinion ‘ improper,
whatever correspondence or comrnunica-tion
may have been received from the British
Government respecting the President's con-.
struction ofthe late British treaty concluded
at.VVashington, as it concerns an alledged
right to visit American vessels.
This resolution was introduced inconse-
uenceof the late speech ofSir Robert Peel
i i , cation to the subject.)
In the course of the day under the man-
agement and spur of the able and efficient
chairman of the committee of ways and
means, bills pr._ov.iding——for the payment of
Navy Pensions; for fulfiling treaty stipula-
',l'lJ0flS with-certain» llndian tribes; and for
fortifications, were considered in committee
of the whole on the union, reported to the
House. and finally passed.
The bill from the Senate to indemnify
General Jackson was referred: to-t-he commit-
tee ofthe House on the State of the Union.
The bill appropriating further improve.
ment of harbors and rivers, for the continu-
ation of the Cumberland road, &,c., (its
whole amount being about a million and a
half of d'ollars—-of which $l40,000 goes to
the improvement of the Hudson above and
below Albany.) was conceded in committee.
The House adjourned.
THURSDAY Feb. 23.
In Senate to day. Mr. Huntington from
the committee on Commerce, reported ad-
versly to action on the Warehouse bill at
the present Session.
Mr..King submitted a minority report,
discussing the subject as a commercial ques-
tion merely. ,
The reports were finally ordered to be
printed.
The Navy Appropriation bill again came
up, and was passed; and. after the transaction
of business of little public importance, the
Senate went into Executive session.
In the House, Mr. Cashing desired to
read an extract from 3 letter written by our
Minister‘ to England to the Sscretary ofSiate
correcting an important error in the late
speech of Sir R. Peel. Objections were made
and a motion of Mr. Briggs to suspend the
rules for this purpose was rejected, Yeas
99, nays 55 (not two thirds.)
Bills were passed, amend-atory of the act
of I838, providing for the better security of
the lives ofsteamboat passengers; and appro-
Professor Morse’s electro magnetic system
of tel-graphs,
Mr. Wm. C. Johnson, from the Select
committee on the subject, reported a bill to
establish a National Foundry for the fabri-
cation of caution for the United States. Mr.
J. made an unsuccessful attempt to. make it
the special order for Tuesday.
On motion to print l0.000 extra copies of
the reports on the subject of an issue of two
hundred millions of government stock, Mr.
Pope addressed the House, in advocacy of
his plan, to revive public credit, furnish a
good currency and regulate exchanges, by
the issue of it sixty million 4 per cent. stock
based on the proceeds of the public lands to
constitute the capital of a Bank-—fiftcen or
twenty millions to be divided among the
States, which are to appoint the directors,
and give their assent to the establishment of
britnchestviiliin their limits, 3.-.c.
~The subject was laid over at the expira-
tion of the morning hour.
The consideration of the bi-ll for the im-
provement of harbors, rivers, doc. was resum-
.ed in committee of the Whole on the Union,
and laid on the table :, a rnot-ion to reconsider
was lost, and the House adjourned.
Fiuninr. Feb, 24.
In the Senate, after a large number of pri-
vate bills he -been disposed of, Mr. Br-rrien
addressed the Senate in a. very able speech
upon the bankrupt la vv. He urged the adop
tion of the substitute reported by the Judi-
ciztry comniittee for the repeal bill received
from the House.
Mr. VValker introduced an amendment to
embrace banks in the provisions of the bill.
It was finally determined that the subject
should again come up on Saturday. Several
executive comtnunications were received,and
among them one giving statements relating
to commerce and navigation. The commit.-
tee ofCouference on the subject of cadets
then reported that the Senate insist upon
their amendments; so that the provision
for the appointment of ten cadets at large i.-
to be carried,
In the House, the naval appropriation bill
from the Senate was then, after some amend-
ments, referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The bill suspending the operation of the
second section of the apportionment act was
then taken up, and after brief debate was
ordered to a third reading. On taking the
question, howet'_er, the bill was rejected by a
vote of 00 to 9!. A motion to reconsider
then failed 93 to I00.
The bill regulating the taking testimony
in contested elections, then came up. Mr_,
Saunders moved to lay it on-the table. Lost.
Mr. Halsted moved an amendment, provid-
ing that the law should not extend to the
election for the 28th Congress in any state
electing by general ticket, when the legisla-
ture should not have been in session since
the passage of the apportionment act, and
should not be in session before the time now
prescribed for the holding of the election.-
'I‘he amendment was agreed to, and the bill
finally passed by a vote of 105 to 82.
The general appropriation bill was then
taken up. Mr. G. Davis moved an amend-
ment for the payment of the claims of Thos.
Allen, for printing the compendiutn of the
census, atnounting to $15,846, and Blair
&. Rives for printing the same document, of
38,924. The motion prevailed. Mr. Mer-
riwother moved to strike out the appropria-
of L508 for cotnpensation of the Secretary
to sign patents, After a dissu-ltorv discussion
the amendment was rejected by it vote 0-‘ 41
to 8}‘, and the House adjourned,
S.-\-TURDAY, Feb. 25.
The -Bankrupt Law is repr-alcd, so far as
the action of Congress is conc.erned--the
Senate having to day passed the bill from
‘the House for the repeal, e.xcept.iug howev.
er, cases wbereapplication has been made
prior to the passage ofthe bill,
The substituted amendment of the Judic,ia,-
ry committee, to repealfonly the volu,titart-'
provisions ofthe act, making the discliarge
depend upon the assent of a majority of the
creditors, etc. was rejected--yeas :6 nays 30,
The bill as it came from the House being
now before them, am.endments were offered
as follows :
By Mr. _'I3"mon, to make-the appeal abso-
lute : re-jected alter debate,
By Mr. Berrien, to a-llotv the selection of
assignevs by the creditors; .rt--jected—.-.-yi as 14
printing $30,000 to test the practibility of
ain’s favors.’ _
134, nays 3'4’.
No am-endments h
question was taken on
from the House, (‘repea _
viding for the prosecution to completi *
cases where applications are pcnClm.‘!,) 13”“
carried——32 yeas. to 13 nays, as follows.
Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Archer. Bziglty. Bit?‘
.-ard,Buchanan. Calhoun, Crafiis. C""e'“,l°”'
Cutlther-i. Dayton. Fulton. Graham. HU"l'"g'
ton, Ring, Linn. Mcl)ut’fie. McRoherls.‘Me“l",l‘
Morehead, Phelps, Rives, Sevier. -‘_.'9l’_”‘,i9“°«i
Sturgeon. Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, William,‘
Woodbury. \Vrigbt and Young-—32- _
Nags—Messrs. Barrow. Bates. B€"”9"-
Choate, Clayton, Evans, Kerr. Miller. I’0r|9|’t
aving been adopted» ill"
the bill= as it came
ling the iaw. bl1lPf°‘t
on of
bridge-13.
Thus the bill finally passed, a
a law.
The Senate adjourned.
tiry to pay certain claims awarded by the
1835 and 1836; provided such sums shall
dollars. _ _ . _
The civil and diplomatic appropriation
Mr. C, J. Ingersoll repeated hisamendmen
of last session», to reduce the appropriation
one hundred thousand dollars—adopted af‘.
ter brief discussion. ;
After some discussion; on the subject oj
appropriating $l00,000 “for continuing the
coast surveys, without acting, the [-]o,,;sc adj;
THE ARKANSAS F\.ooD_
The recent flood in the Redigi,-or in Ar:
accounts of its ravages have been I\cejved_
The Arkansas Telegraph of the 3d. it [ices
in a general manner the wide extent of ‘-.lhe
ru_in caused. VVe copy from it the followiw
painful paragraphs: ti.
pears that Joriesborough, Rowland and Be?»
lin, in Texas, have been wholly inuntltted,
some of the houses washed away, and miny
of the inhabitants drowned. The letter r-
tlier states, that some few negroes escak
from Jonesborough on a raft, and who pa
ing the residence of Colonel James I‘5Ioh
ston, they saw him, with his family, on tlr
house top, but could render them no assis
ance; and soon after passing they heard j
crash and one wild _scream,arid all was r
lent again except the roar of the rushiilp
torrent. .
Amid the general distress, Captain Crool
of the steamboat Hunter, proceeded to Mi
creek, and tendered the suffei'ers every pot
sible succor in his power, going from plad_
to place picking up the survivors from tli
tops of houses and trees; thus rescuing froi
a watery grave seventy fire or a hundril
persons. Some were necessarily left to pri-
ish in the cane and timber, as there was rn
possible way of reaching them—their crir-ft
-0?-£3
~ often being heard above the noise of the ele-
ment, Six families of Indians, 14 miles_1bis,
side of Jouesborr.-ugh, aierepnrtetl lust, ‘and
IC-ol. Iblilan. of ICentuclr_y, with a lad‘; his
niece,an'I_n Mi‘, McKinney, perished.
It is thought that over a hundred lives
have been lost between Fulton and Jopesbor-
ough --how many we as yet cannot with cer-
tainty predicate, as otir sources of information
will not alwaysjustify an implicit beliel.——
Owing to the great number of settlers on the
bottoms of of Red River, the loss ofproperty
and human life mtist be immense; yet we
would fain believe not so great as generally
reported, for we hope that the accounts giv-
en us have been exaggerated.
The river is still rising, but very slowly.’
Another land slide oc.-curred at Troy on
Wednesday afternoon, immediately south of
the scene of the former caitaslropltti, The
were in the path of the. avelanche. no lives
were lost.
carried away. The amount of earth which
previous slide. The Budget says that still
bids fair to fall be-fore long.
seats a singular appearance.
holes, two or three feet in diameter reaching
far into the hill, through which two power-
ful streams of water issued for some hours,
Mr. Dickens has written a letter to the
editor of the London Times, to correct some
misrepresentations by the writer of an arti-
cle in the Edinburgh Review on his Ameri-
can Notes, -t-he chief point being th-is—‘lle
asserts ‘that if he -befrightly informed, -I wtnt
to America nsa sort of missionary in the
cause of international copy-right.’-’ I deny
it wholly. He is wrongly info-rmed,-; and it-
ports, without inquiry, a piece of in-formi,-
tion which I could only characterize by us-
ing one of the shortest and strongest wojds
in the language. Upon my honor, the fas-
sertion is destitute of any particle, aspect,-‘or
coloring oftruth.’ = _
Don't be so excruciating Mr. Dicktns.
Suppose you only come out on your, o~vn
hook, the object was answered just as will.
And pray who cares whether you did for
not I-Iemld. - f
The New Haven Palladium, after notic-
ing the vote for a candidate for -Congress, in
the loco loco con.ve.nti(in for New Loitdon
and Windham counties, reniarks——"-What
will our friend Joel W. White, say to -this .7
in his own eloquent language he will f.IfJllbl.'
less declare that it is making ‘m..eat of)‘ no
:ll'l(I_fl_e.S'/L ofanother,’ He it appears, I'€J§IV,-
ed but six votes in the conven-tio,n,,tlioii_«_f '
it
is well understood that in his letters to Capt-
ain Tyler, in which he. recommended rt-
ain of h_is friends to the Captain's pat on-
age, he sig_ni-tied his intention of repres'eut-
mg thc__.counties of-tWindhain and Ne\r'L0n-
don in the ne._xt .Congress, and should Ethere-
fore, -be in the way of reciprocating the'Capt-
nays 35.
By Mr. Conrad. fixing the 4th of April
repeal :, rt-~jectctl—yeas l3, nays 32.
_ _ Strange that the loco loco who o,rig,inate,d
next for the time of the taking effect of the such an excellent law should not cl.it'm the
honor. ‘
Also, to postpone the subject until the first. imrnortalize liiiii.—-Hartforcl Courauz,
\Vh-'1 introduced the disfrancliising act?.'
If he “ill {live us his name we will
Monday in December next : t.ejeCl€d'Ye“5-I
Smith of Indiana, Talmadge, White and Wood-
nd atvaits
only the siguatu re ofthe President to become
In the House. a joint resolution was adop--
ted, authorizing the Secretary of the Treas-.
commissioners under the Cherokee treaty of
not exceed in amount one hundred thousand’
bill was then again taken up in Coininitteejj
l.
fo:"defra_yi'nr_r the expenses of the .Iutlicia'r‘yf
kansas seems to have been tcrribby desmjctj
'- ‘ - \. .
we, both of life and property, thou_,h no fulljmat he canrpt get the amcj,, (0,. less
I
‘Front a letter politely furnished us, it ap- -
The wood shed of a house was ers convicted during the same term.
he a longtime before the two first named
descended “'33 "01 mU€'-ll l€‘SS1l1«"mlllfll Oflllelwill be able to return to enjoy the freedom
Mrs.
another portion ofthe hill, north ofthe other Shepperd will find at Sing Sing prison hor
Tlle hill p!‘0- husband, her lathcr~in.l:iw, and l)f0lllt‘_l“ in_-
In its face law; and her mother-in-law is now in the-
about 40 feet from the. summit, aretwo large’City pfison for ma]. for the gauge offence,
we int} like foiluvring in the Southern Ross-1
we °°l’Iit’for the beauty ofithe fancy. it so well
tfevelojygf-4 ' -
Ralp.i§:iWaldo Emerson is like unto a
mfm. \\'lo, saith unto all the children and dear
Ihldtlle iged people of his neighborhood——O
;C°m8. l us go yonder and dance a beautiftil
dance‘-72/he foot of the rainbow.—There will
be tasures beneath our feet, and drops of
all caors ‘over otir beads; and we shall be
in I Every presence of the mysteries of na-
ture,’ And we and the rainbow shall be one
the drops shall be beauty-—and the
tlrpis shall be. usefulness—au_d the drops
still be righteousness and purity of heart——
aitlmortality and immortality shall be iden-
pta-and sin and i}_.0lln_.(’.SS-fll‘l(I labor and
t-‘r“5‘§__—Vulga.‘ity and gentility—-study and
'7 eiess—soliiqrlc and society—-—black and
whi.-, sha_ll’all become one great cummin-
glethoiiiogeneous and heterogeneous spot of
puftglorificaiion forever.
,,"I.ien,all the children, and dear middle
atfa people exclaimed beautiful I beautiful!
,'I,(el.t,1s go yonder an] dance beneath the
raiuow. And they all go forth with Ein-
ers-.'i_ at their head, and Carlyle in advance
“ofl'..,l_n~-and Ritcher, Spinosa several rods
in tiivance of Carlyle—and they seek the
jfootjf the rainbow; but it receds as they
'prceeil. At length, wt-aried and shatteretl,
t rtiiall return to the humble village, and
grateful for the dark,colorlt-.ssdrops.
,1 gicame down to refresh their heads, and
t__ permit both rainbow and drops to carry
reii‘ thoughts to the Mysterious I,3_‘.’ll1g
\\)llJ'lGl'eZJiE(I the whole, together with them-
mflvii-s—_—and.‘so contiriiieto walk piously and
»,pi;;t’.-tltically to their graves,
l
Diam0nds.——-Theoppression
tofu‘-higgeryiin imposing a dpty of seventy
five per ct-rt on the poor man s molasses, so
than
20 cents a jhllon, and all for the benefit of
a," ought to
l Molasses tftfl
.
E ,.
"the "distort/pliiiiters of Louisian
be keptlzelorc the people, since it has been
so eloquently laid before them in the loco
foco Stitie Address—-and equally prominent
ouo-h;,o be kept the fact that the rich man's
O ,3 .
diamonds, only pay a nine per cent duly!
Wpft ahomin ible p‘tl‘tl illly for the rich over
ihelpoor, the poor dear people ! and wliat
pyitection to the maniifacinrers of American
diamont-ls! What, only a nine per cent duty,
the diamond business will be. ruined in this
country l——N. H. Pallacliuin.
fire at East Hrtrlforcl.-—About l 1 o’clock
Mont!-av evening, the. horn of Mr. Joseph P.
Jines. in the rear of Pitkin’s Tavern, East
iliartford, was discovered to be on fire, and
this flames soon spread to the tavern and ad-
jriining store, which were destroyed with
nearly all their contents. The tavern and
store were owned by Mr. Daniel Pillrlnmnd
occupied by Messrs. Kibbe & Porter, They
were insured for $l800, and there was also
an insurance of-“.3500 on the goods in the
store. The barn of Mr. Jopt-s was i_ns,urt-d
for S-i.l,00. We learn that the progress of
the ffaines was so rapid that the occupants of
the dwelling had bearlytime to escape with
their clothes.—Coi:/mitt.
‘he vene_r—a—h-le Peter Al]gilS‘.US Jay, Esq
,’, of the late John Jay, and for in-.in_y
learned lawyers at the Now York
bunt‘, died in that city on lilonday, the 20th
ult,, of inflamation on the lungs. His t.lt"tll.ll
was announced in the various city courts on
journed as a mark of respect to the memory
ofthe deceased.
city to Sing Sing, having in cttstotly Williauj
He also took to the State Prison Mrs. Hono-
moveinent was very slow, and as no persons-,ra Sbepperd, sentenced 8 years and _3 months
'they have forfeited by their crimes.
viz, passing counterfeit money.
‘N. Y. Tribiuie.
Court in Vifindham county, decided that an
attachment ofproperty under the att'tchment
of-the Bankrupt Act, creates a lien on the
property attached within the meaning of the
second section of the Bankrupt act, and lII'tI
therefore, such lien is not imp:iircd or inva|.-
idated by the defendont in the suit liaving
subsequently obtained a discliarge tinder said
act. This decision is opposed to the opinion
of Judge Story in the case ex-pzirte Foster,
reported in the Law Reporter, but it is un_-
derstood to be in accordance witli the opinion
of Judge Thompson.
Mortgagcrl Properlg,.——'I‘hc N. Y, A-
merican says that the amount of mortgagved
property in that city,was in the coiirse ofthe
discussion on the tax law, Tuesday evening.
of all the real property in the city!
John Jones always Victorious.-—During
the succession of locofoco triumphs, by
Whig default, last year, the Madisonian was
in €‘.Csi:1CltS, and claimed them all as Tyler
victories. Now, however, since the tide is
turning, the cditor..thr._.ows into the teeth of
the Globe. Benton and Van -Buren, the late
their ruthless assaults upon the President.-
‘The true republicans,’ says the ofliicial organ
became to much disgusted with the HlP.Il(I:t(‘.I'=
ty, violence and brutality of the Globe and
Mr. Benton, hence we have the spectacle of
a Democratic defeat in a democratic .State,
on the very threshold of I843-l So, which-
the court .fool:’—Nas/1.. Banner.
The population of Long Island is greater
now than that ofcither oftheStates of Rhode
Island, Delaware or Arkansas.
own as one of the most‘distinguis~h-
bar, as we learn from the New York 'l‘ri-
Tuesday morning, and they all at once ad-
Ding_ler Cmzsigncd to the Slate Pi-is0.n,.—
On Saturday morning Deputy _Sheriff A. M,
C. Smith. proceeded from the jail in this
Dingler, convicted of a rape on Ann Murpliy
at the Broadway cottage, and sentenced for
I4 years and 9 months to the State Prison.
)for counterfeiting; and several other prison-
ilt will
Im.ymrla7it Decision ——--We iinderstand that
Judge Storrs, at the late term of the Superior
latv ofthis_Sti;.te, made prior to the passage
estimated by Alderman Lee, at two t/Lira’-s
Georgia defeat. and declarcsit the result of
ever patty sttcceeds, it is victory-to the gen..-
‘ tleinan whom the Louisville Journal styles.
\Ve find the following extiartfrum the Nor,-
vvich Aur: ra in the Register of”'Fuestlay 21st.
[low amusing it is to think of Roger ‘S.
Baldwin as a ‘lover of man,’ when nothing
less than a $300 fee could induce him to es-
pouse the cause of the unfortunate. But be
is a ‘lover of man,‘ for a federal paper says
so; and points to his exertions in behalf 0
the Amistad captives for its proof. 'riiRis1~;
HUNDRED DOLLARS bought his labors in
that cause, and hence he must be put down,
s a most d-isinterestczl ‘lover of man,’
Norwic/L Aurorrt.
The meanness ofsiich assaults as these
upon Mr. Baldwin. made by the loco focus
and the liberty party men, will be more ap-
parent when it is generally known, as it has
long been to many, that Mr. Baldwin under;
took the defence of those poor helpliss ne-
Qroesivhori it was unccrt:iin whether he would
be paid any thing for his services; and he
never asked any thing. The Committee
raised in their behalf, ,tI=‘l.\.'e him just such
su-rt as they saw fit. \’Ve know not how
much that sum was, but ifno more than 300
it must have be-.e.n a very small compensation
(‘gr iht-, ii 129 he devoted to the case, to say
nothing of the expense of travel,&c. to which
he was subjected on account ofit, But be
the arnount large or small, Mr. Baldwin de-
fended his poor clients as ClH‘el‘lt1llytIn!l vig-
orously as though they had been the nabohs
of the land-~—and he asketl nothing for his
services. The committee gave him what
they were able to pay, and he received it;
and yet there are pr:-tcnrled per-uliar friends
of those Airiistad Africans and of all other
negroes, who, so far from giving’ Mr. Bald-
win crerlit for his labors in behalfof the op-
pressed, would make rise oftbose very servi-
ces to his injury and the injury of his friends
and thereby promote, as far as they can by
such means, the success of such a heartless
and reckless enemy ofthe oppressed as Wm.
H. I-lolabird and the party that upholds hirii!
“U shame l—-where is thy blush.”
Pallatlium.
NEW YORK, Saturday, Feb, 25.
The sales of the State Stock at the board
to day were very large, reaching $l50,000
par value. The sales of the week, at the
board apd in .the street, were not much
short of a million of dollars. The business
ofthe hoard lS supposed to have exceeded
that of any week for the last five years.——
City 5s went up at l;}; Ohio Gs lg; Ken-
tucky declined g. Asmall sale of Corpora-
tion 7s was made at l08. lVloh:.wk improv-
ed .5; Harlem i; Patterson r}.
8
The Seniors flfulingi/.——No little censure
has been bestowed on Capt. McKenzie for
not attempting to carry the principal muti'
neers into St. Thomas or some nearer port.
The following testimony elicited on Friday
by the Judge Advocate from sailing master
:\/l. C. Perry, himself a youth shows the
aspect in which this part ofthe case \\'0l1l
naturally be \'l;:\\‘_;,‘(l by the OITICEFS OI tilt’
N--y. t
GL.——‘.Vas it disctisserl at the council of
officers if the vessel should he carried to St
Thomas or arty nearer port?
A.-Yes, it ~u=a.s; rt.-mi Isrtirl 7170'l1-lI/
.._.
_.-.s_..__.::sw;v
AitiiivAL.—'I‘lie steamer Accadia arrived at
Boston on Sunday the 19th ult.
ncws brought by her is 23 days later than had_
been received. The matters of the grea!cst-
interest, are those connected with the debates
in Parliament, on the subject of the late treaty
withthis country. The press has taken up
the subject, and are hurling their analhentas at
our Secretary of State most profusely. They
seem to consider tl:emselves as outwitted, and,
the thought to irritate lliem sorely.
Parliament was OPCHECI on the 2d tilt.. and
on the first night. of the session, Sir Robeigt
Peel matlea speech in the House of Commons‘,
in which ltI.~‘§el1liIn_€nlS were given with much
freetltipp on the sab,j,cct ofthe 1i'g7:l ofscarclz or
-—a,_s‘ ttIell()V\’€(I down by |iitii—tlie right qfv isit.
He denies that this point has been waived in
the treaty. Ile says: “Perhaps it ‘may be
right to confirm what the hon. gonileman (Mr.
Wood who preccetled him) has said that there
is itoiliing more distinct than the right of‘ visit is
front the right of search. Search is a belliger-
ent right, and not to be exercised in time otl'-
pescc except when it has been conceded by
treaty. The right of search extends not only
to the vessel, but to the cargo also. The right,
of visit is quite distinct from this, though the.
two are often confoumled. The right of search
with respect In American vessels, we entirely
and utterly disclaim. But the right we claim,
is to know whet her a vessel pretending to be
American. and hoisting the American flag, be.
hona fitle Ameri_can.’-’
\’Vediil not unil,-arstaptl from the United States,
that they epteied into that treaty with any en-
gagcrneiit from us to abandon the right of visita-,
tion, whicli isnot necessarily connected with the,
question ofthe slave trade. “It: have not content-.
ed ourselves, with leaving the fact to become,
known by a declaration in this liotise; but since,
ilie appearance of’ the President's Message we
have taken opportunity of iniimaiing to the
United States the construction we place on the
treaty. (Cll§€rS.) I trust, that I have said
enpugli inisatisfy the house on this point; Itrust
also, that pltliougli coiripellctl to avow a materi-
al dilference ofopinion beiwecii the two govern-,
meuts upon this particular question, I have,
stated this liifli.-retit-e ofnpiuiun with the respect
which I wish to inaintaiu towards the high
authorities of the Uuiietl States."
In the District Ctziirt of the United States
in i\'lassacl‘iusr-its, it is said by the Reporter
ofthe Daily Advertiser‘, the aiuoiint of funds
deposited iriihe Court, arising front the es-
tates of banltrtipts, since l.l](‘. law went into
operation, is $l43,760, of which there has
been tli.-,trii.iittd 556,485. The number of
banltru_pts is over 3000, and the number 0
papers which have bi-t--ii filed in bankruptcy
is over 5_e;vc7il7/five llinusctncl.
_l]'IL?:_0’_IL _of {ill the Fe2'7'ies.—---I’t-titions have
been in circulation for some days past, and
-rt appli_cation is now pending before the
’)’(I.l/lcr go oircr lmrir/.l 5/I.(L'Il..f0 gm [0 St.
Tlmm.a.sfm' ynolcc/inn; I ioou/rl waiter (In
any t/'I.L"/lg 1-fl/I.2'..s' /.'z'7i.r{. Fsnitjfliso tlmt it
would be iiripossible to in the Vi$.~‘t'l in
any port.
Q.-—VVhy did you say you wniiltl Sunni--i‘
go over b_oard than seek protection at St.
Thoiiins .9
A.—Becr.t1i.se it ianu/il /mire I2een.disg1acc-
fitl to [lie United States mid ifie Na-7?]/', and
pztrlicit/nrly to (lie rgfliccrs of the Brig.
a7i_7/ Amciicmt man, of ’t(_‘(I.7'rtn1/,fd not protect
itself l/iere 'wntz.lr1 be no use in lia-ving tliem.
W77.zil /l.(l'I.7L’ t/in Lnro Focus Done .?—-They
have sqiiaiidert-tl millions of the pi-ople’s
money, and bankrupted the National Treas-
tiry.
They hayp dr>s,troyed the best currency
the cou,ntr_.v e.vi_=.r possesserl, and flooded the
country with irredt-emahlo issues of worth-
less bank paper. ,
They have countersanced defalcations in
public officers.
They have rt-din.-ed the wages of labor,
and paralized the industry of the country.
They _have proposed and (‘,llll(‘l‘t.Vt)l‘t’tl to
give away the Ngtional’ Domiriipn _tn the
States in wliicb itlie-s.
-~ They have proposed to separate the Gov-
ernment from the People, and to give the
office. holders :1 curren.i_v of gold, but the
people no currency at all.
They have. advocated the odious doctrines
of Free Trade, and opposed the passage of
all laws for the Protection of Ami-rican La-
or.
Tl)f‘._\‘ have also declairi-d "that the present
Tariff. \\‘.I]l('.l] affords protection to Amnri-
can :V'Iech:snics and .\l=inufacturer-', shall be
i'epi-alcil if they can gilt power so to do-.
All those ll)lfl‘__TS our Op,;)0lt,PDlS have done
—— and now we rippozil to [lie people-l \Vill
you vote for or g.l‘-‘e vtiur support to a ptzrtv
which is thus hostile to your‘ interests, ni-
well as to the great good ofthe country ,7-
Anstrer at l/to Ballot B0:l2—NO I
If,-
A large meeting of the stockholders ofthe
I-lousatonic Rail road Company was dlvlfl in
this city on Friday and Saturdziy of last
week. It appears from the report of the
Directors that the whole ln(It*blP(lnf'_§S is at
this time about $373,000. In order to re-
lieve t-he.Gomp:iny from this dead weight, it
was proposed to dispose of the stoolr, ,(fI0\\’
remaining unsold,-‘; at,/if/_i/ dollars per share,
and to guarantee the payment of an annual
dividend thereon. It was stated that many
creditors of the Company would be willing
to convert their claims into stock and that an
extension could be obtained upon the balance
of the indebtedness. The Report was ac-
cepted. and trieasui;_es were taken to carry
into efliect the plan prop0s<_td.-—Bi'z'd},». Stand.
The Log book of tits S,omers.~ A card
appears in ihe N. Y. 'l'rihunesignr=d Sziiuucl
B. \’Varne.r, a.nd assuming the respousib‘ilii_\j
of furnishingr .lo the Standard those extracts
from the log-hnotlr of the Snm_ei‘s which were
made the subject of so much virulent decla-
mzition, sortie time ago. The language-of
.the card, as we unrlerst.-ind it, implies on
Standard was-not a true transcript from the
log book, but contained _atlditions.made to
suit the purposes of Mr. Warner.
If
admission that the, matter furnisherl to the‘
New York Coiniiion Council to unite til}
the ferries between the cities of New York
and Brooklytt under one. l-~'-Ise, and the con..-
trol of one ('Cl‘-llj'Jfln‘}’, when the present le:tsr~s
of the C:Itli:iriri«- and Jtickson street It"l'fl8§
shill have expiri-tl_—Broo/if?/n Ncu-s‘_
The l!'l:'.1l Pl .r.0.v.i‘Ig l\.'!.vr,cer for the murder
of Help-itop will tafie place on Tuesday,
March 21, at \\'oodbory. His counsel coir;
sists pf I-Ion. _G_arret D. Wall, Wm. N. Jef;
lers and Matlack, Esqrs. of New Jersey,
and Peter A. _Brown,_Jamcs Hanna, and W.
S. Price of Tel. Y. city. '
A IVa.r7i.i7ig.—A stage driver in Albany
was remarkirig the other day, that fifteen
Years ago he drove a stage coach on a foul
of about 50 niilo-s, upon which resided five
drukt-n taver_n ket-pers. Four of them have;
«lied of drunlceriiiess, and the fifth is in the
1\l,msbousr-. ‘ '
The Airwrlc:-ri _BQ;tI'(l of C_on‘trnissioner.g
for foiifiii ii‘.-is.-ions \\;‘t§ I-51;,j_,=i5l,hd in ]8]p'
since tyliich I._ilHC it has receiired and .-xnend-
etl in the Support of foreign inis.<iot'is 34.3077,
20! 58, and has sent out 776 missioiiary'
laborers.
Rilc/tie County/.—'l‘he legislature of Vir_.-
ginia have passed a law creating a new
county out of parts of Harrison, Lewis and
\Vood, to p.» c..u...i Ritchie, m honor of the
editor of the Enquirer.
A L_c_1,/l of .-diizple Di71i_e7isi_qu.§'.—'l‘hey
have gm .0 boy 31 .t,l)e B_»_q_ston Mus-eurn, who
weighs twp lmnchcrl ,am1fift_i/ pounds He
is but eleven years old, and is five feet and
,t\\"o inches. -If he should I{l‘(‘.p on growinszi,
he will he il man by the time he is {won
uiit-_.--,Barr_e (_iiizelce. “
A Boionccr.—'l‘he (fl:-vi-iand Herald
states that lllt‘l'€‘ in at the Mtiseurn in tliai’
city; a young girl, about i ight years of age,
named Hannah C. Crouse, born in Portagé
<?0,l,1f_li,\’. _0lIl0. Who weighs, two Itu-ndred mid
tgtvciity t/i-rec 'fi0uzld:9.
Cut Nails were formerly from I0 to 12
congts the pound; {ll_t.’,l'_e is a specific "duty ori
them of 5 ct-.n_ts,'_and under this duty icioiritpef
iitiqn has brought down the _rice to 6 ccriis
the pound, which is but little iiioretbtip half
what they formerly cost. i i "
The Boston Advertiser says 1})“; _a sub-
scripiiori will be opened the_i;e fprithe pur;
pose of erecting a Naval Monument to Coin-
rnodr~rc Hall in Mount Auburn. H
Eigliteirn lives are Ih’_)‘\V Igpnttn to have
lweii lost by the land slide in Troy. Tb
lwtlles tifsixlfsrrt persons have been exhuir
-rd.
Tho ti:>ll_lIi~}l‘:,-' post at Pilatlra, Florida, is
to be lirol<e,ii tip; the supplies of war being
no longer neirtletl, —- ' ‘
A cliilri hat-ior_r two lit-ails was born in
_ .. . .. ,
Bziltixor.-_rt'e on Sunelay last. It survived but
E1 It_'.\\' li:tl_}l'S. L
'-The-Episcopal churches and chapels of
Boston. are rlwssed in deep mourning foi-
= the death of the lamented Bishop Griswold.
.The whole number of apjilications for the
benefit of the Bankrupt Law, in this State,
up to Saturday, February lith, is j487_
The. I
‘Y.
I
Norwalk Chronicler