_o’clock. which resulted only in the rcjection
.with a view to their proscription.
-
opposed -to" nothing so much as the extrava-
gant love of power in the French democracy.
Accordingly after having signalized his life
by successfu-l resistance to English oppres-
sion, he closed it by the warmest advice to
cultivate the friendship of Great Britain;
and by his casting vote, shortly before his
resignation, ratified a treaty of friendly and
commercial -intercourse between the mother
country and its emancipated offspring. He
was a. Cromwell without his ambition; a
Sylfa without his crimes; and after having
raised his country, by his exertions, to. the
rank of an independent state, closed his ca-
reer by a voluntary relinquishment of the
power which a grateful’ people bad bestowed.
It is the highest glory of England to have
given birth, even amidst transatlantic wilds,
to such a-man; and if she cannot number
him among those who have extended her
provinces or augmented her dominions, she
may at least feel a legitimate pride in the
victories which he achieved, and the great
qualities which he exhibited in the contest
with herself; and indulge with satisfaction
in the reflection that the vast empire, which
‘ neither the ambition of Louis XIV nor the
power of Napolean could dismember,received
its first rude shock from the courage which
she had communicated to her own offspring;
and that, amid the convulsions and and revo-
lutions of other states, real liberty has arisen
in that country alone which inherited in its
ylreins the genuine principles of British free-
am.
CLOSE OF CONGRESS.
A correspondent of the New York Express,
thus describes some ofthe closing scenes ofCon-
gress, under date of March 4:
‘The last man to leave the House was
John Quincy Adams. I saw him with his
arms full of the last remnant of his labors,
wending his way from the Hall. Upon the
‘opposite side of the chamber, a moment he-
fore,stood the rejected niinisters,Domestic and
Forign,-the former bearing his defeat ‘Will!
the coolness and complacency of‘ a philoso-
pher, and the latter with some outward signs
it was thought, ofa heart ill at ease. There
were few,,or none to condole and the scene
excited aliiiost.a cruel sympathy on the part
of all others, to mock at the special calamity
which had befallen the two devoted friends of
the President. It was indeed a sorry sight.
I leave the record ofthe day’s proceedings
and turn to those of the. night. After a brief
recess, the House met at six o’clock and the
Senate at a half hour earlier. In the gel-
leries ofthe former, and in all the lobbies
and avenues of entrance, there was an im-
inense congregation ofpeoplle. The whole
city, men, woinen and children, seemed to be
ttponi the wing‘, and to add to the general
confusion, a resolution was adopted to admit
through t'he night ladies upon the floor of
tlie_I-louse. They came in swarrns, like
bees driven from their hive, and rushed’ forth
and in froui every opening. There was no
more quiet for the night. The ladies made
themgnlung ,,,,..... :...........:..5 sin... tIIC"'"p['O-'
ceedings, and talked louder than the mem-
bers.1 What was done, was done amidst
UUISP, Utlslltr, and all flip confusion incident
to the novelty of the scene presented. bom-
mittees of conferences were. passing to and
fro between the Senate and the I-louse of
Representatives; the Senate were insisting
and the House resisting, and for two hours
and longer there was great apprehension that
the Civil and Diplomatic Bill would be lost.
The loco focos threatened it at both wings
of the Capitol, in the spirit of party strife
they had exhibited through the week, but
dared not to put their threats into execution.
One vote almost saved the Civil and Diplo-
matic Bill’; and it was just twelve at night
by the clock ofthe Capitol when the Speak-
er fixed his signature to tbis,——the most im-
portant of all the public bills. It was saved
however, and like a good many other things
during the night, by the skin of the
teeth. At six o’clockthe House announ-
ced that it would not concur in the Senate’s
aruendments, and a committee of conference
-was asked. The Senate insisted. and then
came the committee of conference, on the
report of which there was a struggle long
and severe. The minority of the Senate
threatened to defeat the bill and talkrd with
is virulence and temper, personality and via-
dlctiveness, against an amendment for the
relief of Gales and Seaton, which surpassed
all precedent. The difficulties in the end
were reconciled, but its discussion left its
sting behind, which will be seen and felt by
and by, The bill was disposed of at 7'.
The China Bill came next, and here, too
nothing was to be had without fighting.-
Mr. Benton, who with all his faults. is no
Tyler man, resisted the b.il_|. mainlv upon
the ground that it gave the appointing to
the President, withoutthe advice and consent
ofthe Senate. After a long struggle the
President was required to submit his ap-
pointment to the Senate; and the bill then
with many words upon both sides, was pass-
ed by the Senate, and the amendment con-
curred in -by the House of Representatives.
Mr. Benton,in a backhanded way,said all he
wished against the President. It was in a
word, that the President was trying to over
ride the Constitution, by sending a minister
to China, without the consent of the Senate.
An Executive session was moved at two
of Mr. Smith, nominated after Mr. Roberts
had been thrust from the Custom House at
Philadelphia, as it were neck and heels. and
because he would not tell the President __
how many Clay men there were in his office,
A post-
master at Madison, Indiana, was also reject-
.ed and for reasons which all approved.
The next Executive Session was from
eight to nine o’clock. and resulted in nothing
,of public interest. ‘The next and last was
from ten -to two o'clock, and then and there
came the «tug of war. The Minister to
France, the Secrotavy of the Treasury, the
Charge d'Affaires to Copenhagen, the Cpl-
lector of the port-of Philadelphia, the Min-
ister to the Celestials. the new commercial
agent to the Sandwich -Islands, the Commis-
sinner on the part of the United States for
running the line under the recent treaty and
a.seore of smaller appointments were before
the S(_'n:lli§ at once. Of course there was
but little time to talk with so much to be
done: névertlieletl Shot! ‘md. Pl’-hlf 3P°°°h°5
,,.c,.g ma,j9,'gn;|_go pupgerit end to the pur-
of Mr. Wise, by one wholly unsurpassed in
exalted patriotism, and well fitted to be the
consider his qualifications, and I see no cause
to doubt that he is eminently qualified for
the station.
to renoiriinate him.
to be Envoy E_I_xtr,:iordina'ry and Minister
pose,.that it is a pity they should be lost to
all’ but those who heard th_em. ; Somethings
were said of M r. Spencer’. Mr.. Cashing and
Mr. Wise, which ought to see the public
light, but which "never may, without a vio-
lation. ofconfidence, and the removal of the
injunction of secrecy from the debates, which
did not take place. ’
Mr. Wise was nominated as Minister to
France, three times, and three times rejected.
At: the outset he received 12 of the 36 votes.
The next. time the President sent him in, his
nomination was accompanied with a mes-
sage as to his qualiticatoris, &c. The ma-
jority wasnow increased against him. _but
the president was not satisfied, and _ being
very spunky returned him the third time to
the Senate to be for the third time l'e_]PCl€Cl"
There were now only two votes in his favor.
Mr. Cuthbert of Georgia, and Mr, W_alkcr
of Mississippi. "This was the unktndest
cut of all l”
Mr. Cushing run afoul ofthe some "fixed
fact of the Constitution” and though three
times nominated, he was three times rejected
and by the same votes I believe as Mr. Wise-
But for the famousso ca-fled‘ "Auction speech”
of Mr. Cusliing, he might have fm't.‘d heifer.
his merits being ten fold beyond those of
Mr. Spencer. and his other qualifications
su-pe-tllol‘. The President a little after mid-
night got tired of fighting the Senate with
"the Guard.” One-,—Mr. Irwin,—had been
confirmed as charge to Denmark, owing as
he truly but in good humor said, to his own
comparative insignificance, and two had been
rejected.
John C. Spencer was then nomi-no-ted as
Secretary of the Treasury and was confirmed
by two votes only. It was past midnight
and several ofthe Senators had left the capi-
tol. This alone was the reason of his con-
firmation. Not resigning the office ofSecre-
ta ry of \Var, and not of course iniinediately
accepting that of Secretary ofthe Treasury.
the President was thus left to a safe riddance
of Congress before fillingthe vacancy in his
Cabinet.
In the meantime Edward Everett had been
sent in as a minister to China under the new
bill, and was confirmed. but not without
much opposition. Part ofit.arose from the
ancient grudge of the former nomination,
and part of it came from his friends, who
looked upon this move-—and probably cor-
rectly—as a change of place for M r. Everett,
and only to make a place for Mr. “lobster
at the Court of St. James. Many deemed
this manoeuvre as unfair to M r._ Everett. and
presume he will not accept his new and un-
solicited honors of holding official communi-
cation with tbehrother of the Sun and Moon
and kinsman of the Seven Stars.
Mr. Brown of Boston, correspondent of
,ihe Mercantile Journal and Boston Courier
Ibelieva, received the Consular agency at
the Sandwich Islands, an office worth $3000
and just created,
Albert Smith of Maine, is the Cqininis=
sinner under the treaty.
It is believed here that IVm. Jones Porter,
brother of the Governor of Pcniisylvanin.
will llIlf1lClt.‘l=iIt.‘l_V be appointed Secri-t:ir_y of
War. He has had the p:l’Off)lS'3 ofthe office,
.iuu'tma j1it._‘r\,_;_,vi _g_~,_____ “A L__ k-m _ A,j___;__
istration of the Department.
What then becomes of Mr, Cashing?
The State Dcpariineiit will have a vacant
place in a few days, in the resignation of
Mr. Webster. It was objected to Mr. Cush-
ing’s nomination in the Executive session,
that it would not do to have two men
from one State. iTlie answer was given
by authority that there would not bi‘
two beyond ten days, if Mr. Cuslofng Was
c-onfirmed. It was apparent, the“ that Ml‘-
Webster was to be sent to FfI£Il3nd- “ltd lllfll
Mr. Everett was to be pd$I¢’d Offlo China.
. .
SECRET SE_S.8'ION OF THE SENATE.
To the Scmale of!/ie United States.
I n0{:)fI'IiIIe to the Senate Henry A, IVise,
of Virginia, to be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States
to the. Court ofhis Majesty the King of the
French, in the place of Lewis Cass, resign-
ed. JOHN TYLER,
Washington, Feb. 27, 1843,
Ycas—Messrs. Archer. Buchanan. Calhoun,
Choate,Cutliberi, Evans. Fuliori. King. M’Duf-
fie, Sturgeon, Tallmadge, and \Valker—12.
l\'ays—M essrs. Bagby, Barrow, Benton, Ber-
rien, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts. Criiiendeu, Day-
ton, Graham, Henderson. I’Illl')llll,¢_’,fOll. Keir.
Maugum, Merrick, Miller, I’lielps,I’orier. Sim
mons, Smith of Indiana, Sprague, Tappan,
White, and \Vooilbri(l,ge,—24.
To the Senate of the United States:
In submitting the name of Henry A. Wise
to the Senate, for the mission to France, I
was led to do so by considerations ofhis high
talent, his exalted character and great mor-
al worth. The country. I feel assured,
would be represented at Paris in the person
representative of this country abroad. His
rejection by the enate has caused me to re-
lfeel it therefore, to beiiiy duty
I nominate Henry A. Wise, of Virginia,
Plenipotentiary to -the =COJ.Jf‘t.0f his Majesty,
the King of the French, i_n place of Lewis
Cass, resigned. joins 'l‘yr.r:n.
March 3. I843.
Yeas.—Messrs. .Cal.ho,un, .Cutliherl. Fulton,
King, Mc-Du,fl"ie, Scvier Sturgeon. and \Valker
.S.
Nays-Messrs. Archer, Bagby. Barrow. Bay-
flrd. Benton. Berrien. Clayton. Conrad, Crafts.
Crittenden, Evans Graham, I-Ienderson, Hunt-
ington. Linn, Mangiim, Merrick, Miller. More-
head, Porter, Simmons, Smiiili of Indiana,
Sprague, Tappan,White. and W.oodh_ridge—26.
Another brief message again nominated ‘
Mr. Wise, and the following vote shows the
result 1
Ycas—Messrs. Cuthbert and Walker'-2.
Na_ys—Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bagliyfiarrowl
Bayard. Benton, Berricii, Clayton, Conrad,
Crat'is_,.Criitenden, Dayton. Graham, Hender-
son, Huntington, Linn. Mangum. Merrick.
Miller,_Moij.eh_ead, Phelps, Porter, Sevier, Sin‘-
mons. Smith of Indiana. Sprague, Tappan,
White and \Voodbridge-29.
-——.——
To the Senate oft/ie United States :
‘T—
setts, to the Secretary of be Treasury. in '
place of Walter Forward rsicnedf.
‘ , Ioiiiv,-'t=.‘irLr:rt
VVash'ington March 2. I843.
Yeas-Messrs. Bates, Buchanan. Calhoun.
(_‘hoate,Cutlibert, Evans Fulton. King, Mcs,
DufIie, McRuberts, Rives. Sevier. Sturgeon.
Tallmadge, \Valkeir. Wilcox, Williams. Wood-
bury and Wliite——I9.
Na1;s—Messrs. Allen. Archer. Bagby. Bap-
mw, Bayard, Benton, Berrien, Claytctn. Con»-
rad, Crafts, Criiienilen. Graham. Hentlerson,
Miller. Moiieliead. Phelps. Porter. Siirnmons. '
Smith of Iiiitliana,Spra.gue. 'I‘a.ppaa«arid While
"fl'T——
To the Senate oft/ic United States.‘-
In submitting to you the name of Caleb
Cashing as Secretary of the 'l'reusiiry. I did
so in full viw of his consuminatc obi-ll-W'_S. his
unquestioned patriotism, and full canpac-ity to
discharge, with honor to hiinsulfuiitl: ail\'=mv
tago-. llO the c.oi«:ritr_y the high and iinportunt‘
tl'uties appertaining to that department of lb?
Govemrneiit, The resp--ct which I have
for the wisdom of the Senate has caused me
again. since his rejection, to l't'('OfI3ItIf:‘I' _bis
merits and his flllalifia-utioiis. °l‘hi= it.-vi-~\\.'
The. message of the President to which we
flllhdnd last week, on the riglit of search, we
have concluded to omit except, the follows
'03 which are its coucliiiiding. and most im-
i’°"9nt paragraphs.
f'I regarded the eight article as removing
all porsible pretext, on the ground of mere
rtr¢t‘8S|l,V. to visit and detain our ships upon
the African coast, because of any alledged
abuse by stipulating to furnish an armed
f""°e "‘»‘.9"1"tlt'd by both the lziigh contracting
Huntington, Kerr. Linn, M angum. Merricki parties as sufficient to acc-onnplisli thzitobject.
_ D*~’0,V'lnLT.‘=~S we did. and do. all color of
right to exercise any such general policy
0"" ll"? flags of Ifl(It’pl'ntIt'nl.-IIZIIIODS, we did
not deiiinnd of Great Britain any formal re-
nunciation of her preti-nsiori; siill less had
we the idea of yieldirig any thing our-
selves in that respect. We chose to rnake
it practical settlement of the question., This
we owed to what we find alige:irI?y done upon
this sulji.-ct. The honor of the conntrv
1?—‘lllt‘d for it, the honor of its fl-ag deiiiiindeil
-that it should not be DSHI by officers to cover
-in Hlltiuitnus trzifii.-. This governuient, I
"I" """.V 5"”. l’l:i.< both the li‘i4'lln:itlon and
ulxllily in do this: and ifnec-tl bi-, it will not
t'H1’ll.f'liI itself with a fiv-et of t‘l}__'llly' guns, but
has satisficil me that lcoiild not have It more
inate him. ,
I nominate C«'|lt.’lI Ciisliing to to be Secre-
tary of the Trensiiry, in the place of Walter
Forward, l't’Sl!_'l]t‘(I. JoiiN TYLER,
March 3, I843.
Y'cas—Messrs Bates, Calhoun. Cuililwri.
Fulton, King, McDiif’fic, Rives, Scvicr. S'Uf'
goon. and Walker—gl0.
Nu_i/s——l\’lessrs. Allen. Archer. Bagby, Bar-
row, Bayard, Ber:Iori,,I3errien, Clil_v'lt)ll. Con‘-
rad. Crafts. Crilierirlen, Graliairi, I-lenilcrsou.
Huntington. Kerr, Ii.i.l'fll), Mangum. 1\‘lerrii:k,
Miller, Moieheail. Porter. Siiiiuions. Smith of
Indiana. Siiraguc, Tappaii, White, and Wood-
bridge--27.
To the Se7zaIe.nf tlie Unilerl States:
I nominate Caleb Cusliing as
resigned. JOHN 'l'Yi.i~:i«'.
March 3. I843.
Yeas--Messrs. Cuthbert and Walker--2.
I-leiiderson, Huiitiiigton. Kerr, Linn, hlniigiiiii.
Merrick Miller. Moreliead, Phelps, l’ori,er,.
W hire and Wood bury—20.
I-lon.’ Henry A. Vtfise publishes in the
Madisonizin a long Address to his constitueiits
concerning his rejection by the the Senate.
He solicits a reelection to Congress, in the
place of D. Mallory who has resi_r_'ne-il to
make room for him, to repel the aspersioiis
ofthe Senate-—for which be professes the
the profound-‘st respect and whose action Ill‘
deems inexplicable. In the course of his
letter he states that at the liegiiiiiing of the
c.-illed session of May, 1841, he was I)!"-Zvd
by Mr. Clay to take fl Foreign Mission-~'.
phat iinon the re,tii°emen_t of-‘fr. T 1*"
-nliinet he (l€_Cllllt‘(I the Secretar‘-~ '.
by the ]_)rpSiden[; 3,-,.j_:.'iat lust f:ill ufter ro..
Covering fl-on] .3r’I'l:lt"S$ I)I'("SIfIl-‘III. T}'lf‘T
(jegjredihjfnin llfllnf‘. some foreign mission
[hm he nould like—but that lie dc-clinerl,
am; .-hat in the course of the last session he
was offered the Mission to Frzincc. Hislei-
ter is written with strong feeling but enters
not at all into a defence of of his political on‘-
rear.
CHARCOAL SKETCHES.
Bro!/i.e'rl_y Love.-Isaac Hill. speaking of the
foco foco candidate for Governor of New Hamp-
shire, says—-- ,-
‘*'I‘he same al/l IIa.i=lfa7'd Convention Fell-
emlist is aga in forced upon iis-_ who (In.
clared when the patriotic. Pierce was nomi-
nated for Governor. that be “ would let
the rl-=-—-——r.l olrl bear know tlmt /ie coulrl
not get a. role in Cliesltiw Cnunl_e/”--nnrl
who was then hand and glove with the then
ultra federalists, and now ultra radical, Sim’.-
iiei Cusbman, who said ‘lie ll077(3(f. in Gnrle [lie
bones of ei.-e'r'7/ soldier who enlisted in!!! tire
ru'ni.g/ would bleach on the C.z1icodia72._/ironlfe-r.’
Per contra: Barmn’s Patriot. the organ of
ilie N. H. radical locofocos. gives the fnllriwiiig
sketch ofHill:
"He returns the vile, purchased tnril of
John Tyler and Daniel Webster. F‘or.‘ililiv
lucre be has parted with every vcstige of
democracy. of honor. of self-respect and re-
gard to public opinion. He is hired to car-
ry on a warfare against the (IPlTl0(‘l‘n-fir‘ harm
of our State. He works for pay. P.-lf is
the reward of treachery to friends and fenlfy
to enemies.”
And both of flicse .fo,iil-moiitlinl fellows are‘
pure Idemocrats’-—are they noi? Both linve been
idols of-loco fcco democracy within the last ten
years. Study these portraits ofloco f'or-orlemo-
carts.
—and neither, we fancy. lacks much in truth-
f irlness.
They are certainly drawn in a bold siylo
T he Engagetiicnt at ]lfier.—’l’.he - New
Orleans Bulletin contains a rletailer] ngcnunt
of the above engagements. signedlby -Gnpt.
James D. Cooke, and approved by eight.
other ’i’e~xi-ii captains who tool: pa r-t -in Elbe
battle. They state the number of 'i‘ex-,nns
killed at ll. wounded 9.6; while nfihoafpx,
icans, they say. about sia: Ituiirlrcd were kill-
ed or wounded , ‘being on an average, more
than two for every Texan engageif, ",’{~‘ho
whole number of Mexicans engaged, Tthey
say was 2700 to 3000 men. ' ‘ '
. ,v
Progress of Tempemnce.—--The New
‘York American says that a curious and yet
VCIY d"°l5l"ei7rnof ofthe pt'ngr.ess ofte-ijnpei=
ance is furnished by the annexed extract
from Mr. R-inson Coolt’s report to-the.'Neiv
York Legislature upon the expediency of
employing convicts in milllfig’.-—l\fl£’I'Sil]Ill'lL’
the fact that the contractors at Auburn for
Coopers were willing _.to pay a large’ sum
to be let off-from their contracts. he adds:
"The-Salul=Ir_i.'-and wide spread reformation
from inteniperance has so ruined the market
for wliislrey barrels, that the sales are said
able adviser in the iirliniiiistrution of piililiif‘.
Si-crr-tar'_v
of the Treasury, in place of Walter Forivmd,
A'a_i/s—.\Iessrs. .-\llen Archer. Baoliy. Bur-
row, Briyartl, Benton. Berrien, Ciiiieiirleu.
Clayton. Con'ail. Crafts, Daytiin, Graham.
Navy Dt’Pv'll'fnl(‘flf which iv-~’°“""““l 10 filin"E1=md that Governor Bout’-k has nomirmtcd
, and resumes its wonted position.
- the feelings ofthe -family, who were in the
- roofs of their reforuied pal't:'llfS,."‘ .
~~'<HIllt'l‘ llmii :lll\'ffH'r‘l1l| fll)\‘L’lflllH..‘lll sliall
«t-'Xti‘l'.'l$" tlic pruviiitze of ext-ciitiii-_v its laws.
“fl"'l"5 “I Ill“ c°'”‘”.V " "IN" l"”hl"l nifictihlitlllll fulfi'.|ii'iL’ its ()l')llE.’2tIl()l’l.‘. the Ill'Tl)(-‘SI of
I feel it, tliercfoie, to be iuy duty to wnmn-l " "
.-4
‘xi lll('ll is to prot.-«ct its flag alike from abuse
for insult, it \\'t)llltl, I doubt not, put in rt'(1|ll-
sitioii for that purpose its \\'llf)lt' naval po\v-
er. The p,urpo.-e of this '.,'0Vf.‘l'fI:ll(‘fIf. is
faiiililttlly to f«_ilfi_l the ti‘eaii_y on its part, and it
will not [7(_‘f'fIlli itself" to doubt that Great
Britain will c-oriiply with it on hers. In this
\ra_v peace will be l)t:‘5.l. p‘.'~cs~'-rved, and the
lll'.'t$l. zinilcuble relations maintain!-‘fl bt‘t\Vt'£‘t't
two,lcouniri«-s.” JOHN TYLER.
T/re Com-t.— This remarkable body,
whicli since the first instant, h:is been seen
in he (lily time in several places so distant
ffji'l each other as to leave no doubt of its
b, rig truly a comet presented itselfto us in
ndiiiirable style last evening about 7 o’clocl.'
EIlllI'Ifl'll'l‘._I in the southwest a long and um-
rgw train, in sliape not unlike the represen-
ultions Il‘tll'l$mll.l.t'(I -to us of the celebrated
comet oi I680.
The following observations made at the
observatory of Yale College, though not
sii icie-ritly precisefor scientific. purpos-ts.
riiity serve as_a general guide to those who
may be on the lookou-ttliis evening. Rising
,frofn the horizon about ISO south of west
Si-riiuions. Smith of Indiana, Sprague. Tappnnl,', point, at an aiiglu; is-iili. it of 2-0.), it extended
“for 30,0 along the southern part of the con
stellntion Cetus, or the Whole, grazing on
its southern margin the st:ir tau Ceti, and
It-'l'f1lln.'ll.ln':. so far as visible, at the ma Eri-
rlaai. Its light was rendered less s.tril<ing
,-by the presence of the moon, tlien six days
iold, but should its course bring it fairly into
lviow in the nocturnal sky, it promises to be
lone of the finest comets ever seen.
l An aurora Borcalis. ofthe twilight form
gapp.-ared through the evening in the north
‘and was moderately bright after ll o’clock.
New Haven Palladiuin. I
“-§AY:ile College, Morph 7'.
A'n ‘il’Il._]‘r.'l»7I}0Z(.S' .A[I7lflZ’/LL’/IlcTl£.-— Vrc uuut-r -
Jonathan D. Slevcnson Inspector General
of Distilled Spirits in the city of New York l
Until this act we had hoped and believed
that theGovernor«would exercise theAppoint-
ing Poiyer lmncstly. But. the nomination
of the associate and partner of Gleni-wort/i is
such an open sliariicless and fliIgI'3IIfOI1l.l'CIg9
that it.will excite the indignation of every
honest and decent man of his own party. I
Albany; Eve. Jo.-irnal.
ANOTHER Si-ZDUCTION -—Tl--e Pliilailelphia
Gazette of \Vednesda_y, gives the following
horrid story of seduction and its consequences:
In Bradford county, in this State, as we
learn from tlieBradfoi'ilRepoi‘te:‘.aclergyman
by the name of_[4t-fetirg, was guilrp of this
outrutzcous crime ii)\\'fll‘(_l,S n yonn_j woman of
his corigra_gation, into whose family his holy
()f'IIt‘e li:-.d been his passport.
The. unfortunate victim has since become
insane, and her mother is also a maniac.
The traced}! is rendered the more thrilling
by the death of her f:iilier, who it is Stated,
f--ll a corpse ntthe feet ofthe person from
wlioui he received the fntaliintelligence.
So horriable a tale almost cxcerids belief.
Here are occurrences in rezil life, which fic-
tion has lizirdly ever (I .red io pm-,.l|(.],
It is some consolation that the villain who
cause-rl :|ll this niiswry, is in jail. It is to be
regretted that the law takes no proper cog-
IIlZ'll'IC(" of his crime;
From the ./ournaf of Conmtcrcc.
Fu.il/tfufiiess. —Se\'ci’:xl lhmisnrid pi-rsons,
irjtliiii the past four days have-. been attracted
to the '.\’lurr_y st. wliarfio \\'lfnt"SS the f,,m,{,,j__
tit-ss ofii small «log (IlSt.'_QI~'f7‘f't-‘(I sitting there on
3\‘lun'l=i_v last. The poor thing a passive,
l):lf‘iiil.t.‘S.S sufferer, :i,i'id sits in 01.6 position,
ltizikiiig Stearlfrslly at one spot of the inner
as if expecting its friend arid coiiiprinion to
rise from the river. lt refuses food, and is
ln:]lIt'nlfVt‘ in all efforts to entice him away.
If carried ofl by force, it iiiii'iietliat_cly r,_etui‘fis
_ T’-lie family of Mr. Chester W.h.it.-e,zj. weal-.
iliy farmer near Butavia, were a few days
since taken extremely ill after breakfast, ex-
cept one son, who it was noticed had eaten
none of the bread, of which Mr. White, his
wife,-father, two sons and five daughters, and
a hired man liad pai'take,n. The sogi soon
nfierwards confessed he find pn't.a.r.senic into
the flour bag. but could give no reason for
doing it, The faiiiiily all recovcreil. Tlie
lad had not been arrested out of rt-.g:ird to
deepest distress,
IVILO Does not. Rejoice ?—The N. Y.
Organ says: “Dr. Binghain,of the Morning
Star, published at Cincinnati, Ohio, informs
us, -that forty-five clii,ldren who‘ have bean
placed in t~he.C)r,ph:i_n Asylum of that city,
have, since the temperance reformation
re-aclicd there, been reuioved from the -Insti,
tutiori. and are .now domiciled bciieath _.tlie
'I“lic.se are-the things that make good men
love the temperance cause. VVho,that loves
his race,c.an refrain from rejoicing atthe pro-
'I‘HE DISFRANCHISING LAW‘.
is this law constitutio‘nal?- Every man
hav~it_ig certain qualifications, has a right un-
der the. constitution, to be admitted anelector
—and having been admitted, can only forfeit
his right by a conviction of certain specified
crimes. But the di.$ft'€m.chisirig act provides
that no person who resides in any town ‘for
the purpose of obtaining cm -$*d‘o'.t.II.7«.f.1'07I-£7-1 4712/
literary institution.’ shall be admitted an
elector. nor being an elecloar,’ shall lie vote
in such town. Now to test the question,
whether the act is, or is not constitutional, let
us suppose the following:
SCENE IN ELECTORS’ MEETING.
Present the Iflndcralor and various Electors
ofle-ring their: voles.
lsf Voter-—(oifers his vote.)
Questin-n by ll1ocleralo7'._ What is your
occupation .3"
Is! Voter. Iam a lawyetfi
Mod. Pass on: your vote is received.
2/1 Voler—(off.:rs his vote)
poor and subj,ectto‘occasior,ial derrangen cut,’
recently becainegreat-lzy troublr-d by ibi-doc-.
trines of Miller and had made it garb for
the Second Advent. The Boston Bulletin
states that a few days since, becoming impa-
tient, he climed to the topiofca t-ree, clothed
in his robe, and attempting to leap upward
fell to the ground and was kil,led.,
Vile learn that Mrs. Benjamiri, a very ex-.
tional Church of Rev. Mr. Train, in, Mil-.
ford, yesterday. '
Mr._ "I‘l_iom;is Crosley, a worthy man Of:
this city, div.-d almost as suddenly at his resi-
dence. in State. street. this morning. He
C0fl)pl:IIt-ed of a pain in his head, ‘and in
about half an hour after was a corpse.
Nc.w Haven Pallazlium.
Hon. ‘Volt?!’ Forward, resumes the nrac-._
Lice of law in P‘lll.$bl1‘£fZl1, Pa. in connr-ixinn
with his son-in~l.-iw, Alfred V.7.','l\'lnrl.'s, Esq.
son ofthe lute Hon Win. hlziizlrs, U S, S.-n.
otor. Of course the rumorsilirit Mr, if,-‘or
ward would take some .llJfl9“Slilp iir Eiiib:i.--
.Morl. ‘fiihait is your occupation’?
2:1 Voter, I am a farmer.
Marl. Your vote is receiverl.
3rl Voter-(offer.-, * """.I
lllod ‘VIIFII. IS ‘.'-"I-E z ~'.' 7
3rl. Voter. Ia . » ~ :~'
Jlforl. Are yo.. .~:~ “ fir.-1
tuition for the purpose of o’:.-..._...,_ --
tiou?
Voter. I am.
Marl. Then you c--inriot vote-
Voter. But I was admitted as an elector
in this town, one yr"i|1' ago. I have not for-,
felted my right to vote by a conviction of-any
crime, and Iclaim my privilege.
Ma/1., I must proceed iiccording to law.
I-I_ere is the statue', which prohibits every
person, who attencls any literary institution.
for the purpose of ol,-tainiiig an education,
from voting in the town in which he resides
for lhatpiirpose. although he may be an
elector. Ifyou wish to vote you uiust re-
turn to thetown, where you formerly resi
ded.
Voter. But I have never resided in any
other town in the State. Ihave no home
clswhere, and my parents do not reside in
the State. I have no home elswhere, and
I must vole here or nowhere, and being an
elector of Con/iecticul and not having forfeit-.
ed riiy privilege. Idemand the riizht ofvotiiig.
lllo.-1. Imust proceed according to the
statue. The last L,egislature were friends
of universal suffrage in Pthode Island, and I
cannot believe they would pass an unconsti-..
tution:.l iaw. 'l‘l'ie constitution it is true,
authorises every elector to vote in the town
where he resides— but the law says that stu-_
dents in literary institutions, ‘being elcclors,’
shall not vote in tlieiown where they residv
for the purpose of obtaiiiiing an education, I
must follow the law,
Now can any man doubt as to the unconsti-
tutionality ofa law which makes a man’s oc-
cupation the test of his right of voting. If
thc Legislature can enact that no rran shall
vote in any town. who resides there for the
purpose of obtaining an education, they may
also enact that no man who resides in any
town. for the purpose of making hats or
shoes, or selling goods. may vote in such
town. W no would can such _a law consti-
tional ?—,T_1q,,*t Cour.
_["ro1_i_z the New Haven H_crald.
T/ic Comet.-«Among the many remarks,
theories and conjectures put forth, in respect
to this new comer, the writer was a witness
to the following, which took place last eve-.
ning. The coriversntion was be.-twee-n a
somewhat zealous flllillerite and a brother of
of his.
“Brother S what do you think about the
Sudden appearance of this comet .7”
“Why, brother 13. I have no doubt about
it—not at all. It is that instruiiient spoken
of, which after the rri.-my signs by r-nrih-
quakes, &.C_. that have ,t:il;gr_i place {his year,
is to destroy the world.”
“But broth!--r S. this comet is a great way"
off, so far as to preclude the idea of a collis-
sion.”
"I l.'nou',” said S. "that it is a great way
off, but then reflect on the length of its tail.
It is at least ninety millions of miles long.——
How easy, then, would it be for him in
whose hands all things are, just by one
ii:/risk. ofthis comet's tail to set the world on
fire, or dash it to pieces. Oh, brother B.
this is a solemn '.lio,ug|it.” And then we
came away.
Hon, J. C, Spencer has rizsigrp-il his c.o,m._
mission Secretary of War, and accepted
tbeappointment of Secreta ry ofthe Treasury.
He e,iit_ers upon the duties of his office this
day.
James Madison I?.rirter, of l?crinsylrania_
has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the
nWai' Department, :i_nd will _emer upon the
duties of the Secretarvsliip of War \',,',l‘l_lj‘()|)f
del,ay.—- ,d[ar]i.s'o7iiai2 91/1.
Later dates from New ,Ui‘li.-ans iiizilce ii
proliab.le that the reports of (I2ll‘fIfI_Q't's 13,.
frcshet on on R~d river have been gi'eiii_Iy e_{.
nggcratcd. No livesarc known to have been
lost, though many persons barely and with
the greatest dificuliv escaped. Much prop.
erty has been dt--_stroyed, '
A hcuseniaid, who was st-ntlto cal-l a gen,-.
lleman to di,n_,ne,r ,fo,ti,nd him busily engaged
in using his tooth -brush. "Well, is be
coming?” said the lady of the house, as the
servant returned. “Yes, mn’.im, directly,’
was the reply, "he’s just sharpening his
teeth.”
'_I-‘he-African Presbyterian church .ha.v,e
recovered $5,559, of the county of Philadel-
pliia, to indemnify -them for the de_str_uction
of their ni,eeti,ng hpuse by fire, on the first
of August last. '
It is stated that the Prince de Joinville is
about to visit various" points of the U States,
in the frigate Marseilles, accompanied by the
steam frigate Gomer, to nialig_a_rr,-;r_igemenis
for the reception of the French steam mail
packets. « '
The cotton c.rop of the past year is esti-
mated, from apparently satisfactory data, at
from $,3,000,0/00 -to 3.350,000hal,es: a great
in,cr.e:ise, but it is,c.onjectured that the Icon-
sumption has kept pace with the produciion,
Rochester has elected a Democratic May-
or. by 260 majority. Utica. a Whig Mayor,
3 .
' r:~
sv from the Execiiti. :~.rn now prov.-d l,;.5.-,
I . x i‘:-'
qniike .-....=;:t —5 -- 9? Atiyiisin. "3 .-=
motion of the vessel =l.'ll'(It’fI, and ibi-
hills on the island had wholly disappeared.
Capt, Means, of the Lll(‘_\', at this cirv from
Porto Rico, reports that the shock was light-
ly felt there, but that it was reported Aniipiizi,
had been destroyed. and N(‘\'lS and St. Chris-
topher somewbeat damaged.
TH]-I Genoa‘ Wizsritrtiv arrived at the port.
of New York. via Madira. cn Sunday mor-.
ning last, after a boisterous passage of 29 days,
Her European news is 6 days later than previ-
ously received.
The news is not iiiiportant. England is
tranquil and her poor less miserable than a
few months ago. tliougli the activity in her
l‘vlannf:icturing Districts consequciit on the.
news of peace with China has somewlient
iIbiIIQlI. The cotton market has been much
gll)Ilt’(.l,
Parliamrnt is .;iclit'cly in session. and dis-,
cussions of the Ashbuiion treaty and of Can-
adlnn affairs are ff(’f]Uf’III and earnest. The.
warmest feelings of good will to the Unitr-d
States are expressed by all parties. The
Ministry have avowed in debate their expresg
approval of Sir, Ch_zi_rlcs I3agot's course in
Canada in taking the French into his confi-
deuce. .
In France, the Ministry have had a se-
vere struggle in the Chan:-her of deputies,‘
being assailtd upon their Foreign policy,
with reference to England, Spain, etc. '
In Spain, the fermentation of Barcelona.
has by no means snbsid d, but has been ex-,.
cited to a smothered fury by the severities
and t.‘.‘X:iCl.lOflS of Genfseaone. Another in-.
surrection is anticipated, though the govern-
merit and Gen S. have taken the most vig-,
or-cu: l'n<:aoull'S to pycvcnt It. .
The English are complaining of the high,
duties on their itmnlifacturcs cxactrd by Rus-_.
sia, \vli_ich virtually shut them out of that
country.
From the East. The or-erlsind Mail
reached London on Sunday night, with in-
tc=lligence from Bombay to the 2~.l of Janna.
ry, a_nd from Macao to the filth of Novem-
ber. As regards China, events were pro-_
grossing favorably. The Qucen’s sliip Her-_
ald had arrived at Hong Kong, on her way
home, with .£l,500,000 more in dollars. part
of the first installment. That place is ced:-do
in perpt-tu_i'y to England, and the Hang,
merchants are virtually defunct. A frie-ndlyi
feeling had succeeded the beligoriint one
with which the English and the Chinese {or}
merely regarded each t')ll‘lt’!'. Br-foreleaving
Nunkin, the Imperial Commissioners ,«;.-.v‘.'-.
:1 grand entertainment to the officers of the,
army and navy, at which professions of am.
ity were indulged in on both sides. Tho
British forces were to be stationed in about
equal divisions at Amoy, Hong Kong, and
Chusun. English merchants and their faint:
ilies are permitted by the decrees 0flIIPEm;,
pnror, to reside at Canton, at Amoy,ni Pow.
chow foo, at Nigpoo, and at Slianr_rhne_ Ag
the lust mentioned place, Capt:iin ‘B.'tlf()|,]r is
to be stationed as Brittish Consul Gr-ncrzif.
Sir Hollgh Gollgh. the military comiiiandef
of the expedition. \\ as about riturniiig lion-ei,
and Sir Henry Pottinger was expected ii;
the ht'L’?n.riing of December at I-]on._y [(0933,
to :_irrei_i;ge*ab0i,1t a commercial tariff "
I--Ion. Lewis C2155. we iinderstsind from n
\\‘(’Sl.Cffl pf‘lp€'l',
ion of the Democratic National Conven_'on,
but in favor-0,1 incidental Protection to home
Industry.
———————— ./
Bnffiilo has elected a loco foco Mayore:
Joseph G, Music-n— by 453 majority, ,,‘,,,i Q
Jll:l.lL'.8S oflike faith. 'I‘ylt-iism cointrolsby
Government patronage about 1110 vote; rho,-,3
and turns them over to Loco Focoismf
The Pennsylvanian of Saturday morning
last, contains an able and cutting article rel.
ative to James Madison Porter and his neg}
nppointinent, It gives a most correct histo;
ry of that gentleman's past life, and will no
doubt be read with iii_tere_§t, coming as
State. Spenlcipg ofthe appointment of Por ’
ter, by President Tyler, as Secretary o_
War, the Pennsylvanian says--‘If he had
wished to insult them ,(the loco focos) and
show a contemptuous indifference to their
feelings and opinions, it could not have been
been clone -in a more pointed manner.‘ if
A fugitive slave undergoing an exarninn.
tion at Northairipton, Mass. when asked if
his mfl§leI'\\’aS a Christain, replied, ‘No sir .
he was a Member of Congress ’ ’
The crews of some of the vessels which
have been of} the coast this month are badly
frost bitten.
The effects of Millerism are alarmingly
“Ppafent In.tbe number of his followers,
Inoniinate Caleb Cashing, of Massachu-
ta liavefallen of itinaly per cent !”
gress temperance in every class of society I
F. I-Iollister, Esq., by 16 majority.
who are becoming insane.
emplary woman, fell dead in the Coiigrega- .
has avou-ed l'lIlTlSt‘Iffl candi- "1
Ll ite for next President, Subject to the CIPCIJ’
He avou-s llllltsejf agziipst ii National Biink, .
does from the leading loco loco paper in the
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