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CONGRESSIONAII.
Correspondence (If the Jour. of Commerce.
” 'l‘ui-isniiv, Jan. 2.
Pos/a.ge.—Mr. Merrick stated that he
should soon bring forward his bill to reduce
the rates of postage, etc. He mentioned that
the petition which he presented to day,strong-
ly asserted the fact that the U. S. mail would
be abanded altogether as a conveyance‘oflet-
ters and papers, unless Congress» acceded to
the propositions for reform. .
'l‘here is reason for the belief that such
may be the result. At least, the revenues of
the establishment must be greatly diiuiiiislied
Mr. VVicli'.iffe’s obstinacy on this subject is
impenetrable. _
Economy.-——Mr.‘ Woodbury brought in
resolutions looking to a saving of Expendi-
titres, by cutting off payment ‘of claims ‘by
1)--pzirtineuts and a iriore rigid examination
of estimates.
In the House, Mr. Adams, under the in-
struction of the Committee on Rules and Cr-
ders. presented a Report embracing a Revis-
ion of the Rules, which was at first oljected
to by Mr. Hale and Mr. Redding of N. H.
but was finally ordered to be printed. lteiii-
braces _many alterations ,—among them the
abolition of the 21st Rule. _
Jacli-son's Fi'ne.—'l‘he House resumed. in
Committee of the Whole, the consideration
of the Bill restoring Gen. Jucksoii's Fine.
Mr. Barnard of N. Y. made an argument
of some length against the bill.
It was earnestly supported by a number
of members, in- succession. Mr. Peyton,
of Tennessee, opposed the Bill, but as
it was bmuglii. forward. he would, he said
vote for it. He was olllle 0D.lJll0"‘ “mi ill“
bill was urged not from regard l.o (sen. Jack-
son, but for party effect; and that the pay-
ment of the money would cancel and tarnish
the brightest page of the Gener.il’s history
—his obedience to the laws.
Wsnxiasn iv. Jan. 3.
The renewed attempt made. to day, by Mr.
Rhett, in favor ofa reduction of duties to the
inaximuiii rate of twenty per cent. met wllli
an uiicourteous reception from the Northern
and Western democratic members. The
proposition obtained only fifty sevcn votes,
whereas, the other day, it received as a imit-
ter of courtesy, seventy-seven votes. It is
true that many are influenced to oppose it by
the consideration that it is an interfernce with
the views and projects of the Committee on
Ways and Means, from which we shall soon
hear. _
The Senate, to day, was in session but a
few minutes. Several petitions for _n reduc-
tion of the rates of postage were presented.
In the House, the States were called for
resolutions, :1 great variety of which were
offered.
Mr. Adams offered a resolution calling
for information as to the disposition of the
Smithson Bequest; the present safety of the
.funds invested in stocks of the State of Ar-
slmnsis. ac. and whethertlie interest has been
ipaid, &c.
Also a resolution calling on the President
for information as to the instructions given to
Aiiiericiin and British squadrons on the coast
of Africa under the late Trcity; which lie
over. '
A resolution was adopted. on ‘motion of
Mr. H-ingerlord, of N. Y. for the appoint-
ment ofa select committee, to ascertain and
report the amount of compensation paid to
each civil officer under the Government, in-
cluding members of Congress, and to report
on the expediency of reducing the tiame-—a-
dopted. ~
Rcvisal of the Tarifli-—M r. Rhett offered
it resolution. instructing the committee on
\V..ivs and Means to report a bill. reducing
all duties on imports, now over thirty per
cent. ad valorem to that amount; and. after
one year to twenty per cent. ad L-alorem;
and also providing for such discrimination
below this maximum as will secure an ade-
quate revenue.
The previous question was ordered, and
the resolution was rejected; yeas 57. 083$.
112.
Mr. Black of Ga. offered a rcsolution,that
the Committee on Ways and Means be in-
structed to report a bill. as early as practicable
revising the present Tariffanil imposing du-
ties on imports for revenue only.
The previous question was ordered, and
the resolution was rejected; yeas 83,, nays
84 ;—-a close vote.
Mr. Campbell, of S. C. off--red a resolu-
T tion to re-appoint the present Post Master of
the House. laid on the table.
Late Collector of New York.—Mr. Davis
of Ky. offered a resolution, calling on the
President for a statement whether Ji-sse Hoyt
late Collector of the port of New York. had
or had not, violated the provision of‘ the de-
posite act-—lies over.
Sub-Treasury Revive-l.—Mr. Duncan of
Ohio. offered a resolution instucting the
Committee on ‘Ways and Me--us to report rt
Bill. without delay. to reen-ict the l:ite Sub
Treasury Act. He moved the previous
question. and the resolution was agreed to.
yeas ll0, nays 58. So the. Subtreasury bill
is to pass the House and be I'\‘jt.‘Clt'd by the
Senate.
Another Plan for ti. Revenue Tn.rifli—Mr
McDowell of Ohio. offered a resolution in-
structing the Comriiittee on \Vays and Means
to reporta Bill so modifying the present
' Tariff as to provide a Revenue adequate to
the wants of the government. economically
administered, and with such discrimation as
looks to this object and no other.
The previous question was moved, but the
members, though in attendance in full num-
bers, would not vote, and it appeared that
there was not a quorem on the motion for
the previous question.
After some c0nfusion.the housg, adjourn:-d
Tiiuagninr. Jan. 4.
The petitions on the subject of the rates of
postage continue to multiply‘. Many ofthe-se
petitions pray the abolition of the .fra.iil.'£ng
privilege," which has, no doubt, bern tl cry-
ing abuse and evil.
General Tl_i.o,mp,son's resignation of the
mission to Mexico takes effect on the l5ih of
the present month. I have heard no one
inent-ioned as his successor.
In the Senate to day, some few petitions
were presented, and some bills of local con-
cern introduced.
'Pl1lJ’fl‘-8~.)l'1'I9Il heretofore offered. by Mr.
-1;? '
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Allén, ofOhio, calling on the President ' for
c0pies_(if in his opinion compatible with the
public interest) of the instructions given to
our Minister in London, since'March, I84],
on the subject of our title to, and occupation
ofthe Oregon Territory, and also ofall cor-
respondence ont be subject, was taken up,and
postponed until Monday next. -
The Senate spent a short time in Execu-
tive Session, and then adjourned to Monday.
TarifI—ln the House, the resolution of
Mr. McDowell was taken up as follows:
Resolved, That the Committee of Ways
and Means, be instructed to report a bill so
modifying the present tariffas to" provide ii
revenue sufficient for the wants of the Gov-
ernment, economically administered, and
with such discrimination: as look to that oh
jv ct and no other. -
The resolution was rejected--yeas 84, nays
I02. under the Previous Question.
Mr. Petit of Iiidianiii,subsequcnlly oflefvd
a resolution _i_n favor of ai 'l'ariffth.it would
give no preference to any branch of industry
and wouldrediice duties to the lowest rates
compatible with an adiquatc revenue. Mr.
P. gave notice that he wished to debate the
resolution, and it lies ovi r.
It was proposed in a resolution offered to-
day, to establish a Comniittee of Home Coin-
merce. We have one now of Foreign Coiii-
IIICICC.
Dollar gold coins were proposed by a res-
olution referred to day.
Some time was spent in the election of a
Postmaster of the House. John M Johnson
was chosen on the third ballot.
Fiiimiv. Jan. 5.
In the House, Mr. Adams attempted to
get up the motion. made some days ago, to
reconsider the vote refusing to assign ll day
for the consideration of the Report of the
Committee on Rules.
Mr. C. J. Ingersoll moved to take up the
order of the day-—(J.tckson's fine.)
Mr. Adams complained that his motion
would be a breach of faith.
Mr. Ingersoll, I flig back the imputition
with the contempt it deserves, into the teeth
of hiui who makes it. I'll have to know
that I am less liable to the charge of breach
of faith than he is.
Mr. Adams, I do not call the gentleman
to order. I care so little, said he emphati-
cally, for anything he says, that I shall not
notice these outbreaks.
Mr. lngersoll, Oh. he does not care, that
is a very convenient way to get otit of the
scrape. He does not carc——I'll make him
care.
Mr. IVhite, (late Speaker) interfered he
said, not as ‘pence maker,’ nor as belligerent,
but to state the facts. The House certainly
came to the understanding yesterduy_ )hi.t
the motion ofthe gentleman froiu Massachu-
setts should come up after the States fiad
been called up for resolutions. Mr. A. gave
way for this purpose. He appealed to the
justice and courtesy of the House to sustain
Mr. A.’s motion. Mr. Ingersoll. asked if
that was the Speaker’: understanding.
The Speaker said it was.
Mr. Ingersoll, that was not my under-
star.di.'ig.- It is the first I heard of it-I
\‘VIl.ll(_Il'i|\V my nioticn.
Mr. C. Johnson moved to la} the motion
to reconsider; on thetable. ‘ ' j, V
M r. Adams said,as the House had refused
to lay the motion to reconsider on the table,
a few days ago. the renewal of the motion
was now in order.
The Chair sustained Mr. Adams.
The Houseinuw proceeded to vote on the
motion. to reconsider the vote refusing to
assign a day for the consideration of the
Report of the Committee on Rules. The
vote was I02 to 78. So the vote was recon-
sidered.
Mr. Adams moved that Tuesday next be
assigned for the consideration of the report.
The Speaker s-i id it would yequire two
thirds. Mr. Adams said it did not require
two thirds, because it was It priviledged
question.
Mr. Dromgoole (a member of the com-
mittee on rules) moved to recomniit the re-
port to the cornmittee. He said he wished
to give the committee an opportunity to re-
vise their rcport—that is. to restore the 2lst
rule.
Mr. White (late Speaker) took it View of
the subject to show that Mr. Adam's motion
was in order, and was a privileged motion.
Mr. Black. of Ga. moved to amend Mr.
Dromgoole's motion. so as to instruct the
cominittee on Rules. He said he would
vote for no rules which did not embrace the
rule excluding abolition petitions. He defied
any inajority that resist: the whole of the
original 2lst rult-..
Mr. Davis of Indiana (ii member of the
committee on Rules) said ‘he will the inno-
cent cause of all this difficulty. As a
member of that committee he had exaniined
the 2Ist rule. He had found that it was a
different rule in terms and purport from
what be supposed it to be when he originally
voted‘ for it. He was compelled. in Coin-
mittee, to vote against this rule. He would
now propose to give the House an nppoito-
nity to uisembarriiss themselves. Let the
report be recommitted. and I will resign my
pl.ice on the committee, and suffer it to be
otherwise filled. ,,
Mr. Black spoke very hotly against the
course of the Democrats on this question.-
Here with a Democratic majority of two
thirds we are near losing the 21st rule.
which "covers the whole, existence of the
southern country ;" and we cannot move ii
foot towards repealing the tariff In these
questions I know no party.
Mr.Gilmer. advised Mr. Black to keep cool.
Mr. Black. "I cannot keep cool, till the
torch of the incendiary makis me. cold.”---
Laughter.
Various motions were fIHl(IP,flI1d lots of
questions of order were piled upon each
other in great confusion.
‘A motion was made to lay the whole sub-
‘je-ct_ou the table. Negatived-—yeas 78 my:
I06. [Mr. Adams chuckled}
Mr. Hamlin. of Mr-. expressed strongly.
his views in opposition to the 21st role. He
wished the whole subjcctof petition for abo-
olttion. doc to be deliberately taken tip and
acted GD.
Mr. Beiirdsley expressed his views very
clearly and decidedly against the exclusion
‘of abolition or any other petitions.
He believed that all the agitation on this
u
‘did Dr. Waxrnd the parson. if he will st ch
Bunker’! Hill.”
subject hadbeen produced by‘ the course of
this House in refusing to receive petitions.-
He believed, moreover.‘ that the abolitionpof
the rule would promote -harmony here; it
would arrest the contentious which have pre-
vuiled here from the beginning of this session;
Mr. Clingmoieol North Carolina, was in
favor of abolising the 2lst rule. This was
tbe only place in the world, where petitions
were not receioed. He field the right of
petition. to be in general right. '
He believed that these petitions were
harmless and contemptible things. They
ought to be received and rejecletf.
The House adjourned at 4 o'clock, leaving
the 2l.st rule in a badtvay.
The Senate did not sit to day.
Correspondence of the Tribune.
SATURDAY, Jan. 6.
In the House Mr. Stewart of Pa. (Whig)
made an unsuecessful attempt to suspend the
rule, {to enable him to offer a resolution in-
structing the Ciimiiiiztee of ways and means
to remit the appropriations for the Support
of Government for the present year to the
anioum-appropriated by the last Congress
for the year ending 30th December 1843.-
It met. however, with but little favor from
the majority of the House.
The discussion on the report of rules for
the House (omitting the fzlst ) by ilr. Add
unis, from the select coiiimittee on Rule-s,w.
continued by Mr. Dun-:au during his liourif
He was opposed to the 2ls rule and iidvo’-_
cated the reception, reference anc report up-
on these petitions in the same niauneras oth-
cars, as the mode best calculated to avoid con-
fusion and consumption of time.
He referred to ttie statement he had seen
in some of the papers thathis colleague, Mr
Gid-dings had read a letter of Mr. Clay 1,...
fore an abolition meeting in Ohio, atalin
that he ,(-Mr. Clay) agreed with Mr, G, 0."
that subject. it
I
Mr. Giddings explained that he huff r....i ..,/..,.
V I'r37it the I Hartford Partiqt Eagle,
.. -..,._..:-.-_,-a- _,
Frighlful E2.'ci!cment.—-All amusing fright
Bankruptcy —T}te final result 5,, 09... occurred last Wednesday night. on board the
ntcttcut.-‘_[>m¢,_.,.d;,,gs under me B,,,,;,,,,p. steamer New Haven, while she ‘was lying
Law ol’I84|. in the State of Connecticut.
hart.’ leen brought to a close, with some few
exceptions. The clerk ofthe Di strict Court
asfbeeii directed to prepare for publication,
zistutenient embracing the whole number of
caps-—the final result. The work has been
solar completed, that the following may br-
deeined ne irly correct. There are. however
a fiw cast-s still pt-riding in the circiiii
cum. and a few in the District Court, still
uideciderl. There are some also whi re the
. indebtedness has not been ascertained.
The whole number of cases presented is 1537.
Of these, 1517 were voluntary cases-—and the
yaudue, '20, were compulsory cases.
;'I hose cases have been disposed of as follows:
_,‘ \Vitbdravvn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Rejected . . . . . . . . , . . . , _ , , , , _ , _ , _ _ _ _ __
; Abandoned . . . _ _ _ . , , . , , , , _ _ , _ _ , _ _ _ _ __
Now pending in the Circuit Court unde-
cided. . . _. ......................... _ ,
Postponed for cause, in the Dist. Court
about ............................ . .
livoliintary cases, where there has been no
application for discharge... . . . . . . . . . .. 19
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Discharges decreed ........ . . 1480
1537
Amount qf Indebtedness.
Aggregate amount of debt: in 1368
cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.2l8,58l 00
The remaining 169 cases where the
latnnuitt of the debts has not been
ascertained, may be estimated on
an average with those ascenained, _
that amoimt would be . . . . . . . . .. 1,262,431 08
Debts, whole amount . . . . . . ..$1l,-181,012 00
he lowest debt ofany one applicant
is that set forth in the list of'Jamao
Gay of Killiugly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
There are 219 cases, where the
debts in each case amount to‘iii’ii'i'"e'"‘
than ....................... . .
In 161’ cases, the debts in each case
amount to more than . . . . . . . . . . .
be highest amount of debts in any
i 118 on
500 00
10,000,00
:1 meeting of Oberlin students a lt-tti:r—‘~_m;/ , one¢.1.ei,;lmgor\vm_ }[_j,,,.,,,,,
’ of Westport,-his list amounts to. . 1,043,484 60
of Ky. a man of equal wealth, of equal nflu. The '19:“ higher“ Case is that of
from Henry Clay; but front Cassius MkCfay
ence. and of equal purity of character tolnny
in the State. He had said to the ineeiing
that he find no authority to speak for Heiirv
Clay upon the subject, but he had no d,.ill',,
froui his known character and lof=y patriot.
ism he would sustain the constitutiorial rights
of the North as firmly as he would those of
the South. He had publicly explained this
matter in ii letter which had been publishlgd
in the Richmond Enquirer, and he had only
to say that the st-iteiiieiit to which Mr, D,
had alluded, published as it must have be."
by some of the papers with a view wi‘.li’u|ly
to misrepresent, was an uriiiiitigated false
hood.
Mr. A V. Brown took the floor, and after
sppi:-aking a few minutes. the morning hour
haviiig expired the subject was laid over,
The bill to refund General Jackson's fine
was again taken up in Committee ‘of the
Whole on the Union, (Mr. Davis of la, in
the chair) and was discussed in the well
known and beaten paths of arguments ‘upon
this subject during the ri-mriiuder of tbc-"rln
Clernand oi‘ Ill. and Dickenson of 'I'enn._*-in
support, and by Mrschenk of_Ohio. in oppo-
sition. . f _ ‘I
“Licking 'La:se:,—-—At the Thanksgiving
dinner in Philadi-lpliia. got up by the New
England:-rs resident in that city. the ceremo-
ny of ‘licking 'lasses' was gone throughwith
between the courses. It is thus described by
the reporter of the Ledger. "It consisted
of passing an enormous bowl, filled with
molasses, in which was a pine stick, neatly
whittled for the occasion, around the tiibli-,
beginning with the President. and making
every individual stir the same with a sick,
take a quantity upon his fore finger andllick
it off. wit_hout smearing his face. The fili-x-
terity with which the operation was {per-
formed. constituted the test of a true blue
Yiinkee. None were permitted to avoid
the ordeal, and the awkward attempts fthat
were made, elicited roars of laughter, aria‘
shouts of delight from the company." ‘
American Wine.--Tfie extent to it-llich
this business is prosecuted in the valley‘ of
the Ohio, particularly in the vicinity,» of
Cincinnati, is. we apprehend, not generglly
known. It is carried on chiefly» by experi-
enced vine dressers from the valley of ‘the
Rhine. who are crowning all the hill tops in
the neighborhood of Cincinnati with their
vino-yards. There. are now about three
hundred acres in Hamilton county devoteil to
vineyards, of which, somrtliing like ninety
are owned by one person. T_he viueyzjrds
at Vern)’ lo Indiana, below.‘ Cincinnati.
have long been noted. -.
Li't\'r«.—Professor Ingraham. in his ltistjew
work, “The Young Genius." thus ichara cr-
izeu this" town as the "vast cordwnineiy of,the
Union. l
"The very pleasant and thriving fowl of
Lynn is the paradise of ‘shot-iiiitkersl ‘Its
young men, early transmitted from the rar-
dle to the last, cut teeth and leather at he
onme time; and its pretty maidens learn to
bind shoes with the induction of their is b
ab's! Lovers exchange hearts over a "kid ,
slipper. and swear elerrial fidelity over ti lap
stone: If they would get married, they ask
them together, they will pay him in bi es
and shoe mending. VVhipping their ch ld-
ren, they call tanning. and the rod they I e
they call the cowhide. The little b ys
swear by ‘hides and leather; ’ and plnyl til
games which they call ‘high and low q -ir-
ters, and heel and toe.’ A child _nv- ly
born is it lap stone. and the ages of tlijeir
children are known by the number of shoes
they wear. Boys are called right: and glrls
left's—-an old maid is an "odd slipper” and a
bachelor. an "odd boot.” The street doors
to their dwellings are “insteps.” and a man
in an overcoat is ‘ foxed." The fields about
the town are “patches”and at fellow half
seas over is "half soled." They never see
an oak tree but they directly calculate the
number of pegs it will make, and when they
behold bees at work they refiect that thr-
only end of wax, is wax end. They look
nn cattle and sheep as leather growing. and
believe that hogs were only made to produce
bristles. _Its lap-ston._r-s. would pave Broad.
way, and! its lasls iif pifli-d‘ together. would
Matirico, Wakeiiinn of F airfield,
his list amounts to . . . . . _ _ _ . . . . . .
The third highest in that of Charles
~ I": Chase, of New Haven, his list
577,706 00
amounts to .............. - - . . . 524,930 00
And that of Thomas Darling, of
New Haven..... . . . . . . . . . . . . -. 438,681 00
More Scre¢m'ng.— That Sheriff was here
ag:-iin.'yesterday. He went into the fac-
toriziivg business to some extent. The
iena_nts. in Sterling Place, gwc understand,
were Called on in the matter of Rent due -on
the lst inst. to their landlord. Daniel Ster-
ling. Esq Tireli-c notices it seemed were
served. Mr. S. was always opposed to the
issue ofthe City Bonds, and did all in his
power to prevent the hazardous operation.-
Rathcr a hurd case this, under the circum-
stances -— Bridgeport Standard,
Ready ‘for any thing !—The Georgetown
D. C. Advoc.ite says that one of the Candi-
dates for the doorkeepcrship of the House,
traveled all the way from Michigan to Wash-
ington io obtain his object, but being unsuc-
,5‘, Nlfisrs. we,,,,__,_ and Dm,g,,,sS 0, ,,,._Mg: cesslul in that particular, again placed his
name before the House as a‘ candidate forthr-
Chaplaincyl But again failing. he solicited
_3“d °,‘W-"med the post, which he isnow fill-
_. W849‘-”’¢"¢*ger to one of the committees.
The Express Ri.u,¢,-3/___'1‘he New H3.
ven I-Ieialdsays that Oneal the bill, con.
tiiined in lift‘ IOSI Ifllflli OI I‘umgr9:,v'5 Ex.
press in New York was offered at one ol the
Bzinksjn lliirtford on Monday, by a person
who did not know from whom he received
it. It was in $3 bill of the Union Bank,
New York.
The EIection.—The Atlas gives returns
from all the t;wns in the third district. ex-
cepting Ciirlise and Wilmington, which gave
a nett gain for M r. Abbott, the “(big candi-
date, 804. Mr. Abbott falls short, about 3200
votes. I
In the sixth district there has been a gain
on the part of Mr. Baker, the Whig candi-
date, but not sufficient to elect him, owing
in :51: large number of scattering votes.
In the seventh district, Mr. Rockwell is
undoubtedly elected 4
Boston Marc. Joizrnal. Thursday.
Penal!!! of Kissing’ a 'ri'077ld71-""Tl“‘
Trenton Gazette states. that the Gloi;:."$""'
Circuit which was opened on 'I‘ues;l:iy last.
was occupied the whole W!!! k with the. ex-
citing case of the indictment of Bate-
man for kissing the wife of Sheriff Ware.
A great many of the most respectable per-
sons of the county have been examined. and
the testimony is not through. Mrs. Ware
testified positively to the kissing. and the
defeiidant has called it great many witnesses
for the purpose of invalidating her credibility.
The case will. it is thought, occupy most of
this week. What a fuss about a kissl
Tm: Piiizi; BANFISR.-The Harii'ordJournal
of Friday says :
We understand that tr.e ladies of Hartford
have si'gnifi- d their intention to offer through
the proper channel, a Prize Banner to the
Town which shall send the largest do-legtttion.
So the banner--we say, the Banner!
The ladies of a town in Pennsylvania
have presented the Young Whigs of their
county with a banner inscribed "I000 ina-
jority---vou can and you must !" And they
will give. if too. Let us have one for Con-
necticut inscribed
5000 Ma,|ori't.y
FOR
HENRY CLAY.
You can and you MUST.
'\
Mr. Prescott. in his recent work on Mex-
ico, describes the form of human sacrifices
and canibiilism as it once existed there. He
adds :—‘It was customary to preserve the
skulls ofthe sacrificed in buildings appropri-
ated to the ‘ purpose. The companions of
Cortes counted 1360-00 in one of these edi-
fices! Without attempting ri precise calcun-
lation, therefore-,.it is safe to conclude that
thousands were yearly offered up, in the dif-
ferent cities of Anahuac. on the bloody altars
ofthe Mexican diviuities.” - '
Introduction qfEpisr.opacy into Boston
On the .l.5th of May I686. the Rose frigate
arrived having unsboard the Rev. Robert
’.RadclifI; the first Episcopalian clergyman ii
niiiitea monuincnt higher than that on
“too at New London in a gale of wind.--
While nearly all on board were asleep in
their berths, a passenger was attacked with
the night inure. He made a most hideous
noise. crying ‘murder! fiiel’ and threw the
rest of the pttsst-‘ngrfs into a fright the most
liiiighablethat can be imagined. One or two
hundred of them leaped from their berths.
some in a state of nature, some with a sheet
hanging to their shoulders, and some with-
out. They rushed through the cabins and
upon deck, crying "fire! fire!” at the top of
tho ir voices, and had not the captain
ai.d officers and Adiiiiis’ inessi-nga rs betn
possessed of a good deal of pvest-nce of mind
some serious accident would have liappi-no-tl.
In an hour or two liowi-ver, they we-te qui-
etrd down, the main with the niglitirzaie wa-
ked tip, and the boat was again in a state of
qlJIrlnt’SS aii_d ri-pose, except with an occas-
ional start in a berth here and -there. when-
ever the bout gave a lurch. Th:-se passen-
g--rs in their fright thought of nothing but
the distruct.on of the Lexington.
Bi (on Mail.
“High Life" lI'il/iin Doors.—N. I’.
Willis publishes an extract from a letterjust
received by him from England, from which
we learn that the Great Dandy’ of her Maj-
esty's Empire is at present somewhat cur-
tailed in his Opt rations. Sunday is now the
only day in which he can show his fine fig-
ure and finer dress and .-plended cqiiipage to
advantage. Hyde Park. St. J;iiiie’s Park
and Regent's doc. if not terraiiicognita,’ ‘are
‘term prohibita’ to him. Says the letter:
‘You had some expectation of s- eiiig D’-
Orsay in Auiiricn, but he never had any in-
teiition of going out. He has been a prison-
er for the last two years in Lady Blessing
ton’s house at Kt-nsington. There is an
acre or two of garden, as you know, in the
rear, shut in with ii will high enough to
keep out creditors, and here D’Orsiy takes
his exercise on horseback. He devotes liim
selfenliro ly to painting, making portraits of
his friends and l"tCt‘l\IfIf_.:‘ money for them-—
in short, making a profession of it. Every
Saturday night, at twelve o’clocli' precisely
his cab is at the door, and he drivi s to his
club, and on Sundays he is to be seen at the
Park, driving; with Ii..=d-y Blessington and
her two exquisite-l=y beautiful nieces, (the
Misses I’o\\er.~)‘--Talringcare to be home
again. like Cinderella, before I2 o’cloclr at
night. Not long ago,a meeting of his friends
took place-,antl nu efliirt was made to relieve
him. They s-ubsc.r.ibed twenty thousand
pounds, which would have given: his» cn-di
toits four shillings in the pound. The pro-
posal was made, and the creditors refused to
aces-.pt.. The subscriptionwas consequently
abandoned‘.
The same letter suites :2
‘That Lady Blessington is suffering from
a lethargy from which she finds it next to im--
possible to arouse herself for lite-r-ar-y. labor.
The society 3~l19lI-‘V83 in draws very. exhaust
ingly upon her powers of iittention,.:ind she
has been all her life one of'those who 'crowd
-.i _\'t’=1f":S life into ii (la-y."’
VV-:l'l,. he mat-tied the,i'tiatighti-r- and'sep'ir-
ted from her to get the mother: and&her ‘two
acres,’ and. now he has taken both, with a
veiigeiinct.--one to gaze on as she fills a
way into bl-anlr stupidity, and the other to
gallop over, filled with the pleasing ri-‘flee
tion that his hungry creditors are waitiiie
outside for him. We do not despair but that
these two beings may be of some use to the
world after all: they may yet ‘point a iiioral'
ifnot adorn a trili-.’
A Fact and (1. Moral.--There. is a high
pel‘peIl(Il(‘l1lt|l‘ old rock raising itself‘. steruly
in the middle of Lake Champlain. nvnr
Plattsburgh. It is called ‘Rock l‘nd't-pt-nd-
ence.' Ono misty morning during the last
war the British Squadron passed closeto the
old rock. Mistaking it for a vessel the com-
mander hailed it, but received no reply. Elt-
hailed it again louder than bvfori‘. but Still
the old rock was silent. 'D—n the Yarilit-es
muttered the commander. ‘give ‘t m a broad-
side.’ The broadside was fired. but flu
shot poured back from its hard. may sides,
amongst his own men. ‘That's your game,
is it,’ said the commander, ‘give them anoth-
‘er.
fl,;5h ,','?ns its sidts did the old r.-ck hurl
b.it‘l( the Brillsii .sbct-- Am’ i’ W“? “°‘ ”“
he was severely crippled and ill? |Igl1lgr'i’W
stronger. that he discovered what sort of on
adversiry he had encountered, He wisely
drew off to St. Johns to refit, determined to be
certain ofthe enemy before he gave battle
again.
VVould it not be well for the Locos. in
their attacks on Henry Clay. to ri-meiiiber
the story of the British commander and the
old rock Independence .7 Their shot will
rebound from the firm noble man against
which it is directed, injuring none. but the
assailants. They will be obliged to draw
offto the Salt River settlements to refit, in-
stead of the St. Johns, unless they go so far
as to sink their old leaky vessel entirely.
Hatigforrl Journal.
A writer in the ‘New York Journal of
Commerce says that there have appeared in
that paper, from May to October. I843. ac
counts ofilamage done by lightning in 84
different places, averzigingrriorc than one for
two days. Fifty persons were liilled, t\velve_
horses, four oxen, three cows. four swine,
eleven ducks, one hen. one INJZZ-iftl, one dog
and one rat were killed.
The public are cautioned._ against receiv-
ing the notes of the Farmers’ and Mechan.
ics' Bink of Ogdensburg, and Farmers’ and
Mechanics’ Bank of Rochester, under sus-
piciouscircuiiistances a large amount of
them having been stolen from the steamboat
Utica, on the llth. The hills lost of the
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Rocha-ster.
are engraved on the face, "renewed by New
York 7 per cent stock.—Roch. Dem.
Eectro Gilding.—-.- At the establishment of
Messrs.'Elkington &. Co. Birmingham. Eng.
the eleclro-plating is carried on to an im
rnense extent. Du ring his late royal excnr.
sion. His Highness Prince Albert Visited
these farnons works, where the utmost per-.
faction in the art has been attained. The
iwhole of the articles. intended for plating;
here are German silver-;. tzhose intended for $-
iever in New England‘.
‘gilding are compost d of mixed’ metals.
And so they did; and again it ithont a '
‘THE DECISION.-
Said :1 gent. once, contending how high in the scale
Stood man above woman, so feeble and frail,
“.VVhen the trial of virtue and time first began,
Satan drir'd not present his temptation to man."
“Nay," answered a fair one, "say. not what he dar'd,-
The old serpent knew well, that some pains might
be spar'd ',
‘I-‘or,’ thought be, ‘if’ I first get the man in my chitin -
The most difficult part of my task will remain;
But, 0! could I sticcecd the fair Eve toallure, '
Adam follows of couiis‘i:,- and then both are secure.’
So, sir, cease your proud boast of°nian's firiiitiesii,
and ow'ii, «
If superior either, woiiixx's nu: o.\'r.;
Since a woman could overcome Adam, poor elf,
But to overcome woman, it took Satan himself.’
.4 Tevipermice Argumcn’.—-Soiiiething
lnss than three years ago, a visitor in New
York. at one of the docks on. the East River
might hive seen a young man,. notinuch if
any. past the age of tliirty—sli-ibby in his
drt-ss—bloatt-d and besotti.-d in his counten-
ance. and every way the nppear:Xnce~ of an
inebri te. sunk-n below the hope of Nf0l'Ifl'.-
This ‘man, fallen so low yet bearing. in his
mien some better traces of f0l’lu'nt‘,- was at the
period alluded to employed as an hour labor-
er in the most me-nial and buithensoine task‘
of discharging the cargoes of vessels at the
public docks—the wages of which occasion:
al rmploymeiit were wast.d by him in daily:
rink. I
In a forzunite hour for this voting mun}.
some of the companions of IlI5.I)t‘ll(‘l‘- days-,.
a‘ter iiiucli persuasion induced hi-iii to take-
the teiuperiince pledge and to return to his-
friends and an Loriorable. profession, in one-
of the New England Stat:-s,- which he had-
forsziken i'n his irnddt-ned career of intempt-r»
once arilfolly. I-I-is I'8f0I'lI'I-l.I0fl- was com-
plt:It'. We have just seen the name of this
gentleman, rtcorded in a lia'iiig paper of?
the country. as one of the most talented and
promising of the new members oft/ii: prrsent
Congress. This single instance of reforma-
tion has more in it to CI1t'l'I the heart and
nerve the resolution ofa reforming drunk-a-r-d.
than a thousand essziysa-gain;-t the vice,
Def; Airlzt
Long Island Railroad Co. -_-A grcat ad.
vnncc has recently taken" place in the shares
oft this company. the reason. of which app:-av-.9
inthe Iepoit of the Dirtctois-just publisht-d=
and which is inserted in our columns to day
The road is under contract to its faiiher ex»
treinity at low rates, and is-iilitly to be fin--
ished in May. next. The Company talk of
introducing the speed ofthe .I.u!)fl(l0Il and Bit.-
tiiingbam ro-.id,.lorty miles an hour, and they
promise to sender. the communication. be»
tween New York and Boston even. more ex--
peditious and certain than at )'II'(‘St'lfl"..
Join‘. of Cami
T/ie Virtue of Laug.-‘ile.r.—No man, says-
Curlyle who has once heartily and’ wholly
laughed, can be altogether irreclaiiiiably bad.
How much lies in laughter ; the cyphi,—r-key.
wherewith we decipher the whole mati l—
Some men wear an everlasting barren aim.-
pi-it, in the smile of others-lies ii cold-glitter
as of ice; the fewest are able to laugh what
t:..n be called laughing, but only sniff and
titter and snigger from the throat outwards;
or at least produce sortie whifiliiig husliy.
cachiuation, as if they were laughing thro’
wood; of none sucn comes good. The man
who Cannot laugh is not only fit for treason;
stratageiiis and spoil; but his whole III‘! is ul.
ready at treason and a strutagein. ,
They have got a tire lging oi icbinc to im-.
prove the harbor of Bridgeport. Wlit-n..
Pope (the poet) in reply to a boy who asked.
be twice as much work as to tiiake. a new.-
one,’ Sui.-h, we apprehend is the case withii
Bridgeport.——-N. H. Hera./d.
Thc Mail R0bb€T_1/.-Ch‘tfl€S ‘Bake and“
Lemuel Flowers, stage drivers, connected"
with ciirrying the U. S. Mail. were arrested‘
at Hudson, and brought into the city Sun.-
dayt morning by Assistant Marshal Smitli;
cliarg-d with being concerned as accomp_li--
c<-s- with- Hough; in the_recent mail robbery.
T7'ibwJt8i
Mr. Wt-bster,.l.ite St‘Cl'9i.’.\I'y of State, his
arrived in this city from his residence in
Miissacli-ust-tts. and will we presume. r't-main
here through '.lI1'.' wintcrmonths.
N-a/Iional Intel.
The little Village ofA‘urora in Indi:ina,:i -
little rtiore than twi-iity niilis in in Ciiicin
nail, is as full of Coopers as Lynn is of shoe-‘
makers. It turns out annuallyabout 80,00Cl'
barrels for the fl.-ur, pork, and tvhiskiiy trade.
Divirlcnrls.-—Th'e New York Insurance
Company a regular dividend of five per
cent. forthe last six months, and an extrat-
dividend office per cent payable on the 8th-‘
inst. -
The County Batik of New Haven bar"
declared a dividend of three and a. half per‘
cent. for the last six months, payable on de-‘
mand.
A resolution has passed the General As’-"
seiiibly of Ohio, instructing their Represen-'
tativcs in Congress to use. their efforts to
procure the passage of a bill for the immedi--
iiie occupation of Oregon and the North-
West Coast ofthe Pacific Ocean.
Tl:-e editor of the Savannah Republicanv
has just had a present of map-beans and
writer melons from St. Augustine. 'I‘he_r_e.
had been no frost there down to Dec. 29,iHi,
The average range of the tlo.eainomotar- was-
from 66 to 70. ' .
The annual meeting of‘the Anierican Col’.
OIIIZ-IIIOII Society will be held in \Vashing..
ton .on- the third 'I‘t:esd:iy of this month. (the-
Coinmittee will be presented and the. Board»
of Directors convene for the\transact'.on of"_
business. '
place in Ireland on the l5:h has caused sev-.
eral inquiries to be made about the Judges.
who are to try the case. We believe they
are all Anti Repealers in private,,opinion as.
well as through interest. -
The Election.—The election to fill the-
vacancy in the Legislative delegation ofthis
city, occasioned by the resignation of Felix.-
Labutut, passed of? yesterday very quietly‘
flames P. F-rcr-et-. Whig. was elected. by 50-.
majority.— N. 0 Pic. Dec. I8».
, R/rode Island.-—The General=Atsscmbly cf’
itliis State met on the 21 instant.
him a shilling for a light, exclaimed 'Godi‘~
mend me l'—-the boy observed that ‘it would.‘ ‘.
l6th,) \\ hen the report of the Executive,
The trial of O'Connell and others, to take. ,
Norwalk Chronicler