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CONGRESSIONAL. A
,7 Corre,sponden'c'e qftlte Jour. qf Cbntmeree.
. Moisnair. Feb. 5.
In the Senate, petition and memorials
were presented in favor of the reduction of
the rates of postage; the establishment of
a naval school; the building of a bridge a-
cross the Ohio; the allowance of a draw-
back on distilled spirits exported, &c.
Oregon.----Some very extravagant resolu-
tions froni the Legislature of Indiana, in-
structing their senators to use their eflorts to
procure measures for the immediate possess-
ion of the Oregon Territory, ‘pewcibly ifthey
can, forcibly iftbey must.’ _
I would seem from the tone of the West-
ern people as Mr. Archer well remarked,
that they will not be content to get the Ter-
ritory, unless they get it at the expense of
a war. The phrase quoted in the above
resolutions would better express their spirit,
if it was reversed-‘peacibly if we must; for-
cibly if we can.’
T/Le Tariflfi-—Tlie Report of the Comrnit-
tee on finance was taken up. and Mr. Evans
spoketwo or three hours on the subject.-
He deprecated debate on the subject as ir-
regular and not likely to lead to any practi-
cal result. The Senator could not imagine
that his bill would, even if it come to a vote,
become a law. The object of the discussion
was to enlighten the people, it was S‘Il(l. He
must reluctantly follow the course of argu-
ment. Mr. E. then proceeded to reply to
Mr. i\IcDuffie's arguments against the pro-
tcctive "policy generally. and to show that it,
and the Act of 1842, which formed a part of
it, had contrary to all the theories and all the
rpredictions oftheir opponents, uniformly re-
sulted in increasing the revenue, enlarging
commerce, reducing-prices of imported arti-
cles, increasing the price of raw cotton and
other produce, and promoting the prosperity
‘ofthe country. This was the experience of
country ever since 1789.
He went into new statements to show that
the South could not prosper, as the Senator
supposed, if confined merely to one branch of
industry——the producing and exporting of
raw cotton. Mr. E. was about to take up
‘the subject of the three confedermties, men-
tioned by Mr. Mc Duffie, when he yielded
"the floor to a motion to adjourn.
‘In the House Mr. Levy, ofFlorida, moved
‘to suspenlthe rules to allow him to ofler a
iresoltttion, proposing the suspension of the
"last article of the Washington tre.ity——lost.
Petitions were called for, Mr. Beardsley
oflerod a petition from -the inhabitants of
Oneida County, praying the repeal of the
law of 1793, respecting the recovery of fugi-
tive slaves,-—not received.
Mr. Hunt presented a petition for the
.3-j.;',..,,,Ԥ.;:, cf the ordinance of I787 pro-
hibiting‘ slavery in the North '~.-Vs-.-:.‘.~.':‘.
Territory, so as to controll all the Ter-
ritories of the U. S. west of the Miss. and
moved to refer it to a Cumin. on Territories.
laid on the-table. Yeas. H8; nays 50.
Several petitions for the repeal ofthe spir-
it ration in the Navy were presented.
Mr. Adams presented the Mass. resolu-
tions again. Objections 'ere made to their
reception. The House refused to consider
the subject. Yeas 7'4; nays 44- _
Tuzsnat, Feb.6.
'[Iu the Senate, after the presentation‘ of
sundry unimportant resolutions. petitions and
memorials in favor of sundry objects, the sub-
ject of Gen. Jackson’s fine came up, and after
urging the passage ofthe bill, on account ofthe
precarious health of the old man, the subject
was postponed to Thursday next, with the un-
derstanding that the provisions of the bill would
be made acceptable to t_lie majority, we suppose,
iiyioserting a clause to prevent any censure
being cast upon-the decision of the Judge.—-
This is at it should he. The old General, it
appears, is thought to be approaching his mor-
tal dissolution]
T/re Tarzf-—Mr. Evans resumr-p the
remarks which he commenced yesterday.
in reply to Mr. t\"lcDu ffie.
The Senator from South Carolina had,
for the purpose of illustration no doubt,
supposed that three separate conferleracies
be erected on the ruins of the Constitution
and the Union. He had used it as an illus-
tration, but it would be taken as a recom-
mendation by those who possessed the Zeal
of the senator without his discretion. He
had drawn a gorgeous picture of the pros-
perity of the new Southern confedeiacy,
and hid expatiated on the blessings which
would be derived from its “lzomogcncous in-
terassls.” The senator was not the first one
who had speculated on the value oftheUnion
&.ll'l€ condition of things after its dissolution:
but he was the first who had notset-m’d to con
template it with dismay, as an even fraught
with ruin and woe. The Senator saw in its
visions of unsurpassed happiness and pros-
perity for one portion of the Union. His
picture of the Southern confederacy rr-iriind-
ed us of the blessed islcznrl that floated in the
imaginations of the ancients. The lost .4!-
lantis was now fotind by the sen itor.
But all this was but a picture of the im-
ngination. It were speculative and could
never be realized. History and . experience
had shown that a people of “homogeneous
interest,” having but oiiepursuit, could never
arrive at a high pitch of prosperity : and the
senator, as he went on to show, had not esti-
mated the difficulties and dangers that would
render the scheme impracticable. The
Southern confederacy would, be supposed,
have no enemies, no difficulties among
themselves, no jealousics at home, and would
enjoy an uninterrupted commerce. They
were to export I00 millions of cotton, rice.
and tobacco, and import 120 millions, and
consume the whole. except what they sold to
the I’Veslern Confederacy. without which
the glorious nation of the South could not
exist an hour. Why not take the \’Vest into
the some confedcracy at once'!- But that
would not do, because the same "question
would arise between the South and the VVest
and -the fioinogeneousncss of interests would
be destroyed. The 20 millions of profits on
the exports must go to the shippers. It was
the profit on the trade. But the New Eng-
landshipping was to be excluded, or the
scheme would fail. The profits must go
with the commerce to England.
ho Wu to consume the 100 millions of
the imported foreign goods ? The South
with six millions of people, a large portion
of whom were slaves. No nation ever did
or ever would consume such an amount.
for such a number of people. But they
would sell to the \Vest. How could the
West buy? \Vhat would the South take of
the West? Her flour, corn, wool, bagging.
hemp.? No. The grain the South I‘tIlSL'(I
for herself, and if the other articles were
taken, it would raise questions of commer-
ci.il regulations, and destroy the homogene-
ousness of the scheme. The bagging mus’.
couie from Dundee and Glasgloiv.
VVEnNi-zsnnr, Feb. 7.
In Senate, the bill to transfer the Naval
Appropriations. and which pissed some (I iys
since in the House, passed the Senate, and
was returned for the Speaker to sign.
Mr, Berrien presented . resolutions from
the Georgi t Legislature against those passed
by the Massichus-.-tts Legislature relative to
slave representation.
A resolution to institute inquiries into the
expediency of abolishing the office of solic-
itor of the Land Office, was adopted.
A memorial was received from some
Oregon emigrants complaining of being
forced from their lands by the Hudson’s
Bay Cuinpany.
John Brown Francis, Senator from R I.
appeared in his seat and was qualified. The
discussion of Mr. I\‘lcDuffic’s Tarifl Bill
occupied the rest of the day.
In the House the question of privilege
under which four states have sent members
to Congress contrary to law, underwent a
long discussion.
The nominations of Messrs. Towlv, Mc
Kibbin and Dillon were sent intothe Senate.
Correspondence of!/ic Tribune.
THURSDAY. Fol). 8.
In the House of Representatives the ques-
tion of privilege, viz. with reference to the
validity ofthe claims to seats of the General
Ticket Members, again cairie up, and was
considered during the day.
In Senate. Mr. I3ll."S mentioned the fact
that the resolves ofthe l\'liissachusi—.-tts Legis-
lature, presented by him. the Senate had re-
fused to print, while those in reply from the
Legislatiire Of Giaorgl I, I’) it] been pj~jmed_
Mr. Wright presented R»-solutions of the
Legisleture of New York for the passage of
a law to continue in force the Pension Law
of 1838.
Several petitions for the reduction of post-
age and other objects, were presented.
Mr. Allen movvtl to postpone other busi-
ness and take up the-‘bill to refund General
Jackson’s fine; and persisting in the motion
against the riquests of several Senators to
waive it for the present—it was rejected;
yeas IS. iia_vs 26.
Mr. Woodbury concluded his speech in
reply to some of M r. Evan's arguments, ac.
After .11 brief Executive session the Sun-
ate adjourned. .
Fninair. Feb. 9.
The Senate, in Executive Session. to day.
confirmed the nomination of Mr. VVise. zis
Minister to Brazil.-—I-Ie was confirmed by
a vote of30 to 10. He of course supersedes
his compatriot, Mr. Proffit, who. has been
recalled. _
Mr. Wilkins, of Pa. has been settled upon
as the nominee of the President for the Na-
vy Department. Mr. Gilmer will probably
be nominated for the War D-pirtiiient. It
is not certain. however, that these nomina-
tions will be made very soon.
In the Senate, to day, Mr‘. Dayton presen-
ted instructions from the Legislature of New
Jersey to vote for the Bill refunding the fine
to General Andrew Jackson. He stated
that whether he should vote for the bill or
not, would d--prnd on the shape given to it.
He utterly denied the binding force of these
instructions. This chamber was not an au-
tomaton chess board, nor were we figures
with wlii-ch others play a game.
Mr. Miller presented like resolutions, and
said he would reserve his l’8(1l8l'hS till the
Bill came tip.
The Jackson Fine Bill is to come up on
Monday.
The Bill making appropriation for the in-
sane Asylum ofthe District of Colun'ibia,was
discussed and ordered to ii third reading.-
In the debate on the subject it was urged as
a fact in favor ofthe Bill, that insane persons
were, in all countries attracted to the seat of
governmi-nt—that fanatics and iiionoinan‘f-
acs resort thither, that kings, presidents. and
men in power are often floating in their ini-
aginations. One of the Insane now suppor
ted by the Government is the man-L~iw-
rcnce——who attempt: d to assassintte Gener-
al Jackson--and who was not a citizen of
the Dirtrirt but came here from :1 distance.
Several of them became ins-ine in conse-
quence of failing to obtain offices or claims.
Some come here crazy on the subject of ini-
aginary claims. All these were to be taken
care of by the Government.
The House was again enga_1ed,the whole
day on the Report ofthe Committee of elec-
tions. The validity ofthe elections by gen-
t‘|‘:|l ticket was advanced b) Messrs. Thomp-
son, of Miss. and A. V. Brown of Teen. and
eloquently opposed by Mr. Stephens, of Ga.
and Mr. Chilton.
Sarun Dav, Feb. 10.
In the House, the question of privilege
(i. e. of the validity of the claims to st-ats”of
the General Ticket members) was discussed
during the entire day and until adjourn-
ment at it late hour, by Messrs. Norris of
N. H. Chappell of Ga. and Catlin. in oppo-
sition to the law and in favor of the claims
ofthese members to their seats: and by Mr.
Summers on the opposite side, and bylothcr
gentlemen, the arguments mainly being but
a repetition of those formerly advanced, and
the debate partaking of btit little.
The majority have determined in caucus
upon closingthe debate on Tuesday.
Boston Railroa.d.—VVe learn from the
Middletown Sentinel that the attention of the
citizens ofthat place has been called to
the subject ofa Branch Road from that city
to intersect the Hartford and New Haven
Railroad. ’
Liberalit_r/.—-Mr. C. Jerome, of New Ha-
ven, has presented a handsome organ to Mr.
Cleveland’: Church, in that City.
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Mr. VVebster and Mr. Calhoun havevboth
written letters defining their position in the
coming Prcs’.dential contest, and now We
find one in the Globe from Col. Johnson de-
fining his. It is short and explicit enough.
The Col. does not withdraw his name from
me guliimore Convention but holds the field
gallently with Van Buren. He is.not quar-
relsome, however. but expresses his Utmost
readiness to take the Vice PFt’5ldt’“°.V’ ll ht‘
cannot get the Presidency, or indeed any
place. He. is ready to go bltiidfolded and
headlong ivlierr-ver the party pushes him.
[-1.3 sflvs if he gets the nomination for the
Pre5id',,.m-V he will accept it with thankful.
nos; though with reluct:ince—if for the Vice
Pt‘esidendy he will take it with gratitude and
plc/Lsu.7°e—-if for neither he does not say hi-
ivillbe thankful or ptnased. but he P'°“"l5t‘S
not to grumble.
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Shepard, the man who zitteniptpd to chop
his head in pieces with an axe, (lit-‘kl ill» llle
Alins House last Thursday night. '
D,-, F_ has in his possession 2! piece of the
skull, taken out iinmi.-di.itely (Ifl.e|' the wound
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How to S/tame ’em.—In a town in New
F uipshire. at a recent town irieeting the
p ple were called to vpte on the question of
gt nting the common license to sell intoxi-
ctlrig liquors. \’Vhen the votes were taken
airge mm,‘oe,- of voices were heard in favor
0l_ ranting licences, but the moderator suiil
hébelieveil the vote was in the negative. Ii
w however suggested that the vote. hail
bL,pE,, he Iakon ',,g.,,in by 7-isinér. \\'Ill-"II
0 jyfour rose in favor of the crzlur!
Dcc2'r.leil /tit ——At a recent locoforo cel- ,
tbiration of the anniversary of the bi'Illlt'
cf,N..-iv Oili-ans, at Ncwtown, Conrii'c-
liclut. John Johns-iii. E-‘q an old blue-liglit
an,ii-w:ir, Hartford Con‘-'«-fltivn l:'t“lt'“‘ll_=li
x-{Z35 very appi'npi'i-,i,tel_t,' t‘t1llc‘til to tilt‘ 'Cli-itr.
A’ certain would-bi~-Congress Itliln i'_i:iiiit-d
Phelps, ciffiitiziti-tl as SpOl\‘t‘StI)=tn. and in thi-
','peniiii: ofhis Spvvcl] very innocently re-
arked, that the very day the battle of New
‘|‘lg;\,:inS was fought, the Hartford f_,‘onv:-ntioii
.vas in session, plotting treason, as you Mr.
Bhiiiruian, may probably l'e-C()llc't‘l.
’ C0lu.ml)us‘ Jrmrrtal.
was made, two inches long and one and il
six distinctb'ows—ni:iking in all at least
thirty six blows struck by the unhappy man.
It SE-EH13 hardly possible that he could have
lived nearly a week after all these injuries.
and be rational till near the tiiiii.-of his death.
Sac». Me. Democrat.
Oreg0n..—'1‘hc bill to provide for the set-
tlement ot Oregon 'I‘erritory by emigrant.‘
from the United States, introduced into Cool
gri-ss by Senator Atctiison, of M‘ssouri. pro
vides for the establisnient of a line of fort
q-miter wide, upon which are the iiiarlcs of,
jays that .,\‘l r. Ste.wiiii,. of Connecticut, has a
jveus and niys.
; A Soli.loqu,i.s'ing i’lTcmbcr.—-The \V;isli
,on correspondeiit of the Newark Advertiser
giiiguliir habit ofsiililoqiiising, and that it is
iiiiiisiug to be near him \\‘l’lPnt;'Vt‘l a tj!lt‘..~‘l|0‘Il
of the least iiiiportiiice is being taken by the.
Anxious to ‘be. sure he is
right.’ he is rontiiittrilly asking lii.'tiSt'lf in
an under tone. unconscious that his tliouglits
find iittirziiice. -—‘How shall I vote on this
,,.,e5j‘,,,,, _?'__-[ ii-iiiirli-r ivhat my cons'itu:-nts
think of it .7'——‘I would like to know how
not exceeding five. from the frontiers to th,
Mountain passp-nrl an -.1-tlditioiial one at thi’;
mouth of the Coluiubia River. It gr:int.l.l
640 acres of lind to each white mtile inhab-
it.int over I8 years of age who shall culti-
vate the same for five years, and to his heir:-.1
in case ofdecease.
there SIT-lll be granted in addition, I63 acref
to the wife and I60 for each child under it:
years of age, he may have, or which shill
be born within the territory. The Ti.-rrito
ry shall comprise all the country west ofthe
Roclty l\’IOllfll.’lll']S, and lietweeii the p:it'allels
40 and 54° 40in. north latitude.
PASSAGES FROM BANKRUPT STORIES.
BY HARRY FRANCO.
A "Good Man.” as I/re World Goei.
“Many people looked upon Mr. Bates as Z1,’
very excellent pt’LSOfl,.flS indeed he was; for
he had always paid his debts, a great thing’
assuredly in a coinuiuiiity \\'here a. neglect
to;do so is I00l‘9|I.UpOn"dS an odious’ offense,
without any consideration of the debtor's mis-
fortunes or ability; but then it uiust be re-
membered that nobody would have trusted
Mr. Bates beyond his known ability to pay;
he had robbed no man of his money an tiri-
' ,I
usuil thing in these days, even when gov-
erninents and iodepenilt-nt States set exam-
ples ofdishonesty, he hid never cheated
government out of a penny, although it is
right to say that he had never been intruste.-d
with any ofthe natioii’s funds; hie had run
away with no man's wife, which wasa great-
er merit, in him, since he would not have
looked upon it as an unpzirdonalile ofI'ense.if
anybody hid run away with his; he had nev-
er accepted office ofa party and then proved
traitorous to those who placed liim'in power;
a rare virtue in him, since hesaw so many
examples around him, and heard them spo-
ken of as good jokes rather than as black
crimes.’
Dead Honors to Dead Men.
‘When a rich man dies. i-veryhotly says,
‘Is it possible!’ as though it were quite an
impossible thing for ziiiilacioiis Dc-.ith to grap-
ple with a man of \\'t’f'tIl"lZ when a la.ii-yer
dies, all the courts adjourn with complimen-
tiry Spi*t'CI]i:S, and Justice sheathes her terri-
ble lt-ft-hzind sword and pockets her scales for
a whole. (lay; as though lawyers were so
exceedingly rare that the loss ofone deserved
to be wept as a public calaiiiity: and when a
merchant dies. all the ships in the harbor
hoist their fi-igs half-mast, out of respect to
his memory, as though the business of mer
charidising was one ofsuch extri-me honor
to humanzty that th-- bare accident of being
connected with it conferred such pvculiiir
merit upon a man that his loss called for a
public demonstration of grief This last
complinir-nt was niid to Mr. Tuck,anil while
there. was but one pair of eyes that wept .-i
tear at his funeral, there were hundreds of
yards of hunting. of .ill possible colors and
-zombinations, drooping from the lialf.m;isi
heads of innuinerahl-_- si-a-goin«_r crafts at me
wharves. and in the river and bay, out of re-
spect to his niemory.’
Sage Arlvice '1’nuc/iiag Mo!/liers in-Law.
‘It is a matter of great mortification to me,
my sort, that in so it portaiit a transaction as
marriage, I am incompeterit to give you any
advice. But I hope that advice will not be
needed by you and Julia: you will no doubt
be happy in e-ich Otllvt‘; yet there is one
thing thitaii old geritleinm used to tell rue
when I was of your age, which I‘ thinl; you
will do well to bear in mind. ‘\Vhy don’t
you get married, my boy '2’ he used io say to
me: ‘Becaii.-7e,’ 1 would reply, ‘farm’; know
how to choosea wife, and I am afraid of
getting a bad one.’ ‘Pool poo !’ he would
say; ‘any wife is good enough. if her moth-
er don’t live with you. but the best wife will
not be.good enough, if she should.’
Sl-rec! Fig/it.—A fracus occurred yester-
day near the railroad depot. in which Mr.
Fowler reporter for the Globe, and Mr.
Hart. a correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, with some one or two others.
whose DEltl)t'S we could not hea r. participated.
Knives were drawn and used, too, as it
would seem front the appearance of the com.
batitants after the affrav; but nothing seri-
ous resulied from it. We have not learned
whether the police have disch=ir,c;ed their
duty in arrest of the disturbers of the public
peace.— Was/iinglon Capital.
“,8 Ne miQhty pleased to find our
P. M. clerk at Norwalk, has got ‘that map.’
The Gal‘-‘lie now comes as ‘straight as a’
l00n'S l€‘g.' Well post marked. That's right
boy, keep your eye on that stamp, and then
we shall know of whom to complain in case
of n fiiilure.—-Stamford Ado,
l-What had I better do ?’-—Suppose
To every uizirried niaiifi
Siinons and S?"ylfl0UI' are aiming to Vole.’-—
I voti-
yet, why then my coiistitueiits may not llli'.P
it; if I vote tiny, they may not like that -t-
tl;e.r.' ‘Then what hal I brtter d-i?'—-Lrt’:
si-P, how did Catlin vote ?’——And so on. un
til his name is re.iched, (lows the iiiti-lli'I1‘“l‘
it-pres-ntitive of the classic soil of N. H Wm
soliloquise!
Amos Kc/ula.I/.—A \Vashingl0n lt-‘ll€‘|“
writer thus desi-ril-is Amos Kendall, Post-
Edaster under Gen. Jrickson. I'I'o-isiys A riir-S
Kendall is sewn daily in the Capitol. His
appeiirnnce just non-‘I is almost frightful, as
lit-, has filli-ii away to a mere skeleton, and
looks more like Doctor Syntax than any ()Ilt'
else that [can cal to mind. His dress is
exce-dingly shabby. and his whole appear-
ance iirisightly. A i\'lur.it in principle, h--
reseiiibli-s that great jacubin in app---arance.
.-ind like his prototype. he had once" a coin-
mandirig iiiflrivnce over others.
IlIa.nurcs.—f\‘lr. Siuitli of South Hadley,
said that it neighbor of his raised a colt.——
When one year old be fed liiiri in the stable
snmmer and winter, and he rnarked off the
land on which the food grew, and put the
manure produced by the co-lt on that land,
and this was all the manure that was applied
'to the land, exceyfiing the. addition of the lit-
ter; this so incrcasedi e crop of grass that
it was suffi--ient for the colt the next y--ar,
and this pl in was piirsuo-(l till the cult was
four years old, the land i»iiproving_r as fast as
the colt grew, so that the same land that sup
plied him when one year old produced a
supply when he was four.
More Ala.rm.—The Locofocos now ap-
pear to be growinr; more apprehensive of
their doomtlian lieretofore. Ttii-Bii=lg'i-port
Farmer sounds the latest alarm as follows :
‘Oir democratic friends should now hi-
lookiug about and making arraiigernents for
the spring election. The \’Vliigs intend‘ to
make vigorous efliiits to carry the State.-
They should be met with corrt'.s{0iidii'ig ef-
forts on the part of the democrat-y.’
Our opponents may make. all the ‘vigor-
ous exeriioris’ they plvase. and yet they will
find it to l).- labor lost 'I‘heircariJle flickers
in the socl.et.—-N. H. Palliclu/n.»
Accirlcnlal Kissing ——A gentleman at
Washington some weeks sinct',expet-tiiig his
sister to arrive in the cars from I3-llllltl()l't‘.
went to the depot just at dark opoii the arri-
V:tI ofthe train. A lidy seeing hirii,sprang
forward, threw her arms around his neck,
and p'l5Slf)I]iilr'I_V kissed hiimexclaiinirig ‘m_v
brother ll At that moment another gentle.
man advanced, a recognition instantly took
place,.and another tender scene followi-d.—
"I'he first gentleman almost imtnediately saw
his iriistiike and apologized, when his legiti-
“mate sister appe-ired. It is only necessary
to say that mutual introductions and explan-
ations followed. and a tender intimacy soon
after surci-ed:-tl. which promises now to make
all pirties l)7'0llI(Z)'S and .sislers as well as
‘sweet-hearts and wives.’
Front the New York '1'rz'lnme, 6!/1..
C/mrge of S-27zii__ggli7zg Cl0llLS.—‘I\r"lI(‘l‘-(Ill
McAuley and Patrick McLaiighlin, ['li'tS$f"lt-
gets, we are informed, on board the ship Ox-
lford, rr-ceiitly from Liverpool, were arrested
yesterday, cliirged as being coricerni-d in
siiiuggliiig into this poit a large qmintity of
cloths, &I.'. The value of the goods already
ascertained to have bvrn smiiggled into this
port is said to be upivards of $15,000 Several
other persons. (among them some I)0illlll(‘l’l.)
havealso been arrested on the samecharge. A
warrant was out last evening against
,-one of the mates of the Oxford. The
circumstances thus iar seem to implicate the
ship. The penalty for smuggling is a loss
lofthe goods, imprisonment of the ponies,
whether principals or abettors, and a fine in
double the value of the goods. An examin-
ation of the persons arrested will take place
l,to day. .
L VVe learn from a gentleman latelyarrived
in this citv from Louisiana, that Judge Por-
tcr, late U. S. Senator from that State, has
left a legacy of considerable value to thi-
Hon. Ilenry Clay.-—Savan'/ink Republican
Portsm.o-ut/t Ha.rbor.——The Portsmouth
(N. H.) Journal states that the ship Colum-
bus sailed from Portsniouth harbor on Wed-
nesday of last week. while all the other har-
bors on the coast from New York northward
were boiin_d up in ice. The Portsmouth
‘I_],al‘l),O,l' has never yet been frozen over to the
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LETTER FROM Mn. WEBSTER.
The last Boston Courier contains a corres-
pondence between 1100 citizens 0fNew Hamp-
shire.and the Hon. Daniel \tV8l>5l'3l'- ’Tl'°Y
respectfully ask that they may use his name
before the American People, as a candidate for
the highest office in their gift. He expresses
gruielclfeeliiigs awaken by ilie lciier—iiialics
some remarks on the iiffice of I’resideiit——rel'crs
to his political conduct for Ilie last thirty years
——his opinions on the great questions otinteresi
wliicii he lizi-; endeavored to maiiitai:i—aiid clo-
ses as follows:
o ilie cuuiitry—ttie coiistitiitioiial principles
L
‘If these principles an I thcseopinions. mm
,0, ljk-,.|y to be iiiaiti-riully changed, should
recoiiiiiieiitl me to further iiiarks of public ,
ri--‘_v:ii'il and corifidi-rice, I should not with-
hold iiiyseif froiii coiiipliaiice with t:.e g: n-
eral witi. But I have no preteiistoiis of my
,,,,.,, ,0 bring forward, and trust that no
friends of rniiic would at any time use my
,,,,me for the purpo.sc (.i preventing harmony
iHItt)n"' those, whose gvtlrfill P"l‘“‘5“l ‘’P“‘'
ions coiicur. or for any i2i:l)Srt wti.itevet.bUl it
coiisciiiitious regard for the good of the
couiitry.
1i is obi-ions gentle-ini~n. that atthe pri-s~—ni
iiioiiii-iit the teuileiicy of Oplflltitt ziiiioiig those
to be rt-jiresetited iii the tjoiivi-tittoii is gen
e-iziliy and stroiigly Set in niiotliet‘ tIlIt‘i,'llt)Il.
I think it my duty. lltt'H‘l Wt‘. l-Hill?!‘ ll‘-‘<1-‘illllg
t.'I|Cll:liSlilllCt‘$ to riquest those, \\'IlU may feel
ll pit-fer-i'ice for me, not oppose any oh.-tach-s
to the li-riding iiisties or political Illvfldsi 0|
to iiiiiii-il and cordi.-il iflorts for the accom-
pli-liiiieiit of those \\'1Silt'S. _
The election ofthe Ilt'.\'i aotuiiin uinst iri-
iiolvii, in gt-~neral the s:to.e q.tiiSllvD..<, its l)t‘
longed to that of I840. The Cause, I run-
.-eive, to be the true cause of the country, it.-
peruiaii--iit prosperity. and all its great inter-
ests; the cause of :_,'i)().l. govet‘tim_eiit. true lib-
.-ii\-, and the preservatioii and ltttr-grlty of
tlge t}‘-.iiii~:ti*.u~tiun, arid none should. despair ot
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&il'._‘t.'
'if‘/ac Reason. lrl-’i’i_:y .7——'I‘l'ie editor of the
Whig Standard, a most spirited ai.-(l (.'ITt.’Cll\'t?
sheet published at Washington City, relates
the following ariecdoti-. He says: ‘After
the t'll-3Cl.|0I=l- of 594.0. a number of Locofocos
we-re i-ziriie.-tly engaged discussing the. reason
why the Whigs had be.ten tllrm so badly
in the preceding election. One insist:-d that
it was because. the people were such fools
tliat tlii-y had all their senses taken auay by
the court sk in rti-iiiiiiiii-i'ies. Another du-
Cl’-ll't't‘l lhill. it was not so much as the bribe-
ry of tlious:ir.i.ds of V-Ul.r.'|'S by the. h.iiiks and
Eiireigiiers, whilst .t1‘ll)ll'(I' asserted that Illt‘
people h-ad gone mad-, and had gotdiunlr
upon the exciteiiient and hard cider.
‘Whit do you: think it was, uncle Josh,"
said the first one turning to a little hninp-
hackeil giiiiblet eyed frosty head: (1 old man.
who was sitting crosstd leggctl by the fire.
furiously chewing his f],lll-ti» of: tobacco. and
who See-tlltftl to be the Sir Oracle of the cute
rie.
‘You don't know any thing aboiit_ it.” siid
the giiiiblet eyed nian, slt‘i’l»i'ttl_1I his stick
turi-=usly against the floor. ‘It was them all
_/i'ri:zl songs I/ta-l did the lJil.\'lI].t‘..\‘SZ I \\'III ti-ll
you it was ciioiigli to rtiii any body crazy to
listen to them songs. wh---n ii pretty girl was
singing tliv~:m.” "And,” continued the old
man jliiiiipiiig up. and giving his stick an
emphatic thump aigziitist the dog-iron “I will
never vote for any irinri for l"residi-nl tvhoso
name. u~oii't rliyiiic in poetry. It’s no non-
der Mr. V-ill Buren was heat, for his nziriie
would’nt rliynie to any thing but -ru-in..
‘II
CD
.E;L't3CllllI))I. Anec(lo!c.—-Tire following
story is told ufan iricori'ig_ibli: wag who had
Stt'tll0l'lL‘(I liimsi;-lf for a special purpose.
i‘.ll1i=lSl. 31 group of fciiia‘i.~s- who til'.€!ltiL'tI to
witne.-s the e'.\:t'Cution of Horn, at I3-:lll.ll0l't‘.«
D:av.-i-rig near to an old tii=in -ix-itli \\ hour he
had a slight acF.ju:iiiiiai-ire, be fixed his eye
upon the gallows, and with a sort of semi
zilistiai-tell lXlflllt')t'l' and due Sole-'t||{lll_v if
ft,'llllll'C l't’tll2t|"l\’t'd : ‘Well, it serrns: to me a
hard case, that :1 man shoiilii lfiz brosiglit tip
an..l /iinzg for killing two uromc/z.’ Of course
8Vt.’I'y \\'0ii'i‘--n’S t‘_\'t-‘, itilliin i--or shot Of the
rem irk. was dire-ctvd tou aids 13. who, with-
out uioviiig a muscle or without withdrau iiig
his gaze from the olject i-i fore him, after a
pittsv, H-.’5U!llt'tl his sultli quy, ‘Nt')\\’ if‘ I‘Iorii
liad l{lllt‘tI two or thre~- Illltl(ll't'(I wives. I
should think he ought to go to the Peniten-
tiary---hut——’ here two or three of the
wonieti side-(I away. and some turned partly
routid towards the $pl‘:ll{(’l', ti hilc one,
whose blood was rapidly lIIOlH'll.lO,‘g', braced
hersi-lf at about six ft-etdistiiiice square upon
him‘. ‘but.’ he coniinurd. ‘this hanging a
man for killing only; two women ought to br-
looked into by the L~:_'islat.iire——(loti’t you
bodied others for which
P493 IO) he'deperiils upon lr(u1zlzon,on it;
woiisx-; SUUIXCE, Pi:'tr:ns’ His'rnri\'.’
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For the Gazette»
THE BLUE LAVVS OF CONNECTI.CU'l‘-.£.
iv1ii..Rnr.n:—Not long since, you pub--
lished extracts from Prof. Ki7i.gs1e_r/.'sbow-
ing the so called "BlueLa.u~s of Connecticut,’’'
a sheer fabrication; and that there never-
was such a code, or such I.ius as are coin-
riionly givi-n as Sp(?Cltnt‘liS of the Blue Laws-..
To the authority of Prof. Kingsley. you.
might have added that of R. R Hinman;-m
He has published the. Blue Laws, not only;
of Connecticut. btit of New Yolk. M.-iryland,. -
Virginia, and South Carolina: and among
he Iaiis which are authentic, he has em»
he says (Pref-ice
For several of these laws he has beeg.
-ar. ful to give Barber as his authority ::
hus “No one shall run on the Sabbath day,,,
.r walk in his g:li"ItIl, or elsewhere. except
ri-veri iitly to and from i'nci-tiiig.’-—(Bu7‘ber.)=;
‘No one. shall travi-l, cook victuals, make ‘
ht.-ils, sweep lions--. cut hair or share on the»
Sabbath day ’——(Barber.) ‘No \\'()III;|fl shall’
kiss her child on the Sahbatli or f-isting day.’ ’
-—-(Br.trber.) ‘Every ll'tllC shall have his:
hair cut 'roun.:l ::ccoi'din'__: to a cap.’—(Bar-
bar and Pelcrs)
Having given these laws, 'I\Il'. Hinman
2lflilS the tolloiiing as his estiriiate of their
;Illll'lt‘I)lICll._\', fpzigv lf?.<l) ‘It is said by Pi-ti-rs
in his l‘ri;-tory of Coptic-cticul, that these laws=
\-\-'t'|'t?m.‘1(lt’l'|y the people of New Haven,
pi‘t~\’intJS to their iiicorporation with S-y--
hioiik and Ilzirtlord Ci-lonirs; and as he-
says, -.vet'i- very propi-rly tcrmitl blue laws,
i c. Mon /_1/ laws; for says be, they were all‘
sflntllflrtl with excoiimiunicatioii, fines, pun-
ishment, iihipping, cutting off the enr:~i..‘
burning the iongu-'-, and death. He further‘
atlds that this code of laws .Clt“DOflIIflfll(’.f.li
Blue L.<zu'.s' were fH‘\'t’l' sufleri-d to be priiitédl
This is about all ['23 cviilcnrc extent, that’.
(1. mile of blue l(l?('S ever existed; a.7irl urliic/i.
I confess, from (‘lie gniiaral C/l(I.7‘(Iclt.'7‘ of/iis
/iistn-r_y of Cort’/recfim/i‘.. I do not 1:cr3, mus/L
rely; upon for Us corrccliiess. Barber /(as:
also (1. par! of the some laws in /zis Yale His-
lory of C’omici:.’icu.l. who I’ coriclmlc, Itas-
/illlc. or no lief/.~:-r errirl.-nice to prove (Item-
(/15 blue laws of Court-cr.l‘icul. I/Hui,/iis (Ic-
peun’en.cs on Priors./or I/1.: [rzcl..”
Hi.r...niain so-ppo-sr-s th-.it li’et-'r:r.s tool: a.part
of I)lS'Ct)(I'l.‘- froiu Gov E:iton’s code oflaws.
“and then arldczl some r.lis_£,'7'a_rrz_/.21.! laws to
.sligm.rt(i_:c (lie i.-i/iabitaiils of Me co/(mg/,-
71‘/-I?;6ll rzppvars to [mire l)CL’7I. /tis oliyrct,
l/trot/g/t'ou.t /tis wliolc l!l.$'l07';?/.” ’ ‘
Ilinman malies an ackrioix li.-dgenicnt of ii
Ct)tll'5t‘ pl}fSt.'€t..I~'b’)’ lfiiriiself; \\ liich is lo‘ say
the least, of very qurstiion-iblc propriety :' as
in any will drink in poison from the body of
his ixork, which his fr.-nk acknowledgvirieni‘
will, in i'iiany cases. fail to counteract. '1'
have,‘ says he, ‘treated t/re laws publislicrl
above, as being of (L more a.ncicn~t dale I/raw.
the corlc of Eaton, and yet I give little-
crcclit lo l/fem. r.’;L‘C(’.]2l 'w/icre I/icy agree wig];-
l/ie la.'r-5 of Eaton 0-r 1/ie colony record,’
page I25. Trial is, these laws are not found
in Eritoti’s code which, is an authentic com-
pilntion and ari'.'in,r__reiiient of the colony,l:ii\-'3;
while yet, if they ever existi-sl, they qniige
have exi..+t--d before that CO.'ll[‘illnt,lOtl nus -
made. They are not in the r- ciirds—no al-
lusion to them occurs in those records,
though so full and t'ti[llplt'lt_~‘. Yet has Mr,
lliiiinaii "lrealcrl I/Lem as being of a more
7lIl‘.'If'fll. date than the code of lSaIori"—tlir-rn
is no evidencesatizfaetory to himself that-
iliey ever existrd; hr gives little credit to
them; thinks ‘hat Barber has no better i-vi-
ilc-ncc than I)‘:-it-r for rli.-m ;‘ and c,,ns;,jc,s
P‘:-ters‘as a ‘worse source’ than ‘tradation.’
Iliiiuian’s work \\'(’iuld [mm b,.,.,, more.
satisiactory, had he scprrralcrl these tradi-
tion-.i'y and lying fans from the true. A
careful reader may still iiiiike the distinc.-
tion, bu=t- a mere cu=rsory reader, or om,» who
uses his work for fI)’t"T{‘. Ft‘fL'TCnC'L‘, will‘ be
pretty sure to be misled.
Locufoco Crmfessinn.-—'l'he Rhode Islan
CIll'f)lllt'lt.“ says : -‘It must in a sober and
cars-fol review ofthe past, he :'t(Ifllll.l.f.fd by all
candid men that Mr. Van Bureu’s adiiiinis-
tratton was to uiariy l'tJS,")i-cfs zin unfortunate
one. It \V-IS iinforiunate in the loss 1,; {/13
6'01.-enimc/rt aml I/re 7.ie'r«72 'c'0/' mr1.n_1/ millions‘
'3/I Ilflllllf-i 111/ 1/16 (lefalc/tlz'.o7i of /iis ofliccrs,
It runs 1rrifor’l'un'rtle in bciizg i/lenlificil w'iz/z
Hie Qitirculin alzcmyils lo c.rlab.’z'.s-/i an a[,_,-0],,“
melrtlic currciicg/, to the ercr./usion. of all the
forms 0fcre.rlz'lfrn' the business opcralioris of’
the people, as we"! as in its Tecoynnigndaiion
of l,/ze obnoxious 200,000 lllililia Bill. And
xoaxr Exvr..\'Dr'ruRt-;s, AMOUNTING Nam».
1.1’ T0 THIRTY SEVEN Mt-i.LtoNs or 901.3
LARS Ai\'.\'u.i-r.i.‘.'.”
A_gaiu——“At the most trying period of the‘
ihiiik so strange-r 7’ :tfI(ll‘('SSln£_T the old man.
But before the old m-in could reply, the fe-
lIltllr' last ri-ferrid to, and ii hose face had
pale-d a;-zairi, \\'itl't the t*IIi>l'l to suppress her
ivratli, forced B.’s ttll."fllltln with the e-xi-la.
uiation. ‘Look here, Misti-r ’ li‘tiii,«_v hi-r
hand and shaking a finger at him with
thr»-:iti=iiirir_r energy. '3/ou.’zl best clear out of
this crowd.’ Stuffing his hands down in his
pocket and looking the woiiizin full in the
fuck‘, with impertnrbiible riiock gravity, he
coolly remarked. ‘\Vell I think I had,’ and
turned away ready to burst.
George L-ifayette, son of the General, has
been chosen a Hit-‘tllbt'l' of the French Cham-
her of Deputies
Abner Rogers, who murdered Mr. Linco-
len, Warden ofthe i\‘lassacliusetts State Pris-
on, some months since, has been acquitted on
the izrounrl of insanity. He is to be sent to
the Lt!n:tllC Assylum at Worcester.
Marsh, convicted at Newarii, N. J. of
murder, has had his application_ for a new
trial gl‘.inl(:‘(I, on the ground that one of his
counsel became. iudisposed and unable to
prosecute the tiial to its close.
The Dubuqoe, Iowa, Expriss ofthe l2th
ult. says the whole amount of lead shipped
(luring the past three vears from Galenaand
Diibuque, was 106 486,380 pounds; the
whole amount of copper 95,000 lbs —valued
at nearly 33.000000.
Rev. Mr.Judd, of Brooklyn. having se-
duced a servant girl. and been guilty of oth-
er m_isdemeanors, has absconded, leaving his
existence of the Democratic party in this
coiintry——rlnri-ng the last war tiiith Great
l3rttain—i‘oli'. Van Buren opposed the regu-
in r Presidential noiiiinzition ofthe Dieinoci-‘at-'
ic party, the election of J.~i.-iies Madison, and
united liiiiisi:-lf with the Fouls.-rzil party in that
Stlppott of Dr: Witt Clinton, ifie pi-am. WHY
ciridid te. In I823 and '24, he likewise’-
Slrt:‘I’It)"USl)' opposed the t'ltCIl0n of General’
J.ickson to the Prisidency. Since John Q.
Atlains refused to iippoiiil. hiiii Mitiister to
Ifingland, in I826. he hits, it istrue, whether
induced by interest or principle it is not now
llt‘Ct'S$‘(ll"y to inquire, acted with [ha Demo-
Cl';tI.lC party, with coniinemlable consistency.’
The Farmer will please copy. ’
...Tif for ’Ial”—Deputy Sherifl Camp,
we understand, [Hilde an ogficial call upon his
l3“'l-’l‘-‘T Dvputy. Eb-n-zer Suiith, one day
list week, and spread an attachmentover his
j')05Sr‘$SlO0, to hold them to respond to such
judgment as may_ be obtained against him,
for alledged iiiistleniesinors in serving certain
precepts in Bridgeport in favor of the Bond-
h jd . - - .1 - . l.
0 _e.-is againft th— t city. Ihe question in-
volving the rightofcreditors of the citv to
seize pc-_r~:onal property to satisfy their judg-
ment will be determined by this suit.
Stamford Adv.
E;i:,po'sure.--A woman named Hotchkiss,
from Milford, was found last night between-
9 and I0 o'clock, upon the snow intoxicat--d,,.
and nearly dead from the cold, in the
south eastern section of the city. A bottle of
rum was at her side. She was carried to
the jail. where proper remedies were taken
with success, to. restore her to animation.
There. now, Jason !. .
kqowleclge of the living.
,wife. and children to weep over his disgrace.
Palladium.
s
it was especially unfortunate in its E.\'TRAV-
Norwalk Chronicler