‘ ted it. will interpose to save
‘ Such reminiscences of our purer days (le-
. serve to be fondly cherished. and Should 09V‘
i
CQNGRE SSIQNAL_ THE CONVENTION.
PLANT TREES.
It is really distressing to the eye oftaste,
0 witness the number of farm-houses in our
ancient Commonwealth, which stand €XP°’
zed. as it were, in the open fields, \\'_ltl’l0,;ltl.esi1
shrub or a grassplot to cheer t e mm .
or even so much as a frtencllyh tree tr(:“n|;l,"$3s'
tect them from the glare °f l 8 59.
sun. No resident of our naked Villages-
who has enjoyed a promenade beneath the
archincr eluis which adorn the avenues 0f
New [-‘Liven and other eastern towns. can
fail to be humbled by the con‘.r|a,st. and “(B
lament the tasteless, cruel negngence.
melancholy want. of forecast tvhtch has P_Ie'
v-oiled amrina our people. This '5‘-P“l5“'e
feature of baiibirism should be no longer tol-
erated The beautiful shade trees \\'ltIt‘l1
surround the rl\velllrtg- as ‘hell £.""9“_’ °l‘J'
become associated with plt:ttSt'nt. reminiscen-
ces in the fimilv. and exert a delightful mor-
al influence. The children who have gl'(f;_\VD
up and disported beneath their sprea mg
boughs, become fondly attacheil to thetn,,and
strongly disposed to guard and preservet em-
The touching song of our countryman. Mor-
ris, owes its popularity no less to adeep seat-
ed principle in our nature. than _l° the 9"’
gaging‘ simplicity and pathos of its numbers.
Every one who has spent the summer days
of yauth under the lovely shade around the
paternal dornicil will be as ready as the po-
st to exclaim.
“ Woodman! Spare that tree!"
Every descendant of the patriarch who plan
the venerable
tree which sheltered the home of his child-
hood - and will reinonstrate with the Vandal
I . - , -
who may threaten it, in the earliest and
moving accents of the bard-—- "
‘* ‘Twas my forefathers’ hand
That placed it‘. near thiscot—-
There, woodman! let it_siand—
Thy axe shall harm it not.
‘.V|ien but an idle boy.
I sought. its grateful shade:
In all their gushing joy.
Here, too, my sisters played.
My mother kissed me.here—
My father pressed my hand:
Forgive this foolish tear-
Btit let this old tree stand!"
v
er be obliterated by the sterner pursuits of
after life. The tasteful arrangements of
trees and shrubbery on a farm, notonly_c0r1_-
duces to real comfort, but is the surest ind}-
cation ofa gentle, cultivated and truly cI_Vl-
lized people. It demonstrates that boorish
rudeness has been superseded by refined feel-
ings, and a just appreciation of the beauties
of Nature. I.-Iow delightful to the toil worn
farmer, in the evening of life, to repose in
the shade ofthe trees which he has planted
with his own hands! How grateful, to the
heir of the parental mansion, to enjoy the
umbrageous shelter provided by_ the care
and taste of his revered progemtorl The
shade tree thus becomes. as it Were‘. *1 Chet“
ished member ofan ai°fectionate family. Its
longevity renders it an abiding friend,ofsuc-
ceeding generations. a silent btit most interes-
ting witness ofthe advent &. departure ofchil-
dren,and of childrens’ children--while its a-
god trunk remains an emblem and a pre-
cious memorial ofa long life of venerated an-
cestry.
.Primz'tive Wors!tip.—VVe find in one of our
exchanges the following description ofa church
in Delaxvare:
At Cantwell’s Bridge, apretty little vill-
age on the main peninsular road, about ten
miles this side ofSmyrna, as a Friends meet-
ing house, built of brick, only about twelve
feet square. Small as it is, it has all the
appliances, outside and in, that are usually
found in those of larger dimensions. The
congregation consists of but one man, a re-
spectable C-}.uzilrei' fartnor, living some four
or five miles distant. who attends regularly
twice a week, and sits out the usual time a-
lone. '
.Mormonism.—-'I‘he Nnuvoo Times and
Seisons gives official notice that Elder Par-
ley P. Pratt has been appointed by the Coun-
cil of Twelve to go it) the City Of Netv-York,
to take charge ofthe press in that city; to
regulate and counsel the emigration that
may come that tvay from Europe. and to take
the Presidency ofall the Eastern Mormon
Churches.
Boston Municipal Election.-Another tri-
al for the cooice of Mayor and five Meiiibers
of the Board of Alderman, was held at Bos-
ton on Monday. but without success. VVot-
more (Whig) rt-ceiverl 3.767; Davis (Na-
tive) 2904; Greene (Loco) 2.268;Scattcr-
ing 78. It will be observed that the Native
vote is stronger than at the first trial and
‘exceeds the Whig by I37. ,_
The Steam-Ship Great Britain, we learn
by a letter from C-ipt. Hosken, is outofdock
and doubtless by this time at London. Her
engines huvcibc-en tried, and found to work
as smoothly as the machinery of a watch.
No day has been fixed for her sailing.
N. Y. Tribune.
Rev. Mr. Fairc/tild.-——It is stated that Rev.
Joy [-1. Eairchild has concluded to be tried
before the Municip-il Cotirt, Boston, under
the indictment found by the grand jury for
the county of Suffolk.
Mr. Rantoul is engaged as his counsel. It
is said he has succeeded in procuring evi-
dence highly favorable to his own side ofthe
question. ‘
Conviction of Flavel.-—The jury in the
case of Wesley Flavel, indicted for shooting
his neice, Elizabeth Murray, came into
Court this morning and returned a verdict of
Murder in the second degree. The jury
had been out a week and spent Christmas
day locked up.--P/til Gazette.
The Hon. Levi Woodbury has been ap-
pointed to deliver the next annual discourse
before the National Institute. The Nation-
al Inteligencer contains a long list of the
presents lately received by the Institute from
various parts of the globe. We take great
pleasure in recording facts indicative of the
It is understood that.
EDUCATION.
Resolutions acco)nlP3"}'in§ the Re‘
port of the Joint Slandingcfcom. on
Education, passed at the last Ses-
sion of the Genet-ai Assembly.
Resolved, That his Excellency the, Cov.
ernor of this state he, and he hereby is au-
thorized and empowered and to nomi-
nate a committee of nine persons in this
state to be and to constitute a coiiimittee to re-
port on the subject of Education to the next
General Assmbly.
Resolved. That the person first named on
this cornriiittee shall be chairman thereof,—-
and that this committee, when constituted,
shall take into consideration the state of com-
mon schools in Connecticut, and of the pub-
lic tnind respecting them. tog.-ther with such
plans and suggestions for their improvement
as to them may seem calculated substantial-
ly to promotethe usefulness of schools and
the interests of Education generally in the
state, and shall report their doings herein to
the next General Assembly.
Resolved, Thatthe school visitors in the
several school societies shall lodge with the
clerks of their respective societies such "rc-
turns ofthe condition of each common school
within their limits, in such particulars and at
such times as the committee mcntionrd in
the foregoing resolutions shall specify and
direct together with a written report of their
own doings, with such observations as their
experience and l‘t:'fl"Cl.l0I] may suggest: and
said clerks shall at the expense of the sever-
al school societies, trunsmit the same when
required, to the chairman of the committee
above named.
Resolved, That the Comptroller of Pub-
lic Accounts be directed to draw an order on
the Treasury for the sum of fifty dollars, in
favor of the chairman of said couiinittee, to
be by him applied for time and expenses of
said committee. and in remuneration thereof,
after the p'll‘pOS9S for which said comrnittee
has been raised shall have been accomplish-
rd.
The committee for this purpose appointed
by his Excellency the Governor. are Jolm
'1‘. Norton, Esq and I. W. Stewart Esq. of
Hartford County; Wm. T. Rnss:ll,E.-tq. of
New Haven. R--v. Simucl Nichols,of Green-
field, Hon. Cllarlt-S W. Rockwell; of Nor-
wich, Hon. Seth P. Beers, of Litchficld,
Hon. Edward Eltlredge, of Pomfret, Prof.
John Johnson,of Mitldlctowii and Lorin P.
Waldo, Esq. of Tolland. At a meeting of
thiscommittee held on Wednesday last, in
the Governor’s Room at the State House,
there were present Messrs. Norton, Stuart,
Nichols, Beers and Johnson. The meeting
was called to order by its Chairman, Mr.
Norton, and I. W. Stuart was appoitited Sec-
retary.
On motion. Messrs. Norton and Beers
were appointed :1 Comiiiittee to report ti suit-
able list of interrogatories to be proposed to
the various School Societies. ascontemplatcd
in the Resolutio s ofthe General Assembly
Such interrogatories were according reported
and were adopted by the Committee.
On motion, the Secretary was directed to
preparea Circular, to be printed, and to be
addressed, signed by said Secretary, to the
School Visitors and Clerks of the various
School Societies of the State, communicating
to them the resolutions of the General As-
sembly on the subject of Education, and the
interrogatories prepared and reqursting a
reply from them by the let of April next.
After consulting some time upon the sub-
ject with which-. it is charged, the..committee
adjourned to meet such time in April nextas
shall be designated by the chairman, at the
Gdvernor‘s Room in Hartford_then and there
to receive returns from the various school
Societies, and to consummate the purpose for
which this committee is raised.
I. W. STUART, Secreta.-ry.
Mormon and Indian Outrage.-—-The
Warsaw Signal of the 4th inst. confirms a
rumor, put fort the week previous, in rela
tion to the fact of Lyman VVright and his
band of Mormons, in a fight at a trading sta-
tion, about ninety miles above "Prairie du
Chieu. ‘ ’It appears that Wright’s band were
stiffering for the want of provisions, but he
would not lt-t them disperse over the country
to find employment. In order to relieve
them, he went to the traders, and finding that
they had floor he tried to get some on credit,
but was refused. He then took thirty men.
and told the traders that if they did not let
him have the floor, he would talie it. He
was defied and made the attack on the store.
The French and Indians fired on his men.
and killed four on the spot, and it is supposed
that nearly all fell in the retreat.
Tragical Scene on board the Ship Fare-
well—Yesterday afternoon, the crew of the.
ship Farwell, on her voyage to Boston. in
tow ofthe City Ice Boat, refused to do duty
at the time the ship was to be cast offfrorii
the steamer, nearly, opposite Marcus I-look.
They were ordered aft by the first mate,
ilr. Eagles, at the request of Captain Far-
VVL-ll. While the Captain was taking their
names they were highly .-mutinous in their
language. Upon the mate-’s interfering to
reserve discipline, one of the seamen, nam-
ed Tho’s Forbes, a Scotchman. drew a sheath
knife on him and stabbed him in the left
side near the heart. The mate staggard aft
declaring that he was murdered and soon
after expired. Forbes then approached
Capt. Farwell, declaring himself to be the
murderer, at the snare time drawing his
knife from his pocket in a menaricing man-
ner. The‘ Captain leveled a pistol at him
andshot him, but he was not dead at the
last accounts. The cause of this tragical
event, like that of a majority of such occur-
rences, was 1um.—-Plzilad. Gazette.
Albany Sleigh: for Dertmar/.-.——A few
weeks since ou.r enterprising fellow citizens,
James Gould and Co. Coachmakers, receiv-
ed an order from an American gentleman to
make a sleigh-for the King of Denmark.
Their selection to fill this order was it deser-
ved compliment, for Gould &. Co’s sleighs
have long been conceded to be the handsom-
est articles ofthe kind made in the country.
They accordingly made an elegant Cutter
for his Majesty of Denmark, finished it off
in the best style, and sent it to its destination
prosperity of an institution which is destined
to prove a very valuable one to this country.
V ,..,.. ,- ~-...'.>¢.rs-"w
just before the river closed.-—Albony Cit.
MONDAY Dec. 23.
In Senate. the bill from the I-Iousecntitled
‘An act to provide for the safe keeping and
disbursement ofthe public revenue’ (the Sub-
treastiry bill) was received read twice, and
referred to the Committeeon Fitiance.
Mr. Berrien, from the Cortirnitte on the
Judiary, reported with amendment, the bill
from the House of Representatives establish-
ing a uniform time for holding the election
for Electors of President and,Vice President
Also, with nniendment, the bill authori
zirig the Secretary of the Treasury to make
an arrangenient with the creditors ofS imut-l
Stvartwout; which bill was afterwards con-
sidered and ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. Seniple, from the Comiiiitte on Roads
and Canals, t‘t2p0l‘l.t(l a bill to extend the Na-
tional Road to the City of Alton on the Mis-
sissippi River. V
The resolution of Mr. Huritington, rela-
ting to the iron war steamers, was adopted.
Several private bills were passrd, after
which the Senate went into Executive Ses-
sion for a INW moments, and then adjourned
till Thursday.
In the [loose of Repre-sentativesafter some
unimportaiit business had been transacted." '
Mr. Douglass asked leave to introduce ti
Joint R-‘solution for the Iir-annexation of
Texas to the Uriltutl States, in conformity
with the Treaty of 1803 for the purchase of
Louisiana.
Mr. A. V. Brown from the Committee on
the Territories, to which was referred the
bill to organize a Government in the Terr-L
tory of Oregon, reported the some with zi-
mt ndmrnts.
The bill was then committed to the com-
mittee of the \Vhole House. _
The llouse adjourned to Tliursday.
THURSDAY. Dec. 26.
The Senate contrary to general expecta-
tions, formed a quorum this morning.
After presentation of petitions the bill iiii_
thorizing ii compromise with the secu raties of
Mr. Swartwouf, late colector of the port of
New York, was passed.
The bill for,thc relief of heirs of
Reside came up, and was postponed.
The bill granting lands to the State of In-
diana, to aid in cotnlpeting the Wabash and
Eric canal from Terre Home to the Ohio
river, was taken up, and ordered to be eti-
grosst-d for ii third reading.
Mr. Archer oflered a resolution providing
that the Judiciary Committee be empower.
ed to take tostlniony by commission in rela-
tion to naturalization frauds, which was a-
greed to.
The Senate adjourned till Monday.
In the House, Mr. C. J. Ingersoll intro-
duced a bill providing thatchildren born a-
broad ofAmerican parentage on the male
sidt-,shall be deemed to be American citizens.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
James
M r. Belser mot-_.-:.l to go into COtllmiLtet‘ of“
the Whole nnd t.il‘.*e up the bill fo_r_ the An-
nexation of '1‘t'X‘-I5. This motion‘ obtained,
but 33 votes.
There was scarcely a quorum of members
present, and no disposition for business was
manifested.
At half past one the house adjourned.
FRIDAY, Dec. 27.
In the House, today the chairman of the
Committee of Foreign Af‘I'airs agreed to call
up the subject of Annexation of Texas on
Monday next.
Gra.dua.li0n Land Bill.--'I‘hcHousc went
into Committee of the Whole on the Bill to
-reduce and graduate the price of the public
lands, in favor of actual settlers and cul
tivators.
Messrs. Smith of Illinois, Peltit of Indi.tna
and McClern=ind oflllinois, spoke in favor
ofthe bill to-day. ,
Mr. Thompson of Kentucky, l.llt.‘l'l submit-
ted ainendrncrits to the bill, and the Commit-
tee rose without further progress. Mr.
Thompson‘ proposes to give l6O acres of
land to any family of five persons who will
remove to it and settle upon it,
After some unimportant business,a motion
was made that the House adjourn over to
Monday, it being a dismal spell of weather.
The motion was carried, and the House
adjourned about 3 o'clock.
The report published in the papers, of an
abolition riot in George-'.oivn, Ohio, on the
occasion of a recapture of negro slaves by
souie Kentucltiaris, is a hoax set afloat by
some brainless wag‘.
ever both injthe North rfnd South, and a
great deal of indignation has been expended
on the subject.
At Vicksburg, on the 5th instant, during
a heavylshower of rain and wind, a two sto-
ry frame house took rt slide down the hill.
There were at the time some ten persons,
black and white, consisting of adults‘ and
child ren, in it—-only one of whom rrceived
any serious injury and’ that not mortal —
The house made it perfect smash, breaking.
and grinding the timber all to pieces. The
person hurt was a woman. and she was in-
jurt-tl by the falling of the chimney.
American Ma.in/frtctures.-—-The large
Steam Sugar and Candy Refinery of R_ L_
&. A. Stuart, corner ofGrecnwich and Cham-
bers streets, in this city hasjust been itnprov- '
ed by the tlcltlltlriti of much costly and beati-
I-lltll apparatus, and is said to be.notv unsur-
passed in the perfection of its machinerv,and
in the quality of its products, by any thing
of the kind in the old world.
The youngest child of Queen Victoria is
named Alfred Ernest Albert.
having neglected to register liis.binh mt six
weeks after it occurred, were compelled to
paya fine of seven slii-l-tings and sixpence.
‘We learn from the New Haven Regs.
ter, that Anson G. Phelps, Esq. of N. Y, has
purchased the land on both sides of the
-Naugatuclt river, front I-lumphreysville. ml
Birmingham, including the fine improve-l
‘ments of Messrs. French and Dtvlohfs 1,.-_.+.
tween those two placcs,with the ~lflt:ntl0tI of"
l"‘P"°Vl"g the Water privileges immediately
The length ofthe purchaseiis said to be a
bout four miles, and affords almost unrivnl.
ltd facilities for manufacturing purposes.
The hoax took. how-’
His pa rents '
The Convention which assembled yester-
day at Union Hall, was certainly never ex-
ceeded in point of numbers and enthusiasm
by any ever before. convened in the State.-
It is gratifying to know that so deep and uni-
versal an interest is manifested in the coming
election, and that so sound a feeling pervades
the State. Evervwt-ll wisher ofthe Whig
cause, will certainly take new heart at this
demonstration ofthe VVhig forces cfold Cro-
uetiticut. It cannot be mistaken. Connecti-
Cltt will prove true to herself and maintain
her integrity. ‘Skies bright!’ '
Ha.rtfo'rrl Journal.
Imlianrt Virtually Repudiales !~—Gov.
Whitcoti:b’s Message to the Legislature
gives no hope to the holders ofthe Bonds of
the State ll’)-‘ll. she can or will niakc any at-
tmpt to pay the interest of her public debt
tprescnt. He nominally cotidi-mos repudi-
ttou, but states explicitly thatthe people are
noble to meet the payment of the interest.
is language is that ‘the interest on- our
iiblic debt cannot be paid. The Message
ccomends the appointment of Commission-
itrs to receive communications and to nego-
fiite with lhe.l.ond holders for the sale of
it-.s:,unfitiished public works for the bonds
of the State at par——athiiig wholly imprac-
lICiII)l9.
Rev. Sidney Smitl-i’s description ofhimself
in ii letter to it C0rl't-‘Sp0!)(lt‘nl of the New
"York American ;—-—‘I am seventy four years
old; and being it Ctunn ofSt. P:-1til’s in Lon-
don and Rector ofa parish in the country,
tny time is tqu-illy divided between town
an-.l country. Iain living amidst the best
Stlclely in the metropolis. am at ease in my
circuinstances, in tolerable health, a mild
\\lhig,a trileraiing Churchman, and much
gilrru to talking. laughing and noise.
dine with the rich in London, and physio the
poor in the country-—-passing from the sauces
of Dives, to the sores of Lazarus. I am up-
on the whole, a happy man, have found the
mild an entertaining world, and am ll('2'tl‘ll
l3_z.thankful to Providence for the part allot-
ted me in it.
T/re Puseyi/es in Ertglanrl.-—Tlie Ro-
man Catholic prelate, Dr. Wiscm-in, of Lon-
don is believed to have counselled the Leo
(hrs of the Pusoyite party at Oxford to main
tvtin their adherence on the ground tllat. they
are in his opinion much more likely to be of
essential service to the cause of the true faith
at Oxford, than they could he were they pre-
maturely to remove themselves from her bo-
som, and openly ally themselves to Rome.
Important Arrest of Counterfeiters.——Of-
ficers Bush, Lambert, Bird, Sickles. and
Latvrnce oti 'I‘hurstlay proceeded to it house
in Spring st. near McDougal street N. Y.
for the purpose of arresting some men sup-
posed to be concerned in uttering counterfeit
pa,pe~~_j-joney.
o";Ԥ$otering the premises, they found
fen niltnetl ,V1ich:rel O'Brien arid Peter
._ 'an Pt'll, btisilyengaged in their peculiar
profession, upon whom the officers found a
large amount of $l. $3, and 35 bills upon
'-lte‘l3'r1nl< Of Fair Haven Mass’ and a large
roll of bills upon the Batik of Milwaiikie,
VV. T. Batik of Northampton Mass. also
upon the bank of Lapier county, Michigan.
l."rt the room was found the plate used for
printing l.l'.ll.' bills on the Bank ofFair Haven
a vice and two piles ofpaper ready moistened
for the press, all of which were seized by
the officers antlconveyed to the upper Police
where O’Bri-.-n and .Van Pelt were commit-
ted to answer the charge.
" ,Prog7'css of Mobism.-—-'I‘here is in Hart.
fyijd county (.\/ld.) an anti-tax party, similar
tlithe anti-rent party in New York. The
ollector of the taxes has lately been resisted
,i‘;1 the performance of his duty. The mob
§l';Ollt‘Ctetl to prevent the sale of a certain prop-
ferry, and a young man who bid for it was
l:’LlSllt3Cl upon with cries of “kill him-kill
iiim.” He was with greatdifficulty rescued
«The collector" was considerably injurt--d.—-
l'l‘he Slierifiproved utterly ineflicient. Some
of the leatlers of the mob were foreigners.
and many of the disorderly persons are men
"who pay no taxes.
_ A bill has bet-n ititrotluced into the South
Ciirolina Legislature, for the repeal of the
presentlatv of tliat State, relative to the
T-slioice of Presidential Electors, and to pro-
.t-ide for their election by the people.
The Aggregate of contributions to the
;-inpport.of_missions,, by the Episcopal church
fthis country during the last three years,
was $l90,000, or 22,000 more than during
the three preceding yr-ars.
l‘-The Episcopal Church of All Saints. Liver-
ool, has been purchased by the Roman
Catholics for .£‘2.70O sterling. The Rom-
nists boast that this is first church in Eng-
and which they havegained over since the
eforination.
An election in Mobile, for Mayor, Alder-
an, &c , on,2-l inst., resulted in ft majority
fovt-r 500 for the \Vhigs in the city. Mr.
appin (whig) was chosen Mayor by 506
-. ajority. Toe A-nericzin Republican cati-
H ate received 133 votes in all.
lJudge Kent, of the Supreme Court in N.
Y. has given notice that he intends ‘to re-
"gn in February. The duties are arduous
yond those ofaiiy other public position.
The Arkansas Senate, by a vote of 20 to
o e have adopted resolutions in favor of the
a nexation of Texas. . ‘
acob Barker, of New Orleans. is said to
_,h,ve won $l80'.000 by betting upon the late
Piesidential election. _ ‘
The Free \<V'rll Baptist General Associa-
tion, lately held in Plainfield N. J. resolved
among other things that no enlightened chris-
tian can innocently carry out courtship by
late sittino.
{The Illinois Legislature has passed reso-
lutions, violently co-ridemning the criminal
law of Rhode Island and the execution of ii.
-We wonder which stands highest in Rhode-
Island-—Illinois opinions or Illinois scrip. '
Louis-ville Journal. "
‘ ‘Jim what you creep cautiously after
that squir’l for, when your gun got no lock
bn ‘em ?’ _f i
l ‘I-Iu’sb,_htish, S.mbo, the “squirrel don’:
jtnotv datl
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From the Journal of Commerce.
‘ NEW YORK AND NEW HAVEN
RAIL ROAD.
The capital stock of this road ($2.0t30.000l
has been conditionally taken up by about 20
wealthy individuals or fil’mS.8t1d theft‘ is "0
reasoniibledoubt that it will be to ken absolute’
ly by them &. others,in time. to Commence con.
struction of the road at the opening of the
Spring. The surveys have been made in
the most thorough manner, from New Ha-
ven to Harlem, under the superiritendancc
of Professor Twining, ChiefEng,ineer, who
is expected to present his report in the course
of a few weeks. Agents are engaged in
obtaining terms for the land over which
the Road is to pass. We Ital!) that the
route is more ftvorable than was anticipated.
There will be no grade above 40 feet to the
mile. It is now generally admitted that the
stock will pay a large dividend,-—it being
the only Rail Road which is ever likely to
be constructed, coniircting the grand system
of New England Rail Roads with the coin-
fI‘.€’l'L'l.lllemp0t'lU{t‘,anCl in fact with the whole
South and South ‘West. The aggregate
population along the route (say within ‘.30
mils.-s) ant‘ extremities of it, is
more tha. "K. . in a distance of eigl;ty
miles. uere else in the whole country.
does, or can, a R-iilroad of the same length,
tion? The Road from New York to Phila-
delphia does, but it is longer, and has to pay
a heavy tribute to the State through which
it passes. In our opinion, the wonder will
be, it hen the New York anal New Haven
Road is in opvratiornihat so irnporiant a
route could have been so long neglected.
It should be t'nPfll.l0l)l d in this connexion,
that public notice has been given of an ap-
plication to the Legislature of this Si:itc at
its approacliing session. for authority to
niake such portion of the N. Y. and New
Haven Rail Roaxl as will lie within this
State; an application which will doubtless
be granted, though it is possible there may
be some opposition, It would bi: Strange,
indeed, ifthere should be any hesitation in
granting to an energetic Company, with suf-
ficient capital. authority to open at once a
Rail Road coniriiunication from this city to
800 miles of Rail Road, and with which we
have at present no connection except by
stages and steaiiiboats. Such is not the
policy of the State of N. York.
South Ca.rolina.——In the Senate of South
Carolina on the lfith inst. Mr. Pickens in-
troduced the follou-irig resolutions, \\l']lt.‘ll
were arlopied without a dissenting voce, and
ordered to be sent to the House for concur-
rence :
Resolved, That this Senate considers the
recent movement in the House of Represen-
tatives in Congress in relation to the recep-
tion of petitions to abolish slavery in any
portion of this Confrderucy, as calculated to
endanger the peace of our Stati-,as a flagrant
outrage upon our riglits and a decided step
towards the subversion of our institutions,
and the o‘i'ssoluti'on of this Union.
Thaton this subjvct we admit no Legisla-
tive power in Congress. and that such legis-
lation will’ be in fact a dissolution of the Fed
eral Compact.
Thrit if there should be a legislation on
this subject by Congress, that the Governor
ofthis State is hereby requested to (I-Cltlc
upon the mode and manner in which we
shall defend our ancient rights and liberties.’
A large number of muslrets made at the
U. S. Armory in Springfield some years
ago, have been overhauled the past summer,
and condemned as unfit for service. This
is only one of the smaller wastes which are
constantly occurring under the present U.
S. military system. t
A Pirate —The Journal- of Commerce of
yesterday states that the ship John Mar.-h.-all,
which arrived at that port on Tuesday night,
from Rottenham, was ch-used Nov. 9th, in
lot. 370 54’, long. 160 at 8, A M. for sev-
eral’ hours, by a long, lotv, black schooner,
having a black flag at her main. She had
men on deck, and apparently a battery.-
The captain and passengers of the J-ohn
Marsliall had no doubt ihatshe was a pirate.
N. If. Pctllaciium, T/iursrlag/.
Not Bad—B’y the laws" of the United
States, the importation of Slaves into our
Country is a flagrant crime, and the Slave
Trade is Piracy, punishable with death —
Mr. John Tyler, in his last Annual Message
felicitates our people on the fact that wt-
were the first to dial so thoroughly with
this infamoustrafic.—— A correspond: nt wants
a solution for this problem L"If the nerdy
rascal who ‘brings one Slave into the Union
deserves to be hung, what punishment
should be meted out to -John Tyler, Cl; J.
lngersoll 8:. Co. who are exerting all their
power to bring in Twenti/-five T/tousmtd
Slaves at once by the Annexation of Texas ?"
Will some Dough-face cyphi-r it out?
Mr. Polk —A correspondent at Nashville
in whom we have the most implicit confi-
dence writes under-date of the 13th Decent-
her. that Mr. Polk, on the dav previous, had
said to a prominent Loco Foco thit the‘
leading measures of his Administration
would be, lst. A reduction of the Tariff;
2d. The Annexition ofTexas; 3d. The
re-r-stablislitiicnt ofthe Sub-Treasury. This
is the fact beyond dispute; but we sa','th.-.1
Congress dare not repeal the Tariff, and
Polk has not enough of Jackson in him to
make them do it. IV/teeling Va. Times.
The Trial of Miss Webster:-—Thc Lex-
ington Inquirer of the 20th inst. furnishes
some further particulars of Miss VVt~'bstcr's
case. The indictment charges the defend-
ant with having seduced and enticed Lewis,
the slave of Thomas Grant and Thomas
Baxtar. to leave their owners and escape to
the State of Ohio, and aiding him to escape
b_v_procurring a hack and accompanying
in itself. L
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connect immediately with so large a popula— -
‘ Bosmzv.-—-The full vote of Boston for Mayor loot
Monday, was as follows: ‘
Davis. Am. Repub ........ . . ...4004
Wetmore, Whig .... .-. . . . . . ..377l
Greene, Dem ............ ..-".2288
Whiton. Abol ............... .69
Ilflzssac/zu.scl(s.—Daniel P. King was on
Monday the 23d re-elccted to Congress in Es-
sex South district; and Charles Hudson. Whig,
in the Vv'orcester district. In Middlesex dis-
irict, Benjamin Thompson, Whig, is elected
over \Vm. Psrmenter, Dem. the present in-
cumhent. According to the Boston Atlas, the
votes SlOO(l,— Tbonipson 5:266. Parmcnter 4407,
scattering 525. In the B. istol district. now rep-
resented by Henry Williams. Dc-m., there is
again no choice. This is the only vacancy rc-
All the other districts hate clcctcd
Whigs, being a \Vhig gain ofone member com-
pared with the delegation in the present Con-
gress.
timing.
One trial more, if the VVliigs do their duty,
and Massacliusetts. so far as her delegation in
the nix: Congress is concerned, will stand forth
Willmut even the taint of Locofocoism upon
liCr.
Front the New Haven Pallacli
DELIA A. VVEIBSTER.
This wornan is generally vtcll known -~
in the Lexington (Ky.) Jail. on suspicion in be-
ing an agent ofAbu|itionisis scnl to assist slaves
in arieniptiiig to escape from their masters.
The Hartford Jotiriial lately stated that Henry
Clay had offered his services in her t.lcl'ence;
and the Christian Freeman took the Opportuni-
ty to make a fresh assault upon that noble heart-
ed Staicsmun.—li wanted boiler authority than
the Hartford Journal to believe such a good‘
thing ol'IIeriry Clay. But Miss \Vchster, in :2
letter dated Oct. 12th. in.--inuaies that Mr. C‘-lziy
will appear in her behalf. Ifhe does, it will
only cfioril his Liberty party enemies opportu-
niiy for fresh assaults upon ltiui—-—ihey will
l't‘npCElCll iii’-s motives as two oftiicir loaders did
in this city a fewdays since. They took the
proposition that M r. Clap, not bring a religious
man. could not be actuated. by any but selfish
While human actions tested by tli--
vine law, admit of no boasting. it is neverthe-
motives.
loss quite possible that Mr. Clay-’s motives may
appear at least quite as di-sintcrestetl as soritte of
those Liberty party philanthropists. The fol-
lowing is Miss VVebster’s allusion to Mr. Clay.
‘Please tell my fa:l'1cr,th.-it Gen Jo/in 131'.
McCal.’a.. ct particular friend and -patron of
mine, and the C(’lt‘l)l'?lI(‘l.l Democratic Elec-
tor of this State. tog.-ihrr with the famous
Gen Coombs, the Whig Eli-ctor, and his
partner, M r. Shy, are my counsel.
The Hon. Henry Clay has also given
me t’t')'C0l)l"-lgt‘lIlt‘Ill. of appearing in my be-
half. If he does, a ll will be \\’t‘ll, as he is
a great favorite in this community. -l".' 7
stead now, is funds. I have only or.-e
died and fiftes-(I dollars by me. This ,-. .
do much towards paying my latt-yr;-, .
am advised‘ to employ Daniel Webster out
the want of funds prevrnt me from writing to
him. The fee of lawyers already employed,
amounts to seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Thrsc expose tliemselves to great censure
for tlpptfaflltg at all on this exciting question.’
Ilfovcmenfs in Columbia C01/Jlly.-—TI‘lC
Mayor of Hudson, Cyrus Curtiss. 3”.” "
sued a proclamation to thecitizerrs :; V‘ E;
day, briifly tlcscriliing the Uflla-'
criminal doings in that vicinity whzfl 3.-
recently engrossed public attention -.;.;'.. ...c:'—
getically sir I mOl}t'€I them to do th-.ir duty
in the pr:-mises.
After incntioning the arrest of four men
now in prison the Mayor says-—
Information, which canlbc most implicitly
relied on, has been received, that their aidrrs
and abetors in this and other counties have
tlireutened to rescue these prisoners at any
and all liazzards; and ifnecessiiry for that
purpose to fire this city I An express sent
by the Sheriffof this county to the attorney
General of this State at Albany, was inter-~
copied and for it time cl tained in the county
of Rensselaer. A_ conteniplnlcd rescue of
these prisoners was discovered on Saturday
last, and prevented. only by a prompt and"
general rally of the friends of law and order.
The design ofefiecting a rescue we are in-
formed, is not yet abandoned.
The proclamation then makes a strong
appeal to the tvell disposed, sets forth the ar-
rangements and preparations that have been
made and adds-
By the hand of the Governor's private se
rctary, I have received official information
from the eommandrr-in-chief, through the
-zdjutant goneralof the State, that a large
body of troops, consisting of mounted arti-lery
cavalry and infantry. will hold tlierrzselves in
readiness for actual service, and will be or-
ilered to this pl.i(‘e ifrequired.
It is dssirable for the citizens of I-Iud‘son~
to organize an armed force of 500 minute
iiien. Such an organization has already
been commenced, and when completed this
corps together with the Hu-d.son Light
Guards. will be under the com-ti ~ -.;;" ’7‘s.~3.
Charles Darling. and in case 0 3"
rendezvous at Davis’ City Hall. _
Arrangements have been mate" - = _
the apllroacli ofa hostile force will ne’,(,"H(:_
and reported long before its arrival,,,',, bt_,,‘
iice given to the _ciiizt-ns by ringj," tfficiem
of the Prt-st’-yterian Church.
city patrol is also constantl_v "T" HP‘
..._.—.:—
Sentence ofRev. C"‘.fles 1' T0??? -_ -
We learn from the,-‘jalnmore Puma” “um
Sa,,,,day Ins, ,,, tmurt prpnouncedfligs final
judgment I{,l,_'.-"8 (Elise of Torrey’ . 6 mo.
mm in ,,,,,,,_.cof judgrnent_w;-is denied, and
,, was j._.id that the three indictments whicli
he h,,/bet-n COI]VlClt'd were all valid. I-Its
,,,,.isel asked permission of the Court in
,oedienc to his (Tortey’s) rt-quest. that be
him to Ohio. \Vhat evidence is reported, ‘inioht not be publicly .~'entenc'ed, which was
does not seem to bear materially on the cat‘-' g,_,§’,,,ed, and the sentence was
" municated to him as follows: On ‘the lst in-
At the close of the R.-,.o1.,.i,,,,.,,,,,.....'-'ar. the dictment, confinement in
valuation of Massachusetts with ltflilue Uni‘ l"°"' D“°e”'b'" 28' l844' _ ,
tad, 320,o00,ooo_ Now‘ the _.,.o1o.nion or on the second indictment,_until April 2, 1851
Massachusetts alone is $900,000,006. of Monday was the day assigned for his remov-
which thecity of Boston owus$t20,000,000. al to the Penitentiary-
privatly com-
the Penni'.eniiary'
to April 2. I847;
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