i
. Congressional Proceedings.
' Morton Dec. 8.
The Senate adjourned without the trans-
Icting of any business, worthy-ofmentiou.
In the House, the Journal of Thursday
was read, containing a list of the Standing
Committees appointed by the Speaker,
as follows ,
On Elections—Messrs. Hamlin, of Me.,
A. A. Chapman, Va., Harper, Ohio, Chase
Tenn., Dubbin, N. C. Ellsworth, N. Y., -
%Ic(Y}_aughey, Ind., Chapman, Michl, Culver
Way: and JlIeans.—-McKay, N. C.,
Dromgoole, Va., J. R. lngersoll, Pa. Hun-
gerford, N. Y., Vinton, Ohio. Jones, Geo.
Comnzerce—McClellnnd, Mich., Tibbatts
Ky., Wentworth, lll., Simpson, S. C., Grin-
nell, Mass., Lawrence N. Y., Giles, Md.,
Levin, P_a., Thibodeaux, La. .
Claims-—Vance, Ohio, Daniel, N. C.,
Hogs, Ill., Stephens, Geo., Gordon, N. Y.,
Pollock, Pa., Ligon, Md., Lsake, Va.,
Rockwell, Conn.
Public Lands-McClernand, Ill., Smith,
Ind., Collamer, Vt., Hunt Mich., Moseley,
N. Y., Morris, Ohio, Relfe, Mo. Blanchard
_Pa., Ashmun, Mass. ~
Post Oflice and Post Roads—Hopkins,
Va., Kennedy, Ia., Reid, N. C. Cranston,
R. I., Mcllvaine, Pa., Thomasson, Ky.,
Martin, Tenn., Hough, N. Y., Hillard, Ala.
Dish of Columbia—Hunter, Va., Mc-
Dowell, Ohio, Ficklin, Ill., Payne, Ala.,
Marsh, Vt. Hunt, N. Y., Chapman, Md.,’
Sims, S. C., McHenry, Ky.
Judiciary—Rathbun, N. Y., Pettit, Ind.,
Lumpkin, Geo., Brown, Tenn., Buflington,
Pa. Constable, Md., Thurman, Ohio, Dix-
on, Ct., Biggs, N. C.
Revolutionary Claims--—Johnson, Va.,
Ficklin, lll., King Mass., St. John, Ohio,
Grider, Ky., Ewing, Pa., Clarke, N. C.
Herrick, N. Y.. Cabell, Florida.
_ Public Expenditure.»-Dunlap, Me.,Yost
Pa., Cunningham, Ohio, Russell, N. Y.
Arnold, R. I., Houston, Del., Campbell, Pu.
Lewis, N. Y.
, Private Land Claa'ms-——Bowlin, Mo.,
Yancey, Ala., VVick, Ia. Johnson, Tenn.,
Smith, N. Y., Adams, Miss.,, Morse, La.,
Long, Md., Toombs, Geo. , _
Naval .flfi'uirs-—-Holmes, S. C., Bayly,
Va., Mt-Lay, N. Y., King, Geo., Shenck,
Ohio, Darragh,Pa., Stanton, Tenn., Mc
Crate, Me., \Vood, N. Y.
Foreign .d_{fairs——C. J. Ingersoll, Pa.,
Rhett, S. C., Payne, Ala., G. Davis, Ky.,
Cobb, Geo., Smith, Ct., Cullom, Tenn.
Smith, la., Perry, Md.
, Territories——Douglass, Ill. Boyd, Ky.,
Graham, N. C., Dillingham, Vt. Jones,
Tenn., Rockwell, Mass., Thompson, Pa.,
Price, Mo., Young, Ky. .
JlIanufactures——Adams, Mass., Wood-
ward, S. C., Stewart, Pa., Hudson, Mass.,
Yancey, Ala, Brown, Va., Wilmot, Pa.,
Johnson, N. H., Martin, N. Y.
./9grz'culture—-Anderson, N. Y., Black,
Pa., Wright, N. J., Perrill, Ohio, Grover,
N. Y., Docket-y, N. C., Simms, Mo., Erd-
man, Pa., Root, Ohio.
Indian ./7fi‘airs——Thompson, Miss., Ben'-
ton, N. Y., Chapman Ala., Yell, Ark., Foot
Vt., Barringer, N. C., Sawyer, Ohio,
Hampton, N. J., Cathcart, Ind.
Revolutionary Pensions-Broadhead,Pa.
Atkinson, Va., Parish, Ohio, Seaman, N.
Y., Hampton, N. J., Toombs, Geo., Owen,
Ind., Barringer, N. C., Jenkins, N. Y.
Jl{ililia——Black, S. C., Hubbard, Va.
Abbott, Mass., Tilden, Ohio, Ritter, Pa.
Giddings, Ohio, De Mott, _N. Y., Edsall,
N. J. Hubbard, Conn.
i Jllilitary .«7_[fairs-—-Harralson, Geo.,
Yell, Ark., Brinkerhoff, Ohio, Burt, S. C.
Ramsey, Pa., Niven, N. Y., Bedinger, Va.
Baker, lll., Thompson, Mass.
Invalid Pe-nsions——-P. King, N. Y.,
Starkweather, Ohio, McConnell, Ala., Bell
Ky., Sedden, Va., Delano, Ohio, Locke,
Ten., Moddyear, N. Y., Moulton, N. H.
Roads and Canals—-R. Smith, llla., Fos-
ter, Penn., Boyd, Ky., Gentry, Ten., Pen-
dleton, Va., E. B. Holmes, N. Y., Strohm,
Penn., Williams, Me., Miller N. Y.
Patents-—Henley, Ind., M'Caly, N. Y.,
Marsh,Vt., Sykes, N. J., T. B. King, Geo.
Public Buildings and Grau-ndr——Ficklin
lll., McLean, Pa , Winthrop, Mass., Faran
Ohio, VVoodw0rth, N. Y.
Recisrrl and Unfinished Busincs.t—-Saw-
telle, Maine, Cummings, Ohio, Treadway
Va., \Vheaton, N. Y., Trumbo. Ky.
Accounts--Taplor, Va.,D P. King, Mass.
Farm, Ohio, McClean, Pa., W. VV. Camp-
bell, N. Y.
Jlliluge-—iJ. P. Martin, Ky., Severance,
Me., Henley, Ia., McDowell, Ohio, J.
Thompson, Pa. -
Engraviggs-—--Yost, Pa., Perry, Md.,
Coc 1- e, Tenn.
Expenses in the Post Oflice Department-
Harmanson, La., Abbot, Mass., W. G.
Brown, Va., Thomason, Ky., Morris, Ohio.
,E;r:pendituree of State Department-—
Strong, N. Y., J. H. Campbell, Pa., Cro-
zier, 'l'en., Edsall, N. J. J.H. Johnson, N.H.
Earpenditures of "rcasar Department-—
Scammon, Me., \Vhite, . Y., G. VV.
Hubard, Va., McC1-ate, Me., Root, Ohio.
Expenditures of the War Department-
. Leib, Pa., Woodrpfi; N.Y., Crozier, Tenn.,
Price, Mo., J. Rockwell, Mass.
Ecependitures in tlie JV avg Department-
Collin, N. Y., Fries, Ohio, Blanchard, Pa.
Long, Md., Moulten, N. H. . -
Expenditures on Public lBuila'ings—
Garvin, Pa., Jenkins, N. Y., Leake, Va.,
McHenry, N. Y., J. A. Rockwell, Ct.
The nextbusiness was the amendment
of Mr. Payne of Alabama, to print 20,000
extra copies of the Report of the Secretary
of the Treasury. The vote resulted-
Yeas 91, nays 105. So the House refused
to accede to Mr. Payne’s amendment or-
dering the printing of so much Free Trade
matter. 4
A discussion here sprung up, on
the subject of the Florida claimants
to a seat, R. M. T. Hunter mov-
ed to have the matter referred with ins-
tructions, to examine the returns of the
Gov. etc. to see if the certificate of elec- -
tion should not have been given to Mr.
Brocltenbrough, loco, to report forthwith.
Considerable time was thus taken up
when the matter was brought to a vote,
‘which resultedjn referring to the Commit-
tea’.-on Electionllt without instructions.-w
The instructions were lost by a vote‘ of
85 to 100. ' ’
Tummy, Dec. 9th.
The Chairman of Standing Committees
of the Senate were elected to day as fol-
lows, All the gentlemen elected are
Democrats.
On Foreign Relations'—Hon Mr. Allen.
On Finance-Hon. Mr. Galhoun.
On Commerce——Hon. Mr. Haywood.
On .Mrmufacturers— Hon. Mr. Dickinson
On .dgricultare-Hon. M r. Sturgeon.
On Jllililary .d_fliair.v~—Hon. Mr. Benton.
On .MiliIia-—Hon. Mr. Atchison.
0n.N'aval Afi'airs-—-Hon. Mr. Fairfield.
On Public Lunds—Hon. Mr. Breese.
On Private Land Claims—I-Ion. Mr.
Levy.
On Claims-—Hon. Mr. Bagby.
On Indian .f.l_fi'm'rs—Hon. Mr. Scvier.
On Revolutionary‘ CIat'ms—Hon. Mr.
Semplt-..,
On the Jurliciary-—Hon. M. Ashley.
Mr. Dickens, the former Secretary of
the Senate, is re-elected to the same office
by one majority.
Mr". Beale, the former assistant sergeant
at-arms, is also re-elected. Mr. Holland
was elected assistant sergeant-at-arms.
The Senate adjourned leaving the Chair-
men of ten other Committees to be elected
to morrow.
Messrs. Huntington and McDufile were
excused from serving on any Committee
on account of ill-health.
In the House the businers was the dis-
posal of the resolution of Mr. Schenck of
Ohio, for a committee to inquire into and
report on the the election of Members of
Congress by General Ticket, contrary to
law. The yeas and nays, asked yesterday
by Mr. Schenck, were to day ordered on
the motion to lay the resolution on theta-
ble, and resulted, yeas 119, nays 72. So
the resolution was laid on the table, where
it will sleep for some time.
Mr. McKay of N. C. offered ajoint res-
olution for the regulation of the prices of
printing for the two Houses of Congress.
It was referred to the Committee of the
Whole.
Mr. Douglass, of Ill. moved that the
House go inta Committee of the Whole to
dispose of the reference of the President’s
Message to the proper Committees—car-
ried. -
On the second Resolution, to refer the
parts of the Message and Documents re-
lating to the raising of Revenue to the
committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. Stewart of Pa. rose and moved that
the Committee be instructed not to alter
the Tariff of 1842. Upon this he made a
speech of an hour long, showing the in-
consistences and absurdities of the Doc-
uments and the Message _on the Tariff-
comparing their doctrines with those ofall
the Presidents down to President Jackson,
whose opinions in favor of a Tariff he put
in strong contrast with those of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury.
During the delivery of his speech, the
Private Secretary of the President appear-
ed aud presented a Message from the Pres-
ident, conveying the ofiicial proceedings
of the Texas Convention.
Mr. Stewart said that he would with-
draw the motion, but he would renew it
at another time. '
Mr. Andrew Johnson of Tennessae,rosc
and madea long speech in reply to Mr.
Stewart, during the delivery of which,
there was frequent cross-firing between the
two gentlemen.
The reference was then made. The
different subjects were referred to the
proper committees. . ,
Petitions and Resolutions were then
called forpin the order of the States.
Mr. Hamlin of Me. among others, pre-
sented a petition from citizens of Maine
protesting against the annexation of Texas
as a Slave State.
Mr. Norris of N. H. presented the Res-
olutions of the N. H. Legislature on the
Tariff and Sub-Treasury. Ordered prin-
ted.
Mr. Adams presented a great many
petitions from citizens of Massachusetts
and other parts of the Union. \Vhile Mr.
Adams still had the floor, a motion to ad-
journ was put and carried.
\Vn;nsr~:snu. Dec. 10.
The Senate after being organized, pro.
ceded at once to select the Chairman of
the remaining Standing Committees:
Post Oflice-—Mr. Niles,
Roads and Canals—Mr. I-lannegan.
Pensions--Mr. Upham.
Public Build£ngs—-M r. Cameron.
N Déstrict of Columbia,--Mr. Haywood, of
Patents--Mr. Cameron, of Pa.
Mr. Speight here moved that the Sen-
ate proced to elect a Printer,.,to morrow.—-
Laid on the table.
In the House, after the journal was read
some twenty members were on their feet.
The Chair recognized the gentleman from
Illinois.
Judge Douglass, Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Territories, moved a suspension
of the rules to enable him to introduce a
Joint Resolution for the admission of the
State of Texas into the Union. The rules
were suspended, the Joint Resolution read
twice, orderdedpriuted, and made the spe-
cial order of the day for Tuesday next.
Mr. Hopkins of Va. called up the Reso-
lution for the election, by the two Houses,
of Chaplains of different denominations.
_ Mr. Pettit of Ind. the anti-Chaplain man,
then rose and commenced his old opposi-
tion to the election. He asked to be ex-
cused from voting.
Mr. Chapman, of Michigan, asked to be
;excused.
On motion of Mr. McConnel, they were
excused.
The presentation of petitions was then
resumed. Mr. Adams of Mass. continued
with his bundle.
Mr. Harmanson. of Louisiana, then an-
nounced the death of his predecessor, Mr.
Dawson. The usual Resolutions were
passed, and the House forthwith adj.
' Tuunsmv Dec. 11.
The proceedings in both Houses of Con-
gress have to day been very brief.
_ In the Senate Mr. Dix, presentedia tre-
morial praying for the establishment cl a .‘
the advantages of the location for such-an
Institution. ' , , .
Mr. Johnson of La. announced the death:
state. The usual resolutions were passe
and the Senate adjourned till Monday next
were then in order-—Mr. Adams presen-
ted several momorials against the admis-
sion of Texas as a Slave State.
Rockwell of Conn. presented _the Reso-
fairs, and in condemnation of the
Annexation proceedings. A
for Annexation, contrary to the voice of‘
the people of the State. '
The memorials from the several States
agaiust the admission of Texas as a Slave,
State, were very numerous and respecta-
bly signed. The"-y were generally land on
the table without much opposition. Some
of the Texas men were muttering that‘
they should be laid under the table. "
Petitions having been received from all
the States in order at half past ‘2 o’cioc__,
the House adjourned till to-morrow at 15.’
o'clock.
Fmnar Dec. -13.,
The Senate was not in Sessionto day.
The House was occupied with the an-
nouncement of the death of Mr. Peyton of
Tennessee. Upon this ./llr. Milton Brotvr
made a few eloquent and appropriate re
marks, and moved the customary Resolu-
tions. 'l he House then adjourned til
Jllonday. V '
Death by Intocricrrtian.-—VVc are inform-
ed, that Ju/in ufI'l)€l‘y:SCQfi€l(I, of Darien,was
found a corpse at his door (outside)~oI
Sunday morning the 30th of Nov. He was
ata negro rum hole at New Canaan or
Saturday evening, and left at about 8 o’cl’fr
in a state of intoxication. He carried
away with him two bottles of liquor, one
in a basket, the other in his pocket.---
When found, the bottle in his pocket was
partially emptied——that in the basket un-
touched. It is supposed that when he tr-
rived at his door he was too intoxicated
to unlock it, and fell and perished with
the cold. Verdict ofJury, “Death by ex-
posure to the cold in a state of intoxica-
tion.”—-Stamford fldvacate.
Ifarlem Railroad Earlension.-—-'I'he work
upon this road is now in rapid progress
through the county of Westchester, and
the company are about to put under con-
tract immediately an additional section of
the rich valley in the interior of Dutchess.
This will bring the road to a point 83
miles from the city of New in ork, leaving
but 45 or 50 miles to unite with the Alba-
ny and West Stockhridge Railroad. A
party of Engineers is now engaged in
Columbia county, locating this pQl‘.,l|0fl"'|_I1‘
the route. There will be no difficulty in
having the whole work under contract
next spring.-—./dlbatiy ./Irgus. ‘
A marriage has been resolved upon be-
tween the Arch-duke Stephen of Austria
and the princess Olga, daughter of the
Emperor Nicholas. The lady IS themost
beautiful princess in Europe, according-to
all accounts, and is the darling child of
her stern iron-soulcd father. The arch-
duke is cousin to theemperor of Austria,
son of the Palantiue of Hungary, and is
himself Viceroy of Bohemia. Ttre mur-
riagc was once before arranged, but was
broken offin consequence of the young
Archduke refusing to change his religion.
'l he Emperor Nicholas has at last consen-
ted not to insist on this point. It is the
first time a similar concession has ever
been made by the imperial family of Rus-
sia, and it is considesed most important
in a political point of view.
Profits of Fidd.’ing.—Ole Brill has sailed
for Havre in the Packet ship Baltimore.
He gave his first concert in the United
States, at the Park Theatre, in New York,
on the ‘23d of November, 1843, and during
the two intervening years,travelled allover
the United States, Canada, and the princi-
pal islands in the \Vest Indies, giving" in
all about 900 Concerts, with unpreceden-
ted success-—receiving. it is said, the im-
mense sum of $50,000, nett. His Con-
certs for sundry benevolent objects yield-
ing them it is said over $20,000, and he
has paid to musicians and other performers
who acted as nccompanyments, over $15,
000. .
Thel-lon. W’. C. Preston has been elec-
ted by the Board of Trustees of the South
Carolina College, President of that institu-
tion.
An arrangement has been made by the
Post Office Department, for despatching a
regular weekly mail to Texas, by_ the
steamships Galveston and New York.»
J\v”ew Cars.—-Two new passenger cars
have been put upon the Housatonic rail
road. They were made at Troy, and
cannot be surpassed in strength, conven-
ience or splendor.
./\’'ew York and fllbany .M(.-"IT.-— The
great mail for and from the north-west is
now carried over the Housatonic Rail
Road. _
Wells 6: Livingston’s New York , and
Buffalo Express also goes by this route.
General iflssembly of FIorida.—The first
General Assembly of Florida- comrnenced
its session on Monday, Nov. ,l7.lh.
Dim'dcnd.——The Manhattan Fir'eji Insu-
rance Company give notice that they will
of the late John B. Dawson, a member 0 Comrtterce, no body on it
the House of Representatives from thajllostqn
(whom the Globe proposed for Speaker)
no
In the House, Petitions and resolutionl fee, rather puzzles us.
. newspapers which notoriously have next to
30 miles, extending through Putnam into C
Tm: HOUSE COMMITTEES.
._-We are not so much surprised at the
Branch mint in New York, pointing but pbor figure cut by the Whigs in the Com-
ttees of the House as by the position of
s me\of the Locofocos. To see a Mich-
ifian than at the head of the Committee on
I from this ‘city,
or Philadelphia, and our M’Clay
where but, third on the Naval Commit-
‘: Judiciary is headed by George Ralhhlm
of Auburn — a smart fellow when he was
1 Whig, but perverse and grasping always.
t strikes us—with all deference to the
lutions of the General Assembly of theihree Whigs upon it-—-that so poor :1 judi-
State of Connecticut ‘on Rhode Island all-Zciary
Texas dcd for some years before.
One ofthe res-Md. is said to be sharp, however, and
Committee had not been compoun-
olutions ccnsures John M. Niles for votiug{l‘hurmnn of Ohio may he more of a man
ban we know of.
Foreign affairs are pretty well cared for
hough the Whigs are allowed but t\\'0 0f
be nine Members. Thosetwo, however
are strong men, while the addition of four
Southerners ofthe Atlantic coast I8 calcu-
lated to curb the war antics of Mr. C. J.
Ingersoll, the chairman. .
i The VVhigs' are allowed the Committee
always (we believe) conceded to the Op-
position—that on Public Expenditures,
though the Chairman is ‘against them.—-
That is to say, four Whigs, four Locos
and 3 Native who voted for Clay,compose
the Committee. We trust this is to be
one of the Working Committees of the
Session. May we not hope for as early a
Report from it on Congressional Priming
and the point blank krxat'eryg of the De-
partments advertising to the amount of
thousands after thousands of dollars in
no circulation’! Who will move on this
subject 7.- .
The W avs and means will have the clap-
per clawing ofthe Tariff, and this has three
Whigs, one Silas Wright man, (Hunger-
ford of J8flPl‘.~OIl Co.) and hve of the run-
kest Free Trade Locos that can be found
any where. McKay is again Chairman,
though the least capable man on the Com-
mittee. No doubt of an early and s-seep
ing bill, though we doubt Mr. Hungerf0rd’s
assent to it. Very well: Let ll. come !—
Of the twenty Committees the Whigs have
the Chairmen of t\vo—-Claims and Public
Expenditures-the latter a matter ofcourse
and the former of no political importance.
VVe do not grumble at this, however; let
those who are responsible for the business
of the Session exert a proper control over
it. These matters all come round, once in
a tvliile.—-Trilrunc. -
“TEMPERANCE LAVV” IN THE LOCO-
FOCO CONVENTION.
A scence somewhat amusing and not
altogether uninteresting, took place in the
late Loco Convention, in reference to the
above Law. Mr. Hamrncrsly, as Chair-
man of the Committee on Resolutions, re-
ported amidst a long string on vaiious mat-
ters anl things, two Resolutions on the
subject -or she '1‘.-mperance Law." Joe of
them roughly handling Governor Ba-ldwiin
for his connection with the law, the other
condemning in strong terms, the Law and
the Legislature who passed it. After rea
ding his resolutions, Mr. H. remarked that
he was instructed by his committee to say
that the resolutions on Temperancs were
not pasted unanimously in committee, but
that while seven of the committee were
in favor of them, the other five members
were for reporting no resolutions on this
subject. -
Soon after the chairman took his seat, a
motion was made to lay these two Tem-
perance Resolutions on the table, with a
view, it was said, to their indefinite post-
ponement. This motion was sustained in
remari-s by Dr. Eaton and J. T. Adams of
Norwich, G. S. Catlin, late M. , and sev-
eral othcrs. They deprecated the idea of
bringing this subject into the arena of
party poli'.ics—sa|d they thought the law
should have a fair trial——that such too
was the mind of a large portion, certainly
of their party in their several vicinities—
that the law was designed to reach a large
class of depraved human beings upon
whom ‘moral suasion’ had been tried in
vain. They said if the object was to go a
political tilt against the Temperance Law, '
we might perhaps for one year draw in a
few dissatisfied Whigs, but we should lose
more and better men out ofour own ranks.
One honest country member from Litch-
field county said, -if those Resolutions
passed, ‘our town,’ which had gone demo-
cratic ever since the memory of man,
would certainly go Whig. Democrats
there would stay from the polls, or else
vote the Whig tic-et. Others said that
if it was generally understood that the
democratic party went for n repeal of the
'l'emperance Law, that circumstsrice alone
would prevent the success of the party
next spring.
M r. I-lammersly made a somewhat zeal-
ous attempt to sustain his resolutions, but
it was no go—there was not a speaker to
secondihis views, and when the vote was
taken, it was umrni~mou.s‘,to lay the resolu-
tious on the table—not a solitary NO being
heard. So the honorable gentleman was
"left alone in his gl'ory.’—Pall. -
IIome'JlIade Ice at Jl/'ew Orleans.--—On
Thursday night it was what the Yankees
would calla ‘stinger.’ So cold was it,
that ice wasfound in the neighborhood of
the city—not very thick to be sure, but
there it was, real sure-enough ice.
The air still" conti-nued cold up to a late
hour last night, and welearn that it is fear-
ed the excessive frost will injure the
gar crop.—.N‘. 0. Pic. J\"o2:. ."29tIz.
Hogs.—A gentleman in the trade, just
from Cincinnati, says the number of hogs
slaughtered there in November, will‘ be at
pay a dividend of forty per cent. on all:
claims for losses by fire against them, on
the 10th inst. _
The Bridgeport Standard says-—’,Eight;
or ten tons of Oysters were brought from?
Fair Haven on Saturday, week, on their
way, to Albany via the Housatonic Rail-
roa . . _ t
{consequence of the scarcity of corn. _
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. A
least,70,000. There is a strong body of
eastern men on the ground buying. It is
estimated that Kentucky would turn out
90,000 against 4-5,000 last year. Many
hogs were being driv.en from the South, in
- DFATH OF HON JOHN COTTON SMITH.
Constable of]
certain Romish ceremonials, or
Sll‘ ~
_ of Frederick Pulse, aged one hundred and
Capt. Stoekton’s -big gun’ now lies at two years, to Dorcas Maanon-, aged thirty
—' ‘IL L?
The Hon. John Cotton Smith, formerly
Governor of Connecticut, died at Sharon,
Tuesday the 9th in the 81st year of his
age.
Gov..Smith was born at Sharon, grad-
uated,at Yale College in 174-3, and admit-
ted to the bar in Litchfield County, in 1786.
He represented the town of Sharon in the
General Assembly, in the years 17.53, '96,
’97, ’98, '99, and- 1800, in which latter
year he was chosen Speaker of the House
of Representatives. In September, 1800,
he was elected a Representative to the 2d
session of the 6th Congress, and was re-
elected to the 7th, 8th and 9th Congress.
In October, 1809, he wasappointed on As.
sociate Judge of the Superior Court and
Supreme Court of Errors. in May, 1.91],
and again in 181:2, he was chosen Lieu-
tenant Governor, and ofliciated as Govern-
or,from the death ofGov. Roger Griswold,
in Oct. l81‘.2,during the residue of the term.
In May, 1013,_he was chosen Governor,and
continued in _that oflice until the political
revolution in 1817, when he was succeeded
by Gov. Wolcatt, and retired from public
life.
He wasla-gentleman, and a patriot, of
the old school ; a scholar of cultivated
mind and refined taste; a graceful and
perspicuous writer; of spotless purity of
character; and talents which fitted him to
dignify and adorn every stationlo which
he was called by his fcllowcitizens.
./I Terrific Explosion, took place on
Wednesday morning. A span of horses,
attached to a wagon, used for the purpose
of serving ginger pop and sarsnparilla
through the city of New York, too-.. fright
in Park Row, and dashed down Beel.-man
street, encountering a heavy curt, against
which the aflriglned animals threw the
wagon with great violence, upsctttiug an
indefinite quantity of highly charged bot-
'tles into the glitter, with a frightful crash
accompanied with an extemporancous ex-
plosion of carbonated soda and root beer.
The scene is described as “terrific in the
extreme,” and the damage inde'“nite.——
Perhaps the authorities should take this
subject into consideration and refer the ac-
cident to the Salt Petre Committr. e, with
orders to report an ordinance for the Vet-
ter Regulation of Soda and Ginger Pop.
The receipts of the American Coloniza-
tion Society for the month of November,
amounted to the sum of seventeen thous-
and eight hundred and sixty seven dollars.
Trinity is to have a chime of be-lls.—
Several of the set have been raised to their
places.
Generous F'riend.-/2ip.—The citizens of
Philadelphia attached to the Stutcsmen of
the West, Henry Clay, have been making
a very noble contrrbution for his benefit.
An elegant volume has just been printed,
containing the names of the donors,
amounting to four thousand in all. What
the aggregate subscription was we have
REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY &. POSTMASTER. GENERAL.
_ The Secretary of the Treasury's Report is a mass-
rve document and will inure to the profits of the
public Printer. The estimated receipts and expen-
ditures for the year ending J one 1846, are :
Amount in 'l‘reasury.. .. . . . . . . . . . 5,658,306 '29-‘
Actual receipts front Customs for one
quarter. . .' . . . . . . . . 8.861.932 I4
" estimated, rest of the year 15,638,067‘-,86
" Miscellaneous ......... . . 120,000 00
“ Public Lands... ... ... . . 3,200,000 Q
Total ...................... .. 34,478,306 22
The Expenditures are on a magnificent scale:
Expenditures for the first quarter.. .8,463,092 41
For remaining three quarters, civillist ’ .
Foreign intercourse & misccll.-tueous.6,73‘2,2]l 06
Anny Proper .................. 02.594,-735 06
Niwifl Estublislmieut . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4,902.8-15 93
Fortifications, Urdnuuce,aud Militia 2,346,778 82
Indna_n Depmmcm ............. ..1.647,79l 94
Pensmns ...................... ..l,356,556 02
Interest on the Public Debt and
’1‘re-usury notes ___________________ __ 856375 43
Redemption of Loan of '41 ...... ., '29,3()() 00
'l‘re:tsury notes outstanding ...... .. 687,764 00
Tmill ...................... .. 29,627,051 90
254 32 in the Treasut y on the 20th of June next,
and that too at the risk of having this sum even re-
duced by additional appropriations for some mad
schemes ofdiplomutic missions to Mexico, '|‘e'xas,
and even to parts unknown, for it is notyet known
how much Delusion Smith’sbill is going to come to.
Among the mi.-ccllnneous estimated expenditures
there is the sum ofl,5-18.997 for deficiency in post-
ugc, and 300,000 for Congress Postage, &c. ‘
The amount received in the year
ondiug June 30. 1845, including
7,857,379 lid in the 'l‘ren:-ttry,
was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,626,513 20
And the Expenditures -tvere.... .. 29,968,206 98
The Secretary ofthe Treasury lays down the fol-
lowing propositions about the 'l‘ar'sil':
I. No more money to be raised thantvhat is wait-
tetl by the (x‘overnmeut.
2. No duty to be laid upon any article above the
lowest rate, which will yield the largest amount of
R.-vctme. -
3. lliscrimiuations made lrr-low that, down to per-
ft ct Free Tnulc. ‘ .
4. Ma.\'imum duties on luxuries.
5. All minimum and sqxcr-ifxcd duties to be abolish-
kt.-n to guard against Hands.
6 Ditties to be laid equally, not discriminating in
favor ofamy class.
There is no horizonlalscalc recommended.
The Secretary l'lll_(l.~' on these, argurments against
the Turifl'ul'l84:l. This purtufhis report should
be printed in German and sent into the interim of
l’t:nn.~'ylvuuiu. Prccuuliousltoulel be taken to prove
in that C.'l:1t', that Mr. Clay is not Presirlelrt.
He also rrt:mm:1cnd.~' a draw back on Cotton Bag-
ging; recumrm-mls llm \V:trr-lmu.~iug Systeni : ad-
t’u(:Hlt'S a graduation of llrc prices of’ Public Lands,
and goes it strong for the sub-Treasury The whole
fabric oflocofoco production, then, is :1 Tariff‘ for
lleveuue. to pay office lrolrliem, and sub-'l'reasury to
svctxre them gold in place ofrugs. The people may
ullistle for proirctiou and put up with what shin-
plasaer rags they can get. lfthoy can get any rags
butsuch as Loco-Foco principles, if carried out,
would cloth them with.
The following facts are taken from the Report of
the Posnmrster General. just presented to Congress.
The numberofl’ostmasters uppoinletl during the
year, ending June 30. 1845 was 3033. deaths and
resignations 1807. removals 753; comnrissiorrisxexo
pired 14, new Post Offices 352. _ 7».
During the year 5l6 contractors were fined to the
amount of 10,521 50. f
The Revenue during the year was.. ..4.28-9,84] 80‘
lixpcrtulitlires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4,320.73] 99
Net revenue after deducting the couimi.-tsious of‘
Post Masters, contingent expenses, &c. is 2,949,-
2l7 27.
The Post Ma.-‘tor General believes there will be 8
not seen stated. Most of it was appro-
priated by Mr. Clay's desire-, we believe,
to discharge certain obligations of his to
some of the IV:-stern Banks. The remain-
der, or most of it was invested in choice
presents to Mrs. Clay.—Jom'. of Com.
THE VOTE ON THE TARIFF OF 1842.
The President says :——-“The well known
fact that the tariff of 184‘). was passed by
a majority of one in the Scuat_e, and two
in the House of Representatives, aflbrds
proofthat it was not intended to be perma-
nent, &c.
As well might be have said, the well
known fact, that he himselfdid not receive
a majority of the votes, and is, therefore,
a minority President, affords strong proof
that the people did not intend to have him
at all. VVho gave him the right to look
behind the laws, and draw such inferences
from them! But what are the facts’!
The Tariffof 18-1-2 seperated the distri-
hution of the proceeds of the Public lands
from the Tariff Act, on ‘which account
several warm Tariff and Land Whigs re-‘
fused to give the Bill their support. This
seperation was made in order to have a
Bill Mr. Tyler would not veto. Nobody
knew this fact better than Mr. Polk, and
yet he makes the above statement!
A’. Y. Empress.
Pztse_r/ism in Boston.-—Right Rev. Bish-
op Eastburn, prelate of the diocese of
Massachusetts, has issued a public declar-
ation expressive of his disapprobation of
“out-
ward sign” of Catholicism introduced into
that new church for free sittings, known
as the “Church of the Advent,” in Boston.
These innovations are the form of the
communion table, the decorations of gol-
den candlesticks, and of a large wooden
cross by which the table is surmounted,
the posture of facing the altar observed by
the officiating clergy. ’
Sleame-rs from Ireland to Portland.---The
Montreal papers contain the prospectus of
a company to establish steam communi-
cation bettt'e'en Buntry, in the _south west
extremity of Ireland, and Portland in the
United States. The Company is styled
“The Irish and American Royal Express
Steam Mail Navigation Company.” The
capital i-s to be £600,000, and the objec
stated is to give a wee fly departure be-
tween the Port of Bantry and Portland by
falling of? of fortyfive per cent. in the receipts of
the current year. and that there will be it diminution
of the means of the depnrtuu-ut ol‘l,3‘28.‘.)97
The saving from former _ralesinNew England and’
l\'r~.w Yorl: in transportation, the current year, is
523'2.7£’.‘.2. '
whole, while they charge one fifth ofthe’ tvho‘fe.-
Should there be a similar saving in letting the con‘-
trucfsiu the other districts to that clfecteal in the
northern. it will amount in 1847, ’-18 and '49 to’
1,005,739.
Compcnsafiou to postmasters and for Post Offices-
during year curling 30th June, 1845. was l.4O9,875I_
l8. Over 2000 Postmaslcrs resigned on account of
the new law. »_
The Postrmrster General mentions a case of fraud
on the Post Oflice, where one envelope on which
I 60 had been paid there were counted 100 letters
enclosed, which would have amounted to 10 dolls.
The Post Master General thinks the single -sheet
system shortld be restored or reduced to aquarter of
an ounce fora single letter.
The great weight of the mail is by earring printed
matter. It composes nine-tenth the expenses.
He proposes the following reform :. A
5 cents each single letter under 50 miles
10 cents each, over 50 and under 300. _
15 cents each, over 300. This to continue till
1878, when the present rates should be restored.
He recommends the former rates on newspapers,
periodicals, &e. ‘with right to send them out of the
mail. He urges apre-payment oflctters in allcases.
He advises a limit to the number ofexcharrge papers
between Editors. He recommends the restriction
of the {ranking privileges to the old ground.
The number ofletters "not called for, the first quai-
ter. under the new law, was 309.000. ‘
Morse’s Telegraph to Baltimore. with Professor
Morse"s salary cost 3244, and the receipts only 413
dollars and 44 cents.
From the Oxford Chronicle.
RAIEIWAY EXTRAORDINARY.
Oxford and Rome direct Railway, with d
branch from Cambridge.-—Among the nu-
merous railway projects, the above named
entirely engrosses the public attention,
and the shares are already at a high pre-
mium. Several gentlemen connected with
the Oxford University have projected no
less than ninety Tracts or lines, all, howev-
er, conducting to the same terminus. Mr.
Newman, the chief engineer, "is gone to
Rome to consult the Pope as to the best
line, and when it is completed, his Holi-
ness has promised to visit Oxford propria
ersnna.
The great diflicultywill be in crossing
the channel, but Dr. Pusey, the superin-
tendent engineer, who has already evinced
considerable s ill in the construction ofa
via media, proposes a sort of pans asinine,
or asses’ bridge, which he thinks will an-
swer the purpose admirably, as the line
rnay he carried over it. The Archbishop
of Canterbury and the Bishop of Exter are
at the head of the list of directors ;_ and,
means of vesselscapuble of accomplishing
the passage from Pier to Pier in eight days.
The New Orleans Delta of the 1st, re-
ports a premature funeral. A clerk of the
Bee office died, as was suppflsefla 0f 7190-
plexy. and when the funeral services were
in progress neg‘; day, \he assembly was
startled by a m'o'vement in the coffin. He
was revived and the physican administered
to him, but with no hope of restoration.
The Knoxville Register, announces the
marriage, In Jefferson county‘, Tennessee,
four. .
though the latter has prohibited his clergy
from having any interest in it as share-
holders, he has encouraged their promoting
the undertah ing as much as possible; and
so heartily do many of them enter into t_he
-scheme that it is said they have absolutely
offered to -do a great part of the work
themselves, having been effectually taught
the mode when at the University. .
The Mormons have disposed of nearly
all thelands to which they have any title’,-
in the south part of Hancock eounty._——
This is the casein the vicinity of Foun-
taiu Green. Around La Harpe, but -few
sales have been made, and this is the case'-
in the vicinity of Nauvoo. ‘
This leaves an estimated balance of only 4.85 .- -
ed, suhsxituliugaul. valorem duties-cure being ta- , ‘V
The Railroad service is only one tenth of the.
Norwalk Chronicler