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NUMBER 342-NEW SERIES.
NORINALK, CT. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3,
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With the Return of Eventful May
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of Spring $5 Summer Geo
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This arrival bcinv decidedly the most interesting of the season, resents attractions of a in h
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order, and a passing look at them will greatly enhance the interests of purchasers. The last
great addition to his stock turned a current of curtoiners into the time-worn doors of the
“ BRIDGE STGRE, ”
Now we do not. crave the entire trade of this enterprising town, still, if our friends but exercise
a little patience when we happen to be full and more, we will dance attendance to the utmost
of our very humble abilities, and if after all, they seem not disposed to purcliase, we shall not
condescend to ape the custom of boasted superiors, and dismiss them with barbarian rudiness
but with thanlcs for" the call, cheerfully renew the invitation.
According to our promise of last week, we now annex a brief descriptive list, from which
our readers may gather some interesting facts.
The first fact in importance is
A. CHAL.LEE§'G-E,
that we will give more Goods for the same amount of money, than any merchant in N orwalk.
If pei'cliance we have a neighbor so averse to “acknowledgnients,” as to accept this challenge,
we hope he will keep his (l7Zg'I“_7/ pczssioiis down and give us a fair contest, for in good faith this
offer is made ; and for the benefit of “'rii1-: PEOPLE,” whom also we summon to adjudge.
Fact second, is the amount of Goods on hand, and ifin calculations we happen to fall short a
few thousand yards, then it must be borne in mind the difiiculty of arriving at the yr/'cc2'se quan-
tity, and if you please, set this down as an error of the head.
Z?3:33" flZ§"_’_£.3%o
10.009 yards of all prices and patterns, among which, are some beautiful imitations of
l.\Ius D’Laines. Our Medium Prints, atone sltilliizg, are especially recommended.
E3-EU‘-3’§1Z?.@‘ EEEI9 E2=§LE®3Z1.°aE§3o
2,000 yards of the various styles—such as Reps, Crapc, Cashmcres; Plain &c.; French
D'Laines, of a new fabric, in which the arrangement of colors is very pleasing.
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1,500 yards of American, Scotch, and French manufacture—plain, twilled, light, medium,
dark, and mourizing.
%'e‘_'i.3J.L‘3§ 8 §3fl.Zl'1'_.‘*35-E3 8 9 §3flElI;3...c:3 8 8
\Vide Rich Satin Stripe, Blk; Double width Plain Black Italian for Mantillas; Blk Italian;
Gro D’Rhone ; Gor D'Rhine, and all the other Gro D's. Beautiful, Plaid, Striped and Figured
Dress Silks.
:‘£i£*.\_.Z'3Z§L_.i5°§9 E3455-l.‘@._.?E.3_"‘.»o
of the late Parisian mode—universally admired.
4,000 yards RIBBONS.
E? @4*-.'}.ZE'i_PL_=1>‘&_“s>E§’.¢. 420
1,500 yards well assorted and cheap ; Druggett, Matting, Floor Cloth, and Stair Carpet-
ing. \Ve wish it understood that in CARPETS, we give bargains, defying all competition.
Goods for Gentlemen’s wear, and here all estimates must end. You that lack a Coat,
Pantaloons or Vest, just walk up and help yourselves, and when these are gone we can charter
the “Cataline” for anotlierload. You can now have any of the following: CLOTI-IS——Cassi-
mores, plain, fancy, black, and Doe Skin; Kentucky Jeans, Twecds, Croton, Oregon, Mexican,
Bangup, Corduroy, Beaver, Moleskin, Giraffe, Zebra, Leopard, Gainbroon, Naiikeeii, Pongee,
and Tliibet Cloth. Silk and Cambric Hdkfs, Cravats, Scarfs, Gloves, Bosoms, Collars, é Hose,
Purses, Braces, Umbrellas; Straw, Leghorn, and Pannama Hats; Caps, and Perfumery.
MISGELLANY.
Irish Linen, Brown Holland; Brown Linen; ‘W'hite, Colored, and Brown Drills; Table
Linen, Damask, and Plain; Covers, and Cloths; Tickings, Burlaps, Towelling, Checks, Flan-
nels, Alpacas, Bombazines. White and Brown Muslins; Swiss, Mull, Jaconet, Plaid, Book,
and Tarlatan Muslins; Bishop and Victoria Lawns; Blk., Col’d, and \Vh’t. Kid; Blk., C0l’d,
\Vh‘t. and Raw Silks; Lisle Thread, Cotton and Pic nick Gloves; Lace Mitts; India Silk
Scarfs, Ladies Cravats, Gents Cravats, Travelling Bags, Girdles,_Gimps, Paris Cord, Silk
Fringe; Silk, Linen Cambric, Hem Stiched, and Reville Cambric I-Idkfs—beaut2ful embossed
Table Spreads; Silk, Cotton, VVool, \Vorsted, Damask, Zephyr, and Fancy Shawls.
tghsldll 0ASl~liiiEhE Siidwlfilgi
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VVindow Paper, \Vall Paper; VVadding, Baits; Boys Caps; Linen Thread, Spool Cotton.
HGSEERY.
VVhite and Brown Muslins ; Silk and Cotton Velvcts.
I? ARTIFICIAL FLQWEESX .._<~«-:31
Our ink grows thick and the Gazette’s “Devil” is in a hurry, so we must cut short this list,
even at its commencement, with the request that those who would test the quality of the articles
and learn their prices, will enter in at the sign of the “BRIDGE STORE.”
SCRIBNER & RILEY,
Merchant Tailors.
HE subscribers re-
- spectfully announce
to the public generally,
POETRY-
TO MOTHER IN HEAVEN.
’Tis evening on the earth, mother,
There's silence in the street;
The busy hum of life is hushed,
The tread of passing feet.
The inspiration of the night
Has turn’d my troubled dreams
Back, mother, to the mom oflife——-
To thee and childhood scenes.
"Twas three long years ago, mother,
Three years this very night,
At evening's holy, stilly hour,
Thy spirit took its flight.
Thy dying lips spoke kindly then,
And on me fondly smiled;
And, mother, in that gloomy hour
Thou blcst thy orphan child.
It seemed my heart would break, mother,
\Vlien bending o'er thy bed,
I saw thy heart had ceased to beat,
And knew that thou wert dead.
’Twas then I felt the first real grief
My life had ever known,
And, mother, learned how hard it was
To pan with thee and home.
I did not weep alone, mother,
And bear the orphan’s woe;
A brother loved was by my side,
Three little sisters too.
They felt the sadness I did feel,
, And felt themselves as lone,
For, mother, they, as well as I,
VVere robbed of thee and home.
‘.Ve've lov’d each other well, mother,
Since, gathered round thy bier,
\Ve saw thy form all cold in death,
And shed the parting tear;
But now we're far away from home,
And very far apart;
Yet, mother, we do love as well-
For we are one in heart.
I often think of thee, mother,
And childliood’s guileless joy;
And think how thou wast wont to bless
Thy poor, poor orphan boy:
And life’s drear stream seems doubly dre ar
\Vhen straying thoughts do roam
Back, mother, to those happy years——
To thee and boyhood's home.
And I remember well, mother,
How, in my infant hours,
I dreamed that this wide waste of life
\Vus strewn all o'er with flowers ;
But change of years bro't change of dreams
And broke the pleasing spell,
For, mother, thou and home were gone,
I used to love so well.
The impress of thy words, mother,
Still lingers in my breast,
And guides my hoping spirit up
To realms of perfect rest.
Thy purest thoughts and hallowed hopes
Are uiirror’d in my mind;
And, mother, the heart shall ever keep
Thy teachings there, enshrined.
They tell me that the dead, mother,
Do often hover near,
On spirit—wings, to watch and bless
The beings they hold dear.
Oh I ’tis a soul-inspiring thought—-
Tlie bosom’s deepest joy—-
To know, dear mother, thou dost Watch
And bless thy orphan boy.
’Tis night upon the earth, mother,
There’s silence in the street;
The busy hum of life is liuslied—-
Tlie tread of passing feet:
The inspiration of the night
Still turns my troubled dreams
Back, mother, to the mom of life— -
To thee and childhood scenes.
How to get Ric/z.———’Tis the simplest
thing in the world, if any one has only a
mind to pay the price demanded for it, as
the following will prove:
When you purchase an ai-ticle—no mat-
ter wliat-——a hat, or a pair of shoes, a bar-
iel of flour, or a book, look with confoun-
ded surprise at the seller, as much as to
say, “is it possible that you can put on a
face to ask as much 1” Think a moment,
or appear to, and offer 10 or 15 per cent
less. remarking that you can purchase the
same, and know where, for the price you
name. If you cannot get the article at
your price, by beating down, and lying
half an hour, you can at least get otfa few
cents. So much will be gained.
Befriend nobody. Never lend a four.
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ALPHABETICAL AD 'ICE.
A--Always attend to your avocation,
avoid ale-houses and artful women.
B—-Be benevolent but not prodigal, bury
all bickerings in the bosom of forgetfulness.
C-Contrive to collect cash and keep it.
D--Do your duty and defy the devil.
E—F.arly endeavor to eradicate cvcry
‘error, both of head and heart.
F—-—Fight fairly when yoli fight: but the
better way is not to fight at all. Fiddle
for no fools.
G-Grace, goodness, gumption and a lit-
tle goose grease, enables a man to slip
through the world mighty easy. Get them
and glory in them.
H——Harbor hope in your heart if you
would be happy; but hark ye, hope can-
not render rotten the hemp of the liangman.
l-lnquisitiveness is insufferable; in-
dulge not in it.
J-—.Iuleps may be called the juice ofjoy,
and the yeast ofjest; but let them alone,
for too much joking often destroy’s the
joviality of the social circle.
K—Kindness kindles the fire of friend-
ship. A kiss always avails more than a
kick.
L——Love the ladies, ‘look before you
leap,’ and eschew loaferism.
M—Make not mischief by meddling with
other fol~.’s matters.
N—-Never be caug
the night time.
O——Order is heaven’s first law; obey it.
P-—Pui'sue the plain path of probity, and
put in practice what you will give in pre-
ce t. .
(3-—Quai'rel not, quibble not, be not
fond of asking questions, or addicted to
queries.
R——Rum ruins respectability; renounce,
renew, and renovate.
S--Seek salvation, oh ye sinners! and
you are safe.
lit napping except in
turn every moment to account.
U—-Union unites with unity ; in the
whole universe there is a unison ; be ye
therefore united for the sake of unison.
V—Vanity has no connection with valor,
remember that.
W—Women and wine bring want and
woe and wretchednsss, when wickedly in-
dulged in.
X—’Xtra’xertions accomplish ’xtraordi-
nary ends.
Y—Yield to no tyrant; yeomen and
their yokefellows are lords of the soil.
Z——Zig-zagging is characteristic of n
zany; take a straight course through life
and zealously pursue it.
82;-&. mind your business, 85 let others
alone, &c. &c.
flfraid of Investi'gatz'cn.——lt would seem
from the proceedings 03 the Legislatiife,
that the Locos are afrai to go into an in-
vestigation ofone ofthe prominent subjects
of the Governor’s Message, viz: the inter-
ference of empolyers with the . poli;ical
rights of their workmen. A petition has
been presented from men in the employ
of the manufacturers of Stamford, earnest
lv requesting aréinvestigatiobn ofbthe charge
made by the overnor — ut y a strict
party vote the majority have refused to
refer it to a select committee, and on a
reference to the judiciarydcommittee denié
ed them the power to sen for persons an
_papers. If there islany foundation for the
{charge of the Governor, why do his friends
ghesitate about having the matter fully in-
ivcstigated. There should be neither
‘“impediments,” “embarrassments,” nor
l“entanglements”on a question of such great
limpoi'tance.—Hart. Coimmt.
l The rumor of the arrival of 8000 fresh
rtroops may be true, though we should re-
cevie it with great caution; while the
lround assertion that “Gen. Paredes is at
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"the head of 15,000 troops, on his way B
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_Mctamoras," is manifestly absurd.
itlie Pi-ovidenza at New Orleans, we liavef
}intelligence from the city of Mexico di-,
irect to the ‘.2d of May, within ten days as
. late as this from Metumoras.
lthere was not even a rumor afloat of Par-
ledcs’ intending to take the field in person;
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From the N. Y. Tribune.
ABHORRED BE ‘VAR!
TVOLUME
Published Every ‘wednesclay lvlornings 53!’ JAMES REED, at Two Dollars Per Annum in Advaince. office on the Dock, ‘Vest Side of the “p,-I.-';d’g‘e_
1846.
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and refuse 17) male provision even for
paying the interest-while even our own,
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The humane, refiecting reader of Man’s General Government refuses to pay our
History is sickened by the constantly re. own plundererd citi2cns'th‘e‘vei'y'sums due
curring details of battles and but¢h'efy.._. them for old French Spoliations, assumed
by accounts of the happiness sacrificed,,by the Federal Government in the Louis-
the privutions endured, by tliousand after i iana Treaty more than forty years ‘ago-—
thousands in gathering from remote cor-lshall we butcher Mexicans because their
ners of the earth to niaim and sluugliterlbfinlirupt Governmelit has not paid us
each other. Mere depravity however great -,in full for Spoliations committed within
'l‘——'l‘akc time by the forelock; try to.
At that time,
on of the
lie is invited to the large and elegantassort-
ment of Harnesses, Saddles, Bridles, Whips.
Trunks, ézc. to be found at the establishment of
the subscriber. , It is believed to be no exagera-
tion that this place,nor any other in the vicinity
has been able to produce so rich a variety, par-
ticularly in the Harness line. They are ready
made and complete at a moment’s notice. W'lio-
ever will take the trouble to examine, will find
that the workmanship of these articles cannot be
surpassed. Among the lot are several sets of
double Harnesses, which are worthy the atten.
tion ofthose fitting out pleasure equipages,_._
that they have taken the
store formerly occupied
by MALLORY &. BANKS,
where they intend car-
rying on the Tailoring
Business,in all its various
branches. As Messrs.
Mallory dz: Banks have
- given up the Tailoring
Business in this place, we having succeeded
them,and would respectfully solicit the patronage
of all those who have been accumstomed to pat-
ronize the late firm, believing that we can give
entire satisfaction to all those who may favor us
with a call. ‘
VVith our experience in the business, we feel
confident in saying that our work will be done
in a manner not to be excelled by any other
pence half penny, even 10 3/001' Sick bl‘0tl1' 5 and he gives no hint of any such inten-,
el‘- Screw Clown .-very b0(lY YOU can 10'tion in his proclamation to the Mexican
the lowest mill, when you make purchases, l]?eople, He says “he has commanded t/tel
never spend a dollar that will not yield ;(;me,-a[.in.C/;jef' of the frontier divison
fourfold. Keep at it—work and dig fl‘0m of t/ze .N'07'I/1. that he act hostilely against
daylight ml d31'l‘- Spend nothing I01‘ ‘I the United States,” but intimates no dis-:’
pleasure or amusement, and you will growtposigion to do so himself. It is not sup-f
irich. There is no mistake about it.--lposed, moreover, that he could leave the
lGrasping riches and lurid gold, how c0n- ‘Capital, in the present critical condition of
soling must be the whisper in your ear—- l things, to put himself at the head of‘ the
“This night thy soul shall be required Of, army, nor is it possible that 15,000 troops
thee-” HOW "U8 Will be the language Oficould have been so suddenly raised for
the poet in your case-— such an cxpeditton.——C'our. Eng.
‘Starved in this world, and daninedin that to come.’ ‘
PAii'rr.—-A correspondent of the N. Y. Com- i
is not enough to account for this; no dev-
ils could be found silly enough thus to tor-
ture themselves first, then one another.
Sheer Madness is the very least explana-
tion that is adequate.
ter, we detect the cause of this horrible
jangle, or at least a sure clue to it. War
,-ravages J\"aI2'ons, afilicts and destroys People,
lfI'ZttS[7'£'I1gt/M718 Gorernmems, exalts Rulers,’
and enables them to €IlT1._C/L their faroriets,
with the spoils ofplimdcred .7l;"i[l7'ons. The
lodging of the Commissary or Contractor
is rapidly transformed into a baronial cas-
tle; his suddenly acquired estate is fat-
.tened with the gore of countless soldiers,
‘the tears of innumerable widows and or-
lplians; and while thousands are shivering
and freezing for want of lieliumble dwell-
ings which War has destroyed, /1219 family
grcst secure in lordly halls and roll in
‘luxury. Burke, we believe, said of this
jclass, that by means of ‘Nat, ‘their equip.
lages shine li ce meteors; their palaces rise
,like exhalations.’ Well can 2/zey afford to
‘pratc of Patriotism, ‘right or wrong,’ and
bribe venal orators with some share of
their plan ler to inflame the passions of
‘the duped multitudes, and fool them into
‘enlisting to be shot at for some beggarly
shilling or two a day, and that often
unpaid. Will the mass never become wise
enough to detect and scout this swindling
game of Murder’!
Suppose a Government to be weak or
pi-ofligate—a cause by no means unsup.
«posab|e—- and, therefore in danger of
incurring ‘popular odium or contempt.-—
It desires to be strong in the public
confidence, but without the virtue or
ltlie capacity to deserve that confidtncc.
‘It has one unfailing resort-lo pick a
quarrel with some other Government.——-
Tim: at once withdraws public attention
from its own crimes or vices; gives it a
hold on the popular feeling; enables its
satelites to call upon all the People to
“support the country”——that is, to rally
around and uphold the Executive in
whatever he may propose. All inquiry is
stopped — all watchfulness set aside-
apgropriations are made by Millions, and
th Purse and Sword put unreservedly
into the hands of the Chief Magistrate. to
be wielded at his pleasure--—the latter
against his enemies, the former in belialfof
ibis friends. All who question the policy
‘or thejustice of his course are at once de-
':nounced as traitors and enemies of the
lcountry. Thus thousands are bribed by
loflice and gold to cry up the war; all mur-
lmers are stifled as treasonable; and when
{at last disaster or utter exhaustion of re-
'sources compels a return to Peace, :1 count-
less host of pensioners, cripples, placcmcn
and fund holders are provided to eat up
the evils of honest Labor for fifty or a
ihundred years to come. The poor man’s
children must go to rest hungry and grow
up in ignorance, in order that the favorites
of Rulers may glitter in ‘orders’ and stars,
and riot on the spoils of a People—-such is
War. Such is a small portion of the cost
of the infamous cheat styled Glory.
Of all Wars ever fomented, we remem-
ber none more nefarious in its origin, more
wanton and atrocious, than that in which
we are now plunged by our Rulers and
Land Jobbers and Slave Jobbers whose
money, exertions and lies have made those
instruments of their cupidity our Rulers.
lThe bloody villainy of some VVars was
"measurably redeemed by the daring evin-
'ced in commencing them; but this VVar
? is as cowardly asit is wicked. A wealthy,
‘enlightened and powerful Republic of
Twenty Millions of People is attempting
‘to humble and despoil an ignorarit, enfee-
bled, distracted Nation of Seven Millions,
=and these in good part semi barbarous
Aborigines of this Continent! The giant
I who should beat a cripple would be a he-
ro in comparison.
Just think of the pretexts for this War,
of which the cry of injuries unredressefl 15
i the most specious,thougli utterly deceitful-
Mexico owes certain present or former
citizens of the United States 5€V€Tal mill-'
ions for property illegally destroyed within
her borders, The claimants went to
Mexico to trade or manufacture, and, '
the Military commotions there so frequent,
their property has been unjustly consiica-
lted or destroyed. Although the Mexican:
,Nalion did not authorize this spoliation,£
it is fairly bound to make it good. Mex-
ico does not dispute the justice of the
Looking closely and steadily at the mat-'
There are also several very lightand airy single
harnesses, designed for neaincss l)l1l.InanL1faCtul'-
ed ofthe best materials,and embracing the double
merit of security and tastefulness. Every article
needed in the line, maybe found here, of the
best quality, and on very moderate terms. Be-
pairing as usual. VVM B SWAN-
Norwalk, April 29, 1845. 18
Rooms to Let.
LOFT suitable for Mechanics’ Shops-—
the same recently occupied by David
Platt, as a. Carpenter Shop. Apply to
similar establishment in Norwalk. If any doubt
this fact, let them gives us a call, and we will
demonstrate it. ENOCH SCRIBNER.
_ THOMAS RILEY.
Norwalk, January, 1846.
N ORWALK ENGLISH AND CLASS-
ICAL SCHOOL.
T HE House recently occupied by Henry, Sel-
- leck, Esq. is fitted up for this Institution.
The Summer Term will commence on
Wednesday, May 6th.
5
. , E. PRICE & SQN.
Norwalk’ March 30’ 1846‘ 13 In Common En'gFli[silI1'I]‘3I1g11J\i:hes, $4 00 pr qr.
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Ladies’ Hats! Ladies’ Hatszz f,‘fi;§:2§,°f,’,e Pm, ,,,,,,,,,,-,,,g M5 °° ‘ ‘
I-I-E subscribers have now on hand a fine of instrumcnt——extra 12 00 “ “
assortment, embracing all the |naw and Incidental expenses, 25 “ “
fashionable styles. Also. ii beautiful lotof Bon- S.
, TORBS I.1A_LL.Prénoijval-
not Ribbons-. JAMES MALLORY 6aCO. Norwalk, April 14, 1245. ,. I
There is one remarkable tact connected
with Chinese institutions; they have no
standing army-—no aristocracy of wealth or
birth——no oppressive oligarch between the
Emperor and tho people. All oflicers,
even the Emperor, rules by the will of the
people. The Emperor is the vice-gerent
of Heaven—Heaven is his father, and the
earth is his mother. In the name of Heav-
en, he rules all the earth below the Heav-
ens. There is not an oflice heriditary ex-
cept that of the Emperor. 'l'here public
men are well educated. They are all re-
quired to go through with a strict literary
examination before admitted to any oflice,
and this examination is a strict oiie——they
must be-well acquainted with the writings
of Confucius.-the. best of. all liea.tbezi.lit_e.-
5 rature.
mercial, says :
“Objections have been made to the zip-
pointment of Gen. Scott to the comman
of the Southern Army, by some of the
Loco members of Congress. Perhaps it
is feared that he will make the service a
means of accumulating political capital.
A proposition will be made for the cre-
ation by law of a third major general.”
Clzenp Postage to C'ontz'nue.—The Chair-
man of the Committee on Post Ofiice, and
Post: Roads in the Senate declared, in his
place on Tuesday, that no change was
contemplated in the rates of postage. This-
announcement will be received with gen-
eral satisfaction in ev.ery'pan of the coun-
r .
try.-
claim; on the contrary, she has fully
admitted it, adjusted the amount, paid part
Iof it, and was going on to pay the residue,
lwhen we bro -e up our friendly relations
iby uniting our destenies with those of the
Texans, a people with whom she was
openly at “for. She fairly and sglasonably
warned us that she should consi er 5'00
Annexation an act of War_: our Own
leading Statesmen, of all parties, gave us
ike warning. But we rushed on t0 annex.
in defiance of every warning, and not only
took Texas, but claimed a great deal with
it which never belonged to Texas. Thus
wronged and menanced, Mexico wit hdrew
her Minister and stopped paying the in-
stallments due us. She ought surely to
ay; but shall W0,» While several, of our
’the last dozen years!
The refusal to receive Mr. Slidell is
another false pretext for this War. Mex-.
gico only consented to receive a Special
Commissioner to attempt an aidjustment of
the Texas business, having witlidrzrwn her
«own Minister from ‘Washington on the
,triumph of Annexation, considering it an
act of War, and formally terminated all
regular Diplomatic intercourse with us.
But we sent her a regular Plenipotentiary
instead of a Special Coinmissioner, and
insisted on opening negotiations generally,
which she refused to do. So Mr.. Slidell
was not received. .-Let those vilio have
been led to believe that we ought to go to
War for this only consider that the letter
of our own Consul at Mexico, giving ‘the.
confidential reasons of the Mexican Gov:
ernmcnt (Herrera’s) in December last, for
regretting the unexpected appearance of
Mr. Slidell there, and wishing him recalled
or his progress to the Capital delayed,
was not published by 1/ze U/ziozi with the
other documents transmitted by the Pres-
ident, but suppressed and a meagre—-
partial synopsis given instead I Is not
here evidence of conscious guilt? VVlien
our Government sent Mr. Cushing out to
China to make a Treaty, lie was invested
with two commissions, one asn reguular
Minister Plenipotentiary, the other as a
Special Commissioner, of which he was to
use either as circumstances should dictate.
He used the latter only. Our Government
desired peace with China; had it desired
ajust Peace with Mexico only, it would
have done likewise in Mr. Slidell’s case.
Being bent on War, it took an opposite
course. ,
As to the pretence that Texas rightfully
extends to the Rio Grande, the man who
sets it up would ta‘. e any pocket-book that
he thought he could keep by fair or foul
mi.-ans. Texas never had jurisdiction over
one foot ofland watered by the Rio Grande
or its tributaries; no single individval liv-
ing on the waters of that river ever par-
ticipated in or openly sympathized with the
Texas revolt ; there never was an election
held nor a writ served under the authority
of Texas on the waters of that river, from
the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf. San
lsabcl and the spot occupied by Gen. Tay-
|or’s troops opposite Matamoros werejust
as mach Mexican territory at all times up
to our Military occupation of them as Vera
Cruz or l\’Iatamoi'os. Our officers on the
spot have written home letters, speaking
of their encampment in the heart of I/ze
il’lea;~z'canprom'ncc of Tamaulipas-—and mar-
veiling at the ineekness of the Mexicans in
allowing us to drive them before us over
the Rio Grande,plant our cannon in battery
opposite that City, and cut up their planta-
tions with our entrcncbments and fortress-
es. When our Army crossed the Colorado,
the Mexican chief, Col. Canales, warned
them to desist—that they were invading
Mexican territory, and that he should fire
on them if they advanced farther. They,
obeying orders, advanced, and he retreated
without firing.—San Isabel was fired by
the Mexicans -at Gen. Taylor’s approach.
Finally, after every other provocation had
been tried, our fleet blockaded the mouth
oftlie Rio Grande, cutting offthe supplies
of the Mexican army, and compelling them
to fight or starve. The issue has been
\Var, as was expected and desired.
4 LEGISLATIVE.
Ilfomlay, .Ma_i/, ‘.25!/z.-—A number of peti-
lions were presented praying for relief
against the evils of intempcrance, also for
the abolition of capital punishment, and for
the commutation of the punishment of An-
,di'ew P. Potter, referred.
Copies of acts on the sale of spiritous
liquors were received and laid on the
table for the use of the members.
Report of committee on new towns and
‘probate districts on the petition of the
gtown of Oxford for a new probate district,
§in favor thereof; bill in form read three
ltimes and passed. The district consists
of the town of Oxford.
Report of Committee on incorporation:
iotlier than Banks in favor of the petition
n ; for the increase of men in the New Canaan
-Fire Company, allowing the number of 40 -
'—-the increase above the original number
of ‘2«l«, are to be taken from such persons
as are not subject to military duty. Peti-
lfion granted; and resolution passed.
Report of committee on new towns and
‘probate districts on the petition of S. Sel-
eleck and others for the alteration of the
‘limits of the borough of Danbury, and the
Ialteration of the charter; in favor thereof.
Mr. Sturges explained 13‘: reasons 0
the petition and report. ere was no
opposition to the measure in the present
form. Prayer granted, and resolution so
ordering passed. "
Report of same committee on the eti-
tion of Abraham _Briggs_ and others; or .3
new probate district, in favor tlle!'€0f5
bill making the town of Sherman a pvrobate
district‘ was read ‘three’ times’ and passed.
Resolution that the commission]! of the
School Fund obtain 1000 additions copies
of the report of supetintendantof common.
I
take: openly i*epudiated‘tl_i'eir public dell?»
Schools, and distribute‘-'tl1'en'r, with otlibx
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