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[No. 59.]
rnorosian AMENDMENT or THE coivs'rr'rL"rxoiv.
At a General Assembly of the State of Connecti-
cut, holden at New Haven, on the first Wednes-
day of May in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundrcd and forty-six.
Resolved by the House of R8}77’€897”at5v€8.
That the following be roposed as an amendment
of the constitution 0 this state, as asubstltute
for the second section of the sixth article, and 0f
the amendments of said second section; which
proposed amendment when approved and ‘adopt-
ed in the manner prescribed by the constitution,
shall be to all intents and purposes a part there-
of, to wit: , p
“ Every mjale citizen of the United States.
shall have attained’ the age of‘ tmmty-one years.
who shall have 7-ns'Eu"i.-id in this state for a term of
nun ywir nextlpreceding, and in the town in which
he may offer himself to be admitted to the privi-
leges of an elector at least six months pr'ec'eclin'g
thetime he may so offer himself, and shall sus-
tain a good moral character, shall on taking such
oath as maybe prescribed by law, be an elector.”
Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amend-
ment to the constitution of this state, he continu-
ed to the next session of the General‘ Assembly
ofthis state, to he holden at Hartford, on the first
\Vednesday of May next, and be published with
the laws of this state passed at the present session.
House of Representatives, June 15th, 1846.
Passed C. R. INGERSOLL, Clerk.
C. W. P1ni.i.i~:o, Ass’t Clerk.
who
[I\'o. 60.]
Pndposnn .A;.\rENni\zEiv'r or THE cowsrirvrxozv.
At a General Assembly of the State of Connecti-
cut, holden at New Haven in said State, on
the first W'ednesday of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-
six:
Resolved by the House of Representatives,-
That the following be proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution of this State, which, when
approved and adopted in the manner by the Con-
stitution prescribed, shall to all intents and pur-
poses become a part tliei‘-eofz‘ ,
The several towns in this state shall" annually
appoint, by a majority of the votes of all’ the elec-
tors p_resent, residing therein and qualified to vote
in the choice of Representatives therein, a sulfi-
cient number of Justices of the’ Peace within the
same, at‘ such time and in such manner as shall
by law be prescribed.-
Re:.*o=Zv‘ed,. That the foregoing proposed‘ amend-
ment to the Constitution of this State be, and the
same is hereby continued to the next session of
the General Assembly,-to be holden at Hartford,
on the first Wednesday of May next, and that the
said proposed amendment; be‘pub'l-'ished with the
laws passed at the‘ present session.
Passed, C. R. INGERSOLL, Clerk.
C. W. PHXLLEO, Ass’t Clerk.
fi=.\"o. 61.]
IPWOPOBED .urEi~:n:\rEiv'r or THE cozvsrircriox.
At a General Assembly of the State of Connecti-
cut, lioldcn at New Haven,-iii said‘ StI1t'3y0T1'
the first Vfecliiesday of May, 1846:
_Rcsolved by the Iafouse of Representatives,
That the following be proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution of this State, which when
approved and’ adopted. in the mnnncizprovided by
the Constitution, shall‘ to all‘ intents and purposes,
become a part thereof, viz:
The Judges of Probate shall severally be ap-
pointed by the electors, residing in the several
Probate Districts, and qualified to vote for Repre-
sentatives therein, in such manner as shall be
prescribed by law. _
Resolved, That the foregoing proposed" amend-
ment to the Constitution he C0l'lb1l‘lll~’8(l' to the next
General Assembly, and be published with t‘hc
iaws passed" at the present session.
Passed C. R. INGERSOLL, Clerk.
C. W. PHiLx.Eo, Ass’t Clerk.
._......
July. Do. 593 Middle-
town do. at 3 do 1,779 00
July. Do. 274 N. Haven‘
do at 4 do 2,192 00
Sept. Do. extra 1628
Hartford do at 2 do 2,256 00
Nov. Do. 49 Far. and
Mechanic's do at {Side 171 50
Dec. Do. 1,628 Hart-
. forddo at3g§do 5 698 00,
1846 Jan. Do. Middle- '
town do at 3 5 do 2,075 50
Jan. Do. 274 New 115- .
vs-Ir do at4 do 2,192 00
March Do. 1,186 Phea-
nix do at 4*do 4,744 00
——-.--$32,721 50
From Taxes.
1845. Oct. By nm’t of
S. Tux of§ of 1 per ct
on bank, insurance,
turnpike stock of non
residents, A
April 9. Do. received’
for E. Haddum S. tax
on list of 1844, unpaid
at close of last year,
May 28. Do. received
for N. Hartford do
1846. March. Gross ani‘t
of S. Tax of 1 cent on
the dollar of list of
1844, received of the -
several towns, 40.775 99
3,173 85
286 75
160 93
44,397 52
$113,801 10
1846. April 1. By balance brought
fr. above account, 14,704 73
Pciuuxxsivr FUND.
The Permanent Fund of the State on the 1st
of April, 1846, consists of bank stock transferable
and of bank stock not transferable, or subscrip-
tions to the capital of sundry banks which may
be withdrawn on giving six months’ notice,
namely—
Bank stool: not tramsferrable.
Hm-rf’d Bk, 1494 sh 91003-31-48.400
Phenix do. 890 " 100' 89,000
N.Hav’n do. 274 ” 200 54,800
Midtw’ ndo. 593 ” 100' 59,300
Far. 65 Mechnnids Bk. 49
shares, at 8100 4,900
356,400.00
Bank stock purchased and trans_/'erablc.
Hartford Bk. 144 sh. $100, $14,400
Phenix do. 296 " 100, 29,600
._a_:.
44,00000.
—.—._.
$5.100,-100,00
C’orrespon.a’.ence of the Baltimore Patriot.
\VAsriiNs'ro.\j, July 3d, 1846.
Public Printing alias Squandering of
the People’s .Moncy.—Mr. Johnson read a
letter from the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives to the Finance Committee of
the Senate, on the subject of this extraor-
dinai-'y and ordinary printing, which, he
said,.the country ought to have knowledge
of, as a means of ascertaining how economi-
cal this 8.(Il'l'lll’l‘lSl1I‘lr1lllO-It is in a single branch
ofthe expenses of the government.
The letter of Mr. French, the Clerk of
the House, is dated May 29th, 1846, and
€o'nrptI'oller’s Repo’-rt.
STATE or CONNECTICUT. ss
Office of Secretary of State, June 24, 1846.
The following extracts from the Report of the
Comptroller of Public Accounts. exhibited to the
General Assembly at their late" session, coin-
proinise such parts of said report as are by law
required to he published in the several‘ newspa-
pers in this state, by the Secretary of State.-
CHARLES \VM. BRAD-LE-Y,
Secretary of State.
The State of C'omzez'.licul in General Account of
Receipts and E.7rpenclit»zu‘cs of funds appropri-
ated for current C.L‘])«’3)lSeSQf Govcrmncn:tI.)
it.
For amount of payments from the‘ treasury from
31st March, 1845, to 1st April, 1846, for cur-
rent expenses of government, under the fol-
lowing heads, viz :—-
Debenture and contin-
gent expenses of Gen-
eral Assembly, $18,451 01
Salaries of Officers, ex-
ecutive iiiid judicial, 11,934 00
Contingent expenses of
Goveriinient, 10,249 49
Judicial expenses, exclu-
sive ofsiilaries, 33,911 22
Expense of supporting
State Paupeis, 1,500 00
Salary of directors of
State Prison, 300' 00
Advances made to Q. M.
General, 1,724 5]. A
Expenses of managing
School. Fund, (aui’t
fr. civ. list fund,) 691 1'5
Pub. Buildings 6.: Iiisti. ' 13,445 92
$652,207 34
March 31,1846. Forpa_1//m.cnt made
by /lie Treasurer from 31st Iilarc/2,
184-3, to 1st April, 1846, in ‘addi-
tion to_;1a_i/nicvits on C0mplrollcr’s
orders asper Ai/.(lilor’3 re}_Iorl,.viz :.
For amount refunded:
Plienix Bank for over
piiymeiit state tax on-
stock owned by non
o
residents I4 40-
To State tax remaining
unpaid, duo fr..Hiiinp-
ton, on the list of ’44', 130,54’
To State tux i'cmziin'ing_
unpaid,.due tr..Ches-
tor on list of 1844, 93 10
947 04
For abatenients on State
Tax on list of 1844, 5,055 13
Travels, fees and coin-
mission allowed col-
; lectors of Siate~mx,. 1*-,5‘as as
--———- 6,641 99
_ 99,096 37
For balance Civ.ListFunds in Tree-
suiy, to.-new. account,. 14,704 73
$l’13,801 10'
Cu.-
April1st,.18x45'. By balancein the
Trezisory this day, as per Comp-
t.roller’s Report to the General
Assembly of18-15;. $25,8.00,89-
By ]7(l_7/mcnt into the t'reas'u.r3/from»
31st lWarcIz,. 1845,10 lsl April,
1846, 1127!. :
‘prices paid Messrs. Blair 86. Rives. This,
-pointed them full at his breast ; three pa]-
‘ ining, to wicli the volunteers were exposed,
From forfeited bonds,. 3,562 71'
do? avails ofcourts 635 18‘
do shite prison, 75,000 00
do licenses to pcdliirs, 183. 30v‘
do’ dividends on Bank.
Stock owned by the‘
State, viz :
1845.;._fl1_r.I'iiy.. 5, By. div.. on.
49-.’~?’~$hzi1'os' 13‘i_ir.. and:
Mechzi'nic’s bank stock . .
at 3§_ per..cent,. - 1-71‘ 50''
June. 1,628 Hart- - J
do. at 35 do agggfggt
says that the amount estimated for the
contingent expenses of the Housciof Rep-
resentatives, for the printing the present
session, was based on the amount actually
paid Messrs. Blair & Rives, at the corres-
ponding session of the 20th Congress, to
wit: $83,000. The Clerk says that
Messrs. Ritchie 8: Heis:-i’s bill to the 1st
of March, amounts to $55,730 30. That
the act of the present session, to supply
certain deficiencies, contained an appro-
priation of $40,000 for the payment of
printing of the House of Representatives,
and that he has paid this sum over to the
public printers, Ieavin a balance due
them on- their bill to the list of March of
$15,730’ 30.
Mr. French then informs the Committee
that Mess-rs. Ritchie & He-iss have presen-
ted him as statement of the amount due
them for printing the report of the Com-
missioner of Patents——$62,797 '11-, mak-
ing a sum of $78,527 44, necessary to
balance their account up to the 1st of
March, and pay for the printing of the re-
port of the Commissioner ofPatents. He
further says that much extra printing has'
been ordered by the House since the lst
day of Ma-rch ;- and it is his opinion that
$65,000‘is tr low estimate‘ for thepayments
to be. made for printing,. in addition to the
accountsalready rendered. The amount
voted to pay for the printing of the session
was $83,000. The amount now due on
the printing, of accounts actually rendered
is $78,528 14-—balance$-1,4-71 86. Esti-
mated deficiency, $60,528 14». .Ml‘. French
therefore asks the committee to add this
amount to that a-1‘read‘y contained in the
bill’ making appropriations for the civil and
diplomatic expenses of the government
for the year ending June 30, 1946, on ac-
count of the House of Representatives.
Mr. Johnson said here was the round
sum of $60,000 to be paid for the printing
of the present House of Representatives,
over and above the sum paid for the print-
ing of the correspondidg session of the
last Congress—-and this-,. too, after a reduc-
tion of 5’=pei° cent had been made upon the
he said, was aspecimen. of modern. demo-
cratic econ.om.y..
The House, he sai'd‘,.l'iad* ordered 30,000
copiesef'- t~l‘ic'Pa‘tent« Office report to be
printed,.at= a- cost of $62,797 14-. The
Senate had ordered-: to be printed 25,000
copies more, which would cost some $51,
300a—l_m1l}|ng 8114 aggregate of $114-,000~
I01‘ printing this single document, the
profits on: which, be presumed,_. would’
amount? at least to $57,000 1‘
N“ "7010 ESC€lpe.——The Louisville Couri-
.‘3‘' States that Carin Thomas F. Marshall
formerly member of Congress, made a ver ,
narrow escape with his life on a mean);
occasion. Several volunteers with whom
he- had ii difficulty drew their pistols and
led triggers, and, strange as~fortunat-e,.the-
caps on all exploded without‘ discharging
the deadly contents withzwhich.-tlieir ‘pis-
_toIs_ were charged. ' ~
It? is probable the heavy raiir of ili-nt'e\'e-
dampenedithe powder and thus prevented
an explosion.
. '
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, July 6.
The Locofocos of this Congress seem
determined not only to deny Protection to
American Mechanics and Manufacturers
but to prescribe the; work of the same
of the House of Representatives has is-
,_ . sued a card asking for proposals from.con-
‘ tractors to supply the House with station-
ary, the. One item is for the supply of a
certain number of English pen knives.
The scene in the House of Representa-
tives this morning was laughable.
Mr. Brinkerhoffled off in the series of
personal explanations. He called The
Union all kinds of hard names imaginable.
Its Editor had supported every side of
every great question, particularly of this
Oregon question. It therefore ill became
this inconsistent stipendiary on a Govern-
ment that had destroyed its principles, to
talk about consistency or independence.
' He tried very Iamely to explain why he
voted for McKay’s bill after having spoken
against it.
Mr. VVick of Indiana followed with a
slight touch at Brinkerhoff, ending with a
long raking fire on Mr. Rathbun of New
York. He said that if Mr. Rathbun had
been informed of certain things then his
informant lied. If he only spoke his opin.
ion without information it was a matter
of perfect indifference to him. He had
changed from being a Whig to hispresent
faith about ten years ago—the gentleman
from New York was not that old in “de-
mocracy.” Since the time that he (Mr.
W.) had been converted he had always
voted with the party. He had never
changed but once. He believed that it
was different with the gentleman from
New York.
lllr. Rathbun rose for a personal explan-
ation. In vindicating his own “democra-
cy,” Mr. Rathbun referred to the House
journal of the session of 1840, where Mr.
Wicl."s name stands recorded with the
whigs against the sub treasury bill. '1 his
was a clincher against Mr. Wick, as 18-10
was not ten years ago. The Housejoined
in a hearty laugh, which was only increas-
ed by Mr. Wick rising and saying that he
voted in this way by a kind of private iin-
derstanding with his constituents.
After these explanations had been made
the House was quite surprised to see a
good whig from the state of New York
also rise fora personal explanation. \Vhen
silence was somewhat obtained he made
the following “personal explanation” re-
ferring to the assertion of Mr. Holmes of
S. C. that Mr. Briiikerho{l’s speech was
only a strike for higher wages:
“\Vhen members strike for higher wages
And claim more pay and rations
They d—n themselves for future ages
Beyond all “personal explanations."
This being disposed of, Mr. Henley of
Indiana offered a joint Resolution to reg-
ulate the price of public printifig. Mr.
Davis of Ky. from the select committee,
made a report on the same subject with a
bill. Mr. Benton of N. Y. made a minori-
ty report on the same subject. After a
speech from Mr. Davis, and one from Mr.
Bayley of Va. in reply, defending father
Ritchie, the reports, bilIs,&c. were order-
ed printed to come up again on Monday
next. The House then went into Comm.
of the VVliole on the Land Graduation bill.
The SE:\‘A'1‘E had the tariff bill before
them to day—wliich was read twice and
ordered printed. A long discussion arose
on the reference of the subject to the
Committee on Finance. The locus were
afraid to trust it to the Committee. The
wliigs wanted it referred. The reference
was finally refused by a vote of 22 to 2-1-.
The bill is ordered printed and without
reference to the Committee is made the
order of the day for Monday next. Mr.
Niles has come out against the biII.——
Should Mr. Jarnagin vote for the bill it is
calculated that it will pass by 2 majority.
If Jarnagin votes with the whigs,itwiIl be
a tie vote, leaving the responsibility on the
Vice President.
TUESDAY, July '7.
Mr. Benton, from the Militai-y Commit-
tee, reported adverse to the bill to increase
the pay of volunteers and allow them a
bounty in land.
Mr. Clayton then called up the resolu-
tiou from the House for pnyingr volunteers
called out by Gen. Gaines. On motion of
Mr‘. \/Vestcott, any thing in the bill that
might be construed into a sanction of
Gen. Gaines’ course was stricken out, and
the resolution was then adopted.
Mr. Houston called up his resolution of
thanks to Gen. Taylor and the Army, for
the victories on the frontier of Texas.
Mr. Crittenden moved to strike out “the
frontier of Texas” and insert “the Rio
Grande.'"
The amendment was lost, 19 to 38.
Mr. Houston-"s resolution was then re-
jected", and" the resolution from: the House,
with slight modifications, was unanimously
adopted. Sundry private bills were passed.
The Land Graduation Bill was taken up.
Messrs. Huntington and Simmons spoke
in opposition to the bill and the substitute
offered by Mr. Calhoun, and proposed sun-
d'ry amendments.
Mr. Calhoun replied, and was followed‘
by‘Mr. Johnson of La , Dayton and Youlee.
Mr. Johnson of Md., obtained the floor,
and'- the bill was postponed until t-o--mori-ow.
After an Executive Sessioii.-the Senate
‘adjourned.
In the HOUSE, nothing of very special
importance was done. There was :1 long
discussion-and’ several motions in relation
to the adjournment of Congress. The
subjccrivasat length-postponed to Monday
next‘.
\VEii>NEsnAr, July 8.
In the SENATE,. Mr. H-annegan’s Resolu-
:the orders, if any, given to Gen. Taylor
since the battles of the 8th and 9th of May,
to advance into Mexico, or otherwise con-
trolling the movements of the army, was
taken up- ~
ed for his lifé.
Tothis fact was--he indebt- ,
Mr. Benton Opposed fig,
, , _ _ ado t" ache
mg highly improper. ‘lion’ .
altogether from the market. The Clerk.
.1/Varehousing bill with amendments.
tion calling on the President for copies of
4-passed, when the Senate adjourned.
The resolution was then rejected.
Mr. Davis asked if the Tariff bill had
yet been printed.
The Chair said it had not.
Mr. Johnson of Md. asked the cause of
the delay.-
The. Chair would inquire and inform
Senatorsbefore. the Senate adjourned.
The calendar was then taken up, and
several private and local bills were acted
upon. _
The Graduation Land bill was taken up
and discussed by ‘Messrs. Johnson of l\'Id.
Breese, Crittenden, Niles, Calhoun, J. M.
Clayton, and others.
Mr. Clayton’s amendment was stricken
out of Mr. Cnlhoun’s substitute, and that
providing for the gift of the unsold lands
to the States in which they lie, after being
a certain time in market was adopted.
Mr. C-.ilhoun’s amendment as amended,
was men ad()pted, Ayes 26, Noes 20, and
the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading.
In the House, some time was spent in
considering points of order, and undoing
to-day with a quorum what was done yes-
terday without a quorum-
The work of amending and correcting
the proceedings of yesterday being at last
through with,
Mr. McKay submitted a Resolution re-
specting a record of the Yeas Nays to be
kept by the Clerk and piiblislied, showing
who were absent and who were present,
as well when the House is in Committee
as not, and moved a suspension of the
rules that it might be considered.
The House refused to suspend the rules;
Yeas, '71 ; Nays, 85.
The House went into Committee of the
VVhole and took up the Land Graduation
Bill.
Mr. Collamer, of Vt. opposed it in ii
speech of some length-
l\‘1r. Henley ofla. followed in support of
the bill contending that lands not worth a
dollar and a quarter ought to be sold for
less.
Mr. Hamlin of Me. next spoke——hc
wished the bill amended, and then he would
support it.
Mr. Gordon of N. Y- then next got the
floor, when the Committee rose, and the
House adjourned.
THURSDAY, July 9.
In the SENATE, J. M. Clayton presented
a memorial from artists in New York, re-
commending the purchase of Cat|in’s Iii-
dian gallery, and made an earnest appeal
to the Senate in bchalfof the measure.
Mr. \Vestcott, from the Committee on
Territories, reported bills from the House
defining the boundaries of Iowa and au-
thorising Wisconsin to form a State gov-
ernment, wiihout amendment.
A bill to sell the reserved mineral lands
in Ar‘uansas, Illinois, Iowa and VVisconsin
was taken up and passed.
The land graduation bill was also passed
—ayes 26, nays 1S——a party vote, except
Johnson of Md. who voted for it.
The VVarehoi.ise bill was then ta'~-en up,
and Mr. Dix spoke at length in reply to
the objections raised against the bill by
Mr. Huntington, some days ago.
Mr. Huntington rejoined, and after the
adoption of sundry amendments the bill
was postponed until to inorrow.
The appropriation bill was then taken up
—amended and passed, and the Senate
adjourned.
The IIOUSE resolved itself into commit-
tee of the whole, and resumed the c0iiiid-
erntion of the land graduation bill.
Mr. Uordon spoke an hour against the
bill.
Mr. Payne spo'-e an hour in its favor.
Mr. Schenck followed against the bill.
He said that, as a western man, the district
he represented was willing to let well
enough alone.
A iiiessage from the President was read,
announcing that he had signed the bill
retroceeding the city of Alexandria to the
state of Va.
Messrs. Darragh, Thompson and Ben-
ton, each in tr-rn obtained the floor and
addressed the House, when the commit-
tee rose, and a resolution was adopted to
end the debate on the bill to morrow. The
House then adjourned.
FRIDAY, July 10.
The vote passing the Army appropriation
bill yesterday was reconsidered, the bill
ane dednndtl '..d :'.
‘ 1 I 3
I The S(.‘1l'1l€ tlied)iiPfcS>:il' iijiitllii: bill from
the House for the support of the Military
Academy at \Vest Point. The bill was
discussed for a few minutes then laid aside,
and the Senate took up the Warehousing
bill.
Mr. \Vcbster moved to recomm it to the
Coinmittec on Commerce, with a view to
remedy its imperfections; agreed to.
The House resolved itself into commit-
tee of the Whole, and resumed‘ the con-
sideration of the Land Graduation bill.
Mr. Adams and others, syoke in favor
of the bill until 2 u’clock, and the discussion
being ended, the Committee (1 d
_ . procee e to
decide on the aniendinents They were
all rejected, and the bill was reported to
the House as it came from the Seu:ite.—
The vote on ordering the bill to be engross-
ed was tlieii taken by Yeas and l\'ays—de.
cided in the negative-—Yeas 84-, Nays 98.
So the bill was rejected.
Mr. Daniel moved a reconsideration of
the vote. The Yeas and N1 is were tal'en
——Yeas 89, Nays 89; and 31110 Speaker
thereupon voted Yen, and the vote rejec-
tlng the bill was. reconsidered.
The House then.adj,ourned.
SATURDAY, July 11.
In Senate 3- messaoe was received from
. E. .
the President transm-itting. a report‘ 01 the
survey of the coast of Texas.
Comm. on Commerce reported-back the
A large number of. private bills were
In the House a call was ordered. so that
a full vote might. be had on the final dis-
position of tlis-Gr‘-ad‘ua»tion bill.
The motion-of’ yesterday to lay the bill
on the table, was then taken by yous and
S7. A reconsideration was then moved
and decided in the a(lirmative—which put
the bill back where it was yesterday.
The greatest interest and excitement
prevailed. All the members oflhe Cabiri-
et except Marcy, who was sick, were in
the House busy with the members.
Notice was given that on the 13th a move
would be made to take up the 'l‘reasury
Note hill. An adjournment took place at 2.
DISAFFECTION.
Nothing can be more evident than the fact
that the various elements, of which the locofoco
party is composed, are losing their capacity of
cohesion. In Coiigress,ziiid all over the couiitry,
criinination and recriiniiiiition,jarring and dis-
cord, are visible in the hitherto scrricd ranks of
that party. Its reckless and selfish leaders are
engaged in bitter and relentless liostility towards
each otlier——and they are, in many cases, much
more iiivetcraite in their enmity to each other
than to their old opponents, the Whigs. Most
truly is their house divided ngziiiist itself. The
following paragraphs are from the Ohio Plain
dealer, a thorough Iocofoco paper :
“P/nft_i/ P/tour Plionty or P/iig/it ——\Ve
are among that unlucky number who enr-
Iy in the Oregon controversy, adopted the
above motto; but, as we have been de.
spoiled of the ‘Pliifty Plionr Phorty,"by a
trziitorous alliance of southern democrats
with tory whigs, we have nothing left us
now but ‘Phiglit ;’ and this, althouoh orig-
inally intended for the British 1410511, shzill
now be directed to those tremblimr souls
who lie crouching at his feet. I-Tad the
President sIio\ved‘Phig|it’ to Great Britain
:lS valiently as he did ‘Phifty Phoiir Phortv’
to the people of this country, we should
have had the whole of Oregon ore now_
He took the responsibility in the ll-Iexic;m
war, and sent our army to the Rio Gmnde
without consulting the Senate; why did
he not do so in reference to Ore-non our
iiile to which he declared in his iniiucriiml
to be clear and uiiquestionnble '1” D ,
“Let Me Tur1fl' Slaml !~It may Spam
strange to see such an exliortalion in a
free trade journal; nevertheless, we mean
what we Say’. The south have got their
Prcsident, cabinet and foreign gfiinisgers;
they have got three of the major Generals
of the army, with 50,000 men at their
command; they have got all of Texas and
‘some more 5’ and have g1'7)euw.r,y 11,6 (H3;
/ia/f of Oregon to Great Britain. They
have got the Chairman of the Comznittele
on Foreign Relations, and they have got
the appropriation bill for our \'\"estern Hm.
bors in their breeclies pockets. Now,
they want a reduction of the tariff, and
then they are willing this Congress should
adjourn.
Put through Hannegan’s resolutions, and
leave it for the next Congress to take care
of the Tariff. If we grant every thing to
the south now, they will have ahsdlute
power in the next Congress, having no
more favors to ask of the northern and
western dough faces.”
Very Important Decision .’—Among the
decisions, yesterday, by the whole Law
Bench in the Supreme Court, Chief Justice
Shaw pronounced their judgment in the
case of Charles J. Hi-adley. He was in-
dicted under the Massachusetts License
Law, for selling spiritous liquors, to he
drunk in his shop, and was tried, last De-
cember, in the municipal court, where the
defeiidaiit offered evidence to show that
the premises in which the sales were made
(I.:ifuyette Saloon) were not leased to the
defendant, and that lie was not the propri-
etor or owner thereof, but merely a hired
agent, (bar tender,) liaving no interest in
the profits, and acting in the presence of
his employer (:1 Mr. Decoster ;) and con-
tended that the government must show
that the liquors were to he used in ahouse
or building, and that if the defendant was
a more bar tender, or hired agent, he was
not liable under the statute. The Court
ruled that such evidence was not a suf-
ficient defence, and that he was liable.
_The defend.-int was found guilty by the
ljiiry, and filed exceptions to that ruling;
and the case was carried before the Su-
prcme Court, and elaborately argued there
last March by Mr. Davis for I-Iaedley, and
by Mr. Parker for the Commonwealth. The
opinion was delivered yesterday, fully ‘sus-
taining for many reasons, the ruling of the
Judge of the Municipal Court.
“In congratulate the friends of tempe-
rance on this occcasion, as if bar tenders
are’ exposed to prosecutions, evidence may
easily be obtained, they will be unwilling
to incur the punishment, and a great ad-
ditional check will be given to the traffic.
This, too, is important as a rea-flirmation
of the 1-alldity of the License Law.—Bo.st.
J i.-zmz al.
-Deaths in the city of New York first six
ymomlis ofthe present year 4434, of which
jby consumption 811, inflamzition of the
ll-ungs 373, convulsions 357, dropsy in the
"head 239, npoplexy 163, small pox 138,
intemperunce 14-, heart disease 103, me-
rasmus 161. Above the age ofeiglity. 87,
above ninety, 17, above one-hiindred, l._
A letter dated St. Petersburg, June, ’45,
says “.\‘Ian_v journals both {ussian and
foreign, have announced that the cholera
had made its appearance in many towns on
the Russian frontier. Such a statement
is entirely destitute of foundation. The
epidemic has not even approached Our
frontier.”
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Gen. Thompson, in his work on Mexico,
estimates the debt of the Republic at a
little less than one hundred millions of
dollars. Of this amount,_soin_ething more
than sixty millions is due to foreigners, in-
cluding a debt of 36 millions of the \_7ice
royal Government, which was assumed by
Mexico after her independence, and twen-
ty five millions more to Mexican citizens.
Brooklyn Navy Yard.—Com. Kt-arny is
to take the place of Capt. Stringham, as
nuys and. decided. in theiafiirmative--92 to
commander of. this yard.-——Eag._le~
Vile go for an immediate ad-~
joiirnment, in order to lr-t //ze tririf s!anrl.i
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.Mr. Buchanan.—Several of the_ papers‘
have been premature in announcing the
nomination of James Buchanan to the va-
cant seat on the bench of the Supreme
Court of the United States. We under-
stand that a strong feeling prevails against
him, for his course on the Oregon ques-
tion. Pennsylvania feels that she has been
deceived by him to her own ruin. The
friends of Henry Clay can never forget the
charges made against that great statesman
by Mr. Buchanan. Nor can they mistake’
the cause of his silence regarding the un-
envizible position in whicli l\'Ir. Coltoii’s re-
cent life of Mr. Clay places him. Papers
of his own party have acknowledged that
these charges demanded an explanation
with which he has refused to favor the
public. Mr. Buchanan is provcrbially
cautious and if he finds a strong opposi-
tion to him as Judge, he may hold on to
the Secretaryship. We have the very
best reasons now for believing that he in-
tends to take the Bench, and we are also
informed that the opposition formed against
him is powerful. Many object to the’
course now pursued in keeping the ermine‘
ofjustice as a clothing for broken down
politicians, who sell themselves to. power
by deceiving the people, and {disgrace
themselves in mean attempts to break
down the truly great and patriotic states‘
men who come in their way.——Tribune.-
The Time (‘lianged.—Just before the last
election, the hurrah, with leaders ofthede-_
mocracy in this town, was “Touccy and
Rum,” but it is not a little amusing now’
to noticcihow the Tune is changed. Those‘
who paraded Mr. Toucey’s letter in favor‘
of the traffic in rum, about our streets thenf,
to gull voters, denounce him now in no
measured terms, as a hypfcrite, a de-
ceiver, and a “renegade” from the ranks
of Alchohol. Could the Governor hear
them for a minute or so, rant, rave and
swear about him, we hardly think he would
suffer t/ieir influence to direct him in his
appointments of Notaries Public in this
town as we have abundant evidence to
show has been the fact. Our rum democrats
little thought, that at the time their candi-
date was assuring them of his willingness
to go for a repeal of the “odious \Vhig
law,” that he was forging chains to bind
the grevious burden more securely about
their //zrocts. ‘Veil, they must grin and
bear it——lhey have embraced the viper, and
he has securely planted his tnlon over their
rum-spout, and the People can give them
no relief for a twelve-montli.—Slam. fldv.
T/re Lrmil (:'ra(luot:'on Bi/I passed the
Feiiate ou Thursday, by a vote of 26 1018.
It provides that lands which on the ]st of
illlarch next,shall have been 10 years in mar-
Lct without finding a piii'cliaser,sliaIl be
}subject to sale at $1 per acre, until lst of
Ill-.irch 1850; then at 75 cents, if not pre-
iviously sold, until 1st of March 1853;
ithen at 50 cents, if not previously sold,
iuntil 1st of March 1856; then at 25 cents,
iifnot previously sold, until 1st of March‘
I 1859; provided that no person shall be at:
liberty to purchase more than one section.
:(640 acres) at the two lowest rates inen--
Etioned, viz. 50 and 25 cents. Preemption-
iriglits are secured for six months after‘
;each reduction. Exemption from taxes-'
,for five years is repealed. The clause
iwliich provided that lands subject to grad-
iuation as above, and remaining unsold oir
ithe lst of March 1859, should then be cc-
ided to the states within which they lie,
fwas stricken out by a vote of 27 to 20.
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If we may rely on the confidential advi-
?ces of tho;e who have the best‘ opportuniv
ities of knowing, Santa Ana and AImonte'
.Ieft Havana on Thursday last to resume
_in Mexico the sway of which the former
thus been temporarily deprived by the-
irevolution of’ Parades. VVe understandf
.iliat Santa Ana did not originate the vari-
lous outbreaks against Parades which have
,occuri'ed, anl even refused at first to place
himself at the head of his partisans. Ha
demanded assurances that the troops at
;Vera Cruz at least should rally. around his-
.banner as soon as it should be unfurled in‘
{their vicinity, and these have been given
:llll11. His reluctance, real or affected, to
ibrave once more the storms of Mexican
public life, having been overcome, he now
commits himself to their chances. "
We have hardly a doubt of his success
,in overthrowing Parades. The Army
which the latter is pow impelling on Mon-
terey will be glad of a fair pretext for avoid"-
ing the fatigues and privaiions of a long‘
march under the midsummer sun of the
tropics, with the certainty of severe fight-
ing at the end of it. They will declare
for Santa Ana, in the secret hope of avoid-
ing by a revolution the toils and privationu
now before them. Another month will
suffice to reestablish Santa Ana in power,
at the head ofa nominally Federal Republic,
but practically a centralized despotism.—--
VVe should hope that Peace would be a-
mong the fruits of this change, did not the-
expensive preparations making by our
Government for remote and protrnctedé
service, to commence at a far future day,
forbid ilie expectation.
C'oimtermandz'ng orders for J1IacIn'ner_1/.-—
VVe learn that upward of twenty orders»
for inachincry have been countermanded
at the Mattewan Mills, since Mr. McKay's
Ta.riffl3iI1. passed the House. One of the
orders was for machinery costing upward-
of $100,000.
Thus jobs slip from the hand"s of‘ our
workmen, and the machinery which would
be made here, will soon be working for us
in Europe.—Ea:prcss. .
Col Henry I. Fuller, of Kent, Litc_hfield-
county, commander of the 13th Regiment-
Conn..l\/liliiia, has issued a call upon the‘
citizen soldiers of said regiment, to lend.
him their prompt and hearty co-operation
in forming a volunteer company for service
in the war with Mcxico..
The National Intelligencen of Saturday
“says that the damage caused in the. coun-
try around W'ashington, by the rains, exa-
tcceds a million of dollars.. g__,___,,,,;
Norwalk Chronicler