‘ were in the position most favorable to him-
‘schoolboy, it has never, I believe, become‘
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beach and elm, which helped to conceal]
the majorls party ; but what contributed‘
most to this effect was a thick ccpse of
birch and spice wood that had taken T00‘
in the thin soil that lay over the rock.-—
'Add to this that rock is elevated several
feet above the surface of the Water, and
you have the spot which the major Iiad
selected for his ambiiscade. lie ordered
his men to lie down upon the rock, with
their faces toward it that they themselves
might perceive the movements of the en-
einy.
Having made these preliminary arrange-
ments the Major took his station behind a
tree, in order to observe more particularly
the number of men in the boats and their
preparation. They soon came near enough
to enable him to gratify his utmost curios-
ity. He discovered that the three canoes
each contained seven men, who were arm
ed and fnncifully painted to strike terror
into their foes. He observed that they
were exceedinglv cautious in their ap-
proach—that three sat on each side of a
canoe, and one at the rudder in the stern
—that the three on each side alternately
gave a few strokes with their oars and then
almost convulsively clutching their toma-
hawks looked keenly on the banks respec-
tively opposite each to see if any enemy
were at hand. As is customary among
the Indians, their canoes proceeded in
what is called “Indian file,” or one after
the other, which was rendered peculiarly
necessary from the narrowness of the
stream. Major llutman well knew that the
lives ofhis comrades and hiinselfdepended
uponllthe success of the first fire, for that
if much the larger number were slain, the
remainder fearing a similar fate, would
yield themselves up prisoners; but ifin
this theygfailed, the succeeding struggle
would be one of death. He therefore ar-
ranged his men in such a manner that the
greatest possible number might be killed
at this fire. He divided them into three
companies of five each, while he himself
went into the one nearest the enemy. One
canoe was assigned to each company, three
men were selected to fire at the three
lielmsmen,and the other four of each com-
pany at the main body in their respective
canoes The Major commanded that no
man should fire beforea given signal,whicli
would be a gentle rap upon his own gun.
The canoes were approaching; the
whites knew their duty, and were prepared
to do it. ‘As the first boat, slowly, but
gracefully skimming over the surface of
the waters, moved into the view of the
eompanyto‘ Whom it was assigned, it was
with difficulty that they restrained ihcm-
selves from commencing the work of de-
struction ; but veneration {'01- the commands
of their le'acle‘2',- whom they so dearly loved,
and a prudent regard for their own safety,
prevailed By degrees the second and
the third bouts moved along before them,
and the Calm, undisturbed air ofthelndians,
together with the diligence with which
they plied etheir oars, was sufficient evi-
dence that the ambuscades were as yet
undiscovered. The men waited with death-
--..u
The Steamer R/Lode Island.-_—-The Rhode
Island was struck on Sunday morning, 1st
inst. about six o’clock, when six miles east
of Huntington, L. I. by a tremendous sea,
which carried away her rudder and snap-
ped the main braces and stanehions in an
instant. Her engine was kvpt going, how-
ever, until she drifted within about Iialf a
mile from shore, when her a-nchors were
let go. After great trouble the life boat
was then got out and immediately ‘stove
upon touching the \vater—five men In her
narrowly escaping destruction. A letter
was then sent on shore in a bottle, which
was secured by the people on shore and
an ex rcss was immediately started to N.
York to procure assistance. As there was
no prospect of any communication with
t.lie shore, a second bottle attached to a
barrel was sent adrift at about one o’clock.
This was secured by an excellent dog,
which 5.:riiawe(l offthe string, and brought
the bottle on shore, in which was contain-
ed a letter, requesting that lights mightbe
kept on the beach all night. At low tide
the bow of the boat took the ground, and
she lay quite easy, so much so, that the
passengers. were not much alarmed for
their safety. About halfpust three o’clock
Capt. C. Buncc, having obtained a whale
-boat, succeeded in boarding the steamboat.
At about half past three. the landing of
passengers was commenced, and contin-
ued until about half past six, when about
sixty got ashore, including all the ladies,
twenty five in number. The gale then in-
creased, and no farther communication
was had with the shore. About eighty
passengers and crew were left on board.
They all, however, got off before the boat
from New York arrived. About half the
freight was thrown overboard.
(.‘ri'ti'cnl po._9z'f2'on of S'i':r/y Blm.-lrw~Il’.v
Island Com.‘-'cts.—Dliring Monday niglii,
as a party of criminals, released on par le
of honor, to go to vote in the several elec-
tion di.-tricts of this city, were crossing
the River on a raft, the tide and wind hear-
ing too heavy upon them, the raft drifted
almost upon a reef of rocks in Hurl Gate.
The poor criminals, seeing their danger,
began to cry for help, alarming the whole
vicinity around by their cries, and had not
Mr. Dunlap, the let-per of Hurl Gate
House, came to their rescue, most ofthem,
if not all would have evidently perished.
Alderman Benson of the Third V-Vard, had
many of them arrested at '7 Howard street
after\vard.—-T1'ib£~‘71e.
F ram I/ic I-Iczrtforzl Courant.
We learn from the Charter Oak, that the;
Liberty Convention, for the purpose of}
nominating a State Ticket. &c., assembled
in this city on Tuesday, the ‘.27th.—Jolin
Hooker, Esq., of Farmington, presided.
Rev. J. Hardy, and A. S. Wing of ./Vcw;
York, Secretaries. The idea of having al
gentleman from another State as officer 0 l
a Convention assembled to nominate Statel
officers, must be original we think, with
the Liberty party of Connecticut '
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Francis‘
Gillette, of Bloomfield, was re-noniinatedl
like stillness, and with throbbing hearts.
the long delayed signnl—long it seemed’
to them when inclination urged, and their‘
peculiar position enabled them so easily
to avenge tliemselres upon a cruel and
implacable foe.
When the major saw that the canoes,
self, and that his men were ready; at the
given signal, to execute his commands,
with. his pocket knife in his left hand, he
gently tapped the barrel, while with the
other he pulled the trigger of his own gun.
The Indians, always on the alert, heard the
signal, quickly rose up, bent their keen
eyes upon‘ the bank, dropped their oars,
and snatched up their tomahawks, but it
was too late. The volley of the whites,
had done dreadful execution—five of the
Indians in the first boat were killed I
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stantly——in the second, three were mortally
and two only slightly wounded——in the
third, four werekilled and two mortally
wounded. The remaining five, seeing the
pale, lifeless corscs of their brethren;
stretched in the red gore around them, and
fearing that if they resisted, the whites,
from their ilsuperior numbers, would ad-
minister a similar fate to them, surrendered
themselves prisoners. They were permit-
ted to bury their dead brethren, which
they did With their usual solemnity, inter-
ring with them their weapons and singing
over their graves a funeral song. Subse-
quently, they, together with the wounded,
were conducted to VVliitehall, placed in the
hands ofa proper officer, and treated with
all the kindness, and granted all the liber-
ties, which their situation permitted, until-
the close of hostilities.
Ever since the occurrence of this inei-j
dent, the rock on which the major and his.
party were stationed, has been called “Pat's,
Rock.” Although the incident is so well '
known to the inhabitants in that part of
the country, and is on the tongue of every,
t
a matter of uiritten history. Every trav-
eler who visits Lake Champlain, and is
curious to see all those scenes that are ren-
dered intercsting by association, should
by no means fail to visit “Put’s Rock.”
‘T/I8 Loan.——Nothing has been done
about it, that we can learn. They say
from Boston, that it will not go there, and
here there is, we presume, no one disposed
to bid for it all ; especially as the proposi-
tion is more difiicult to manage than Treas-
ury notes. The idea of the tanks when
they offered to take six per cent notes,
was, that monied men would take them off,
so that the available money of ihe banks
Would not be reduced, nor the money mar-
ket disturbed. The loan does not furnish.
~ the same facilities. Besides, monied man
are apprehensive that further loans will be
called for as the war goes on, and so an
iiicieased supply of stocks will reduce the
price.-. The exhibit of the ban'- 2, too,
showsa considerable reduction in their
specie -during the last quarter, so that they
are more cautious about operations which
‘are likely to resolve themselves into specie
shipments to,Ne—w Orleans or Matamoras.
J\".. Y. .7027. of Com.
ndoctor to visit his wife, said to him, as
for Governor; Levi Yale, of Meriden, for.
Lieut. Governor; George Reed, of Deep,
River for Treasurer; and Vincent Hinckly,§
0f Pl"“ll9l‘la fol‘ S‘-’°l'el‘_"i'- Lcwls Beerssjelection at Rockaway, Morris county, yes-j
Jr. who was on the ticket last year, for1,e,.d,,y ,,f,C,.,,O0n, ,, bevy of some ,“.e,,,y,
Comptroller, declined a- renoniination, and_
Nathan Smith of Hebron, was nominated‘
for that office.
A person having occasion to notify a
he.
was about stepping into his chaise, “Now
doctor _vou’ll drive on to kill, won't you ll’
“Yes certaiul_v,” replied the doctor. ,
E.-XSY FORGETFULNESS.
Somewhere in the state of Ohio, a few
years ago, on adjoining farms, lived two
farmers, in good circumstances, and both,
farmers had a large family of girls; the.
girls at that time were well satisfied uithl
the farmers’ plain manner of living.—l
Among the girls were two nearly of an
age, and who were together whenever
lcircumstances would permit; their names
were Nancy and Rebecca-———tlicir fathers
Green and Vance.
It so happened that Green moved to the
city; which put quite a different heart into
the girls-—so they thought themselves la-
dies. Iu a short time Nancy Green was
married to a young man by the name of
Grant, who laid in .1! small stock of “Dry
Goods and Grocer'ies,” and mnved m_..___
town, in Illinois, where ;\lis. Grant was ii
grrat lady. ‘
During this time, Rebecca Vance, had
been married toa respectable young far-l
mer by the name of Mort-land. I And‘now,l*
.
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ncc Q/I the Jou1"nrlof C07llI)I,(31‘C(.’.
\VAsHiNo'rox, Nov. -3d, 1840.
VVe are somewhat anxious to learn how
the five million loan comes on, particularly
as some of the Northern business men
who have been here, say that it cannot be
taken.
Uncle Sam’s responsibility ought not to
be questioned. lie has had some credit
C'or'resy:om1c
From t]ic'I{arlforal Courant.
\VHIG STATE CONVENTION.
Convention called toorder by Ilon. M.
Merriinan, of New llaven.
On motion, Ilon. Thomas ,Clark, of
Mansfield was chosen Cliairm:in,and Hiram
\Villey, of New London, (flcrlr.
Hon. I. “7. Stuart introduced a resolu-
as a bond-payer, whatever may have been
the case with the States. It is not, here,
a question of ability. Nor is it a question
of policy. It is, though with little reason.
a question of integrity. That is the truth,
however unwelcome it may be to all par-
ties concerned. If, by any misfortune,
this country shall be compelled to c
a heavy debt, it is a matter of weight with
capitalists uliethcr it will be paid. The
gallant volunteers who fought the battle
of Monterey ;—-are they to be taxed for the
very war in which they signalizcd them-
selves’! Wanting, as they say they do,
either “bread or beans,” or both, are they
to fight in behalf of a national debt '2
cry step they take, i_n their forward march
leads them nearer to the condition of bond
men,—-or of bond-payers,——-wliich is the
same thing in the estimation of many.
But light breaks in upon us from afar.
Mexico, it is said, wants peace, and will
soon send coiimiissioiiers to treat for it.
The oliicers at the seat of war consider
that peace is at hand. Mexico cannot
struggle in opposition to the whole power
of this Union, and destiny also,—- which
last consideration should be taken into ac-
counL ,
But, if we put forth that whole power,
it cannot be without tlieinost ruinous con-
sequences to us, both of a financial and
political nature.
Both parties ouglit to seek peace, even
at great sacrifices. Our government pro-
fesses to be willing to make peace, and
upon honorable terms. If Great Britan
or any other power that may be interested
in the peace of the world, chooses to iii-
terfere, it should be with tl view to per-
suade Mexicti to enter into a treaty of
peace, upon reasonable terms. A media-
tion of that cliaracter would be useful; any
other would lnt increase the difficulty.—
The war cannot long continue \\'llll()lil. in-
volving the peace of the whole world, and
exerting a very unfavorableinfluence upon
our own institutions and policy.
General Kearney is going ahead. He
probably acts under instructions. Ifut if
not, I would suppose that he has an eye
upon the establishment of an independent
empire for himself. He has certainly
made himself, and much to his credit, the
most popular man in Northern Mexico,
among men. women, children, Mexicans,
Indians, and whites. It was a great idea of
iis to follow the Virgin Mary around the
st’s with his staff, holding lighted candles.
If this will not light his path to popularity
in Mexit-.o,I don’t know uhiit will.
(But in our opinion. the leader of an
American army should find other means
for the accomplishment of his objects, than
either Jesuitry or Idol-.itry.—L‘ds. J. C.)
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Jlfob and ./lfurc/er in JlIorri.s- co. _i/c.9tcrtIn_i/.
—\-Velcarn this morning that during the
Irishmen, recenilv iiatiiialized, paraded the
streets with clubs
number was injured, and ]‘,.-_ Jackson (:1
siuember Of the Democratic party) who,
came tip to minister to him, was assailed
Very seriously beaten The mob desisted
Ev-
tion appointing a committee of one from
each Seriatoriul District to nomiiiule of-
ficers for the Convention. lassed, and
the following genilcinen were appoii'itc(l ii
conimittce:
J. J. llavis, 1st District; Piirli Loomis,
,‘2d do; Vlfilliain 1‘-Iatlicr, Jr. ‘ld do; J. C.
Resolution declariiig Joseph 13. Gilbert
:1 candidate for the oflice of T,rcasurer—
.as,sed unanimousl .
P An informal balfilt was then" taken for
Comptroller, with the following result--
Abijali Catlin, IG7; all Olllt-‘TS, 30.
News of the New York and New Jersey
Election, by Telegraph, was then coi.viiuii-
nicated to the Convenicn amid tremen-
dous applause, and three cheers were giv-
en for New York, and also three for New
.lersey,by the whole Coiivcuiion,staiiding.
Resolu ion presenting Abijali Catlin as
a candidate for the cfiii-e of Com'proller—
passed lHll'.l'llf¥l()liSl_\'.
Committee to report narncs for State
,IlollisIcr, 3lll (I0; Seine Sti‘iiii_g,, 51}, (lo;
lmmCtlR"lPl1G- Sllllllla fill‘ ‘l0; -lttlm GVPCII. 71l1l.l:iines F. Bzibcock, Henry I’ecl.', John L.
(lo; \Villi:in‘i llaiitlull, Sili do; E. R. \Vai‘-
ren, 9th do; —— Ilawlcy, l0ili do; A.
i_l\I. Treat, lltli do; C. E. l)isbrow, l'2tli
l(l(); S. Davidson 1.‘-ltli, do; I‘). F.ldrcd_r_ve,
ll-l-lli i'o: Iliram ’_Goodwin, l5tli do; "J.
l,l:.'ucl<iugliam, lfitli do; if. F. Mills, 17:li
ido; Horace Clark, Ifitli do ; Abram Brain-
,ard, l9ili do; llzivon \Vliiton, 20th do;
Abner Heudee, Qlst do.
M. II. Hougli, offered a "resolution, ap-
pointing a Committee ofone from :i Coiin-
lty, to examine credentials, and report —
Passed, and the following Committee was
3 pointed;
a.
I
;Central Committee, reported the names of
lBoswel', \Villiam \Voodv*.‘urtl, \‘l\lllllt‘tlil
jll-IlllSOl'l, ivliicli was accepted, and resulti-
=iion appointing the above gciitlt-mcn a
:State Central Couiiniiti-c. passer].
Committee to report on .-\ddress repor-
—,tc:l by tlic-.’r Cliairiiiuii, lion. \V. \V. Ells ,
'\voi'tli, the following; [No room for ad-
; dress this week.]
Han. J. W. HllI!l.il‘lgl0fl advocated the
Address in an eloquciit and stirring strain
in reference to tIi'e duty of the VVhigs and
the prospects before them. “Though
gratilictl" he said, "by the speeches and
enthusiasm liege, still the election is to be
carriel by ’lI'07']£‘, Wont! Be perfectly
organized, and let every man be prepared
for his duty." Ile proposed that we com-
mence by cheering now, and the Conven- -
iion then responded by six rousing cheers
and adjourned tine «lie.
‘F0141’/i;1'I2g .7l.~'r.r7'ro.——'I‘lic N. O. Courier’
of the evening of Oct 23, says:
“We are informed on good authority
ili:it the Mexicans are fortifying the city
of Mexico with grcat care; to defray the
expenses of \\ItIt‘Il the government had
levied a forced COllll'lI)l.iIli)Il:l’
How 10 slop npnpcr.—C;ill at the office,
pay arreiirages, and order it stopped like a
man; and not refuse tom‘ c it out of the’!
post ofiiirc and sneak away like a puppy.
./I I-Tvjc it-or.-'/i /iuri/.-g, and (1 Cow wort/r
'/.'cc/ring.-—- Mrs. Iloward, uife of Joseph
Ilowaril, of Sauquoit, Oneida co., betweeri
ilie middle of Mari-li and the 1st of Octo-
rii-st-rate butler, from tl'e milk of only one
‘of patriotism, wliich we will not spoil by
j:lll€ll'lj')llllQ' to report in bricfeven, but only 7
lgive a bird's eye view of ii few of his ideas‘,
He said in admitting Texas, a blow was,
Duct. Sanford, Hartford County; C. ll.lstruck at the Coiistitiiiion a fatal l)l()\\-—-:?lI)lll'l(l{ll'l('.(‘. of mil: to use.
cow In addition to IlilS,lIi(-‘.' calf was
lccpt with the cow till it was fit for veal,-
(ovcr four wceks,) and the family had an
M rs. I-louard
:l’oiid, 5d. New Haven do; Edward Car-l under the clause which admits Sia‘cs, they 3 is a prudent and industrious wife, and it
lringlon, Liiclilield do; John Di.inli:im,
I.oiidon do: .loliii W. Lyon, Windham do :
;Cliarles lsiiai-s,Fairficl.l do: John ‘Vin-.
lcliesler. Tolluiid do: David Ebeils, Mid-
dlesex do :
I Hon I. W. Stuart offered a resolution
inviting members of State, County and
Town Committees and substitutes for
,delegates, in attendance, to take part in all
ithe proceedings of the Convention except
lvoting—passed.
l Resolution inviting the reporters ofthe
iWhig press to seats on the floor of the
,House—passed.
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:following—
For Prrsnlenf,
Hon. \V. ‘\V. BOARDL\I.~.\N, of New Have-.ii.
For Ivicc I’/'cs1'(/cnt.9,
I‘lart.for(l County.
New lluvoii ”
N. London "
Mart in{I{ellogg,
Minor Brarllcy,
Siiniticl C. St--ltlon,
Gilbert VV. \Viit'ei'liui‘y, Fiiirfield ”
\Villi:im ll. Mason, \Viii(lliuiii ”
John Biickin,';liuin, Lite-liliclil ”
Cliurles \Vliitlli'sy, Middlixscx ”
Abner I-Ieiidcc, Tollzind ”
Nelson Bi'cwstei',
lliruin \Villey,
\Vliicli report was adopted, and the
above gentlemen appointed to the respec-
tive offices.
Hon. \Vin. W. Boardman on taking the
chair, made a few felicitous and forcible
remarks. '
Resolution appoiiitiuga Committee of
E Sccrclarz'cs.
two from each senatorial district to nomi-
nate candidates for State Officers. Laid
on the table.
Resolution appointing one from a Coiin-
ty acoinmittce to report resolutions for
,the Coiivention——passed, and the following
gentlemen were appointed:
I. \V. Stuart, I-lariford County; Greene
l{endric'-, New Haven do; Hon. Jabez W.
llIl‘lllill1___QlOl1, New London do; Tlios. Ba-
_. . t _-£'m555l.V lllslllllllg ‘llefcon, Litclilield do; —— l‘reat, l"airfieldl
Vi-\ hugs, and finally involved themselves inidos Ed“,,,,.d Ejdre_,j,_,€,, \y;,,,”,,,,,, do ,_j
"‘l fi€-’llt- Dllllllg llle m€‘l€e One ‘ll lllell‘ Thomas Clark, Tolland do; Saml. Persons,
=Mii‘ldlese.\’ do.
I Resolution providing that State Ofiicers
.be nominated by ballot, in open conven-
under the cry that it was :1 consta‘ lo, and 7 ,;0n_p,,SS(_.d_
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l Resolution rcques'ing the members of
5°" llelllg llllbrmed Of their mlslitlit’. blllltlie Convention to present inforiiiaily, lllei
ltlie Doctor was taken home in a state of,
names of their respective candidates for
.i'd
lllsensllllllll’ find -"0 Fem-'tlnC‘(l WIN“ 01”‘ l"’lStatc Officers, for the consideration ofthe
formant left. rfhe mob afterwzirds assail-jcommi-,g(.e_PnSSe(|, am] me mmes or
ell 3 Yflllllg "Wm Of the name Of P001’-i Wl‘-0 Clark Bissell, Charles VV. Rocl well, Eb-
“"l5 ‘ll""l‘ll“llY b9fll9"- The “lllZC"3., enczer Jackson, Thomas S. Vtlilliains,
meantime had armed themselves with fiT9j'l‘liomas K. Brace, Dennis Kimberly, Jos.
“mg “ml °lll°l' “'0"P°"5s -‘ml (ll'0"<‘ 0Ul'Truinbull, Thomas Backus, were then pre-
the n'Illl'(ICl'Cl'S, \Vll0 fled IO the nelgI'lDOl"' senfed for GO"ern0r_
lllg molllllilln-5° Y"“"-‘I Peel‘ “'35 lilllell “Pl Resolution that the Coiiimiteee now
ll‘ " Slllle “ll lll5e“5ll3llll.Va “ml clllllell l0 l proceed to an inforinal ballot, for candidate
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llls lm"_“9. 5150"! t\\'0 miles (ll-Slllnla Wl‘e"9 for Governor—passed,and the Committee
be expired in fifteen minutes. Two ofthe ,-acceded in ba|](,i;
nntzlenflets were arrested. and are now in 1st ballot, Bisscll lmtl 173
Cllstody. Officers were in search of the Rockwell, ‘.24
rest, most or all of whom \\ illdoubtless be ~I"Cl\'S0n 5
tn‘ pn_ \V'IIIli'1l1lS, 8
Vile learn that the mob had been pretty llllllco’
freely treated in the morning. ,I,‘.l_"lb”,'lllj’ Ll
.Nc'torn'/C ./1iI1Jrrn'.-er. biluln Tl ' 0
__,_,m _ _ _, ziclius, 1
'1'/i.rea'ened Rrvnl.-.-tfon in Gr-rmrmt/-—-Rev. Tll°"l‘"‘S S‘ Wllll‘”"s’ 1
Dr. Bnii-cl, says in 3 recent leiier :' Resolution nominating Clark Bissell for,
“The times are on-,i,,.,us or great evil in the ofiice of Governor‘ passed unanimously
Germany. A storm is gathering wliiclilflml b3’a('Cl3m“ll”"- ,
The names for candidates for Lieut.
lif one government, why not any and alli
E governments’! Or, was it rather to promote,
{the general welfare of our own peoplel.
Again, the Wliigs, have prevented a war
\\ iili Eiigland.
’|in his Message, that our title to 54- -10 was
lclcar, and grave Sciiators took the same
:ground, and if the Rresiilent had cliosen to
'take the matter into his on-r. hands, as he
gdid the Mexican question, we should have
;Il8(l war with England. But he submitted
:'Il:llC question to the Senate, and we have
‘had peace instead of \\:it'. So should we
Constitution required him to do.
The war with Mexico was caused‘ first
by an invasion of the sacred Constitution
of our own country, and second by an inva-
sion of Mexico in time of peace, and this
on the sole aiilliority of the PlCSl(lt'Ill, un-
govcrnrr.eut.
He went into a discussion of the com-;
parative merits of the T-.irill'ai-ts of 1 '%..l
and 18-I-(5, showing how, that \vliile the]
former afforded protection to hoine in lus-l
try in preference to foreign labor, the cf-
fcct of the latter was nearly the reversc,l
and in many of its provisions quite the ri_--'-
lverse. _
l"e showed up also the practical eflcct
, of the obnoxious wareliousing systein, and
lt'-e introduction of Treasury Notes by a
I
[arty who profess an utter abhorreiice of-
ll puper issues ,
l Theveto of the Fl‘€'nt'Il Indemnity Bill‘
lnext came in for- a share of his cxamina
,tion—and lie contended that if the Prcsi
jdcnt could exercise the vetoing power up-,
f on mere measures of expediency and coin-
linon justice like this, he could equally and
iwitli as mncli propriety and safety to the
,E(‘.()llllI.l'_V set his foot upon all legislation.
lHe called upon this Convcnfien to speak
out upon these measures, for it was in vain
to attempt to make liead against these new
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tire, unless the pcople—tlie voters, spoke
out and Sll‘0l1,Q’ll1v. ned the arms of their
delegation in Congress.
Ile belie/ed they would thus speak out,
and they were already speaking out. Wei
hear the tone alrcridy from the
around us, and he Lellcved it was reserved
for Connecticut to add her voice to the
common rebuke, and to give 21 greater
iiuijoriiy against the measures and the
schemes of the present ridiriinistration,
than had been given heretofore for years.
Ile urged to union, to liarmony and to ac-
tion.
Gov. Ellsworth, said it had been llltnlgllil
advisable to publish, for the benefit of the
people of iliis State, the speeches of the
'l'arifi‘.
He said one of these speeches was from
a political opponent, but yet from a man
who had been forced to speak the truth in
this matter, even at the llth lioui'——nnd he
wished they might be circulated widely ly
members of the Convention. A number
of the speeches were then distributed
among the meiuliers for general circulation
-——The address was then adopted.
County Committees were then appoin-
Why, the President said,
and uliirurng encroacliuicnts of ilie Exccu-,
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States,‘
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at llle “me ‘?l_“‘lll°ll ‘Ye {"9 5P9“l"l"gs ‘V35; will sweep over that country. There isl
mrol mg loallehlerljl ,l.ll”l°,l“ ljl” l_lle I’“"P_°-‘*3 , need, therefore, that a'l that can be done
0 5e°““ll.-.~ 5‘ 95”“ "ml l" l lellcll P"“’l€’5- should be, to scatter the seeds of truth ;i
ted.
I‘iu'r_fiild C'o.—-—Amos S. Ticat,Dwight
Mortis, Nelson N. White.
Governor was then forinzilly presented.
Resolution that the C0n\'(‘ni.lOn now pro
So they made it in their way to stop and for 31 ,,]m,e cm, s,,,.,. the j,o,.m,.S Ufa },],,0dy:c -ed to an info;-n-in
see M rs. G.
O.i arriving at the door, Mrs. Morelandx
presuining upon her old friendship, entered
the door without knoclting, and with that
franksness wliic.li characterizes the honest
yeomanry of the ‘Nest, approached Mrs.
Grant wiili, “How do you do, Nancy 1’
But what! iiistead of a warm reception
that she expected, “I believe you have the
advantage of me mud. in, was the cool re-
pl3(':\"'l I” std .
A iat . out you know me——Rebecca
Vance '1.”
“No, madam, I donlt recollect any such
person.”
. “Dp you not_remen'iber when you lived
in Ohio.near neighbor to old Noah Vance 1”
“No.”
At this M rs. Mort-land began to see the
reason that she was forgotten; and were
being quite a company of the elite of the
village present, she thought of making one
more effort to recollect, and said,
“Well now, ldo declare, Mrs. Grant,
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have you so forgotten—tloii t you rcinein-
ber the time that father gave you some
stuffto make a check apron for dropping
corn with me !”
At this Mrs. G screamed outright.
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- Mr. Grant do come audtake this crazy
woman away !” '
‘It is useless to so
own accord.
revolution. Indeed, I think all continen-
tial Europe is going to be shaken to its
very centre before many years pass away.”
Daniel T«l’e/2ster a Por:t.—'I'lie editor of
tlie‘Boston Sun has made the discovery
that Mr. Webster is a poet; and as proof
positive be p esents the snbjoincd lines.
They were written at the time of Lafay.
ette’s visit to this country, in the Album
of a lady who had requested of i\'.r. \V. the
favor to write his name by the side of the
General’s aiitograph. J. Q. Adams must
look out for lllSllillli'eIS as a poet, for Mr.
\Vcbster is in the field .'——l-‘Voonsoc/tet Pat-
riot.
“Dear Liidy—I a little fear
’Tis dziiigci'oiis to be ‘writing here——
His band, who bade our Eagles fi_v,
Trust his young wings and iiiount the sky,
W’ ho bade, across Atlantic tide,
New thuiidcrs s\veep—iie\v nzivies ride-
llas traced in lines oftronibliiig ago,
His autograph upon this page.
Higlior than that :I‘:tlgl(-‘.'_S0tll'S,
Louder than that thunder roars,
His name shall o’er the world be sounding.
And o’er the waves of time be bounding,
\Vliilo tliousuiids as obscure as I,
Cling to his skirts, he still will fly
And Spring to iininortality.
If by his uaine I write my own
’Twill take iue where I am not known----
3' that she went of her
The cold sh:-ilute will meet myear, _ .
‘P.riiy, stri=ingm', how did you come here i’ ”
l ballot for a c_andidate
ffor Lieut. Governor-——passed, and the bal-
llot stood as follows:
Charles J. McCurd_v, I71-; all otlieis, 60.
Ciirdy for the oflice of liieut. Covernor,
passed unanimously.
Resolution appointing a Commitee of
-one from a County, to prepare an address
to tlic~electors—passed, and the following
gentlemen were appointed such committee,
Hon. \Vm.' W. Ellsworth, Hartford Co.;
R. D. Smith, New Haven do; Ilerkins, N.
London do; S. I’uyn~-,\Viii(lliam do; Hoyt,
Fairfield do; H. Clark, Midillesex do;
H. Goodwin, Liiclilfeld do; Smith, Tol
land ,do.
Adjourned to meet at ‘.2. o'clock.
./‘lflernoon S c.v.s'i0n.
Conveutoii called to order at 2 olclocl.
Resolution appointing a Committee of
one from :1 county to report five suitable
persons to act as Whig State Central Coin-
iiiittee—--passed.
-Names of candidates for the office of
Secretary were then called for, and "the
name of John B. Robertson was the only
‘one presented——wbereupon
Resol't~e.Z unani/no-u.s-lg, That John B.
Robertson be presented as candidate for
the office of Secretary. '
-An informal ballot was taken for Treas-
-urer, with the following result :
For Joe, B. Gilbert, 159; all others, 40..
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Resolution nominating Charles .I. l\‘Ic.
Mr. Trumbull, of,Stonington, being call-
ed for, came upon the stand, amid cheer-
ing—aud chained the attention ofthe Con-
vention by one of the most felictioiis
specclies——replete with wit and argtiinent
—wliicli it has been our pleasure to listen
;to. Adjourned to 6 1-'..’. o’clock.
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Evening i5'c.s'si'on.
Gov. Ellsworth addressed the Conven-
ltion for about lialfan hour, and with great
leflect in relation to the 'l'ai‘iff and the war
with Mexico. , .
Hon. I. W. Stuart then came forward at
the call of the Couveiitioii, and gave one
l of the most brilliant speeches ever deliv-
ered on such an occaaion. It was listen-
ed to with great delight by all present.
Mr. Bacon of Liichfield succeeded and
was heard with great interest. Ile was
followed by Messrs. Babcock, ofN. Haven,
Trumbull of Stonington, and Pcndleton, of
North Stoniugton, after which the resolu
tions were tinauimously ado ted.
Resolution that the procegdings of this
Convention be published in the Whig
- apers of this State— assed.
p Resolutions tcnderihg the thanks of the
Convention to the President and Secreta-
ries for the able and satisfactory manner
in which they had’ discharged the duties
‘of their respective offices-passed. '
Mr. Boardman, upon presenting the
Nfiliave admitted a foreign Q()VC‘I‘l'lIll(‘I|f--€1l’ltl,ft3\\' such cows under her care and man-
ugem nt would make a fortune for any
mau.—Pi7zn Yon Democrat.
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\\'(‘.tI :1:-satay, Péovcrarbt-i‘ 11, IS-
\\'I‘llG CO7.\'Vl£l\"'.lON.
I Tlic convention wliicli assciiiblcd at Hartford
jon \Vciliics_il::_v last, placed in noiniiiation the
ltickct of last spriiig with 1:-crfcct agi‘eemciit.--
l The iiuiiilii-r of delegates of course. considering
The Committee to nominate ]'JCl‘rnnl1f-‘nt,ll3\'8 bad peace \\'.lll'l lllexico, if the Presi- itlic weatlii-r, was not as uuiiicrous as that held
officers of the Convention, reported the flvnt Imd 50 5”l9”“lle‘l ll“3 ‘ll“"3l'°ll 35 lllcja _veai- ago. The litll‘1ii(_il7y and good feeling
lll()\\'(:\'(.‘l‘, that prevailed, and cliariicterizcd the
fpi'occcdiiigs tlirougliout, are as gratifyiiig its
jllii-y were on that occasion. The proceedings
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'f_.I(‘lEllenl(‘ll whose uiinics are thus preseiitcd to
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in dotail will be fouiid in aiiothcr place.
aiitliorized by any other department of the, the clectois ofzlic State are all of the liiglzcs‘
l't‘:~'j')(‘(.‘lltI)llil_Y an-il standing. Their reputation
for iiiorallty and political integrity are , equally
uiicxccptioiialilo, and if elected to the several
stations to which tliey have been iiouiinated, of
whicli we have not the least doubt, will serve
the State wltli ability, and answer the CXpC(:ill-
tioits of their fi'icii(ls and fellow citizens.
\Vc have now our men before us, and we
: have only to be true to ourselves, and those great
,2ll'|(l s:ilutai'y principles which distiiiguish tho
wliig party froiii tlieii'opponei:ts—tlic iirinciplca
'ol fi'co;loin,jiisticc, cconoiiiy, peace, and a wise
i'i-f'ci'ciice to the interests of that numerous class
of our fellow citizens wliosc comfort rind respec-
tability depend upon the sweat of their brow—
the rcv.'urds oftheir daily toil to see them elec-
l ted by iiziizdsoiiie majorities.
For the iisccndancy of these principles we
shall iict be siiffcrcil to sti'ugglo_aloiie. \Vehiivo
the countenance, and encouraging example of
many of our sister states, who are iiierging from
the dust and deception tlircwn around them by
it set of heartless, [J0l‘Il(ll0l‘iS and liypociitical ru-
‘ lcis.
\Vo have new only to go to work with a
stea dy aim at the end in view, and every pros-
[7C(:f.\‘.'(t1'1‘t1lliS that not only Connecticut shall be
triiiiiipliaiitly i'edcemc.d, but that the country it-
lf shall be Sltvctl from the evils of ii1al-admin-
so
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: iiieriteil rebuke.
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'ation,aiid party madness shzill receive its
Coiuplziint was made to us the other
2 day, by a gentleman of So. Norwzilk, about the
' difficulty of gettiiig coinmunicntions to and from
the city of N. York. A gcntleiiicuoftlie‘lower
= village has it work in press in New York, the
ere. to be sent by mai]_
", proof sheets of wliicli \V’
gas were forwarded
l Some lialfa dozen piicka
| llon. J. M. Niles, of this State and of A n- from the printers and some of tlicin returned,
' drew Stewart of Pennsylvania upon the
3 but the delay and iiregulai-ity in the receipt of
these packages was so great, in some cases 0:-
cupying five dlays, that the work has already
been delayed beyond the proposed time of pub-
licutiou some three weeks, and the parties inter-
cstod in these transmissions have been driven to
abandon the mail, and resort to other means of
comniuiiicaition. .15 there not something rudi-
ciilly wrong about. this thing? and where does
such gross carelessness, or criniiuiil design, if
such it is, lie?
New York and New II(n:cn. Rail .Road.——-
The Journal ofComniei'ce of Siiturduyunnoui1-
ccs that a contract has actually been made for
building this road, and $1,900,000 of the stock.
taken without reserve, on condition that the rev
iiiaiuiog ($00,000 shall be subscribed within at
specified period.
The terms ofthe contract require the entire
work to be completed in one year from the first
of January next. A shorter period would havo-
bccu insisted ‘on, but for the physical necessity
of occupying a year in the construction of the
bridge over the I-Iousatonic_river.
\Vc kizow not what course will be pursued int
reference to the distributidii of the remaining.
$600,000 stock, but presume that some suitable‘
notice will be given, so that those who wish to‘
subscribe, may have opportunity to do so--'-'
Therc will be no lack ofupplicants.-
”‘1f(l?..5'1'77_g—f7(."5.C:lf."—-'.I.‘IlOS.f-3—(;? our citizen?’
who wish to uuderstaiid how this thing is done,
(Some of them we presume are already ac-
quainted with the marina opcrandi,) will just
watch the operation of Noah Selleck with his-
jack screws under our ofiice‘.
Daniel I-Vcb.s-lcr.—\Ve~ learn from the New
York papers that Mr. \Vebster has fixed an,
early day in December for the dinner tendered
to him by the citizens of Philadelphia. It is‘-
understood that Mr. \Vebster will review at‘
length the course and policy of ‘ the administra-
mo_tion to adjourn, made a very-n.ea;t speech
tion. The 3d of December isuuderstood to be
the one nanied._ ‘ , . ,_.
ber, of this year, made ‘233 1-2 p"unds of‘
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