_.-rition of territory by conquest not abso-
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CON_GRESSlONAI..
_ Mo‘:-tomr, Dec. 21.
To the Sea‘.-Ira,Mr. Barrtitu ‘offered it
‘resolution calling on tlie"fPreésident to in»,
_form the Senate whetliér any agent had-
‘liéen sent by hint to Havanna in relation to
the return of Santa Anna to Mexico, and
"’-‘sailing for all correspondence in relation
t':ie‘i‘eto,-—-laid over.
Mr.iBreése introduced a bill creating the
office of Surveyor General of Oregon.
Mr. Sample, it resolution calling _on the-
Président for iriforrnation relative to the
‘claims of American ci-izens on the Repub-
lic. of C0lC»mbia-adopted.
In the House, Mr. Gentry made ‘a per-
sonalexplanati ri.
Mr. Broadhead moved a suspension of
the rules to introduce a Resolution requir-
ing the Secretary of thc Treasiiry to inform I
tbelliouse on wlint. articles the duties im-,
posed by the act of 1846 can be enhanced,‘
‘to uhat extent. and what additional reve-iuntlerstood Mr. B. to charge him with
aue would accrue therefrom.
Motion to suspend the rules.
been constitutionally declared by Congress
the nation would liaye been of one’ mind,
but now the people doubted its necessity
andniisti-tisted its objects. In CODCIUSIOIJ
he would request that an nine-ndrrieiit‘rnigli"t
be l'E€td which he inif_cv‘ht‘-call up when they.
came to vote upon t-lieq-tiestioa-now angler
discussion, provided he saw any disposi-
tion on the part of the majority to to e
such a stand, or support such it proposi-
tion. 'l‘he_ proposed amendment was read
as follows: ‘
“That the war with Mexico shall be
prosecuted, not with a View to conquest
orto dismeinber her territoriesas recog-
nized by us ante belium, but to establish a
true and just line of boundary, and to "se-
Icure an honorable adju .t.mcnt of all pend-
ing differences.” ,
Mr. Bayly of Virginia. then took the
floor, and went into a lub'orcil defence_ of
the President.. M'r.‘Garret“Dti\'is"f'li'iiVin‘g‘
being an advocate of Mexico, wished to
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this war by the people. Had the VVur CHI-GHLY I;\IPOI*'.’I‘ANT FROM
MEXICO.
The packet ship Jl-"orma, Capt. Ellis, ar-
rived at New York, from Huvuria “rednes-
day, with Mexican dates several days later
tliari heretofore received.
_ The war, says the Tribune, engrosses
public attention, and in recording the ef-
forts making to strengthen Santa Anna
the editors and newspaper correspondents
getierully agree that the last st.>ug’g/e is to
be made at San Luis Potosi. The new
go_vernmcnt works satisfactorily. Ar-
rangements for restoring the State, Gov-
ernnient to their former positions under
the Constitution of 1624-, have been corn-
pleted in all the late Departments with
grout satisfaction to the people.
the last to hold out against revolutions,
met and promptly l'1Jllf1t:‘('I the riastoration
of the Constitution of 1821». Next in im-
tht-- election of President. Santa Anna
positively declines the oflicc, athougli
ask for an explanation. Mr‘. Bayly refus-
some of the States have petitioned Gov-
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BM’ “ em lm"°d”°°d l° é'~'"“‘l"“l° the . ‘"9-' W .V"‘l‘l ll“? ll°0".ll1e \V0ldS.‘ldl89ll00d t-.~riimeiit in favor,-_of giving him dictatcruil
sales of the |"ublic Lands; to provide for‘
the itscertaiumciit and satisfaction of,
claiins for French spoliations; for the im-
girovemcn‘. of the Mississippi, Missouri 5:
.~\rkansas rivers; for a new Custom House
a i I , I I. v i I i ) ' .' - . , . . '
‘ll Savannah‘ A‘l mad l‘”‘e”"d "'le”ed‘.f°“"~'e °f ‘he ll"€’3l‘3l€‘m- Tl"-3 C0HmHll€8 ' pieces of artillery, five thousand udditioriall
I\Ir.Rt1thbun offered a resolution, calling,
on the Secretary of the Treasury to state
"-.he Tarifl" of It-546 ——adopted.
Mr. Thoniasson presented a resolution
with it long preamble, declaring the acqui-
aiid ‘lie’ were used between them. The;
confusion was so great that the exact‘ lun-t
gauge of the parties could not be distinct-
ly understood. ‘ I ' _
Mr. Stanton of Tenn. followed in de-
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then rose and the House adj.
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Several bills wcie introduced.
Amongi
lvvhelher "1.’-rents ‘Vere elnplnyed and I them \\'9l't’. 3 Territorial fl)!‘ Of€,C[0ll; {missiles are qqid [(1 gyceed belief
’ n I I I I ‘ ' I _ ‘ . . E .. ‘I, .. 1 N s-C c . I
l_(§f(l!_] mdthel prlcp.irati(m of stnhe 1‘ndl‘lfi‘fl0l‘ a bill‘ to 081-lbll-‘h ll’? l""‘""""3’ ‘ll: i’-llllllle store house alone there are two hund
,1_‘- _i, an \\ 2.1181 gtiagers. 0- "ll 9” ’°;5"l“i “'0'” Pails 0f l0 ‘“ “ml lllsconsllli ‘mechanics wui'kiiig day and night, motin-;
iaritfof 18-1-... continued in office under ‘-
and a river and Harbor bill.
THURSDAY, Dec. 534.
In the SENATE, Mr. J. M Clayton prc-5
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isented a memorial signed by the citizeiis'5lFe"9ll‘9“9
powers. All he asks or professes to ask,
15 the title “oencfarror of lift nutic7z.”
Accounts from San Luis praise the dis-.
oipline and valor ofthe army. 'l‘l'.erc were
twenty five thousand men, with fifty two
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troops were expected daily. Tic diagn-
zines of powder and the stores of balls and
in one
red
ting grins and fIl&]lll)fuCtltl‘lng munitions of
war. There are five hundred more at
work in the fortifications, which are being
d in every possible m.inncr.——
filled with enthusi-
The Legislature of Yucatan, hitherto,
piortance to the niecting of Congress was,
"l-itely necessary to our self protection,
lof Delaware of both political parties, re-‘Om’ ll“’u~“"‘“‘l """'7“-‘="'a
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fcoynynendlng [he adopnqn of Inensun-8 llhln If] the Il.)i.l()lIdl (,.1ll.*€, lldd COIHE l.l0*.\fl
in l‘t'g31l‘Ll to the pmcticaloperatioiis of tliel
.‘3tib-Treastiry:
\Vc repent, therefore, that every mate-
rial fact in our former statement is truc——
the "U. S. l.liT't1l"e'l1all was obliged to go to
Chicago, with government paper (about
$21,000) to get specie to pay tie expenses
of the lllSl.FOLiCfi'1l Courts. Ills clizzrgcs
against the United States will be a day
for service while abserit, 2”‘. rents per mile
fortravelling fees and the co.-:.t of trans-
poriting the t-pet-ie. The expenses to the
people in COll8t‘ll|lQ‘ this $2,000 must b
bet\-veen $100 and $'3'(l-"J! Last year Ilil.‘
same paper could have been t-r-iivcrtcd H110
S}€L'lE.‘ witlioti’. n cc t’s expense. This
yrear the new Sub 'l'rt-:-i-‘ui-y l.nv I1’Ii'tl{CS the
'-"ll’.Ct1’l}:I to erwliiiiige ht-.-rc and to save ex-
pense to the people, rife/oIz_.7/! _
litit this is not a solitary case. Otliers
:just like it are constantly iitztzwriiig. 'lli-:-
Oiiiccr of I.":11§’_ll'l(;‘-‘.‘l‘S, wiiu is l)t1ii(.llH‘_"_‘ the
Fort in Spriiigw-fll’s has been r~uir:=pt-llr.-rl to
make just such it jo-.ii'ney to Cliicngo, to
get coin to di.-bursc here. But the gem of
beauties we have now to present, is the
case ofa remittance from the War Depart-
illlefll. to a U. S. Quarter Master at this
port, of ii Govcrnrriciit draft on Albany for
$1,200. ,
This draft was offcrcil at one l,.-mil.‘ in
:c.\:changc for coin, \\ hicl: was refuse;-d, and
lthe officer wn. at-tually compo-ilctl to go,
laud did go, to Albany for the IHOH-'.'_\‘l at
:\\'ltZll. expense We wizl let the FFCL’. Pl'f;'S>
lll,{1’lll‘(3 out. The actual distzzrii-e travelled,
iifgoiiig‘ t: coniiug, bciiig full 1,300 miles.
lNicc law!
Ilcstrt/ct':'on of tlic i’u<;/yet .9/ii,; T/io;:.a.~; P.
Cope, 0_f‘.[)/ll.l‘.'l(.."€l‘I‘)/ll(I..-~ the F-})lt'l1(iItI pack-
let ship Tlioinas I’. C zpc, oi t~.O'Ll tons, Capt.
3F. H. Mici'c.lr+:ii, neat to :C't1 from Fliil:i-
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,3‘.-enses of a war, was unjust, and that when
-:.;rantin_rz.-i pension to Patrick Kelly, Miijor
being repugnant to the genius of our Re-
publican Constitution, and to require from
it conquered riution, payment for the ex—]
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‘afexico makes reparta'ion for her ucknowl ‘
-1:-.iged indebtedness and establishes the R.
flrande as a boundary, the conqiiered ter-
:--itories should be restored to her.
A suspension of the rules to receive this
resolution, refused, 33 to 128.
The special order, the bill for the ad-
vzission of Iowa into the Union, was taken .
pp. The Iowa admission bill.and a bill
llinggold’s mutilated teamster, were then
wssed.
' In Committee ofthe VVhole on the Presi-
dent's Mes:-age, Mr. Seaborn:Jones spoke
on 'nour.
The Committee rose. and after receiving
rsnmmunications from the Secretary ofthe;
"2".-easury and the Fostmas or General, the
'5-louse adjourned.
Tuasnar, Dec. 22.
-opposition to the war, exliibited
lcalculatcd to procure an early--and honor-H0 l
able peace wiili Mexico. ‘ Mr. C ayton, in7
presenting the memorial, expressed his,
hearty concurrence with the memorial
but he added, he cotild not see how the;
the object of their iricmorjul was a_tt_a.iriubl.el
without ' gliting for it.
The Judiciary Committee reported rt
bill for the admission of Iowans one of the
States ofthe Union. Mr. Yulee moved an
amendment for a division of the public
lands in the proposed new State, appro-l
printing a oortion of them to purposes of;
internal iinproveiiients. The ameiidmentl
was still under disciission when it became,
necessary to close this report.’
The'I-Ioosi-3, in committee of the whole,‘
resumed the debate upon the reference of,
the Presideiits message to appropriate;
committoe.~'. Mr. Gordon denounced thej
on one:
side of the House, to party hostility solely,;
which J. R. lngersoll denied. Mr. Gurdoni
made an exception in favor of Mr. Inger-j
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The President‘s‘ Message has continued,
Who siil-ject of debate in the House of Rep-|
wsentatives, and the discussion has be-5
-2-wme rather more interesting than other-
~ ise from the continuance. Some of the
l’rcsident’s friends have “screwed tht-ir.
"C-Ulflge up to the sticking point,” and make‘,
men zealous defences of the President.
“-:,»:ne of these defences ‘are ‘most aervile
'- d degrndirig, and iris humiliating to see,
1- ulependant Rep esentatives how so lowi
1-» the footstool of power. ,
Mr. =Morse commenced the discussion
Vii-s morning in a wholesale assault upon,
= .e VVhi_r_;r membersand presses, (the Cour-_§
3 and Enquirer cxcepted,) for gi ring “aid?
~* d comfort to the enemy.”
1‘/lr. Barclay Martin, who comes from
'r. Polk’s own county in Tcnnesee, and
‘.25 particiilar representative, now entered
or. the third def».-ace of the Executive. it
as distinguislied more by violence of"
=il.’1l!I'l!:'l' and bitterness ofinvective than for
.:';_vtliin;z else.
Mr. Martin, ho'.vevt=r, pitted himself
1.-__~;:.iinst his colleague, Mr. Gentry, whose
lfxquent and noble speccliappears to have
-.=ft its mark upon all the friends of the
I:.'ecutiv'e in Congress. Mr. Gentry was
.<:.-lied to say whether the war was unjust
not. His-answer was that it had been
- ujustly waged by the Executive, mid in
.iier violation of the Constitution of the
1.7. States. Being waged he held that
tfioiigress was bound to carry it on, and
3‘; _ing it to an honorable issue.
’M’r. Davis of Ky. closed the debate for
‘fie day in it brilliant and noble speech of
"'1 hour. The floor was given to Mr. Gor-
I on, of New York, upon whose motion the
Coznniittee rose.
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\Vr:m~:z:sD.u'. Dec. 23.
The SENATE had an’ important little dis-
.» ission to day ‘on the subject of war gen-
«-.-illy.- Some days since a petition was
‘_.=t"3~‘.8l']i.ed by fvlr. Davis from the "Society
Friends, which was referred to the
anmittee on Printing. That. committee
‘-. . day reported :1 rl:,eS0ll1i.l0ll that the peti-
'.= in be not riute .
Stir. Davispmoved to strike out the word
‘-..~.>t’ and upon this the debate arose. The
fliigsvrerc generally in favor of printing;
7-8 L-Ocofocss opposed to it. Mr. Niles
'—.'...ted with the Wliigs. The vote stood
I i to 11--when old ‘casting vote’ Dallas
_:ed against ther flyrintigg of tin: petition
.z- the ociety o rien s.
The Senate in Ext-ctitite Session tn-day
v =;-.61-med the nomingtiop '0; George Ban,
ift as Minister to rig an .
In the House to-day the discussion was
" ntinued on the ‘Nair with Mexico.
Mr. Washington Hunt of New York
luring the floor from yesterday, open-
i this iii-owing with a sound and able
‘-‘,_*31‘.eCil on the questions at issue on
is subject. He -showed that the War
r .2-;_rht have been lionorably avnided——that
‘=;-2 operations now 'goin,r__r in Mexico were
iiiglit with danger to the peace and liar-
-my-of-our Union. That the declaration
opted last seslzion (‘by the Vililpuirili.
.,-,cndrIjicnt.,) won star. ; that one a
~ : the people \‘l'(’l'.8 opposed to bringing in
"i 1X88, though the people of that territory
'-..sented to the amiexatiori. The divis-
113 of sentiment on this war arose from
~ _».- manner in -which it was commenced.
soll; anti he was followed by Mr. Pollock,l
who endorsed Ingcrszilfsdeclarution. Mr *,
Root followed the opposition,‘ and the dc-’
bate was left in progress.
The Pilgrim Ce/cbr/_i.-'2'on.-Fore Futhersf
Day was celebrated with its custoinaryl
eclat in the City of Y. "I he oration of
Mr. Upbam on the principles of the Puri-l
he camp to aid in Illtllilllg articles for
the soldiers.
Santa Anna had a grand review of the
whole army on the 13th ofNov. It is do-
scrihed as a rn:i_i_vui‘:ceiit page-aiit. So
ov_erpou'ercd was he by the boundless en-‘-
along the lines that his fceliiigs overcnuic
him, and the tears rolled down his swarthy
cheeks, amid prolonged liuxzas.
Provisions were pouring into the camp
in iinniense quan ities. Laiigunge is stti.‘
to fail in atteiiipting a description of the
formidable preparations imikiiig at San
uis. There was to be the last great
struggle. Tlierc, say the newspapers, will
the fate of Mexico be decided, and further
resistance it is said, will be useless. Fen
were entertained, IIO‘-‘»'(.‘VL’I‘, that even there.
the fortun:-s of war \\ ould be against them,
and accordingly prepavatioiis are going on
to defend the rczid to the t::ipit:il.
Santa Anu:t’s evaciiatioii of Tampico is
defended on the ground of his iriiibility to
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resisttlie vessels of war; and that por
being one in which the yellow fever rages
fie-rcely eight months in the your, the
editors predict that it uill becomea grave
for thousands of Americaiis as it was for
the ll'l\’?1Cllllp: Spaniards. The l3‘.ll'lllll_.‘{ Ol ‘-111
American steamer at Tampico, the wreck
of so many United States vessels on the
const, and the loss of prizes taken at Tu-
ldelpliiu for Liverpool on the ‘2b'tli tilt. hav-
ling on board, passengers and crew inclu-
gdcd, S9. settle, and :i so a cargo consisting
lof ‘.’t')'.’i0 brirrels flour, 1-‘.50 barrels corn
meal, 'i5f;0 bushels wheat, -1-130 Vbl.lSl|8lS
corn, 93 liogsheads and 70 lJ.’ll‘l‘elS tzillow,
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lthusitism which greeted him as he passed 0., ha,” ,C_mp H4, , eds ,_,,_d 800 Sides
- _, ,»_ g ’ < II D c ,
§leather,t1«l cases pickles, and 3 carriages.
.On the i39tli ult. her iriainmast head was
lstruck by lightning, which set on fire the
,ihe riggiiig, and, dcscciitliiig along the
linast, t.'Oll’ll'l‘;!ll1lL‘l1l£‘Ll with the hemp and
itullow below.
The passengers 8; crew worked hard un-
ltil the 5th inst v.'lien fortunately the l3riti'~:h.
lsl.ip Emigriiiit, from Liverpool for St.
ldohn, N. B. hove in sight, and took off a
lpart of the passengers. :-‘It night a gale
isprutig up, which cut oft commtinicntion
;between the vessels; but next inornirig it
inbutcd, and all hands were safely transfer-
ired from the burning wrecl-:. ll be last
,bg.ni_’s crew, previous to their cl-c_p:t"tttre,
,tonl: offthc liatclzes, when the suppressed
lsiiiokc burst forth like the escape of steam,
iand enveloped the whole vessel in it cloud
lwliicli rose mast head high. Three hours
',afterw:ti'd something like an cxplosioii
{took place, and in a few initiates more the
‘,t_voo.rlly ship was lost. to the view. On the
,16th inst. the Emigrant was spoken by the
lpacf et ship \7"\’:is.iing;on Irving, Captain
iC:—1ltlw.~ll, and tile pR.SS€flg6l'St1l:';l Crew 0!
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Etan economy and the state of the .World base”, are n,,,;,e,5 ,,.h,,._h ,},.. M€.,;;,.,,,,, e,1.§t,‘c ,0“ Shir) were pm on boa“, m.,,u_ and
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when the [Jnritaus came to this couiiti~,,’»,,,,,5 ,.,.,.,,,d w;«,}, _,',,,.,,,,s ex(.1,,,,,,,,,(,,,_.___,brouqht to ‘ms rm” B057” Post
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held a large audience in close attention for,The [juited s.a;e_,- f,-g,“,«;,1e}-'m,,,-nu was m,
two hours. The Sacred Mtisic‘-Society‘
performed their part well, and the “Pilgrirnl
Fathers by .-"Ir. Colburn was sung with‘
great effect.
Yuri ces sat down to the dinner at the As-,
tor Hon.-te, and after dinner had an intcl-i
lcctual feast in speeches b-y:Rcv. Mr. Up-
ham. Mr. Bellows, Rev. Mr. Tliornpsori of
the Tabernacle, Rev..Dr. Tyng, Gov.I-‘en-l
niugton of N. .l., Hon. M r. Folsom, His,
Hon. the .Via_*,'or, and ,many other gentle-Z
men. '
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Ilisafact-—thoughi we can now scarcely l
believe it—that the bodiesof the persons
who perished in the steiiiiier Atlantic, on
reach rig the shore, were robbed of money .
and vuluhles; and great quantities of lV_nl-
uiible articles have been stolen frtiilii,-‘the
wreck and carried to various places on the
main land. In one instance ‘it is stated
that copper to the amount of$-LO was sold,l
which had been got otit of a portion of thel
wreck thus carried off. A negro man na _
med VVilliams, who was on Fisher’s l.~laud
at the time of the disaster, has owned to
having taken money from the clotliiiig "of
the dead. On searching his premises ‘a
gold watch was found in a chest of cloth-
ing. Thus, it isbelieved, have large quan
titers of valuables been carried ofl by peo-.
plt-,many of whom would blush to acknowl.
edge a participation in such vile transac-
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t.ions.—-J\". Landon .Mornt'ng Aews, Dec. 24,-.
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The new Cunard Line from the city of
N. Y. is to have its dock at Jersey City—
a contractfor that effect htwiiig beenmnde
by Mr. Cunard and the Jersey City Asso~l,
ciations. The preparation of adequate’
doc s and accommodations for the llllgl
will require an outlay of some $40,000 on
the part of the ‘Assoc'i'titcs’. The. contract
is for a term of years.
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..7lI.-aricnn .fI_fl°zz'r.v.'i—-—C'apt‘ure of Saltz°Ilo.—+
Authentic intelligenceihas been received
of the capture of-Sultillo. (65 miles S. W.
of Monserey) by General W'orth’s division
without resistance. ' (Ten. Taylor, who
accompanied Gen". VVorth, or followed him‘,
‘expressed himself pleased with the appear-
ance of the city. Gen. Worth, with about
1500 men, is to remain and ga_rri'son it.
There is_a rumor now pretty current
that M r. Wise wishesto come home from
Brazil, on account of the -ill h.;§i,,h ,,,- his
lady, and that the appointment of'Mini5ie;-
in his ilace will fall upon the I-I(in,John,l_
Huge of ll|.whose‘terni in Congress ex-
pires the 4th of March next. ,
C’.-7r. Bolt. Pat.
License Queatiin in. .Vt)'m0)1f.-.-The Li.
cense Law of Vermont was so -altered at
'the last session of the Legislature as 10
provide for submitting to the people. O_f-~,l;lle
State at large the qiiestion. of Lijaensc
i‘.v.‘".lic n -,inlun had been pronrsiiire-l ttprru
A very large gathering of _fong.'i.i at or near San .Luz'.s~ Pu/.132‘.
a sin ll‘l_§[ condition off./‘anion Lizardo.
Our advices by this arrival loud to only
one conclusion 0. i/es;ierrz.-‘e lmrt/e is to be
Mexico
will have 30 000 of her best troops in that-
coufiic?, and the United States will proba i
bly have at 'e.-ist half that ntiriiber.
Godls }“00r.——-llave you any old shoes,
liuts, caps coats, pants, vestsl Distiibiite
them to the poor children in your neigh-
borhood. God's [nor are all about you.
stilici'iug charity through their‘ ragged
clothing: and protruding limbs. Be not
backwarrl in doing gooil. Open your e?1!'S
to the cries of liiioger and distress. ‘Tis-
t..ribute what you lirive, any ihi g will be
acceptable but advice. Do you linuw it 'l
Angels hover over the path that leads to
lionest poverty-—and they that pass it of-l
ten receive it blessing from the skies.
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The ship Helen, Captain ‘.Villiam ..=-
Hoyt, lost on the coast of FNIIICP, \‘.‘.'iS
owned in New Yor‘: city, whence she left
with a cargo of grain and cotton on the
list
Captain Hoyt has a family at Stamford in
this State. The Helen was considered at
the time she was built one of the. finest of
vessels.
l The ‘ Upper Ton.” of Rnfine-npnt.—-“.lane,f ,-0
you must not learn Arithmetic ” “V\7liy,
mammii 1” “Because, my (l671l’,il'1l0Ol(lnE
tlirourzli yours, yesterday, I saw that frac-l
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tions were vulgar
Domernic Eco2iomy.—-"Men talk in rap-
tures,” says Witherspoon, “of youth and
beauty, wit and spriglitliness, and :1 him
di-ed other shiiiins: qualities; but after
seven years union, not one of them is to
be compared to good family inanageineiit,
which is seen at every meal and felt at ev-
ery hour in the husband’s life.”
The horse that is ever botining, mu‘;-:es
a shortjourney long. The man that is ever
v:iiint.iriq, performcth little.
The lring has many servants but no
friend. The Arab has no servant, but
he has his horse. The Arab is richer than
the king.
The rose is sweetest when it first opens,
and the spilrennrd roots it-lien the head
dies. Beauty belongs to youth, and (lies
with it; but the odor of piety survives
de.ith, and perfumes the tomb.
The prize money :1('(‘.l'lIlHg to the various
prizes taken at Tobasco and Tampico
amounts to‘ $220,000, ofwliich Goveininent
sets one half and the officers and seamen
the other.
The Duchess of Kent asked Gari'icl< Ont‘
fl3:\’. Wily love was always represented as
a child I He‘ replied, “Bécau 63 Love nev-
er reaches the age of wisdom and experi-
or i‘t'«.i Iiicsri.-e.
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h of October: bound for Antwerp.——,
The day laborer drin' s as much coffee
and tea as John Jacob Astor l Consequent-
,ly he will have to pay as much to support
;Govcrrimentand the War, under the policy
lof taxing these commodities. \‘."liy not
iincrcnse the duty upon Silks, Sutiris and
lother of the luxuries of the rich? The du-
ity,-5_.oi'i sugar has been reduced, and yet
sugar is as high as ever. How do the loco
,foc0s explain this l They said that pro-
tective duties were taxes as well as revenue
duties, and that the price of the article was
; increased to the amount of the duty. Now
‘as the duties on sugar have been rcduced,
lwliy has not the price of sugar fallen to
llltfil. extent’! The facts do not seem to
sustain the locofoco theory.~—I’al!.
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I A bill to give the people (instead of the
‘Legislature) the right to elect the electors
.for President and Vice President, has been
:,rcl-.-cted by the Senate of South Carolina,
',by the adoption ofa motion to indefinite-
,ly postpone it—-ayes 536, nitys 16.
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The Hon. Edward Stanly, was on the
llith iist.. c'ected Attorney General of
‘ the State of North Carolina by a very large
.majority of the Legislature.
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;of the one that Massachiisetts has not far-
‘ nished.
A cotcmporary states that old maids are
etting their lips magnetized in order to
mice thcm attractive.
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, Rumored plan of nprrr.-.."[o.-;s for [die I-i"ar_
j—--l)i.‘iv-atp advices from most reliable sour-
ices in Wasliingloii zissure us that the Ex-
leciitive now meditate the appointment of
a High Commission to proceed to Mexico
and irmke one comman:.ling i=fi'.u-t to close
the war with tlirrt country etlicr by nego
tiation or the sword. The Con'iini.=.sioners
as at present in contcniplatinri, are Senator
Thomas H. Benton, (who is to be invested
withtlie chcif command of our illiliinry
and Naval forces under the titl-.- of Licut
,Generfll,) Senator John 3. Cri tenden, of
Ky. (‘Wliig) and Governor Silas \\ right
ofour State. '1 hey are to be clothed with
almost unlimited powers to prosecute the
war in such a inann£‘I' as to them shall
seen most expedient and to terminate it
wlienever terms shall be proffered by Mex-
ico which they may "deem admi.~‘sible.——-
Any adjustments they might make would
of course be subject to the approval or
rejection of the Senate, but there can be
no shadow of doubt of ratific..ition.——'I'ri-
dune
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Best‘ One Yet.-—‘We understand says an
Exchau"e a or that an iri°:oiiiioiis'Yan' cc
c P P a
,ha.-.2-‘put up it saw‘ mill in our vicinit_\’. \\l'HL‘l‘t
--a
lis -lrivea by the /'0 ‘cc nfcFi‘c:.-«:53:-w:....
Bgaugies ofn’.-c Sal»Trcasuri;.——'I‘l:e De-l .-7 Pat/.; er Storg/.——-Two vessels arrived
ti-nit Daily Adieriiscr fnr'nishes some fuctslin this port .yesterd:iy._ having on board
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I-H2 passengers, 3-1» of it‘/2.02:2 a.e dead, and
4-1 in such a miserable plight as who sent
to the city hospital, where they now lie
vaivering between life and death. One of
these vessels was the Ligonia, from Bre-
men, whence she sailed on the lst of Sep-
tember, having been out HO days; the
other was the Podiiuc, from Liverpool,
wlic-iicc she sailed Ct-tnber 10th, having
been out 63 days The captaiii of the
Pontiac is U. W’. 'l‘ticl.'t=r, v. ho ‘called at,
the Alnis House and iiientioiied the fol-
lo-.i ing particulars:
“the number of tleaihs on board his
ship was 19; the entire navigation devolv-
ed upon himself and s3‘: sailors, his first .3‘
and second mates having both been taken
.-._irk. the former was a raving maniac du-
ritig the whole passage; he had crossed
the ocean a number of times, and had nev-
er r.-xperieuced such :1 severe and protrac-
ted storm before; and his l.-.53. loaf of bread
wu-.4 distributed among the ‘ passengers
some three days before he made the port,
:tl‘.t'l he ;-ways the sufferings of all on board
“Noni-VALK G AZ E’
\$"<:'(5aaa:.~=iiS;: 3', ' §)(:C(32.3lb{3l' 30, 18:16.
(>15.-‘re-:"c*ii3'ii:’?s
ill sir i n g Ye :11‘.
STATE
For the E
son ¢.:ovi~:s.ivoP.,
CLARK BISSELL, of Norwulk.
‘ F_ort,1.xi-zur. GOV}-:R;\'01't,
CI1.-’t.P.L.’:‘.S J. IiI’CUl-‘tDY. of L,..,,,,,,
"Fort secrtr-:'rAr;v,
B. R.CBERTSOi\’, of New f‘Iat'cii.
1-‘on ‘Trti-tasuitzza,
JOSEPH B. GILBERT, of Hartfor’d.
1-‘or. CON'X‘ROLL1~‘.R,
ABIJAH C.-KTLIN, of Harwinton.
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it-:r21iiriov.sL.
THE GAZETTE OFFICE will be found
in I.oc.7.'wootZ’s Building. over Grumaii’s Store.
N. Y. AND N. H. RAIL Roan.-—Tbc, books
of snhsci'i1:t'ion to the stock of this road were
open in this place on ‘\Vednesday last, as adver-
tised. \Vc do not hear that any considerable
tit’-re iiiclaucholy in the extreme. Thcse_
are i"acts which ought to command the!
iiiimctliatc actioh of our city authoriticsl
with regard to Ill8.llt’ipOl'l.:‘t1lUll ofpaiipers.”
-.»’\'. Y. Impress.
.I€1.v{sz'r;y;aI£t1n C'oura2rc.——-' ‘ho Liberty Press
gives the following cxtrzzct from the 1'C'COLtt
'I‘Ii:iiiksgivi2)g discourse dclircwed by the Rev. ,
H. Ci'cgoi'y, i)\-L’CfOI' of St. I’aul’s clmrch, Syra-
ctisc. His subj-cct.\v:1s True Nziiioiiul I-‘.ui1oi',
text, “Thom that horror me will I honor.” It is
it iioblepassiige, worthy the heart ofu good man.
“I am not accustomed, (said Mr. G.) in
this place to discuss matters of state poli-
cy, nor to sit in judgiiicnt on the acts
of our rulers; nor tlol now refer to the
war with Mexico, as a politician, but as a
man and it citiz l1,p:‘(JfL'SSlllgl.l.(’.' Cliristiui.
religion. I do not hesitate to say,tliut in
my opinion, nothing has yet occurred in
this country that is so sure a prestige an .l
f0:erun:.ei'of r::ition:il corrtiptiori and ruin
as this war. is it not i;-iiougli that otir
country is weighed down by slavery as by
a mill stoncl Is it not enough that the
institution of heridi nr_v slmcry——t/ie 7l'.0..\!
unc/Lris.'r'an, unjust and zntr/ta/"itrzltle 2'2is!z'-
ration. c7.-er I-;-fc‘I‘(.’/L’./f by /nu.-ui7z sz.=c2'c/y inust
be protected by our laws and extended into
new States; but iiow a war of conquest
and aggi'cssion must be carried on, avow-
Ctlly f()l‘,lI!'1’lOl'ig other purposes, the exten-
sion of our nation, and the milking more
unwieldy still, a fabric \’-lllttlt is even non
ready to crumble to pieccsl
The hcutlien had a rriaxiin, that ‘wlioiii
the Gods mean to destroy, they first make
mad.’ God grant that our iiifiiti.-ation may
not be a f—..~i‘crtiiincr of an irifnrny as deplo-
mblc as our condition has heretofore been
liontnablc.”
From T.~.c«is.—Thc organization of Ter-
ritorial Governnieiit at Santa Fe by Gen.
Kearney, the papers find cause for loud
coiiiplaint. Tlir: claim that Santa Fe was
Wlllllfl the acknowledged limits of the
Rt-public of Texas at the time of annexa-
tion, and that therefore it now cor.stiti;tcs
niinutit of stock was taken-——nor:e, we believe in
the b3i'oug11. Va understand that 100 shares
were ttikori rather slily at the South village, by
gcittlt-njiea who have pi'opei't_v to be euhnttced.
in value shoule the road be located in that place.-
This though probiibl e, we are told is not certain.
Tile. surveys are to be reviewed, if we are right-
ly informed, in which case. mriteriul ‘deviations
from the present. line may be made.
Until this review has been taken, anything
we might offer about the relative advantages
or disadvantages that might accrue to any par-
ticular section ofthe town, would be looked upon
as mere speculation, and preilizituro at that.
Annual Town JlIeclz‘ng.——\Vhe1i we noticed
the nppoiiitincnts at this meeting in part. some
three weeks since, we agi-cod to bring up the
rciiiaiiidcr next week. do this we were disap-
poiiitcd by lllfil1Tl011Sll'O'CS.0fT$‘pl'lTlg of folly, im-
pudonce and iniquity of Col. “Folk; and as it‘.
slipped our memory last week. we ha.~t:cu now
to redeem our pledge-. Ve also give the votes
passed, excepting those covered by the action of
the special incctiiig which took place on Sutur-
day.
.F'ui'z'cyoi's and Cbllectm-s of }Ifgf:2l'Uy Tar.
John M. Betts Lewis P. Fillow
Carmi Lockwood Cliapmau Smith
John L. Smith Harvey Pennoycr
Est-ck Kellogg Jacob Lockwood
John Knapp Legrarzd .I0hD£.10X]
\Vil1ia m Price
I fag/wards.
Jacob .-5.. Van Zandt Thomas C. Hartford
John \Vi'i,<_'lit. David Boult:
.§.ucli'cw I-1cr_di‘ick \Vill'iam St. John
Seth A. ‘cienrs Noah Smith
;‘-Iiirctzs Bl'l‘.C!i Moizsoii Hoyt
Hervey Sherwood
Fence— Vie-wars.
Noiili S. Day
I-lit-.liai'd Camp John I-1. Fitch
John G. Qiiigley Joseph P. H_a_nfo1°d
John Dingco
Ifeg/—Ii.'cepcrs.
l‘v’Ioi'gan T. Smith
.1:-oi'gc Benedict John Patrick
Anson Q_u':ntiii'd David Coinsiock
Lewis ‘vfiiitiicy Sealer of '\Vo':ghts and Meas
1‘:l'eS.
.fuIlIl Knapp
Dennis Hartford
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a portion of the State of Terms, in which
Iiited, To lay a tax of 4 cents on the dollar
neither the United States nor their agents , 0,, we ,-,5, ,-0,. 1846, ,-or ,, Tmvn Tax.
have any right to erect any form of Gov-
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Vafetl, To lay a tax of 2 cents on the dollar
emmem but Such as " 3-V mlglnme Wm’ on the list for 1846. for it highway Tax, and
the p:-‘Ople of Texas and be established in
accordance with the terms of annexation,
and in the manner prescribed by the Fede-
rnl Constitution. The papers seem to be
lllg'lllyi:.l(‘£‘l1S.€(l at Gen. Kearney’s pro
ccdure in this respect.
Correspondence of the Tribune.
Vt".-\szii.Vt;'ro:~', Dec. '2-1, 1-‘3-46-—i\Tl(l!llgl1t.
A cliiilleiigc to fight a duel having pass-
ed between Mr. Davis of Ky. and Mr. Baily
of Va. today, the Police took the matter
in hand to night. I understand that Mr.
Baily is arrested and that they are in pur-
suit of Mr. Davis. I bcli ve Mr. Burt of
S. C. and Mr. Burrow of La have been
actinrgr in this affair in some capacity as
the friends of the respective parties.
It is said that the President will send in
a Message on Monday or Tuesday, recom-
n'ieiii.lin;_r"tlie creation oftlie office ofLieut.
General.
The war dogs are biirkin,r_r that it is the
peace party that maintains the war. VVcrc
= that the wages for man and team he the same
,us last year.
I7.-(ed, That tiic.bi,r_1l‘iway surveyors for the
i_‘y'(‘.fll' 1.9-:5 shall return their tax Books to the
Select Men on or liefcro Jim. 1, 1847, and that
the S('l(‘(.‘l' .\l'cn-shall hand them over to the sur-
veyors for the pwscnt year, said Surveyors be-
ing 2'I.‘.qull'€(l to c.\-pr-ncl all the balance of the last:
.yc-ars tax and two thirds of the tax for the pres-
ent _vc:ii' on the high ways previous to July 1.
1847 and the i'einaindci' previous to Oct. 1, 1846.
ffoteai. That all the liighway surveyors for
seven yeiirs mist‘ shall return their tax books to
the Select bifon and that the balance due on
them be cxperidrrd on the high ways by the Sur-
veyors of the presi-uii year.
Voter/. That. the Select Men beaitthorized to
expend the sum ofthree hundred dollars in re-
pairing: the road leading from No"walk Bridge
to the line between Norwalk and \Vilton.
SPECIAL Tow)‘ Mi-:1:'rrr~'c.—Thc citizens of
this town convened in special town meeting on
Saturday last and
Valid, That. at the next annual town meet-
ing. tho Selectmen. Town Clerk. Treasurer,
and Cou:<talile and Collector. shall be elected by
it. not for the blame cast upon our govern-
ment for getting into the war, they could
,long ago have conquered the Mexicans into
The President has made acall on Penn.§ ,,,,,,,,C,, ,hey S,,,,_
r another re.-iirierit, to supply the place‘
This reminds us of a
rowdy who got into a figlit while his moth-
er was standing by. “ .~‘ou’t strilre him
Sam, don't fight,” cried the woman. Sam
struck,aod turning to his mother, said‘; you
want to take his side don’t you, old wo-
man"! If you say another word, l’ll lick
the-life out of you, too, d——- _\‘ou.” W'e
think it quite likelythis chap is now in
."ile.\'ico, “fighting the battles of his com}-
try.”
‘T/in O.-egon. Rriz'lraad.—-\Vo are informed
that Dr. H. Carver, of Pittsftird, an old res-
ident oftliis county, has gone to Wasliiu,rz-
ton to procure a charter to build the Ore-,
Q-on railroad by individual enterprise. Dr.l
C. has long manifested ii great interest in
this important work, and clnimsthnt he is
the original projector of this enterprise.
This claim is supported bva mass of te-ti-
mony that is quite convincing to those who
have examined,it. it appears that he wrote
and published articles concerning the pro-
ir-ct years before it was broached by Mr.
'w1,;',ne_-,- "or any other person. He iscon;
iidentjthat the road can be built by-firidiv_id-
ual enteiprise.—I.’oc}tes-z'cr ,I)e?_ni,'t)'j{1jji-:.’».
The Iowa whigs have elected all the
ofiicers of the House, in which the three
Independents hold the balance of'pow'er, as
well as thejoint vote of the Legislasure.
- Tciirris crossed the Hudson river, on the ice,
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biillott. the polls being open for that purpose from
.9 o’clock A. M. till 4 o'clock P. M. and that the
appointnient. of the miriniriing Town Officers.
imd the transaction of the usual annual business
oftlie town, at said meeting, shall commence at
2 o’clock P. M.
Vrflerf, That the notices for special nicetirigs.
and for the next annual town meeting. shall be
published in the two newspapers now printedin
Norwa lk .
VoI.eu’., That the Selectmen he. directed to
procure 8. hell to be hung in the Town House.
on or before the first day of April next.
F rain the New York Tribune.
Loss or Tm: STEAMER. Moar:cA:v.—'I‘h’e-
steamer Mohegan, running as a freight boat be-»
twccii New York and Bridgeport, in connection
with the Housatonic Railroad, was wrecked on
Saturday at 3 1-2 o'clock, by running on the
Guii_g:way Rocks. it short distance below Sands
Point. Light. The accident is said to‘ have oc-
curred in consequence of the extreme low tide-
A hole was stove in her bottom, and she was im-
mediately run aground on Cow Bay. where she
sunk within two feet of her hurricane deck.-—
Shelies within twenty feet’ of the shore, about
it hundred yards from the Sands ‘Point Light-
house. She is a total wreck, and her freight.
which is very hen vy. is nearly all under water;
portions of it. however, are strewn along the
shore.
The steamers Hotintaiiieer. Nimrod and
Cricket. came. almost immediately_ to her aid, but
were unable to domoro than to take off her pas-
sengers and bring them back to the city.
P. S.—Our ship-news collector states that
there is some prospect of savingthe boat—she
oti ii-~.c 2-tth.
not appcming to be so much injured as was at
Norwalk Chronicler