: “ The son (Jinan hath not 10/icrc to lay I125/read.”
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CI-1RTST‘S I-IUMILIATION.
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The Voice of Pennsg/lctz7zia.——Tho following
I’rea.mble and Resolutions have been adopted
Birds have their quiet nest, in both branches of the Peiiiisylvaiiia Legisla-
FOXBS 1-llcll‘ ll0l€Si “W-l l""l_l 1115 l"'°"‘°°f“l bed 5 ' ture——in the Senatze by a vote of ‘.24 to 3, and in
All creatures liaxc. then ]‘();~1l‘,' I . .1 me House by 97 too.
But Jesus had not. wlierc to lay 1 is ieai . , , _ , , .
l’. /I.CI‘l.‘llS, the existing war with Mexico
may result in the acquisition ofnew terri-
tory to the Union; And whereas, Meas-
iircs are now peiiding in Congress, having
in view the iippropriation of money and
the coiifci‘i‘ing autliority upon the treaty
maltin;._r power to this end: ilicriforc
Rest}/'()c'/, That our b‘enatorsin Cciiigrcss
be instructed and our flepi'esentati\'t-5 rc-
qucsted to vote against any ineasurc what
ever, by which territory will accrue to the
Union, unless as a part of the fiindani.-_-iital
law, upon uliich any compact or treaty
for this purpose is based, slavery or invol-
auntary SL’l'\'lll'|tl(’~, except for criincs, shall
be foi'evei' pi'oliibitr-.‘.il.
Ifc->'..[L‘i2i!, 'l hat the (lo'.‘t-rnoi‘ be reques-
ted to foi‘\\'iii'rl tl copy of tlie fiiregofiig‘ to
each of our Senators ‘and l-’.cprcsciitiiiivt-s
in Ct,IlIgl'C:S.
Vfiiucls have their limit‘ of calm,
And waves. to sluinl.ier on the voiceless deep,
Eve hath its broatli of balm,
To hush all senses and all sounds to :.lc(‘.p.
Tlie wild door liatli his lsiir,
The honieward ”U('.l\S the slioltcrol their shed;
All have i.l](‘ll‘ ro:-:.t. from care,--—
But Jesus had not wlicrc to lay His head.
And yet. He. came to give
The weary a rid the heavy-ladeii rest;
Tohid the sinner live,
And soothe our griefs to sluinbcr on His breast.
\Vhat theri am i, my (i.-toil,
Permitted thus the paths ofpi-aco to ti'e.ad ?
Peace, p1ti't:l’nisL".tl by the blood
Of Him who had not wlicre to lay His head!
I, who had once inade llini grieve;
I, who once bid his gciitle spirit nionru ;
\Vhose hand ossayetl to wc.ave.
For His meek brow the cruel crown of thorn :.
0 why should 1 have peace?
\Vhy, but for that iiiicliauged, undying love,
\Vhich would not, could not cease,
Until it in-.ide_i1ie heir of_jo;;s above.
The iii'_-giiineiits before the Supreme
Coui't‘on the Massacliiisctts and Rhode
Island License cases, have been ('.OUClu'.'let.l.
The cases from the two States were sub-
mitted together, and will be decided by
the same opinion, which we may expect
sliortly. The case was argued before the
Court two years ago, but was not (lc-_-ciiled,
owing to vacancies on the Bench. '1 his
session it was re argued, tli« ugh not at
such lengtli as foi'iiierly. Mr. C-lioate and
others who ivcre engaged in it formerly,
were -not present this scssioii. t\lr. Web-
ster appeared against the license law of
Massacliiisetts, and Mr. Davis for it. 'l‘lic
MR. NILES; AGAIN. ]EIl;l‘;)-(].l(",‘dl(b'l«1!l‘iL(lj(.itbt§ \\'d§}.)tl-gl'].Pdfl) llilessrs.
,_ . H1‘ reene, oi lO\l cute, foi the
sellator ‘\"l°S_ 9” D,I°"d"-Y l"St Cfnne d°w“, State, and by Messrs. lVliipple and Aincs
upon the Admiinstzration again with t11]Of.l1C1'
, against it.
schorcliing speech, which will blister the. leaders V H“ _ ‘
from head to heels. His reiiiiirks were‘ upon I I‘§"”'[T1fi‘9Pl4“2U_l‘ll‘”‘3l‘ “ll ll"0l":e,5“.‘.-‘
. - - - «.. tie t. out‘ .e)u‘ ic'in 0 tie t inst.
the bill of the House providing for -.‘.-23,000,000,: , I 5 \, l . , ‘ _ A ’
,_ ;failed to meet in _]()ll'llZ session on the 5th
l\o_. Q I . , g __ __ ,
d I , 1, r 1“.lh m H “In “I” ;lllSt. to elect .,.ena.ors in Congress. flie
- -.- 3 s lS"ut‘.t?" '2 c '( 'to= ,- _ _ - ,
:“°_“_” 7‘ ’ .‘ o A’ . _ ’ Q _ H lt-'lC(.ll0D stood .ii_fpiiiiiicd to that day, but
insisting only upon specie for the pay.-iiieut of the ,he h,,q.,h,c(, ,,,e,,.,h€,,s 0,» ,he se,m,t,‘ rem,_
governnie.iit dues, are ruiinnig the nation lll(lCl.‘l.; ihg [he rcsuh, ,.e,-used ,0 meet ,hc “huge
beyond the hope of piiyineiit in several years, in joint session, and it is now probable
even the bestievcnuc. systcin that: can be do-;tliz1t no election will take place at the
vised. The warnings of Mr. Niles, are CllllllC(l"’l)ri‘Fel,lt: 5‘-°lS3"l”il~ b '1 I I 1
- ,,. .,. ,,,-. tiissio ’l€‘.I"..l.l'. t
to great weight, iiiasiiiiitli as he speiil-.s floilllléli; State Wig” by L“i”(].0[ ti Q9: :11 a trien t I:
, . _ _ H _. . - - ' i in ors or w
his personal interest, and at a gicat saciifice of; “ , ,
~vears to come, because the next scssionof
hm feelmgs aSal)"m~V'm"' Aficrsuch rebukes? i.ltC Legislature will not be held iiiiiil No-
from such a quarter, and from one of the. leading; ,,C,,,,he,,, 18,8, and ,he G0,,e,.,,m. (,,,,,,,m
democrats of the State, how can the i\diiiiiii:~.—, m,,|,~e iempomry appointments, as, the of
triition expect even a decent support. from his, [ice ncvcr liaving been fil ed, no vacancies
constituents. Mr. Niles expresses the. senti-Ican be said to have t:il.c-ii place.
merits of thousands of his party who ai'c. capa-l ""“’_“""‘"‘ *4 "-'
bio of uiiderstaiiding tho siilijects upon which he , ' SW1 -7310” ‘IL’ If/ff"-7-‘fF|'0'T' ‘Vi-ill» “'9
has spoken—and iflilie him they had the 11101’:-ll, lfiuriicd )'°5l‘*"‘l“.‘-' "'”"""".‘-7: “'9 lli“"3 “f’l-
‘ilie slightest doubt but that an attack ‘will
Yes! but for pardoning grace,
I feel I never should in glory see
The briglitiiess of that face
That once was pale and agoiiized for me!
Let the birds seek their nests,
Foxes their holes, and man his peaceful bed;
Come, Savior. in my breast:
Deign to repose Tliine oft rejected head.’
Come! give me rest‘, and take .
The only rest on earth Thou lovcst——‘within
A heart, that: for thy suko
Lies bleeding, broken, penitcnt for sin.
From the New Ilat-cu 1"(Lff(l(I“Lul1l.
to be raisecl in loans and treasury notes.
courage to break away front the prejudice which 9
holds them to their prcsciit associatioiis, tl'ic_vl
, _ _ _ g _ _ . givcclts licrice.
would be Whigs in lieart and vote, at. the ap_r
Dvlany we know will cxilib
P"°“°l‘l"gel°°tl°"' lthat coast (.lttl‘lnQ‘ the \Vinter moiitlis, and
it this courage, and come out. boldly for the‘
ofthe couiitry. ,en on the reef
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MONDAY, Jan. 25.
Col. Benton tool: the floor in the Snmrr.
to day in favor of the, appointment of a
Lieut General. frlis speech vva§s well cal-
cnlated to produce a conviction of H5 sin-
cerity because he spoke in favor ofliimsc-.l!'.
lt seems, accordii'ig to his decl::ration, that
a situation in the arniy was oflivrctl to him
in the last. war; ii situatiori, wliicli had he
acct-pti;-d, would more than have entitled-
him to his conteniplatccl position in this.
'l'lii_= (_‘.oloii.~:sl expressed iio'opinion l'.-.vora-
ble to the iiiilitiiry merits of either Scott
or 'l'aylor: but evidently cntertairied a very
ileclflijtl conviction of the qii:ililica|.ions of.
some one ‘LU/2.0‘/)1 /ac i/id not IIl."l/Z(', to siiper-l
S(:(lC‘ llltllll.
lii tli.» ll()USi«1, l\'lr. Ratlibiin ‘of V. 'Y.=.
t":lI£~‘lli".'(l the ciisiduct of tlic Sci"-retary of
the 'l‘ri_-::isiii'_v, in iic-gle(:tiiig to inform the,
l‘l0t:sc, fl('('Ht‘(lltl_£1' to its (lircction, l.o\v.
inncli he liad paid certain officers of the?
cnstoiiis for their ailx ice and assistance it],
the compilatioii of the '[‘ariffAct of 15$‘-lfi,=
—-aiid how many secret agents he employ-'
ed in care of the revenue.
ll‘ r. Bayly of Va. undertoo': to 'defendl
the Secretary, and illustrated the pi-ovci'b,,
"Save me from inf.-' frieiids." He e cased,
the Secretary on the ground, that he was?
eriga_«_re<l_ day and night on matters more
iiiiponriiit to the House and to the country.
On M r. Secretary \Valker’s assuinption
of the 'i'.‘reasur_v l)(’p?ll‘In'tCl’Il, be dismissed
all the ‘secret agents’ that his predecessor
had employed, on the ground that services
of such a nature would be no longer requir-
lt seenis now, liowi.-ver, that he has
multiplied their number.
'l‘Ui-:5-‘D.-n’, Jan. 26.
sion of Congress. In truth, none was an-
ticipated. ',
FRIDAY, Jan. 29.
The Wilmot Proviso will be moved on
illonday next, as an amendment to the $3,
000,000 loan bill,wlii<-li is made the special
order oftlie day 'l‘liecomn'ion sentiment
seems to b:-, that iftbe $3,000,000 be gran.
ted, the Proviso will pass as a villa)‘ with it.
'.flie loan fiiiliiig; the Proviso falls to the
ground. lt may be, lliat the first will be
defeated to avoid the other.
'l he imprcs.°~ion made by Corwiii’s
speech to dziy, is destined to fartlicr accre-
tion.
audience, it. will fall upon the country with
no dirninislied power.
l doubt wlicther the Army bill pass oven
to inorrow. Col. l-‘eiitoii has not disgorg
ed liinist-lf fully. Ycstc-rtlay he finished
the ('ll:.li‘:t"l(,‘!‘ and conrluct. of the “Grc:-it
lfliiipcror” t\':ipuleaii, whose inilitary fame
he did hope to ri‘-'al. To day he finished
his i'tl',fZ‘ltltt{.‘l1l iigziiii.-=t llt'.- ability of a citi-
zcn trfia e care of his own property; llf.‘
will require to uioirow I.-._7’i/ii'.s-/i /.-in-.sc/_/'.’
S-i'i‘osu..~.r, Jan. :30.
The iioijsi: was all day occupied to day
on Gen. Taylor. The whole matter is
easily stated. The Vtfliigs inovcd a vote.-
oftlianks to Gen. Taylor and his brave
men for the glorious battle of ‘illonter -y.
The Loco Focus iiioved an auieiitlmciii
lil'llll:‘.l'l[ as was its effect upon the"
Imziortnzzt ions: the Army! |
T7z'clar2'a t ./ren by Col. ]t’2'n7ic_i/—-_Ru.mor-3 of]
a Battle at Snltillo-——Col. Zliiiy attaclcei
anil_/ifs Rear Guard taken Prz'soncrs— T/.e
Jllesricun Farce es/2'mct(d at Fifty T/iou-l
srznd— Rumored .I‘]CC(]lf(I7I.:"€ by ./l1e.i:i'co of{
tlie O_fi2'r of J\"egotz'atz'on, a.§'c. dc.
‘ \V.-aszii.\‘u'roN, Tliursday, Jan 3lst.
The brig Georgiani.=a, froin Tampico 14th
from \"l(',l()l'i21 with dispatches from fioii. 'i'.‘aylor
man on the 9th. ion. Quitaiaii drove the
Moxieaiis before him the last: thirty or forty
The Mexiczins
were vet") i'eliic-taiit to give up the place, but
miles before oiitering Victoria.
went out on one side as Quitiiiiin entered on the
(Olen. Qiiitiriiin leaving no cavalry, could
tint ]‘.‘l‘.E’Sl‘:,E‘. tl.e:u. ted witli
(-ion. Ta_\lur at: Moiitciiiiviwilcs and pizslied on
othctz
Col. hiiiiii-‘_y par
with Qiiitiiizili to \*"ic'.oi‘Ia, and these alone to
'l‘i:iiipico.
Tliere was no reason to suppose that
Gen. Fuller and Gen. Worth had moved
from Stiltillo, though it was so reported.
The Mcxii-.aii ariny, it was believed, was
not faryoff. The t"\‘lcxic:in soldiers seen in
the ricigliborliood of Saltiilo are now sup-
posed to have been i'!(l‘.'{ll‘.CC‘(.l parties of
casting: doubt upon gtlie wisdoin of the
:,tl‘t‘rll.'~,‘.ll(‘03 or in other words, they inored
to condemn Gen. 'l‘aylor for his conduct
at illoi‘it‘crey. This the \\"liigs opposed.
it finally passed the House by a vote of
103 to ($9.
R solutions calling for f"en.
correspondence was then cficred. Upon
these M r. Aslimun of Mass. made an elo-
In the Si::\'ATi-‘.,a letter was received
from the Secretary of the Niivy, stating
the reasons for the return of the frigate
Cumberland, and the steamer Mississippi.
'l'he treasury note bill wastakcn up, and
a modilic:itioi'i moved by Mi‘. Wcstcott.
'.\lr. Niles offered an aineudii»cnt respcc.-
ting sales at par, which was adopted.
Several ainendiiiciits were proposed and
adopter}, and the bill ordered to be engros-
sed. iA(l.l')lll'l](_‘.(.l.
took up the bill for iiici'eas;ing the pay of
volunteers, and deba-‘ed at a considerable
length. Amendments were adopted giv-
ing‘ three instead of two dollars additional,
in gold, or silver; also, giving stock iii-
stczid of lands-—~tlie stoc-«:10 hear an inter-
est of four per cent. The committee rose
and the House arl_jonrned.
\Vr:o:-.'i-ssnar, Jaii. 27.
In the -.QF.i\‘.«\’l'lZ, the 'l‘i'casury note bill
was read a third time and passed, yeas 4.2
iinys ‘.’.
Pill.-ssi's. fiillcy and Corwin, of the Post
- ic rnadc on this formidable rastle a few E Office Coirisiiittc-c, reported ajuint resolu-
Ilcavy “nortliei's”—--to useition to provide for the tran.spoi‘tation of
in nautical phrase—gener:illy take place onttlie mail to and from the army in Mexico.
llilr. Cillcyis resolution to withdraw the
,a fleet of battle ships, if moored witliin l troops from Mexico was taken tip, and af-
Whlg Sides Whlcll l5 lb" Sllk‘ Olilllc “"19 llllL"“"5l~3 l cannon i'an$;‘t~*, would be lil-:el_Y to be drivv 5 let‘ sonic i'eiiiat‘l<-*3 Mi‘. CillU,V
by the violence ofjexplanatioii, and the resolution
M,._ Nnes was disposed to 19, the 1);]! these _tc-inpcsts. The vessels of our Rev-lon the table, ye-as -1--ll-, iiays 0.
proceed w;t1,0L,, f,,,-{her jme,-,-.,py;m,; buiienuc ‘c-qnarlroii and l\'av.y are every da_v,lioun was not present.
in-i do an
was laid
illr. Cal-
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'l he House, in coiiiniittcc of the wliolc,‘
:(1t|C‘l'lt speech, and moved an airieiitlmcnt,
l(,'::~liin_q for the correspondence relative to
lihe restoratioii of Santa Anna by .\?r. l"_oll.'.
iblr. Douglas defcntled the l’iesidei'it.——
\\'iIliout any decision, the House atl_journ-
led in the greatest confusion.
, The SI-‘.-.\'A'I‘I~}, when l left the Capitol, had
'come to no decision on the Ten hcgiinent
.bill, upon which they have been engaged
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I’i‘ogi'»ss of C'iiz'1'1':r.ti'o77.——Oii the lfith
inst. a prize fight for $l0fl0 took place on
l the l"J('-G course at Natchez, between Chris.
lLilly, (who killed LVlcCoy in Westclicsten)
seconded by Country l\li:Cliisl.’y and Joe
li\'inrow, and Harris Burcliell of London,
seconded by Tom Oil3oiinell and Yanltce
Sullivan.
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There were nearly 4000 people
The betting on Lilly was two to one-
Bnrclicll, it appears, liaviag been iinported
by Sullivan expressly to fight him. "l‘ltC_\"
icontinued figliting till the fi ty sevcritli
round, when l3urc.liell had become so se-
verely pnirirnelled that he had to give it
up. His friends, linwevcr, were not satis-
t ed with the result, but iinincdisitely back-
ccl l.iiii foranotlicr fight with Lilly at the
same place fora like sum.
Monroe Etl\\'ll“(lS dicl ye.-'terrlay mor-
ning, says the 'l'i'il;iiii‘i0 of the 30th, in the
i’riso:i Hospital at Sing Eiiig, of consiimp-
lion. after an illness of only about three
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present, and the excitement was very gr:-at.g
l,500:or 9,000 men l.c-pt in posscssfon on
this side of the desert batweeii Saliillo and
iSan Luis, to destroy the water tanks in
{case the Ainericiin Army should move in
lforce in the (lirection of Sari Luis, which
[precludes the idea of any serious attack
being contemplateil upoii‘Ccii. \Vortli or
lGcu. Wlool, the object of the i\’le:.'icans be-
ling only to keep vratcli iipon the Anicrican
‘forces, to retreat before any atlvance———aiitl
lent oflisupplies of water. .
A Col. Kiniiey brou'glit a rumor to Tampi-
lco that fifteen tlioiis.-aiid i\.lcxiraiis were to
attack Saltillo on the ..7ili tilt. and i'cr"al
_news was broiight by the Georgiana to_ t\.'.
;t.lileans to the effect that Santii Anna lzad
iplaced himself between 'i'aylor and Worth
'_vi-ith thirty five tlious. nd men, and agenc-
lral action 5 e.\‘pect-3d iminc liately. Tliis
lis prob::bly a ineie l’L‘,f‘(.‘l.i‘.iutl of t'lImL:t‘S
jbi-fore rec:-ivc-d by the way ot"_Matainoras.
?Priv:ite letters express very little doubt of
large ‘l
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Lu.€‘XlCfl1'l forces mostly cavalry, being
at Tiila, at the last dates, uiidei"Geri. Va-
;lentia. Gcns. Urrca, Roi'i:ei'o 3l1.(l.F-Cl‘ltDl’t-
:o'ez were also reported in that viciii ty.
On the 1st .iaiiu:iry, Gen. Taylor sent
forward Col. lllny to c.\‘an'iinc the iiioiintaiii
passes between Moiitcmorales and Labra-
gdorcs. On his return he tool." another
pass leading to Linarcs, and was attacked
’1'o_va large body of the cnemy, and his
frear guard cut off, by rolling stories into
:lliC pass, which was scarcely wide enough
‘ for a single horseniaii. Colonel May mari-
aigetl to get through with the main hotly
fof his force, and rcaclied a spot where he
lwiis enabled to dismount and return to
lsiiccor the rear guard. But it was too
flute, as the ci:e:i'iy t2l(lI't3ll‘(‘:1lCt'.l with their
lprisoncrs. At one tii::e 1l.la_y’.=.= dragoons
lwcrc nliiiost at the inCi'cy of the ci‘icm_'.',
‘had the latter rliscliaigetl their pieces with
it‘:(’Cl.lt'B('_\’, for ti 0 position tlicy occupied
inst‘. arrivc-.i_l at New ()i'lcans inst. Colonel ;
l\'iiiiiey arrived at 'l‘ainpicn on the 1.‘3lh direct,"
to Gen. Sliiclds, to srspcnl iipci'::t.Eoiis for the ,
[:—i'csciit. He eiitc.re.-l V":ci‘oi-iii with Gen. Qi:it- t
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,he ,.em,,,.h.s of ,hc Sc,,,,,,,,. from ,-\r1,m,5ns, l receiving f:t'OS.ll lTllJltlll()us of “-31-, and} The Army bill was next takeii up. Mr.
(M,._ Sevic,-,) and the Senam, fl-Om ,'~,|,,,._ cverytliiiig indicates that important n'iove- Al‘.'l|l"=‘0n Illfllltf ll -“‘P6‘0(‘lt Ht <lCf('ItCo Of l“-is
(Mr. [_,e,v;__.,) ,.Q,,de,~ed it necessa,-5-t1,.,,11-,e,iiients will shortly taltn place in [he abgvig:tilTtL‘l'ltlt't)c'l)l for voliiiitecrs. 'l he debate;
should say a few words to set liimself‘ lUCitllUll.—*.Dt‘/CC’, Jan. 1'7. jlwas (‘.()lll|ftUC(.l by Messrs. Green, l.la_vton,l
right. They refer, sir, to the tarifl (‘if l4-Q, V, V ""' T. ‘ lflllfll -l.il|‘l'|lgill'l. When, \"-‘ll.l!0'Lli-?tl'|y1lCl.iUl1OH:
and to me as having no other Ohjec, ,h,,h 1/ic “Lone Star. .‘-11'.“ iiitlii'opofBnstoii, ;the bill, ttie Senate. adjourneil.
to ,.e,,;,.e ,1,,,,,,ct, 1 do no, wish ,0 ,e_ in a recent speccli upon Texas annexation and} _ in the llousi-1, a conimuniczition was re-ad?
vive that act. I only wish a reveiine sys- its results. said the “loiiestai-" rciiiinded him of, fmm llle -‘‘W'‘‘-‘''‘“'.\’ “l. ll”? W“ l-3C‘l73"l'”‘i‘°“l.
tem somewhat adapted to the expenditures; the star described in the \'l:'l0ll of‘ the. Apostle Willi a simci,-..3,-,1 of the iiHl'“bL“' "f “Pl“'°'
of the '1‘,~e3sm-y_ 'j be mi of ’.1.(j, to saylon11,8153‘,Ufl‘:ahn,,S: §}il'li1l.lUttS to the first ol'.laniirii‘_v, 18-1-7), and,
weeks. Thus has crirlcd the career of a “-735 Cll'‘C“ll.\‘' 0"” ‘he ll°3‘l°' of 0*” “"’0f’5
man cndowe by l\.’ature‘witli talciits that C0l- Mil)-‘i-'*‘ l0SS llilfl 110i been 71SC€l'l~'tlnC’-Ll,
iiiiglit have fitted him for eminent useful H0!‘ \\‘lie‘il'iet‘ ltelmtl any men lilllflli Tlleft’
tics-S, btit ivliicli were prostituted to the ('?1"l>9 "0 dvllltli ll0“'€"0l‘,lll*ll 500%‘ Of
in_inry of his fellow men and the destri:i:- 0*”: men have lttllC‘f'l-‘ _
tion of his own peace and lizippincss. N0' .Ut‘n9"‘ll-" 'li“)'l,‘~_"'i l‘_"b-';'»f5i Pilller-‘ion and
relations or friends, save his coinpanions'P‘lll0W \\_'cre at ictori-i with a large force.
in piiiiisliinent, were present to lIllll‘5__'tllC‘(’c”' Slllelll-“ “‘”h 5’-I‘ llllnflrcd and fifty
the 5i_,-{fig-1~inié' (')fl;i5l;1.[ hours, and he ll1L‘ll, li')1‘tl‘¢:li(:(‘l. f‘l0l1l. Fi}.llllHI(‘() On the 10ll‘.
slot-p in the pi-is.-)1-,h,,,.,,,1 ,1“-,,,,,,1 ,,-;,t-, "0 l0‘.\‘j1i‘(lAllttmlrzt, with the supposed inten-
the least of it, sir, was an unfortniiate meas-,
ure, and very badly timed. ] look nponi
it, sir, solely and entirely as financial. If
consider that protection has nothing di-l
rectly to do with the question. I look at
it as the financial policy of the Secretary
of the Treasury, a policy of reducing the
revenues at the very time you are increas-
ing your expenses. Are we to adopt as
the only resource, the miserable, sl‘.it'tiiig,
rotten, borrow rig system of the govern-
ment of Mexico '2 It does seem to me that
in respect to out finances the two nations
are very much alike, sir. The only mate-
rial difference is, that they coerce there
people out of there money, and we are
trying the expedient of coaxing ours.—-
They coerce theirs and we coax our“.
VVitli the country in a state ofwur, what
system can be better adopted to prostrate
your finances than the peddling policy you
have adopted’! None, sir. lfour politi-
cal enemies, from :1 factions opposition
had succeeded in a time of war in passing
your present revenue system, they would
have deserved a more lasting infamy than
the Hartford Convention. But with our
eyes open, and the war in actr.ial.cxisteiice,
we have done it ourselves. But shall we
persist in the error? You find your
stocks running down from 115 to 98. Do
you not see that you must abandon your
ground if the war goes on? You may
now retreat with some prospect of repar-
tation; but if you persist in this system
on must at length abandon it in disgrace.
Wfhat has the Sec’try of the Treasury pro-
posed to us as a means of augmenting the,
revenues’! A little paltry tax on tea andi
coffee. This is all the revenue measurei
that we have received; and that is all that
he could give consistently with his deter-
mination to maintain the act of ’-1-()’.
Mr. Niles then referred to the English,
system of duties, upon which, in part, the’
act of ’4-6 was urged upon Congress. The
English government raised its twenty two
millions of pounds sterling‘, from the cus-
toms, almost all from fl\'C- or six articles,
such as tea, coffee, sugar and tobacco. it
is certain there is a standard beyond which
your revenues will diminish. But it
just as certain that the lower you descend
from that standard, the more you diminish
your revenues. The cliaiiman of finance
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calls this “anticipating" the rcveniics. I
auppos- he intends the or'dinary expenses
of the government hereafter to pay tlicm-
selves. [Laughten] It is now certain
that we-iniust have another year of _war,
and it is a. primary duty to replenish and
“And the third :it’igcl sounded, and there
fell a great star from heaven, buriiing as it
were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part
oftlie rivers, and upon ilic fouiifaiiis ‘ ’
Waters;
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181;’)--l.i,ai‘iil the balance on the first of
.’i..:_t- last. iii-. 5-1;...-4 of G601’;-‘ltt, offe Cd ai
Qloint liesolution (‘ircciiiig the l”i‘esiv.lcntl
to procure gold and silver medals for tlici
ofliccrs and inert of the .l.l‘r(‘.l:('ll, Spanisli:
“And llle “”m0 ‘-’f llfe 5m" l3 "~“ll*‘(l¢_aiitl Eiiglisli \'cs.~tels of war, who aideil inj
VVoro'iwood; and the third part of the wa- f ,~c5c,,;,.,.fi.- 11,5 ._.,C.,,,,,e,, of [he }3,.;.D,. S0,,.,c,.S__t
tcrs became worinwood: and many men
died of the waters, because they were
made bitter.”
An effort is to be made to have S‘\'t‘t‘t-
(use incorporated as a city. lt has, inclu-
(llnf-' Salina, about 111- 000 iuliabitants.
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A-.':'§t'uE o§‘3.Eac §t3iihvea'iii§;a.
The following; are extracts from fort-igii:
papers by the llibcrniii.
'l'lic1’resitlei' ’s .‘v§essag‘c gives a hope--
ful assurance tfit the American 'l‘arifl', so 0 co to the east batik of the Rio Grandc
far as regards Britisl'i goods, will be n'i:iin- I which was negatived by a vote of:Z8 to 190.
tained, and has given the Eiiglisli manu-
facturers a clicerfiil prospect for their trade V Treasury Note bill were agreed to.
for the coming spriiig.
Mr. O’Coiinell is looking feeble, and it
is said to be fast assuming the cliariicter
of extreme old age.
Several slight shocks. of eartliqiiakcs';l\"li'. ilopkins to close the debate at one to
have lately been felt in the neighborhood:
of Marseilles.
Home has been visited by lCt't‘ible inun-
dations; the distress is great; the amount,
of property destroyed is sciious. Tlie
new pope has mitigated their liardsliips by
his purse and his personal cxertioiis.
'l he cond-ition of Ireland continues to be
the absorbing object of attention. Day af
l.Gl'(.l:1_V the distress continues to increase,
and famine is doing the work of Death in
various parts of the country.
, A pension of l0() pounds a year has
been oflered by the Government t.o Father
t\’liit.lie\v. 'l‘he suffering population in the
Higlilniirls, and islands of Scotlancl is esti-
mratcd at 100,000. A cou.~iderable supply
0 potatoes has t1l'l‘l\'(.’(.l in London, from
Hoiland.
l he pope. has reduced the duty on the
ezpoit. and import of grain into the Roman
doiiiinions.
It plan of n.at.ional ediication is said to
be in preparatiori by the British Govern.
ment.
The Deceniber overland
tranquility in lndia.
Twelve tlioiisaiitl men are to be added
totlic British army.
Louis Pliillippc is said to have proposed
:1 Congress of European nations,
Abd-el-Kader is said to have proposed
mail reports
sustain the treasury.
to inake peace with France.
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,rnent for the fiscal year, wliicli was read’
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passe l. ,
Mr. lfoiiston reported a bill inii?.ingap-‘
pl‘.Opl'lL1ll0l’tS for the Post (ltlice Depart-;
Tlic bill to increase the pay of and grant
bounty lurid to the i'egulars and voluiitcers
of the Army was finally passed as amen-
(l(:(l._ ]7l Li) til.
ill r. Sclicnck moved a suspensioii of the
rules to introduce his resolution relative
to the witlidraival of our troops from Mexi-
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'l‘lie two Senate amendments to the
The I-louse then went litl.0_COll'lIT1llt€C
of the \Vl'iole. on the Naval Appropriation
bill. After debate the Committee rose
witliout any action-—pcnding it motion by
inorrow, the House ad_journed.
TI{lJRSD;\\', Jan 28.
There is nothing of sufiicient iriterest
here to hang a paragraph upon. 'l he
House has been laboriously erig'gcd all
day in doing nothing; and in tlie Senate
no action has been taken upon the Army
bill.
The most eager defender of the Admin-
istration iri the [loose is l.‘v'ir. \\’iek of lo-
diana, but a sliort time since a professing
\Vt.ig. file boldly declared yesterday that
he would stand by all the measii res of the
President, a delerinination be illustrated
last session by voting for the River and
f*larl:ior bill, and afterivai'd voting to sustain
the President for vctoing it. He" endeavors
t.o efliice the incinory of his recent conver-
sion, iii exaggerated zeal for the success
of the party he has embraced. I am tol.-l
by a locofoco friend of his that there is a
strong probability of his defeat at the next
election. if so, his attachment to the
President need not be wondered at. He
is not the sole member of the dominant_
party here who, destitute ofpopular confi-
dence, invests all his hopes in the good
wt l of the President.
The Loan Bill, having passed the two
Holmes: Guvernrnent will have no farther
“eed 0l,'ll_1e.lI' services, and it is therefore
not surprising that its organ rnakcs the
,,,,.,,,,,,-;,,l of his ,,,,,,-,0 or (me. [5 hm the tion of ();‘~C‘lilll_'__T coinniunications with Gen-
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\=, ax; 0; the ll'zltt$£_Tl't'.‘S>’()l'S liaidl _cia: lay t\)l".i.ll'. . i. tot ..i. lioin tn 0 to tli.ec
_ __ _ A ,ll'.0tiSt‘il](l illexican troops were between
"‘-- ' ~s-r .7‘: -. V. ' .0 ' Ia .
I]-Iv”, .,ycS,.0,.,~(,,,.S___vyhG h,,,,C,.S he, Hi1,,,,._~, lanipico in‘.-.l \ lélflllfl, \\-llll \\ lll(.ll it “as
,,h,, h,.h;_g mme ,,,,h,h,} ,.,Q,,.s cU,.,Ce,.,,h,g siipposed Gen.‘ .;.liicltls iniglit .l:.'tVe anen.
the Nestorians. Mai‘ Yohrinnan, the l\ics-,.‘:-’ji‘£-.1‘9"‘9l’l'- ld*‘°9_f‘{"l°‘-‘ ‘Cll"‘,l1'1"'grEl l‘l.”"
torian Bishop who visited Ni;-w Plai=eii l’“’° “‘lm‘3L"“€' ,9” ”‘e“_' fl“ 3‘“l?l°°
_.,Om,_, yc,,,,.S ago, had been ,-,,,,,.,a}Cd ,,“,.Cll‘i1L‘il‘lv"(3i. was amply siipplid with Ame: can
by Bcdcr Kan Hey. The Nestorizin p:is- ll‘eEc""1nfl’5e' _
tors had oil poured over their bodies, and‘ ({‘’l' K“l_“93' Slams llml l'”'_‘ '1‘-’-“C0” f‘”'°e
tl}en1-Ongtcd before ,, 510“. {;,-e .,,,,;d_, .he at San Luis, :irnoiints to thirty thousand
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_;ccrs and savage yells of their '.()1'.l't”t€l".'.Cl‘$- l“Cn,j ‘”,iL1,'C,c_,tL‘¥.ir'n:‘-‘fi_‘_5 Hf”, Cnme f(,’Il,ce
Sixty seven villages have been laid waste, ”‘ i '9 J9‘ ,‘; ll} '°”5““‘ lm’"' ‘C
,,,,d ’eh,ht1._u,,d,.ea Ch,.;St;.,..,,. hm ,0 demh cariture of lampico, he says, had created
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h,‘,,(,,.,,,,.eS,1,y,l,e M,,h,,,,,e,h,,,S_ ,\e,,hL.,,. tot gieatest c_\citcnicnt tliio..ghout the
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women nor children were spared in this “Z”““.V- C‘°_‘”e"}l5 l;“ll5"' “ mll‘ and
. .. .. . . :\‘vool had at .‘{tlflll() 0l"lttll)()t:S:1n(l men
saxage buttliciy. . _v er ‘ i
' ~cens-itlei'etl the flower oi the .-‘.rniy. Lol.
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‘vi (3 learn that the Bridgeport Express ,lr:lll_:"1e3"mS:f“:C':31‘”':‘Le'2f_fi',,’,:)°l"G‘;:’ec:1:
of Messrs. Mead do Co. has been i'i:-contiii- ,. " ¢' , ‘ ‘ ““. ‘, .' ‘ °
- ,_ , -_ ; , i lavlor and l'attei'son, witii six thousand
tied in consequence of Lien not being :il.-.e- -A EV. t . . . 7 H, X 1.
- , - 9 "re '1 ': \\“‘l‘i1l’t- o" >'* '0
to eflcct an arrangcmerit with tli - {-1. ii. R -g,lC::>(:,‘c0t‘t ‘C 0“ ‘a ‘l o '~ ° 1 m
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Co. to run over the road to \Ve.-‘t Stock-, ___:________._
bridge. The President and St2p8l'i:‘ilCtt(l-E Fail Case of i‘.~."tzz'c~zile.—-Vi (2 learn from a
cot refused the grant on the grouiid lll:}t:,'___3’Cl1tl('.‘n'lt1litU day, says the l’alladii.=in of
l?.xpresscs liada tendency to check travcl," 30th i.lt., from Middlcmwii tl.a': a lad,
and otherwise injure the business of the, whose family narne is Allison, and who is
mad. ionly twelve years ‘of age, committed sui-
-V lcide yesterday morning, at Midtlletown
The more quietly and peace:.bl_v we . ll,Upper Houses, by liangiiig himself. He
get on the bcttei-—the better for our‘ was taken from his bed, in the n.oi'..ing, ly
ii;-iglibors. In nine cases out of ten theliis fatlter a d punished for some offence.
wisest policy is——if aiiinan cheats you, quit:
dealing with him; if he is abusive, quitl
his coinpany; if. he slanders you, take.
Imter from. Rio Jone.-'ro.—We learn,
says the N. Y. Journal of Commerce of
care to live so that noliodv will believe hirn - the doll‘ ”ll- fml“ C“f'l' Wmllv "f Slllll C““‘
no matter who he is, or how he inisn.-es “Ht (‘Om R‘) ‘I'l”e'mi Le“ ~Ollla llldt “-9
3,0,,’ ,he Wises, “,,,y is g9,,e,_,,,h, ,0 ,e, him - 'C:tllfUr1:l:! E:\'Tl:f9fllllUl1 sailed ftgrn Iiio the
alone; for there is iiotliiiig better tliiin ‘Ellie? lm,H Oi. ilmiembm" A rlulllber of sol’
this cool, calm, quiet ivay of deciliiio \\’ltllldierS l’e“’“.-‘_-""§-’ lo llle 9-‘°'lle“°” had ileseri
,hC “,,,O,.,gS we meet ‘’ ;l(‘(l, and were seeking ciirployinciit iii the;
“ - shipping‘ at l-iio. The U. S. :'e.~iineii lia
;.r,-pg,-,,,,,-a Se,,,.A.,0,._,,‘_vp,,e ,.,,mm,,, in; been liberated. l\'otl;irig new hail trans-
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the U. S. Senate occasioned by the deatli.l'““-d ”—l*‘“‘e W 01“ -lt1“l=i0l'5 “ml the
of lllr. PCl1ll\'l')l1(‘.l{el' has been filled lii,',B‘““Zlll“"‘“ z-‘,"0‘-"3"‘ll”f'_"’_l_-_H _
J=‘~”7€‘-‘ 011- ll"-ll!-W“. \\'l10 was elected 0“ lltel 'f‘iie President afi'oi-dc-cl “aid and com-
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,'*'i.\](]hOn 97, Ll}(D0\‘ 19,. fort 7 to enen-‘Y, “b3r glvlng a,
He is a Democrat in politics, but voted
against the Sub Treasury at its first intro-
di.iction.
ing that “coriifort” by denouncing the Gen-
eral of the American forces! As the
President gave Santa Anna his freedom,
we should not be surprised to find him try.
ing to balance the account by irnpi'isoniiig
Gen. 'I‘aylor!—-fllb. E7,-e. Join-.
T/Ie Earl of EIgi'n.——'l‘liis distingiiislied
gentleman, who has been appointed Gov.
General of Canada and who carize out in
the _Hibernia, has been received with up-
propriate honors in Boston. He visited
the State House on Monday, and each of
the branches of the Legi.-rhitnre during
their sessions, and also other objects of‘
intercsjt in tlie_'.cit35,..acc,ompanied _ by His
Gen. Gaines is in \Vasbington and ad-
mits that the private letter from Gen. Tay
lor,,\vhich has attracted so much attention
was addressed to, and published by him.
His conduct, (says the Courier and Enq.)
was both unmilitary and idisrespec'ful-—it
declaratjoii that there will be no extra ses-
Silmllels 19- S-llmmf—‘l'5 11 “lid -l0"95 ll-lGcneral; and now his fiiends are increas-‘
NoiiwA1.i<; GAZE’t‘%fE:
W’¢:diixi:s(ta.3', }Februairy 3, 18-17’.
S'l‘A’l‘E OFFICERS
F or the llS'IliIlg-Year.
I-‘OR Gov)-:Ri\'on,
CLARK BISSELL, of Norwalk.
1-‘or. Lii-:U'r. c:m~'i-‘.11.-Von,
CHARLES J. M’CUR])Y, of Lyme.
~ FOR SECRF.'l‘.-\I‘.Y, ‘ ‘ '
JOHN D. ROBERTSON, of‘New Haven‘
I-‘O11 Tait.-isumzit, '
JOSEPH B. G'tLBl".'f‘t'1‘, of Hartford.
I-‘OR COl\"l‘ROLLX-IR,
ABIJAH CATLIN, of Harwintori.
' ‘he war with Mexico now engages ii large
‘share of public attention. In what liglitit. is
v'.ewed bytlio people, we have had many and
strikiiig c,v':doi'iccs. Doubtless the repeal of tl.ti
tariff of 1842 u.\‘.Cl‘lctl no sinall influence 1:; en
‘the clccti'or.s last Fall, lint that of itself was
lwholly ir_-adequate. to produce such a change in
ltlic popular st.-ntiinoiit as was then VVil.1'.'(’C$.“l'-‘I.-l
It. was the war—tl;o war coiizincizced by a h‘gh
i act of Executive 11E‘LiI'|I.‘i'liit'il‘. and carried on \''.th
ltlie ciiniinal iiitcnt cf cxtei.-diizg still wider the
curse ofslavery—tliat prodtzied th'.. g‘.'cr.ti'c-rc-
tion in public opinion. Iiititcd frcni the tine
when the report was first cii'<.-ulatod that Gin.
'l‘aylor had been ordered by Pt'(.‘S.1(.i(.‘lll Poll. to
advance with his little band to the Rio Grande
and take possession of Mesicziii soil, to the pres-
been widening and strengtheiiii:-g. In the free
states of the t'orth it has no advocatss-—it has
apologists but no general supporters. Men say,
we are involved in a war and there is no other
course left for us but to fight it through. \Ve
have made a bad bargain, and we“ must now
inalie the Lest of _it. This is the feeling of a
large niiijority ofthc people in the free states.
But the question arises ~u:Iicn will this war he
brought to a close, and after that the still more
iinportaut. question, what will be its ultimate cf-
fccts upon the integrity of the Union. As yet
Our ar-
inics have ovori'un and i't.-dizccd into possession a
izotliiug coinparativcly has been done.
large or-gtcnt of Mexicantcrritory——-but it is ter-
ritory thiiily inhabited and oflittle value to the
Mexican nation. V0 have fought. three battles
and in each giiincd ii victory unsurpassed in
people express a detorininatioii to hold out to
the last, and to the rather than submit to our de-
mands. Our success has thus far only served
to unite thcin still more firmly. \Ve are no
nearer to a peace now than we were six months
ago. This state of things forcibly recalls to our
iinind the Court boasts which were made by
' the "Uiiion,” and re-echoed by tho locofoco
press all over the country, that the great valley
ofthc '\\'est would_ pour out its thousands, who
in less than six nioiitlis from the comiiieucc-
inciit‘ of the war \\’01}l(l revel in the Halls of the
iV.fOlli€‘.’/itllllils. Alas.’ for huinan predictions.
The Halls of the Mont:-zuiiias still staiid——the
Mexican Pttiioll is united H"«'1lllSl3 us even to fa-
iiat.icisin——Siiiita Anna is in the field at the head
of a large and well disc'ipliiicr_l army, disputing
our furthc.r advance into M exico—~and our own
troops, from the wantof necessary supplies and
nuiiibcrs, are compelled to rcinaiii inactive (lu-
ring this, tho only fit season for cticctive warfare
in that. country. The adiiiiriistration at home
has shown itself wholly inefficient for conduc-
ting ii war even against the “cowardly Mexi-
cans.” At a time when moiioy was most need-
-ed for the prosccutioii ofthe war, itdiiniiiished
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the revenues from which the nionc'y was to be
obiaiiied. \Vhen credit. was lllflili needed, it;
destroyed that credit by inal-:ing war upon the
capital and moneyed iristZtut.ioiis of the country.
\Vlien soldiers were needed, it commenced in
base and urigenerous attack upon the brave and
gallant General who had saved ‘our forces from
what most men considered inevitable destruction,
and achieved two ofthe most brilliant victories
on record. \Ve allude of course to Gen.Ta_vlor
and to the attack which was made upon him by
loccfcco Representatives it short time ago_
Sni'cly party iriaidncss never went beyond this.
In view of these facts, then, what ought to be
done, what iiiiist be done if we ever hope to ob-
tain peaco. One of two things. Our forces
niust be witlidriiwn, or we must prepare for a
\Vemust
vc must:
irzorc vigorous prosecution ofthe war.
suliiiiit to the disgrace of failure, or
cr.-izqucr Mexico. A harsli altcriiativc, but one
that has been forced rqtoti us by James K. Polk
and his ac’.visers.
Itis not for a monicnt: to be supposed that our
forccs will be witlidrawn, or the attempt‘ to
“conquer peace,"as it has been tor ted, given
.up. Indeed although we ft lly believe that the.
war was UllllCC(‘SSfll‘_')’, and might have been avoi.
idea], yet iiow that it is begun, it must be carried
tlirougli. Mexico must be brought to terms,
_and tliat as quickly as possible. Money and
l men must be furnished to accoinplisli this result.
It is the only course consistent with National.
» honor. It is now too late to retreat. What;
will be the probable effect of this course, our
limits will not allow us to point out, and we defer
the consideration ofthat; topic to a future num-
ber.
Jlfi/ce ll/'al3Ii, makes some very amusing decli1r-
ations in the Y. Assembly, but. perhaps no
more amusing than graphic and truthful. On
the 28th, while the $10,000 outfit: bill was up.
Mike stated that many of the ineiribers from
New York city were indebted for their seats to
their obscurity. He was indebted for his to his
notoriety. As to the war he hinted that the
\Vhigs had furnished the gcnerals—the Demo-
crats the coloriels and captains——leaving it to the
Subterranea as to supply the privates (a laugh ;)
and ifnn officer gets killed, his widow gets a.
pension; while, if a 'private gets his brains
knocked out, his wife can take to washing (a.
laugh.) " i '
Tho Hiberhia had -$32,600,000 in’ specie, con-
Honor the lllayor. is :i grcatwrong to Gen. Taylor.
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sigiicd to nicrchaiits in New York and Boston.
ent inonicsnt, the uiipopularity ofthis war has_
niodcrii war——yet the Mexican Government and ,
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