\
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Sevcn days later from Europe,
Great Distress in Ircla.nd—Deat/is by Slur-
vatz'on—Ca:ton Steady — Eazcitement in I/re -
Com Jldarket-'—.«Yd'v,ance in. W’/lea: and
Corn.
By the arrival at New York, of the packet
ship Admiral from Havre, European‘ news has:
been received, seven days later than by former
arrivals, bringing the dates downitothe 9th, 10th
and 11th from London, Paris and Havre, re-
spectivoly.
The civil war in Portugal is turning in
favor of the Queen. '
._ Very large purchases of maize, or Indian
com, the produce of the Danube, having
been made at Malta, by the Deputy coin-
missary general to the forces, the same is
being converted into meal at the naval
mills, for shipment to Ireland. The com-
uiissary has also bought, but in smaller
quantities, beans and barley, likewise for
shipment to lreland.
Joseph John (Jurney, who has been so
long before the world in the character of
s philanthropist, died at Norwich on Mon-
day, 4.-th January.
Until the German Catholics can erect a
church for their own worship, the Galvan-
ists of Hamburgh have “generously, lent
them theirs. Nevertheless, the censors
have refused permission to M. Rouge to
print his sermons. They have, however,
been published in the Grand Duchy of
Holstein. Among the persons who have
abjured Romanism and become German
Catholics is Madame Fehring, a young
actress of real talent, attached to the Grand
Theatre of Hamburg. '
Accounts from New Zealand report the
dispersion and capture of some of the na-
tive forces by the British.
It is discovered that the city of London
has been sinking gradually for some years.
The water in the Thames is rising in the
same ratio.
A deputation of merchants have waited
on Lord John Russell requesting a reduc-
tion of the duty on tea.
Ireland.—Uutrages on the public works
are rife. The public works have been sus-
pended in the parish of Roan, Clare Co. in
consequence of an attack having been
made upon the principal overseer in that
parish, because he was a stranger in that
district.
The condition of the :country around
Cork is most appalling, starvation being
universal, deaths from want of food fre-
quent, and fearfully on the increase, whilst
despair has seized upon the public mind
the apparent indisposition of the govern-
ment to exert itself for the preservation of
the people.
The prices of food have now-risen to a
point which places it far beyond the reach
even of those amongst the labpring classes
who are employed, and this most. unfortu-
nate condition is mainly attributable to
the obstinate refusal of the government to
establish food depots throughout the coun-
try, and to the discouragment given by it
at an early period to the procuration of
food from funds raised by private subscrip-
tions and by its refusal to aid any funds
applicable to the object of lowering the
prices of food even to the poor and the
destitute.
A Roman Catholic clergyman (the Rev.
Mr. Begley), at arecent meeting in Bantry
said—“WhenI call to my recollection the
scenes that I have witnessed within the
last few weeks,when I have seen those who
were hole and strong struck down by fam- ‘
inc and disease, the young and the old hur-
rying onto eternity, and that induced and
brought on, I will say, by the unfortunate
misgovernment of this country, by the
want of paternal sympathy for tl.e people,
by not timely interfering and rescuing a
generous, y noble, and a devoted people
--when I see all those sacrificed—when I
see that we are placed in this position,
tnat even the men employed upon the
roads, scanty as that labor is, cannot sits-
tain themselves by their daily hire, even
for one day, when I remember all this, I
cannot but be deeply affected. I have re-
cord of the facts, and I could give you the
names of the individuals-—I know men to
be working two entire days upon the pub-
lic roads without ever tasting a morsel of
food (great sensation)——I know many of
their families obliged to go to bed for two
successive nights without tasting a morsel
of food.
A state of things has now come upon
us, and officials have been travelling the
length and breadth of the land, and they
can no longer plead these excuses for the
neglect of the people. I therefore charge
them befor God and man with the neglect
of a fine people,‘ whose heatt’s blood would
be shed in defence of of that Government,
who would risk everything in displaying
t.lieir allegiance and affection for the Gov-
ernmcn, if they had extented to them rea-
sonable and timely relief. ‘Within the last
week 48 deaths have occurred, and out of
that_4-8 I will say, and it is my firm can.
viction that 30 persons have died by the
sliding scale of starvation.
Proceeding on their favorite principles
of political economy, they have given the
people some trifling employment, hug,
gracious mercy, what does that avail, when
I tell you that the people employed on the
roads are in a state of starvation’-—when
they cannot, from their scanty earning,
derive one substantial meal in twenty four
hours I And when this is the case regard-
ing them, what must be the condition of
the thousands that receive no employment
—-who rise in the morning with the dreary
prospect of not being able to provide
themselves or their families with a morsel
of for-1d—_who go to bed with heavy hearts,
ariticipatirig but a recurrence or the same
privations for the next day——who are ready
and willing to labor, but no employment
for them. There is neither compassion
nor sympathy for their condition—they
are hurrying on fast from this land of mis.
cry and woe--they are hurrying on fast
to their last homes; and, certainly it may
be:snid of them in their present condition,
that death has no sting nor the grave any
victory over them. Isay, if things pro-
its present policy—-I am no prophet, be-
cause you will foresee i_t——we will have
the whole laud depopulated, we will have
the whole country a desert, our people
banished to a premature and untimely
grave, and the land an abode of misery,
l horror, and desolation.
A terrible disease, almost amounting to
a plague, has broken out in some of the
poor houses in Ireland. The deaths in the
work house of Scariff, County Clare. f"°"‘
this cause averages from four to twelve
daily. ' i -
The Cork Examiner sums up the state
of things in the neighborhood of Skibbeb
een— '
“In the parish of I{ilmoc,,_ 14- died on
Sunday; 3 of these were buried in coffins,
11 were buried without covering than the
rags they wore when alive. One gentle-
man, a good and charitable man, speaking
of this case, says—"l‘he distress is so ap-
palling, that we must throw away all feel-
ings of delica-‘y ;’ and another suys—‘I
would rather give Is. to is starving man
than 45 6d. for a coffin.’
“l-1-0 died in the Skibbercen worlihouse
in one month: 8 have "died in one day!
And Mr. McCarthy . Don ning ptates, that
‘they came into the house iiierely and
solely for the purpose of getting a cotfin.’
“Rev. Mr. Clancy visits a farm, yind
there, in one house, ‘be administered the
last rites of religion .to six persons.’ On a
subsequent occusion,he ‘prepared for death
a father and a daughter lying in the same
bed.’
“Rev. Mr. Caulfield sees ‘13 members of
one family lying down in fever.’
"Rev. M r. Fitzpatrick retires to rest at
3 o’clock in the morning, and rises after a
couple of hours’ heavy sleep. It is the
same with his coadjutors.
“Dr. Donovan solemnly assures apublic
meeting that the people ‘are dropping in
dozens about them.’
“Mr. Marmion says that work on the
public road is even more destructive than
fever; for the unfed circulation, and they
drop down from the united effects of cold
and hunger———never to rise again.
“Mr. t\lcCarthy Downing proclaims a
fact damning the character of the Skib-
bereen landlords. For two months past,
the Secretary of the ReliefCommittee has
been importuning the landlords of the dis.
trict; and with Wllfll N-‘lsllll, llllllli you,
reader! One of f0Ut‘ P‘“'l5lle‘5»°°mPTising
tli-.- relief district, but nine subscriptions
have been received, after two months‘ beg.
ging. Mr. Downing excepts those land-
lords who reside in the town, whose con-
tributions have been generous——even cx-
cessive.”
By way of climax may be added the fol-
lowing horrible relation from the Cork
Constitutional:
“Going into the hotel yard, I perceived
an unfortunate woman rush by me and
take up some fish guts which lay in it fetid
pool, and retiring she ate them ravenously.
On getting out side the gateway, she reel-
ed for a few paces and then fell; but,
while lying exhahsted on the street, with
the most savage fi-rocity she continued to
gnaw the disgusting entrails.”
The English press it is said, are studi-
ously concealing the condition of the
people. ~
'1 he landlords of Cavan recently held a
meeting to devise measures for releiving
the furnishing people of that country.
An office has been opened in London to
grant letters of marque and reprisal. accor-
ding to decrees of the Mexican govern-
ment against the United States. Three
privnteers have. it is said, already been
dispatched. The rates of insurance by
American vessels have in consequence
been increased.‘
The Sirius steamer waslost on the Irish
coast, on the 15th ult. Twelve ofthe crew
and passengers were drowned in attempt-
ing to get on shore.
Fra7zce.—The papers are naturally oc-
cupied with thc approaching session of the
the rumored schism in the opposition on
the subject of the Montpensier marriage
question.
.Polrmd.—-By an order of the Imperial
Government, Poland has really ceased to
exist, and is to be incorporated with the
Russian Empire. Vvnrsatv is in a state of
consternation.
The Russian General Rudiga now occu-
pies the frontiers of the old republic of
Cracow with 10,000 troops. Austria is
alarmed at thss movement.
The Hartford Times says that “Clark
Bissell is a Federalist of the old school--—
a regular out-and-outer; of the straightest
logwood dyes which was}; out but of a per-
manent indigo blue, of the deepest slmcle."
We presume, per contra, that Thomas T.
VVhité]esey’s old Federalism was of the
“logwood dye,” being “washed out.”—
His Democracy, according to the testimo-
ny of his neighbors and friends, was cer-
tainly not “dyed in the wool.”—JournaI.
lignant character, rages; and ulso:a dis ase
—-for which we know no term, but of.
equally fatalconsequences-—has made its!
appearance. It attacks the lips first, which,
ffi’5lf3l'. and then the stomach, somewhat?
similar to English cholera; so tmich so,_
‘hat We have heard of a great number of
P?l‘8°ns having fallen victims to this latter
disease.”
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'5 R‘”i””l °fR°figion prevails in Bristol
R. I. Up to Sattirdaydast, fifty persons’
or more had united with the Methodist
church in that place. The Phoenix add,
that meetings have been held at all me
different churches nearly every evening
and have been well attended. ’
The Senate of Ohio has refused, 20 to
13, to repealthe odious black laws of that
Sltlffii by which blacks and mulattos are
denied the rights and prileges of whites in
C0.Ut‘_ts of.lustice. The vote was nearly
.s*r.-:52 as they a'rc—-ifgnvernmcnt continue
.11; party one ; but three Whigs voting with
Clambers, and their tone tends to confirm:
scct, dyed in the wool, not one of your.
Epz'dem.2Tc (Iiseasrs in Irelam1.—'l‘he Mayo, territory for the expenses of this war ; in
Constitution says, “Tvphus fever of a ma-l
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LATER FROM THE.ARI\I-Y.
By the steamer Mcliim and Alabama
advices are brought to New Orleans, with
dates from Galveston to 29th, and Brazos
to 31st ult. General Worth, with his com-
mand, arrived at the_ Brazos via Cnmnrgo,
on the 23d. Generals Scott and Worth
hrs to have command of the main and reg-
ular nrmy, now concentrating: at Tampi-
co. or some place in its neighborhood.—-
New recruits were mastering and rendez-
vous being made on the Island of Lopas,
60 mi'es south of Tampico. The opinion
is almost universal that the movement is
to be against Vera Cruz. It is understood
that this place is to be invested by land
and water.
Col. I-larney, with five companies of
Dragoons was expected at Matnmoi-as on
the ‘Nat ult. on which day Col. Duncan
arrived tlrere.
Gen. Taylor returned 7'to'=- Monterey to
remain at the latter place in command of
the volunteers. His orders to this effect
proceed from Gen. Scott, who now holds
the chief command.
Gen. Wool is in command of Snltillo
-sion Bill was passed.
and the neighborhood with it force of 3,000_
men. The country from Reynosa, Comor-
go and Mier through to Monterey, is filled
with mnrauding Mexicans and robbers.
Col. liarney had been arrested by Gen 3
Scott for disobedience of orders, and was;
to he tried immediately by Court Murti:il.l
Gen. VVorth is said to be quite tm\vcll.;
Gen. Scott and stnffwere at .Brr.zos, but!
it was thought they would sail in a few
days for Tampico. The first Pennsylv.-i-_,
riia Regiment arrived at Brazos all well.
They had orders to sail to Lopas. Gen.i
Patterson arrived at Tampico on the 22d"
with 4,500 men. Guns. Twig_qs, Quitmnn
and Pillo\v’s command being incliided.
The steamer Cinciiinntti was lost on the
22d, near Tampice.’
Remarkable Pre.serv::tioIi.—Dea. Lewis
Sears, of this town, had a narrow eseiipe,=
on 'lues(luy of last week. He had just
passed the bridge at Owcnsville, when a
person who was blasting a rock, put fire
to a charge. Looking up, M r. S. saw two
fragments of the rock coming down, one
oftbein directly over his head. He leaned
forward, placed his hands over his head,
for its protection, and as he did so, the
fragment came down, cutting through the
folds of his overcoat, and passing through
the side of his horse to the ground, break-
ing two ribs, and causing thefdeath of the
animal. Mr. Scars escaped uuliurt. The
stone weighed 21 pounds.—Dan. Times.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys
them not, is like an ass that carries gold
and eats thistles.
.N'ob/e Sentz'n.cnt.—When Sir VV. Scott
was urged not to prop the "falling credid
of an acquaintance, he replied: “The man
was my friend when friends were few ;—
and will be his, now that his enemies are
many ”
The Louisville Journal says that in the
Mexican war, about 3000 citizens of the
Unit--d States have already been killed-
wét/tout counting ./llr. Polk.
Clcricnl.-——The place of Higbee at
Trinity Church is to be filled during his
abscence to Europe by Rev. Dr. Haight_
' CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, Feb. 8.
Quite :1 lively excitement was “got up”
in the HOUSE to day by a Resolution of
Judge Douglass, to expel the ‘Union’ Re-
porters.
His charge against these reporters was.
that they had rendered a garbled. insulting
and untrue report of the speech of his
colleague, » r. Wentworth, on Saturday
last, by which it was attempted to hold
that distinguished gentleman up to public
ridicule.
After an ineffectual attempt to lay the
resolution ofJudge Douglass on the tnble,,
his motion \\ as modified so as to refer the‘
whole matter to a committee of five, who‘
should investigate and report thereupon.;
'l his affair being thus arranged, thel
_House resolved itself into it committee of
lthe whole House, on the $3,000,000 loan:
--——-which Mr. C. J. lngersoll supported.
amendment, after Mr. Ingersoll had fin-
ished. l
of tlte Union.
the subject of slavery.
ftle for the slave. lie had opposed thel
,Abolitionists in his District, and should‘-
lstill continue to oppose them. The Dem-
ocrats at the North cared nothing for sla-i
very as it now existed; they only wished-
to prevent its extension.
He advocated the ueqpisition of n'-w=
_territoiy,ai'id adopted Col. Sevier’s dec--
laration, that we must have indemnity in
other words, he might have said, that al-
'though we provoked this war by one rob-
bery, we must not finish it without another
and greater one.
The North, he said, always conceded to
the South; always bowed to its wishes.
For one, he would do it again, were the
question but of compromise or concession:
but a question of abstract right like this,
hecould not concede.
Mr. \Vilmot’s speech was more than
anything else, an apology to the slave-
holder for the entertainment of free opin-
ions.
He was succeeded b
York.
Gen. Chipman, after some trouble, stic-
ceeded in obtaining the floor, and denounc-
efl dPmt_|g0guism. He thought the whole
discussion upon this question arose from it
Plelended regard for a “handful of (learn-
ded Africans." B
In the SENATE, Messrs. Morehead and
Huntington made excellent speeches on
y Mr Strong of N.
the fnajorit .
this same question of the $3,000,000 loan.
Mr. ‘N. said that when he introduced‘
his amendment last session, there were no,
such fears excited as those now expressed i semen of lldr. R. was untrue ,- :the New lq,,i,_i,,g ,, d,.,m._,;,,,, 0,6,. the HO,,S,,,0,,,c__,,nd
—nothing was then said of the dissolution ;Y0fl<€I' replied that no man should accuse‘
ihim of untruth, and it is believed that the
He had no squeamish sensitiveness onf
I-le cared but lit-7
Tucson’, Feb. 9.
In the SENATE, the Revolutionary Pen-,
The Three" Million Bill was taken up.
Mr. Calhoun spoke an hour in explunationj
of his views upon the war. He was in;
favor ofabandoning all offensive opera-*
tions, and establishing a line, commencing
at the mouth of the Rio Grande, thence
up the river to El Pnsso, thence due west,
striking the Gulf of California near is
head, and holding this line, uctiiig alto-
gether on the defensive. In addition, he
was for establishing Custom Houses at
ports now in our posses.-ion, and levy iug
moderate duties to meet all the expenses
of holding the line proposed, which would
be about two millions and a quarter of (l0l--
lars per annum. One fort at the mouth of
the river, another at Cainnrgo,and a thiid
at El Pusso, would be all that would be
necessary, and five regiments could main-
min the line. He was not in favor of.
holding this line permanently, but stthjecti
to ii treaty of peace He thought this
policy would incline Mexico to peace.
Gen. Cass then obtained the floor, and
the bill was postponed until to morrow.
In the I-Iousi-:, Mr. Douglass offered a
Resolution expelling James A. Houston,
the Reporter of the Union, be having lastl
evening published a card assuming in total
the responsibility of the report in the;
Union of Saturday. After it spirited de-3
hate, the resolution was rejected ll to l3l.|
The Three Million bill was then taltenl
up; the House went into Committee of
the \Vhole, and were addressed by Messrs.
Cobb and Broadhead in opposition to
\Vilmot’s proviso, and Messrs. Dickson
and Rnthbun in favor of the proviso.
A new Committee of Conference was
appointed on the Ten Regiment Bill.
\Vr-znivi-:sD.u', Ii'eb. 10.
In the SENATE, the Judiciary Committee
reported the Oregon Territorial Bill with
sundry amendments.
Mr. Yiilee offered a resolution to exclude
the editor of the Union newspaper from
the floor of the Senate for an attack upon
the dignity of that body, in an article in
his paper of the 9th inst. upon the Army
Bill; and also to exclude the reporters of
that paper for a one sided report of the
said bill. Mr. Yuiee asked the immediate
consideration of the resolution.
After some debate, the “hole subject
was postponed until to morrovv.
The three million peace l.ill was then
taken up, and Mr. Cass spoke at length
upon it. He was in favor of a vigorous
pr. secution ofthe war, and opposed to the
plan laid down by Mr. Calhoun. He
thought Mr. Calhoun’s defensive plan more
expensive than an off:-nsive or.c, and it
would protract the war rather tlzan lead
to speedy termination.
The report of the Committee of Con-
ference on the Ten Regiment Bill was,
after a spirited debate concurred in, adj.
ln the House, Mr. Seaman reported a
bill to make Brooklyn a Port of Entry;
rend twice and referred to the Comuiittee
of Commerce.
Mr. Wasliington I-lunt reported a bill.
for the relief of lrelund—rend twice and
referred to the Committee of the VVhole.
The Committee of the VVhole then took
up the Three Millon bill. Speeches were
made by Messrs. Kaufman, Foote, l4rinker-
hoff, Parri-s,of Ohio, and Wood of N. Y.
The Committee rose, and the report of
the Conference Comtnittec on the Ten
l
l
.
"Regiment bill was adopted. It gives the
President power to appoint officers of
regiments below the grade of field officers,
in the recess of the Senate, and without
the necessary subsequent confirmation of
the Senate. Adj.
Fnimi r, Feb. 12.
Mr. Ratlibun did not like the answer of
the Secretary of the Treasury to his reso-
lution of request for the names of secret
agents employed by the Treasury Depart-
ment in certain inexplicable duties, be-
cause the Secretary would not give the
names.
It seems, according to Barnburning ver-
sion, that these agents, some of whom are
established at Buffalo, Rochester, Si-nacn
Falls, made it one portion of their duty,
for which they were reimbursed out of the
Mr. Wilmot obtained thg floor on hisgTreasury of the,-United States, to interfere
directly and energetically in the lateGub-
ernatorial contest in our state against
Silas Wright.
To a remark ofJudge Bayly, that an as-,
offensive remark was recalled and inedi-
fied. ,
The editor of the Union being brought
before Senate on arraignment——not impro-
pria personfa. Mr. Turney made quite an,
onslaught upon Mr. Calhoun,cbarging this
whole war upon hitn as n conseduenco of-
the annexation of Mexii:o—a meastire
which the distinguislied Caroliniun had
accomplished.
-ble and venerated Patriot,
and Statesman.
ous sentiment rose to receive the venera-
Philanthropist
Mr. Johnson of Tenn.
who had occupied this session the former
seat of the Representative from Quincy,
escorted him to his chair. He relinquished
the seat to Mr Adams af:er having ad-
dressed him through the Speaker in a few
eloquent remarks; to which Mr. Adams
made an appropriate responsc——tliariking
Mr. Johnson for his (‘0Ul"IC'S_\', and (‘.\'pt't-ss-
ing to the House his great. satisiiictiuii
in meeting them again at his chcrislzc-cl
post. Members of both political parties,
with a common feeling of glndness, gath-
ered nround him and i('Il(lc'l'Cf.l their con-
gratulations on his recovery. M r. Adams
seems to have lost flesh but neither strength
of body or vigor’ of mind.
Hr Hudson of Mrrss. made an able
speech, exposing the absurdity of Execu-
tive pretensi«~ns, and deprecated the thre:it-
iiing increase of Executive power.
Mr. Stewart of Pa. made one of his most
able arguments during the debate.
In the S1-:N;.Tt:, there was some fl(‘li?l£‘-‘FS
of debate. Mr. Wescott of Fla. eu€1=1tZ€‘<i
the earnest attention ofthe Senate for up-
ward of an hour in a speech argiimentativc
and luscious. He had but little mercy for
the Presidents organ, and none at all for
the President, of whom he spoke in tei-iii.-
of no remarkable reverence. He said if
James K. Polk were now it candidate for
re election, he could not obtain the voti-
of asingle Congressional district in the
Union.
Mr. Wcscott had leen accustomed to
think himself a Democrat: he had bccu
and west, and the prospect is, that-woishiill
soon be better informed of the true locality of
this gt'eat‘work, in this vicinity, than» vveilhnvo
been, and have our suspicions confirmed, by
seeing lhe work commenced on the line now re-
ceiving the attention of the company".
The first instalment of $5 per share, is
payable 22d instant—$l0 more on the:22d
illarch, and an equal sum on~the-2‘2kl April.
We ure glad to see that the worL- isgoing
ztlseud thus promptly. _'I‘he R-ond ought to
be in operation in one year, and will be, if
stifiittient ericrgy is applied. ._The Chief
Eiigiiiecr, we understand, has been eliiefly
ncctzpied for some time past ' on the
Bridgeport section, particularly the bridge
over the Housatonic, the '(‘0lls’lt"ll(‘:l.l'0n’i of
which will occupy rnore"fiine than most
f)lltEl poations of the roud.——.N'. Y. Jour of
IMPORTANT FROM‘ MEXICO.
Letters from Anton Liztirdo, ‘20tli ulf. state
that the Mexican Congress on the 9th, nftérla
stormy session, approved the first section uftlio
bill autliorizing government to’ l'fllSb flftcen riiil-
lions ofdnllurs by hypotheciition or sul e ofrrertiiin
goods of the Church. Santa Anna opposed
stcrnly this incusurc, utid it is rumored that The
oppositinii so exasperated his soldiers, that they
shot him. This report requires confirmatioti,
but many circumstances render it not improba-
his. The army is in great distress.
The passages ofthe law created the greatest
excitement in the city of Mexico. The church-
es closed their‘ dcors, the ordinances of religion
ceased, and every indication of inourniug was
manifested, and tokens of resistance were evin-
educated as such: as such he had beet-
reputed. But modern democracy was an
enigma to him ; he comprehended none of
itsjargon. He thought there must be a disso-
lution of the party; and it might be hi.-
fute to inquire as did the distinguished Sen
ator from Mass. “Where am I to go!”
The cohesive power of public plunder
Mr. VVescott thought held the Democratic
party together now; so another distin-
guished gentleman thought and said some
years ago.
The speech commanded much attention
and was highly creditable to its author.
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STATE OFFICERS
For the Earsuirigg Year‘.
ron G0‘v'I-'.ll.\'0R,
CLARK BISSICLL, of Norwalk. '
r-‘on r.1i:u'r. GOVILRNOR,
CHARLES J. ;‘v'1’CURDY, of Lyme.
1-‘on sr:cIiE't'.sm',
JOHN B. ROBERTSON, of Netv Haven
FOR TREASURER,
JOSEPII B. GILBERT, of Hartford.
FOR COI‘a"1‘ROLLl-IR,
ADIJAH CATLIN, of Héiiwvinton.
New York and Nero Irfarcn R. I?0aa'.—As
everything on this subject is read with avidity
by many of our readers, we glean everyjlem of
information that comes within our reach.
ced by tlzose who were inclined to support. the
religious cstiiblisliinent. The Mexictin Congress
and tho I\Iexicnn press everywhere, appear to
be thoroughly roused ever to despair.
Tcnipcrance in Fair;/i'r.lzl C'o.—Tl:e County
meeting held at \Vestport some two or three
weeks since, was made up of delegates from 8
towns—Daubury. Noiwalk, N. CtlHllltR,Bl'l(Ig0-
port, Greenwich, '\Vestj:ort, \Vilton and \Ves-
ton. The Reports of the delegates exhibit, in
some of the towns, considerable progress in the
cause. In this town some 120 or 130 are sta-
ted to have taken the pledge. In \Vcstport, a
like number, and old Greenwich, which has
been us deeply cursed with ll’ll8lllf.(‘.l'tt!‘lC(’. as al-
most any other town in this vicinity, is under-
going a manifest cliaiige, and the cause of tem-
dsruuce gcnerally,in the towns represented, rip-
peurs to be inn wholesome state of progro on.
The following among other resolutions was
adopted by the convention:
I.’e.u.-Irerl, That a committee of‘ six be
appointed by this Focicty, to question the‘
candidates of the different parties for State
Clfftrcrs, and also those who may be nomi-
nated for Senators from this County, as to
their veiws of the right, and duty, of pro-
hibiting by law, the sale of intoxicating
liquors as a beverage and that the report
of this Committee. together with answers
ofthe candidates be published, at the car-
liest period in the Fountain, and be offer-
ed for publication, to all the political pa-
peis in this State.
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At the Loco Connection for the nomination
In the Courier and Enquirer of the 9th is a
leading article, which bears an air of confidence
and authority, giving some information about
the road, which is new to us, and we presume
will take some of our readers hysurprisc. The
road passes, says the Courier, ‘fur cnnuglifrmn
the Sound, not to be 2n._juriously a_[]'cclcd by ifs‘
'ri~z-alrg/for nar2'ga.£ion—nnd yctskirts or trav-
erses ullithe considerble towns on the rmi:e——
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obtain their traflic and travel.
of business ofall these towns with New York is
constant and very large, so that it is not an esti-
mate butn calculation founded on assured data
that the road can subsist and flourish on its way
travel and business alone. But it. will command
much more than this. At Bridgeport it inter-
sects the Housatonic, which opens to it all the
country to Albany, thence to Buffalo, and thus
in fact connects New York with Bixffnlo by it
continuous line ofRnilroads, more tzcarly direct.
than any other. At New Haven it joins the
I-Iartford Road-—und that coniicczs the
road running into .Verinont-—und i_i’t‘.‘(.'t.'~gll Bos-
with
ton into Maine.”
“The grades of this road exceed no where. 40
feet. to the mile, the curves are oasy—-tliero will
be but a single bridge of any great cost,—-or re-
,the route altogether offers facilities, that will
cheupen its construction while adding to the
means of safe and rapid travel."
“The through train between New York and
New Haven shall, it is designed, nccomplish the
distance in three and a half hours, so that the
2 . _
,pcople at either end of the line may transact.
business daily in New York or New Haven ill.'(l
return home in the evening-——and so, too, of all
the intermediate towns.”
That there will be but asingle bridge If any
Mr. Calhoun said that he had forewarn-
-ed the administration that the march of, _
Ge-ii. Taylor to the Rio Gmnde would in. j road passcsfar enoughfrom t}icSoum/ not (0 be i l‘-°“”°'
vol we as .’'li a war wit/1. ./l!c:i:ico ; nor could :injz1.rz'ouslyaflccterZ bg/its r2'2~alr3/, looks vm-ymuché M13 C“ll1°““ mu-St DOW 58 Cl
great c05t.or, requiring (Z (lrau', and that the
Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, &c. an as ml
The ititei'cr;u:‘.<:n'
i nlrcn t’.y there,
- of a candidate for Congress from this District,
’ Judge Beardsley lost the nomination by ii. few
votes, and the result fills many ofthe party with
' chagrin. ‘
i F3?" The Quincy Adams has so
fin’ recovered as to be able to take his seat in
- Corgicss.
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l ’\VI-I‘lTTLESEY’S RECOLLECTION.
Thomas T. \Vhit.tlescy does not wool‘
lac! that he was ever it federalist. This is about
' as dccisive its the testimony of Col. Dick John-
son, in reference to killing Tecumseh. \Vhen
the questbn was put to him ntBoston, if he kill-
ed the Indian Chief. his reply was, “lreally be‘
licre that Iclidi’ Uncle Thomas does not re-
nlly l2el1'erc that he was nota federalist, but, it is
not “‘lL‘ffflf71 his rccoZlccli'.on." This is . perhaps
not very surprising, for it mind so given up to
blank indifference and listlossnes, would require
an effort to recall anything of the past, and to
such an effort. he could never be rallied. particu-
larly when the object to be obtained is so obnox-
ious to himself and friends. Never mind, Mr.
T. you need take no trouble about the matter.
the voters of the state, as some of your political
friends, the more candid and frank of course,
confess, are perfectly satisfied. Good policyv
us well as it proper regard for your superlative
love of ease, should induce your friends to
counsel an unbroken silence with regard to the
past. A
Ins/alIatio7i.—The Rev. Mr. Page was to
have been installed on \Vcdnesdny last, Pastor
of the North Congregational Church in the city
of Briilgcport. ~#_______ .
Mr. Calhoun, it. will be seen, is opposed to
making any further aggressions upon Mexico.
and is even in favor of withdrawing the troops
at least to certain points nearer
What do the locus say to this? Surely
asscd with the
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he, or did he, believe that the rash act K as ifthe route across the harbors has been aha n-- Mexican F-111)’-
hnd been resolved upon, till he saw its ofii.’
cial announcement.
It seems, then, it was foretold to the
President and his advisers that the march
of Gen. Taylor was an act of aggression
—foretold to them andimpressed upon
them by one, to whose assistance. they
knew recourse must be made, if war did
come. Wic;.edtiess and fntuity were nev-
er more intimately blended than in this
whole atrocity of Mexican war!
The venerable Editor of the Union was
lost sight of in the discussion: as it is
now past 4' it is doubtful whether his exis-
tence be recollected before the adjour-
merit.
SATURDAY, Feb. 13-
Soon after 1'2 o’clock, while Mr. Hunt
was addressing the comm. on the loan bill
John Quincy Adams entered the House.
Mr. Hunt immediately suspended his
. jects.
' dreams, some of the shrewd ones have enter-
doncd. ‘Vs know that every thing has hitl'ier-
to looked toward Fort Point, ii bridge, immense
depots in the vicinity, a con
the value of property, c\’c. &.c and stock has"
therefore been taken to facilitate all tlzese ob-
But. in the midst of all those pleasant
tnined but one opinion ofthe location ofthe road.
and that was, that it would run along the rear
of the village, for the purpose of accomplishing
the very objects alluded to by the Courier-—to
avoid competition with the Sound and escape
the erection of expensive bridges and draws.
It is true, we have no warrant for this opinioi
but its reasonableness, the apparently nuthorn-
tive evidence of the Courier, and the fact: that I.
new route calculated to bring about the above
objects, is now in the course of survey. Those
engaged in the work are approaching this place
speech, and the f‘lOt1S§.Witl‘l one unanim-
dde. b, d_ _ l good office in the gift of President Polk.
“‘ m ‘c “ "wee ml must appoint a successor to lend the armies of
The reported death of Santa Anna leaves a
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Mexico. A constitutional question occurs here,
whether Mr. Polk can fill the vacancy during
the recess of the Senate?
the Commercial Advertiser states that three
privnfeers sailed from the port of London on the
9th of J anunny, 1847. They are British ships,
but have been re-named according to Spanish
regulations, and they carry letters of marque.
The names are as follows: ,
Reina ‘de Castilla, Capt. Moody, 214 tons. 30
men : Sebastian del Cano, Capt. Smith, 153
"ons, 30 men; Magallanes, Capt- Lash, 153
‘one, 20 men. -
These three vessels cleared out of the port
of London, for Manilla. but are really for pri-_°
as faster. practicable from both the east and
vsteering on the broad -Atlantic.
PRIvA'1'r-:r-ms.---The London correspondent of’
Norwalk Chronicler