_world it-/tic/i are not .«z‘1‘iCtf_t/ rzeccssary, as
nearer, curiosity urged him to run to the
spot, where an excited crowd was already
gathered. He made his way through
them, and beheld, scattered upon the
ground, the mutilated and disfigured bodies
of six of the very men, who had been in
the car from which he__ had been rejected!
The wayfarer was not a stock or a stone.
He at once recalled the train of thought.
in which be had been indulging, and the
tears starting to his eyes. Tears at once
of gratitude and of sliaine. He could
have taken the conductor by the hand,
and blessed him as the blind instrument of
a saving Providence. He left the scene
of the catastrophe “a wiser and a better
man."-—Bos!on Transcript.
RESOLUTIONS
Passes’ at I/ie Tl"/zig S/ate C‘on.vcnt;'on.
1«Zg5oIi:ed, That the country having re-
alized many of the prominent evils which
the Whigs of the Union anticipated and
predicted would result from the elevation
of.l-ames K. Polk to the Presidency, we
recognize in this fact a powerful motive
for -aidliering with unwavering firir_ine.<s_ to
the principles and measures of public
policy which we have so long advocated
and sustained.
1{'eso[1,-ed, 'l lint by the re-enanctment of
an odious, oppressive and cliimerical siib-
treasury scheme, which has already , been
repudiated by an irresistible expression of
public sentiment-—by the overthrow oftlie
benificent tariff of 18-1-2, and the estab-
lishment of a revenue system which in
many instances discriminates against our
American labor, enterprise and industry,
and which refuses to various interests the
fostering and protecting care of the gov
ernmcnt--by the highly cxceptionable use
which has been made ofthc veto power to
interrupt the improvement of our harbors
and rivers known to be indispensable to
the safety of the property and lives of our
people, and to a full deve‘opment of the
resources of the country; and by a like
use to subvert the cause ofjustice and or
right in the matters of the claims of our
citizens to an indemnity (too long post-
poned) on account of the spoilations com
mitted by the French anteriorm 1800--by
a rash and fool hardy assertion of our title
to “the whole of Oregon,” as being clear
and unquestionable only to display a
shameless inconsistency by surrendering
almost one halfof the territory to the Brit-
ish crown——by the reckless measure of
annexing Texas (a foreign and independent
State to our Union, by means of the con-
current legislation of the two countries,
and by a majority vote of the two houses
of Congress, thereby estal.~l.sl.in'_z a highly
dangerous precedent, breaking down the
prominent land marks of_ the Constitution,
unsettling the balances of our system of
government, giving an alarming ascendan-
cy to the slave power, and greatly endan-
gering the stability ofour glorious confed-
eracy»—-by involving this country in an un-
necessary and a desolating war with the
republic of Mexico; a war, the end of
which no man can foresee or conjecture,
wherein thousands of invaluable lives have
already been sacrificed and millions ofdol-
lars of hard earnings of those who pay our
taxes squan-de'red,witli an enormous nation-
al debt staring us in the face, and exhibit-
ing to the world the humiliating spectacle
of a great and powerful nation vending and
tearing the vitals of a weak and distracted
sister rc-public—by these and other kin-
dred measures, the present administration
have forfeited the respect and confidence
of all good men, and deserve to be held to
a stern responsibility by the American
people.
Resolved, That if the sub treasury law
has failed to produce its legitimate effect
in embarrassing at one and the same time
our national finances, and the business of
the country, such fact should be attributed
partly to an immense influx of specie by
reason of the deplorabl - f::mlne which has
prevailed in Europe, and partly to the in
fidelity ofthe present administration to the
principles of that measure in flooding the
country with many millions of treasury
notes.
Resolved, That we regard all wars in
this enlightened and christian age of the
/zigftly crz'mz'nal, and whether the pending
war with Mexico could not have been
avoided consistently with the honor and
interests of the United States, is a question
which we cheerfully refer to the’ arbitra-
ment of public opinion.
Resolver/, That the President of the U.
States, by ordering our army to advance
from the Nueces to the left bank of the
Rio Grande and into territory which he
knew the Mexican Republic claimed as its
own, when Congress was in session, with-
out consulting that body and without the
consent or knowledge of the American
people, has made himself justly responsi-
ble for the manifold and stupendous evils
ofthis war—for the lives of the multitudes
who have fallen and will fall by the sword
or pestilence—for the vast treasures which
have been and vill be absorbed in the con-
test-—for the demoralization and corrup-
tion wliicli ever follow in the train of ar-]
mies—for awakening among us a restive!
spirit of military adventures—and for,
converting our republic, hitherto peaceful‘,
and upright in all its treatment of foreignl
nations, into an aggressive military p0W(.‘l‘l
—-turning in every direction for spoilation
and conquest with an avidity for blood,
and thus ex; osing our system to be dash-
ed on the rock where most free govern-
ments have hitherto split.
Resolved, That we rebrobatc the weak,
vacilating, and proflignte mariner in which
this war has been conducted by the Exec-
utive, and that in our judgment, by disper-
sing no small portion of our forces tbro’
Cliiliualiiia, New Mexico, and Upper Cali-
fornia, where they have done and could
do nothing towards“ conquering a peace,”
which in the first instance was the avowed
object ofthc war; by giving a false direc-
iion to the gallant and eminently success-
ful General Taylor and his army (to wit)
tou'u:'<?.~: filo.-:xteI't‘_t‘, where vast deserts it
I
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"in: -‘—n:‘n—; ‘-:1
any vital part of Mexico; by throwing
General Scott and a handful of brave men
into the heart of that republic, where by
prodigies of valor and miracles of success,
they have saved themselves from ruin, and
the administration a still deeper disgrace;
by neglecting to call at once into the field
the ample forces put at his command by
Congress,and by leaving our armies to
struggle with difficulties almost insiipera
ble, for the Want ofadequate supplies of
food, clothing, arm;-', munitions of Evvar,
and means of transportation, thereby com-
pelling them to halt in the career of vic-
tory, nnd to pause for weeks, and some-
times for months on the battle field; he
has greatly protracted the contest, added
immeasurably to its horrors, and has prov-
ed himselfas incompetent to direct a war
as he is to manage our affairs in peace.
Resolve.’/,4 That we lament that the Pres-
ident should have so far forgotten the
dignity of his position, and the obligation
which he is under to the whole people, as
to endeavor to give to this war (as among
ourselves) a mere party character, that he
should attempt to cast a suspicion on the
patriotism of those of his fellow citizens
who doubt its necessity. if not its justice,
that he should have falsely imputed to
them a disposition to give “aid and com-
fort to the enemy,” that he should have
passed over the many gallant and accom-
plished officers, who liave greatly distin-
guished themselves in the present war,
and some of them in the last; to confer
commissions of high honor and much re-
sponsibility on more favorites without ex-
pcrience in military affairs, whose tactics
and strategy had been displayed no where
else than in electioneesing campaigns;
that he should have sought to supercedc
Gen. Wiiifield Scott and Gen. Zachary
Taylor, by creating the unusual ofiice of
Lieutenant Generail, with the avowed pur-
pose oftilling it with a civilian! tlzus re-
warding with insult aiitl degradation those
illustrious men who have given to ourarms
never falling victory, in spite of the mis-
inanageinent of it weak and bludering ad-
rninistrntion.
]i’c.solrc'l, That it is impossible to recur
to the vigor enterprise, skill and valor of
our ofliccrs, and the cor-.stnncy and brave-
ry of our men, as displayed under General
Taylor at Palo Alto, Besnca do la Palmn,
Montercy and Buena Vista, and under Gen.
Scott at Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contre-
rus, Churubusco, and under the walls of
Mexico, without feeling a sentiment of
pride and satisfaction, on account of the
lnurels which they have earned for them-
selves, and the glory which they have con-
ferred on our flag; and we regret there is
so slight a prospect that our gallant coun-
trymen will soon return to their families
and friends, to enjoy that repose vvbicb
ivas kr;o'.'.‘n must prevent his striking at
they have so richly earned by their noble
actions, and to participate with us in the
blessings of peace.
Re;-o/oer], That among the evils uliicb
are resulting from this war, not the least
is a large national debt, the foiinrlatioiis of
which have already been laid broad and
deep whcreon a superstructure isto be car-
ried up, (if the administration persists in
its present polic,y)-—-which will ultiniatcly
come down with a withering and crushing
effect on ourselves and on posterity.
Iicsolvcr/, Tliut: the oxpe,i'i<-nce of mankind
proves that all great national debts and all op-
pressive systeni 0flfl.‘~Ltitl()llS, have oi'ig':ur.tc.d in
wars, and in wars only: and that tho
Americuri people may well consider \vlictl.i-
or after liavirig paid to the utmost. fartliing the
debt occasioned by the wars of "76 and 18172.
and exhibited to the world the glorious spectacle
ofa free, happy and unitecl people, entirely ox-
oiierntcd from debt. they can gain any tl(l!'(lllHi(l
compensation from this Mexicali war, for liaviiig
again entailed upon them and their children so
great a national curse.
1fL’S0f”L‘C(-.7, That no nation has a right to car-
ry on an aggressive war at the expense of pos-
toi'ity— that it is only wars which are strictly
defensive and necessary that: may be thus pros-
ecuted, and we regret that we should be now
engaged in waging a war of contest with our
revenues :ii'i'u:iged in l'('fi,‘l'(~‘.IlC€> to a. state of
peace. and consequently in a great degree on
credit.
Rcsohcz/, That the clinic of the immense
expenses oftliis war which iiiiist ultinintely be
piiid by tho iiidustrious, fi'iigz:l and peace loving
people of Connecticut, and which will amount
to many millions of dollars, has, in ourjudgmcnt
been woi'so than thrown away, and we cannot.
help reflecting that if such a vast sum could
have been expended in the education of our chil-
dren and our childrcn’s children. it would have
been worth more than all the triumphs ofa war
ofaggicssioii and conquest.
Resolver/, That in our opinion the war now
waging for the conquest of Mexico. cannot long
be prosecuted on credit with no other basis
therefor than indirect taxation, and mat the peo-
ple of this country should make up their minds
(“"10-SS Out‘ rulers can be checked in their ca-
reoi‘) to encoiinter ere long a system of direct
taxes, and to meet at. their fircsides tlietnx gulli-
erer ofthc United States, with the dciiinnd——
“ pay me what thou own.-;t.”
Resolved, That we are not content even to
have this war absorb all ordinary revenues of
the country, and we think it is quite time for
Ainerican people to inquire why for sucli it
ciiiise the improvement of our liurbors and rivers
and the just claims of citizens to an indemnity
for Frencli spoilatioiis should be 2'2zdc_/initcly
ostpmz cc].
Resolved, That the pro:-‘ccution oftliis war in
conformity with the views and plans oft.lieprcs-
cut administration, involves inovitnhlv the crea-
tion ofa large standing iiriiiy, and lf“\\’C arc to
hold Mexico or any cuiisirloinlilo portion of it,
so-cli~ai'iny must become permanent, nndal! his-
tory provcs that estublislniieiits of that charac-
T for are dangerous to tho liberties ofnuy people.
Resolved, Tliat. the presciit administration by
the offers which they have made in the recent.
negotiations to pay Mexico a large suui ofuiou-
cy, provided she would cede to us New Mexi-
C0. and Upper and Lower California. have ex-
plicitly admitted that: we have no just right to
those extensive provinces; and we do not under-
stand upon wliat principle of sound policy, or
even of coinniou honesty, they are now pl-09,0-
outing the war to compel the Mexicans by the
tei'i'ors of the bayonet and sword, to sell us a
large share of their own country.
Ifcsol-oer], That; as the people. of the United
States own an immense territory of uusui-pus
sod fertility now wholly unoccupied, and us the
lands comprised within our present; limits are
abundantly adequate to sustain wluitever popu-
lation we can have for two or rliree centuries to’
<:0I=H‘.. We are at. :1 loss to discovc-.i' any a«.leqt_u.te,-'1 design of Providence for reforming the
lll(:li\'-"-. pi'cs::ist t)l' [)l‘t)<}.'(.‘(5fl\’C. for :‘-C(,‘l-.lllg tot,
“T4.
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acquire the sterile and "desolate regions of New
Mexico and the Californias, filled as they are
with inaccessible iiiouiitaiiis and vast deserts.
and where an incongruous and disvorderly popu-
lation, detesting our alliance, ubhoring our relig-
ion, condemning our name and cli:ii'nctm', can
only be held in subjugation by it strong military
force.
. fesolccd, That. it is entirely i':~.puguant. totlie
nature of our free instittitions and to the chamo-
ter of our government. to constrain any people
toflenter our Unioifand to pa rtu kelof its bless-
ings by force, and therefore if the iuliubitaiits of
New .l.lTBXi(:U:tlli(l the Californiansf'clioose to live
and die undcrthc institutions of their fathers.
we say in the name of justice. liuniunity and
true repiiblicniiism, lct l.l1el111‘t‘luI1llJ Mexicaiis
still.
I?c.°.oli'caf, That in our judgment: the people
of Mexico are totally incapable of self govern-
ment, which sufficiciitly appears from the dis-
orders and revolutions which have iiicessantly
occurred in that country for the lust. qi.iartoi' of
a century, and as they are unfit to govern them-
Selves we are opposed to r.‘iiciradini_ss_ion (\VI1.€:‘»l'l.1-
er willing or unwilling) into the Union to aid in
govcrning us. , _ _
Rrzsiol-red. That we cordially unite with miiny
of the leading public men of the other sections
nf the Union, in opposition to any such acquisi-
r§m1nftci'i'itoi'_v, as will implant. among us. ya
mm of bitterness,” and indeed to any acquisition
except, on the Pacific, so as to include the liar-
lmr of San Fmiicisco for coniincrcizil purposes
__\»]exim lo receive a full and fair eqiiivaloiit;
for we prnfcr to live and cliei'isli_ our country as
it, is,nnrl to cultivate a spirit of liayizitiiiy and
concord nmonsz the different parts of our wide
gpregul mnferlorzicy. to all the pump of war and
all the glory of coiiquost. _ _
Item/.;~m‘, Tlint ifin siwite of such «_immsm_on
the pmsciit adiniriistration shall dcspoil Mexico
of her provinces, wlietlier few or innny» _lll0“
we shall feel constrained by that love of univer-
sul liberty whicli we iinbibcd with oiii'cxiSteDC0.
and by oi:i' sense ofthc manifold evils ofslavery
to tliii. whole country, and particul:ii'ly to the
scctions in whicli its exists. to insist 111*“ Such
t.ei'i'itoi'_y shall be free tei'i'itory. ,
.’n.sr/lrcrl, That. we do not take this ground in
n spirit‘. nfliostility to any ntlicr section of the
country. for we ezirncstly dcprccnto the occur-
rence of such it coiitingciicy, mid desire that it
may be i.:ndci'stood that we would cultivate with
our political friends cvcry \vlici'c, cordial and in-
t.ini:if'c relations; and tlicrefore we iiiscrilic on
our banner as in 1840, " T/H2 Z’.-'/lion of 1/18
l’Wn'gsfor I/H: salve of /he U/z'ion"——:i union
which we invite in a spirit ofgencroiis conces-
sion, that we may rescue. our gm'(~!t'ttl1'it!1:t from
fuitlilcss and li]COlllp(‘.l(~‘l)l‘ liands, and restore once
more to the world the example of a great, a
just. and a magnanimous people, exclusively de-
voted to a cultivation of the arts of peace.
I:’c.soZt‘cd, That the critical condition of the.
coiiiitry, and the. near npproacli of the Presi-
dential Election, make a faithful discliargo of
our political duties at this time. of unusual im-
[)Ol’f,tlllCB, and therefore we pledge ourselves to
use all proper means to onsiire it full expression
of the sentiment ofthc People of Connecticut on
the subjects advcrtcd to in these i'csoltit.ioiis,
tlzroiigli tho incdinni ofthc. ballot box, on the 1st‘
1‘-Ionday of April ncxt. .
Ilou. Mr. Rockwell, offered the follovriiig
resolution which was tinuninionsly adopted.
Resolver], That. we approve and will cordial-
ly support on the first Monday of April next at
the ballot: box. Clark Bissell fot"(lov.: Cliui'lcs_
J. M(:Ciii'dy, for Lent. Gov. ; {lolin ll. .'l-?.obcrt-
son, for Sccro’.iiry: Jos. B. Gilliert, for Trous-
iiror, and Abijnli Catlin, for Controller, and that
we will use all liouornble c:tei°tions in tlic incan-
time to secure to them the largest possible inn-
jority.
.I2¢:.~:ulL'ccl, Tliat. this Convention i'Ccommord
filorulny, tliofourtli day of.l1ily next, as a prop-
er time for holding the \‘~"liig Niitiotial Conven-
tion lbr the noiiiinutioii of President and Vice
Prcsicleut ofthc Unitctl Slates.
1t’cs0l'L'er./, That the tlninks of the Convention
be l'(}l.l2l‘ll€(l to tho Presidc-.iit and other officer.-1,
for the able manner in which they have per-
formed thc duties devolving upon thein.
11{C30f'l'C’(f, That the proccediiigs of the Con-
vciuioii. signed by its officers, be published in
tho \Vliig papers ofthc State.
REUBEN BOOTII, President.
.loiiN C. Ho.r.r..is'r2:i1, '( . _ _ __
Room: I-1. Mi1.Ls, S“’iLm'iOS'
Land Slide at Clet=eIuml.—-‘.-’\"e learn
from the Cleveland l-leruld, that about half
an acre oftlie high lal-ze bank, at the foot
of Erie street in that city, slid off in the
lake on the night of the [st inst. carrying,
down and crushing to atoms on untenrin-5
ted dwelling house. The; land has stink
about twhirty feet nearly perpindiculurly,
and the breaks extends some twenty rods.
The Government site for the Marine Hos-
pital was considerably encroaclied upon
by the slide, and it is thought that unless
Congress makes an appropriation to take
up the springs, grade and otherwise pro-
tect the property, the massive stone foun-
dations of the llospital will y« t be piled
along the beach.
.7!-.’nrlz'n Van Buren ——It seems like go-
ing some distance into the land of dreams,
to write this heading, for who has thought
of tl.e above named gentleman for many a
years! But somebody, who has a long
memory, has written :1 veritable letter to
the Sage of Lindenwald, proposing to hoist
his flag for the Presidency! The Ex-
President replies in a letter which needs
no signature to authenticate it as his, to
the effect that he has got so used to retire
ment that he has no wish to be I’resident
again. Mr. V. B. has prolably heard of
the man who got on the house top to reach
the stars and——got down again.
Slippery Ca/cb, whom the Locofocos
made their candidate for Governor in Mas-
sachusetts, made a \Vliig speech in New-
ark three or four years since, in which he
proposed to “drive the whole Locbfoco
party into the Pacific Ocean !" llc did not
live to do this, but he has had the good
fortune to lead that party to the head wa-
ters of Salt River.
Oswego and Syruc7i.s-e Railroad--Tlie
grading of this road is going forward is itb
great rapidity. About 7 miles, below
Baldwinsville, are now nearly ready for
the superstructure. The work all along
the line is vigorously prosecut.cd. If the
season holds on according to the present
prospect, the road will be in operation on
the 4th of July next.
Rev. Mr. Muflit has got into trouble with
his brethren in Cincinnati, on account of
his advocating the conquest of Mexico as
religion of the country.
Virginia destined to be Frec.—The Norfolk
Herald alluding to a statement: in the Peters-_
burg Gazette, that large numbers of citizens of
the Old Dominion are leaving her territory for
the Far \Vest,: _
Now in this there is nothing that should
cause regret in Virginia. Let those who
are lured by the prospect of gain, or who
really believe that they can better their
condition by emigrating to the new states,
follow their be-nt—nud take t_heir slaves
along with them‘ The vacuum may cause
ii momentary weakness, but it will only be
to recruit with two fold vigor. The place
of every slave will in time be filled by a
hardy, industrious, tux paying, musket
bearing freeman, of the right stuff to peo-
ple a free state, which Virginia is destin-
ed to be one of these days,aud the sooner
(consistently with reason) the better for
her own good.
I-1orr2'-?n’e Ii’.ci-e/zge.—'l‘l»e Boston Bee has
been ltifm-med that the recent catastrophe
on the Vermont and Massachusetts Rail-
road, was less the result of accident than
design. It is said that the nuts on two
bolts,essentiul to the stability ofthc bridge,
were moved-—aud to this circumstance
alone the destruction of the bridge is trac-
ed. Tbcre had been .0-me trouble among
the laborers on the road and a portirn of
them had “ struck,” a day ortwo preceed-
ing, and some were heard to utter threats
ofisucli a calamity as that ofAtliol. Two
persons have been arrested.
In.i-lrzllation. The Rev. Henry VV.
Beecher, was installed lst Pastor of the
Plymotli Church (Cong.) of Bron? lyii, L.
l. on the evening of the 10th. Pray er and
reading of Scripture by Rev. Dr. [lum-
phrey, of Pittsfield; sermon by Rev. Di‘.
Beecher of Boston; installing prayer by
liev. Dr. Hewett, of Bridgeport ; charge
to the pastor by Rev. Dr. Lziusing, of New
York ; right hand of fellowship by Rev.
Mr. Storrs, of Brooklyn; charge to the
people by Rev. 2. N. Tliompson, of New
York; concluding prayer by Rev. Dr.
Bushnell, of Hartford; benediction by the
pastor.‘
Onlrn'2'0 Gi‘c1in lVarc/.'ou.9c.—Tliis great
establishment, built by Messrs. Moses
i'\'lei'ick, & Car:ington &. Pardee, is com-
plcted and in full operation. It is situated
upon the lower harbor at the foot of First
street, West Oswcgo, and since the found-
ation was completed, the building has been
erected within the space of four months
from its coinmeiicement. The steam en
glue and castings used in the applicatit n
of the power by whi-. h the elevators are
propelled, were made by A. C. l’o\\‘ell of
Syracuse. The engine house, entirely
detached from the main building‘ is built
of stone, with a brick, ai'clicd§,i‘otif and is
entirely fire proof inside and out, with an
iron smoke pipe 90 feet high.
The dimensions ofthe main buil ling are
i052 by 110 feet on the ground, six stories
high and is capable of storing, with ease,
300,000 bushels of grain with 5000 bbls
of flour,on the basement floor. By a slight
and contemplated improve-nt in the :irruge-
merit of the bins, 350,000 bushels ofgrain
can be stored easily above the lower or
gronnd floor. It his two elevators, by
which we witnessed on Tuesday, the pro-
cess of unloading two large vessels into
the building at the same time. The two
elevate from 4- t"o 5000 bushels per hour,
and discharge by the some power at the
same time into canal boats from three
sides of the building. Taken altogether
the cstabli.-liment is unsurpassed by any
one of the Lind in this country, and is
highly creditable to its enterprising and
energetic proprietors, as well as of the
highest importance to the business and
commercial interest of Oswcgo.
Oswrgo C-cm. 'l'2°/lies.
l'o/conic E/zlprion.-—'l'lie Mountain En-
gle states that great excitement and alarm
prevails at present among the inhabitants
of Walker and Dado counties, Ga. produc-
ed by a burning volcano, which is said to
have burstcd out from the high peaks of
the Look Out Mountain, at a place called
the “ Narrows,” on the 19th ult. Some of
the inhabitants, it is stated, have removed
from the neighborhood.
Execution. of Jlfrs. ]i’.u7z/cle.-—Tlie Alb:i—
ny Argus announces by telegraph, that
Mrs. Mary Runkle was hung at Whitesbo-
ro’, N. Y. Tuesday, at 12 o’clm-l«:, for the
uinrder of her husband. She made no con-
fession on the scaffold, but it is said she
made one to Dr. Smith, and to the under
Sheriff, Eames.
Prcmature.—- The Boston Post announc-
ed the day after the Massacliusetts elec-
tion, the defect of Gov. Briggs-and the
naxt day was obliged to take bacic the as-
sertion. In Newburyport, the locus fired a
hundred guns in honor of Caleb Cushing’s
election as Governor of Massachusetts.
The powder couldn’t be got back.
Trial rf Col. F/'ee77zom’.—The trial of
Col. Freemont for alleged insubordination,
Ste. in California, has been going on for
some days at Washington, and is attracting
great attention. He is assisted by his
fatlier-in-law, Col. Benton, and the accu-
ser is Gen. Kearney.
\Ve understand that. Chief Justice Par-
ker of New lrlompsliirc, has been elected
on the part of the Corporation, Royal Pro-
fessor of Law in the Law School at Cain-
bridge in the placejof Judge Kent.
Commodore Perry h:is exacted $1000
from the town of Alvarado, for the families
of Sergeant Chase and Private Magee, of
the marines, who were killed by guerillas,
while on duty asa guard.
./1 Drfau/tcr.—A contractor on the New
York and New Haven Railroad at Stamford,
named M. Bufiington, is said to have ab-
sconded, with $15,000 of the Company’s
funds—leuving his workmen destitute.-—
Too bad!
Dr. John Hubble, of Van Buren county,
Miss. was murdered in the early part of
last month. He was engaged in the duty
family worship, when he was shot by some
person through the window, and instantly
C.\'pll'C~(i.
T '1:
Senator Haiinegan.-./I F:'g}it.—\Ve re-
gret to notice during last week, at‘ Craw-
fordsviile, la. a quarrel took place between
Senator I-lannegan and a Mr. E. McDonald,
NORWALK GAZ__fE'1‘TE.i,_
Iveiliaesxtay, Nov. 24,18 I7. V
which had its origin a year past in what is
said to have been a mob, in which Mr. Han-
negan was a party, and when McDonald
says he got knocked into the canal, through
the Senator's instrumentnlity. McDonald
has ever since threatened vengeance,
whenever he should meet the Senator, and
{his was the first time the parties met.-—
The Senator was attacked by McDonald-
l\l'l0(.'lfe(l down and trampled under foot,
and his face horribly lacerated. After the
Senator was released, he returned with a
gun, for vengeance on Mt-Donald, but he
escaped. Such scenes are much to be
regretted.—-Ci'72c.'miari' G..z.
I?0b.’1cry.——Tlie store of E. S. Wiiiton, in
Easton, was broken into on Sunday night,
31:-,t ult. and robbed of its most valuable
articles. The robber was traced to Trum-
bull, Long Hill, where he was arresfed on
Wednesday, and proved to be a fellow
well known in the neighborhood, by the
name of Charles Cooley. He was bound
over, after examination, to the next Coun-
ty Court for trial.-—]3rz}/ge,-m7‘t I"arn.-"er.
.dfe:t‘z'con Idea. of .‘la.i.'e:_i,r.—l3ui-ing the
armistice between Gen. Scott and Santa
Anna,negotiations for peace were enter-
WHIG '.l‘ICliE',l‘.
_ roit covznivoit, - ,
Clarkfifiisscll, of New Haven.
FOR LIEUT. Goviaiiivon,
Chas. J. Mel‘-urd_v, of Lyme.
_l-‘OR si-:ciu~:'rAitY, " i '
1' chat 1:. Rabi.-1' sc::,'_of N Haven.
FOR .'i‘Iu~:AsUiti-zit. ~ -'
Joseph B. Gilbert, of Hartford.
FOR co.\"raoL1.r.n. ' '
Abijuh Catlin, of Harwinton.
Tun FARM}-ZR. AND THE 'l‘Aiurr.—The Far-
mer of last week coutainsia characteristic reply
to some l‘emtll'l{S which we made week before
last. on the subject ofthe tariff. The artful dod-
gcr, who writes up the Editorial articles for
that. paper, cautiously avoids the real points in
dispute between the advocates of protection and
free trade, and seeks to miss afulse issue in no
respect decisive of the merits of the question,
“Ruin!" “ Ruin!” “ The \Vhigs predicted
that. the country would be mined by the tariff
of 18-16" is still his cry, and to prove that sucli
was their prediction, ho ]‘tll:t(l('S before his!
readers garbled extracts from the Gazette,
which simply show that we in common with
tnined by Mr. Trist on the pnrtof Mexico.
One article prepared by the Mexican.
Government as constituting ti basis for the
treaty of peace, reads thus:
“l3. The United States shall engage
not to permit slavery in any part of the;
territory acquired from Mexico.”
ls it possible that the degraded Mexicans
possess more exalted ideas of liberty than
the intelligent freemen of the United
States’! It would seem so; else why was
the introduction of the above quoted arti-
clc deemed necessary by them!
LATER AND Il\11’ORTAt'T FROM
MEXICO.
Santa flnna am.’ Pururles at Site. d’s points
——I\’czm‘n of ./lfr. 'I'rz'sI———'['/ze .N°a’z'o7zal
Jfoad Ince.z‘ed—'1'u~o more e72grz_gcme22ts—
Civil llrar among.’/zc Guc7'2'Zr'as-—tS'c. eye.
The steamer James L. Day arrived at
New Orleans on the 19th inst.,-with advi-
ces from Vera Cruz to the 7th instant.
I-Iostilities have broken out between
Santa Anna and Parades. A manifesto
has been issued by the ‘alter, in which the
Ex~Presidcnt is denounced as an enemy
ofthc i.\.ltXlC£ll] people and the Mexic-:.n
nationality.
Mr. Trist, ll'):* American Commissioner
to Mexico, has arrived at New Orleans.
General Scott has commenced the per-
maneut O('Cllj.-§‘lll()ll of the national road
between Vera Cruz and the capital. A
garrison of 750 men has been establislied
at the National Bridge; auotlicr, of 19.00
men, under command of General Cushing
at Julapu; and ii third, of 2000 men, under
Gen. Lane, at Puebla.
Two erigagenieiits with the enemy oc
curred near Puebla, in which the Au.ci ican
party had fifteen killed and wounded, and
the l\'lcxicans one linndred. The Me.\'icnn
forces were cominaneled by General Tor-
iejon.
A sort of civil war had broken out
among the guerillns. It originated in a
quarrel between Padre Jurauta and (Gen 1)
Cannlizo, and resulted in a severe battle
between them. Padre J:irauta’s band
came off victorious. At. least 30 lives
were lost it is said in tl’.e fgllt.
The Picayune had a full list ofthe ltillcd
and wounded on our side during the siege
of Puebla.
Capt. VValker’s body remained unburied
for two days. His death created an univer-
sal sensation throughout the ivliolenrmy.
Lieut. Scott, bearer of d -spatclies from
the city of Mcxicoto the War Department,
died on his route from the capital to Vera
Cruz, when near the latter place.
Santa Anna was at Tcpucan as late as
the 25th of October. The rumor that he
had escaped south towards Guatamala, was
therefore untrue.
Lieut. Sears, bearer of dcspatt-hes from
Gen. Scott, came passenger in the James
L. Day to New Orleans. He and Mr.
Trist were escorted by a Mexican spy
company.
Cnnarfa Post 0flicc.—Tbe head of the
Post Office Departinci-t,in Canada, announ-
ces that the mail for England to go by the
both VVliigs nnzl Locofocos expressed our fears
that. the change introduced by that tariff bill
would be injurious to the great interests of
Asnericuii labor. A bi-iefrevicw of t.lic circum-
s'unces attending the passage of the bill,
will decide whether these were at that time
well grounded.
\Vhcn the first Congress under Mr. Polk’s
aduiiuistratiou convened at \Vnsliington, it is ad-
mitted on all hands, that. the cotintry was high-
ly prospercus. The Nzitioiizil Iudtistry was
never better cinploycd or C()n'l]‘(3fl$.‘t‘il.C(l. Coni-
inerce and navigation were floui‘is.bing; the far-
mer was receiving good prices for his products ;
niziiitif;:ctiii'iiig, and iiiecliitriitz imlustry ‘»\'t1‘l'C rup-
idly advancing; our i'evcnue. vunsz gi'2itLlUllll_V in-
crcusing, mid the condition of the country was
in every respect pro.-:pci'oiis and snti.~rfnctiii'_\'. It
was at this time that Mr. Polk and his Secreta-
ry commenced their efforts for the overthrow of
the tui'ifi'of1842. The project met with deci-
Ll:-,‘(l opposition (‘.‘.‘on from prouiinoiit Locofocos_
There was not a single petition in its favor from
but our incrchants
and in:inufiictui'crs at the N0i‘lll, witliout dis-
tinction of {.llll'lj', protested against any reduc-
tion in the The free trade
sshcinc of the Scci'ctery met with little favor in
file .I.ltiti.~‘(‘.
any q=.:nr.'ci' oftlie Union;
rate of duties.
It was found to be necessary to
.‘l'.;lJ.‘~ill‘..iiO t!T]t,=l.l‘.0l' in its place, which, in some of
its fe::ti:i-rs, was highly protective. Yet so do-
cided was the opposition to any change that Mr.
.\lul(aay’.- bill was passed by a bare majority. un-
der the lush and spur of party discipliiic—and
that too in :1 Congress composed, by nearly two
tliirds in the House and a large niajority in the
Senate, of the -'ll'(lCl1l pai'tizans of Mr. Pollt’s
ndniiuistrution! The Locofoco memlzers from
P('rlt_iS_}‘lVflllltt could not be bribed to support. the
bill, and assuredly the Fai'niei' cannot doubt the
geiitiiiiiicss of their Dcmociiicy. Mi’. Senator
Niles of this State, the idol of Connecticut Lo-
aguinst it. Mr.
Haywood of North Ciirulinn, resigned his seat
cofocoism, spoke and voted
as Senator rather than vote for the bill which he
cxeciated: But. it is useless to paiticulnrize.
I1: is enough to say that. this measure passed by
:1 have niajority, after the most strenuous excr-
lion on the part. ofthc administration to secure
its succcs, although the Locofoco majority in the
House was over sz'.'rty, and in the Senate not
less ll]tll')_/f‘L'C.
There was then great opposition to the tariff
of ’-16. Its passage by Congress produced iii-
teuse exciteinciit all over the country. Tho
Farmer well knows, that when it was announc-
cd that the bill had passed both Houses of Con-
gress nnd become a law, not only manufacturers
but all classes of business men were greatly
,,Iarmcd, and expressed their fears that it would
prove injurious to the mechanical and manufac-
turing interests of the nation. But it now seems
that the Editor of the Fa riner was well assured
that svicli would not be the result. He clearly
saw that this alarm and these fears were an-
founded. \Ve confess that we could not think
or feel thus. “'0 believe that measure was un-
called for by any public necessity, that it did not
steamer that will touch at Halifax on the
morning of the 3d December next, is to
belosed at Montreal on the evening of the
21st inst. and carried 02).--rlaml via. New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia, instead of
being put on board at Boston, as hereto-
fore. Between Boston and Montreal, at
this season of the year there are perhaps
some three or four days’ mail travel. The
British route is eleven and a half days and
far less secure, being chiefly through a
wilderness. All newspapers from any of
the colonies to any part of the United
Kingdom are to pass, in the Britisli steam-
ers, free. Vlfhen will our three cents
postage on a single paper be taken off’!
New Route to Me 1’zic-i'fi,c.—A writer in
the Wasliington Union says a Rail Road
600 miles long,from Presido de bio Grande
to Guayamas in the Gulf of California,
would secure a continuous steam commu-
nication from the Atlantic to the Pacitc.
He thinks it much preferable to the route
by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, or that of
Darien. The expense would be slight
compared with Mr. \'Vhitne_y’s project of a‘
railroad across thezcontinent.
In Bridgeport," a few nights since, Geo.
Jeff, a colored servant at the Sterling Ho-
tel, stabbed George Sanford, also a colored
man, for insinuating that be, Jeff, had sto-_.
len one of Sauford’s shirts. Sandford is
badly liurt~——.leff is among the missing.
W/iolesale .7l1orIalz't_z).-—The ship Lord
Ashburton, which left Liverpool on the
13th of September, arrived at Grosse lsle,
below Quebec a few days since, having
lost on her passage 107 of her passengers
by fever and dysentery, with a large num-
ber still on the sick list.
sufficicntly protect some branches of American
industry, and would seriously check the ad-
vancement. which the nation was steadily mak-
kiug in population, arts and wealth under the
wise and bonificent; tariff of 1842.
But says the Farmer, “your fears are un-
founded. “ Your predictions are not verified."
“ The country is still pi'osperous.” But have
we had a fair trial of this turiffof 1846 E It has
not yet been in operation one year. In ordina-
ry times, a measure of this kind could not be tes-i
ted in so short a period; uiucli loss could we
see its practical workings in such a year as has
passed. Europe was visited with an unforsecti
and terrible cal:iinit)"- A famine, not confined
in its limits to one nation, but extending over all
the contiuential States, created a large demand
for our products. Our rich harvests found it
ready market. Sp ccie flowed into the country ;
money was cheap; the Banks discounted freely,
and business in all its branches was active and
prosperous to an unprecedented degree. When
the tide turns, as it soon will, and the specie
finds its way back, and the English manufac-
turers recovcring from their present coinmei'cii1l
difiiculties, throw their fabrics into our markets
at lower prices than we are able to manufacture,
we shall be better able to judge of the workings
of the tariffof 1846. But we will not enlarge
on this branch of the subject. -We gave our
views at length in it foi'mer number.
As to the‘ particular branches of industry
to wliichtlic Farmer has alluded, little need be
said by us. Testimony iuabundiince may he
had ofthosc engaged in tliem--testimony wheth-
er it ftilfills our predictions or not, will pretty
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