“”'tlié'CBdfts in Christendom.
”“‘”732‘;.&a ms.
Drzc. 27.
In the St-IN.-\’l‘I~‘., Senator" Bradbury an-
nounced the death of his colleague, Mr.
Fairfield, stating that he was in good
health at the last meeting of the Senate on
Thursday. On Iflriday morning he re-
ceived the visits of friends with accus-
tomed cheerfulness,»and at noon. subrnit-
ted to :1 surgical operation for an infirmity
of the knee. His physical strength how-
ever, was instifiicient to sustain the agony
which the operation produced, and he died
at twenty minutes before 8 olclocit the
same’ evening.
Mr. Niles followed with an eloquent eu-
logy upon the character and public servi-
ces of the deceased, concluding with the
usual resolutions. The funeral was ap-
pointed to ta‘/e ,\-lace at noon to inorro\v.
Adjourned.
In the HOUSE, Mr. Jones of Tennessee,
introduced at Resolution ofinquiry as to the
expediency off atiplpirizing able iemporalry
employment 0 Zt((1tl0nf\, er rs in tie
Pension Oflice. The preamble states that
some nine thousand applications for boun-
ty lands and land scrip, under the act of
last session, are now on file in the Pension
Office, not examined, and the number is
daily increasing. ,.
A debate ensued during which a mes-
sage was received from the _Senate,.an-
nouncing the death of Mr. Fairfield. The
eulogy was pronouced by Mr. ,Hamm0U5a
who offered the usual resolutions. The
House then adjourned to attend the func-
ral to morrow. .
Digzc. ‘28.
Congress only’ met to adjourn. pe-
tition on Slavery was laid on the table in
the House, '76 to 70.
DEC. 29.
Nothing was done in Congress to-day of
importance. The death of Zllr. Bradley, of
Michigan was announced and an adjourn-
ment followed.
DEC. 30.
The SE‘.\'ATE.l‘CSHme(l the special order
of the day, being the resolution of Mr.
Crittenden of Ky. appropriating $95,000
for the purchase of the Madison papers,
and after some discussion it was passed by
a vote of yeas 22, nays 13.
The resolution calling upon- the De-
partment of ‘Var for a report of the num-
ber of troops employed in the war against
Mexico, wit_h a list of deaths by disease,
killed and wounded. It was adopted after
some words of explanation.
Mr. Cass, from the military committee,
moved to take up the bill for raising addi-
tional troops to serve in the war with
Mexico; whereupon an interesting debate
arose in which several Senators participa-
ted.
Maugum opposed the bill, while Messrs.
Cass and Allen, with others, spoke in favor
of it. On putting the previous -‘question
there was a tie vote——yeas 19, nays l9.—
The Vice President decided the question
in the affirmative, and the bill was accord-
ingly taken up. It was then on motion
laid over till Monday.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and 'after it short time spent
therein, on motion, an‘ adjournment was
carried. ‘
The HoUsE met according to adjourn-
ment. The routine of business having
been gone through, petitions being in or-
der, there was one presented by Mr. Tu_ck-
er, from citizens of the city and county of
Philadelphia, praying the abolition of sla
very in the District of Coltimbia. It was
on motion laid on the table.
M. Goggin of Va. reported abill in favor
of restoring the Southern Mail to its old
route over the Richmond and Fredricks-
burg railroad. This gave rise to a warm
debate in which several members partici-
pated. The debate was continued to the
hour of adjournment. The House adjour-
ned over till Monday.
‘P-rotestam C/turc/zcs in Tu;/cey.~——Rev.
Mr. ‘Dwight, in a communication from
Constantinople to the American Board
of Missions, states that the present aggre-
gate of commuuicants in the four reform-
ed churches is one hundred and thirty-riine,
of whom eighty-nine are connected with
the church at the Capital. The number of
Armenians, men, women and children,
who are actually Sepa7‘ate.'l from their for-
mer cliurcli and now openly profess Prot-
estantism, in Turkey and Syria, is reck-
oned at one tliotisaiid and seven. Beside
these, there are nearly three thousand. who
are known to their own people dad to
others to be of Protestant sentiments, but
who still retain a loose connection with
their'former churches. A much larger
number must be more or less desirous of
seeing the reformation advance. ‘
flit /l!’.fI’ wa-ntedfor an immense I§sla[e.‘—
The old saying that “truth is strange,
stranger than -fiction,” was never more
forcibly illustrated than in a case which
has recently transpired in this city,_ and
the facts of which are derived from the
most respectable source. An English
gentleman who has been residing for some
time in this city, died about two weeks
ago, leaving an estate supposed to be worth
several hundred thousand dollars. He left
a son, the only relative that he was known
to have in this country. No will was
made, and the son was advised to take
the usual legal stepsiiecessury in the case,
before entering upon the possession ofthe
property as heir at law. This he obsti-
nately refused to do, declaring with some
warmth that the property belonged to him i
of right—that he would consult no lawyer
—-suffer no interference—and that he
would hold possession in defiance of" all
Matters con-
tinued in. this situation until Wednesday
evening last, when the son was found dead
in his bed-—a victim of apoplexy! The
immense estate is now without an owner;
but we presume in due time there will be
— claimants enough from the other side of
the water. -—P/tila. Bulletin.
Messrs. Calhoun, l-3-errieu, Hale and
By oz:erltzncl Ezrjnress to the Tribune.
LATER FROM MEXICO. ,
Advices from New Orleans are of the
"224. The steamer Teviot arrived from
Vera Cruz, whence she sailed on the 20th.
Gen. Patterson had reached the Cap-
ital, having left a garrison at Rio Frio,
which would be made a permanent depot.
Congress remained in session, and had
a quorum on the 6th inst., our latest dale
from ' Queretaro. .
Some rumors were circulatiiig of a de-
sign being entertained by Government, of
sending Mexican commissioners to meet
at Havana, and arrange terms of a treaty
of peace.
The Vera Cruz paper says that the Mex-
ican Govei'ninent had called on Gens. Can-
alizo, Alcorto and Loiiibardini to take up
arms, oflering them commissions in the
New Army. This was disapproved of by
the Monitor Republicano, which observes
that their cowardice or want of capacity
renders them unworthy of commands.
A sailor, named John Arland, who, de-
serted from the U. S. schr. Flirt, and join-
ed zt company of dragoons, was ‘arrested
and taken back to the Flirt. He attempted
escape again, and was shot by the sentinel
posted at the guard house. _ . -
The North American of the 14th, gives
an account of a serious affray which oc-
curred at the'Cupital on Sunday the 12th.
Three men of the lst and 2d Pennsylva-
nians were attacked in the streets by a
mob of Zepcros, in the western part of the
city, and one of them, Luke Floyd, was
badly wounded. Two of them escaped,
and having procured the assistance of
the guard, they shot three of the Mexicans
dead,and wounded several others.
Lt. VVhipple, adjutant. of the 9th, who
was taken by the guerillas near Vera Cruz
in July, and supposed to have been inur-
dered by them, is now at Puebla, acting as
adjutaut general to Gen. Lane. ,
Orders were issued by Col. Hughes on
being appointed Military and Civil Gov-
ernor of Jalapa to the following effect:
He offers a general and perfect amnesty
to all persons within his government, who,
having borne arms against the United
States, may tender their allegiance.-
Twelve days are given to those who do
not reside within ‘.10 miles of the city, and
six days to those residing within that dis-
tance, to report to him in person, give
their parole of honor not again to take
artns against the United States during the
war, ncir to interfere in any manner in
hostilities. Severe penalties are provided
for those who break their parole, Ste.
A: the C.ity Hall yesterday we met a
soldier who served as a private in the bat-
tles before the capital. At Churubusco,
while crossing the cornfield and within
ten or fifteen rods of the enemy, just as
he was biting the end from a cartridge to
load his muske't, a ball struck his temple,
passed behind one eye, under the bridge
of his nose, behind the other eye, and out
of th_e other temple! Being exposed to a
cross fire from our troops he thinks the
bull came from them. It did not knock
him down, nor has he suffered any other
result from it than the loss of sight, which
is almost total. He can distinguish light
fr_om darkness htit nothing more. His
eyeballs have fallen in, and the lids are
closed; b_ut his general health has not suf-
fered at all. We were not able to learn
his name, but he belonged to the New
York regiment. His_case is certainly
singular.-—-Cou.7'z'er tj- Enquirer.
Dear/2 if an flmerican .]W'('SSlll0Ilt17‘_1/. —Tlie
Rev. Walter M._Lowrie, an American Mis-
sionary at Ningpo, has been murdered in
the Chinese seas by pirates. The Rev.
gentleman took his passage in a Chinese
boat from Shanghae to Ningpo, and during
the voyage was attacked by a piratical
vessel. At first it would appear that the
pirates only meditated robbery, but fear-
ing that Mr. Lowrie would bring them to
‘justice, they resolved to throw. him over-
board. Two of the ruflians seized him for
that purpose, but not being able to accom-
plish it, a third joined in the assault, and
they succeeded in throwing him into the
sea.
A gentleman informs us that a steam-
boat below Leavenworth, ascending the
river, discovered a small boy on the roof
of a house floating down the Ohio. The
officers of the steamboat rescued him froui
his perilous situation in such a state of
exhaustion from exposure to the cold that
he could not speak, even to tell his name!
He was in this state put on shore at Leav-
enworth for medical aid.-—-Lou. Dem.
T/.-e Jlforl/t ]{z've7'.——Poughkeepsie is at
present the head of navigation—all tight
beyond. The Columbia is the only boat
running, having her bows well armed to
protect herself from the ice. The North-
ern mail now goes from New York in the
morning by the Housatonic Railway.
Judge Jones allowed Madame Restell to
be bailed on the indictment now pending
(not on the conviction) in the sum of
$3,000, which was given, we under-
stand, by her husband, Mr. Lohman,
and Mr. Benj. A. Day. She is still in Eliza-
beth st. prison on the correction. proceed-
ings, and application, it is said,‘is to be
made to the Supreme Court, next week,to
bail her on that.
VVe are glad to learn there is an evident
improvement in the condition of the health
of Prof. Goodrich,witli a probability of this
ultimate recovery.—-.N'_ew Haven Journal.
Mr. Amos D. VVykofl', who. sailed on
Tliurday last, a passenger in the ship Tal-
bot, Capt. Story, for Singapore, goes out
to Borneo as agent of H. H. Day, Esq. the
merchant and manufacturer of India rub-
ber in New York city. Mr. VVykoffgoes
provided with boilers and all the necessa-
ry appurteiiances for improving the man-.
ner ofagatheriiig and preparing the gutta
percha, or turban, for shiptnent from the
Straits.
Letter from Mr. Clay.—The following is an
extract of 9, letter from Mr. Clay of the 6th
inst. to a friend in Virginia which. says thfl Al‘-
exundi-ia Gazette; he presumes to publish.
unzuitliorized though it be‘by its distinguished
author : _ ',
“I have this moment perused ’an.ab_le
pamp'hlet from the pen of Mr. Gallatin, in
which, without any concert between us,I
find that he takes similar positionsto those
which I had previously occupied. He for-
tifies them by astriking arijay of facts and
powerful arguments. _ _
“I am not surprised at the imputation of
unworthy motives to me for the delivery
of the speech.
fortune, that I should have been surprised-
if it had not been made. \Vill they charge
Mr. Gullatin, in the publication of his
pamphlet, with being, actuated by the de-
sire to attain the l’residenc.y 'l There
is as tnuch ground in the one case as in
the other.”
C
From the New IICZUCIL Pallacliuin.
ANOTHER “ TRAITOR.”
“ Traitors,” as some locofoco editors
‘are disposed to call all independent minds
opposed to tearing out the “ vituls’ of
Mexico, appearto be multiplying fast about
these days, and they are not all from the
ranks of the Whigs. There is occasional-
ly a loco foco who dares to speak his sen-
timents on this subject. \Ve commend to
the earnest consideration of all honest
men, of patriotic feeling among our Oppo-
nents, the follou iiig remarks from the N-
Y. Evening Post, an administration jour-
nul. The quotation from Mr. Jefibrson, by
that editor, is to the point, andyalso wor-
thy of the study of every man who calls
himself a Jeffersonian Republican. Had
the present war been duly declared by the
Congress of the United. States, and its
causes set forth in an oflicial ii'ianifest9, it
‘might be deemed prudent and per/raps pat-
riotic to suspend adverse opinions upon it
-—but it is a war begun by the President,
without authority of law, and for the pur-
pose of conquest, and as the foe is pros-
trate and our country safe from invasion,
or any injury from his power, it is time
for every man who would not tolerate op-
sression and become a partner in the rob-
bery of ‘Mexico, or in the present attempt
to change the character of our Govern-
ment, from that of a republic avoiding war
except upon the most urgent necessity, in-
to a militfiy despotism, a"t-quiriug territory
by the conquest of weaker powers--to
speak out as the editor of the New York
Evening Post has spoken in the following
article :
“ T/re Question of :1/LC flfcacican War.-
lVe see nothing, for. our part, in the reso-
lution of Mr. Calhoun offered on \Vcdiies—
day in lthe United States Senate, and prin-
ted in our sheet of yesterday, to which it
is possible to object. Long ago, Mr. Jef-
ferson said, in emphatic words, which no
friend of his country should forget:
“ If there be one print-7'];/e u‘/tic/i (f€S('7"U('S
{o be more deeply ioozed tlmn anot/ter in I/ze
‘mind of every .d7rterz'can, it is that we should
/lave not/ting 10 do u.-it/2. conquest.”
That day will be pregnant with fatal con-
sequence to the liberty and welfare ofthe
United States and of the world, which
finds the American people infected with
the passion of military conquest—which‘
finds them forsaking their proper vocation
of showing how little force is necessary to
carry on the functions of government, and
with how slight an apparatus of repression
individual rights respected; which finds
them laying aside the great reliance of
Democratic governrnent, public opinion,
and resorting to the dreadful means by
which the ab. olute governments of Europe
keep their subjects quiet. lfwe, who pro-
test against the principles ofa government
of force, are guilty ofadopting it in our
dealings with a neighboring nation, we
may as well ask to be admitted at once
into the Holly Alliances, and pass resolu-
tions iii both Houses of Congress approv-
ing of the extinction of the Republic of
Cracow. It is no matter what may be the
opinion of_the officers of the army on this
point, though we see them quoted with
tokens of approbation in some of the news-
papers. The army is not {lie st‘/iool in u‘/tic/L
/0 learn the ddties or the policy of the Re-
publican got'ern.me72t. The government of
an army is necessarily one of the iiitensest
despotisuis; its role is unquestioned au-
ihority, unrcasoning, implicit obedience,
or a bullet through the head; and hence
it is, we suppose, that long continued wars
have been so often the grave of libert_v.—
That men who have been trained in this
school should be in favor of applying a
government of force to Mexico, does not
surprise iis-—but we confess we are sur-
prised at seeing their opinioiis quoted with
assent in the journals of a Republic’ like
ours.
lVe have already presented, though in a
sunimary manner, the arguments against
both the holding of Mexico as an indepen-
dent proviiice, and its incorporation into
our coulederacy even if her States could
be incorporated by their own free consent.
We see no necessity of repeating or at-
tempting to enforce them at present._’_’
flrrival oft/ie Hz'ber‘m'a at Jersey City.
——The Hibernia was welcomed ‘at Jersey
City with the firing of guns and other to-
kens of rejoicing on Wednesday last. She
left for Halifax and Liverpool on Saturday
Jan. 1st. '
The Hibernia will take from three to
four hundred thousand dollars in specie.
George Miller was held to bail in Bos-
ton in $15,000, which he obtained. The
Grand Jury found six counts against him
on Belkiiap, which he held or passed.
Gov. Young of New York hesitates to
surrendergtwo of the younger Beaches on
R requisition from New Jersey, based on a
charge of embezzlement or swindling in
the matter of the Plainfield Bank.
Mr." Secretary VValker, we regret to
learn, has not been able to leave his room
since his attackearly in the month. He,
however, attends to some business at home.
That has been so long my '
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flccidcitl to the Steamer Cltopat-ra.—Wel Z E lllllll
learn that the steamer Niagara, Capt. John ~
groglrs, glgstglr, Wllltch runs ‘betweerlil_N.ew ' “;cdne,dny’ Jinn 5, 134$
or an ri gepor , came into co iston -
on Thursday morning‘near Hurlgate with ,
. “ . ‘I .
the Cleopatra of the_,l‘lor\vich and Wo_rces- “lung 1 CREE
ter Line, and stove in the wheel house of ,0“ ,,0,.,,m,,,,R__
the latter vessel and caused other damage (313.-1; B1551,-ll, of New Haven.
—all_amounting to as much_as $1,000.-— mm L,,,-,,-,_ Go,-,.;m-OR,
Our informant, 21 passenger on board the» Chas, J. IYIc(‘-urdv, ot'l.ynie.
Cleopatra,.says the collision arose from you “cm:-may, «
the carelessness of the Commander ‘of tlie , Bobc.I"son, ofN Haven.
Niagara. No person was injured on eithei r-or. 'l‘R]-‘.A3U‘[‘\l-ZR.
boat, Joseph B. (iitbei-I, of Hartford.
The steamer A. N.:Johnson, bound to Ab j,,l:lg‘all3l;:l,l:0,jj-l'lj-jl,;,.“.,,,,(,,,_
Wheeling, burst her boiler, Dec. 31, with ————- —-——————- —--—--—
it tremeiidous £‘XplO$l0|l,l‘:n€‘l1l‘ Maysville, A/Z
Ky. from some unasrertained defect in the
machinery. Between 60 and 70 persons
were lllllllll on llle spm’ llllll ll lllllge llllm-llMessi's. Byiugtoii and Ilovt, who have taken
her scalded. of whom 30 are so horriblvi . . .
. . - , , - " ‘ ‘session of the e.stalilisliiiioiit and entered upon
injured that their recovery was considered PO”
doubu-up a Etlieir duties as public- jouriizilists. The paper
so mpid were the pmgresgof the _fl3m‘es ‘ has been committed to their haiids iii the belief
after the explosion, and so complete theltliatits reputation will not sulfur by tho change.
devastation, that hardly an effort could be On the C0l1ll'Il1‘:V, there is reason to believe, that
made for self preservation. The boat was l their combined ability, their experience, gained
500“ In One Slieel 0f fire and burned W ‘lie in the severe school ofa daily journal, their in-
“lalefls edge‘ dustry, and their intimate acquniiitaucc with
=2 . , _ _ .
Tllefillllmbell of pllssl llgells "on lfloanl lll,e-i the syuipathies and waiits'_'ol this coiiiiuuiiity,ac-
A. N. Johnson when this appalling; acci-i . . . , ,
_ “ - :quired by a long rosldoiice in this town, and set-
dent occurred, was one hundied and sixty,i , , , ,-H. n, , H, n
I -; v - ' toiiz i azc e
not more than one quarter of whom CS-tel l ,3 elll Sselllllllll llsll ll ,’ l~ 0-_ l
caped i,,j,,,.y_ .and its i'cude.i's will be dccidcqly the gmll.Cl.b.-———
—--—---——»-- -———---—-—-—---— \Vhigs from principle and motives of pati‘i0tismt
Dr‘ Bull“! "7"! J'.fll”"'-on C"l["ge'"’I” they will be found giving an earnest and ll(-'.tl.l'l’_)‘
,. . . , .
llle haw Yolk Lvllngellsl Dr’ B‘llrd llllslsupport to the principles and cause of freedom,
pll.llllSlle.ll.ll leller colllllllllllga llls lledlsolls and whatever goes to sccurctlic pcriiiaiiciit well-
for declining the presidency of Jellersun -. , , _
College ‘ abeing of the country. \V c commend thoiii to
They are mainly these, and the‘ _, , ,
reader W,” ,,ck,,o“.j,,dge that “my ,,,.e,the (3I]COulflgel)1(2Ill.,j_llltl support of our friends
highly creditable to the Doctor. I*lisl‘“"l the °°mmU"l|l.Y-l
interest in Papal and other nominally chris ‘
tian countries and in the work of i'esust'i- In consequence of this change an iniincdiulc
lallnf-.’§ the ‘full’ I" lllemi his desire '-°.scttleineiit ofullaccouiitswitlithcofficcbccomes
continue his extended ‘advocacy of thel “-0 81"," be ,~0,,,,d ,,,
temperance cause and his labors on behalf;
John
BUSINESS Cl~1AN-GE.
The present volume ofthe Gazette coiiimen-
;ces under the auspices and pl'0])l‘l0lOl‘sltl]') of
JAMES Rum).
absolutely iicccssary.
lprodi'ictioii.- Here was a decided"‘fix.” The
M spoils” were, according to his political creed, to
be secured at whatsoever hazard, and then the tin-
pleasaut resort to _a direct "_‘ back out” after he hiid
fully committed liitiiself on the point of their harm-
lessness, induced him to publish the whole aijticle.
The jaded Farmer has also lieen considerably ex-
crcised upon the same subject, as appears from the
following puragrapli ‘in regard to the above affair.
Indeed, the Farnier inau hiiriself cannot discover
any thing “very smart" in the article and as
“ spoils," froiu their scarcity and the extreme excr-
tinii which he is obliged to put forili in order to se-
ciire them, greatly enhances their value with him,
he expresses his williiigiiess to publish the article in
question for “ half the iuoiic_v," and is iiiiuicdiatcly
taken up by the ‘N. Haven Palludiiiiii. Btit we will
give the articles cutire. — .
1:’2't.—-'l'he Hartford Courant a few days
since, stated that it was authorised to _of-
for the Times $50, if it would publish the
tcritici-'m of the National lutelligencer on
the President's Message. The Times
promptly accepted the offer, and inserted
the article yesterday’. We doubt. howev-
er, whether tlie-‘7Co‘urant ever “_f':..-rlcs ever
the rloug/z.” There is nothing so ..very
smart, that we can discover, in that article.
lndeed it is proof conclusive of the utter
inability of the Whig ( ditors to makcleven
a respectable show olfarguments in support
of their side of the case. Vl-re would will-
ingly publish it for half the money.
.B7"flfgf’]'10)'l Farmer.
\Ve are authorised to accept your o_fi'rr,
if you _piiblish the above propositions, in
connection, with this acceptance. lit the
same paper in which you publish the
“criticism of the National lntelligence~r.”
As soon therefore as you have pul-lished
that article in one entire edition of your
paper in connection with these two short
paragraphs, we will send you the money
(namely $25) taking your word that the
engagenient is truly fulfilled on your part.
No dodging.——./'V:ew Haven Pa/Indium.
So it sceiiis that the Fziriiicr has iicstlcd liiiiisclf
laws are obeyed, good order preserved and _
for forgery of three notes of $2500 each ,
of religious liberty; and especially the
‘prospects of the Foreign Evangelical Soci-
lety. and the oliligation which he feels
rests upon him as an agent of that and
other religious societies.
denial in this matter, when a lucrative and
honorable post of comparative case was
proffered to him, must commeliid him
more than ever to the esteem and syru-
patbies of his friends and the public.
JV. Y. Com. ./Itlv.
THE l’RlCSl])EN'l‘ ANS\VERED.
VVhen Mr.:Polk sent in his rescript de-
nouncing internal improvements, and (in
effect) warning the present (fongress not
to be guilty of the siiis_conimitted by their
predecessors (for this Congress had no
more to do with the river and harbor bill
of the last session thrin it had with Sir
Robert Peel’s Bank act) be perhaps thought
he should strike terror into the hearts of
all, and prevctnt action.. He wzisnzistaken.
I-lis sopliistries only served to show the
narrowness of his mind, and the unneces-
sary and dictatorial obtriision of them up-
on the House ofRepresentatives awakened
feelings of natural resentiiient. The man
who stood forth to repel the Presidents as-
sault was a Locofoco of the West, who
claimed the equivocal honor of laboring
earnestly for Mr. l’olk’s election, and sup-
porting his general policy through, thick
and thin. Mr. Petit thiefore felt at liberty
to speak his mind, and he did so. Anoth-
er of the same stamp. lllr. Wentworth of
Illinois, commonly called “Long .l«.lin” by
the profane, iutrodiiccd a resolution which
distinctly denied every material point of
Mr. Polk’s doctrine, and this resolution
was passed by the decisive vote of 138 to
5+. It stands, therefore, as the recorded
vote of 138 to 5-1». It stands, therefore, as
the recorded vote of two-thirds of the
House that the General Government has
the constitutional power to aid internal
improvements and is bound to exercise it.
What will Mr. Ritchie say now.
The House of Representatives have
shown their estimate of the President's
logic, and their constituents will show a
similar estimate of him, or,ofany man lil-e
unto him that may be nominated for the
Presidencv. It is perfectly obvious that
the only obstacle to internal improvement
is the executive veto. Congress has al-
ways regnrded the interests of the coun-
try in this particular, but the Veto has
overpowered both Houses. Care will be
next taken to place the executive trust in
such hands that this sole impediment may
be removcd.—Couram. .
Soft.—Tlie Bridgeport Farmer publishes
vvi h great solemnity what it callsa ‘treaty’
between Texas and Santa Anna, recogni-
zing the Rio Graiide as the Boundary of
Texas. Everybody knows, or ought to
know, that Santa Anna was a prisoner of
war when he signed that document—a
fact which makes it worthless; and furth-
ermore, that the alleged ‘treaty’ was never
confirmed by the Mexican Congress, which
would render it invalid if Santa Anna had
been at liberty whan he signed it. The Far-
met‘-must lay his hand to the plough once
more.—Couran'. ‘
T/ie Pacific Railroad.—Gov. Behb of O-
hio, in communicating to the Legislature
resolutions passed by the General Assem-
bly of Rhode Island in favor of Mr. Whit-
ney,s Railroad, enters at length into an
adverse argument,‘ and recommends “with
deference” resolutions in opposition to it.
Burned to Deal/i.—An elderly lady ‘by
the name of Jenks, living in Agawam par-
ish, \Vest Springfield, was burned to death
by her clothes taking fire while she was
alone in the house, on Tuesday last
Spring_/ield Gaz.
A Taylor meeting at Washington on the
29th turned_out a grievous failure.
The Spotted Fever is prevailing at Kala
mazoo, Mich. 14« persons having been car-
ried off-in 11 days.
The Small Pox prevails in Newburg and
adjacent towns in Vermont.
,There are 555 patients at the Quaran-
tine Hospital N. Y. of which 246 have
remitting and 3220 typhus fever. -
J. R.
rthc Gazette office until furtlicr notice.
II.-\PPY NEW YEAR.”
‘Another your has rolled a\v:i_v. and we now
D,-, 133;,-d’s se]f are thrown upon the tlircslihold of ciglitecii
liuiidrcd forty-ciglit with the rapidity of light-
iiing, casting a half gliiiico behind to what is
past, and pressing on with eager hope to cope
wit11_ the future, full of high hopes, and bright
anticipatioiis. And while making our cditorial
debuts at such a time, We would not rcfruiii from
only the compliinciits of the season, but it sin-
core and carniest wish for tlic_ii° lasting happi-
ness mid well being. Eiilcriiig as we do npoii
the arduous duties of public journalists, it is not
without some doubling fears, iiiiiiglcd with
iuaiiy loud '1lllilcl])tliI‘UlL;5 of plcastirc in our iiiu—
“Ie feel
free from the eiiibarrassiiients of ii sti'aiigci',
lidwover, and our scusatioiis arc poi-liaps sonic-
\v_hat akin to the \vandoi'ci', rcturuiiig to the
home of his childhood and the friends of his
curly days.
trial intei'coui'sc with -0111' readers.
It is but a short period since we
left: our “ alma ma./r:r"—tlie Gazette, to bullet
the sui-gcs of ll cold tiiifccliiig world, and
tliough dauic fortune has siiiilcd on our career,’
and we were impelled by the eutliusiastic cu-
ergies ofyouth to brave all dilliciilties, we have
learned at least the iinportaiit: truth that ‘* all is
not gold that glitters,” and that this world is not
all sunshine, or ii gardcii of roses. ' “"0 have
lcuriied to look upon the foibles of poor huinaii
nature with more charity than we were accus
tmued to do——\vhoii we thought ineii “angels
and earth it paradise.”
a youthful iinagiiiatioii having been tlissijiaitctl by
our iiitci'coui'sc with the world, we look upon
iuaiikiiid more in their true light,aiid not through
that false coloring which gave such eiicliant-
iiieiit to our bright ideals of liuiiian pcrfectioii.
Consequently we have leuriied to expect Ill!‘
less than once we did, yet we can but hope
that while participating inutual iul'ei'ests, and
mingling with former friends and “old liiiiiiliar
those expressions of friendship which has al-
ways roiidcrcd Noi'w.'ilk so endcai-iiig to our
licurts. \Ve are not entirely ignorant: of the
extent ofthe arena upon which we have outcr-
ed, nor of the difficulties of sutisliicturily pur-
veyiug to tlildldivorso taste of sol-.ii'go and en-
lightened it coiniuuuity as that in which we pur-
pose to put; forth our oiiergies; and while we_
claim for ourselves the right. to our opinions, we
trust we shall not; be so illibcral as to refuse our
opponents the same privilege. nor so far furcgo
the propriety and courtesies due our fellow men
“ follow in the footsteps ofour predecessors” in
every respect, nor need we add that the Gazette.
will continue to be,’ under otir g-uardianship,‘
\vhat it ever has beeii—a firm aria.‘ 11.m.'om_pro 2
mising supporter of \ViiiG PRl£\'ClI’LES, believ-
ing ns we do, that in their propagation rests thei
safety of all our political institutions.
As a medium of -news, we shall use every ex-‘
eitioii to make the Gazette equal to any of itsl
cl;(l{teiiijioi‘zti'ies, nor shall we overlook the mis-
cellaneous and literary departments, but strive
to render them also of an elevated order. In‘.
short, every energy will be brought into rcqui_l
sition to enable us to emulate the reputationl
which our paper has acquired in other hands!
during a career of more than thirty years.
A. Human BYINGTON.
JAMES H. I-lov'r.
“ CAUGHT A TARTAR.”
The Hartford Times, a few days since, published;
a long mid abusive tirade against the scorcliing re-
view of the Presideiit’s Message, which appeared-
in the National Iiitelligencer, and which was pub-
lished in the Gazette of the 22d iilt., and after heap-l
ing upon it all manner ofabiise and locofoco wit and:
sarcasm,iis is usual in such cases, consoliiigly con-
cluded his reflectioiiu with the belief that the argu-;
ments set forth in that review were so weak alltll
llimsy that they coiild_not have the least influence
upon any one, especially in relation to the Mexi-
can war.
tciidcririg to the patrons til the G.tzz-:'1"rv., not
The bright fuiitusics of
as to visit with abuse any deviation from o‘ur;i
0WD views. ‘V6 will not pledge ourselves to two ofwlioui were in disgiiise,standiiig at some dis-
‘ ltaiicc froiii the building, liaviiig attached :1 line to
, the bell rope.
’ unable to say as much.
into the same dilcmiiia with the Times, and it only
rciiiaiiis to he soon wlictlicr he is equally prompt in
ftilfilliiig his pledges. ll‘.-:o. the readers ofthe Far-
iiicr v. ill have a more ciiliglitciicd exposition of the
principles oftlie prcsriit war, and the motives uftlio
l’i'csideiit than they (‘V'C1'llil(ll!OfOl'L‘ from that print.
\l"c do not know of any mode in which 25 dollars’
would be better invested for the benefit oftlic “'hi,g
party. ' - l
A i)uL'1'i.:itY.-——J/(crib Brush, and Jallizabel/L
IItzn_frn't/, wife of Cliurles Hiiiiford of \V_iltoii,
were arrested on Tux,-sday oflast wcr-k charged
with the criiiic of adultery. Tho exaiiiiiiation
was had before Just"cc St. John, who bound the
pa-rtics over for trial at tho l“(‘lJl’l!:tl“y term of
the Superior Court. In default; of bail, they
were committed to the jail in Duubuvy.
AN IMritovrziui-:x'r.—'1‘lie alteration in a por-
tion oftlic iiitcriial :ii'i'ang(-.iiiciit olltlic prisouut;
.D:iiihuryis ii dcciilcd illl]ll‘U\'(.'lllL‘lil'. Tho iii-
iuatcs enjoy a degree of comfort to wliiclt this
iiiifoituiiatc class of society have llllllef-l0 bcoii
sli':iii_gci's. The Cll:lll,|_','(3 consists in reiiioviiig
tliownll betwccii two adjoining cells, and throw-
ing tliciu into ii coiiveiiieiit sized room, \\’l.ll(.'ll is
cunifortably hcatcd, and to which the pi'isouci's
I have access dui'iii;_g the day. ’l‘licr¢-. are two
rootiis which liavc been j)l‘('.[)tll’t?(l in this way on
opposite sides oftlio SCC()llLl tier of cells. The
innlos occupying the south and the feiiialcs that
on the north side. .
Jr/fill. .!l[itrp7r_7/ oftliis placu_ who \v.'is _commit-
ti-d suiiictiiiio last siimmcr for oiitrngi-oiis cuti-
duct and thrcsils of violence, now lies in one of
the cells of this jail it raving iiiauiiic. llis ro-
lcaso we aro inforiiied has been ordered but he
is deemed unlit and unsafe to be at large. The
l keeper tlicrefore, at the iiitcrvciisioii of tho cili-
zciis of Danbiiry, awaits furtlicr instruction in
tho proiiiiscs.
NEW II .vi~:.\‘, Dec. 3], 18-17.
I I-‘mi-‘..\‘ii Rt-:1-:u :——'l'liiiikiiig some of the events
: which have liappciicd in our city diiriiig the last few
jdziy.-‘, \\'0t’lll a p:i.~s.~‘iiig ll0llt.‘(5, I will \t,'llllll‘c to jot
fthciii down. (.‘liri.-'tiii:is has come and gone, and as
jifiiidigiiaiit at the laxit_\' of prcprii':itioii for his up-
pi'o:ii:li, he has bi'c:itlied upon us lll‘:l way that iiiakcs
1oiii'car.-'tiiigle. Oii Siitiirday and Suiiilay lhejiiig-
lliiig tifslcigli hulls niiiioiiiiccil that snow lnid liillcii.
g lint the liarsli grating of the frozcii cartli sooii si-
f,,ceS’n that we may ,,g,,i,, (,3-,,0,.;e,,ce nmny of lisiiccd tlii.-ir iiiiisic. The lloiuziii Catholic and two
g lfpiscopal Churches were well attciided mi Cl-.rist-
l inns. \l"c had the ]llCllStll'l! oflisiciiiiig lo the Rev.
, .\lr. Qti«il<.1lit: liiglily popular Rector of St. Paul's.
9 Ulllilm We liure only one i'ciii:ii'k to ni:ikc—ho mason
,“ sei'\'icc”_aiid l‘1'{l-2.-\Cltl'-In‘ iii a stvle which shows
‘that he coiisiders the voice his Creator has given
gsiitlicieiitly iiiiprcssive, without straiiiiiig after us-
KA'l‘URAl. toiics. \Voiild that some other public
,spi-zikcrs were of the sniiie iiiiiid. ' "
l But amid the general hilarity of the occasion,
1 there was u_iie source of sorrow, which iiifiiscd its
bitteriie.-‘s into more than one family circle. You
l11H'0- =ll|'i‘-'Nl_V noticed the brutal assault made upon
two of the College Tutors. So far as I have leani-
,cd ilie cimiiiiistzirices they are brii-fly these. The
geiitlciiieii in question were .'irroii.scil between the
?hours ofoiii: and two on Friday iiioriiiiig by the
:riiigiiig ofthe College bell. Oii prncccdiiig to the
scene ofthe disturhaiice, lllo-_y found four persoiis,
l
The riotcrs quickly fled, but two
soon returned. and as one struck Tutor Emerson
with a dirk or sword caiic, the other felled Tutor
Goodrich with an iron bar, which appears have been
stolen from the Railroad Depot, to assist in forcing
a way into the hell room. The zissailaiits then look
to their ll(£(‘lS, leaving Tutor E. to assist M r. Good-
rich to a friend's room. Pi-ofcssor T|,;,gc},c,- and
Tutor Hurlliutt. were soon notified oflhe ilIll‘YtV and
by the aid oftlie new liillcii snowlsiiccccded in frock-
ing the assailants throiigli many wiiidiiigs and Illl‘ll- »
tugs over_u large part of the city to their room, where
they found them safely in bed. You may iinagiiie
how unwelcome the appenraiice of these oflicenl
iuiisthave been at siicii :1 time. One of the young
men is from Tciiiiesscc, the otlicrfroni Philadelpliia
that city ofmobs. The one from Tennessee it I-'5
thought would not llZ1V'elCOll‘imlltI:tl so foul a crime
unless niaddeucd by Alcohol, urine other we are
The next day they were
committed to jail. Their (~:XttmII'lZ1Ll0Hrb8l'0l"8 the
justice is expected to take place on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 3d It is to be hoped tliatjiistice will be done in
the case, and should the suspected persons be prov-
ed guilty, that they will undergo the penalty of the
.luw. Had the student who stabbed Tutor Dwight
four years ago been thus dealt with it is very possi-
ble that this sad affair would ha\_’e never happened.
Should the guilty escape again, it is not improbable
that ofiicers, in the_ peaceful discharge of their duty,‘
will again be the victims of the asssassin. Ifthe nia-
jesty oflaw can be thus violated with impunity in
Couiiecticut—iii New Haven, where may it not be ?
Tutor Guodricli has been confined to his bed,
Since ‘he a°°ld3m- Hi-‘ symptoms are anomalous ;‘
he has been considered in much danger, and it is
more than doubtful whether he viill for a long time
—if ever, recover from the effects ofthe blow. . Tu-
tor G. is a sun of Prof. Goodrich of Yale College-
isjust through his Thological studies, and gave high
promise of being a useful minister.
A “ returned volunteer" was yesterday arrested
‘lVhe'9"P°" .'h° C°“f“"l °fll°l°d lh° with goods, alled ged to have been stoen,_in his pos-
'l_‘inies' editor $50 if he would publish this imbecile session. He was: committed for exauiinaxion. We
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