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: Moses}. Jan. 31.
' In the Senate, Mr. Niles reported a
bill to amend the Post Ofice laws of
.184-5, relative fo thecompensation of Post
Masters. _ _ _ __ _
The ten regiment bill was taken up.
A resolution was offered relative to the
obedience of orders, given in Gen. Scott’s
late orders, and calling for letters of Gen.
Taylor-—was disposed of, after which the
Senate adjourned.
In the House, Resolution_s of inquiry
relative to improvements. in several
Western harbors and rivers, were pm’
i sented by different members and ad°P‘°d°
' I
. A bill to confirm the boundary between
Missouri and Arkansas -W88 read three
times and passed.
1 A bill gmmingtwo per cent, on sales
of Public Lands in Missouri, fpr con-
structing' a road, was read twice and
referred.
Resolutions from Alabama, in favor of
Whitney's project of a railroad to the Pa-
cific were presented and ordered to be
rinted.
A bill by Mr. McClernan making up-
propriations for improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river, was read twice and referred.
Also a bill granting pre-emption right
to settlers in Wisconsin, and a bill pre-
serving works in the harbor of Chicago
already commenced. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, Feb. 1.
In the SENATE, the Ten Regiments bill
coming up, Mr. Douglass of ill. took ._the
‘floor in reply to those who had spoken in
opposition to the bill. Adjourned.
In the HOUSE, the Committee of the
'Wliole on the state of the Union, Mr. Ste-
phens in the Chair, took up the President’s
Annual Message.
Mr. Vinton ofOliio, offered a resolution,
referring the various portions of the Mes-
'sage to appropriate Committees having
each subject in charge, that so much of
the Message as relates to the condition
of the Treasury and the means of obtain-
-ing money to prosecute the War, he refer-
red to the Committee of Ways and Means,
&.c. &.c.
Mr. Wilmot of Pa. moved to amend, by
instructing the Committee of Ways and
Means to consider the expediency of
IMPOSING AN ANNUAL DIRECT TAX
OF FiVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
during the continuance of the war, or un-
til the payment of the "national debt, on
stocks, personal property and money at
interest. The said tax to be apportioned
among the several States in proportion
to population, as required by the Consti-
tution.
Mr. Wilmot’s amendment was adopted
by a rote'ol' 93.Yeas to 29 Nays.
Mr. Brodhead of Pa.‘ then proposed a
resolution as a substitute for Mr. Vinton’s.
On motion of Mr. Wilmot, his amend-
ment, as above, was also added to the
substitute. ‘
Mr. Broadhead’s resolution,as amended,
was then rejected—Yeas 8], Nays 95.
The question then recurring upon Mr.
’Vinton’s’ resolution, as amended by Mr.
VVilmot, it was adopted.
The Committee rose and reported the
resolution to the House for concurrence.
Adjourned.
\Vi~:nrti-zsonv, Feb. 2.
Mr. Hunter reported a bill to pay Mr.
Cruchett $2,000 for lighting the Capital
and the Public Grounds with Gas.—
Passed.
Mr. Jefferson Davis, from the Military
Committee, reported a bill to’ extend the
provisions of the existing pension laws
to enlist men ofthe ordnance corps. Read
three times and passed. .
The Ten Regiments bill coming up in
order, Mr. Bell addressed the Senate in
opposition.
In the House, the resolution referring
the'_l’resident’s annual message to appro-
priate Committees was taken up.
Adjourned._‘_
THURSDAY, Feb. 3.
In the SENATE, the 'l‘en Regiinents_bill
coming up in order, Mr. Bell resumed his
speech. » ,
Mr. Sevier having obtained the floor,
the Senate adjourned.
The House of Representatives, after
transacting some unimportant business,
resumed the consideration of the resolution
directing the reference of the President's
Annual Message to appropriate Com-
mittees. V
Mr. Smith delivered a spirited speech
in opposition to the Administr:ition.
Mr. Vintonfibaving obtained the floor,
closed the debate by calling for the pre-
vious question.
The call was sustained, and the main
question ordered.
Mr. Wilmot’s amendment relative to a
direct tax of five millions of dollars per
unnum, was rejected.
Mr. Vinton’s original resolution of ref-
erence was adopted.
The‘ rest of the session was occupied
in unimportant business.
FRIDAY, Feb. 4.
A bill making appropriation to remove
obstructions from the Savannah River was
assed.
The bill amending the Act passed July
4, 1836, granting half pay to the widows
and orphans of the husbands and fathers
whodied of wounds received in the ser-
vice of the United States, was taken up
and laid over.
, The Ten Regiment Bill came up and
occupied the remainder of the day.
Adjourned to Monday.
A Message from the President was re-
ceived and read. It was a reply to the
resolution of the House calling for a copy
of Gen. Taylor's letter in reply to the let-
ter of the Secretary of War, of 27th Janu-
ary, 18437.
_ The President communicated the copy
to aired. ‘
otion was made to print the ‘usual
-nirtnbeir of copies of this message and the
accompanying letter, It was adopted.
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Mr. Holmes of South Carolina-,m‘oved to
rint 15,000 extra copies of both. Lies over.
The House adjourned to Monday.
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By Telegraph to the N. Y. fI‘ribun¢-
LATER FROM MEXICO.
PETEBSBUBO. Feb. 4. 1543-
Your Pony Express has arrived. bring-
ing New Orleans papers 0_f the 29th “ii-
The steam,-hip Edith, from V_’era Cruz,
had arrived at New Orleans, bringing ad-
vices to the 20th.ultimo.
Rumors of penceand of an attempted
jnsurrection in the City of Mexico, were
circulating at Vera Cruz.
The peace rumors are founded upon the
fact that the Mexican Commissioners had
submitted a plan or treaty of peace, em-
bracing the propositions offered by Mr.
'l‘rist at 'l'acubaya. Mr. Trist’s powers
having been revoked, be forwarded the
Mexican propositions to. Washington, for
the consideration of the President and
Senate.
Col. Wynkoop, and his detachment pur-
sued the guerrilla band under Padre Ja-
raiita for a considerable distance. They
overtook the rear of the band and captured
Balenioi, one ofthe Padre’s aids, together
with Gen. Arista, on the 1st tilt.
Valencia and Arista were releasedon
parole.
Generals Torrejon and Minon, with a
guard, were captured at Amasuca by the
Mexican auxiliary force under Col. Dom-
in ties.
Major 'l‘alliferro had arrived in the
Capital from Peal del Monte, in charge of
$150,000 in silver, being part of the as-
sessment levied by Gen. Scott upon the
State of Mexico and the Federal District.
Gen. Butler's regiment ‘was suffering
much from sickness. The General him-
self had been quite indisposed.
The World, published at Guadalaxara,
says in its number of the 17th January,
that news had reached Mazatlan of 500
California Rangers“ having attacked the
American posts of Lapane and San Jose,
and that they had defeated them and burnt
both places on the 2d tilt. Three Ameri-
can vessels were dispatched from Mazat-
lan to render all possible assistaiice to the
Americans.
The Edith broughtforty sick and dis-
charged soldiers, and a number of bodies
of deceased oflicers. The soldiers died
on the passage.
Our Banner.-—Wlicnever we see any of
the Whig party wandering from their
moorings in pursuit of isms and idealities,
says the New York Express, we hang our
banner for their re-consideration. To
such of Mr. W-'ebster’s friends, then, as
now pursue this phantom of no pnrly-ism,
in the nomination of Gen. Taylor, we
once more commend the following:
“For my part, in the dark and troubled
night that is upon us, i see 'no star above
the horizon promising light to give us,
but the intelligent, patriotic, united \Vhig
Party of the-United States.”
Daniel Webster.
Shocking Dear/i..—Tlie venerable Wid-
ow of the late Mathew B. Wliittlesey.
Esq., came to a sudden and shocking death
in Danbury, on Sabbath evening, ‘.‘3d ult.,
by burning. She had retired to her room
and had put on her night clothes, and it
is supposed that she had been reading a
newspaper, and that, while thus engaged,
it came in contact with the {flame of the
lamp, that she threw the paper down and
attempted to smother the blaze with her
foot, and that in the effort, her clothes
took fire, and she was instantly enveloped
in flames. These reached to the ceiling
at the time other members of the family
reached her room. She was dreadfully
burned and lived but about ten hours after
the accident.
The voice of the Whigs of the Com-
mercial Emporium, with regard to the
Whig candidate for next President, was
expressed by their General Committee
last evening—the vote for Henry Clay
being about twenty to one. In favor of
a National Convention, and of implicit
deference to its _decision the expression
was unanimous. We understand thata
Public Meeting will probably be soon
held to give full effect to the judgment of
our Whig citizens.—Tribunc, Ed inst.
Gen. Taylor and Jl'Ir.' Clay in fllabama.-—
The Mobile Daily Advertiser says:
“We are free to say, that the Taylor
movement in this State, as at present con-
ducted, does not meet our approbation;
and that, in regard to Ggn. Taylor himself,
so long as he occupies his present doubt-
ful position, we cannot give him our sup-
port. To do so, would be an abandonment-
of the principles which we have ever
cherished ; it would be in our estimation,
treason to the cause which we have for
years past been laboring—-feebly and un-
profitably, perhnps,but faithfully,:zealously
and honestly, with all the energies of our
soiil——to advance. A man who does not
know his own opinions on great questions
of public policy-—or knowing, will not
express them publicly to the world——is
not_the man for us.
The same paper adds a private letter,
from a “distinguished Whig in a neigh-
boring State, who exprcses our own
opinions,’ says the Advertiser, “truly and
eloquently,” thus.‘
I am, therefore, for Henry Clay, in weal
or woe, sunshine or storm; until be either
positively declines to be a candidate or is
elected, I go for him against the world.
But if he should decline to run, or a Na.
tional Convention, fairly constituted, shall
determine not to run him, I am still at no
loss for candidates, whom‘ I prefer to Gen.
Taylor. VVe shall still haven Crittenden,
a Clayton, and a host of other good Whigs
and true, who approved themselves such
in times gone by."
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ro, EIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
Commercial Intelligence-.-State of Aflairs in
Europe.
The Acadia arrived at Boston, 9 A. M.,
Tuesday, Feb. 1st. ‘
American orders, to a considerable
extent, have been countermanded, much
to the disappointment of the English man-
ufacturers.
Commercial affairs in England have
somewlint improved.
To add to the misfortunes of.trade, we
regret to report that failures continue, and
sonic of them indeed important as regards
amounts. Death of U. S. Consul—Thomas
W. G ilpin. Esq, U. S. Consul at Belfast died
suddenly on the 8th inst.
Cotton Jllarkel, Jan l=l«.-A fair auiount
of business has been done during the past
week, the market however has been uni-
formly wcll supplied with Cotton, and we
close to day at prices gd per lb lower than
our quotations of Friday last for American
descriptions very generally. Brazils also
may commonly be bought at it decline of
{.d per lb.
Corn.—Liverpool, Jan. Ii-.——English and
lrish new wheats were offered ‘.’d to 3d,
and all kindsof old, including Foreign ‘ld
per 7lb,under the current rates of Tuesday,
with very little eflect.
I-lour, likewise, being equally diflicult
of sale, was in general nominally depres-
sed in value.
France.——Some important bills have
been brought before the C_haiiiber of Dep-
uties. One for the improvement of the
system of postage, another for the reduc-
tion of the duty on Salt (to come into
operation after the lapse of two years)
and a third for medical reform. The pos-
tal reform measure does not propose a
uniform rate on letters, as in England,
but a graduated scale of postage in pro-
portion to the distance the letter is con-
vcyed.
Capture of flbd el Kailcr.—-—After a gal-
lant struggle of nearly twenty years, dis-
tinguished by undaunted courage, indom-
iiable endurance and consuiriatc skill, the
Arab VVallace, Abd el Kader—-overwhelm-
ed by numbers, no; conquered-——has given
up the contest, aiid surrendered to the
French, only stipulating to be sent to
Cairo or St. Jean d’Acre.
Switzerland.--Public order is gradually
recovering its influence in Switzerland,
and the army raised for the suppression
of the insurrection of the small cantons is
being disbanded.
Spai'n.——The abdication of Queen Isa-
bel ll. is now considered as settled.
Correspondence from Madrid, of the
2nd of January, mentions the serious and
alarming illness oftlie young Queen.
On the 4th, Espartero was received
with acclamation at St. Sebastian.
Italy.—-The Semaphore de Marseilles
of the 4th inst. contains a new molu p'ro—
prio, published by the Pope for the organ-
ization of the ministry, and which appears
to have given universal satisfaction.
Berne.-—A note has been received by
the Vorort from the Pope, in which his
Holiness deplures the intelligence which
has reached him of the expulsion from
Switzerland of religious bodies solemnly
guaranteed by the contract of 1815, and
of various acts of sacrilege committed in
churclies—evcnts which have filled his
eyes with tears. His Holiness makes no
mention of the name of Jesuits.
The advices from India and the East are
not important.
Jllz'scellaneous.——A report was current
in Bombay, of a violent dispute having
occurred in Persia, \\ here one of Schah’s
brothers sought to dethrone him.
The Emperor of Russia has refused to
meditate between the Porto and Greece,
but recommends King Otho to make’ the
required satisfaction. '
India is at peace except at ;two points,
viz : the Boogtie frontier and the Groom-
soor country.
A letter from Genoa of the 20th says-
“The weather here is dreadful, snow
having fallen since yesterday morning.”
Letters from Paris mention the occiir-
rence of several failures at Bayonne, and
also in the manufacturing districts of
Alsace.
A severe shock of an earthquake was
felt at Courie. Perthshire on the 28th tilt.
The Voss Gazette contradicts, in the
most positive manner, the report of the
Cholera having made its appearance at
Cracow.
intelligence from Persia announces the
defeat of Salar, Prince and Governor of
Khorasan, by the troops of the Scliah of
Persia, commanded by his son Velide.
A fresh persecution of the Christians
has broken out in Corea and nine native
Christians——the first, a Roman Clitholic
priest in Cochin China—liave been mur-
dered.
Ten thousand persons are said to be
laid up with the influenzii at Lille, but no
case has terminated fatally. At Toulouse
there are, it is said, 15,000 persons, in a
population of 55,000, suffering from that
malady}
A letter from Magdelboiirg. states that
theentire incorporation of the kingdom
of Poland with the Russian empire is
decided upon, and will take place on Jan.
1, 1848. -
Accounts from Catalonia, given by the
Madrid papers, states that Marsal, a Carl-
ist, who had placed hfmself at the head
of from 400 to 500 insurgents, had been
b-nten by the Queen's troops at Col
d’Oriel.
'l'he king of Prussia has issued a royal
letter patent, convoking the .assembly
of the states at Berlin on the 7th of
January. ‘
Accounts from Tripoli state that Tripoli
was in open rebellion, and the Pasha had
been compelled to apply to the Sultan for
an immediate supply of troops.
The Toulonnaie, states that within the
last few days,_ about 3,000 men belonging
to the diflerent corps of the army of Afri-
ca have been embarked at that port. '
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Thetcold has set in with some intensity
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at Hamburg, reachingsix degrees. The
navigation of the Elbe was stopped.
The German papers state that the num-
SNORWALK‘ GAZETTE.
\VellIIe8(IllYs Feb. 9, 1848.
her of families preparing to emigrate
next year from Germany is greater than
in any previous year.
Letters from London state that black
fever and cholera have appeared in
Houndsditch, and that the passage of one
street has been stopped in consequence.
Large quantities of butter have lately
been imported into London and Liverpool
from Canada and‘ the other provinces of
British North America.
The plan "of a new [currency law for all
Germany, is in agitation.
Letters from Presburg say the news
from Galica is terrific. Famine and dis-
case are committing such awful ravages
among the peasantry, that in almost every
village a thiyd part, and ;even one half of
the populiition is dead.
The Moniteur Gric of the 20th, states;
that the chiefs of the late revolt in the"
province of Lepanto, namely, Col. Phar-
mal.i, Majors 'Botzairis, and Macrijatii_
and Bapt:iin Boizairis, have bren arrested.l
The Pope has lately suppressed nine,
convcnts, viz.,f two at Rome, two at Gub-
bin, and five at Urbino; their incomes are
to be applied to benevolent purposes.
The Fomento, of Barcelona, speaks ofl
several arrests of Cariists effected by the
Queen's troops. These Carlists appear
to be the last remains
band.
A letter from St Petersburg, of the ‘ldi
inst says: “Immense damage has been
occasioned in our roadsteads by the ice;
many vessels and quantities of goods have
been destroyed. On the night of the 25th
of November no fewer than sixty vessels
loaded with corn were injured, and the
following day was yet more destructive."
The cclebrared sculptor, Luigi Pampe-
ini, died at Florence, on the 18th.
T/ic Hump/ircysville Counter;/'eiters.— t
would seem as ifqiiite a gang of these
miserable men had been discovered.-
There are four altogether who have been
arrested, and there are others yet to be
ferreited out. Mr David B. Clarke, a
man hitherto of considerable standing and
sustaining a good character in that region,
seems to have had as much to do with it
as any one, and he has been bound over
under three separate indictments for trial.
He is well connected, and an amiable
family are plunged in distress by the
event.
So far as can be ascertained, there has
been some concerted action by individuals
in New Milford, Daubury, Derby, and
other places, for this nefarious bursiness,
The place where the money is manufac-
tured has not been found out, but one of
those arrested either has turned or prom-
ises to turn State’s evidence, and the inat-
ter will doubtless be sifted to the bottom.
JV‘. II. Jour. 251/i ult.
David B. Clarke, of Humphreysville,
who was arrested for passing counterfeit
money in Oxford, had an examination on
Tuesday at that place, before Justices
VVilcoxson and Osborn, and was found
not guz'ltg.—-Ib. 27:/i ult.
Eleclr-ical Lig/zt.—Mr. Staile is lectur-
ing in England, and exhibiting his mode
of producing light from electricity. The
light, which was of astonishing brilliance
and beauty, was placed under an air-tight
glass vase. When the gas was turned
down it sufficiently lighted the spacious
building, and bore the closest resemblance
to the great orb of day of any light ever
witnessed. So says a spectator: but it
.may take along time to introduce this
light to practical utility.
Covering for Roofs.—-The Albany Eve-
ning Journal says that immense quantities
of straw paste-board are manfactured in
this country, and sent to England to be
used, after preparation, asa substitute for
tiles and shingles. It is laid on the roof
then saturated with tar and coated with
sand. This forms a perfect roofing and
is more enduring than any other article
used.
Balancing flceounls.—-A inoralizing edi-
tor remarks that, since last year at this
time, we have whipped one nation and
fed another, of. about the same population.
We have killed a few thousand Mexicans,
and saved the lives of ten times as many
lrishmen, thus leaving a considerable
balance in our favor.
The Ship CanaI.—Orders have been
given to the Commissioners of|Public
~Works in Canada, to make a complete
survey for the contemplated Canal be-
tweenthe St. Lawrence and Lake Cham-
plain.
Another land slide is feared at Troy.
A large crack has been discovered in the
hill back of the town, and several families
have deserted their homes in alarm.
Jlfontreal InundaIed.—The city of Mon-
treal was inunduted on the 15th. The
following is from the Gazette of Monday:
“At daylight on Saturday morning the
dwellings in the lower part of the city,
bordering the river, presented a piteoiis
spectacle; the water had risen during
the night, and Griflintown showed a most
unbroken sheet of water from end to end
and continued to rise until the greater
part of lslington street was about two
feet under water, and most of the cross
streets four to six feet. Some managed
to extricate their furniture; others were
compelled tonbandon their dwellings and
leave most of their effects behind.
In some of the lower parts of Griffin-
town, many families who, when the lower
stories became flooded, took refuge in the
attics, were compelled to leave -them
also, and make their way we place of
safety, as well as they could in canoes and
scows. »
“What name, Ma’am ’l” enquired a deaf
person of the mother of an infant about to
be baptised. "Lucy, sir.” “Lucifer!
Lucifer! tbat’s it bad name. Why not
of Ti'istany’s! «
WIIIG 'l‘ICKl3 T.
roit covxaivos.
Clark Bissell, of New Haven.
I-‘OB. LIEUT. GOVERNOR,
Chas. J. Mccurtlv, of Lyme.
ron SECRETARY,
John B. Robertson, ofN. Haven.
FOR TREASURER.
Joseph B. Gilbert, of II-artford.
FOR CONTROLLER.
Abijilll Catlin, of Hnrtvinton.
Fairficlil County Convention;
FOR THE NO-MINATION OF SHERIFF.
A Coiiveiition ofdelegates from the seve_raltowiis_
iii Fairfield Coiinly will be held at Hezekiah Nich-*
ols’ Hotel, in \Vestport. on the 16th day ofFebruu--
ry. 1848 at 1] o’clock, A. M. for the purpose of
nominating a suitable person as candidate for
SHERIFF of said County, and to do any other
business proper to be done by said Coiiveiiiion.
The wliigs in the several towns in the Coltnty
are requested to send delegates to said Conveiitioii,
equal to doiihle the niiuibt-r of Rvprcseiitiitivcs to
which said towns are entitled in the General Assem-
bly. A rum. attendance from each town is earnest-
ly requested.
NELSON L. VVHITE.
D\Vl(}H'I‘ MORRIS,
ORRIS S. FERRY,
Wliigs of New Canaan.
You are requested to meet
at the Town House on Monday,
County
Committee.
January 15th, 1848.
o’clock, for the purpose of ap-
pinting two d
Convention to be holden at Westpoi't on the
16th of February, inst. Per order.
The Whigs of \Vcstport
Are requested to meet at Nichols’ Hotel, on
\Vednesday. the 9th inst. for the purpose of
appointing delegates to the County Convention.
\Vestport, Feb. 7. 1848.
Whigs or Reading.
You are requested to meet at the Town
House on Monday evening, 14th inst’... at 7
o’clock, for the purpose of choosing two delegates
to attend t.lie County Convention to be holden
at Westport, on the 16th inst. Per order.
Reddiiig, Feb. 8, 1847.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
None of our readers will fail to remember‘
with what untiring vigilmce the loco foco or-
resort to DIRECT TAXATION, to defray the ex-
penses of the Mexican war. So it was with
the same object. Yet the one scheme, so un-
equivocally denounced at the outset. has now
been oflicially declared the true object of the
Government, and those most clainorons in their
protestations against such an act of injustice,huve
obscquiously fallen in with the President’s doc-
trine. But this is only the precursor ofa train
of evils which the present Adininistiation is des-
fulsehoods” and "\Vli'ig prophesies” are turn-
mocriicy. Direct Taxation ! now presents its
less than ii year ago, were so hori'o1' struck nt
the thought, are now proniulgating the doctrine
to meet the exigences of the war.
The following paragraph from the New York
correspondent of the \Viishingt0n Union, (Mr.
Polk’s organ) is worthy of notice. It will be
read with no little surprise by many. of our rea-
ders, especially by Fui-iners, but it is in perfect;
keeping with the genius of “ Progressive De-
mocracy” iind as the lcco foco oracle snys
“ there can be no doubt that DIRECT TAX-
ATION is essentially De/itocra£ic”.’ .’
“ Both the Democratic papers of this
city—the Globe, and Evening Post—havc
espoused with the utmost warmth the re-
commendation of the Secretary of the
Treasury in favor of a tax on tea and cof-
fee. There can be no doubt that DIRECT
TAXATION is es.s'en.'t'ally Democratic, and
has only to be brought before the people
to find favor with the majority.”
Also, read the following proposition of the
locofoco member from Pennsylvania, from the
House reports of Tuesday lust :
“Mr. Wilmot, of Pa., moved to amend,
by instructing the Committee of Ways
and Means to consider the expediency of
IMPOSING AN ANNUAL DIRECT TAX 01-‘
I-‘IVE l\llLl.l0l\'S or DOLLARS during the
continuance of the war, or until the pay-
ment of the national debt, on srocxs, PER-
so.\‘AL PROPERTY AND MONEY AT INTEREST.
The said tax to be apportioned among the
several States in proportion to population,
as required by ths Constitution.
“Adopted by a vote of 93 Yeas to ‘.29
Nays.”
Fai-mers of Connecticut, you can now see
for yourselves the “ essentially Democratic’
policy ofthose ‘‘ lovers of the people and Far-
mers’ rights.” Your property must be subjec-
ted to it direct: tax to carry oil it war which wus'
commenced by an act of extreme usurpation,
and which you heartily condemn. But thanks
to the Whig members of the House, this
"amendment” was put down; yet we fear the
end is not yet.
SMALL Pox.—Considerable excitement was
raised in Stamford last week, from the fact be-
coming known that the Small Pox had an ex-
istence in that neighborhood. A family con-
sisti ng of several Indians, it appears, have been
encamped, on what is called Manhattan Island,
iii the vicinity of the village. On looking into
the matter, it was found that the old man had
died with the disease, and was buried iibout the
9th ult. At the time of the examination, (last
Saturday week,) another of the family was
found a corps in the tent. and two others, (one
since dead,) were prostrate with the disease.
The_disease was brought from New York, and
its ravages had been concealed. The proper
steps‘ have been taken to secure the" future
health of the citizens, though fears are enter-
tained, that the intercourse of the Indians with
tbe_ village, and the visits of children and others
call it John 2.” ' A
to the tent,-may lead to some new cases. ' \Ve
' il 14tl ‘ t., at 731-; . .
evening’ 16 1 ms Iupon the Executive by resolution to offer
elegates to attend the County,
guns hunted down the slightest intimation of ii.
regard to appropriatiiig Mexican territory for
tined to fasten upon the country. The "\Vhig
ing out1'iitliei'unpaliiteable truths, for the de-
grim visage, and those political deinugogues who
hear of this terrible scourge, also, at the east of '
us—at Bridgeport and New Haven. It is pre-
vailing, too. 30 501'” exlfillt in the city of New
York. Vacination, should be resorted to by
our citizens, as they k now not, in their inter-
course with other places, wh cn they are ép
[30S6(I,0l'I10W:SO0D it may be introduced among us.
JUDGE MCLEAN AND THE WAR.
The following letter from Judge John Mc-
Lean in regard to the \Var, is taken from the
Ciiicinnuti Gazette, where it: was subuiitted for
publication by the gentleman to whom it wits,
addressed. The] concise. munly- and decided
manner with which he expresses his views,
strongly commends itself to every true hearted
patriot. He briefly and lucidly points out a
mode of operation. which if pursued by Con-
gress, would soon bring about the result so uni-
versally desired.
\VAsAiNe'roi\‘. Jan. 7, 1848.
MY DEAR. Sta:—To all human appear-
nnce the termination of this miserable war
with Mexico, is more remote than when
the first blow was struck. in my judg-
ment it was unnecessarily and unconsti-
tutionally commence-ti, by‘ marching our
army into disputed territory in the posses-
sion ol Mexico. And I think that Con-
gress, who unquestionably have the power
should put an end to the war on just and
honorable principles.
A fier agreeing upon the terms on which
a treaty should be made, they should call
a peace to Mexico upon that basis; and
during the negotiation hostilities should
be suspended. Ifthe President shall re-
fuse to' do this, in the military appropria-
tion bills the army should be required to
take such positions as shall carry out the
views of Congress. These bills the Pres-
ident could not veto, and he would be
bound by their requirements. This may
be done by the House. ’
I hope Congress will refuse to issue any
more treasury notes. The notes deman-
ded, in addition to those already in circu-
lation, would flood the country with that
description of paper. Such an emission
would constitute a government bank, con-
trolled and managed‘ by party administra-
tion. We have now fifteen millions of
treasury notes in circul-.itiun,and authority
to issue five millions more. I would not
increase this circulation a dollar, but re-
ducc it as rapidly’ as possible. Such in
system would be incomparably more dan-
gerous to the public morals :and the pub-
lic liberty than any other system of bank-
ing that could be devised.
To meet any defiicieiicy of the revenue
to pay the current expenses of the war,
I would authorise loans at par, paying not
more than six per cent. interest, and if
loans cannot be made at this rate, let the
nduiinisti'aiion resort to a system of taxa-
tion which shall cause the people to feel
the expense of war. All wars should be
accompanied by a system of direct and
internal taxiation. Nothing short of this
can show, in addition to the sacrifice of
life, what we pay for military glory. This
was the policy in the better days of the
republic.
The late war with England was nobly
sustained by the people, not only in the
field, but by the payment of taxes. And
they will sustain every just war in which
our country shall be involved. But I risk
nothing in saying that an attempt to
adopt such a system of taxation would
wind up this Mexican war in sixty days.
And this shows that the war should be
put an end to, and I piay God that they
may do it. Very truly yours,
Joiitv MCLEAN.
5.7-§°The \Vhig General Coirfiiittee of the
city of New York, on Tuesday evening, adopted
a preamble and resolutions declariiig that Hen-
ry Clay is the first choice of the \Vliigs of N.
York, for the Presidency, and that they believe
him to be the main, in the present state of the
countiy, whose cliaracter and worth designate
him as the candidate on behalf of the Whig
party of the Union for the Pi'e.-iidential chair.
The vote stood 58 to 3.
£2? \Ve are indebted to Hon. Ti‘-iiman Smith
for sundry valuable public documents.
E2?‘ The proposition to tax~dogs was voted
down, in town meeting, in Danbur_v,last week.
1.3? We are informed that the Green House
ofDn. PERRY. ofRidgefield, accidentally caught
fire Monday night, of last week, destroying
many of his choice plants. Little damage was
done to the building.
as The in}? 52:1 for holding the Whig
National Convention, is the 7th of June next,
at Independence Hall, in Philadelphia.
E? A man named Sherman fell from one of
the cars of the Housatonic train on Friday last,
at \Vest; Cornwall, and was run over and cut
in two, killing him immediately He has left 3
wife and family at Bridgeport.
i?’ The cornerstone of the National Wash-
ington Monument will be fitly laid, on the site
just griinted by Congress, on the 22d February.
The funds of the Association, now amount to
upwards of $60,000. John Quincy Adams_
has been invited to deliver the address.
Tutor Goodrich who was so badly injured by
a blow on the head, by one of the students, is ap-
parently out of danger, and in possession of his
mental faculties.
lr.I.1vi-zss or Gov. SuUNK.—T'be Philadel-
phia Bulletin of Friday last, says that the
health of Gov. Shank continues in such a dell-
cate state, as. to cause serious apprehensions on.
the part of his friends. " '
?l\rIr. Evan J. Pusey,‘ member of" the-
Philadelphia, Medical College, proposes» an-
engine to be propelled by heated air, so. sq to~
combine a greater amount of power with more I
speed, having less weight, and therefore
resistaiicetlian the common engines,vvliich,”he‘
says, can be applied successfully» »
common highways. “ ' '
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