mug; have loved you in your youth; but
.., .
and permit me to returnat no distant. day another picture, and gazed on that till the!
to claim this band.” smile of the lover shone throfugli the tears
Then, after folding her for the first time of the father." ' ‘ f
to his breast and kissing away the tears - ' .
which hung hit her long, dark eye-lashes, It is evening-the first eveping ‘at Ben.
he turned hastily, and was gone. But,and Captain Hamilton and his bride are
he i-gamed in a memgm...-.he had left alon deck, watching the last point of Amer-
l9_v.e_, and returned to find Mademoiselle ican land, as it fades into the blue of the
ugenie pressing that same glove to herlboi-izon. _ .
lips and heart, in her . passionate sorrow. “T 119 “"1158 blows fit‘?-‘W9 V0999‘ {"19
She" was overcome with confusion. Md The p"°sS““’.°l the """g b"°“‘z°‘
could scarcely raise her eyes to her lover’s, “;"lf‘°’:'0°:,')'e‘::’lf’ef’;‘r'.:3 l;:,‘:i9,',,
as he hurriedly requested her to inform '° “P” 3 '
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-‘T {I LIOfiDAYg_Eéb- 7'
,.,.3"d."a bill in-f:iv"or of the
ans of officers and SUILI-‘
-_ Mr. Hale ‘repo
widows and orph
which was passed. V
After some other unimportant business
had been gone through, the Senate resum-
ed the consideration of the ten regiment
bill. Mr. Baldwin briefly explained part
of a forrnerspcech. Mr. Sevier did thei
same thing.
In the Houss, the resolutions calling for;
.!hcs'father..thiit he would wait upon him Eugenie’! 3‘‘'°‘‘‘ "F" ‘"9 filled mil‘
in the morning to make his adieu. '99": “' ’"°“"l’l“g l“”,"""s mwmds me
- dim shore, she inurmur--
I-Adieu, dear adopted land! father,-
brother, adieu, adieu 3”
Her husband folds her to his bosom, and
whispers—-“You have indeed resigned
much to follow me.”
' Early the nextmorning, Eugenie soiighti
"her father in the library, and with as
much calmness as she could command,
related the occurrence of the preceding
evening. , _ ,
The General, surprised and agitated, “l es, 0.”, home, friends, and it may be,
uc|a;med_. my religion. And now, dear George,
she adds, smiling through her tears,
“will you not admit that Napoleon was
the greatest hero the world has ever
lrnown ?"
“Yes, yes, I yield at last; but in return
for this concession, I take the liberty, my
little Bonzipnrti.-it wife, of fcfssing you on
the Emperor’: t/leek .!”
“Is it possible that you love this man
whom you rejected 1"
'§As sincerely as my departed mother
Icould not make lonely the hearth of
our home; I could not forsake you, my
father.”
“You are an angel, Eugenie! The best
daughter that ever blessed a father's heart.
Yet I cannot accept this sacrifice ; I can-
not accept this sacrifice; I cannot seper-
From the National Intelligc-nccr..
SLVIITII.
LET PER FROM THE HON. TRUMAN.‘
ate you from the man you love, and who
is worthy of you--it would be selfish, sin-
ful, to. do this. Go with Hamilton to
England, his happy wife! Go, and take
with you a father's blessing! God forbid
I should cloud your young life with sor-
rowl”.
“Father, dear father, do not call this a
sacrifice! The spirit of my mother will
aid me in my dutiful devotion to you.-—
Heaveoi will smile upon me, and I shall be
-General Leroux sat in thoughtfulsilenre
for a moment; then blushing like a very
boy, he said-
“Look here my daughter 2" as he took
from his bosom ti miniature, set in bril-
liants--the portrait of a young and hand-
some woman-—-not the long dead mother
of -Henri and Eugenie.
“What does this mean, father I” said
our heroine, turning deathly pttle.
“It means,” he replied, “that forseeing
that I could not always retain you to pre-
side over my household,l have provided
is substitute.” '
9‘Who, and what is she 7"
“Have patience, my love, and I will tell
you all. ..Wh_ile on my tour through the
. _States, last, Autumn, I met with an old
tfriend and fellow solrlier,an emigrant like
myself, and his only child; a good and
beautiful girl is she, who has promised to
fill that void in my heart left by your
mother, the place by my hearth soon to be
left -by you. I thought to have told you
this long ago; but it was an awkward
subject to brooch ; and the marriage has
been once postponed on account of the
death of a relative of Marie's.”
“And so, my grand sacrifice was un-
called forl” said Eugenie, making an effort
to smile.
“Yes my love, I shall grieve deeply to
part with you, but 1 shall not be comfort-
less. Now I am going out; when Cap-
tain Hamilton calls you must receive him
here, and may explain to him, the change
in your circumstances as regards me.»-
Don’t weep, my child-don’t,l pray. I
will visit you in England with Henri and-—
nnd my wife, in thecourse ofthe summer,
and you will return to Canada, some
time. God bless you, my darlin-1!” and
the exemplary father took himself off.
Eugenie bad hardly time to dry her
tears, compose her face and smooth her
singlets, before Captain Hamilton stalked
into the library.
He was somewhat surprised at meeting
Eugenie again, and expressed much regret
at not being able to see her father.- The
poor girl was sadly embarrassed, and
could utter little more than brief replies
to the questions of her lover. After a few
moments of painful|y'constrained conver-
sation, the Captain rosc, kissed hastily the
hand of his lady-love, and not trusting
himself to look upon ‘ her face, left her
once again to her tears. She stood like a
statue of grief, and listened to his every
step as he descened to the ball below.-—
Then, scarce conscious of the act, she
flew rather than ran down the stairs.
Her lover heard her light step, and turned
toward her. She grasped his arm, leaned
her head on his shoulder, and mur-
mui-ed——
“If you must go, George, take me witir.
you. I am not needed here; I shall die
if you leave me!‘_’-
Under such extraordinary circumstan-
stances, Captain Hamilton soon obtained
leave to delay for a short time his depart-
ure for England; and in the course of a
week, his marriage with Eugenie took
place, with all the rites of the English and
Roman churches.
Of course the bridegroom was pronoun-
ccd elegant in white gloves and waistcoat ;,
and the bride adorable in satin and orangelsigual displeasure the present rash admin-
The usual number of j0kes!istrnti0n of our affairs, and will sternly
blossoms.
Mizssrts. EDITORS :—-I desire to invite
the attention of my friends in Connecti-
cut (through the medium of your columns)
to the action of the Whigs of the two
houses of Congress, in expressing, asthey
have, in conformity with usage, thgopin-
ion that theselection of our candidates
for President and Vice President, should
be referrrd to a National Convention, to
be held at Independence Hall, in the city
of Philadelphia, on the first Wednesday
of June next. It is the wish of ourjudi-
cions friends here, that Meiribers of Con-
gress should have as little to do with this
subject as possible; and l am confident
that any attempt to forestall the action of
that body in this focus of political excite-
ment will be frowned at and put down.—-
To this tribunal the various opinions and
predilections which seem to exist in many
parts of the country in regard to the most
suitable persons to unite the suffrages of
the great Whig party of the Union should
be submitted by all. I entertain unhesi-
tatingly the conviction that the wise, dis-
creet, and good men who it is believed
will compose that body, will come to such
conclusions as are best adapted to arrest
the tide of evil now setting in upon the
country, and to promote the happiness and
prosperity of the American people. At no
period of our history has a thorough union
of the conservative impulses and priiici-
ples of the Whig party been more imper-
atively demanded than at the present mo-
ment. Icannot see the least chance of
rescuing our Goveri.ment and institutions
from the dangers which beset ‘hem except
by means of the next Presidential election.
With it war on our hands waged with a
prodigality of treasure and of life which
is as stupendous as the object now avowed
—-the absorption of a large part (which
may soon become all) of Mexico, to be
ere long converted into States and then
admiti d into the Union-—to permit a
devotion to or admiration of this or that
public character tojiiterrirpt our bar-moriy
or to prevent co-operation, would be the
height of folly and madness. It cannot
be necessary to remind you that our polit-
ical brethren of other and distant sections
of the Union take precisely the same view
we do of the existing condition of public
affairs; that they stood by us shoulder to
shoulder (with few exceptions) in resis-
tance of Texas annexation, opposed the
reckless policy of this Administration in
the matter of Oregon, and thus aided in
warding off the danger (at one t-ime im-
minent) of a collision with Great Britain
in that regard, and are now unceasing in
their efforts to arraign the authors of the
war with Mexien,‘.‘unuccessarily and tin-
constitiitionally begun,” at the bar of an
enlightened public opinion. Under such
circumstances it seems to me that Whigs
everywhere should speak of the views of
each other in regard to the Presidency
with moderation, good temper, and liber-
zility; should forego premature and un-
profitable discussion,and unfurl the banner
which we bore’ aloft so proudly and so
successfully in 184-0, and on which, was
inscribed the glorious sentiment, "the
union of the Whigs for the sake of the
Union.” If we cultivate this spirit we
shall, as I think, find in mutual consulta-
tions an ark of safety; and I trust that
the Whigs of the wholecouutry, and par-
ticulariy those of Connecticut, will be pre-
pared to accord to.the proposed Conven-
tion their entire confidence. If by such
an agericy a ticket shall be formed which
shall pay ii proper respect to the opinions
and feelings of all sections of the Union,
(as I doubt not there will be,) we may
American people will mark with their
and champaigne bottles were cracked, atlrebulic those who have sported with the
the expense of the former; of gloves
and sashes soiled at the expense of the
latter. .
Then followed forced smiles, blessings,
tears, the parting.
- -That night, hour after hour, in the
lonely room which had once been Eu-
genie’s, over a harp, whose strings the
delicate fingers of the most loved might
wake no more, leaned a pale and fair-
haired youth, weeping wildly and bitterly,
with the feeling that his twined heart had
been torn asunder.
That night, in his own room sat a tall
and handsome man, yet in the golden ine-
rldian of life, gazing inoiirnfully on the
portrait of a‘ beautiful. girl, in a skating
costume, which hung against the opposite
‘ wall. There. was a strange quivering in
the-lip ‘of the soldier, it strange glistening
iii dais dye. Then he drew from his breast
lpeace of the country, and made of war
and its bloody front a game of politics.
TRUMAN SMITH. V
\VAsnt!€G‘rOtt'. Feb. 5. 1848.
The latest case of absence of mind
that has come to our knowledge, says the
Derby Journal, is that of a highly respect-
gable merchant, not far from Derby Land.
'ing, who in dealing out some mackerel to
a .sma‘ll boy, laid the fish «on the counter,
and weighed theboy instead. He discov-
ered his error when the father of the boy
received a bill for some .s-eveutgfive lbs.
of mackerel!
Gen. Lambert, the military Governor
of the Island of Jamaica, whose death was
recently announced, was the same officer
who coriducied the retreat of the British
from before New Orleans on the 8th of
January, 181;’), after Pakenharn and Gibbs
were killed and Kean severely wounded.
rest assured that a large majority of the,
I by the throat and inquired if such pro-
;Gen. 'l‘nylor’s letters, from 1st to the ‘.2‘.?.d
lFcbrnary, were passed.
Mr: Botts subiriittecl a resolution asking
athe President whether terms of peace
submitted by Mexico had been received.
l Mr. Giddings desired to offer a&solii-
ition of thanks to Albert Gallatin for his’
‘recent efforts regarding the Mexican war.
‘Objection was made. Mr- Giddings mov-
ied to suspend the rules; when, on motion
‘of Mr. Hunt, the rules were suspcntled,
and the resolution. was laid on the table.
The House then adjourned.
Turzsnsr, Feb. 8.
in the St-:.\'A'rr:, a message was announ-
ced from the House. It. communicated
the vote of thanks passed yesterday to
Generals Taylor and Scott. Senator
Yulee suggested that the officers of the
Navy should be included, and moved that
the resolution be referred for that purpose.
Mr. Mangiim proposed a separate resolu-
tion of thanks to the officers of the Navy
and hoped it would pass immediately.
Mr. Niles 'Ill0llglll.-lllfll all were agreed
upon the propriety of some definite ex-
pression of opinion, whatever difference;
might exist in relation to the form and‘
scope of the resolutions. The motion to
refer them to the committee, to report
complete, was adopted.
The ten regiment bill was then taken
up. Mr. Miller addressed the Senate in
opposition to the bill.
Mr. Underwood obtained the floor, but;
yielded to Mr. Niles, who addressed the‘
Senate in support of the bill.
Arljournet’.
The HOUSE was occupied mostly with
the consideration of private business.
The Loan Bill, authorizing the Govern-
ment lo by-row eighteen and a half mill-
ion of dollars to meet the expenses of the
war was taken tip in Committee of the
VVliole. The question was an amendment
to substitute sixteen millions for eighteen
and a half.
Mr. Vinton, of Ohio, spoke at great
length on the fiscal regulations of the
government. Mr Ligon, of Maryland,
followed in support of the bill.
Adjourned.
'\Vi:n.\'r.sn.ar. Feb. 0.
In the SENATE, Mr. Hale presented a
memorial in opposition to the war.
Mr. Dix presented resolutions passed
by the Legislature of New York, instruct-
ing the Senator's and Representatives of
that State in Congress, to vote in favor of
the application of the Wilinot Proviso to
all territory hereafter annexed to the
Union.
The ten regiment bill was then taken
up.
Adjourned.
In the HOUSE, the Senate bill to estab-
lish a Military Hospital at New Orleans,
was taken up and passed.
The bill to organize a tcrritorial'gov-
ernment in Oregon was reported.
The Eighteen and a Half Millions Loanl
Bill was taken up in Committee of the‘
Whole, and caused considerable debate.
It was, however, finally laid over.
Adjourned.
Tnurtsnlnr, Feb. 10.
The SENATE, after some unimportant
business, resumed the. special order oflhe
day, it being the Ten Regiment bill—Mr.
Underwood, speaking in opposition to it.
In the House, among the petitions pre-
sented was one by Mr. King of M:iss.,
from the Society of Friends, who opposed
the war and prayed for a speedy termina-
tion of the Saint. Mr. King made a mo-
tion to have it printe l, which after cori-
siderable debate was carri_ed.
In Committee of the Whole on the State
of the Union, the House took up the con-
sideration of the loan bill. ‘
,_ Fr.iD.u',_Fcb. 11'.
In the SENATE, Mr. Dayton, from the
jiidiciary committee, reported a bill to
carry into effect the foreign treaty rela-
tive to to fugitives from justice.
The Senate llien resumed the special
order of the day. it being the Ten Regi-
ment Bill. Mr. Turney, of Tennessee,
deiivered a speech in favor of the bill,
when Mr. Breese obtained the floor, and
the Senate adjourrietltill Monday.
In the I-lovsrz, a message was received
from the President of the United States
by the hands of his private secretary, pre-
viously ordered, declared that no propo-
sitions from Mexico had been received
for peace, except by the previous dissent
of Congress. The bill in favor of the
heirs of Paul Jones was then taken up and
discussed till adjournment.
Sleigh ride Extraordinary. Among
those who have improved the present ex-
cellent sleigh-riding, were the Bedouin
Araibs—the new corps at the Howard A-
thenaeum—wlio went out on Monday to
enjoy what to them was entirely a novel
ainusemeiit, snow being, we believe, rather
scarce in the desert of Sahara. On their
way to visit the “crack” stopping places
in the neighboring towns, the driver
thought he would here :1 “lark” with his
exotic fare, and genteelly and gracefully
tumbled them into an Alpine snow bank.
Mahomet, one of the corps,a strapping
fellow instantly seized the Yankee John
ceediugs were customary in this country ;
beino logically assured to that effect, by
the interpreter he quit his hold and the
sleigh went on.-i—Bosron 'l's'me.i-.
3:? The Steamship .ic.-.4337.-iii“ im-
_..___
iers for pensions during the Mexican war,-e,.p0oj ggd ,,j,_ ,,,,.;,.ed at New yo“, 0,,
.”F.O_l_t,EIGN- *
AR oF._'rH’i¢‘.,,,s.s1t.‘t;i41 swans.
_ =..07ie week L'atcr’~fi'om Europe. I
The steumsliip, Sarah Sands, from Liv.
Thursday afternoon. She made the pas-
sage in 19 days, gaining three days only
on the packet ship Isaac VVright, Captain
Bailey, which sailed from Liverpool on
the 19th ult., and arrived on Thursday
morning. ‘- c
The general intelligence is not of great
importance.
Corn had slightly declined, and Cotton
was steady.
The Cotton Market was dull and rather
- N.:RWAL K5: QAZ E~'-ETE-
M2
Correspondence of the Giizctte.
W'ar Ilfeeting at T(l7flmnny—Grelc[py;'3m._
.M alters and I/i ings in general.
NEW Yorur, Feb. 11. 1343,
Last Saturday evening the great w'ar meet.
ing was held at the “wigw'am” and a famous
motley gathering it was. No where can such
a precious set of rowdics, demagogues, and
sans-culoltcs he collected on as short notice. as
fltiOlLlTltlhll1Itll3', when occasion calls. The
Executive here commands iin army of ofiico
Il0l(lCl'S. and seekers, hardly interior‘ in num-
bers to that it employcs to butcher the Mexi-
cans; aud us vzilorous withul as the renowned!
l~‘airfic-I11 County Convcnlion ; knight of La Main-lm. On the pi-escnt. occa-
FOR THE NOMINATION OF SH l-‘.RIl’F. . sioii the whole. squad were ordered to muster,
fl wo¢i'n"‘esii’ay,. 1-.'cn‘: "to; 1 sas.
' wine '1'ic‘iu;'1".
I-‘ort GOVERNOR,
Clark Bisscll, of New Haven.
roit Il.’.lEU’I‘. GOVERNOR,
Chas, J. Ill'tc(‘-slrslv, ofLyine.
I-‘OR srzcru-:'rAaY_,
J01"! Ba l{0bt‘l'3SOII, of N. Haven.
‘ Fort TI’.F..tSUR!-‘JR.
Joseph 3. Gilbert, of I-Iartford.
Port C0.\"I‘It0LLl-'.R,
Abijilh Catlin, of llzirwiiiton.
below the quotations by the Acadia.
Money is easy at moderate rates, on
szifisfzictory security. -
The principal news from Italy is, that
the censorship at Rome had been rendered
somewhat more severe. Great. excite-
meut existed among the people.
The treaty -between the Pope and Em-
peror of Russia, had been ratified. By
this the Rouian church is t0 be lolemted
in Russia.
The accounts from Ireland are some-
what better. Though part of the food
sent there last year consisted of rice,
Indian corn, meal, &c., is now being re-
turned to England, in many parts the
people are in a state of destitution. liherc
'A Convention ofdelevules from the sever: llov . . ' .‘ .'. . . . .
,iu Fuirficld County willabc held at ITO’/.Cl{l7llIl Nl‘(,'.I]‘: fwm the duel “"8 punmi mm." m me Io“ 8“
o|_,.v [.],,,,_.|, in w,.___., ,,,,.,_ ,,,, me 15”, (1,, . of .,,b , . _ street sweeper. A n!0l'i-I sentiment was to be
I 3 I‘. r i.i
_ry. l_t54i*3_at ll 0’_clll)(l?l{. A. M. for the purpose of manufactured in favor oftlie war, and the ma.
iioiuinniinv a suitaie icrs ;. fr]; 1, f . '
;sH [.;[uFj3 of 8,,“ C,,,,,,l,,.' :,),!,',, ‘,1, ,(]:::m,,',,__.' F0,h:::_teriul was abundant and ready at hand. The
xbttsltlcss proper to be done by said Ct)n\‘emim|_ !“ warp” was coiiiposeiljofisleck fat office hold-
The wl'li=" I" ""3 ‘°°"‘-""‘l ‘°“'"5 I," ”’9 C"'"“)' I ers. interspersed with lemi visiigcd hungry
are requested to send deli-gates to said (foiivoiitioii, . . ,, .
equal to doulilc the nuuilwr of Rt‘pl‘C.~'(?llltlliVt'S to 5"“kel'S° Whll‘-" for ‘he " ml"‘§ °"e"3' dmy li"'°
piliichgiiid towns use t'nl:l.lP(l in the Gciierzil A.<.<cni- and profligaire street disgoi-ged :1 making crowd,
iy. . FULL utlcn mice from e'icli town isc rn ‘st- - - - . . .
1,. ,.eq,,c__,,,,d_ ‘ " “ -in appenriiiice like Charon of old, “lioiientlus
Il\$‘l'-ZLSON L. -W!-lI'I‘E, C t iterribili squiilore,—cui pluriinzi cnnitics iucultn"
IVICHT MORRI‘, nmly . - - -. - L,’ . . _, ‘,
Om“; S_ ,‘.E,,RY° c,,,,,,,,,;,,.,,_ &.C. \\I1l(.l1l.)Glll,,ltltclplelbtlll)(,fll1ell‘l,Il1tll2tIlell
, ' .persons had long been strangers to the Croton,
laud their wlii.-‘kers were in ii sud plight forlack
lof combing and trimming. These were em-
‘ployed by the ro.gul:ii's as volunteers, or a sort
January 15th, 1848.
DIRECT '1i.7C:Z.§71‘i0.\i.
Many of the \Vliig papers thr0u_ghout the
hiive been some seizures of firearms, pikes;couur.ry have expressed much regret that the
. , . v 1 _ _ '
“ml P°“’de"» "1 F'PP¢-‘W73’. and Seterfll, proposition in the Ht use of Repl'eSet1lf1li\'eS, to
c°nv"“'“°"5 for m"“l°"° A Mealh Imperl meet the demands oflhe war by Direct Tara-
says that numbers of small farmers, hold-| ’
of choi us to echo the lies of the s-_)eakei's, and
give them nuilioi-it_v and effect by stamps and
‘yells. This they did with peculiar unction,
mm’ was not °m"'l°d lh"°“i-ll‘ by “Thlg "M05-1 mid like Bottom the \Venver, so “ roared that
—
ers of ‘.20 acres and under, both in Meath
and the tltljoining county oif Cavan, have
already commenced iria' ing preparations
for the Spring emigration, by disposing
of whatever interest they may possess in
their farms for ready money.
MILITARY.
At ii meeting of Field and Commissioned Of-
ficers oflhe 6th i'eg't 2d brigade. held at Essex,
22¢} Jun. for the in.-miiiation of Field Ofl’lC6l'S.
Lt. Col. George R. Kelsey, of Middletown,
was nominated for Colonel; Maj. .lohn’_E. II.
Brainard. of Hnddnm, for Lt. Colonel; and
Edwin Ayer, of Snybrook, as Major of said
regiment—after which, the following resolutions
relating to the present military system, were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it is currently repbrted, and
by many believed, that there is no provis-
ion in the new Militia Law of this State
for the payment of the Militia, for the per-
formaucc of Regimental Camp duty, the
past year; and Wliereas, it was fully
expected and believed by the persons so
performing duty, that they were to re-
ceive compensation as af0resaid-There-
fore,
Resolved, That (such being the case) it
is the imperative duty of the next Legis-
luture to provide ways and means for the
speedy payment of dues to all persons
who performed duty accoring to law.
Resolved, That the new Militia hit’ of
the State, as a. w/iofe, meets our cordial
approbation; but that in some of the de-
tails. it may be amended with advantage
to the service.
Reso/v.d, That the compensation of the
several grades in the service, oug/zt to be
equalized as near as possible to their varied
eirpenses.
Resolve:/, That the making pay of all
who perform duty the same, operates un-
equally; inasmuch as the expenses of
those in the higher grades are proportion-
ably greater than those in lower grades.
1i’esolL-en’, That we approve of the pro-
posed Military Convention an_d I’ura(le to
be held at New Haven, on the 3d and 4th
days of May next—-and recommend to
the Cominandants of Companies of this
Regiment to appear at said time and place
with their respective commands, in uni-
form, if practicable.
_Ife.s~oIved, I‘hat the editors of papers in
Midclletown, New Haven-, and all other
editors of papers in the State, friendly to
the Militia, be requested to publish the
above.
GEO. KELSEY, Chairman.
D. SAGE, Secretary.
C'at-astrop/2.e_.'-—Tlie following which
we find in the Pathfinder, will do very
‘well:
A gentleman from Lowell informs us
that the tragic event occured in that city
a few days since. A quiet and peucenble
citizen of.tl.at place arose one cold morn-
.i.::g‘, walked down stairs, and‘ finding the
oven door of the cooking-stove open, shut
the same, and then proceeded to build a
fire, put on the tea-kettle, &c., after which
he left the house, to return at breakfast
time. In due time the good lady of the
house made her appearance in the kitchen,
and having’ got her biscuit ready for the
oven, opened the door to put them in,
when she discovered an extra dish for
hreakfast,in the shape of ii I/wrotlglzly baked
cat!
Crops of t/ze United States in 1847.-
A Vvashington correspondent of the Cour.
dc Enquirer gives the following particulars
from the forth coming annual report of
the Commissioner of patents:
Busbels.
Ind. C. crop thro’ the Union 540,000,000
On ts “ “ 1 i 1,530,006
Bye “ “ 31,350,000
Oats “ “ 177,000,000
Buckwheat “ 11,674,000
Barley “ “ 5,735,000
Potatoes “ “ 97,018,000
This last crop [potatoes] it seems has
very much diminished in consequence of
the rot, which deserves the attention of
the government. The Report of the
Commissioner may contain some valuable
suggestions on the subject.
lhe tobacco crop was 219,964-,000
pounds, a slight diminution compared to
former years. " ~
Boston on Saturday nc-xi.
Cotton crop 1,006,500,000 pounds
Rice 1“ I03,4~00,50O “ ,
Sill: ‘f 401-,€00?bs ofcocooizs.
It is true that the passage and enforcement of
such a.lii\v would have roused the people to a
more sensible realization of the onormous pe-
cuniary burden, which an un.'iuthoriz_ed and un-
precidented act of Executive usurpation has
fastened upon the country. And we doubt; not
withdrawing every American soldier from Mex-
ico. But it should be borne in inind,lhat it was
by loco fuco misrule, that the government is now
driven to such an extreme measure. They are
the authors of the war, and now let them work
out their own salvation
Had the W'higs in nnywise aided the passage
oftliis measure, they would have been held re‘
sponsible, and all the odiuui would have been
so manoeuvered by the “ unterrified democra-
cy," as to fasten on them alone. '\Ve feel anx-
ious that the adiniiiistration party should enjoy
alljthe benefits,and all the “ glory" of their Mex-
ican war, butin a resort to direct texation. those
States and individuals that have most sti'€n11-
ously opposed it, would have to bear the grea-
ter part of the burden. The \Vhigs never
shrink from their duty, and had the measure
passed, they as it body, would have toed the
inaik with greater readiness than the demure,
and acquiescing deinocruc_i‘. But we tvould
repeat “ the end is not yet.”
THE ELECTION.
Every week that passes by without: effort on
the part of our friends to organize and prepare
Palladium, must either crowd more work into
a naroow space, or peril the success of our tick-
et. If there are any districts or towns where
the preliminary steps oforganizarion have not
been taken, we hope that they will. not longer
be delayed, but that: active exertions will be
made to endure the re-election of our faithful
State officers, the choice of a \Vl1ig Legisla-
ture, and iisa consequence, the i'epi'csent:itiou
willjustly reflect the interests and well settled
opinions oftheir constituency. All hands to
work, and the result cannot be doubtful !
MEXICAN CLAIMS.
\Ve see that a movement has been made,
says the Konebec Journal, iirthe United States
Senate, for the appointment of commissioners
to investigateitho cliiirns of our citizens on Mex-
ico, which were postponed or not; acted on by
the commissioners under the treaty of 1839,
who sat in \Vasl1ington in 1840 and 1841.-
These postponed claims go to swell up the ag-
gi'egate very much, but nearly all of them are
utr.erly prepostr-.rous. being not for spoliations,
butlor lands in Texas: the Trinity Land Coin-
pany, the Union Land Company a_ud Gilbert L.
Tliompson, each of _wlioiu obtained inimeuse
grants of land on Condition of performing cer-.
tain settling duties, which they were prevented
from performing by the Texas revolution and
war": andihence they claim immense dainages
of Mexico E Three or four millions of the
claims are of this character‘! Mexico is requir-
ed to pay this for her default in not i e-conqueiu
ing Texas and confirming the grants which the
State of Coaliuilla and Texas had nizide. The
lands are all in Texas, and if the grants are
good for any thing rltey are now good against
Texas and not Mexico. There are ‘several
lawyers hanging about VVasliin,r_1tou who will
get several hundred thousand dollars in fees, if
by any stratagem they can get Congress to al-
low these claims. Of course they will pull ev-
ery string. It is a rotten concern, part; and
parcelof the “ Texas iniquity.”
E? A letter from the Hon‘. 'l‘rtu:irA:v Sturrrr,
will be found in another column, addressed to
his constituents in this State. It contains some
sound advice, which we hope niay be heeded.
While the \Vhigs of Connecicut would not at.-
tempt to forestall the decision of the National
Convention, if an expression of the popular fee]-
iug should be made, itwould be decidedly for
Hmvitv CLAY.
E?” It will be seen by adv. that the public are
to he favored with :1 Concert of vocal music
of more than ordinary interest, as it embraces
about: one hundred of the “ little people” ofthe
South village, whose sweet voices and smiling
faces will nor fail to secure a crowded house.
[?’Thc Rev. \Valter T. Cgifftlllti 01.10 Of
the U. S. Senators from Georgia, has resigned
for the ensuing election, says the New Ilavonw
of the State in the U. S. Senate by men who,
it would do any man’s heart good to hear them ;"
land had they possessed his "amiable cheeks,
"and fair large ears," would have acted the ass»
.with equal perfection. Among them we bluslr
:10 say, might be seen a cousidci'ab‘.e sprinkling
of sell styled \Vliigs, who were the more to be
tlmtlt wollld h"V° bee" the 0*’-Tlilln metms Of pitied of the two iniisinuch as_ they were at
pains to assume and display those asiniuo qual-
I ities which nature had bestowed on the crowd
' with which they associated.
‘ Sit in Houston seemed tube the favoi"ito lion
of the evening, mid to do him justice, when the
animals below brayod lustily, he did "shake his
; mane. and tail right royally !” He, with several
1 linndrcd spirits, were imported from \Vushing-
« ington specially for the occasion, expenses paid
land liquor thrown in, by the Old Hunkcrs.
Sam has just been re-elected Senator fiom the
“ louestiirfi’ and is withal quite it genius in his
way. He is quite an effective “stumpor," cit-
p: cially with such an audience as listened or
riitlier yelled to hiui on the above occasion. To
be sure, he hardly rivals a Cicero in classic el-
egance of language, or it modern VVebster in
strengrli of arguinour, nay, sometimes sadly
inn nglcs his mother tongue, iind does violence
to the pliiinest precepts of Murray. His mor-
nl sense too, if he ever possessed any, seems to
have been much obscured by tlieexciiingsceiics
tlirougli wliich he has passed, and his ideas on
internntioniil rights, could not lizivebeen gather-
cd from Viittel or B-uilierford. Still these de-
ficicucies are by no means objectionable in 3
speaker, addrcssinga mass nieetingoftho “ un-
teri-ified" at Old Tniiiinan_y——pei-Imps even an
ndvniitiige.
But enough of rho meoting—:i word on an-
oilit.-.i' point. Sundry amusing resolutions were
; passed at the meeting. the purport of one of
which was that “ Mexico had invaded our Ter-
ritory, made war upon ‘our iinoffeiidiiig citizens
and butchered our widows and oi'phiins."——
\Vhei'eupou Greeley comes out next morning,
with n leiidor of two columns in the Tribune.
stating that the same was totally false and seri-
lously Illl)0l'll1g_ICO prove the assertion ! The
idea was about as rediculous as for one to sit
down soberly to disprove the history of Gulli-
son. No one save’ Grt-clcy, ever supposed the
resolution expressed ii particleof truth, or were
- designed for any thing else than staple for Buri-
; kuin. A few hlockl'iends~indeed, who have'nev-
er spent five minutes in investigating the sub-
-ject, may be imposed upon liy these specious '
lrcsolutious. As to the rest no one who has
5 sense enough to perceive the distinction be-
. tween mount. and tuum, and honesty enough to
.ndmit it, ever dreiiuied that Mexico was the
lagrcssor in this war. But Greeley is “ death"
,ou the war, wliich, with his preference for
ll-lenry Clay, is about the only common sense
idea he has, morally, "politically, or philisoplif
.cally. I
The weathei°liereli_as been mild and spring-like
fsiuce New Years, until within the past week.
i The Park Fountain is nearly completed and in
fits new dress will he a handsome ornament to
the city, instead of an eye-sore as heretofore.
Brond\vuy is soon to be paved on the Russ sys-
[em from Chamber street to the Astor House.
Money is atrifle more easy. though it readily
brings two per cent. in the streets with the best
The war is making a harvest for
PAUL.
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security.
the rich but is death to the poor.
SUPERIOR COURT. FAIRFIELD CO.
JUDGE Ennswonrn, presiding.
George S._Beldcn Jr. vs. Charles -Sturges.
—-This was an action for malicious prosecution
and slander. The pliiintiffnlledged that defen-
dant maliciously procured the’ plaintiff to be-
prosecured for stealing rt duck, without proba-
ble causc for such prosecution and the slander
avert-ed was , that defendant had in ‘conversation
charged plff. with stealing duck’s eggs. Dcfen;
dant pleaded not guilty with justification alleg--
iug the truth of the words charged as slander-.
ous. Verdict for plaintiff $500 damage and
costs.
Charles Briggs. vs. Stqrhsiz. Pt. Dz".tbrou=._—.-.
Action for the price oftt pair of Oxen sold‘ by-
plaintiff to defeiidnut. Alledged that saidsoxen
were sold undera \vat'ra.uty which. proved fiilses
Verdict for plairitiff $89 and cost.
Stiles Curtis, cs. , Manson Ifizyg and Silas
Mcclcer.--Caseno.v_v pending,‘ , '
5'? N. P-._{."ir.x.:»‘s, Esq. is nowilajringvéiry 1
his seat in that body.
serious).-_v il-L
ver°s travels, or the story of Baron Munchnu- -
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