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CONGRESS.
MONDAY, Feb. 1-1.
In the SEl\'.-1TB, the Hon: 1}. Johnson of
Georgia, appointed in the place of W.
Cclquitt, appeared to day, and who, after
being dilly qualified took his-seat.
The Senate took up the resolution pre-
viously oflercd by ';\lr.. Yulee as a substi-
FOREIGN NEVWS.
ARR.IVAL or ’J.‘Hl§ IIIBAER.-;\'I.-X.
0/re week Later from Europe. .
The Royal Mail Steamer Hibernia, Capt.
Shannon, arrived at New York, on the
evening of the 16th from Liverpool,wbence
she departed on the 30th January (Satur-
day) at 3 o’cloc.k_P. M. She arrived at
tote for Dickinson’s slavery .resolutiop.i};.},,j,f,,‘\.‘ peg 13m, R, 6 A_ M_ and dep,,,.,ed
He spoke one hour, and the bill was -laid m, 1,, AL She bmugtn 53 passenger's from
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DANHURY R.-XIIJROAD. Kent and _in the ne,iglibori,ng towns; not a
O,,,.b’,,§,,,ess m=cn ,,ecd}‘n0; be mid of me-V35; very great \vliilé_‘i_igo, there were 16 0
increase of ti'iide‘iwliicli the.Danbur_v road, ifzfllese l.”"~’s -ll‘ _°l3e"”l°3 tilt 003 tlmef
co-nstmctéd, would ,,,e,.-m,My_b,.i,,g h,,,,,,,._ | They are now about all abandoned.
All bulky and heavy arlicl.es, such as molas-l THE IRISH BAR.
ses, sugar, salt, plaster, flour, coal, fish, grind‘ “ft. copy the following graphic desc,-ip.
stones, iron and lumber, with a thousand othcr‘ tion of "‘ the Irish Bar a few years after
things; hardly less important, would be pur- the Union,” from the Law Review of De.
chascd of our wholesale dealers licrc, or in New l cember :—“ The generation of the Irish
York, and would he sliipliccl, ‘to this hlace andlB*||'. of ‘Vllllill L0l‘<l Pln'n‘el is almost the
carried over the road. t.hus securing us it v
as, sole remaining relic, deserves some me-l
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I-‘airfield County Convention ;
FOR. THE NO.\ll.N.~\TION ' OF SIIERIFF.
‘The Convention assembled in Nichols’ As-
sembly room, at. 11 o'clock, A. M., on the 16th
inst. and proceeded to a l.eu)porm-y organization
by the appointment ( fAlva Gray, Esq, Chair-
man, and James Reed Secretary,
On motion, :1’ Committee on credentials of
one from £‘._2lCl1 -Senatorial District,‘ was :ippoint-
V cd. Messrs. Isazzc De Forest, Henry Rugglcs,
=and ll7m. II. l*l"cc(/, constituted that committee.
NORWA1.-K ion ZE’l"l‘E.
vvciiiiesiiag,-, :1-‘ob- 23, 1 S48:
VVEHIG 'l‘lCIiE’l‘. ‘
ron covrzaxoa, .
Clark Bisscll, of New Haven.
' roa Lu~:c'r. Goviznxou,
- Chris, J. IlIf(3('-lll‘I1‘t', of Lyme.
- ' FOR S1-2C1‘.1-.".l.‘.-\l‘.Y,
John B. Bohei-tsoii, of N. Haven.
1-‘U1’. 'ri:i-:_-i'suui«:u. '
. Joscmi B. Géihert, of Hartford.
over. when the special order of the day",L;,..e,-,-,,,,»,| to [-talif-ax, 57 front L.ivc-rpool. ,-mmhi med we
. ed from duties on goods destroyed by fire
appoint ten regiments at large, and re-
-nf 15,000,000 Treasury notes.
‘tions being made, it was negatived by
w.;s_.takcn up, it being the Ten Regiineiit,;.,(, New York’ and 3 ,-,.,,,.,, Hum-ax ,0 Ncwfaaiouut of bu
Mr, Brecse speaking favorably on the;
bill. . ‘
Zilr. Upbam next :took the floor, when,
the Senate went into executive scssion.l
Adjourned. ‘
‘In the Hot.-'sr., Mr. Strohm, of Pennsyl-
Vania submitted it rcsnlutioii, which lies;
over, for the ‘.Vl.l.l1dt.‘i'.\\"dl of our troops‘
from Mexico. ,
Mr. Thompson, cl‘ Pennsylvaniii, offered
ti’; resolution, desiring to take up the por-l
gig“ of a previous resolution, declaring
‘be war unconstitutional and unnecessarily,
commenced by the President.
Mr. Ashmun, of lllussacliusetts, moved;
to lay it on the table, which was carrietl,l
by a vote of 105 to ‘.34.
After which, the \Vur Loan Bill was’
taken up and debated until the hour off
acljouruincnt. ’
'I‘i:i-:sn.iY, Feb. 15.
The SENATE convened at the usualj
hour, and after the transaction of the or-l
dinary business, several memorials and"
petitions were presented.
The resolution relative to slavery was
taken up. Mr. Dickinson explained his
original resolution. Ill r. Yulce concluded
the speech be commenced yesterday, fa-
-voring in strong tcnns, .tbe substitute.
The resolution was then laid aside to
make way for the special "orler of the
day, the Ten Regiment Bill. lllr. Up-
son spoke in opposition. l\lr. Husk
next tool.‘ the floor, when the Senate
adjourned.
The House passed a resolution to end
the debate on the \Var Loan Bill to-mor-
row. The bill was then taken up, l\‘lr..
Nicoll, of New York, continuing the de-
batc,‘who defended the Treasury and
estirnates——he considered sixteen millions
sufl'icient———he favored the taxing of tea
and coffee, and challenged the Whigs to
meet the issue.
V1-lD.\'l‘ZSD.-IY, Feb. 16.
Among the petitions presented in the
SE;\'A'1”E, was one from llr. Dix, from Mer-
chants of New York, praying to be releas-
in 1845.
A resolution was offered, proposing to
ferret}.-
The order of the day—the Tcn Regi-
ment bill, was postponed.
The Senate went into executive session,
and then adjourned.
THURSDAY, Feb. 17.
The SI2.\'A'l‘E resumed the consideration
of the special order of the day, it being
the Ten Regiment bill.
Mr. Rusk, of Te:-ms, obtained the floor,
and addressed the Senate at some length.
Mr. Greene, of Rliodc Island, next took
the floor, when on motion, the Senate
adjourned.
In the House, Mr.‘ Palfrey, of Massa-
chusetts, desired to submit a resolution
in favor of withdrawing our troops from
Mexico.
The House resolved _itself into :1 Com-
mittee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, Mr. Botts in the Chair, when the
special order of the day was taken up, it
being the Loan Bill.
A great deal of time was consumed in
debating points of order, &c. M r. l.\.lL‘K.ilV
submitteda substitute authorizing the issue
Objec-
nays 104-; yeas 105. Mr. McKay desired
to submit a substitute, issuing’ 17,000,000
notes. ' ‘ '
Repeated points of order were ra':sed——
motions to adjourn-explanations by the,
Chair, dzc. Considerable disorder arose
in the House.
lllr. Vinton moved the previous ques-
tion, which was carried. The bill was
read ti third time and passed. Ad-
journed.
_ Fmmr, Feb. 18.
in the SENATE, a short debate took
place relative to the relief of the widow
of Col. McRae.
Mr. Benton defined the bill, and gave a
history of Mr. Rae’s services, and other
remarks. The Bill was passed. 'lhc
Ten Regiment Bill was then taken up.-—
Mr. Greene opposed it.
Mr. Masori next gained the floor, and
brought forward a bill for the relief of
Mr. Black, our former Consul, and for
some time Charge, at the City of
Mexico. .
Mr. Sevier explained the allowance re-
quired for acting as Charge .d’Afl-airs, and
the bill was passed. The Senate then
adjourned till Monday. _
Tbe_HoUsc went into Committee of the
Vvlmie, on the Uiiion, and the case of John
Paul Jones was taken up for consideration.
Mr. Bowlin, of Missouri, spoke at_c0n-
sidcrable length against the claim. =
Mr. Putnam, of New York, and Mr.
Rockwell, of Connecticut. fullownd and
defended the claim. l\’lr. Ruck well repli-
ed to the charge. The Committee then
rose and reported the bill. ll-Ir. Bowlin
of Missouri, offered as a substitute that
the sum of $24,000 be g'll"Cll to the__heirs
of Jones in full fUl' lllelf alledged
claims. ‘lhc vote was ill?" _l"‘l‘e”2"“d
the substitute lost by a void 0f 76 “Yes
York. -
The Hibernia brings English papers to
Ja _
later than previous advices.
There had been no material change in
the corn or cotton markets, both of which
are represented to have been dull.
The Bunk oflflngland had reduced its
rate ofinterest to -1- per cent. and the
leading discount houses of London were
lending at call for 3 per cent.
The steamer Caledonia haul arrived at
Liverpool early in the morning of the
‘.39tb, liztVl‘n;g'tT1'.ide her passage in fourteen
days and a half.
A great free trade b:inquet:uas held at
ll\lanclicster_ on the evening of January
528th. Upwards of 2,500 ladies and gen-
tlemen were present.
The depositors of the Liverpool Bank-
ing Company have accepted a proposition
from the above Bank to pay them (is 8d
in the pound (one third) on or before the
10th of February, and to accept bills for
the remaining two thirds, payable 6th of
August and‘ lst of December, in equal
proportions, interest at :3 per ‘cent being
added. _
The West India Steamer Teviot arrived
at Southampton, Jan. ’39th.
Four slight shocks of earthquakes vis-
ited illalta on the 10th alt.
Lomlrm. _7l1'um:_i/ .-llrzr/cet.—-On Thursday,
Jan. ‘.’7th, the funds improved in conse-
rate of discount at the Bank of England
to -3? per cent; but the markets have not
generally improved to the extent which
might have been expected from a reduc-
tion of one per cent. Consuls opened at
80 to 1-8, both for money and the account
and after some fluctuation they closed at
89 1-4- to 3-8. H
Dun’/2 of t/zc I('z'/zg Denmar/.‘.—-—Cliris-
tian the Eight, King of l.)enmark, and
Duke of Sohleswig, Holstein, and Lamen-
bnrgli, died on the 19th January, at Copen-
hagen. He was born on the 18th Sept.
1786, and succeeded to the throne Dec. 3,
1839.
GREAT CLAY MEETING IN N. YORK.
Ten T/zousand prc.se7zl.
The Clay Meeting in New York, last
week, was one of the most imposing and
enthusiastic gatherings that ever took
place in that great and excitable metropolis.
The Tribune says that as the evening
came on brightly and mildly, the \Vhig
column across the Battery and bridge to
the garden. And still they gathered in
seemingly endless procession, until the
vast area of the Garden and the magnifi-
cent amphitheatre surrounding it were
nearly filled with the imponring People.
\Ve are assured from actual computation,
that the Garden \\ ill hold Fifteen Thousand
persons, and if so not less than 'ri~:.\‘ THOU-
s.\.\'u were present at once in the evening,
and many more during the course of the
meeting. Most certainly, there is no oth-_
er Man alive, no matter of what party,
whose name could have gathered any
thing like such a host of the Frccmen
of New York as did the name of Henry
Clay.
The President of the meeting was Hen-
ry Grennell, Esq. He was assisted by 18
Vice Presidents and as many St‘Cl'8lfll'lCS.
The resolutions were of the right stamp,
and the speaking ilt‘S[ rate. The principal
speakers were llon. J. T. \Vliite, N. B.
l>’lunt,Esq. Hon. Dudley Selden and H.
Greely. The meeting broke up with nine
cheers for Clay, which were most enthu-
siastically given.
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£7?‘ The following lesolutions were passcp
at the New Haven County Convention, on
Weclnesduy last: i '
Resolved, That we approve the call of
a National Convention for the nomination
of a Presidential candidate, to be held at
Independence Hall, in the city of Philadel-
phia, on the 7th ‘of June next, and that
our first choice is for HENRY CLAY, of
Kentucky. '
Resolver/, That we will cheerfully join
with our fellow citizens of the State and
of the Union, in supporting the nomination
of said convention, and lead our aid in
giving Connecticut the lead, as of old,
sustaining the honor and interests of thé
nation.
Costof t/zc lVar.——'T‘lic pec1inint'_v eflbcfiof
the war is now beginning to be felt in ,1 is
country, and this effect will be increased as bag
as‘ this war continues. Money will be S( we
and all business operations embarrassed. The
admission of the New York Sun, a lo foco
paper, in regard to the vast and increasiig cost.
of the war, are worthy of obsei'\':itioii.,l That
paper says : i
“It is the 'withdrawal of specirl from
this country to Mexico, for the prjlrchase
of army supplies there, that we ha./e most
to fear. We may spend twenty fnillions
annually among ourselves for war upplies,
as in the last war‘ with Englanr without
interrupting the great industria ‘pursuits
of the country. But the mom t we be-
gin to send money out of tlie ounti-y to
support a foreign war, we sac fice every
to 106 noes.
thing. Hence the necessity of making
Mexico support the army, 21 d in doing
siness which now finds its way to, , The l’.'Tnim;’ when it C
lBriil<vcport. But: this is not the most; impor-E doors of :1 native»!urhamcm’ ems“-ed a
: °, , _ _ jcomplctc cli:inge_iu the cliaractcr of tl.e
tunttcuturc of the road. By referring to tho, ,.0,'eS$;,,n_ 'j‘j,,,, jOm.,,ed body is no“.
n.’ 30th inclusive, being just it \\'Cck'tll'llL‘l0 from the_N. ‘Y. Tribune, given below, no mo”; jjke \\I1)'L‘[ it was ['0]-gy ye,”-S “pol
,the reader will see that the road would not be [hm-, [he squires of the pres.-m, day are
fstifforcd to terininatoat Daubury, but wonldvlike those of Castle flack Ilcnt. The
be oxlotidod ii-to the rich iron regions, lying a T lcgacics bequeathed to the existing gone-
vlittle north ofDunburv, and would secure allthol l'”ll°“ ll)’ llle” l””””‘2: dl'”ll'll“"'a fem 4”‘
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'hnsincssoftl1at region, and thus render Nor‘-:l”3'l"”‘“$" Pl‘°‘c'e”ll'°"5 l” lflc _5ll“l’e ‘lf
l“..,jk ,1“, g,.,,,,,, ,c,.,,,,,,,,S of H“ ,1,“ ml, Om‘ mortgages, have inmost extinguished all
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_ . . -. -the fun and fire of the s uirurch '. '1 he
region lying betwccri Danbury and the (_.anada q 3
_ H _ _ _ imorning of'-whislrey, the noon of duelin-1,
line. 1 his field is‘ now coinparativcly unoccu -1 “ “
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, , and the night of claret, those glorious
Pled 0“ ‘W’-Ollllt Ofllm ‘Wml 0f "l“‘‘“5 0f “"“‘5‘- times when lrisli igvntleinen reflcctin‘_-"s as
portation. But it will not he suffered to remain A Si; Boyle Roche suit], ‘ that posterity had
thus long. The public mind lias been l'O11S(‘.l,lld(_jnQ noiliing for tliem,’ were determined
to the importance of this mining region, and a 3 in return to do for their posterity—~and
road will be built—ifNorwalk does not secure licpl lllell‘ W0I‘tl Wllll 11 "€flg9il|lC€‘.—1lf€
passed away, and (lays of reckoning, not
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1“U_R. C0.\'TRULLl‘ill,
Ahijilh Ctlfilin, of llarwiiitoii.
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The following; gent-lenicn-——-tlircc from each
Scuatorial— were apfollilt”.-(I to report perma-
. neat officers for the Convention :
Horace Banks. Mallet Sceley, Henry T.
_‘will no longer doubt that a treaty of Peace has I,h'i.-5-“'~‘“s', A'”°5 )T"‘:"‘tv J°l'” H,‘,’_)‘fv.l~l “-9")’
‘ . ,. _ . _. _ g _ mith. Saiuucl I . uiiidall, W in. Minor, Wm.
been negotiated at Mc:.ico \SI:l(:ll sweeps away B 5-mm - , - -
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gcwery pretext for a longer moscctitioii of the: fl,Im_u[, That Coumy’
1; War, and will constrain the Igxccutivc, now-‘
lever reluctantly, to consent. to its termination
.’l‘hc rcsponsibilit._v of makingtlic treaty has
l.‘0P.l1 assumed by (ion. Scott, tliough Hr. Trist,
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‘doubtless had a full share in its negotiation. So
I{’eaco ‘Witt: l‘t!cx:ico. _
\Ve believe the most iuvctcrated skeptics-
District, and Town
Committees be invited t.o take seats in the Con-
vention, and participate in its proceedings, ex-
cept voting.
A committee of two from each Senatorial
is”), me (my papers by boat to day. . District, was nanicd——as follows——to prepare
a _.__..._.-.-.-____-._-___ ,and ropoiti resolutions to tho (,uuvc.-ntion:
PAINFUL 1‘\"TE‘l‘ [‘lUENCE' l Iluurv T. lIll}_',‘_£l'lS, Dwight Morris, Nelson
The sad intelligence has just reached us tbzt L, \\«'[,fm, ilii-iiuihlfi. Scott, \Vm. ll. Ilolly,
T'IOt1.J0l1.\' Q. ADAMS, was stuck with a fit of JHIHUS Refil-
apoplexyyestcrcliiy, Monday, afternoon l Tlicl The (,'ouvontiou ailjourucd to liulf-past one
quence of the reduétion of'the minimum:
Masses of our city poured in unbroken‘
it, some other place will, and we shall he left
l.0’llti}1L‘.Xll} our iudift'cre.uco when it is too late.
From the N.‘ 1'. Tribune.
inox om: Axn DI.-L‘I'U1~‘AC'I'UR1'Z IN .‘?l'21.‘v’ mo-
L.-\.\'U.
The valley, rather basin drained by the
Housatonic, from the point where the
railroad first comes into it from the Sound,
near New Milford in Conn. to its head
near Pittsfield, Mass. is entirely included
in the geological formations, which con-
tain the well-known Hematite or ore beds
of New England. The same formations,
everywhere characterized by these ores,
extend in a narrow belt of country still
farther North down the valley of the
Hoosuc to the Vermont State line, and
thence in the some direction the whole
length of this State to the borders of
Canada. The quality of the ore through-
yet little known, and its importance. littlc
appreciated. In the State of Connecticut
alone it supplies sixteen blast furnaces,
the average yield of each of which is about
1,000 tons of pig iron per annum. In
Massacliusetts there. are seven furnaces
running on the same ore, and the same
number in Dutclies and Columbia coun-
ties in New York State. The iron gene-
rally produced is of the quality of that
generally known as the “ Salisbury Iron”
-—so called because nearly all the Con-
necticut furnaces were formerly supplied
with ore from the large bed in this town.
This long enjoyed an unreasonably ex-
clusive reputation. But other beds have
since been discovered equally rich, some
of which, as the ore bed in West Stock-
bridge, furnishes a greater variety of ore
than does this. And as, in the working
of the furnaces, it is found highly advan-
tageous to mix difli.-rent varieties of ore,
this is of no small consequence. At the
A menia bed in Dutchess County the white
carbonate of iron, :1 species long highly
prized in Berksliire county, Z\la.=sacliu—
setts, has been recently discovered in
large quantities among the heaps of re-
fuse ore; and. am inclined to think some
of the rejected ores at Salisbury will at
some time be examined with similar suc-
cess. North of Pittsficlrl in Lancsboro’
and Cheshire some valuable beds have
lately been opened, and those in thelatter
place now hardly known, promise soon to
equal any of the others in importance.
Si) in the town of Northeast in Dntches
County, a new bed has been recently
opened, likely to be of great value. The
cost of digging these ores is about $1 per
too. The average price for the too of ore
delivered at the furnace is about $3 50.
but generally at these the price of char-
coal is proportionably high. . Two and a
half tons in the furnace, make a ton of
iron. Charcoal costs from to 7 50
per hundred bushels, and the consumption
is from onevbundred and twenty to one
hundred and fifty bushels to the ton, vary-
ing according to the quality, that of the
ore, and particularly according to the
skill of the founder. The yield of these
furnaces is from 3 to 6 tons per day, and
they run from ‘.250 to 300 days in the
Year. The Fishkill furnace has been ex-
tremely well managed, and has run with
-given‘: success; ‘its ore is of the very best
quality. This is soon to be transported
to the Hudson River, to be there smelted
,i2vitli antliricite at the two large furnaces
"in l’oughkeepsic._
The two large furnaces of the Stock-
bridge lron Co. have perhaps been better
managed than any other three furnaces.
-These furnaces which measure about 39.
feet in height and 8 feet across the boshes,
are making at present, one twelve tons of
iron per day and two other six; which is
an extraordidury yield considering the
short time they have been in blast, and
that they hate not yet come to their full
power of production. 'lhey are using
charcoal only. \Vhen the new rail is laid
d_o\vn on the Hudson and Berkshire Rail-
road the ore from the famous mine ofthis
Company, it is expected, will be carried
to Hudson to be there sinelted with an-_
thricite. The new furnace at Lanesboro’
is probably the most expensive one and
theilargest one in the country. This is
now just going into blast, and will proba-
bly form one of the most productive.
, As charcoal is beginning to be some-
what scarce——each furnace, exhausting
nearly an acre of good woodland every
day of its running-—-some alarm is felt for
the sufliciency of the supplies in future,
out this range is good,_its quantity is us-
With some, however, it is as low as $l,50,.
to be marl.'ed with chalk, but cliurcoul
never dreamt of in Ireland till the ‘ac-
cursed’ Union taught debtors that they
must pay and tenants that they might live.
The then bar partook, as might be expect-
ed, very much‘ of the character ‘of the
gentry. Enjoyment of‘ the present, defi-
ance of the future, constituted its charac-
teristics. Law, with most of its members,
was by no means apriinary consideration.
Of course, there were exceptions, and
sliiuing ones, but we speak of the rule.
Even where knowledge was possessed, it
was not always very safe to.m-alte use of
it. To demur to a declaration was deem-
ed the beightli of incivility, :1 grave per-
sonul provocation ;_and the. graver because
it was obviously deliberate. Zeal was
made to atone for want of learning. Each
man became the represe-ntative of his
.brief to gainsay any one invention in
which the holder was to resent as highly
unprofessional. Barrington has by no
means exaggerated thcbelligcrent pro-
pensities of his brethren. The reports
most in vogue were those of the pistol.
Every ‘gentleman’ was expected .10 fight
one duel at the very least.
diploma. Cur-an fought four. Had mat-
ters cven gone to extremity in our own
day, Mr. Smith might have pleaded prece-
dent. Lord Clare fought when he was
Attorney General.
Indeed, Toler’s promotion turned the
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honor, the noble chief prided himself on
his chivalry; and often more than hint-
a judge than while he sat on it. It was a
favorite boast of his that ‘ he began the
world with £50 and a pair of hair trigger
pistols.’ This served his purpose well.
A well timed challenge to Nupper Tandy,
one of the mushroomjdcmagogucs in
which Ireland was so prolific, “us under-
stood mainly to have contributed to his
elevation. \Vhen Fitzgibbon, the then
Chancellor, was apprizcrl of the intention,
he at once exclaimed, ‘Make him a bish-
op—make him an archbisliop—anything
but :1 Chief Justice\’ The lock, however,
of the hair-triggers triumphed, and Toler
_died, not merely a Chief Justice, but the
of an enormous fortune.”
A MAN \VIl0 ll.-l3 l".~\[LED.
Let a man fail in business, what a won-
derful eflect it has on former friends and
lcrcditors. Men who have taken him by
the arm, laughed and chatted with him by
the hour—shrug up the shoulder and pass
on with a chilling “ how do ye do 'l” Ev-
ery trifle of a bill is hunted up and pre-
lsentqd, that would not have seen daylight
lfor months to come, but for the misfor-
tune of the debtor. If it is paid, well and
good-—if not, the scowl of a sheriff, per-
liaps, meets him at tlielirst corner.
A m-.i_n who has never failed, knows but
little of‘liuin'.in nature. In prosperity, he
sails along gently, waftcd by favorite
gales, receiving smiles and kind words
from every body. He prides himself on
his good name and spotless character, and
makes his boasts that he has not an one-
my in the world. Alasl -the change. He
looks at the world in a different light,
when reverses come upon him. He reads
suspicion on every brow. He hardly
knows how to move, or whether to do
this thing or the otber—for there are spies
about llltlt, and :1 writ is ready for his
back:
To understand what kind of stuff the
world of mind is made of, a person must
be unfortonateimd stop payment once in
his lifetime. Iflie have friends, then they
are made manifest. A failure is a mor-
al sieve. It brings out the wheat and
shows the chaff. A man thus learns that
not words and pretended good will con-
stitute real frieudship.—Dr. Coleswort/Ly.
./7 Hopeful Politz'ci(m.——A gentleman
who has lately returned to this city from
a journey to Wisconsin, says that he
came across a grey headed farmer in his
heard or hair, until Henry Cl_ay was elec-
ted President of the United States. His
beard had already assumed a formidable
appearance, something like that of the
insane Father Lamson.—Boston Tra )el.'cr.
Eatécu/z'ons in .Me:rz'co.—A letter from
Montercy, in the Philadelphia North
American,.dated January 1, mentions the
sentence by Court Martial of private Gal-
It was a legal-
Common Pleas into a kind of court of
ing from the Bench,tliat he vns no longer
founder of two peeruges, and the tcstutor
travels, who had resolved not to cut his.
latest te.lc.grnpliic reportsannounced him dying l
Both Houses of Congress had adjourned in cor.-
sequence.
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The tinkering pollcy of the present: admiuis =
trution shows itself morcl1idi(:rously in the man-i
neg meat of the post office affairs. than in any ;
of the_otlicr dcpartmciils. l"ii'st we have ‘:1
law allowing newspapers to be sent; thirty miles
from the ofiice ofpnblication. free of postage, l
then this is repealed, and the former rates es-
tablished, for those sent from the printing office,
while any other citizen cannot send a paper
without first pro-paying a three cont postage.
To cap the climax, ii law is promulgated that
nothing but specie from the American mint can
be taken at any of the subordinate post offices.
Those, with a dozen other boyish shifts and
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changes, indicate it iniud so weak and imbecile
as to incapacitate its possessor for any oflicc,
liowcvcr insignificant, much less. one of such
magnitude as that filled by Cave Johnson. The
Postmaster General has seemed abitious to
attach all the odiuin to himself, it is in his pow-‘
or to create, and there is little doubt of his fail-
ing in the result. He was careful, however,
to make no mention of the amount of revenue
received from his three cent systcm——tliis
I/zrcc cant state.-siuan, should not have kept the
result of his wonderful project from the world.
In connection with this subjcct,tl1c following
from the Democratic Review is worthy of se-
rions thought :
“It is singular that, considering the cir-
cumstances of the condition of the Uni-
ted States as comparrd with Great Britain,
the amount of correspondence between
individuals should be so much less in Amer-
ica than in England. The population of
Great Britain, accordin-_: to the census of
o'clocl~'..
A1-"1'!-‘.l‘..\'O0.\' siassiox.
Report;
accepted. The tlclcgatcs prcseiit. v.-‘ore as fol-
Committcc on crcdciitii-.ls reported.
lows:
LIST O14‘ DICLEG.-\'I‘l".S.
Bron/._'/ir>Z(f.
J I" Bennett, I-l Riigglcs.
.Dtl/2f)'llI‘I/.
John R Hoyt,
A C Slicpcrtl,
("3lif1'l.' I3 l"crr_v,
Chas \V Fr,v..
Fa? I: /iel (1 .
Jouatlian Godfrey, \\''in II Bibius.
M A Slicrwood, Isaac I)cl*‘orcst.
.Ii’i¢fgP,/iclrl.
l<'runi:is A Rockwell,
Ilirain K Scott.
I‘l7iffl)71. .
Samuel 1’ Randall, (.it:()1'gc '.\liddlcbrooks.
ll’?-.9/I211.
Charles R0\V'litl1d.
Daricn.
Isaac L'I-Ioyt.
Gnome Kcclcr,
llcnr_v Suiitl1:.’d,
Ila uford Nichols,
‘Edward Scofielil,
I3:'i(/gcporl.
Henry T Huggins, D\vigbt. Uorris.
Slam/brrl.
J B ltlerri.-I.
Nathaniel E Adams.
lVcslport.
Charles Lockwood.
\Vm II Holly,
\Vm T Minor,
Alva Gray,
Grcenwic/I.
\Vin lI Mend,
John Hustcd.
Isaac Holly,
Amos M Brush,
L'(_i.s-(on .
Mallctt Scclcy, Horace Fnnton.
].’c(/r/iizg.
Fred J) Dimou, B S Houglilon,
I" A Bartram, A Burr.
Nnrilrtlf/:.
Clbcrt Curtis,
James Rccd.
Nrictoicn .
Amos S Frost.
.S'lra{f'oI‘d.
Stiles .ln(lson.
Cline C Butts,
\Vm I3 Swan,
18-l-1, wzls 253711.059 of whom 153, li‘.7,-‘l-0.’)
were over ‘20 years of age; of these 41;
per cent, were unable to read and writB,l
leaving but 7,155,169 persons who enjoyl
the arlvaiitngcs of. -.1 post ofiice. T|ie.~e.j
itransmit tli1'ou;_=,li the mail 10-I-',000,0C0 let-
ltcrs per annnm, or ‘.28 19. lctters each.
yin the United States there are, according
-to the census, 5,892,806 free white per-
sons over 20 years who can read and
write; and these, it appears, in 184--1-
mailed but 97,831,039, letters, or 4« 2-3
each; and this year ofall sorts, 55,000,000
letters, or about nine letters, each being
one third only ofqnantiiy of letters mail-
ed per capita in Creat Britain. If the
people of this country should write each
as many as those of England, there would
be 165,000,000 mailed; and at two cents
each. would give a revenue of $3,200,-
000, equal to the revenue of the present
year.
V.-\Ll‘Ii\"l‘INES.
Sixty eight thousand Valentines
through Boyd’s Express Post, in New York on
Moutluy last, and was probably not one half of
the number sent in that. city. Ten thous.-ind
passed through the post office at Albany, At
New Haven some seven thousand were sent.
The Springfield post office turned out about six
thousand. During the three first days of last:
week, eleven hundred were deposited in the
Danbury post office. Between three and four
hundred passed though the Post Office in this
village. The patron saint was nevermore faith-
fully served than during the past; week. Our
neighbor Smith went off inccstacics last week,
passed
and we presume will have to won 1'' a truss for
months to come. Some half dozen poor fol-
ilows we wot of, have been victimized to the
ltuno of five or six dollars, for postagc,ctc. \Vc ,
lsaw a stricken subjects last evening, who had"
i received about fifty of these flattering missivcs
Efl‘0l11{tllql1ml81'S of the Statc—postagc ran-
lging from five to forty ccnts—and who began
jto consider himself “the admired of all admi-
I rers,” seriously laboring with his waggisli coin-
jrads, who had been so cruelly trifling with his
best affections. Such conduct is evidently vcry
§nauglity,.but it will tell well in “ Old Cave,s”
l next report, besides giving our good natured P.
l M. ii benefit.
DANBURY 1{._.TlL .15.»,
CV1/titan.
Sn m’l Cart or.
.\'rw
:l)Ill'llIS Davenport.
Committee to report permanent officers fot‘
the Convention, made their report, which was
' itCCL‘1)tULl"—':lS follows :
I"r1:si/lc2it—.~\1.v.\ Ga.-xi’.
Vice 1’r(:3i(lcnts.
Isaac Do Forest of the 10th dist.
Iloury Riigglos “ lltli
9 \Vin. ll. Holly 1'2tli
Sccrclczries.
Clark B. Ferry James Kcccl.
The C9.'1VellllOl1 proceeded to an informal
ballot for a candidate for Sheriff. The whole
number of votes cust, were -10, of which C’/uzs.
Isczacs had 33. On the formal ballot, C/iarlcs
Is-aacs had 42‘votcs, and was; declared unan-
imously chosen.
Nslson. L. IV/zi/(2, Esq, cliairuiau of the com
mittoc on resolutions read the report of that
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coinrnittec, which was accepted. The resolu-
tions arc as follows :
_Ri:snl\-cd. Tliatiu the opinion of this Conven-
tion. the present unlmppy relation in which this
government stand.-t with Mexico, might by arc:ison-
nblc degree of l'orbcar:iucc on our part, have been
avoided.
‘ Resolved that the Annexation of Texas was the
first, and the march ofour troops into the territory
of illcxtco, by direction of the President ofthc Uni-
tcd States. the second and inimcdiate cause of the
present state of hostilities between the two govern-
ments. ,_ ‘
_ R9--“-0l"0‘l. Tlml tho’ the war in our opinion was
improperly coinnicnccil and might have been avoi-
dcd—our Arniii.-s hurl but one rlutv to perform. that
ofobcyiiig the orders of the Grivigriniient, under
wliich they lived; that llicy l-.a'.'c rli.--clzziigt-if ilii
duty, and in doing it, have caused their courage
and slilll to be feared and their Immunity to be ad-
tni_rcd by our oiicinice.
RC-“0l\‘C!l. That we cannot but look with bitter
regret upon the result oftlie late Presideiitiill Elec-
llUl1- llad I~Ii;.~«'ur Ci..\v been elected President
of the Unitcil States, we should have been at peace
Will] the world, and our eutrc country prosperous
; and happy.
Rc50l"(‘(lv_'.Pll£ll Peace is at all times desirable
and we consider it the first duty ofour Government
to endeavor to bring about :1 peace ,_with Mexico
that shall be lioiiorublc to both nations,
F Resolved, That we ap_pro_vc ol':i ."\"aiio_i:al lVliig
4r_0U\f)?l1llt.Jl1f0!‘ll‘10 nomination of President and
I {lie I _residi.-nt of the United States, and that we
will abide by the decision of that Convention.
Resolved. That the next election in this State is
One of rare interest. Two United Suites Senators
are to be chosen by the General .‘\.~‘.~'ell1lJl_y, upon
whose vote, may turn the question of peace or war,
besides our state and County ofliccrs. all of which
call for the most active excrtioii on the part of the
\Vliigs of this State.
Resolved. That our State Ticket is one tlial
The adjourned meeting to hear the report, of,
the Committee, will be held at the Town House
on \Vednesduy evening of next: -week. The l
Committee appointed to confer with the Tele-
graph Company will also report at that time.
PENMANSHII’.
candidate for Sheriff.
“"99 .l"’«*1l’S which he has held the otiicc is a sure-
guarantce that it will be honestly, ably and faithful-
ly filled by him the ensuing term.
needs no prai.-ing, all from the Chief Magistrate.
down, have been tried and prouoniiccd good by the
people.
I{c.~‘()l\'e(I,. That we earnestly recommend to the
Whigs of this County, Charles Isuucs, Esq. as their
His conduct during the last
_ The bill then passed _to a third reading if
\Ve \ * ill v - .- taste _ . ‘
too (I recommend all w ho have i J Resolved. Tim me b_ecl_eu"ies or “"5 Camem-
and put to vote, receiving 99 ayes and 790
noes; so that it was finally passed by u
n_.ujqrii_y’of 2'2. Ad_]0U!’|'lE"-l-
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‘ A Pliiladelpliia physician has tried
Chloroform for Asthmn,in his own person,
with eminent success. He \i'a's relieved
in -a few minutes.
lluy u \Vesiern man of H
50 now, her taxes will be lc than_under
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her former Miler»-
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f,>’[‘h¢ Kni(:l.’et'l)\'.‘(:l{el' ys; That was
astriking description‘ ll’ cl‘ was gl"e"
ry Clay: “He
Naltirc made
is a Man, and no mlstak
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liini'wc'I/L /rev‘ .slect.‘c.s roll
and attention begins to be directed to pro-
curring anthricite for smelting ores.
In early times these ores were reduced
in forges and blooming fires ;,these were
in Connecticut principally; and so long
ago that lndians were employed to pack
the ore in leather bags upon their backs
from the mines to the blooincri-cs. ‘At
braith, Mounted Volunteer Cavalry, to be
shot at Buena Vista, for mutinous conduct.
Private Nucent, same corps, to be hanged
at Buena Vista for shooting a Mexican;
and A. D.'_Lounn to be hanged at Camargo,
for‘ murdering William‘ Munson. The
sentences have been approved by Gen.
Wool..-ind ordcr_c_d to bc.carx_j_cd into effect.
forgood pcnmansbip,_to join the classjnst open-
ed under Mr. J. Curzoii, at the school room of
Mr. Stoirs Hall. He has shown us some of
rographic art we ever beheld. equaling in every
respect, the finest qngraving. .Tcriiis $1,-30 for
1.‘! lessons.
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most. exquisitely beautiful specimens of.tlio chi-. '
lion, transmit a copy of the proceedings to the sever-.
‘ll Will}: Pélpers in the Count , for publication.
ALVA GR-A. Y, P.-eéu cut.
' CLARK B. 1i‘i:Iutr,
J.-XMES Rizizn,
S ecre- P
" l:arl‘es.,
.~'.1s‘=”\v.. are indebted to Hon. J. A.Rocl1g.
well," for iutcrcstiugpublie docuincut.
Norwalk Chronicler