culation, of said corporation or individual bank-
er, of loans and discounts, and of specie on
hand.
1). The amount: on the first of July ne.\'tpi'.e-
ceding, of notes or bills in cii'cula’tion, of loans
and discoiints and of specie on hand, of such
corporation or individual banker.
10. The ainouut of State and City stocks.
together with ll description of such stocks dc-
posited by each corporation or individual bank-
er. with the ’I‘reasnrer, as security for the cir-
culating notes issued; the market value of
said stocksas near as the same can be ascer-
tained, and the date to which the payment of
interest hasbeen upon such stocks, and wheth-
er said interest has been paid to such banking
association or individual banker, or passed to
their orlis credit on the books of the Trea-
suror. .
And it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to
cause the stateinent required to be made by
this section. to be published in a newspaper
printed in the county where the place of busi-
ness of such association is situated, or such
part: of said statenient as he deems expedient,
and in such other manner as he thinks ad-
visable, the expense of which shall be paid by
such corporation or individual banker.
SEC. 25. Every corporation that shall ne-
glect to make out and transmit the stateinent
required, as provided in the foregoing section,
m:iy he proceeded against. and clissolvetl'as an
insolvent corporation; and every iiidivrlual
banker subject to this law who shall so neglect
shall be restrained by a judge of the superior
court upon the application of the 'PI'e.ilSIII'e1'1
from the further prosecution of the business.
Si~:c. 26. Every corporation or individual
banker doing business under this act, shall be
liable to pay the holder of every bill or note‘
put. in circulation as money. the pa_vinent. of
which shall have been demanded and rel'used,_
damages for the noiipaynicnt tliereof in lieu of
interest, at and after the rate of twelve per
cent. per aunuin, from the time of such refu-
sal until the payment of such evidence of debt,
and the damages thereon.
SEC. 27. The President and Cashier of
every corporation foriiied pursuant. to the pro-
visidns of this act, shall at all times keep a
true iind correct list of the names of all the
sliareliolders of such corporations, which list
shall. during the business hours of such cor-
poration, be open to the inspection of any
creditor.
SEC. 28. It shall be lawful for any corpora-
tion fornied under this act, or any iiidivitlttill
banker doing business under this act, to make
any bills oi-“notes of the denoiiiiuatiou of live
liuiidrcd dollars and uliivards. to be out in Ci!“
culation as money, payable iit any other place
than at the oflice where the business ofilie
association is carried on and conducted, which
bills or notes shall be countersigiicd and regis-
tered as llel'8inl)r‘.f0l'(’. provided.
Si-:c. 2!). All banking corporations or indi-
vidual bankers oigiiiiizi-.d under the provisions
of this act. shall be banks of discount. and de-
posit. as well as of circulation; and the usual
business of banking of said corporation or in-
dividual banker. shall be transacted iit the
place where such ccrporation or individual
banker shall be lo tated, iigreealily to the loca-
tion specified in the certificate liereiubelore
directed to be made, iind not elsewhere.
SEC. 30. No corporation or individual liaiik-
or, as such. shall issue or put in circulation
any bill or note of said corporation or iiidivid-
ual banker, unless the same shall be made
payable on demand and without iiiterest; and
every violation of this section by any ofiicer or
meinber of a banking association, or b_v any
Arrival of the Canada.
The Canada, Capt. Harrison, arrived in
Halifax St 7 o’clock, the 31st ult.,vvith125
The Canada experi"
enced a succession of heavy gales. Cotton
through passengers.
advanced 1-8th to 1-4d.
The Pacific arrived at Liverpool in ten
and a half days.
.Tlie Cunard Company have determined‘
to commence a line of screw steamers ‘of
great size and power, to run between Liv-
erpool and New York.
Concilitian Hall has been closed for the
present, and the Repeal agitation in Ireland
has ceased.
At latest dates the American fleet was
off’ the port of Lisbon, but the papers fur-
hish no news relative to the difliculties be-
tween Portugal and the United States.
Actual hostilities have probably, ere this,
re—commenced between Denmark and the
a large Russian fleet is off the
coast for the purpose of giving the Danes
Ducliies ;
all the assistancei“tlie_v may require.
The Queen of Spain has been delivered
of a son, who lived only a few moments.
A difliculty has occurred between Spain
and Portugal, in consequence of the mar-
riage of the King's sister with Count Itey,
The Sp-anisli _ I)‘IltllS"'
ter has protested agaiiist this alliance as a
breach of the Qlllldrullie i1'93l.i"i‘“‘d has
son of Don Carlos.
asked for his passports.
The late cori'espoiitle.iicc between Prussia
and Austria, on the constitution of an Iii-
terior Central Government of Get‘iiian.Yi
has failed to produce any result.
The butcher I-Iaynau, has been dismiss-
ed in disuracelroni tliegovernnicnt of l‘Ipn-
The cause of his dismissal is owing
to his having set at liberty Bezerady, a con-
gary.
fidential friend of Kossulh’s.
The overland mail had arrived with la-
In dia was
Aserious epidemic had broken
out in Canton, resembling the yellowlever
It is said to be iiiva-
The commercial treaty be-
igiveen China and the United States had not
ler news from India and China.
tranquil.
in the VVest Indies.
riably fatal.
been completed.
The cholera was raging l'|'igl1lfUllY ill
Combodia.
____‘,.._.__ ._—._.....___.
b“\“.t"Tlie Bridgeport Standard says that
tvvosteamboats are anchored at the spot
where the ill-fated steamer Lexington went
down, after she was burnt, on the night of
large
amount ofspccie was on board at the time.
under the charge of Harndcn‘s Express.
The hull lies in the depth of about 130 ft.
of waier,olf‘ Old Field lighthouse, about
12 miles from liridgeport, and workinpii
are now engaged in attemplsto raise it. It
the 13th of January, 1840. A
is believed that they will be successful.
A HARD Casi:-—A l\lrs. Johnson was
recently sent to the Hartford County Jail,
from Eiitield, she being unable to pay a fine
She
of $10 and costs, for selling liquor.
had a child less than six clays old, at the
time she was taken. Iler lIl.l::'-l)'dlILl
died
Cromw*ell7s.. Arnny.
BY I1 EY.
In war, this strange force was irresistible. «
The stubborn courage, cliaracteristic of the
English people, was,’ by this system of
Cromwell, at once regulated and stimulated.
Other leaders have inspired their followers
with their love as ardent. But in his camp
alone the most rigid discipline was found in
,.o,,,p,-,ny with the fiercest 8n,.l.l1l]5iE_1Sl'n... His
troops moved to victory with the precision of
machines, while burning‘ with the Wildest
fanaticism of crusaders. From the time
when the army was remodlctl, to the time
when disbanded, it never found,,eii ,r on the
British Islands or on the coiitinentariienemy
who could stand its onset. In England,
Scotland, Ireland, Flanders, the Puritan
warriors, often surrounded by difficulties,
sometimes contending against three-fold odds,
not onlv ncvcr failed to destroy and break
them. ‘They at lengtll came to regard the
day of battle asa clay of certain triumph,
and marched against the most renowned
battallions of Europe with disdainful confi-
dence. 'l'ui'rcnne. was starilcd by the shoot
of‘ stern cxultatioii with which his Englisli
allies advanced to the combat, and expressed
the delight ofa true soldier when he learned
that it was over the‘fashion of Cromwell’s
pikemen to rejoice when they br-held the
enemy; and the banished cavaliers felt an
emotion of national pride, when they saw a
brigade of their countrymen, outnumbered
by foes, and abandoned by allies, drive before
it in licadlong route the finest infantry of
Spain, and force :1 passage into a counter-
scarp which had just been pronounced im-
pl'C‘,(__T_l)i1lJl€‘. by the finest marshals of France.
But that which chiefly distiiiguislied the
army of Cromwell from other armies was
the austere morality and fear of God which
pervaded all ranks. ft is acknowledged by
the most zealous royalists,tliat in that singu-
lar camp, no oath was heard, no drunkenness
or gambling was sccn , and that during the
long dominion of tlic soldicry, the property
of thc peaceable citizen and the lionoi' of
women were held sacred. If outrages were
committed, they were outrages ofa very dif-
ferent kind from those which a victorious
army is gcncrally guilty. No servant girl
complained of the rough gallantry ofthe red
coats. Not an ounce of plate was taken from
the shops of the goldsmitlis. But -.1 Pclagian
sermon. or a window on which the Virgin
and Clrll was p.’tilll.PLl, producerl in the Po‘-
ritan ranks an cxciicincnt wliicli it requii'ctl
the utmost exertions of the ollicers to'qiicll.
One of Croinwr.-ll’s chief difficulties was to
restrain his pikcmcn and drzigoons from in-
vading, by main force, the pulpits of minis-
tcrs whose discourses, to use the language of
the tinics were not very savory.
{trip It is said that Sir Henry Buliver, im-
inctliatcly upon hearing ‘of Mr. Websu-.r’s
appointment as Sccreiary of State wrote him
a letter of congratulation, most fclicitonsly
expressed. He congratulated not only our
own governuient for the appointment, but ex-
pressed the great satisfaction his own govern-
ment, and all other govcriiments of the
world, would feel on licaring the Il1l.t.'lll-
lied amendment. (proposing a commission to
settle the boundary between Texas and the
Federal 'I‘erritories' north of her) was car-
ried by one majority, and so was a ‘rider pro-
posed by Mr. Dawson of Georgia in the fol-_
lowing words:
And be 21 furl/ietr enacted, That until such
time as the boundary line between the State
of Texas and the Territory of the United
States he agreedto by the Legislature of the
State of Texas and the Territorial Govern-
ment [for New Mexico] authorized by this
act s/mil not go into opercition. east of tlic Rio
Gran//.(lc, nor shall any State [Government]
be established for New Mexico enzlirawi/Lg
(1J2.]jlC)'7"(‘:bt)7':I/£’£LSb of the Rio Granule.
‘It seems to me scarcely credible at a dis-
tance from VVasliington that such :1 proposi-
tion should be seriously entertained, much
less enacted. New Mexico east of the Rio
Grande is six hundred miles long by an
average of one hundred broad, contains at
least sixty thousand civilized people, is
threatened with invasion and subjugation by
Texas, is surrounded and constantly liarasscd
by savage enemies, and utterly isolated from
all sympathy or assistance. We are under
solemn treaty stipulations with Mexico to
extend to her people the blessings of civil
goveriiment as speedily as possible. Yet
here is ii proposition not merely to refuse :1
Government to the New Mexican people,
but absolutely. to deprive them of that ivliicli
they, under the pressure of an imminent
danger, estiiblislicd for themselves. ‘And
yet this monstrous proposition was crowded
through the Senate by one inajority—Yeus
29, Nays 28—but' among lho Yeas were
Mr. Cooper of Pa, who voted undcr misap-
prehension of the qucstion,and Gen. Shields
of lll., who was goadetl into changing his
vote from Nay to You in opposition to his
own deliberate judgment. Judge Phelps
of Vi. also voted for it——for what. reason I
cannot iniaginc. I should as soon thought
of 21 Vermont Senator voting to establish
Slavery among the Green Mountains. But
the mischief was done, and I can only hope
that it won’t stay done.
Judge Phelps also voted against laying
the bill on the table, on motion of Mr.
Walkei',of \Viscorisiii—ayes 27'; noes 32—
every Senator present and voting, except
Ml‘. Borlzind of Arkansas. The dcfcat of
his long tlireateucd motion strengthened the
bill
Up to 3 o’('locl( I thought the final vote
on the bill would be tukctt before adjourn-
ing' but, on :1 motion to strike out the
I 0
clause heretofore. adopted (in Committee)
New l\'l<-:1(iCO and Utah passing any acts
either ctsalslishing or abolishing slavery, a
long, rambling debate sprung up which con-
suiucd hours; and, though the Senate at If
0’cloclc rr-fused to adjourn by a strong vote,
yet at 5, Hunger flogged Resolution, and
the Senate ‘ut.ljoiirned._ ~
Better luck for New Mexico to-morrow.
ii. G.
In the Senate on TVerInes(Ia.i the Coin-
: ~ ,1 1 ‘ ’
promise bill ieceived its death-blow, after
losing, drop after drop of its blood at the
hands of our C0li‘Vt'(-.‘e‘Sl0l1ttl Sanirrados.
-- D
‘was defeated by 33 to 2".
forbidding the Territorial Legislatures of
bill... Yesterday,-a very -large‘ concession
was made to them to secure their support,
but this alienated Messrs. Pearce, Under-
wood and others. To-day this class rirllied
and struck out the concession to Texas,
very soon after which the Texas men voted
to lay ‘the bill on the table,-and came with-
in one of carrying it. At length a motion
to restore the New Mexico sections of the
bill as Mr. Pearce proposed to amend them,
was deferted by 28 to 25, (several Senators
having adjourned to dinner,) and that threw
the Omnibus on its beam ends. It.-i enemies
rushed in with various propositions, and in
an hour the whole structure was a ruin. Mr.
Clay left in disgust, and at last nothing but
Utah was left, and that was pressed through
to its engrossnieut by ii vote‘of 32 to 18.
And then, at near eight o’clock, the Senate,
(about the 20th time trying) put out. its
lights and went home to reflect on matters
and things in general.
In the Senate on Fri(i’a._7/ Mr. Foot’s
amcndmcnttoihe California Bill, dividing
the new Senate by the thirty-six thirty line
the amendment
re laiiug to the public domain was agreecl to
and then the question came upon Mr. Footc’s
motion to substitute for the bill the Texas
and New Mexico part of the late Compro-
mise; on this Mr Rusk was rcpeatiiig his
standing speech when the amendment was
witlidrawn by its author. l\'lr. Pearce then
gave notice of a bill establisliing a Territo-
rial Govcrnuieni in New Mexico and settling
the boundary question.
The [Iousc was eiigzigerl mainly with the
IndianAppropriation Bill but accomplished
nothing. An int-fliectual effort was made to
adjourn till Monila_v, but it was decided that
there should be a session to-morrow.
The iS'e1i.ale was not in session iS'alu7v.l2ig/
having abjourned over until Moriday.
In tic House after some unimpoitzint pro-
cecdings Mr. Daniels moved that the House
take up the calendar.
Mr. Bailey moved that the House go into
committee of the whole upon the state of the
Union.
Mr. Burtinqiiired what had become of the
fortification bill.
'l'hc chair replied that it would come up
when the the House should proceed to take
up the business which is now upon the
Speaker’s table.
Tlie l'I0t1sC then went into committee of
the whole and resumed the discussion of the
Indian bill.
Messrs. Brown, of Mississippi, Fitch,
Swot-zor Chandler, and others, spoke upon
the subject.
NORWALK GAZETTE.
T UESD.-‘LY, AUGUST, 6 I850.
Sici~:::i~:ss.-—Aii unusual amount of sickness
has fallen to our lot during tho. past week, and
we have been put, to out trtttiips tolget our paper
Our hands have all
This, we trust will be a sat.-
Ollt. l.'J(-‘.811 lIlOl'8 UI‘ IBSS
unfit for service.
u
work shall be completed, it is to be bestowed
——a positive and perpetual gunriinty-g-to tho
tradeland commerce ofthe nation, with no toll
except that which may be necessary to keep
the road and its machinery in repair. This
highway will irialie those who live on tIie_At-
lantic, neighbors to those who live on the Pa-
cific, the time of transit. being reduced to*‘som‘e-
thing like one week. If this highway can be
made, and inado as the report intimates, why
should Congre.-is pause’! The road can be built
according to Hr. Whitney's views, in the space
L_f15 years.
THE NEW’ TAX LAW.
Ma PP.I.\"1‘l-ZR :—The atteinpt made. by the
last Legislature of this State to equalize the
burden of taxation was laudable and praise-
worthy. Inequalities doubtless existed undo?
the old system, and some iilterations were
necessary. How far the object desired will
be attained by the new law is matter of doubt.
Few men will doubt the truth of the proposi-
t.ion that al men should be taxed in proportiorz
The difficulty lies in
ascertaining the ability. That some kinds of
property iire greatly more productive of in-
coine than other kinds, all know; and nltlio’
the income would seem to be the just criterior:
of the value of property, experieiice proves,
that other COHSi4.lBl'ili.i0l‘lS frequently deterinine
\Viih most. persons. the posses-
to their ability to pay.
the estimate.
sion of a house——i1 little land—a place they
can call hanic—wliere they can feel secure
from interruption and peruianeutly located, if:
an object of the first Illlp0l'lC1ll]( 0. Upon this
place many attachments are concentrated, and
satisfaction and pleasure are derived from in’:-
proving its appearance, ornainenting and dece-
rating the buildings and ground. For this put-<
pose they spend money freely, and wit.licL’-,i
any cxpccliitioii of income. Now, wlietl:-r’
all property should be taxed equally upon itt
value in dollars and cents, or what it would.
bring if offered for sale, or the value at wliiclfi
the owner niiglit estimate it, is a questior.
which has been often (llS(.'li.~SC(I. Ileretofora
our law-makeis have regiirdcd the income of
property as the correct rule for taxing. “'0
are now to try the expei'inieiit of disregarding
the incomri. Ilcretoforc all real estate has
been set in the list at three per cent. of its
value, and taxable personal estate tit six per
cent; because the income of real estate was
supposed generally not to exceed three per
cent ', while most descriptions of personal es-
tate were supposed to yield an iiicouie of six
tlcretoforc, liouseliold furniture,
fiirniing utensils, mechanical implements, c\'.c.,
per cent.
have been exempt frotn taxation ; furnitui'c—
because it was not supposed to be in any way
productive of income-, farming utensils,———fot'
the eucouragcinent of agriculture, and tools-—
for the encouragemciit of niecliaiiical industry.
Now all property is to be set in the list. at the
same rate, whether real or personal, produc-
tive or unproductive. The fariner’s cart.s,
last L.\'I-arcli, leaving her with three child-
ren. At the time of his deatli, heukept a
liquor shop, which business his wile con—.
tinucd, to support her childien. Sabsc
quently the mitiimus was found to be ille-
gal, and the woman was released on a writ
individual banker, shall be deemed and ad-
judged a misdemeanor, punishable by line‘ and
imprisonmeiit, or both, in the ili:crc.tion of the
court having cogiiiziiiice tlicrcof.
Site. 31. Ilt shall be the duty of the Joint
Select Committee on Banks at each session of
the Legislature to examine the Ti'e:i.~:i.ii'ei"s
Ill the Ifuuse, Mr. Crowell reported a bill
enabling the President to negotiate treaties
with the Indians south and west of the Mis-
souri, on the northei'n boundary of Texas
and about New i'\:lexico. The bill contains
an appropri.iticii of two hu:ir.lred thousand
nciicc. -3... . .. - . - - _
c i._t.ictoi_y .ipolog_y foi any want ofintcrcst in the ,,|U,,,=,j,S, cj,,,,,,S’ and l,,,,.,.o“.S, the C,,,.,,eme,.-S
1:.
rc‘ent number. . . . . ., - .
P 5 bioad-axe, augcis, planes and cliizels; the
blacks niiIh's
fig’;-A man named Michael Brady, got
up in his sleep last night, and walked out of
the third story window in the building ad-
joining this office. He was consiclcrably
. . bellows 'invils vice and ham-
THE OMNXBUS BILL, it will be scan, has ' ' ' ' ‘
It the sliocmakcr’s kit, and the tailor's
, _ _ ,, m(‘l‘S‘
met with it rather Si’lli"lllii2ll‘ ' late. lile '
° ‘I shears and noose pi'essbo'ird and bodl'in all
- i - b g . z i. \ ,
accounts with such corporations or bankers as
may be 0l'g2‘ttll’/.t".(I l1li(I‘.*.l' this act, and to exam-
inethe securities deposited with the Trea-
surer by bziiiking corporations and ill(li\'lLltlt1l
bankers. together with such books and papers
relating to the business of Iiankiiig, as the said
coinmittee niiiy deem necessary to enable
them to report the true state and conditions of
that de-partnicnt to the Legislature.
Site. 32. \Vhcn any corporation or individ-
ual l)t)lll\'(".l',OlӤ1ill)lZ9(l under this act, is (lesi-
rous of relinquishing the banking business, and
shall hiive i'e(leeiiie(l at least ninety per cent.
of its or his circulating notes, and shall pro-
duce to the Trc-.isurcr a certificate of a de-
posit to the credit of the Treasurer, in sifcli
in:-‘titutiou as the Treasurer shall approve, to
an equal amount with the circulating notes of
such bank unre(.|ee.iiied, it shall be lawful for
the Treasurer to receive the same and to give
up all the securities tlieretofore deposited by
such banker. or corporation, for the redemp-
tion of circulating notes issued.
SEC. 323. Such corporation or individual, af-
ter having complied with the provisions of the
preceding section, may give notice fior two
years in some newspaperprinted in the county
where the said corporation or bank shall have
been located, and such other notice as the
Tieasurcr shall prescribe, that all cii'cnl_ating
notes issued by such corporation or bank must.
be presented at. the Tr3asurer’s Office within
two years from the date ofsucli notice, or that
the funds de.pos-itcd for the redemption of the
notes will be given up to the banker or corpo-
ration. and. on i'eceiving satisfactory proof of
the giving such notice, for the time aforesaid,
tho Tre:isui'er shall sii:'reuder to the order of
the said corporation oi' banker, any securities
which he niay hold for the payment of any uti-
rcdeeined notes of said banker or corporation.
Size. 3-1. The Ti'easurci' of this State and
the Comniissioiier of the Schojl Fund shall
constitute a board whose duty it shall be to
meet at least once in each moiitli, and ofteucr,
whenever they der-in it advisable, to investi-
gate the value of the securities deposited with
the Treasurer under the provisions of this act;
and if, in their opinion, they have become in-
adequate for the purposes for which they were
deposited, or are likely to become so before
their next meeting, they shall imiiiedialely no-
tify the depositors ofsucli securities to procure
additional security, or to return such propor-
tion of their circulating notes as the Treasurer"
and Coinniissioner may direct. And if the
depositors shall iieglect to procure such addi-
tional security. or return such for the period of
twenty days, tlicn upon application of the
'l‘rcasurci' to anyjiidge of the Superior Court,
the said judge. if he finds the order of the
Treasurer and Coniniissioner have not been
coiiiplicd with, shall declare such corporation
or individual banker insolvent, and shall ap-
point a receiver who shall proceed to settle
the affairs of the corporation, or banker, as
provided by law.
Svzc. 35. No corporation formed under the
provisions of this act, shall be subject to the
provision of the fifteenth chapter, title 3, of
the Revised Statutes of 18-19.
SEC. 3F‘. This act may be altered, amended,
and repealed. or the powers of any co,-pol-mien
created pursuant thereto by the General As-
of liabeas COl“l.'Il_iS-
{lQ-;-.- After the 21st inst. no bills of banks
out of the States, under the denomination
of 655, can be circulated in Pennsylvania.
The penalty is very severe.
{l@Thc man who started from St. Jo
seph,on the 10th of ‘May last, with ii wheel-
barrow for El Dor(u.lo, when last. heard
from was ahead of overybody, and had in-.
l~:cn on boai'd 2.’) lbs. extra freight to carry
to Ft. Iiaraniie at $1 per lb.
{log} The packet ship Ticonderoga, of
l‘3U0 tons burtleti. from Li\’crpool for New
York, is reported ashore 20 miles east of
The T. had 444 passeiigcrs,
all of whom it is supposed were gut Oil‘ in
File Island.
safety.
LARGE Fiat: AT O.<wr.oo.——A dcslruct-’
ive fire occurred in Oswego on the night
I’ardee’s mill with live
run stone, l\’lattlii-as do. with four run stone,
and fifty other buildings were destroyed.
D-ziniage, nearly half a million of dollars.
{[email protected] favorite battle steed of Gen.
W'ool was burned at a fire in Troy, a few
At the battle of Buena Vista,
Gen. IV. rode this horse sixteen hours
of the 19th July.
(l{t)‘S Since.
without dismountiiio'.
{l@sTlie heat in St Louis on the 15th
and 16th of July was so great, that twenty
persons were sun struck—c|evcn on the 15th
Seven of the to en-
and nine on the l6.h.
ty died almost instantly.
§‘i:§= A new post ()fllL‘e has been establish-
ed at. Collamer, Wiiiilliiiiii County, and
Daniel Gordon appointed Postmaster.
A new Post Ollice has been established
at Pine Meadow in Litchficld County and
F. Lawrence appointed Post Master.
FIRE AT
go valued at $80,000. Insured.
{lrj-gas The Waverly Ilouse in Mobile, has
Loss $15,000-
been destroyed by fire.
insured.
{lug-'l‘lie Governor and Council of Mas-
sachusetts lieve appointed Hon R C. Win-
tbrop U. S. Senator, in place of Hon. Dau-
iel ‘:Vebster.
EVIDENCES or FOLLY.
Making yourself disagreeable, and then
wondering that no one will visit you.
Getting drunk and complaining next
morning of the headache.
The name of the post office in East Bris-
tol, Hartford County, has changed to For-
estville.
025- A Mr. Bottel recently married a Miss Por-
“ ’l‘iuvHi:ivA” says it is not
only :1 good match, but proves that there are
titer, in this State.
more ways than one to bottlcporter.
Bark Chauncey, from
New York, for California, was i(lcsti'iiyeLL
by fire at sea, 300 miles from I3ilii-.i—ciir-
injured, liaving his jaw partially broken, &c.~,
but as ho Ii'll in a favorable place, he was
not as badly hurt as might have been expect-
ed. He first announced his niisliap by
knocking at the door, and stating that some-
body had given him a terrible "'bo.tiiig.”
.B/‘Mg/A])0)‘b Slanrlrurl.
CONGR SSS.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
The great event of fl‘[0i‘I..’f(I._7_l in the Srnalc
was the decisive failure of thc Bratlbiiry
amendment by a vote of 2-5' to ‘.28 wliich
ainounis to a rejection, there being new no
Pi'csidciit of the Senate with ii casting vote
to give the victory to one of the parties in
case of a tie. This may be considered as
deciding the fate of the Compromise; for
we presume that its authors and friends
would never have consented to so essential a
departure from its fundamental design as
that amcndiiient contemplated, lI!.'(l they
tliought it possililc to carry the bill without
it. The final vote on the question will now
probably suffer no longar delay ; we see no
re'-isori why the bill should not be disposed
of in the session of a single day. _
In the Hrm.~'c by a pt‘ctty close, though
shamefully rneagcr vote of 86 to 83, (absent
or not voting 75,) decided to take up the Cal-
ifornia bcforc the Appropriation Bills, and
then went into Committee and attempted to
get alicad. But all efforts in that direction
were fruitless; I/Vlicnevcr tlic Comuiittcc
was called on to vote there would be no quo-
rum: then it would rise, aml on a call of
the House a quorum would appear. . This
process was repeated again and again
throughout the day, and was found pcrfcctly
effectual, till at last the House arljourned. It
is remarkable, liowcv‘er,that, the vote above
given, small as it was,was the largest record-
egcl/_C,l__g_I'_ltlg1liCSt!sS1on; the Yeas and Nays
‘on the arljouriimcnt were only 69 to 55, ina-
king in all 124 votes. \Vhcrc were honorable
gentlemen is he should have been there to
prevent‘ such subjcctioii of the majority to
the minority as this indicates? Tlicre is no
doubt that a llt:'l.]-Oflly will be found in favor
of-adniitting California whenever that ques-
tion sliall fairly be taken. \Vliy then is
there this Sl1ll‘l{ll’ig. this treason of freedom,
duty, the Constitution and common sense?
lVhatare the inducements which produce
so nnjustifiable. a state of things? is it pre-
tcndcd that members are waiting to see
what becomes of the Compromise in the
Senate? If so why not say so and let the
question he over? Or is there a party of
Northern men in the House disposed to be
the cause of Freedom and violate the will
of their constituents? Let the recent vote on
the New-Mexican question answer. But
such men would do well to remember .tliat
the People cannot safely thus be (ls.-f'rauded,
and that a stern reckoning awaits them at
the ballot-box.
dollars and was referred to a comn'iitt.ee of
the whole. A lively ski-iniiiiagetool: place
between Mr. Bissell and Mr. Carter, touch-
ing the appropriation of fifteen thousand dol-
lars for military erections near Detroit. No
business of importance was transacted.
In the Sciiatc, on T/izzrsday, tlieindepend-
ent bill for the admission of California was
made the special oider of the day, and call-
ed forth an aniuialed debate. Ililr. Clay Spoke
with great earncstiiess of the obligation to
maintain loyalty to the Union, and express-
ed his own determination to be faitl'if'ul to
its interest, in vvliatevcr course the path of
duty might lead.
The Comniittee on Naval Affairs report-
ed a bill to the House for the establishment
of aline of war steaniers to the Coast of
Africa for the suppression of the slave trade
and tlieproinotion of coiiiiiierce. After re-
ceiving a message from the Senate, announ-
clog the passage of the Utah bill, (last frag-
ment of the Compromise,) the House ad-
jouncd.
And so the omnibus is smashed—wbecls,
axles and l)ody——-notliing left but a single
plank terinod Utah. I even saw the gallant
driver abandoning the wreck; between 6 and
7 this evening,after having‘ done all that
man could do to retrieve, rather to avert
the disaster; for having once occurred, it
was in its nature irretrievable. There was
nothing left but to grin and bear it.
I have watched the progress,of the Omni-
has pretty closely since I came here, but es-
pecially through yesterday and to-day. I
doubt whether it lias ever been possible to
pass the bill. There was a majority favor-
ably inclined to o: Compromise, but no nia-
jority for any plan that has been or could be
adopted. The Texas Senators would vote
for no bill that did not either favor the
claim of their State to the better part of New
Mexico or give her a large sum for the sur-
render of that claim. On the other hand,
Messrs. Pearce, of Md and Underwood, of
Ky. vvouidsupport no bill tbatserved the
ends of Messrs. Houston and Rusk. Messrs.
Berrien and Dawsori, of Ga., King of Ala.
and Marion of Fla. were not unfavorable to
a compromise, but it must be pretty South-
ern in its features to suit them ; while Messrs.
Cooper of Pa. and Bradbury of Me. were
adverse in their tastes. Such were the dif-
ferences to be reconciled among the less de-
cided friends of the measure, while of the
fifty-nine Senators in attendance the follow-
ing were iniplacably hostile to any coni-
prornise who lever.
.7\‘ort/iern. Senators :
Hamliii of Maine,
Hale of N. H.
Davis of Mass.
Winthrop of Mass.
Clark of R. I.
Greene of R. I.
Baldwin of Conn.
Smith of Conn.
Southern. do.
Hunter of Va.‘
Mason of Va.
Butler of‘ S. C.
Ilarnwell, of S. C.
Clemens of‘ Ala.
J. Davis of Miss.
Turncy of Term.
Soule of La
was one of tribul:iIioii—:i toad under a bush
liarrow gives a faint idea of it. Its end will
be the end of an agonizing struggleto its lii'eiids,
and its eneniies will take ii last look of its
mangled remains without emotion.
The following section of t.he law respecting
the As.-rcssiiiciit and collection of Taxes was
assessor. Our fiiriiiture, too, from sofa to
foolstool, from bureau to wiislilioard, from brass
kettle to skillet, from looking-glass to mop-
stick, befsteads and chairs, beds and blankets,
stoves, shovels and tongs, andirous and smooth-
ing i_rons, all, all are objects which the curioiis
omitted in its proper place last. week :
‘ Size. 5. Three hundred dollars in value of
property. ifso niuch there be in any pcrsnifs
list shall be deducted tlicrefroin, and be ex-
empt from taxation.
PACIFIC Il.iii.ao.-in.—-'l‘lie fact appears to be
undeniable, that the W'liitncy plan for a rail-
road to the Pacific is the only one likely to
meet with general favor. Its merits are witli-
out doubt, if we may judge from the scrutiny
to which it has been subjected, of no niean
order. It is certain, that. the sudden rise of
Oregon, California, Utah, and other infant set-
tlements on and towards the Pacific, and the
as well
impart-
immenso rush of emigration, foreign
as American, to those quarters, have
ed. Hml are imlmrt.iug to them ii commercial,
social, and political importance which impera-
iimly dcniaiids an intimate, easy, and frequent
intercourse. No inatter what facilities for
crossing the Isthmus may be created by rail-
road or canal, still there is the burning zone to
pass through, perilous to life; still there is the
immense distance round between our cast and
far west; and still there is a dependence on
foreign powers for the priciloge—a formidable
objection certainly, The report oftlie com-
mittee of Congress, reconimending the adop-
tion of Mr. \Vliitiiey’s plan for a railroad to the
Pacific, has thrown great light upon these and
other points. They seem to liave proved, not
only that the plan is feasible, but that it is the
only feasible one; and economy, both public
and private, the governing considei'at.ion in
commercial and social intercouise. is, we think
clearly made to point to the \Vliituey plan.
Such a communication as we biivo hinted at,
direct, easy, and expeditions, to our western
boundary, we must. liiive. It cannot be dispen-
sed with. The capital necessary to make the
read, lies directly on its own path, good for
little or nothing to the public, exceptas used
for this purpose, and fully adequate, as shown
by the coinniittee. if so appropriated. The
principle of this plan is, that as the capital re-
quired is to be created——not: borrowed—and
created out ofthe public domain, there is to be
no tax on transportatioii to pay for the interest
of capital invested. \Ve quote from the report:
“ Tlieprayctical effect of the operation of this
principle wi'll be to invite an indefinite. an iii-
ciiiculable amount of commercial exclianges
across the continent, between the Atlantic and
l‘fS.$9SSOI' is bound to inquire after; and if, in
making your list for his inspection, you deem
these articles unworthy of notice, why—look
out fiir the pains and penalties of perjuiy.
Seriously, Mr. Printer, (for printers ought:
to be able to answer all questions) how is It
pooi tax-payer to make out his list, under the
The old
l:i\v specified what kinds of property should be
requireinents of the new tax-law?
set in the list; of course all other kinds were
exempt. The new law “ Personal
properly for (lie purpose of l(I.'L‘(Zlf01l, shall be
r/ccniecl to include all goods, chatlcls,mcrc/ian-
disc and (’_[/ecls, w/ialsocvcr t/zcj/irzay be (ex-
cept u-caring apparel.) And, in addition to
all this. it says, “that every person liable to
pay laxcs, shall, previous to g2'rz'ng in a list of
says,
his [arable jvropcrly to the assessors, ma/.'c oczl/r
brjbrc a justice of [lie peace. or either of the
assessors, (bat the same is a full disclosure of
all /iis taxable property. Our army, says Un-
cle Toby, swore terribly in Flanders. I fear
our tax-payers will swear terribly when they
their lists next fall. I
know iin old farmer who has always been con-
scientiously exact in making out his list. The
old homestead, the Lyon tract, the bog
meadow, the old wagon, the bay mare,dun
cow and brindle steer, are set down at what
he honestly believes to be their fair value in
money. Each list, for a dozen years, has been
but a revised edit.ioii of the last. I can fancy
how he will “ Canrlcmn it .’ ” when he inakes
Alter enumerating, as usu-
sit; down to make out
the next revision.
al, the dwelling-house, and down to the old
wooden clock, will come it so':r..r:: pause.
flow much to value the old : -.-.c -.-F sl:-:.wers,
two milk pails, sixteen milk ;.-::u- 211-) aid
cliancy tea-sett, the fine coverlid .1 7+.-.s'.ei--2";
bedstead, &.c., will be the work of trial, :z'..:i
provoke the utterance of his most inipioas nails,
“ Conclemn it all .’ "
In publishing the new tax liiw last weer.
Mr. Printer, you omitted the fifth section,
which provides that the sum of three hundred
dollars shall be deducted from all lists which
amount to that sum. Can any one give a rea-
son for this ? Is it for ‘the benefit of those
who have but little taxable property? an at-
tempt. to equalize men’s circumstances’! If
so, I think the game will not be worth the
powder. The amount of a person’s taxes,
whose property is worth but 300 dollars, is too
come under the snpervisioii and value of the.
Yatc College.-—'l‘lie Comniencement is
on Tliurstlay, August 15. On Tuesday
evening August l3Lh, the Concio ad Clerum.
will be preached by the Rev. Beiijaniiii L.
Swan of Litclifielrl. The subject assigned
sembly.
the Pacific States, lu-tween the Atlantic slope
and Eastern Asia, and between Europe_.aud
Asia, which could not otherwise be afforded,
and which would not otherwise take place.
Yulee of Fla.
Sebastian of Ark.
Benton of Mo.—l1.
Pnelps of‘ Vt.
Upham of Vt.
Seward of N. Y.
Dayton of N. J.
Miller of N. J.
small a sum to be to him of any benefit while
it will take from him that. degree of indepen-
dent action and interest in public affairs which
It deprives the sniall
' [Editorial Coi°responclence of the 'I‘ribunc.]
Closing up on [be Oimiibus Bill.
\VAsiii.\'u'ro.\', TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1850.
017A man in Baltimore refuses to give
any information on the subject of the census
because David did wrong in numbering the
people.
33’ A new Literary Hall, ofgreat archi-
tectural beauty has been erected at New Ha-
ven, Conn. by James Brewster, Esq.
{';‘f-_;- The Hull and engines ofthe Viceroy
by the General Association is, “ the true
relation of revivals to the progress and tri-
\Vedncsday both
forenooii and afternoon, will be devoted to
in the even-
iiig, the Ovation before the Phi Beta Kappa
Society will be delivered by the Hon. John
VV. Andrews, of Coluiiibiis, Ohio, and the
umpli of Christianity”
the meeting of the Alumni.
This day (the third intensely hot one in
succession, though with a slight shower this
afternoon) has been strictly devoted by the
Senate to the Omnibus bill,and with some
most untoward results. it looks as if the
majority had decided, in view of the few
passengers taken up from the Free Soil
ranks, to tip them out, and look to the Loco
Foro and Southern ranks for twice as many
Chase of Ohio,
Ewing of Ohio,
Dodge of Wis.
Walker of Wis.—17.
Here were tweut-eight votes of which it
was scarcely possible that one should be won
to the support of the bill, having but thirty-
one whom it was _nI.'acticable to join to its
support. Of course, the (lisaffection of the
No other plan of road could ever afford this
benefit to commerce. Your committee think
that the very greatness of the result contem-
pliited by this principle of free transport, is
the chief. if not the only guariiiity of the final
success of the undert.aking."
The conception commend; itselfat once to
Nothing is asked oftbe
nothing of the
reason and judgment.
gorernnieiit but leave to go on
every tax payer feels.
ing boldly his opinion ofall questions of town or
ity, hehad an interest at stake equal to the‘
most wealthy individual. ' ' I
The agricultural interest of Connecticuthas
ever been and ever should be, the first to re-
tax-payer of the privilege he has had of spealt- ,
State policy; be‘-‘allse. in proportion to his _abi_l-_ I
have been sold for three thousand dollars.-—
The purr;h.a_scr was aparty at Yzirinoutli. Poem’ by Pmfi Ohm” Tvenden Holmes’
M. D., of Boston.—-.7\"ew _HaL'enJou.ri-.42. I
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people—-nothing of any party ;
to fill their places. Mr. Bradbury’s ll"lOdt-J T.-xas Senators would of itself defeat the and when the ceivc the favorable consideration of the Logic.‘
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