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Allentown, Pa.
'THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 18p,
a rri-Annual Assessment.
Duplicate returns of the taxable inhabitants,
of the Borough of Allentown, and several tsps.
• . 'rib! Lehigh County, reported toile Com:last4on
' era, in pursuance of an act Of Assentbly, shows
the following result:
Allentown contains 802 taxable hiliabilants.
Nortiimpton, 188. Hanover, 620. Upper Mil
ford, 823. Upper Macungie, 447. , Lower Ma
cungie, 617. Weissenhurg,37B. Lowhill, 208,
, .
Lynn. 413. fleidelburg,29l. Washington,6l2.
:North Whitehall, 643. Salibbury, 411. Total
`+'i''72B6.. Number of taxablei in 1842, 6175.
• Increase in 7 years, 1111.
Editorial dorivention
The convention of editors, says the Daily
News, hold at Harrisburg en the Ist lust., was
attended by some twenty-four of the fraternity
from various parts of the state. lion. Nimrod
Strickland, of the West Chester Hepubl:can,
preSitted, and J. G. IlleKinly, of the Democrat
ic Union, and H. A. Ilish, of the Franklin In
telligencer: acted asSecretaries. The convem:
lion adopted a series of resolotiotts recommend
ing that papers should be allowed to circulate
free of postage within the congressional tlistriets
in which they may be published, and urging
upon the legislature the benefits which would
accrue to the people, were the laws annually
passed; published in all the papers of the state.
The itisOluttop of the editorial convention of
Vernicint;tliScountenancing personalities in ed
itorial' intercourse, Was adopted, and measurep
takekto carry out the recommendations ni re
gard to postage, and the publication of the laws.
Volunteers. of 1812
We can see no just reason why the officers
an privates . ; who Volunteered in the defence
.12 4 eir-country-in-the-late-war -wire-Great
Brits g, should be excluded from the rights and
privil. ~ • ich justly belong to them in re
ceiving extra y and bounty lands, the same
as those who v unteered in the war with Mex
ico. We, know of many, in our section of
country, who have returned sick and disabled,
and are in circumstances, that a donation of this
kind, woultigreatiy benefit and relieve them.
We notice numerous meetings, held by the
volunteers in different sections of the Union.
We give a resolution passed at a meeting of
Officers hild in Washington City, last spring.
We' also notice that the Legislature of Ken
tucky .have introduced joint resolutions, in
structing their Senators and Representatives in
Congress, to procure the passage of a law giv
ing pensions to the soldiers and volunteers in
the war from 1783 to 1795, and bounty lands
to the'volunteers and militia in the war of 1812.
We trust some patriotic member in our Le
gislature will make -a similar move, in order
to urge en the matter ! .in Congress.
Department of Education
Mr. Perte'r 'cif Northam pion, read in the [louse
of EepresentatiVes,- on Saturday last, a bill
"Establishing a 'Department of Education."
This bill provides for unitingthe two offices of
Librarian and Superintendent of Common
Schools, and requires the .Superintendent to
visit, at least 'once during his term of office,
every county the State, at the county town
and as man'it Otber points as practicable, to meet
the Scheel Piiecters and Teachers, to afford
then( tadVice;''assiitance and encouragement
in the performance of theirduties; to commence
pUbfication in Elarrisburg of a weekly jour
-
Aral. to be
,called the Pennsylvania Common
School Jennie), of which he is to be the editor,
'which.trhall.be.furniithed to each of the Presi
.
.
dents Secretaries and Treasurers of each Com
monSchOOlAirstript.and every teacher in the
CornMenWealth.tit one dollar per year, and to
all Otbers at two dollars. This "Journal" is to
be a,
used to nswer all letters which can in that
.
way be answered by the superintendent,.pub
,
fish all laws,. reports and forms relative to the
system ) insert the annual apportion rnetit of S: ate
appropriation among the districts, disseminate
useful inforMaiion relating to public education,
and makeknown all such matters as shall fa.
cilitate the business and objects of the Depart
wept., and for no other. purpose. All the salaries
are left blank. • .
Consul to Trieste
We leatn from the Easton paPers : that our
worthy ftiehd Henry Maxwell,:filsq., of that
Borongh, Itas been - nominated by President
Taylor to the Consulship at TrieAe. Mr. Max
well is a gentleman of consiikrable talent, and
Well ealeulated.tofill this important station, as
ho ; uptierstaMis, and we t helieve, speaks in some
rzkerwr.e . t . he 'german language. ; . , Eastern Penn
sylyntrialltuklai, has received but a small per
vf.llielp.bils of the new administration.--.
The ilpileipliyierkl is highly approved. - •
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'saucy Goyernment.
itt'slOtail.l:thatriery.extensive frauds have
beenp'erpetrated:on.the:Recounting officers of
the 4oveinnient in the' names.of the captains
•
at the voltniteer service. In many CllBll9
octants haver.been: settled.and paid Ivhere the
.amounts lave:been swelled to. sums varying
*out eight.hundred to alhotisand dollar* when
,ill?featletus thatrthree hundied , ciellars were
406 . th00• otticers. As the persona ` hid sold
4tele:'llittiimitts for somethlifeneiti what wee . '
thol Noilhe;loyerrnerit for'tho'ne.
iotiliespiiittiti:intirrini.'idinutiterin amid:
J c t ktßT 3 P.O i e g ratl l . l l., have been
, P I 9P; PPM! °PA real suM
kept eft,
1. Spat
711 t .fota,goveremeat i and •the fret Went
*to otnOloyed to obtain it.
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Bank Meeting
Pursuant to previous notice given, a large
number of the citizemi of Allentown and vicin
itr assembled on Monday evening last, :at the
Public House of Major Eli Bteckel, for the pur
pose of taking into consideration the propriety
of establishing a Bank in 'Allentown; where
upon on motion, Mr. Daniel Ludwig was ap
pointed Chairman and Wm. S. Young Secreta
ry. On motion of Mr. Christian Pretz, it was
Resolved.—That a committee of seven be ap
pointed to carry the above object into effect,
consisting of Peter. Wyckoff; .Col. Jonathan
Cook, Joseph Weaver, George Probst, William
Edelman, Wm. Kern, and Thomas B. Weidner.
On motion the following committees were
appointed in the Borough and diflorent town
ships of Lehigh county, for the purpose of cir
Muting Petitions with a view of obtaining sob
scribers to the same.
lienover—Cliarles Muer, , William Saeger
Samuel Saylor and James Fuller.
Upper Milford—Henry Dißinger, David Go
man, C. W. %Viand, Charles Foster
445pper Simeon—Charles %Yuman, Dan. Ber
ger, George W. Footing, Mr. Soliday,
Salsburg—John Yost, Martin, Kemmerer, J.
Appel, Solomon Klein, (miller.)
Lower Macungie . —John Schiffer', James
Weiler, William Michael , Wm. D. Ritter.
Upper Macungie—Solomon Fogel, Frank
liu Hersch, Jacob Fisher, Hiram J. Schantz.
South Whitehall—John Sheatz, John Cul
bertson, Alexander Loder, Jeremiah Troxell.
North Whitehall—Stephen Balliet, jr., Dan
iel Saeger, Andrew Shelton, Edward Kern.
Washington— Nlichael Woodring, Bastian
Housman, Charles Peter, Benjamin Levan. •
fleidelberg—Major John Smith, l'e'er
ler, (merchtun) Peter Lentz, S. IC M. Kepner,
Lynn—Jonas Haas, S. Camp, J. llarmoney,
Daniel Probst.
Woisonburg—Jodtua Seiberling, Dr. A Wa
lace, John S. Helfrich, Daniel Stonier. 0
Lowhill—David Weida, Levi Knerr, El
Kuntz, Jacob George.
Northampton—John G. Schimpf, Wth. Mend
son, James Smily, Casper Kleckner.
Borough—Jonathan Reichard, Samuel Moy
Cr, Thomas Yaeger, George L. Ruhe.
On motion, it was
Rcsofecd.—That these proceedings be pub
fished in the dificrent newspapers of the Ho
rough. On motion adjourned.
Officerth of 1812
At a meeting in Washington city, on the 3d
day of March, 1849, of the Officers of the War
of 1812, it was—
Resolved.—That,the Officers, to wit: Major
Gen. William o.Builer, Gen. Charles S. Todd,
Major John G. Camp, Colonel Jelin A. Rows,-
Dr. Adam Hays, Col. Charles K. Gardner, Col.
Abram R. Woolley, hlajorGeorrie Bender, COI.
Robert W. Alston, Dr. Richard Johnston, Capt.
Boyd Reilly, Capt. Leonard Adams, Captain
Thomas IL Sanders, Major D E. Dunscomb,
Capt. Henry Robertson, Capt. Peter Douglass,
Major Charles Mullegan, Major J. N. Barker,
Col. Gilbert C. Rupell, Major Charles J. Nourse,
'Capt. Henry S. Geyer, Major Thomas Harrison,
Maj. Nathanief Nye flail, Col. John
Capt. Wm. C. Willis, COI John Alcllvain, Cap
tain 0. C. Merrill,l:Capt.-Rufus Mclntyre, Gen.
John McNeil, Col. John G. Watmough, Gen.
Cromwell Pierce, Col. David Campbell, Col. J.
P. McDowell, Col. John Barrington, Col. Jo
seph Philips, Col. Bernard Peyton, be a com
mittee, with authority lo.correspond with the
surviving Officers of the Army of the United
States,- (volunteers us well as regulars,) in the
war of 1812, and to propose and present to the
Congress of the United States, at the next ses
sion, a suitable memorial, soliciting the pas
sage of a law grunting bounty land in propor
tion to the rank of the officers of that war, the
committee to have-power to add to their num
ber as they may deem proper; and that Col.
Woolley, Major Bender, and Major Nourse i
be a central committee of correspondence.
• CIIARLES S. TODD, Chair Mari.
Jrio. G. camp, Secretary.
.
Hats, Caps, Muffs and Boas.--Our old friend
and neighbor Capt. Jacob D. Boas, publishes a
Card in another pert of to-days paper, in which
he offers his chili' stock of goods, Consisting of
every variety, of 4iitS, Caps, Muffs, Boas,
trim irlingsaa,. at Dinah reduced prices. Such
then who wish to make bargain's, will not let
this opportunity pass' withouttaking a roper
advantage of it. . • •
The nungariaris in Philadelpliia.—On Wed
nesday of last week, there was a formal and
official reception of the Hungarian exiles in -the
eity'of Brotherly Love,,wherti, to the honor of
tae inhabitantsi they were received irra most
eordiallind brotherly , manner. They were
welcomed =on the-pert of the city by Mayor
Jones, to whose address GenerallljhaY.y made
an eloquent and pertinent reply; which elicited
the applause of the; assembled' spectators.
They .were afterwards: addressed by General
Cadwalader: . ' 'Madame . Jagella was *sent,
the observed of all observe:4e, and she won all
hearts by her modest bearing.end sunny smile,
Fatal Accidca—On Tuesday the,Bthinstant,
says the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, a
man named John Allemar, a shoemaker, board
ing in Tenth streetnear Brown, "died frtim inju
riesreceived in filling a camphine lamp, the
fluid having taken fire, and burned him severe
ly: The deceased cFns thi rty-fiveyears of age,
and front Nazareth, Northampton county., Pa.
Reading Colton Factoiy.—this proposed im
provement ut Rending, Pa., is likely to be de=
!eyed, or itliogethe(btopped,for the'reason that
atonsideratile number ofstock holders are much
dissatislied'With the rnanner.lp which the'sile
the.proposed mill was selected. A t meeting
was held last Week, which was wiry largely
attended, & at which resolices Were passed, not
only, to_Jefttpe the payment Of th.e.se§seriptitii
made, lint.-,,to.,demand the felending : of the
.
amount of Money already paid.
. Political History..: ., '.
.A..fe}l dayiiagii we published.acnmtiinica,- .
tion from "Perks," in reply to a statement of
Judge Woodbury, that, New frainpshire vvae.
the first of the States to form a constitutibiii at
ter the Declntiiiinn of Independence, her Con
stitution being dated in December, 1776.
elaiins this honor ,for PentisylvAnia,,
showing that her constitution was dated on Sep..-
tember 28, 1776. IVith due deference, - we
say that both are wrong; though in.porretiting
a Judge of tire Supreme Federal Cuurt, we may
seem presumptuous to some of our readers:
Judge Woodbury also says that, some citirens
of New Hampshire, !unlit and wavering, pro
tested against this early attempt to form a con-
stitution,'because the large States, such as Vir
ginia and New York, had not already taken
the lead. He is in error hero also. 'Virginia
having already adopted a constitution before
the convention of New Hampshire assembled.
The-following is the order of firne in the dates
of the first constitutions of the old States:—
New Jersey, July 2, 1776; Virginia, July 5,
1776 ; Maryland, Augu . st 14, 1776; Pennsylva
nia, September 28,..1776 ; North Carolina, De
cember 18,.1776; New Hampshire, December,
1776; New York, April 20, 1777; Vermont,
comber 25, 1777; Massachusetts, March 2,
1780; South Carolina, June 3, 1790; Delaware,
June 12, 1792 ; Georgia, May 30, 1798.
According 'to this table, compiled from re
cords, • the honor of forming the first constitu
tion belongs to New Jersey, and not to New
Hampshire. It also shows that New Hamp
shire was preceded by /ire States. Why any
citizens of New Hampshire should object to a
constitution in 1776, because the large States,
as Virginia, Massachusetts and others had not
taken the lead, we do not exactly comprehend;
Virginia having already taken that lead. And
if New Hampshire wished to wait for the large
States, she already had precedents in Three of
them ; for according to the census of 1790, Vir
ginia was first, Pennsylvania second, North
Carolina third, and Maryland sixth, in the or
der of population. Massachusetts was fourth„
and New York filth. Thus New Hampsl , i t irtr
had five predecessors in all the States, and four
in the large States,
"Burks" is in error. in claiming for Pennsyl
vania the honor of forming thedirst constitution
after the Declaration of Independence; she
having already been preceded by New Jersey,.
Virginia and Maryland. We have not within
reach the date of the first constitution of New
Hampshire , . Its present was adopted on the
second Wednesday of February, 1792, as
amended from the constitution formed on *-
totter 31, 1783. Some of our readers may be
surprised at finding a constitution of Vermont
in 1777, wheaithat region was not admitted as
a State till 1891. But Vermont, being claimed
'by New York and New Hampshire, resolved
to set tip for herself in 1777, and afterwards
paid *30,000 to New York for relinquishing her
claim. Before the Revolution, the British Par-
liament had decided the contest in favor of N.
Hampshire. The constitution of Georgia was
amended in 1798, from one amended in 1789.
The date of the constitution from which tkp
first was amended is not within our reach.
Will any correspondent inform us? South
Carolina made no constitution till 1790, arid
has made none since, within our recollection.
Under its present, the State government is
in the hands of an oligarchy of pipperly.—Prib
he Ledger, Jan. 14.
Remarkable Preservation of a Hog.
A hog belonging to George flower, F.t , q., of
Allen township, was accidentally buried under
a stack of straw in his yard on the 13th of Oc
tober last. Additional straw was thrown on the
stack from time to time, until the 24th of De
cember, when the animal was found. Incred
ible as it may appear,. the hog lived in that sit-
nation, without :air, water, or anything. to eat,
except straw, for sevodyfour days! When the
hog was lost it weighed 250, when taken out of
its confinement h was a mere skeleton, not
weighing more than GO or 70 pounds. At first
it could not walk, but moved by short jumps
like a rabbit. When °tiered food it would on
ly take a little warm milk, but gradually its
appetite returned, auti it promises in a short
time to regain its former weight.— Easton
Argus.
Mm. Miller Found
The Richmond '(Va.) Inquirer of last week
las the full6wing. None can fail to sythpath
zo with Airs. Miller's afflicted family.
"On the Mount Vernon steamer from Nor
folk, on Saturday, was the famous Mrs. Miller,
the heroine of the assumed suicide over the
Niagara Falls some Weeks since. She:was ac
companied by a young man from the Valley of
Virginia. Both of them were recognized by
Persons who had seen them in Winchester
They left the boat nt City Point for Petersburg.
This fact, witivother circumstances which have
reached our ear, satisfy us that the statement
published of Mr. Henry Merritt, of Troy, Neat
York, being her lover, was erroneous. The
lady, the heroine of the most curious romance
of which we ever read, is described io us as
very short, With a pug.nose, and not at all ,at
tractiVe. lint the currents of love are very un
accountable. The lady is further represented
as being in a very interesting situation.
"We are informed by a gentleman that,
about lets days since, ho travelled towar.ds iltd
limey° with ex•Sertator Norvell, . now United
States District Attorney at Detroit, the fatherof
Mrs. Miller, who was in black, mourning the
'supposed decease of his datfghter, and then in
search of information-tdhching her previous
movements. The whole affair is most extra
ort4ary."! ..
The Richmondßepublican says that the name
of theynuneTan who appeared to he'accom
panying her, appeared •on the way=bill as
"Mr. *awn." .
rt r 'Potttivillti was lighted with rrae'lor the
fiiet time "on' the Bth instant. .
.Logiplative:Procseedings.
The confirmed the nomination.' of Ja
cob Hammeeets associate' judge of Schuylkill
county , . . • . .
The SPEAKER laid lefore the Senate a rile.
• morial.Signed by,tt committee of the Editorial
State Codvention, held ht• Harrisburg. on the Ist
inst., relative to the publication of 'the 'public
laws in English and German newspapers of the
Commonwealth,' and . recommending other Te•
forrits to the consideration of the Legislature.
Mr. SHlMER,iresented a petition for a Ncw
Rank at Easton.
Mr. DARSIE, on leave, presented a petition
from citizens of Allegheny county fora general
banking law on State stocks.
Mr. MATHIAS, "An act relating to the usury
laws."—This important paper reads as-follows:
An Act- Relating to the Psuiy Laws:
Sec. 1. De it enacted; &c., That froth and after
the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for all
persons to pay and receive such rate of interest,
fur the loan of money on any promissory note,
draft, acceptance, bills payable or bills of ex.
change, drawn for any time not exceeding 12
months, growing nut of commercial or business
transactions, or contracts therefor, as the parties
may agree upon in writing.
Sec. 2. That no greater rate of interest than 6
per centum shall be charged un any judgment af
ter the date of the rendition thereof, entered in
any Courts of this common wealthoilthough such
judgment may be founded upon a writing stipu.
lating a higher rate of interest.
Sec. 3. That nothing in this act shall be con
strued to apply to any loan,' where the sum or
thing lent shall be assured by any grant, charge
or incumbrance of real estate, nor on any loan
or discount by any bank or banking association.
Sec. 4. That so much of any existing law or
laws, as conflicts with the provision of this act
IA and the same is hereby npealed.
Mr. KONIGMACHER, moved a resolution,
instructing the Committee on Retrenchment and
Reform, to enquire into the expediency of re
(hieing the printing of any of the laws, or any
otht.r printing not called for by the public con
2,enience.
Mr. K., stated that the publication of the laws
in . German, which cost annually several thou
sand dollars, and that but a very few copies of
them were taken.
Mr. DARSIE was glad that this motion came
from the Senator from Lancaster, as he had for
several years been convinced, that the money
expended in Gcrmon printing was only to lum
ber the Arsenal, with what was sold as wrapping
paper at half a Cehl a pound.
. Mr. FRAILY, said that several copies of the
laws in German were taken in Schuylkill coun
ty, and the only effect they had was to get up.
law suits. Those who read them, thought that
they understood the laws, and the consequence
was that a number of suits had grown out of
them, attended with benefits to none but the law
yers.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. MEEK, moved that the House go into
Commillitee of the Whole for the purpose of con-
L i
siding his resolutions relative to our relations
with ustria ; but the House refused the motion.
M LAIRD offered a resolution directing the
Co niece on Banks to propound to any of the
..e_ ers of any of the BanksorSavinglnstitutions
such inietog,ations as they may deem proper and
require the same 'to be answered under oath or
affirmation, touching the affairs and conditions of
suck Banks or saving Institutions.
Mr. LAIRD, did not know why any squeamish-
ness should be• manifested from that quarter—
though he had seen it stated that the Bank of
Chester county had refused to redeem some of its
notes.
Mr. BOWEN •replied, that he felt no sensi
tiveness in regard to any Bank, but he thought it
would be laying too broad a ground for the ac
tion of the Committee, and would be oppressive
not only to the Banks to be subject to the secu
rity but to the Committee itself. It was but a
shcrt time ago that the Committee on Banks did
Make a most thorough examination of the officers
of all the banks by such enquires, and the exhi
bition was manly satisfactory. He only desired
to relieve the Committee, and the banks from an
onerous and useless labor, unless some legisla-
Lion was contemplated. The• embedment was
negatived and the resolution adopted.
• Mr. DAVID submitted the following Joint rest).
lution, laid on the table under the rules
WarmsAs, The Federal Constitution - was form
ed and adopted expressly to secure the blessings
of liberty to the people of . the United StateS and
their posterity.
Aso WiIEREAS, It is indicated by the Govern
or's Messages and the rcsolutioas of various of
the slave-holding States, and by the Represents..
lives of such States in Congress, that it, is their
determination, if possible to extend domestic
Slavery over the territory acquired by the, late
treaty of peace with the. Republic of Mexico, be.
Resolved, by the Senate and House or Repre
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Fennsytva•
nia, in General 'Assembly met, that we' deem it
our duty to make known in this solemn manner
our determination to oppose by all constitutional
means the extension of Slavery over territory now.
free, and our Senators in Congress are' hereby
instructed, and our Representatives, are'requeS.
ted to resist all attempts to extend Slavery over'
any part of such territory,. however small, and
to. oppose the admission of any new States into
the Union, unless Slavery or involuntary servi
tude shall be forever excluded therefrom. •
Mr. MEEK of Center, olTered the following :
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be
instructed and our Reprentatives be requested to
use all honorable nieans to cause to be signified
to the Austrian Government, tha disapprobation.
the Ameritian people entertain of the course
pursued by, that government towards the brave
add patriotic Magyars, in their patriotic struggle
for political, liberty, as well as to use, their eser•
Lions for the discOntinuance of all diplomatic in
tercourse with the Court of Vienna, until the in
dependence of the Hungarian people shall be by
it acknowledged.• " ••• •
BROWER; of Butler, 'offered .theliillow
ing as a substitute which miss passed.
Resoked; That our Senators Lind Represents.
.
tives in Congress be requested to' use all honor
able exertions to procure the passage of a resp
lution expressing the disapprobagian of the'A
icon, people'.and tiyk r deep abliorence of th't
course pursued Austrian • Coveynimeh
T
towards the brave rui(drinnate,:, and patriot*,
nagyard'iu their nee nt struggle for'politieql
doin.
. ,
Mr. KILt INGO thiM Moved an am4ilmeht
to include also the Russian Government,.:...Which
was adopted. Andthe substitute as amended,
was adopted.
M. LAURENCE, presented a bill Cur the in.
coropnration ofn Bank ntiCat7zton4.
Mr. KONIGMACHER, presented the follow
ing resolution, which was postponed :•
leciolved, Tim' the cum - fincc on apportionMent
be hereby instructed to have prepared, 'ay sketch
or map for each member of the Senate, designa
ting the boundaries of the'several counties of the
Commonwealth; with the nnmber of taxable in
habitants marked on .each respective:County.
Mr. PORTER, a petition of Solomon Rudy for
leave to peddle in Northampton; Lehigh and
Monro'e, without license; and one for:the incor
poration of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank
at Easton.
. • .
Mr. PORTER, a bill to authorize the erection
of a bridge over hhe 'Lehigh river at Ooldsport,
Carbon county.
Mr. MARX, a supplement to the act erecting
the town of Northampton into a Borough.
Mr. STONE, to extend the jurisdiction of Jus-
tices of the Peace to Jury trials, in certain
cases.
Congressional Proceedings.
Mr. ALBERTSON presented a petition of Aa
ron Lewis and 153 others, citizens of Gibson mi..
Indiana, ;raying the passage of a law granting
bounty land to the officers and soldiers of the In
dian wars, and with the late war with great Brit
ian, and to the widows and children of such offi
cers and soldiers who have died. ,
Also, the petition of Richard Weathers, and
IGd others, citizens of Crawford county, Indiana,
praying the passage of a law granting bounty
land to the" officers and soldiers of the Indian
wars, and of the late War with Great Britian, and
to the widows and children of such officers and
soldiers who have died.
The nominations of Mr. Lawrened, Mr. Rives,
Mr. Payton, Mr. ',etcher, Mr. Barringer, and
other important diplomatic appointments, have
been under considerations in the Committee of
Foreign Relations ,to which they were referred,
and have been reported back to the Senate, with
favorable recommendations.
Mr. CROWELL gave notice that some subse
quent day of the session, he would ask leave to
introjuce a bill to abolish slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia-, and for other put poses.
Mr. CLEMENS introduced a joint resolution
proposing an amendment to'the Constitution,
directing the election of Senators by the people.
Mr. Webster also presented a memorial, con
taining many hundred signatures, asking Con
gress to take measures for the construction of a
railroad from the Missouri River to San Fran.
cisco.
Kentucky and the Union
Disunion has, as yet, found no adherents in
Kentucky. The noble sentiments expressed by
Governor Crittenden, in his annual message,
hove been followed by the introduction into the
Legislature of the following resolutions, by Mr.
Simms :
Resolved.—That the union of the sovereign
States of this republic is the only sure founda
tion of its strength and greatness, 'and to the
American patriot is nearer and dearer than any
local, sectional, or fractional interest whatever,
arising from geograPhical divisions or party
feuds, and that every effort to disiolve It is at en
mity with the principles of the revolution, and is
totally destructive of our highest social and .
political happiness—to our national prosperity,
and to our well earned fame.
Resolved.—That the union of these States was
cemented in revolutionary blood, and is above all
price; and that Kentucky will stand by it as the
most sacred duty, while she remembers the strug •
gles of of '76, and the parting admonitiohs of the
father of his country.
::Resolved.—That we have full confidence- in
the patriotism of our Senators and Representa
tives in Congress assembled, and that upon this
question they will be true and unyielding in their
devotion to the Union.
Some di.cussion sprung tip on referring the
resolutmns
Vlore Annexidion.—The N. 0. Picayune, has
private accounts from Jamaica, from which we
learn thqt the people of that place were making
strong moves for annexation to the United States.
'United States Senator.—The State Legislature
on the 10th ofJannary, elected ex-Governor Pratt
U. S. Senator, for the unexpired term of the Hon.
Uevcrdy JollnSon, and for six years, commen
cing with the first session of the thirty-second
Congtess.
What MAJOR Novi Says:—"Some men seem
to think that editing and publishing a newspaper
come by nature; yhereas they coristitare a bus.
loess, or rather two branches of business, in
which more industry and watchfulness are ilea.
essary than any 'Other occupation or calling
"
known' among nryo. •
New Jersey Legislature.—lti the Legislature of
New Jersey on Thursday, resolutions ivert , Intro
duced by Mr. Hoxey, of the House of Asscrnbljl,-
in favor of the application Of the NVilmot proviso
to all new territorial govcranneuts That may be
formed, and recognising the power of Congress
to abolish slavery in the district of Columbia.
An Indian Slate.—The Cherokee Indians, it is
said, design to apply for admission into the Uni
on, in a few years, and, with that view, they are
exceedingly anxions.tb compete with the whites
in all. kinds of improvemeats., . ,
Andther Shawl 4de.—Oheliundred and eighty
shawls were recently Sold'in Beaton for $17,G75.,
GO—being an. aVetoge 01408 20 for each shawl.
The most•cosUy one bratt i sh' $Bl . O, another $470;
a third' $460, inutth 's3so, fifth $320, three at
$300; &c.
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Vehics.—ThC veto power has heinv-...eised
lwenty.five times since the organizalE.L..„'444n•
government. viz: by Washington 2; Madisonl; :
Monroe 1; Jackson 9; Tyler 4;',Polk 3, Total ,
number of vetoes, 25. The whole number Of ,
acts passed and'approved since the origin 'of the:'
government is about 7,ooo,.Which will make:2Bo.
acts for one veto. •.
Smoking Chimneys.--TheOcienttfic Amerfeun ,
states, on reliable authority, that.if at tuier,reat
above the throat of yourthimney you onfalie
opening to double the size for a forther:.space of ;
two feet, then carry up, the rest 'as at' the first,
yotty clihnney will never smokel •
Wild Pigeons,--Miliidns of pigeons have bien
filling the Wbods for' miles around. Franklin.
Tenn., for seviral, weeks past.. They' have ,a
roost
roan county, and:witliia torch and ciith the p'eo-: .
ple , sally forth, at'night and bring houfe t
gaufe by meal bags full. 1;
KoyauM's Children.—The Memberi of .ireta-' 4 '
•
sutles family b e.onailting 'of women and Obildreti,
ikere in arrest, lnii , e - been liberitcd.'
gyardian,a.Hupgariananti,l'iMestrint,'lmibeen'
appointek by•governlnent to . superintend the pd
ucation of the children: tO
of which a very liberal grant lta% been Mode.,
r, 1. 7• ', .,..:,." 'i .
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' fl'4'? i , r -,1, 7k4i/T,'7:3'r,k7V'Ki-'')'^ % .' Y.
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Gleani9os.
A l
• LV - A. mate Hafted `cl, - died recently in
Wheeling, bhio, titkibe, ' I eof one hundred
• .f -4.•;: • r.
lintl.4o, years: i''''•F 4
~,.: 4..
.11tirThe wholiTmtrphTtorhogs slaughtered in
4
eiiicioiitti durintAte:ofiht season, is estitna
- . ..._ .-,...,
fed at 390,000.
~-.
r. I rie populaikiti.- Washington is estima
ted nt'37,932; rind the number of dwellings at
6322.
CV - A Mr. Whitlock, of Augusta, Va., has re
turned from California, with $3OOO of gold, dug
at the mines in three months.
CV"there: are about 60,000 Germans resi
dent in New York, and in the United Stales, 2,-
000,000.
. .
CeTlie Legislature of Georgia has passed a
law repealing all laws or parts of laws, civil and
criminal, forbidding or in any :manner restrict
ing the importation bf slaves into that state,
from any other slaVehottling state in the Union.
EVEducatinn is a better safeguard of liberty
than a standing army. If we retrench the wages
of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the
recruiting sergant. „ •
ILtrA vender of a universal medicine declaies
that if his prescription be followed literally, a
cure is certain. This medicine is to be taken in
ternally, ex.ternally, and e•ternally."
L.W Two millions one hundred and seventy
thousand three hundred and fifty' dollars were
paid out in Boston city on the Ist of January, as
interest money, by the different banks, railroad
and manufacturing corporations.-
. Car By a typographical error in one of otir ex
changes, we learn that two cows were cut into
calves by the railroad train.
LarTwentptwo students have been lately ex
pelled from the University of Michigan, for be•
ing members of secret societies.
Cam' New Hampshire was the name given to
the territory conveyed by the Plymouth compa
ny to Captain John Mason, by Patent, NoVem
ber, 7th, 163
,9, kith -referencw to: the - patentee,
who was Governor of Portsmouth, in HaMpshito
England. •
Dr. Webster in Jail
We learn that Dr. Webster has made frequent
complaints to Mr. Andrews, the jailor, says. the ,
'Boston Mail, that the occupants of the cells iti
his immediate irictoity are in the habit of shout
ing
out to him at ItiPhlOntering all sorts of un
kind epithets such as, ..You're the man that cut
trp Dr. Parkman,"..You're a murderer," ...You're
a blood thirsty scoundrel," &c. Mr. Andrews
had no other knowledge of this matter, except
what he heard tram Dr. Webster. lie one night
. placed two men in the passage way that leads to
the cells, where they remained until morning, but
heard no unusual or unpleasant noises. The
day following, this the Dr. repented his complaint.
to Mr. Andrews, saying that 'last night the same
outrages had been repeaieil." Mr: A. knowing
this not to be tine, of course concludes that the
Doctor's imagination is so wrought upon, or the t
his dreams are of such art unpleasant character,
as to produce in some degree mental aberration.
Dr. Webster has lost much of the buoyancy of
spirit that sustained him when he first became
•
an inmate of the jail.
.Proms for improving Iron.—The Baltimore
Sun alludes to some recent tests of an improved
process in the manufacture of steam Coleman's
Wiirks, in York, Pa. The invention is by Dr.
Wall, of London. It consists in passing a cur
rent of voltaic electriCity through a mass of fus
ed metal during the time of its melting,cooling or
consolidation, either In the .blast, puddling, ball
ing or other furnaces,The consequence of which
is, that all sulphur, phosphorus t arsenic, or the
semi-metals meletrmore or less, found in all met
als and ores, are erivolved or driven off, which,
if allowed to remain, would interfere with the
molicular arrangement, make the metal,brittle,,
and otherwise deteriorate its quality. The tests;
made show, the. Sun says, the improvetrient em
braced in the discovery to be decidedly thelreat
est and most econamical, which has ever been
placed within the reach of miinufacturers.
Urn. Jackson.—Wken Me. Gafinfin
ber of Congresi, iii the year 1790, Tenncsseewas
admitted as a state into the Union, and sent her
first member to Washington. One • daY; wlienof
in his seat .in the House, Mr. 'Gallatin noticed=‘.
tall, lank, uncouth looking individ nal,' with !on"
locks of hair hanging over his brows and'fiap;r
while a queue hung down ,his back, tied in 116
eel skin. The dress of the individual
Inr—Jris marcher and deportment that of a back- .
woodsman. The appearance of . 'so singular a.:
character on the floor of the House of Reprepir."
tatives, naturally attracted attention', and a Mem.
bet nt his side asked who hrnas. Mr. Gallatin
replied that it was the member from the new
"Well," said his friend; ..be seems just the sor e
of chap one might "expect from such, a 'regior.t,as
Tennessee." The individual in question was .
firidrew Jackson. .
WEVE