.Official-Doctrneritt
, I4EPORT or die SECRETAIVir OF rue
uNrrEp• STATES NAVY.
- We find the following abstrAct of the re
port of the Secretary of the navy in a Phila
delphia pker. .
."It givesa succinct and clear. statement
of the employment of the navy., during the
last year, and under this head, recommends
the increasing. of the permanent force in
commission by a ship of the line in addition
to the usual Mediterranean squadron, and
by another vessel of force always in com
missien, and ready for sea, to be employed
on .our own coast ordinarily, and in any
special service elsewhere which emergen
cies may demand. It also strongly urges
the imporiarne of placing_within the direc
tion of the Executive the means of protect
ing our commerce with India arid China.
lkir. Woodbury alludes to the recomrnenda-
Alone offormer Secretaries, for the discon
tinuance of some of our Nii'vy Yards; (tKit.
at. Brooklyn was one of them,) and the es
tablishment of nelv ones, and observes, that
from. the most attentive examination, he
secs no ground to concur in the former re
commtnulation, and that the other, that of
establishing new yards must he left to the
Juture wants of the service. ''t*;
s'Ar , .. The two dry ducks are-nearly finished,
and will be ready for the reception of large
, vessels on the 4th of July next—he speaks
highly of the workmanship and masonry of
them as well as , their general utility. An
appropriation for two heavy steam batteries
is also recommended. After - reporting in
general terms the recommendation of his
predecessor of a Naval Academy, &c. he
insists, should that not be immediately car
ried intoefiect,. on the imps stance of increas
ing the means of instruction for Midshi • -
men; k now in use in the service, both by
better pay and increased numbers of teach
errand the purchase of books. He thinks
it:inverter - it thatibe pay , of sailing masters,
gunners and riggers should be raised. Rope
walks in the yards are strongly recornmed
ed. Many important details in relation to
the Navy are then stated, and he concludes
.fiy.saying_thatbabas pre.prvedii-geneml-re - :-
vision ef-the rules-at-the Navy,-both- ire-its
purely naval and fiscal and civil concerns,
which, after receiving the President's sanc
tion; will be submitted to Congress.
In the course of the communication, he
.refers to the detailed plan presented with it
- farthe - morganization of the marine corps,
:titaking it a purely naval- corps-in all re:
epees; and stripping it of its present amphi
bious character. "
EEPORT of the SECRETARY of WAR.
'lbis is a lengthy,. and•We
-factory Doctiment. The Secretary recom.
mends that the plan of organization, of the
War Department, by which the objects of
public concern are divided into different
classes.and assigned tot different officers,
upon executive authority merely, be regu
lated. by legislative .enaotinent, which, - he
thinks, would tend_much to increase the re
sponsibility and efficiency of the Department.
Theaubject of desertion is next alluded
fo r and the.Secrularyllas to regret the fre
quency of its occurrence." The. number of
desertions in 1830, :Was 1251, and in 1831,
they ure estimate& at 1450. The pecuniary
loss arising from this cause is stated to be
118,320 dollars. To obviate thisecondition
cfthitiga,- - the Secretary recommends the re- -
tnntion. of part of she bounty and pay, to
Ennui afitrid fdf"the soldier when discharged
----tb , reducetheterm of sery ir;e, and increase
the pay of the rank send file of the army.
The evils of intemperance are particular
ly alluded to in the report---72,337—ga110ns
of .whiskey Were issued in the year 1830.
The report recommends that "liquor be en
tirely withheld from the salrlient, and that
•
sllotived.- •
.---The-apoiniment-of-clraplaips at Inilitstry
stations is recommended, arid the Military
Acadeiny at West 'Point favorably spoken of.
It is recommended that an appropriation
k made for the repairs of the Cumberland
mad,, and that it then be surrendered to the
states through which it passes, on condition
that they wilt keep it in,i.epair.
A Topographical Survey of our coasts,
Itarhers, lakes and rivers, is advised...
The expenditures of the Ordnance De
partment exceeds - $900,000. ,annually; and.
.the value of the , accumulated property is
,tweirtrarat a half millions. The number of
muskets in "Mee is 450,000, and the annual
_ Ito 18,300. The number man
ufa.etured at the. public armories is, 26,000,
out at . pnvate 'works 11,000 at an average
coat 042 - dollars each.
The , establishtnent of a U. States Armory
ffor thir, , gihrication of cannon, is strongly re
•eommewled to the consideration °lce tigress.
An irierease in the number and pay of the
Medical Cores is suggested as highly lie
-4Y
More than haifthe report is occupied in a
aroideratian of our relations with the Indi
ana. Frooft full view ot the subjact, Mr.
Cies ie . persuaded that they should -be advi
sed ta remove to the lands appropriated to
doircin the West. If they remain, he thinks
their late is written . in the annals of their
lair*( :they remove, we may -yet nape to
id' in character and condi
, \ and instruction, and
.1
that a• liberal piciv . iso
intrat ion, amiStiOests
rinaples for otn-adojition
~intercourse. with them.
eclaration that thecoon
itur theircleseendants. as
to occupy: caries.
ti` dot to encroach• oh
*lli effort to satisfy them
`* determination b? ex-
1
clude l :,by, a sycteni afsurveilliKe upon the]
borders, all ardent spirits tiromtheir country
suppression,bvforee, of all attempts
at hostility
,airaing'iliemselves—an encour
agement to the severalty of property and
suitable security of the same—assistance in
Agriculture—leaving them in the enjoyment
of their 'own peculiar institutions, so tar as
compatible with their own safety and with
the great objects of improvemente-the even
tual e!inployment of competent instructors.
iit i raolgiments have been made with Sr:V
eral r7Fthe Ohio Tribes ter the cession of
.
their reservations, and tbr thbir emigration
to the- West.—Lancastcr
C .31"6 6 ~ ~
Twenty!.Second eourgretislolrst, SOi1141011•
In the Senate, yesterdnv, Mr. Chambers,
on leave, introduced a hill to provide for the
payment to the States therein named, of in
terest for advances made by them to the U.
States during the last war, which was read
twice and referred. The election of officers
Of the Senate, having been gone into, in pur
suance of the resolution of the 13th instant,
Walter Lowry,, was re-elected Secretary,
haVing received '4O out of 11 votes; and
Mountidy Bayley was re-elected Sergeant-at
arms and Door-keeper, having received 34
of 36 votes. Mr. Sackford was elected as
sistant Door-keeper on the sixth ballot ;
and the Rev. Mr. Durbin was elected Chap
lain on the second ballot.
In the*House of Itepresentatives, among
the petitions and memorials presented, was
one of the latter from the State of Virginia,
on ,the subject of unthnded claims of that
State upon the U. States, accruing from the
war of the Revolution, whicli was presented
by the Speaker, on the motion of Mr. Bar
bout;,,-referred to aselect_cortunittee_of,se_v
Mr. Mercer presented a petition from the
President and Directors of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Coilipany, praying for an a
mendment of their charter, and for further
aid in prosecuting that work. Mr. Arnold
presented a petition for the reduction of
postage on newspapers, and for other purpo
ses connected with the Post Office Depart.
- trient.-T----Mr.—Sevier—submitte-d-aTmemorial
= he-General-Assembly of Arkansas, on the
subject of certain claims to land, which he
strenously argued should be referred to a
select committee; it was, however, ultimate.
ly referred to the committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Whittlesey; of Ohio, reported 38 pri
vate bills from the committee claims, which
were readtwice and-committed to a ommit
tee.Of the Whole ,HouSe. Mr. Doddridge,
from the committee on the District of Co
lumbia, reported on the petitions of certain
citizens of Pennsylvania, on the subject of
slavery in the District, requesting to be dis
charged from a further consideration of that
part of it which relates to the abolition of
slavery. The - House agreed to the report
and resolution, and the Committee was ac
cordingly discharged. A variety of reso
lutions were afterwards introduced; the most
important of whiCh was one by Mr. Dearborn
instructing the committee of Ways& Means,
to enquire into the expediency of exempting
froth duty, tea, coffee, wines, pepper, spice,
indigo, and wool, under certain limitations,
(when . the current market price of such
wool shall not exceed, in the United States,
twelve cents per pound.) Mr. Dearborn
subsequently modified his resolution by
changing the reference to the committee on
Manufactures; a debate ensued, in the course
of which Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Dearborn, Mr.
"McDutfie, Mr. Lewis Condict, Mr. Cam
breleng, Mr. Everett, of Mass., Mr. Adams
and Mr. Wayne, addressed the House. The
discussion was arrested by the expiration of
Ihe hourovhen Mr—Batesoaf_Mass„.had ob
tained possession of tho floor. The Speak
er presented a communication from the Se
cretary of State, on the Sttbjeta of .the fifth
census,. which was referred
. to the -Census
ommittee,Traniirg Wel;3 - a7;oiirnOition
-Mr. Davis of Mass., the Muse. adjOnrned.
WEEtriESDAY, DOC. 21.
In-the Senate, yesterday, the report o
the'dommittee on Finance, relative to a fur
ther reduction of the'dtity'on Tea; was dis
cussed at some le4th by MessrS. Webster,
Smith, Clay, Iliorakfand Chambers. It wai
finally laid on ike: 'table. The resolutiom
submitted on `Monday by Messrs. King and
Robbins, were adopted. Mr. Benton, re-
Ported a bill providing for; equipping and
mouhting a portion of the army of the U.
States. Mr. Smith reported a bill providing
fur the armament of certain fortifications.
Mr. Wilkins repiirteci a bill to provide for
the satisfaction or the claims of America-1
`citizens for spoliations committed by th,,
French prior to 2300. 'lt was referred to a
select committee consisting of Messrs. Wit
king,.. Webster,' Chambers, Dudley and
Brown. •
. In the House of Representatives, a me
morial was presented for a Breakwater 'on
Lake Champlain, and a Jesolution was of
fered for the
.creation of it. harbor on Block
Island; battfy of Which, after some debate,
were ref irred to the Committee on Internal
ImproVements. The resolution submitted
on Monday, by Mr. Dearborn, for the ex
emption from duty of Teas, Coffee, Wines,
Spices, Indigo, &c. was withdrawn by' the
mover: Mr. Mcfluffie, from the.cOmmit
tee on Ways and Means, reported . a bill ex
planatory of the act reducing the' duty on
Tea, Coffee and Cocoa, which was referred.
to the committee of the Whole": A . _ bill for
the regulation .of the pay, emolomenta, an i
allowances orthe Officers of the Army, wAs
reported .from 'the .conamittee on Military.
Affair's ; antireferred to the committee of the
Whole House on the state of the•Uniom
~ . "TiLITRSDAY , rocC. 22.
1 • . ,
In the Senate, y'eterday, Mr. Poindexter
submitted a resolution, directin the Com•
. '
_
mittewoh Finance tii- enquire into the env:di
_encv,
diency, of fixing tt ate of fluties ore for i o n
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TUESDA r ir, Dec. 20.
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impOrtsoet excWigg twenty jies cent. 4rl fleeting persoultl tax cannot • be resorted to,
valorem, on any one, article ( nnported into to groduee the sume amount of rchentte.. 1
the - lihited
produce a nett ' States , nor llower'than ten per Mr. liurrowts subresolution, I
submitted a , 4
INA
cent. du' iatorogiso ma to produce was laid on the table as . follows:
-revenue of '80,000,0 'M
00 annually. r. Bemired, pt
ired, That the coin ,ee of ways
White,. from the Committee on' Winn At. and Means beinstructed to iiiii re into the
fairS, replarted k li bill, with a view to the cx- i expedienek,elprovidinglor a g feral State
tinguishmeut • V
Indian title to laud in the i valuation of all pi•operty made iaxabl.: by
Slate of Indiaila, which - was ordered to a
second Oading. The bill to provide tbr the
armament of certain fortifications, and - the
bill to provide for equipia! , and mounting a
portionof the 'Army of the United States,
were read a second time, and referred to
the Counnittee on Military A flitirs. Some
time
_was spent; in the consideration of Ex
ecutive business; after which, the Senate
adjotirned to this day, 12 o'clirck.
In the House of Representatives a great
number of resolutions weroefreeed, adopted
and referred:- among which was a resolution
by Mr. Carson, instructing the Committee
on- the- Distriet-of Columbia- 4o- intpii re-- into
the expediency of allowing to the Dis - trictlif
Columbia a Delegate in Congress.
Emmy - sr Dec. 23.
In the Senate, yesterday, tlarsgsolutions
offered by Mr. - Holmes, calling ()title Presi
dent of the United States fn• infbrination in
relation to the trade to the British West In- I
dia colonies &c.. were adopted. The bill to
provide for the-extinguishment of Indian ti
tle to land in the State of Indiana, was or
dered to be engrossed for a third reading.
Mr. Benton gave notice that he would, to
day, ask for leave to introduce ii bill to re
duce the price of Public Lands. Some time
was spent in the consideration of Executive
business. When the doors were opened,
the Senate 'adjourned to this day, 12 o'clock.
In the House of' Representatives, - a peti
tion was presented, by Mr. Bates; from citi
zens of Massachusetts, prayina 6 the abolition
- of SlTwery al-the-Slave -Tratle--:withial-thel
District of Columbia. Many resolutions
were offered and adopted; among which were
the following: by, Mr. Bouldin, Or an inqUiry
into the comparative cost of various articles
of merehandize in this country, and in those
fri,e which they are usually imported—
hailtig particular reference to woollen goods,.
of the various qualities—by Mr. Drayton,
instructing the - CoMmittee on Fo - reign
fairs to enquire into the expediency of mak
ing e t ompensation to American citizens, for
losses sustained by French spoliations, com
mitted prior to September 1800—by Mr,
Blair, of Tennessee, for appropriating the
proceeds of the sales ofihe public lands a
mong the several States and Territories, for
the purposes.of Internal Improvement and
Education—and by Mr. Doddridge, for an
enquiry into the expediency of the erection
of a Bridge across the Ohio, at Wheeling.
Bills were reported for the establishment of
an. Assay Office in the - gold .region of the
Southern States, and for making further
provision foirthe relief of distressed Ameri
can seamen in foreign countries. Mai-iy
private bills were acted on in the Coniniittee
of the Whole.
In the Senate, yesterday, petitions were
presented by Messrs. Benton, Buckner, and
Johnston. The bill to enable the President
.to extinguish the Indian titles to lands in In
diana, Illinois,' and Michigan, and the bill
confirming to Joshua Kennedy a tract of land
in the city of Mobile, were severally read
the third time, and passed. Mr. Benton
gave notice of his intention to introduce a
bill to reduce the price of public lands. The
Senate adjourned over to Tuesday next,
In the House of Representatives, yester,
day, after the usual presentation of petitions
a variety of bills were reported and acted
upon. Among them was one introduced by
Mr. Carson, from the - Committee on Naval
- Maim, - to - compensate-Mrs, - Sus.an - Decatur;
the wiaOw of the late Commodore Decatur,
for the services rendered by her husband in
the destruction of the frigate-Philadelphia
' ad— wee ,read...twica-andzeiammit=
ted. Mr. McDuffle,' from the committee of
Ways and Means, reported - thd General
Appropriation Bill for 1832 ; which was
read a first and a second time, and referred
to a committee of the Whole on the state of
the Neai•ly thirty prjvate . bills were
passed, and a large number were forwarded
through a committee of the Whole: At 3,
o'clock, the House adjourned till Tuesday
next.
11 rtl7h ,irh wiA
Session or 1831.031.
In4lfA:lto, to-day, Mr. Boyd, offered
the folloivirig resolution, which was read and
laid on the table:— - ..t...‘,"-......
----- Resolved, That the Judiciary committee
be instructed to inquire into the expediency
ofliringin,g• in a bill,prohibiting the public ex
esittion of criminals, capitally convicted Ma/
sentenced to death, and to provide for their
execution within the prison . walls.
. , In the House of Representatives, Mr.•Mc-
Cullough presented a petition for a renewal
of the Charter of the Chambersburg. Bank.
Mr:Rankin presented a petition for the erec
tion of Lewisburg, in York County into a
Borough. -.-..., .
' Mr. McCullough gave notiee-thathe would
on Monday next ask leave to bting in' ii bill
entitled, a suppleinent to an act incorporating
thi'bereagh of Waynesburg, and' changing
the mitiii3 thereof to Wayhesberough. ,
' . Mr. Peltz submitted a resolution, which
w as. laid °utile ta14e,.11.4-rollows: * , ..
''. Whereas, An act 'assessing a
.tax upon/
personal property, passed, at the last session
of the legislature, hai been complained 9 f.
as inquisitorial in some of- its featffes, and
vexations to the citizens. ; Therefore, -.
&soloed; That.tho committee Of "ma's
;and means . he dire r ;ba c. l k o -hiiiiiire what al..
. Kirions are tocmj a h m k t . : thw, Lull *the
, ther.iothenth4 raniii,f. 046`s-rig -aii.4itoi;
SATVRDAY, Dec. 24.
SATURDAY, Dec. 17.
the, act, entitled an act to increase the coun
tyrates add levies fur the use of the com
monwealth, passed the 25th day of March,
.1831, so that a uniftirm standard may be
established by which such property shall be
assessed according to its lair but inn value.
Mr. Beaver submitted a resolution,.which
was adopted, as follows:
Resolved, That the committee on the Ju—
diciary systetri be instructed to inquire into
the expediency of making such alterations
in the laws reerulating the getr2ral elections
within this commonwealth, as. will make it
more convenient tiff naturalized citizens to
prove their right to vote at the general elec
tions of this commonwealth, than by produ
cing their certificates 'of naturalization.
Mr. Vansatit submitted a resolution ; which
was laid on the table, as follows:
Whereas, the States of Virg•:nia and Ma
ryland are about to pass some penal enact
ments for the purpose ofexpelling, their free
black population from their respective States,
amounting to the number of about 123,000,
whereby the adjoining 4 States without some
counteracting proviSion, by law, must be o
verrun by an influx of ignorant, indolent and
depraved population, most dangerous to the
peace, rights and liberties of the citizens,
and tending to undermine the fundamental
priiiclpTes of RepiibllC. - Therefore,
Resolved, That the committee on the Ju
diciary system be instructed to inquire into
the expediency of passing a law to protect
the good citizens of this commonwealth a
ainstAlie-oviis-mising from_the-emig-ration
of free blacks from other States into Peun
sylvania.
On motion of Mr. Valentine,
Resolved, That the committee on inland
navigation and internal improvement he au
thorised, if deemed expedient, to make a se
lection from the documents accompanying
the report of the canal commissioners, of
such as oughrto be printed upon the Jour=
nals of the "louse.
Mr. Ramsey made an unfavorable report,
on the petition of Mary North, which was a
greed to.
Mr. Patterson; of Washington, reported,,
."A supplement to an act entitled 'an itc,
to increase the - county rates and levies, for
the use ofthe commonwealth, passed the 25th
day of March, 1831."
. • Mr. Rankin reported "An act to incorpo
rate the York and Maryland line rail road
company."
In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Boyd's resolu
tion relative to the execution "Of criminals
capitally convicted and sentenced to death,
within the prison walls," was considered,
and adopted.
In the House, to-day, the reading of the
report from the Commissioners of the Inter
nal Improvement Fund, appears to have
been the only business transacted, excepting
the election of Bank Directors. Michael E.
Israel and George N. Baker, were elected
Directors_of the Bank of Pennsylvania; Ed
win N. Bridges and Abraham Qkie,. for the
Philadelphia Bank, and John Forneyforlhe
Columbia Bridge Company.
TU}iSDAY, DeC. 20.
This morning, in the Senate, the resolu
tion ifortigthe House of Representatives, tOr
the adjournment of the legislat re; on Friday
next.),to meet again on the 3(1. of January,
was agreed to, Yeas 18—Nays 12. The,
following gentlemen were elected by the
Senatei-directors on the part of the state, tor
the Bank of Pennsylvania, William J. Lei
per, James Gowen; for the Philadelphia
- Wunk, Lewis - Rytkiii John B. Trevep-atid
for-the-Columbia Bridge Company, Robert
Boyd.
Home Industry.
It is estitnated that the capital now invest
ed in the various tnanufacturing establish
ments in the U., States, amounts to $250,-
000,000. The cotton-mills consume one
fifih the entire cotton crop of the South,
and New England consumes, annually, one
million barrels Southern flour. Suppose we
had 'Free Trade'—allowing England, France
and the whole world, to enter our markets
with,their goods, free of duty---a single year
wonage the wreck of city own workshops,
and iSTodepopulation of our ',wells, Dove rs,
and Rnyttuckets, And suppose that the two
hundred; million and fifty million dollars
should be vested iu the cultivation of cotton
and,flour,diow would thAticcount then stand
with the; present cotton , plunterovho is So
loud in denounChig the Tariff? What ‘%ridtild
be the price of his 'favorite staple, with the
market in New England wholly cnt 'off, and
the supply doubled, if not trebled !' He could.
sell but little, and that little would be ex
tremely low. We hat;e not, a doubt, that.
were' the present Tariff' repealed, and for
eigners admitted into our ports cost flee, the
effect wquld inevitably be such, that, within
a few yeitrs, the cotton planter would' be.
kindest in importunities for its re-enaction.
He .would fecl the, necessity of a proper di
vision of labor,
.and_wo,uld be-Convinced that,
an excessive over-production 9 1 cotton ren
dered the article nearly valiieless. And so
with the grower of flour. .Were the pro
&teflon- of that' article doubled or trebled,.
and the demand for it diminished, the culti-
Vator, fr6m the necessary. depression of its.
priee, would not be• content with his fate;
thoughielhe fnli, enioyment of the exalted.
hlessmgs of 4 1`rect T6le Vermont . emsr:
It is stated batthel town of, irriant;
Penn whibh eontaits i population less thin.
two : thcidist - td; thiqg thousand crooks of dig.
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MONDAY, Dec. 19.
. .
ferent . kiNs have been made.wit4in the last •
year s averaging at least •eight dollars each;
at whicriale the tnanufacturo of clocks in
that small town brigsannual income of
8240,000. Bristol' contains two large. fac- .
wries for ,M 14.1 .iitg brass clocks, in Irtich a
bout SOO hands are • constantly employed..
Between thirty and 'forty diveliing.houses,
and one house for public worship, have been
erected this year,'and another house for
worship will soon be finished. The whole
town is said to have the appearance of much
thrift and industry. So much for Connecti
cut (wooden) docks.
When Mr. Jav made his treaty with Eng
land in 1793, cotton was not even mentioned
in it as an article of American production.
In the course oft* years, that is ink 1824,
-the growth of cotton was 550,000 bales. lir
the - present year the crop is 1,038,847 bales!
worth, at an average, 003001bs. to the bale,
and at S COWS aMl3l'rpollrld, twenty-fire mil
lion of dollars! '01: this quantity, the port
of New Orleans alone exported tour hundred
and twenty-six thousand four hundred and
eighty-live bales.
Various 'Mates.
Information Wanted of' Samuel rooh
man,, who removed from Cumberland coun
ty, Pa. into the western part of New York,
about'l2 or 14 years ago, and ifliving, must
now be about the age of 45 years. His sis
ter Catharine Patten, aged about 48 years;
and Phehe Ann, her daughter, arrived in
this town on Friday last, haVing travelled
from New-River,- Bottetourt-countyi-Vai-irr
search of said Samuel Brookrrqp, at.. 4: they.
are now here in ill health, entire strangers orl'
to all, and utterly destitute of any means or
support. If this should meet the eye,of Mr.
aolin 1142,sifnpy person acquainted with
him, by communicating {iis presenrieii:
deuce they will give relief to these broken
hearted and sufii.ring females.
Bujitlo, N. Dec. 12, 1831'..
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.—We last
week took a cursory view of the message
and pointed out a few of the many objections
to Whittrit - is - liable. The egotism which
pre rade& it and the arrogance in laying claim
to merit for what is the necessary effect of
system with Whose formation the present
executive bad nothing to do, which is one of
the most prominent features of the message,
cannqt do otherwise, than impress the rea
der with feelings unfavorable to the source
from which it emanated. Where the item ,
tion of /and My does not excite contempt it
certainly must elicit, a laugh. It forcibly
reminds one of the anecdote of ,some Eng
lish author who being present at the first
performance of a play which be was instru: ,
mental in "getting up" was so much pleased
with every part of it that with each change
he would cry out "that is mine." At length
a storm was represented and the thunder
rolled—"that's my thunder too!" exclaimed
the enthttsiastand the audience roared
with laughter. "Jove's power to thunder"
was wrested from him.—Fred. Herald.
MR. ADAMS.—A Washington corres
pondent of the Gazette says of Ex-Presi
dent Adams, now a member of the House of
Representatives. - "He is one of the best
speakers in the House. He has taken his
seat in the inner circle, on the left of the
chair, next to Mr. Everett, unit he wears
the same old 'hat l with a band an inch and
a quarter wide, which he used to wear
when Secretary ofState; and, now and then,
he is observed to administer to some unlucky
member his old pump-handle shake of the
hand:"
. DISTIMSSING AND FATAL. Occiinsyslc-H.
--We learn from the Hartford (Ct.) hiirror,
that on — Mon;ay evening, the sth inst., in
_Szindefield,-Mnss_on the Tbnl4origeriAnn,„
a young men .s.nd his . wife Vv_ ix i kfftti4-14..., 4 -.
death,, talt cabinet maker's sh p`. 'The dm"-
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cumstances are briefly these : . ',.Marvin,who
owned, the shop, had employed a journey
roan, te- - irrking married man, Fn• whom he
was building a house—during the -Progress
of which, he slept, together with his wife
tifid the apprentices, in a partitioned part of
the shop. ' The apprentices went away in
the evening,. and the fire in the shop must
have been Ipft,unguarde.d—for, ' during the
night, Mr- Malvin was alarmed by the cry
of lire-and hastdning to the spot, he found
the roof fast falling in upon the unfortUnato
inmates of the huildirww,ha had not p,Nvatc-_„.
cued to a consciolusness'orthbit perilous - sit
untion'in time totsarot' themselves from a
horrible death.
The Norfolk Beacon of Mondaylast says:
Oohn M. Baker, Esq. of Pennsylvania, late
ly appointed Consul of the U. States for the
port of Rio Janeiro, with "his family, have
been in town for several days. They will
embark this morning in the brig ,Sultana,
Capt. Lindsay,. bound to that port., which
vessel will be towed down to Hampton Roads• ,
by the steamboat Columbus."
The Court of. Appeals this State have•
fixed upon Monday next, the 26th inst., as
the day for hearing the argument in the Rail
Road and Canal case: In consequence of
the inability of,Mr. Taney to attend on that'
day, Mr. trebster has been retainciA by tha_
Rail Road Company, and is expected to take•
part in thn argument. We understand that,
should'the decision of the Court of Appeals ,
be adverse to the, in our opinion, well ground
ed, staling of the Rail Road Company, they
will not be able to a 'cal to tl4e•hinrhet ":
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diction oPtlie Supreme , Cburt, whilst'' the.
Canal Company,. whe.clairn title tollieidis.
voted: point under thePOnatitutioriSfo+ IR'
Siatcts, may carry ttiePoriueationibeeoke th t
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