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VOL. XIX. NO. 52
HHeraldof the Cimes,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, AT
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r CRANSTON & NORMAN.
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orner Fayette and North streets. |
Friday, March 23.
Tue ComrreTe Works or tue Hox. Jon
. Durrke, L. L. D., tate Cuier Justice or
“ Ruope ISLAND ; WITH A MEMOIR OF THE
Auvthor. Epitep sy lis sox. Providence:
Gladding & Proud, 1849.
We are indebted to the Publishers for a
« copy of this work. Itis one of the most val
uable books ever issued from the Rhole ls
land press, and while it is an inestimable
treasure to every true Rhode Island man, 1t
~adds much, very much to the literature of|
“the country. Judge Durfec was one of lhc'
most peculiar men of the age; and a lu:m&
whose light shone most brilliantly towards its/
close, but whose genius posterity will almu'f
truly appreciate. His mind was singularly |
cast ; although solid in all that is valuable.
learned in the civil law, and tieasured with|
the Science of Jurispudence, it waus strong'y’
inclined to metaphysical research and imag-|
inary revellings. ‘Thesc latter traits, Imwcv-i
er, would never have been discovered, even
by the most astute student of human nature,
while Judge Durfee was in the discharge of
his official duties. e dealt not in fictions ou|
the beneh, but, on the contrary, his charges|
to the Jury, and his opinions on legal qnm-l
tions raised by the bar, were clear, substan
tial and always safe. Although in metaphysi
cal research, he launched far out into the sca
of unfathomed thought, and returned with
some new pearl of philesophy,— yet he nev
er permitted the remotest shiadow of" such ab
stractions to tinge the dutics of the bench.—
As ajudge, his most valuable trait of charac
ter was that he was always safe ; he never
came to a hasty conclusion , he never gave an
opinion that was to effectlife, liberty or prop
erty, without the most mature reflection and
Jdeliberate judgment. Although he always
kept the ancient Jandmarks of the law in view,
still he was not so wedded to autiquity that|
his mind did not keep pace with the safe and)
just spirit of the age, even i expuunding!
that noblest of all human Sciences, the an.*
Judge Durfee was called upon to prcside!
over the trial of some of the most important
causes that ever came before an American
t:ibunal ; and the questions which arose in
them were entirely new, and he Lad no prece
dent to guide him, no authority to consult, but
was neeessarily driveri to the fountain of his
own inexhaustible mind, in the coniclusions
to which he came. '
This work contains his ¢ Watcheer, or Rog-|
er Williams in Banishment,”” a poem which,
has excited a good deal of attention in Europe, |
where it was republished som: years ago,l
and called forth the high approbation of many|
of the leading English Reviews.
In addition to this, it has several Orations
and Addresses, delivered at different times,
his Panidea, a purely philosophical work,
several charges to the Grand Jury, and a fow‘
miscallancous poems, the whole forming a,
volume of rare merit and worth.
We should like to give an opinion, more nt‘
lengtli, of the character of the lamented Dur
foe ; but the hmits of a daily paper, and the
hoste with which its contents must always ne
cessarily be prepared, prevent the performance
of that pleasant duty. At some future time‘
we hope to gay more on the subject. |
This work should be in the hands of every
Nhode Island man, for its author, cither as a
Jurist, a philosoplier, a poet or a man, was a
model which all young men might safely
stuly with groat advantage to themselves.
The boo' is tor sale at the bookstore of C. K.
Hammett, Jr. Thames street, or by the Pub
lishers, Gladding & Proud, Providence.
A DIS(J')‘.R.E DRLIVERED NEFORE THE
Rutone Istaxp Historican Sociery, oN THE
EvENING OF Fraruany 1, 1849, »y GirorGE
W. Greese. Providence - Gladding &
Proud, 1819,
This is the third annual oration deliverea
before the Historical Society of Rhode Island |
the first was by the late Judge Durfee, on tlmt_'
idea of Government, which was actualized,’
for the fiest time in Cheistendom, here in llus!
State, by those who deseribed themselves as|
a poas colony, cons sting mostly of a birth
and breeding of the most High, formerly I'mm'
the mother natiomin the bishops' days, xmd|
Jatterly fromthe New Fagland nvcr-waluul‘
colonies. 'T'ho second was delivered the sue
cecding year by Rowland G Ilazard, 1i1q..1!
on the life and eharacter of the orator of the’
previous year, who had in the meantime becn
gathered to his fathers. This Addrcss is on
the progress of historical scicnee in its eonnec
tion with tha progross of society. Professor
Greone was many years Mmcrican Conzul ot
Rome, and all his leisure moments were glv-:
onto study ; his advantages in that ancient
scat of science and art were great, and well
has he improved them. He is now Professor
of Modern Languages in Brown University.
The Oration is written with all the vigor of
ascholar, and displays the finest analytical
powers of mind. We commend it to the at-|
tention of all Rhode Island men, as something
which they nay profitably read, and gather
new thoughts and new strength from the per
usal. |
It may be had of the Publishers, Gladding &
Proud, Providence, or of C. F.. Hammett, Jr.,
Thames street.
A Cise or Coxscience.~—A very worthy
lady of this town, a widow. recieved the fol
lowing letter, a few days since :
Boston, March 10, 1849
~ Enclosed is $2OO, which is the balance due
to your husband, with interest from old un
settled account, some years since, which, al
though unknown to you, is correct.
. Yours, |
NY |
Newport, R. 1.
I'he letter contained two $lOO bills of a
Boston Bank.
T'he lecipient of this money has not the
remotest idea from whoin it eame ; it is clear
ly a case of conscience, where a man has made
rparation for an injury long since done. Oc-i
easionally we see such instances as this, but
they are rare ;it gives the pleasing assurance
that men are net yet utterly abandoned to
depravity. ;
Mr. Cray AT New Opueans.—The com
pletion of the military hospital attached to lho;
Marcacks below New Orleans was made the
oceasion, on the 2nd instant, of a feast gn‘.f
up by the commanding officers, Gen. Brooke,
.:xml Major Tompkins, Many eminent nota-/
hilities were present—2\r, Clay, Gen. and
Mrs. Gaines, Gen. Patterson, of Philadol-:
phia, Gen. Quitman, Capt. Rousscan of lhu.
navy, Col. Bragg, &e. &e. In the course
of the entertainment Mr. Clay was called out
for a speech, which the Delta reports as fol-|
lows : |
Gieneral Gaines here begged to interrupt
the company, by offering a toastto a distin
guished gentleman who was momentarily
absent rom the table. The toast was :
Henry Clay.—who would long since have
heen President of the United Siates, if the
highest talents, patriotisin, and honesty were
regarded in the selection of that officer.
T'his toast was drunk with enthusiasm,’
and then there was a loud call for llcnryi
Clay. Ina few moments the great orator!
and statesman appeared and addressed the
company in a short and eloquent speech, in|
which be referred to the occasion as one \\'hichi
would long live in his memory. * God has
given us a pleasant day,” exclaimed the elo-!
quent gentleman, ** for this interesting excur-i
sion ; and she, whose presence is next to the
Divine influence in softening, purifying and?
clevating our thoughts, is here, too, to adorn,
to enliven and dignify our festivities. The|
oceasion is a fit one for the presence of wo
man The care and tendirg of the sick and
lwaumlod soldier is the appropriate province of
l\voman. She then must needs feel, a 8 we all
do, a lively interest in the magnificent insti
[tution which we have just surveyed, where
lthc gick and disabled soldier may find a com
fortable refuge and asylum against want and
sickness, and where he may be tended and
|carcd for as the soldiers of a Republic should
lbc cared for. I
Story o A MopeL Artist.—The St
L.ouis Union says :
¢ Some months since a Mrs. Aberdeen ar
rived from New York in quest of her daugh
ter, who had been enticed away by a party
of strolling model artists. Since her arrival
the mother has had the daughter with her
a part of the time, but when an opportunity
for her escape presented itself, the girl, has
been in the habit of deserting her mother, and
:rcsoning to houses of ill-fame i the citv-—:
|Ycowrdny her mother found her at one of
these establishments, on Almond street, nnd‘
' made an effort to induce her to return home.
| - . |
The miserable creatures connected with the
lhouso interfered, which enraged the mother,
and she became boisterous in defence of her
'injurcd daughter, and her own rights as a
\mother. For this the inmates of the house
had her arrested and thrown into the cala
boose, where she spent last night, weeping
bitterly over her own misfortune and the loss
of her daughter,
When a schoolmaster once asked a fair pu
pil *“Can you decline a kiss !"* she replied,
dropping a perplexing courtscy, * Yes, sir, I
can—but | hate to most plaguily.
“ Cot, Duscan.—Dßlake, in his History ol'|
Putnam county, N, Y., just published, says :|
“I'he true name of the Colonel is Dunranson;;
and, as his father alleges, when he entered |
the array, by an oversight or mistake of the
recording clerk of the War l)opmmcm.m:
Washington his namewas written Duncan. 'l'he;
mistake 10t being corrected, the dopartment,
as a lawyer would say* * stuck to the record ;"'
and the Colonel, sinee then, in all his commu
nications to the Government and others, has |
written his surname Duncan. M
¢ Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable”?—WEßSTEß,
Newport, R. I, Thursday Morning, March 29, 1849,
The geod man feels no injustice so strongly
as that done to others ; that commitied against
himself he sees not so clearly ; th: bad man
feels only injury to himself. —Jean Paul.
Momus looked on the animal ereation and
said, thoughtfully :—*, Fvery beast resembles
some one god or goddess, but which is the
image of them all I’ Then Prometheus form
ed man and answered :—** Behold him.”
Axorner Arroixtvext.—We learn that
Ephraim Hutching, well known in years back
as the landlord of the Phenix Hotel, has been
appointed Post master at Concord, N. I, in
place of Joseph Robinson, I:q., removed.—
Mr. Hutchins is a staunch New Hampshire
Whig. This we believe, isthe fisst of M,
Collamer’s appointmgts in New Fingland.
i ps°CGraham’s Magazine for April is before
us. The engravings are ** The Gipsey
Queen,” a mezzotint, *¢ The Church of St.
Isaacs, at Petersburgh,” “** The Miniature,"
¢ Fashion Plate,”” ** The Mormon Temple at
Nauvoo,’” héside other illustrations, and two
pages of Musie. 'T'he literary articles are by
Park Benjamin, Mrs. Welby, Chandler, Mrs.
Embury, Bayard Taylor, and others, and are
of an interesting nature.
{x# A contemporary says that Congress has
voted to purchase Gen. Washington's dairy.
Going into the milk business perhaps.
Newport, March 20, '49.
Mg, Epitor :
So far as * Paul” is concerned 1 leave the
argument—not denying him the least advan
age he may have gained from his article in
to-day's paper. ?
But with regard to my rights and responsi
bilities, 1 have a wo*m say. His loud * pro-|
test’ againet my style and spirit (apparent
spirit if you please) and his appeals to the
sympathies of the community to join him, do
not alarm me in the least. The writer of this
is fully aware of his rights, and ro such jar
gon will ever deter him from assuming them,'
The last clause of his article savors of per
sonality. If he means to convey to the pub
lic an idea that I have treated the lecturer in
an ungentlemanly, unmanly, or indecent man
ner—which it very strongly implies, | totally
deny the truth of such an insinuation, and
fling it back to himaccordingly.
T'he writer wishes to be moderate—but he
permits no such personalities on any account
whatever.
The writer holds himsclf responsible for
every word he has uttered in this controversy.
g 3 Timothy Coggeshall, I'sq., has been ap
pointed Post Master of this place, viee Joseph
Joslen, whose Commission expired.
i We find the above announcement in the
New York Herald, although Mr. C. has npot
:yet received official information of his appoirt
ment.
l Work ror THE SExtons.—The l'nivcrsityf.
of New York last week turned 117 yuung{’\"
'doctors upon the community. \I
‘ A SiN6ULAR SToRY.—A wild woman in!|
| Teaas.—The Victoria (T'exas) Advocate rc-!'
lates the following singular story, and says it i;
:can be sustained by the testimony of many of |
‘the oldest and most respectable eitizens of I
Jackson county, in that State : '
j For the last ten years there has lived and
inhabited the thickets of the Navidad bmlmns‘
n Jackson Co., an antinal universally believed
to be a woman : and though dilligent search.
has been made, not a living soul has ever been‘
‘able to see it ; theugh on one occasion, several
‘years ago, a party driving cows thiough thc'
lbottom, came #o close upon its camp or den'i
as to compel it to drop a kind of basket or|
ltmnk, which upen examination, was found toi‘
‘be a perfect curiosity, containing @ most aaton-|’
ishing variety of little trinkets, such as pins,”'
fneedles, knives, brushes, and several articlen,:'
‘whose uses were entirely unknown, and all of
:the most ingenious and exquisite workmanship, il
‘and also a small pocket Bible. with = Newf
"lYoxk” written in a beautiful small hund-wril-:f
“ing. together with two guns, one of wlhieh it |
“hanl stocked having stollen an old gun barrel'i
. from the settlerents. 3
: The principal reason for belicving it to be a |
;iwoman arises from its track, which has nflenl‘
|'bocn seen, and which resembles exactly that ‘
l'ofa small and delicate female. Tt frequently |
“viaitt the neighboring houses at night for ‘hc!l
' purpose of pi-king up euch articles as it can
ldy its hands on--clothing particularly, of
Hwhich it is supposed, from the .quantity mis-i
'sing from time to time, it has enough to sct up,
”l respectable millinary shop and clothing’
store. |
l About a year ago, it went into the house of
Sanmuel A. Nogers, when he was aboom,!
',oponod his medicine chest, took a portion of all.
Ythe medizines in it, carcfully puuh‘l:aek the
‘stoppers, and committing no other age be
sides that of taking several articles of clothing,
iwhich, after going to the edge of the bottom, |
it appears to have sorted out,and left such arti
'elu hanging upon a stick as it did not seem to
‘require Tt also eame to Mr. Rogers’ place
recently, and brought back a wooden bowl
taken about a vear sinee, and a trace chain that
had been missing e;ghtyean These are but
" a tithe of the many eceentricities of the man,
“‘wouun or animal : Lut they will serve as a
L‘W.
|| So sure are the people of the Navidad, that
“itis a wild human being, that we understand
| a reward of forty cows and ealves has been of
fered to any one who would eaptureit. It is
supposed by sume that there was onee a man
and woman, but that the man had died. Ilow
true this conjecture is, we ecannot say; but
" there can hardly be a doubt but a wild woman
has inhabited the Navidad Mustang bottoms
;'nenr Texana] for many vears. It cannot be a
negro male or female, because the track for
-~ bids the conclusion. We ineline to think it a
- Mexican woman. !
? We understand that the President of the
UUnited States availed himself, on Saturday, of
the first hour of leisure he has found sicee his
Inavguration, 10 visit Mesdames Madison, Ad
ams, and Hamilton, and pay hLis personal re
speets to these ladies.—Nat. Intelhgeneer.
| AN Imrewian Loss.—One night Just week
(says the New York Star) a ball was given at
;tho Chinese llooms, at whicli a Jarge number
of ladies and gentlemen were present. Among
the gents was a young man about the age of
23, Ile was beautifully dres:cd, and lllc‘
'graceful manner with which he danced the
Polka and other dances, was the admiration oi'l
the room; but nothing was so much adumired,
as the beautiful imperial with which Lis chin
was adormed. The young ladies \\'hisp(-rudi
what a beawtiful fellow;” the old ones luuk-‘
ed admiringly, and, in short he was the lion of
the room. At ast supper was announced, and‘
he was honored with the hand of the belle of
‘the ball; but what waz the horror of the lady
:when seated al the table, to belo!d the imperi
‘al which had o captivated her, fall off in 4
plate of stewed oysters. But the youth, no.
thing at o loss ; picked it out, and after care
fully wiping it, stuck it on his chin as com
‘pusvdly as if nothing had happened. We Le
lieve he did not danece with the same lady§
again, We advise hiin, the next time he goes
:lo a ball, to procure some better glue. |
Tue Ack or Goro.—Lord Byron tried his
hand at satirising in “‘the A'ge of Bionse,”" and
now we learn that Park Denjamin is going to
try his hand at satirising the age of gold. He
is to conelude a course of popular lectvres in
New Ilaven, by reeiting a satiric poem so call
ed ; as hiv theme is a rich one, he will, no
deubt, make something out of it.
Powers, the sculptor, is at present cngaged
upon a great national statue, which he calls
“ America,”” and upon which, he says in a
letter to his friend in Cincinnati, he is willing
his fame and his forture shall rest. Ihe
bloek of marble for the work cost $l2OO.
Saturday, March 2,
Wixe ror ComyusioN Senvic }:‘—l"u-.'h'ick}
A. Paige, of Providence, was couvieted last
we k for a violation of the license law. 'T'he
Day Star says it was proved that the defendan
had sold a quantity of wine for commmunion scr
vice, and as the object could not be deemed
one for medicinial or artistical purposes, he
was muleted in the usual fine, which he de
clined to pay, and appealed to a higher court
A Tuovenr Wortit Resmemurnise —At the
late anniversary of the New York Typograph
ical Society, the veteran Noah gave the follow
ing admirable sent'ment
- “The Printer's Apprenticr.—May he al
‘ways bear in mind that Lie may be a journey
man ; the journeyman that he may be the pro
)prictor and editor ; and the editor that he may
'enjoy the highest honors in the gift of the re
public.”
“ What's the matter, my dear ! saida wife
to her hushand, who had sat for half an hour
with his face buried in his honds, and ap
parently in great tribulation. * Oh, T don’t
know,"’ said he, - 1 have felt like a fool all
day.” < Well,” returned his wife consoling
ly, ** I'm afraid you'll never feel any better ;
you lovk the very picture of what you feel.” ‘
John Van Buren was in company with the
Viee President clect, when the latter passcd
through this place. Mr. Van Buren, as usual
was full of fun and sarcasm. As the cars
started from the depot rather suddenly, Mr.
Filmore (who was standing up at the moment
and owing to the erowd) nearly lost lus Lal
ance. Whereupon John offered his arm, and
exclaimed, ** Ah! Mr. F., 1 must give you
my support after all.”—Bridgeport Ntand
ard.
3 The Y\'ewrnn News arranges the ltters
in the words ** ‘Taylor is our President,” so
‘that they may be read from the eentre four
(thousand difforent ways Vpon this the Piov
idence Merald wittily remarks that all Gen,
| Taylors fetters woy be read in just nbout the
'-mm- pumber of ways, to suit customers.
Boston Times.
‘ I'he wan whose brain is so shattered that
he can read Gen. Taylor's letters as stated by
’the Herald, is a fit subjeet for a Lunatie Asy
lum. We think that eertain documents which
[the Gen. is issuing about this time, can only
‘be read in oncway. How is that Mr. Times!
Is thete any trembling in the Boston Custom
lllmm- ! Nothing personal,
The international Weekly Journal’’ is the
title of a new paper which Mr. €. Edwards
Lester 1 getting up at New York, for the pur
pose of republishing the best English works
from the proof-shects, for which the writers
are to be paid.
Me. Evivonr ;~—
. It secins strange that a writer should com
plain of personality who brings anonymons'y
the charge of impious blasphemy against a
public speaker of high moral chaiacter, and
for what 7 why, for asserting that con-erva
tism, as opposed to progress, is bigotry i re
ligion or in polities. I have argued that this
was Mr. Sumner’s plain- meining and G
has not disproved, (I think, not denied) that it
was. [ would remind * G that the whole
drift of the close of the leeture was to urge up
on Reformer's patience, eaution, trus! in God's
providence and the law of progress. 'T'Lis has
been repeatedly and emphatieally acknowledged
to me by persons who d flered from Mr. S.'s
position. And now in view of this, I repeat,
it still seems to me that © G"'s charge of -
ous blasphemy s uncharitabie, therefore un
christian, therefore unmanly and nugentleman
ly —for it ** G believes in the Christian stand
ard (as his first article implies) then he must
agrec with me that there can be no true man
liness nor genticmanlness which violates 1/t
I shall not insist upon the redundancy of the
phrase improus blasphemy, (for if a thing is
blasphemous that ineludes impiety)=—nor shall
I dwell on the irrelevancy of ealiing it blas
phemy to censure human institutions,—l eon
fine myself to the moral and religious wrong.
fulness of such charges, which I am sorry
“(3" does not sce, |
‘ “G" ecalls it “jargon’ to jrotest and appeal
‘to thinking men again-t picking out a sentence
'from a leeture marked, as a whole by a manly
land moderate tone and denouncing it as blas
‘phemy. I should really like to sce his Die
"tionary.
| In fine I shall certainly not deny “G's”
right (lega’ly) to say what he chooses, and |
| 3 .
‘should be the last man to expect or wish to
Iscarc an anonymous opponent into agreement
'with me, therefore his last article was quite
urcalled for. 1 am uot anxious to have the,
Jast word, but I am anxious to have those'
:thingn prevail which are mentioned by :
.f PAUL (Philip, 4. 8.) |
! Newrort, March 17,1819, |
| "To the Editor of the Republican Herald : |
| Sin—l was much surprise ] whilst reading
:your paperof to-day, to sce my name men-.
tioned among the delegates who presented
!their credentials to the recent Democratie;
fSlato Convention and were recognized as:
'membere. Until your paper was before me,
!l had mever received an intimation that 1 had
been or would be appointed a dclegate, or that
!:my meeting had been held in this place for
choosing delegates. | Lave been confined to
my residenee for more than a week by rick
ness, and should, therefore, have declined the,
!appuintment had it been tendered to me. Iti
is neithier just nor democratic to announce me
as being where 1 was not, and as participa
ting ir proceedings in which Thad no share.
Do me the favor to give publicity, in your
| next paper, to this commun cation, and be
' lieve me to ba :
Very Icspectfully, yours,
WM. ENNIS
- We eanonly say in relerence to the ap
peatance of Mr. Firnis’s name, that it was
sent us, with the others, by the Secretaries.
Hl’crhaps they conld tell how they eame by it
1 but neither of them reside in this eity, and we
Hlm\'e had no opportunity to communicate with
}‘lhem, since the forgoing was received. Our
[impression is that there weie 1o delegates in
the Convention from Newport. We were
¢orry for that, at the time : but not so sorry
as we are now to learn that friend Fnnis is
confined with sickness.— Prov. Heorald,
. IPThe Union predicts that Gen. Taylor
‘will not be able to maintain his political po-|
sition. When ** Old Zaek™ was at Buena
;;\'isln, the same journal predictel that he
would have to retreat. Dut Lie held his poof
ysition and made Santa Anna and his hosts’
Aly before him. He is hke'y to deal similarly
| with the hosts of locofocoism. |
| U 7 A highwayman named Bollard, confined
’lin Newpate, sent to know how he could dofvr’;
his trial, and was answered, by getting apoth-|
ccaries to make affidavit of his illness. This!
,wus according'y done in the following mnu-|
‘ner : |
« The deponent verily believes that if the
said Johin Bollard is obliged to take his tiial
atthe ensuing session he will be in limminent
danger of his life.”” To which the learned
Judge on the beneh replied, ** that he really
believed so too !
“Mo her,” said a little boy the other day,
“ why are orphans the hapiest children on
iexmln v @ They are not=—why do you ask!
"' Because they have no mothers 1o spank
them.”’ g i
Oun Compatons.—Judge Holt, being onee,
on the beneh at the Old Bailey, convieted a
man ol robery, whom he remcmbered 1o be
one of his old companions. Moved by euri
osity he inquired what had become of certain
individuals who belonged o the purty | upon{
which he replied, with a sigh and a low bow,
« Ah, my Lord, they are all hanged except
your Lordship and 1" J
A cabinet-maker in Charleston, S. €., ad
vertises : ** Cradies and coffins, with all neces
sary intermediate furniture ™
t77-A short time sinee, in Hartford, were
written on a grave rail these lines ;
“Remember me as yon pass by,
As vou are now, so onee was [,
Therefore prepare to fullow me,"’
Underneath some one wrote—
“To follow you 'ia not econtent,
Unless | kuew which way yon went,"
Nacwow FEscare rroy s vion—.ln one of
the stores on Commercial whaf, a lion, lately
received from Africa, is kept in a cage. Yes
terday, a small Irish boy, with his chip bas«
ket, wandered into the store, andin the way
placed Jus back againstthe bars of the ecage,
The lion, nothinz loth to make a slight lun
cheon, seized hold of the jacket of the liule
fellow, who being terribly frightened thercat,
set up a loud ery for help. Two men who
happened to be near at hand, took hold of the |
boy, and with a hearty pull, rescued him from
the grasp of the lion, undamaged in person,
though with the loss of a portion of his nether
integuments. Luckily the boy’s jacket was
large and unbuttoned, or Le might not have
escaped so easily , Traveller, |
U 7 Among the Confirmations by the Sen
ate, as announced in the last number of the
National Intelligencer, is that of Timothy
Coggeshall, Esq., Post Master of this place.
.‘ Ther, is nothing purer than honesty, no-‘I
‘thing sweeter than charity, nothing wurmml
than love, nothing richer than wisdom, no
hing brighter than virtue, and nothing more
‘steadfast than faith. l
These. United in one mind, form the pur-|
est, the swee'es!, the richest, the brightest
‘and most steadfast Lhappiness, '
- Norice o Newsearir Reapers.—Trausi
ent newspapers, (that is, papers not sent from
the office of publication) will hereafter be sub-
Jeet, in virtue of the act (approved March 3,
11849,) to the generul newspaper postage rate
only ; that is one cent for any distance in the
‘same State, and one and-a half-cent for any
distance exceeding one hundred miles, where
the newspaper is sent from one State to anoth
er. But postage on all such newspapers is in
!lall cases 10 be prepaid, as heretofore.
Stare Estivare Commrrrer.—The Com
mittee held a second session 1 this city yes
terday, IHlon. Fdward W. Lawton in the
Chair.
The following members were in attendanco :
Messrs, Barber, Barton, Brown, Church, Hol
den, Lawton, Monroe, Shelden, Watson and
Whipple.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
% The Committee was engaged during ll:o|
greater part of the session i a discussion of|
some of the particular cases arising in the
progress of the vatuation.
Joseph Osborue, Fsq., appointed appraiser
for the town ot T'iverton, declined the appoint
ment, and the members of the Committee in
the County of Newport, reported that they
had appointed Charles Durfee, lisq., as ap
praiser for that town.
Mr. Whipple otlered the fullowing resolu-
‘tion : |
Resolved, Thatthe following elause in the
‘third section of the act to provide for taking
lan estimate of all property ratable inthis Mate
'\'iz : and except household furniture, farming
!utcnsils. and tools of mechanics, to the amount
'of three hundred dollars, shall be construed
1o mean that houschold furniture to the amount
‘of three hundred dollars. farming utensils to
‘the amount of three hundre | dollars, and tools
of mechanics to the amount of three hundred
do'lurs, areto be exempted from appraisal.
' Read and pas<ed.
| Mr. Brown presented the following resolu
(tion :
Resolved, That this eommittee construes
the ** act to provide to take an estimate of all
property ratable in this State,”” to mean 1o
include under the head of ratable property all
the real estate belonging o railroads in this
State.
Read and passed.
Nathaniel Bulloek, lisq., appointed Ap
praiser in the town of Bristol, made report of
his appraisment of the property ratable in
sald town,
The Committee adjourned to meet on the
Oth of April next, at the office of the elerk,
No. 4 College street, in this city.—Prov.
Journal,
Carr. Svrren axp s Forr.—The ful-!
lowing account of the eelebiatad Capt. Smm‘
and s Forit, is copied from a work recently
published, entitled ** Tour of Duty in Califor
nia,”" by Lieut. Joseph Warren Revere, of the
Ll'. S, Navy
' « John A. Sutter, is a Swiss by birth, and
'a soldier by profession ; and like many of his
jcountrymen, he carly sought in the service of
a foreign sovoreign, that advancement in the
carece of arms whieh he was unlikely to find|
at home, accepting the post of Licutenant in
one of the Swiss regiments of infantry in the
service of France, during the reign of Chatles
X. Atthe potiodof the revolation of 1830,“
and the consequent dothronement of that mon
arch, he was with his regiment in garrison
at Growoble. Fven after the revolution was
under full headway, and the tri-eolor flying in
the town, the brave Swiss, with their prover
jvial fidelity, kept the white flag of the Bour.
bons displayed over the citadel ; nor was it
WHOLE NO, 979,
until the revolution was consummated, and
Charles a fugitive, that they consented to
capitulate,
| Ou the disbanding of their corpe, which
- took place shortly afterwards, Sutter eame to
| the United States, beecame a citizen, and afier
spending several years in different States of
- our Union, engaging in various pursuits, and
undergoing many vicissitudes of fortune, he
concluded 1o emigrate to Oregon, whence he
wentto California. With adventurous dar
ing he resolved to tuke up his abode, alone
‘and unsupported in the midst of the savages
of the frontier ; for at that time not a single
white man inhabited the valley of the Sacra
mento. His first attempt to ascend that river
was a failure, he having lost his way among
~the interminable slues 1 have already alluded
1o ; but still persevering, he arrived at hie
‘present location, established alliances with
‘several tribes of Indians in the vicigity, ac
[quircd a great aseendancy and power amongst
?thcm, took some of them for soldiers and in
structed them in the mysteries of FEuropean
Idtill. built his foit on the most improved fron
(tier model, and boldly made war upon the
!rcfmclory tribes in the vicinity, Idoub if a
{more remarkable instance of individuai ener
2y, perseverance and heroism, has ever been
displayed under similar circumstances. This
junceremnniuus way of settling down n a
istrungrf country, and founding a sort of ipde
| pendent empire on one's ** own hook,” is one
jof the feats that will excite the astonishment
‘of posterity. In times past men have been
‘deified on slighter grounds.
, At length the influence and power ol Sut
ter attracted the attention of the Mexican
Government ; but as he was too remote, as
‘well us too strong, 1o be punished or betrayed,
they thouglhtit their wisest plan to conciliate
him. He was therefore, made military com
mandant f the [rontier, with full authority and
absolute power, extending to life itself, with
in the limits of his jurisdiction. In this office
he continued for several years, trading with
|tl|e Indians, teachivg them the rudunemts of
manufactures, agriculture and arms,
‘uml acquiring un extensive iufluence in the
‘valley. e always, hoe ever, had a decided
leaning towards his adopted country, and hos
' pitably received and entertained, even to his
own detriment, such partics of Americans as
’came near his retreat ;and, I regret to add,
that many of our countrymen made but a poor
‘}rcturn for this kindness and liberality. Fi
nally, the Mexicans, secing that the Ameri
cans, emboldened by his example, began to
settle in the valley, and growing jerlous of his
:mflucmiul position, eudeavored 1o rewnove him,
,:md as an inducement to give up his border
fortress to a Mexican garrison, offered him a
!b.-:unil'ul and improved miesivn lands of San
| Jose, near the pueblo of that name, and the
<um of ifly thousand dollars ; proving §their
ccagerness to get rid of him by actually pro
viding security for the money, a practice al
% mo-t unknown in Mexican finaneiering, which
‘zem:mlly consists in promises intended to be
broken. Dut notan inch would Sutter budge
’frmu his stranghold, sagaciously looking for
ward with the eye of faith, to the time when
the United States should acquire possession of
the country,—a consummation which he de
voutly hoped for and hailed when it came to
pass.
- The fort consists of a parallelogram enclosed
by double walls fifteen feot high and two feet
:thick, with bastions or towers at the angles,
the walls of which are four feet thick,
and their embrasures so arranged as to flank
the curtain on all sides. A good house occu~
pies the centre of the interior area, serving for
oflicers’ quarteis, armory, guard and state
‘runms, and also for a kind of citadel. There
lns a seeond wall on the inner face, the space
between it and the outer wall being roofed and
divided into woerkshops quarters, &e., and the
usual oflices are provided, and alsoa well of
pood water. Courals for the cattle and horses
of the garrison are conveniently placed where
they can be under the eye of th guard.
Cannon frown (I believe that is an invete
rate habit of eanman,) from the various em
brasures and the ensomble presents the very
ideal of a border fortress. It must have *‘ as~
tonished the natives™ when this monument of
the white man's skill arose from the plain, and
sshowed I's dreadful teeth in the widst of these
olitudes.”
o LUhe State Committee of the Free Soil
Party have ordered eloven thousand State
tickets to be pronted for the ensuing eleotion,—
they will use about thrre hundred ; what a
wicked waste of paper, time and Jabor !
¢y The Kentneky Legislatore, at its late
eossion, |ussed one hundred and ninety-six
acts granting divorce !
Omo.—The bill to provide for a Conven
tion to amend the Constitution of this State
has been defented. [t wae necessary that it
should pass by a vote of two thirds, and it
Jacked five votes of this,
Cray Festivan—The friends of Mr, Clay
in New York have resolved 10 celebrate the
anniversary of his birth hy a dinner 10 take
place on the 12th of April next. Great prep
arations are being maude.