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By Alail.
BEVENDAYSLATER FROM EUROPE
ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.
Nsw Yorx, May 8.
The steamer Europa, Capt. Lott, arrived at this
port this forencon from tiverpool. whence she
sailed on Saturday noon the 26ih ult.
The news is one week later from all parts of
Furope.
Cottun has declined 38. Flour 61 a 104, and
corn 3d.
The sum of £3OOO sterling has been raised for
Doctor Thompson of Cold Stream, as a testimo
nial of public approval of his services in eflecting
the abolition of the Bible monopoly in Scotland.
Tue Geear Exwimirion.—The approaching
opening of the Crystal Palaceis naturally moufih
a prominent topic of newspaper remark. On the
urgent representation of the executive committee
the Queen hasabandoned the purpose recommended
by the Royal Commissioncrs of restricting the
opening of the exhibition to the diplomatic body;
the members of the Government und 10yal house
hold. All are to be admitted who have purchased
scason tickets.
The effect of this decision vpon the sale of scason
tickets has been very favorable, In four days the
sales rose from 7000 to between 11 000 and 12,000,
the demand Increasing so greatly that it was found
necessary 1o cheek it by advancing the price to 3
guineas {or ladics, and 2 guineas for gentlemen.—
About 15,000 persons will be preser.t at the open
ing.
A rrognmme of the mannerin which the inau
gural ceremony is to be_conducted has been pub
lished. The exhibitors attendant having been
previously sanctionedby the Executive Committee
must enter between 8 and 9 o'clock, A M. and
immediately take their places by their counters or
obj-cts 1o be exhibited ; holders of seaeon tickets
between 9 and 11 12, The nave and transcpt
north #ill be reserved for the Queen and royal
party, where a platformis erected and thereon the
Queen's Chair of State, so that when scated she
will be eonspicuous.
Addresses to Her Majesty and replies will occu
py some little time, The Archbishop of Canter
bury will then offer a prayer, invoking the divine
blessing upon the undertaking, and an anthem by
the choir will tollow. A roynrptoccuion will then
be formed, which will pass through all the avenues
of the Palace, so asto be seen by all the spectators,
Returning to the platform, the Queen will declare
the Exhibition opened. which will be announced
by a flourish of trampets and the firing of a royal
salute on the north of the Serpentine, whereupon
the barriers which had kept the nave clear will be
thrown down, and the pubhic will be allowed to
circulate, and the Queen leaving, the doors will be
thrown open.
4 ’l‘};e following mnotice was posted up 20th of
B¥ X B
“‘All exhibitors are requested to complete their
fittings on or before next Monday might; after
that day no person will be admitted except those
absolutely necessary for arranging the goods. A
postecript is added stating that all packages not
removed by to-morrow night, 26th April, will be
sold. The feeling in favor of a general holiduy
on the first of May gains ground in the city.
France.
Pagts, Thursday evening.—The Asscmbly re
assembled to day. A motion for allowing newss
papers to be sold and distributed in the streets wae
negatived by 403 to 226, and another motion for
prohibiting the same was adopted without a divi
sion.
The uncertain state of political affairs, causes a
complete stagnation of business at the Bourse and
the funds are again lower. Fives opened 92 50;
threes closed at 57. The aannouncement that
Guizot is to be brought forward asa candidate for
the representative of the department of the lands,
causes some sensation. It is not known whether
Guizot consents to be nominated. A powerful
advocate for the prolongation of the power of the
President of the Repubfic. has arisen in the As
sembly, which receives the contributions of Guizot
and other distinguished statesmen who hold office.
Spain and Portugal.
Accounts from Madrid state that the Minister of
Finance was actively preparing his Budget, which
will be presented to the Chambers in June.
Letters trom Madrid state that the Spanish gov
ernment is disposed to assist that of Portugal,
against the Duke of Sal!lanha, in case of conflict,
but that it is its desire at the same time to act in
concert with England.
The accounts from Portugal announce that Gen.
Saldanha has failed in his insurreciionary move
ment, and has in consequence directed his course
towards the Spanish frontier,
Austria,
“ Welearn from Vicona that Prince Schwartzene
berg has been appointed Governor of Transyl
vania.
We learn from Berlin that Austria has proposed,
in case of certain events, to march 200,000 troops
through Piedmonte. The German Kingdoms, it is
ome‘f, will terminate the Dresden Congress by
recalling their agenrs.
Vienma correspondence of the 20ih inst, an
nounces that Baron Geliringer has refused to accept
the post of Stakbelder of Hungary. That post is
now to be offered to the Archduke Leopold. A
change of measure may possibly be expected with
regard to Hungary.
Viessa —Official papers publish a list of the
newly appointed membere of the Imperial Couns
cil. They are the Barons Krieg, Hongden, Purk
head, Syogunne, of Magyar; Syogen, Salbitti, of
Gicheoerall; Baumgartner, Buol, Vern, Burga; the
Count Zichy and the Prince of Satnerille, Erche,
Kran, Theim,
Italy.
The 12th inst, being the anniversary of the re
tura of the Pape to Rome, his Holiness was waited
upon by the diplomatic corps
There has been some ministerial changes at
Turiu, but not of a nature to alter the character of
the Cabinet. 115 Hungarian deserters from Lom
bm:{, uader the command of Col. Fier, have ar
rived at Berne, in Switzerland.
A radical demonstration, but of a very insignifi
cant character, took place at Genoa on the 14th
The government in consequence expelled three
foreigners who uttered ujououl cries, and com
saitted 10 the casile of Alexandria a half pay
Colomel who disobeyed orders in being present.
Acocounts from Vienna state that it is expected
the Pope’s government will solicit the intervention
of Austrian treops.
The Times correspondent confirms the report
that Lord Palmerston has addressed a moderate
note of remonsirance to the Courts iaterested,
against the prolengued occupation.of the Tuscan
and Roman States by Austria and France.
The Liresden Conferences
it is stated that the German Kingdom will tera
minate the Diesden Congress by recalling their
agects.
Switzerland.,
A letter fromßerne of the 15th inet, in the Jour
nal des Debats, saye: “I hasten to infurmj'ou that
the Federal government has just received a com
municetion from the English Legation, in which
it protests against refugees being sent to England.
The United%me-, therefore, is now the ouly coun
try open to them. The first detachment of Hun
garian and Italian refogees, who lately deserted
from the army of Radetsky, arrived at Berne on
the 17th ult, under the command of Col. Durr.
They are going to America by way of France. A
great number of them fought under the gouvern
ment of Kossuth'
Turkey.
A letter irom Conetantinople of the 2d in the
Austrian Lloyd's, says Kossuth still signs hie lct
ters and documents as President of the Committee
of Defence of Hungary. 'l'his is & proof that he
has not yet abandoned bis projects.
A refugee named Chegyessy, has utlemglcd to
commit svicide by openiog a vein, owing be u{yl
W the reproaches of his conscience for having for
a short time embraced lelamism. Another named
Madasdy, recently died -nddcnli. Some Hun~
garians spread the report that he had been poison
ed by the surgeon, in compliance with the wish of
the Avustrian government. The house of the sur
geon was uttacked, and the authorities had to em
ploy foree Lo proteet it.
Wasnincrow, May 8.
Wasuixarox [rems.~The Republic uz;. that
the President will leave Washington on Monday
morning, attended by the Secretaries of State and
Navy, the Postmaster General and the Atlorney
General unless somne nOnexpected event should
cauwe a change in the present arrangements.
The m:;i‘ru at the General Post Office for the
quarter ending the last day of December, were
mmh of §l,OOO 000, being an increase of §241 -
The dilferent Departments are in daily receipt of
telegrophic messnges from various officers on the
look out, reporung assemblages of persons said to
be .&..J":.“m Caban expedition, here and
there throughout lhhso«hen 8:‘«31 The as~
sembioges o re unarmed men
og gy b
The President on his visit North will take his
fomily with him The Cabinet will visit Niagara
5:!0 belore they return howe, sod thet will be via
neta.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
ARRIVAL OF THE GEORGIA WITH THE MAILS.
Later from Havana
New Yorxk, May 6,
The steamship Georgia, Lieut. Porter, arrived
this morning from Chagres via Havana, with the
Pacific mails and $1 500000 in gold on freight
The Georgia sailed from Cha&rcl at noon, with 500
tlauengeu. She transferred 200 passengers at
avani, and brings 300 to New York. ;
Great excitement existed in Havana in relation
to the expected invasion Many had been put in
prison on suspicion, and among then three priests
‘ for preaching mutinous sermous,
~ Theday the Georgia arrived =as celebrated by
‘the exccution of a poor wretch who was sent over
by Loptzto obtain pilots for the expedition. He
'was tried in open court, and the evidence was so
strong that he was immediately executed, previous
to which he war subjected to great torture for the
purpose of extorting a confession. This first exe
cution for political offences has created some ill
’lreling angainet the new Governor General, and
his conduct in executing a person who did not
scem to know that he was committing a crime, has
been severely criticised,
Matters are becoming so serious and alarming in
Havana that many are preparing to leave. The
Captain General s taking every precaution to
guard against an invasion. Lookouts are sta
tioned all ulong the coast within two miles of each
other, and the vessels of war are kept cruising be
tween San Antonio and Havana. The steamer
Cuba was ashore on the Colorados, when the
Georgia passcd, and the Pizarro had gone to her
assistance,
A rowhad occurred at Havana between rome
American veamen and the inhabitants. The sen
men weredrunk, and were arrested and their heads
put in the stocks, from the effeat of which treat-
K\cnt two had died. The uffair is now in the
anids of the American Consul.
From the fsthmus.
The rainy season had not yetset in at Chagres,
and the Railroad will, it is said, be finished to
Gorgona by the last of July, it the weather cone
tinucd good.
Chagres was healthy. The inhabitants have
established a regular police, and life and property
are much more safe than heretofore.
The passengers by the Georgia are generally
healthy, only two cases of illness having occurred
on the voyage.
The fourth of the Chagres murderers has been
arrested at Porto Cabello, and brought to Panama,
where he was confined in prison. The Georgia re
ports that they were all to be shot in a few cfayl.
General California News
There has been a fight at Sonora giowing out
of some conflicting miners’ claims, in which one
man by the name of Davis was killed and some
others wounded.
The health of San Francieco has been remark
ably good, and the same may be asserted of the
entire State,
The annals of crime are as dark as ever, but
the chances of punishment seem to have improved,
Wilfred and Stuart, indicted for the murderous
attack upon and robbery of Mr. Janeon, and whose
uuppou‘! guilt had well nigh been expinted by
Lynch Law and a rope, had been tried before the
District Court and found guilty of assault with
intent to kill, and robbery. The jury sentenced
Siuart to fourteen years in the penitentiary, the
utmost they could give him He has’since been
taken to Yuba county to betried for murder. Wil
fred was scntenced to ten years inthe peniten
tiary.
Nearly all the rainy season which has visited us
this year came during the past month of March.
The snow, too, has disappeared on the mountains
beyond the San Jose Valley and farther to the
north, This rain will prove of inestimable value
to the agricultural interests of the State, and per
haps to many of the miners.
The Courier says the labors of the miners
are well rewarded, and new and rich discoveries
of mineral wealth are constantly being made. The
Gold Bluff excitement has entirely ceased, and
one~half of the vessels engaged on the route to
that point have been withdrawn. The Sierra
Nevnr:i- covered with snow.
The Indian troubles are ncarly at an end,
treaties having been concluded with eeveral of the
most hostile tribes.
Improvements are going forward with an im
petus never before known, und each weck adds to
the numbers of buildings, both for private resi
dences and places of business.
The first fugitive slave case in California was
brought before Judge Morrison, on the 30th. The
Judge was to give his decision the next morning.
The slave is named Frunk, and was brought here
by a Missourian. He leit his master, and claims
Lis freedom, which the Couricr considers he is en
titled to.
Gov. McDougal has been appealed to for his aid
in suppressing the Indian depredations in the
Maraposa regions, and the Legislature responded
to hie cull by granting him authority to call out
500 men forthat purpose. The Governor has taken
a tour since then and came to the conclusion that
men were not needed. 1t is believed that a treaty
will be formed with the tribes in the vicinity of the
Maraposa. e ’ Bl )
McCauley, indicted for the murder of Julge
Southers, in Napa City, has been sentenced (o be
hung on the 14th of April.
Several hundred thousand dollars of r deemed
scrip has been burned by the Council of San Fran
cisco.
Tne Commiesioners appointed by the [l.egisla
tureto sclect the public lands to be donated by Gen,
Valejo to the State, as sites for the public build
ings, have attended to their duties, returned and
reported to the Legislature, and it is now sup
posed the work of erecting the various buildings
arpdhomceo at Valejo will be commenced forth
with,
The agricultural prospects of the Stat. are very
promising.
The San Francisco Standard says : ““We con
tinue to receive cheering accounts from ell parts
of the gold region. Twolumne, Caleveras, Moku
lumne, American, Feather, Scott’s, Kalamath,
and other rivers in the gold mining country, send
favorable accounts.
Intelligence from many parts of the mines is
more cheering than hitherto during the winter.
The Alta says the news from the mines and Gold
Bluff is very favorable. A rich bed of gold had
been discovered there, from which 32 ounces of
gold were washed in one day. On another §lOOO
worth was taken out. The gold is found upon
the bed rook from 2 to 10 feet below the surface.
A Mr. Warren had arrived from the locality with
$20,000 in gold.
The latest news from the region of the San
Diego renders it certain that valuable deposite of
the golden mineral have been discovered there by
the Mexicans, and reports from the adjacent por
tions of the State render it probable that the mines
thiere will be found more productive than it was
stpposed they would be. One of the dredging com
p anies had got to work, and the result of an ex
periment was a yicld ot over $lOO per hour,
The quartz mining operations have also been
prosecuted with vigor and success. Some of the
veins are beyond all previous calculations. One
of the veins at Nevada was sold for $135 000, and
the purchaser in a few days after had taken out
$l4 000, and dirt ready for washing which would
yield 20,000 more.
The repe.l of the law taxing forcign miners, it
was believed, would have a material effect in in
creasingthe receipts of gold. Large numbers of
those who had ceased working on the objections
able enactment goiag into effect have now re«
sumed their operations at the mines, or are on
their way tcwards them.
The Sacremento T'ranscript characterizes the
claim at Neuvada, known as the Gold Tunnel, as
the richest deposit of the metal in California. ‘T'he
gold is deposited in a kind of decomposed clay,
and is found thickly set throughout this whole
vein, which appears to be inexhaustible in depth,
and from 1 to 4 feet in breadth.
News had been received at San Franciscoof »
fight between the State troops and Indians at San
Joaquin, in which several of the latter were
killed. The Apuche Indians had attacked and
taken possession of Tueron, the last town in So
nora, comingetowlrd the Gila river. The inhabi
:’anud inoc ing able te hold the place, aban
oned it
* The ship Celestial made the passage from China
to San Francisco in 33 days, said to be the quick
est on record.
From Orzcon.—~Advices from Oregon to the 20th
inst, have been received. T. J. Dryer had been
nominated Mayor of Portland. Ata meeling in
Lafayette,Gen, Lane was nominated for Congress.
Seyeral vessels were loading lumber at Portland
for the San Francisco market. The steamboat
Willamette from New York, had arrived at Astoria,
by means of sail.
A geat deal of rain Lad fallen in Oregon during
the month.
Winter is now considered to have paseed, and
land is being prepared for planting. The gold
vwver is again raging in the territory, and large
vumbers are leaving their farms and business 1o
g 0 to the Klamath, !
O-{ar.-'l'ho sugar crop of Louisiana for 1860
was 211,203 hhds., equal 10231,194.0001b5. There
are 1,495 sugar mills, 908 work by steam, 557 007
horse Towu. The product of molasses is 10,500,
000 gallone.
Late vaom Mexico—BATTLRE BETWEEN 7THE
Mexicans axp Aracuis —We learn from a gen
tleman who arrived in this city yesterday on board
brigantine Mary Phwbe, from Guaymas and San
Diego, that the cholera has been for some time rag
ing to a fearful extent throughout Sonora. Dr.
White, an American physician, is practicing with
great success throughout the country,and is looked
upon as the preserver of the people. His principle
medicine is a mixture of red pepper and water and
the success with which he meets in curing the most
virulent cascs is astonishing. S
In the latter part of February, a battle was
fought between tfie Scnoran troops, under Gen
Castillo, and the Apache Indians, in which the
former were completely defeuted, some two hun
dred of their best men being killed on the field,and
losing over three hundred p isoners. The loss of the
Indians was trifling. The origin of the war, we
are informed, is the diecovery of rich placers of
gold and silver in the Apache country, which the
Sonorians attempted to work, but were continually
molested by the Indians, 8o much so, that it was
not safe to dig except when in large parties.
It is the wish of the Sonorians to drive off the
Apaches in order that they may work the mines,
but the signal defeat they met with in the late en-
Zagement has rather disheartened them.
The crops in Sonora have almoet entirely failed,
and a great doal of distress is felt for the want of
provieions,~Fublic Balance, March 31,
Newanrk, May 7.
Exrrosion.—The Daily Adveruser of this after
noon has the following:—*We learn from Pater
son, that while the workmen in the extensive works
of Rogers, Kocliens & Grosvener, were this morn
ing trying a new locomotive the boiler burst, hurl
ing the frogments in every directing und blowing
off the roof und one side of the building, which
was of brick, so that the whole fcll in. When the
accident occurred the shop was filled with work
men, many of whom were still buried in the ruine
when our informant left. He also states that
three or four had been taken out dead and fifteen
badly wounded. The persons killed were Irish,
and their names are James McNamey, Thomas
Busthard, Patrick Dougherty, Awos Whitehead.”
AreivaL oF THE NowtH America.—~The North
America, via Kingston, Jamaica, arrived at her
wharfat 10 o’clock this evening. She left Cha
gres 27th of April, at 3 o'clock, anl Kingsion on
the forenoon of the 30th, and left again on May
Ist. She has 200 passengers and =OO 000 10 coin
and dnst on freight and in the hands of passengers.
The steamers Crescent City and Brother Jonathan
were at Chagres when the North America left,—
The English steamer Severn satled on the 25th.—
The Tenunessce was to sail from Panama on the
lst. The health of Chagres was good, and the
passengers on board the steamer are also healthy.
The Jomaica papers are filled with the debates of
the House of Assembly.
A Wonderful Project.—~\We have it on the author
ity of Mr. McLaughlin, recently returned from
abroad, that there 18 a project on foot at Naples to
extinguish the fires of Vesuvius! It s understood
that the bottom of the main or grand crater, is sev
eral thousand feet below the level of thesea. The
plan, therefore, is to dig a large trench or canal
from the sea to the crater, the expense of which
will not exceed two millions of J’oltar-. and thus
extinguish the fires that have been burning for
thousands of years! It is said that the fine lands
thus to be recluimed, will more than ten times pay
the expense of executing the grand design.— Laf.
Cour.
Pickling Fggs.—lll the following were generally
known, it would be more generally used. Itis an
excellent pickle to be eaten with cold meat, &e.
The eggs should be boiled hard—say ten minutes
~and then divested of their she'!ls. When quite
cold, pot them in jars and pour over them vinegar
(sufficient to quite cover them,) in which has been
previously boiled the usual spices for pickling.—
Tie the jars down tight with bladder, and keep
them until they begin to change color.
Tue Canar Steamer passed through this city
yesterday morning in fine style, attracting as
usval a grest deal of attention. It is ceitainly a
superior looking craft, and ploughs the ‘“raging
waters of the Erie ditch” with as much energy as
though they were the sullen waves of Jold ocean.
The horses. it is said, enjoy a quiet laugh a« it
passes, for at no distant day such craft may en
tirely supersede the necessity of wsing their power,
Syracuse Standard.
Working Sails by a Stecam Engine.—A ship called
the Medora is about to sail from Glasgow, Scot
land, for San Francisco, which has on board a
small steam engine, intended to weigh the anchor,
ump ship, hoist the topsails, and do any other
Eurd hauling that may be required, in addition to
heisting out and in cargo. ltis placed npon deck
near the fore hatchway, and is covered by an erec
tion about as large as u cook’s galley.
Professor Newmaun says that it is a mathematical
certainty, that if the existing purulaliou of the
world were to increase for about eleven or twelve
centuries, at the same rate as the Bitish population
has done for some time past, no room would be
left on the solid earth for men, women and children
to stand upon, aljowing only a square foot for
each. Prof. Newmanwillbe wiser when he knows
more.
The Oldest Postmaster in the U. S.—~James Ste
venson, Lsq., of Donegal township, Washiugton
county, Pa., was appointed Postmaster of that
township, on the 20th of April, 1807, by Gideon
Granger, during the administration of Thomas Jel
ferson, and has continued a period of forty-four
years. He has withstood the storm of eleven ad
ministrations while all his fellows have gone.
Cholera.~'The Cincinnati Commercial of Wed.
nesday last, notices the death of two persons, by
Asiatic cholera. One was a man named Domi
nick Gallary, who had recently arrived from New
Orleans. The other was a woman named Naugh
ton, who had been taken from a steamboat,—
Her son was ill with the same disease, and not ex
pected to recover,
Two men were shot at Sacrumento City on the
night of March 29, while attempting to commit a
burglary on the premises of Capt. J. 11. Ward.—
One of them was killed. The other who gave his
name as George Morton, of Valley Falls R. 1., was
50 badly wounded in the leg that it would probably
have to be amputated.
Farming ona Large Scale.~Hon. Henry L. Ells
worth, of La Fayette county, formerly commis
sioner of the Patent Office, has recently, in com
pany with others, entcred above 25,000 acres of
choice lands in the Wabash Valley, at the Craw
fordsville Land Office, and is about to have 5,000
acres put into cultivation,
Large Haul of Fish.—The Washington Repub
lic says that a few days siuce upwards of ninety.
five l‘oumnd herrings and fifteen hundred shad
were taken in one haul, at Opossum Nose, about
35 miles down the Potomae, opposite Budd's
Ferry.
Destruction of Moles.—~A company was some time
since organized in Nnmemondpcoumy for the des
truction of this species of vermin, and on the 25th
they produced upwards of thirteen hundred scalps
of moles taken in traps, within the period of two
months.—Norfolk Herald.
Death of a Coroner while Holding an Inquest.—
While Coroner Abel Kelley, of Kmmehnni(. Me.,
was holding an inquest upon the body of William
Tenan, of Kennebunkport, who had committed
suicide, he suddenly fell from a chuir und died
shortly afterwards.
The largest individual tax paid in New York is
by William B. Astor. Last year he paid into the
Cil/y Treasury the sum of twenty-three thousand
cight hundred and ninety-two dollars, for taxes.—
The assessed value of his property in the city is
$:2.600,300.
Copper Boilers.—lTt is stated that eopper boilers
are henceforth to be used on board the steamers of
the Royal Navy, as their great derability has been
found to render them cheaper in the end than iron
boilers, of which the first cost is small,
Women require more sleep than men, and furm
ers less than those engaged in almost any occupa
tion. Fditors, authors, and artists need more sleep
than those of most other professions. The same is
true of precocious children.
Oun Saturday last, the wife of Jewett I Buffum,
of Westmoreland, N. H., was safely delivered of
three fine boys. Mother aund little ones all doing
well. Mr. l{ufl'um is a Democrat.
Daniel Wilcox, of Portsmouth, was chivked to
death, while at his dinner at the Pelham House,
in Newport, on 'l‘uoodn’ last, while endeavoring 1o
swallow a piece of beel.
Two negroes have been hanged in Providence,
La , for the murder of their master, Mr. Clanton,
a planter, whose body they burnt. :
“I'here was fine ole'inhin-. at Hazleton, Pa., on
;_l‘:;udny morning, eighteen inches of snow having
alien.
Barnum has bought Nicholas Biddle's country
seat in Pennsylvania.
The potato rot has never appeared west*ol the
Rocky Mountains.
After the usuul procession, and the organiza
tion of the Senate and of the House of Represen
tatives, on Tuesday, the two Houses met in
Grand Committee lor the purpose of receiving
and counting the votes for General Officers. The
result was. as willbe seen in the report of the pro=-
ceedings, that all the Democuatic nominees were
elected; and we understand that they were imme
dintely inducted into their respective offices. From
that day then we have
Puie Avves, of Providence, for Governor.
Wit Liam B. Lawggsce, of Newport, for Lieu
tenant Governor
Asa Porrer, of South King-town, for Secretagy
of State.
WarLter 8. Buraess, of Cranston, for Attor.
ney General.
Evwix Witsun, of Newport, for General Treas
urer.
The Democrats appear to have a majority of
four in the Senate ; and the Whigs a majority of
two in the House. And counsequently in Grand
‘ Committee the Democrats have a majority of two.
Thisis a great and remarkable change in the rela
tive position of partics in the go vernment, though
‘it is not an entire exchange of their positions. But
party differences, we hope, will not prevent the
passage of the most necessary and most salutary
lawe for the State, according to the general expec
tatious of the people. Those measures of reform
and of amelioration which are plainly just and re
quisite, under the present circumstances, in the es
timation ofthose most interested in good govern
went, cannot fuil to receive the favorable consid
eration of all eandid public servants. Party disei
pline or party rancor (if uny should exist) cannot
hope in an elective government to prevail for any
length of time over the demands of the people in
regard to what they know to be right. We have
the strongest confidence therefore in the success
of those measures aguinst which no good reasons
can be given why they should not be adopted,
and in favor of which the most eandid men of all
parties would be willing to record their votes.
We think it would be unparliamentary not 1o re
spect the result of the election.
New Yorx, May 7
On Monday last, the delegates of the State
Rights Associations were assembling in Conven~
tion for the purpose of deliberating uponthe qnes
tion of secession. But this is not the Convention
which was called by the Legislature, and which is
authorized to pass upon the question in behalf of
the State. That convention is not to meet till
next spring, unless sooner called by special pro
ceedings.
But this informal assemblage may bhe expected
to shadow forth the prevailing sentiments in the
State, and will no doubt do much to influence the
policy which shall be finally adopted. And the
deliberations of this convention will be looked for
with much interest as indicating the sentiments of
the people upon the measures passed by Congress
for the adjustment of the slavery question.
It is hoped that any present grounds of discon=
tent will not hurry the gallant people of that State
to such sn expedient as will be most injurious to
themselves as well as to ather States and to the
cause of republican liberty. In Jan. 1832, the
tariff law was the grievance of which they com
plained, and yet by waiting for the sense of justice
to return to the rest of the Union, that grievance
was removed in a conciliatory manuer. Now,the
law as well as the Constitution is in tavor of
maintaining their rights urimpaired ; and i the
present administration should not abandon the
course already commenced (and it would not be
Just to suppose in advance that it will,) the rights
of the States will be upheld by the government.—
And we may look for the faithful execution of the
laws by the hands of such officers as are loyal to
the Union as it is.
The Senatorial elections in Ohio, New York,
and Massachusetts, are not already to be viewed
as grounds of secession, and may yet resnlt in less
evil than uppears at present to be apprehended.—
A few leading men and others of the Whig party
are now, as they were in 1832, in favor ofthe le
gal adjustment of sectional differences and of het
efforta of the administration to make it effectnal.
We can hardly say as much of the Whig press,
and have nothing to say in extenuation of the
course which some editors delight to pursue, as if
the honor of South Carolina was not to be regard
ed with respect. Instead of rebuking their own
abolitionizing adherents,the attempt is too frequent
ly made to cast ridicule upon the sensitiveness of
that State.
This is but a poor apology for an evident lack
of devotion to the common interests of the States,
and tends even more than the fear of a Whig ta
niff or of a Whig system of internal improvement
to alienate one portion of the Union from another.
The present danger is not the resultof a differ
ence of interest, but of a difference of affection.—
The general government if con fined to its gen
eral objects, will accomplish all the purposes for
which it was designed. And the peculiar institu~
tions of some States, if left to the exclusive control
of the States to which they belong, will create no
hostility between thewmn and others.
It was a departure {lom these principles which
led them to the more rigorous ireatment of the
subject race in the South, aud whieh now threat
ens to estrange one State at least from the rest.—
We need not say to which political party that de
parture is principally if not entirely to be autribut
ed, since it is a departure from the principles
which are cherished by the Democratic party, and
which have always been esteemed of more import
ance than mere party success.
But the Democratic party is stronger now than
it was in 1832, and consequently more able to vin
dicate State rights than they were at that period.
[t is to them that South Carolina should look in
this hour of her tronble and trial, and more to
them than to their opponents, or any plan of se
cession to which that State may seem to be driven
by the circumstances to which we have alluded.
The Democratic party are still, as they have been,
the hopes of the country and of the whole coun
try. And South Carolina or any portion of the
South, instead of looking for relief where it is
not to be found, in a separation from their friends
in the North, will find that very sympathy which
is most needed always increasing with the degree
in which it shall be valued,~and certain to be
lost by any measnre which shall show that it is not
wanted.
It is reported that a majority of those who have
assembled in Charleston, are eager for secession.
Perhape. if they were to decide immediately, snch
would be their resolation. But if the measure is
left for the action of the convention which is to
follow this, we may hope that better counsels will
prevail. i '
Concise.~The body of Mr. Webster's letter in
reply to the Board of Aldernen in Boston inviting
him to Fanueil Hall is this: “Itis not my pnrpose
to address my fellow-citizens in Fanueil Hall dar
ing my visit to Boston.”
Republican £erald.
PROVIDENCE,
Saturday, May 10, 1831,
PROCEEDINGS AT NEWPORT.
SECESSION IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
VOTING WITII ENVELOPES.
We have heretofore explained and enforced the
right of the electors to a perfectly free, wnbiased,
unconstrained, independent expression of their
sentiments und preferences at the ballot box; and
contended for the most ample protection of the
voter, by abolishing the old practice of endorsing
his name on the paper which eonveys his vote.—
The secret ballot is intended to shield the honest
voter upon whom undue influence, or intimida
tion is exerted; and also to eut off bribery und
corruption by removing from the corruptiouist all
evidence that he has gained anyihing by the ex-.
penditore of his money. We propose now to
dwell for a mowent on the particulars by which
the proposed mode of voting can be best ecarried
into effect. What the People call for is this.
At every election of State officers, Senators and
Representatives, town officers electedsby the vo
ters, members of Congress, and electors of Presi
dent and Vice President of the United States,
and upon all questions submitied to the decision
of the voters, it is proposed that the electors of
the State should give in their votes, by depositing
in the ballot boxes unsigned paper ballots, written
or printed, containing the names of the persons
voted for, their respective ofices, and the date of
the election, or their expression of yea or no up
on the question proposed ; the ballot of each vo
[ ter, or all the ballots which he is entitled to give
atany election being inclosed in a self-sealing en- ‘
velope. Every voter, on mentioning his name to
the moderator or warden, and on being called by
him should deposite this envelope in a box in full
view of the presiding officer, and in such a man
ner thathe can distinetly see that only one envel
ope isdeposited. All euvelopescontaining nothing
but blanks, or marked on the outside in any way
to distinguish them from the rest should be reject
ed; and all donble votes contained in an envelope
should be rejected and not counted. It should be
made the duty of the Secretary of State to keep
always on hand, a supply of envelopes of uniform
color and size, for the supply of all the electors of
the State ; to be farnished by him to all the town
and city clerks, to be by them distributed to the
moderators, and wurd clerks, and to the electors
themselves, as they may be wanted. The duties |
of all the officers named should be enfurced by‘
adequate penalties ; and every voter depositing
or attempting to deposit wmore than one envelope,
at the same time of voting, should be subjected to
an ample fine. The ballot box should be kept j
locked till the termination of the balloting; and |
then, being opened by the modera‘ors and town l
clerks, or wardens and ward clerks, in the pres- '
ence of the electors, the envelopes should be |
connted to ascertain the number of voters, and in ;
like manner, the ballots given for the different of- |
ficers. A record having been made of the resuli,
the ballots for officers voted for throughout the
State, and upon general questions should be seal- |
ed up and certified 1o the General Assembly ; bal- |
lots for city officers and on city questions, to be |
sent to the Muyor and Aldermen. Under this sys- |
tem the, transmission of.votes to the General As
sembly would be unuecessary ; but being accord= |
ing to long usuge had better be continued. l
Such is an outline of the protected ballot. Itis |
entirely safe; it can be guarded from abuse; itl
cuts off fraud; it is fair to all. And why, we |
would ask, should men of any party, who desire
that public eentiment should be expressed without |
restriction, be opposed to it? We do not be
lieve that they are. The opposition will come |
from those who do not seek fair play, who are un- |
willing to lose their chance of operating on the |
fears of the honest, or the pecuniary cravings of
the dishonest voter. Let this system prevail, and '
the Journal will never be able to say again that
the Whigs have been bought up by the Democrat- 1
ic party ! An entirely honest and reliable expres
sion of public opinion will then be obtained, and
defeated parties will then set down satisfied that
they are fuirly beaten, and wait with patience for
a more propitious opportunity. |
A DISCOVERY.
Mr. Prister:=l have been for many years
conuected with what has been generally supposed
to be, and generally called, the poor man’s party.
The wealth has been for the most part on one side,
and the population on the other. Buta discovery
of a really astonishing nature has been recently
made by the Providence Journal. The Democrats
are not poor folks, as we supposed ourselves; but
while they were going about in their plain work
ing clothes and thick boots, they were secretly
hoarding np vast sums of money,avoiding expense,
and escaping the vigilance of the taxing officers ;
until, at length, when their coffers were full to over
flowing, they make a push and actually pnrchase
the Whig purty like so many sheep in the market !
Could you have believed it 7 It was hard at first,
I must confess. I felt round in my pockets and
searched my papers, but [ could not discover the
evidence of being a rich man, as the Journal inti
mates. Perhapslmadé a mistake. I certainly in
tend to look farther. But what the Journal says
must be true. The Jounrnal says positively, that
the Whigs were bought np by the Democrats at
from 20 to 80 dollars a head ; and, in another state
ment, at from 10 to 50 dollars. Allowing the two
statements the price 40 dollars a head ; and I sup
pose for ex-Senators, Governors, &e., a little more.
Figuring the difference between our vote last year
and this, and allowing 40 dollars per Whig, I
find that, according to the Journal, the election
cost the poor, beg pardon, I mean our rich party
of Democrats,abeut $200,000! Really, it is some
thing to belong to the rich party, isn'tit? The fact
is, Simons, we are looking up. Such a wealthy
party must be respectable, in a community where
money is the chief God. 1 hope we shall be mod
erate and prudent, not mnaking too much show with
our carriages, and entertainments, to excite the
poormen’sparty,—our poor Whig friends—against
us with feelings of envy! But the discoverer of
this wonderful fact of our wealth should not be
neglected ; and, as he is jusi going out of office,
from asmall salary, I will propose asa suitable me
morial another service of plate. It will be buta
trifle to our wealthy Democratic party. |
P. S. 1 almost forgot to add too things. If the
Whigs are so corrupt and venal, and can all be
bought for §4O apiece, as the Journalsays they can,
what stronger reason can be given that they are
unfit to control affairs, and ought to be putdown ?
And secondly,if the Whige are so very bad, and the
Journal knows what it saye, ought they not to be
improved and guarded by immediately providing
a vote by ballot ? B
Anvses Rerorren v New Yonrk.—The com
mittee appointed to investigate frands in the man
agement of canals, have reported dishonest expen
ditures of public money, improvements wade for
private purposes, und that employees were sworn
to ascertain how they voted and discharged for vot
ing the Democratic ticket. It is even said, thatin
addition of hundreds of thousands spent for the
benefit of individunls, there are still greater abuses
to be developed. We must be prepared to see
them, afler the most extraordinary attempt to el
fect a loan of nine millions, in violation of the
constitution and to furnish material for election
eering movements, =
Coronkr's Inquesr.—An inquest was held up
on the body of Mary Noland, who died suddenly
on Thursday morning at Mr. Gorman's in Tran
sit sireet. The verdict returned was, that she
died (rom epilepsy.
£ On the outside of this dgy's paper will be
found an interesting article headed ‘‘John Fitch,”
from the pen of Gen. James, which we copy from
an Indiann paper.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
MAY BESEION—AT NEWPORT.
SENATE.
Tusspay Morwinag, May 6.
The Senate met at 10 o'cluck the Governor in
the Chair
Benjomin F. Thurston, of Providence, was
elected Clerk.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr Dum wt.
The rules of the Senate for the last year were
adopted until further action.
The Governor luid betore the Senate resola
tions of the Legislature ot Illinvis rclating 10 che
supremacy of t?\e acts of Congress on the slavery
question ; reccived and laid upon the table.
The Governor also communicated to the Senate
a report regpecting the appropriation for the in
sane, and also letters from Mons, Vattemare agent
for in‘ernational exchunge of books, which were
scverally received and laid upon the table
The Senate, after discussion of the manner of
joining the House in Grand Committee, the re
sult of which appears by Its messages in the report
of the proceedings oflle House, joined the House
in Grand Committee.
The members elcet of the House were called to
order by Hon. Henry Y. Cranston, of Newport,
The following named gentlemen presented their
credentials and were enguged in their oath of office
by the Secretary of State:
Nm'(mrl —Henry Y. Cranston, Joseph Anthony,
Bcn} Finch, Joseph B. Weaver, Thomas R Hunter.
Providence ~Lronard Blodget Stephen T Olney,
W Il Potter, Henry Anthony, Allen C, Ma
thewson, James 1. Rhodes, George S. Rathboae,
Amos C. Barstow, Daniel E Carpenter, Samucl
Currey, ThomasJ. Stead, Chris. C. Potter.
Portsmouth Borden Chase.
Warwick.—Pardon Spencer, Simon H. Greene,
William D Brayton, Randall Holden,
Westerly Nathan K. Dizon,
New Shoreham.—Simeon Babeock.
North Kingstown —Janws Eldred, Thos. G Al
len. Jr.
South Kingstown.~George L. Hazard, Sylvester
Robinson.
FEast Greenwich.--George J. Adams.
Jumestoun Benj. Cottrell,
Smithfield —'Thomas Buffum, Daniel Pearce
John Fenner, Earl A, Wright, James Phetteplace
lsrae! B Purrinton.
Scituate —William A. Roberts, Sheldon Fiske.
Glocester.— Geo. H. Browne, Jon. A. Tourtellot.
Charlestown —Joseph Gavitt,
West Greenwich.—Nathan Carr.
Coventry ~David 8. Harne, Levi Johnson,
FExeter —Daniel L. Money.
Middletown.—George 1. Bayley.
Bristol.~Hezekial C. Wardwell, Benj. Hall.
Tiverton,~William P. Shetlield, Juseph Osborne,
Nathaniel B Durtee.
Little Compton —Oliver C. Brownell.
Warren Alired Bosworth, Thomas G. Turner,
Cumberland Feoncr Brown, Geo L. Dana,
Olney Arnold, Mowry Taft.
Richmond.—Daniel Kenyon.
Cranston—Almoran Harris, Charles Guodwin.
Hopkinton.—Welcome Collins.
Johnston.—Granville S. Williams, Alpheus F,
Angell.
North Providence Thomas Davis, Zelotes
Wetherell, KEdwin Harris, Joseph B. Stone.
Barrington —Pardon Clarke.
Foster —Geo. E. Hopkins.
Burrillville.~Elisha Mathewson, Silas A. Com~
stock.,
Mr. FENNER BROWN, of Cumberland, nom
inated George H. Browne, Esq ,of Glocester, for
Spenker of the House, and Mr. THOMAS J.
STEAD. of Providence, nominated Hon. Alfred
Bosworth, of Warren.
The vote bung taken by ballot, resulted as fole
lows :
George H Browne had 34 votes,
Alfred Bosworth had 36 votes,
and theretore Mr. Bosworth was declared elected
Speaker of the House for the year ensuing.
C"l‘he House then proceeded to the election of
erks.
Benjamin T, Eames, Esq., of Providence de~
clined being a candidate for re-election.
The vote being taken by ballot resulted as fol
lows :
Clement Webster had 35 votes,
And Wingate Hayes had 37 votes,
and was declared elected.
The House proceeded to the election of second
Clerk
The vote by ballot stood as follows :
Peleg W. Gardiner had 35 votes,
Thomas Durfee had 37 votes,
and was declared elected
A message was sent to the Senate, informing
that body of the organizition of the House.
A message was sent to the Senate, inviting the
Senute o join the House in Grand Committee, for
the purpose of receiving and counting the votes
for general officers for the year ensuing.
A message was received from the Senate, that
the Senate declined the invitation of the House,
and invited the House to join in Grand Commit«
tee for the purpose of receiving and counting the
votes for general officers and for the election of
other oflicers,
On motivn, the House declined acce_rting the
invitation of the Senate, by a vote of 3710 33, as
follows :
AYES~Mesers. Allen, Angell, Arnold, Babcock, F.
Brown, G. H. Browne, Buffum, Carr, Comstock, Coitrell,
Dana. Davis, Fenner, Fiske, Gavitt, Goodwin, A. Harris,
E Har:we, Hazard, Hopkins, Kenyon, E Mathewson,
Money, Pearce, Phetteplace, Purrinion, Roberts, Robinson,
Stone, Taft, Tourtellot, Wardwell, Wetherell, Williams,
Wright—3s6, 2 ) S 7
NOES~Messrs. Adams, H. Anthony, J. Amhonr, Bos.
worth, Barstow, Bayley, Blodget, Brayton, Browaeil, Car
remer, Chace, Clarke. Collins, énnsmn. Currey, Dixon,
Jurlee, Eldred, Finch, Greene, Hall, D. 8. Ilarns, Holden,
Hunter, Johason, A. C Mathewson, Olney, Osborne, C, C.
Potter, W, 11. Pouier, Rathbone, Rhodes, Shefficid, Spen.
cer, Stead, Turner, Weavel~—37.
Which result was communicated to the Senate
by message. s ¢
A message was received from the Senate, invit
ing the House to join the Senate in Grand Com
mittee, for the purpos: of receiving and counting
the votes for general officers and inducting the
officers elect into their respective offices.
The House accepted the invitation, and tendered
to the Senate the use of the Hall of the House of
Representatives for the purpose of meeting the
Senate 1n Grand Committee.
The Senate then joined the House in Grand
Commitlee.
Governor Anthony in the Chair.
The proxies were received from the several
towns. x
The following gentlemen were appointed a com
mittee to count the voles®
Newport County—Messra Simeon Babcock, Wm.
P. Shefliely, Andrew F. Potter.
Providence County—Messrs. Samuel Currey,
Nathan Porter, Daniel E. Carpenter, Gideon
Bradford, Olney Arnold. 2 7
Washington County.—Messrs. Joseph Gavitt,
John [.. Champlin, James G. Sisson.
Kent County.— George J. Adams, Simon H.
Greene, Nathan Carr.
Bristol County.—Thomas G. Turner, Hezekiah
C. Wardwell, Benjamin Hall.
The Secretary and Clerks of the Senate and
House were added.
The Grand Committee adjourned until six
o’clock, p. m.
Turspay Arreawoon, May 6.
IN GRAND COMMITTEE.
The Committee appointed to count the votes re
ported ae follows:
ELDERKIN.
Whole number of electors voting, 13 242
Necessary to a choice, 6,622
Philip Allen has + 6935
Josiah Cliapin, 6,106
Edward Harris, 186
Scattering, 18
Allen’s majority over all others, 028
LIEUT. GOVRRNOR,
Whole number of electors voting, 13,243
Necessary to a choice, 6,622
William B. Lawrence has 6,787
Rowse Babeock, 6,269
Stephen Wilcox, 196
Scattering, 2
Lawrence’s majority over all others, 3N
SECRETARY OF STATE
Whole number ot electors voting, 13 226
Necessary to a chpice, 6,614
Asa Potter has 6815
Chris. E. Robbins, 6,214
Geo. L. Clark, 194
Scattering, 3
Potter's mojority over all others, 404
e ~ ATTORNRY GRNERAL.
Whole number of electors voting, 13.081
Necessary to a choice, 6,541
Walter S. Burges has 6744
Joseph M. Blake, 6,114
Thomas Steere, 191
Scattering, 32
Burges’ majority over all others, 407
GENERAL TRRASURER.
Whole number of electors voting, 13,180
Necessary 10 a choice, 6 591
Edwin Wilbur has 6,773
Samuel A. Parker, 6.196
George H. Charch, 193
Seott ring, 18
Wilbur's majority over all others, 366
The Committee reported the usual resolution
HOUSE.,
IN GRAND COMMITTEE.
GOVERNOR.
declaring the election of the several « flicers bav
ing the majority. The report of the Committee
was read and the resolation passed,
Mr Ballou of the 8 nate and Messrs Eldred and
BuTom of the House were appointed by the Chair
a committee to wait upon the officers elect and in=
furm them of their eleetion.
I'he committee returned, sccompanied by the
officers elect, The oath of office was then wdmin
istered to the Governor and Licut. Gosernor eloet
by the Sceretary of State.
Upon retiring from the Chair, Gov. Anthony
addreseed Gov Allen as follows:
May it please your E'xcellency :
L dehiver 1w your bauds the power which, two
years ago the people of this State, by their free
vote, and in eonformity with the constitution and
the laws which they ™ bad ordained, committed 1o
mine, and which now, by the same free vote, and
under the same consiitunon and laws, of which you
are the appointed guardian, they have trausferred
to yours,
%uu are called to the head of a commenwealth,
which possesses in a remarkable degree the ele
menta of social happiness, which stands, in some
respects, among the foremost of enlightened come
munities, and which we should in no respect suffer
to fall behi d the commonweslihs arvund ue in
those things which maioly adorn aud diguily civ
ilized life.
In whatever position, publie «r private, the
changes of admivistration and the mutations of
party may place us, nothing can deprive us of the
privilege, uothing can release ua frun the obliga
tion, 1o labor with our best endeavors for the true
interesia, the enduring prosperity of the Siate,
which is the mother of us all.
I retire from the publie service with a grateful)
sense of the honors conferred upon me by ithe peo
ple, with a deeper attachment for the principles and
the institutions of Rhode Jsland, and with my best
wizhes towards your Excellency for a furiunaie and
successful administration of the responsible duries
which you huve assumed. And whoever may fill
this chair, whoever may occupy these seats, 1 ‘shall
not cease to invoke upon all the deliberations uf Ihis
body the continued guidance and direction of that
benignant power in whose fear the fovndations of
this S.ate were laid, and in whose favor it hath
rown from a pathless wilderness to become the
Eappy abode of a frec and intelligent people,
Gov. Allen replied as follows :
I fully appreciate the remarks you have made on
this occasion. No exertions on my part shall be
wanting to execuie faithiully the duties ot the office
to which I have been elecied.
The oath of office was then administered to the
Secretary of State, Attorney Genersl and Gen
eral Treasurer by Gov. Allen, and the usval pro
clamutions were made
Mr. CRANSTON moved that the proxy votes of
be delivered to the Shenfl ot Newport county,
by bim be burnt, which motion prevailed.
Oa motion of Mr. CRANSTON, the Grand
Committee rose, and the iwo Houses separated,
Alter having been celled to order, each House
adjourncd,
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock—a quorum present.
Senators Byron Diman and Wm C Chapin
presented certificates of election and were engaged.
The joint rules and orders of the last Asvembly
were adopted on the part of the Senate.
Messrs. BALLOU, GREENE and PORTER
were appointed a committee to revise the rules of
the Senate.
Returns of military companies were received and
referred.
Peutions of John J. and Isabel Watson, and Asa
Potter and wite, tor leave to sell real esta e, were
ref rred.
The Senate accepted an invitation from the
Houseto join in Grand Committee in the afler
noon
The Senate then adjourned to weet at 3 o’clock,
HOUSE.
The House met at ten o'clock.
The rules of the House and the joint rules and
orders of the two Houses of the last year, were
adopted for the present year )
The House invited the Senate to&oin in Grand
Commitiee for the election of ufficers usvally
elected in Grand Committee
PETITIONS PRESENTED AND REFERRED.
Ty the Commitlee on the Judiciary—Of E.J,
Andrews for improvement of state road in the town
of Portsmouth ; of John O Mowry end wife ; of
Geo. Fairbanks vs. Benoni Cahoone, for leave to
appeal action; of Lyman Hawkes, et al, for leave
to appeal for damages vs. Providence and Worces
ter Railroad Company.
To the Committee on Corporations —For libera
tion of Asa Warden; ol Warwick Institution for
Savings for amcndment of charter; of Wm. Viall
et al,for charter of Harrison Steam Mill Company;
of R. I Mutal Life Insurance Company for
amendment of charter
To the Commiltee on Flinance —Of Israe! French
for remission of fine and coste and liberation.
Tothe Committee on Convicts’ Petitions —Of John
Rathbone et al, tor liberation of Calvin Rathtone;
of Wm. Jeffers for liberation,
To the Committee on Real Estate -Of Robert
Wilson, administrator, to sell reul estats.
SETATE AUDITOR. .
Mr CRANSTON, ot Newport, gave notice that
he would, to-morrow, introduce an act to create
the office of Auditor,
PUBLIC GROUNDS IN THE COVR.
The memorial of the City Couvncil of Providence,
asking for the passage of an act authorizing the
city to make and hold such lands as the public
good may rcquire, to be used as public lands only,
referring particularly to a connexion of the two
sides of the Cove at Sabin strcet and the State
Prison, and the enlargement of the State Priron
lends, was taken up and referred to the committee
on the judiciary. i Y
Mr OLNEY, of Providence, presented a memo
rial from the City Council of Providence, praying
that the Asserubly would revoke the power given
to the Providence and Worcester Railroad Com=
pany to locate their road in the city of Providence.
Adjourncd. :
SENATE.
The standing committees were announced by
the chair.
MrGREENE was excused from serving on the
judiciary committee, by request.
The Senate then joined the House in Grand
Comumitiee.
HOUSE.
The Speaker announced the standing commit
tees of the House,
= IN GRAND COMMITTEE.
The two Houses went into Grand Committee
and proceeded with the election of the following
officers. His Excellancy Governor Allen in the
chair.
Crekrks or Supreme Counr.
Newport County—Joseph Joslen, of Newport.
Providencs Cornty—F.dwin Metcalf, of Provi.
dence.
Kent County—Silas Weaver,of Fast Greenwich.
Bristol County—George H. Reynolds, of Brisiol,
Washington County—passed (or the present.
Crerks or Court or Common gun.
4 Newport County—George C. Shaw, of Provi
ence.
~ Providence County—Levi Salisbury, of Provi
dence.
Washington County—Mathew Chappell,of South
Kingstown.
|Brmol County—Massadore T. Bennett, of Bris
tol.
Kent County—Hazard Carder, of Warwick.
s Sukrirrs.,
> Newcport County—\W illiam J. Roberts, of New.
ort.
Providence County—-Burrington Authony, of
Providence. '
The Grand Committee adjourned till to morrow
at ten o'clock.
Stavpive CommiTTRES.
The following Standing Committees for the
resent political year, were announced in the two
rlou-eo of Assembly, by their presiding officers,
on Wednesday.
JOINT COMMITTEES,
On Executive Communications ~=Hon ‘Wm. B.
Lawrence; Senators, A. C Greene, Porter; Re
resentatives, Barstow, Adams, Hunter, Tourtels
lot. Dana.
On Accounts—Senators, Barnes, Manchester,
Sisson; Representatives, J. £nthony, Turner Car
penter, Dana, Durtee. ’
On Real FEstate—Senators; Spink, Church,
Angell; Representatives, Stead, D. S Harris,
Brownell, Wardwell, Gavitt.
~ On Convict Petitions —~Senators, Hawkes, Fry,
N. Greene; Representatives, Blodget S, H. Greene,
Bailey, Wetherell, Comstock.
SENATE COMMITTERES.
On the Judiciary = Messrs. [orter, Ballou, *A.C,
Greene. Bradfurd, Diman,
On the Militia ~ Messrs. Wilcox, N. Greene,
Cross, Hill, Champlin
On i’inma-dcuu. Bradford, Whitman, Hag
ard. Anthony. Macy.
On Corporations ~ Messrs. Lawrence, Francie,
Potter, Waterman, Collins
On Education —Messrs. Ballou, Knowles, Cha
pin, Ball, Bicknall.
HOUSE COMMITTERS,
On Militia <Messre. Rathibune, Turner, Arnold,
Weaver Muathewson,
Weoxesoav, May 7.
AFTERNOON.