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Tnesday Morning—June 23, 1846.
BSRE L e e S a
A specimen of the piebald Pariy that has ree
ecntly taken possession of the Stiate.
Ttappears that a lawyer by the name of Fogg, the
editor of [Tale’s Independent Democrat, and represen
tative we -believe from Gilmanton, has been put into
the office-of Secretary of State, in place of Mr 'l'reai
well by the pew powers that be. . We know nothing
off this man personally,—very littie by reputation, and
care less. We Lave uot seen his paper very recently,
but we learn from Hill’s Patriot, that ho has recently
been discoursing in his Fale Organ sbout Hill’s Patri.
ot and the N. H. Gazette to the following purpory:
“ Hill’s Patriot and the Portsmouth Gazette are
pitclimg into the State convention of Old Huukers to
be held in this town, June 11, as though they actually
expected to blow the:thing sky-high. To one who had
not witnessed -the facility with which these papers
could be bought or whipped -into the traces, it won'd
seem as though they really meant to.do something this
time. Lhe tone of authority and determination with
which they, utter themselves is certainly nota little
rebe'lious. - The.solemn "assurance with which they.
prophecy dissention is omimous enough of continucd
defeat to;the.. Central Clique. But unfortunately for
the influence of these papers, nobody cares either for
their words or actions. So:crooked and unprincipled
has been their course—so many summersets have they
performed that neither the Central Committee nor the
people have the least respeet for their principles or
their honesty. No one donbits that they are for sale to
the highest bidder. Noone feels that their present:
hostility to the Clique is'the “smalestobsiacle to the
basest subserviency to the men they now abuse.” -
This fellow, accordimg to Mr Ilill’s acconnt—whe
scems to know him like a book—has been on afmest,
overy possible side in poltics -within some-four.or five:
years; 30 crooked and unprincipled has been his:
course—hiving performed *so may s+ »incrsels® him
self, he has probubly get his brain « little out of oider,
and seems to think all the sober and . consistent portion
of politicians are turning summersets while he is stand
ing still. "Or, to change the figure, he is very much
like the fellow we once knew, who was sotorious for
his intemperate habits —always drank when he could
find wherewith to make him so, but always despised a
drankard " And who, en retiring to his room one night
m his cups, imagined his bed was performing a rotary |
_movement, and insisted that he must wait til it came
ronnd again before he could make a deposite of his.
carcass. o |
*“ O would some power the giftie gie us, ‘
To see ourselves as ithers see us.’’ ‘
By way of showing up the sinuous political course ;
of this fellow for sorue years past, we copy the follow- |
ing extracts from Hill’s Patriot of the 4th inst: |
“‘SBome four or five years since, this man (Fogg) |
professed to be a democrat—er, as the Hubbord clique }
called a portion of the party, a ““conservative.”” Always '
greedy for office, near the time when Hubbard was |
rst nominated for governor, perhaps it was in 1840, |
the year previous, he held during one session of the |
Legislature, the office of Engrossing Clerk 'The fol- |
lowing year-he appeared here as an applicant for some
office which-paid better ; we think he claimed a clerk- |
ship either:in the House or Senate. ‘l'his was refused '
him by the clique rulers, and he rebelled for that year. |
The next year, also, he appeared here again as an ap- ‘
plicant, fawned round the clique, was again refused, i
and again rebelled for another year. We believe he
subsequently pretended to be a democrat, from that
time up to last fall, when he came out for J. P. Hale.
He assumed the editoiship of Hale's paper last spring,
a few weeks previous to the March election. At that
time, in giving us his reasons for doing so, in a private
eonversalion, -he assured vs, in substance, that it was
his object to pat down the Central Cligue—that he
cared comparatively little about Hale or the Aunexa
tion issue, if this could be effected ! [ln this connex
ion, we may here remark, that he was (professedly) a
strong friend of annexatien between the winter of *44
and spring and summer of *45, at which vime he had
his cye ok the appointment of District. Attorney, under
Moifslesd. ; i
*Such is a birde’ eye view of tho course of this po- 1
litical changeling, who now—to show his loyalty to his ‘
recent federal purchasers—accuses the Portsmouth |
Gazette and 11ill’s Patriot of being ¢ for sale to the
highest bidder,”” &c. Had he received all he asked
i the shape of office in 1841-2, from the radical fac
tion of ‘those years, he would doubtless have always
been the humble eycophant and always ready to do
the bidding of the “‘Central Cliqae’’—whom he thinks
in the above extract, ranking them with ““the people”,
*“ have not the least respect for their principles or their
honesty *’—meaning the Portsmouth Gazette and Hill’s
Patriot.”.
Sure, this is a pretty fellow to talk about Hill's Pat
riot and Portsmouth Gazette ““turning so many somer
setts,’” or about being “for sale to the highest bidder,"
and above all to presume to discourse about **princi
ples or honesty.” Bat this is not all. It appears that
in 1843, none were louder in denouncing Hale and the
Ex-Marshall in relation to the charge of pocketing the
extra charges for fees &c., against Uncle Sam’s trea
sury,—the Messrs. Hill publish some extraets from a
communication written by this very editor, Fogg, over
the signature of ““O. P. Q.”’ under date of ““Meredith
Brigge’® and published in Hill’s Patriot in 1343, Feb
23. ;
“ *_ % L——says, that in running' his fist so
deeply into Uncle Sam’s pockets, he was only living
up strictly to the spirit of the times, and walking pari
passu with his illastrious contemporaries in office,
Swartwout; Price & ‘os that so far as his acquain
tance among office-holders extended the people’s mon
ey was common plundoer, from which he who got the
most was ip their ¢ode the most honest fel'ow ; that
with inerely legal fees, his office, or Jack's either,
would not be worth, on an average, more than one
thousand dollars a year. Now for hiin or Hale to take
this smallv.pit'la;_z‘ce from the puoblic chest, while Swart
wout was takirg hundreds of thousands,. would prove
them not honest, but the merest poltroocns. '\ hether
the two. went snacks in their-foraging expedition into
Uncle Sum’s capital, L———— does not s:v. 3
“‘Seriously, what must the people think of this ex
hibit of the wholesale knavery of nien who set them
selves up as candidates for the most responsible offices?
Do they think the people shallow enough to be hum
bugged by their talk abont principle ? Can they be so.
wnfatnated as to believe that the democracy are 1o be
baited and caught by the hypocritical cant of knaves
who all their life long have festered in corruplion ?
If they believe this, a woeful disappointment is theirs.
A rod sin pickle for their backs which none of their
chicanery can escape. Think of it, Democrats :;)'a<
who earn your bread and pay your taxes by the sweat
of your brows ! 77 Is the man who will steal hun
dreds and thousands of your hard-earned money, or l
pay away five dollars of it, apiec:, for pen-knices to
pul in his pocket, or in his store for sale, a man
whom you can trust? or who shall preach democracy
to you? Yetsuch is the man who has assamed the
task of telling you what is democracy, and for what
men you shall vote. Suchis the knave whose business
it i 3 weekly to hurl his vile billingsgate at every demo
crat who is teo honest and independent to countenance
his knavery. Rise, then, brother Deaocrats ! and tell
this recreant traitor from Federalism AND Hls HELP
rr Harne—tell them in a voice of‘_xhuuder that shall
reach every den of corruption, that Democracy and
Kiavery, like Democrucy and Federulism, sre two
—and sha'l be Two, FOREVER !”’ “O.P.Q.°
We have no other-obijeet in making these extracts,
at the present time, than to:show. up the twistical,
« crooked, and unprincipled course” of this chap, who
is now lifted into the office of Secretary of State asa
{riend of Johin P. Hale, and editor of [lale’s **lndepen
~dent Democrat,”’ and ‘oné whom we suppose to be a
baut a fair'specimen of the “picha’d party who have
obtained the cantrol of our State afiirs. . 25
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- xews from Europe.
The Br. steamer Great Western arrived at New
Fori on Monday morning the 151 th, bringing eleven
days later news from -the- eastern continent. She
@t out 117 passenzers, among whom is Gen.
iy o .S, Consul at Liverpool, who visits home
a fewr weeks by permission of the President.
Lu relation to the Oregon novice, Wilmer & Smith’s
Enfopean Times says :—¢The question of whether or
not the President of the United States had given the
notice respecting the joint occupation of -the Oregon
territory to th_é British Government, having formed a
subject ofcontfovcrsy in the English_and American
press, we have the satisfactien of stating, upon the
highest aut'_ho'ri!}, (i_)_ulAsuch' notice has been given, and
that the Great Western carries out, on her present
trip, the answer of the British Government; which, we
have reason to l;cl'iev'.é-,. is of a conciliatory and friendly
character.””
Sir Robert Peel's- great free trade measure, the
Corn lmportation Bill, passed to a second reading in
the House of Lords at 5 ¢’clock on the morning of the
29th, ult,, aftera debate o.f:'lhlee nights, by the fol
lowing vote :—Contents : present 138, proxies 73—
211* Non Contents : .present 126, proxies'3B—l64.
Mujni’i!)' 47.; The biil _wafi i:'ons'qde_red perfectly safe,
und would probably be the Jaw of the land within a
month. The Couimitlee was fixed for the 11th of
June. : Lk
‘The effect of the news of the outbreak of hostilities
between the American and - Mexican armies on the
Rio Grande has beew ta ‘raise the price of American
produce. On itsréceipt, many-persons instantly with
drew their cotton,.and. ('hev consequence has-been, a
rush ufs-peéulvi_at-o'r.,af‘ili- lhe diela, .!.‘i!.ld anfmpi-ovementf
in the viitae. of the staple. ‘Vhe result of the second
réading of the Corn Bill _in the” House of Lords was
another . cause.of this_change in the market. *The’
settlement olthxa, [[uu'a‘r] q{?g}s(ipg’,:’ g_nys_.W i'lrr_x_er'_&:
Smith’s Times, ‘“wust: benificially -serve business —
‘u‘\i‘ist give increased firmness ‘to the-nmnufacturefé-—-— |
must enhance the “vilue of the article'; and this with
the former cause, hu‘s_r‘eg;(-i_e}{ed th 2 market additionally
fiem, H the Corn" Bill should pugsé—df which, at pres- 1‘
ent, there hardly‘exists a doubt in the ‘minds of the 1
leist sanguing—an- immense quantity _of produce will
be immediitely released < from bond, and thrown on
the:market.. The bulK of the produce so held under
the Queen’s ‘lock, is }Xmer ican. flour and other Ameri
produce. Its value “has been estimated as high as
five milliogs werlimg . ¢
Queen Vicforia gave bi\'tth to ‘zi;Pl'ileéss. Mzii 25th,
Addresses ()fcx)ngfutulation were presented by Parlia- l
ment, % . = ‘ b > R
'l'e Escare oF Prince Lovuis BuonaparTE.
—On Mouday last the Prince succeeded to ef
feeting his escape from the Fortress of Hium,
after a close hmprisonment ot some years,.—
} Having assumed the disguise of a workmau, he
contrived to elude the vigilance of the sentries;
to regain his freedom without any molestat on
from the battalion of infantry that formed the
garrison of the castle ; and to arrive safely 1
T,omlun, we believe, he is at this smmoment. |t
is.well kiown that for sonie time past Prionce
Louis has carnestly desired once more to see
his aged father, whose precaricus state of
bealth leaves little hope that his life will be
much further prolonged. For this purpose he
memoriahsed the King. of the Erench for his
temporary liberation ‘on parole; oftering his.
word of honor as security for his return to the
chateau of Ham as soon as his filial attentions!
should cease to be required. The prayer trt"
this memorial was refused ; and no other course,
therelore, remained to the Prince than the one |
he has accomplished with such singular good
fortune. His object now, as.-we hear, is to ob
tain passports without delay, in order that he
may at once hasten to share the retreat of his
futbher at Florence.—London Morning Post.
AxticipaTED - Visit oF THeE Kineg AND
QueeN oF THE FrReENcH To THIS COUNTRY.—
We have What weé think authority for announ
cing that .their Majesties the King and Queen
of the French, attended by some of the junior
branches of the Rayal- Family, contemplate
paying a visit to her Majesty the Queen about
the latter end of-June or early in Juiy.— Lon
don Morning Post. .- :
Tue CoLLieriesor. VaLenciEnNes.—There
is now no doubt existing as to the correctness
of the report, that the great banker of the
Northern Railway—of France (Baron Roths
child) has purchased up several of the exten
sive collieries near "Valehciennes, as well as
iron furnaces, forges, %ec., in that district, and
in Belgium. -
Gen Tavvor’s. DespaTces.—The official re
ports of the battles of the Bth and 9th of May have‘
been published, and zre.very voluminous, giving the ]
minutest particulars of-the two affairs, But as the
general facts contamned in them have heretofore been
presented to our readers, we shall dispense with a re
petition -of them on -acconnt of the crowded state of
ourcolomnge o oSt e :
bSPTIR o i
The Boston Couricr has the following humorous hit
at Gen. Winfield -Scott. It would-seem that the Gen
eral’s position has become even more *‘perilous’’ than
it probably would have been, had he started en roule
for the Rio Grande without stopping to *‘study,”’ for,
if he were then in danger of receiving ‘‘a fire upon his
rear, from Washington—and the fire in front, from
the Mexicans,”’—tFie is'certainly now receiving sharp
fires of grape and canister, not only from “front’ and
“rear,’”” but right-and left. Many, who seemed
most inclined to sustain him"previous to the appear
ance of his correspondence, are now among the first to
pronouce him *‘a stapid, long eared animal.”
MEerancuoLY Svicipe !—lt has become our
painful duty to-record the death of Major-Gen
eral WirrFieeD Scorr; the commander -in
chiet ot the United S:ates Army. 'l his unlook
for and_forever<to-be-lamented event, which
terminated a ciaieer of usefulness and honor,
happened at MWashington un the 6th of June,
Just as the General was “sitting down to a hasty
plate of ‘soup.”* -He perpetrated the rash and
untimely act with-a goose-quill,—*a bare bod
kin.»?- He wasengaged inan interesting dis
cussion about the “beef and mutton® on the
banks of the Rio.Grande, with the Secretary of
War. It was supposed that he intended to use
the fatal instrument to rip open a certain rent
in the Secretary’s breeches, which had been re
paired at the expense of the state of New-York, 1
but in despair at his failure, he turned it upon
himself ;—=thus tHustrating the truth that **vaui
ting ambition o’erfleaps itself,”’ and adding one
more to the wnumerable instances wherein ‘‘the
engineer” has been obliged to *“*hoist with his
own petary” much to the gratification and a
musement of a gzaping multitude. Others, how
ever, pretend that the rash and untimely deed
was done in a fit of somnambulisin, and this
suspicion gams strength and plausibility from
the known fact that Dr. Woodward of the Wor
cester Insane asylum,—who has the remarka
ble facuhy of putting whom he pleases into a
sompambulie state,—was then in Washington.
bxfl let that pass. 'We mourn for the country,
i the deprivation it sufferes by the removal of
one of its most ambitious candidates for the of
fice of President, and we sympathize most sin
cereiy with the innumerable host of surviving
candidates; who are thus deprived of the hon
or ot heating himin the Presidential race. We
are not yet informed what disposition will be
made ol the Geuneral’s remains. It has been
suggested that they should be embowled on the
banks of-the -Rio Grande, whers it is known
that there is abundance of “‘beet and mutton®’
in the njontl of Septewber; but this wouldl
hardly hé prapes, sec¢ing that they would there
Lo wirosed to the fire of the Mexican ‘guns;
el 3 rto ey he annoyed by an
v& o —
Vai G oplalon 18, that they will be silowed
to repose quietly in some undisturbed corner of
that vast sepulchral region, celsbrated as the
“Paradise of Fools.” et
Tiill STATE CONVENTION. . 1
“We gave, in our last, a genetal account of the pro
ceedings of the “Democratic State Convention,”’ omit
ting the series of resolutions adopted, not having then
received a copy of them, What we did not then give
that is material, we give below : .
On motion of Gen. Hunt of Nashua, a com
mittee of ten, consisting of Hunt of Nashua,
Hill of Concord: Kittridge of Newmarket, Rix
$ of Lancaster, Pierce of Concord, Greenieaf of
J Portsimouth, Carroll of Concord, McKean of
Deering, Wilcox of Orford, Wéebster of Barn
stead, were appointed to report resolutions for
the consideration of the convention.
" Gen. Hunt, as chairman of the above named
committee feported the following resolutions
which were udopted:
Resolved, T hat the circumstances now exist
ing, both in this State, and in the country at.
| large, call-imperiously for concession and entire
' harmony, in the ranks of the democracy -~that
I when its enemies have seized upon the govern
| ment, all minor differences among ourselves]
? should be forgotten, and that especially when
“our land is involved in war, the highest duty of ‘
'the democracy is Union for the sake of the U- !
“nion, ; e
Resolved, T'hat we see with pleasure, the old
inen among us, who stood nobly by their ¢coun
try in 1812, moved by the same patriotic spirit
in 1846, and, though there may have been di
“vision among them for u time, we desire to see
every one of them standing on the same broad
platform, and enrolled among the veteran cham
jiions of the democracy, e
Resolved, 'That while we acknowledge with
pleasure, the spirit and pacriotie course of a
portion ot eur opponents, who are for their
‘counlry, in the: present contest with Mexico,
past experience and present indications alike
poiut to the democracy, as'eminently the party,
upon which when aforeign enemy-invades ovr’
soil, we must rely for an eflicient defence. -~
Resolved, 'l'heretore, that the most important
considerations, not only.in reference to the in-,
ternal iuterests of our State, but to the general
welfare, demand of us an utter disregard of all
mere personal feelings—a general disposition’
to hold all those to be true democrats, who at
this crisis are ready to battle for the fundamen
tal principles of the democracy—entire union
and untiring efforts for the good cause. |
Resolved, I'hat the course of the national ad
ministration 1 upholding and maintaining the
American title to Oregon, meets with the hear
t_','_fx‘mn'.olm'ti«'n!!-uftl;is .convemion.. - |
"Resolved, 'That in the exteusion of our sys
tem of tree government, we behold the exten
~sion of regulated freedom, and we hail the an
nevation of U'exas as the accomplishment of a
great American measure, necessary to secure
our rights in the Gulf of Mexico, to protectour |
south western borders, and to embody in our
republic a people American in interest, feeling |
and principle, 4
Resolved, I'hat we view with jealousy uml]
alarm the attempts of foreign despots to gain |
and extend tootholds on this continent—that the |
North American continent should be the heri- ’
tuge of freedom, and be preserved free trom the |
misrule and blighting influences of tyranical
and despotie governments——and that Presudent
Polk, in his noble stand against foreizn iuterfe
rence, insultingly and offensively exerted to de-!
feat the annexation of Texas, deserves the deep
and grateful thanks of every man whose bosom !
contains an American heart,
Resolved, 'T'hat the democratic party is the |
party of progress and reform of existing abuses; |
aud believing that the provisions in the consti- |
tution, requiring religious and property qualifi- |
cations, to be wrong, and that the mode of the |
choice of officers now appointed by the Execu
tive and the Legislature, should be changaed,’
and the appoeintments of them be referred di
rectly to the people ; we pledge our influence |
to eflect a revision of the Constitution for these |
purposes, . ’
Resolved, That we reaflirm the sentiments ‘
and opinions ot the democratic party and dem
ocratic statesmen of the north, entertained trom |
1776 to the present day, in relation to slavery |
—that we deplore its existence, and regard it as |
a great.moral and socialevil, but with this con- [
viction, we do not deem ourselves more wise |
than Washington, Franklin, and their dssoci-}
ates, and that patriotism, common honesty and
religions principle alike bind us to a sacred ob-'
servance of the compact made by those wise
men.
. Resolved, 'That the policy to be pursued in
reference to slavery, rests with the States and
Territories within which it exists—that what
ever parties may profess, it isouly as citizens
of such States and Territories that the mem
bers of thuse parties can efficiently irfluence
that policy—and that angry external agitation,
‘by exciting the prejudices of the slave-holding
communities, while it may endanger the Uuion,
“tends rather to fasten than to destroy the bands
of the enslaved.
t Resolved, 'T'hat our national compact consti
tutes the strength of the Awmerican people, and
| that whenever it shall be broken, we shall, like
| unhappy Poland, be the subject of partition at
-the will of despots.
| Resolved, ‘l'hat the speedy establishment of
the Independent Treasury system—separuting
the tunds of the government from counection
with banks and preventing their use in reckless
speculation ; and thus operating most benefici
ally to give uniformity and stability to the cur
rency and the business interests of the country,
and to restrain the evils of bank paper—is in
periously demanded j and that experience and
| the test of actual experiment, since the down
tall of the United States Bank, has fully proved
that the fiscal affairs of the governinent can be
best managed by its own responsible agents.
~ Resolved, 'l'hat the present tariff is unequal
and unjust, favoring capital at the expense of
labor, and should be immediately revised ; and
' believing the principle of protection to be wrong |
-we go for a revenue tariff,adapted to the wants |
{ ot the government, imposing the burdens of |
taxation equally upon all, and so adjusted as |
’ to promote the interest of no one class, to lhul
injury of another. o v e g L
i Resotved, 'l'hat the open and shameless coal- |
ition-of the abolitionists and the self-styled *“in
dependent’ politicians who profess democercey,
with federalism, must receive the scorn and
“contempt of every man who loves high princi
ple and high-minded dealing, and verifiex what
all experience tully proves, that faction and dis
cord 1s the handmaid ot federalism, and the
power which enables federalism to triumph
whenever and wherever it obtains power, :
~ Resolved, T'hat democracy, entrenched -in
truth, right and justice, and thriving best when
virtae and intelhgence shall most abound, can
never be permanently overthrown ; and that
whenever defeated, it will rise stronger, and in
its triumph render more execrable the base
arts of demagogues, unprineipled factionists and
disappointed aspiran's.
Resolved, 'l'hat our confidence in the correct
ness of democratic prionciples, and in their in
fluence to secure to the people equal laws and
a just administration of the government, re
mains undiminished-—and that we bhelieve that
government to be best in which the voice of an.
intelligent and virtuous people is most poten
tial. ‘
Resolved, That we stand the uncompromising
opponents of the party and men, whose first
principle is distrust of the people and their ca
pacity for self government—and that, whatever
pretences may be put forth, whatever guises as
sumed, tederalism is the same now that it was
" when Jefferson, Langdon and other bold advo
| cates of the cause of equal rights, first denoun
ced the designs, and opposed the measures of
the federal leaders. el :
! Resolved, T hat from the present moment un
“til that when Hartford Convention, Federalisui
shall cease to bear rule i’ New Hampshire—
when the reins of the Execative shall drop
from the hands of him who now holds them a
[ grinst a majority of more than 19,000 in the
. - >
popular vote—when the money. power of over=
grown corporation capitalists in another State
shall cease to arrogantly dictate to a free peo
ple their principles of legislation—when their
press and their leaders stationed. among us,
shall discontinue their anti-Americain cant of
1812, designed to discouruge enrolments and
‘paralize the natienal government in its efforts
to repel hostile invasions,—till that moment
when the hollow hearted ery of pretended phi
lanthropy shall no longer be raised, to deceive
the people and drown the voice of patriotism—
when those now in power who openly counte
nance and encourage the party which shame
lessly declares that the path to its success lies
only over ‘‘the ruins of the present American
Church and the present American union, shall
be driven from places of trust--we fling to the
breeze the ensign of Democracy with this in
scription :— ‘
“lidelily to the Constitution, earned by the
blood, vnd consecrated by the prayers of our
Revolutionary Fathers—
-1775 1812 1846
“millions for defence, but not a cent Sor trib
ulte,” either to buy our peace with foesfroml
abroad, or lo conciliale their allies son our
own s0tl.”?
Resolved, That the thanks of the democracy
of New Hampshire be “tendered to Brevet Ma
jor General Zacuary Tayror of the United
Stutes army, and to the brave officers and sol
diers under his command for their distinguish
ed and gallant conduct during the late engage
ments with the invaders upon the Rio Grande
del Norte,
| ‘“Resolved, That notwithstanding the outra
ges of Mexico -upon the persons and property
| of our citizens since the treaty of 1831, outra
' ges which. would have justified, in the estima
tion of the civilized world, the strongest mea
sures for redress, the course of this government
.has been marked by a spirit of forbearance and
conciliation until the series of wrongs was con
suthinated by actual invasion of our territory.
Resolved, T hat in the measures of the nation
.alexecutive for the protection of our soil, the.
security of our citizens and the vindication of
‘the-rights and. honor of our country, in refer
‘ence to our relations with Mexico and her in
vasion, we recognize not only a spirit of justice,
- desire for peace, ‘but, at the same time wis
dom, statesmanlike forecast, and patriotic en
eryy.’?. - : |
|' On motion of Mr Barker a committee of one
from each country, was appointed-to nominate
“a State committee, consisting of Messrs, Dow
of Rockingham, Clark of Strafford, Wadleigh
of Belknap, Carter of Carroll, Chandler of'{
Hillshorough, Barker of Cheshire, Higbee of
Swlhvan, I'readwell of Merrimack, Fifield of
Gration, and Parsons of Coos.”
Mr Chase of Conway, from the committe ap
ppinted to wait on the Hon., Jared W, Williams
and inform him of his nomination, reported
that the ecommittee had attended to that duty,
and that that gentleman tendered his thanks to
the- convention for this renewed evidence of
their vegard, and accepted the nomination,
On motion of Mr Kittredge—
Resolved, That we highly approve of the
coarse of our senators and representatives in
Congress, _ |
The committee appointed to nominate a State
committee, made the folowing report, which
wys aceepted :
Merrimack—H. H. Carroll and John M,
Hill 5
Rockingham—Richard Jenness and Geo. W,
Kittredge ;
Strafford—B. W. Jenness of Strafford and
Wm. B. Smith of Dover;
Cheshire—\Wm. P. Wheeler of Keene and
Elijah Carpenter of Swansey :
Carroll—Joseph Wentworth of Sandwich &
F, R. Chase of Conway;
Belknap— Wm. Badger of Gilmanten and
John €arr of Sanbornton; |
Hillsborough—C. E. Potter of Manchester
and John L. Hadley of Weare;
Grafton— Josiah Quincy of Rumney and
Samuel Swasey of Haverhilly
Coos—James M. Rix of Lancaster and John
P. Pittman of Bartlett;
Sultivan—H. G. Carlton of Newport and H,
Huntwon of Unity.
On motion of Mr Barker—
Voted, 'l'hat the thanks of this convention be
presented to the President, for the faithful and
highly acceptable manner in which he has pre
sided in this convention,
Oun motion the convention was dissolved.
The following were repsrted, by the committee on
credentials, as the names of persons entitled to seats
in the convention from Rockingham eounty :
Aubarn, Geo. P. Clark; Atkinson, Greenleaf Clark;
Brentwood, Edwin A Morrill; Candia, Joseph Noyes;
Chester, Joseph Webster; Danville, none; Deerfield,
Samuel B. Dyer, Elbridge Filton; Derry, I. A. Marsh,
Aaron F. ~tickney; East Kmngston, E. W. Philbrick;
Epping, Nath’l P. Fogg; Exeter, I. L. Folsom, 8. W.
Dearborn, J. Dearboru ; Gosport, Abram Plumer;
Greenland, none; Hampstead, Stephen Liule; Hawp
ton, Samnel Lamprey; Hawpton Falls, none ; Kings
ton, John _Hoit; Londonderry, John Campvell; New
Castle, none; Newington, Winthrop Pickering; New
Market, Geo. W. Kittredge, Geo. A. Bennett; New
town, David Flanders; Northwood, Gilman Batchel
der; Nottingbam, Daniel Demerit; North Hampton,
Thomas Hobbs; Plaistow, Joseph N. George ; Poplin,
wone; Portsmouth, Richard Jenness, Henry S. Rand,
David Moulton, Geo. Greenleaf, Emerson Sherburne,
A. B. Vennard; Ruymond,Dnvid Pecker; Rye, Ivory
Brown; Salein, none; Sandown; John Currier; Sea
brouk, none; South Hampton, Rufus Dow; Stratham,
none; Wiadham, nore.
Gen. Colby is not a minorily Governor—
witness the votes of the people’s Representa
tives, and the majority at the polls against rad
icalism.—Keene Sentinel.
Prentiss, why talk so foolishly? You know that
the people decided against Colby by upwards of nine
teen thousand votes. As to the *“majority at the polls®’
being ‘‘against radicalism,’’ we are curious to know
by what rule you have come to that conclusion. What
evidence was there at the time “of the March election
that John P. Hale was not as stiff a. ** radical”’ as
he was in' 1842—3 2 —aye, what eviderca is there
now? Yeét Colby owes his election to Hale’s influ-
@neeioniiey G . ‘
Again: was Colby even elected by the voluntary act 1
ofa majority of the Legislature? No!itisa hislori—j
cal fact that Colby could notbe elected GGovernor by
that body antil his whig friends consented that John
P. Hale—a politician, who, they had declared, agreed
with them on but one single question, the annexation
of Texdas, and was wrong on all other.?,-—sbouid go
into the United States Senate for a term of six years,
besides.electing - him as Speaker of the House, and
gome of his friends to other important offices in the
gift of the legislature of the State ! By such bargain
ing asthis, Anthony Colby became Governor and it
does seem to us thata man must have an excessive
lust for place and power to be tempted to take the
Gubernatorial chair under such circamstances. But
we do not find fault with the bargain the ** allied for
ces’’ have consummated; we view all enemies of den.
ocratic ;)rlnéiples in one and the same light, whetker.
they appear under the name of “‘whig,”’ or any other ;
we do not deny to them the right to form such alliance
as they please, @nd if the democratic party are there
by defeated, it is their own fault. We shall always
contend that the democratic party of New Hampshire
was this year defeated by its own consummale folly.
Its entire energies were not brought into the contest,
for reasons very well known— (and by the way these
reasons are not yet removed.) DBut what we have to
gay is this: While the whig party practice this spe
cies of corruption which has marked some of their acts
in relation to late elections, they should never assume
to lay claim to any fixed republican principles us the
bagis of their organiz_ution. : : =
§ }{:}” «“The - Nflishx_:z_l-}\!'_.(ille"ry have veted to. tcnfl.éf
their services o the Governoe, for the war, if' they are
required’’—snys the Nuaskua Telegraph.
CONGRESSIONAL.
B SiTurpay, June 13,
The House resumed the consideration of the
naval appropriation bill.
Mr. McKay made an earnest appeal to the
committee to reject all the amend nents that
bad been offered, increasing the amount ot ap
propriations. He particularly objected to the
proposed appropriation for dry docks.
Mr. Brockenbrough defended his proposition
for a dry dock at Pensacola, He said 160 mill
ions, since the late war, had been expended on
the navy yards from Maine to Norfolk, and
only a few thousand dollars south of Norfolk.
At the hour appointed the debate ceased, and
the voting commenced in the committee.
The amendments offered for a dry dock, sec
tional, floating, or stone, at Portsmouth, Pen
sacola andd Philadelphia, were lost.
An amendment appropriating §150,000 for a
scctional floating dock au Philadelphia was ad
opted, only 66 in the negative,
The House adjourned without final action
on the bill, -
- Moxpay, June 15.
In the Senate Mr. Allen rose, and having
beeu recognized by the chair, read bis abdica
tion of the post of chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, e '
Mr. Cass passed high compliments on Mr,
Allen, - ~
~ T'he Senate accepted Mr, Allen’s resigna
l tion, :
~ On motion of Mr., Webster it was agreed
that the Senate should fill the vacaney to-mor
row at 1 o’clock. AT ot
1 In the House, Mr. McKay moved to tuke up
the tariff bill, and it was carried 1151071,
- I'le “bill to reduce the duties on imports and
for other purposes,” was read.
[ Mr. Broadhead and Mr. Wentworth gave
‘notice of an amendment, striking out-the du
ties on tea, on coffee and salt, 3 |
~ The bill was then laid over, at the suggestion
of Mr. McKay. _ .
- Mr. Hungerford submitted a substitutesfor
the tariff bill; which was ordered to be printed,
The substitute is very similar to:the bill re
ported to the last congress by Mr. McKay—
partly specific and party ad valorem duties.
; Tvuespay, June 16.
A message from the President was sent in'
this morning, with Secretary WWalker’s report,
on the finances ana tariff. |
'T'he President states that the increase reve-l
nue rendered necessary by the war with Mexi
co, can be met by reducing the duties to a rev
enue standard, imposing duties on free articles
and modifying the duties on others, |
Additional authority is asked for the issue of
treasury notes. ’ {
The secretary’s report estimates a deficiency
in revenue for the next fiscal year of $19,620,- |
000, but anticipates receipts from various sour
ces which will reduce this fifteen millions—
leaving four millions defieit,
T'o meet this the secretary recommends a re
sort 1o loans, or issue of treasury notes, or hoth,
as circumstances may render it most desirable ;
and at the earliest dates and at such rates of in
terest as may be agreed upon.
An executive message was also received,
which was understood to be the treaty. ‘
The post office appropriation bill was pass-‘
ed, and returned to the House for concurrence |
in amendments,
NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATURE.
Monday, June 15.
HOUSE. :
Mr. Plumer of Gosport, introduced a resolu
tion, directing that the town of Gosport shall
be suppled with the N. H. Reports, Geological
Survey, &e., whizh was read twice and ordered
to a third reading.
Mr. Sawyerof Dover, introduced a bill incor
porating the Bellevue Hosiery Manufacturing
company, which was read twice and referred to
the commiittee on Agriculture and Manufac
tures,
Mr. Thompson of Durham, introduced a bill
incorporating the Durham dlanofacturing Com
pany, which was read twice and referred to the
committee on Agriculture and Manufactures.
On motion of Ar. Garfield, adjourned,
Tuesday, June 16, 1846.
HOUSE
Mr. Nesmith, from the committee on incor
porations, reported the bill incorporating the
Dover Packet company, with an amendmens.
Mr. Swasey moved an amendment to the
amendment, declaring that the Legistature micht
alter, amend or repeal this aci,
The viil asreported, with the amendment, de
clared thyt the Legislature might airer, cinen!
or repeal the act upon **notice apd for goos
cause,” .
After some debate by Messrs, Swasey, Ves
mith and Cell, the amendmet to the amendment,
offered by M+, S.. was rejected. -
Mr. Swazey offered another amendinent 1o
the amendment, by inserting ufier **good canse,”
the words, “in their opinion,” thus declaring
that the lezisl tare should jud z¢ of the *ranse,”
After some remarks by Mr, Swusey,
Mr. Nesmith moved to Jay the bili on the
table-—carried, A
Nr, Sawyer of Dover, fronm the tomiiitiee on
Elections, to whom was reterred the question
of the election of Abraham Plumer, a~ & mem
ber ot the House, reported that no evideace find
been laid before the committie of the right of
Gosport to a representative, and the comnit
believe that no evidence exists. The cestineii
of election stated that there were 23 ratable polis
at Gosport. The report of the committee con
cluded with a resolution declaring that Abraham
Plumer had no right to a seat in the House asa
member from Gosport.
Mr. Plumer called for the reading of certain
documents in vol 8, in the Provinee papers, in
relation to Gosport, which being read,
Mr. Plumer said all they asked for was the
facts in the case. He referred tothegreat haste
that had been apparent in this matter. He in
sisted that all the evidence in the case should
be laid before the Houss—the eévidence which
the Secretary of State was directed to lay before
the House—the evidence which the Secretary
of State was directed to lay before the House.
Mr. Sawyer of Dover said that he had under
stood that the Secretary of State had .made an
investigation and had found no evidence.
Mr. Swasey understood that the Seeretary of
State had not made the investigation directed by
the House—that it would be an arduous werk,
requiring an examination into all the 01l jour
nals, laws &e., which had not been.doue.
After some further remarks by Messrs. Swa
sey, Emery and Low, the resolution was adopt
ed and Mr. Plumer vacated his seat.
Mr. Cleaves, trom the committee on Agricul
ture and Manufactures, reported the bill incor
porating the Columbian ‘Maunufacturing compa
ny, without amendment, and it was ordered to a
third reading.
The Militia. =
Mr. Cutter, from the committee on Military
Affairs, reported a bill in relation to the militia,
which was read, laid on the table and 300 copies
thereof ordered to be printed. [The bill is the
satne asthat adopted by the military onvention,
‘l'he Senate met-the House :
IN CONVENTION.,
On motion of Mr. Parker of Fitzwilham,
of the House, proceeded to fill a vacancy in
Senatorial District No. 4. - .
Whole number of votes -~ -~ 261
Necessary to a choice 181
William . Gage e 118
Andrew Taylor ‘ 143
and Andrew Taylor was deelared elected. [A
i ballot for Benning W. Jeuness was thrown
- out e
! ] ' - Wednesday June 17.
: 4 HOUSE:~* - = ‘
Upon the presentation, hy Mr Wadleigh of
‘ Dover, of the petition of Abraham Folsom and
196 others, inhabitants of Doyer,-in behalf .ol
| Andréiy:Howard who-now les under sall.!tul."fi.j
" of death at the expiration of his reprieve; July
| 8, 1346 —said petitioners pray that the seuteute
“may be comniuted to imprisonment in the State
- prison.
'~ Mr Christie moved to refer the petitron to a
select commuttee of five, which was adopted,
~ Mr Christie, from the Judiciary committee,
to whom was referred a large number of peti
tions asking for a law authorizing Portsmouth
to subiscribe to the stock of the Concard and
Portamouth railroad to the amount of SIOO,OOO
reported a resolution granting leave to the pe
titioners to withdraw theit petition,
| Mr Emery of Portsmouth addressed the Ho,
“at length, in relation to the importance of the
proposed road, and the difficulties which those
favoruble to the enterprise encountered, He
“hoped that the resolution reported by the com
“mittee would not prevail, and he moved an a
‘mendment to the resolution. His amendment
was to the effect to authorize any railroad cor
poration in the State to subscribe for stock in
the Concord and Portsmouth railroad, to an a
mount not exceeding 10 per cent. of the capital
stock of the railroad so subscribing.
The speaker dezided the amendment not in
order,
On moation of Mr Emery the report was laid
on the table.
Mr Christie, from the Judiciary committee,
made a report upon a a petition in favor of a
bolishing eapital punishment, and the commit
tee were discharged from the further consider
ation of the subject.
Mr Everett introduced a resolution, allowing
Abraham Plumer €4O 40 for his travel and at
tendance, :
-Mr S asey hoped the resolution would pass,
as it had been customary to allow travel and at=
tendance to members in similar casea, He
thought thet the information that there was sucly
a town as Gosport was worth £4O.
My Christie went against the resolution.
Mr Ayer went in its favor, it bemng in accor<
davce with former precedence. He thought if
we did not pass the resolution, we ought to pay
him tor acting as chaplain to the House.
Mr Clavk of Manenester opposed the resolu
tion, aud thought it the gentleman fromm Haver=
bill had received formation worth S4O, he
should pay tor it, and not the House. If the
gentleman came here as a mssionary, as had
been sugeested by the gentleman from Hillsho
rough, his services were paid by the missionary
society. {Laughter.]
- After some other remarks by Mr Swasey,
‘The yeas and nays were called on ordering it
to a second reading, but before taken
T'he house adjourned,
. Afternoon.
Bills read a third time, and passed.
A bill relative to certificates of shares in cor
porations; a bill incorporating the N. H., Me
thodist Conference; a bill relating to the coast
survey of New Hampshire, ;
T'he House proceeded upon the unfinished
business of the morning, allowing Mr Plumer
of Gosport for travel and attendance.
T'he question on ordering the resolutionto &
secomd reading was decided in the affirmative
—yeas 126, nays 121.
I'he resolution was then ordered to a second
reading
A long and interesting discussion then ensued
on the subject of cutting off the heads of crows,
Thursday, June 18, 1846.
HOUSE.
Mr. Cutter, trom the committee on Military
Affairs, reported aresolution appropriating $l5O
towards repairing the State Arsenal at Poris—
mouth, which was read and ordered to asecond
reading, :
Congresswnal Dislricls.
Mr. Nesmith, from the committee, rerorted a
bill districting the State tor the choice of repre~
sentatives in Congress. ‘I he bill divides the
State as follows:
Distriet No. 1, composed of the counties of
Rockingham and Strafford;
Distrier No. 2, composed of Merrimack, Bel
knap and Carroll;
Distriet No. 8, composed of lillshorough and
Cheshive;
Disiriet N 0.4, composed of Sullivan, Grafton
and Coos,
‘T'he bill was read twice,
On mation of Mr. Wilson, laid o 0 the table
and 800 printed copies ordired
On motion ot Mr. Emery, the report of the
Judietary connnittee in relation to sranting
authority te the rtown of Portsmouth to snbseribe
to stork inthe Portsinouth and Coneord ranlrond
was taken g, I'lie resolution granted loavo
ta the pentieners to aathilra theds 3.
My Aver g;;z-;(w niavor ilr‘y’P e FeX and
infiuvor ot the Portstmouth and Concaord cathroad
s desored to do sl in his power that he could
constiaooanally fur the building of the proposed
“odle ot and the prosperity of the town of Ports
sonih,
Vir., Cutter responded to the sentiments of
the ceatleman from Hillsborough in relation to
“ortssnouth, and was happy to find that such
sentinvents prevailed among members of all
sarties and from every section of'the State.,
vor, Kidder introdueed a bill incorporating
the Republican Manufacturing Company;
Mr. Clark introduced a bill incorporating the
Lanusden Manufacturing Company; which bills
were reqid twice and referred.
Vv, Emery moved to take up the report of
the Judictary committee in relation to Ports
miouth and Concord railroad.
Afrer some remarks by Messrs, Cutter and
Clark,
(e repo was takenup & a resolution gran
tino leave to the petitioners to withdraw their
pwt!(" yn owad adopte l.
e, Lonecy nceoduced aresolution author
ising «nyv ralroads i vhis State to subsceribe for
stock n the Portsmouth and Conecord railroad,
which was read twice and referred to commttee
on lncorporations,
A resolation granting to Gosport. the N. H,
Reports, the Geological Reporis and the Re
vised Statutes was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Clark introcuced a bill to incorporate
Manchester as a city.
tr3=lt will be seen, by the congressional report
that Mr Allen has resigned his post as chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations. Tt would bave been
a greater benefit to the nation had he resigned six
mentas ago. Mr Calhoun has been invited to take the
position, but has declined. On Tuesday, after several
ballotings, Mr Mc Duffie was chosen, leceiving 3%
votes out of 31. \Webster and Sevier were among the
principal -candidates, but both withdrew afier thiee or
four ballotings. : :
i We have received various public documents
from all the Senators-and Representatives in Congress
from New Hampshire, and also trom many members
of both Houses from other States, to all of whom we
tender sur acknowledgements.
A good one.—When the federalists of this
village heard of the election of Colby by the
Legislature, they rejoiced greatly, fired off an
old musket, or some other small gun, a great
many times,and suspended sings over the streets.
The flags remained up during the next day,
Saturday. On the morning of that day, an old
Democrat from the other side of the Merri
mack came into the village and meeting a fed
eral friend, asked him the cause of the signs of
rejoicing, The federalist told him lha!‘l!‘Wl.fl
on account of the election of Colby. *‘Oh;if
that’s all,” said the Democrat, 1 feel much
better j for when I first saw the flags, | lhon!ghtl
it must be that you had got news that Gen,
"Taylor and his_arny had been defeated by the
Mexicans.”'—Nashua Gaz. oM :
Exztraordinary Heifer.—Mr. lra Fenton, of
Belchertown, has a heifer, of the short-horned
Durham stock, which was three years old on
the 29th ult; and weighed, on that day, thir
teen hundred and silty pounds. She had a calf
at eighteen mouths.old, and bas given milk six
teen months. ‘She has had np_extra Keepig,
whatever. £ : TR