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VARIETY.
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SttriirUMg^WowbrUU a* Homine
• ampsun woulil uv—a private letter
1 -< eived the oilier day fioui Paris—an
• ounces the marriage of Mis* Fiances
^ right, (o a Monsieur P. furmeriv of
this city—and add*. “ Mis. P. and tire
child are J»ol!i well.’*
'Vc presume the lady still give* lec
• uics—but probably inculcate* a differ
« nt spec.es of philosophy. Look at it
however iu every point of view, it i*
one of the most astonishing natural or
philosophical events which has taken
idacc during the last century. Oh!
Love love; miserable, exciting, ethe
iial passion! A1, hat strange effects
<Uoii giveat rise to! Philosophy—tor
very genius of reason—the goddess
herself has been subdued—melted and
bound in the silken chains. For some
vests pa**t the progress ot philosophy
Tt\ the two world* l.a* been u» rapid a*
•Kclipsc over the Lung Island course—
or as the steamboat Norih America in
u sunny dav of June under a lull pres
sure ol Meani—or a rail-road car ba
tween Albany and Schenectady. Si lt
poised—sell-sustained, div inephdosn
phy was elevatinghcr aspect—putting
out ignorance as you would n tuner with
a tiu extinguisher, until this untoward
went took place which east* us al u
gain into the age of d*rknr«* and t.ar
ban*m. As Cajwr said, Adding hi*
Koinan toga round him in the capitul,
so we say to Miss Wright—
“ Etfu it rule
A.^a. f//ron. —(»ur C. Clatk was ex
ecuted lately at I'tica, New York, for
tl.e murder of his wife. •• He ?r|t |,js
■ '...vu.uiuu um rranees vv riglit,
lor (lie publishing of her lucntions sen
timents, whirli his wife m a great do
embraced. 1 o this fie attributed
the cause of hia raising his hand agairivt
her, which resulted in bringing them I
both to a premature gtnve.”
Curious.—1 he king of Ihrdand, ac-'
cidcntally, or perhaps intculionally,
lor he is a very Republican sort of a
King, celebrates the birtli-duy of our
\V AsniMoroN. lie was to leave Brigh
ton for the Palace of St. James on the
*» tli, and hold his tirst levee for (he
seasun on the twenty-second of F(hrua
ry.
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The ^ orkville Pioneer, in S. Care
Jina, and the GreensborvUgli Patriot,
iq N. Carolina, notify their subscri
bers, that owing to the pressure of job\
work, they would be under the neces-i
sity of omitting the publication of their
yaper the following week! And the
mndon (Ohio) Republican declines
publishing on account of the cold we a-'
ther. They must lie blessed with good
natured subscribers.
A Form school.—A committee sp
pointvd some time since in Boston.'
have lately reported on the plan of a>
Farm School, to be established for the’
support and education of idle and vs- j
grant children, l'lie report was laid
before a large ami respectable public
inerting, by which resolutions were
adopted, approving (lie plan, and the
raising tho sum o| fc50,l'00 for the es
tablikhtnent of the school, with £3,000
annually lor five year* to support it.—
A committee was then appointed to
solicit subscriptions.
A letter written from Washington,
on Saturday week, states, that “There
was a most outrageous altercation yes
terday in the llou*e«d Representatives
between Branch and \\ hit* ol Florida.
It was more personal than soy thing
that has ever before happened in (’on
gress. Indeed, the elements of strife'
arc discernible m every thing here.”
(Itithmoni) 1‘iKjfiitxr, Fib. iit.
Sudden Death.—U is stated in the
"N\ cstmoretand, I’a. Republican of the
fMth ult. dial ott the Monday previous,
as the stage was pissing over the ridge
between Mount I'leusunt and Ilonegal
(own, in that county, one of the pas
sengers was heard to' moan, and on im
mediate examination,found to be dead.
J he informant of the Republican vvss
Unable to give any in for. nation relative
to the unfortunate man. oilier n<>n !•••
name was told to be- M'Katland.
and he was fc'j|»p< >ed to be a merchant
Irum the \\ eat. On eaatiiinmg his
pocket book,< it was found to c uutaio
88,000 in cash..
uv voice, ran. 25.
About 3 o'clock this morning a lire
broke out in that d«.*n «»f inlimy called
f'ftHtnrint fxm*, running Irom llrnad
w ay »n F.lm street; arid it is stiff* no
r»l5r*t that we Mate that almost evert
building on either aide is now a heap
nf mins. I he number nf Iront rlwel
ling houses destroyed is from 12 to |C.
rhiafly threa story frames. Perhaps
no one can trli how many famili?* or
individual? resided in tSi* wretrherl
lane, bat we presume that not less than
one hundred and fifty, of all age* and
color, Lava been driven mtothe afreets.
Amonp the numerous petitions to
tho Legislature of Mast, for change
of name. Is one (torn Vashti H
Hurra
MRS (1IAPMAN, ACQt ITTFI>
j t On Saturday night last, about 11 o'
{clock, Lucretia Chapman, alias Mina,
was acquitted of the charge of murder
ing hpr late husband, Win. Chapman,
i I nis was the result of a moat arduous
but deliberate investigation of eleven
1 d.i v*.
jutlge Fox suinmei) up the whole
.case on Saturday evening, in a charge
of somewhat less than two hours in
length. What his views were, it would
o! course be improper for us to inti
mate. 1 be verdict, which was return
cd a lew minutes past II, after two
hours absence nf the Jury, was not
guilty. Mrs. Chapman was then dis
charged be proclamation, and she re
turned to her former residence on Sun
day. On Tuesday evening and Wed
nesday morning, Mina’s trial, after
argument by Kush for the prisoner,
and [loss fur the commonwealth, was
postponed until next court—tuaitdv on
tho ground of the publication of a let
ter signed bv Lucretia Chapman, which
was copied by the Republican of this
village, from the Huston Morning Host.
The evidence in the case of Mrs.Chap
man, cannot be published until after
the trial of hi ina. The whole case
will then be submitted to the public in
a heavy pamphlet.
[Hecks county, {¥*.) Republican.
SoTEREit.N, the Murderer.—Hy a
gentleman Irom Canada, we learn that
t!w» wretch has starved himself to
death in prison! Hi lute his death,
however, he confessed the murder id
h:» family. A young child, making
•mmc distui banco in the night, his wife
got up to take care of it. He told her
io come to bed. and upon her saying
she could not, he jumped out of bed.
► eiied the child, and threw it on the
II* . .. .
■ ■>v in* «uc men ran out 01 tno
liou.ne ant! he after her; he itun over*
fnoU and butchered her on the spot;
returning, he met a son a few rods
tiom the house, IT years of age, whom
he muidried, and bc-foie he reaehed
the house, met a daughter whom he nl
mj killed. lie then went into the house
umJ uiuidrred three other children in
their beds. Having murdered hi* own
I dimly, anil his thirst tor blood still un*
satisfied, he started ott' and called up
one uf his neighbors, and attempted to
kill a lather and sou, but they defend
ed themselves against him, and he was
obliged to retreat: Sovereign had, a*
we are informed, several times threat
ened to murder his family when drunk;
but at this time he stated tluit he was
not drunk, ami that he had drank no
thing for three days previous.
' Uochcstrr Daily Adr.
Surgical Operation.—We under
stand that a tumor or wen of two fret
in circumference, sod weighing after
its removal 1 lb. 4 oz, was success
fully dissected yesterday from the
right shoulder blade of one of the in
mstes of the House of Industry, by
Dr. Jno. C. Howauu, physician and
surgeon of that institution. The pa
tient ate a hearty rneal after the ope
ration.— illation Sentinel.
In the Cong reus Burying Ground
at Washington, lie two Vice Presi
dents of the United States, Clinton
and Gerry, and twenty members of
Congress viz: a Senator (rom New
Jersey,2 Senators from Rhode Island,
a Senator from Connecticut, a Sen
ator from Ohio, a Senator from Ma
ryland, a Senator from Indiana, a
Senator from South Carolina, a Re
presentative from Rhode Island, four
Representatives from North Carol!,
na, a Representative from Pennsyl
vania. f«t»r Representatives from Vir
ginia, a Representative from Massa
chusetts, and a Representative from
Mississippi.— Bosf. Post.
The I -swrenceburgh Statesman,
Indiana, inform a us that ten thou
sand hogs, worth $60,000 have beeo
sold by the farmers in that vicinity for
cash, and shipped for New Orleans
to ho sen* to the Lastern States to
support the manufacturers. Madison
hss nearly doubled that number; im
mense quantities are ready for ship
ment on the Wabash, put op for our
merchants. The West is parfectly
satisfied that the "American system”
i» a very good system, though Mr.
Ilayne cannot understand it.
A liill ofn very important charac
ter rrlative to the free people of colwr
has been reported by the committee
to the Legislature of Maryland. Ii
I ^ S. Cm I ma rAA « ^ - 1 J
r -■ V IV 1IU
ia the transportation of emigrant! be
yond theU. State*. It i* more severe
in it* provision* than the bill patted
Ijy the Virginia House of Delegate*
[J.tttbwrg I fat king toman.
A white man nam'd Benont David
son, and a coloured man named Jnsepi
Johnson, who went from fhie plan
down the Potomac with enel last week,
were drowned in attempting to era*'
i the mill dam below Blieyherdttnwn.—
The boat *onk and neither of their
, being abla to *wim. The body of tht
white man, we understand, has beet
found.— Cutnf erlarui Civilian, Feb. 14.
. Duelling.—to y the Mexicaa laws, I
I1 a man kills another ia a duel, he be
come* answerable for all his debta.
The corner atone of the Phlladcl
phis new K.xchaoge wax laid an tht
I ?Cd utT mo.
.lUrmjti to steal I he remains of If’ash
«/?"?«»»».—During the debate in Can
grfu the resolution Inftimve the
remains of Washington from Mount
• crcon to the Capitol, it contend
ed that th« exposed situation of the
tomb where they now rest, render an
attempt to rob it of its contents almost
certain of ruccesa. It w as asset ted
I that such a robbery had been content
' plated by certain foreigners, and that
. in tact, some years ago, a gardener,
I • the employment of Judge W ashing
| ton, did enter and tob the tomb, and
carried away the coffin which he sup
posed to contain tha remains of Gen.
Washington, intending to exhibit them
;in hngland, but finding, in the morn
, *no» ll*** the coffin was that of Law
rence Washington, which in tliedark
ness, he had mistaken for that of the
General, h« left it on tha bank of the
r‘rer, concealed in the brusli-wuod,
where it was discovered sums da vs
after.—Boston Transcript,
Shoemaking by Machinery_It is
uot generally known, but we under
stand it to be an absolute fact, that
shoes are manufactured in Deptford,
England, by machinery: and that the
government refuses to* permit its fur
ther use on account of its throwing
| thu great body of persons belonging
to that business, out of employment.
his makes forty kinds of business in
which machinery has been introduced,
hngland finds it necessary to check
M achinery.—Old C'otmiryntan.
I)r. Scudder, the renowned maker
,of artificial eyes, has recently succeed
ed in attaching ears to sundry persons
who hate unfortunately lost that ne
vesrary appendage. The New Y«ik
Journal says: “ The artificial ear, like
1natural, is elastic, and !he place of
junction is nut visible, particularly if
the wearer be blessed w ith umhr
whiskers.”
A fire br<>ke out in Cincinnati on
tho night of the 23d ult. which occa
sioned much destruction of proper
ty, before it was got under. Ii ori
ginated in the wooden building*, cor
ner of M sic and Fourth streets,—the
centre of the business part of tha ci
ty. Several houses and shops, with
the greater part of their contents,
! were destroyed. The buildings were
not of much value, hut the loss of pro
perty, be. iacoustdcrable.
SEW YORK, FEB. £9.
‘Suicide. —'The individual who was
j found un Sunday last in the clefts of
Rock at Hoboken, under the circum
stances detailed in our paper nf Tues
day, turns out to be Carl Koosler,
a German subject of the King of Wir
, lemberg, who was about 40 years of
age, and had been in this country per
, lisps eighteen months. He was a gar
dener by occupation, and out of era
ploy merit- Disappointment in not re
ceiving a remittance from hia father,
for which he had written, but which
'had been denied him, impelled him to
j the deed.
j Mr. Henry Clark, of Kiie county.
New York, came to his death, on the
{21st January, by falling upon a broad
axs. He was carrying the instrument
andsr his arm, with the edge upwards,
when he fell upon it and severed a
principal artery of hia arm,which caus
ed his death in about an hoor. Mr.
C. was 25 yesra of sge, and has left s
, wife apd several children.
The ratio of representation (47,700)
! whh h has passed the House of Kepre
j tentative* and is now before the Se
1 "•!•* gives 240 members (to increase
J of 27.) New Knelsnd remains station
iary. New York advances from 34 to
(39, Ptnnsylvania from 20 to 28, Ohio
from 14 to 19. Indiana from 3 to 7,
j Alabama from 2 to 3, Illinois from 1
to 3, Mississippi from 1 to 3, Missou
ri from 1 to 2, (ieorgia gains 2, Ken
tucky loses 1, Tennessee gains 2, and
Virginia loses I.
Pemi»yh atiia Improvement!. —The
'appropriation bill, as amended and
passed through the committee of the
{whole, in the hoose of representatives,
provides for appropriations, for the pre
sent year, to the amount of three mil
; lions one hundred and thirty-six thou
i sand dollars.
I aa—
i A most brutal outrage was commit
ted in Dinwiddie county, V«, on the
20th ult. by * slave, on the person el
a little girl twelve years ef age. The
negro has been arrested, and received
I SO laches, from the effects of srhicti
jhe "••not expected to recover.
hi»lrrating Occurrence —An intrr
estmg daughter, about 8 years old. ol
'Mr. I homes Watson, living neat
llrucetnwn, wa» accidentally burnt ir
death last week, be her clotboa. whirl
. were of ration, lilting fire. Her mo
i ther was lying tick in the room at th«
, time, unable to afford ini asM*tanre.
ftmtkmrr fop. Mur, 4 4.
| *
j Washington*# tent, that which hi
occupied from his first enrampment a1
Dorchester heights to the victory a
| York town, wn spread in tho Park, a
' ' ^ ork. on tho 92d of Kebrnar t
It usa tranamittod by G. W. P. (’«.
'tie, for the use of !*ie Cincinnati So
nets.
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romxxow.
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LATEST ritOM ENGLAND.
1 he packet sliijj Cambria, from I<o« 1
don. has arrived at New York, bring* >
ing late news from London.
It icfrot more probable than ever,
that the affairs of Holland and Belgium
will not be amicably settled—it having
been reported in Paiis that tha Ausiri-1
• an Government had transmitted their j
refusal tu ratify the 24 articlea to the
Prussian Embassy.
Hie French Ministry had been de- >
fra ted by Odillon fiarrot on the civil
list, in the Chamber of Deputies—12
i millions have been substituted for 15.
German papers to tha 11th January
had been received in London, an
nouncing military preparations by Hoi*
j land oo tha Belgian frontiers.
It ia a very anxious moment, and it
I seem* to haog on a breath, whether
' thgre will be a general war in Europe
| or not.
Thera is an English fleet in the Ta
gus.under Admiral Parker: the Regent,
120; the Asia, (Codrington*s flag ship
at Navarino. being the finest round
sterned 84 in the British Navy;) the
Revenge, 76; and Victor, brig of war,
18.
The troops embarked at Lisbon for
Madeira have been re-landed, the peo
ple of that island being about to shake
off the vokeof Don Miguel iu favor of,
Maria de Gloria.
I he States General have granted a!
I budget to the Kingot the Nether-1
lands, which, we apprehend, will not'
lessen his warlike propensities.
This is the summary of the news
I from Europe.
The London Sun of the ISih says,:
the Pans express mentions that the1
Multan has declared war against the'
Pacha of Egypt, and it was currently
j •'•ported in Paris on Wednesday, that
• the formal refusal of Austria to ratify !
| the 24 articles had reached the Pros- ‘
L'l_at a*
|--prrrruiog OIJ.
Despatches had been received by i
the English Government, which state
;that 800 Polish officers in Saxon v,who
have related the amnesty of the Em 1
: P*ror Nicholas, are on their march, in 1
•mall deta< hments, to France, Each
1 raceivra a small sum per diem from the
Saxon Government.—A. Y. Guz,
FROM PORTt'GAI
From an interview with Captain*
; V\ ise, now in this city, who left Lis-1
j bon on the 13th January last, we learn
.that the imperial villain, Don Miguel,
| hat culler ted about 93,000 troop* to !
repel the invasion of Don Pedro. Don
Miguel was fitting out two line-of-bat-1
tie ships— erecting forts about Lisbon,
and making every preparation to re ;
•ist the enemy. Capt. W. says he,
saw Don Miguel a day nr two previous ■
to his sailing. The emperor looked !
yellow, jaded and haggard—and was;
apparently worn out with tyranny.— ,
Capt. W. remarked that three years
J ago the Don appeared vigorous and
■hearty, “ but now, ♦’ said he. “ he looks I
j like a hair starved lion—full of re-1
ivenge. and nearly used up.’*
I *he decided opinion of the
; Lisboniana. that in rase the troops of
Lon Pedro were unsuccessful, thev
would all be put to instant death bV
I the sword, without mercy. Orders
|had been given by Don Miguel, that,
j whenever any of the citizens of Lit
;bon were collected in groups together,
,not being in the regular line of defen
ders, sfter the arrrival of Don Pedro’s
I hosts, these groups should be fired up
jon by hia regular soldiers, for fear of
treachery. Thus the tyrant, who sheds
blood and oppresses his kind without
j scruple, is insecure. Ilia days are con - ;
i »umed by watchful paroxysms of fear:
i hit repose is a repose on the rock and
the throne.
t Capt. V\ . described Lisbon at nme
Table and loathsome beyond endurance.
! Insolent police, squalid beggary, and
rank villainy were every where rife.
[ I’kladrif'fca Gasettr.
I hr numberaof the I^vndon Morning
Chronicle, of the first week of January,
j contain several letters of its Paris cor
respondent, O. P. Q. lie predicts the !
j downfall of Louis Philippe, and a eoal
, it ion of Russia, Austria, Prussia and
Holland, against France and Belgium.
£Ari/. (iaz. i
M e have read within a few days se !
veral recent letters fiom Part*. Thev
have all been addressed tocommercial
gentlemen, and on afisiraof commerce, •
but the writers, nevertheless concur
I red in opiainn that the government of
Louis Phillippe could not much longer!
lennfinue. All France is dissatisfied.
• nd ihr ■i.iril that nna Kn.l. ■ .... i
murmuring* and angry discussions in '
th* Chamber of Depones, will, before ■
long, take balder ground and pracipt* j
tala another revolution. Wo shall re j
jorce, hut it in apparent that the French
nat'on have been deceived and betray* I
, led by those they elevated to power]
through the revolution of Joly—we i
shall lament it, becaase another change
•o France will hasten a general war in
Kurupe, and thus millions of human
being* will b« sacrificed in the sfrug*
!glea wh.cli must ensue between liberal*
am and despotism—1‘hilud. /ruf.
; I the 2«th December, upward*
i j of loo of the Depuiiea of the oppo*
11 sition gave a grand dinner to the
.,priocpal Polish refugees in Parie
In consequence of iHe indiapoaitinn
inf C.eneral I.ofarette, Ml.af.tte was
! in the chair
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THE LKmSLATlKE.
/•//aw or jr MMtlMMUMT.
RICHMOND. MARCH S.
affaire have now assum
ed a true business aspect. The hoose
meets at ten. ami the clerk reads a vast
number of bills in their im ipient stages,
and many reports of committees. I
am informed.by experienced member*,
that never before have application* el
various sorts, for local purposes, been
so numerous. Petitions base been
peured in during every day of the ses
sionj but tome of them must necessa
rily get the go by.
On Monday, Mr. McCur, of Angus*
ta, obtained leave to bring in a bill, to
amend the charter of the Staunton and
Potomac Rail Road Company, anas to
allow the extension of the work to Co
vington or Pattonsburg.
The bill rrgulating the police laws,
concerning free negroes, slaves, Jte.
was further considered, amended, and
ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading.
The bill concerning delinquent lands
was considered, slightly amended, and
ordered to be engrossed for its third
reading.
On Tuesday, after the despatch of
tumor busiik**a, a bill, to regulate tolls j
jo stale coaches tunning on the ksna
wha 1 ijrnjuke, rauseu considerable1
Jthate. bu^ was eventually passed —
»yea 72, noee 44.
The land bill was raad the third;
lime, ant! passer', without debate or'
imposition of any sort. I believe I have
i(ready stated ti e priurip&l fest jr--««*f.
this bill. All the country e***t oi thei
Allegany is tclieved of the charges a
gainst it up to 1831, and the trans- Al- j
legany portion is reliteved of ait *ums
under 85, exclusive of damage*. It is
not expected that the Senate will make'
»ny material alteration — so that all un
Basinets may cease, on this score.
The bill, establishing the county ol
Mercer,out of parts ofShenandoah and
Frederick, was discussed, by Mr. Car- j
ion in fas or, and by Mr. Smith against
— when it passed by a large majority.
A bill to supply the Penitentiary
“•ft water, and one to protect fish and
wild fowl m the waters of the Poto
mac, were passed.
On W'tdnttday, a bill authorising*
branch ot one o! the Virginia Banks to
m established at Ksrn.ville, io Prince
Kdward, caused some debate, on its
iiist reading, but was ordered to a ae
rood reading, and reeommitted. The
Morgan contested election was taken,
sp. when Mr. Ift. A. Byrne, the sitting
member, was again ejected, as not be
ing eligible to a seat in the House of
Delegates.
The bill, regulating the fees of pi <
lot**, was discussed at some length, up •
on a motion for indefinite postpone
ment. This motion laded—sves S3,
ones 52—and the bill was then laid!
upon the table.
On Tkunday, the bill authorising a^
subscription to the stork of the >Yin-'
Chester and Potomac Kail K..ad Com
pany caused some discussion, after
which it was recommitted, for the pur
pose of making some amendments.
1 he police bill, concerning slaves,
tree region, &c. out debated at some
length—but was finally passed, by a
*ote ot 74 to 48. This bill contains a
h-w good features, but many others of!
so rigorous and harsh a character, that
it w ill in many parts of the state, be j
a dead letter upon the statute book.
A large number ol reports and bills
were acted upon—mostly local in their
tendency.
On Friday, after the despatch of thej
imlinary business of the morning, a
debate arose upon the bill to provide
lor the erection of a monument over
Ihe remains ot Groige \N ashington._
The bill wsi recommitted A bill con-!
cermrg the (Executive Department, si
so excited a gornl deal of unnecessary
ilebate, but waa eventually ordered to
be engrossed.
On Saturday, most of the sitting was
occupied in discussion upon two bills;
the fust, was a bill making appropria
lions for certain Academic,which was
indefinitely postponed—the second,
was a bill aniendiug the charier of ths
Staunton and Potomac Ksil Koad Com
pany. in this debate. Messrs. Mc(*ue
sod Bio«.ke, of Augus'a. and McMa
hon, ot Koekinehein, supported, and
Mr. ( abell, of Nelson, earnestly op
posed it. Mr. Campbell, of Brooke,
and Mr. Summers, of kanawha, took
port incidentally, upon a motion to Isy
lb# bill on the table. 1 his motion pro
vailed.
1 be Jam#* finer lull will be up on
Monday, and 1 tear will occupy a good
deal of time. Af this at agent throe*
•ion—when (he own is beaming mildly
and benignantly without, and the bird*
•r* carrolling their nntrt of joy on the
return of spring—it i* peculiarly irk
some to t»« compelled to linen to te*
dioua and dfj debate. The impatienre
manifested bjr the members generally,
nugbf to be • aufflrieot hint to all de*
claimera, to be briff
'I be Apportionment bill,which leemt
to hay# been near countably delayed by
(.ongreaa, may |>o«aibly occupy the at*
tention of the Legislature before its
adjournment. If so, the session may
be pretracted three or ieur dav* tie
vend the I Oth.
I lie Itnliear petition, concerning an
amendment nl (hr charter of the town,
has lieen declared reasonable. A bill
'will be reported on Monday.
F'fn tke l| luf.
rrorsr: or hr.t.r.o.rrrs
»ATt»oAt. rr.n. 25.
The speaker prasenled . Iet*tr t*
the House, from I horns. Nelson. F.c
lrmcipal Agent of the Penitent,,',;
Mating that charges and ins,nu.M„ni
prejudicial to him a. . public .gent had I
ucsii made, .nrl requesting th.t a rots,
mittee be appointed 10 investigate
official conduct. k
Mr. Gellaher, (Chairman of pen.
tentiary ( omm.ttre.^ presuming that
,biVl,1',,f.l"‘l «ro"" «*«» Ol lernaru
• . ‘ }"?' e,»>reM'd his a«ton.»h
men! at tha letter, and disclaimed bav.
mg made any -remaik derogatory t0
fht Agent; on the cor.tr.rhe had
borne evidence to hi* fidelity and hon*
eaty. He had indeed said that tha
Penitentiary Store was negligently at
tended t—if .hi. ... ,
was guilty. That Officer h.d m.Us
the grossest charge against the (’hair
men of the Committee, of the two
Houses; namely, that they were tbs
creatures of the Superintendent of the
Penitentiary. This charge, so falsa
• nd contemptible, had provoked him
but he should despise himself if i,,
• ere capable of using Ins official sta
tion to gratify personal resentments.
He hoped tho Agent would be gratified
with having a Committee, in which
event, he pledged himself to prove tbs
only charge He had made-that of neg
ligenee.
Mr. Pi*her, alleging that no charge
had been made w dch justified the
course of appointing a Committtef,
moved to lav the letter on the tabic_
which was done accoidtnglv.
PEMTFNTIA tt\ A (.ENT.
Ths engrossed bill, changing the
mmJe of compensating the General A
gent or Store Keeper of the Peniten
tiary, was taken up. The blanks in
the bill were filled, on motion of Mr.
as in allow me Agent it
l'm Per cent, on the ordinary sale*,
and tiro cnd a half on auction aalei
made by authority of the Director*._
After annie opposition to the latter al
lowance. on the part of Mmsh Dick
inson. Biyce o| G. and Marshall, the
aye* and noes were ordered, on mo
tion ot XI r. Bryce. The vote on the
passage of the bill stood—atet 66,
fW'FX 26a
_COVOES8&
w ».u>.*.snAv, ran. *J9.
In the Senate, the bill supplement!*
ry to the act granting the ng> t of pre
emption to settlers on the public lands,
w a* passed The special order ;Mr.
Clay’s resolution on the Tariff,' hating
been called, Mr. Kuisyth rose and tub
milted an amendment committing the
resolution, with the substitute offered
bv Mr. Ilayne, to the Committees ot
finance. Manufactures, and Agricul
ture, with a view to their presenting
such a modification of the Tarifl' si
will comport with the various interest!
of the country. Mr. F. then spoke for
about t wo hours in opposition to the
Protective System; and when he hsd
concluded, Mr Bobbins gave notice of
his intention to address the Senate no
the subject, and then the Senate ad
joorned.
In the House, the Poat OfV.ce Bill
was passed through a committee of the
whole on the state of the Union, sod
ordeird to be engrossed lor a third
reading. Mr. Yante moved an amend
ment to it, granting the power of ip
pointing Deputy Post master* to the
President of the United States, bv and
with the advice and consent of the Se
nate; but the amendment was mgs
lived by a vote of ayes 74, noei 54.
TIIVaSDA T, MAM OH I.
In the Senate, the Apportionment
lull came up fur consideration—when
Mr. Webster went, at considerable f
length, into an examination of the rs- i
tin proposed by the bill, to show thini
wa» not only unjust, but tinc-hililu* 1
tiunal; and into in exposition of a p»n, B
which he submit'rd. for obriatv.* 'hr p
injustice com,.lamed of, ar,d j rodur me P
a much closer approtinia’n a n> i- I
equal snd equitable ie present slum <4 I
(In population r.f die respective *’s'f* I
V% hen he courtud d, he nii.ir.i '.‘'i1 I
• he bill be laid over till X1unda«,'t I
give time lor the runs.iteration of ! t ■
subject; which was agreed to I
In tb« House, the resolution «>( Mr f
Clsyton for a Committre nf Krnp ft I
into the afiaiis of the United S'l'h H
Bank, coming up for consideration.-* I
a discussion took place bvtwr.r Wu |
•**»*» nmcftrii, vv ailuougli. I a in ore i
l*uK. Klli»»rlli, foa'rr, and M< Dd |
Tie, when Mr. Clayton obtained t»*e
floor, and a* it «•* pan 4 e»'r!«». I
moved an adj mronitnt, which *»• * I
r led.
CLOVE* SEED.
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