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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
VOLUME NY. NUMBER 46.
IDoctrn,
Viie poo a dadrath.
Let’* po to the woods and fields,
Tliis Miuny Sabbatli
The fresli and balmy breeze tdiall cheer
Our spirits sad and worn;
I lon<? toijuit the dusty town.
For nature’s bloom and light,
Vo go ainid her rural scenes.
And leed tny yearning sight.
I pine to see the woods and dells,
To tread thenuiet lane,
And view the fields on either side.
Whore nods the yellow grain;
Vo liat the Idythe and joyous lark
Four forth ita grateful lay;
And taste the sweet and fragrant smell
That comes from new mown bay.
We’ll rest upon the fresh green grass,
And watch the streamlet's flow.
Whose depths reflect the herds and flow'
That on its margin grow.
And lovely sounds that fill the air—
All things that court the sight, ,
Shall shed a l«lm upon our souls,
And minister delight.
Our heavy woes, and fcv'risli cares,
No more shall gall our peace,
Onr hate and rancor ’gninst the proud
And pamper'd rich shall cease.
No inalicc there shall till our hearts ;
Their chords shall heat to love ;
And for this lair and hallow'd day,
We’ll thank oar God above.
eye as he tamed away, and with the
same rough voice which summoned the
British to surrender, now tremulous
with deep emotion, said—“ In your moth
’s, child—in your mother’s!”
, dly i
And then no took a little s
And went away to i
nark,
miscellaneous.
A nolhcr’i Lore.
Who is there that docs not acknowl
edge and bow in reverence to a mother’s
love ? What is it that causes the eye to
fill ? that refuses utterance to speech,
and overwhelms with utter loneliness in
the midst of life? Deny it not, truant
heart;it is the snerednessof a mother’s
love—felt through long years it may be,
yet always pure, ever sacred, blessing
and refreshing! Gentle mother! ten-
dercst, truest, and the best of friends!
constant in love, in weal or woe—in de
formity or health, in honor or shame,
through evil and good report—thy affec
tion knows no change nor the shadow
of turning! Blessings on thee! Ear
liest memories link together and throw
.^Jlftlioess on tby name. Sacred to the
heart is the memory of a mother’s love!
,: '*8uch were the reilections suggested
by an incident in the great drama of life.
A poor victim of intemperance was stag
gering homeward—no, he knew not
whither—when he fell heavily to the
rth. Stunned nnd bruised by the (all,
aTlay for a moment insensible, but as-
slancc soon restored him to conscious
ness, and to a sense of degradation.
“ I thank you gentlemen,” said lie fal-
teringly, 44 it was a hard fall, but I am
teller now. 1 have had many such. It
ts nothing when you*gct used to it,” and
■belaughcd as lie prepared to start again
•on his way. ^ •
“ What a pity*’ remarked a spectator,
■“ that you should thus debase your man
hood, by such selfish indulgence in strong
drink.”
“ You’re a temperance lecturer, I sus
pect,” sneered the inebriate.
“No, friend,” replied the gentleman,
■“ I am not a temperance lecturer—at
least not onu professedly. But I neg
lect no opportunity to speak a word in
favor of that honest cause.
“ You’re a preacher then, may bo ?”
“No.”
** Well,whatever you arc, I want none
of your advice.”
“1 merely meant it for your good,”
mildly answered the gcutleman. “ Arc
you married?”
“ No.”
44 You have sisters and brothers t”
“ Yes—but they don’t know me now.”
••Have yon a father?”
a '**No—he died long since.”
“A mother?”
There was a deep silence.
“ You do not answer; have you a moth
er f”
The silence that ensued was broken
by the sobs of the wretched man.
•• Oh, God! oh, God!” he exclaimed
44 she too, is dead! 1 broke her heart
many years since by my misconduct.
poor, poor mother! So good, so kind
—so gentle and forgiving!” and he smote
jbis breast in the bitterness of his an
guish.
•Unhappy man—oh, how unhappy at
ibftt moment! Through all the vicis si-
tudes of life, a mother’s love had follow-
^cd bim—entreating,urging,imploring him
to forsake evil, and cling only to that
.which is right. In vain had she striven— i
be bad gone on blindly, perversely, reck
lessly, till now be was broken down in
beakb, fortune and reputation, an outcast
"society, disowned by bisowu flesh
ilood! Yet in the midst of this ac-
ilation of wretchedness, there came
pipQchfully, though full oi love, across
lycary waste of years, a mother’s
oc, sweet and sad, and the heart
Wed in grief to its appeal,
jjfooor to woman! W ithout her smiles
^world would lose its brightness, socie
ty's charm would exist no longer—r-Chris-
ifanity would languish without her aid
1 ,.j n w hose principles,”
Slay*’ Jlcn in Jlcxico.
The Indiana Register gives a series
if very interesting letters from Col. Du-
ooiit, of the Indiana Volunteers. The
following is an exceedingly graphic and
tcrcsting description ol the entrance
of the famous Texas Rangers into the
City of Mexico:
Well, yes, 1 was about telling you
how the Rangers caine to town. They
rode—some side-wj^ys, some standing
upright, some by the reverse flauk, some
faced to the rear, some on horses, some
on asses, some on mustangs, and some
on mules. Here they came, rag-lag
and bobtail, pell-mell, helter-skelter.—
The headofone covered with a slouched
hat, that of another with a towering
cocked hat, and a third bare-headed,
whilst twenty others had caps made of
the skins of every variety of wild and
tame beasts. The dog, the cat, the
‘bar,* the coon, and the wildcat, had
for this purpose all fallen a sacrifice, a
fling sacrifice, on the express condi
tion that not one hair of their tails should
he touched ; that is to say, I suppose it
have been on this condition, for
each cap had a tail hanging to it, and
the ypry tail, too, I am keen to swear,
that belonged to the original owner of
the hide. I fancy even now that I hen
the Inst request of that tail 1’ This dy
ing injunction has not been forgotten.—
His tail is still where nature placed it,
and will there remain. But I am wan
dering. The subject upon which I Stait-
ted was the Texas Rangers, and find
that I am on the subject of coons. To
return. A nobler set of fellows than
these same Texan tatterdemalions nev
er unshethed a sword in their country*!:
cause, or offered up their lives on theii
coqntry’s altar. Young and vigorous
and brave, they have purposely dressed
themselves in such a garb, as to prove
to the world at a glance that they are
neither regulars nor volunteers common,
but Texas Rangers—as free and
strained as the air they breathe, or the
deer in theii own native wild wood.
“Many condemned them on sight,
for the world is prono to judge a man
by his coat. But by correct deport
ment and marked propriety, during their
stay at this place, they won rapidly up
on the esteem of those who had
demned them in advance.
44 Before they left, they accompanied
Gen. Lane to Malamoros, and fought j
that battle, and as usual came off first
best, with the loss of but one man. I
have described the entrance of Hays*
regiment into this town, and will now
tell a little of what took place on their
arrival at the city of Mexico.
“Hays’ men entered the City of the
Aztecs and approached the Halls of the ;
Montezumas, as at this city, the subjects
of universal curiosity. The sides of the
streets were lined with spectators of
every hue and grade, from a Major Gen
eral of the North American army to a
Mexican beggar. Quietly they moved
along. Not a word was spoken. They
seemed unconscious that they were the
observed of all observers. The trees
in their own native forests would have
attracted as much of their attention as
they secmcil to bestow upon any- thing
around them. They seemed to say,
4 We have seen men, and been in cities
before.* The difference between their
entry into the city and that which I
now describe was a mere freak of then-
own. It is said that a real gentleman iV
as much at Lome iu one place as another
—in the bear-dance nnd the hoc-down,
as well as in the King’s palace. In
each place, they acted their part well.
In this, it was to play the part of a hull
at a fair—to show more courage than
conduct. There, as the sequel proves,
it was to show both courage and con
duct. This, with them, was to be the
bcar-dance, and the other the King.s
palace.
44 After entering tho city, they had
proceeded some distance without being
molested ; but the temptation at length
became too great for a Mcxieau to with
stand, and one standing upon the side
walk threw a stone at the head of one
of the Rangers. As usual with the
and he smote Mexicans, he overshot the mark, and
took ofFthe cap iuslcad of the head of
his intended victim. Never was a guilty
act more instantly punished.
word with jhe proper salute, thus ad
dressed him : ‘I, sir, ain Col. Hays,
commander clothe Texas Rangers, and
report myselftovou in accordance with
an order just received.* Gen. Scott re
plied : ‘l have been informed, sir, that
since the arrival of your command in
this city, two Mexicans have been kill-! level of the
Gen. Taylor’s House and Home.
We have this brief sketch of the man,
his family residence, and old Whitey,
by a Mississippi correspondent of the
Boston Traveller. |
41 Baton Rouge is on the east bank of
the Mississippi, some fifty feet above the
pleasant vil-
cd. I hold you, sir, responsible for the j lage, containing some 1200 white inhab-
iicts of your men. 1 will not be dis- j ilants. More than 100 died there of fe-
graeed, nor shall the army of my pouti- j ver in October and November, though
try be, by such outrages. I require ! the place is commonly quite healthy.—
sir, to say whether my information ; The Louisiana State prison is there and
is correct, and if so you will render
a satisfactory explanation.’ 4 Your in-
lorraation, replied Col. Hays, * is cor
rect, General. The .Texas Rangers
ire not in the habit of "being insulted
•vithout resenting it. They did kill two
Mexicans as I entered the city, and
[, sir, am willing to be held responsible
"or it.* The manner which this was
said, and the whole bearing and deport
ment of Col. Hays was so sincere,
k and manly, that n< ne could have
doubted his own belief that his men
had done right. The General’s wrath
m to abate, and desiring the Colo-
to be sealed, he requested a full
statement of the facts. They were de
tailed to him.”
extensive Arsenal, with barracks for
some 400 soldiers, and a hospital, all be
longing to the United States,
44 General Taylor’s family live in a
low, ordinary looking Iwuse, near the
barracks, and overlooking the river.—
Old Whitey, his fav
feeding in the yard near the house. He
is of a pure white,
looking eyes, long, flow
Congressional.
*.—Mr. Bn
Good for :i Goose.
The llev. Caisar Olway, iu his recent-j
ly published paper on 4 The Intellectu-1 ..
ality ofDomcstic Animals,’ gives the fol-1
lowing anecdote, which is by far too I Lai sc of Rep
good not to receive the benefit ot a \vi-1 head offered a
der circulation. At the Hour mills of j Clerk to pay to the w
Tubbcra Kccna, near Clonmel, while in j Hon. John W. Hornbcck, the balance
the possession of the late Mr. Xowbold, of his daily pay, &c., &c., which, on
there was a goose, which by some ac-j motion of Mr. McClelland, alter some
cidcnt, was left solitary, without mate discussion,was referred to the committee
or offspring, gander and goslings Now on Accounts.
it happened, as is common, that the mil- Bills were reported from committees :
ler’s wife had set a number ol duck eggs I—To establish the collection district of
under a hen, which in due time were j Warehain, Massachusetts; for the im-
iucubated ; and of course the ducklings, provement ofcertain harbors iu Wiscon-
as soon as they came forth, ran with j sin ; authorizing additional Inspectors in
natural instinct to the water, and tho | the Custom House at New Orleans.; cx-
hen was in a sad pucker—her maternity! planatory of the act appropriating pro-
cd to-day, and took his scut as the pre
siding officer.
Mr. l)ix presented the instruction re-',.,,
solutions of the Legislature of the States*’* -4
" rv rk, favoring the principle *
•solution directing tho the \\ ilmot Proviso, which wercordct-
Jow of the late Jed to ho printed.
After the transaction of some other
business, i he Senate proceeded to the
consideration of the order of the day, to
wit : The Ten Regiment Bill.
Mr. Niles being entitled to the floor,
addressed the Senate in a sjiecch in
which he depicted the evil consequen
ces likely to ensue from the present 5
war, and opposed the further prosecu^
lion of it in the i
“Who Is Pat Tompkins?’’
The appearance of a Whig member
of Congress from Mississippi is no every
day event; and the question which we
have at the head of this article, has been
asked more than once. Wo are fortu
nately provided with an answer in a let
ter written by a correspondent of the
Providence Journal, “F. Y.C.”and pub
lished November 19, 1S45, an extract
from which we republish. 44 To the in
terrogatory, who is Pat Tompkins? the
subject of the query often replies him-
selt, on the stump, by telling lus auditors
that he was born in a log cabin, sixteen
by eighteen feet in size, which at the
time of his birth already contained ten
or twelve brothers and sisters, and was
situated somewhere up in the wood:
the line between Tennessee and Ken
tucky ; that in his infancy, he was fed
on hog and hominy, bear meat, and such
4 wild varmint’ as were caught in the
woods. At twelve years of age, he was
put to work with a neighbor as a farm
boy, and drove oxen, hoed corn, raised
tobacco in summer, cured it, and priz
ed it in winter, till he was seventeen
years old, when he took to making brick;
thence rose to the trade of a brick-layer,
to which he added the profession of a
carpenter; and by these successive steps
:iil, nnd much of the same order of ar
chitecture with his master, that is short
and broad. 1 tried, Yankee like, to
scrape an acquaintance with him; but
turning his beds upon me, he stood his
round, as much as to say, in the words
of his master, 4 ‘ come ami take me.”—
As he was fresh from the wars, I did
not choose to encounter him, and left
him “alone in his glory.” His old
master, the General was much more
1 than when I met him in New Or
leans, for we shook hands as if we had
both belonged to the same mess.
44 He is rather below than above the
common height of men, less I should say
than five feet eight inches; and is now
quite thin. He seemed nervous and ex
hausted, having been feasted, and salu
ted, and speechified about, until, I doubt
not, he was much more fatigued than he
was cither at Monterey or Buena Vista.
Great injustice has been done to him in
the engravings of lain whieh every
where abound.
44 In trying to make him look fierce
and warlike, artists have given him a
purely animal face, with a regular bull
dog glare to thee^h. Now although his
face and features arc not peculiarly in
tellectual, still they arc respectably so,
while his prevailing expression of coun
tenance is a peculiarly fatherly and be
nevolent one, and his conversation with
those around him conveys a siinih
pression.”
Gen
urging her to foil*
selfishness disposing her
hite roguish-1 land. In the meantime up sailed the
mane and goose, and with a noisy gabble, which
r tho brood, and hei
,dry
ral Gaines.
A few notices-rn rcg»ijio the life of
this gallant officer may not be uninter
esting to our readers at the present tin
• . v , ? , , , , - | Edmond Pendleton Gaines was born on
• mechanical aru, he became able by lhe 20th of March 1777 Culpepper
“ ow " “'-assisleJ skill, to rear a house | co Virginia . h j 3 f alhcr commanJed
from the clay pi , or from tho stump, and L company of volunteers in the Inner
omplete ,1 in all parts, and that, too, in | patl of r lhc revolutionary war an.l
1 "‘? nnor lhat "°"° of ln ? competitors a ,i erwar ds a member of the North C
uuh, surpass. Ills panel doors lire to j lina legislalun , anU subsequently of the
Ibis day the wonder and admiration of | stalo convention, to which lhe federal
all the country, in which they continue j constitution was submitted. Mr. Unices
swing on their hinges. moved to the eastern part of T,
He never saw inside of a school house aboat lhe llm0 llU SO nEdmond-attained
-church till alter he was eighteen i lis thirteenth year. Here, while a heard
° - 1 less boy, the young hero j
of war with his rifle, and ih
certainly (being interpreted) meant,leave
them to tny care, she swam up and
down with the ducklings; and when
they.were tired with their aquatic ex
cursion, she resigned them to the care
of the hen. The next morning down
came again the ducklings to the pond,
and there was the goose waiting for
them, and there stood the hen in great
(lustration. On this occasion we are not
at all sure that the goose invited the hen
—observing her maternal trouble—but
it is a fact lhat she being near tho shore,
the henjumped upon her back, and there
sat, the ducklings swimming, and the
goose and hen after them up and down
the pond. And this was not a solitary
snt; day after day the hen was seen
board the goose, attending the duck
lings up and down in perfect content-
edness and good humor, numbers of peo
ple coming to witness the circumstance
which continued until the ducklings
coming to days of discretion, requirei
no longer the joint guardianship of the
goose and hen.
Dcutou Offitf, tli<; Horse Tamer.
This singular personage, says a late
Nashville paper, has been in this city
for several days, and of his wonderful
skill in the management and taming of
horses, hundreds can testify.
44 A few experiments that I saw with
my own eyes would satisfy the most in
credulous. A few days since in front
of the Union Hall, a strange and wild
horse, the property of Dr. Hall, of Gal
latin, was presented to him as a rrial of
his skill, and in less than ten minutes he
made him as gentle as a dog, the horse
years old. By the assistance of ;
L*cds of public lands, a
einption rights' ...
the act providing for the transportation j
of the mail between the United Slates
and foreign countries; to amend the
charter of the Benevolent Association
of Clerks in the city of Washington ; for j
the relief of the grand-children of Baron*
DeKalb; and sundry private bills for,
the relief of tho persons therein named,
were read twice and referred.
Bills were passed to change the loea-j tra
lion of certain light-houses and buoys in ' cl it
the Hudson and Savannah Rivers, at let
Galveston and Charleston; grantinga re-!
gister to the barque Willamette; to .-undid tin
an act regulating the judicial system of;
the United States ; dividing the Suite of a
Georgia into two judicial diclricts. i t!
Senate bills extending pension laws i
to widows and orphans of officers j
and soldiers of the army in certain cases; a
to allow further time for satisfying claims ! sj
for bounty lands, for services in the late t
war with Great Britain ; to amend the j
act granting half pay to widows and or-, i
phans of officers anil soldiers, passed!
June, 1S3G, extending the provisions U
f to other cases; providing for the j
” " i Illinois;
miner proposed by tho
istration. ' ; "*
Underwood claimed the floor af-
nting pre-: ter Mr. Niles had concluded, when
toumend J On motion, the Senate adjourned.
* e of Representatives.—The Speak-
on need that the first business in
nld be the reception of Reports
>m Coi
Mr. Bolls, c
is on Military
•ovid ing for
ving bounlie
list: and ah
rman of the commit-
flairs, reported a bill
ng up Regiments , b y
► persons who might
a bill providing for tho
iliosi of sick and disabled sol-
lieh were read twice and re
lic committee of the Whole.
•;her bills were reported from
•ni committees, and referred.
following him about wherever he went.
dur.ng Ike winter evenings, to read and mediate vicinity otlho CreL , ks and c , ler .
wme, when a farm boy. Having achiey- okc with wh J om we wer0 lben al war .
cd these valuable acquis,Hons by die aid Hu s0 erior skill in tbo use o( - lbu bor .
of another, all bis Cher education has der weapon of attack and defence
been the fruit of h,s own application and generally acknowledged, and to tins lie
perseverance. At the age ol 22 he con- * perhaps consider himself indebted
ceived the idea ol fitting himself for the f ur 1,£first commision, that of lieutenant
practice of law. He at first procured in Captain Cloud’, volunteer company of
an old copy ol Blnekstone, and having, rinom 'e n .
alter the close ol Ins daily labor,, by On the 10th of January, 1790,1, e was np-
mghtly studies over a pitch knot lire, ,n intcd an ensiga in lh ' army . in lbe
his log cabin, mastered the content, of H, feu be = as pr011 ,„,ed toasecond
lhat compendium of common law, he | i ieuteaa ncy. In the summer of 1301,
pursued lus researches into other ele- I Co|- Uulle ; wa3 inslracle( l by President
mentary' works. And having thus l>y | Jetferson to select the subaltern of his
I'l'gence, acquired the rudiments ! reginlcn t for making atopographieal sur-
ey from Nashvillle to Natchez, for the
location of a road. He appointed
The same horse would not permit
umbrella to be hoisted over him, but in
the hands ofOffiil he soon became as fa
miliar to an umbrella as a bridle, ami
would stand perfectly still while the
umbrella was not only hoisted, but rat
tled about his head, uud struck on his
face.
Several other cases, equally as re
markable, I could state, but the above
will suffice. The great beauty of the
art is its simplicity, and the short time
it takes him to communicate it to others.
sale of certain reserved la
making an appropriation for the re mo- j
val of obstructions in the Savannah!
River—were read twice and referred, i j<
Senate bill to provide for an addition-'
al number of examiners in the Patent
Office, was taken up, debated, and then,
on motiu of Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee,
referred to the Committee on Patents.
Rose, in consequence of sick
lhe House then resolved itself into
Committee ol the Whole, Mr. Bolts iu^jf
ic chair, and look up the Bill provtd-
ig for a Loan ol SIS,000,000. >; •
Mr. Fisher took the floor and spoka’:
i’.-iinst the War and in opposition to the
•ucral policy of the present Admiius-Uij
Mr..Thomas, of Tennesssc, followed^
i defence of the Administration.
Mr. Marsh next took the floor, when, ’’j]
n motion, the committee rose,
And the House adjourned.
Washington-, Feb. 10. f
Senate.—Mr. Hnnncgan introduced a
ul resolution of thanks to Col. Doni- ’r'
phau for his famous expedition into Mcx-
u. Read twice and referred.
Mr. Cass, chairman of the committee
i Military Affairs, introduced a joint
solution, having for its object thq pre- -’J
. mtation of medals and certificates to
discharged from further service officers and soldiers who have distin-
thc Committee on Revolutionary j guished themselves iu battle.
The bill to increase the medical staff;
of the army, was taken up and passed. >
On motion, the Senate then proceed
ed to the consideration of the order of
the day, viz: The Ten Regiment Bill.
Mr. Underwood, being entitled to the
floor, spoke in opposition to the bill, as
well as the war policy' of the Adminis-
Mr. St. John presented the resolu-
lons of the State of New York on the
subject of slavery in any new territory
hereafter acquired by c ~
eminent.
the last stone he ever threw—for, quick- j
er than thought, a flash was seen, a re
port was heard, and the offender fell
dead. A Hash of lightning from the
Eternal Throne could not have more
speedily called him to account. The
Ranger quietly replaced the^ pistol in
his belt, reclaimed bis cap, ana rode on.
Ere long, another stone was thrown,
and another greaser lanchcd into eter
nity. During all this time, no noise
was heard, no disturbance was per
ceivable, the column never halted, and
the ranks were not broken.
44 Information soon reached Scott that
two Mexicans were killed as Hays en
tered the city. Having exerted hiro-
of his profession, lie met
lawyer, who had quit practice, or whose
practice had quit him, with whom he
made a bargain for his scanty library,
for which he was to pay him S1D0 in
carpenter’s work ; and the chief part of
the job to be done in payment of these
old musiv books, was dressing and lay
ing down au oak llooror floors, for three
dollars per square often feet.
The library paid for, I*nl Tompkins
dropped the adze,plane and trowel,forev
er. He is now one of the most prominent
members of the Mississippi bar, and is
not yet more than forty years old. Of
his abilities as a statesman and orator,
you will before many years, have evi
dence in the halls of Conarcss. I heard
him, one day, make twi
{cession, of three hour
the same audience; no
j weariness on the part of a sift-
jle auditor, and during their delivery, the
assembly scented swayed by the orator
reeds by the wind.”
tenant Gaines. For the satisfactory man
ner in which he discharged the arduous
duties of this station, he recieved from
President Jefferson, in lS02,the appoint
ment of first lieutenant. In 1S04, while
the Spanish troops were in possession
of Mobile and Baton Rouge, he was ap
pointed military collector of that territo
ry; and in 1898, \*sw ea#ff3t*d, m'aodi-
tion with the duties of postmaster, and
special agent of the Postihaster General,
; and clothed with authority to suspend
certain postmasters and mail contractors
whose delinquencies were attributable
to the influence of persons engaged
the Burr war.” In obedience to the
pccches in sue- p roc ] ania tion of the President he
length, each tOj ei j£ 0 j jj urr>w h cn jouiacying through
ement tes- lllc counlr y f an j senl him, under the care
“ of Maj. Perkins, to Richmond, Va., for
trial.—N. r. Post.
Cold Water ¥
More Romance.—The Charleston Pat
riot mentions a circumstance which is
related in a letter from Key West, lhat
ny be classed among the romantic.—
A short time since a vessel hound to
Mexico ran ashore on the reef. Among
the crew was a beautiful young lady,
disguised as a boy. The crew suppo
sing her to be what her garments repre
sented her, she was required to take
her regular spell at the pumps. She
revealed her situation anti sex to the, - ,
aplain, who of course relieved her at j f° r l l ,c cnsu,,,;
nee from a position so unsuitable to
lbe previous habits of her life. She is
of a very respectable family at the North,
and has an attachment for one who hud
gone forth to fight his country's battles
Mexico. Hearing that her lover had
been wounded, she had assumed a
boy’s attire and eloped from the pater
nal roof lor the purpose of joining her
sweetheart, and nursing him on his bed
of sickness and pain. She has been
kind
Mr. Goggin made a report
lulion of the House, of the 17th ult., rel
ative to the terms on which the Post
master General can be released from
the contract made for transporting the
mail from Baltimore down the bay.—
Ordered to be printed. |
A message was received from the I
President, communicating the corres-J
j pondcncc with Great Britain called for j
by a resolution of the House, in refer-j the Whole.
Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, pre- A pctitii
seated the resolutions of the Lcgishtlurc'
of that State on the subject of newspa
per postage.
encc to rough rice or paddy.
On motion ol Mr. Vinton, the House
went into committee of the whole on the
slate of the Union, Mr. Bolts in the
Chair, and look up the Loan bill.
Mr. Vinton addressed the ooimniltcc
at length,with a view to point out alleged j
erros in the estimates of the Secretary ; n
of the Treasury for the present fiscal j
to the i 3’ t,ar » ant * probable errors iu his csti- I
Mr. Turney has the floor on thisques-
n for to-morrow.
House of Representatives.—A mbssage
is received from the Senate, commu
tating sundry bilis, which were read
and referred to the committee of
presented by Mr.
ng of Massachusetts, from nine lliou-
id members ol" the Society of Friends,
‘filing in six different Stales, praying
•ngress to bring lhe war to a close.
• K. moved to refer the petition to
• commit too on Foreign Relations,
I that it be printed.
Mr. Cobb moved lo lay the petition
(he tabic.
Mr. King demanded the yeas and
fs on the motion to lay on the table.
Upon ibis motion, an animated de
le ensued, in whieh Messrs. King,
Cobb, Iietily and Palfrey participated.
I, he ! Mr. Haskell called for the previous
000,
bv the
v^ter *To*Tttrns.—Mr. Seth Hunt,
of Northfe^^^L'ives lhe following
The greatest novelty that has been j statement* A:ce33 of treating with
;n,isat present exhibiting at New York, cold wateV—---fc burn and scalu in
and consists of a number of Canary birds, l his family ,
some 20 or more, that have been trained 44 Cole! applied* by immer-
to draw carriages, wear cocked hats and j sion, till the plm ceased ; the water be-
coats a la militaire, fire ofl'small cannons, i ing changed as often ae it became warm,
dance on the tight rope, stand on their jThe part was then kept swathed with
heads, and perform various other feats, I wet bandages, a dry woolen one envel-
that display a capacity to learn and be oping them, until the injury was healed.
Vmd Approval. “In whoso principles/
•lid utc dying daughter of Ethcn Allen,
"to Her skeptical father, 44 in whose prin-
ciotes shall I die—your’s.or those of my
Ghristinn mother?” The Stern old hero before the coimnander-in-chiet of the
of TTcondcruja brushed a tear from his! American arrajr, aud accompanying the
se If to suppress all disorder and pre
vent alloulrages,thecomraandiuggener-
al was extremely wrothy, and despatch
ed an order for Col. Hays to appear
instantly before him. In five minutes
a tall, gentlemanly young man stood
before the commandcr-in-chief of the
trained,* which no one could imagine the
feathered race possessed. As might be
expected, the performances are witness
ed by hundreds of ladies and children
daily. t
No Ssow is a roRTios or Sujkeia.—M. Arago
states that tberr* is in Siberia an entire district
where, during the winter, the sky is constantly
clear, and where a single particle of snow never
tolls.
The”healing was rapid, and effected
without leaving a scar. The instant re
lief which the cold water gave from the
excruciating pain, was highly gratifying.
Rohjjce ato lUxun.-Tb. No* 11 America
UltT.-
says that Dr. Nile*,H>»tly appointed by Pre
sident Polk as Charge to Sardinia, car
ried the widow of Eugeni®' ..
twin daugblera itre tlm of “ R °“ *“< I m «"
Blanche” in the Wandering Jo*
treated -Avith great kindness b\
hospitable people of Key West, and is
to be sent home, doubtless much against
her own inclinations.
General Scott.
“The announcement of the Chairman
of the commitcc on Military Affairs,
yesterday, in the Senate, lhat Gen.
Scott had been suspended from hi$
command.is the first by authority that we
have had. The Court of Inquiry will
take place at Perote, and after diligent
inquiry, I ascertain that the charges in
part, (and principal, as 1 believe,) area
want of proper official respect to the
Secretary of War, and a nun-fulfilmcut
of his duty in corresponding with the
Department. It has been a Ion
since despatches have been i
from the coinmander-in-chief, and
on this account that he is
pended, and the command giv
General Butler, until the causes of
such dereltctiou of duty are inquired
into.”
This statement of the cause of Gen.
Scott’s suspension has the appearance
of authenticity, and is, in some degree,
corroborated bv a suggestion, received
by tbe New York Trifranc from its
Washington correspondent, that, before
die suspension of Gen. Scott, 44 he wrote
sPhasty* fitter to the powers at W ash-
1, asking to be recalled.”—Penn-
ujlcania hvp
the facts which lie
the conclusion, that instead of'question, and sustained the motion of
asked lor by the: Mr. Cobb.
.1 bo necessary, to i The
so between twenty-three and twenty ; Cobb’s motion to lay
four millions. The Secretary, loo, had ; decided in the negati
stimated the revenue from all sources,' 9o.
for the next fiscal year, at $35,000,000. ■ The question then recurred on Mr.
But U»' ! estimated revenue from the j King’s motion to refer the petition lolhu
public bands would not be available, > committee on Foreign Relations, which
because the receipts from that source’, was adopted—yeas93, nays S3.
pledged, by the loan act of last; On motion of Mr. Marsh, the. House
is then taken on Mr.
iy on I lie table, and
uive, yeas SI, nays
the payment of the interest J tltcn resolved Usoll'into a corn mil to«* ~VT—
that loan, and for the crc:iiion ofajtho Whole, Mr. Bolls iu the chair, and
king fund for the final liquidation of! took up the bill providing for the loan
that debt. | of 18,000,000.
If the anticipated revenue from cus-i Mr. Marsh made a speech in opposition
Loins was put down at $28,000,000, to lhe war.
and lhe revenue from lands (though not! Mr. Brown followed, in defence of
available) at $1,600,000, lie thought it 1 the war and the Administration,
would be rather over, than under, the j Mr. Dower next obtained the floor,
murk. Instead of the expenses for war, when, on motion, the committeejmse,
if continued, being less, he contended and the House adjourned.
they v/ould be larger than heretofore.
But if they were put down at this sum, \ Washington, Feb. 11.
and the interest on the loan were added, | Senate.—The joint resolution of thanks
the expenditures would conic up to j ami medal to Major General Scott, for
$95,000,000, leaving a delict of thirty-his gallantry, services, &c. in Mexico,
millions in the estimates of the Secreta- was read a third time.
for the next fiscal year. j Mr. Hale spoke at some length in op-
Mr. Ligon, of Maryland, followed Mr.' position lo the resolution. He hoped,
5lcney*s sake, the
l might be postponed.
•tioii, the Senate then procccd-
u consideration of the order of
viz: The Ten Regiment Bill,
py, being entitled to the
length in defence of the
ilou. His speech related chiefly
the (lowers of the Government to in:
•appropriations for internal impro
inents. He opposed the policy ot :u
ing such appropriations, during the con- ^ t |, u ,| a y t vi
linnancc of the war ami the existence ol j Mr. Tui
the national debt, aud gave his views at floor, spoke
length, as to the proper course which Administration,
should be pursued to meet the exigeu- Mr. Breeso claimed tho floor after
cies of the.GjBvernnaent aud provide for Mr. T. had concluded, when, on motion,
the final extinctionpf the public debt, j q’j ie Senate adjourned over till Mon-
At the conelusido/of his speech, the J av .
committee rose,*aitd on motion of Mr. lLmse of Rejrrcscutatircs.—A Message
Stephens, the House adjourned. was received from tho l*resident ot the
Washington, Feb. 9. ' U. States, in answer t«r a resolution,
Senate. The Vice President appear- ; staling that uo Treaty of Peace witlj •