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Newspaper Page Text€tKNBR\L HULL’S MKMOIRH. Os the Campaign of the Worth ICenter Jinny, in the near 1812. Jlddressed L. tht people of (he United Staten. No. 11. Before I proceed in my narrative, and pro duce tlm documents and evidence in its sup port, I will exhibit to your view a general outline of ihe facts, which it will be. mv oh feet to prove, and which will he contained in the following numbers. In the first place I shall show, that I ac cepted a military appoin'ment, anil the com m m l of the forces in Ohio, in time of peace, Tor th ■ purpose of protecting the inhabitants of the Territory of which I was Governor, and those of the N u-th-western frontier a giinsl, the savages;—That I considered the lorce entrusted to my command, in time of pe ice with Great Britain, when we hail the free coinmnnicali in of Lake Rrie, to obtain the n 'cessary supplies, sufficient for tbatob ; V’hat these forces bring ordered near ly four m mills before the, declaration of war, an 1 there being strong indications that it would take place, I comm mici ml to the government mv views, in an event of that kind ; l’li it. <h*>se olfi ill communications! were nude bu'h b“f >re and after I accepted] this com nan 1 That, in the eventlhavei mentioned, I stated in th • most explicit! man ter, that»a naval f irce. sufficient to com-j maud Like Rrie, would be indispensably! necessary, and essential to success,; Uh.it without such a f irce, an ar uv could not be guou'iri-d at Detroit, and that that place, i M chillimneklmtck mi l Chi-ago, mis' ne-! cessarily fill into the. huids>d the enemv. An I ll’ll were the intention of the, Gnvern m •at, that hostilities sh til I b‘ co n nonce 1: from that quarter against Upper Canada, it) would be indispens duly necessiry, besides the co-op •ration of a naval force, to provide an army on the Niigara river to assist and to co-operate with the k n v at Detroit. That the m communic.iti ins, having been received as otli.-.ial comm mications, ! had every rea son to b dieve, before a war was declared,j that such a navy, and such an army, would] have b'On provided ; l’liat with these im pressions 1 proceeded to the state of Ohio, took die command of (he fire s, which con si .seed of 120 U militia aml_ volunteers, and about three hundred regulars ; Thar these militia were badly armed, badly cloth ed, and entirely undisciplined ; That my or ders were to march to Detroit, and make (he best arising ‘.men's in my power for the pro tection of the, inhabitants against the Indians; That the country from Urbana in Ohio, to Detroit was principally a wilderness, and the distance, about 200 miles; —That I was furnished with no field artillery ; —That on the 2d day of .Inly, near the foot of the ra pids of the, Miami, about fifty two miles from Malden, and seventy from Detroit, I first, received information of war against Great Britain, fourteen days at er it had been dcolsrod i— I'll,it die letter li'om the Administration announcing this event, was delivered to me by a stringer, who informed me that it was brought by the mad to the Post Once in Cleavelaod, state of Ohio, and the Post M ister of that place had employed him to deliver it to me, wherever lie found me, on my march to Detroit*; —t hat the rout it was sent was very circuitous, and it ii had been sent by an express, it might have reached me in four or five days at farthest ; Phut the enemy at Malden, fifty miles more distant from Washington than my army, received the information several days before ; —That by this letter from the ad ministration, I was rot only informed that war was declared against Great Britain, but was positively ordered to march the forces under my command to Detroit, eighteen mites in the rear of the enemy’s principal fortress at Malden; and there wait tor forth er orders I’lut on the first day of July, having received no information of the ne claration of war, and supposing the naviga tion of the Lake to be sale, a vessel was cm ployed by the Quarter-Master to transpor. the sirk of the anny, and the stores ami baggage, not neccssai y on the march, to De troit ; —That this vessel was taken by the enemy on her passage, and that this first misfortune was occasioned by the neglect o( the administration, in not giving me infer na tion of the war eight days sooner, which might easily have been done ; Dial 1 have the strongest possible ground to declare, that this might have been done, because I shall show, that 1 received a letter from Wash ington, on the 24th of June, and dated also the IHlli, the same date with the letter an pouncing the declaration of war, by express, which gave no information of the declaration of war. I shall prove by the records of the govern ment tliat I slated in the most explicit terms to the administration, that Detroit, or some position on the waiters of Lake bine, would be a suitable position for troops, in time of peace with Great Britain, designed for the protection of the Michigan Tern lory, and the Nort i-\ve»tcrn frontier against the sav ages. —But in the event of war will that na tion, it would be impossible to support an army in that country, without a naval farce, sufficient to preserve the communication ol the L ke, ami without a powerful armv on the Niagara stiait, to take pos es-i m of the enemies posts, on that strait, and co-operatc with Kiicu forces .is should make an invasi m from Detroit, and by the co operation of • ucn forces, take, possession of the I’ruvince. 1 shall show that this order of the ad minis i trail on to march my army to Detroit, aftei the declaration of war, and no navy being provided, to preserve the communication ui| “ the Lake, and no army on the Niagara strait, Inch ever co-operated , with me, was con rary to what I had sufficient grounds to be ieve was the understanding before i left Washington; contrary to the most explicit •pinion I had given on the subject ; con rary to all military experience, and the Manciples which have been taught by the I »«»t military writers ; —That I obeyed this nder because it was positive, and under p ’he full expectation, (hat a naval force, and n army would have been provided to have assisted and co-operated with me, and that I had sufficient reasons to expect sncli as sistance and co-operation in the event of war, and in the invasion of Canada ; That in compliance with these orders, I passed the enemy’s post at Malden, and proceed ed to Detroit, eighteen miles in the rear of that post, and troth situated on the same river, where I arrived on the sth of Julv ; —That notwithstanding my orders were positive to remain there until I should re ceive lurther orders, the militia and vo lunteer officers nearly.excited a mutiny, be cause I did not immediately cross the ri ver, and commence offensive operations in violation of mv orders That on the 9th jot July, I received an unqualified authority, (which from the manner in which it was ex pressed, could have had no other construc tion, than a positive order, to cross the ri jver, and invade the enemy’s territory ; and {to issift a proclamation to the inhabitants,l and to pledge tlie government that they should be protected in their persons, pro perty, and ligits; and in the same letter I j was only .authorised to attack, the fortress hit Malden, provided, in my opinion, my f nces were ad-quale to the enterprise, ana, H coni 1 be done consistently with ibe sale-' ty ol my oilier posts ; —That I issued a| 1 proclamation to Hie inhabitants, ami on the | morning oi toe I2th of Ju.y, crossed the river and took possession of the opposite bank, in ili t lace of the enemy ;---l'liatll was induced to adapt these meisure» Ironij the orders 1 received from the governm "it,! ;from the impatience of my army, from the ’ convenience, md even necessity of collect ing supplies from the enemy’s country, Irom tne expectation oi co-operation, and from the mpu to,it a display of the Ameri can flag m both sides tne river, would have a layout anle eject on the savages and mili tia of the province That the authority I received to attack the enemy’s fortress at Malden, being discretionary, I wrote to the Government the same day 1 received n, that my force wits not adequate to the en terprise, and stated as a reason, that the enemy commanded the Lake & Ihe savages. 1 hat 1 remained in the enemy’s country about a month, under the expectation of re ceiving assistance and co-operation fr.mi toe army under the .command of General Dearborn, at Niagara ; that during tnis time I received information Unit Mtcntilimackl nack, on the same navigable waters with De.roit and M ilden, had (alien; that the I nces, wan tne savages, of all mat region, were descending the waters of (he northern takes against me ; tint I likewise had re ceived certain information, that General Brock, with all the regulars and militia ol Upper Uanad t , was proceeding to iM.iklen ; and that the road I had opened through the wilderness, from Ohio, was filled with hostile savages, and that no supplies could be ob tained lor (be army througu that coinmuoi cation ; I bat, under these circumstances, I considered that it was my duty to re-cross ihe river, with the principal part of my forces, and attempt to npen the only com munication 1 could now possibly have with my country That on tne Bth of August, I re-crossed tne river to Detroit, and on the same day made a detachment of all tne re- i gulais, ami part id the Ohio militia, amount mg to GUO, under the command of Colonel Millet, wiln orders to proceed to Me river Raisin, lor the purpose of opening that com munication ; Mat on ms way to that station, ne was attacked, near Brownstovvn, by the regulars militia, and savages, Irom Malden,; aim Mat, alter me los.sol between eignij and ninety men on our part, tne enemy was com pelled to re 11 at; mat, as it was toe opinion of Colonel Miller, Unit tin, detachment connl not proceed to Hie riven Raisin, \utli-| OUt il I t'l il 1■ »l CCIIICh I u| IJo III' XilJ?) tllCll, I | tli night proper to order him b.e.k m Detroit,! especially as me troops had been out m a' violent »ioi in, were greatly fatigued, aim it 1 was necessary to imimve, and provide for] Me wounded ; —1 hat on the 1-fth of umustj , not having received i iteirauatioo, of the ar rival ol General Brock, and tne necessity ol i opening the emu.mi .ic..tioo, lor toe purpose i '•biammg supplies, becoming more uigeiit, I made another detachment, ol me i-lfeciavel men of Colonels McArthur and Cass’ regi i meals, commanded by Me two Colonels, mr . tne purpose,: Mat as soon as I eceiveU m formation ol me arrival of General Bin k,j ' vvim tne forces, limn Me eastern pan ol me . province, I immeiiiaieiy sent expresses, «iinj oidcis tv) McArthui and Lass ti; return to Uetrait. Ihai vviieu General Brock, land ed at Me .Spring D ells, tnree miles below Detroit on tae morning of the ibth oil vugtist, I ha I received no information Irom' Mem, and must have supposed they were at i Me river Raisin, about lit y mil.s horn D‘ - . trotl, tne route they vvete ordered M march, xml I pledge my set I, lot low u .z,eos, u. piove io me satistaciion ot eveiy u.ipr.ju liced mi,id, Hi .t .in Me id toe Unn, ivueo General Brock landed, Me provisions i .Vita* * \iia us ted, iti.it thete was 11 «* possimli v o' ivillaining a supply from any qn.ir er whatever, aim .hat nis'etl' c ive I'n/e was ' j much uioi'i*. Mail twice my number, i'aai, Umy communication was entirely cut oft’, both t>y land and water ; that a part of the Mich igan militia deserted, and joined General i brook’s standard, as soon as he landed ; i that the savages were let loose on the in tahitants, whom it was impossible for me tc l* protect ; and that even a victory againsl “ | lls ~* ou l ars and militia, that morning, would i have been only a useless waste of blood i tl,at . * c °uld not have conquered his sav rg os in the wilderness, or his navy on the * L * a " e j a, ‘fi consequently could not have o i pened my coinmunicaiion ; that, under the - circumstances my army was placed by the I ok eis of the government, it could no more t ( exist, than the human arm can exist when I cut -ft from the body ; and that the mea ■ sores I adopted were necessary, from mv F situation, and dictated by the highest sense : o c uiy ; that I was forced into this situa tion by the orders of the government, and ; evciy avenue to it was closed by the enemy, in such a manner that there was not a po» sibility of escaping. And here 1 shall wish to be distinctly understood j 1 have said, that Hie order which 1 rec* ived from the government to march to Detroit, after the declaration of war, and when Like E.ie was in possession of the enemy’s naval force, was contrary to all military exp. ri <“nce, and one fatal cause of (he disasters of the campaign. It was the case, as the re sult has proved. Mad the orders however of the government b -en obeyed by General Dearborn, (he result probably would havei baen very different. I shall show, that he j i was repeatedly ordered, dy the letters id’ the, (.Secretary of War, and by the command of i the Presi lent, immediately after the decla-; , ration of war, to assemble the forces un.lei jljis command on the Niagara River, to ai | liick tne enemy’s posts in that part of the province of Upper Canada, and co-operate | w«to (he forces under my command ; that! during that lime li- never guttered a nun t» ;enter country, tiiat he negh-ct-l led to obey the positive count mils ol las' jg iveroment; and with -ut any orders, agreed to an armistice, or suspension of hosiilii'n s.l with Sir George Provost, in which my army was not included ; which will be -howit,! enabled General Brock, wi h aM the fnces| °l l- , | | per Can ala, aid indeed a l;i ge rein : farcemeiit from Montreal, to proceed to Malden, and attack me : loathe e-itab.is!i- ! ed a peace on the Niagara frontier, and it became only necessary tor the enemy to I leave at their forts in that quarter a few! invalids to guard their barracks, &c. f And I shall further show, that after Ge.ne ial Dearborn, the commanding General of the armies, had thus neglected to obey the oidcrs of the government, at d ad been the gieat cause of the disasters of the he was appointed the President of the Court \ Martial funny trial; HK | that, although ihe|. .idminutratiou employed, at your ex .ensc, two of toe first counsellors in our country, Mr. Dallas, and Mr. Van Buren, to usmsi' the Judge Advocate in the prosecution, the Court would not sutler me to employ any counsel at my own expense, to open their lips in the Court; and the opinions of olfi-| cers were admitted to prove entire charges and specifications against me. Thauthe of-L Peers, wiio were selected by the administra-i tioo to give their opinions respecting my I conduct, and to testify against me, had been! promoted, after the capitulation, from Lieu j. tenant Colonels in the militia, to the rank of j Generals in the regular army, and others of . inferior rank on a similar scale: tlnd the most outrageous measures were adopted to J excite your prejudices against me ; that the odicers who appeared as witnesses, wereap- | pi.aided in the public Newspapers for the ’ manner in which they testified, and pamph- ! lets were printed and hawked for sale, at the J |Very door of the Capitol where 1 was tried, i jiiileil with the most scandalous falsehoods. J I I not I was accused by ,the administration 1 of capita) crimes for acts, which I shall prove I by the letters of the Secretary of War, the | President had before fully approved ; and < that the proclamation 1 issued to the Cana 1 ulians was by order of the President: thatas [Soon ay n was issued it was sent to him ; ( pind after ne teceivedit, I shall produce let-1, ters, written by the Secretary of War, by ! Ins_ ord.-r, to show that all my conduct, ope rations, and arrangements, were not only ap j proved by him, but viewed with the highest (satisfaction : that notwithstanding this un jquuliti d approbation of the proclamation bv |tne President, the Plenipotentiaries at (he (treaty of Ghent, without any instructions | ,r *"ii the administration on that subject, de clared to the British Plenipotentiaries and consequently to the British nation and to the world, that it was unauthorized, and dis approved by the Government : that in an j interview with the Mon. John Quincy Ad janis, one of the Plenipotentiaries, in answer i to my ii quiry, on what ground that declara tion was made, he answered, that they had no particular instructions to make the de claration, that they received the information [ truhi Mr. Gallatin, that In* wrote the paper I which contained it, and he being one of the I IMenipotvinti l ies, tjie others were induced to give it their signatures. N have given a very general sketch of the snbj -els ut the following memoirs. The facts slated will be proved by the best evidence ol which Uie na'ure of the case will admit; ami principally by die records of the govern men iisell. After you are possessed of the facts ami evidence, 1 shall cheerfully submit toe question to your candid judgment. It is dill'u dt alway sto form a correct opinion, in our own case. I can however declare vvithij safety, that I have committed errors, they I were oirors of the hoau, aa«l «st sf Urn kaariJ i- CONSTITUTIONALIST. u _ ___ ; h UGCSTAi ’ i- T ~— , 0 TUESDAY. MARCH 8, 1825. it —..— - d The Ifcotundo oT the Capitol of the Uni ted States—that is to say, the large cen tral and circular building of that edifice— e has lately been used for the exhibition of r.u - merous specimens of manufacturing in°'e f unity. 1 lie Intelligencer informs us that e shew was a fine one but we are not en c tirely assured of its object If the purposes 1 of Commerce were in view, the business of buying and selling might perhaps, have been ‘ conilm ted with more propriety in the shops ’’ of the Pennsylvania Avenue, where, domes tic mingling with foreign articles, the pur- I chaser must have been better satisfied as . to the relative merits of both in quality and cheapness. If a mere display was the pur -1 pose d the exhib tors, we may presume that ■ the labour and expense of collecting the mu terials will hardly he repaid by the barren pleasu e to ba gleaned from the praises of ; adm ring visitors. Bit if intended to ad I vance die interests of manufactures, by ■ dazzling the eyes and bewildering the wits I o( Members of Congress—tlnn >ve must ■ look to this Jiaree shew as a subtle Tariff’ manoeuvre, calculated to advance a policy! at war oitb the best interests of the coun ’|try. We hive heard and read of certain! (persons called borers, whose business it is toi jit leclioneer with legislative bodies in behalf of their favorite measures; an annual exiii ,tion at Washington, wdl give pretext for .bringing together a crowd of tliese gentry, iwho beleaguering the Senate Mouse, will! (use every a t to draw towards their individ ual interests the protection of Congress,- |Thus, die Tariff d ictriues m ist fin 1 a strong and systematic support. Speeches | will not only be made - pamphlets issue--- and petitions be presented, but delegates .from factories, far and near, will attend 1 with their go ids, wares, and merchandize, j sounding their merits into all ears, and pla cing them t > the br»t advantage before all (eyes. Should our statesmen catch at the! biif, thev miv chance to find themselves in the situation of thedrunken companions of. (Cabban in the play, who allured by the i“ glisten ng apparel” from Prospero’s cell, j were “ crumped & tortured” for their folly. , j V\ ea e o >t he enemies of manufactures-- i a 1 d would gladly see them flourish ; not ( with precocity, but by a gradual, nat- - ural and robust growth, and in sucli a man- I tier as will not choke and destroy other sources of industry. Perhaps we look up- -i on the ostentation of our friends the manu- i ifacturers, a little too seriously ; and it may \ be perfectly innocent both in its character i and effects. If however, there is to be an < innnal Fair at Me,id quart is, it is but just t that our southern planters should partake in i its delights, and its profits-—and as the I Irreat Central Rotunda hath been appropri- i ated to the exclusive use of manufactures, i Her S'ails, bins and other suitable apartments die provided (or the products of agriculture, land the accommodation of domestic ani mals. For this last, the Committee Rooms | might answer very well, and we doubt not 1 that manv of them might he very conveni- 1 [ently spared. I’ te paragraph from the intelligencer is subjoined ; , . Exhibition of Manufactures —. The Rolimdo of the Capitol vest* rd.iy presented a very iniereating subject of examination an 1 refl«ci.iun to the Members of Congress, and all other persons nt tin* ' ><;at oi Government, in the samples of the Manufactures of the . United Stales, which were presented there for exhibition. It is I no* our intention, at present, to attempt to give an account of the 1 articles exhibited. That shall be done hereafter. It is sufficient, i "’the present, to say that.the manufactured articles exhibit n slate of perfection, far beyond the general knowledge or belief tiud worthy of all praise. Tne articles were ajl so excellent, that • it would be difficult (c say which were most admired: the wool- I len cloths, flannels, blankets, and iron-work, such as coal grates, s seemed to attract the most general attention. At a future day, we have said, we shall give the particulars of I the Exhibition. Our present object is, to invite a|l those who ar** within reach of the invitation, to inspect tliese fruits of domestic skill and industry. To afford an opportunity to all persons to see i c them, we understand that the goods will remain open until the evening of Friday. If it should be determined to have a public £ sale ol the articles exhibited, it will bo announced in tne news papers. The. Printer of the National Journal is a 1 Cantliilate for the appointment of Printer to |the Twentieth Congress, The election will ■ take place two years hence. Let the worthy 1 Candidate have a care—there are many 1 slips between the tup and the sip. ; •*&§§§&*■ * HEAD QUARTERS. Milledgeville, 28 th February, 1825. | The volunteers of Georgia, who wish to s pay Military honors to Gk.n, Lafayktte, \ will assemble asbestsuits their convenience, 1 at Savannah, Augusta, or Milledgeville ; and at an early hour of the morning of the * day on which the General will arrive at ei- | ther place, of which due notice will he given. The Commaiuler-in-Chief, wherever he may 1 be present, will be happy to receive them. * By order of the Commander-in-Chief. HENRY H. GUMMING, Jiidde-Cump. HEAD QUARTERS, Milledgeville, 2d March, 182.5. 'The Commander in-Chief, invites the surviving soldiers of the Revolution to pay their icspects to Gen. Lafayette, at the , j places most convenient to them. They will , I find quarters provided for them. , By order of the Commander-in-Chief. , HENRY 11. GUMMING, Jiid-de-Camp. | -QO©- ( Jinolhrr ntiv Thing. —A law has been in- 1 ( jtrodueed into the Senate ofNew-York, pro-U ihibiting the erection in that state of any , II heal re within a certain distance of any < Christian church, i -j FOR THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. Some men sefek fame in the field, some == in the Cabinet, and some again seek it by courting the Muses. For my part i have - long ago determined to lie by, and amuse myself with the impotent exertions of the = human kind towards obtaining a name, and • the very lame manner in which they are of ten seen holding through the race, to the ' infinite amusement of some few laugh-and be-fat souls, who, like myself, are mere ■ “ gentlemen speculators, 1 ’ lounging at their * ease in the galleries. It has become a pret ■jty genera) idea with men, that Poetry is as a vehicle to fame as one in twenty, and ‘ therefore after having purchased a rhyming 1 Dictionary, they throw themselves upon the 1 generosity of the publicK, and the assist ance and protection of Jipctllo and the Nine . In this last class we are inclined to place ' L. V. or whoever was gallant enough jtn take up his pen in her defence, evident ly at the risk of his reputation as a writer, t and favourite of the muses. As fame is generally the aim of such scriblers, it were 'jpitty to allow them to be blasted in their ‘ jhopes in every instance. Let us then as sist this little demi Poet in bringing the 'merits of his versification more fully be fore the eyes of the public, in order that his .'reputation may be the more amplified, and complete. For the sake of inspecting the I minuter beauties, and consistencies of the piece, we will consider it line by line. In ithe first line L. V. seems to doubt whether . Amator is in earnest about breaking with j her, bu t after a little consideration, comes jto the conclusion that he means what he pjays, and joins as heartily, in the very next I line, in breaking the Pye Crust as " Aina- I tor” himself. In the third and fourth line, ias in the tragedy of Toil) Thumb, when j the ghost speak" to the king ofLordGriz /."l’s rebellion, “ L. V.” goes on to (ell with an astonishing effect, of the rebellious swells of her sighs, but in the next line ve ry sharply observes, as if in spite, that they shall never be evidences of a broken heart to “ Amator.” Upon the four next lines j the only comment we can offer, will be a quotation- front an ancient but admired love ditty. “ You ill fyave your pleasuies, but I have rny toil, “ And I’ll roam this here world over lor youmr Jonuy Doile.’* In the next to the last line of the second verse, “ L. V.” acknowledges that her heart did once belong to “ A.” A most speci ous confession ! ! The publick has every reason to hope that e’er long it will be fa voured with the perusal of a little Book, to he entitled 'he True Loveirs Confessions. We promised, k in true, to .notice it line by •line, but we have .repeated us of that, upon recollecting the manner in which an ancient maiden of forty conducted, and expressed herself, after an attentive perusal of the same. She bore it tolerably, until she came to the last line ot the last verse, when turn ing up her eyes, mellow’d with the sun of forty summers, and clasping her hands, site most pitteoustr-ffTi l l —touchingly exclaimed, Oh dear! ! ! Fie Mr. Amator. PHILO AMATOR. Arrival of Lafayette. —A letter was received yesterday, by the Mayor, from General Lafayette, staling his intentiori of heingin Charleston on the thirteenth of the pp seat month, which he would leave on the sixteenth for Savannah, Augusta and Mill edgeville. The General will, probably, take passage to this city by steam-boat, so that he will arrive hereon the, eighteenth, at furthest. No time is, therefore, to be lost—let us he ready to receive him as be comes his merits and our character. The General, with his son, George Wash ington Lafayette and M. Le Vasseur, his Secretary, arrived at Norfolk, in the steam boat from Washington, at 1 o’clock on the morning of the 25th utt.and was to depart ' ( at 11 o’clock the same day, on his southern and western tour.— •Geormian. -*s»§oe*~ Mr, Crawford.-— This distinguished man it appears, will positively return to the bosom of his native state. We have seen a letter from Washington, which after noticing the oper and rejection of the Treasury De partment, states, that all his furniture is advertised for sale, with (he intention of re turning to Georgia, immediately after the adjournment. Like another Cincinnatus. adds the letter, this truly great and pure statesman returns to the plow, with an aug mentation of character and popularity. He has received a letter from Mr. Jefferson, in which the patriarch of the republican party expresses Ins deep regret, at the loss which \ the nation has sustained In his defeat. His health is nearly restored, and his spirits were never better. His friends surround him at every step, and the devotion to his person would seem to indicate, that he and nut Mr. Adams, had gained a triumph.— lbid, It is understood, with much regret, says the Alexandria Herald, that chief justice Marshall. contemplates retiring from the bench of the supreme court after the pre sent session. We learn that the Ilev. Dr. Milledoler of this cit y, has been appointed Presh ent of the Theological Seminary at New Bruns wick, N. J. in place of the Rev. Dr. Living ston, deceased. —- The merchants in the city of Hartford, (Conn.) have agreed, that alter the first of March, they will estimate the weight of goods in their purchases and sales, bv the decimal weight of 100 lbs. instead of the cwt. of 122 lbs, and ton of 2000 lbs. instead of 2440.