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T h e present asserablagb of bkizena o f thefifim intelligence' from ;part o f th4)Holland P p r c h ^ e , h a s ed tbm it tp obtain th e ittost satis- faC td j^ 'itl4 ( E n ^ o ii in regard M the state bfllm C tiu^^ T h e s e ^ h itjem e n .concur, in reptpseuting rho inhabitants Joi‘ their rospeettive townsj, as deeply and almost Uujversalily indebted to the H o l land company j as greatly impbwprished by the constant! calls o f that debt, and the heavy cbntiibutions which they are obliged to m ake for roadinudothbr.pob- lic im p rovem eiits; and \depressed and discouraged' by the g eneral glopm wliicli the extraordinary policy o f that com p a ny lias spread over the whole face o f t ’le^cot^try. “ ' Such is the uniformity o fthe condition among the inhabitants o f e y p ry part of the purchase, that a dekcriptioif o f the affairs of a single settler p r d s e n f ^ fail' picture, with some slight Shades of difference, of the pecuniary situation of two thirds, of our population. ' T h is settler comes into the country some twelve Or fifteen years ago, and eiiiered into a , contract Wlt]h'tit® agent y. r i fe44ii<- P u .44;-4 X J # ,, i .5-4; v 4 } !, - . .1 4-- . I of the Holland company forthe pUrphase of 200 acres of Wild and h e a v ily tim ber ed Iund,at the price o f four dollars an a^. ere,’payable in.si* o r eight y e a rly Jnstal- nieuts, subject to-an, a n m i^. h ite^S t of seven per cenU on tliewholo* H e was, at Unit time in the pri?ne and vigor o f life, and brought with himi, as th e sum of his earthly posscssioris, a n d the basis|of his future fortuim^, i wife and perhajis one of two young chlldaen j with a few hundred dqllaijs wprtlfdlf^prdj^rty* con sisting of soihe, necessary articles of household fijrmtpjre, -a poor supply o f fatm m g utensels, and a dozen i^ead of ojleu cows anp ^ Ey ififteen ^ears o f u n rem itted labor,, aided by .the| m o st rigid econom y , he has been able ito reclaim and bring inioi a state of cultivation, forty dr fifty acres, of his liand—‘to fetid and clothe his fam - iiy— toi erect indifferent huiM ingfcfer their proieCtiojn— to niepr es and contril|utions rivhtph^ i f 0(1 an independent fg^rmer in the i^ore improved parts of the country, would be deem ed appropriate, and to pay one half oit threg q u a r t e t o f th e accruing in terest on his lan(i debt. H e now finds that his family has in creased upon him in n u m ber & expense; th s t his physical powers are m aterial ly impaired if not entirely wasted by labor and privation { that his ikiiidings are in state of d ilapidatiop; that his d ebt to the Holland com pany, which was o- riginally $800, has by. the accumulation of interest beyond what hp has been able to irteet, increjased to lOOQ, o r 1200 do!- and that in the mean tim e, the general condition of .the country as r e gards the copiforts and advantages o f civilizaiiun im provem ent has been but jittle am eliorated. H is only ine.iths, in prospect, fjiirthe discharge o f his land debt, are dependent on the sale o f the tew products I o f his farm that will bear Transportation to m a r k e t; and, general ly speaking, Ijhe ^stan c e to this m a rket is so (Treat, aijid tile State of the roads so wretched that,heo!fteD fails to r c a l^e fro m sales o fhisbejef, ^ork, w h e a t,corn, oats, flax and which are the s^iple com- mddities dXtiie c W n iry, mbro than the actu'41 cost production. T h e heavy ariic|iiit,d!f wood and tltuber in which hls^jard abounds, and |h e m inor commodities which are im p o rtant items of thrift and w e a lth,to firm e r? VVho lifJl in the w butter,, qheesg, m ilk, veal, p ig ^ * ^ ,q l% r garden and ^eld vegetablesj, aye sources of u(i profit to. h ihii h* is not h f f e bdlancin^ih ofl h f t i ^ t t . y f e labor; 'a)id«^jiuiS iO rP ; o r irhat® the eriepuragem ent o f coihm erce and m a n u ^ tU r e s , which a rp thd hand maids P f agtm ulm re, and without jthe aid pnd co-operatipn o f which itcannotflourish. T h e Ifoliand Com p any have not on* ly neglected td devote an y p a r t o f their Capital to objects of this kipd, but have effectually prevented its introduction from tfbrpad, by referring (pose enepur- agem pnts • to m e n p f enterprise and w e a lth, which they have-been sure to m e et w ith in every other part o f the co u n try : and the consequence is, that theiH o lland Purchase, provided by na ture with all the requisites to m ake it the garden o f the state, actually eJthibits, at this time, less evidences of enterprise and im provem ent, , th an .aye to be found on the most sterile tracts within our bor ders. , T h e em b arrassm ents u|[hich the in trinsic defects in thb policy o f the com pany, have b r g |r p t on the inhabitant?, have been g r e y l y augynented by the opr eratioiis o f the new system o f settlem ent lately adopted by the U n ited States,— who a re now selling landsiof equal qual ity and situation,, a t the distance of bne day*s sail to th e west, for less than half the prices charged by the Hplfand Com pany. F o r the last four years, Ijordes o f em igrants, ^ p l y provided with,mon ey and means for die im p rovem ent o f a new country, have b een passing through our territory, while scarcely all individ ual who p ossessed the menns of contin uing his journey, has deigned to stop on the H o lland Purchase.: and yet this disbeartning spectacle appears to have been viewed with the most stoic m d if fefbnce by the Company^ who haye a- dopted no correspondent 'm easures, to ^countervail the effects o f this new policy of the tJnited States. <3 4 I T h e com m u te a r e unanimously and thoroughly^ convinced th^t the country does n o t, at th is tim e, possess the means of paying one half of its land debts: and that 'a p reserverance in the present po licy o f the Com pany will be calculated to diminish, rather than increase the future, ability of the settleis to m eet their engagements. . A n d , delicate as [ th e subject confessedly is, we ought not perhaps on this occasion to suppress the expression of o u r fears, tliat the meas ures recently resorted to, o f expellfbg by legal process, whole familie? from land, and possessesionS on which .tpie>| have spent years of labori and perhaps niado coDsiqei^able paym e n t, because they c annot pierforniimpos'sibilities, will. ^ffd pledge which tlie naluro W d char acter of this kind o f contract can ever give for the paym ent o f any part_of the Sebt. , „ \ 1 4 , That the lands of itbeTfolfland MSrt>j>a- ny are thus overcharged h a s h fep |roVea ■ after an e x p e y l^ee bfnn> re^% « T p |m y omy: and fact is already . relaxed energies anfjgeberil despondOTcy that pervade the whole purchase. T h e remedy which w# Wouldire?pectful}V sug- gest, and which we sincerely hope may be^pplied is—Thatrjtfae Holland Oompa- ny should a t once, m ike an important r e duction in the prices o f their unsold Sands; and in fhe swne proprtidh, reUnduish ? part o f th e tiominalfdebt due from each settler, on condition o f bis appearing at theoffipe w ithin* given time, pa|in g a fixe4 ptoportion off tho reoiaiadef,' aua taking? new articlejibr- his farm on an extended credit, sb^ject to the payment o f - ^ annual interest of five or per c e n V ^ T h e beaefim of such a Ch(aiig0 w o u '^ o t be more sBhiihly felt i>y tijp se tt le , in thedimmhtion o f his debt, thah in the facilities which it would 4 C^ord.fer! > thepaym e n tofw W t remaiiKs. T h e f6^\ duced price of land would a t bnee attract the attention o f en ligrantl, hhff arrest» largeproportionof the capitfd npjv par sing to the west, ai d give new life aud' vigor to oiir settlen lents. It would raorf- over enable the loorer classes lof tlje present settlers to stefl a portion ^ their lots and improvt m eats to ,thosfe more wealthy adventure r k and thereby m y fbr th e residue. t\ [ The Committee believe that, if meM- ures shall be taken to convey to tiie prin cipals o f th e Hollind, Company a porrect knowledge o f th e condition of their set tlers (of which we| have reason to Relieve p m p e r t / o ? t h n X w f n t o f the purchase is subjected to the payments o fa burthen- some tax, for the support ofroatfe, bridges common schools and dtber public estob- iishmeiits, while property o f precisely the same description belonging to tpe Hoi- lemd Company and dther non-temdents :.ahffhomerfeHftl5aoBt|, entirely exempted tt.h q e h S x a t i o n ,a ^ ^ ^ • o f a m feflention oftheilaw as sbrfl render theaeThhli^J contribujtions more ju s t and equdi^the said committee shall also pro pose and cause to be printed a petition Ot similar import, to me circulated for subeoriptiou am o n ^ ; the dnhabitants ot the purch^e general y ; said committe is also autbonsed and requested to despatch with all convenient s leed, a sub-coirimit- tee, 'to coiisiBt of hot less th a n two nor- morel than five memjbers, to the seat o t govetninent, to aid and co-cjpexate With the members o f t h e . eguilatariB fro® 1-“® counties o f Niagara, .Hrieaimi; Gehesee, Erie, Chaqtauque, C atiaraugus, and Al legany, in, effectuating tbei|-Obje^tB of suebTa petition. , I t shall also,he-tho-doty of thje saief committee to o p ^ a coixea* principals lor a g ents o f ay, ol With both of .pondence Witfa jthi the I H olland Compi . . , . theuti to represent ;d them t|ie deptessed they are a t present in a state of ignorance.) the disclosure will be followed by meas ures o f relief not unlike those t o have suggested: and vre have accordijiiglv re-, commended that u correspoudence be o- stUl think an appeal to tile legislature, which is the epnstituted guait ian of lot fail to f^^odoce our rights, an important aijneUoratloq in Uie con dition of those settlers at le p t, who havq^ready adventured somuen 6n|l|iietr ns as to forbid an aban- present^ssessidi donment o f themt i commit ie Cjomt 0 m . ., ■ '• 'Auesda^i M ^ r m M ^ ,, Van Buren, dphnston, had Sanford, opposed its passage, ana Messrs. iHawisou, Sm ith, o f Iffff- VNsdbarv, Branch^ .and Ghamh<H'^^UPportdd it. Bentoni Berries, Brunch, G h itijieiib. GbandJer, Cobb, Ea ton, E a ¥ % |s, ifertispii,; Hayfie, KiUg, K n ight, ita c d n ; M’Kifiiey, Eandolph, Reed, Bowan, Sm ith, ijfdv Siufth S. C. ^ i t e , W illiam , tVqOd >nty—24. Barton, B a p Ban, Bou- , Bicker; tm, Find- m fe a d h m e i for a fo w n V Y o rkshire; for nets <'f water lots in G e n ^ h .' fp erect wharyss on the thores of the Sfenec; for L. B . Evans for damages suStamf . the ednstruotioh of the E t i e i ^ n U i ^ ^ o r leavoi :o erect a d a m a c ] c p s s . |j f ^ ^ f ^ n ta c r ^ k on c 4 i d i t i o o ^ , ; ^ ^ t i f t g » lock.' MrJ ' :4 .-4 ' :-'h Sherman From a- sj^pet committee and emhailrassed co iditioa e f the uettie*'® on thett H u d s , and p e p m o d e e j e c ts of the polfcyiwhich th iy arenqw au4 to endeavor to ^ cbteq»rp'huse;-af the, debts how due, * M l^U c h a. change ofe system in Regard tofuturb skies of their land, as p a y heat subserve the intdreats of both p i t i e s . Ana that they be authoris ed to send an agent to Philadelphia or to Holland, for the purposes of Aolding: per sonal conferences, and better conducting the negotiations with<which they are charged.. And tbt; said committee shall haye the power to vary their measures & proceedings as circ iimstancesmay require.- And this ponventicn hereby pledges itself to use its!best -exertions to provide funds paying o r reimbursing tn* necessary ' es,which said committee toby incur tax to defray ihd ordinary qnd coiJtWigent charge? of the [T h ii,Jilfa»tborises a tax of ^400,0190.1 Mi. S . alsp'brought in a till to incor| 3 orate the Anaencam Gas Light company in the city of New-York. A 1 eturn from the Commercial bank o, the city o f Albany, giving an a c ^ u n t^ f f the smte of its funds, was received anq Thjst house! then resojvqd Uself ipto a com n ittee o f . ^ e wbolet on tiic acVeyal bills, reported by the cqimmttCe on^xhbig- corporption o f banks,, StiiJ Mr. Kortright in th J| chair. T h e substitute o f R ^ | # j M r. Granger to tbe bill fot the renew # ofi the t h a rbr o f the MeebAmes^ him in the mers’ bank o f th e city o f & a n y was reaft. when M i - a C arose and Ob:- BubUshers p f Laws. Bobbins, Ku^leS^^Hanford, Se^giow , Thomas,, V a n B u r e n : aSt- Horn, Mt. HumpbrblfprBsented .o l t h t mdbgefdOficeoftM Greel ^ ^ d a l s c r th#.ktaW,ifb^T®®® auihpristng |h e sale of tofe; y e s s e j^il't for them, b u t purchased by tn e M ^ t® p ttites, in die] ho^e that it will n ' b b l l l ^ l ^ n Aud equipped for] the ai^ ot ■the-'' \ ^ ' ^ ,, ' \gspegdh{^. ;rs< o ttm e .^erem r y |o f ? ta^e for infor- and stdopted, when Mr. serve ! th a tin fraipingjth he bad arose AOd oh astitutewbic|j: aards?W!o#dbe lovb for thd M r. Ing- r^ill with yM ch he tedtto be JResolvi^d,, discharge of their'duties. T h a t IK cd, to consist o f members, o f whom committee beappoiat* each county shall furnish a t least one, and ;alieathe new restrictions and hew expei stied to be ingrafted' nbon the cbArtejj? ^ , aboni; fo be renewed, n u d fhe badac(mi*df |M ^^ ingly |n0oi|poyated intoltbe stfostitulA All such proyu|ions -as he supposed would be. required by the house; he had not, how- evek iptro^ueed a danse Subjecting stoqk- holdtrs to individual responsibility, be cause be was n otaware that such a-clause would [be required by the bouse. vEor him self fiei thought such a provision unneces sary ;j|d impolitic ; he should not, however, now (x^cupy thetim e of the house on tiiat quest On, but reServd what he had to say ve ni buld^dj ti?m focti moved instructions fo nmend,, presented aod iyhich pyittted. , ■i i - ■tv ■( t* I .’Vi ■''ji i f eyroy , i * B ie ijste ip qf r ■iA;AY|l|]A^ Itt'tiieir ■UB>. • 7 4 ' i ' , \ 4 ^Vaifcble-^ d q f con- ■iV'\ 4\ V ■4l . ’^ t ? tnl»5s.:fibriie% ^Heep, ' 4 t 7 'si'j - l&i - I - . ->» i ’■‘4»v'44 , : ! 4 4 4 \ ' ■ >-A W' ' ^ \ n- r . -1 14 ' : i r ' tranquHity, as Well as subversive o f t h e prosperity of tbe country. Such fears were entertained, and openly and^or- eibly expressed on the floor of Congress, in relation to a class of settlers siml- laiiy situated, and had nd small influ ence in producing the recent change in the land system of the United State.s. T o tell these suffering and disappoint ed men that these coercive measures are only tb e | rem edies which the law has prescribe^ for the^ violation of con tracts voluntarily entered into, and t h # the agents liavd not the power to com promise with 'misfortumes, &, arrest the operations of law, neit|ier satisfies (their reason, nor assuages their feelin ^ s .~ I f the settlers are culpable for enforiUg into e i ig a g ^ e n ts which it is out of their power to fulfill, the company a re scarcely iess.so, in Amoral point of view a t leapt for having exacted such ongagei|ients.-— T h e y iavited these p eople to thdir lauds, with a perfect knowledge that they had no means of paying for them , o ther than those which the land itself would furnish; and , \encourage them to believe thht their means were am ple. N ine tenths of the settlers at the tim e of their a r r i val on the purchase, w ere entire stran gers to the economy of settling a new country. T h e y saw that the lands WfS:eirich, and that nqthiitg was requir ed torreudeT^iheinproductive^but to fell the tim b e r and teclalhi thfr soil, which they possessed the physical pow e f of .eflectiog. , T h e y therefore-bhufldthem;- .SeWes to pay the price exacted by the c o m p l y , rather because it was ei^- acbt#f a jid because other settlers, as ig- tto r a h ias them selves of the capacities Of .aiMjijquUivated country h ad Agreed fo pay tpeirow u .e stim a h o f which must dopeiiii on yayious filtur| CDutihiBnciBs, a fidon no one m o te thr on the o o n d u c tof the v e n d e rslhem selvei. ■jroqr'ctmjrajttq are o f ppioioiK th h n d e r tb e p resent statO o f t h i n ^ i ^ q o f l p to m p t& effqctu#jrehietiy th a t p i t rpV th e g r e a t body o f opr population a restore the country to a state o f he§.. and vigor; m u st aepjend op-^ihe goi sense a n d voluntary coJicpsBio|if o f thn com pany itself; ptid th e im m e d iafoA p plicatiqa o f sqoh a rem e d y wp«tid> |n puf huoibte belief, be as advAPtagepp to ' tb# Interest o f th o com pany; a ? l it ifo ^ d h ^ cojlm latory t o the feelipgs o f i ;>r ledg# o f tlm m o tive? iust b t ^ k c e them thAL ^ 'ihe samefj th a p fo o m i B y far the m o # bnrtiiensome ta;: which the inhabitants <^tb^ Purchase * rs called on to pay, is that which is levied hr the consmiction and repair o f roads ai d brid g e This taxTiferuhed either liy P 8 ? or two Beparateyesrly assessments founded on different principles. The first, which m a y be called th e primary road te x, is of a mixed chqract and consists of a per sonal or c aptation tax of two days labor to each inhabitant, and a property tax on the^fame indivicEuals proportioped to the value o f their reopective estate#, a id may and often does, amount to ka assessment of 40 days labor to a single .person. It is dprifinedexclusinely to residents, and its .tAampuatJonAbB JIo% nd ^ AiAAsd ‘#100,- annuafly. T h e ether, wf4ch nmybc ailed Che supilimentai ta.x, is c ptional with tbe inbab tants of the respective towns, who (in addition to the ]»rimary. tax )#*6 futhorised to raise a sioi not exceeding ^5Q. to be levied on the vrhole property of the town, whether owned by‘ residents o r .nor-residents. But ia most instances tb# ptimaty tax, which cannot be dispensed with operates soj sev ;rely as to forbid tbe im iosition o f tbe^supjdemcn- tal tax, in wbic! i case non-reside itb are entirely exempted from the road t ix. It is a general rule that propert] sboqld be taxed m pro loriion to its proiluctive- ness—and hen(fe the modem practice o f taxing income. But it is not a ti tie sin- ^ h i r that; in direct violation of tl is prin ciple, the basis o f thFJfoad tax imj: osed on inhabitants of this Purchase, is the esti mated value of property, the prii jCipal i- tem of which ill the Iknn cm w iich he Uves; which'ht has never paid far, and which is still at tualiy the propert; > o f the Holland compaiy. Instead, therefore, of paying taxes, o: i income, or oven i m prop erty, he is actu illy paying them o i a debt for which debt lie is at the sane time paying interest while the real pr aprietor of his farm, as well as of the a<!joining lands for whoso benefit these mo lies are raised and expended, pays nothin Such are the general views w lich the committee hav^ taken of the in p ortant subject referred to them ; and in confor mity with thes# views we beg luave to submit to the convention tbe following resolutions for its c o n siderati^olid adob-' tjon. r .That the pnjEpUg fo - which this conveutiac has been organizid,- wlff require the cortmuatioa-of its po^Tersapd functions until ita #bje< accomplished; and ed that the afsicii after. b#ar the m tm e bfi^‘‘T ^ e Agrarian Gonyentioa of tlie Holland PnTchtee,” to be callled t c o ^ i t t e e ofFinknee and accounts [with similar p®w;era in ijegord to .its chairman. It aball be the duty of this committee,-immediately to opra A sub- spription Amongst the meinberao^tbis con vention and other/citizens now assembled at this place, for tpe purpose o f raising the nece&sary fondsto defray tiie expenses of printing, I &c. ybatshallhave been incurred, m[tbe4}u#aiees o f this convention, up to the clqse o f its present session. They shall m a k e a n estimatt of the probable expen ses to b# incurred by this convention and .itg,committees the current year; apportion the aame from the best data' in their possession, among the several towns on the , purchase, ac cording to their supposed population and wfealth: app )int a collector in each town, and fornisQ him with a subscription roll and the amount to be raised by him. They shall also appoint A treasurer, to whom the severu subscription lists and be returned, a n d it . '' ^ ^ ( p i j y j i t i n d p a y n u t o f ectcT T o rthe ttecessary contingent expenses o f theco'avehtion and of tipeum m ittees employed in its service. The preiaeding committees ^ a l f respect ively prepare anp present in tirriting to, this convention on the first day o f its next mjeetingi, detailed report# pf 'their proC cUeding#: and sim ilar leporfo shall be re quired ittAU AaqAequent m e q iu to of the Convenjtiott. Betot^dy T h a t tbe Committefe o f P e ti tions aqd Correspondence is hereby vest ed with a discretionary power to call spe cial meetings ofj this Convention, giving not less than thirty days notice of the time and place of meeting in the several newspajiers printed op the Purchase, #nd sendmg by maU or otherwise copies of such notice to the Sheriffs of the respect ive counties, j , B. P0B|BR, President. S. CIITMINCS, J. DEXTER, until the question w # distinctly raised.: Heitlihrefqre hoped the house woqldipru- ! ceejl tbe copsideration o fthe several seO^^ tiops ! T h e first section was adopfedi Bf n (TEB S T A T E S ’ S E N A T O tl. G< q. M’CIute then moved that tbe icom- mirteeirise and report, as the hour h^d ar- rivek appointed for the election of Sehator tl ej IJ. S. ' T h e committee rosb and repcbit#^ when the house proceeded openly to! nominate a Senator, to represent this state ip tihe senate of the United States, as follp vk: firtfo Fan JBuren was nom ipaud by ,Me#r#. A’^'m^ttong, B#dw in, Beqcher, [Belli neOr, Bennett, Benson, Betts, salii & ^ p ton, Bryan, Buetdiu, A. J. Cbmpbeli, VV. Campbell, CbuidblU, Coddington, Cole, Comj Conklin, Cook, Countant, Cowles,, Craw ford, l^ay ton, Doty, Eckar, Edgertoh, E l- drecS:;#, Etnigb, Fisher, Foote, Gardner, GaMis 0 y, Gilchrist, Greene, Hart* Hay, Henil^rson, Jackson, J e n n in ^ , Jonesi, Jud- ^ q j iCing, Mesick, S . A. Pri^,j_Reynolds,^Rhoad, fieti , . .. Skik tier, L. Smith, R . S mith, T , R . $inidb, Secretaries. IT . 1 Petitions county, for the ny to construct IN s e n a t e . ' TxKsdayy February 6. , O f Inhabitants of Tonrokios incorporation of a wnipa- a canal from the (/»ydga ahAll o ^ n Abn i ^ y At t|y ^ ftlOj (vWle^S t8#O thet;#ira niiui ueror After, be asaighed,) W^edne#- day o f J a n lafj'; And a t i # # ! othdr times l^d plan#'##, by e p e c ia L ^ or r rr vision ofthe AssoCiat|bn may bti;ktoointed; that p ^ e n t ipembers fl^ l | retain their eifojttioba unln the the current y e i r a i ^ until rqplaced by Iho election o f ttew-.y»e«#f#|A in a f i f ttc recou mended tp nfs o f th.q.^ts&peCti'i e towns in cbd#g^; 4 Annal!y in the hy. ■vM.epJ^d At 4he’^ \ ‘” the bfth 4 ^ ■ q f Becj mber^ to ,leer ve in Aheoonventioir,ftfr t:hjB'#|iCeedinj year; and th e aeati d t - # # 4 ^ r lembors At'thA'tflfie o f ” lake tp the Sus<|uehannab river, a tfhe vil lage of Qwego: of the corporatiem of the city of N cw -'^irk, for the repeal of the law requiring T ie ta.\es on incorporations to be paid into the state treasury; remon- stranc# of inhat itants of Wayne county, a- gainst half-shiring that county; affidavit of James C. Hcffman, against dividing the to wns lof Beeknian and Freedom. Mr. Viele, fre m the committee on banks, teportbd ibiUtci incorporate the New-York Arcadje compai y. p A icoinrauni cation was received ftoro R'obei'jLTroup, Esq. tendering his fesigna- tion as ohe%f tjbe Rtigentsforfhe universi- -ihaf C k tj^bdence, '^1 jtiiqll|e there' ' ____^'ith f/qfiy , ; ^ ^ i f i e e |inti6ti# lintfi the ^e$sion, .jrueB Reeled \■'-' I appoin: 2W mu to be ^petit oua ami fo afjpoiut :: -44 ■.. f • ‘ ' •' '* • ■’ '■ *: jb # 'Company o / ^ o X * ? # tU e * ttiscovc^inai n ] A r a t» (/•witlt’A dieht heyottd % a fo AAtAfoof p ib i- ib # # in # a tt? fcm meiet, the eflbet . 7 . '■■ ;7 ]|Af|lti!duty oftiii* qtifoinittee ianjufm^e- ly ttipropoae for^tfclf 8%nature3 m tlm mbmbBrioftliui cd u t^titia, a p jtUjon to .pyritaW I#fiii|Atiira’ fo^rbeentu} j t!*e un equal, *nd <ppre®ii#e^'pi>eratioQ of tbe p t ^ e n t sy#lfi|b as aoppllcahle 44 • 4- 7-- ■ I ie .4 K \4 4 4 - r ‘;,7: ■['■* iv> •V I\' ... 4 '■7 / '’4' .- . 4 . •, r - . '4 4 ; 0 r 4 - .Ml-' J-' ■ I . I-'- 'j':‘ ■■ - T ; # inlkrh be f» sstess! W ardrdw well,ell, Welch,i W # bb tt t , Z a ^ e r , — ! IF. Taylor was nominatled by “ n, Ehnen- - 8 £. p Speiiker» Starkweather, Strong, Tborop- \ -son| ' ToTV'n,*^^ttle, W a W ' b Isftri M e b rk Barstow, Brown, D unham dorfj iGrangef, Halsted, Haswell, Jtiliand Liviigston, Morse, Parke, Parker,'Platt, Roc nefeller, Spencer, Stone, Tredwell,— 17.1' : l^hen Van Rensaelaer was noitiinated by [’Messrs. Johnson, McDonald, Stejv<ins, Tracy,—-5. liekiel' JSacon was nominated by Mess, fogs, pantine, Dauchy, F i s h ,-^ , Iberi H . Tracy was nominated by Me^#rS. I^vison, HamUton, O. S mith,—3 Ai^iUef Young was nominoted by' Mr. Hoflpagie*— 1. lomdSi J. Oakley was nbmiuated by Mr| fPrurapbour,— 11 . he absentees* were, Messrs. jBfasher, urtyj Cary, Chandler, CropsAy,, Def- reeli, Gilpert, Gros, Halsey, KenJOn, Mi;^ naill, Sackett, Sill, White, W illiam s-'iifi4 he result o f the nomfoations being de^ clalied, Mr. Foote introduced a ^Asolutioa! nominating, on tbe part o f thefaofoe^lM^I^M Tir VA5f B oren as a Se.natorJfo r e p f ^ sen; this $tate in the senate of the IK* the form of six years from and aftl^ Sd day of March, next, which was aui ited. ' , , i i he Ifon. the senate, in pursuance q f a resqlutiion, aitea^ea in th# assembfo chi raber for the purpose of comparing tb# noi aioatfons made by the two houses; and aft! ir siich comparison the president o f th e ser ate announced the concurrence d f th k tw) houses in the nomination o f Mr. Yah Btireh, and th e ,^ u a te wiffidftfiiF t o t h e i r Mierfc' . . ■ I ’ , , Myers, 7 X * - , . ^ # e t r o r i l i e reHefof the Hisforicat Boefoty, was ;p*ss^ Mfofofotiit- tee o f ‘the wheh ,M r, GardinerHh foe chair, apd tifd^ed to a third tAadingl. ! , \ T E D S T A T E S ’ S E N A T G R . hour of twelve haying arrived, the sRuat# proceeded to q choice o|f U. S. Sen ator, for « x years from the third day of March next, tc supply the vacancy Occa sioned by the] expiration of* the term of Hon. Martin Van Buren. Each member then bpenly nominated as follows: i^ojr Mortiv Van'Buren-UMessrs. Bo- gatdqs, Burfotrs, Canoll, Cbldenj Dayan, Ebw p rth,Eno5, Gardiner, Hager, Elaight, Kpy#s, Lake, Livingston, McCalK Mc Carty, Nelson* Gliver, Smith, Stebbins, Mcle, WatermkhrWoodward, W right.-8S. ^For F 2ck{etM 0^4^M essrs. Allen, Harjt, McMjartin, Sifone#!', Wllkesah.—5. ' . Crary. or James T h e last No. 6 f Sonthwibk’s National Gbsgrver, contains four lettei|s ffom indir vfonals who were mem*bers>M foe Lewis- fr>a^G©nventidii, , giving a hi$fo|y o f thefiis- pveries there m ade, in i?^ation 19 the-fate f !^in. Morgan. Thp frpt antificcond dated ai-Lewiston,i ifod — {Bates C o o k ,! w fc(prfenmti0 foe S a 'd is from Batavia, atid . the ilburfo, wfrich (jfontains the m b stauee' o f tlform fripatitiij, we give fom e icxtra^ f r o m . ^ p ^ ^ Gfo4 . FtachfiMiTy DjEAja S lit,—- I a rrived ffOto JILewSaon last S a turday evening. W 4 .lii^, nn in- tere s tih g 'm e e tin g , and feel tifirselve? jamply eotopfinsated a l l puij trouble and,expfoise.| T W e npv^r m a n t h a n , iC o o ^ % as,;th’e day in a tw e ^ i y e d ;■ h p Ineeded ptir presence afoq cp-oferatiqn* T h e Ir^fornity in ahd^ aboilt Lew iston Iwetieiii a terrible sifow at Our arrival, [find foreateneSV o i^erfiilly^ W e paid n p 'attention to thejfo t h e first night.— E a r ly i^ th e m o m i ^ w e all s tarted in a body f o r F o r t G e o rge. W e engaged |a. room at a public Aoasp, arid C o o k in form ed 0 r --------- o | ottt* ydsh tnjaae a n d ! c o n v erse witifeJanii; ;!m -came*. jWEpre s to r y , pfetty m u c h as Cooit^lms [informed p s ; o n ly th a t his statem e n t w as m o re fall a n d T^ariicuiar j H e 00 m - m lm lcated rath e r foo## : to m iticipated. H e correctei viz, ■ torn fo r t h w ith ! f£iS|' infortner was* whose statem e n t ‘ w as all Put writing* in th e form P f ^ w'hich jlie stands reafiy tp ^ g n a t a s ^ tim e when it ^ h a f r M f o e e p ^ i ; : A-frer leajring F o r t G e o rge,-w e to F o r t N iagara, and C o l. JeW e t|3jenig sick, we em p loyed the tayerfr fcppper under th e hill to a s s s t in ejfomifong t h e m agazine, th a t hpiBg the only p a r t of the F o r t th a t w e th o u g h t # o r t h exam ining ; and we foti&d iapees th e re that satisfied u s , tfrat J ^m a s thave r, Jordan. t.'MtiMicHael. Mr. Birdscj^A w asaBli^pfofoe city.] Vhercupon it was ve$olv#^That Man- Tih Y kk BuEjE.N was dniy fr^iinated on the part of the femiate. _ 4', The senate foen proceeded to the A 0 se|n- bly chamber f and having compated t i e , respective nofoinafions of the two honsi^'^ *. .n..’’'WA \ I it was anu 6 un|;ed that M ar I' in Y aj # B » PEN was duly appointed senatorofiJif U, Slates for six years from the 3d o f ‘Mitfeh After proceeding to executive business, tbe senate adjourntid- T e e n there, and pirobahly'there e x ecuted. T h is p a r t o f foe Fpitt ne^gy^ had been exam ined b e f o ^ . W e had s e v e ral witaeksejs h efinfe pSi who in their testim o n y <»jrrpbPriatt^4foe principal fonts of! - ------ ’s i would w rit^ m o re at ]pngth,. hut , ^ y # not tim e before the m ail closes say, th a t ithe deiegation thought fof^tp a p p o int a c o m j ^ t p e tp draft lin a c c o a h t o f the tr a p s a c t ^ s w©st here, ^od to petitip a the G o ^ retaor to offer alaw g e r rpwfo’d for th e disclosure o f t h e fote^ o f liiYp* undcr- stand since our retiifrn, .thq : '- . . and— have le f t fop country b a g t i M .:^ ^ a g p ^ ^ ’ _ -' ''' ' Mr. From foe [’hfe S enate did not sT o n Safordail tbi 34 mst. In the H ouse , a bill for m kfrg an appropriation to deepen tii# chat ncl of navigation from St. Mary^s river i tqi: Jubn’s river in Florida, was read,! s6i jond time, and Made the.order for Mpi day. jTRe debate on Mr, Saunderjs^rtiiL ,; lu : onfrelative tp the removal, aBd c a u s ti'if to 1 loval, o f Printers o f the Laws of f o e ^ f S|iite|, Was then continued:, smd |k#Bf < with |om e ivarnufr until the htfot for CpL bad-passed, *' f c l l l - d | S t T h e speaker laid befote the a e i s p ntifober of cgmnmoications from tfie HS#-' foiVeDepartment, Among others,? , A letter from, the seerjetary p f wAr, tr^nsmiumg a repoji of ifre C h fof ^ Gfonff V ofontpfths^a# . ... Pf^!wptif' m a n q l^fofes, I M ^ t e d M f o i f o •i'7 ! i- / 'I -'4il’4-,. ■... ■ !»■' - • - V 4 . ■ ft.* ■■;■ 5*^:^o3tttion ,o|^ t e l / I; \V\ -V N * . / r ;■ 7 m m ^.■■'’4A,,-\ ■ I 10f foo. m p lito fotit b ody was cone srned i a i B i s s a p s a s I s K ted * n i.)oflaB e 4 iia»-at;b)i^ l a S S E t f * W M i l (Ay© *;pi ’^DRK M 0 « - J :>K'* . ■ V4'-'Vf :::4rr^*4 ;74 ’•'• 4 - ' m . - ; i-' ■ '- ' L ■ 4! 7 ' 7.^ ■ 7 S ; , * 444'\: JM flf 4 •'- 7 : - 4 ..‘ V r a H t t K ,'aiA e s;V W » I f foty cofitoiiw ? Sngs ? 'blit, 'w t l e n e ^ a n d j 1 c a lcate a jd feigoym eat d I vidual, and j ^ p e r s o n a l^ Tha-efgr< ^ e r , foat w4 la s a bod y ,; iaporobationl l lation to fo J l^ p x g a n ; ad Isdnie, as a j iIaWs,Sna*fo^ ip e r f o n a l lift ^ 'o f &nr free I J Grand Roau iN e w - Y o f k .j ^ a t a v i a ] r ' I | | V. S. Senate I'W Kfrom-this'.at! Bmominsjed is BFers of the ^sable to staa ^ drew from tlr I I I In abedij I the resolutij P vention, i the 7 th -inf ceedings hi da foe Pari| sented. ing was 01 ' - 0 Sankrui th e Banki \ t e an T a § 3 d seotip] by th e biti frad a ’vote p f i ■wPre'foec menfonehl - T ^ queJ /Pngrtissinf and lo s t,' A Y E 3 - 4 <Jhandler,t Johnson, Ridgely, Md^Tbbmd ■ Chandler,' Findlay, Macon, Ml BeedjEowf Tazewell, ' T h e H m arks a secoud i by St y ^ t e f d a j friends,- decisive a vote of b a r q f t l to t i n g od ^ e d jh e y ^ i frave a uiltil foe] revolutic be efleetj inconvei unequal,] now e x i I confedei Unite foe I5 th | to C o u | relatiM fo e g & e i ’G p o r ^ a J to th e . conclufo ; - i t d duty to ocutive gia shot fo e tit up| solem n laws superadt fh a t of ^ei the to or fo« o|rted) sPf a i p ^ ip f. tim e . [■ ■ <oXigres 4 ^ ftrihetsjj shry 0T4 •cy w h ic| duep.” cortier, dprstanc if i t CUB j o f h is s ( P r i n c e ' this chit j j theffajD A UPSAtO are eo | -AnGj Jews anq vjilfe, InJ 1 P f o iey ,] , ifotiid, ; Xpif ti. 1 -.wulaaf.l^ 1/ -
