Concppor.dence of llie Carolinian.
r - Washikgt; Dec. 15, 1845.
! The following ietler was written for. last
Saturday's paper, tLit the uiail did-n..t? bring
it. Therefore,, part of, it was oql ofdate.
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la tne - criminal -vonrr, wnen nis cmiusei
presentment of the grand jury, whi. h they
contended a equal to an acquittal. This
presentment is as. hallows : . The jurors of
he U. Stales do upou their oaths, present Mr
H. Elliott for causing the death of VV. Z. Keu
tlall, by shooting him i;h a pistol, in slf
defence, wheir.he' was attacked by- ad re
treating ftoiri :said Kendallj oh or about the
23d day of August, 1345.'' ' '
The Court fJudge Crawford) delivered a
ngthy opinion on announcing thejrresent
ent. Yd whrch 'Drecedeutd are quoted, 'aud
me
uhirh concludes wish ihisgwiriieu
I 'kVio'w no respoli-ibifity but that which I
oWV God aud io couscieuce, for an up
Vight discharge of duty. Here, however, there
ta none but what rests in the grand jury, who
discharged their cru ry with consciousness and
iutegritjy'l have neither doubt, nor light to
doubt, n . ':" - ' ' ' .
I am ofrpiuioo the accused ' is emitled,
uudcrthe presentment rnadet to his discharge,
and io, acpoVdingly.' wdif". ,
Elliott was, accordingly. disrhared, aud
left the XVout,'acco.mpMiied by his relation".
I incline td think the judge and grand jury do
rfot privately Coincide in opinion, judging
from the remaiks jut quutcd and the lad thai
be rtfiu-ed bail when Elliott was tirt appre
hended. - IvHioH vv.is assu'edly guilty ofowe
Ciiuk, although pan (ally .on the deftmiye at
the time, but,. Turwnnt of a legal definition,
that cMoe goo.s u-aaloned lor.
Professor Hewitt is determined not to let
iJeprliab,,or hfs daughter either, bo sacrificed
that oratorio haying been brought out for
the foui ih time here on Tuesday last. The
" Swi.ss Bell Riugerjs," Dr. Valenliue, ihe
Mimic, and' Hannah Grouse, the Ohio dwarf
giantess, arc all here tickling the ' fancies,
twitching the faces, and taking in the " physi
cal actualities of.pur uulropolifes. As for
the Bell Ringers, so'much ol'ihe yonkee has
been attiibuted to them, that it will take them
some time to ring . in."
I see uothiiii; more of "Bundlecund," in the
Union. Has be q-iilted the Tariffites? Real
ly, if there were- not so rnurh "aid about war,
otie would aliuot find Gallon the fool's
"Haw! haw! haw!' infectious. How strange
it is that paitv spectacles giv things such a
difireut complexion ! , The cleaY-sighted
democrats ee, soincthiug new in Bundle
cund's calculations,, as plain as a pikestaff;
but the whis vow that he steals his idea from
jVdam Smith's "wealth of Nations. Were
they all as little adtlicled to figures as I am,
Bunzlecund would do !as welras Bundle-
mid.''
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. . Yours, &e. C. D.
lemocratic rMcctinjr.
IN SAMPSON.
At a meetiug f a portion of ihe democra'ic
paity, held agreeable ii previous notice, at the
Couit House iu Cliutou on the 2Uih ins'.,
on motion of Dr Wm McKoy, the ineetiug
was organized by calling Dr B Stith to the
Chair, and appointing Josiab Johnson-Sec'y.
After n brief address fiom Dr Wm McKoy,
on motion of A B.Chesnut, Esq., the chair
appointed A .B Chesnjif, Wm McKoy, and
Jos iahJ4inso, a committee to draft a pream
ble and resolutions fur the consideration of
tho meeting. Shotlly after, the committee
reported the following preamble and resolu
tions which were unanimously adopted '
Whereas, it his been dele mined to hold a
Convention of Delegate, to assemble in Ihe
city of Raleigh, on the 8th of January tn-xt,
for the purpose of nominating a suitable in
dividual as a candidate to bo suppoited by the
democratic party in the ensuing gubernatorial
campaign ; and whereas we, a portion of the
democratic paity of Sampson, feel tin abiding
interest in every thing pertaining to the ad
vancemeut of pure repuUlu-au principles, and
wishing to contribute nil that lies in our pow
er to that end. theref ire,
Resolved, That this meeting does most
cordially approve of the object of the oropnsed
Convention.
Reso'ved, That this meeting will appoint
two or more delegates from each distiii t in the
county, to be named by the Chairman, to at
tend the said convention to be held in Raleigh
on the 8th of January.
Resolved, That having thf utmost confi
dence as to the result of the Convention, we
hereby pledge ourselves to use nil honorable
means to secure the elect iou of its nominee,
whoever he may be. .,
In accordance with one of the above reso
lutions, the chair provided aud appointed ihe
following list of geulleriicn as delegates:
Josiah Johnson, .
Jleury Moore,
J C Will id ms,
J W Lue,
N C Fuisou.
C F Shaxv,
1V1 J Faisu,
"Win Bowden,
Joel Nines,
E C Gavin,
David Murphy,
J S Parish,
J P Treadwell,
W TO wens,
M White,
Chas Cogdell
Kilba Lassiter, .
G II Doughty,
',':jUih"d Hetiiog,
ft
JJ Jweu,
J"oh Spell, -
t,IXavid Spell,
John Goodwin,
' 5 !J B Cox:
On motion of J Johuson, it was
Resolved, That lho delegates have the
power to fill any vacancies that may occur iu
their body.
On motion of A B Chesnm, Esq.. it was
ordered that the Secretary forward a copy of
the proceedings of this meeting to the Ualei-'h
Standard, -Ihe.. Norlh Carolinian, and the
Wilmington Journal, for publication.
The tneeting then adjou'iied.
B. S I1TH, Chairman.
Josiaii Johnson, Scc'y.
.We perceive by our Western papers, that
, sexeral parties of emigrants are gelling, ready
to start for California. One body, consist
ing, of a thousand iu number, contemplate
Jeaving Arkansas next spring. Another and
more numerous company is forming in Mis
souri, and in Illinois a band of pioneers are
orgeniztng all declined for that Eldorado of
the prcseut day.
29tli f ,'ofesrrass--1 st ScgsiQPy
IMPORTANT DEBATE.
:r;X. . ' SENATE. - -
Monday, Dec. 15. A Dumber of pIate
claims were presented lo the Senate and re
ferred to the appropriate committees.
The important topic in the Senate was the
resolutions of Genl. Cass, inquiring into the
onditioo of the Navy Incapacity for defend
ing ihe coasts of ihe United States, and
whether an iucrease is not necessary, &c.
A No inquiring into the state of ihe National
foriificaHousv and whether other defensive
works are u necessary and into Ihe state,
condition and quantity of ihe military supplies
if the fou-itry. Al-o inquiring iulo the coti
diiiou of the militia of the United States, and
instructing the Committee on the Militia to
report such changes in the p-eent militia sys
tem; as shall rendur it available for defence.
Mr Cass addressed Ihe Senate in support
of biis resolutions. Me said it was evident
from public opiniou iu both countries ihaL a
crisis was l'at approaching iu the iater
coiirseof KnUnd aiid the United State,
and that nothing but n compromise by
a voluntary --aueririce of the claims of
one or both countiies, to ihe Oregon territory,
coyld keep Ihe peace. , The Uniied States
couki; Ulot submit to arbitration ; ihe umpire
would lahhast necessarily be selected from
Europe, aud the prejudices of European
monarchies against free governments ren
dered it unwise policy lo trut Americau rights
lo those powers, who are, also, more or le.
under the influence of Englaud. He knew
there was no great party, aud he hoped there
were few individuals, in this country, who were
prepared lo accept t-ven ihe mosl liberal offer
of great Biilain. Her pretensions and ours
aro so widely different, that there is no middle,
ground. We claim the whole territory, but
have made most liberal offers of compromise,
which have been icjected. We cauuot recede
from this position. Nothing was ever gained
by national pusillanimity It is easier to de
feud the first inch than the last -to defend the
door-sill than the heartb-slone. We cannot
recede we caouot stand still ; the curreul of
emigration is onwards, and this government
cannot if it would lurn it back. Its citizens
are taking possession of territory clearly th-ir
own ; and ihey depeud upon this government
lo protect them in their possessions; and it
cannot be refused. The continuance of the
j'inl occupancy he considered out oflhe ques
lion -it could not exist. He spoke of the
difficulties of haviug two governments or sets
of laws over the two communities in Oregon.
He did not consider that the notice of tho
close of the joint occupancy was at all a beli
gereut measure it was a treaty right. He
hoped that England might awaken to a sense
of her injustice, and yield, as she could do,
honorably aud rightfully. But he feared she
would not.
He then referred to the disposition of Eng
land t interfere to prevent the annexation of
'lexas; and showed that while England was
chargiug the Uniied States with au immoder
ate grasping after territory, aud eulogizing her
own moderation, she, a 41 little island off the
western coast of Europe, has girded the earth
with her fortifications, and covered the ocean
with her fleets." " The world has never seeu.
said he, .since the fall of the Roman empire,
such a colossal power as Englaud has built
up. Her subjects, inhabiting her possessions,
number more than one-sixth of the inhabitants
of the globe, and her dominions in square
miles making more thau one-eighth of the
habitable world."
The annexation of Texas was the latest,
but he hoped it would not be the last acquisi
tion to the American Union. He had uo fear
that the extension of lerritoiv would weaken
our government. " e nave an adhesive
and life-preserving principle in ihe exercise
of political power by ihe great body of ih peo
ple." I le then quoted the speeches of Eord
J no. Russell, Sir RobeM Peel, and Lord
Clarendon, made iu Parliament on the receipt
oflhe President's Inaugural, in which they
said thai ICugland could make no proposal
less than the 49th degree lo the Columbia,
and thence ihn Columbia to it mouth; that
British rights in Oregon are clear aud irresisti
ble, and ihey were prepared to maintain them,
&c. " Under these imposing circumstances,"
said Mr Cas, " we may well ask oflhe watch
mau, what oflhe night. I take it for grauted
that the United States will give the notice of
the cessation of the joint occupancy, aud if
we do, aud Euglaud will not compromise, we
shall have war. Therefore let us look our du
ties aud our difficulties full in the face. Let
us exhibit the spectacle of au undivided peo
ple, anxious for peace; but ready for war."
lie thought that the only hope of avoiding a
war was to exhibit a determination to prose
cute it lo the utmost should it come. It was
under these circumstances that he submitted
these resolutions to the Seuaie and asked their
concurrence
Mr Mangum rose to reply. Ho regretted
the introduction of the resolutions as prema
tare. He said he had a fair and generous
eoufideuce iu the President." We are glad
to hear it.-- lie had bceu led to believe thai
matters were a grcal deal worse thau they are :
but since his arrival in Washington, he had
found a degree of moderation quite unexpect
ed, and he iras trilling to commit all mat
ters of negotiation to hint." But if he failed
to settle it, and war must come, it would be
vastly preferable to a surrender of the uationa!
rights aud national honor, and he undertook
to say, that if war should come, there would
not be an anti-war man in Ihe country.
He thought; the resolutions supererogatory.
If the defences of Ihe country weie weak,
the answer to these iuquiiies oflhe resolutions,
would give the information iu an official form
to the world. 'J'he Committees oflhe Senate,
be thought, would make the inquiries as a
matter of duty, without ibo resolutions. ' He
said if ihe President was cetrain that war was
inevitable, he ought to inform ihe Senate
thereof, in secret session he ought lo- keep
uothiug from ihem; and lhat, in that case,
every man of the Senate would stand by the
President. ThU of Mr MangunVs
speech is said to be a manoeuvre of bis to
elicit from Mr Cass whether there was any
thing behiod the screen which the wh.de Sen
ate had not been informed of.
Mr Mangum thought that if ever a war with
Great Britain occurred, her whole possessions
on this continent would be -swept from her.
He .thought that every Mnanr in ihe United
States ought to rise up against further colo
nization by adjr nation oti this continent
It had been suggested, he said, lhat Oregon
might desiie to become an independent gov
ernment, but he considered that impossible.
When the American emigrant looks back
to the graves aud recalls the heroic deeds of
their fathers in. the cause of liberty and Amer
ica, they will never dream of alienating them
selves from the land where they first drew the
breath of freedom."
Mr Mangum closed by moving that the
further consideration of the resolutions be
postponed till to-moirow, but the Senate did
not agree to it.
Mr Allen, of Ohio, democrat, then address
ed the Senate. He hoped the resolution
would pass, and without the obstruction of a
solitary vote. He thought their rejection
would do more to paralize the energies of
the country, than any one act the Senate
could do. He thought there was uo impro
priety iu the resolutions, even if we were on
the most peaceable terms with all nations
much less in the present aspect. Our space
will not pe mit so long a notice oflhe remarks
of the other speakers. Mr Alleu . replied to
Mr Mangum, combating his objections to
the passage of the resolutions. - .! ;
Mr Archer, whig, also opposed tbtf reso
lutions. He believed the resolutions had on
ly bceu introduced to a fiord a little splutter
about patriotism. Mr Mangum .called him
to order. Mr Archer said be meant no dis
respect to any body. He showed it, if he
did not mean it ; or ele he had not sense
enough to know what disrespect was.j He
went on to show what be considered would
be the effect of this debate; aud while ho de
clared hi determination lo vole for the reso
lution, he made a real panic speech by de
pleting the horrors of war.
When Mr Archer closed, the Senate ad
journed as a mark of respect lo the memory
of Mr Peyton, of Teunessee, who died some
mouths ago.
Tuesday, Dec. 16. After the usual busi
ness of the morning, of presenting petitions,
claims, &., the debate on Genl. Cass' re
solutions was lesumed by Messrs Niles, Crit
tenden, Webster, Sevier, Berrien, Sic. 'J'he
prevailing opinion of those who opposed the re
solutions seeming to be that there would uot be
war on the Oregon question Mr Sevier .said,
in his humble opiniou war would come; lor two
reasons : one is, that G eat Britain has never
receded from any position until forced lo re
cede, and the other was, that the Uniied States
will never recede. Messrs Clayton, Breese,
and Woodbridge, also made some remarks,
aud ihe question on passing ihe resolutions
was lakeu. and they passed UNANIMOUS
LY. Wednesday". The Seuate to-day proceed
ed to complete the eleclioti of the Standing
Committees, ou motion of Mr Haywood.
That beinn through with, the election of
Printer nxt came up. Some were for fixing
beforehand the price that should be paid ;
others were for electing and then fixing the
price; and others for electing lo be' paid at
the usual prices fixed by law. Mr Penny
backer of Ya., said that the prices for print
ing were fixed by a law oi'iho laud, of 1819,
aud Ihey had no right to alter it except by
another law.
The election then came ou, aud Messrs
Ritchie & Heiss received 27 votes, aud Gales
& Seatou 20. The whi Senators, though
anxious as they pretended, to h ive the print
ing done cheap, did not vole for (he men lhat
offered to do it cheap, but voted for their own
party organ.
Thursday. Mr Alleu offered the follow
ing joint resolution :
Resolved by the Seuate and Houe of Re
presentatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Presideut
of the United States be, aud he is hereby, ad
vised lo give, forthwith, notice to Great
Britain, that the government of the United
btates will, in virtue oflhe second article of
the convention of the sixth of August, A. D.
eighteen hundred and iweuty-seven, between
ihe United Stales and Great Britain, relative
to the joint occupancy of the Oregon territory;
and, after the expiration of twelve month-
from the day on which such notice shall have
been received by the government of Great
Britain, annul aud abrogate that convention.
This resolution was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mr Jenuess presented resolutions from the
Legislature of New Hampshire, iu relation
lo Oregou, asserting the right of ihe United
Slates to the whole of that territory ; and con
demning the interference of Great Britain to
prevent annexation.
Mr Atchison offered resolutions instructing
the Committee on Territories to inquire into
the expediency of organizing a Government
for Oregon leiritoiy ; and instructing the
Committee ou Military Affairs to inquire iulo
the expediency ot erecting blockhouses from
the fioutiers of Missouri to the Rocky Moun
tains, aud orgauizing a corps of tnouured
rillemen lor ihe protection, ot emigrants to
Oregon; and instructing the Committee ou
Public Lands to iuquire into Ihe expediency
of giving lauds lo the settlers iu Oregon ; in
structing the Committee ou the Militia to in
quire into the expediency of arming aud or
ganizing the Militia of Oregon; establishing
ludiau Agencies and a post route.
. A number of other resolutions of a private
nature were offered, and ibe Senate weut into
Executive sessiou to adjourn over to Monday.
Monday. A number of petitious against
ibo admission of Texas aud ou private sub
jects were presented.
The joiut resolutions passed by the House
for the adtni-siou of Texas into the Union as
a State, were then taken up, and Mr Webster
addressed ihe Senate in opposition to their
passage ; his objections being ihe danger of
exteudiug our territory so much ; and on ac
count of its being a slavebolding Slate.
Mr Berrien Mated 'his reasous for votin
for the resolution?. He considered that h
was not au opeu question. He opposed has
long as it was so, but now, it was the law,
and be could not vote agaiust it.
Messrs Niles and Huntington of Connec
ticut, and Bagbjr of Ala., stated briefly ftoir
view?, and without Anther debate, the retolu-
lions wero passed, with but -13 dissenting
voices, and tby all whig, and mUf northern
nun- . Kf
. , HOUSE, t r - . :;
MofitfATr iec. 15 A) remonstrance
against the annexation ofTefss, was preseo
ted by Mr Rockwell, from Connecticut. He
made uoie remarks onTi the suliject, not of
much impoitauce. He wanted it printed aud
referred lo a "committee, but it was laid on the
table for the present. A uumber of petitious
were Iheu presented by members from the
different Slates. Most of these, petitions
were from aboIitiouits against the annexation
of Texas, as a hve State. One from Ohio,
taled that the petitioners hoped the Ohio del
egation would withdraw from the House and
call on all the free States to do the same, and
take measures foi forming another confedera
cy. This petition was laid on the table. -
Thursuat. The Speaker announced that
the special order of the day for consideration,
was the joint resolutions for the admission of
Texas as a State. The following are the
resolutions : - ; V " X
Joint Resolutions for the admission of the Slate
of Texas into the Union.
Whereas the Congress of the United State, by
a "joint resolution," approved March the first, cijn
leen hundred aud (brly-five, did consent that Ihe
territory properly included within, and rightfully
belongi ng to the republic of Texas, might be erected
into a new State, to be called the State of Texas,
with a republican form of government to be adopted
bv the people of said republic, by deputies in con
vention assembled, with the consent of the existing
government, in order that the same might be ad
mitted as one of the Slates of the Union which
consent of Congress was i vca upon cerrain coii-
d:tion specified in I lie fi at and second section of.
said joint resolutions : And w hereas ihe people
oftliesaid republic of Texas, by deputi- s in con
vention assembled, with the con.-enl ol the exi-ting
government, did adojtl a constitution and t reel a
new Slate, with a republican form ot government
and in lire name of the people ol Texas, ami by
t tcir authority, did ordain and dtilurt that ihey
absented t and acepted the propoa st conditions,
and guarantees contained in the ud tirstand second
suctions of said resolution: And whereas the said
constitution, uith the proper ev.dcnce of it. adop
tion by Ihe people of tho r pu!lic of Tcxus, has
been transmitt- d to the President of Ihe United
States, and laid before Congress, iu conformity lo
the provisions of said joint resolution: Thercfi-re.
Resolved by tho Senate and House ol Represen
tatives ot the United States of America in Congress
assemble d, Th.it ihe Slate of Texas utiall beone,
and is hereby declared lo he one, of ihe United
States of America, and admitted into the Union on
an equal foo'ing with the original States, in all re
spects vh;rev-r.
And be it fcrlher resolved, That, until I h rep
resentatives in Congress shall be apportioned ac
cording to an actual enumeration ol the inh.l i ;n s
of the United States, th Slate ol Texas shall b:
entitled to choos two representatives.
These resolutions produced quite a flutter
among the whig of ihe House; aud all soils
of manoeuvres were tried to get them laid on
the table, or postponed, but it would not do.
Some of iho whigs wanted lo make long and
windy speeches ou ihe vuhject, aud were much
disappointed because ihe majority would not
allow the time of the House to be wasted in
that way. Mr R-ckwell of Massachusetts,
however, a whig, made a short speech oppos
ing the Resolutions, because Texas was a
slave Stale.
After every obstacle bad been thrown in the
way, wiihout effect, the resolutions were at lwl
passed, by 141 lo 56. The whil North
Carolina delegation, democrats aud whigs
voting for thtir passage, to their honor be it
said. All that voted against them were abo-
All that voted against them were
litiouits, or the abettors of abolitionists ; and
all whigs but three.
Weunesdat. The resolutions of the leg
islature of Massachusetts, respecting the re
vision oflhe naturalization laws, were before
the House, aud one of the ISutivists wished
to have them referred lo a heiect committee.
This caused considerable debate, in which
Native Americanism fared badly. The debate
lasted all day, aud was resumed on
Thursday, when Mr Levin, a Native
American whig, from the city of Pnilndelphia,
look the fl ) r and advocated the cause of Na
tive Amri.'auism. The whole day was oc
cupied iu the discussiou of the question o
the alteration of the naturalization laws.
FrIdav. Mr Dromgoole, from the Com
mittee of Ways aud Means, by ihe general
consent oflhe House, reported "a bill to pro
vide for the organization of ihe treasury, and
for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and
disbursement of the public reveuue;" whieh,
on his motion, was read twice, and referred
to the Committee of the whole on tho slate of
the Uuion. The House then adjourned oCer
to Monday.
Monday. To-day the House eb-cted Rev.
Mr Milbu'Ue of Illinois, Methodist clergy
man, Chaplain to tue House. No other busi
ues was done.
Valuable Statistical Table. We are
indebted lo a friend lor a useful little work
just published in England, called ' The
Statistical Companion to the pocket book,"
by C. R. Weld, Esq, and it abouuds with
useful statistical information, a few specimens
of which we copy below :
Population of the Globe.
Population.
236,000,000
'43tt,000,0P'0
90,000,000
47,000,000
" 1,500,000
20,000,000
Area square
miles.
3,674,641
I8,COO,000
2,f00,0(;0
14,050,000
4,000,000
10,000,000
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Australasia
Oceauica
Total 824,500,000 60,734,S41
Classification of Mankind, according to their
Religions.
Christianity in all its branches. 260.000,000
Judaism 5,000,000
Islam
" 96,000,000
80,000,000
230,000,000
153,000,000
Brahmanism
Bhuddism
Other religious
Tolal 824,000,000
Classification of -Mankind according to their
languages..
The researches made by Balbi, for the con
duction of bis Alias Ethnographique, have
led him to set down the number of known
languages as 2,000, at least, but the imperfect
slate of kthn..graphy, he stales, has allowed
h'o,iV , ul 860 'anguages, and about
5,000 dialects of which ni.mh.rti.t 1.
guages belong to Asia, 53 to Europe, 1
Africa, 117 to Ooeanica, and 422 to J
ica.
15 to
Atner-
The Cause or Belig ion in the United
States would eee'in to be in highly prosperous
condition. "The American Almauac;and
Repository of Useful Knowledge for the year
1S46," is a very useful compilation of statistics
concerning the United States. From k we
extract the following summary of the princi
pal denominations iu the United States, ac
cording tcjfreturna made by themselves iu 1843
and 1845: t
Commu
nicants. 1,071,800
72,099
166,487
12U.645
60.00U
45,500
31,214
75,0 0
146,000
6,000
1,157,249
60,000
3,000
20,000
15.C00
15,01)0
58,000
202.25C
30,000
60,Q00
5,IM)0
719,973
3,"55
6.00U
61,372
10,000
iu,troo
35.HOO
Churches.
Roman Catholics, 675
Protestant EpiscopaPns, 1,934
Presbyterians, old school, 2,IS6
Do. new do. 1,484
Cumberland Presbyte'ns, 670
Other classes v do. 63f
Dutch Reformed, 279
Gorman 'o. :750
ters.
709
1.M6
1,523
1.263
T, 30U
. . 293'
271
: 191
501
- -24
12,445
1.SU0
75 ;
6H)
00
250
250
1,275
250
5i0
3d
5,?97
22
52
771
's 83
1,750
982
Evangelical Lutherans, 1,232
Moravians.' 22
Methodist Episcopal, ' '
Methodist Protestant - '
Reformed Methodists,
Wesleyan do.
Germ. do. (Unit. Bret h'n) 1,800
Allbright do (Evan. Ass'i.) 000
Ainnnonita, 40'
Orthodox Con'rn'nalist V 1,420
Unitarian
do.
30U
Univ rsaUts,
Sw denborgiaos.
Regular Biptit,
Sixth Principle do.
Seventh Day . do.
Free Will do.
Church of God lo.
576
41
9,479
17
j- '" 6
1,165
125
R form'd do ranipU'lifcc-a gMJO
Christian do. Unitarians. 650
Total, - 28,074 32.563 4,456,544
If we allow 1 2,000 churches forth sr Methodist 'e
nominations thai art It-It l!ai.k ja Jhv talde, e
will find that ihe whole number of churches in
the. United Stales is ," , 40,074
Th': numb r of Ministers amount to ' 32,5C't
And llie numtrer of communicants, 4,456,544
From this it appears that the whole num.
I'er of regular cmnniun ica tits is about onc
tifth of the population of ihe Uniied Slates.
If we put down ihe cot of erecting all
those churches at between 5 aud $10,000
each, the gross amount paid out for lhat purpose
w ill be $305,550,000. The gross amount of
motley expended in religious worship will
theu appear to be as follows :
Salaries of 32.563 Ministers, at
$500 each, $16,281,500
I merest at 6 per cent, on the
cost of the churches, 18,333,300
Total, $34,614,800
Thus we sec that the religious woithip of
one-fifth part of the people id this country
costi annually the immense sum of $34,614,
SO0, being a greater aitiouul thau is required
tor the expenses of the government aud all it
branches, to which may be added sevcial mil
lions more, paid in supporting and holding
missions abroad.
HOUSES OF IJNBURNT BRICK.
Mr J. B. Bag-w'cil, in a communication to
the Albany Cultivator, dated Chinguacousey
Cauada West, August, 1844, says':
He have a method of building- cheap good
houses here of unburnl brick, of which 1
don't recollect lhat any notice has been taken
iu your p;iper. an J which I thiuk are admira
bly, adapted to any part oflhe country. 'Ihe
plan is as follows : First find out some strong
adhesive clay, the! sf router the better, throw
up a quantity of it and mix plenty of straw
or sedge grass; cut about six inches Ion r.
Put in sufficient water to iiitike a strong mor
tar and tread with oxen or horses to a con
sistency lo be made Into brick. Mould them
lo any size you wish, from eighteen inches
by nine to the size of common brick ; they
are generally moulded here as long as the
wall is thick say eighteen by nine, ami six
inches thick. After being- dried in the sun,
like other brick, they are ready for building-,
and can be put up with either clay or mor
tar, or lime mortar, as i; is convenient. Linn
is of course the best. They should be built
on g-ood stone or oak sili found Jiion, 18 in
dies from the ground, and the eaves of the
roofshould project over two foot, to prevent
the v.aler lodging. The chimney can be
built of a sma!er size, except the fire place
and above the roof. The plaster is put on
the wall without Hthing. both inside and out
side, it being- usually roughcast. If five or
six nails are driven into each brick, lo within
half an inch of the head, they wi prevent the
roughcast from falling; off, but it will slick
close enough io the wall on the inside with
out. A frame is fitted on the wall where
floors are wanted lor the joists to fit into, if
for good houses, but if for a cheap kind, sim
ple two inch plank are laid on Ihe wall, aud
the joists laid on them for the floor.
The houses are at once cheap and durable
being very warm in the winter und cool in the
summer, and always free from damp Being
generally frost proof, flowering plants can be
kept in them in the winter with the greatest
ease. A friend of mine, a few miles from
here, w ho formerly lived at Albanylr John
Holmes, has built a very good one of this
kind and he' finds it nil that he can desire a
hm.se to be. Mr EJlsworth, of the Patent
oifice at Hashingtou ha's-also built one.
The wife of Mr Morse, a member of Con
gress from Louisiana, wa delivered of a son
on board ibe steamer Cir.ciunalus. while ac
companying her husband to Washington.
T he boy was named Ciucinuatu, in bouoi
oflhe steamer. .; ; -
A Miss Elizabeth Van Valkenbursh.
in
Fulton county, N. Y., has been convicted of
poisoning her busband,' and sentenced to be
hung on the 24th of January next. -
Extravagance- While thousands are
pinched by the hard gripe of poverty and are
suffering from the want of the absolute neces
sities of life, we see ou the other band in
stances of extravagant expenditure which be
fit rather the splenoid show of an Eastern
court than tbe plain simplicity that should dis
tinguish a republic. At a sale of Chinese
goods on Wednesday last, in New York, a lot
of shawls was sold, one of which brouoht
$455, another $425, a third $350, and seven
other. $250 each. And tbi too in . cS"
whose police reports are continually informing
usol people dying of cold and destitution.-!
Charleston Aevts.
Englaud akd the Urited STiTti-
I ih . P60!' of the United
Stales to hiSw truth, and understand their
actual condiQiDa well as the secret thin",
going on ill' ttiiir midst. England, ever
since Jlhif toy?f Sh Robert Vlalpole, has
pensioned traitoiaur; every nation with whom
tbey have bad serious difficulties ; aud with
what nation nave they not bad disturbances
growing out of her overweening commercial
cupidity ? Walpole's maxim was, ihat every
roan has his pi ice," and, if be could not ar
proach hirn directly, it could be done indirect
ly. Frunce and Spain often acted on the
same principle the lat'er of ' whom had a
pensioner in Kentucky iu her supreme court
from 17S7 to 1.795,. and for many years pre
vious to our late war, England had her John
Henry in Boston to iiitrigiie with ihe federal
traiiors of Massachusetis to corrupt aud mi,
lead the ambitious demagogues of that "uoble
old State.V. r.O ue of llolivar's aids was an
Englishman, who, for stvernl years previous
to 1828, controlled ma uy of hi political nuve
ments, and secured exclusive advantages to
the commeice of that nation, until the people
of Bogota' lose. in their wrath, aud put him to
death. . So England, during Bonaparte's con
tinental wars, had her. emissaries iu everj
court of Europe, as well as the secret councils
of BonaparfeV cabinet. al ibis moment,
she has her pensioned scoundrels and ptes.cs
iu the Uuiied Stated Do you wuh to know
w ho ihey at e, ,M r v Ediioi I ;' Just mar k the
man oi ihe press who is always taking sides
against his ow n govcriiment in its controver
sies with other 1iatroiis. -"JVho but a trailer to
his owu country. wuld wish lo:hvli iidei Ore-
gou auo irxas .inio me nanus oi. .c,ugiaiid
and M xi o, and cut off .ir highway to tho
I'a-ific ocean, and cnmpcl its lo go ten thous
and mites round Cape Horn or the .Cape of
(iood Hope to get to I ude With China and
the East Indies; or leave mir whole sbuih
w ester n frontier as well as the grcal empor
ium of the Mississippi vahVy, open to inva
sion to the pirates oflhe Old ai:d New World.
Union.
MAGNIFICENT
S C H E M Ji S ,
Jf'OII JAXUAItY, 184G.
JT. C Grvsnry Al Co. ilt'iiiagcrs.
A LEX AN BUI A LOT T EB V,
Class 2, for IS46.
To be draw n at Alexandria, 1). (J., on Saturdav
Jan. 10, 136.
75 Number, Lolle.y 13 0rawn Ballots.
SPLENDID CAPITALS :
30,000 . ' dollar"
20,000 dolLis
10,000 dollars
6,000 - dollar
4,000 H dollars
3,000 dollars
, 2.628 ..... dollar
2,500 dolUrs
25 prizes, of 1,000 dollars!
2' do of 50U dollars!
T ie k el 10 Halves 5-Quarter. Jt 50.
Certificates of Tai kap a 25 whole tickets $130
Do i do 2., half d f
';. . . quarter da " 32 50
.ALEX AN D K I A 1 .OTTE BY,
Clas 3, lor 1S46.
To he drawn at Alt xandria,D. C, on Saturday
17lh Janizary, S4t.
' -78 numher lot ery i4 diimn l ullt iw.
A1AI.NIFICKNT PBIZKS :
i
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1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
.20
20
20
40
Craud Capital
$50,000
25,t 00
Splendid l'u'ze
. do
do
Prize of
do
15,0U0
10,0t'0
9,000
8,000
7,010
? ' 5.172
. - 4.000
. . 2,510
2,110
1,000
600
00
&c. &r.
l; fla!v-ft 7 SO Quarlfr.
do
... do
Prizes
cl
tti
d. '
do
do
do
&c.
Tiik.r
Whole
S3 75 Eiol.il, l h?t
Certificates ol packages wf 26 whole tickets $530
Do
Uo . 26 la I Vis do Jj
do 26 quarter do 47 0
dc 26 eights !o 23 75
Ho
Do
A LEX AN DIM LOTTERY,
Class 4, for 1846.
To be drawn in Al-xandrra, D.C., en Ssturar
Jan." 24, 1816.
PRIZES:
30,000
12,500 v
6.000
4,000
3,577
3.000
2,600
20
20
50
&c.
drtlla-s
dILirs
dollars
doll.it
dollars
dollars
.dollars
dollars !
, dollars !
dollars !
or 2,000
f 1,000
of 500
; 8tc.
75 Number Lottery 12 Drawn Ballots.
1 reacts 0 -Halve. S5-- Quarter. 02 50
Ccriihcate ol Packages ol 25 u hole tick Is 130
Do do - 25h. do 63
do g& q"rler eo 32 50
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY,
. Class 5, for 1846.
T be drawn in Alexandria, D. C, on Saturday
January 31, 1846.
D SC HEME:
35,000
dllars
' ' dollar
'-. , .1 dollara
dollars
dollars
v-' - dollars
titAlawm
10,000
6,000
3,177
3,000
2,500
2,t00
40 Prizes of 1,500 dollars !
50 do 400 dollars!
60 do 3oo dollars!
&c. &c.
75 Numbers,2 Drawn Ballots.
Crii'r?" iHves 54--ttuarters $2 50.
crtiheatcs ot packages ef25 whore rickets SI30
Da
do 25 half dn . ' 65
Do
do
25 quarter do 32 50
Orders for Tickets and Shares and Certificates of
Packages in the above Splendid Lotteries wiil re
ceive the most prompt attention, and an official c .
coont of each drawing sent immediately after it is
over to all who order from u Address,
T G Gregory St Co,, Jttonagerm,
Washington City, D.C.