The Arkansas advocate., 1836-09-09
THE PROGRESS OF PARTY.

TIE PROGRESS OF PARTY.
 resolution was lately introduced into the Connec- tcut Legislature, flor removing Henry M. Waite from the office of Associate Judge of the Supreme Court ) IL was the special order of the day for Thursday last and Mir. smith (the newly elected Senator 10 Con- 1 gress) advocated the resolution with great warmth. lie bore testimony 10 the fair and unexeeptionabe character of Judge Waite on the bench; ssbut he was satisfied to support the resolution on mere PARTY Po- LITIeAL GROUNDS He referred also past instances, Tn which judges had acted from political preiudces, and wished to provide against such occurrences in future, by having judges of such political principles as he hsase9 adopted" He subsequently, stated that he should not wish to erush and oyerwhelm his political opponents, but he would always KEEP HIS GRASP on ] them, if he could.o
 Mir. Rockwell moved to amend the resolution by adding the words Ion account of his political sent- ments'
 The amendment was lost, and subsequently the ofi- gnal resolution. The State Constitution required vote of teottlds for it's passage, and the final vote stood-Yeas l24 nays 7S. 4 few more votes would have passed this dsgracefu resolution disgraceful in the last degree to the character of the Stae and dan gerous to its institutions No charge was made against MT. Waite, except that of holding opinions adverse 10 the party in power. He is not partizan; he is not an unjust or incompetent judges nothing is minated or nslnuated against his purity or integrity but he must bow to the idol of the day, the institutions of the State, In hs person, must be ouraged violated, and subverted. And the leader in this party warfare IS a Senator elect of the United States!
 1t may be worth while to state that this attempt up- on Mr. Justice Waite was an experiment merely to be followed UP, successful, the four associate Judges on the Bench.-Boston Adas.
 An eastern Tory paper contains what purports 10 be 'sory of Mr. Van Burens faher.' Would not Mr. Y. B.s friends do we'll to settle the vexed question as to who his father lUdS before they undertake to tell cfo oft H.
 Gen. Duff Green and other eastern editors assert that Aaron Burr is the man. But if true, 1t is not Mr. Van sBurens fault. He Is only to blame for copying closely after Bufr in his whole course in politics Burr sought to grasp the Presidency from Jefferson by intrigue and corruption. What is Van Buren doingl Burr reached the Vice Presidency on the popularity of Mir. Jefferson. Van Buren rode into the same office on the strength of the Old War Horse of Orleans Burr came within frghu nearness of the presidency by in trgue and bribery. Van Buren is struggling 10 reach the goal through the same means. Similar liues produce similar tates.-Peoptcs Press.
 Among the improvements in the Coupr,ie, des Etats Uns since its change of hands is the re-publ- cation of the proceedings oseentc bodies in France Several of it's late numbers contain extracts from the minutes of the academy of sciences at Paris. oivng interesting details.
 In the Courier of Saturday, among the extracts re- lang to political affairs from the Paris journals is decree of the Queen Regent of Spain as to the eec- ton o members of the popular branch of the Coftes. 1 We presume the decree Is in conformity with and a consequence of enactments passed by the Cortes A. mong the articles of this decree IS one ordering that the Islands of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines shall name eight deputies This is a striking feature in the organization of Spanish afairs and If these deputies to be ndued with the same powers as de- puties from the soil of Spain, and not be dele- gates like those from territories, the act which fnen n he ture virtually abrogates the colonial character of these Islands, and raises them from the rank of dependents upon the Spanish Government 10 be constituent parts of the Kingdom.
 All the provinces of Spain and the adjacent islands will appoint depaty for every fifty thousand nhabi- tans. The number of electors is very small, incu- ding, besides professional in the various depart ments, only the highest tax payers.
 It Is stated i'll the Fredericksburg Arena that the re- call of General Scott is the result of "miserabe in- trigue' by the wounded parental vanity of the Vice Presdent' who has ''revenged the fancied wrongs of whilome aid-de-camp.n We have heard something of this Let us have all the facts.
 .aler. GaS. l South Pole.- This has lately been approached with in 200 miles, by American whaleinen, of when. some are of opinion that 1t may even be reached. To the scientific, it would be desirable that an expedition should be sent to those frozen ausral regions and if percbance, organic remains should be discovered in the lands of high southern latudes. 1t would shed flood of light upon matters now mostly conjectural. We are not aware that the remains of the mammoth have been found ln the south temperate zone though 1t IS said that they have been found in Australasia.
 Curing Ha,ns.-A subscriber hands us the follow ing recept superior one for curing hams which has until recently been held secret and now for the f -t-I ttoI- ozIny