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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-02-11

GALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY. By
- virtue of deed of trust, recorded IN iber w D.,
No 60 folios 2l6 pit, 2lS 2l9 Of the land records
for Washington county, in the District Of Columbia
and for the purposes mentioned in the said deed
shall on Saturday the 9th day of February next pro
coed to SELL at public auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash. full undivided third part OF lots nun,
berea / 7. O. IL, and 10, in square 2l9, as laid
down and distinguished the plan Of the city OF
Washington.
This valuable property is in the neighborhood OF
ST. Johns Church, the Presidents House, and the
Executive Offices plat Of it is left with the Auc-
,ioncers The title is believed to be unqucsonabe,
but such only will be conveyed to the purchaser or
purchasers as is vested in the Trustee.
Sale to be made at o'clock, at the auction rooms OF
E. Dyer & Co. Terms at sale.
PHILIP r. FENDALL, Trustee.
EDWARD DYER e. co.
jan CTS hucuoneers'
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ADDRESS TO THE NIGHTINGALE.

hDDhI'oo a ~ LII Asioll l4soh
Soul of living music teach me
Floating thus in air along,
Love-sick warbler, come and reach me
With the secrets of thy song.
How thy beak, 90 sweetly trembling,
Or one long note, lingering tries
Or thousand notes assembling,
Pours rush of harmonies;
Or when rising shrill and shrler
Other music dies away
Other songs grow still and stiller,
Swells the live long night thy lay,
Till all sunk TO silence round thee,
Not whisper a word,
Not leaf fall TO confound thee
Breathless all alone thourt heard.
Tell me thou that fullest never
With thy songs to bless the spring.
Did the world see ages ever,
When thy voice forgot to sing
Is there in your woodland history,
Any Homer whom you read
Hath your music aught of myst'ry,
Hath 1t measure, cliff creed 2
Have ye critics who instruct e,
Checking each spontaneous strain,
Pedant parrots who conduct ye
When ye wander, back again
Smiling in my dreams see thee,
Nature, in her loving WILL
Did not fctter thee but free thee
Pour thy songs of rapture still.
This beautiful poetry is the production Of living
)utchman by the name of Loots
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3'5r The above sale is postponed to Saturday the
9th Of March next same hour and place
Terms Of sale Cash.
p r. FENDALL, Trustee.
EDWARD DYER Il CO.
6IavtsSdts Auconeers.
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This question was put under The operation of IN,
previous question and il passed in the affirmative
without division
And, at o'clock, p. M the House adjourned.
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THE PILGRIMS ROCK.

This beautiful poetry is the production of
Dutchman by the name of Loots
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19

A correspondent Of the Pittsburgh Statesman
says ",he wings began by fabrcailns reasons for
an extra session by attempting TO show from official
documents, that there was heavy debt due by the
Government, which would justify the measure
Mr. Wright killed the form of the Argument in the
Senate, and now they do not pretend to prove any
thing by detail-bu they aiec, to believe, that The
whole statement of the Treasury Department as TO
the state Of the finances is sheer abricaion-and,
therefore, that the whole concern is bankrupt. The
truth is, they had resolved, beforehand to have an
extra session, not for financial, but political pur-
poses. They are afraid that so soon as their party
cools they will crumble to pieces. They are there
fore to be kept moving, until their main objects are
accomplished. are, Distribution Bill-a
Bankrupt Billiard Bank Of the United States.
The Tariff they will touch lighty-but they are
determined to retain the protective principle, to be
used, as emergency may require, Such are their
schemes-they are wretched in pecuniary meas
ures-but their political effect upon our whole sys-
TEN of Government will be still more disastrous
Consolidation in its worst and most corrupt form
is designed to be effected"
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19
We commence, this week, The story. It is long,
and our readers must exercise little patience.
For the Age.

Mr. EASTMAN We noticed an article in the
Vermom .Mercuryo February 9th, headed "dis-
graceful" which is too gross and false to be nj
lowed to pass off without contradiction. The ar
,cle, in the first place, alleges that;
"a great boy, large enough to be a man, pre-
tending to oliciale as ostler to our neghbor Whit
ney, has long been in the habit of shutting up and
kidnapping such cows and other animals us are suf-
fered TO 90 at large during the day. and torluring
them with an unfeeng brute IN the shape Of
grea, bull dog kept for that purpose"
Now, sir, every word oflhis is false, erery uord
of H. Neither the ''great boy" alluded to, or any
other boy, great or small, officiating as ostler TO
Mr. Whitney has ever been in the habit of shutting
up and kidnapping amy animals for the sake of tor
turing them, or for any other purpose whaie"er.-
The allegation as we have said, is without the least
foundation in truth. The. article further says:
"This morning an unsuspeclng cow having wan
dered into the yard, where this human lump lock-
ed her up in the barn, and suffered the dog TO get
firm grip as he did upon one Of her eyes and then
turned her out, believing through the streets with
the langs of this monster fastened upon her eye.
until literally torn out by the roots ~
Now, it so happens that " this human lump
was about his business in the barn. on the morning
referred to. The dog was sci on by another boy,
aud all the part he took in the transaction was, 10
leave his work and call the dog off. The COW was
not locked up in the barn by any one-her ego
which was " literally torn out by the roots" was
not injured in the least, "the fangs Of the mon
ster" were not "flsened" within six inches of it.
The whole story, from beginning to end, is n
shire fabrication, whether gotten up TO injure the
"boy," MI Whi,ney's establishment, or for what
purpose, the editor of the Mercury probably knows
| BY publishing this, You will much obge
THE FRIENDs OF "rHE Boy"
who stand ready to back this communication with
| their names when called for.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19
COUNCIL OF CENSORS.

We have this week commenced filling ticket
for Council of Censors with the names Of candi-
dates who are in favor Of so amending the Consli-
tuition as to give the election Of County Officers to
the immediate control of the people.
In our selection of candidates it will be seen, by
the name Of the gentleman inserted for Windsor
county, we have no reference to politics There
seems 10 he but one ticket before the people, that
which was put in nomination by the wing conven-
ton assembled ut Burlington last sumner. So
many of these candidates as are in favor Of The
reform. we shall cheerlully supporl-lhose who are
not we shall oppose, and shall substitute the names
Of such individuals as the people in the different
counties, who are in favor of the reform, shall
nominate. We know not but that all the candi.
dates now in nomination are in favor of the Re-
form. 1t can easily be ascerained by the friends
of the Reform in the respective counties, and il
there be any who are not, the names Of gentlemen
who are, should be substituted.
The Patriot and W. Mercury have expressed
views favorable TO the reform, and we zee no rea,
son why it should not find general favor with the
press and the people.
We have headed the ticket the Reform Ticket
merely to distinguish it,
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19

In relation TO n communication which appeared
in the Bellows Foiis Gazette, las, week, we hav,
only to say what we have said before. That We
are and have been, and shall be, so long as oul
name stands in the Age as editor, its sole and onll
editor, and conductor. We have no solatcs
assistants, or advisers. We never have had, we
never shall have.
Mr. GRANT never wrote syllable, never adyis.
ed syllable to be written. that has appeared as
editorial in the Age; and as 10 the other individual
alluded TO, in the Gd,ciic, he has had, has now
JUS, as much to do with the paper as any Other
subscriber, and no more and whoever asserts
that he wrote or even saw before it was published
the particular article alluded to by the correspond
ent of the Ga,ete, as he has no good reason fol
such an assertion, voluntarily takes upon himself
the character Of wfu and malicious liar. For
the man, whose intellect is so perverted, whose
mind is so debased, and who is so reckless Of hi,
time and reputation, that he be guilty of an at
tack so barbarous, so unproyokcd, so basphemous
so low and vulgar, upon the character of private
portion of the community, entertain feelings Of
pity and sorrow, not Of anger and retaliation.
One word with regard to the Ga.enc. The sit
uaon Of an editor and publisher Of paper, is no
enyiabe one. lie is obliged to write under all
states of feeling to which The human heart is liable,
whether he feel well or i-yexcd and harrassed
with thousand petty cares. Many Of his articles
are written at a moments warning, with his room
crowded with visitors and his thoughts in confusion
Under such circumstances it is not at all surprising
that thousand inadvertcnt expressions and errors
are fund in his articles tina, the malicious can per-
vert, the ignorant misunderstood, and his enemies
turn TO his discredit
But, whatever errors we may have committed as
an editor, however harshly we may have written
& our pen,we acknow Iedge,is not made Of a soap
s,ick-thcre is one thing we were never guilty Of
We nerer struck an enemy in he darki When
ever the .7ge has contained an article in relation to
an individual, not subscriber of a character that
would seem to require his notice, we have always
sen, him copy. We have pursued lhe same course
with our brethren Of the press; and when we can
far disregard the rules Of the craft and the hon
or Of gentleman as TO garble and commit forgery
upon the articles Of a contemporary publish, week
after week, attacks upon his paper and private
character, and skull behind that most despicable
of all shelters, withholding copy, we shall feel
ourselves capable Of being as mean, a. contempt.
BILE and as cowardly as the editor Of the Bciiors
Falls Gazette.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19

wing party! beautiful specimen too, ofreform-
ers, patriots and d,inleTested gentlemen who have
travelled from Maine to Louisiana in The late me-
lee, all for the public good, and to free the dear,
distressed and suffering people from the claws OF
Martin Van Buren,. A beautiful set of fellows truly
who have not adhesveness Of principle enough, in
the whole heaving and pulrid mass, 10 hold the
squirming and restless atoms together for twenty
four hours. Here goes crawling mass-fallen of
this way, with the mouth Of every animalcule
bawling "a Tariff Tariff" There goes anolh-
er mass that way, as Justify shouting mo Tariff
no Tariff And here comes another this way
and the voices that are heard from this, cry "no
National Bank! no National Bank" And there
goes another that way-"a National Bank! Ma
tional Bank" cry the living things in that. And
now, to make confusion worse coniounded,' Wise
dashes headlong into the dissolvmg mass--plunges
fragment here, hurs handful there, and conf
pletely annihates what little adhesive power time
and its own opposite combinations, had left TO the
poor carcass.
But, perhaps Monsieur Old Tip will have the
power TO unite oil and water, when he assumes The
reins, and drives over the course as Clay directs
1t may be that the hero of hundred wars may be
able with his single right arm to quell the dlscon
tented and arring factions of his kingdom, and pre-
serve the grand cider party from immediate disso
luton. Time will determine.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19
From The .Ntw York Herald.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
Important Position Of HrnryA Wise-Breaker
Ahead

As General Harrison approaches Washington,
the troubles aud heartburnings of the New Party
break out in fresh and unexpected places.
The financial policy started so recently, and pro-
mulgated with eciat by Clay and Webs'er-and
which was TO be made cabinet measure, has Civ
en- great unlDrage to many Of those who were
equally efficient in producing the revolution that
elected Gen. Harrison, as the Pa,chogue (Web-
ster!) Democrat or the Patchogue Democracy.
Henry A. Wise of Virginia, no impotent or rech-
less man, has taken ground against the distribution
Of The proceeds Of the public lnnds-against any
increase Of the present tariff-and particularly
against the "spois-sy stem,'' or removals and APP
pointrenls for opinions sake, which was specially
given out by Mr. Clay. Mr. Wise gives in his adj
hesicn to only one Of the proposed measures of the
new Admnisiration-and that is the establishment
Of National Bank for the purposes Of creating a
general currency.
Since these developments have been made in the
House of Representatives, the two master spirits
Of the new administration have been giving ont
thor views with more per,nacity and greater ve-
hemence than overland very general spirit of
disturbance begins TO peryade the new party, be-
fore even Gen. Harrison has reached Washington.
Last saturday another meeting caucus Of the
Wing Senators was to he held, and in day we
may have further important information 10 give the
public.
1t is time for the cold Hero Of North Bend to
be OIL the ground, to put his cabinet in or,or-and
to determine what his position and his measures
shall be.
Already we see some of the Wing papers de-
nouncing the opinions of Mr. Wise as mad, wild
and impracticabe. They would do as well to be
chary on these points. The madness Of Mr. Wise
''has method in it, sufficient 10 upset Messrs Clay
and Webster, If they do no, take care. His views
nre eInlnenty wise, moderate and practical, and
we trust that General Harrison Wi! take little Of
his sound advice The office beggars-.the loafers
OF pirtv-the lazznron of politics are Mr. Wiso's
only opponents The views of Mr. Wise are pre-
cisn'y the views which are entertained by every
independent, honest. practical man Of every pary
in this CITY, The financial system Of CLAY and
Webster. looks as if it was engendered BY CLIQUE
Of stock jobbers without credit, or Of batch of
brokers in search of their commissions
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19
UNITED STATES SENATE.
TuEsDAy. Feb 2. |

Iep' icfi'
The permanent pre-emp,on bill, with the vari-
Gus propositions, came up. These propositions
were LIST, Mr. Crittenden's Instructions to recon-
nit the bill to engraft upon it the Distrhu'ive pin
cip'e, along with presumption claims to actual bona
fde settlers; and IDLY, Mr. Young's substitute,
adopting Mr Cahouns plan of disposng of the
lands TO the States where they lie, on certain con-
ditions.
Mr. Hubbard spoke in opposition to Mr. Criitcn-
denis distribution principle. Mr. II. was followed
in the debate by Messrs Calhoun, Webster, Benton,
Clay Of Ala, Pierce, Henderson, Rives, Roane,
Porter and Crtenden. NIessrs Pierce and Roane
stated that they would vote for MIR Young amend
mend merely because they preferred it to that of
Mr. Cri,lenden, but that they were opposed to the
passage Of either of them.
The question was then taken on Mr. Young's
amendment, and it was decided in the negative.
ayes 20, noes 81
The question was then taken on Mr. Crlendcn's
motion TO recomnit with Instructions, and decided
in the negaliye-ayes %, nays 30.
The question was then taken on the passage Of
the bill, and dechled in the ailirma,iye-ayes 81,
noes 10, as follows:
Ye7s-Messrs Allen, Anderson, Benton ,Buchan-
an Clay of Alabama Fulton, Henderson, Hubbard,
King, Linn, Lump'in, Monlon, Nicholas, NorveIl,
Pierce, Porter, Robinson, Sewer, Smith Of Conn,
Smith of Indiana, Sturgeon, Tnllmadge, Tappan,
Walker, Wall, Webster, White, Wright and
Young-3l.
.Niys-AIessrs Bayard, Calhoun, Clay Of Ken
lucky, Clayton, Criitenden, Dixon, Graham, Hun
tington, Ker, Knight, Mangum, Alerrck, Phelps,
Prentss Preston, Rives, Roane, Rugscs, and
Soulhard-l9.
So the bill was passed. and ordered to be sent
10 the House for concurrence.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19

The NJ H. Ga.eHe says: In the best view oil
this land distribution, it is simply but laying taxes
to be collected from the peoples pockets, 10 be
paid back again, ailer deducling the expenses oil
collection, not to the people, but into the State
treasury, to be squandcred in schemes which in
nine cases out of Ten are ONO public benefit.
And what shall we gain by the operation! Just
wha, the old woman gained by cutting piece of
the top of her pe,,icoa, and sewing it on at the
bottom"
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19

The .New York Herald, in speaking of the sus-
pension of the Philadelphia banks, talks in this
wise:
eat this moment there is every appearance Of II
greater excitement and revulsion in the money
market and in the credit SYSTEM than we had even
in 1897. We have only reached the third or fourth
act of the great drama of monetary revolution
The grand crisis must therefore be at hand. Pre-
pare What the day can bring forth no one can
tell
"Yet, in the midst Of this excitement-of this
ruin-of this revolution, there is grea, and mighty
consolation. Baseess credit may be annihila,ed-
broken banks shut up-rottcn banks run upon--Jut
The country is gradually Ceiling prosperous and
comfortable on honest principles. Rotten stocks
may Ell--and bankrupt banks suspend, and fnan-
cial scoundres break, but you cannot annihilaie
the virtue of good barrel of Ohio hour-or sus-
pend the quality of good barrel Of mess beef or
pork--or destroy the existence Of II bale Of cotton
or knock up the substance Of bushel Of Irish
potatoes. The soil never suspends-the rains of
heaven never !ail--,he seed time and harvest can
not fail like an internal rotten bank. Nothing is
breaking or going TO pieces, but baseless credit
systen--a system of fraud and infamy that de-
serves its fate.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19
A TAX ON LUXURIES is A TAX ON
LABOR.

The policy Of the federalists is rapidly develop
ing itself. They can no longer fight behind tho
hcroism Of their standard bearer they are now
obliged TO out, show their hand, declare their
measures, and prepare themselves TO breast the
coming Storm We already see signs of rebellion
in their ranks-even the "gcd-llke" Webster votes
against Mr.. Clny's iavorite distribution bill. Con-
sentative Rives raises his voice against it. Wise,
of Virginia. hurls his analhemas against nearly the
entire policy of the llarisonians, while Alyord, a
'whg,' from Il real log cabin district in Georgia,
denounces the whole federal policy from beginning
to end. And what is Mr.. Clay's plan of dlslrbu-
ton To casual observers aud those who have no
knowledge beg ond what is cleaned from the cppo-
silion press, it may appear very pretty thing, and
polite wthal to distribute the money raised from
The sale Of public lands among the States, helping
them thereby to pay their foolish Indebtedness
But Mr. Clay himself and all his friends, say tina,
the same amount of money must be raised soac
other way to make up the deficiency in the revenue
thus created. Now school.bUv, il he would think
lOI himself sing lie moment would see the absurd
ity, nay the wickedness of such scheme this.
Give away the money of the people to the States,
and turn directly round and lax the people for the
same amount; Where in the name Of heaven is
the wisdom of this! 1t is like the man who gave
his son, in order TO increase his affection for him,
II beautiful farm worth ten thousand dollars. but
not wishing TO reduce his own riches demands one
M il nav se,m ,ho, WAS gren, niece Of I;hernl;,v
on ,bo me-, or ,he c,,her ,bnnch IN Jn,, ho roL
he'd his son Of n connie of thousand jns, so pre.
c;so,v in reo,rd n, tho d;s,rhn,inr U;snhn,e
"a 6oo ono among the neon,o and &c 400 OC0
vii b,ys 10 bo r,;ssd he ,r ron, tho snme n.n.
MIA IN re,,cc !, Amin for INV ons con ;mIre If
be cynense and loss ATTENDING The collection Of so
much money! But they say we will not tax the
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19

The .New Era of the 18th inst. says; The new
Cabinet is formed, and is to he as follows Web
ster, State Ewing Treasury Bell WaI Badg-
er, ofN. Carolina, Navy Granger, of New York;
Post Muster General and Crillenden, AIRY Gen.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19

Suspension in Delaware.-Thc Philadelphia
u. S. Gazette of Saturday says" We under
stand that the Directors of the several banks in
Wilmington, Del. held meeting yesterday morn
ing, and resolved to suspend specie payments in
consequence OF Information received from this city