The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-03-18
Speaker Banlks' Farewell to the

Dy VT. aiken OF OOutu Car0llna, ana
adopted by yeas ll9, nays as
Resolved, That the thanks of this
House are due and are hereby rendered
to the Hon. N. p. Bouks, jr., for the
able, impartial and dignifed manner in
which he has discharged the duties of
Speaker during the present Congress"
Gentlemen of the House Of Roprescn.
tativos solicit that indulgence which
is usually accorded to those who stand
in the position which occupy.
should fail to perform an imperative
duty did sever our official connection
without acknowledging my obligations
TO the officers with whom have been as.
ISOLATED, and to the House itself, for that
generous and unwaveripg support which
has been given to mo in my sphere of
service.
The congressional term which now
closes will bear in the history of lcgisla.
tion no ordinary character. The unex.
ampled energy of tho American people
aud the rapid extension of their theatres
OF action and enterprise, has crowded up
on US from day to day constant success.
sion Of questions of extraordinary char
acter and serious import, and to this has
been superaddOd an unusual amount of
ordinary business of legislation.
To have been called under such cir.
cumstances to the chair of this, the first
| of deliberative blies-an Office
which has been endcared to tho people
by its association with tho memories Of
Muhlonberg, Macon, Cheovos and Clay
lis an honor that might we'll crown a
life of study and toll. TO have discbarg.
ed the duties Of this Office delicate and
important as they have been, to your en-.
tire satisfaction, is more than l could
have hoped. The journal of tho House,
an unerring and impartial record, and
the resolution, to which, as 1 am in.
formed, you have come, following tho
suggestion Of the the distinguished gen.
tleman from South Carolina, (Mr. All.
ken,) give to me assurances that cannot
but DO gratifying, and for these 1
protfer to you my profound and lifelong
Acknowledgements.
The welcome word from mo must
be that word which speeds your parting
from these scenes Of anxious labor. 1
invoke for you, gentlemen, happy re-
turn to your homes, whore the sweet and
native air of hill aud vale, and the loved
forms and sounds of homo and those we
love at home, may revive your exhausted
energies. purge the system of tho fever
of fitful and unsatisfactory contests, and
bring each and all to the cheering adms.
sion whatever disappointment and pcrils
VIC encounter, that the performance Of
public duty and the service of our coun.
try is always a pleasant labor.
1t is only left for me to announce that
the power of the House as q legislative
body now ceases, and to bid you farewell
Interesting from the Holy Lands.
Our Washington spoudent sends
US the following which is an extract from
letter dated at Jaffa, from tho pen of
a lady residing for the present in that al.
cient city. This lady, Miss Williams, is
an English woman OF fortune, who some
five years since won't from this country
to Palestine as teacher. Though al
ready advanced in years she has acquir-
ed the Arabic, and is exceedingly sue.
oessful in her educational and religious
efforts among tho higher classes of tho
Turks and Arabs Her many friends in
this country, and especially in Boston,
will be pleased TO learn of her success.
These extracts contain much information
that has not reached us before through
any other channel, especially that por-
tion showing the energetic action of the
British government in improving the har.
Dor Of Jaffi and in laying out railroads
Tho letter was addressed to a Philadel-
phia friend, who placed it at the dispos.
al Of our correspondent.
You will know long ere
this that General Chesney and Sir John
Mcneil have been up about six weeks
from Government British Steamer, and
have surveyed the road by Nablous Tor
Sickem) and Samaria to Jerusalem AL.
so, that line is to be carried to DImas-
Gus, beside railway from the coast high.
err up, which is already il, progress un.
der the care Of son of Sir John Nc.
Neil-also to Damascus, intended for the
Euphrates. That the harbor here (Jaffa)
is to be made good for all larger vessels
to ride in, and pier to go beyond the
shallow rocks which are now so perilous
to all during the winter. The road is to
be commenced III March.
Imagine Jatfa a railroad depot, with
all the immense changes VIII ch such a
beginning pOrtends. You know also, per.
baps, as the unwilling present made by
the Sultan to Louis Napoleon, of mos.
que and ground 10 Jerusalem, which is to
be converted into a Roman Catholic
Church. The Greeks to whom it origin
ally belonged, and the Mosens are much
chagrned. The property is q little with
in St. Stephens gate and on line with
the Austrian Consulate and the Arch.
episcopal property,
Ridley Hershel is here also setting
on foot his agricultural plan fol the sup.
port OF Jewish converts, and Mr. Isaac,
an episcopal clergyman and very pious
man, is here in order to purchase land
for their operations.
| have just finished reading the New
Testament in Arabic with tie .Sheik -
He is man of talents and nrof,s.as m