. esprit mm % m$wm\t%m aft i lev wuetqabilajp li-i.m law which however wi s.,,1 ip.od in lbcme.lv a have the mblanco ul iliconnhly wli.ah sdncr..pon.ein.h riisrtof the eidsen sad whieh will be faded wi little en,o.,e ti wisdom of li.i.tioa ia siptcallyieenin trailing law nneo^mtiice llr ... 8aus»nty llowan county n t monday dkc 36 mill t'l ill xii v 603 p it i'll imh of iii w-mwhl n.llpuuwllt be k r rnt"i l "^ ,,„,, , l#l .,„ i , , vu lilunlpiri it it *;';". i \< i..i , rf.'ijr'-*'i-iii i ihi-fc-ui "» j t ni '"• . iii fi'^7fzl ho usa ' iii h.h nou h'"ij/tv „ ( ,,,„ ■ months rmm ti * 0 * fn _ § which or tw fc »•—,-—. — . _- the appeiinincii mto the smnc shallow e , .. . e r . ., v f xim bnvu rf/e/e ay rf.r owaol <?/ , eft ' nc "" , " ow cafd t us as a fact matter " ut in sin i'lte lied ll.v-r the ' in a neighboring c unv a widower ir , if ,/, v t'aiinv a lba phil ine nntinw consequence of a cur who had atted tlie pun of the brute jjoipliia 1831 tiilsnow novel from th '" nl "' ■' "' lvt,r meeting the water of and a tyr ., to bis wife went shortly pen of ' mr <• iiiiti".vn:i-i coomsit will n >" broad b ism nnd where there i.i alter ibe demise f his spouse to pay wiii new inurela foi'iiim it i-<liill ofdra '"• base ol ruck i the formation at his respei i to a buxom widow who inntic interest hair lircudllt escapes r nenr lhe np,t where the opp.,sing like the sultor had not the best repu ua nt i uml bustling acenos on the cu actions are neutralized uf n hat a'ii.n fur suavity of manner hoc nils i , ihe pris ma oi tho rielto in the which in technically calk i ,, h.u...tiu meekness of temper the following adriatic and in the streets 1 venice castofthe union furnishes constant dialogue ertsued • t piji-itir i ■,„,!,, he e n ev - d of the tnilll „, his theo u . am iorpl its i lien < amillo i ic singular acts every ,.-,.,„ ,, jvin , itg u . ith c:i a * n . bee •'' ' wvmc'ui '', re z'z nbutin "" u ! "'• ° fl,n b,,i '' ed ' *' r elw < hr.n-well vou mav ju.l clear ou c"p 0 7 u characterised ininctunng the ?/•« constant md powerful operation y you net-do think io get me _ vi vo.nciil s of th liondolas theuiiihor i heaouth eastern winds on one s.d.i y u abused and whipped vour fir ,,, linrly fclioitous whoiiever hu dis iv " h lhe periodical increase of ibe al wife and i know what kind of u fei ioiirsosofsceneeon the water he is per \ ilne aireama on the other have con low you are ftctly nt horns the character nfthe verted this bar nt the entrance ol the iin-ycs f did an.l f i had jlravoian aingular compound of fatuity venetian ligunea into , su cession ol y u im mak you toe the trig-*i'd ii::l iri l rocklossncss and sagacity — long loiv sandy islands which exten give vou -, d d gnnel thresh,ing of ■ inerosily nn;l fdly 1 bravery imd ed in u direct line early ncroaa the every time \ deserved it weakness the great almoftho author ia to mouih ofthe gulf the iv.iters.of the strflnge s it mav appear ihey were g i ■ a picture of tho venetian oligarchy , rivers have necessarily cut a lev ci in ! united in th blissful bands „!' matri iheir sellisbnem-their cruolty-tuoir an ,„*., for their pam „ wha , ; g n;)w m m . , fc e ( , aflrrwnr i . , _,,,,,,, col i l,!,.o.!e.l.,,l..,..ia,i.v,uiiilt,ei 1 h ,,, , - ,, be washerwoman in thisht.morwoo'di venue i-pocica of mecii.uvehsin 1 he l om _ ., ,.,,. . a,,,i m , r ■ ,- , k0n0 n which jacopo undergoes an ex ' "",, 1 ' , a »»« r,^«""<»y«ra was ever womar^^humo^vonu w nu he il'o rivcrsm marsh ".■ th.uh 3 many ' l i ,,■ mar-time securityh hero alter . , '■ rrn .' ii virions linr.l r.ilw n.il . i , m ""' "'-■ eating of lain liii.inlv ' • ivalim lhe the bunco .;,■ of thobravo»is cooper's most t.u-h cliirord b rc 5 the ith-.-i-m tlie of this at i o ' h clifford — contain tn.h authority „ re ■ to crime — pui.be ■ ■ of ha united wuh to ,!>,,...■ hie character dtc to tbe 0 ,?"' sl :,: ' d < ■';""■ ponubir feeling at present existing in eng rora l " e l — poii ii mu be known be read wilh tbe gradual tiling op " ;> >^,| l,y i thc to im-h j n or a sal h which irv i : , i >>-■ appear-m o i u c than so nianv liinlii^b attiial liraiiches of t c sea {), th-m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^b on the motion f ibe hon jess speight mr m sr clair clark was ii nntm.ously reelected clerk of the ii me a committee was appointed i on tm motion of tbe lion aaron u'.rcl to wait upon the president in conjunction with a rom.nittee nl ibe se a'e to inform him that the two ii uses nl congress were assembled and reaclv to proceed to business the usual resolution respecting lie supply of members with newspapers was adopted ; aiicr which ihe louse adjourned on n-nllon of mr johnson f ky be said message was commit i te ie committee of the vh.ilc tioiise 0 be state f ibe union ; ,.•■.; ten thousand copies ilijtre fwithi doc uinenis aceonipenyii 5 he same were ordered i lie printed fox the use of the mimpbers of ms li uae and then the house adjourned ii cdnesday dec ~. tn th senate mr chan ■• r , f maryland cleared was qu.,iiiie anil look bis ie.it mr sorague >■■ '-,:. milted a resolution callinp on llie president lor informal r iu rclaiioii !.. he abduction and imprisonment of american citizens by ihe british au tocrines of nrw llrunswick a mes snge ol n confidential nature having been received from he p sid if tlie united ista.es hy mr i nelson his secretary the sen r speu n short time in the consideration of execu tive husi ess senate tuesday p o mr king from tbe 1 ,. ii commit tee itpuointed to v li un the president f ibe united btntes reported thai thev lia.l performed the du.y enjoined them uti.-l had r.-ceive.d an intimation that the president would at twtlv o'clock this clay make a written com mimical n to b.i.h houses of con gress presbfent's message the communii iti.in p'.i.nised by the president was received by lhe hands ot mr d inelsnn i is private secretary ; which hevingbeen read on motion 1 mr king it was nr ere th 3000 r ies of the me • t»e and i5uo copies of the acconi lanying eloeunents lie printed for the use • f the senate in ihe house of representatives mr coke of virginia appeared ami took i.im seat a message w j re ceived from the president oflhe uni ted states transmitti g a communi cation from the secretary of state on the siil.je.ct nfthe re cent census .-. bich was nu mciio of mr whittlesey of ohio laid upon tlie nilile th speaker presented a communication from ihe secretary of the treasury with iho . nn u al report upon the finan.es the report with tlie ncc.mpa , eg documents were on motion of mr polk l.id upon the table and 10,000 copies ordered to be printed the house then went inlo th election of its officers i'or the office of ser geant at arm mr johnson ..! ken lucky nominated john oswald dunn sergeant at amis of the late he .« of representatives mr qilmon nom inal i william a ooid n ; mr con elici david brearley and mr 1 n i william robinson on a '■ coin''al lot mt dunn was elect 1 mr ov . carr was elected pri cipnl du k pet out •,' five candid • ■. ; ni li mouse proceeded to the'-lec tion ! assistant d keeper tbir i'.t-n ca i.didkt ■-. • re put in noini.ia tlon j and the 11 j.si balloted once will in arrival .■. ac oiie a ad journment v n i ai half past two t ul place ooo i in a county omewlicrc in n.r.h capilina about t'ie finishing lime nl the session of the court of pleas c a limb of ihe law who was as muc h noted for his wit ns for the nhormess ol bis stature found m ich difficulty i getting a jury to sit upon a case • which he was professionally concern 1 eel io this dilemma one of his pro fessional brothers pointed io a man lying n the floor ai the back of the i bar who if hc bad not tasted the cr ier had at lost sm-lt of he cork an informed him that bis services could be procured bv " little help '' li tie . leaped upon , sen rejoice at th prospect of retting a jury a 1 seeing the man's length me sup 1 o jliis mother earth exclaimed tn drunk or a uuir bii turning to tht-i j worship nerhapa he would do for one of the court !'* appointment of mr icino moved ilialih 8iih rule ol he r n i.e ,), an far suspended as to ou ■ otiz lie sentiif in tbe absence oflhe vice president lo appoint hi hullo s chairman of he com.niucc ol finance ; which mo'ion being agreed to the len ale pro.e ed.-cl o liallo for n chairman of ibu committee and mr snob ot maryland war . hoscn the folio i standing committers ,, r i|,-o announced from lie chair on foreign relation — messrs fas well whim kitur forsyth i,d p.ell on finance — messrs smith tyler m-j i s ■!■, • •■-. d - 1 bns'on on commerce messrs t'orsyih dud -,.<;.• - 1 on wikins on manufacture messrs i)i-_kcrson cm ic or ■ ml ". nnd 8 ymiur on agriculture messrs suymoor b;n>.n mo-iie ii w k . kani , n . on milan jlfluir m ssrs ben i -,,-. p !■ j i 1 roup ci„y ,, n ,, k.ne on the militia — mcssts barnard pr iinr.huysr.li claylor prcntias and h ay'crtote a certain shn'.frhei g hard p to to f rm ■■■ 0"iin for while he « ■,, seeking 1 third jusiice one f the t would leave he liench was advise bv ,. lawyer to " tve fast thc two )■. had until iie could run down a third on nival affair messrs havnc t , i '! wehstei.snd bi'bh on public land — me.ssrs.king el ll , robin o i hanna tli in stl ay dec 8 in the senate mr llaync ... icavcj inirodjjccij a bill to pr vide io ihfe eitlemen of the cl.ima of s c.no lin lor advances made tn the u slates during he late war w hie was read twice and referred to the c"m mittee 1,0 military affairs the rest ol tion submitted by mr sp i'.ue calling oo the president for nformas tion as to theabductit.n and imprison ment of american citizens bj he liriiish authorities of new bruns wick was considered and adopt cl the resolution submitted by mr holmes requeeting the president to inform the senate whether ny fur ther negotiation is commenced pro posed or intended in regard to the north eastern boundary of the u states was considered and afle-r a few observations from messrs poin clexier ii drnes nd hayne laid wi the cable tilt senate after a short time spent in the consideration ol executive business adjourned over ha m dav in the house of repreeeniaiives the bus ess of the election ot assis tant doorkeeper was resumed and af ter several hallo's col john vv hunter was fleeted by a vote of lot out 177 an order wastcken upon the motion of mr taylor fur thc ap pointment of fie standing commit tees of thc house the annual re port of the treasurer of tho united s ate and of the comptroller's un expended balancoa for the last three i e us y/erc presented by the spe kei . and ordered te be laid on the table and printed the usual commuinca ■ tions cm tlie subject of ihr navy llos piti.l and the navy pension fund were also laid before the house in«i disposed of in a si nilar m m.er thr speaker announced his intention to cell over the states in their order on monday lor presentations hiij . k ihtt hob ailynftr.oit s f j^ondajv on private land claims — messrs is ., n iidiin prentiss liujrgics and ii nelrielis ■ .-— . h»ho -»— congress of thr v t tes monday dee 5 on indian affair — messrs white !'• i i ■ a r,ben on and wilkins on c:a-tn masses ilii^nles d ii nacli-o brown und monro al 12 o'clock lie fust session of the 2'j.l congress was opened at llio capilol on t.'.e judiciary messrs murcy ijvnc webster i'lrelingbusen and flnindy on the po:,t ofza-r and /.-,,/ head i s.s gum ly i'-.iis llul gwing and tomlinson [.. the semite a qut»„n having assembled i ch a r was laken a 12 o'clock by mr smith the preside i pro tern al'te the presentation ant re clinp of the credentials of the ne c senat ra the oath 1 1 support tlie con stitution of the if states was sever ally dnci.iiiiereii to them and tl.ri took their seats a committee ron sisting of messrs kino and foot iiavi g heen appointed to wait on th president in conjunction with the committee of ihe house of represen t,lives and inl rm him lhat a quo rum of both i louses bad assembled and were ready to receive any com munication he might make toe sien te adjourned in me house of representatives npon the first call ofthe list a ver full aitendance ppeired two hundred nd one members answering to their names seven members onlv wcre 1,.,-nt — on from missarhusetts one from r island cine from pen syl van a one from virginia ne from n caroli a one from ohio and one run alabama the re'urn from missouri has not vet been made and there are live vacant seats th u.use belli orga iize-4 proceeded t i the election of speaker when on the first ballot ilv ii 11 andrew steven s in ol v .. speaker of thc house i i representatives i r he two last con i grebses wa re-elected to that c.fl'.ce ; it'hc vote 1,'i'i ( to mr stevenson 9.1 i f„r the m m j r sutherland 5 1 the i ,,. ','. \. w . iff ' 15 the ho . lj w . x v f i s . m ~ i ccait'-tibjj t e.'.,yol venice atands o , clus margin oft eae passages the wail i ter il low sandy inlands it is the dwellings arise literally irom nut p i.i'ile tha in in'ry which was of the water since economv of room nt rest to the gulf il not the whole of hns caused ilicir owners to extend th n-nense plni'i d i mba di itself their possessions to the ve-y verge ol 1101 illuvial lirmti i woateifer the channel in the manner thnt quays m v have bee th origin itthai wide and wharves arc pushed into the ami fertile ki igd ,. n . the c.u s >"!.'..' '. i.fi.-ame in our own country i many have given i th - i igunes h ir exu j insinoces the islands the.nsolves were teor and to v ne , uuique < •■! p i - : i more ban ba k which were peri thiresque fuiiod.uiuii are too pparent li aily hare an.l on all th use to bn mistak o s.-ver 1 t it rents piles ins been necessary t s..pp..t which bow from the valleys of tie al the superincumbent loads of palaces ])-., p'uit their tribute into the vdrin ic churches nml public m numents un at this p„int their waters come 1 r vh h in the e urse ol ages ihe charged with he debris t,r the m un m nnblr spirits of sand nave been made ti i poly t l i nearly i their on i . j mil gin-,1 elcmonta released from in tie g a frequency of the canals violence nf he atreim hese particle nnd per ipi s ne at enti n to eenn lu necessarily been deposited 10 the ! mv of i ib ir has given to by far the gulf at the spot where thev h.ve fr gre ter p rt of the bull li igs the lacil lii-co.n-subjected to the p'.wer ol i in if \ ippr.>a--h hv vuter hut eea under the influence of cmnter ile early evcrv dwelling has one qc.ingciiants eddies and waves the ,!' ■ iv m on a ml here are al asmls h.ujtbeen thrown int a-ihm • ways communic tions by the rear with rine piles until some of ihe bank |- „■ imcri ir pass .'■■• >• tne town |> have arisen above the surface form , fiult il u •<' uscriptio 5 tb ing islands hose elevation has lu . nil the biro ger hears ao muc gradually augmented by the decay i the canals ol venice but little is vegetation a glance at the map will said of hei streets still narrow p • show that while the oulf ol venic e comm idi-iun and oiseless piss is not literally it is prncticllv com teg , of this description intersect a i idered with reference 1 1 the ft c m the islands which cimmunieate wii i pr duccd hy the southeast wind all ' eh 1 *"-' bv me - ■ "• th sirocco at the he d ol tne a.h numb f iiri 1 i o'igh'n n , fk this a'.cidcuul tifcumstance is q a hone ot th nunblio a wueei on road and canal messrs lien drirks r.i.il.sier hill mangurn and snr gu on pension messrs foot cham nc s m io mm bn kn r nd sprurue on the dittrtcl of columbia messrs c noners tyler holme clayton and vi i r on the contingent fund messrs kniu dudl ,. d t'imllnson on engrossed hill messr robin son f .. k a llu i'.ner '!'■ . 1 ■ ■. „ ', oroed house of representatives ,) notion ol me taylor it was res.olced rbat two ch plains of lifl'-rc it denominations be elected b ' ingress one by each house to serve luring the present session who bl.all interchange weekly mr ward from thr hint commit tee appointed ycterd v to wait on t'.ie president of the united states and inform him that congreas is assem lieu nnd ready to receive any com aan.ii a.ioo he mav be pleased to make reported th.t thc committee had performed the duties of its ip jninl.rient anil that the president answered that he wonlel make a com munication to the tw i ileitis s of con gress to-day at 13 o'clock m immediately afrer which a com nii'iit luion in writing was received r in the prcsilt.it of thc united fi es by m . donelson his private lugxttiry which iv*,s rsi