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did not in this romantic part of the excur-
sion, commit an error. The main question,
and the one in which Mr. Hiss tried to make
his "grand apology," was the Lowell visit.
The Com. conclude that Mr. Hiss' bed was
not occupied by any one, and that Mrs. P's bed
had two occupants, and that her bill was paid
through Mr. Hiss by the State, and as Mr.
Hiss failed to produce the Mrs. Patterson
who went to Lowell, conclude that he was
not there for any good purpose. They con-
clude their report in the following words:
"We consider his conduct upon the Com-
mittee at Lowell highly improper and dis-
graceful, both to himself, and this body of
which he is a member; and we deem it such
as to render him unworthy longer to occupy
a seat upon the floor of this house." Mr.
Hiss then presented a memorial to the
house, asking to be heard with counsel at
the bar of the House, and adding that if op-
portunity was given him, he would prove
that the Chairman of the Committee of in-
vestigation, as well as other members of the
House, both while Committees of the
House, as well as while connected with it as
members, have done the same acts as those
with which the memorialist stands charged;
that he had done no more than other mem-
bers of the House, whose age, standing and
reputation have entitled them to his respect,
and to whom he might and ought to look for
examples; and prayed that if he was deem-
ed unworthy, that the conduct of the other
members might be investigated. After
reading Mr. Hiss' memorial, the report of
the Committee was accepted—yeas 203, nays
30. The case was especially assigned for
Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock. The case
was under trial during the whole evening;
about midnight the House expelled Mr.
Hiss' counsel, and 2 1/4 o'clock, Friday morn-
ing, Mr. Hiss was exepelled—yeas 137, nays
15. The next question was on Mr. Hiss'
memorial. Mr. Griffin, the Chairman of
the investigating Committee, who is charged
by Mr. Hiss as above, moved to strike out
all that part of the memorial reflecting on
members of the House, and lay the rest on
the table. The motion was adopted. Thus
ends one of the greatest Legislative farces
ever played in this State. We are inclined
to believe, however, that the thing will not
end here, and that Mr. Hiss, who has already
said that he is as good as his brethren,
will make "startling developments." It ap-
ears to become more offensive the more it
is stirred, and for the sake of our olfactories,
as well as to "all those whom it may con-
cern," we hope it will not be stirred up
again.

The schooner "Tickler," Capt. George
Hubbard, has been seized on suspicion of
being fitted out for the slave trade. She is
of unusual depth, 130 tons burthen, and in
every respect is said to have the most per-
fect outfit of any vessel sailing from this port
for many years, with provisions on board
in hermetically sealed cans, sufficient for a
two years' cruise, armed with two swivels,
four eight pounders, a large number of pis-
tols, and breach-loading rifles, and a large
quantity of iron balls, two hundred pounds