‘*1 T.
215:3;-.a._
the pronunciation, the true accent, and true
sounds of the letters as soon as the words are
presented to the eye. This. mttst be accom-
plished before they can read well, and during
this process, it is of little consequence whe-
therthey uriderstaiid the meaning of all the
words or not. VVhen these difficulties are
surrrioimted, the child is prepared to proceed
to definitions, and to i'r=ad‘ing with a due re-
gard to emphasis, and the meaning of what
he reads.
The tnethorl you propose by which to
remedy the supposed evils of the usual prac-
tice of instruction, is, to reqi.iire a child to
undei's‘tand every word he spells, and thus to
' learn the spelling and the definition at the
same time. VVe will then‘ examine the book
which _you offer for tcacliing in this manner;
the spelling book of Sttlfim Town, whieli is
compiled on, the plan of explaining words
by syt_1_onyms; one word by another of the
same si_g_~n'i'fic:itioii, or “ by one of tire 7i.r2ro'riz.s-I
correspoii.din.g z'm.porl” This avowed plan
of defining words by such other words as are
- of the 7r.-:51.-rest cor'respnir.:ling imp’nrl. ought
to have induced you and every friend of child-
ren, to reject the book. Ifa definition is not
exact, itis not true ; and is worse titan none.
The priiiciple is wrong, and the practice un-
der it would be most " liieV0I1S- If =1
teacher should pitt suc_h { into the hands
of my children for instruction, I should hold
him guilty ofa breach oftrust. Let us look
at some specimens.
(To be co7tti7i.i.i.cr_l)
Dinner to I/Villianr C. Ii’ives.—Tlie politicdl
friends ofthis gentleman in Albemarle have terr-
dered him a public dinner, to be given in Char-
lottesville on the 20th inst.
\Vc have frequently obsr~rved that voting men
take more p’llt‘i.-I to cultivate the affection and
elicit the goodwill ofill tempered dariisels, than
to reciprocate and cherish the amiable feelings
oflhose who are frank and amiable. \Ve stip-
pose that this must be accounted for on the saint-
principle that people are willing to pay a higher
price for vinegar than sweet cider. ,
Female I-Ici'oi'sm.-—\Ve liavejust been itiform-
ed by Major Sitgieaves, of the following tragic
occurrence that took place on Monday night
last, near Bloomsbtiry, Warren co. N. J. about
8 rnilesl from Easton, the particulars of which
are as follows: About nine o’clock on the eve-
ning alluded to, a negro slave, aged about 20
years, and belonging to Gen. \Villianison, went
to the house of his son, M r. C. \-Villianison. who
was from home, and having conducted liirtiself
improperly, was ordered frotn the premises by
Mrs. \Villiainson. He returned to his ni.'ister’s
residence, where he stayed uiitilabout iiiirliiiglii.
when he again repaired to the house ofilie son.
and dernaiitletl admittance. M rs. \V.com:naud—
ed him not to attempt to enter, for if he did he
would jeopardize his life. He disregarded the
tlireal, forced open the door and entered the room.
upon which Mrs. \V. took tip a loaded gun.
which herliusliaiid always kept.approacht=d the
negro, who still pers'sicd in eutleavoring to ac-
complish his wicked design, and shot him. The
load entered his breast, he staggered backwards a
few feet. and fell dead on the floor. The lady
is a daughter of Mr. Drake. of \’Va‘shington. N-
J, She was left atom». with her children, in a
house located at some dis‘ance from any other,
and had no means but those made use of, to
preserve tier chastity and honor, which were
threatened by the slave.——Eas(on (Pa.) Sent.
Lynch Law and its .E_[]‘€cls.-—\Ve i'c('eiverl a
private letter frorii Naictiitor-lies. a day or two
since. in which the writer relates an instance of
Lvncliing in the following words. "Some time
within the last month, a man living on the
Texas mad, about twelve miles from Natclii-
ioches. within the state, (who had three orphan
children under his care, whom he t'i'cqm»titly
maltreated.) was pretty harshly dealt with by
the adhereiitsof Lynch law, as the fpllowing cir-
cumstances will show. The citizens oi Nal(‘lti-
toches, on lieariiig of his maltreatment of the
children, disguised themselves. and repaired to
his house atiniglii, for the purpose of iiiflictirig
summary punishuieiit upon him. Haviiig
found him, they carried liitn to the woods, lied
him to a tree. tarred and feathered him.antl then
whipped him severely. Sliorily afterwards he
came to town, armed with a loaded pistol. and
meeting with :1 strange titan. accused him ofliav-
iug assisted in the Lynching allair. Instantly
iipon iiialtirig the. at-ciisaiioit. he discharged the
pistol into the breast of the innocent man,
wounding him severely. The fellow was then
taken up. and coinmitted to prison. He subse-
quently gave bail for his appearance at t‘(lt)l‘l,
and was liberated. On the everiina after his re-
lease, he went to his lioiiic, and killed l.lll‘~S(3lfl
So ends the atla'ir.—N. O.przpcr.
Coirnleifiifcrs arrcs(cd.—A _:9H£’. Of sl’\' tl€S-i
perate cotinterfeiiers were ferir-ted out. Tons
day, in a cellar at New Betlforil. They were
busily employed coining half dollars. Two
bushels of base silver coin, a large quantity of
machinery. dies, (Ste. snppost-:d to he cotinierfcit,
were also found. The New Bedford i‘v1ercur_v
adds-
A considerable quantity of banit bills. stip-
posed to be counterfr-.it, were also foiiiitl upon the
prisoners. Among them were teu's ofthe Lei-
cester Bank in this State, five'softhe llarnilton
Bank, Boston. and various oiiiers.soiiie of Banks
in the state of Netv York. li is said that a
quantity of this spurious coin, in half dollars,
amounting to two or three thousand dollars, had
been disposed of at Nantucket, butwe have not
been able to ascertain wheilzcr such has been the ,
fact. The coin appearsio be of a compo.-.ition
principally ofGermau silver, and so ‘.VL'll execut-
ed as easily to escape detection.
The Hon. Noadiah Johnson, a member ofthe
Senate front Delaware county, died at Albany,
on the 4th inst.~ He had been ill during the ses-
sion, but attendcrl to his duties ii.l three or four
weeks ago. Mr. Johnson has been three years
in the senate. He was formerly a ineuibcr of
Congress.
Great Fire at 1lIabile.—-A fire occurred at
Mobile on the night of the 27th ult. in a stable
on Michael street. in the rear ofthe residence of
A. J. Jue, which rapidly sprearl across the entire
square. destroying every building on three sides.
viz : St. Michael, C()llCCpllt}tl_ and St. Louis
streets, about 20 buildings, principally private
residences. .
General iScotl.—lt will be seen by the foll0\v-
ing letter. that General Scott declines the prof-
fered compliinerii of a public dinner iii the city.
. HEAD Quaivrrzas, EAS'1'ERN Divisioiv
\VASHli.\’G'l‘ON, April 6, 1839. E
Gentlemen-—l have had the honor to receive
your two notes, which I beg permission to cori-
sidei as one—1he sentirnenzs and many of the
signers beirig common to 'ootb—invi:ieg rue in
terms as felicitous as they are partial and flatter-
ing, to a dinner in the city of New York, in testi-
mony oftlie esiimatiooyin-whicli you are pleased
T}
-:1
lmany an old and ltirzd friend, and not an indi-
vidual wliom'I should uot_lie.proud to make one.
If. then, 1 find tny_selfcornp:\'lled to decline the
high honor tendered by such persons, ontbe
part of the great city of the new world, I trust
you will do me the jiisiice to believe it is from
no want of reciprocal consideration and csteem._
Those sentiments are deeply’ impressed on my
heart.’ But my position as a soldier. bound by
peculiar ties and dtities to country and govern-
ineut——the necessity of continuing itinerant,I
ltiimvlnoj how‘ long, and the danger ofsecminlg
to see 1. in vio atioii of military propriety, suci
houors,—-all have recently atlmoiiisbed me not to
accept any public entertainment whatever.
In the sentizneuis expressed, *
I have the honor. Qenilemen,
To subscribe myself,
Your grateful and devoted serv‘r,
\\"INFl ELD SCOTT.
To Messrs. Jzrrrics Tallrriadge. Philip Hone.
‘.Villi,am A Drier, C. W’. Lawrence, Aaron
Clark, Angristiis Fletiiiiig, I’. G. Stuyvesant,
(Tharles King. James G. King. Daniel Jackson,
Dnvirl B ()gdr=n,J. \Vatson, G.Griswol:J. Thad-
deu.sl’bolps, N. 'f’riine. C. A. Davis. S. B. Rug-
gles, Edw. Curtis. Samuel VVard, Jacob P.
_»_i2_raud, &c. ézc.-—-N. Y. paper.
Rciitovals from 0fiice.—-lo a report made upon
the call of M r. Senator Talltriadge in the U. S.
Senate, it appears that the following Postmas-
iers tverc,"rciiioi;cilfoi'opiizion's sa/cc,” between
the -’l.~lll of March. 1837, to the 1st of February,
1839: ' " ' '
In Maine there were ‘40 removals,
do New Hampshire do ‘ 4 do- ‘
do Vermont. do 13' do
do Massaclitiselts, do 25 do
do Connecticut, do 11 do ,
do New York, do 48 do. _
do New Jersey, do 4 do
do Pentisylvaiiia, do 45 do
do Delaware, do ,'1 do
do Maryland, do 13 do
‘do Virginia. do 11 ’ do
do North Carolina, do 6 do
do South Carolina, do - 2 do
do Georgia, do 4 do
do Louisiana,‘ do 3 do
do Mississippi, do 5_ do
do Arkansas, do 3 do
do Alabama, do 0 8... do
do Kentucky, do ' 6 do
do_ Tennessee, do 5' ‘do
do Missouri, do 12 do
do Ohio. do" 43 do
do Indiana, ‘ do 13 do
do Illinois, do 16 do
do Micliigan, do 18 . do
do ‘.Visconsiu, do» - 5 do
Here is a list of t/tree lruizzlrerl and sr'.rl_y-four
Poslmas/ers. who were proscribed during the
first year of Van Buren’s reign; a _number
fargreatcr than all the removals from ollice made
by \Vasl:ington, John Arlains, Jefferson, Madi-
son. l\.'lonror=, and John Quincy Adams.
\Ve should ‘like to have the Evening Post ex-
plain, wby a merchant, a master briilder. a
toaster‘ carpenter, or aboss ofaiiy kind, has not
as much-—aye, more—-right to employ only
those who agree iiropitiioii with him? More
we say, for the goverriirieiit belongs to l.l]8,Wll0le
people. whereas a nian’s property is his owii.—
New York E.i.-press. '
From lllé Newark Daily Advertiser.
1'rIA!iCH OF LOCO-FOC€)l.‘SM.
\Ve are called to record to day, perhaps the
most bold and disgraceful exhibition ofthe law-
less spirit of Loco Focoisiii, which these remark-
blc titties liave produced ; certainly the uiost
SttJt'lili)_1 outrages which stains the political an-
rialsofNew Jersey. It will be recollected that
during the late session ofilie Legislature, alarge
body ofilie iriliabiiaiits of the iownsliip of Har-
riiigton in Bergen Co. petitioned to be set offiiito
a new township. I’1arringion is a large town-
ship, about 1.0 miles long by 7 broad. extends to
the North River on the east, incltiding the Clos-
ier Mountains which form the Palisades, and
Rocliland co. N. Y. on the north. The Back-
crisack river runssoutherl_v and centrally through
it and the residents on this. or the west side of
that stream, applied for the division.
passed a bill erecting all that pariof the town-
ship which lies west ofthe Hackeusack into a
separate township. to be called \Vashingtoii ;
prcviding at the sarneitimc, that it should not go
into effr.-ct “until a majority of the legal voters,
who reside in the district of the contemplated
township of \Vashingion, agree thereto ; and
that an election by ballot containing the word
‘rlivisioii’ or ' no division’ either written or print-
ed. to ascertain the same, shall beheld at the
house of the said_Pr.ter A. Jersey, on the first
Tliiirsday of April next ; and the voters present
at the npeiliilg ofthe pzill shall choose three (lis-
creet frer-liolrlcrsto be iiispeciorsofsucli election.
who shall be sworn or alliriried by a justice of
the pear-eofihe county ofBc'rgeii tojiistly, faith-
fully. and impartially execute the dutiesofsairl
ollice ; the poll to be open at 10 o'clock in the
foretioon and closed at 3o’clock in the alterrioon.”
In pursuazice ofihis pru\‘i.~'inri the people ofllie
district west ofthe I'I&(.‘l\‘el‘tS.'JCli. comprising the
t:n.'lle(1)pl.‘.ll8(l towiisliip, assetri bled on Thursday
morning at Jersey’s Inn. to the number of 200
and upward, and at the appointed hour Abraham
G. ])r-riicrest, Corns. Ackc-rnian. and Garret S.
Deinerest were chosen inspectors of the election,
\\'lllt()Ul opposition, and being duly sworn before
John R. Blauvelt, Esq. ajusiice of the peace,
riccortliirg to law, opened the election in due
form at 10 o'clock.
The _£‘lt‘.(:llf)tl proceeded quietly for about an
hour. tlnricg which iiriie 233 votes were received,
as appears by a copy ofthe rillicial list ofthe iti-
.~‘pt=(:tr)lS now before us. About 11 o'clock four
waggoiis drove up, containing a bevy of some
30 j)t'tS()t)S front the neighborhood of the Pali-
sades. east ofthe Hackensack, and ofcouise out
of lllt‘. district interested. with flags flying, one
ofwliich bore tlieiuscripiion‘ .Poverl'_i/ Trr.uinph-
ant." streaming from it long hickory pole. They
marchetl to the polls and olferetl to vote, btil
were told that they lived out of the district, and
were ilierefore not entitled to a voice in this ques-
tion. The election and the law were then
vociferonsly denounced as of no effect, and in
the midst ofthe crowd about the poll, the highest
excitement prevailing. a dash was made to
seize the ballot box on the inspectors‘ table.-
Some of the voters standing near. however, suc-
ceeded in removing it to the floor behind the ta-'
ble. ‘ ‘
Blows followed, the inspectors being peacea-'
ble riten, escaped. and a general scuffle ensued.‘
during wiiich some ofthe \V-higs who remained
to protect the ballot box, were severely woiind-
ed. 'Tlic'furiiiture and walls of the room were
violently broken in the contest, and some severe
wonnils were inflicted by the Cluster men with
knives or sharp. stones. _They succeeded ‘at
length in getting'possessi7n ofthe box and its
contents, and marched outwith shouts of tri-
umph. A Loco Fuco processionwas formed.
and after parading up and” d‘own"the street with
the spoils, they marcl‘i‘e'd to the house of a lead-
ing member of their party, and participated in
a dinner which appears to tiave been provided
for the occasion. The election was ofcourse
broken up, the law ofthe state nullified, and its
authority set at defiance. The ballot was found
to_h_old my long endeavors in the service offla
EOULIIY)’ that is equally dear to NS all. ', ’
A mong you, 1 have the happiiic-as to recognize
’ pieces, and the tickets scattered about it.
the next.mo_rnin_g "in a barn ‘yard, broken to
After much coiisidcraiion, the Legislature‘
a state, will‘ probably undergo legal investiga-
tioii..we forbear comment. We’ have given a
bare outline ofthe case, omitting names. as we
have received it from the lips of several ofthe
most respectable persons who were present, and
from the written documents‘ before us. For-
ttiiiatyelv, as yet, nothing more can be required
to exéite the universal odium ofthe country. It
is a practical demonstration of the licentioiis
spirit which would reduce the orderly republic
into a brawling democracy.
\Ve annex two affidavits in testimony of the
disgraceful "transaction: - .-
BERGEN COUNTY, ss.—Be 'it remeiiibered
that on the fourth day ofApril in the year ofour
Lord one thousand eight hundred and tliir:-y-
nine, personally appeared before. Peter L.
Ackernian, one of the justices of the peace in
and forithe county of Bergen, the persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed. who being duly
sworn on the Evangelists of Almighty God, did
each severally depose and say, that between the
hotirs of ten in the foreiioon, they did cacti and
severally deposiie in the ballot box, at the elec-
tion lield at the house ofPeter A. Jersey, in pur-
suance ofan act of ilic Legislature passed March
6, A. D. 1839. a ballot containing the following
word " Division.” which said ballotsihey did so
each and severally deposite as their act and deed,
and farther said not.
Signed by 63 persons.
I do hereby certify, that the foregoing names
were subscribed, and the persons severally
sworn before me the fourth day of April, in the
year ofour Lord one thousand eight hundred and
tliirly-nine.
PETER L. ACKERMAN. Justice of the Peace.
I-lAit.niNG'ro1v. April 4th, 1839.
\Ve the subscribers of this instrument do
solemnly swear. that we were debarred from
voting our ticket for ' division’ of the totviiship of
Harrington, in Bergen. county, N. J. at the elec-
tion held on rise 4th inst. at the house of Peter A.
Jersey, by the ‘ no division’ party taking the bal-
lot box by force, away front theinspectors of the
election.
Signed by 29 voters. ’ .
I do hereby certify, that the foregoing names
were duly subscribed, and ilie persons severally
sworn before me the fourth day of A pril. in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight liuudred
and thirty-two. .
PETERL ACKERl\’IAN.Jiist7ce0ftliePeace
li\‘l©[%2\MiféllL.ll{ GAZETTE.
“DON'T GIVE UP THE siiir.”
U
VVEDNEISDAY, APRIL 17, 1839.
E VVe give below, as far as received,
the intelligence from the towns which failed to
elect representatives on the 1st instant, and
which made a second trial on the 8th inst.
Da.rz'c7i, no choice. Slmlfo-rd, do. VVct/z-
ersfield, do. Jlfansfield, do.
. VVa.lerbur;r/, Ml‘. Hine, (Whig,) elected.
No choice foifisecond representative.
Noifol/:,_Elizur Dowd, (\Vhig.)
Dru‘/2.a7r2, VVhig elected.
Berlin, Mr. Basset, (Whi.g,) 11 majority.
Pr0spcc_l, Mi‘. Payne, (Loeo,) was chosen
after several ballottings, by one majority.
Nair:-Lonrlort, John Coridon,’ (Loco,) elect-
ed, 14 majority.
Bozra/r, Mr. Gager, (Loco,) elected by
2 majority.
Bolton, Loco, one majority. .
Da.rien_—-At the_ third trial, in Darien,
to elect a Representative, Mr. VVilliam An-
dreas, (VVhig,) was elected. Five candi-
dates were run, but Mr. Andreas was elected
by 3 majority over all opposition.
51:? The Superior Court for this County,
closed its April session on Saturday la_st.——-
The following cases were presented to the
J'ur.V=' .
Jonat.‘/trait. Dodge vs. Jo/in Burdell. Ac-'
tion of Debt. Verdict for Defendant.
C/L(b‘7‘lt‘S Grerz.°t vs. T/teorlorc Dcrvenport.
Ti'ovcr—non-suited.
Frriificlrl _Co. Tirmnpiltte Compton}; vs. Joel
T/torp. -Action on the case. Verdict for
Plaintiffs $235 48 damages and costs.
Lu!/rer CI Carrier‘, :90. vs. Burr VVal/tins.
Trespass—non.-suit. , ,
J0.S't2])/L Lockwood" vs. Jrrrcd Olmslarrrl.--
Verdict for plaintiff "$25 damages and costs.
Step/ten Curtis vs.'Abel Peck, (yo. Action
on the case, for enticing away minor son of
plaintiff: Verdict for plaintiff €843 damages
and cost. ‘ \
Samuel C. Ford vs. C/ms. Henclric. Tres-
pass—no appearance.
Fairfielcl Co. Brut/c vs. B-i'irl'geporl Bonk.
Assumpsit. Verdict for plaintiff $2243 33
damages and cost.
Sum-uel G. B_la.ckma.nvs.' W/'a.r(l Nichols.
Action on note. After the testimony was
closed, the defendant suffered a default.
' CRIMXNAIL CASES.
C/ms. iS'a.imderso2z. was convicted of burg-
lary, and sentenced to the State Prison for 3
years. _
V David Bradley was convicted of breaking
jail, and sentenced to State’s Prison 3 years-
The same -prisoner was also convicted of
burglar'y and sentenced to State’s Prison for
_4 years] V i V ' '
.I"Vm. B2r,rrilt,ibreaking jail, State’s Prison
3 years. Burglary, State’s prison 4 years.~
Trearliocll, burglary, '_ State’s Prison
2 years. _ V ' ‘l ' '
Daniel C. W/ritlock. stealing sheep, Statc’s
Prison 2 years. . ' - -
.'A modern writer, discoursing on the
‘-‘ Worth of VVo'rnen,” says,—.-“ Prudence 18
As lhisoulrage, unparalleled in our history as
superior to pearls and t_hcr_e is ’-no 'kind of
comparisoii between diamonds and discretion.
Fools maybe caught by the shell—but the
man wort/i. ltaving, will make’ thegem, the
object of deliberation.” '
F ram the Iltwtford Courier.
TEIE LATE ELECTION.
The election which has just closed, and
which has resulted in the complete triumph
of the Whigs, may be very justly said to
have been one ofthe most bitter contests ever
known in this State. N-“tver before has Con-
necticut‘ witnessed a system of warfare so ut-
terly rccklcss and dislionorablc asthat adopt-_
edby our opponents during the campaign.
From June I838, to April 1830, their papers
have been filled with a continued series of
themost glaring f;ilsehoods,which, although
over and over again proved to he lies, have
nevertheless been in most instances adhered
to and persisted in, with a spirit and rlet-.=rmi-
nation well worthy the cause they were coin-
ed to support. Since the nomination of John
M. Niles for Governor, partici.ilarly, they
have persisted in this course. with the most
perfect desperation. The fact was, the lead-
ers of the party were well aware that the
nomination of Mr. Niles had placed them in
a critical situation. 'I‘licy had cried uptlieii‘
candidate as about the greatest titan in the
country——-they had even styled him the very
“personification of democracy ;” and they
saw that their very existence as a party de-
pended upon their securing a comp:-imtively
large vote for Mr. Niles. Accordingl.y,with
the “personification” himself at home, to su-
perintend and direct their operations, they
went to work, and if liuman ingenuity, join-
ed with the desperation of demons, could
have accomplished their object, John M.
Niles would have been elected Governor of
Connecticut! Said a prominent Loco-Foco
leader in New-London County, in the after-
noon of election day, “ SVL-ll, if we have not
carried the State, it will not be because we
liavn’t done our best—-we have not left a stone
iintui'ne.d.” “ No,” said a blunt fellow stand-
ing, by, “ nor a grave undug—-—and where you
could find bones that would hang together,
you have brought them tip to vote!” In
some towns where the Loco-Focos had the
power, the most disgusting scenes were eit-
acted at the polls. Leading men among the
Locos, and even candidates for office, were
seen to take men from the poor-houses and
jails, and after putting votes into their hands,
leading them by the shoulder up to the bal-
lot box, for fear that they should tumble
down or lose their vote before it could be se-
cured.
Their traveling lecturers, too, in many in-
stances, acted a most disingenuous and un-
manly part. VVe knew sortie cases, where
they wcieptiblicly met in open meeting, by
\Vhigs, who pronounced some oftheir strong
statements utterly false and groundless, and
defied them to adduce a shadow of proof, but
without success, and yet the next day these.
men were found in a neighboring town, re-
iterating the saine falsehoods, and making oth-
er statements, equally untrue,which they dar~
ed not make when those were present who
could effectually contradict them. In other
instances, they deblaiiiied loudly about an in-
famous “Secret Circular” which they had
seen and read, and pledged themselves pub-
licly, that if the VVhig papers denied it,
the Circular should be published. That cle-
nial ‘was promptly made, yet the Circular
has never been produced, and not one ofthese
men, that we know of, has had the candor to
acknowledge any mistake, or make. the least
correction. These are but a part of the dis-
honorable weapons against which we have
had to contend, and to ivliich we shall allude
hereafter.
But in spite of all, we have triumphcd——
gloriously triumphed. Our victory is com-
plcte, and we only wish now to caution our
friends against putting off their armor, as
though the war was ended, because we have
gained a battle. Cur opponents proclaim
their intention of placing Connecticut under
the “ cattle”-yoke of John M. Niles, if ano-
tlier year’s hard work will do it; and now
let us be'pi‘eparcd to meet them in the onset.
Do not give up your organization-—keep a
sharp watch over Niles’ troops, and especial-
ly their leaders-—e_\'pose their tricks and false-
hoods——and above all, be sure’ and secure
your rights at the “ Little Town Meetings”
next Fall. Only let us been our guard
against fraud, falsehood and deception, and
continue firm in defence of our liberties and
our rights, and by another year, we shall be
prepared to give Loco—Focoism and its adhe-
rents an overth row, compared to which the
one they have just received may well be
termed what they S6011} so anxious to consi-
der it---a. t:iclorg,'.
B_i'oo/r/7:1/it C.’ia.rzer,Elcr:lion.—The Char-
ter Election of Brooklyn commenced and
ended on Tuesday, and resulted in the elec-
tion of 12 Whig and 6 Loco-Foco members
of the Common Council; that party having
carried six out of the nine wards.
T/re Bella-illc Brut/t;-—It is all over with
tliisinstitution. Gov Pennington has placed
an injunction upon any ftirthcr exercise ofits
francliises, and put its affairs into the hands
of receivers, for winding up '
An inquest was" held at New York on
Monday on the body of a child, who met with
a singular death in the following manner.
He was playing about a room in whichthere
was a stove with a kettle of hot water upon it,
and putting his mouth to the spout he inhaled
the scalding vapor, which caused death after
suffering extreme agony for halfan hour.
Night keeps man alive without fire, candle,
meat drink, or clothing; all he asksis a bed.
The poorest man is as happy as a king the
moment he lies down, and, fortunately, he
has to stand up only half his time.
The bill providing for the construction of
the New York and Eric Rail Road by the
State, was rejected in the New York Senate,
on I«lr'ednes«;lay, by a vote of 16 to 14.
Erskine gave a very lively illustration of
the text, “ Union is Strength,” when he said
of a pl ce where he had slept very ill,’ that if
the fle s had been unanimous, they would
have lifted, him out ofbed. '
at .
To remove panes of glass, put soft soap on
the.pufty, for a few hours, and it becomes as
come zis hard as stone.
_ Phlfla 00 Tuesday, by _a blow from a stone
-seeded oats’! asksa fourth.
soft aslifjust put on, though the putty liad be-"
.CU«1fll07L lo Boys.‘-=-A lad- named iiFrancis
Giles. had his skull fractured in Philadel-
ll}_"°“'fl al_hl_m by another boy, named Quin,
0. which injury he died the following, day.
Quin has been committed to prison, to be tri-
ed for murder. - , ~
The Legislature ofblassachusetts adjourn-
ed on VVedi_iesda\r, after a session of one
hundred days.
.Aloriizing.—-'I‘lie merits multic.at.ilis epi-
demic has broken out in Kent county, Md,
The Bugle thus explainsthe leading features
oftliis epidemic, and its singular effects upon
the good people of Kent:
“Are you gai‘dening’.? says one. No; I
am planting m_oi’us mirlllcorrlis! Are your
potatoes in the ground ? asks another. No;
.I~ain planting moms mullicaulis.'! Have
you any lettuce plants? queries a third. .No;
I plant the morzrs rnzrllicrzulis !!! Have you
_ No; I am plant-
itig the merits multicaulis.'.’!! Are you 1-ea-
dy to plant corn? inquires the fifth. Not
my moms rizullicoulis !!!!! It is said thatan
old lady actually sold her silver spectacles
aiidantique snuffbox, to pay fora share of
morus miilticaulis stock.”
From l/re N. Y. Sun.
I_’Ait'rNis_itsi—iiir AND DIssoLu'rIoN.—The
Philtidelpliia I/Vjorld tells a queei‘ grow, with.
out mentioningnainespfcircumstances which
have happened in that city, to the following ef-
fect. That a. young man havinrr :1 pretty
wife, enlisted and went to Florida?’ that she
and a nameless priest after sometime, pre-
suming the first husband to have been duly
despatched by the Indiansjoincd partiiei‘ship;
that notlong after, the original husband ap-
p_ea_red suddenly before the happy pair, in-
sisting that he was not dead and claiming
his dear wife; that the parson stoutly argu-
cd against any such i.nfi'ingement on the dis-
puted territory, that after a long squabble, the
claimant offered to give her up for $30,
but the possessor of the propei~t_y.1-efused ,0
SW9 "3018 than twenty, but the wife finallv.
acting as umpire, decided that she was worih
ttventy-fivedollars! They adjourned forth-
with to a lawyer who drew the tvritinog, and
then the precious disputants had zfiiozher
wrangle as to which should; pay the fees,
but the wife cutthcse short bv paying them
herself. The Ii"'orlrl c.,.,ci.,d“es ,i,,,;,
Here is a pretty transaction for an Ameri-
can commiiiiityl Fora Quaker city! For
a city boasting of so many mo,-alists, (who
blpw their own trumpets) -Seriously, the
wife is guilty of bigamy, the second hiisband
of adultery, and the first of being accessory
to both crimes, and the lawyer‘, biit (log will
not cal clog. Let the bar take care tltcrt.
VVe have read of such things ariiongtlie very
refuse of England. ' But as this is the first
case. which has stained the annals of our city,
let the Grand Jury and" Attorney General
see that it is the last.
The Literary Gazette of Saturday last re-
lates the following anecdote in illustration or
English notions ofthe United States:
“ A cockney sportsman, who had read with
delight Mr. I-1offman’s new work on the wild
sports of America, took passage in a London
packet, and arrived here. during the present
week, to search for wild game. He brought
letters to a highly respectable mercliant, witli
whom we are well acquainted, and desired,
°Yml"°fl?_3r Wllich llltfpman attributed -
sgahoge kind .of_tpedicine the~Doctor had-ord¢r-’
:3 tin. and which ‘he said ' be ,sl1o_uld_ never
iave got through with had -he notcut it imj
rather rough and sharpisb. he had go”, all
down.’ This account puzzled his master ex_
ceedingly. who, however. soon discovered that
the man had swallowed in lreaclea complete
set pf brass grain weights. instead of the bolus’
which was found lying harriilessly on theiablr;
_in_ his master's room. Proper remedies were
iriitiiciliately adopted for dislodging this unc-om.
rnou dose from the man’s stomach. W ho subse-
quently recoyered from his illness.” '
. V_i=‘oRi-lion.
« Sm: (lays later from England _..Th'e pack.
t - ' . .‘. . _. ‘
e ship Monongahela, Capt Mierckm, arriv-
ed at Philadelphia on Wednesday evening.
f o . ¥ ' ’
e';‘:’g‘r‘}. L“’°"l300l. Whencc she sailed on the
mg Ofthe 8th March. .
L.‘£.‘.l’;.”.’.””.f ‘° f‘”““iWe Mad. Veshis.--The
1 I. l3 Pets contain a queer story.ofa dia-
)o ical atteiiipt to assassinate Madame Vestr'
O ‘ _ _ -V , is.
.- « e ermine to ow the
”gainst_the United States,
looks like a stage trick,
s_vr'iIijl7atli]y_. 1
ie Jivr-r oo Standard v‘ V
which had heiird of the Staicaofll(Vl:i1rieil)l¢_?'r."
about to take possession of the Arostookmis
full of ravings, and talksloudly of the proba-
bilities ofan immediate \Var.
A dinner was given by the members of the
Prccursor’s Society in London, to Daniel 0’-
C°”“°“» ESQ» M. P., at the I-Iirrhbiii'y~Barn
Tavern, Islington. _ About eight hundred?
persons sat down to dinner, and at least from
one hundred to one hundred and fifty ladies‘
were present. Mr. O’\C.onnell addressed the-
meeting several times in the course of the.
evening. , . ’ _
T/re Eluctioirs in Ft a.7zcc.—Tlie Paris Na-
tional clairns a majority of2l deputies for the
opposition, out of 275 already heard from,,
The ministerial papers, on the other hand
speak with confidence of success. '1
A letter from P.‘.i'is, tinder (late of the 4,},
tilt. says: .
Fr-r.-rz o’clor:/t‘.—I open my letter to say that
in the very highest and best lt'lf(‘il‘ll"e(l. qt-ml.
tors. it is llt'llt-‘\’('Ll that the election will hate
been so much less in favor lofllvlinistcrs than
they cxpecterl, that their rr»tirt.-mcnt from of-
ficc may be looked for. The fall in thefunds.
which took‘ place to-day, will show you ti-“.1;
a similar impression prevailed on the Bout-sr-..
quite; but Isliallbe when I have plantedfijady UP because her husband had spoken
-The whole story
contrivecl to excite
«which I myself am bound to relv, I shall’
conclude.-— 'Iz'7n€.v. '
The Russians in the Caizcastzs.
receive from Anapa are ofthe highest iiiipor-
tance. The Lesgiiis, (the most numerous
tribe of Circassia,) who have bcciisubjectto
Russia ever since 1820, have revolled again”,
that power. Tliey have t‘t‘il".S£7.lCl't‘(l the: civil
have they stopped there; tliey l):'iV(? im-adid
Georgia, and have invited the inhabitai.-ts to
take arms against Russia. Gen. Jest, (Mili.
tary Commandant of thcterritorv ofthe Les.
gliis) has been obliged to rnal-2c. his troops
retire into the fortified places, till the arrival
of the reinforcements for which he has appli-
ed to General Golovine. The latter has sent
General Crlofi" with a brigade of infiintry
and twelve rcgi.iiitrits of Cossacks against;
the rebels, and is_ going to rnarcli in‘ person
after he delivered them, to be directid to the
to return in the Great l'Vt‘Sl.(‘l'tl.
ing himselftliat his new acquaintance was
perfectly serious, informed him that the spot
ed him to proceed to Philadelphia. He de-
parts for that city this day, and we call tip-
guished stranger their usual hospitality.”
:
Trccs.—-A correspondent of the Hartford
Coi.i rant says:
lftliose persons whose fruit or shade trees
have suffered from the canker worm, or oth-
er insects, will try a simple expedient, they
may entirely remedy the evil for the future.
Bore with a small augiir a hole in the tree
just below the lowest branch; makethe hole
slant down a little, and have it extend nearly
to the centre of the tree; fill it almost full of
sulphur, and piitin a plug of wood to keep
out the rain. ‘ This should be done before
the sap begins to flow in the spring; as it
rises ‘it will diffuse the sulphur in such a
manner as to prevent the insects from touch-
ing eithcr leaves.or blossoms. -
051: who HAS TRIED 1'1‘.
Paired, but not more/red.——An English
paper mentions the rn_arriage of VVin. Whal-
le_v, a shoemaker, to Miss Jane Dewhtirst.
The Bridegroom is sixfeetin height, weigli-
ing 197 pounds, and the bride only t/r'irlg,/
inches; and weighing only 62 pounds. It
is said he never pays fare for more than one
person when they travel, as he puts his wife
in his pocket. Very economical, but it riiust
be quite fatiguing for her to remain quiet
during a long passage.
Newark Charter Election.—The election
for city officers took place on Monday.
There was no opposition tothe “Thig ticket.
For Mayor there were two candidates-—\Vm.
Garthwaite and James Miller, both W'higs.
The latter was elected by 432 majority. Jo-
seph A. Halsey was elected Recorder, and
Abraham Beach, who has filled the office
many years, was re-elected Clerk.
A.Slrange 0ccurrence.—-Au English paper
says that the following occurrence actually took
place some time since. It will remind our
readers of ’
“ Him who took the Doctor’s bill ‘
And swallowed it instead of the pill.”
“ A man servant,in the employ ofthe Rev.‘Dr.
Palmer, of Yarcombe. near Chard, being taken
ill, the medical attendant ofthe family was sent
for who prepared for the man a bolus from the
family medicine chest, and having wrapped up
in a paper the small weights used in weighing
out ilieproper proportions ofthe drugs, left them
on the table, and near them the bolus. which he‘
desired one of the females ofthe house to carry
to the man servant, with instructions to take it
immediately in treacle. Some hours afterwards.
best hunting groiiiids without delay as helod from Tifiig,
Could only Wmalll 11670 =1 few (lays. purpcsini.’ l lletaclicd corps of General Rajcwski to ‘join
. He said l‘him_
that he came to New York principally toil,-le to sul;di:e the Lcsgliis, a warlike tribe-,
Shoot beai‘s'.. Our mercantile friend, satisfy-l who have the most iovcterate hatred of every
on ou’r friends there to extend to the distin-i
with all the reinaiiigtroops that can be spar-
-le has even ~ordercd the
It is dottltful whether it will be Dossi-
itliingtlirt boxers the Russian naiiic.
Dcscrtioii cc~iitiui.ics to prevail in our army,
Sea, who desert in St.‘Cl1nt2ml.Cl‘S that they
are no longer employed in the advanct-(E
posts. Tlie ]'t"gllt:(‘Il’.S of iiif_antrv posted
in the eiitrenchmi-nts arc guarded bythc Dam
Cossacks, the only corps that remained en-.
tircly faithful to the Czar. You may ima-.
gine what is to be expected from troops whom
it is necessary to place under a guard in the.-
presrnce ofan enemy.
The revolt of the Lesgliis is ascribed to-
l‘t'lr. Bell, the agent of England in C-ircassia.
This iiidelittigable man, who is well acquaint-
ed ivitli the language and mrtriiiers of the
people of the Caucasus, has introduced liiin-
sclfamong them under various disguises, and
cxhortstlicm to rise against the Russians.
Ile spa’t't-s ncitlier money not promises to in-
duce tltem. It is affirmecl that he has visited
in disguise Tifiis and other towns of the
countries subject to the dominion of Russia,
and that he has communications with their
inliabitants. Accordingly Lieiiteiiant Gen.
Golovirie has offered a reward of-300 ducats.
to whoever‘ shall deliver up Mr. Bell, either
dead or alive; at all events it is certain that
no na';ivc will have the basvness to betray
Mr. Bell, whom all Circassians consider as-
their protector, as a man sent by Heaven to-
free them from the Mtiscovite yoke.
Pt'epai‘ations are making here to send
30,000 men to Georgia, by sea, and it is af-
firmed that 10,000 men have already set out
from the north of Russia for the same destina-
had been greatly out up here. and fe°°mm'~‘“d-I especially :1 tong the Cessacl-;s of tlze Bltt(‘.-lg‘
tion, by way of Moscow and the country of"
the Don Cossacks. Those troops are not
merely to fill up the vacancies, caused by
disease, the sword, and desertion. -
As for the project of sending troops to the
assistance of Persia, we are assured that the
army of reserve of 70,000 men, lately assem-
bled for that purpose in the southern provinc-
es'of the empire, will not march unless Eng-
land should openly commence hostilities
against the Schah.-'—Le Commerce.
From the New York Express of Friday.
THE RESULT on THE ELECTION.
“ We have seen da/rker days titan tlris,”
as Price said in Tammany Hall, before he
embarked from the 7th Ward for Liverpool.
New York upon a, Charter Election has
gone 9Y81e‘!t&t.l1e Loco-Focos. Isaac L. Va-
iii(t)t(t)iOis’el Mayor by a majority of about
The result in the Common Council ma
be considered a little doubtful, but in til
probability, the Common Council has gone
with the Mayor. _ ~ ' r
We have been overwhelmed,cbut not bea-
ten, and the Whigs of the city will not be in
his master came to inquire about the patient,
and found h_1rn suffering under very uneasy
the least vdiscouraged by this unfortunate re;
sult. T/ze world /ta-re volerl here, and what
smaller pieces; but.‘ he thanked God that though!’
VVith this assurance on the cori'r- -q
i (‘Int .8 C .
0a’es.~a, Feb 6.——The accounts which we‘
and military who ‘were in their villtigcs, 11015‘.
Norwalk Chronicler