' tion
\
I up the soil, cutting down the weeds.
' the suckers. leaving only three stalks to a
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are in siniplepcliiaro oscuro, and not in colors.
But the exquisite minuteness of the delinea-
cannot be conceived. No painting
or engraving ever approached it. F01‘
example: In a view up the the street, a
distant sign would be percieved, and the eye
couldjust discern, that there were lines of let-
ters upon it but so minute as not to be read
with the naked eye. By the assistance--ofa
powerful lens. which magnified 50 times, ap-
plied to the delineation, every letter was clear-
ly and distinctlyleg‘tlJl_@. flllfl 30 also, “"e’e,lhe
minutest breal-;s and lines in the walls of the
buildings, and the pavements of the street.
The effect of the lens upon the picture was
in a great degree like thutofthe telescope in
nature.
“Objects moving are not impressed. The
Boulevard, so constantly filled with a moving
throng of pedeztrizins and. carriages, was per-
fectly solitary, except an individual who was
having his boots brushed. ‘HIS feet were
coinpolled, of course to be stationary forsomc
time, one, being on the box of the boot-black,
and the otcr on the ground. Consequently,
his boots and legs are well defined, but he is
without body or head because these were in
’ motion.
“ The impressions of interior views are
Rembrandt perfected. _ OneofMr. D.’s plates
is an impression of a spider. The spider
wars not bigger than the head of a large_pin,
but the image, magnified by the solar micro-
scope to the size of the palm of the hand,
having been impressed on the plate, and
examined through a lens, was further niag_ni-
fiel, and showed a minuteness of organization
hitherto not seen to exist. You perceive how
this discovery is, therefore, about to open a
new field of research in the depths ofmicros
opic nature. \Ve are soon to see if the mi-
nute has disc.overable limits. The naturalist
is to have a new kingdom to explore, as
much beyond the microscope as the micros-
cope is beyond the naked eye. .
“ Brit I am near the end of my paper, and
I have Unhappily to give a melancholy close
to my account of this ingenious discovery.
M. D.tgucrre appointed yesterday at noon to
see my telegraph. He came, and passed
more than an hour with me, expressing him-
self highly gratified at its operation. But
while he was thus employed, the great build-
ing of the Diorama, with his own house, all
his beautiful works, his valuable notes and
papers,_the labor of years ofexperiment, were,
unknown to him, at that moment becoming
the prey of the flames. His secret indeed is
still safe with him, but the steps of his prog-
ress in the discovery, and his valuable re-
searches in science are lost to the scicntific
world. I learn that his Diorama was in-
S'.:'r'8l.l, but to what extent I know not.
I am sure all friends of science rind
improvement will unite in expressing the
deepest sympathy in M. D;iguerre’s loss, and
the sincere hope that such a liberal sum will
be :1-i.'ar‘ded him by his Government, as shall
€Tl‘ll3lt‘. lllll) in some degree at least, to recov-
er from his loss.” .
In th ‘ some vessel rvhichbrought the above
letter, the writer liiiiiselfiirrived. From him
we ll:tV-.3 received some additional in formation
in-soectiiig this vii-ry interesting discovery,
which we caririot at present co mmunicate.
1V9 ‘r--we only room to say, that we are even
- .-.ai-.—. iinpres ed with the v..lue of the inven-
Em. :1; :« means of procuring, without labor
or -‘ =e, perfect and s2itisluctory panoramas
<:~f:.ll rue most interesting places and scenery
on the globe, and, if we apprehend its power
correctly. perfect representations of the hu-
man countenzince, than with its power to re-
veal the secrets of “microscopic natui‘e.”——
1Vith what delight will the eye dwell on the
panoramas of Jerus-.ilem, Thebes, Constanti-
nople, Rome, and other cities ofthe old world,
delineated with the unerririg fidelity of the
Daguerrotipc? VVith what interest shall we
visit the gallery of portraits of distinguished
man of all countries, drawn, not with man’s
feeble, false, and flattering pencil, but with the
power and truth of light from heavenl It
may not be long before we shall witness in
this city the exhibition of such panoramas
and such portraits’.
Slioclcing AcciiZent.~—On Thursday last while
the son of Mr. \Valter Treadwell, of \Veslon,
was pitching manure, wiili zi sharp fork, his little
brother, about 10 years of age, unperceived by
biin,passed between him and the cart, which
brought the fork with considerable force against
his head. One ofthe titres pierced his slrulljust
forward of his ear, which resulted in his death
on the following day.—Brz'¢lgeporl Republican.
From the N. Y. .Commercial Advertiser.
Messrs. Printers—-In one of your papers
of Sept. last, I published a history of the
China. Cor2t—its manner of growth and su-
perior quality. Since then I have received
a host of letters, (some paid, some not,) in-
quiring my mode of cultivation. To put an
end to farther inquiries, they have it below.
I lanted this_corri on the 10th of May in
a fie cl. I measured of the hills 5 feetapart
each way; scooped the earth out offthe hills,
and filled the space with one shovel full of
old stable manure; drew about an inchdeep
of soil over the manure, put in 3 grams of
corn, covering the corn with about one inch
of soil, then pressed downthe soil over the
seed with the back of the hoe. There came
a fine shower that night——th'e weather con-
tinued warm; it never got a check. It ap-
peared above ground in sixty hours. VVhen
about six inches high, I had it neatly dress-
ed with a hand-hoe. The round on which
it grew lay with a gentle slgbpe to the south.
VVhe cross-plowed,'I filled the furrows run-
ning from southeast to northwest, (that is to
say, crossing the face not up and down the
Illll,) with strong manure from the hog-pen.
This, when it rained, settled in the cross for-
rows, retaining the moisture and feeding the
roots between the furrows with the substance
of the manure.
1 also sprinkled about halfa pint of ashes
on iach hill. When it was about two feet
high, 1 carefully attended it, and pulled up
h;ll; and before the sun showed his burning
face above the briny waves of the Atlantic,
and after he sank behind the blue hills ofthe
Jerseys, I sallied out with my hoe, stirring
This
lgard. You remember when men were first
set adrift on the plains of Moab, they were
told they would get a living out of the ground,
but then it was by the sweat of theirbrows.
The same law holds good at this day. Ifthe
plow-gear is broke, and the hoe covered with
rust, the crop is hardly worth gathering.
This corn is for sale by G. C. Thorburn,
N. York, “Fm. Tliorburn, Albany, and John
Thorburn, St. Louis, at 25 cents per car.
GRAST THORBURN.
April 1st, 1839.
Fire and Loss of Life.—The house of Mr.
Samuel Evetts, in this town, on Wednesday
last, caught fire from some shavings left near
the stove; which resulted in the destruction
of the upper part of the house, and nearly
every article of household furnitrire and
clothing. But what is more afilictmg than
all the rest, Mrs. Evetts had left her only
child, about 2 years old, in a chair, near the
stove, and gone out for only a. few minutes,
when the alarm of fire was given. AS S0011
as she discovered the fire she ran to the house,
and rushed into the room where she had left
her child, which was filled with smoke and
flames; while one of her neighbors stood as
near to the door as possible and held on to
her to save her in case she should be suffo-
cated. By groping about upon the floor, she
soon found the little sufferer, and draggedit
out, in a state of inscnsibility. It was, how-
ever, resuscitated, but so shockingly burnt
that it died on Friday following.—Brz°.dge-
port Republican.
lr\‘l©R1MAlL.K GAZETTE.
“noN"r GIVE UP THE snip.”
VVEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1839.
*'= §§‘°The Legislature of this State corr-
venes to-day, at Hartford. VVe shall doubt-
less receive the Governor's Message in sea
son to lay it before our readers next week.
THE NATIONAL CoNvr:N'r1oN.—It will
be seen by a notice in another column, that
the \Vhig State Committee have issued a call
for a State Convention to be held at Hartford
on the 15th instant, for the purpose of ap-
pointing delegates to attend the National
Convention for the nomination of a Presi-
dent and Vice President ofthc U. Statcs—
which is to be convened at Harrisburg, Pa,
in December next. 1Ve hope that the Whigs
of this County will call meetings immediate-
gave a relish to my victuals, and a luxury to
my bed, and my patch of corn was -said to be
the finest on Long Island. Three acres ma-
naged in this way will produce more com
,ly in their respective towns; for the appoint-
_ment of delegates to the State Convention,
land that no town in the State will tail to be
irepresented on that most interesting. and im-
,portant occasion. This Convention will of
vcourse decide, for what Presidential candi-
date-,_tlie. Whig vote of Connecticut will be
cast. Now then is the time for the friends
of HENRY CLAY to bestir themselves.
We doubt not that he is the choice of nine-
tenths of the whig party of this State; but it
is very essential to the success of the \Vhig
candidate, whoever he may be, that there
should be no division of sentiment amongthe
Whigs in the several States in reference to
the candidate for whom the vote of each state
shall be given. We rejoice to see that adis-
position prevails among VVhigs in all parts
of the country, cheerfully to abide the deci-
sion of the National Convention, and to sup-
port with united energy the. candidate whom
that Convention may present for their stif-
fragcs. This is the feeling which should
prevail-—this istrue Republicanism and gen-
uine patriotism. _And we hail its increasing
prevalence as the sure harbinger of the de-
feat of Martin Van Buren-—and the bright-
est omen of the election of Henry Clay!
5:? The VVhigs of Norwalk are request-
ed to meet at the Norwal/c Hotel, on Friday
evening, the 3d May, at 8 o’clock, to appoint
delegates to represent them in the State Con-
vention which meets at Hartford on the 15th
inst., for the choice of Delegates to the Na-
tional Convention.
E The Bill providing for the construc-
tion of the New-York and Eric Rail-Road
by the State, has passed the N. York Assem-
bly by a vote of 60 to 44.
The House have also passed a bill making
further appropriations for the enlargement of
the ‘Erie Canal, by a vote of 77 to 13.
They have also extended the jurisdiction of
Justices ofthe Peace to $100.
;':§’An express-mail rider in Alabama,
has turned sub-treasurer, and been arrested
for stealing money from the mail which he
carried. “ Like master, like man,” Amos!
5'3" The Texans have located their new
seat of Government at 1Vaterloo, on the C010-
rado. It is near the centre of Austin's large
grant, and is to hear his name. Certain
speculators are now calculating on a rich
harvest.
Ala.rmz'7rg.-—Notwithstanding Mr. Biddle
has resigned the Presidency of the Penn. U.
S. Bank, the country is not yet out of danger,
if the Alex. Gazette is to _be believed. He is
yet President of an Agricultural society, and
is still engaged in his unholy practices of
bribingand buying up the people, by offering
premium or prizes to the farnfers for the best
than five raised in the garden of the slug-
agricultural products.
last week, into our office.
OFFICIAL OIMVASS OF VOTES FOR GOVERNOR.
1839.
Hartforcl County.
G 1:7
. ' 1156 659 b
Iliiiriirinonn 143 26 Hliiarillaiiid 83 100
Berlin 336 307 Manchester 186 146
Bristol ' 263 200 Marlborough 87 58
Burlington 130 86Simsbiiry 164 141
Bloomfield 122 94 Sonibinglon .181 194
Camon 202 124 Suffield , 164 216
East Hartford 227 212 Welhefsfield 323 295
East \Viddsor 410 245 Wlfldwf 180 174
Enfield 253 147 -—'-'—_
Farmington 223 120 5239 4080
Glastenbnry 209 294
Phelps, (Conserv.,) in the above County, 445.
New-Ha'ven County.
NE\V-HAVEN1129 836 N. Branford 101 101
Bethany 57 152 North Haven 121 159
Branford S1 1620range 130 .79
Cheshire 154 1790xford, . , 173 195
Derby 239 247 Prospect _.é‘$ 64
East Haven 173 79 Southbury 139 164
Guilford 247 199 Wallingford 178 222
I-Iamden 89 198 Waterbury 348 350
Madison 182 139 Woodbridge 114 93
Meriden 152 189 Wolcott 73 88
Middlebury 105 41 -'--—‘
Milford 354 so 440324016
Vote for Phelps in the above County. 144-
. New-London County-
NEW LONDON 322 335 Lyme _ 274 252
Norwicii 551 399 Montville 155 88
Bozrab 92 85 N. Stoningtcn .89 252
Colchestei‘ 176 .117 Preston .158 144
Franklin 87 99 Salem 9-'1 37
Griswold 157 92 Sronington 258 207
Grorou 144 205 Waterford 146 183
Lebanon 200 188 -—--—--
Ledyard 107 146 3099 2973
Lisbon 39 59
Vote for Phelps in the above County, 35.
Fairfield County.
FAIR]-‘IELD 256 191 Redding 179 124
Danbury 426 404 Ridgefield 219 172
Bridgeport 338 301 Stamford 327 18.)
Brookfield 109 153Sherman 55 97
Darien 50 70Strail'ord 176 139
Greenwich 257 256 Trumbull 116 122
Huntington 96 149 Weston 147 139
Monroe 78 158 \Vilron 188 128
N. Canaan 163 150 Wesiport 127 132
N. Fairfield 75 84 :--——-
Newmwn 268 319 .3970 3700
Norwalk 320 172
Vote for Phelps in the above County, 100.
Wind/tam: County.
Bnooxmm 149 99 Sterling 90 95
Ashfurd 232 204 Thompson 254 231
Canterbury 161 130|Volunrown 66 111
Chaplin 74 88'Wiudham 247 261
Hampton 66 132 Woodstock 306 254
Killiuuly 261 234 --
Plainfield 167 149 22412124
Pomfret 170 136
Vote for Phelps in the above County, 50.
Litchficld County.
LITCHFIELD 440 403 Plymouth 233 188
Barkhamstcd 185 102 Roxbury 7'7 119
Beihlein 80 85Salisbury 162 175
Canaan 176 225 Sharon 183 187
Colebrook 94 132'l.‘orrington 197 123
Cornwall 169 135 ‘Warren 71 75
Goshen 177 104 Washington 156 148
Harwinton 158 71 Watertown 171 111
Kent 136 174 \Viucliester 175 147
New Hartford 206 100 \rVoodbury 160 201
New Milford 386 388 ----
Nnrfnlk 136 108 39283-593
Vute for Phelps in the above County, 11t1T.
Illirldlescaz County.
Mii>m.it'ro\vN 546 569 Haddam 233 289
Cliatham, 202 384 Killingworlh 63 172
Chester 82 115 Saybrook 435 301
Clinton 126 88, —-'-i-
Durharn 114 106? 2056 2244
East-Habdam 25.5 220}
Vote for Phelps in the above County, 21.
Tolland County.
TOLLAND 116 126 Somers 140 120
Bolton 61 69Stafibrd 206 229
Columbia 55 91 Union 76 60
Cnvenzry 189 155 Vernon 184 55
Ellington 132 84 Willinglon 141 88
Hebron 172 151 -:-—-
Mansfield IS3 174 16551402
Vote for Phelps in the above County, 174.
Four men were stabbed at New London on
the 18th ult. in an affray between them and
two negrocs. The negroes are in jail, await-
ing their trial.
Anotlzeir Sub- Treasurer.—Thc Globe says
that the Teller of the favorite Pet Govern-
ment Bank at \Vashington, the Bank of the
Metropolis, has taken $50,000 from the bank.
The Teller admitted the truth of the charge,
and pointed to the person who had the mo-
ney in his possession, Mr. Goodrich, a Clerk
in one of the Departments. Mr. G. was ar-
rested, and the money recovered. The Globe
does not tell us in wliicii. of the Departments
Mr. G. was a Clerk. Butjudgiug from cir-
cumstances, we are very much inclined to
the opinion, that this Clerk was in “ honest
Levi’s” service.
New-England Farmer.—We, are much
pleased with a stray number of this valuable
paper, which by some mistake of some one
of Amos Kendall’s underlin gs, found its way,
We should like
to see it regularly, and would advise our ag-
ricultural friends to call at our ofiice and
take a look at it, preparatory to subscribing
for it, as soon as its worthy publishers place
as on their exchange list.
The K7liCfi8Tb0Ck8T.——W8 have just re-
ceived the April number of this valuable ma-
gazine, which should have been on ourtable
a fortnight ago. We had much rather lose
a good dinner once a month, than fail to re-
ceive this rich literary treat, as soon as it is-
sues from the press.
unusual delay of this number—that we will
they cannot borrow it, let them take it,.-,,,
N. B. We shall not lend ours. '
before h8,CQUl(1 trust them together.
WHIGTQTATE CONVENTION.
ford, on Wednesday,‘the 15th day of May
next. Its special object will be to appoint
Delegates from this state to the National
Whig Convention, which is to be held at
Harrisburg, (Penn.) in December 1839, for
the purpose of nominating candidates _for
President and Vice President of the United
States. The State Convention to be corn-
posed of delegates from each_town, equal to
the number of its Representatives in the Gen-
eral Assembly. The respective VVhig Town
Committees are requested, without delay, to
call meetings of the Whigs, and all _others
who are opposed to the present administra-
tion, for the purpose of choosing delegates to
said Convention ; and as it is desirable that
every town he represented, it is recommend-
ed that substitutes be appointed in case the
principals cannot attend; and where mem-
bers of the Legislature are appointed dele-
gates, their credentials should be forwarded
to them.
i§§3l‘.YFH§21l§§'3. ;S'»a*eC.e.""’al
’ ' ’ Committee.
MELVIN COPELAND,
Hartford, April 24, 1839.
The following “ Catch for four voices,” has
recently been revived, with new dramatic per-
sonic :
Gov. Fa2'2;field.—‘ Scotland's burning, Scot-
land’s burning.’
‘Sir John Harvey.-—‘ L_nok out. look out.’
.Ma2'ne Legislature.—‘Fire, fire, fire, fire.’
Aclmz'm'stralz'on.—‘ Cast on water, cast on
water.’
Revolutionary Army.—We find the following
in an old Vermont paper:
The number of regulars furnished _to the re-
volutionary army were-
By New England, 147.441
By the Middle States, 59.571
By the Southern States, 56.997
It appears from the above, that New England,
consisting of New Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Rhode Island and Connecticut, furnished more
troops for the defence of the country, than the
other nine States, by 3883. The number of
troops furnished by South Carolina was 6,447.
Massachusetts 67,907. Georgia 2,597. ‘Con-
necticut 31,939 ll
They are making counterfeit butter at the
West, and a woinan—she is called “a lady” in
the newspapers—was recently detected in sell-
ing buiier at twenty-five cents a pound, com-
posed of equal quantities of the genuine article
and yellow Corn Meal. There will be spurious
cream next, and probably an emission ofallercd
buiicrmilk.—N. Y. Gazelle.
The Sandwich. 1slands.—We have received,
says the New Bedford Mercury, our files of the
Sandwich Island Gazette of the 6th of October.
The Gazette ofihe 6th is shrouded with black
lines, in token of respect for the memory ofthe
Rev. Mr. Backelot, Apostolic Prefect of the
Sandwich Islands, to the island of Ascension.
Mr. Bachelor was a native of France, and com-
meuced his labors at the Sandwich Islands in
July, 1827. under the authority of Pope Leo
XII, but the eflbrisofthe protestant missionaries
proving more acceptable both to the natives and
to the government, Mr. B. was induced to take
his departure in Dec. 1831, when he proceeded
to California and remained at that place during
several years. His return to Honolulu in April.
1837, gave occasion to a renewed opposition, and
he was finally again compelled to take his de-
parture, and died on the passage.
A number of the some paper at a previous
date, statesthat three Catholic missions have re-
cenily been commenced in the Islands of the
South Pacific, viz: Si. Wallis’ Island, at the
Island of Fortune, and at New Zealand.
's
FROM FLORIDA.
BLACK CREEK. April 1, 1839.
I am safe. as yet, in this land of promise. I
havejust reiuriied from Fort Mellon, whichis
,is on the margin of Lake Monroe, and lies some
two hundred miles up the St. Johns’ river.
There is much excellent land on the peninsula,
which, however. aflbrds a fine hiding place for
ilie Indians. Our army can travel with ease
over the pine portion of it, but the dense ham-
mock presenrs difficulties to the white man
which he cannot overcome.
Since I came into this country my views of
this ingloriuus war have greatly changed. You
know what my opinions were when ‘I last saw
you in Hudson street. ' I now believe that
twenty active Indians, such as we have to con-
tend wiili, may keep twenty thousand soldiers
twenty years chasing them, and then one half
ofthc twenty would neither be killed nor captur-
e .
You and I have talked a good deal about this
Florida war, but you can form no adequate idea
ofihe difficulty of pursuing these fellows, who
know so well every hiding place. They still
declare they will keep the country, and that no
earthly power shall digve them from it.
I wish that Congress had sent a committee
into this country to examine for themselves; but
now I know not whatcan be done, for their lead-
der refuses all correspondence. and threatens to
shoot any messenger that may be sent to nego-
liate. It is the prevailing opinion that the Indi-
ans will uot now treat, even ifoflered the country,
for they say they do not want to negotiate for
what is their’s; they also say that they have
lost their stock, and what have been killed was
done by intrigue.
It is the opinion here, both in and out of the
army, that the war will be of long continuance.
unless the Indians come in, or be taken by some
siraragem. It is also the opinion that the pros-
pects are more unfavorable for peace than the
day the war commenced ; for now the Indians
have acquired experience, and they have had
much to encourage them. ’
They now find it profitable to plunderin mid-
dle Florida. and I fear that Gen. Taylor's plan,
that of disrricting the country into sections of
twenty miles square, and to have each district
guarded by twenty mounted men, will untan-
swer. Some have already been killed, and on-
ly a small part of Florida can be protected on
this plan. It will require fifty thousand men to
protect the country on General Taylor's plan.-
Com. Adv.
Don't waste the Sleam.—I: is ‘stated that a
steam ferry boat. which plies on the Alton, (I|l.)
quired, the proprietors have attached a pair or
dried bushels offine meal per day.
Upper Canada.—The Kingston Herald suites
that 4000 barrels of flour, two or three cargoes of
Jllr. Van Amburgh.--A London paper states, wheat and some hundred barrels of pork, had father, has never received any education, be- , _
that Mr. Van Amburgli lately introduced two arrived there, destined for Montreal, thence to yond the managemcntof the farrn.and the abili- a 9e?’ e1°°“°" must be held» W 3393 Pl“""h'
ty to read the Bible, spelling the words as she 1)’ ‘"1199 sufficient {Q7 3 °h°'°°-
The Herald says, non intercouse is the order proceeds. _She is unmarried, und,attbirt_y-four, SGUBIOTS 8196110590. 3.1190 1119)’ Vvillconstituh
Wha.t a '.* monster !” veteran occupants against the new comers, that of the day betxv.e.eiii Canada and the ,U. SIRICS.-,9 finds herselfquite a spec, on the cash principle. the Senate, leaving the rcmaiiiingseiatsivacalit.
new lions into a cage occupied by other animals, be shipped to England.
and mat such was the hostility manit‘e‘sted’by the
be was obliged to sleep in the cage three nights The steamboats of both countries run only to
their own ports.
that we have been informed the sentries at Brock- I O
I f fth Wh_c St t ville and 1-irescoti. fife on the American boats was written in reply,tooue fizomlghe Adli-Slivw .
n pursuance o a yote o e_ 15 a 8 even In the day lime. The United States ry Comrniiree ofthe Seuagorialdisirict in which
Convention, held at Middletown, in February steamer was fired_oir last week. and an Ameri- Mr.,L'ong resides, and is in answer to the two ,
last, a State Convention will be held at Hart- can schooner received several balls. And even following questions. viz: lst. “ Are you in favor
one of our own schooners. that came to Brock- of the passage of resolutions requesting our Sena‘-I
Indeed so faristhis carried, 1
Ville in the night. was fired on before they could I
six shots were fired on them. One of the balls
practice should be instantly stopped, as it not
only incursthe danger of killing innocent per-
will iinrnedialely suppress this conduct. On the
ion's steamboat at Prescott, and when it was
known where the plank was going, some “sym-
paihizers" set fire to it and burnt up the whole.
PETERSBURG, 0., April 12.
Il1urdcr.—-Mr. Thomas Simmons, of Milton
township. Wood county, was murdered by his
wife, Zeriah Simmons, on the 8th inst. This
appears to be one of the most cold blooded and
deliberate murders that we have ever heard of
being committed by a female. The particulars.
as we learn them, are these: Mrs. Simmons
arose early on Monday morning last, dressed
herself. and built a fire, after which she went to
the bed of her husband, took a broad axe from
under the bed, and while he was asleep, at one
blow, nearly severed his head from his body!
No cause is assigned by Mrs. S. for this act,
other than she was displeased in removing to this
county, from Knox county, their former resi-
dence; that they had had some difficulty con-
cerning the same; that she had attempted to go
back to said county once, that her husband had
prohibited her from so doing, and that from that
time henceforth, she had threatened his life; and
that she had concealed a weapon under the bed
for weeks previous, for that purpose, but had
hitherto failed in carrying her design into execu-
tion. She was committed to our couiiiv jail on
Wednesday last. to await her trial aiibe next
court. We learn that they have left ii family of
three children, the eldest a young lady 18 years
ofage, :0 lament their afflictions.
This makes the second woman that has been
committed to ourjarl within Ilie last three weeks
for the crime of murdring their husbands. \Ve
hope for the honor of human nature, and our
country, that this is the last transaction of the
kind we shall be called upon to record.— Whig.
“ So Captain Silk has arrived at Versailles,”
said a lady. “ Heavens, what a name for 8
soldier " “The-best name in the world,” said
a wii, “ for sil/c you know.can never be worsted.”
Erskine gave a very lively illustration of the
text. “Union is strength.” when he said of a
place where he had slept very ill, that ifrhe fleas
had been unanimoustliey would have lifted him
out ofbed.
The largest Multicaulis Story yet is told by
the Bridgeion New Jersey Chronicle. A gen-
tleman in Georgia. some five or six years since,
obtained and planted a mulberry tree in his gar-
den, wherc it stood untouched rill the past win
ier, when it attracted the attention of some one
in the trade, who offered the owner three cents a
bud for the top of it. The bargain was struck,
and on cutting off the branches, and counting the
buds, they amounted to twelve hundred and fif-
ty dollars, there being 41,662 buds on the tree.
Russia.—A late work on Russia gives the fol-
lowing interesting particulars ofihc rapid extcu
sion ofihar empire: _ '
“ The Russian empire in Europe has been
nearly doubled in little more than half '0 cen-
tury. In sixty-four years she has advabced her
rontier eight hundred and fifty miles tmwirils
Vienna, Berlin, Dresden, Munich. and Paris;
she has approached four hundred and fifty miles
nearer to Constantinople ; she has possessed
herself ofihe capital of Poland. and has advanc-
ed to within ii low miles of the capital of Swe-
den. from which, when Peter the First mounted
the throne, her lroniier was distant three hun-
dred miles. Since that time she has stretched
herself forward about one thousand miles to-
wards India. and the same distance towards the
capital of Persia. The regiment that is now
stationed at her furthest frontier post, on the
western shore of the Caspian, has as great a dis.
tance to march backgto Moscow as onward lo
Aiiock on the Indus, and is actually further from
St. Petersburgh than from Lahore, the capital
of the Seiks. The battalions of the Ryesiau
Imperial Guard, that invaded Persia, found at
the termination of the wars, that they were as
near to Hera! as to ibe banks of the Don: that
they had already accomplished halfthe dis-
tance from their capital to Delhi; and that,
therefore, from their camp in Persia, they had
as great a distance 1:.» march in Si. Petersburgh
as onward to the capital of Hindustan.”
How to relieve C/toked C'attle.—It will be re-
collecied by the constant readers of the Tele-
graph, that some months since, John Conant, of
this village, published an article in the Tele-
graph, ‘ addressed to farmers, making known a
method for relieving cattle choked with potzitocs
or other substances. The object of this para-
graph is, to call attention to the subject again,
and to add my own testimony in favor of the
remedy. A few mornings since, one ofmy cows
was choked with a poraioe. Living but a short
distance from my friend Conant, the author of
ihearricle alluded to, I sent for his assistance,
as I had never witnessed the operation. He
came with a quantity ofgun powder, took about
as much as would be necessary to charge a com-
mon fowling piece two orihree limes, inclosed it
in paper, somewhat after the manner of prepar-
ing a cartridge, and while I held the cow's_bead
up, he with his hand, thrust the preparation
down her throat as far as convenient. I held
her head upa moment, until she had broken and
swallowed the charge, which soon produced
heaving; but the first trial did not succeed.
After waiting a few minutes. we repealed [ho
process, which succeeded admirably, the poor
distressed animal was relieved at once. She
raised ilie potatoe, chewed and swallowed it.
Let whoever has occasion, try the experiment.
—Vormont Telegraph.
-An Unexpected Legacy.—A farmer in Aber-
deenshire Scotland, died recently, and after his
death, bank notes. amounting to $100,000, were
found slowed in the hollow oftbe nave ofa‘cart-
wheel, which he had long preserved, with mys-
terious care, in the bottom of an old clock case.
His farm consisted of only forty seven acres.
He owned two horses, and with them drove six
We are so vexed at tho ferry, having more power in her engine than re- M3519 0f P95‘! ‘veekryv '0 Abefdeenw Whll“ his
wife and daughter managed the dairy, cut the
by rigid economy and frugality so rigid and eco-
nomical, that his daughter, who inherits the
whole estate, her mother having died before the
Specimmof Loco-Foco Litcratiidrc.-—'l-‘bc"t'ol;’
owin letter from a Loco-Foco cimdidalcfor Sona-
or in Tolland county is too good to be lost. Ii,
ors and Reprcsentativesin Congressio usglhgi,-_
cast anchor. They were hailed from the shore, exertions to procure the immediate abolition of
but could not hear from the noise. and five or slavery in the District of Columbia-'7 2d 5,»,
. . g 0
you in favor ofrepealrug all laws making distinc-
pnssed close berweeu two of the men. This lion among our citizens onnccountof color""
GEl\‘TLEMEN.—-1 would inform you that you
episrle was received March 11th day A. D. 1839
sons. but also must provoke retaliation. and no hearing date at Vernon the 4th instant I would
active border war. We trust the Lt. Governor inform you ’ ‘
the reason of my not answering it‘
before my family was and still are sick-and in
other side. a quantity of oak plank, &c. was ly- relation to your 1st question Iam prepared ‘to of '
ing at Ogdensburgb for the Hon. John Ham'rl- the wlioleleugth provided I was fully comgincgd
that Congress had not by their action in the Gov-
ernment ofthe dstrict of Columbia fomhe pm-
teclion of life liberty and property rights gun;-en,
teed by the Consnrurion to all the citizens oflfig
government plubjecl to the exclusive com,-0[,,f
ougrecs mtg t be granted to it pefbapg cgnld
without a violation of the public faith. (at any
$',ge'cl‘l.°)"° aI’P°3T3 l0 be dtfibrent views on elm
‘Z.‘l'r'.'.’.$f.°..';“.§'-°°"°"~"’~" --.-.-r
8 8 "'8 8 distinction among our cm-
zens on account of collor I should not at present
consent to do in any capncitv whatever. '
Yours respectfully, 1
Zli‘L0'I' .
Coventry March. 20 day A. 1). ii3s39I.'°”' '
On this compound of Loco-Foco nonsciho
the editor of the Patriot and Democrat make;
the following comments: . ’
“ Ir seemsio us that no man of common song;
could have expected to receive the susirages of
an intelligent. people. after the promulgation of
such a ridiculous and incoherent compound of
ignorance and nonsense asrhe above letter; and
it certainly speaks well for the neighbors of Mr.
Long that they refused to sustain him for [ha
high ofiice for which he was nominated after the
proqfwhicli be furnished them that he was in-
competent to indiie a single sentence of correct
English. We believe all will agree with us in
saying that the degree ofinlellecl iiianifesleitin
this episrle is just about suflii-iem to entitle its
author to a place amongilic most unimclablo
Mules and Jacks in John M. Niles’ herd. while
more shrewd and intelligent “canle" would bu
ashamed of his company.
CONNECTICUT STAT]: Lvcr-:ux.—'1"lre annual
meeiing of the Connecticut Stine Lyceum, will
be holdcn at Hz"irr‘fonl,riu Tuesday; the 7ilr'of
May. It is rcquesledihat allCnunty and Town
Lyccums. and all Associations of Teachers, of_
other bodies for the impiroverucnl of schools will
send delegates. ,
Besides the general progress of education in
the State. it is expected thatsuhjecisofdiscusslou
respecting the improvement of school houses.
and the establishriieut of Teachers’ St-minaries,
will be presented in the Lyceum. -
By order oftbe EXECUTIVI-I COMMITTEE.
Lord Oxford. in his writings, mentions an in-
stance which occurred during a visit be mad;-|o
ii lunatic asylum in France, when one of the
inmates was repeatedly inicrmgaierl by an
upstart youth, who was also a visiier, as to the
reason or cause ofhis (the purieni's) being con-
fined there. The unhappy fellow at last to.
plied. "Becacuse God Almighty has deprived
me oflliai which you never had."
The attachment ofsnme French la‘.-dies to their
lap-dogs amounts. in some instances. to infamo-
lion.
our ofii male visiier's leg; his mistress thus ex-
pressed hcr compassion : "Poor little dent crou-
iurel I hope it will not make him sick 3"
‘ Love one./lnot/icr.'--A Vfelclrpursou pri-ache
ing {ruin this text, ‘- Love one another," told his
coiigregariiin, "that in kind respectful treatment
to our fellow creatures we were inferior to the
brine creation." As an illustration to the ‘in h
of this remark be quoted an instance of two
goals in his own parish, that once met
upon a bridge so very narrow that they could
not pass without one thrusting the other of! into
the river. " Aurl."conrinued he, .9‘ how do you
think they acted? VVhy l_will loll yin. One
goal laid tl nvn, and let the other leap over him.
Ah! beloved, let us live like goals," ‘
lVa:/ring Trccs.—-The following may prove
a useful hint to those who are anxious that their
trees should possess ii beautiful appcaraiicc.
The B05'0ll Cultivator recommends lye fmni
wood aslrcs or from potash, as the best wash for
trees. It should not be applied until Mayor
sects that adhere to the bark. There is a small
animal resembling a louse to be found on most
young trees. They never appear to move c:_c::ep.'.
great travellers.
S861.
Somcllzing Ncw—A Balloon Race -33’ the
True American of yesterday we see that ;
couple of balloons are to be started this afternoon
from Pracioi’s Prairie Cottage. at the retinitis-
iiou of the Nashville Railroad. They are to
be cut loose on the arrival of the two o’clock
cars. and those who can enjoy a pleasant ride,
and wish to bet “a little something” which
balloon will go up the fastest, get up first. stay
up longest and come down quickest. will take
this jaunt. They do say that Proctor has every
thing as it should be about him at the Cottage.
The Maine Legislature has granted adivorce
to Col. Ebenezer Cobb, and his wife, Mary 33-
con. The Colonel is on the wrougcidc of fifty.
oftweuty. .
For this divorce, the only course
That wisely _could be taken.
Fair Mary sued--the case‘ was proved,
And thus she saved her BACON!
Can any blame the youthful dame
Who gave the court ajob?
When all the corn is shelled and gone,
Say—who would keep the Conn.
The editor of the Vevay Times ‘is a poet.-
Wltuess the following sublime eflusion: ‘
Tbere’s naught in this wide world or valley
so sweet,
Ac—-—a good apple -dumpling with lasseson It
Rliode Isla.nd.—Full (unofficial) returns
of the vote cast give the following aggregates:
Sprague, ‘Whig . 2,891
Burgess, irreg. Whig 458
Bullock, Adm. 2,679
There is no doubt of the Whigiljeutenant
_ . _ b,,,,- will alone, .0 he,’ Wm, which, ibe Tale- peat, cleared the ground, and did, in facr,allrhe Governoivs election, but with regard tothc
not say a word in its favor. If people wish graph says, while crossing the ferry and running Tesl Oflhe farm, labor. He entered on the farm,
to know‘ what it 1'3, let them ,-cad it-_.and if otfsteam she is enabled to grind about one bun-
_ _ . _ Senate nothing can be definitely settled till
which was his only inheritance, at 18 years of the votes are canvasscd_ The Whig rgguo
age.ond accumulated toe whole sum of$100,000 [as say their whole “eke, is probably elect,
ed ; their opponents hbld that only the two
Whigs and one Adm. who were on the {Lib-
eral’ ticket are chosen.
If this rave correct,
\
C°"f°d°'8°)' in Order that a seat for the federal '
9°‘ ‘" ‘his Period abolish slavery in said District i
I have heard of a lap-dog biting a piece ‘
June. when it will kill the moss and all the in- ‘
log in the month ofJune, and then they a'c,uo__
The lye above named, if pulp».
on in June. etlcctually clears the tree of this in-
while the bride has butjust passed the right sidl H
Ifsix_
Norwalk Chronicler