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income of said Company, and all real estate
which now is or licreafter may be owned by
. said company, and all personal estate, which
2 may beownr.-d by said company, at the time
of any ftllltlfc to pay any such note, shall be,
and is hereby declared to be pledged and
mortgaged to the Commissioners to be ‘ap-
pointed by virtue of this act, and to thcirsuc-
ccssors in the said oflice, as security for the
rcdeinptioii and payinent of all l10lt‘S.\Vl1lCl1_
shall be issue-l by said company, by virtue of
this act; mil in ca-e said company, shall at
any time lierezifter, on lawful ilem:1i1il.<l|H‘lHg‘
the hours of busincs, at :1 place of business
of said company, to be always kept open for
‘that purpose, in the city of Bridgeport, fiil
to redeem in the lawful moneyoftlie United
States, any note issued by said company, by
virtue of the provisions ofthis act, according
to the tenor thereof, tlie-..holder of such note,
making such (lt_‘.m:1l1"l, inay cause the same to
be protested for non-payment, by :1 Notiry
Public, in the usual manner; and the s:iid
Coiiiiriissiorims, on receiving such pi'o'.i-st,
shall forthwith give notice in writing to said
company to pay the same, and if said compa-
ny shall omit to do so for twenty days alter
such notice, said Commissioners shall iiiiiiie-
A diatel thereu on, uiilessthevshall be satis-
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fied that there is good and legal defence
against the payment of such note or notes.)
give notice in two or more newspapers, priiit-
ed in this State, that all notes so issued by
said company will be redeemed out of the
property pledged in their hands as aforesaid,
for the security of the srime. And the said
commissioners shall thereupon proceed to sell
or dispose of (in such manner as they shal
judge most for the interest of the holders of
such notes,) so much ofthe stock or real or
personal estate of said company, as shall be
necessary to pay and redeem all of the said
notes which shall at that time be outstanding
against said company, together with the’c0‘st
-and expense attending such srile, and out of
the proceeds of such sale, to pay the liolders
of such notes, the amount thereof, with iiitc-
rest from the time ofthe demand, and f-.iilure
to pay as aforesaid.
Sec. 4. This act shall not take effect in
regard to said company, till the stock holders
thereof, at a legal meeting called for that pur-
pose shall have assented to the provisions of
the same, and the said act may be at any time
altered, amended, or repealed by the General
Assembly.
Approved, May 29th, 1839.
An Act proposing to the people an Amend-
ment to the Constitution.
VVHEREAS, at a General Assembly of
the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartfi.-rd
on the first Monday of May, A. D. 1837', the
House of Representatives passed a resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution
ofthis State, which amendment was continued:
to the session of Assembly, held at New Ha-
ven on thefirst VVednesday of May, 1838,
and published with the laws of said session
of 1837 ; and whereas, at the said session of
1838, two-thirds of each House of the Gen-
eral Asscmbly approved of said amendment
in the manner prescribed in said Constitu-
tion, which amendment is in these words, to
wit : “ Every white male citizen ofthe Uni-
ted States, who shall have resided in this
State oue year; attained the age of twenty-
one years; and resided in the town in which
he may offer himself to be admitted to the
privileges of an elector, at least six months
preceding; and have a freehold estate of the
yearly value. of seven dollars in this state;
or having been enrolled in the militia, shall
have performed military duty therein for the
term of one year next preceding the time he
shall ofler himself for admission; or being
liable thereto, shall have been by authority
of-law excused therefrom; or shall have paid
a State tax within the year next preceding
the time he shall present ‘himself for adinis-
sion; and shall sustain a good moral charac-
ter; shall on his taking such oath as may
be prescribed by law be an elector.” Now
therefore,
Sec. 1. Be it enated by the Senate. and
House of Representatives in General Assem-
bly convened, That the constablcs in the
several towns in this state shall warn the
electors in their respective towns to meet on
the first Monday of October next, at 9 o’clock
in the morning of said day, for the purpose
of signifying as hereinafter‘ provided, their
approbation or disapprobation of the proposed
amendment; which meeting shall be held at
the same places, and the same notice thereof
shall be given as is provided in the 1st sec-
tion of an act entitlet “ An Act providing for
the appointment of Electors of President and
Vice President of the United States ;” and
the presiding officer shall be appointed in the
manner prescribed in said act.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the town
clerk to present to said meeting, said proposed
amendment" to the Constitution; and after
due consideration thereof, the electors present
shall be called upon by the pres-idingi officer
to bring in to him their respective votes by
ballot, regarding said amendment. Those in
favor of approving and adopting said amend-
ment, shallgive in a ballot with the word
“Yes” written thereon ; and those who dis-
approve thereof shall give in a ballot with
the word “ No” written -ther-eon ; which
said ballot shall be exami~nc.d, sorted and
counted by the presiding officer, assisted by
the town clerk and selectnicn, and the num-
ber of each, declared in open meeting by
said presiding officer.
Sec. 3. The presiding officer in said
several town meetings shall under their
hands respectively m-i ke duplicate certificates
of the number of votes so given and ascer-
tained as aforesaid in favor of approving and
adopting said amendment, and also of those
disapproving of its adoption, in words at full
length, one of which shall be deposited in the
office ofthe town clerk in the town in which
such meeting shall be held, and the other
within ten days after the day of holding said
meeting, shall be delivered, sealed up, to the
Secretary of this State, or to the Sheriff ofthe
county to which such town belongs, and said
Sheriff shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to the Secretary of this State, within fifteen
days after the day of said meeting, which
-ce'rtificate.s.sliall be in the form following, to
wit: .
-“ At a meeting of the electors of the town
of legally warned and held on the
first Moiidiiy of October, 1830, for the pur-
pose of receiving the votes of said electors,
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upon the adoption of the proposed amend-
ment to the Constitution of this State, relat-
ing totlie admission of electors, there were
given in favor of adopting saiil .'ll11C1"i(l1T1t’l1)l
votes, and against the option of tie
same votes
Certified by A.’ B. presiding officer‘.
And the siiperscription of said certificate
shall be as follows: ’
“ To the Sei:i'i=1tii'v of this State-——Votcs 0.‘
the electors of the town of upon the
proposed arnendment to the Constitutio.n,;ta-
ken and scaled up by A. B. prcszding
ofli'cer.” A rid tlie'Si’:crc-tary of this State
shall transmit, on or before the first Montlay
in Se itcinber, 1830, blank forms for the re-
turnslof votes, to be given pursuant to this
act, to the Town Clerks ofthe several towns
in this State, for the use of said towns.
Sec. 4. The votes so returned to the Secre-
tirv, shall be counted by the Treasiirei’, Sec-
rctiirv an-zl Coiiiptrollcr, on or before the first
1\_»1on{[;,y in November, 1830, who, on or be-
fore the fourteenth day of November, 1839,
shall transinit a certificate under their hands,
of the niiinbier of votes" so returned, in favor
of approving and adopting said fln1t’11(llXlL11l,
and also of the number of votes so returned,
disapproving of the adoption ofthe same, to
the person ailininisiering the government of
this state, who, within twenty days after the
receipt of said certificate, shall issue his
p1‘O('luli1t1llO11, rccitiiig such certificate, mid if
it shall appear therefrom, that a majority of
said votes are in favor of approving and
adopting said amendment, he shall so declare
in such pi‘oclaiiiation, and that a majority of
the electors present at such meetings afore-
said, havc approved said amendment, and that
the same is valid, to all intents and purposes,
as a part of the constitution of this State.
And if it shall appear from said certificate
that a majority of said votes are not in favor
of approving and adopting said amendment,
but are opposed to the same, he shall so de-
clare in said proclamation, and that a majori-
ty of the electors present at such meetings,
have notapproved said amcndiiiciit; and said
proclamation shall be published in ‘all the
ne\vspaps-rs printed in this state, and recorded
in the public records thereof.
Approved, May 20tli, 1839.
An Act in alteration ofan Act, entitled “ An
Act providing for the election of Sheriffs
by the people.”
See. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assein-
bly convened, W'lieiievcr in the election of
Sheriff in any county. no person shall have
received at the meeting of the electors on the
first Monday of April, a majority ofthe votes
given for Sheriff in the county, the Secretary,
’l‘reasurer, and Comptroller, shall give pub-
lic notice of the facts, by publishing the same
iminediately, with the names of the persons
who received the votes of the electors, in one
or more newspapers, published in the county
in which such failure of election shall hap-
pen, or ifthere be no newspaper published in
such county, in one or more newspapers piib-
lished in acoiinty adjacent thereto; and there-
upon, the electors in such countyshall, on the
second Monday in May then next, at the same
hour and place, in their respective towns pro-
cecd to choose ii Sheriff, and the person wliu
shall have been asceriaiiicel on the return
and canvass of the votes, and in the revision
of the same by the General Assembly, to
have received the greatest number of votes,
shall hold and exefhise. the office of Sheriff
as provided in-the At’. to which this is an
alteration.
Sec. 2. So‘ much of an act, entitled “An
Act providing for the elections of Sheriffs,”
as is inconsistent with this act, is hereby re-
pealed.
Approved, June 5th, 1830.
An Act in addition to an Act entitled “ An
Act accepting the deposits of a portion of
the Surplus Funds belonging to the Uni-
Statcs;” providing for the safe keeping
thereof, and appropria-tiiig the interest ac-
cruing therefrom for the promotion of edu-
cation, and other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Represenmtives in General Assem-
bly convened, That in case of the division of
any town which has received or shall here-
after receive or hold a proportion of the
money which hath been or shall be received
from the United States, by virtue of the Act
of Congress, entitled "An Act to regulate
the dcposites of the public money,” and in
case of the division of said money or the se-
curity therefor, betwixt the towns so consti-
tuted, it shall he lawful for the Treasurer‘ of
the State, to deliver up the receipt of such
town in his hands, and in lieu thereof, to re-
ceive new receipts for the same, ofthe agents
of such towns respectively. And said towns
on receiving said money or security there-
for, shall enjoy the same rights, andibe sub-
ject to the same liability touching the same,
as other towns possess and are subjected to,
by virtue of the act to which this is an addi-
tion. ' _
Sec. 2. That the several towns in this
state, and each of them, which have not re-
ceived their proportion of the surplus funds
belonging tothe United States, deposited with
this state, he, and they are hereby authorized
and entitled to receive the same, on the terms
specified in the act to which this is an addi-
tion ; and whenever any town which has
not received its said proportion of said funds,
shall signify to the Treasurer ofthis State its
desire to receive the same, on the terms spe-
cified in the Act aforesaid, it shall be the duty
of said Treasurer, within a reasonable time
thereafter, to collect ofthe person, persons or
corporation, to which it may have been
donned, underthe first section of said act, that
proportion of said fund, to which said town
may be entitled, on the terms and according
to 'l.l1t3.p1‘OV1SlOl1S and requirements of said
act.
Sec. 3. When the money which hag been
loaned, or may hereafter he leaned by the
I‘i‘easurcr of this State, under the act afore-
said, Shall have been received by him, he is
hereby authorized and empowered to execute
release deeds of any real estate which may
have been mortgaged to this state, as security
f0I‘_payment of monies so loaned by him,
which release deeds shall discharge {ill lien
created on said real estate, in favor of this
Slalcr by the mortgage aforesaid.
$613.5. Phat the agent or agents, if the
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fund, be, and they are hereby authorized to
loandho money in their hands, belonging to
said fund, on the security of the C01‘l.1flc:1leS
of debt legally authorized, of any town oi
citv oftliis state, any law to the contrary not-
ivithstaiidiiig. t
Approved, June 7th, 1839.
An Act in addition to and .'iltei'ation of an
Act entitled “An "Act relating to High
ways and Bridges.” -
Sec, 1. Be it enacted bv the Senate and
House of Representatives iii Gereral Assam-
bly convened, That \‘.’l1:‘1it'\'t'l‘fll1:y'i.C'.'.'l1 shall
neglect to construct or build any public road
or,” bridge laid out by the County Court,
which it is the duty of said town to construct
Court for the County in which said road lies,
to order the said read or bridge to be con-
structed or built, and to grant a warrant
against said town,to collect the sums expend-
ed or the cost of constructing or building
said read or bridge in the same manner as
is now by law provided for the repairing of
any public road or bridge already construct-
ed. And it shall be the duty of the State’s
Attorneys and the Sheriffs of the respective
counties to make complaint ofany neglect as
aforesaid, which may come to ther know-
ledge.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts ofacts inconsis-
tent herewith, bc, and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved, June 7th, 1339.
An Act concerning the County Court.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assem-
bly convened, 'l‘hat whenever the Judge of
the County Court shall be disqualified to sit
in a cause pending before said Court, which
is not argealablc, his place shall be supplied
by the 'ounty Commissioners, with such
Justice of the Peace of the County, as they
shall select, in which case the first commis-
sioncr shall preside, and if either ofthe com-
missioners shall be disqiialified to sit in a
cause, or perform any duties, which would
otherwise be by law, within his jurisdiction,
his place shall be filled by such Justice of the
Peace, in said County, as the Judge of the
County Court shall select ; and iftlie Judge
of the County Court, and one of the Coni-
missioners are thus disqualified, their places
shall be filled by the other commissioner,
with Justices ofthe Peace of the County, as
he shall select, in which case the said com-
missioner shall preside; and if the Judge of ’
the Court, and both of the Conimissioners
are thus disqiialifieikthe Court shall then be
constituted of three Justices of the Peace, of
the County, to be selec.ted by the Sheriff of
the County. ' _
Sec. 2. That all acts inconsistent with this
act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. _
Approved, June 7th, 1839.
An Act in addition to an Act in addition to
and in alteration of an Act entitled “An
Act concerning Goals and Goalers”——pass-
ed in 1837.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, That when the Count Court in any
Oouiity, has determined an required, or
shall hereafter determine and require, that all
persons, after trial and conviction, shall be
set at work according to their strength and
‘ability, every person so held for fine. and
costs, or either of them only, having neither
property or means of satisfying the same, or
ability to secure the payment thereof, the
State Attorney for the -County shall discharge
such person from said imprisonment, when-
ever by computing, said labor at the rate of
two dollars a week the same shall amount to
said fine ‘and costs. Provided no such per-
son shall be held in goal for the costs, on
any one conviction, for a longer period than
four months. , '
Approved, June 5th., 1839.
An Act in addition to an Act, entitled “An
Act for forming and conducting the Mili-
tary Force.”
Sec, 1_. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assem-
bly convened, That every free. able bodied
white male citizen of this state, or resident
therein, who shall be of the age of eighteen
and under the age of forty-five years, shall‘
be enrolled in the militia, and every such
citizen, although exempt by law, from the
performance ofmilitary duty shall be en rolled
in the standing company of Infantry, within
whose bounds ‘he may reside, by the com-
manding officcr thereof, and shall be included
in the military returns, provided that nothing,
herein contained, shall be so construed as to
render any person -subject to military duty.
now exempt therefrom by law. '
Sec. 2. That each Captain or commanding
oflicer of a company shall make a return of
the state of his company, comprehending all
the men belonging thereto, or required to be
enrolled therein, and all their arms, equip-
ments and ammunition, to the ‘commanding
officer of the Regiment or Battalion,.on.or
before the first day of June annually.
Sec. 3. That each commanding officer of
a Regiment or Battalion, shall make a re-
turn of the state of his Regiment or Battalion,
to the. commanding officer of the Brigade, on
or before the first day of July, annually, and
every commanding officer ofa Brigade shall
make out duplicate returns of the state of his
Brgade, one of which he shall transmit to
the commanding officer of the Division to
which he belongs, and the other to the Adju-
tant General, in the month of July, annually.
Sec. 4. ll/henever it shall appear to the
commanding officer of a Regiment or Bat-
talion, that anycompany within his command,
-is without 11. commissioned officer, he shall,
for the purpose of obtaining the return of
such company, require in writing, the select-
.mcn of the town or townsin which said com-
pany is situated, to make out and return to
him, within ten (la is, a list of the names of
all the persons liable by law, to duty or to be
enrolled therein.
Sec. 5. That the fines and penalties incur-
red, for neglecting to make returns in the
manner, and within the time prescribed by
this act, shall be as follows: Each captain or
commanding officer of :1 company, who
shall neglect to make returns, for each in-
stance of such neglect, ten dollars; each
commanding oflicer of a Regiment or Bat-
talion, who shall ncglect.to.make' returns, for
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or build, it shall be the duty of the County ,
1
each instance of such neglect, twenty-five
dollars ; ‘each c.oniinanding officer of a
Brigade, who shall neglect to make returns,
for each instance of such neglect, fifty dol-
lars; every Brigade Major and Inspector,
who shall neglect to make the returns re-
quired of him by law, for each instance of
such neglect, fifty dollars; the sclectmen of
any town neglecting to return a list of the
men in any company without officers, shall
for each instance of such such neglect, for-
feit and pay a fine of not more than fifty or
less than ten dollars; and the burden of proof
shall in all C3131 s, be on the defendant, which
fines and furl"-ci'.iii~r.-_i, are to be prosecuted for
by the officer to whom the respective returns
shall be uiade, in any court of Competent
jurisdiction, and paid into the Treasury of the
State.
Approved, June 7th, 1839.
From ( C/i7'isi’oplzer)‘ .Ilf¢z'rs.7uzll’s Rcmcmbranccr,
177-l~—l776, page 31.
“For the etymology of the word Yankee
(alias Yankee Doodle) so Evening Post,
No. 53.”
The extract is as follows :
From the Evening Post, No. 53.
L'lyniolog"_7/ of My word 'Y(Ln/we. "5
“ VVhen the New England colonies were
first settled, the inhabitants were obliged to
fight their way against many nations or In-
dians. They found but little difficulty in
subduing them all, except one tribe, who
were known by the name of Yankoos, which
signifies invincible. After the waste of
much blood and treasure, the Yankees were
at last subdued by the New Englandcrs. The
remains of this nation (agreeably to the
Indian custom) transferred their name to the
conquerors. For a while they were called
Yankoos; butfrom a corruption common to
names in all languages, they got through
time to the name of Yankees——a name which
we hope will soon be equal to that of a Re-
man or an ancient Englishman.
lNl©lf%\M/Afl=ll( ©[4lZf€T‘lTlE..
“Doiv"r uivi-: UP ‘rm: snip.”
VVEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 183 .
O,’J‘=\Ve shall next week finish the publication
of the laws enacted at the last session of the Le-
gislature, which for some time past have exclud-
ed the usual variety ofrnatierfriom our columns.
\Vo shall then endeavor to fill the Gazette with
such an interesting miscellany as will make it a
desirable family paper, acceptable and useful to
all the various classes to whom it is indebted for
its support. So far as its politics are conqerued,
without surrendering the great principles for
which it has ever contended under the direction
of its present editor, it will be our aim to make
it a family rather than a party paper. And
though we will not promise to be neutral, wein-
tend that such political articles as may find a
place in our columns shall be of a candid and
impartial characier—such articles as will not be
obnoxious to intelligent readers of any political
puny.
With this brief exposition ofour intentions re-
garding the future character of the Gazette, we
are compelled forihe present to conclude.
The Virginians, (says the N. Y. Express,)
call the followings Sockdologer !,—_Gov'e1'n-
or Cannon of '1‘:-nnessee, in. reply to Speak-
er Polk, at Winchester, in that State, a few
days ago, forcibly illustrated one of the evil
tendencies of the Sub-Treasur.y scheme, by
the strongest of all possible modes of argu-
mcnt—-the relation of actual occurrences.
“Fellow citizens, (he said,) manyof you,
I believe were but recently volunteers in an
arduous Florida campaign. You well know
how you suffered there; and also know that
the pay you received, by thedircction of the
present hard money administration, was
about 2:3 or 30 cinis per day in .S‘]Ll7I.pl(I.5l8‘7'3,
while my “ /zonorztble” competitor, who no\v
solicits your votes, was slio-velling into his
pocket sircteen dollars a. (lay in gold and sil-
ver! This is the meaning, I take it, of the
boasted Sub-Treasury, which furnishes one
currency for the Qflce-lzolzlcrs and another
for the People !”
5.
The President of the U. States’ arrived at
Baltimore incog on Thursday, and before
any one knew it,left in a private carriage for
York to go through the agricultural districts
of Pennsylvania. He was to be in New-
York yesterday.
T/w'eate7ml blockade of Mexico by CI'e.ws.
The Tcxian Government, it is said, are about
to blockade the entire coast of Mexico. Mexi-
co has but one vessel of war. Texas will
shortly have three sloops of war, and an arm-
ed steamer—-quite sufficient to blockade the
threeprincipal ports of Vera Cruz, Metamo-
ras, and Tampico.
A letter from Col. Bee, the Texian Minis-
ter, written since his departure from Vera
Cruz, expresses the cheering hope that mat-
ters will go well; that he has effected the
entering wedge, and a good understanding
may yet be established between the two coun-
tries.
Sitting up Lrzte.—Mr. Buckingham, the
Oriental Traveler, who was with his family
in the Planter’s Hotel, at Augusta, when it
burnt down the other night, was sitting up
reading when -the fire ‘broke out, having re-
turned, a few hours before from his lecture.
Owing to this circunistance he saved all his
valuable papers, and most~of his effects.
Disgmceful.——1f the following, which is
going the rounds, is true, it is a disgrace to
to the country, and should be explained or
contradicted immediately :
“An item for Arncricam. Mechanics.—The
present administration always so much in
love with ‘the bone and sinew of our land,’
has appointed a special agent to go to Eng-
land to purchase sealing-wax, pén-knives, pa-
per, carpets, tapestry, &c. for the use of the
C ovcrn merit.
.Keal.'ucli: lifurclerecl.-—All will remember
this noble looking chief of the-Sacs on his
visit to the city two years since. He has
been murdered by young Black Hawk, in
C0T1S<‘3(1U<-W100. it is said, of Keokuck having
seduced the wife of a nephew of this young
Chief. This last stabbed Keokuck as he was
leaving the tentof his paraiiiour. The event
occurred 125 miles west of the Mississippi.
Keokiick \vas about 50.yearsofage. Younir
Black Hawk was also on a visit to N. Yorlf,
and will be reiiiembered by the sensation his
personal beauty created. He is 30 years of
age, and is new chief, and marcliing on the
Sioux, the inveterate enemies _of the Sacs,
with 2000 warriors.-—Smr. J
From .Floricla.—Advices from St. Augus-
tine .to June 20th, received at Charleston,
state, that the Indian murderers of Brecken-
berry, have been delivered up at Fort King,
but, that two more murders have since occur-
red. It is believed the treaty is only a ruse
to enable the Seminoles to concentrate at an-
other fatal green corn dance.
New mode of 7:7}/f(Ll‘l7l-5'," Balloons.—.—The
balloon that was let offat Jonesboro, 'Tenn.,
immediately as Speaker Polk concluded his
speech, is supposed by Prentice to have been
inflated by the gaseous and windy matter of
the Colonel’s liarrangue. The Tennessee-
ans, however, like something more substan-
tirl than “thin air.”
Iloiurrery crmsistenl.—No dinner on the
4th of July, but, $2000 of the people’s n1o~
ney appropriated to receive his Royal High-
ness, the little magician. This looks very
much like old Democracy l——ZV. Y. Stror.
- A signfor IlIr. Van B2i.'ren.——Bvickingbain
county, Virginia, which always polled an
unanimous vote for Jefferson, has now a whig
majority of more than 100. VVlio are con-
sidered the t-ruc Democracy in the old do-
minion ?-—Ib.
IVI7'. Clay at As/z.la.7uI.—The Rev. Dr.
I-Iumplircys, President of Amherst College,
Mass, who is traveling through the western
States, gives the following interesting pictgijg
ofthe great Orator (.)fillC-‘V(‘:Sl,. as be ap-‘
cars in the Republican siinplicity of his de-
lightful farm: .
Happening to meet, and to be introduced
to Mr. Clay in the niorning, he very politely
invited us to call -at his seat, a mile anda half
out of town, which we did at 4 o'clock. He
received us with all the ease and urbanity for
which he is so much distinguished, and en-
tered freely into conversation upon a variety
of topics as they happened to come up. It
is delightful to find a great man so perfect and
affable and unaffected; and indeed this is one
mark of true greatness.
Ashlai-id is ai1 enchanting spot. The man-
sion is simple, spacious and venerable; stand-
ingjust on the border of a park of izlg/zlg/
acres, which for the majesty and beauty of its
thousand forest trees, is the finest that I ever
saw.» Mr. Clay has two other woodland pas-
tiircs, and in all, something like 800 acris in
his farm. He has lately turned his attention
very much to raising stock, and it is said that
no man in Kentucky, even, can show you
finer oxen and cows than he can. He spent
an hour in walking with us over his grounds,
and detained us, almost imperceptibly to our-
selves, till nearly sundown.
Fig/Ll between a. Boy and (L D0o.—Thc
Back-woodsman furnishes an account of a
desperate encounter between a boy and a dog,
which occurred in Calhoun Co., Illinois.—-
Whcn at a distance from any habitation, the
boy was suddenly and unexpectedly attacked
by a large dog, that evidently intended to de-
vour him Though a bold and courageous
boy, he was nearly petrifiedwitli fear at the
unexpected attack, and‘ the savage t.‘d(l de-
terniinecl ferocity of his assailant. Happily,
he reeoveredjliis presence of mind almost ini-
mediately and recollecting that he had a dirk-
knife in his pocket, instantly drew itout, and
commenced a bloody battle. Each fought
with desperation, and the boy for his life.—
The nearcst dwelling was at a greatdistancc,
‘and the lad had no alternative before him but‘
death or victory.
As the dog rushed upon him, he struck at
him with his -knife, and at the second or--third
pass, wounded him severely. This only ren-
dered the dog still more furious, and he rush-
ed upon the «young lad still more ficrcc.ly.—-
By this time the boy had become more cool,
and the success he had met in aiming his
blows gave him renewed courage. He now
parried the attacks of his assailant with more
skill, and ate-very onset inflicted a wound,
which rendered him more and more despe-
rate. Victory still seemed doubtfnl, for tho’
the dog had received many severe wounds,
the lad also had lost much blood, and his
strength was fast failing. He saw that his
life depended on giving the dog a mortal
wound within a short time, for he feltthat he
could continue the fight but a few moinc-nts
longer. He coolly waited afavorable oppor-
tunitv, which happily occurred almost imme-
piately, and exerting his utmost powef, struck
desperately at the dog——the knife reached his
heart, and with a deadly bowl the dcg fell at
his feet, and immediately expired. The youth
is considerably injured, but is in a fair way
of recovery.
Had the boy reccivedthc first grip of the
dog with his left a-rm, and cut the animal’s
threat at the same time with his right, he
serenity, and‘ as a gentle zephyr refreshes tl e
wearied senses with its soft mellifluoustoncs. *
Riches may avail much in the hour of afilic-.
tion ; the friendship of man may alleviate for
a time the bitterness of woe, but the angel '
voice of woman is capable of producing a
lasting effect on tlieheart, and communicates
a sensation of delicious composure which the
mind has never before experienced, over: in
the moments of its highest felicity.
Serving 'IZ]) a, Puppy/.—A gentleman near-
ty of a footman ; Lut who was so far from be-
ing initiated in the practices of his vocation, -
as to bring decanters, &c. in his hand, and
Place them upon the table. His master gave
him directions 'to bring every thing he want-
ed upona tray, and shortly afterwards made
a‘n inquiry for a favorite dog, and ordered
toe man to fetch it. Hearing a tremendous
row in the house, caused by the “unusual”
jargons” of the dog and the biped, he ran out
of the room to ascertain the cause, and
was surprised to see the animal endeavoring
l° Escape “Om the grasp of his dutiful ser-
vant, who, obedient to orders‘. was hauling
the animal along upon a large tea boafd,
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“ It is in vain to help those who don’: “
help themselves,” as the chap said in the ap-
ple tree.
A T ende-r fV‘isli.—-A beggar in ‘Dublin
had been a long time in bcsieging an old
gouty limping gentleman, who refused his
mite with much irritability; on which the
mendicant said, “ Ah, please your honor‘ I
wish your heart was as tenderns your toes."
I/ite7'esli72g Scene.——The New York Ex-
pI‘('SS says that the teachers offithe various ,
Sunday Schools have entered into an ar- C
rangement, to have the children celebrate the
Fourth on Staten Island, in a manner worthy
of the occasion. At least twenty thousand
will embark in steam and tow boats, land on
the island and in a grove selected for‘ the oc-
sion, spend the day in a rational and happy
manner. .
Tzcezily T/iousanrl Sabbatli Sc/tool Child-
ren celebrating the fourth of July! Can it
be PCS-Slble? will that immense number of
Sunday School scholars, appear in all the
majesty of moral power, in blessed union on
that glorious day? It may be so, and so 1
may it be. The mind is bewildered in con-_
templation of the various and scarcely nu-.
merable blessings which the influence of
these twenty thousand children may, nav,
must bring on the generation of which theft’
are destined to be the controlling elements,
The ball of the moral revolutioii, which is
now in rapid career, will roll on let who mav
attempt to impede its progress. But \\‘ll(‘f]
we think of this band oftwenty tliousand'Sab-,
bath School children. it seems as if the ball“
roe,” from hill top to bill top, nor descended
to the valley, nor paused at the stream,
A Prnlly Coziccit.—In Detroit. l\lichigan;~
they intend to do something new among
other obscrvanccs of the fourth of July. It
is_pi'oposed to select twenty-six young ladies
between the age often and sixteen, dressed in
white, decorated with appropriate wreathes
of flowers, each with a wand in her hand, to
which will be attaclicd a little banner; thus
representing each state in the Union. The
young ladies to be se..tt’d upon a car drawn!
by six horses. and escorted by an appropriate
guard detached from the military.
I'I()’I'7‘1:(l.--J1 gentleman informs us, that in
a letter received from his brother, who is re-
siding temporarily at San Juan, Central
America, :1 singular incident is related. A
Spaniard and his wife, to enjoy the cool air
of evening, sprcad a hide upon the bank of
the rivcr,and reclined upon it. ‘VllllCl.lH"l'C
they fell into a doze, and a shark came up
and seized the man by the leg. The wife
caught her husband by the arm, but was
obliged to relinquish hcr hold, and her hus-
band was drawn into the river before hit"
cyes.—B0ston Tmrc/er. ‘
For Ginger or C/iincse Bccr.—As the season
is approaching when many farmers requircu
pleasant beverage, I beg leave to present ihefol-
lowing receipt. It is one that we have tried and
can rccomiiieml. lftlie proportions are duly-
oh.c,erv(d it will prove very superior.
cream of Iariar—ihejuice and rind of two com-
mon lr-nions—five pounds of good sugar. Add
the above ingredients to 5 ga‘.lons of boiling iva-‘
ier; iciiisinnil12lioiirs. and then strain thin’ in
gfiflfl _i(:liii;l).
and bo,ii_l,e in stone .'._v.'_ires orchainpaigne bottles.
in i_w,o days it will be {ii for iise.—_F¢zr. Cab.
/in Inciclcnl.'—-A Caution (0 the _L(zclic_.s.-—A
few days since a young lady with her attendant
beau was proinenading, and viewing one ofthe
U. S. establishments in this vicinity, when the
fair lady. with truly feminine timidity, became
suihlenly alarmed by a number of large w/zt_z7_'f
'raI.s cro=sing her paih—and in her fright she
fancied that one of the hideous qreatures had
taken refuge on her lovely person. beneath her
dress, which she fortunately succeeded in seiz-
ing, and held fast in her hand. Not daring to
quit her hold, and almost fainting through alarm,
she explained her awkward predicament to her
companion, when they sought entrance into a
neighboring house, where the lady was kindly
received. and shown him a private room, to re-
inovc his rat-sliip from beneath the folds of her
garments. when. hands off! lo and behold,wliat
impudcnt animal dropped to the floor? Not an ,
would easily have made a short fight of it.
Good-—\llr. Samuel Slick has been much
' slandered lately, but, like a true philosopher
as he is, ,he only says, it gives him the
greatest pleasure possible, to hear all this
abuse, for it is a sage sign he is going ahead.
He observes, he says, that curs never bark
at a horse that is standing still tied to a fence,
but only at them that is galloping along the
read full split.
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ll"m. Lg/on Jllockeizzie has been tried and
convicted for violating one of the Neutrality
laws of tne United States. The sentence of
the Court was he should be imprisoned in the
county jail of Monroe county for eighteen
months, and pay a fine of ten dollars, was
pronounced iminediately after the verdict
was rendered.
f’VOTII.(I/7L’8 Voicc.——'How consoling to the
mind oppressed by heavy sorrow is the voice
of an amiable woman? Like sacred music,
it iinparts to the soul a feeling of celestial
enormous rat. but the lady’s bustlc—w ch had,
unexpectedly removed from its destination, and‘
caused all the false alarm! It is needless to add"
that the fair one’s difficulties were speedily ad-T
jusied, and she soon recovered from her fright.
—Bo.slon Mercantile Journal.
Rcmecl2'.es.—Always apply diluted laudaniim
to fresh wounds. 4'
Burnt alum is good for a caiikered mouth.
Tea made of slippery elm is good for the piles,
and for huinors in the blood, when drank freely.
Cotton wool wet with sweet oil and paregoric
very soon relieves ilie ear-ache. ‘
Honey and milk are very good for worms; so
is strong salt and water; likewise powdered sage -
and molasses taken freely. " .-
Cotton wool and oil are good for a burn.
For a sudden attack of quincy or r:roup,bathe
the neck With bear’s grease. and drink _it’nl__so.
. An honest Irishman. fresh from Hibernia,
caught a bumble-bee in his hand, supposing it
to be a humming bird. "Och," he evclaimed,
"the devil burn me! how hot his little footisl"
Aclizice to the Lad£c__.s.——A p_r_et_ty li_ai,1_d _a_nd 8
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leapt and bounded “ like the youthful hart oi"-i’-5:;
Four ounces ofJamaica Race Ginger-1; oz. I
To this add one bottle of old porter, 1
Halifax, recently engaged, as a temporary -0'
SL‘.1'\'{ml, a man who was to act in the capaci-
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