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thing could rouse her into her former self.
Light Infantry and Riflemen, will henceforth
flour it will be too.” At this moment the
them talk about Bridgeport, the only city be-
VVas
the "Registry Act render it more important
than ever. that the Board in all the towns for
V
ply in the market, is not in proportion‘ to
those who wish to purchase. There are a";
good old parson present rose and said, ‘ Tut,
tut, brother W , do not advertise your
flour here, if you please.’
tween New-Haven and, New-York!
there ever such impertinence!
Not a. Village-—The Boston Traveller
conform, in the performance oftheir military
duties, to the legal system of discipline em-
braced in the ‘ Abstract of Infantry Tactics,’
and all, and every other method ofinstruction,
Her partner in the waltz in vain solicited her
0 . 1 u -
to stand up with him again. _ She declined
the honor; his visits were discouraged.-—
Her mother anxiously watched the ‘depres-
large quantity of trees now growing in the
United States, but the number bears no pro- 6
portion to the amount which would have
the admission of freemen, should be in the
hands of the Locos; and it is doubtless in
sion of spirits that had taken possession of
her, and seemed daily to increase. The
winter passed without improvement-the
spring. Summer set in; bloom and fruit re-
to med-—b ut cheer was a stranger to herheart.
Change of scene was recommended. She
was asked‘ to make choice of the place
whither she would go-—she replied, with a
sigh, ‘to the little fishing hamlet.’
She and her mother arrived there early
on Sunday morning; and re-occupied the
identical lodging which they had taken be-
fore. The landlady, a.kind hearted crea-
ture, expressed her surprise and sorrow at
the altered appearance of her young lodger.
‘Ah, the young man would be sorry to
see this——though he has had histurn ofsick-
ness too; but he is now quite recovered.’
‘Mr. St. Aubin '2’ breuthlessly inquired
Amelia.
‘ Yes I’ replied the landlady, ‘that same
handsome kind young gentleman.’
‘Merciful heaven! is he here 7’ she vo-
hemently demanded.
' He is, my lady,’ returned the landlady.
‘Mother!’ she exclaimed, as she turned
on the latter a look in which pleasure was
ning Journal justly remarks:
the darling object ofFederalism.
ists, in favor ofa Treasury Bank.
are Democrats .7
plumes.
inconsistent therewith, is hereby prohibited.
By order of the Commander in Chief,
SAMUEL L. PITKIN, Adj. General.
I-Vito url the Democrats ?—Albany Eve-
'I‘he cfiorts now making to strip the Repre-
sentatives ofthe people of power, for the pur-
pose ofconcentrating it in the executive, is the
Had Alex.
Hamilton and Timothy Pickering lived,
they would have been found with Taney,
Buchanan, Hubbard, and other ultra Federal-
lf then,
the government is administered byFt-deralists
upon Federal principles, why should we al-
low and much less concede, that the spoilers
Such foul birds should not
be permitted to deck themselves in borrowed
They have abandoned the princi-
plcs and brolcon down the landmarks of De-
mocracy, and should be deprived of the name.
lVe have been surprised and pained to see
the VVhig papers (particularly in Michigan)
speak of the grnvelling, sordid, despotic, of-
hce-holding crew who “follow in the foot-
steps” of power, as “Democrats!” They
are entitled to no such distinction, and great
out the Union.
people’s money, and cheating at the ballot
box, are the distinguished improvements of
lVa.ter Bathing and Water Melons.-—On
Saturday, towards night, some chaps who
were bathing in the Connecticut river, swam
over to the east side, opposite this city, and
intruded upon a water-melon bed not far from
the river. The owner of the melons saw
them, and started to drive them oil} but the
boys, feeling pretty saucy, stood their ground
and ate away upon the fruit until the owner
had nearly reached them, when they took to
their heels, plunged into the river, and made
for this side. The watermelon man, howev-
er, happened to have a light boat handy, and
jumping in, he-put for the bank where the
boys’ clothes lay. and reaching the shore
some time before the swimmers, he captured
the garments and bore them off home with
him. Whether the young gentlemen made
a shift to get home without a shirt to their
backs we cannot say.-—Ha.rtforzl Courier.
Tcnnecsee Election —The practice of vot-
ing in every ward. and thrice at every elec-
tion, which originated with our honest ad-
ininstration, seems destined to travel through-
Running away with the
speaks of “ the beautiful and thriving village
of Bridgeport, Conn.” The Bridgeport folks
will hardly stand it to have their city de-
nominated a village. Did you ever notice
how a militia sergeant felt when you ad-
dressed him as corporal ? Just so do the en-
terprising citizens of Bridgeport feel about
their proper rank in the line.
' Ladies Companion-— Sr.-plcmbcr Number.
Contributors, M"s. Sigourney, Mrs. Osgood,
Mrs. Ellett, Mrs. Einbury, Mrs. Orne, Mrs.
Stephens, Miss \Voodbridge, Messrs. John
Neal, Prof Ingrahain, H. VV. Herbert, Park
Benjamin, Seba Smith, R. Hamilton, and H.
F. Harrington. Embellishments, The Reef-
er, a steel plate; Plate of the Fall Fashions
and three pages of Music.
How we s'rA.§i).—With the exception of
the States of Maryland and Mississippi, and
three vacancies to be filled, one in Massachu-
setts, one in South Carolina, and one in Lou-
isiana, the congressional elections are now
over, and the public are, of course, anxious
anticipation of this event, that they have
christened this new law the Roguery Act.
Hence, in the language of the Register.
the importance of rallying with vigor," and
preventing the consummation of their trick-
ish schemes. Should they succeed in car-
ryirig'a majority ofthe towns at the coming
elections, we shall have a harder battle to
fight at the spring election, than ifby proper
exertions, at the present time, their means of
fraud shall be prevented.’ The good work
cannot be begun too early, or prosecuted with
too much vigor. .- r -
The Republican Sl(1.71.(l£I/7'(l, is certainly a
great improvement upon the quondam
Bridgeport Republican. No offence to our
old friend Fanton! But the truth must be
told, even at the expense of good manners.
“A new broom sweeps clean,” and Mr.,Pet-
tingill, in his new vocation, will find sweep-
ing enough to do, to verify the old adage.
513’ The U S. Exploring Squadron was
been cultivated, had_ not the cuttino-3 so a]-
most universally failed. In this ICTVI-'1), one
half,very nearly two thirds of the cuttings
rotted in the ground. Hence the new trees
grown will supply the loss of cuttings, but
not a very large per cent more. Growersof
trees in Northampton, do not hold their trees
higher than other people, yet they refuse to
sell trees "much under cents, and al-
though sales havebeen made at lower prices,
we confidently believe they will not.be had
for thatlsum in autumn.—NortIzamplon
Cour. .
Awful C07lfla-gmtion at St. John.——
Another fire has occurred at St. John, N.
B. which destroyed about one hundred build-
"BS3 ,It broke out on Saturday night, about
nine oclock, in the warehouse, in Nelson
street, occupied by Messrs. Hugh Irvine &,
Brothers, ship builders, and before its pro-
gress was arrested, it swept owayga” me
buildings on both sides of Nelson stieet and
on‘ Lawton’s, Waterbury’s D'ona1dson’s’
the North Market VVha1‘ves, together with
ket square to Union street) on the south side
Union street from J & J. Lawton’s next;
and . ' \
those on both sides ofdock street, (from Mar- \
painted, for the first time since the momen- . 1 I d ' _
the present age, and finally wil sett e own .jW,,]j,,,g houses to the water’ including a,
irijiistice is done to our own cause, when a
. he was able to quit his bed, and to walk, as
tous ball. ‘VVhere does he lodge '1-’ asked
Amelia, turning to the landlady. .
‘In the same place. He came back, about
a month after he left,’ added the landlady.
' Poor young gentleman !’ she continued,
' we all thought he had come to die amongst
us—-—so pale, so melancholy. He would keep
company with no one-——would speak to no
one, and at last he took fairly to his bed.’
Amelia laid her head upon her hand,cov-
eriug her eyes ; her tears began to flow.
‘ But the caugliter of our neighbor, who
had a rich brother that sent his niece to
school, and had determined to adopt her-—
having completed her time, came upon a
visit to her father shortly after the retiiru of
the young gentleman, and her mother made
her read to him constantly, to divert him;
and he grew fond of listening to her, and
well he might, for a sweet young creature
she is, and at last his health tooka turn; and
he used with you, my lady, rambling, whole
hours, along the shore with her.’
The eyes of Amelia were now lifted to the
laridlady’s face. Her tears were gone, all
but the traces of them: they seemed as if
they were glazi--d. The landlady had paus-
ed at the sound of several voices and a kinr.l
or a bustle without; and now ran to the win-
dow.
‘ Come hither. ladies!’ said she, ‘they are
just coming out!’
Amelia, by a convulsive effort, rose, and
hastily approached the window with her mo-i
ther.
‘ Here they come l‘ resumed the landlady,
‘and this is the end of my story. The young
gentleman, at last, fell in love with the sweet
young nurse, and offered to marry her. She
had already fallen in love with him; she ac-
cepted him, and this very morning they are
going to church. There they are! look!
did you ever see so sweet a sight! “flint a
couple! God bless them ! They were made
for one another!’
The landlady started and looked around.
Amelia had fallen in a swoon upon the floor.
With difficulty they recovered her. In an
hour her mother was on the way with her
from the little fishing hamlet.
In a month she dressed her in a shroud!
Health of New 0rlcans.—Tho number of
interments in New Orleans from the first to
the 17th August was 231,0! which 143
were by yellow fever. 1
F mm the Conn. Coumnt.
It appears by the late report of the Adju-
tant General, that although the military force.
of this state has been greatly augmented
within the last few years, yet in consequence
ofthe incomplete mode in which the enrol-
ments and returns are made, the state suffers
considerable loss in the distribution of Ord-
nance Stores under the Act of Congress, of
1808,which appropriates $200,000 annually,
for. arming and equipping the whole body of
the militi-. The entire loss to Connecticut
is estimated at 4000 muskets, which at their
appraised value would amount to more than
$50,000. 'l‘o ensure more full and correct
returns from enrolling and returning ofiicers,
an Act was passed at the last session of the.
legislature,and the following General Order
has been issued:
STATE OF CDMVIECTICUT.--GEMERAL ORDERS. .’
ADJUTANT GENiaizAi.’s OFFICE,
East-Hamtford, July 17, 1839.
stowed upon their oppressors.
llilmt‘. which the people delight to hear is be-
T//c Ta./nma.ng/ party to sell.-—The Sun ad-
vertises the Tam many pa rty for sale, because
it will not pay for " a certain space” it con-
tractcd for in the Sun, “ to publish electioneei'-
ing advertisements.” 'l'he antipathy of the
Loco-Focos to the credit system was so well
known to the Sun, that we are surprised it
should ever expect them to redeem their
promises to pa _v.——E.z'press.
Democracy/.-——'I‘lie party in power seem
resolved to cling to this name, though they
abandon everything once denoted by it. ‘We
are the democrats and dcrrtocracy will die
gives us the key—-that paper says:
as the approved practice in a Republic.
Well may the People be surprised at the
Tennessee election. The Nashville Banner
Gov. Cannou‘s vote in 1837. 52.660
“ " " 1839, 59.841
Cauuon‘s loss, 1.819
Col. Polk's vote in 1839, 52.899
Gen. Armstroog‘s vote in 1837. 32,695
Polk’s increase. 20,204
Thus it appears that whilst Gov. Cannon
made a loss of but 1,819 votes from the pre-
vious election, Col. Polk made a gain of
20,204 I
How very probable it is that these
with us,’ they cry.
Federalism.
texture.
And yet, the little finger
of these men is thicker than the loins of old
They wear the cloak of de-
mocracy, but they have so patched and botch-,
ed it, that there is nothing left ofthe original
This democracy is like the nisn’s jack-
l
ln.ezr/Ila-rlcsapd t/zi-:tcc7z:-new ha-nrllcs.—Re-
the information from Dr. Fay that he was
knife. He had a single bladed knife which
he had carried for 30 years-—summer and ,
winter——year in and year out, he had carried
that knife. He \vould’nt take any sum for it,
because he had had it so long—thirty years,
in the course of which time it had had nine
twenty thousand voters, over and above the
number that voted at the warmly contested
election two years should be a.ll—-Loco-Foco !
How very probable it is that 20,000 voters,
and they all Loco-Focos, should have been
made in this state in two years, out of an ex-
cess of the emigrants to, over and above the
emigrants from Tennessee, and the young
men who have attained their majority within
hat time!
Cannon only loses 1,819 votes, and yet
Polk gains 20,240! Who can doubt how the
surplus or excess was obtained ?—N. Y. Star.
pi/b/icon S'to.nda,r(l.
Bridge over the J1Iississippi.—A project is
on foot at St. Louis to throw a wire suspen-
sion bridge over the river oppositethat place,
‘Butler late than rzczrcr,’ says the New
London Gaze.-tte,on announcing the marriage
of Mr. John Lait, of 1-Vekutee, Pa., to Miss
Julia 8. Never, aged 70.
N@l'.'E\Ml-*\ll=.ll€ GAZETTE.
The Rev. Dr. .Fa._z/ of Cha.rleslon.——VVe
lI1t'l’ll.lODCLl some days since, that this clergy-
“DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP.”
VVEDNESDAY. SEPT. 4, 1839.
man had been dismissed from his people and
the ministry on account of certain misde-
meanors. ‘The Boston papers now give a
full account of the matter. It appears that
for some months past numerous reports. rela-
tive to improper intercourse between the
Rev. gentleman and certain female members
of his church,‘ had got into circulation.
These reports at length became so widely
was deemed necessary to call an ecclesiastic-
al council to investigate the whole affair.
'l‘he'council met at Dr. Fay’s own house,
and commenced the examination, when a
NEVVS-PAPER ESTABLISHMENT, .
A T A U c T I 0 N.
513’ If not previously disposed of at pri-
-vate sale, the Press, Types, Furniture, and
all the printing materials of this oflice, will
be ofle red for sale at Public Auction, on Man-
dug/. Sept. 23, 1839, at 3 o’clock, P. .llI., at
the Nor-wa.l/s Hotel.
spread, and were so well supported that it p,-'07,-ed 7,0185 (1,; 90 days,
Terms, CASH’, or up-
N. B. The above may be eaza,-rnincd, and all
requisite information will be furnished, at
any time previous to the sale.
member was called out, and returned with
willingto submit the case without making
any defence. Another communication was
soon after received from him, admitting that
in one case,he had sought illicit intercourse
with a young woman residing in his family.
Dr. Fay has, for a considerable number of e
respectable congregation in Cha1'lcstown,and
few clergymen in Massachusetts stood high-
er, or enjoyed the confidence of his brothers
in the ministry to a greater degree tlmri he
did. So great was the con fidence reposed in
him by the members of liischurch, that very
few of them would listen to the doubts ex-
presscd in relation to his conduct. The sur-
prise and sorrow occasioned by his own con-
fession can hardly be imagined-—E:rpress.
A Illicliigan Fa.‘rmcr.—-Col. John M. Bar-
bour, of Bertrand, Berrien county, on the St.
Joseph river, raised this year 1,068 acres of
1. An Act relatingto the"enroliiient and
returns of the militia, having been passed at’
the last. session of the Legislature, making an .
important change in the existing laws, the
Commander in Chief implicitly relies on the
cheerful and active co-operation of the. offi-
cers in command to carry its provisions jmo
effect.
2. By the first section of the Act, all free
able-bodied white male citizens of this State
or resident therein, between 18 and 45 years
of age, whether exempt by law or not, ai'c
to be enrolled in the standing company of
Infantry, within whose bounds they may re-
side, and are to be included in the returns
which are required to be made by the coin-
manding officers of those companies. The
only persons above described not to be includ-
ed in the returns, are the members of the en-
listed corps and those who perform duty in
the militia in some other manner.
3. The Commander in Cliiefiiidulges the
hope, that there will be such an attention to
the accuracy of the various returns required
and promptnessin theirtraiismission to the se:
veral officers to whom they are to be made,
as will preclude the necessity of enforcing
the penalties which have been prescribed foi-
neglecting to do so.
4 To insure uniformity and harmony,
when c0fl)_‘p2)n_l:¢S,4 regimentsand brigades,
which have been separately instructed, are
combined for discipline, inspection and re-
view, and'_to3g.ive_efliciency to_de,taclimc—nts
v:h.en called into actual service under the
laws -ofthe State o__r.of the United States, all
offiL;ers,'5rion-coinmissioned officers, musicians
and -Apritiates .of. -liifanti-y, * Foot A_r[jljc-ry,
,I~1ampsh,i're'?”’ asked'a western gentleman of
ian emigrant from the Granite Hills.
|
I
I
i
!upo_u his native state conveyed by the ques-
wheat. W'hen we were at his place he had
80 men engaged in harvesting.-—Detroit
Free P rcss.
Price of a. Frig/tt.—A tradesmen in Lon-
don, not 300 miles from Regent sreet, re- t
ccntly presented the following bill to one of f
his lodgers: “Three Niles Frightn-in My
Wife By Loud Nois O Shuting the Dore in
Midcl Of Nile \Vich is Verry Unexcusable
In Her Present Situation, At per Nite 7s 6d
—-ll 7s 6d.”
———~ ———j——T_.j.._.__ ‘
Complirnentarjz/.——A distinguished citizen
of Ohio, told the following anecdote at the
Commencement dinner at Hanover a week
or two since. It is ‘good enough to repeat:
“Aint vou a very moral people in New-
The
latti-1‘-felt highly gratifiedat the compliment
tion, and was prompt to reply——“ Certainly,
we are :1. very moral people.” “Well,l
should think so, for you turnout rogues
enougli every year to purify any people in
Christendom.”-—Clwremont Eagle.
Advertising Flour.——At what is called a
‘Protracted Religious Meeting,’ held in a
certain city, Brother VV , a staid, respec.
table man, engaged in the flour business, rose
to_exhort. He said-—‘Brcth.r-en and sisters
it is_our duty to ‘attend immediately, to the e
suring of our salvation, and in ordert
this we must believe in the scriptures. Bre
Fen. 1 fully believe in them, as fully as I‘
-M7‘ T61-8' 1{0w€b'rd street _/lou-r, (incl 't'er'z/ goon
illegal.
been permitted to observe, it is the custom of
all the crcclusiz-e friends of the people, who
call themselves Democrats, but who are gen-
erally designated as Loco-Foco office—holders,
to cheat the public ivheneverl,a.n"oppo_rtunity
offers '
that I shall receive for sale to-morrow, 200 Y I
Rhoda Island.—This little State has again
done nobly. So nicely balanced was the
strength of parties in the National House of
Representatives, that the election of a single
member was regarded as a matter of the deep-
st interest..- The Locos, of course, made a
ymrs be“, the pastor of 3 large and hjghjy desperate eflort, but in vain. The lVhigs
felt the importance of the prize for which
they were contending; they knew that it
might be depending upon them, whether the
next Congress should have a Whig Speaker,
and gallaritly have they triumphed. They
have elected both their candidates for Con-
gress, Messrs. Tillinghast and Cranston, and
gained 5 members in the State Legislature.
The Fro/nking P7'i'vilege.—-The laws
which regulate the ad ministration of the Post
Office Department. are express in limiting
this provision. so far as members of Congress
are concerned, to sixty days before and after
a session of Congress.
And yet we learn
hat the ex-Hon. John 1lI. Niles continues to
rank his messages to the faithful in this vi-
cinity—lots of something having been re-
ceived at our Post Office within a fortnight
past, directed to sundry Loco-Focos in this
and the adjacent towns, frun/ted by the ex-
‘Sinnitur.”
Now, assure as “coal is coal,” this is
against the law, as contained in the Postmas-
ter General’s instructions to his "' hirelings,”
(as he calls his subordinates.) and Amos
should look to it.
that there must be some custom which sanc-
tions the practice, though he admits it to be
Our Postmaster thinks
\Ve tell him that so far as we have
it still we are inclined to think
tom, notwithstanding its preva-
- ', st the law.
i"ile1s__o;r Mr. Kendall, favor the
' he —su_bjec_t’.l
llows those edi
iare ! I-Icai
to learn the relative strength of the contend-
ing parties. From the following table,which
we take front the N. Y. Express, it will be
seen, -'
1. That, with the" New-Jersey Members,
there is no doubt, and without them scarcely
a doubt, that the next House of Representa-
tives was elected by the People in opposition
to the present Administration of the Federal
Government.
2. That, if the Members elect are faithful
to their trust, and are uncorrupted by the
patronage and money of the Government,
that a lVhig will be elected Speaker of the
House, (the Whig candidate for which place
is John Bell of Tennessee, wherein we have
an advantage over our opponents in an already
concentrated public opinion.)
3. That the People of the U. States, in
their primary asssemblies and through the
Ballot Box, have
Resolved, That the President of the U.
States, and his udininistrution of the Federal
Government of the United States, are unwor-
thy of their confidence, and ought to be chang-
ed, and that he in obedience to the HI?“ De-
mocracy of Numbers,”$§ ought either to
resign, or to carry into efect the Will of the
people as thus expressed in the election of their
Reprcscrttutitvcs.
Contested seats, va-
cancies, and disput-
Whigs. Locos. ed members.
Maine 2 6
N. Hampshire - 5
Vermont 3 2
Massachusetts 9(a) 2 1
Rhode Island 2
Connecticut 6
New York 21 19
New Jersey 6 5(5)
Pennsylvania 1 1 17 l(C)
Delaware 1
Virginia 9 12
N. Carolina 6 7
S. Carolina 2 6 l(/)
Georgia 9(h)
Alabama 2 3
Louisiana 3
Arkansas I
Tennessee 7 6
Missouri 2
Illinois 1 2 1(i)
Indiana 2 5 1(3)
Kentucky 1 I 2
Ohio 8 11‘
. Michigan 0 1
120 110
The States to elect are Maryland and Mis-
sissippi, and a vacancy to fill in Massachu-
setts and in South Carolina; in all 12 mem-
bers. Suppose members ofthe same. politics
as those in last Congress are elected, then
they would stand thus:
Maryland 5 3
Mississippi 2
Massachusetts 1
S. Carolina 1 ‘
128 1 14
But the Globe claims the two members in
Mississippi, and 5 instead of 3, in Maryland.
The parties would then stand, .Whigs 124,
Loco-Focos l 18.
No'i'i-:s.
(a) Vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
Mr. Fletcher. A Whig will undoubtedly be
elected.
(b) The election of Mr. Randolph. Whig, is
undisputed. The’ other five seats will be con-
teslei. The certificates were given to these
members after excluding the vote of Millville
and South Amboy. on account ofalleged illegali-
ty in conducting the election. Including the
vote of these towns five ofthe Loco-Focos have
a majority. There can hardly be a doubt that
cil.
775 over Ingersoll, but the return judges reject-
ed the entire vote of one district, and gave the
certificate lo lngersoll. We have heard it stated
that Ingersoll would not attempt to takeihe seat.
(d) In the 15th district Lucas was declared
elected by 4 majority—and received the certifi-
Cate. Barton will contest the election, and it is
thought successfully. Great frauds are alledged
to have been committed. '
(f) Vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
F. H. Elmore, Loco-Foco. A Loco-Foco will
probably be chosen.
(h) Stale Rights men.
(1') Mr. Stewart, as it appears in canvassing
the votes had 5 majority over Douglass, who
will contest the election on the ground that a
number of votes intended for him were excluded.-
(/) Mr. Wick is set down among the Loco-
Focos. The Loco-Foco papers in his district
do not claim‘ his election as a triumph. Both
parties voted for him. He declared before the
election, that he wasa ‘-‘ no party man.” and
had no preference for eii_’ne-r of the two parties.
It is safest to count him among the Loco-Focos.
. Town .Meetings.——.The Times and Regis-
ter are urging the Loco-Focos to bestir them-
selves and make arrangements fo_r securing
the selectmen at the fall Town Meetings.——
The Register‘ thinks that theprovisions ofthe
the House will sustain the Governor and Couu- '
(c) Naylor in this district had a majorityof P
at Valparaiso, May 24th.
Training.-—'I‘he ofiiccrs ofthe -ltli Brig-
ade Militia, are to assemble at Danbury on
the 17th inst. for drill; and on the 18th and
19th inst. the whole Brigade, consisting of
the 4th, 9th, 15th and 24th Regiments of In-
fantry, the 3d Regimcnt Horse Artillery, 5th
Regiment Cavalry,and 4th Regiment Light
Artillery under the command of Brig. ‘Gen.
Thorp, will be reviewed by Maj. Gen. Ad-
ams.
llfr. Clay/.—We learn from our exchange
papers, that the public demon.-trations of re-
gard which Mr. Clay received on his route
from N. York to VVushington, through New
Jersey, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, were
far more enthusiastic and cordial than any
other public man of the present day could
have elicited. He rode into the city of Bal-
timore in a splendid barouche made of the
wood ofthe British man-of-war Serapis, cap-
tured by Paul Jones in the Revolutionary
War. The N. Y. Whig says:
“Every where this great and good man,
received the most distinguished testimonials
of the People’s favor. He is emphatically
the Peoplc’s Mun. We might fill our col-
umns, with the details of processions, meet-
ings and welcomes which have attended him.
No man in the country ever received higher
honors. -
Ho»'rible Deuth.—Miss Martha Dean was
killed in New-York, last week, by the explo-
sion ofa can of spirit gas, while she was fill-
ing a lighted spirit l.'llT1)‘) from the can.
Specie Currency.—It is said that $17,000
counterfeit hard dollars have been received at
asingle land oflice at the VVest. This is a
hard currency, with a vengeance.
9? It will be perceived by referring to
another column, that the Female Circle of
Industry connected with the Episcopal Soci-
cty of this place, contemplate holdinga Fair
for the sale of useful and ornamental articles,
this (_Wednesday) evening, at 4 o'clock. \Ve
hope to meet a goodly numberthere, for we
have no doubt thefair ones, will make a bean-
tiful display (of articles) calculated to please
the fancy of the most particular. 'We are
informed there is to be a Post Office connect-
ed with the fair. where one can procure let-
ters, containing, we suppose, good advice, in-
formation from distant friends, and sentimen-
talism in abundance. We would suggest the
propriety of having a large number ofthe
latter class, for from the number of bachelor
friends, we are inclined to believe they will
be in great demand.—[Communicuted]
To the Editor 0] the Norwalk Gazette:
In your paper of the 28th of August, a
writer has given specimens of words from my
smaller school dictionary, 16 mo. to show
that the definitions are not more specific and
discriminating than words in Town's Spell-
ing Book; On this representation, the fol-
lowing remarks may be made:
1. A school dictionary is not intended for
a defilning dictionary; it is chiefly designed
for teaching spelling, lpronunczadion, an
grammar, by designating the parts of speech.
It makes no pretense of teaching the mean-
ing of words by synonyms. This cannot be
done, to any great extent, in any book.
2. In most, or all cases, the word used to
explain another is correct and leads to no
mistake. In some cases it is synonymous-
3. When a single word only is used, it is
often a derived word, and a more full ex-
lanation is given under the verb. Examples
ofthis kind occur very frequently, and espe-
cially in the 12 mo. This is the smallest
book of the kind that ought to be used.
The abridgement is made to accommodate
persons who will have cheap books. All
small books of this kind, as well as spelling
books, mustbe deficient—their size precludes
any thing like completeness.‘ But my 12
mo. contains more discriminatory definitions
than any other ofthe size. This is [all that
can be done. "
I shall, as soon as possible, prepare a work
that shall afford to our yeomanry all the ad-
vantages of full and complete definitions-
_ N. WEBSTER.
Price of Mu_lberr_1/ Trees.--_Con_cerning
the price oftrees, a-fact upon which is predi-
cated the. golden hopes and the glittering ex-
pec__tations.o_f~.‘many people, there is at present,
much vagueness and many doubts. We are
inclined to believe that the'price this fall will
not come much short of the price la_st au-
. There are reasons u on which to
tumn _ . '2
predicate such an opinion. _ Ihe number of
people now about to engagein growing silk.
is greatly increased. Consequently the de-
nand for trees will be vastly greater than
last autumn, and yet the addition to the sup-
buildings and lumber on Black’s, Crook'-
shank’s and VValker’s wharvcs, and all the
bridges on the north side of Market square
The loss is estimated at $800,000. The last
great fire, which destroyed 115 houses alnd
stores occurred two years and seven months’
ago.
Yesterday morning a melancholy and fatal
accident took place oil the Nun’s Island, by-
which nine Canadians met a watery gmvé_
It appears that a canoe with twelve men was
sent from the Nun’s farm house to the upper
end ofthe Island, where-tliey were to be om-
ploycd as farm servants. In the current the
so great and immediate that she was swamp.
ed, but although the water was so shallow
as not to reach breast high, the curr: nt was
so strong as to hear them impctuouslv on.—’-
The three who were saved were unzible to ‘
swim, and some ofthose drowned were good
swimmers. By the exertions of Peter
Plotiff, the bodies of the unfortunate men
were got. out of the water by the inezms of"
grappling irons.——.Mou(real Her (tlrl, Au-g.‘.22.
Dcfalcations.-—The Baltimore Chioniclo
publishes a statistical table, showing the
names, dates and amounts of the tlefalclationso
of thirty-si.\' public ofllcers, principally since
the year 1835, amounting in all to upwards
of2 millions and 60 thousand dollirs. Bv 2
adding to this several other large defslcatioiis
which have lately come to light, the whole
will amount to atlleust t/irce riiillions of (/0!-
lars. Now here are plain facts, compiled
from public documents, and they are deserv-
ing of consi-lerntion. Tall.’ as much as we
will of the comparative security, expedicncv
and (lemoc1'rtc-_z/ ofdiffercnt ml tliods of l.'cep-
ingthe public revenues, it is certain that such
a record as this is something new in our his-
tory, and it discloses a state of things which
demand investigation. There is a rbtteiiiiess
somewhere, and there is a cause for it all,’
and the developments that bave already been
made are sufficient to convince us that there.
.3‘ yet a depth of corruption connected with
these llllllgzt‘, which the people know lit'lc of. '
And should the adininistiation succeed in re-
taining its power, have we any reason, from
pastcxperit-ncc, to believe that any effectual
investigation will be permitted (3. On the
contrary, have we not the most abundant
ground for supposing that every ntteiiipt at
investigation will be stifled and (lr-feat:-d if
possible? And why are not these defaulters
punished? Are there no laws to take cog- 2
iiizance of these peculations? Gen. Jack-
son found law enough to punish one defaul-
ter, and dearly did he compel him to cxpiate
his crime; but now, so far from being
punished are these sub-treasurers, that tliev
are absolutely continued in ofiice and in the
pay of the government, after their robberies
are known! Is it any wonder that the ad-
ministration finds warm and zealous sup-
porters in such nieu .7 \Ve commend the
subject to the serious attention of the people.
—Hu’/‘Iforrl Courier.
The Hartford Patriot divulges new ,
troubles in the matrimonial line. i The par-
ties arc Mrs. VVillard of 'I‘roy, N‘ Y. and
formerly head of the Female Seminary in
that place, and her husband, Dr. Yates of
New York or Albany. According to the
Patriot, they removed, on their marriage to
Boston, Mrs Willard furnishing some four
d or five thousand dollars for the purchase of
furniture, horses and carriage, &c. She
soon discovered her husband to be “the re-
verse of what she had reason to expect,_and
that he was in facta tyrannicaland unprinci--
pled man, and withal an open and hardened-
infidel and debauchee !”—and she, of course,.
soon began to receive from him the most un-
kind treatment and marked neglect. which‘
at length compelled her to flee to Troy,
while her husband remains in Boston, living
upon the avails of her furniture, &.c. which
he sells as fast as funds are required. The
Patriot says it gives publicity to the above
facts, “not with a view to feed a morbid appe-
tite for scandal, but with a desire to protect in-
nocenc.e.” But the editor won't effect much
in this way, as love is as blind as a bat, for
if he had not been, a woman ofMrs. VVillard’s
sagacity would not have been caught in such
asnare as she is now entangled with. Such
a profligate as Yates is represented to be,~
could not have become so in a minute. He
years.——Pa.lla.dinm.
_ Defalccltions.—éThe Loco-Focos try to
shuffle off the odium of the immense defalca-
tions that have occurred under Gcn. Jack-
son’s and Martin Van Buren’s rule by say-'
ing that defalcations have occurred under
Every administration.
but to what extent? From the commen.-.e-,
ment of George \Vashington’s administration,
the defalcation of government lg
And ~
son’s reign,
officers amounted to $218,159 13.
to the first of January, 1838, the defalcations
amounted to Eight Hundred and Twc2tty-
boat struck on a rock, and the confusion was '1
must have breathed a bad atmosphere for. 9'
That is very true, '
down to the commencement of Gen. Jiick-.,,;
from the day Gen. Jackson was inaugerated, ._
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