~cli.ildren like herself.
BY IIIS EXCELLENCY _
CIlAUl_\_lCE"Y F. CLEVELAND.
GOVERNOR or THE sun: or coivivi»:c'r2cu'r'.
A PROCLAIYIATION.
When we contemplate the infinite good-
r‘i'e‘ss ofotir Heavenly Father, and the _ per-
fection of His holy law, we are a.drr_ionislied
of our deep ingratitude in resisting His
righteous commands. In view of our sm-
fulness in the sigbt_of God, as individuals
and a community, we are called upon to
humble ourselves "before His throne, and
with sincere repentance and faith in His
Son, through the aid of His Divine Spirit-.
to seek forgiveness for the past, andby His
grace assisting us, to form resolutions of
obedience for the future. _
» * That the people of this State may united-
-ly engage in this important duty, I havejin
compliance with an uninterrupted usage
‘originzitiiig in the piety of otir fathers, zip-
pointed Fricla-3,, t/re Fourlecnl/t day _0fAp7"tf
next, as a dayof Humiliation, Fasting an
.Prayer: and I recommend that all-the,peo-
ple spend that day in such public and private
religious exercises as become the meinbers
ofa Christian community. And especially
do I recommend to them to assemble with
-their religious teachers in their usuiilplaces
of public worship, and, before Almighty
,God, to examine their own hearts and lives
..—to repent of their sins, and humbly con-
fess thein—-and to seek his forgiveness and
favor. _ _
At the-same time to invoke the Diyine
“blessing to rest upon our State and Nation :
That he will continue to favor us with
healthful seasons, to preserve us in the quiet
"possession and enjoyment, of civil and reli-
gious liberty, and to sustain us in tranquility
within our borders, and in peace with all
mankind :-—That he will cause all the law-
ful enterprises of our citizens to prosper:
bountifully reward the labors of the bus-
band-man, sustain the mechanical and man
ufacturing industry of our people, smile up-
on our commercial interests. and to give
labor its adequate reward :—'l‘liat he will
give wisdom to the President of the United
States, and all others entrusted with the
Admin_istration of public affairs, enable them
faithfully to discharge their official duties:
That he will bless the officers and members
of our colleges, academies, and especially
our common schools: That He will guide
and direct our Judges, Legislators, and Ex-
ecutive officers, in all their acts and deliber-
ations; give efiiciency to the adininistration
of equal laws; and preserve our civil, ri li-
gious, and literary institutions.
And I would urge upon the good people
of the State, humbly and fervently to pray
that God in His mercy will give to us a
spirit ofchartiy and kindness to our fellow
men, and cause us to feel that we are all
children ofa common Father, and boundin-
gether by the ties of a common brotherhood‘.
That he will enable us to obey the Divine
precept of loving our neighbor as ourselves.
and to this end, that He will save us from
slander, revenge, nialicc, and selfishness :-—-
That allbigotry, hypocrisy, sectarian bitter-
ness, and that the spirit of retaliation which
thirsts for blood, may be done away. and
mild precepts for the prince of peace "univer-
sally prevail.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the
State’, at Norwich, this eleventh day of
March, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-three,
and the Independence of our State the
sixty-seventh. C. F. CLEVELAND.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Noah A. Phelps, Secretary of State.
Tun Mi-zrtciait CAst:’.—-The following notice
of the trial of Mercer, is taken from the Tribune
of the 31st ult. ‘
The trial of Mercer for the murder of
Ileberton, at \Voodbury, N. I. is fairly under
way, and the grounds of defence were very
fully laid down by the counsel who opened
in behalfof the prisoner.- The prosecution
rested after proving the fact of killing. Mr.
Browne, in opening the defence, made a
long a_ddr-ess, in which he alluded first to the
youth of Mercer. the weakness of his frame,
his nervous temperament, and to the effect
. ‘which an early disease has had upon his
mind and body.
is a retired
mechanic of Philadelphia. He hasfour
sisters, three of whom are single. Sarah
was represented as a mere child, modest and
of yielding disposition, having never attend-
ed Ia theatre or a ball, and of the most unex
ceptionable character, until a short time
‘since. Her associat:-s were mostly with
Ht-bcrton was an
abandoned libertine, his place of business, a
brothel, and his only pursuit seduction.—
Miss Mercer first encountered him while he
was passing through the street with a friend
topurchase some grapes for a sick relation.
He had followed them from street to street
‘and she mistook him for a Mr. Bastido,
whom she had seen at the house of her
bi-other-in-latv, Heberton ‘took advantage
other mistake, and on meeting her again in
the street, a few ,days_ after_——he having
sought the meeting, which with her was
purely accidental—-spoketo her and told
her he would see her again. All this while
he allowed her to suppose that his name
.was Bastido, and under that name he exact-
ed a. promise’ from her to meet hiiiragain -—
'At the third interview he declared himself
violently in lovegwith her, and solicited an
introduction to her family. She named
‘several friends who would introduce him,
but he knew none of them. He pretended
however to lmow a Mr. Dinkler, of whom
sheispoke, and saidihe would call upon her
family- with him. He never did so, howev-
er. Up to this time his. treatme_nt of her
‘had been gentlemanly and becorning. ,
"Soon afterwards, however, while walking
with her, he complained of the cold: he led
her into Elizabeth street, where she had
nevenbecn before, and proposed to call at
thehouse of a Mrs Mettore. She declined,
but he assured he was well acquainted there
and at the same time ringing the bell. The
servant came to the door, and he urged her
in.. They entered a room where there was
at fire. She immediately became alarmed
and refused to remain: but Herberton lock-
ed the door. put the key in his pocket, and
upon her screaming for t1SS!SiflflCG,d.»l’e\V a
Pistol and threatened her life if she did not
,.;,,1d ,0 hmi, though ucreainirig and strug-
His father
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gling, into compliance with his wishes.—-
This, the couns'el.s'aid, would be fully prov-
ed by Miss Mercer herself, by persons to
whom she told the story, and by women who
heard her screams. /
After this Heberton endeavored -to pur-
suade her to silence, promised to marry her
and to go to New Orleans, and declared that
he would satisfactorily refute any story she
might tell her parents to his disadvantage,
threatened -ifshe exposed him to prove that
she invited him to go with her, and in vari-
ous ways endeavored to procure her silence.
During all this time he was boasting among
his friends of his successful villainy. and on
one occasion in an oyster cellar took a pis-
tol from his pocket saying that that was for
her brother if he attempted to interfere.--«
Being asked what he would do should any
one thus wrong his sister, hi: declared that he
would ‘blow his brains out like a dog.‘
The day on which Miss ‘Mercer left her
home she spent with her married sister. A
servant told her that her father was very
angry with her for something he had learned
and so frightened her that she ran away to
a house where she had met I-It-berton. Her
brother next day met Herberton, and took
hiiti to Mercer’s house, where an angry in-
terview took place. Young Mercer used
his best endeavors to find his sister, but He-
berton denied all knowledge of her‘. The
woman with whom she was staying howev-
er, informed her parents that she was there,
and she was at once sent for and brought
home. She told the whole story to her moth-
er, and the next day to her brother, who
from the moment he heard it seemed hope-A
less mad. He raved and assailed every one
he met,anrl was only prevented from killing
his sister by those around him. The inter-
view at theIAlrierman’s office rendered him
still further affected: and every act be per-
formed seemed evidence of insanity. Mr.
Browne proceeded at great length to show
that the state of i\fercer’s mind at the time
of committing the deed for which he is on
trial, was such as to absolve him frorii all
legal responsibility for the deed. He made
a very long ineenoius, and elaborate argu-
ment, principally upon this point. Testimo-
‘ny of course will be. submitted to prove
the several points on which reliance is pla-
cid. VVC shall publish whatever of it is
necessary to an understanding of the matter
and at the same time is suitable for our
columns.
It has been stated that some of the Whig
holders of New York State stock, voted for
Governor Bouck last fall, on the ground
that he was opposed to extending the creilit
of the State in aid of internal irripmveinents.
What do they think now of the repudiatirig
swntimrnts of Col. Young, Si cretary of State.
Is the value of their stock increased by the
reign of Loco focoism? Hear what this lo-
cofoco Sccritary says, in reference to the
loans of the State credit to internal improve-
ment com pzrnies——which were first made on
the recomiiienrlation and with their express
approval of Ilfmlin Van Bll7'€7L as Governor‘.
“Millions ofoiitsanding stocks are now
impending over the State, which were crea-
ted by laws in clear and direct li0Sfilily:wfll1
the plain provisions of the Constitution.-
These laws were null and void from their
inception, and cannot impose even‘ a shadow
of moral obligation for the fulfillment of
their ostensible demands. Whether the
people of the State will quietly how their
necks to the yoke and pay a premium upon
legislative wickedness and encroachment,
will be disclosed by the future. And if the
double curse of past profligacy and past
precedent can be fastened upon them, l/I.€_?/
will then be mock enoug/L to bear toil/rout a
murmur t/re ctiiiplesl strides of mr~5'r-irlled
l_’l/T)'a7l:I/.”
A T«iu.c}z.ig2g Incident.-—A Boston editor
thus describes an incident which passed uri-
der his observation a few days since:
“A little girl, about seven years of age,
was sitting at the corner of Washington. and
State streets, upon a small pine box, with a
a basket by her side, containing some half
dozen apples, which she was patietrily ii ail-
ing to sell, though her little. form trembled
from head to foot with the cold, which was
most severe. The little half clad orject
fortunately met the eye of a boy not more
than eight years old dressed in the richest
style ofthe day even to an unusual extt-‘nl,
who stopped before her, and talringa rich
lianrlkercliief from his own neck, tied it
snugly about hers, and tripped away."
THE STUDENT CASE.
Savage Acquilled.
In the case of George F. Savage. prose-
cuted under the disfranc/iisirrg law of the
last legislature, for voting in New Haven at
Toivn Meeting last fall, of which we gave
a report of the evidence yesterday, the Jury
found for (lie tlcfcizclaizt. Judge Darling
instructed the Jury in substance as follows:
That as it was admitted that the defendant
had voted in New Haven, and that he was
an elector of the State, and the only
question wiiswliether he had statedly re-
sided in New Haven :1 year previous
the time of his voting. That in his opinion
there was no difference in respect to voters
in town meeting between the old law and
the new laiv when truly construed. The
meaning of both was, that dwelling in a
place, for mere temporary purpose, did _not
constitute a change of domicil, and. whether
the person was a student or a mechanic,
could make no difference. If a inccharzic
goes to a town for a mere temporary pur-
pose, intending when that purpose is accom-
plished to return to his home, or if :1 student
leaves his home for a like temporary pur-
pose, not intending to change his dornicil,
but to return to his former residence when
that temporary purpose is attained,-in both
cases the former domicil or residence re-
mains unchanged. The circumstance that
Mr. Savage was a student is of no import-
ance one way or the other except as in con-
nexion with the other facts it may show
what was his intention. His intention is to
be inferred from his acts and his declarations.
The Jury are to take into 'consideration all
the circuiustanccs relied on by the State and
by the de-fendmit, and if they find that Mr.
Savage left Middletown with the intention
of abandoning it as his borne, and without
intending to return to it as his place‘ of resi-
dcnco lie was at liberty‘ to adbuire. in the
same manner as any other citizen, :1 .resi-
ence in New Haven. '
1n the view taken by Judge Darling, it
became necessaryfor him to express an
opinion on the constitutional (]l]f‘s'[ion;fiyl1ich
a different construction of the act of ii 842
would have presented.
Oswego Ban/c.——This Bank has suspend-
ed specie pay-rpent__for the present, in conse-
quence ofa disagfébriient in the election of
a President to succeed Alanson Doucrlas of
Troy, who has officiated for the lasl two
irronths. The bank was in good credit and
had but a moderate circulation.——E've Jour.
Eler.lro---.~lIo.gnetic ‘Telegraph.-—---Prof.
Morse is about to lay his wires along the
railroad from Washiiigton to Baltimore, in
order to test the experiment authorized by
Congress.-—N. Y. Triliuiie.
New IIa2iz.ps/tii'e.—'l‘fie locofocos (says
the Hartford Courier) iloii’t hear from New
Hampshire yet! For many years past, the
Whigs have been honored with a salute from
the enemy whenever they have heard from
New I-lainpsliire. Is their powder born
out! Can’t the Whigs lend ’em a little? The
locos have carried the Granite State! by the
skin of their teeth! l
Sound Steamloals.—-—A contract was re-
ported and agreed to last evening. by which
all steambo.-its navigating the Sound above
Sawpits on one side, and Huritioglon on the
other, he confined to the slips at the foot of
Pike and Rutger streets. The Bostoii boats
therefore, the New Haven boats, the Nur-
wich, Stamford, and other boats, with all after
the contract shall be ext.-cured, depart and ar-
rive at Pike Sl.l‘C(’l.-JV. Y. A-mericaiz.
The report ofthe death of Mr. Shortridge
a Millerite, in New I'Tt'tlDpSl'lll‘€‘, byjumping
from a,tree, is contradicted.
Moeirn-:. March, 20.
By reason of the Comet, or otlii.-r cause,
the season is six weeks more backward than
the Spring of last year. In the interior of
the State snow has fallen to the depth of
seven inches, and ice of some thiclrncss was
Two black womenikilled a white woman
in the OhioState Priaion, on Friday last by
beating her brains out with the shovel and
tongs. -The reason they gave, is that they
wantto get out of the"3Pc-netentiary into the
County Jail. .,‘ -
The Boston Bulletin publishes an account
ofa magnificent wedding which took place
in that city on VVednesd-ay evening. The
bride wore jewels worth $10,000, a lace veil'
worth $1,200, and the’ wh " e expense ofthe
ii air was fifteen thousan dollars. Hard
times! Hard times!
Amos Kendall proposes to publish, in fif-
teentor more numbers,,a life of General An-
drew Jackson. embracing many incidents not
noticed by his former biographers, and a
complete history of hisadiriiriistration, ‘con-
cluding with an account of the manner in
which, he retired from the bustle ofthe world,
be is quietly preparing to bid adieu to the
scenes of his glory!’
Sgt/slein.——Mr. Bourne. in a lecture at the
Farmer and Meclianic Jubilee at Bridgeiva
ter, Mass. humorously illustrated the advan-
tages of method, and order, by giving an ac-
count ofsome doniestics of his hiring. He
once hired a. vvcry smart girl ; she was ever
on the go from early dawn to bed time. Af-
tcr a few years the girl, as girls often will,
found a husband, and quittcd earning wages;
and Mr‘. B. was obliged to hire another.
But she was obliged to hire another. But
she was so methodical, and apparently so
slow, his wife was of the opinion she did not
earn lier'- wages. True, she did all the work
and bad spare time, but sire (lid. not seem to
be cloing muc/L. He one day‘ watched her
progress, and found that every movement
was like clockwork‘,--no missteps were ta-
yken ;, after the fire was made, every kettle
was pl‘Opt*l‘ly adjusted, and every dish was
ready at the proper time. The table was set
while dinner was cooking-—evt-rytliing bad
its place, and there was nota lacking article
at dinner‘. There was no blustering, and
hurrying, and fretting, and skipping,to‘show
out activity; but evr-i‘ytl'iing was quietly
in 0,“. ,,,,,,e,q 1.,“ ,,;,,|.,, Such cold and performed, in order and in season.
,1 & I s.-. O . _ _ ‘ ‘V _
blustering weather has rarely if ever, b(?f’Il' Q“ “°“"',’“g ‘“'c”‘al‘3_lY i’_‘’_‘' ”‘‘’d9 °fd°”’g
lmown in ,h,S ,.(,,,,On TWO weeks Sincexl business, Mr. B. and his wife were both of
a 0 ' . . .
,,s,,,,m,,,,S was ,,;9,,,y in 0,”. ,,,,,,.p,.,, ,0 day the opinion this was the most valuable help
all vt,,,°em,,O,, is bl,,,,,.d ‘he had hired. This led him to see how
D . .
It reiiiains ,,to be! _ ‘
Se“, wha, ,,,fl,,E,,,,e Such ,,X,,.,,0,d,,,,,,.,_.-sonicfi1r:ners lost time. '1 hey would hurry
weather will have on the nextcotton crop. [[0 a d’_Si"m fi"l‘l- and 5"’°_" fiml ‘hey h"d l“ll
some important tool behind-—a boy must be
rr-ceived sent for it, and the men must sit and wait.
Miiss. a»
mi crop, An Act giantinga pension to certain [widows
of the Morris l.‘."lUll.lt'.L1UllS leaf——-tire first crop Oll R¢‘l’0lllll0““"3r' 5"l<ll€l‘$-
ll:tVll’lQ‘ been usi-d for fcctliiig silk ivoi'iiis._l B3 "'5"-’7"”'cf"-fl 53/ M9 8973459 and I'I0’l’-90 0f
It resembles Cl'iiiii»-"se paper; has a silk y up-0:,R€]7[‘€5'0{W?f‘f‘l-'05 Off/lb’ U1”:/F61 Stall?-9 (f A-
pearai'ice, and is very tough. It would bi*"7”f3”“3“ 2” (/”7'c':”"‘355 a5~""7”[’[‘-"1- _Tll“l the
excellent for \\’l‘:;pplllg‘ paper‘, and would an- ‘V“l°“’ Orally P“l§°“ ‘Vim $°'’V‘"‘l 1“ ill“ “'7”
5“.e,. ,0 ,,.,.i,,, ,.,,,_ S,,cc,,S5 ,0 Mmus M,,g,,_ of the Revolution in the manner set forth in
mung !__J,,,,,_ C,,.,,,_ .lic act approved the Seventh day of Jiine,
.1 0- Q; - --i - y_‘ , i
A slip from the Trenton State ‘Ci’;-iZt’ll.(’sii1bTi;’i1;)lT“flh::::_i:,i:] z,l:(,’y.,t:’,,]£), ic\,‘,’.O,’[:E’,”i:.’,:’](i,_;(i0n{
me““°“5 the "“’5”""""’“ ”V 6"" of 11"“ °""i:ei'tain siii'vivii1fI oflici-rs and soldiers of the
]iIoi'us llIullica'ul~is.—---We have
from J. R.- Barbon. Esq. of Oxford
piece of paper made froiu the auttirii
True Ainericiin Inn, on Mill Hill, on the
morning ofthe 28th, while the inmates were
all asleep.
John Bozer, a boarder, had barely tioieto
Revolution,’ and whose widows, in virtue of
an actaiiproved the sc-v‘enth day of July,
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, entitled
'.'An act granting half pay and pensions .to
- . '. 1" ’ 1 , .1 ' ' I of ‘ -
pscapo with Illlb lifi_,lafti.r running _tg llllt ,,_.,_,,.,,,,,, “.,d,,“.S_i and an ac, ,,,,,,,.,,.,.L,d “H,
r - v u 0- i \\ o , - . _ .
root room ant aria itfllfta l\\O ii.t n \\ io4,,_.,,__.,,4.,,y ,,,,,.d day OfA,,g.,,S,,,,,gl,,Ht,,, ,,,,,,,,,.t,d
were lodging there. These men did not es-
cape, and their black crispcd reiiiaiiis wcrel
and forty two ainen(latoi‘_y l.l’tt*l'e(if, and a i‘cs-
oliition approved the sixteentli day of Augiist
. - . l- » ' ' ' ‘- - - . . ,
:“l‘,*?“ f'°'“ht“e, "’”’*°', ,”"’; i’ "nifis ,°f lhh°‘crrgfiteer'r hundred and forty tivo, entitled ‘A
- c - . v ' ' ' (1 g (r .' .‘ . . ‘ .
lo‘ ‘fist * "P" ‘J55 ‘”",,S i°“',‘”'»_-_ ,’o ’l' ‘,‘ ” d resolution dccalrutive of the pension act of
‘mule 935’ "m 0”“ ° lull’ M’ ’°”la W" eighteen hundred ant. thirty eight,’ received
are all that remain.
A poor woman in a delicate situation,
or is entitled to an annuity or a pension
which she received, or is entitled to receive,
5h”°'l“’d ’“ Vim‘ lml” 3 ‘hm’ Slow “’l”"‘7""'ilunder said acts or said resolution. or either
tliestaiiwvay being cutoffby dense smokej
and fire. No ladder could he found, and!
shejumped out and is severely irrjiired. A
little girl nine years old ~pl’()IitlS(’tl to follow
ofthein, for and during-the term of one year
from the fourth day of i\',lttl‘Cl] eigliteen lion-
ldred and forty tliree, or during sucli portioii
ofsaid lt‘l'lll as said wiilow shall survive, sub-
”er- but ("d “of am’ “as b"”’l_her"m‘““5' '-act in all res ccts however to the rules lim-
.J I 7
being a shapcli-ss, horrid sight.
but a few days. Four per-‘nus csc.~ipeil.-l-
The severe storm retardctl the Eiigiiii-s.
The house was the hi.-ad quart:-rs of Gen.
\Vnsbington on the 2:.l January i777, beiiig
the place where the council of war was leld
which decided upon the marcli upon l7’iiti(lc-
ton.
T/to Gospel in C/riira..——'I‘lic Clioicli
Chronicle iiietitions that ‘tlii-- Anglo Cliint-_se
College, sr.ippoi'ti>d by tlii- London l\lissfoiia-
ry Society at Mal icca, (distant about flfticn
hundred miles from C-liina) is to he reiilov-,_-d
to Hong Kong, together with the pi'intipg
presses and other mlSSlOl'ltll'y apparatus,
some ofthe Mirsionaries will be stationedpn
that Island, and others will proceed to suph
ofthe Chinese cities, opened for commc’ e
by the treaty of peace, as may appear mlst
eligible.’ ~~
The New York correspondent ofthe Na-
tional Intelligencer writes as follows: fbe
London Post Office Department has issued a
special edict against the ‘Brother Jon man’
and ‘New World’ newspapers, conimiii.ic:i-
ted to the proprietors a day or tivo sauce
through the New York British agent.
These papers and their extras are iow
declared contraband. and iron puss no Erit-
isb frontier or customs, except in closcren-
velop and subject to letter postage.
\Vedni~sday last, was the Anivcrsary of
the founding oft.he Pei rent Teinperancu So-
ciety in the city of New York; it was cele-
brated by a procession of the various‘ Tem-,
perance Societies and by appropri.:ti- cere-
monies. In the evening the oflice ofthe Or-
gan and Washingtonian, the first Temper-
ance paper established in the country, was
brilliantly illuminated in honor of the occas-
ion. ‘
Islands ofthe Paci/r's.—lt is reported that
with a view to counteract the influence of
France. growing out of its recent acquisition
in the Pacific, the English have resolved to
take possession, if it should not he too late.
of the Isles ofOsnabruck, The Four Crowns
&c. situated to the south of the Marquesas
Islands, as well as of the Ise of Jesus, at the
northwest ofthose Islands. These stations
are regarded ofgreiit iinportani-e as points of
observation. If, however, the English ex-
pedition on itsarrival at these several places
findstliem already in possession ofthi-.Frcricli,
it will content itself with seizing on such oth- '
er unoccupied points as it shall consider
, _ __ :itiitions and conditions in and b '
'1 he iiinlreeper i'tn(l_‘_lnIllt1l€S were all Gc'- ,' ’ 5
mans, the two men burnt having been tlioicf
most favorable,-Jour. Com.
said acts
and resolutions m=t(lI' and approved.
Sec. 2. And be ilfurt/icr cnrtcleil, That
the sum ofthrce biiodred and i-iglity. thous-
and dollars be, and the same is hereby appro-
priated, to pay the annuities or pensions in
and by this act graiited. JOHN XVI-iI'rE.
»S'pca./rer of fire House of Rcpreseizlaliz-es.
VVILIE P hlascuni,
Pi'cs2'(lcnl pro-lcm. of tire Sc’/role.
Approved '.\fl-arch 3. 1843. JOHN TYLER.
Comet ofl769.—Nut long since I noticed
in the Herald a communication by the ven-
erable Dr. VVebster, in which he statcd,tliat
according to his reccollection, the Comet of
1709 showed a longer train than the Great
Cornet which is now visiting tis. A day or
two since, while looking over a book on
comets, I found an account ofthe one in ques-
tion, which fully confirms Dr. Webster’s
statement. - On the 9th of September, i799,
the length ofthe train ofthat was estimati-il
by various_persons at 43, 55, 60 and 750
in length. Tvo days after, the train meas-
ured from 90 to 970 in length. The lengtli
ofthe train of the present Comet,asobserved
in this latitude, has not exceeded 50 degrees
although it is not improbable that it has ap-
peared niuch longer anil more brilliant in
the purer skies of equatoral regions.
N. II. Herald.
An Economical Plain..—-—A*. Pittsburg, Pa.
public dinners, hereafter are to be given on
the mesmeric principle. The gt-ntlenian
who superintends the dinner will int-smerize
all the diners, and then eat a splended din-
ner liimself, in which all lhrroug/1. mcsmeric
S]/7Il.pal/£7/, w'i‘l-l partake: one dinner will thus
satisfy hundreds, which will materially re-
duce the expense, and prevent suits against
managers for large bills. So says the N.
Morning Chronicle. ‘-
The Rev. Dr. Jarvis, of Middlctown, ‘Ct.
is prcparingfor press a work on the chro-
nology ofthe Bible, in which he designs
among other things, to show that, were Mi‘.
l\’liller’s views of the meaning ofthe propbit-
ic write-rs correct, the world would have
been burnt tip some years ago, as he has
placetfthc death of Christ exactly five _7/.ea'i's
too late.
At a court in Beaver co. Pa., last week.
James M’Pherson plearlerl guilty to a charge
of bigamy, and pl'()f.ll)Ct’(.l a previous pardon
from Governor Porter in arrest of seuteui-e!
Another suit for libel has been commen-
ced by Mr. Cooper against the New York
Tribune. ' “
From. the Illaclisoniaii.
Oflicial Report of tlie loss of l/ze S. s/rip
Concord. _
Extract of, a letter from Commander Corio-
ver, of the U. S. Ship John Adams, dated
Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Discom-
bcr 26, 1842. . ,_ —
"I regret to ihforrii the Department, that
the Pertugues brig Uiiion arrived here a
few days since, with the surviving officers
and crew of the-U. S. Ship Concord—the
officers and men under the charge of the first
Lieutenant, Mr. Gardner, who has officially
communicated to me the loss of the Concord.
She was wrecked-on a sand barattlie rnoiith
of the river Lorango, in the Portuguese
province of Quillemane. Captain Boernm,
Purser Hart and James Davis, ordinary sea-
men, were drowned on the 2d of November
while crossing the bar at the mouth of the
Lnrango river in a gig‘ I have taken five
inidshipmen and sixty men on board the
John Adams. The reriiuiniirg officers and
crew will proceed imniediately to Rio de
Jiineiro in the. Por'tiguesu brig wliich Cori
veyed them to this place. The Concord,
after throwing over her grins, &.c. to lightrn
her was forced over the bar at high water.
with loss of rudiler, keel, &c, and other‘wi.<c
materially ‘injured, though not ii t'OlllplCIt'
shipwreck.”
.Dr'I.7?.g'6I‘ l/ircalciieil the Santa. Fe Trade .’
—-The Lexirigtori (Mo ) Express says, l.llt'l't‘
is now a con biiratiorf foriiiiiig in the lridi ii
territory, on the wi-st:-rn bort‘-.er oftliis coon
ty fortho purpose of robbing the Santa Fe
and Chihuahua trad.-rs, as they return this
Spring. Men are engaged in the coinbiii:i-
tion who are well known, anil an expositiori
of thrir names would strike runny with sur-
prise. There are several i.-itbi-r actiially i~ri-
gaged with this bunditti orconnivingattheir
purpose, who piss among us as resper-.t.ible
citizens.
‘VVe have seen a petition to the Si-critary
of War, praying the intcrlerance. ofthe De-
partment for the protection of the traders, by
sending out for that purpose the soldiers who
are now idle at Fort Leavenworth.’
The Rev. Mr. Kirk’s soci: ty are now ne-
gotiating for the purchase of the '.I‘ft"tll0lll
Theatre, for the purpose of either L'0llVt‘l'l-
ing the present building into a church, or-of
tearing it down and erecting a new building
upon l.l1t“$lft:‘-—\\'lilCil plan will adopted, we
bt‘llt‘Vt-', has not been diteriiiined upon. A
meeting ofthe stockholders is to be held in
a fewduys to decide wlietlier the theatre
shall be sold or not. \'Ve understand that
there are some obstacl s in the way ofa sale
but it is quite. likely, that they will be over-
corrie.—-Boslon Mar. J!/ll)"/[Cl/.
A Malacca paper inentioris itas a wonder-
ful fact that ii young Pursue lady has just
been placed in one of the oducatiori establish-
incurs at Bombay. "Now that the ice has
been brolren,” adds the editor, "we. hope ‘to
learn that other wealthy Porsees have fol-
loii ed this noble example; for we firirily
believe it is only a firsl cxunsplc that was
required.
The town election in Fall River, '.\-'lriss
h.-is resulted in favor of the Whigs. The
locos carrtccl the clay last _yc:ii':.
(.'0n.s'er:rali0'/r..——The lwflllllllll new Epis-
copal Cliutcli, in this villa¢__ve, is now iroii:-
plete, and Pi‘ovitli-rice [‘it‘l'llill.lll|_£_I, u ill lli‘
consecrated by the Bisliop of this Dincesi-,
on the l9tli of April next. 'l‘heri- is not a
church edifice in the State that will compete
with it in cliasr.ciiess of flfCl‘ilIt'(‘l,l1l'l:', and the
perfectness ofthe style in which it is coni-
pleterl, within and without reflects the high
i-st credit upon the mccli.-iriiciil taste of the
coutriictor, M r. Dixon.—.S'lainfo*r(l Adv.
Reriicinber, Brother Holly. iliat Cliurcli,
ivliicli was raised by “Sixty able boilieil men
from Sranil'ori'l" in this Borough. some tiiiii-
since."
Ai-corrlirig to the anniizil report, the tot.il
ntiriibcr of pupils in the Public Schools of
Boston, on thi-- lst tilt, was l3.Fi78.
R. S. Graves, 'l‘ie:isiiier iiftlii- State of
Nlississipiii, has provi-il 2] il. fnii‘ti-r to a lrirgu
but unknoivn aiiioii_iit——-‘:7‘il6;3 000 at l.-...-t.
The report of the sirririil of the .-loop of
war John Adiiiis at Norfnllr app-ars to be
prciriatiirc. fli-r appi-rirnrice. is irot i'onfiriii-
ed. The report of ii iiiutiny on board of her
and the shooting down of five of the t'ri».\y ,i.-
equally iipochryplial. A few days will prob-
ably settle the iniitter, when we shall prob-‘
ably have a further exhibition of the ‘largest
liberty.’
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Relief Larws.-—'I‘lic di-i.-ision of the U. S.
Supreiric Court rigalir-t tlie v:ilidit_y oft!-.e rc-
liefor A [:_Df‘iIl:‘t’fltf'lll lil\V5,C0lli(“S upon the vast
mass oftrie flPlilO.' coriri'niiriity, with the as-
toriiidirig efii-i-t of a clap of thunder from :i
clear sk v. Unprepa red as tlii.-._v were for
such a blow, and deprived at the sonic mo.
ment of the ultiiiisite ulteriiative of tl.i-- Bank-
rupt L‘l\\’, by its l’t"pt‘f!l, at the sriine instant.
—they are coniplit:-ly par-lizetl, A ii-aiw
tiori must soon siicceed, and it “ill be foitii-
nate ln(lr't‘(l ifive (:‘5‘(‘ilpr' a p-iroxysiri of fren-
zy.—I'/ulz'a7/.a. Stale Sentinel.
“T/re Vial nfzoml/L and Junk Bottle of
Dcslrucl-ion.” is the name of a new second
adwntjoiiriial. It is advertised by Redding
& C0. Boston.
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VVe learn from the Biltimore Patriot That
efforts are no iv in ,'irogri-ss lo 0l~lflll'l a gold
medal to be presented in honor of the six
original Washingtonians on the 5th of April
next, the day ofthe. contemplateil gri-at 'l‘i»rii-
perance Jubilee in that city.
It is said the British Governnii-nt paid
one tbousaind pounds or ric=it'ly $5.000 for
the passage of of Sir Ch:ri‘lr's M'utt't‘.lfe and
suite to this country in the Sfettllir.-'l' Coloni-
bio. '
T/re Mercer '1'» i'rz.f.‘—'l‘lit- P\'l(lt-’fl(‘€ taken
on the trial of M»-i'ci-r, on Saturday, was
wliolly U_f‘(Jlt tlii- point of l-is l[l5i.[ill_V. It
was explicit .--nil strniig. l\-‘ll Piiyiiti-i‘ su-.1
-.\le-rcer at his house :i il:i_y or in o l:z~liir-- ~rlu-
killing of I-l-be--tori. fll=(l l.l)Ull'_’l!l biiii ib. i.
insam —Trz'bune. i’
Thorns W. Durr has-returned to Rhoda
Later from Canton.
The ship Ch-.irli-ston, which has arrived
at the port of New York, Ii-ft China on the"
lst of December. Our yreviousadvices, via.
Eriglaritfgwere to Nov. 19th,
The Charleston brings pap.-rs to_the gem,
They contain a proclairti:-itioii by Sir Henry I .-
Potiinger, closing the ports of Nigpo, Chang-
line and Loo-clioo-loo to British vessels, sniff ‘
the coiiimi.-rcial ari‘aiigeirit-tits.-iire cornpletcdz‘
Since tlic-"peace, the course of events ‘ has
been unusually quiet and uninteresting.
The qurstion ofopiuin, at the negociations
for peace, was scarcely alluded to. It wit)
flourish and increase. Owing to the partial:
failure of the crop in India, the price has
doubled within six months.
The Storm and Flood of yesterday, as far’
as wehave heard, has frilly ri-alizediour ap-
prehensions. Nearly all the avenues to the-
city were cut oil by the lremeridnous rise of?
water, and great ilainage has her n done for
the r0.icls illlil bridges. The brirloe at VVc's:.
ville, on the Litclifii-ld 'I’Ul‘n!.‘llH"Dl.§' entirely
5“"'f-“ "“’“V- 1\l$U ill!‘ West bridge on -the
I".)ii(.l IO Nun‘ Y'()|'l(. Synge of [Le
trusses of the Fair‘-Haven hrido,-_ over it”,
East River gave way, and utiosl ,.in'|>,[v [pm
of the hritlge stink so as to render all i;,,,,,,5_
sable. , Burnsvilli- I)l'lflgl‘,flHfl 1\‘i_-i-It [,.,j(lg._-
above it rcinsiins iinirijurcd_ A” Old [,,,d,_,,
on Miil river, on the cross road - L.; -. i _
iii-y’s fzii-iory was also cut I It if :i\i’:i l\\".ii,’,’~.
ly all lllt‘ l)li.'Tgr-5 iii the ii.<j,.,,.,.,,, ‘ '
fall‘ as ll(’i|l(.l I-IUKH, are ”tUl(' or loss tlijuiid,
The Canal in this vicinity SlIflt'fU.l but iii.
fling (.l:lfll:l_$_!t', though serious rippri:liensions.
are tmtvrlaiiiid of the ll'ilt‘ll(J|'. 4
About one third of the dam at the paper
mill front of VVi'st Ri,-cli was ("rtI'llt‘(.l ai.\'av..
A man at North Haven, under the excite.
ment liquor, in the foul hardy attempt to-
swim across the stre.--.m was drovi ned.
The most inelaiicbolly event has comr./to '
OUI‘ l\'n0\\'lt'(lgt’, is the death of Mr. Orville
Collins, Postmaster at Siraitsvillt-_ He 1,.“
the city in a one l]0iSr' wagon. in the after-
noon, with a man in his ciriploy, ii Mr_ John,
son, in coiiipariy, for hoiiie. In attempting
to pass the lrrl<l~_'t' in Westvilli-, near the
iritersi-ciioii if the Bitlizinv mad with Lilith-
fir-id turiiprkr, bis liaise -frjfil .f]‘ it“. ,,,,,.k’
and the \\Il0lt' \\er- suniiiprtl iii the flo(id_,
i\Il'.-C0lllll$ and the I.t.-r.~e \\‘t re tliounf-d_._.
His coinpiiriion, who “as driving, sot-cu-ded;
in grasping a post, 5; tins SQIVI-'d_‘ ’j'h,, \-\",_.5g_
Briilge on the i\~’lilfor(l road. we are inforimd:
is coiiiplr.-ti-ly (le.-tro,ved, ubutnitnis and all,
and the road uiuch dairiagcil. The Fair
fliivrn Brid_;'_-e, ire are :.url cr.-sod to 5;.)-
will be rendered passable ilris evcriiiig or to-
iuorrow.
‘VS DOI l't'('lt‘\'(’ {iffy [‘1::llf(itd yayiguys,
of this iiioriiirig, but have reason to bi-lit-ve
that t;ii.- flood was not so great lht.‘l't‘——-UOI-.
being so much rain. They had about five.
incli-.-.-rofsnoii-.—N. Ha‘r.'e7r.’I{eralrl, 29!/2 1iIt;.
Storm rrn(1Frc§/rct.—'l‘lie severe storm,
first of snow and then of rain, on Monday
and Tursilny prOVi~3 to have btfn very (ll:--
irstrous to the roads and brid-_cs have I(“(-I’)
i°.arrii~d away on Mill I-ilVc‘l'-fllSO the V\’est
Briil_i__~_e on the New York turnpilce-._.:i bridge
on Illf! Derby road and one at \\'hitneyvilli-,,
&c.—:inil wors.--ilian all we regret to brat‘.
of :i lust‘ of lifr at Westvill--.‘ l\’lr. Orville
f"0llIl$, firm of
villi-. in iiiii-inptiiig to viii:-s ll1t' briil;_ri- (iiear
:l=’:iilli-_i,’s S’rl‘lttf_7 F:ii'I<:ry in V\"'e-stvilli-}}
wliIi'l‘:, as \\'t'll as the ro..d, was cove-red with
\Vfllt'l'. _inis!ook the pnlli and druve iutg the"
stri-um, and he and his two horses " ivcre
ilroivn.--d. A roinpanion in the wagon with
him r-scoped. '.\‘lr' Collins le:ivi—saL\\‘ife and‘
five cliildri n to rli-plore bis uniinii_-ly end.
Destruction by lire Floocl.—By a gentle»
man from Treiitori l\'. J. we burn that ini
conseqni-rice of the flood occasioned by ‘the-
rain and thaw of 1‘:-'londay and Monday ni_qt,t:
the Assanpink (‘l't.‘t'l{, riifining ll'1f(Hlt_"’f) that-
place, l'I\SP to an exti‘aordiiiai*y hi iglit, and
tliiririg Tiiesilay night carriid tinny the.
broad side of l.llt,’ stone pnivcr loom fzicinrv
of Mr. \’Vulii. and slso sirveral litrridrid feet
of this mail on the south side of the bridge,
tiigt-the-i‘ with n iiiar'hii‘ie shop and st-vi-rial
t)lllf’l' biJll(lifl_L-‘S on the o_y:pi=slie sirli-, 'l'lii=,
fzit'iiir'_y \\¢’l.\‘ long kiiowi. :i.- “7l_‘ll:S grist mill
and r'iarr'nwly 1'51.‘-l['rt-‘ll tl(‘SlI‘l.tl'll(m’(lftIlrlgjlie
ate burning ofthe old hotel at .\lill Hill. This
:1’ ,
i.L'\'\ its, as
A. Collins & Sun of Strait--H
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J.
liuiltlrrig. as iii-ll as the Lot.-l, was standing ~ '
attlie time of the Revrilutioriaiiy wii r.
I’/'i.rlri.rlc/7//iia. Gazette.
More Darizagc by the Flood.-—We learn’
that a section of the (l:lll'l.f)f the Prqnonnock
iiiills, at the head of Brirl::i=port. harbor, was
carricil away at 5 o’i-lock on Tuesday E-rm-. 2
ing. The wooden St'('l.l()n of the \\(!(I”(-[I
iriill was also S\\'.t’pl away, with several small.
biiililiirgs iil little \‘:lUt! beliiiv, The loss.
’“"." l-ll‘ -‘S':.‘0,000. \\’l|lt'fl l.niii-vi-r frills upon.
‘-I rich and pi'osp- ri-us (iitilllyitll-y. The
l>’t~'i'ls'.~lrlI't- lvtiilge over the l’eqiii.iini;ck \\ as '
c irrird off, with the grist iriill treat it, arid‘
the old bridge: at the port wiis a good deal.
damaged. .
All the br‘ii'l<_ri-s on the New York turn.
Island.
pike, betwen New Haven and Bridgdort, in-
cl-idirig the W:'ishiri_i__rton bridge over the
Housatonic river in Strat-ford,
a
I
took steamboat for Bridgeport. =
The New Haven boat which arrived better
yesterilay, brought a considerable number
of passi-ngers both from Boston and Albariv, ~
It is s-iil, however, that the Hausa.
touic Rail Road is very little injured, and
that the cars are running as usual.
Jour. of Com.
Fro-In llic Buslon 1). Adv, Thursday.
The train on the VVestei'ri Railroad from
Springfield yesterday niorning,cariie through
in regular course, bringing the Albany mail
and pirsscngi‘-rs of the proceeding day, but
l»l'll!;]lflg nu New Y'orI.' ninil, -“iv tinder;
stziriil that at the west, on Tm-sdiiy, much
rain fell. But it \‘ as pl'f7b¢tbl_‘,' in the inlt'ri-
or of this state in a gl’P1lf,ll't‘fl$l)lt’ absoibi-d
by the snow so as u- t to prorluci-. any vio.
lt:‘lll. ff’f'Sl'.Pl.
\Vo- Hfrllf‘-" that lll fll'llrS riitl (‘ili7enS Of
W: stfii-lil, Chniitiiriqiie (‘()|l[)[y N_ Y_ riissat.
i.-fit-if with the recent change of Post Master
there,have requested that all communications
to them to be sent Barcelona P. O. ”
have beer’:-
carried away, and passengers from New .-r
I-lavin to Britlgi-piirt, a distance of l8 mile
crime by steainbozit to this city, whence th. -
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