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NORVVALK, CT. VVEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1843.
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Li JO B IIPRNTNGTF
o F A L L K i N D s ,
fixeelited at the Gazette Ofliee.
AU-Ni'l‘lAU Dlaking-'.—Misses Ray-
tiiond and \~Vecd would respectfully
inform the inhabitants ofNorwalk and vicinity
that they have taken a roortt over the store of
Mr. Alfred Mallory. u here they will he happy
to attend to all orders in nvantau irakiiirr.
The latest fashions regularly rtceiu d.
Norwalk. April 25. I843. ‘[7
l " EN"l‘AL Slll‘gcl‘y.--A. I-lill,’Dental
Surgeon, ollt.-rs ltis services to the public
in every department of Dental Stirgerv.
Ollice as heretofore. in Burrall's Buildings.
Rcfercncss-—J A. -.\']‘Lcan. M. D; Ira Greg
nry, M. D; llon. T. B. Butler; Hon. Benj.
lsaacs; Rev.'Dr.\Iead; Rev Edwin I-Iall; Rev
G N. Smith. Norwallc. Nultemiali Pcrry,M .D.
Hit/1:4;/icftl. R. B. Bottsford, M. D. .Dtl‘7lf)lU:1/.
Dr, l'If)'\VCIl R-rrlgcrs, Culcc/tester. W in Witter,
M. D. lI7iflirttt172Lic. Ct.
J. A. VAN ZANDT.
0TICE.—'l‘he subscriber has taken the
store 48 Center Street. two doors below
Pearl street. to be opened on the first of May,
for the sale of new and second hand fornittire
at auction or private sale, and all kind ofgoods.
The proprietor solir-its the patronage of manu-
facturers artd others who have furniture for sale
or to deposit. The store is large and comrnodi
ous_. fronting on two streets, with a basement
eighty feet deep. and in a central situatioii.—
The proprietor flatters himselfthat general sat-
isfaction will be given to rr.auufacturers and
those hreaki:.g up housekeeping. All orders
punctually attended to in or out of doors.-
Persons having furniture to store can be accom-
modated free ofexpense immediately and it
will be sold at private or public sale. at lht“
wish ofthe owner.
N. B. The proprietor solicits the patronage
ol'Sheriffand Marshall sales. Liberal advan-
ccs on Furniture or other goods.
13 .l.A. VAN Z.\:~:n'r
F01‘ Salc—A valuable tract or
.-,, Land, consisting of about 50 acres.
“: Slllialvll in tlristow-n.at \Vcst Rocks.
so called. near the residence ot'.Ion-
atltan Camp. Sen. Said tract is well appur
tioned into plow, meadow. pasture and wood.
and will be sold in one or more parcels as will
best suit purchasers. on accommotlating terms.
E. .1. ST. Joins.
Norxvalk, Sept. 5. I842. 36
The subscriber offers for sale his
well known establishment for the
manufacture ofOil Dressed Leather.
- The premises contain about 12 acres
of good land. on which is a good Dwellitt,$_.'
House. Barn. Shop. and other buildings—a good
water power. and a fine orchard. It is situated
on the Daubury road, three miles from Norwalk
landing. A further (Iescriptlori is deemed un
necessary. I\'i.i-:Br:it VVORLEY.
Norwrilk. Ang.l6. I842 33
ROUND Pepper and AIlspiee.—
A first rate article ofGround Pepper and
Allspice for sale by the subscriber at 12.5 cents
per pound at retail. Jotix BUKRALL.
FOR sale Cheap—A
quantity of w ell tnade rnen’s
i coarse boots. for sale very cheap
to suit the times-—price $2.25.-
Also kipp do, -“33,00——dot;ble soles and vamps
water proofgentlemen’s do, for $5.00.
Just received a handsome assortment of Rub-
bers, consisting ofLadies,’ trimmed and soled in
good style. Also gentlemeii’s do. of first rate
quality.
. The subscriber ltas constantly on hand an
as=ort:rteut of Ladies and children’s shoes. for
sale low to suit the times. 50 pair of Mncka-
sins, intended particularly for riding both for.
Gentlemen and Ladies.
The thanks of the undersigned are returned
to his patrons and the public for their favor and
support during the past year. 1842. For the
new year which we have now entered upon he
looks for continuance of their patronagea-.resolves
by assiduous attention to the wants of the public
to merit their support. HENRY HANDES.
Norwalk, Jan. 3.1843.
SUGAR.
, - Hhds prime St. Croix Sugar and 10 do
5 prime New Orleans do, for sale by the
hltd, bbl, or hundred, at less price than can be
had at any store in this village.
RICE.
I0 Tierces first quality Rice, for sale at
from 2 1-4 to $3 per cwt.
_ Clover Seed.
5 Tierces New Crop Ohio Seed, entirely free
from plantain, for sale at from 4 1-2 to $5
per _bushel.
Flour.
bbls superfine Rochester Flour—Ely
Brand—for sale low. The above goods
have just been received from New York, and
will he sold for cash, at prices to suit the hard
times. by Fauna. ST Joan.
Norwalk. March 22. 1843.
ARRIAGE Springs.-—Eliptic Springs
assorted sizes, warranted, for sale by
W‘ C S'rnr.i-:'r.
ANCY Al'ti'ielcs‘.—60 doz. French Flow-
ers, 100 doz. American do, Gdoz. mourn-
iing: do.. 100- pieces Spring Hat Ribbon, 40 p's
}‘-‘(mt-y C'ap do.. 20 pieces Satin Ombre. 200
pieces Tafiita do.. 12.‘ doz. Silk Cravats. 20
Silk Reticules. Silk Blonde, Blonde Quillings,
- ‘Silk, Linen, Kid and Cotton Gloves, and va-
rious articles too numerous to mention, at
EVBSTPORT Female SEIVIINARY.
’|‘HE Summer Term of this School will
. commence on the second Tuesday of May
and continue 22 weeks. There will then be a
vacation of four weeks.
Conditions of admittance.—Board-
ers $60 per term. or 3530 per quarter (of eleven
weeks) payable in advance. For this strip the
pupil is entitled to board, washing, tuition in
French, and any or all ofthe. English studies.
Day scliolars.— For the introductory
rI:{!assrot' syplrlieys 55-I Gper quarteg. ‘These are,
eating, rttatg, rammar. rit imetic, Ge.
ography, Blake's Natural Philosophy, French.
For the second clast $5 per q'tarter. These
are—-mcdern and _ ancient Geography. Gay's
Astronomy. Siiitllte’s Philosophy of N;|l[tral
History. I{hetoric.Kr-iincs'Elemcnts of'Ciiticism.
Logic. Eur-lid's Elements of Georrtetrv, Da
vie’s Eelcinents of Algebra, Rcnwiek‘-5 Natural
I’liilosophy, Moral I.’l'iilosophy, Butler’s Anal.
"fly-'
Extra charge for mu-ic. 5'53, use ofinstrumnnt
$2.dra wing with useofpatterns $3.50 pt quarter.
It is very desirable that those pupils who are
'o enter for the Summer term, sltould be present
at the opening of the school, that they maybe
arranged in their respective classes without any
loss oftime. I.oUIsA A SMt'i'H. Principal. IS
NIC.--l(ent‘s Black and Blue liik. the best
now in use, for sale and warranted by
- J. A. \Vr:r:n.
Elbert Curtis Merchant Tailor.
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II F. pubhc are respe.r.-tfully informed, that
the subscriber has taken the store recently
occupied by George \V. Raymond. for the
purpose of conducting the tailoring lttlSlll8:S.—
He thinks he can say witl;out egotism, that
his experience has been such as to warrant his
confidence in his ability to give. sati-faction to
those favoring liitn with their patronage in any
branch of his business. The latest fashions
will be consulted both in cutting and trimming.
And all garments made to order, warranted to
fit. Particuluar and prompt attention paid to
cutting. .
ON hand a good assortment of Cloths, Cas-
simeres, Vestings and Trimmings.
Also a large quantity of stocks, Collé‘l'S. Bo-
soms. (Jra vats, Suspenders. Gloves. &c.
EL13Eit.'1' Cva'ris.
Norwalk. May I6. 1813. 20
1).-A'l‘EN'l‘ Bee l[iVe.—-The attention
of the public is called to a new and valu-
able improvement in the construction of Bae
Hives for which the subscriber has secured a
patent. This ltive is constructed with a view
to the preservation ofthe bees from that de-
structive and deadly enemy. the worm, an end
which it is believed has never before been frilly
accomplislted. It is Ct)mptts(-Ll ofseveral shift-
ing compartments or drawers. to either or any
nrimber of which the bees may be confined at
pleasure. and on either becoming filled with
'rtoncy it can be taken out and the honey rcmov
ed without itjury to or from the bees. The
compartments are made with oblique bottoms
with an apperture ranging through each frotn
tlte top to the bottotn. This leaves no lodgemcnt
for the worm except a receptacle at the bottom
wliicli is filled with ashes. wltich in a short time
deprives him of life. This hive is believed to
be superior to any other which has been intro-
duced, and is sold at the low price of $4 for an
individual right and hive.
The best evidence ofthe merits of the hive
is the general approbation which it meets with
wherever introduced. During the short time
since the patent was secured, the subscriber
has put up some 30 or 40 in the'town of Red-
ding, where persons wishing to obtain informa-
tion. may inquire.
This Hive took the premium at the late fair
at Danbttry, the first at which it has been ex-
hibited. ELtJAii GRUMMt)1\'D.
Redding. April 12, 1843.
(3115
Consumption dc Liver Compaint.
R. TAYLOIPS Balsam of Liv-
er\vort from 375 Bowery. Diseases
ofthe throat and lutrgs are readily ctired by that
healing balsam, Taylor’s Liverwort. tnade
only at 375 Bowery. Bronchitus, sore throat,
catarrlt. inflamniatiou ofthe throat. and all those
painful auzl dangerous diseases yield at once to
this mild vegetable remedy. If mercury has
been taken, this balsam will counteract its
effects and restore the organs to their proper
tone, it is ciaily curing most important cases.
Coughs and Colds should not be allowed to
settle on the lungs, as it sows the seeds of that
fell destroyer, Consumption. Coughs which have
been allowed to run. even for years, have been
ctired in two or three days when this excellent.
vegetable has been used.
Consumption and raising of blood cured.
I hereby certify that last August.l was at-
tacked with a violent and profuse hemorrage
from the lungs. severe cough with the expccl0~
ration of much mucus. pains in the head, sore-
ness in the chest, and other distressing symptoms
Ibought a bottle of Dr. Taylors Balsam of
Liverwort, from 475 Bowery, which under the
blessing of Providence, gave me immediate
relief. Its efliéct has been such in my case, that
I cannot praise it too highly.
CHARLES L. Sirirrir.
150 Tillery street. Brooklyn.
Fora common cold and cough. this is one
ofthe very best remedies ever discovered.
N. B. There is a spurious and counterfeit
article afloat, and lately introduced into this
place, therefore be careful to get the genuine
which is from 375, Bowery, N. Y. Observe
the genuine has a new steel plate engraving
around the bottle to prevent counterfeits.
For sale in Norwalk by John A. Weed. in
Westport, by John W. Taylor, in Stamford
by Roswell Hoyt.
FOR Salem-—Foi sale low,
about seventeen acres of valuable
Meadow and Pasture land. lying in
this town on the West side of the
Danbuy
‘said’ deceased distributed to Caleb Hioyl-.—
C J GtwMAn’s
‘Terms easy. Enquire of J. CAMP, JR-.
Notwalk, May 9, 1843. 1
MISCELLANY.
NATIVE ELOQUENCE.
The Natchez Free Trader contains a re-
port ofa speech of Cobb.the celebrated half-
breed chit-fofthe Choctaws. made in reply to
J. .I McRat=, Esq. the agent for enrolling 5:.
etriigrutirig the lrtdians to west of the Mis-
sissippi, who m:t=.le a speech to the Indians.
about one thousand in number, assembled at
I-_l«:paltka, informing them that “their coitu-
cil fires could no more be kindled here, that
road near the late residence of Nathan _
._-Odell. deceased‘, being that part of the estate of ,
their warriors can have no flrltli for glory.
and that their spirits will (.lt‘C3ly within them ;”
and that if they should Like the hand oftheir
gr:-at father, the I’t‘t-sident, which is now of-
fered them. to lead them to their Western
hom:=s,ihen will their hopes be higher,their
destinies bt'i_g_vl.t.-r-,” -
The N .iclies Courier appropriately says
of this bit of eloqrtcnce, that, for comprehen-
siveness and brevity, for beauty ofdiction and
force, for aflccting sublimity propriety of sen-
timent, we lizive never seen any production
to exceed it. We publish it as a cotnposlticn
worthy to be prcserved.——NrLli0/ml _l.'Llt!f.
Brat/ier,—-\Ve have heard you talk, as
"from the lips of our father. the great VVl’iite
Chief at Washington, and my people have
called on me. to speak to you. The red
man has no books, and when he wislies to
make known his views, like his father be-
fore him, he speaks from his utoutli. Ile
ts afraid of 'It?7'fff7tg‘. When he speaks, he
knows what he says; the Great Spirit hears
him. lVri£t7zg is the invention of,thc pale
faces, it gives birth to error and feuds. The
Grcat Spirit talks——we hear him in the
thunder-—in the rushing winds and the
iniglity waters-—but he never writes.
Brother, when yoti were young we were
Sll‘til’lg, We fought by your side; but our
arms are now broken. You have grown
lrtrge. My people have become small.
Brother, tny voice is weak: you can
scarcely hear me: it is not the shoot of the
warrior, but the wail of an infant. I have
lost it in mourrring over the misfortunes of
my people. These are their graves, and in
those aged pines you hear the ghosts of the
departed. Their ash:-s are here, and we
have been left to protect them. Our war-
riors are nearly all gone to the far country
west. But /icrc are our dead. Shall we go
too, and give their bones to the wolves?
Brother, two slccps have passed since we
hcard you talk. We have slept upon it.—
You ask us to leave oitr country, and tell us
it is our father’s wish. We would not desire
to Jispletise otir father. We respect him and
you his child. But the Chocktatv wants
time to think. IVe want tinte to answer.
Bl'0l.lr(.‘l', our hearts are full. Twelve win-
ters ago our chiefs sold our country. Eve-
ry warrior that you see here was opposed to
the treaty. If the dead could have been
counted, it coult. never have been made; but
alas! though they stood around, they could
not be seen or heard. Their tears came in
ruin-drops, and their voiyccs in the wailing
wind, but the pale faclesilinew it not, and our
land was taken away.
Brother, we do not cotuplain.
taw sufii-rs but he never weeps. Yoti have
the strong arm. and we cannot resist. But
the pale faces worships the Great Spirit.--
So does the red man. Ti-e Great Spill!
loves truth. VVhen you took our country,
you promised us land. There is your pront-
ise in the book. Twelve times have the
trees dropped their leaves. and yet we have
received no land. Oir houses have bccn ta
kr II from us. The white man’s plough turns
up the bones of out‘ fathers. We dire not
kindle our fires; and yet you said we might
remain, and you would give its land.
Brother, is this lruz/2.? But we believe,
now our Great Father knows our condition.
he will listen to us. VVe are as mourning
orphans in our country: but otir father will
take us by the hand. When he fulfills his
promise, we will answer his talk. He means
well. We know it. But we cannot ‘-think
now. Grief has tirade children of us. \Vhen
our business is settled. we shall be men again
and talk to our Great Father about what he
has promised us.
Brother, you stand in the moccasins of a
great chief; you speak the words ofa migh-
ty nation, and your talk was long. My peo-
ple are small; their shadow scarcely reach-
es to your knee: they are scattered and gone;
when I shout I hear my voice in the depths
of the woods, but no answeririg shoutcotnes
back. My words therefore are few. I
have nothing ntorc to sty, but tell what I
have said to the tall chief of the pale faces,
whose brother stands by your side.
The Choc-
Duns.——'I_‘he Boston American publishes
the following. Whether original or not, itis
not a bad story :
I have brought you this bill until I am
fairly sick and tired ofit,'. said a collector
yesterday to a creditor, upon whotn be had
called at least forty times.
You are, eh ‘.3’ coolly rejoined -the creditor.
Yes, I am, was the response.
V\’ell, then you _had better not present it
again. There will be two of us pleased if
on do not, for to tell the plain truth, I am
sick and tired ofseeing that identical bill my-
self.’
This was pretty fair, but not as good as
the reply of Sheridan to a duo, who had re-
peatedly called upon him for a small amount.
The bill had so often been presented to the
triad wag that the collector complained of its
soiled and tattered state, and said he was
ashamed of it. I'll tell you what I'd advise
you to do with it, my friend, said Sheridan,
take it home and write it upon parchment !’
Answer to tire Em'.gm'a in’ ms’ week's Gazettce.
Naporno-iv B‘oi~tA'~1>‘.itt-'1t‘i:;- Solutions.—Na-
tal ;. Aaraerat-; Para;-. Oipor-t'ot; Lena ;. Etna;
Obe: Note; Borneo ;' Otnlialo ;; Natal; Ar-
roo ;. Po ; Alter ; Rabat ; Torenate ; Elbe.
From the New York Herald.
Mosr EX'l‘I{.-XORDINARY ESCAPE
FROM THE GAUDALOUPE EARTH-
QUAKE.
Professor Risley, and his little son of six
yetrs ol.l,- made one of the most astonishing
escapes in the G-utlaloupe earthquake that
was ever recorded in verse or prose. We
give below some remarkable particulars of
that great earthquake; as nearly as possible
in Mr. R's. own words.
land my little boy had been at Point
Petr:-. G-tlldulollpt‘, four days previous to the
r-arthqnake, which 0L'(‘tlt‘I’t-ltl on the morning
of Wetltiesday the eighth of February. I
was there on a short professional engage-
ment I was taking my lodgings at the A-
ID"‘Ilk‘.:tn Colic-e House, and my meals at the
French ("offee House, in different places ac.
cording to the custom of the country. VVed-
ncsday morning. the eighth, was one of the
mosLbc-autiful that could be imagined——tlic
stiri shone out in all its splt-nrlor, a soft and
pleasant breeze came in from the sea-—and
t--very thing seemed in a state of natural peace
atifl quiet.
There was estimated to be about severity-
five persons in the French Coffee House,
where I was taking my meals. \Ve had all
sat down to breakfast on that morning as us-
ual, and were quietly taking our morning
meal. chattering and talking freely upon the
thousand ti‘ivi;.l Stlltjects that come up on
such occasions: ind--etl we had all nearly
finished breakfast. For ruvst-lfl had finish-
ed breakfast, and was sitting partly sideuise
at the table, as one would nattirally sit after
eating——conversin_r_r ‘.\ ith the gentleman who
sat opposite to me, I had the towel ring in
my It and turning it about and carelessly
playing with it.
The first thing that attracted my attention
was a sudden jar, accompanied by a rumb-
ling sound like thunder. I had sortie two
weeks before this been at Fort Royal, in the
island of Martinque, and seen the effects ofn
similar visitation, and I instantly knew what
it meant. So sudden was the shock, that
within two seconds from the instant I first
felt the jar I looked up and saw the whole
hoilding. commencing at the farther end,
filling itpon the peoplc—-the joists open-
vii and all began to come down with an aw
ful crash. I instantly uttered the word ju,mp._
-—the man who sat opposite to me turned
his head, and looked tip sideways but never
rose from his seat—aiid at precisely the
‘same moment, and without stopping to turn
myself about, I started from my seat, and act-
ually jumped sitlewise otit of the window,
through glass. sash, and all, landing some
ten or twelve feel in the yard b--low. [think
it could not have been over three to five sec-
onds frotri the instant I first felt the jar, to
the instant my feet struck the paveinent.
My impression on touching the ground
was its indescribably rapid ntotion. I cart
compare it to nothing unless it be to that of
the sieve ofa threshing mill in its most. rapid
motion. I should judge from the dis-
t:rn"E‘e I was thrown, first one way and
then the other, that the latteral motion
of tie earth must have been from elev-
en to fourteen feet. I succeeded not-
withstanding, in retaining my feet for som-
eight or ten seconds, till I got away from
the building to the distance of30 or 40 yard.-
into an open lot ofgronnd.
While I was walking this distance of 30.
or 40 yards, I saw the whole city tumbling
into one mass of ruins—and also the earth
opening in the lower part of the town and
spouting up immense volutnes of water. to
the hr-itzhtofan hundred and fifty feet. The
multitude of thoughts which passed throttgh
my mind during these few seconds is utterly
inconceivable and incredible.
If there could have been any firstthoughts
amid such an instantaneous flood---my first
thought was my boy. In relation to him be
was not with me on that morning. At about
half past eight o'clock, Mr. Montague. a
friend of mine, had, by previous arrange-
ment. called for filth and taken him away to
breakfast with some friend of his——where or
who it was I know not, and neither does the
boy know, But knowing the reputation of
Mr. Montague Iof course felt that Master
John was safe, and gave myselfno uneasiness
about him.
Master John tells his story thus: Vlr. Mon-
tague took me to the distance of six or eight
blocks frotn the Coffee House where I left
my father, to the House of some _f.'io-nd of
Mr. Ms whose name I do not know. There
was a store kept under the house. and I was
taken up to the second floor. There was
one young lady who was playing upon the
piano, and several others were also present,
who hadlfeen invitcid that morning. The
whole party were wult2ing—I was also walt-
zing with one of the young ladies. Break-
fast was nearly ready, and we were going to
sit down to it. A minute or two before this
a little boy, belonging to the lady of the
house, went up stairs with his grandtnotber
where be had before this been playing with
a little wagon.
The first thing which called my attention
from the waltz, was hearing a noise, a sort of
rumbling, which Itook to be the little boy
up stairs drawing his wagon over the floor
which had no carpet on it. At the same
rno-merit I saw a very large looking glass
which hung up against the wall in the room
where Iwsts, fall upon the floor.—it. was
broken all to pieees—the sofa was upset, and
the table too-—arid every thing in the room
family. young ladies and all, fell upon their
knees or were thrown flat upon the floor.-—
I instantly made for the stairs. And as I was
goin-"gt to the stairs I caught sight of a ‘large
;c'httre'ls throi:-gh the windo_w—-pa‘rt of it. fall-
jing one way and part‘ of it the other -the
'stceple was the first thing which fell. I
‘thought of nigrfamc-r--but: don’t remember
was shaken and upset together. All the,
auy’thing inure till I found myself in my fa-
ther s arms. I had no senses at all after that
—nor do I know where-'[ went after I got
out doors—nor how long it was before I
was in the arms ofmy father.
on—the buttons were torn from my clothes,
and my clothes too. were considerably tom.
1 was not otherwise hurt.
Mr. Risley says:—VVhen I recovered my
consciousness I found the towel ring crust.-
know, not are we ever likely to know wliat
was no living being in sight. We seemed
to have been saved purely by a miraculous
pzeservatioti of the Aluiiglitv.
both sides of it being broken tn-my
open and torn, and my paritaloons badly in-
jured. I was obliged to borrow elothts to
g:"t out ofthe place. My hair was coin-
pletely filled with lime, and I was altogeth-
er covered with dust and dirt. I received,
however no visable wound, but for two weeks
was very sore, and hardly able to use my
liuihs. By the time I had reached the thirty
or forty yards whirl) Ispolceof, llltf violence
little, but was almost instantaneously renew-
ed again, with far greater violence than be-
fore ; and then it was that I lost all conscious-
or-ss until I found my boy in my arms.-
Wlien I thus partially recovcrtd my senses,
I first began to feel the arms and limbs of
my child to see whether any of therri were
broken an-;l finding that we were l-oth of us
safe, I got up, and began to look about
me. I was stillso entirely bewildered that
I scarcely knew What happened, or whether
it were not all a dream. I then bwgan to
look about me, and saw various individu tls.
men, women and cliiltiren. of all classes and
ag s. wondering about half frantic like my-
self. Some were in search of a sort or ‘it
daughtt-r—othcrs ofa father or a mother-—
sortie of brothers and sisters- others of
friends and relativcs——all weeping or in the
utmo-t iriconccivablo-. agon_v——pitcliiug and
falling about among the ruins and the
tlead bodies. They would go frotn one
dead body to another. overhauling them to
see if they could find the person sought for--—
and if not successful, pass on to an other.
At this time, the whole city was one vast
pile of ruins, the awful appearance of which
it is utterly impossible to give the faintest
idea. Even the place and direction of the
streets were in tnany cases obliterated, and
could not be found.
Subteranean fires now begin to burst forth
;correct,- for they have, I believe,
ed in thy hand, and 772?/.b0y in my a.rms~ 3 larger sum. and it has, I know, aided in the
how he catne there I know not, nor does heldedicatton ofa larger nuiuber of chapels.
subscription for the erection ofnew churches
tvliile the dissenters within the same time
—I don’t know how I got down stairs at all . have raised $10,000 for a similar purpose.
for enough to build two meeting houses.’
3 Here Dr. '1‘. should not have useJ the word
I had no lrati‘Disscuters,’ which includes Baptists, Wes-
lleyans, Pt'e.-byterians, Cnlvinistic Methodist,
,Lutherans, &.c. &c. as well as Congrega-
itionulists; for he refers only to the latter, and
even in reference to them the statement is not
raised 2:.
Another reason is assigned in support of
brought us together. for at that time there ,lhis assertion is, the inferior appearance of
the dissenting chapels. "In many cases a
ldissenting ch.tpcl,« regularly registered and
As to mylliceused, is butasingle room of a private
own clothes. my coat was literally torn off ll0USP. and in of-lie!‘-S OI 11 very lCmP0Ffll'Y 06'
of me: my watch was mashed in my pocket,,
\'t'Sl. '
cuprttiou." This excited my astonishment.
I wish Dr. T. had mentioned particular
places, with the names of the denomination
to which they be‘longcd.- But, if the word
“dissenting” here, be used as before in ap-
plication to the Cougt'egatioi'ral body, then
allow me to say that though I was for years
previous to 1836 connected with. them in
London, and am well acquainted with their
cltapels genei’.tl'y, I do not know of a single
place answering to this description. Some’
of the first shock had seemed to abate a very iof their chapels are it is true small, but even
‘these are of equal dimensions with some of
the parish and district churches, and propri-
etory chapels whicli Icould name, while
the great number of their places of worship‘
are large, and will accomniodate from 400
to above 2,000 persons;
Another reisou given is, “That a consid-
erable number of di;~‘-seating, have been con-'
verted into Episcopal chuiclies. I wish the
number and name-s ofthose places had been
given. instead of the bare mention of one,‘
Mr. Mt--lville’s, atCantbei'\vt-ll. I have taxed
rii_v memory and scarclied statistics in order
to at.-.cc:t.iio, an<l if the word ".liss--nttng” be
again confined to’ Congregationalists, I can
only find four; and all of these were of a
non-lescript ch-aracte-i‘, having their form of
wor.~hip to suit Episcop:tli.ins and Dissenters‘,
or else based on equivocal tenure which al-'
lowed ofeasy alienation in the case ofa good
congregation was not secured on that ac-
C()lIltllO.l:tIl0fIfll plan. “In each of which,”
says the Rev. John Blackburn, editor of the"
Congregational Mag-azine in the number for
December, 1838, “the liturgy of the Church
of England was statedly used, although the‘
pulpit was usually supplied by independent-
riittit;-fer.-‘.
But to come more directly to the questioni
Is dissent diminishing or loosing its hold-
on the minds of the people of England .7 11;
was in England only a few months before
in different parts of the city consu'ning every
thing combustible, and destroying a great
number of persons who might others have
becn saved.
At this time also the eaitli opened along
the litre of the wharves, as I afterwards
learnt from other persons, throwing tip vol-
tirncs of water and tiicn gradually closing
agaiu—and supposed to have aw-allowed up
a great number of individuals.
Every body immediately went to work.
ricgroes. sailors and all, to dig out the (1 ad
and dying from the ruins, wherever they
heard cries of distress. In one instance we
succt.-eded in very nearly extracting a mat:
lrorti the ruins, having gotta-n him all out
except his legs and the lower part of his
body, when the fire broke out and burnt
him to death before our eyes. At the same
tirnc and place we could distinctly hear the
(:l'it'S of eight or ten others who had been
overwhelmed in the same ruins, and who
were all consnrned in the subterranean fire
I call it a subterranean fire because it broke
out all over the city, and it is \\ ell known
that few of the houses in that country were
likely to have any fire in them at that time.
From the place where I first recovered
my consciousness I suppose I could have
thrown a stone over at least 800 oftlte dc-ad
and dying As to the whole number. of
persons who ultimately perished by an earth-
quake, lshottld judge there must have been
ten or fifteen thousand, and I have no doubt
fifteen thousand. The population of the
town was said to be 22,000, and I could
never see over two or three thousand of the
whole population, who were out and aboiit,
looking for their friend-.
We published a week or two since, an extract
or two. wliic'rt we found in the N. Y. Observer,
from a letter or letters written by Dr. Tyng‘
a low church Episcopal Clergy man. we believe
ofsome distinction, on the relative positions of
the dissenting and established churches of Eng-
land. These extracts contained statistics which
were new and somewhat surprising to us, and
we gave them as matters of fact, without the
disposition, or the power to gainsay any of’. the
statements. Since their publication. 21 commu-
nication has appeared in the Observer, not
only questioning the truth of these statements.
brit giving statistics which if admitted, over-
throw those of Dr. Tyng. In justice to both
sides ofthe question. we copy as much of this
conimuncationi as we consider pertinent, and
as our limits will admit.
From the New York 0"srrt:er.
STATE OF DISSENT IN ENGLAND.
Dr. Tyng says ‘Dissent has every where
lost its hold upon the people ofEugla-nd, and
its prospect is very far from the hope ofpros-
‘perous increase. The power of dissent seems
.,to be comparitively little, and is constantly
diminishing." Several things are urged in
support of this asserted. First the compara-
ytitve amounts raised by the Episcopalians and
z_Dissenters for the building ofcburcbes and
near £200,000? have been raised by the in-
fluence of the present Bishop. by voluntary
‘chapels. He says. ‘Within the metropolis. .
Dr. 'I‘.. and lltctt no minister of any note
had left its ranks, but all seemed to be cher-
ishing :1 growing attachment to their peculiar"
principles. Several eminent ministers as-
sored me that though it was a time of severe‘
vonfliuct, and some pseudo-dissenters, had left
their body and withdrawn their support in
s-onsequence of their advocating religious
equality, still the churches were as a whole‘
nobly sustained and extending their princi-
ples, and contributing to the support. of their
benevolent institutions. The following sta-
tistics, taken from the Coiigicgational Maga-
zine for I;ttttt71l‘y 1842, will show the rela-
tive advancement of that body th-roughout
the three kingdoms, from l8l2 to 13835, and
from then to I841.
N24-rzzber of C/tapcls.
1312. 15:35. 1841'.
England, 808 1440 1853
VI/a les, 2 I 6‘ 373 453'
Scotland, 0; 7?‘ 103'
Ireland, 0 29 24
C-laanncl-Isles, 7 (3 6
General Total, 1031 1821 24-49’
Thus it will be seen that the addition
made to the number of chapels from I8l2to
I835, a period of 23 years, was 890; while
that made from I835 to 1841, a period of
six years, was 528. Of these chapels the
editor says, “Let it not be supposed that this
increase consists only in village chapels that‘
cannot aid btit will always be a burden to
our cause. The riiajoritfy of’ the largest
chapels in our connexion have been built
since l8l2. Indeed, anterior to that date
there was sca'rcel'y a spacious and sightliy
chapel belong to the body in town or
country.” It is not only the addition made’
to the number ofchapels that this advance-
ment is seen, but also in the increased di-
meusioes, commodiousness, and elegance‘
that have been given‘ to others before stand-
ing, this- especially has been done in the’
country in many instances during the lastzl
ten years. Does this evince a dimuni'ti'on'
“of power loosing of hold on the affec-
tions of- the people ? Rather, is it not astou-
i‘sh‘-iug increase ?
License Law.—There has been much said
about the repeal of the License Law in Con-
necticut. VVil-l our friend ofthe Fountain-
jnst let us know what eflect it has had on-
the temperance moveinent in New Haven .7.
Organ.
Ans-wer.——So far as we are capable of
judging, the repeal has had scarcely any
perceptible effect on our cause. It has been
found impossible to l'cgisZ'(Lle or prosecute
men into temperance; and we believe the
Wasliingtoniuns of Connecticut are general-
ly of the opinion that if the legislature wili
only let them alone, they will eventually be
enabled to clear the State of the accursed
smfi, The cause of temperance was never
in a more flourishing condition in this city
than it has been for a few months past ;, but
‘whether the repeal of the License Law has
,bad- any thing to do with the matter, is what
-we cannot decide.-—I7ounta.in.
t
It will'afford' sweeter happiness,in the hour
ofdeath,.to have wiped one tear from the check
of 901’-l'0W,, than. to have ruled an empire.
Norwalk Chronicler