-gainst the bill,’ and voted against it. Same.
' election, that they pay up what they lost in 1840.,
.,s'
j-. |._.. .L_: I . -L4-:4. Q’ - 401.:
‘E . _I. ‘ I:%.’K.
- February 17, 1831, he voted against the Postmaster General VVicklifl'e continues What a terrible picture of destruction and _ Battles on the Sabbath.—,I‘he battle of
Waterloo was fought on the Sabbath, and
ned‘; and it was notorious that he was per-
sonally insulted-almost every day of the ses-
sion, without resenting it.
Q What said the brave and gallant sons
of Tennessee to this .7
A They turned from him in contempt.
and when he next canvassed his district for
- Congress, he found it necessary to hush that
matter up. and for that purpose be read at a
large gatheringyof the people at Shelbyvllle.
‘ a letter purporting to have been written by
Gen.__Jackson, declaring that he was nocow-
ard, but behaved bravely and prudently in
the aflair with Wise.
Q. Did. this satisfy the people .7.
-A It did for a time, but it coming to the
ears ofthe old General, he came out in- the
Nashville Union, and declared ‘by the Eter-
na.l,'__'he,never wrote any such letter to Col.
Polk"o'r any one else.
- Q 'I’his then subjected him to the charge
of falsehood .7
' A It did, and one which he has never
been able to relieve himself from.
Q Do you know any other instance in
which he could be reasonably charged with
falsehood?
A I do; in 1836 he unequivocally pledg-
ed hirnselfto the support of the Hon. Hugh
L. White for the Presidency. Yet “without
cause or reason he abruptly broke that
pledged and persecuted that good old man to
his grave.
Q You say you have lived some years
neighbor to Col. Polk; can you tell how he
came by this title of Colonel?
A I can; it was an honorary title, confer-
red on‘*liim as nominal aid to one of our
Governors. _ _
Q. Do you know of his ever having mili-
tary comiiiand of any body of men, or of his
having ever fough: any b~ittles’.l
A Hehas never had command of any
body of men, and I have never heard of his
fighting but one battle. and that was with his
brother at Columbia, who gave him a most
unfraternal flogging, with a ‘g/omzg hickory,’
from which he takes his present title.
Q Is it generally understood that he thus
derived his title of ‘young hickory .7’
A. I think. it is not. It is supposed by
rnanyithat he is really a sprout or ‘sucker.’
that has sprung up by the decayed body of
t'he"old tree.
Q What has been the general character
and conduct of the accused, in the official sta-
tions that he has heretofore occupied .7
A As Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives, which office was given him to Amorti-
fy John Bell, whom General Jackson hated,
he was notorious for packing committees,
and so unscrupulously partial and servile
were his decisions to party favorites, that the
honest men of his own party lost confidence
in him, and on an important’ occasion the
House suspended the rule, and took the ap-
pointing of a committee into their own hands.
At the close ofthe session, the customary
unanimous vote of thanks to the Speaker was
withheld from him. and after considerable
debate, in which GEN. CRABB, thena inem-
ber from Alabama. gave him several severe
pokes, it was passed by a strict party vote.
Q What was his conduct as Governor of
',Tenncssee ?
Alt was so undignified and unbecoming
: his high station thatthe people ofthat State
- repudiated him and his acts, nor has he ever
since held office at their hands, although he
has labored long and dilligently for it. On
one occasion his conduct was made the sub~
ject of presentment by the grand jury of Se-
vier countv. who directly charged him with
malpractice in office, and a culpable neglect
ofduty. _
Q What was the general opinion of the
conduct of Mr. Wise when he insultingly
told Col. Polk in the C-zpitol that he was
‘the contemptible tool of a petty tyrant .7‘
A There were many who thought him
insolently bold; but [doubt if there was a
member ofthe House who did not believe
every word to be strictly true.
Q. Mr. Peyton, it is made a part of the
defence ofthe accused that he is a descend-
ant of one of the patriots of the revolution,
and great efforts have been made to bias the
~ minds ofthe jury in his favor on that occas-
ion. Will you state to the Court and to the
— jury what you know of his ancestry and
their revolutionary services .7 I would not
have introduced testimony on this point had
it not been put in issue by the defendant him-
self, as I hold a man should be responsible
for his own acts.
A I have an accurate historical knowl-
edge of the whole Poll: family. The an-
cestors of the accused. except Ezekiel Polk,
were all IV/rigs ancl Patriots of the revolu-
tion, and all their descendants are Whigs
and Patriots now. Ezekiel Polk, the grand-
father of James K. Polk,,t,he accused was a
Tory, but took no active part in the war, as
his personal courage was said to be of the
same stamp as llhl. of his grand-son; but he
loitered around with British - emissaries, or
staid at home under a protection from Lord
Cornwallis.
Q Are you sure that such was the fact .7
' A If the annals of the past be correct, and
the testimony of many living witnesses can
be relied on, no person can doubt the truth
of it. Col. Polk will not deny that he is the
grandson of Ezekiel Polk, and no one else
pretends to deny that Ezekiel wasa Tory of
the revolution.
I‘ Q I remarked that no one should be held
responsible for the acts or opinions of his an-
cestors; besides there are some who do not
regard the badge of toryism as any disgrace.
Mr. Ingersoll of Pennsylvania, a leading
locofoco friend of the accused, says that, had
he been a man in the times ofthe revolution,
he would have been a Tom! also. Do you
know ofany acts ofthe accused that savor
of the principles of his grand-lather .7
' A Ido, and with the permission of the
‘Court, I will read a few of them from the
published volumes of the Congressional De-
hates:
March 13. 1828. on the passage of the bill
for the relief of surviving officers in the rev-
olutionary -war, Mr. Polk voted in the nega-
tive. Con." Deb. vol. 4, part 2, page 1,670.
Subsequently, on a hill to pay certain mi-
litia, a.-.c, he voted in the affirmative.
March l8, 1830, he voted against the rev-
olutionary pension bill. Same, vol. 6, part
1, page 629. _
March 29, ‘Vlr. Polk spoke some time a-
page 635.
bill for the rclielof revoluytionary
Same, part 5,_ page 730. ._ .- 5 , . _
May 2, 1732. he voted ‘against the revolu-
gionnry pension bill. Same, vol. 8, part 2,"
page 2713.
Quite sufficient-—you can stand aside.
General Crabb. t-ake the stand. If the
Court please I shall require this witness to
be sworn. I think his statement under oath
would be more satisfactory to both parties.
By the Court:
We think this distinction between witness-
es rather invidious and should be dispensed
with; let the gentleman make his statement,
and it may go to the jury for what it is worth
Q’ en, Crabb, in what relationship, so-
cial, political or otherwise, do yournow stand
to the accused .7
A Iam his political friend and ardent
supporter for the Presidency.
Q Were you not a member of the Whig
party .7 ‘
A I was. or rather I professed to be, and
voted with that party so long as they retain-
ed the ascendancy in my district, and gave
me office: but I never believed in the prin-
ciples or measures of the party.
Q You candidly admit, then, that you
have for years been playing the hypocrite,
for the sake of office .7
A I am a lawyer. Sir. and know that I
am not bound to answer any question that
will criminate myself.
Q Did you not, as a \V'nig member of
Congress, vote to take the appointment of a
Committee from Col. Polk as Speaker on
account of his notorious party-servility, and
did you not vote against allowing him the
customary compliment of a vote of thanks at
the close of the session?
A Iicannot testify to any thing respecting
Col. Polk, without crirninating myself, and
besides I have so recently put on his livery
that it does not yet sit easy upon me, and I
would prefer to say nothing against my new
master, lest I lose the anticipated reward of
my—-my please excuse me.
You can stand aside.
soldiers.-,
John C. Calhoun, you will please take
the stand.
Q Will you have the goodness to state.
Sir, whether or not Col. Polk, now on trial,
was a leading meuiber of the Locofoco party
when you denounced them all as “rogues
and royalists,’ and held together as a party
only by ‘the cohesive power of public plun-
der ?’ ‘
A He was, but Ihavo taken that all back
so far as it relates to him, since he has
mounted my free trade hobhy——helpr.-d me
to break down Van Buren and his ‘old bunk-
ers,’ and rendered me and my ‘chivalry’ oth-
er essential service, in aiding us to bring , a-
bout a dissolution of the Union, and the es-
tablishment of my favorite ‘Southern Confed-
eracy.’ It is true as can be proved by the
‘Madisonian,’ that he stole from Capt. Tyler
the Texas pony, that I gave him to amuse
himself with while Iattended to more im-
portant matters: and John Jones says he
stole some of Captain Tyler’s thunder also :
but as he rides the pony so gracefully, and
quite as much to my satisfaction as the Cap-
tain could have done, I shall not quarrel
with him about that, but leave him to settle
the matter with Mr. John Jones and Capt.
Tyler per se.
Q It appears then, that your attachment
to the locofoco party is only nominal, or rath-
er conventional, and that you still adhere to
your former opinion.
A Certainly. I have no use for them any
farther than they adopt my views and advo-
cate my measures. I still believe all that I
ever said of them as a pzlfly, and only retract
so far as it relates to those who come out and
swear allegiance to me and my ‘chivalry.’
I have given the ‘old bunkers’ a poke in the
ribs that they will not soon forget, and if I
can manage to keep my ‘chivalry’ quiet un-
til my plans are matured, I will soon have
my ‘Southern Confederacy’ on wheels. The
Old Lion has retired to his cave, blind with
age and his roar no longer alarms me. and
if Clay be elected President, as I expect he
will, he will never dare to shake a rope over
my head, as Old Hickory did, and by the
‘eternal’ I believe he would have used it too.
if Clay had not helped me out ofthe scrape,
for which I owe him many thanks. I am
ashamed to acknowledge it before my ‘chiv-
alry,’ but,-—
By the Court-—Marshal, adjourn theCourt
till tomorrow morning.
Rights ofMa.7'riecl l’Vomen. —C0nnccticut
has refused to pass a law giving to married
women under certain restrictions and regula-
tions the property they possessed in their own
right before marriage. It is somewhat extra-
ordinary that very few States have consented
to adopt any law for the protection of the
rights of married women. There is an ob-
stinacy and unreasonable tenacity in this
course. Men not only hold on to what they
possess, but seem most‘ anxious to control!
the property of others, and keep women in a
dependent state. There is a great reason
and great justice in the proposed rt-form,and
moreover great safety and protection to wo-
men and children. If: woman has property
in her own right when she marries, it ought
to be placed in the hands of trustees for
her own use and security. No good bus
b ind would wish tojeopardise his wife’s prop-
erty in business speculations—nor should
any creditor be permitted to take from a wife
and children their property to pay the bus-
band’s debts.—Baltimore Amer.
Steamers in Siberia.-—The Russian Gov-
ernment has authorized Theodore Pasnilau,
merchant at Toholsk, to run steamers on the
lake of Baikal, and on the rivers Obi, Tob-
olsk, Irtisch, Yenissei and Lena. on the con-
dition, agreed_to by Pasnilau, that two of the
vessels shall commence running in the
course of the present year. The building of
these is already commenced. They are to
be called the Emperor, Nicholas and Czare-
witsch. They will be the first steamers ev-
er introduced into Siberia.-Jour. Com.
It is stated that a movement is in progress
to extend the Electric Telegraph to Phila-
delphia, New York and Boston.
Bolt. Amer.
Just So.--It is suggested that the locus before
his miserable prosecution of the agents of
the Independent People's Post Office. Not-
withstanding the Supreme Court has in two
or three instances decided against him, yet
his petty attempts to harrass the company
_ _and subject its agents'to expense, has so far
been successful that Pomeroy & Co. running‘
from Albany to‘Buflitlo, have abandoned the
business. One of the ‘suits instituted by
Wickliffe cost them about $400,, even after
_ it was sett'ed they were in the discharge of
a constitutional right. and the Post,Oflice
autocrat was handsomely defeated. In
New England, the P:'Ople’S Post Office will
be sustained in spite of officious spleen or
petty malice. In Boston, Ilale & Co. have
a large number of boxes leased, and after the
arrival of the mails the throng in that region
is not unlike that at the great Post Office.-
Economy should induce every man to sus-
tain the’ Independent niail,even if no motives
of patriotism or hatred of oppression influen-
ces his actions. Halt-’s agent in this town
is doing a great business at 6 I-4 cents a
letter. Let no man pay "black mail” to the
government which official insolence levies
upon the people.-—N. H. Palladium.
From the Salem (.Mass) Register.
Straws.—-The locolocos at their mass
meeting in Wolcott, Wayne County, N. Y.
l3th inst: V
Resolved, That our hostility to Henry
Clay, “the soul and embodiment of VVhig
principles” however unat-ailing it ma._7/prove,
shall nevertheless be firm and unyielding.
A correspondent of the Charlston Mercu-
ry from the Hot Springs, Va. complains
“that the Democrats of New York are not
doing their duty,” and they “cannot and will
not be roused to action. The defeat oftheir
favored son, and that affected too, as'they (vi-
roneously) believe, by Southern influence,
has evidently paralyzvd the efforts of tire
putty, many of wl.om will'not go totlie
polls. For this reason and the thorough
organiz-tion of the Whigs there is sane
ground for the belief that the great State
will be lost to us. .
Uld Father Ritchie even ventures to ex-
press his pretended-anticipations in the fol-
lowig guarded manner: "But for the [Illa-
calculation that was made in 1840 we our-
selves would not entertain the slightestdouht
of the election of Polk and Dillas.”
Hon. Isaac E. Holmes, one of Represen-
tatives ‘of South Carolina and John C. Cal-
misery_is presented in thesubjoined. paragraph.
In this’ latitude we can hardly realize the idea
that so tfesolating a calamityohas taken place-—
but it is so, nevertheless, and means sliouid be
given to alleyiatetlre wide spread suffering.
Scenes on the Mississippi.—Irriagine,
reader. a lake of 500 miles through a r-gum
finely improved—all ‘one scene of desolation
on either. hand.‘ Herethe comfortable quar-
ters, sunk, fallen and dilapidated—the cattle
on a thousand fields gathered in herds upon
small patches of land partly dry, perhaps
knee deep in water, wailing and moaning
most piteously—- herds of deer, huddled to-y
gether at the mercy of the marksmcn—be:i rs
clinging to logs. And here, as in one in-'
stance we looked on, a woirian. delicate and
fair, carried by her husband through water
a hundred yards to a shoal place, where be
deposited her on a trunk until some chance
opportunity should offer for her rescue.
Concorrlitb Iatclligencer.
Gone back to Mormonism. —It is said that
Foster, the former editor of the Nauvoo Ex-
positor (the paper that originated the late ex-
citement against the prophet) since the death
of Joe Smith, declares that he believes Joe to
have been a prophet, and that the Mormon
religion as taught by him, is the only true
religion. Foster has property in Nauvoo
which he is prevented from using while out
of the fold.
The Trustees of VVashington College at
Hartford Conn. have determin-d to chanse
tlie name of that institution to Trinity Col-
lege, in consequence of the number of col-
leges in this country bearing the former
name.
J. W. Stednian, a practical printer of
Hartford, has purchased the office of the
Norwich Aurora, and the paper will here-
after be published by him. He is said to be
a young man of good talcnts.—Success to
him in every thing except his politics.
The receipts of the Housatonic; Railroad.
during the month of July, were as follows:
Freight $6 449 I8
Passengers, 4.007 58
Mail, 328 75
$l0,785 5|
The aggregate receipts during the same
month of last year, vtere. $8,700 ll. In-
in which he anticipates the election of Mr.
Clay and the consequentestablishment of the
Tariffand calls aloud for nullification by a
Southern Convention-—for which he says.
"I should prefer to wait until (as Iapprc/tend
will be the case) the Tarifl President and
Tariff Congress will have been el-ctr-.d—
whcn all hopes of amelioration will have
passed from the minds of every Southerr
man.” —
A correspondent of the Boston Post says
State.” He says the Whigs "al'etrnversing
all parts of the country, organizing and
registering every one of their men. .They
will bring out their wholestrengthf’ ‘
The Lowell Courier says there is a small
town in Middlesex County which will give
year while the derriocruts will not give as
many as they did last year. \Ve know of
another still smaller town which will very
nigh double its whig vote from last year.-
We have the most cheering accounts from
our county towns. The result in Novem-
ber will show that we speak from book.”
The Portland Express has renounced its
neutrality in politics. and come out for Clay
and Frelinghoysen. The editor says: -
'‘‘We go for Our County/. for our whole
Country. and nothing but our Country l \Ve
go for P/'oteclirm~ protection to our Far
mers-—to our Meclzarzics -— to our Merrhanls
——to our S/1.ilm's--——l0 our Manufacturers-
and to owrsel-L-es. “In a \vord,we go against
the annexation of 'I‘exas—a»gainst a change
of commercial and manufacturing policy;—
against John Tyler—---agairrsl Polk and
Dill-as--and for Ifcnrgj Clay and Tlieorlore
Freling/zm/sen.”
Anal/re?‘ Proposed Railroad —-Atthe last
session of the Connecticut L°gislaturc, a
charter was granted for a Railroad from
Micldletoivn to the Hartford and New Ha-
ven Rail Road at Wallingford, say I2 miles
from New Haven. We see by the Middle-
town Sentinel, thata project is now on foot
to constructa I{a_ilroad from Midrlletown,
Norwich to Providence; thus connecting
New Haven with Boston by railroad via
Norwich and Providence, as well as by way
of Hartford. Springfield and Worcester, and
by Norwich and Worcester. A public meet-
ing on the subject was held at Middletown a
few days since, and a strong coinuiittee was
appointed. consisting of Charles S. Alsop,
Samuel Russell, E. A. Russell, Edward
Stearns, and others, including three gentle-
men from Chatham and three from Portland
for the purpose of ‘calling the attention of
the public to this measure.’ By examina-
tion of the Map, we perceive that this-route
is shorter than any of the existing steam
routes to Boston, except perhaps that by way
of the Sound and Stonington. From New
Haven to Middletown is about 24— miles;
from Middletown to Norwich, about 30 miles
from Norwich to Providence, about 40,-
'I‘he entire distance from New York to Bos-
ton by this route would be about 215 miles.
More C/lurch’ Bu.rm'ng.—An incendiary
attempt was made, on Sunday night to burn
the Catholic church at Saugerties. The cit-
izens rallied upon the alarm of fire, and sue-
ceeded in extinguishing the flames after an
out house was consumed, and some damage
done to the exterior of the church. A per-
son was arrested on suspicion.
Alb. Eve. Journal.
The last surviving drummer at the battle
of Bunker Hill resides at Hartford, Susque-
hanna county Penn. His name is Rufus
Kingsley. an'd the old veteran enjoys perfect
health and good spirits.
The camel is the only animal that cannot
swim. It is an extraordinary fact that the
moment they loose their footing in a stream
they turn over, and can make no effort to
parading any more offers to bet on the coming
prevent themselves from being drowned. 7,
houn in Congress. is out in a public letter-
that Ohio may be rlcemid "rt doubtful-
sixty more votes this year than it did last‘
crease, $2,085 40.
W2'c/reel Boy-—[n Broadway, New York
amischevious boy was seen the other day
walking behind a lady and tossing pebble
stones unperceivcd toward her person. He-
did not desist until nearly half a bushel of
them had been lodged upon the shelf which
proj-cted some fifteen inches from her gir
dle l
The Mormnns—'l'he two Laws, who are
seceders from the Mormons, have commen-
ced a settlement ncar Rock Island, lléinois.
and large nu mbers of the Mormons are quit
ting Nauvoo and joining the Laws. The
Alton Telegraph thinks that the division a-
moug them isa happy circumstance for them-
selves as well as for the community in which
they are located.
Connecticut in Motion.-—lt will be secn
that three Mass Conventions in different parts
ofthis State have now been Ct]llt‘(.l. One, in
Litchfield County, is to take placeto morrow
From this time forward until November thr-
ball will be kept constantly in motion. We
pt‘l'Cei\'e by the Hart'ord Journal that Gov.
Ellsworth addressed the \\'lllgS0f'I’2lllfTVlllt'
‘on Tut-sday eve-nirig, that to night he is to
‘address the whigs of Winstr-d,:ind to marrow
the whi,c_rs of Canaan. On the 20th there is
to be :1 Clay Club gathering at Soffield
wltr-re Charles Chapman, J. B. Eldrirlge
and l. W. Stuart. Esqs. are engaged to br-
present.-Pall. 9t/z.
Uixjr-~rt'rt‘iva'i'r~: C.i.\'nio.a'1'Es.-—'I'l'ie Locos
are men more that: usually unfortunate in the
selection of their candidates this year. The
man they support is grandson ofa British Tory
of the revolution. Hoke, the candidate of the.
same party in North Carolina. is grandson of a
Tory. It will or: seen by the following from the
Baltimore VVliig. that Carroll, the loco candi-
date for Governor in that State is still worse.-
Polk ran away from his county to avoid being
drafted into the arpiy in the last war. Carroll
ran away from liisicity for the same reason !—
Precious, patriotic worthies-—Ihe people should
support them! The Whig says:
Bear in mind, people of Maryland, that
here. in the city of his residence. Mr. Car-
roll, the loco foco candidate for Governor, is
publicly charged, and called upon to dtny it
if he dare, that he fled the City. to avoid
aiding his fellow citizes to defend his own
fire-side from the ravages of a ruthless foe,
even whilst his venerable sire, though too
old to march forth with his fellow towns-
men to meet the enemy atthe shore,remain-
ed at his post to protect their wives and
children from any servile insurrection l And
this is the man who expects the votes of a
people whose boast has ever been, that they
“give monuments to their defcnclers— graces
to their invaders.”
Mr. Hale and other Private Postmaslers
a.rrested.—Mr. Hale, head of the private
mail establishment in this and other cties.
was this afternoon arrested at the New York
boat, at a suit of the United States, for an
infraction of the Post Office laws. One of
his deputies was also arrested, and, within
the last few days, several ofthe agents, car-
riers and runners of the concern have been
held to hail.—Pln'l. Ledger.
The Ca.ledanz'a_.—-The three last voyages
of the Caledonia across the Atlantic, says
the N. Y. True Sun. are without a parallel.
for speed and regularity. She arrived in
Boston June I, in 12 I-52 days from Liver-
pool. Sailed on the 16th of the same month
and arrived at Liverpool on the morning of
the 29th in l2 l-2 days from Boston. Re-
turning arrived again Aug. l. in I2 I-2
days, making three passages of nearly 3000
miles each. in 37 1-2 days, including three
Napoleon who began it was defeated. The
battle of New Orleans was also » fought on
the-‘Sabbath, and the British army, who he-
gain the battle were defeated, with terrible
slaughter. The naval battle fought by Coin-
modore McDonough with the British fleet
on Lake Champlain took place on the Sub-
bath. The British began the attack and
were dL‘.feiI.t’d, although their force was so
great that it was aiinatter of wonder that "a
small Americ-in force should have been able
to capture a force so greatly superior.
LETTER FROM GOV. JONES.
The following letter from Gov. Jones of Teunes- _
see, was read at at great VVhig gathering in Bucks
county, I’a., last Saturda;.':
NAS1IVlLI.E, July 1844.
C/r.a.rlcs Gibbons, Esq. Dear Sir :’—-By
the mail I enclose you two publications of
Col. Polk s during the last surrinrefi's can-
vass, on the subject of the Tariff, etc. From
these publications you will perceive that the
Colonel is (lead out against Protection, and
particularly opposid to the Distribution of
the proceeds of the Public Lands, ht-cause,
he says, it is a Tariff measure. It sounds
strangely to us who have been accustomed
to hear Col. Polk, to hear it stated that he i-
a Tariffman, or _in favor of protection. I
have met him on more than one hundred
and fifty fields. and I never heard him make
a speech in my cauvasses with him, that he
did not do-nounce the principle of Protection.
Indeed, this was the main ground on which
he and his friends relied to defeat me. I \vnS
for Protection-he against it; lfor distribu-
iion—he against it.
I would say, do your duty-—we will do
ours; 'I‘t-nnessce will maintain her position
--Respectfully your servant,
JAMES C. Joxns.
Tire British Stea.-mcrs —'I'he Boston Post
says the arrangements for the conveyance of
mails. &c. from Boston to Montreal are said
to be complete, and the mail steamers will
ere long run direct br-tween Liv. and Boston
without touching at Halifax, which isjustly
deemed the most disagreeable and danger
ous part of the route. 'I‘he time saved by
this change will often be material, and on
the average a day would be gained in the
passage.
At all the settlements and plantations on
the Mississippi, above Vicksburg great sick-
uess and suffering prevail, the effect of the
late overflow of Water. The steamboat Nar-
raghanset, says the Louisville Journal of the
1st inst. took many sick persons on her last
trip. of which four died on the passage.----
Many of the settlers have lost every thing,
and beg their passage up to any point on the
Ohio, so that they can escape from the Sick-
ness and misery that surround them.
New York C-ll]/.—'I‘he following sched-
ule shows the pl‘txgl‘t5S of Pbpulativn in the
commeicial emporium from I097 to 1840:
Year. Population.
1697 .................... . . 4,302
1731 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,628
1756 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ](),3c'l
1771 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .':2],8(53
1786 . . _ . . . . _ . _ . . . . _ . . . _ . .-23,614
.1790 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - .33,l3l
1800 ................... . .60,489
1810 ................... - .96,373
18.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. 1223.706
1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $203,007
1835 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £70,089
1840 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-3]'2,7l0
Ezlcrrsirrc Rcrzmzrialion of Idolatry in
Inrlia.—-From the latest intelligence recciv. (l
at the Mission.-ry rooms. the population of
Southern India seems rapidly advancing to a
point tvhc re the l't'l'lU!'lCllll.l0fl of the foolish
degrading, and unsatisfying rites of idolatry
will be very frrquent. Under date of March
l4, 18/14, the bishop of Madras says that
xii/tetg,',s£:z: villages. in the province of Tin-
nevelley, have recently come forward, uriso-
licited, and utterly abolished their idols, re-
questing to be taken under Christian instruc-
tion. One ofthe Eiiglisli Missionaries, at
an earlier date, says. that be barf, within the
tito preceding mouths, received scrcn hun-
dred natives under his care. A rid from a
very ri-crnt letter of one of the Missionaries
ofthe American BO‘tfd, it appears that, al-
though tlir-re has been no uiovement of so
decided a cltaracter in the territory embraced
within the plans of the =_\l;irlura mission.
many things are exceedingly hopeful; and
that could laborers now enter this field, in
requisite numbers, there would be no doubt
ofsoon gathering an abundant harvest.
Long Island Railrourl —'l‘he arrange-
ments for opening this route to and from N.
York are completed. The train runs via. of
Norwich and Long Island, on ‘Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays. and via. Striping-
ton and Long Island, on Tu-sdnys Thurs-
days and Saturdays---leaving Boston by the
former route at 8 A. M. and by the latter at
9 A. M. The length of each ferry isa little
over 30 miles. The length of the Long
Island railroad is 94 miles, that of the Prov-
idence and Stonington railroad. about 90
miles; and that of the Worcester and Nor-
wich railroads ll0; making the length 0.‘
the two routes to New York 2l5 and 235
miles. The greater length oftfie latter route
is compensated in part by the ferry at Prov-
idence, on the other route, which causes a
slight detention. It is expected that thejour-
may between the two cities will be performed
in something less than ll hours.
Dr. Zera Shepherd died at Newtown. on
the 2lst of July in the 57th year of his age.
He was confined to his room on the 4th of
April, and died on the 21st of July. His
lever ran over one hundred days withcut any
material change, baflilng the skill ofthe most
eminent physicians, and what is most singu-
far, he never closed his eyes in sleep, nor
was he ever drowsy during eleven weeks of
the tirne.-—_-Farmer.
“A Screw loose !"
Carpet l‘Veaving.-—'I‘he Lowell Courier
says, ‘Every hand loom belonging to the
Lowell mills is now in active operation, and
carpet hand loom weavers were never more
in demand thanat present. A gentleman in
the town of Framingham, in this county is
now putting up I hundred carpet hand looms
in addition to those wliich he has now in
arrivals, departures and detentions at Halifax,
.-KIPGAZETTE. “
Wednesday, Arfgnst 14, 1344.
Q
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FOR PRESIDENT,
H E NRY CLAY."
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
‘THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN.
For Presidential Electors. --
CLARK BISSELL, of Norwalk.
CHARLES W’. ROCKWELL. of‘ Norwich.
NATHAIEL O. KELLOGG, of Vernon.‘
SAMUEL A. FOOTE, of‘ Cheshire.
JOSEPH S. GLADDING, of‘ Plainfield.
TRUMAN SMITH. of Litchfield.
County Convention.
TH E CAMPAIGN OP ENING.
The Mass Convention which takes place at
Danbury on the 21st inst. is intended to be one
ofthe largrsl gatherings that ever assembled in
this county. The preparations that are making
we state, on the authority ofa letter from_,D
l""_V'sll18l the Pouglikeepsie Blacksmith wil
there ; our distirtgiiislierl Senator. Iluntinglbn
will be there ; Ex Governor Ellsworth will be
there; Judge Bissell. it is also expected, will be
there; Chapman of Hartford, Boardman and
Robinson of New Haven will be there; and the
true Harrisonian log cabin hospitality will be
there. The latch strings will be onihe om5;de_
and the most ample accommodations for our
friends will be freely provided. Will not
the unconquerable 12th, as in IS-l0, show her-
self in her strength and fidelity? Slow, but
always true. \Ve shall he l/tar.
“Nonw.u.n.”—We have no lino:-vledgie what.
ever of a personage answering to the description
given hy“‘Norwalk."
Will the calfg that thus signs himself. unstrap
the upper end of his blue jeans, seat bimsalf
astride a cask ofapple. jack, and after a delib-
erate examination. inform us through his chosen‘
organ, if his umbilical cord is yet dry’!
Mass Co.vvr:-.v'rro.\' AT Ni-:w H.tvr:rr.—'l‘he
Hon J. P. Kennedy and the. Hon. J. L. White
will be present at the Mass Convention in the,
city ofNew llaven. on the 4th prnximo.
' The Game ry"Brag.—-The Loco Foco prints
rave again fairly commencarl ihe'game'_of brag-,
and they weekly parade before our eyes pym.-
mids of the States which they claim as certain
for their anti tariff C€lD(Il(l€Il(‘.‘=, Polk and Dallas.
The same game was played in 1840. when they
r-lainietl 22 ofthe 26 States, giving 261elecion;|
votes, and they got 7, which gave 60 votes.-..
They are some what less greedy at present,
and claim only ]5 ofthe 26 States, and there is
some pnsibility that they may succeed .},;5 fun
in carrying about the same proportion ofuu-,3
15 as they did ofthe 22 in 1840.
Now, let us contrast their boasting in 1840
with the actual result in that year:—
They claimed 22 States and tliev got 7'
They claimed '26] electoral votes and got 60.
They nlriiiiiorl Purim-yluirrltt, am! lost it by 359m
They claimed Maine, and lost it by 41].“
They claimed l)claw:ii'c, and lost it by ].093m
They claimed Micliigaii, and lost it by ],F!()2m
They claimrfrl New Jersey, and lost it by 2,3l7m
lTlic_v claimctl illississippi, and lost it by 2,543m
'l‘lic_v claimed l.oui.-inua. and lost it by 3,680m
Tlicy claimed l\l:iryl:mrl. and lost it by 4.776111
Tliey clriirnnd Georgia, and lost it by 8,32]m
,'I‘hey r-laiuierl 'I'cnnos.<ee, and lost it by ]2,l02tn
'Thc.y claiiimrl North Cai'olinn,aud lost it by ]],594m
They claiincrl N. York, and lost it by ]3,290m
'l'lre_vcl:iirucd fnrliaiia, and lost it by ]3,698m
They claimed Ohio, and lost it by 23,375";
They claimed Kentucky, and lost it by 25,873m
Nothing but a liyona or a lncofoco.would tear
open a new made grace to devour its slumber-
ing tenant.
the Locofacos ex-
pected would rage successfully for them having
sulisirletl-—tlieir love for the TarifI° proved base
and hypocritical, and the principles oftheircath
dirlates denounced by the honest of their party,
is now rather difficult to imagine what issues
they will next hit upon. It will be recollected
they have already stole the ‘one term principle’
from the Whigs, besides the support ofthe Tar-
iff‘--anil now if they attempt to do any thing at
all in the coming campaign, they must manu.
facture some issues entirely new; —but stop-
they may yet claim to be the only true sup-
por.ers of a National Bank! who knows’! It
will be nothing stranger than they have already
done, when it is recollected that they stole
their Texas thunder from Tyler—-their one
term principle and support of the Tarifl' at the
South from the \<Vhigs-and last, but not least.
that their love for revolutionary heroes was
mbibed from Ezekiel Poke. the TOR‘! in the
“days that tried men's souls.” Truly, if they
are not a harmonious and prosperous party, they
are certainly the next thing to one.——Hcrald.
The Texas fever which
It is said that the only time Mr. Polk was
known to be a temperance man. was in the last
war, when he ran away from his own county
to escape a draft.
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inducing the people of this country to assume it.-
Call it $500,000. That will do for Connecticut.-_—
Isn’t it a beautiful idea ’I—Hart. Courant.
We acknowledge the receipt of valuable
public documents from the Hon. J. W. Hnns
lington. '
MrnnLr;'rowts UN1v1=:nsrr1r.—The annual
commencement of the Wesleyan University
took place on the 7th. Two orations were dc-
livered before the literary societies. one by Dr.
Bacon, and the other by Horace Greely. The
commencement exercises were of a high char-
acter. and reflected much credit upon the insti-
tution. The degree of A-.B..was conferred upon
17 young gentlemen. Several Honary degrees
operation.--N.‘ Y. True Sun.
' were con fered, . -
are on the most liberal scale. The character of ~' - v '
the speakers will insure an intellectual repasjtg-fgi.’
seldom enjoyed. This will he conceded when?
How M ecu ?—What will be Connecticut’: ahaii_‘o__”'.'_. if
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of the debt of‘ Texas if the Times party succeed "
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