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‘ That night Frank was taken before the
village squire, who. though much inclined
in his behalf, and wishing to believe him
innocent, could not with such strong evi- ,
dence of his guilt do otherwise than commit
him to the jail, to wait his trial at the next
Assizes. wliich were shortly to be heldin the
‘village. '
Frank's mother when she heard the dread-
'ful‘ intelligence, fellinto strong convulsions,
which brought on a serious illness.
The sad intelligence soon reached the ear
of Frank; and caused him to feel doubly
wretched. as he paced the damp and narrow
cell, in which he was confined.
And Mary.-—ln vain he racked his brain
‘to think what could have happened to her;
for the idea of her-being carried away never
entered the portal of his imagination. And
then to think of his pqpr mother lying ill.
*and he confined for murder; perhaps she.
100. believed him guilty, there was agony in
the thought. and Frank sunk upon his pris-
on floor in misery and despair. ’
‘When Mary Adair awoke from the death-
like swoon into which she had fallen, she
found herself reclining upon a sofa couch in
an elegantly furnished apartment, without
being aware of where she was, or how she
came into such a situation.
1t is easily explained—Old Wolfstien had
carried Mary to his own house, where. pour-
ing a quantity of drugged liquor down her
throat, he placed her in his carriage. and.
driving with all speed, reached his country
house, ere Mary awoke. placed her in the
above situation, and then left her, locking
the room door.
The situation she was in, her being car
tied off‘, and the dreadful recollection of the
murder. all pressed upon the brain of Mary
-l-i=ke..the confused and instinct remembrance
«.01 some terrible dream.
,’Rising up from her couch and going to
.-the door, with the intention of making some
--enqiiiries as to her situation, what was her
-surprise to find it was locked from the out
..-side.
‘Dark and dreadful thoughts now crowded
upon her imagination. and already she pic-
tured'to herself the possibility of Wolfstien’s
intendingto murder her; or perhaps offer vio-
lence which, to a being ofher pure virtue was
far worse than death. Whilstherimagination
was brooding over these melancholy thoughts
the room door was suddenly opened. and an
old. white haired man entered with some re-
freshments, which he said his master had
b.ide him take up with his respects. and say.
thatanything she might wish for would be
given her.‘but‘that-she need not expect to
leave the room for certainly-not less than six
weeks-—probahly not for six months—and
possibly not for“-years.
Having "de'livered this cheering intelli-
gcnce, he departed. leaving Mary once more
alone. She endeavored to partake of the re-
freshments that were spread before her. but
itwas in vain'; the old man's words had rob-
‘bed her of her appetite. and caused her to feel
sick at heart. Her head felt giddy. and she
can-k'upon the couch. A gentle sleep stole
over her, and she ‘forgot for a period her
miserv in slutghe
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Death ofRev. 1);-. Milnor.--We are pain-
ed to announce the deceaseofthe Rev. James
Imlmm D. D. Rem", 0,S,_ GeOrge.s.Ch,,,,,,’y,:;t’:li‘e Evening Mirror: .-
-in this city. who died suddenly on 'l‘u'esda-_,.‘.
He had just goneto bed in health and cheer
fil’ln.e.ss, when he was seized with sufloca-
tion, and in a few minutes expired. The
disease was in the heart. He had before
been brought very low by disease in the
same region. though termed by the physi-
cians. gout in the stomach. _ . ‘
Dr. M. was one of the best ofmen, and his
praise will long be in the churchea,not only
of his own. but other denominations. His
spirit was too noble, and his benevolence and
.ch-irity too large, to be pent within sectari-
an "limits. His field was the world, and his
friendsall the friends of the Redeemer.
From the Poughlceepsie Telegraph of the 10th.
EXTE NSIVE ROB BF R. Y.
On the arrival of the barge Clifton at this
place yesterday morning. from New York,
it was {found that the iron safe in the Cap-
tains‘ oefiice hid been unlocked, and several
packages in money taken from it, amounting
is all, as near as can be ascertained. to about
$23,000. .
It is supposed that the robbery was efT«-c-
ted before the barge left the dock in N. Y. by
some person entering the captains‘ office. and
opening the safe by means of a false key.
All hands were unusually busy'at the time
for as the wind was blowing fresh, it was
difficult to get from the dock with the boat;_
and then. probably, the robber accomplished
his object. '
Constructive Traveling.--Before the re-
cent adjournment ofthe extra session of the
U. S. Senate-.it was decided that the Senators
were entitled to mileage for the extra session
although not one ofthem had left the pre-
cincts of Washington. The traveling is all
constructive, and thus without paying out a
cent or moving from‘ their places. the Sena-
tors will each pocket for traveling. a com-
pensation ofabout $700 on an average.
amounting in the aggregate to some 840,000.
The Morris Canal Company have now
twelve hundred men at work on the enlarge.-
ment, and have the utmost confidence that it
will be ready for operation. for boats of sixty
tons. on the 1st June. The Association are
bound to furnish sufficient funds to make the
enlargement. and the contracts have all been
made on favorable terms.
* T/ze Mormons.--The St. Louis Reporter
gays:—-We learn from the Warsaw Signal
that ‘most ofthe friends of Rigdoii. who still
remain in Nauvoo. have been despoiled of
their propertykand live in constant fear of
their lives. One of these, Elder.Ma_rks, a
man of wealth, fled from that city last week
in the night. Others are anxious to. go but
are afraid to avow it. A young mau——_a
printer by the name of Peck, well known in
Q,oincy—-was knocked down not long since
in the streets of Nauvoo. and after being
shamefully abused a bucket of filth was
poured over him.‘ His off'ence.w'as. in hav-
ing said that he wished it were in his pow-'
1 deck and i.\'€'i‘8 raved.
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A
STEAMBOAT DISASTER. /
The following particulars_ are from the New
York Jour. of'Comrnerce: A ’ '
The steamer Swallow left Albany at six
"o'clock on Monday evening. 7th with two or
three other boats. to come directly through
to New York. She had on board a large
number of passengers. probably lllfee 110"-
dred and fifty in all. W hen passing thro’
the narrow channel at Athens. she ran upon
in large rock, called ‘the Brig.’ The bow
ran up so high that it was impossible to stand
upon the deck. The keel broke and the
stern bent upwards and still went down so
much that in three minutes the two cabins
were full of water. -The scene among the
passengers may be imagined. It was nine
o'clock in the evening, and very few of them
were in their berths. The upper part of
the boat soon took fire, which increased the
alarm. The night was dark. and the wind
high. The baggage and freight were float-
ingabout on deck and-the water rushing in
at the cabin doors, so that with the inclina-
tion of the floor it was difficult to get out.-—
Yet the young motherssnatched their infants
from the berths where they were sleeping.
and rushed for their lives.
There were however many circumstances
of favor. The people on the forward part of
the boat climbed down upon the rock until
no inore- could stand. Numerous small
boats 'ith torches put offiiu .‘llt’d1Hlt’ly from
the.s%'e’; the steamer Express which was
coming down but little behind,was soon along-
side: and the steamer Rochester, also in
company, was at the rescue. as soon as pos-
sible, tliough being in another channel, she
was obliged to run past iul.o it more open
part ofthe river, and turn round. S--veral
ladies who could not get out at the doors.
were lifted through the skylights; one so far
exhausted that two-hours of effort on board
the Rochester were necessary to bring her
buck to animation. There is no absolute
certiinty that any life was lost, as the whole
company were not registered on board the
Swallow, nnd they were rescued in so many
ways that they have not been registered since.
We have conv.-rsed with score of the pas-
sengers, and find reason to fear that some
lives were lost. One gentleman says that he
opened the door of the ladies’ cabin at a late
moment.and saw a lady standing in the water
to her shoulders. He extentlrd his hand.and
called on her to seize it; but the dash of the
water swept her baik, and he was obliged
to flee. Another saw it lady drawn from the
water into a small boat apparently lifeless.
But at any rate there is reason for the deep-
estgratitude to a kind Providence, that of so
large a number of lives in such imminent
peril, very nearly all were very certainly
rescued.
A Mrs. Conklin, who with another lady
was in charge of Mr. Charles A Moon of
Utica. could not be found; but it is hoped
that she was ‘taken off by one of the small
boats.
C. L‘vingston’s correspondent. who was
on board the Rochester, expresses a confi-
dent beliefthat no life was lost. He says,
‘From inquiries made among the passengers
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The following particulars are also from
the same gentleman an‘d were published in
l1‘he boat was at great speed, ard when it
Tsfrusli. it doubled over the Island like it rib-
bon. It was a sight to behold the bows
pointing up to the heavens from the very
top of the rocks. while the stern was almost
entirely under.the water.
The awful scene exhibited to the self pos-
‘sess-.d observer. many striking traits of hu-
man nature._ In the very height of the con-
fusion and dismay. on the upper deck, when
all was darkness. the snow falling fast. the
boat striking rapidly. wives shrieking for
husbands. sisters for brothers, and children
for parents. and the accents of prayer best
befitted the lips, the voice ofa strong heart-d
ruffian was heard evi n above the tumult.
pouring volleys of oaths at the poor agnnizerl
ft-‘l'II~|l(‘S around him. brcause of the emotion
they exhibited.
A gentleman was hurrying up from the
cahiri, with difficulty escaping the pursuit of
the waiters. and when he reached the saloon
he saw a husband hasten from a state room
beside him closely hugging a valise. while
his wife. with an infant in her urine and an-
other little child by her side. shriek:-d to him
as be rushed away, nu-vrr turning his head
to—view their fate-—‘Husbandl husband! in
God's name drop your vali.-‘e and save vour
wife and children 1’ But he disappeared on-
heedingl He. probably preferred the mise-
rable gold in his valise to his wife and cliil-
dren! A gentleman. althoiigh he had ap-
parently lost every thing, except the clothing
on his biclr, did not make an effort for him.
self until he hud secured the saf ty of that
family. We rejoice to be able to offset so
fiendish an exhibition of selfishness. with the
energy of disinterested generosity.
E;z:ult‘r1.tzo7ii'/i Texas -—G-lvv-strin papers
to the 22d ult. report that the news of the
passage ofthe Annexation Resolutions were
received with demonstrations ofjoy. Stlule-S
were fi.'ed,,e-nthusiasiic meetings held and
every demonstration f-svorable to the project
were made in Galveston. Cw n. Mvniucail
presided at a meeting which passed resolu-V‘
tions eulogizing the leading advocates of
annexation in the United States. The Star
Spangled B inner floated with the Lone Star
from the vessels. Tlii-re were. however.
some muttering: ofdiscontent.
‘Mexico on the contrary is furious as re-
cent advices say. Santa Anna's trial was
fixed for the 24th of Feb. last. He was not
to send a written dc-fence.
Private letters to his 8‘_7f‘fllS have been
intercepted in which he directs them not to
give up any money or valuables in their pos-
sessicn.
Such is the very contradictory intelligence
that reaches us on the subject of annexation.
Gale on the River.-—Last night was a
very severe one for all kinds of craft upon
the-river. Mr. Ostrom. the pilot of they Ro-
chester, informs us that at no time within
his experience as a pilot, has he been in such
a severe storm on the Hudson. The wind
blew a hurricane. dashing the water over the
decks of the Rochester-and congealing it to
TRIBUNE EXPRESS.
Our Express, («ll/lr. "Enoch \Vaid ) with
returns of the Connecticut Election.left New
Haven Monday evening. in a light sulky. at
25 minutes befurc'10 o’c’o_ck having, been
detained 36 minutes by the _non arrival of
the Express locomotive from Hartford. He
reached Stamford--40 miles from New Ha-
ven—--in 3 hours. llere l'.C0l11l'11t"f1CP(1 snow-
ing, and the night was so exceedingly dark
that he could not travel without much risk.
He kept on however.with commendable zeal
(1El.t‘|'l1llflt'd not to be conquero-d by any or-
dinary obstacles. Just this side of New R0‘
chelle. and while descending a bill, be had
the misfortune to run upon a horse which
was apparenily_,sianding still in the stay.—-
The horse was ~ inountvd by a man] who
must have been asleep,’ otherwise hetwotzld
have got out of the way. The breast bf the
horse came in contact with the sulky l)ti.\Vt‘t‘l1
the u heel and the shaft. The efivct of the
concussion was to break the wheel ofthe sul-
ky by wrenching out nearly all the spokes
The night was so dark that nothing could
be seen, and it is not known whether. the-
horse of the stranger received any material
injury. Mr. Ward then took the harness
from hishorse. mounted him without": sad-
dle, and came to this city a d_istaiice of _l7
miles, arriving at five o'clock Tuesday mor-
ning.—-Tribune, April 9th..
T/ie Elecfimz. in New Ha.ven.-- The re-
sult of the election in the town of New Ha-
ven has causedsurprise. The vote lastrpring
was 1484 Whig to 1143 D- mocratic-‘-it is
now 1526 Whig to 384 Dcinocritic. -Tlie
VVhig majority for Baldwin in 1844 tvis 341
—the Whig majority for Baldwin last Mon-
day was H33.
We are told, and we doubt not the fact
that :his extraordinary result is brought about
in consequence of the disappointinentif some
persons in relation to the appointiipnt of
Collector. Yet of those men who‘ have
omitted or refused to stand by their ‘lparty.
scarcely one has business to transact wih the
office. It is not claimed or pretende -that
the gentleman selected is not qua|ified:—it is
acknowledged that he is a mun of integrity
—ofgentlem=inly Clt'pOl‘l.l1)t‘i‘ll, ofconciiating
inanni:rs—who will be faithful to the;'_ gov-
ernment, and acceptable to all haviiig‘, busi-
ness with the oflice.
wanted the ofiice. He and his friend} have
by an organized and systematic efloil. fol-
lowed up for months. enlisted the names and
to some extent the fevliiigs of those gentle-
men, who because their vietvs werenot grat-
ified, have manifested their principles by ab-
staining from the polls and refusing to vote.
Hence the'VVhig majority. instead bf being
but 311. is now 1l33.—Hzzrf. Timét.
“Unfortunate Miss Bailey 1” L
Terrible Flood on Niag-ra. Rii.‘rr.-—Aii
extraordinary excitement his prevailed at
Qua-enstor. and Lewiston for the last‘; three
days. The ice has disappeared fro’ here
with great rapidity._ Sticli have be its
movements over. the Niagra Falls, accom-
panird with a strong north viind. that the
Niagra river is r'.rirxinls_-181.1] blocked up. The
ice tnere yester ay, wrihm a n,,je-M ,1“.
Falls was forlg/feet 5,5,5". In lb‘;-_:mpid
_r-{nurse of the ice, every tli_ing on the it hm-yes
sit Queenston and Lewmm, has be" .- we H
oil". with the contents of the Slofelioxi ff: .1.
Youngstown. it has cleared off everyl'hou.-e
on the wharves, and the steam flour mill has
gone wgith it. some eighty barrels of flour
and a large lot of potash in store there.“' The
damage all round,.is not far from $100,000
. ’ Rochester Dem. April 3d.
1
The Postmaster General is preparillg to
carry the new Post Ofiice law into execu-
tion. He. has atlvertiscd for ‘15.000 abalon-
ances for the various post offices in thoiUni-
ted States. constructed on a plan best calcu-
laterl to ascertain the weight of letters. and
other mriilatle matter. under the post: office
law of 3.1 March, 1845. The prices at
which they can be furnished are to accom-
pany—the proposition. It is necessary that
the balance should indicate a halfounce. and
any given weight betweeii a half and eight
ounces. *
The trial of Polly Bodtne was conclud»d
Thursday the 10th. after atrial \\l'llCl'1 h is
engaged the attention of of the court for three
weeks The charge of Judge Edmonds oc-
cupied between three and four hours in the
delivery. He presented the various points
of the case, and showed the matters of oubt
connected with them which were entitled to
the consideration of the Jury. The bias of
his charge appeared to be in favor of the
prisoner. The strongest points against her
he considered to be the time unaccounted for
on M nday and Monday night. and her sen-
ding :1 letter to VVaite to say he and heir sin
must swear that she was at their plilecle.-—
Her own st.-ztr-ment that she was employed
in measures to avoid the shame of l‘lt'_f“~‘_t'H\'D
situation, is it proper circumstance for the
.1ury,they giving to it such weight as they
considered it entitled to. In relation to the
testimony of the piiwiihmlrers that lshelisold
to them the watch, chain and other articles.
on the Monday previous to the night of the
fire, and the discovery of the dead bodies.
the Court alluded to the uncertainty of,'idr.-n-
tity in such it case. If there was a feeling
of moral certainty inthc minds of the Jury.
the Court said. that she committed the mur-
der, it was their duty to pronounce her guil-
ty-—but ifa reasonable doubt pxisi, in relation
to it she is entitled to the benefit of that
doubt. The Jury retired to their roornabout
half past two o'clock.
T/ie Plaquenzine Frauds. it has been sta-
ted by the loco loco papers of this City. tur.
ned out no frauds at all. and the \vVhigs ,had
abandoned the charge! The truth is just
the reverse of this. The Legislature’ of
Louisiana appointed a Committee who fully
investigated the matter. and reported at
length the facts established by evidence upon
oath. closing with resolutions that John Sli-
dell. M. C. Judge Gilbert Leonard, and three
Justices of Plaquemines. have been guilty of
most criminal frauds and abuses in procur-
ing the admission of many fraudsat Plaque.
mine Election for President last November
and directing the Attorney General of the
State to,procecd against all the offenders.-
The Attorney General (lsaac T. Preston) is
a locofoco. and we rtpprehend will not troub-
er to prick the veins ofthe 'twelvc.’,,
ice; .so_intcnse was the t_:old.—-Alb. Atlas 9t/i. .
le himself very seriously in the premises.
But another person’
- -rum pi'iiii‘iii'auo we liaxprtss
SUMMARY.
Albany Charter Election ——The charter
election in Albany, on Tuesday Inst. resul-
led in thec-hoice of Mr. Paige, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Mayor. by a majority of
24. , There are 9 Deiiiocrntic. Alderman
elected to the Board,,to I1 -Whigs Th»
Board with the Mayor and Recorder, will
stand [OD-mocrnls to 12 \Vhlg.=. Last
year it stood 13 Wlii-gs to 9 Democrats.
Jlfortiing Linefrom Alliany to Troy-
The steamboat Troy, Capt. A. Gorhain, will
commence running in the morning line for
Albany and Troy, landing at the custoriinry
l1'1l.E'l'!T1.fr’(1li1l.C‘ places. to-moirozv the |2'li inst.
at 7 o'clock A. 51., leaving New York on
Tuesday, ']‘hursd.-iy and Satordsiy. Troy at
6 o’clock. and Albany at 7 o'clock, A. M.
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Important to our pri.tr.—ms.—-'l‘he new Post
Ofiice l.iw, which will go into effect in a
f-iv weeks. will prohibit POSlt1‘l=ls1t‘lS from
forwarding money to publishers free of ex-
pense. We desire those of our subscribers
who happen to he in arrears, to bear this fact
in mind Those also who intend to become
subscribcrs, will also please to recollect this
important fact.—Marlisnnian.
Erie Crinial.-—-At a meeting of hoatmen.
held recently at Syracuse, for the purpose of
e5[.il3llSl11flg the price of freight and passage
for the coming season, it was resolved that
the price of passage, including board, be It
cents per mile. or 1 cent per mile without
board. and that the price of freight be 19
cents per 100 lbs. for 100 miles.
Four l\'lillvri'es have been sent to the
house of correction‘ for thirty days at Bangor
Maine. as vagabonds; also Samuel Webster
ofExeler. for thirty days, and Daniel Oakes
and his two daughters. of Bangor. the for-
mer for fifteen and the latter for five days.
The \Vashington Modisoninn has been
sold to Jrsse E. Dow, Esq. who will here-
offer be its editor, aided by SlV- ral other
gentlemen. Mr. Jones. in his vale-diclory.
savs, ‘we have sufficient assurance that the
paper under such auspices. will give entire
satisfaction to the administration, and to the
great Republican party.’
Sudden Death. —-Mr. Wm. B. Sherwood
a highly resp-ctable citizen of Greenwich,
died very suddenly at Greenwich. yesterday
morning. He rose in usual hralth. took a
shower bath as was his cuslonl. sat down in
a chair and «lied instantly.—Sta.mford Adv.
One of the Representatives chosen in
Windham is a Whig. in Salisbury the
Whigs chose one Representative. when the
meeting adjourned. Thrse towns have here-
tofore been strong holds of Loco-Focoism.
Palladiuiit.
Oh.’ Yes .' 0/i. Ycs!—The. four recre~
ant Free Trade, Texas Members of Con-
gress from Connecticut have leave to stay at
home now 1 The people have made legal
dc-claration in a voice of thunder. ‘O yes I
O yesl’ The Locofoco Court adjourned
I151. Monday morningl—-Hart. Cour.
New York City Election.-—-Haveriieyer,
the loco focn candidate. had 22 598 votes.
Harper 16705 votes and S.-lrlen-5 785 votes
[1-1aveniever’s majority was 792. The New
-‘Ujrportod
Mr. Harper. and the Tribune Mr. Sc-lden.
A summary mode of fixing the license
question has been adopted by the Corpora-
tion of Huntsville. Ala. who have fixed the
license for retailing spiritous liquors within
one mile ofthe court house, at 352.500.
The Theological controversy is in pro-
gress between Rev. :11 r. Rice, it Presbyteri-
an. and Rev. Mr. Piugree, a Universalist
Clergyman. at Cincinnati. immense audi-
L‘l’1Ct'S are drawn to hi-or them.
Miss Abby Kelly. the female lecturer on
the subject of slavery, was pelted with rotten
eggs while delivering a lecture in Harris-
burg, Pa. it few days since; 066 of tl.eni
struck her in the face.
The people of Oregon having passed
a law imposiiig a fine of $50 upon any per-
son who shall hereafter introduce urdent
spirits into that settlement. and $20 upon
any person who shall sell or barter it.
The Madisonian. which. under its new
editorship. assumes a semi-offi 'ial oir, says.
—‘if removals are hereafter to be made. no
one who supported the democratic candidates
in 1844 will h.iv-.: cause to fear or complain.‘
The Hartford Stvarnbo-its stop at New
H iven on their way to New York. at ten
o'clock every evening. except Sundays.——
They do not. however, touch there in going
to [—1.irtford, as 1118 been erroneously stated,
The Pennsylvania House of Representa-
five: have issued 1) bill authorizing the N.
Y. and Erie Railroad Company to extend
their road before the consent of the State of
New York is obtained to the proposed con-
nection -. yens 47, nays 43.
Campbell the poet, is interred in the some
grave with Dr. Johnson. 1 is coffin being
only about two feet from the surface. So
valuable is the room in the poet's corner of
W'estminster Ahbeyl _,
The Governor of Mississippi has appoiii-
ted the Hon Jicob Thompson. to fill the va-
cancy in the U. S. Senate occasioned by the
resignation of the Hon. Robert J. Walker.
Hon. N. P. T-allmadge has been removed
from the Gubernatorial Chair of the Terri-
tory of Wisconsin, and Gen. Henry Dodge
appointed in his place.
The House Carpenters in Philadelphia
have struck for $1 50 per day. from April
1st to November lst, and $1 25 the rest of
the year, to be paid weekly in cash.
The receipts at the N. Y. Custom House
for the week ending 5th April were $589.-
period.
Death oft/ie Oldest llian in Vermont.-
Oo the 21.-t ult. Mr. Benjamin Bushe died
in Greensboro.’ at the extraordinary age of
one hundred and fifteen years.
The line from Boston to New York. via
the Stoningion and Long Island railroads,
has been discontinued.
-,'_1‘he outstanding treasury notes on the 1st
instant were $1,073,331 22.
782 37-tlie largest amount for a very long '
‘Fire in New Jersey.-—The fire which
commenced in the Jersey Pines on the 29th
ult. is yet raging with great fury, and it is
no nearer being out than it was a week ago.
The extent of forest destroyed is equal ‘to
one hundred thousand dollars. Besides the
lrees. a number of fences. barns, hay. cut
wood. and shanti»-s have been laid in ru\ins.
and the people, who are generally poor, have
been driven to seek she-lier in other p'aces.
with no covering at p'eseni.5s.ive the canopy
of 1-1*-aven. The c.ius'e of this work of de-
S'.t‘tiCll0l't can be directly trac--d to rim», [:5
appears flint a man had charge ofa coa‘-pit
=.tl))!ii. twelve miles from Camden. and on the
‘29th ult. prociedel to :1 n-ighboring place
to g tsome ruin. During his absccnca a
pile of wood near the pit caught fire. and thr-
fl.-imes sion communicated to the trees. and
b»-in«_r fanned by it high ttiiid increase-.1 with
fearful rapidity. and from present appearance
will cgritiuue to increase. -
Correspondence of (lie New Haren Pfzlladcum.
15!-I1'IIA1\'Y. April 711) 5 o‘cl«,~—cl<. P. M.
Messrs. E litors——A mr‘-st melancholy sui-
cide was 'L'()fll!1Illlt"d here to-day. ‘Enos
Beech.-r. a man about thirty two years of
age. al.lr't1de'tlll‘.t‘ piills. and voted. ‘ii. left
for home about noon, and unharnessvd his
horseas usual. \Vfiilc eating his dinner.
he told his \\ ife that it was the last meal that
he should ever ml. 1l11l‘f1¢‘dl=1l€'lj’ tiller ditt-
ner. he took his gun. and said he \\ as going
out to Sll0|'l1\v’l squirrel. He proceeded about
fi ty rods from his house. went into a coal
hut. pulled cffone of his boots. and either sail
or lay down, and misc-d his head up so that
he held the muzzle. of the gun to his neck.
and fired it with his feet. His wife soon
followed and found him d-ad. He leaves :1’
wife and four small children to mourn his
uutiinely end.
A '1'/trilling Slide and PVonrle.rful Es-
cape.--Severul young lads went to the Uni
ted States Arsual grounds. in this town. one
dry list week. with their hand sleds, for the
purpose of enjoying i.hPfI1Sf.‘lVfS in sliding,
One of them, about 4 years of age, a son of
Mr. Knox. started on his sled about 25 rods
above the first grass-plot or grassre. which,
on the river Side, has neiirly a perpendicular
fall of eight feet. over which he went with
great velocity. and sticking to the sled, slid
on to and over the stone wall, which is twen-
ly one and alzn/fleet high. and struck on
the solid ice, at a distance of 18 feet from the
wall. Remarkable as it may seem, this
youngsv r was but very slightly injured, the
full only having confused his irlcrzs a little.
The sled was broken. as it were, into splin-
ters. Vie presume it was not his intention,
when he started. to perform his dangerous
lea’, but not being able to stop his little croft
alter the seam was up. he thought bt'$l. (if
he thought at all) not to give up the ship.
Augusta (Me ) Farmer.
Rclics.—Tne excavation in progress at
the Northwest corner ofthe beautiful green
surrounding Columbia College. for the foun-
dation of a dwelling house. disclosed on Sat-
urday. two sis: pounders! buried some six
feet below the surface, and in an excellent
state of preservation. They were evidently
buried for concealment, as bricks. ac. tvet‘-e
found iinuu-diately above them. ' ']_"ne mug.
zles are plugged with wood. and the pieces
are thickly covered with paint. They are
plar.--.d in immediate contact. and have prob
ably l‘-tin there since the Revolution. —-
Courier.
1 From the Albany Aria; QfTliursday.
The Troy Budget of yesterdiy states on
the authority ofthe Clerk of the boat, that
250 passengers on the Swallow bud . paid
their fare at the time ofthe accident. 8 1’. M
and that _the officer estimates that there were
some fif'y pnssengers on board be-sides.-
This would make three hundred passengers.
and as the boat had entered into co iipetition
for the river travel, at a very low rate of f-ift‘
it is feared the number may have been much
larger. ‘There is yet. 1herefore,a dispropor-
tion bctween the number known to have been
rescued. and those believed to have shared
for fearful apprehensions.
A ProducliL'e T-ree.—i\lr. B. D. Norris.
of this town. rec»-ntly felled a VVhite Oilr. the
trunk of which was fmtrfeet and CL /ia/f in
diameter. The following articles were man-
ufactured from the tree: 5 cords ofcord wood,
350 _wagr-n spokes. 75 cart spokes. a stik of
ship timber weighing halfa ton, and three
cart loads of I't'll)St* wood.—Danbtng/ Times.
The great foot race at New Orleans on
the 30th of March. (Su,ur1a.3/) was won b_y
John Gildersleeve. of New York. who ran
the ten miles in 59 minutes and 50 seconds
There were bitt four entries. for the rice.-—
G'll(lPl‘Slt'eVe. Archer of Ne\\Or!erns.Thom-
as Ellsworth of Boston. and an unknoun
person in a mask. who gave out at the end
of the first mil-=..—-The purse \V'-IS $500.
The verdict whicfl Connecticut rendered
upon the ‘Texas lniquity” at the late elec-
tion. we trust will convince the "dough-faces”
ofthe North who voted for it, of the utter
iinpractabilily of abusing the voice of their
constituents. Being one of the oldest and
mostinfluential States ofthe Union. the re-
sult will be looked for with deep interest by
the friends of peace and prosperity in every
part of the country; and we trust its influ-
ence may not be wholly lost upon the final
settlement of the qiieslioo.—Palladium.
That wag, Prentice. will have his joke
He says. , , .
"A letter from i:Vashingion to the Albany
Advertiser represents Governor Marcy, the
new Secretary of War. as ‘in the habit of
walking down Pennsylvania avenue with a
long stride.’ This ought on no account to
be allowed. If his breeches, as in former
days. are to be repaired at the_public expense.
he shouldby all means be prohibited from
streching them unnecessarily.’_’
The Butchers of Mobile have unanimous-
ly "resolved, that Sunday the 13th of April.
shall be the last Sunday on which they will
hold market or sell any meats." They say
that "the constant exertion of physical powers.
and the sacrifice of domestic comforts, show
the necessity of rest one day ‘in the week.”
Philadelphia. sends out this spring 900 M. _
Di-5.. ‘ 3
NORWALK GAilZE'I/‘TE.
the peril of the wreck, which leaves rooin
Wcdncs1_lay,'Aprl| 16, 1845. A
NEW YORK CITY ELECTION.
The election took place on Tuesday of last‘
week. and the locos were entirely successfui,‘:}ss-
it was generally presumed they would be.--
HaVemycr’s plurality is 6.387. '1 he Whigs-
liave elected their tickets in the Third and Fif-‘
tccuth \Vards. The Natives were not success»-
ful in either \Vard.
7 The Elcclion.—0iii Express arrived at
so late an hour on Tiiesday afternoon last. that:
in order to get to press on that evening. we were‘
compelled, to omit much of the details of the
news iheii in hand. On this account, we fouiiif
it out of our power to examine the returns with‘
any degree of minutcness. \Ve -therefore re-
publish the tables \\l1l(.'l10r|l)€8l_8(1 last week,-
revised and coirectul, together with the three‘
counties then omitted. The returns since re-*
ceived. require us to take back nothing ilien
asserted, ttiili the cxcep'ion of the vote for
Slieriffin the 10th Disiriit. On account of
an nrrangeinenl entered into bctweeii the friends-
ol‘ M i. 1’o:iiei-gill, and Mr. Barnum. the latter"
gentleman disiauceti our candidate in that‘
district. thus somctthai reducing Mr. lsuacs"
majority in the County. \Vitli tliis-exception;
we gave it pretty correct abstract of the result‘:-
Lo;-ofor:o'ism i- floored, and the store standstrie‘
to her own interests-liaviug given in lierap-
probation cf the protective rolii-_v. and jillIC(‘(1’
lier seal of reprobation upon the combintd“
schemes cflocofocoisin and aboliiionisin to fas-
ten us lo the cor ofslavely. This result too, was‘
brought about with so much case. usto surprise‘
us at the completeness of the lriumpli. Wilt"
the browsing Donkey of Stamford, iufornt us
through his mouth piece,wliellier he “ever find
a (lt)l1l)l ofilie stale being rlcriiocrafic. (locofoco)"
when the people are left free to act 1" Let's have
one more bray from that sweet mouth ofyours ."
\Vc should have stated above, that vie were
not quite up lo the f‘-it.-t.. last week respecting the
number ofwhig Senators elected. \Vc put 1118‘
number at 15, when. it appears, it should lia\’o"
been 16-
In the tables below. the vote for Governor’
or the majorities are given. from every town in-
ilie state but Franklin. Mr. Baldwin's vote is-
2S.S5l: I\1r.'1‘oucey's 25,593; scattering 2041‘.-
;\1 r. Baldwin's majority over Toucey-, 32-53-
over all 1217-
BE TURNS.
1’A‘1R-FIELD COUNTY.
1845. 1811 Al.
r———/~——--w r-- —-—-A -
‘V. '10 so Wt Lo 80‘
Norwalk -.411 209 22 _472 256 26‘
VVilton.. ..186 92 2 228 153 6'
N. Canaan 195 190 10 223 225 15
Darien . . . - 108 77 14 135 89 13'
Stamford . . 382 228 484 268
Greenwich . 285 275 15 328 355 13"
Bridgeport 415 358 512 397 2-
Fairfield -. .320 139 .379 151 1-
Stratfurd.. 180 124 27 194 149 23'
Trumbull. .154 144 4 151 146
Weatoii . . . 137 191 177 267 2
Moiiroc.... 82 171 95 201 4‘
.1‘1l1111l11gl0li143 141 128 141
W'estport. .193 182 4 217 199 4‘
Dziiibiiry . .520 446 3 543 506 4'
Ridgcfield .220 165 1 288 202 1-
Reuding-. .173 157 8 198 169 5"
Brookfield .124 159 35 142- 170 1
N ewtown .260 294 5 319 307
N. Fairfieli|.86 I00 2 88‘ 100
Sherman . . .44 124 10 47 14-3
5348 4599
LITC HFIELD COUNTY.
4618 3966 166
Litchfie1d.. 457 461 5 456 461 63
Hurwiiiton .141 80 28 147 83 34:
N.H:ii-tford 196 116 2!‘ 216 118 28‘
Torriiiglou 207 93 4'2 224 132 38
VViiichestci' 208 164 52 213 176 52
Brkhanisted180 177 11 182 181 8‘
Culehrook . 90 136 15 84 178 15
N. lllilford.364 381 24 897 416 21
\Vai'ren --. .73 95 10 86 88 1:2
Washiii’ton 138 153 23 156 189 22
Roxbury . . .68 129 17 72 148 10'
Bethletii . . . .78 103 86 106
\Vood1iury.231 219 2 241 70
Vlr’:iti.'.rtowii 187 110 181 107 21
Plyniotil.li..265 216 31 276 332 38
Salisbury . .237 264 3 284 283 1
Caiiziaii . . . . . . . 70m 250 305 6-
Norfolk .. .172 96 31 161 106 34
Sharon . . . . 235 230 5 265 239 6'
Cornwall - .177 204 19 212 217 10’
Goshen....231 71 249 85
Kent . . . . . . . .. 31m 229 210 _ 1»
3936 3586 352 4435 4098 359’
HARTFORD COUNTY.
Hartford .1380 983 39, 1477 998 45'
Avon . . . . . 146 66 7‘ 147 59 9
Berlin . . . - .345 323 48 345 325 40
Bristol ._.V . . 326 215 23 308 237 24
Bloomfield. 124 199 17 132 184 20
Burlington 136 129 6 149 119 5'
Canton .. .208 133 22 222 136 12
E.Hartford 2:38 78 3 285 267 3*
E.\Vindsur 363 242 2 411 267
Enficld-...301 159 3 301 158 , 3
Farmiiigtoii155 185 53 167 180 68
Glasteiibur_y210 344 5 217 414 8
Granby .. .254 261 258 259
Hartland... 103 121 1 110 119 1.
Mriiichester201 156 2 214 176 5
Marlboro’ ..9l 66 1 80 80
Rocky Hill 108 115 2 108 124 4
1 Simsbury . .199 172 2 186 I79 2
I Sotitliin‘toii199 216 20 183 204 18*
Sufiield .- .224 317 2 221 317
\Vethers1’ld 282 230 8 276 251 12'
V1’ indsor ..'205 259 1 209 273
5578 5169 267 6006 5356 288-
NEVV HAVEN COUNTY.
N. Haven. 1526 393 27 1484 1123 24'
Hainden-. 118 211 ' 1 I20 219 1
Milford .. .251 93 1 365 114 ' 1
50runge....130 88 2 146 105 f
N. Haven.. 126 152 163 171 2
Bethany- . ..69 117 01 75 137 3-‘
VVo’dbridge 33m 122 106
Derby. . . . .292 211 342 289 2
Oxford . . . . 139 177 2 147 182
Southbury .158 150 4 147’ 151 7-
Middlebury194 163 5 110 44 3
VVaterbut'y 307 226 17 411 410 24
Prospect-. . 6m 68 54 11
Wolcott-. . 48 ‘ 78 6 44 79 8
E. Haven . .171 67 202 101 *
Cheshire ..l83 I97” 4 194 196 3
Meriden ..218’ 233 39 171 233 40‘
Wnlingford 139 224 17 152 249 143
Brauford ..100 177 101 172 1.
Guilford. . .199 185 77 194 203 73'
Mandison.. 194 163 ' 5 181 168 11'.’
N Brauford-lll 102 2|‘ 120 ‘119? ‘ '-
Naugatuc 160 161 2 _ .
49752 3568 221 5154 .4351
P/iilodelpltio. N. Alinerican.
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