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Arrival of the Great Western.
The Great Western arrived Wednesday
morning about ten o’clock, bringing London
dates to the 23th March, and Liverpool of
the 29th. ,
Parliament had adjourned for the Easter
Holydays. ‘ .
O’Connell was present at the Repeal As-
sociation on the 10th. _ i
All hopes of the missing packet ships. llle
England and the United States is gone.
. The London Times is severe on President
Polk’s Inaugural.
In reply to Mr. Hnwes; on Monday, Mr
Goulburn said that it was not the intention
of Government at present to make any alter-
tion in the duties on tobacco.
Gen. Tom. Thumb at the Tu.ile7'ies.—Gen.
Tom Thumb accompanied by Mr. P. T. Bar-
num, had the honor ofappearing before the
King and Queen of the French, and the
royal family, at the Tuileries. on Sunday
night, the 23d inst. * The General was
warmly complimented by the King, Queen.
and royal circle. consisting of about forty
persons. I-le represented the Grecian ‘' Stat-
ues, danced the sailor’s‘ hornpipe, sang a __:va-
riety of songs. and appeared in various cos-
turnes, including his new Highland dress
with which their Majestics were particular-
ly pleased.
The King and Queen kissed the General,
and the King presented him with a magni.fi- «
cent emerald breast pin set in large brilliantsf
The Queen promised to send him a present
in a few days. The Princess Adelaide (the
King's sister) borrowed one of his rings. in
order to have one made to present him. ‘Do
‘you speak French .?' asked the King. ‘A
little.’ replied the General. ‘What can you
say in French ?' asked the King. ‘Viva le
Roi,’ replied the little General, amid a burst
of laughter and applause. The audience
lasted an hour and :1 half. at the conclusion
of which Mr. Barnum was presented with a
handsome douceur, and the King wished
him every possible success. and complimen-
ted him on the_ polish and intelligence of his
protege. . 0
After leaving the Tuileries, the General
attended a large pirty at the residence of M.
Galignani. where he was enthusiastically
received. The Gen,eral'simiuiature equip
age traverses the Champs Elysses every day.
where it attractsthe attention of thousands.
The General commenced his levees on
Tuesday the 25th, at a charge of three
francs admission; and, from present appear-
ances. hc will reap a greater golden harvest
in Paris, than he did in London.
Right of Sears/t.—The Duke de Broglie
has arrived in London, and the conference is
now sitting which is to decide the future
policy of England and France. It is under-
stood, on all hands, that the substitute for the
Right of Search which he proposes. is a
blockade of the Coast of Africa by the two
Powers. joined, of course, to the Squadron
Ofthe United Stiitesalready there for that pur-
pose. The Right of Search, in its most ob
noxious form, is thus given up; but t-he sub-
stitute. inadequate as the former system was.
promises to be still more inefficient.
,-,- Visit oft/'i.e Queen to IreZa.nd.—lt is now
positively stated that the Queen has resolved
upon visiting Ireland next summer. and
preparations: for her reception have been al-
ready commenced. '
The London papers announce the dece-.ise
of Sir John Gurney. late one of the Barons
of the Exchequer. and of Miss M. H. Andre
only remaining sister of Maj.Andre,aged 93.
"The Babes in the woods ”—A touching
incident lately occurred among the moun-
tains in the upper end of Dauphine County,
while the fire was raging in that vicinity.
A Mrs Liipold had been somcwhatderanged
occasionally. for some time past, but was not
considered much out of the way; until one
day last week, in the abscence of her hus-
hand, she left her infant in the cradle, and
taking with her two other children, one about
five years ofage, the other only three, lied to
-the mountains. and nothing could be discov-
ered of them until Siturday last, when she
was found, almost fainished and nearly nak-
ed; but the children were missing. The
neighborhood soon turned out to scour the
mountains in search of them. but in vain
until Monday last, when some men provi-
dentially happened to come upon them in
one of the \vildest_ regions of that wild coun-
try, where no one would have dreamed of
looking for them. ,
days and four nighls——cold nights too~-bare-
footed ancl halfnaked otherwise, their clothes
being torn nearly off them by the ‘under
brush, and‘ their little legs blackened by the
ashes of the coiiflagration through which
they had wandered. and their flesh a good
deal lacerated. They had cried themselves
sick, and one ofthem had taken ofi its dress
to make 3 bed of; and there they lay, at the
root of a tree, locked in each o:.‘:£=-r's arms.
unable to speak, having eaten nothing, it is
supposed, since they left home. The poor
little sufferers were taken to the nearest
house and comfortably provided for. and are
said to be doing well. They were found
ten miles distant from the place at which
their mother was first discovered, and that
they did not perish is altogether providential.
and almost miraculous. Pltila. Chronicle.
The Dismal iSwa.mp.——A friend informs
us that the recent fire in the swamp has driv-
on out from their hiding places a large num-
ber of runaway slaves, who have in many
cases been secreted for years. An old black
womambeingburnt out of her capacious home
sought out and claimed her master; and in-
addition to this return of property. she bro’t
with her eleven children, all her own, ser-
ving as an indemnity or remuneration for
her long absence. Any quantity of bears,
faxes, and other animals, already roasted,arc
to be found, and all that a hungry man
has to do is to hie to the smoking meats and
satiate his appetite.—Ma.disonian.
Coz_'7tct'rlence.-A letterfroin Hull. Eng.
states the remarkable coincidence, that si-
multaneous with the reception of the news of
the Texas resolutions, orders were received
for the fitting out of two ships of war which
had been lying in ordinary. and the still
more unusual thing. of beating up for sailors
in Hull, for the royal navy. They wonder
of course. whether there is to be war. The
letter adds. that the repeal of the duties had
They had been out four.
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THE PITTSBURG CALAMITY.
The following are the principal public
buildings,-manulactories and »-offices. lhfil
were destroyed ;—
Globe Cotton Factory. Firemen’s Insu-
rance Oflice,'Ba'nk of Pittsburg. Cflice of
Daily Chronicle. Job Printing Office of J.
B. Butler, Merchant's Hotel, A. Kramer’s
Exchange office‘, Jones.& Sibbt-t’e Exchange
ofiice. Wm. A. Hill's Exchange otfice. _R
at RI [-1. Patterson's Eagle and Bazai_ir Live-
ry Stables, Associate Reformed _t'-l'mI'Cl'l.
Baptist Church, Blackwell's extensive Glass
Works, the Monongahela House destroyed.
with all the furniture, the Monongahela
Bridge entirely destroyed. It is rumored
that several lives were lost_ on ilic Bridge.
The Dallas Iron Works in Pipe-town, er.-
tirely destroyed. .
The loss sustained in the destruction of
the abovebuildings is immense. but it is
small when compared with the destruction of
merchandise in the warehouses. The mer-
chants found it impossilzle to attempt to save
any thing; whole blocks were destroyed in
a few minutes, and the most they could do
was to make an effort to save the ir books.
and but few of theriisucceedert even in that.
Of the I200 houses which were estimated
as the number lost. about 700 were CI“ ell-
ings.-and we suppose at least 4000 persons
have been thrown out of house and home.
The Pittsburg Age of Saturday says:
From the place where the fire commenced
to where it was arrested. is about a mile and
a quarter.
VVe can give no idea, on paper, of the dis-
tress which prevails---thousands are left des-
titu'e—-men who were _Vt’Sl.£’T(l.iy worth thou-
san_ds, are now bankrupt. It has been estima-
ted that the burnt dist: ict contains sixty acres.’
The total loss, in dollars, cannot he arrived
at with any kind of accuracy—say guess at
twelve millions! This is probably near it.
All the insurance offices are broken up-—
they will not be able to pay two pi r c-erit
Only about 815.000 were when in insurance
companies in other ClIit'S.
The loss of the iVlonon_eah»la bridge and
the University are among the greatest our
city has endured. 'I'he Monongahela bridge
was erected about tivcnty five years ago.
and cost Sl l0,000. It iss-iid that in ten
minutes after it caught. fire-,»it was complete-
ly enveloped in flames. Its fall into the
river was a grand and imposing siglit.
To the youth of our city the burning of
the University is a serious matter.
VVe have the Pittsburq Giz-.-tte. of the 24th
ll'0.’l1 which we copy a few paragraphs con-
taining farther information l't’Spt't‘l.il’lg the
late fire in thatcity.
A Committee appointed by the Councils.
after a full examination of ll)" burnt tllslrlcl,
having minutely visited every partufit, ll=l&’t
arrived at the following result:
982 buildings burnt, value $l,566,500
Value of personal property burnt 013 450
Total 553 479,050
This does not ll‘l(‘ll)-'lP money or personal
property of young men or persons not keep-
ing house.
In calculating the value of real estate. the
Committee have estimated the cash value of
the improvements as they were before the
‘fire. and not what it will require to repair
-or rebuild thei‘ri.”ivhicb mustexcced the state-
ment at least 25 per cent.
The burnt district covers sizi: acres in the
city. and sin: acres out of it.
Loss oflife at Pit.'.sbu'g ——The G zr-tte
says five persons are now prittv certainly
supposed to be lost in the great fire. .
Day oflrlumiliation. Fasting (incl Prayer
—The Councils, at the siiggcsiion of nuuie-
rous clergvman of different dr-noininations.
set apart Friday next to be observed by our
citizens as a day of humiliation. fasting and
prayer. Pittsburg C/irouicle, l4t}t
The following sentence from General
Jackson's letter (written in 1824) to Doctor
Coleman, has let"U ofteriquoted. ‘Take from
agriculture 600,000 men, women. and chil-
dren. and you will at once give a market for
more bread stuffs than all Europe furnishes.’
A writer in Hunt’s i\~l:ig:izine shows that in
l842 Massachusetts alone consumed more
Flour than uas exported in Europe and to
all Foreign countries lo other words. that
single State gives us it better market for br--ad
stufis than the whole E-zoropern. world now
furnishes. With the exception of Great Brit-
ain and her possessions, no nation consumes
as large a quantity of our bri.-ad stuffs as thi-
ciiy of Pittsburg.-—Brialgepnrt Standard
Na.-zwoo Fo-rti/icatio7i.—- We learn by a
gentleman direct from Nauvoo, says the
Warsaw Signal of the 2‘! April. that a new
Revelation has been received in rela'ion to
the Temple. The work on that s'ructure is
to be almost entirely Stlspendflfl for the pn‘S-
ent, and the whole energy of the Saints is to
.be devoted to the building of the wall or
rampartaround the edifice. Tliis wall is
to enclose six acres, the Temple being in the
centre. It is to be fourteen feet high. six
feet thick. and composed of solid stone ni:i-
sonry. The work has been already commen-
cod, and hundreds of hands are employed in
carrying it forward.
The Albany —’-This boat is advertised to
take the place of the Swallow in the night
line between Troy and New York. We
regret to learn that without waiting for the
result ofthe pending investigation, the pro-
prietors ofthe line have transferred the offi-
cers and crew ofthe Swallow to the Albany.
It seems to us that it was due at lrast to the
community. that this step should have been
deferred until the investigation was closed
and the officers of the Swallow exonerated
from blame or censure.-—-Alb Eire.’ Jou.r.
The Committee of Bostonians who went
South for the purpose of examining the all:
iiirs of the Wilmington Railroad, with the
intention, if the result should be favorable.
o_f buyinga majority of the stock and put-
ting a Boston man atthe headofthe concern.
have returned. Their decision is not known.
but it is believed to be rather unfavorable,
and that nothing Will be done at present,
The man VVebster recently committed as
an accomplice of Babe. the convicted pi.
rate, has been identified .fu.lly,_ it is stated,
his confessed his participation inthe of!‘-
given an impulse to trade.
ence with which he-'is,charged,
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The two Houses of Congress have passed
laws by which each House is-authorized to
supply itself with stationary. books, and what-
everelse-may be necessary for its use. Un-
(let these .pro.visions.the late I-louse ofRepro-
sentatives ordered the purchase for the use of
each member, of the following books, viz:
Gales and Seaton’s State papers. 21 vols.
Do. Register of D,--hates, 20 to 30 vols.
Extra Globe. I2 vols.
Peter Force's Am. Archives.
And some other things; the whole mak-
ing a cost to the public treasury. of over’ six
It-unrlrecl clollars to each member. YVe have
mentioned before, an appropriation of $87,-
000 inade for this purpose just at the close of
the session. .
These purchases are made under the pre-
tence that the books are necessary for the iii-
formation of members, to prepare them for
the service of the country ; yet a S))t’Cl1l-il.0l'
who offered $200 each for ‘member's tickets’
as they are called, purchased soirii-thing like
seventy. Thus. $600 were voted onto!
the national treasury for the sake of pot-
iing two hundred dollars into the pockets of
ih.-so individuals. There can be no mori-
disgraceful breach of trust than this. If Criti-
gross held its sessions in New York. Slcb
robbery would be exposed and put down,-—
Bor in Washington all the ll€\\’Sp:lpr rs are
dependcnt upon Congress for their profits,
and in fact their existence, that they dare not
spook out on such a topic. The Il=lmt.".Ol
every man who voted for these app|opl.|«'|-
lions, nuglit to be held tip to the public gaz»
and to public indignation. Things lrive
come to such ii pass, that any member’ of
Congriss who attempls to stop these unblusb-
ing proceedings is but laughed at; and un
less something t"fit'(‘llll)l is done. the mis-
chief uiil go on until the inenibersj-ist eiriply
the treasury into their own pnckels
Jour. of Con.
Jo/tn P. Hale is going to take the stump
in New Hampshire, and advocate his own
election. He is to speak at Pittsfield assoon
as the roads are settled. A new papemisto
be cstiiblislii-d, at Manchi-sit-r, to ailvocutj-'-. his
cause. it is to be styled ‘Tue lud pend--ut
D. iiioc rat.’
We l--arn from Mr. Barnum that be
accused (in the northe-n part of the Coltuly)
of having made at bargain. with us, and that
this bargain is supposed to atcount fur, the
majority which he rrceivcd in this town.-—
Tbere is no founilatioi. “ll-'ll(.’\’£‘l' for any
such story.
show that Mr. B. receiving 85 majority
he-re. run about 140 ah:-.-d of the Loco Slate
Ticket, and that ice H-ccivi-rl J niajorilr of
only 57 i. e. the ~majoril_1/ git.-enfor l/Le ll’/rig
Stale '1"/c/.'el gcvterztl/3/. This C(:‘l‘l.‘tifll_VLl0t‘S
not look like uri--ct-en bargain. There was
nothing ofthe kind as far as we know or
believe. and we did all in our power (not
very successful, it is true) to prevent Mr. B.
from receiving any Whig vol.-s. It is prob-
able that many voters wrrc (lvceived by’ the
spurioi/s Tii:l.et. O..h+-rwise ue cannot ac-
count for this very singular result. "
Standard.
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Hlg/1. Hanrlecl 01/,tra.ge—~zm'it of Habcas
Corpus Suspen(le'l.—'l'he L°gislature of
South Carolina, at their late session passed
it law iiiiicting: ,
"That no negro or free person of polor
who shall enter this State, on board of '; any
vrssel, as cook, steward. or inziriner. or any
other eiriployiiient on board such vessel.-and
who shall be apprehended or confiried‘ by
any sheriff. in ptJl'sl)€ln(‘P of the prov.-isinps iii
said act. shall be entitled to the writ of ‘Ho-
bcas Coryyus." ‘
The Constitution of the United State-,scc.
9, declares : -
f /trzberts corpus shall not be
_ i-ss u hen. in cases of rebel!-
vnsion, the public safety may‘ re-
quire it.” 1
South Carolina thus, in another instpnce.
s-‘ts at defiance the Constitution of the ,.Uni.
ted States, and abolishes the great le ding
feature of American Liberty. The w t of
/zabeas corpus has been allowed in that State.
ever since the reign of Charles the Secfnnd.
N Y. E:i:prdss.
It would be difficult to conceive of-a
fiigrant violation of the Constitution 0 the
United States than the one above recoldeil.
Yet because it only affects the rights of“ the
colored citzens of ll]lS State, who-. as it -class
are delarred the privilege of voiing, rm-out
rage will not call forih even it re-monstrnnco
from the democracy-pro.‘i=ssing aiitboritics of
this Stole. Alb Ere. Journal.
Of!)
F I am the 1\'o7_'/‘all: fferald.
Arrival of the Vttndalia. —Dislressing
[II.fCl-I‘lge7lC8.--Olll‘ readers were itilnt med
bv un_t' yesterday’s paper, that the U S ship
Vandiili-i had been irificted wi'b the’ yellow
fever, at Port au Prince, and [hut a large
mnnlicr of her crew was sick with it. I'l'he
V.ind.ilia arrived in Hampton roads yester-
day. and it is our painful task to add. that
the di.-e-si-, since her sailing from Port an
Prince on the lst of April has been dizefiil
in its results. About half the cr--iv are on
the sick list, and nineteen have died.
U. S. Appointments -——The Washington
Correspondent of the Herald announces the
following appointments as t'llllt:'l' made or
ilete-rmined_ viz:
Charles J Ingcrsoll of Pa. (M. C) Min-
ister Plenipoteniiary to France, (if Mr. King
can be elbowcd out)
B. F. Elmore of S. C. (formerly Mi C)
Minister -Plenipoti-utiary to London, vice Ed-
wa id Everett. I
Augusta. Dairczac of NY. Charge d‘
Affiiiies to Hollntid
W’. H Stiles of Georgia (late M. C.)
Charge d'Afiiiiris to Austria,‘ vice D Jenifer
of Md. to he re-called.
Geo W’. Jones of Tenn. (late M.iC.)Sur-
veyor General for \Viscons,iii, Iow'a,' &.c.
vice Gen. Jinies Wilson" of N. H. removed.
Thomas L. Hammer, (late M. C. ofOliio)
is talked of‘as Commissioner of the Patent
Office, vice H. L Ellsworth, to be shuffled
out.
Kzzmeliamelia..——This eminent chief of the
Sandwich Islands, died. lately ofapoplcxy,—-
.-Ho early embraced the Christian faith}
A r--fercoce to the returns will -
iof’ fire losses tviiliin their limits.
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Important (com Megicog
From f/t¢,N. O."'Pi"cayune.‘-:A'prz'l lltlt.
By arrival offthe schooner Water Witch
last evening, ;.which- left Vera Cruz on the
5th inst.. we have received our files from the
city of Mexico in the 25th ult. and from Ve-
ra Cruz to the day of the sailing of the
schooner. ’ - .
The sliooner Fanny. from this port, had
arrived at Vera Cruz with the intelligence of
the passage of the measure of Annexation
by the United States Congress. The news
was received coldly by most of the inhabit-
outs of that seaport. but there was some blus-
tering and talk about war on the part of 1-
porzion of the population, which all sane men
supposed would soon subside.
On the day prior to the sailing of the “lat-
ter ‘«Vitcli, the British man-of-war Eurydice
set sail for Galvc.-tori. with despatches just
received from thecity of Mexico, for the
Biitish ll'lllliSl.t£'_!' now in Texas. The Pill"
port of l.llt.‘-'(l0I2lllTt(‘fll. had not transpired. but
it was rumored, andgenerally credited, that
they contained tl complete recognition on
the part of Mexico of the iiidi-pentlence or
Texas, upon, [lie cntidili07t that she r-_]ect+'(l
the proposed annexation to the United Stile .
On the .‘2lst of —.\1-arch. the Chamber of
Deputies took into consideration this subject
of the ariricxatioii of Texas.~—Resiiliiiicins
were introduced. and warmly supported. for
declaring the provisions of the. 'l‘renIy of
H331 (ratified in I832) at an end; for
closing the ports ofMexico against :ill ve.=s- ls
ofili» Uiiiwrl States. and proliibitiiig the in-
troluction of our lll7ll1l)'i)Cl|ll"‘S; and fi-ually.
that no propo.-iiion from our Gt)\’t‘fnIll€hf for
the restoration of lFi.~D(ll).-' relations should be
listencd to, save upon the condition that the
United States should rcnouncc altogether
the plan of Annexation.
Th1»! nioiiryiiins around i\-’la'ii-h Chunk tie
on firn——i barn at Be.-ir Creel: and ll «.-
dwelling house of S-iinuel Do h, at L'iwry-
town, lirive been destroyed. The canal
boats above the village have been stopped
by the fury of the confiagriition.
\Ve are inforirir-d by tho lliirrisburg Tele-
graph. that all the mountains in the ripper
i-nd of Diuphin county, and in the adj-iiriing
counties of S.-liiiylkill, Northiirnberlund.
P. rry and Cunibeilaiid. are on fire.
“ P/Illa. Griz.
Certificate Vuting.——Evv-r_v Democratic
press in the State, has expressed i'sell in ft‘
vor of putting a stop to the evils of certificate
voting. and most of the ‘Whig edi'ors, we be-
lieve. have done the same. W'e hope the
Lcgislature will take the matter in bind.
and without making it a party question, a;-
plying the corrcc..ive. It is the source of
much wrong. Register.
Hnm2'cir.le.—-\V~- copy the followirig from
the Lexington, Ky. Observer and Reporter
of Welncsday:
On Saturday night last. between the hours
of9 and l0 o’cluck. Robe-rt Tomlin of this
city, was shot by Rebecca Kirby. keeper of
a houseiof ill faint», uitl. a six birr-l revol-
ving pistol, the third discliiirgo of which
took efiect in the abdomen, and caused his
rleigli the next day’ about 4 o’clpck. She
was arrested and ordered to give b?iil in the
sire. of $2,000 which she gave and was there-
iipon released. It seems that Tomlin re-
quested a lmission into her house, which she.
refitseil. He persisted and declared that he
would go in and made the attempt when she
shot him through, with several balls.
Complete Retur7ts.——The town of Frank-
lin, in New London county has -at last been
heard from. II gives Baldwin 74_ Toucey
91, scattering I0
The whole vote of the State therefore is.
for B-ilvlwiu 29.005, 'I‘oIicey 25 7'21. Scat
lering L883 .\'l-ikiiig Baldwin's iiiajnrity
over Toucuy. 3.284-over all, l,40l.
In three towns majorities only were given
Iftbese towns gave the same number of
votes they did last yr-nr, then the whole poll
is 57.7lS. The few scattering votes yet to
be received may bring the number up to
58.000—-which we some ti-n days ago guess
cl bad bren rolled-add a thousand for the
democratic vote in New Haven,and we have
n poll of 59,000. Last year it was 60,929.
Pallarliunt.
A bill for the rrliefof the City of Pitts-
burg, passid the P--nnsylvanla House of
Representatives on Monday by it unanimous
vote. It nppropiates the $'lm of3350,000oiii
of the State Treasiirv for the relief of the
suffering. suspends the cancellation of relief
notes. releiises the State and County taxes of
the sufferers for the present year, ' and the
years I846. '47. and '48. and reniits the li-
cences taxed upon d--.-ilers in ll!t’l'Cl]7Hl(llSf'
whose establishments have been d- stroyed.
Bvirrington Anthony has been appointed
Marshal of this. District. It 7s almost enough
j;
SUMMARY.
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Mail Contractors.—Abo_lIt one hundred
and fifty of this useful class ofcjtizens assem-
bled at the Post Office Department this nior-V
ning at ten o’cloclr. and with the Postmaster
General at their head, proceeded in a body
to the Executive Mansion. where they were
iiitrodu-.-ed to the President of the United
States in the East Room.
\Ve understand that the suspension of the
day line from New York to Boston. over
the Long Island Railroad, is occasioned by
the iualiility ofthe difie-rent companies to
agree upon the proportion of the fare which
each company shall receive. For the cm-
venience of the public, we hope that this dif.
ficulty may bearranzed.-—-Prov. Joizr.
The Pilot of the Swallow —'It is but two
years siiicc-‘he ran the Swallow upon [hp
beach near Newburgh,on a bright moonlight
right. After that he was discliargi-d, but
this spring the Swallow having changed
hands. h- again obtained the po-t of pilot on
board of her.
The annual charter election was belil in
Newark last Monday. Isaac Brililwin,wliig
was t-'lt'(‘l8‘l .\layor. having l‘I'Ct'l\'P(l i244
votes. against I076 for Jaincs Miller Dem.
Fourteen oftlie l6 Aldermcii are ‘\Vhig-;
last year l2
Hon. R. l. lngersoll has resigned his post
of States Attorney for New Haven County,
the office he has si ably dischzirg--il for sovi-
ral yeais ii-itho-iit interruption from party
Cl'l3l'l‘:"tS.--\'vllO is to be his succi-ssor, we
have not l"lt':ll(l. ' ~
County Court, Jo/t/t H. Httbb..1.rrl Esq. of
Salisbury. was aipoiritv cl States Attorney for
the county of Ixtclifield, in place of Lemon
C/more/1. Esq vi-hos.-, term had expired.
The Town El(‘t'llflnS in New York show
a net Whig gain of riirio-ty-three, uhich is
pretty well for one year. What better proof
can we have than this, that New York. fair.
ly I’t'prt’SPnl.e(l, is a Whig Stat.-?——E;i:press_
New Orleans Electirm.—'l‘he municipal
el-ction in New Orleans on the 7th inst. re-
sulted in a drawn battle. The G‘ neral
Council comprise 6 lvliigs and 6 di-riiocriits,
Two tliouasnd one hundred and forty
dwelling houses have been erected in Boston
ivitliiu :1 year, and a larger number within
four iIlllt'S lioui the State House out of the
city.
When the news of the complete triumph
of Loco-Focoisiii in our city election re.:clied
Blzickix eli’s Island, the prisoners in the Pen-
i'.i-ntiary spontaneously gave rli-rec cliecrs.
N. Y. Tribune.
Prcsirlcnli/Il l'l'it—It is said that Ex-
i\l-iyor M irris, by his frequent calls at the
Wliite llouse. h-is acquired the lllCit'HfllH8 of
Morris .-llulticimlis, from the Prr-siilerit.
Tribune.
G13/t. Praltc. Wliig, has b-en el--civil
Mayor of St. Louis, by a inajirity of I55
over Camden. Nitivie Aim-.r'ii::rn who r.--
ceived tZ‘l‘ l9 votes. Watson, D.-m., received
3l.3. .
Diet.-Ie/iris -—The N. Y, G15 Light Co
has il--claied a dividend of four and one half
percent for the last six months. payab'e
May lst. ‘
The Mecbiinii-s’ Bank has d-clared ri di-v-
id--nrl of 3.5 per c nt payable lst of '.\la_v.
The We-stchester Co. Bank has d-‘cl :rcd
a divi-.J- rid of 3}," per cent payable on the lst
Of i\'l2I_\'.
The Fulton B ink has declareda dividend
of 5 per cent payable on the lst of May.
The Bank of New York has di-rlarcd a
dividend of 4 per cent for six mnnilis paya-
ble on and after the Isl of -.Vlay.—- 'I'ribu.7Ie.
l'Vl.\'.’207l.Sl7l -—The Milwiiul-iv S- ntinel
siys that whi-rcvcr the Vifhigs made nomina-
tions and were in the field as a party. I'll“);
have been almost uithout exception success
ful.
A New f"ris0n.~Tbe Lvflislature of Now
York hive appropriated $75 000 f- r build-
inga northen piisoii. ‘to be located in Clin-
ton County.
The U. S Circuit Court will convene in
New flavcn on 'l‘ues=lav nr-xt. His Honor.
the newly zippoiiitid, Juilge Nelson will pre-
si lc-
By the recent fire in Milwiiakie, IV. T.,
um uhole sqviar-s were laid in ruins. lhlrly
buildings buriird, and property of the value
of upwards of 890.000 destroyed.
Destruction of Fruit in Ken.tm:_7/ ——'I'bc
late freezing", we regret to lt-'-'lt‘l), hn- destroy-
ed the fruits of all kinds in this region ofthe
cuuiitry.. Lnu.t'scil.’e Cutrier
"Tliese be log the facts. Mr. Merwin and
his fiicnds might chverfully to 3(‘(]lllr'.~‘(‘.t' in
ll'll‘ decision of the President, and hope for
better luck next tiiiie.”
to make one forswear his allegiance to thr-
United States to find men thus rewarded who
have been foremost in rebellion against the
szovernuient of this State. Walter S. Biir-
qes, Esq has been appoint:-il United Star»-s
District Attorney in place‘ of Richard VV.
Greene. E-‘q. removed.
Piotrirlcncc, R. I Transcript.
The old bunkers iuado Amos Pilsbtirv
the t-mbodyiiient of their principles during
the late contest. Wonder l')O\\" much is left
of Amos now .7 The people -or VVi-thers-
field may reasonably expect to hear less of
him hereafter. . Bad enough to he ‘turned
out in the midst of winter,” but to get no
sympathy after all, is almost as bad as living
on fish costing three quarters of ii cent ti
pound. ' Pa-llarliuin.
Look 011-f.’—-Notice is given that an appli-
cation will be made to the next Li-gisliitiire
for authority to construct -‘I Rilllrntl-‘l from
the Hartford and N--w [laven road in Ber-
lin, to a point west of this city, intersecting
the proposed road between New York and
this place-—tbu object of which is to mice th-
wind out of our soils. Register.
Insurance at Pittsbu.rglt.—Some of the
papers announce-that the Hartford offices
have lost by the fire in Pittsburgh. Butthe
vPVc-nnsylvanians have been careful to pyotect
themselves in this matter. They impose so
heavy a tax on foreign insurance agencies.
that they secure to themselves a monopoly
=tba Silt of May.
Brirl.«,v cport Far-mcr.
But who in ii that directs the luck in these cases?‘
And how is it that the principles of ‘the Demo-
cracy.’ as we are now given to uudersinnil them
are founded in luck?
ilie locos talked about “the greatest good to the
greatest number,‘ they liadsomc real regard fiir
those who constitute the sirengili and virtue of
‘the party ;’—-biii it now appears that “luck”.-
all,’ '——ant| those who are (ll.~t'l[|pt)l()letl to day.
are. told to keep quietly in the traces--work
away A ‘like c’niilc'-and '/tape for better luck
Only be quiet and hope. vote for
\Ve supposed that when
next time.’
‘regular nominations‘ and ‘fire siriuglii,'-—ifyou
live out a few more generations you may have
‘better luck.’ Go ahead, geutlemeii.-—IIeralaf.
The new paper wliicli is to take the place or
'l'hc Globe, as the Guvarninenl organ. will not
be published until some day in May. Mean-
while the Globe will continue under the man-
agement ofiis present Editors.
The Grand Jury of the Circuit Court have
found a bill ofiiidiciimni against William BUY-
oeii. pilot ofilie steamer Swallow, on account
nfihe disaster which befel the boat on the eve-
ning ofthe 7th inst.
The Struggling democracy are of the opinion
ibat our streets must be sprinkled, and Town
House Hill enclosed with a picket fence !
The Legislatures assembles at Ilarlrllld on
Oil the last ilziv of the April term of the
AW’: aye l—lu’epl on /roping for bellcr luck;
NORWALK GAZETTE.
Wedncsdny, April 23, 1846.
Fran on Sm‘rn’s Is1.Arrn.—No little sensa-
tion was felt among our citizens, on Monday
morning last by the intelligence that the large
and elegant building in the progress ofconstruc
lion. intended as a Public House, together with-
the building occupied by Capt Gel-sham Smith.
and family, on Smith's Island had been destroy
ed by fire on the night previous. The new buil
ding had been iinclosed ‘and three of the noon
laid. The fire took place about rriidniglii int
ilie basement. and the present dwelling of Mr.
Smith being contiguous. its destrnc‘iun- was
inevitable. A considerable amount of furniture
had been provided we undersInnrl,fur fiiriiisliing
ilic Hotel as soon as it was completed, most-of
\Ve also lcarn:tli st. Eli
K. Slreet. the builder. sufi'ere'd ii c0nsi(iera.b-ic
loss in tools. all ofuliii-h were lost, ninoiintirig
to some 8200. 'l‘li-re inconvenience and (letri~
rtirient oflliis occurrence. in Capt. Smith, nus!
he "'3' g”‘0i- The loss we uiidcrsizintl will-
noi be very heavy, as both buildings were cov
cred by insurance, as follows. s4()(;-0 in ‘Le-
Howartl --$2000 upon the furniture, and $2000
upon the new ltltlliling and me m3.e,;.,]5 in
and alioiit ii. and -$3000 in the New Haven
Mutual, on the old house.- _
Ii is llioiiglit that the fire was the work of
design, though suspicion bias tnlien no drfiiiiie
direction.
wliicli W: s destroy ed.
The commuriicatioii of ‘Q. Z.’ alluding in
ii correspomlent ofihe Banner. we are nr-ccssn
rily compelled to omit. we were wi||'mg N,
graIil'y our friend by giviii_«_,r it a place,l-.ud it been
practicable. tlioiigli we do not iliiuk the game
worth the auriinitiun. The writer nfilini ,c_vr.-nu
iious attack belongs to that class It) \\i1n.m “9;
may use ihelanguage ul'Uuclc Toby, ~Go pom-
devil.’ &c.
Henry lianilcs. one of Crispeii‘s woriliics-r
soris, requests us to [ireseiir his lllilltlis in the
community for the fui.'orsot'ilic past ye.-rr,amt'
in iiifurrn them that lie is still desirous of making
liiiiiselfiist-ful Io Iliem in lime to come. Frniii
our own experience, we can assert that few of‘
the craft exercise" sola rge share of fidelity to-
wards a cu.-‘turner as our old patron “the boss."
Fiat-: IV’ \Vii.'ro.\'.——A fire broke out in Vt’il-
Inu. mi Monday afternoon of last week. in the
house occiipir-cl‘ by Hiram Sci-field; and owned?
by i'tlr..lulin I’. Ilurlbutt. The House with‘
most of the furniture was entirely consumed.
Sizrc/lites —Tlic inquiry has been made of us-
by several ii.idivirl‘u:ils'\\ lint are Sardine.-a.wliiclr
we see advcrtiscil by C. P.€t'l{_. Jr C" To
eiiligli-ten on‘ friends in llle lllO:l satisfactory
manner, we would rei-ommcnil them to pur-
chosen canister. rind after putting a suflicicn!
nuiiiberun a tea plate prepare iheiii wiili pep-
per sauce and‘-cal with bread and butter. Air
ricrpiaiiiiance will soon be formr-d,auil we doubt
not we shall have the credit ofalircciing you to-
n luxiirylhnt can hardly be surpassed iii the
gasi roiiomic order.
CONGIH-‘.sil().\'AL Vori:.—ln the first di t in...
Mr. Dixon’:-i plurality is 676. In the second‘
Mr Iliibbaiil has about 1-l00.—(Strnng and‘
lic:ililiy.)—lutlie. iliiril Mr. Rockwell has at
least 300, ilic vote. in several towns nul asccrie
iainerl. In the fourth, Truman -Smith's major-
iiy is over 1l0O !--‘What do you tliiiik of that '5'"
Tire Nalional Illlclll','ellC€I'. in noticing the‘
result of our late Election says ;—‘Tlii.-.i is a‘
sigiizil rebuke of the lute Reprcseriiativcs ofllic
Slate wliuilnred to give her vote for the Texas-
oiitrage. This tiiuinpb is also the more lioiior-
able in the firmness and energy ofilie \Vlii,r.:s.of
Connecticut. us well as to Ilie people of the
State geiier.illy,wlien it is recollccted tlizii,ii has
lreen represented in Congress for two years by’
[,ociil'or:iis only, Ilie State, has been flooded from
iiliis city with the speeches and documents of’
liliiii siile almost exclusively. i\lny her bright
gexample be emulated by such oflicrsistcr states
las are still siil)j.ccled to loiznfoco misrule 3'
the N. Y. Express. says under date ofApril 7il5i=
‘Mr. Bancroft, Secretary ofil-ire Navy, has just‘
returned to the ciiry. a‘nd'Il'ie fiirst orders from the‘
Pic.-iiiient. it is said.are that several ofoiir sniul"ll
govciiimeni vessels. the Princeton among the
number. shall be fitted out at once for the Gulf
of Mexico. Oiilers have gone to New York.
Boston and Norfolk. fortbai purpose. No in-.
formation has lJC€t)_rP.Ct:lVt_'(l from Mexico to
cause any alarm since the adjournment of Con-
gress. but as the best way to prevent evil, it has
been thought the wisest plan to make prepara-
tions to meet it. if it comes.’
Sernntl Trir.zls..—dn Ki-nt, Agur Ben i'd'sl'ey
(VVhig) \\ as elo.-(‘ted by about 20 majority,
Brookfield, no choice,
As the House now stands.thi- Whigs have
II2 mcuil-e-rs. the Locos 77. and the Liberty
party l. E:-ast Lyme to be heard from.
CosM:c'i'tcvL.—Berlin has elected two will:
Represciituiivcs on a second trial; I\’c1v London
ldnst Ilargfonl and Jllcri-'.’c1t no choice again-—
nfieeiing dissolved. New London and Meridian»-
sent Locos last year. .
Danbury. on the second trial. 2 Whig Repre'-«
sentatives. Edgar S. Tweedy and Starr Hoyti.
The Sloop Gem. of.some 50 or 60 tons. be»
longing to Gen. Sherwood of Westport. wus-
capsized in a blow a week ago lastsunilay niglit,_
offsayliroolr. on her return from a trip to Pro-
vidence. 'I lie crgw clung to the bottom of Iheir_
craft during the night, and were taken offin the
morning by a fishing smack. The vessel drif'-
ted upon the bear-b—was righied, and brought
into Wcsiport on Monday last. On board was
on unsold remnant ofa cargo of rye, which has
been selling otfsince the arrival. at 25 cents a
bushel, for feed. ‘
Na-vM..--'I‘lie Wasliiiigion Correspondent of
Norwalk Chronicler