511:‘
wide.~.lan‘d is ignorant’ of your name; but
I--—I am an old acquaintance.’
‘You, Genevieve 'l’ » ,
‘Yes. I see] must humble my vanity,
by introducing myself to your notice. Do
you remember traveling North about ten
years ago, and accidentally falling in com-
pany with the family of- Mr. M ,, , a
Creole gentleman, consisting of his wife
and his neice, a little girl scarcely eleven,
and very small for that age’! Yes. “Tell,
I was that little girl ; but you know it is
the fashion among us to consider tiny
women like me, not as angels, butnobodies.
I was not named to you, nor do Iknow
that you ever heard me called by any
name but Jenny. At all events, you took
- no other notice of me than sometimes to
‘and tlieliarpoon waslost.
pat my head in passing, and once+I shall
never forget it-—-you stooped down and
gave’ me a kiss in sport. I had often
heard you spoken of in terms that called
forth my admiration, and that was never
forgotten. You don’t know how early the
flower begins to bud in our spring. We
arted, you to forget, I to remember you
For ever. I knew you the moment you
were brougiit hither; and now you have
my history. This humble person, and all
thatl inherit is yours, and, be assured, I
will forgive your infidelity should you
forsake your humble nurse, poor Gene-
vieve, for her mistress.’
‘Forsake poor Genevieve !’ cried Hart-
land. ‘When I do, may my tongue be-
come mute, and my mind a desert. No!
dearest girl,I must be without memory
and without gratitude, when I forget her
who hovered-, and watched, and sometimes
wept——was it not so, sweet Genevieve’!
over the dark days and nights of my pain
and weakness, and whom I more than
once imagincdl must have known in some
previous state of existence, for Icould not
divest myself at times of the impression
that I had somewhere seen you before.
No, my beloved one, should you ever, in
your journey through life, perceive any
dimunition of my love, you have only to
dress and look as’ you did at my bedside,
and become poor Genevieve again, to
retrieve my heart, once more and forever.’
‘Ah, me I‘ exclaimed she, “I see I must
make up my mind to always having a
formidable rival. But I will try to recon-
cile myself to the calamity, a-nd be content
to share" your heart with your Genevieve.’
Just at this moment the doctor came in,
and seeing how matters stood, at the first
glance, began good humoredly to banter
his friends.
‘\Vell, H-artland, the mystery is disclos-
ed,I perceive. You first fell in love with
the nurse, and have deserted her for the
mistress. The exchange is very sensible,
iudicious and prudent.’
3- ‘It is no exchange, doctor. She shall
always be poor Get1§.\7._i¢3ve to me——the
object of in“‘t.’i e'’‘''‘“9"'' 10179: and eternal
gratitude.’ W
Genevieve looked at the doctor with a
S_!Y!ll'C’r cl pro-u.d,conseieusness.. The good
doctor passed from this world but a- little
while ago, and when he died, the suffering
victims of poverty,.disease, and sorrow,
lost their most benevolent_ friend-—liis
country, one of her most noble citizens.
He united the courage of a hero with" the
saiftiiess of a woman, and joined the most
devoted attachment to his native land,
with. a generous, enlarged philanthropy
that comprehended all mankind. He was
the friend of the human race, but -his
countrymen were his brothers.
Genevieve and Hartland still survive.
The former has never had any cause to
regret her experiment on the disinterested-
ness of mankind ; and the latter, while
steadily pursuing a lofty career of honora-
ble ambition, blesses the hour when he
yielded to the dictates of love and grati-
tude.
the delight of natural confidence, and the
enjoyments of domestic happiness, in the
high pursuit of well earned fame, his wife
had only to put on her homely gown, her
little nu1'se’s cap, and black silk apron, and
become poor Geneveive-again, to awaken
all hisearly love, and win him back to the
hallowed -shrines of home. Yet strange
to say, the-rich heiress is not jealous of
poor Genevieve. They live together in
harmony and it is impossible to-say which
loves the other best,
Fatal-A and Diétrcssing Evcnt.—-VVe re-
c)1‘(l with painful regret a most tragical
occurrence that took place last evening,
about six o’clock,'on Pennsylvania Avenue
near Fuller's Hotel; when on account of
some misunderstanding between Rufus El-
i-ott, (a brotlier-in-laiv of Mr. John C. Rives)
"‘sVilliam Z. Kendall, (a- son of IVI-r. Amos
Kendall,) and Josiah E. Bailey, the party
first named shot Mr. Kendall dead on the
spot, and severely shattered the left’ arm
of Mr. Bailey, by two discharges from
one of Colt’s revolving pistols. Mr. E.
then made his escape, and had not ‘been
nri-ested_at nine o’clock. There are so
many contradictory reports in circulation
respecting the circumstances of this mel-
ancholy affair that we purposely refrain
from giving any of? the reports that have
reached. us in regard to» it.——.N'at. I/;t:.'l.'
Rat/ier Rcmar/ca'ilé.—Capt. Bunker of
New I3edford,.a« highly respectable ship
master, engaged in the ship Howard, on a
cruise some yearsrsince, in North Latitude
30 degrees, 30 minutes, and east Longi-
tude 154- degrees, threw a harpoon into a
large whale. The whale was not captured
An occurrence
which although by no means pleasant, is
not unfrequent. .
It was about five yearsafterwards, that
being in precisely the same latitude, and
east Longitude 150 degrees, he made. fast
to a noble whale, and after a hard struggle
succeeded in getting him along side.-
Vifhile cutting him up, a harpoon, rusted
.- offat the shank, was found fast-anchored
- in the old fellow’s ‘cut-water.’
Hallo said
Capt. Bun er, here is my old harpoon.
And what he said in a joke, proved. to. be
truth; ‘The harpoon was the very one’ he
lost five.-years before—'.nnd-1 had on the
ship’: name, _, and his-own private mark I
Boslonj own :11. ,
If at any time he seemed to forego-
_
' T/is Crofon. Wafer‘./9war¢1_._—Tlie apprai-
sers appointed for ascertaining the '-value
of the waters of the Croton taken for the
use of the city of New York, have closed
the long and laborious session they have
been holding in Sing Sing, by giving t0
the owners one gross sum of $40,000, as
we understand, for the total and complete
.diversion of the waters of the Croton Riv-
er to the control of the corporation of
the city of New York, should all be requi-
red for the purposes of the city.
From the Danbury Times.
We copied last week, from a Long Island pa-
per, an account of the elopement of Mr. George
Simmons, of this town, with a young woman in
New York, by_the name ofSarah Griffin, and of
their arrest and conveyance back to the cily.—
Simmons soon after returned to this place, but
took his departure again last week. After he
left, a letter came to his direction, which his
wife obtained and opened. . It purports to be
from Miss Griffin, containinga full avowal ofher
shame‘, and disclosing a knowledge on her part
ofhis family relations. Simmons has left a wife
and four children in‘ this town, the youngest
about three months old, wiih no means of sup-
port. We have been requested to insert the let-
ter. As it contains allusions to persons not im-
plicated in the afliiir, much ofit is not proper for
a public print. And were there any ground for
supposing that the guilty couple are likely to re-
turn to the path ofduty, we should not feel war-
ranted in again alluding to the subject. It is pro-
per that the public should be acquainted with
some part ofthe confession ofguilt accidentally re-
vealed, lest it be supposed that the young woman
was acting in ignorance of the enormity of her
m-isconduct. Cases are frequently brought to
light, of men abandoning their families, and in.
famously imposing: themselves upon other fe-
rnalesias unmarried, to their lasting sorrow.-—
But we rarely hear ofan instance like this, in
which the womanwith willing mind and heart
assistsin the sacrifice ofa family’s peace and hap-
piness, and unblushingly offers to rob a mother
ofher children, to remove an obstacle in her
shameful career. The account of her guilt will
precede them, turn where they will,and the fin-
ger of scorn will meet them in their most seclu-
ded retreat. _
W'e insert below a few sentences of this coni-
nzunication-, thatour reade.s may be informed of
thenature andiextcnt of the transaction.
Miiiuxnonizcx, Aug. 12 1845.
Dear George-1 received your letter
about two hours after the mail came in on
"“ “" Oh George what pleasure it gave me,
when lread in your letter that _v_ou inten-
ded to come and see me soon dressed in
disguise, but if you do, be careful to dress
so that them enemy’s of our will not know
you. "‘ *. * Dear George I feel very sorry
to think you have to live with that wife of
yours, on my account. She must be a per-
fect fiend. I feel as though I could not do
enough, or love you enough to make up
for the-insults you have’ to take from her,
but‘ I am-glad‘ to- think you can bear it
withoutgetting angry. You say, she says
she means to get a divorce, or that she
will have you any how. Well let her go,
the sooner the better; but don’t let her
know you are very anxious about it. As
for the children I don’t care whether she
takes any oftliem or not. Ifl can have the
pleasure of being with you, I can ta’-e care
of them with pleasure, and [am as capable
of taking care of them as she is, if she is
their mother. You say the time will soon
come when we shall be happy together.
Well I hope it may, for we can never le
happy while we are seperated. They
have parted us and destroyed our happi-
lness for a season, but our love they cannot,
,-_jfpr it grows stronger and stronger. Dear
,4..George you told me in your letter that as
,-long as 1 proved true to you,I would find
' in you a friend and a lover. Believe me,
George, I am as true to you as the God
that made you, and I believe you are the
same tome. ”"‘ ”“ ”“ ”“
The remainder of the letter is in the same
criminal strain, and furnishes additional proof of
l
l the complete abandonment of the writer to her
guilty course.
We understand that Mrs. Simmons,has started
for the city, taking the letter, with the intention
ofapplying to the police authority to prevent
another elopement. We hope she may, be suc-
cessful, but it is to be feared they have eluded
pursuit, as her husband’s paramour stated in the
letter that.she had not unpacked her clothes
since they were arrested and brought back from
Greenport, and adds, “I feel all the time as though
I was going somewhere, but I dont know where,
nor do I care, ifI can be where you are.”
Pres2'denti'al Eleclion in .Me.I:2'co.—This
election V\ as to be held throughout the
Republic on the 1st inst. The candidates
were Herrera, the present incumbent, and
Gomez Farias. Herrera, says the New
Orleans Bulletin, “is attached to the prin-
ciples ofCentralism_, and to a party dis-
posed to check the changes and ameliora-
tions so necessary for the renovation of
Mexico. Gomez Farias, on the contrary,
belongs to the most liberal class of Mexi-
can politicians, and has for a long period
figured as their head and leader. He has
spent many years in the United States,
and become thoroughly imbued with our
republican notions. The principles avow-
ed by him, and on which he is running as
a candidate, are decidedly Federal in char-
acter. He advocates the restoration of
the Federal Constitution of 1824-. The
the most flattering of the two candidates.”
The Elliott Sarcoplia-gas, that Gen.
Jackson refused to be buried in, is s_t_owed
‘away in the cellar of the Patent‘ ofiice_,_ in
Washington city. They say it, more re-
sembles an old Dutch hen coop, than any.
thing else. The famous" figui_'q_-heaid
should be sought and-_ deposited .;.-’\,v_ig-bin
this antique receptacle, and the 5.'_ii__;l_i._6;le.,
should be placed in:Barnu.m?-s-or some ot,h;-.
er museum, for the instruction and amuse-
ment of posterity.-—E:i:pres3. '
Tuesday, and have sat down to answer’ it..
prospects ofhissuccess are said to be much »
CASSIUS M. CLAY AND THE TRUE AMERICAN.
—-Efforts are making to suppress the publication
ofMr. C'ay’s anti-slavery paper in Lexington
Ky. Aboutthe 15th inst. a meeting, of which
Torn Marshall was a conspicuous member, was
held, to considert the matter. The result ofthis
meeting was communicated to Mr. Clay in the
following fetter from a committee.
LEXINGTON, 14th Aug. 1845-
CASSIUS M. CLAY, Esq.--Sm: We, the under-
signed, have been appointed as a committee up-
on the partiofa number ofthe respectable citizens
of the city of Lexington, to correspond with you
under the following resolution:
“ Resolved, That a committee of three be ap-
pointed to wait upon Cassius M. Clay, Editor of
the ‘True American,’ and request him to discon-
tinue the publicaiion of the paper called the
‘True American,’ as its farther continuance, in
ourjudgment, is dangerous to the peace of our
community, and to the safety of our homes and
families.’ '
In pursuance of the above, we hereby request
you to discontinue your paper, and would seek
to impress upon you the importance ofyour ac-
quiescence. Your paperis agitating and exciting
our community to an extent of which you can
scarcely be aware. We do not approach you in
the form of threat. But we owe it to you to
state, that in ourjudgment, your own safety, as
well as the repose and peace of the community
are involved in your answer. We await your
reply, in the hope that your own good sense and
regard for the reasonable wishes ofa community
in which you have many connexions and friends
will induce you promptly to comply with our re-
quest. We are instructed to report your answer
to a mee-ting,to inorrow eveniog,at three o’clock
and will expectit by two o'clock, I’. M. of to-
Ilespectfully, etc.
B. W. DUDLEY.
'l'no. H. WATERS.
Jomv W. Hum‘.
To this letter Mr. Clay seat the followiugbold
reply :
SiRs:—-I received through the hands of Mr.
Thomas H. \Vatcrs, one of your committee,
sincecandle-light, your extraordinary letter. In-
somuch as two of your committee and myself
are not upon speaking terms, and when Iadd to
this the fact that y_ou have taken occasion to ad-
dress me a note of this character, when I am on
a bed of sickness ofinore than :3 month’s stari-
diiig, from which I have only ventured at inter-
vals to ride out and to write a few paragraphs,
which caused a relapse, I_ think that the Amer"-
ican people will ag-es W1ll1'mt~.‘, that your ollice
isa baseand dishonorable one, more particularly
when they reflect that you have had more than
two months while I was in healIh,toaccomphsh
the same purpose. I sayin, reply to your asser-
'tion that you are a committee appointed by a
respectable portion of the coinmuuily, that it
cannot be true. Traitors to the laws and consti-
tuiion cannot be deemed respectable by any but
assassins, pirates and highway robbers. Your
meeting is one unknown to the laws and consti-
ration of my country, it was secret in 1lS,pl‘0Ct3e-
dings, its purposes, its spirit; and its action like
l'I]0l'I'0\V.
or in direct violation of every known principle of
honor, religion or government, hcld sacred by
the civilized world. I treat them with the b-.-j-
ning contempt of a brave lie-art and loyal
zen. I deny their power and defy their
action. It may be true that those, men are
excited as you say, whose interest it is to prey
upon the excitement and distresses of the coun-
try. V-Vhat tyrant ever failed to be excited
when his.unjust power was about to be taken
from his hands? ‘But I deny, utterly deny, and
call for proof, that there is any just ground for
this agitation. In every case of violence by the
blacks since the publication of my paper it has
been proven, and will be again proven, by my
representatives if my life should fail to be
spared, that there have been special causes
for action indepeiideat of, and having no re-
lation whatever to
its doctrines. Your advice with regard to my
personal safaty is worthy ofthe source whence
it emancipated, and meets the some contempt
cite. Go tell your secret conclave of cowardly
assassins thatC. M. Clay knows his rights and
how to defend them. C. M. Ci..-iv.
Lexington, August I4, 1846.
.5 I”I’oman DocIred.—Tlie Bun’ er I-lill
Aurora states that a woman was discover-
ed stuck fast in the mud, at low water, in
the dock near \Varren Bridge. She was
extricated only by the use of shovels-F
plank being necessary for the men to stand
upon while they \\ ere digging her out.—-
The Aurora says : "We are informed that
the woman belongs in Boston, and (as she
says) was pnslied into the dock by her lov-
ing husband.’ 1
./fmcrican ]lI'sti'o7za7'ies in C'(mton.——Rev.
Devan, are now laboring as missionaries
in the city of Canton, China. Mr. Roberts
says, “I have not seen so much promise
of usefullness elsewhere since I have been
in China.” Until recently, not only miss.-
ionaries, but all foreigners, -were excluded
ten native preachers, weare laying plans
for the most vigorous operations—it is in-
deed and in truth it glorious field. The
late American treaty renders us and our
converts secure—the people eagerly re-
eeive our books, receive us'politely, crowd
our chapels, and listen with attention to
our message.” —
W'arren Tragedg/—,,I’ardon Refuscd.—The
New Jersey Court of Pardons adjourned at
I’renton, Friday 15th, having declined, af-
ter a patient hearing of the application of
‘Carter and Parke, to grant them a pardon.
Their case has now been finally passed
upon by all the tribunals of the state which
havejurisdiction, and their guilt establish-
ed beyond a peradventure. They are to
be returned to Warren county for execu-
tion on the 22d inst.-—./Vewarlc fldv.
Fire at “.fls}iZand._”—We learn from_
-the Lexington Observer that the large bag-
ging, factory, rope’walks, 4S~c. ofHon Hen-
ry Clay, near that place, were entirely con-.
.sumed- by Iii-e;.toget’ner with fifty tons of
hemp and‘ a small amount of manufactured
,articles, on the morning of the 7th inst.-—'
"The loss wasstated to be from seven to
eight thousand dollars, five thousand of
;_wh_ich,\ve.are glad to learn are covered
-_~lgy_i.ri_siira'nc'e in.theI Lexington and .'Etna
offices. The tire was supposed to be the
work of an incendiary. ’
its mode ofexisience, are wholly unknown to
the True American, or,
from me which the purposes of your mission ex-=
I. J. Roberts, Rev. J. L. Schuck, and Dr.l
from Canton. Dr. Schuck writes, “Withl
Fa-om Europe. , _ _
The steamship Hibernia arrived at Bos-
ton on Sunday week, having made the
passage from Liverpool in less than
twelve days. The news is not of much
importance.
Mr. McLane, the newly appointed min-
ister from the United States had arrived
at Thomas’ Hotel, Burkly Square.
The annexation ofTexas to the United
states had not at all excited surprise’.
Mr. Jennifer, the minister at Vienna,
from the United States, had received his or-
der of recall.
On the night ofthe 11th ofJuly, on the
Black Sea, two Turkish steamers came
into a sudden collision, and one of them
went down with the greater part of the
crew and passengers. One hundred and
thirty souls perished. Captain and En-
gineers were English.
The cholera has prevailed at Bombay.
The Emperor of Russia has issued a u-
kase, depriving certain classes ofthe priv-
ilege of obtaining nobility, in virtue of of-
ficial station, with the same case as has
heretofore been customary. The measure
is agreeable to the aristocracy, for the
yearly additions to their ranks became so
considerable, as tdlessen the considera-
tion with which they think it desirable
that the aristocracy should be regarded.
'1'/te Hm!/2 of tlie Pope.——I.etters from
Rome state that the health of his holiness
the Pope is such as to cause very great a-
larm He suffers much from a cancer in
the nose with which he has been for some
time afllicted. The disease has been lat-
terally somewhat checked, but within the
last few days has again acquired fresh vio-
lence. He is now nearly 80 years of age.
T/te Celebrated Big Gu~n.—'l'he remarka-
ble specimen of Britisli skill which was
manufactured for the United States steam
ship Princeton is now detained in connec-
tiou with its fellow, for the armament of
the frigate Constitution, which is being
altered into a steamship. The Princeton
it is ascertained is too small to carry,with-
out detriment, either of these enormous
engines of destruction.
________SUMMARY ,,_,m_
Case ofBz's/lop O2zde:'clo72.k'.—At the an-
nual Convention of the Protestant E iseo—
P
pal Church in the Western Diocese ofNew
York," recently held in the city of Roches-
ter, a preamble and resolution, touching
the connection of Bishop Oiiderdonk with
the General Theological Seminary, and
proposing to instruct the T.iustees repre-
senting the Diocese in the S.-niinary, to
make all necessary and proper efforts to
procure a special meeting to act upon the
ppigstiolp of his riepliovlisl, wertramofI'erel:l_ by
ur oe ayton 0 oc port. ie su ject
callzd out along and interesting debate,
which is sketched in the Rochester papers.
The result was the unanimous postpone-
m_ent of the question until the next Con-
vention.
Prof. Kingsley has already sent out
,nearly 8;I0‘volumes for the library of Yale
‘College from Europe. Letters received
;by the Great Britain left him in Amster-
‘dam, busily occupied in making his pur-
chases. Prof. Thacher, who is assisting
§Prof. Kingsley, after having spent some
{time in Europe, is expected to return
iabout September.—Pollar1iTz17n.
'1'/2e DLl(l'I.L‘{LI'€ Outrogc.——V‘Ve learn that
the Sheriff’s posse were still scouring the
country, in pursuit of persons suspected
or known to have been pi‘e~ent in disguise
" when Steele was murdered—and that al-
most daily ac sessions were made to the
number of persons under arrest.—./lrgus.
| There is, says the Tribune, a .block of
fourteen houses near the South Ferry, in
Brooklyn, which contain 586 souls, avera-
ging nine occupants to each tenanterl
room. They must have a nice time of it
in the dog-days.
Bequest.—Capt. Joseph H. Dwight, re-
;,cently deceased at Oxford,N. Y. beque.atli-
,ed his property, with the exception of two
annuities of $300 each, and some small
§legac'es, to the Roman Catholic College.
5His estate will probably amount to some
i $ 15,000 or $20,000.
1 The Was/iiiigton Jllu.-'der.—The J ustic__es
before \vliom \V. R. Elliott was examined
for the murder of young Kendall decided
on Saturday, says the U. S. Journal, not to
admit the accused to bail. In the case of
,wounding Mr. Bailey, the prisoner was to
be held to bail in the sum of $300. After
this, the accused was remanded to prison‘
-Long Island I?ail..'ori(1.——Tlie Pilot En-
gine ruriniiig on this road discovered on
Saturday niorning about daylight that a
large number of rails had been removed
‘and a lirirlge cut down during the night
‘near St. George’s Manor.
\Ve understand that the First Congre-
gational Church in Milford, Conn., have
extended a unanimous call to Rev. Jona-
than Brace, now officiating at the Brain-
ard Church in this city, to become their
pastor, anzl that he has accepted the invi-
tation.——.N'. Y. Observer.
The Steamer Express, plying between
N. Y. City and Albany, on her passage
down on VVednesday, was run into by a
vessel going up the river. Considerable
damage was sustained by the boat; one
man dwgs killed, and another severely
woun e .
flnctlter Consulship Closed.—Mr. Le ‘Ba-
kon, of Mobile, has given notice that his
services as Consul for Mexico, have ceas-
ed. He will no longer, as an “American
citizen,” continue to discharge the duties
of an appointment for Mexico.
Corn.—In Dutchess Co. from whence we
commonly receive large quantities of corn,
_tlie-merchants are now’ selling what they
have on hand back to the farmers, at more
than the value in New York.
An attempt to fire Tammany Hall was
discovered and frustrated by one of the
chambermaids on Tuesday evening of last
week. ' ‘L
The Miller Tabernacle in Boston is to
be metamorphosed into an Opera House
.a.n..d.ConcertR9°rii-
F
l
men, while a similar force was preparing
FROM DELEWARE CO.
We learn by a gentleman. direct from
Delhi, that, a strong mounted posse left
that place on Tuesday-, in a North Easter-
ly direction, and was reinforced atRoxbu.
ry, so as to make it at least two hundred
to join it from Green County. Its desti-
nation was understood to be Blenheim,
Schoharie Co. where it was reported that
Scudder, the ‘Indian’ Chief at Andes, law
concealed, with one or two conrpaemeg
and where a concerted and formidable re:
sistance to their capture was apprehended.
The posse set out_;_ fully armed, and antici-
pated a collision.
Delhi is a camp, full of prisoners and
guards, with two hundred men constantly
under arms. The deepest exasjieraiioii
against the Anti Renters still prevails tl,e;e_
I/i.d'z'a7ia.———W'e‘ are‘ diiappoi-i—it—ed in find-
ingthat all three parties have not been
able to rout the Wdiigs utterly. 'l he Sen-
Lieiit. Governor’s vote will untie it the
wrong way. At least two Districts have
been thrown away by Whig divisions,-and
the most arduous efforts were made to
throw away two or three more but wi'thout
success. In the House, disorgariization
and negligence succeeded in giving the
Locofocos a tr umph, though not in lialfthe
Counties where the chance was offered.
In Vigo County forinstance (we said Knox
by mistake on a former occasion) Ien
VVhig canditates were started (to fill two
seats,) and though some of them proba-
bly decliiied before Election, the disor-
organization was not remedied, and yet
two VVhigs were chosen. Last year, two
Whigs were chosen from that strong Whig
county by Locofoco votes over the regular
VVliig ticket. The post of Wfliig candi-
date must be agreeable in such a County.
The Birneyites have thrown their votes
so as to put Andrew Kenneiy back into
Congress to go all lengths for Texas and
Slavery, when they might have elected a
man as hostile to Slavery’s encroachments
on Freedom as any of them. Dr. Thomp-
son is dead, but I/iey are alive to do just
such a tri:k again, whenever they are need-
ed by Kennedy. We presume they have
helped in some more of the eight Locofo-
cos.
Gov. \Vliitcomb or I-Ion. T. Howard
will probably be the new U. S. Senator.
ate remainsatie, as last year, but the ,
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NORWALK GAZETTE.
\Vedncsaay, Aug. 27; 1345, I
MEXICO.
The Water Witch, Whose arrival has been so‘
anxiously looked for at New Orleans, reached
that place on the fourteenth from Vera Cruz
which place she left oni1re5ih. Contrary to ex-
pectation there has been no declaration of war,
by Mexico, and it is looked upon as a matter of
some uncertainty whether such an event will‘
occur. The ministry, however have presented
an act to the c'li~-anibers fbr their deliberation rec-
ommending, first, a declaration of war against
the U. S. and, second, authorizing the raising of.
a national loan to the amount of of fifteen mil-'
lions of dollars. Troops are being raised, and a‘
correspondent ofthe N. O. Tropic states that
ten thousand’ men are" already on their march to‘
Texas. _
Our government is active in pouring its forces‘
into Texas, and concentrating iisinaval strength
in" the same region, to meet any emergency.
The New Orleans Picayune notices as items
ofiinporlaiice, found’ in the Van Burei (Ark.,\i
Iutelligencer, that the Dragoons rendezvoiised
ne:trNacogdoclies awaiting wagons and supplies‘,-
have been ordered iinmed ately to Austin by
forced marches. As the object of this sudden‘
movement is not known, much excitement has
grown out ofit,iii Harrison county,anil the fears‘
ofmany have suggested that the Cainanchc In-'
diaus may have threatened a descent upon that
city while the convention was in session.
It would be an interesting exercise of the sci-
entific attainments of some of our very knowing‘
lccos who ridicule the idea ofa war with Mexi-
c »on account ofher weakness, to solve the prob-
lem, that ifa handful ofunprovided Indian war-
riors and squaws in Florida could baflle ne rly
the whole disposable force of the U. S. in a lin-
gering war,costing n.-illions oftrcasure and many
valuable lives in‘ a pestilential and unliealtliy
climate. how long would it take to overcome
that warlike and numerous nation ofCamanclit-s
in the lagoons of Texas, should they make com-
mon cause with the Mexicans, of which there is
considerable apprelienson ?
The item ofexpense might as well be figured-'
up at the same time, and ilir wn in with the
Texas debt, to show how much it is likely iocost
The three Whig Supreme Court Judges
will of course be ejected, to make room
for Locofocos. Go ahead !——Tri'bune. ,
T/Le Cm’/iage.—VVe are indebted to the
Treasury Department for the following
abstract ofthe total amount of coinage at
the mint and branch mints for the month
of July, viz:
ln eagles, $55,000; in lialf-eagles, $131
000; in ifarter eacrles, $5 737 50—total
q _ C‘ 1 _
$191,737 90. In lralfdollars, 71,000 ; in
quarter dollars, $19,000; in (limes 1520-
000; in half dimes, $-L9,000—total in sil-
ver, $26-l«,000. In cents, $3,-3-I85 67. To-
tal value of the coinaorc of the month of-
July last, $1-5$l,08l 13'. Total number of
of pieces ofsilver, 2,472,000. Total num
ber of pieces coined, 2,840,382.
_ l»'l’as/iiiigton Union.
«S/iockz'72g ./Yccii/mt at East Ha~rtford.—
On the 13th inst. two apprentices of Rob-
erts &. H-ills, Hatters in East Hartford,
were out gunnincr, and while sitting under
a tree the younggst one was shot by the
elder. The name of the one shot, _is
Blackmnn, and he charged the other with
liaving shot him intentionally. This the
latterdenics. A quarrel it is reported,hzis
been of long standing between them.--
Blackmaii, it is belived, cannot recover.
T13‘.\'1\'ESSEE.-—Tlle Nashville Banner, of the
15th inst. says:
“Since our last we have received such
additional returns as remove all doubt of
to pamper southern cliivalry. extend the system-
- ofsla very and subjugate and fetter northern tl.rift'
and enterprise.
DEATH nv DaowxiNG.—Jolin Chapman, well"
known asacitizeu of W'estport, was drowned
on Friday last, while bathing with his wife
and other company, at Compo, near the DcPeys-
ter Farm. Our informant states that Mr. C.
xx as an expert swimmer and was diverting him-
self and the party with various exploits, such as-
jumping, diving, etc. in the midst of which he
suddenly disappeared, and was not seen again‘
until his body was found some hzilfan hour after-‘
wards. Thedeccascd has left a wife, to whom’
he has been married about a year.
The Nimrod, we understand, broke down on
her way to Bridgeport on Saturday last, and her‘
passengers were lak u up by the Globe. The‘
passengers intending to take that route to New
York on Moviday morning, were obliged to take
stage for this place and avail themselves of the
superior accommodations of the Cataline.—Se_
ductive creature, is that steamer Ca1a‘i:e, and‘
might enamor such persons as have never trav-'
eled in any other crafts than those that wait on‘
the Housatonic rail road, down at Bridgeport.
IIIANSION I-louse, ALBANY.--Tllls establish-'
ment has recently passed into the hands of Mr.
GrifIin,(heretofore favorably known in his con-
nection with Mr. Lathrop in the conducting of’
the establishmcnt,) and Major Lcgrand Smith,
ofthis place. The Mansion House has sustained"
and a Democratic Legislature._ Brown's
majority will range in the neigliborlioorl of
‘.3000 votes. The Senatorial Districts have
all been liezird from, and our opponents
will have a majority of one in the Senate,
wliil their majority in the House will be
probably two or t/zrre.”
'1'e.-zncssce ——-Tlie Union says the reported
gain of a \Vl.ig Senator in tlie \Vhite Dis-
trict was premature, l\:Ir. Turey, Loco, is
elected in that District. If so, the Senate
will stand l‘.Z Whig to 13 Loco as the
Hamilton and Shelby District is also Loco.
The Union thin‘-s the House will stand 35
Wliigs and 40 Locos.
Iowrt. The St. Louis Reporter of the
lltli inst. s:iys:—“We have received but
few returns from the recent election in
Iowa, and they indicate that Dodge (Loco)
has been re-elected delegate to Congress
by a reduced majority, and the constitu-
tion rejected.”
J\'orI/z C'a7'olz'7zr7.—'l'he Unon says Bar-
ringer's majority in tlie_l'Id District is but
16 (Barringer 4,966, Fisher 4,950) and
that Fisher will contest. Also that James
Graham, an old VVhig Member, has beaten
Thos. L. Clingman late VVhig Member, by
1,000 inthe first District. Clingman ran
out Graham last time.
The delegation, as before stated, stands
3 Whigs and 5 Democrats.
- Another Ea:ecution.—Joseph Carter, Jr.
and Peter VV. Parke, convicted for the
murder of the Castner family, were hung at
Belvidere on Friday. They died protesting
t/zrir innocence .’ The last words they
spoke were to reiterate that they were not
guilty of the crime for which they were
doomed‘ to die. Carter said a few days
before his death—“We are innocent, and,
some of these days, all will come out.” Car-
ter faltered; but Parke died without any
outward signs of fear. Four clergyman
attended them to the gallows. The law
of New Jersey expressly declares that all
executions shall be in private; but the
hangman, in this case, made the revolting
act as public as possible, and it was wit-.
aessed by thousands of both sexes. '
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the election of a Democratic Governor.
E tor, which we learn, is likely by present appear-'
ances, to be considerably enhanced by its present
an enviable reputation under its former proprie-
landlord. Mr. Smith is too well and favorably
known in this vicinity to need a word from us, to
induce all those visiting Albany from this place,
to give him a call. “To know ofno one so well
adapted to the position he has chosen, as the Ma-
jor. The Albany Evening Journal thus alludes
to this House:
“The Mansion House fronts on ‘one of'
the Steamboat Landings, Ilail-road depots,
Banks and Public offices. Besides the ad-'
vantages of=a most convenient location,’ it’
possesses-the attractions of‘ new fiirnitirre
spacious rooms, an excellent table and
scrupulous neatness throughout. VVith‘
these features we cannot doubt that ' the
Mansion House, under the auspices of its-
new proprietors, Messrs. Griffin 65 Smith,
will go on prospering and to prosper, win-'
ning many new friends and losing none of
its oldiones.
The Gazette will at all times be found the reading
TOOIITJ
Justice Taylor, ofthe upper Police court, N.Y. -
for the last six months has kept a record of the '
birth" places ofparties that have been committed‘
before him for crimes ranging from assault and-‘
battery up to murder, and that record makes_the'
number of Americans, male and female, four
hundred and sixty four, of Irish eight hundred’
and forty four. Foreigners other than Irish, one
hundred and ninety four. "
Some effort has been made to fasten the mat-
ter of importing foreign wool fraudulently, upon
the manufacturers of Lowell. Unfortunately for .
our loco compeers, it turns out that the wool in v
question was imported by British mei:cliants,and '
it isnot certain that said wool was undervalued, S,
as represented.
The editor of the Christian Freeman, at Hart-«
ford, complains of the want of funds to sustain.-
his paper. He says he has not received enough
from his subscribers, to pay the paper maker for -
the paper on which his sheet is printed.‘ This 9
is poor encouragement. No .wonder Mr. ‘ Bil:-,7
leigh talks of leavingihe editorship, . ’
the principal tliorotighfares of our city’,-_
and is in the immediate neighborhood of‘.
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Norwalk Chronicler