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Norwalk Gazette, Wednesday, September 17, 1845 · page 2

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“Who sfns ?” _

4. "We as rilizens sm.
is regard ourselves as
follies and faults of otliersience with the not
posed to quiet our coiisc

thought that we are not our brother s keep-

er. We may endeavour in this
throw of responsibility. H in the
to do it. And we might _as we g
onset slioulder the obligation that rests ti?‘
on us Vile are our brother’s l<f'€ll°l' lo ll
greatlextent. And God \vill hold us strict-
‘ - . - ‘ ' - ve
ly iiccountable for the manner in Whlbll ‘
dscliarge our duty. ' - _
$‘7‘~‘.‘.'e have in our fair and hilPl°Y lolllnlb
fair except for the spots made upon 1t Y
d’,.,,;,a. eness and murder ; and happy, 9-‘lcclll
 ,- ‘ ° tem erince
for the l‘-Welly Plolluced Ty . Ip'l'liese
“from 32.1‘/een to twenty glogl lnlmthe com
are open day and night, and are. 1
mon r:-sort of many On the H01)’ S‘lllllll(;'l'
The Sabbatli scenes at some of tl“.c_m fit‘? 9’
-is v icked 'oe','ond conception. Here
( - ~ .
factored by the whp)le-
. .' r.
salts, and town paupeis without nlum' er
From these fountains» lsslllllgfllom l le l :1?
. 4 - = ..treamS l ’
midst of us, fl0.‘~\ 3 50°” ‘l ‘h .- u’n
ed with pestilence and deal 9‘ l“__t (T
tinrr and destroying our fair ieii flue‘
Ofbthis we are all sensible. '
appeal to heaven and say our ey-‘es d k
seen it. For it '18 seen and rea an
of all men. But. what the
it is Said’ will sell, and rum-drinkersl “-
. , -' v t iem
drink, and diunkards “ill thi‘0\

scribe-.‘:
drunkards are manu

. , . or cut. 0
selves into the fiie, hang themselves,

3?

sixteen or conceivably great-
h

d slay every unfortu-
ithin their
A general

alarm would be given: llle People wolllll be

their throats; and who can prevent all this
Let us examine this sulllecl ll llllle ml-
see who should prevent it. lf .
t“.e,,t_-,- men should arm themselves wit
deadly instriiiiientsan
nate victim that niiglit come w
reach what could be donel

admonished of their dang": and 3 3"

ficient force would

. om- . . . .
alely to arrest the despeladloel c’_I'/‘icy doetli it not, to him Zt is sin.” We Lnd,
mit them to a place of safe reel?‘ 0' There is scmcejy a man in

would -not be permitted for a sizzgle /“ll” lo

carry on (/18 worlc of slaughter.

' f
But what have we done in the case . 0
ork of destruction
on as certainly and almost
ugh the depredators
h swords and bowie-
done? ' We have
We have

mseller the
as and the plague was stayed.

the rumsellersl The W
has been c.arried
as extensively as tho
had been armed Wit
knifes. What have we
stood by and cooly looked on.
intim-.ited, it may be-. W0 llle ll‘ . 1
evil of his doing; but there the suldecl l
rested.
ped.

lnteniperance,
disturbed hot bed

s of vice,

gloried in their shame.

.nessed the destruction 0

little less concern than many of 115

witnessed the destfll-’-‘U0

and happiness by the traffic of rum-
Vle are exhorted not to be partaliefs

other men’s sins. And by the rule

Cl]i'l3tld,n

 I'll.

,-,- _
a positive de_r~-lt1l'3ll0lla
cape if urc neglect so great salvation 7."

1; is in the power of the people to pre-

vent rumselling.

itg rule.

mischeifl

allow’ I/ie sale.

not to blame for the hearth
We are dis- ily

way to are enormous,
But we shall fail dignation.

with mourning

black ! Wlhtll
- 1. ' -.d d’! Whatfanr
has llli(¢l3tenesli'iilifilt3lnll?e T/V/2.-9, who, has

. ' l

lost a friend by the deadly loe ' H.

e crimes resulting from Tumse lllg
and ought to arouse ourqn.
little while ago 3 f!‘"_ l)’

hboring city, to shield him-

. . harrre
. tl e enalty of the law, 0 :7
self from i P as ‘he pe_,,pem,,.,,.,

of which he w ,
ll murdldriniioccnt nenrbi 3"°”lllg lllllt he
U On I . D . ,
hilredhim to do the horrid deed for file

c’o/lore’ The moral sense of the commu-
nity was justly shocked. It was npt sup.
‘ rt 1 cou
posed that a human being .0511 83 mder in
be so depraved as to be /1.l‘7e o m L Oud
’ _ n. A
cold blood for such a Pl"llY ‘ll’ d
and indirrnant were the reproachesflrieatpe
‘ ‘= . d 0 en er.
upon the head of the suppose V "is
An" the crime alledged against mm YE
u I ,_ m.1n. ut
Sulllclelll lo lllalle us 5 clk' dtradle vorse
had he been ;‘.17‘“l1‘5'- was lls '
than rumsclling .
rumseller that furn

Th
A

man, in a neig

da- evening, not more t

\Ve cannot for the New
have not victim to the
nown his pro
ii’! Rumsellers, the neg1‘0a
ill swung fl‘0m

be called out immedi-

The evil, however, has not stop-
fostered by these un-
has stalked
abroad, and those tliatdtitie to do evil hat‘-‘e
The Spartans wit-
ftlie Helots with
have
n of human life

‘- . ' . l for
5tlugs.tic-93.9.9-S...?4li}IP.$‘l?.%.n.;e-,

It is gloried in as a fun- 11
damental and fixed princrple in our Gen—;burns to death, anotl
oral and State Governments that the major-,'er cuts his throat!
Where, then is the responsibil-{sliall this be so"!
ity, and who must bear the guilt of all this’
Not those merely who drink,
with the driin'- en, though their sin unre-5
pen-:ed of will sink them in ruin——not those 0
merely who sell, though their crime is as
bl:ic'T< asdarkncss itself-but also those who
This tremendous responsi-3
bility rests, in part at least, upon ourselves!
We are guilty in this thing; we have siiiiicdfl
It inay not be gratifying for us thus to
convict ourselves, but we cannot avoil it.
VVe nius-t follow truth wherever she leads
the way. Better for us to know the worst jccts will not be wanting.

froze to death w
realized from tli

or at the outside T\Vl-TLVE AN
drunkard’s gi'aV€s

. . . . I
bationary state foiey er .
had he been guilty-

And ye

, 'n the sirrh
rumsellei, as truly a murderer l C

. - -' r l
ciety! We do not say on which “on

How
tolerated a single day 1
unaccountable. Must We
people love to have it so 1 _
saved from such a conclusion. _

Can we longer 511
some think, whose O_pp0t'
them to know, increasing ev
“To him that knoweth to do g00tla

il among ns

t do crood. _
tile wlligole community so Blinded on th

subject as not to see and know the goo

bear the evil.

sit down and pfltlelllly
flsrael were pn

VVhen the children 0
ished on account ofa great

So should

._JlLl,(:lglT‘lCl'll.l'1'lllSl. be execute

be here. _
ople as they aie t

Let the sovereign pe
source of authority,

of heaven till this is done.
(ice. Repentance must prece
ness. Let us bring forth works mew:
repentance, by effectually °l°_5l“-8' “P: l
lawful way, every grogshop in tin? pl‘-1
‘Our safety, and the safety of‘our iien
‘c’ i‘UT'TllE mo'mcn't‘ ardltseu.“

of

of

H” mm], and the enquiry is equal tolclude that something must, and shall be
“How s/zri/l we es- l done. But it is not done. And all the while i W1

I .
tragic scene.

need but action.
TION l! l should be ourcry. And ill
the voice ofthunder we would so '
the clarion in the ears of the commu

thi ir unjustifiable slumber.

next to full, (ind only knows.
appearance of many that visit the liauu
of vice, tolerated in the midst of us, so
“These habit

of our case wliile there is space for i'epen- tions are full of cruelty!”

tance.

The time: is just at hand when the}
strength of the two great parties——tempe- ‘p.'Q.r;rcss of t/ifs 7:z'cc?
rzince and anti.-tcmperance'——is to be tested made to reucli the victims ofintemperance..

5. H’/mt is lo be done to stay the f-vii/1,

In all probability the
ished the poor man who
ith the means of his ruin, 3 their State Convention at
e sale, on the previous
ban six and n qua:-(er, l cester for Governor an
n A HALF ci;N'r-i l lop of Lenox, fo

. 0 l . -
England rum that carried lllS'i'l'heSe nominations are n0
and closed

would have ivphey have made
the gallows, while the g‘“llYlwhy

fG0d, lifts up his head in respectable S0.

Hhe most crtlllt for both crimes are in-
les D , this traffic can be
u the community is i tet‘n00n
believe that the His

Vile would be utes a

ffer this great, and aszco
tunities enable»Rc

and ‘and ere t

'. Q
But a strange apathy has seized us. come.
have almost come to the conlclusion rgbuastt
farther effort is useless. and “ill “be

neas stood up and executed judgment;

d,_ is

see that wh‘;lesome:

more than whole burnt offering and sacri-
de forgive-

'n a‘ investment.-
.. A- .I“..J:
We con-llfll .

preparations are going on to re-act theltumn, if iron can be obt;'.»:':»':‘l
In regular succession, once j able rate-
n every few months, one drowns, anotherlwlll be 7'C’7l07/Jed early ln the next 5611
ierfreezes, and anoth-lAt all events, on taking this route. in tlie
How long, How long-‘winter of I8-‘I6-'7, the New York and Albi-l
It is not light that wévny passengers will find here, a substantiil;
Action! flction! ! Ac land well built Road, equal to any in New

that for once they should be startled from rejoicing in consequence.

Let effort still belllll

_ ever to clothe the earth .
|"I
lknow weare apt and hang the heavens 1

, MONSVEUR TONSON Coma .

mittee of the New York Common Cbouncil fhaze
' t t e

concluded a formal report on the su jec 0

. - ' k &,\Var- -letters were put int0 001'
explosion during lbelate fire in Croc er ysacoh‘ of the 1st September,

ren's store. It is _ _ P I,
“That as far as conviction can e a -
forded by human testimony, there was not
_ o - . at.
-n °‘ .‘*9°“*=;..“.:":;'?‘:....
the time of thevexp osion, lg; -
tcrior any gunpowder or other su stance
anuall ldeemled explosive, and'that if the
ilezscploslions did not ‘result from saltpetre or.
its comhinafious with other materials, DC:
c'iuse for the explosions can be discoveret
Oftlie scientific gentlemen who. have
iinvestigmed the Sunject, the following are
. , 7 :

inion that Saltpetre will explode, Hz

 

lof op . .
‘,Messrs. Hay-‘a Ol R°XlllllY5 Sllllmlllll‘ Dlelv
.Hm.en , [*,.,,,,a_ Boston ; Durant, eisey

of lhiladelphia.

(ft H and Hare
I ‘l l , Messrs.

On the contrary;
lCliill.on, Curry, Draper an _ ts
lcity, who made the expeflme" -

Renwick,

‘MaSsaCZ,_,,sm»s,__Tlie loco focos helo

\Vorcester yes
- 7'
ac Davis of \\

iterday,and nominated Isa

lbut are valu
llments under the Federal G

not (should the

l also in Capitoline cloverl

 
Execution of Green at T'r0’.l/-“'l'llllllly
Green, convicted .
was executed at Troy ‘l

d

pulse was felt beating Save R r
fter he was drawn up- 0‘-

lie murder t
Thisannouncemen
the weights fe

nfession oft _
v. Mr. Baldwin-

'! imade ten minutes after

ceased to beat. _ __
ALL TAKEN.

W .

 

is
d.

Railroad Company:
surplus and forfeited st0(‘l‘_)
11 000 shares, has been disposed Of-
, T .
,this city, on the line of the road an
lNew York,
lscribed for,
{balance has been taken by Boston cap

nu
defection, Phi-
it
he yfeildy to l

w-more shares might

lprobab.-le that a 

laws llle lll.-ll only ellaC[cd’but’ a,lSo’bf.lielu,;isoltl in this vicinity. Since the bools
ltd’ In mm shall we look folfllbledl l<~::nial\vere closed, the stock has been quoted
e ien S ‘

llierc at a handsome
lBoston people have
liness _
for‘ l The first i
lty dollars per share, is pit,
of Octobe'r. Arrangement
nnv,off the certsfiedd deb;
, -t is probable that -
,R‘_l“d (Say "3 0r_‘15 miles‘ «
tli a heavy iail dtirm,-_-

ce.
ds,

:i.'V"‘

The reinaintic. of

England. Suclia result now appears
}certain as any future event.
v,§the friends of the Road there is no

lpredictions, as to the utility and valueo

Vvllli) is to be the next victim, we !.no\vj'thcir labors sustained by the best judgs
not. What family circle is next to bleed ;and likely to be fully verified.—Sta7zdar1.l
whose father, husband, or brother, is the "“"‘*‘—*
From the

RA_l L ROAD
is
b.

3‘. .
lgiven for one ymr on/3/.

statement made by the Directors.

87‘

, olo’ .5-/oclr.

l ing despatc _ _ .
‘We have only time this evening to State
‘the substance oft
vey. An opin
at Vera Cruz,

her with 9") 000 men ; but this was gener-
l. ‘h’. ,
ally coiisidere

d Ellett, of N. Y.

- _ _ For the Gazette.
From the Union of Monday morning. ‘ M E IToR._“ can not',bé.,e,xpec‘ed ‘hat
. LATEST FRQM Mmilcol slioufd enllzage in a newspaper "discussion upo
Just as our paper W35 golllg l° Press’ certain subjects Wllltlll have lleell llecelllll ll"),
" hands ll'°m Pen‘ before the public. Imigbt take €XC9P“°“5 °
and contain- several of Mr. \Vilcox’s statements and glrgig:

-1 31-‘ Av Hr":-”::r2:r.“.i::£.:::.1:::’.r““""°““
se ve , a ‘ --
he informatvm they °.°“' i llildieliillaiill i.'§l-53; iiiliill °l llle
l0“ ‘fell’ gellellllly lllevalled it is worthy ofnoiice
according to the’ last all’ cipl , ll0W€VFTln]'p0rlanl)_ _
counts, that Mexico would not formally . my l_ectu_res,_is p.asse_d dby' in silence.
declare war against the Umled States ; and lluilllirc tliiz mere “mini and
that the g0V¢mm°“l wollld be llble lo re. lziilitllcfllnilllii” of iheinatter.
flllze but ll llely Small plollolllon (if the Sp1‘l‘Tl in which this is done need no comment.
loan, if any, which had been authorized—_— v\7hne1,heR_f0,.e’Ii,-“end .10 .
so low was the rate of interest. Itwas said 5,.’ me public may not be m,,,,ie,,.5i._.d m a spa.
that, in lieu of a declaration, Mexico won (1

cimen of the lectures which have so disturbed the
"3 0n‘}0Sti1itieQ ,.;,,0,.0,,§jy amlinsl Tex- eqn ‘nimitv ofsome; though from the“ brevity
ca ' ~ r.~ ‘ c ~‘ '* '
lag; and they talk of m

hes of the l8th an

how carefully every prin-

while the

o . 5' . -- O‘
altlilg fl rush upon. vvrlnpehlicsilfiqilsbiglctgligz §l:l§«l‘t:0$‘§‘;:3;5€grly° 
like judging ofilie meritslor
froui a detached finger ofa Statue-
au extract which inclu

(l as a sheer fable.

, "he mail of the ]Stli brought News

J , . ° d ' '1 es of the
l l 11l)dol)?lael.l’%s’Vlflliiliieclcfiiziiiafteillniviilllilvihlifi: system 1

' he eople their articles of
others rescribe to t p , __
li faith, aliid mark out the path of their duty.
What room is left _ 2
lconscience and the intellect . .
‘preachers bind themselves in the most sol,‘~’m“
‘e the manner to yie
 have convictions, but of 0lhe|'5-
such a sys* em .
churches, their publications, the entire manage‘

which I discussed in . ment of affairs, every thing. is reg“

. . ' ll
ith isolated expressions ,
anisl
The manner and.

avoid controvcr-; ister who ‘takes
2 vow, be prepared

‘tthemselvcs as stewards, W
‘control
;all when they yield u
denieriislofaplariisi

« wt give .
des an expression that has.‘ he Great I-lead oftbe Church ? These sublecls
f-the ejection of been u,,,b0,.nv in many 3 side, which whcn=,r.hen, not only relate to our

 

free exercise _of the
The itinerant

for the

‘d , t ftheir own
id to ‘he gm anclllllliail rights can

leave to the people. where their

lated,uire_ci§y
. . '~ 3
orindirecily, by the cleI'.°.'Y 3 'l‘l1‘>_-‘)’5l“5i]“‘ll.l‘l%nls
be labelled, “A svstcni for transferring i .,e. N,
and responsibilities of the people to the Linerant
clerdyland from the itinerant clergy t0 ll"? l’l“.ll’
.5 ld General Conference.” How can a min-
olie. an upon him such an ordination
“,0 give account of himself tqv
the people give account 0
hen they resign the
ot'millio:=s,of their pr0p€_|’l.lf- and =',.l>°;"
p the discipline 0 ti_e
C 4
chiircli, and the most solemn personal responbl
-bilities, which have been'enirusted 10 them Y

God ” '91: How can

dearest rights, but

"-Gen.

or
(1 Charles VV. Bish-
r Lieutenant Governor.——f ter of the 'l‘i'eitS"l‘)’~)
t desirable per sf
ed as steping-stones to appoint com
overnment.—— : atoga,
Bancroft and l\lorton--
luck hold) put Davis

of the mu1i"]dedr of His “ll; ,3,“-.s, stating that Mr.
ri V c nes ay 11
a _ , u ‘ __ '
at ten minutes past 4« o clock.’ \Smmge_ly disap
nteen mui- C93 whii-ii iuduced_the appte
Ml‘ evil had befallen him.
Van Kleek said that he had made 9- ll‘ last Friday morning from New
o him and to)
the

f the murderer had ta - Bioopl .n, He . _
he pulse 0 no 5, in ‘B Saxmn ‘S, Mlleé ml
he has not been seen

His:

,.
about 5000 shares were Sllhv
and it is understood that _t P
not
. ° - ' re

ts. These gentlemen, it seems, \\e ybod
at-ea much larger amount, on

‘now that the matter is settled, it ls /l’}‘§/‘ll/“,3,” \"l]i\'.n he left the ho
jet

premium,and since th-

l0°‘ ed 1"” ‘he l““‘ \-Ve still hope for t
the stock is regarded as an excelleity
nstalment of twei-l _ _ ,.

a.‘l’ll ‘-41:
son. a"

lfrom the city of Mexico o
Herrera to the presidency-

, -' ’- f Fm-eian lcci , . ._ °

Manuel Penny Pena, (Minister 0 C A,.s(_r having spoken of tliediffcrent classts of, ficient.
the cieiigy, iiipcrlant and ‘
1lll’t ucrh wliic i t iey arrive a _ .
cs iii die rninisirv. lii$h0P5» P"°5“ll“g elllels’ ‘ll’
dcrs, and deacoiis and exhorters, of the Confer-

A rcaya, (Minister of

) I . ‘
lxclatious) Pet rodez dc] Casfiuo, (Minis.

I‘ “"5”-,) and Farnar.

August, Capt. Shtibricl-',
I - \ I '

United States snip Sar-

salutes with the batte-

Oii the 15th of
mander of the
exchanged
ries of Vera Cruz.

__——{-—-——""""——'——_—-
John B. Gough 1*’-"sing--Quite“ 5”‘

n was created In the city y
ce of pl

satio
by the appearfln

Lecture,

celebrated Temperance

peared,

He arrived

e Croton Hotel.

be dressed himsel
he was going to Mr.
stoppeda momc

stopped at th
‘on that day,
- out, saying that
at the store of Messrs-
\Broadway, s'ince w/rich, _
or hearil from, by his friends l‘.ei'e-

- - stop - d;ii!- ’
It will surpflsc Some of our leader - ztrunk remains at the Croton Hotel, an ( ,,,oneb.ir t mciimall,
learn that lllc new Smell of ltlle Iaftliilllllofilfl examination ever)’ tliing‘ was
ainoun mg \' ~
to inore "thin
lix
hllast Monday,

l in order, indicating that. he cxpecte
ly to return. He Int?
}panied by his wife to
lliad a Temperance en
‘ There was a report
ibelieve it was without foundn

gagemeut.

y had been found in. the rivet‘

lmarks of violence upon it.

iand chain. and a
litials “J. B. G.” 1
lhis pocket. it is said that threats in

g0

sense, under all V

. , 0 .’

_-mxiety.——Jou7. of Com. 1..t.i.
:— 

the Mobile 4th inst.

...l-ll-l.'.‘lll.l... \J.lCa\.IIC, ii ‘.l.lH:l"Il,

,l .
-i"=...sas Bay, arrived here yesterday mor-
Capt.

1-.

s .'i'

.._

_ '~.'.‘lll1 a number of passengers.
5 .

-«(\ I'IC4

3

tory
Mexican troops.

ture no forces to the east oftlio Rio Gran- ’ eye-, and then shall he see clearly the mole that

' ' i ' - - v . " I l I J ‘ . -
in this state- \-Vhen‘ we are to~:-"ay by our By persuasion and li'Il]=tll6S~‘ bring thcmlm “ll lllllllllelllllfl"rule Comllllllll 0" l“l S‘ll‘!1l€v \

votes in the election of town coin:niission- b:ick. to themselves. Pluck them as brands mi-yr-1‘...-1«,,.. ii". i,..,ci- Wm, 11,,” or 55 ’
_ . _ , _ * r , I \ ‘K
crs whetlier we will longer share in the re- from the burning. t

sponsibiiity ofproducing pauperi'sm,«lrunk. l m:in_v of them must be done q-uic. l,-_

one:-ks, suicide, murder, and all the evils?
which result from rumscllinfr, or whether faith to labour, citherto reform the intem-' I-‘or forty new freirrhtciirs
we will drive the accurscd trafiic froi'n‘perate, or save those who have been re-I l C
We wait. thfi 1"¢.3SU.lt Wltll D0 lib : formed, so long as rum.-hops stand uponl
every co'rner, like enticing harlot-s to se-

Ir is but 3 {Cw months since that on an gduce the un-wa'ry.- Tliose rumscllers who‘,
lt'it‘.l~.'111eht Sabliatli morning, one of our icllll be llelsllllfled ll‘l"9lll°l' llle "lost Plllllll
fellow beings was found by the w,,V_Side, lalready relinquished their’ business,
fmzen ,0 death His bmfle was ‘by hiS_turn..-d their attention to something clsc,l

our town.
tic soiicitude.

side. The cause ofhis death evidentlv was l mole ll°ll°l"5'llll° allll more li1“'f“l-‘ SOIYP3
. ’l‘iiat [mil been obtained the e,.e_i,thing besidep.c7'sua.s‘2onis nccessaryforthe
ning before in a certain rum hole at tlie.l'°5l-

TUIYI.

Bridge.
funeral.

lisliod and read.

seven years.
ly to rum, as the cause.

volting of the whole.
in the to.-wn of Noi'wal'lt,i.n little more than
seven years, caused by rum-l Vile shall be
famed abroad, but our fame will be the
emblazon-men-t of our disgrace.

It will be said that these were poor
miserable men. All that may be granted.
VVhat, liowever,_,mad.e-them-such1’ Rum .6
‘iU.\Il Had tl‘ie.§ lived‘ in ha:bi3t‘s~ of sobrie-
ty all of them mightliavc been respectable
citizens. Rum was their ruin, and that
was furnished at the grogeries which adorn
certain parts of our town. And, shall I
S-“IV lt. it was furnis/zed’ by. our own permis-
sion ! C

lVe send offto the East, North, and
West by the bottle and keg, large quanti-
ties of the destructive element. And be-
sides spreading ruin in adjacent places, we-
receive in return, pauperism, crime and

death. But a portion only of tlie-evi-lls of
the traffic are seen. A vast amount nev-

The occasion and circumstances
siiggcsted an eloquent and powerful dis-
course, which lias been extensively pub-
In that sermon we are
informed that no less than eig/it violent
deaihs had occurred in this town, in about
The whole traceable direct-I
And here is an-
other, perhaps the most dreadful, and re-
NINE violent deaths

.11“

fects of intemperance cease.

VVill you come to the rescue?
you
tble disgrace and ruin '2“
crowned with beautiful

bad to be told, and it occasions too much
grief to be concealed. Come, then, come
one, come all, come now, and the work
shall be done. Then shall we be innocent
of the great traiisgression. And our town

.7lIz'Slalces will /I/Ippen.—“Col. \V. is a
fine lookin-gman, aint he 1”‘ said a friend
of ours, the other day. ’
_ “Yes,” replied another, “I was taken for
him once.”

“You !.' why, you are as ugly as sin l”
“I don’t care for that ;' I4 was ta‘-en for

er comes to light. Enough is seen. how-

liim——I= endorsed: his note and-= was ta‘ en
for him by the slierifl.” ~

Arid‘ what is done for

We Zltfl-I'l()\\'l(’.'(ll,Qe that we have but little ' 1.-

\Vhen the tufts of grass failed, the‘
The Row M,._ Hall amended his stones produced the desired effect.
- ast Legislature passed a Law by which
every grog shop in town can be shut up.lcha<e of the new li‘0I].--Sl(17I.(lIlI'Ll.
Let that be done, then, then, may the ef-

Tlic.

Fellow Citizen; shall this be done ’!—-
\Vill
save your town. from: ii-'retri‘eva'-‘
Our hills are

palaces--five
cliiirches raise their spires hcavenward—
our roads areamong the best in the state
-—our harbour is covered with a rich and
profitable co mrierce, and we are by steam
within three hours and a half of the me-
tropolis ofour country. We have a'g-ood.
ly heritage. But, but there are in the midst
of us sizrzeezt or lwenfi gm-g .5-/tops .1. It is. too

mbvr. is estiiiiated at $410 0.0
lbs. per yard, there will he required ANOTHER’ RAH‘ ROAD SURVEY-
:"l‘l3)((l)l:1llt%égl1)S:.llfi‘::fll~0l), it-inch is estiina- 4355“) I r Slinccc [he survey up?“ the banks‘
0,. new ,,,,S$,,,,’,_,e,.c,,,.S $3,500 0 _ t i_e anal ‘for _ a Rail Road from‘
V 13,000 this city to Collinsville and onward, the
For rcpziiriiig and l‘t.‘lle\’\'lll,'.{ bridges 080 )le 0fH:1i’tf0i'(l have got throurrh will)‘
l 2. D

and building new buildings and
fi.~;tut‘cs

 

‘n

330 .~‘ll.'ll’5.l.~‘- ofucw stock at $80 $947,120 K

d _, For p:iyin«_r_ iiirli:liti-diiess and re-
‘ laying road as above 73.000
5 Leaviiig for con-tingeut charges l
and di-vidcntsr 7411320 dollars..

at

oftlic new track, we oniii.

found them nearly suffocated with smo‘-e
of which the room was full.

be saved.

 

shall-be saved. from drunkenness &, mm-de,-__ 5'

The Secretary oFWar has appointc

Thé:S_tate of Massac-husetts has receiv-
ed 3 ‘l"’l.*'l‘-‘ml Of $30,000 on its shares in
the Western Railroad.
ruary last it received the like amount, ma.

king the total $60,ooo_

-2 52” "3 t - . - -
1 ’OOO__ "oflva survey of :1 route to Collinsville!

‘b-373,03?) ‘Engineers began their work a day or two
since, and are intending to see how they
can connect Hartford with that place, by a
branch ofubout eight miles from the L‘au-3
bu.-V mail, if the latter should be builtgsu-rp ilielcasi of I/ien‘ righis,—lifi up a horn
man,‘ from ihcirniidst,-— speaki g more swelling

' words, and it is the very “beast,” the dragon of

Estimate of receipts and expenses ofthe Hovs.,
atonic Railroad for one year aftertlie completion l the Pllollldence mule from New Yolk’ olll

VVe learn from the Litclifield Enquirer
‘that the dwelling house of John 0. Pa 'e,l
‘of Sherman, Fairfield Co. was entirelv de.
stroyed by fire on the 27th ult. bIrs..
Page was amused" from her sleep at half
past 3'A.M.by the cries of one of her
children, and; upon going to» their room

o

_ She had
barely time- to snatch them‘ in her arms,
and rush into the street, ere the whole
building was enveloped in flames, and no
rapid was the progress of the fire, that a
sufficieu.-t quantity of clothing to cover the
nakedness of-' the family was all that could-

Senator Bartlitt, of Hoiner, and lfix-Goy. 1
Todd, of Ohio, Commissioners to explofe ’

 

,Nofl‘iiug like competition, if rightly

ft is estimated that the old iron andagled and honorable.
other old materials will pay all the expen-1
_ses of relaying the road, except the pur-

er afloat. 14-Ofcet long and furnished with
unequalled splendor, made her first trip on

Tuesday. Fare through to boston 352,00.
She cost $140,000 !.

The Secretary of the Treasury has is-
lsued a circular, in accordance with an act
lof Congress, calling for statistical infor-
mation concerning Agriculture, Trade,
iitlanufactures, &c.

‘_ Sailed on- the 4th inst. the Joseph Gor-
Eliami, for the West Indies. A lot ofsheep
‘find swine, leaving Great Barrington at 9
b’clocl:, A. l\l., on that day, found them-
selves over the bar and at sea-, at 3 in the
afternoon. Great despatch that.

‘ BmIu‘geport Siamdard,

I Appo«i72t'mem by tile 1*re.s-2'rlenl.—-Seth Bel-
den, Surveyor and Inspector of the Rev-
enue for the Port of Hartford, Conn, vice
Penfield B. Goodsell, removed.

Cools to-New C'as.'l'e.—Last week more

01

and llle separated from 1
formation of a new Cabinet. Collslsllllg ‘ll l°”“r” lllll

esferday,
acartls in different
John B. Goughill‘-9
had
under circumstan-
liension , that
A here
Haven, and
After 193» l re loft ofiiscoucerns ; and
fand went and utliccrsinilie
Hurl-l they never saw a
nt- their curiosity.

fedttiuu ufl344-)

l rile capital invested in the

tYork city alone, is from

. . ' l ( 7_
found to be j ai Cha|‘le5lOli, all under tlicconttriol Ul§l):v€§:),._:,‘f{ .
d short-l There are newspapers publushc at e .
nded to go t‘6' Albany
whence he was to be accom-
Montreal, where he

last night. but ‘VF
tion, that his _ '
will} <_ nu-.21, in classes, am] in other W21}
He had \vitli'C0““'°l
pg], :1 gold watch;
ltl Vlllga lleallllg llle ll" 5 at llleC0lil.i‘0l oftheclcrgy ?)_ d d
He had also money in E H,,,,i,,g specilietl ihese pari_iculars.l PT0<‘-'39 *3 -

been made that he should be d.11g§e‘l""lll°ll‘l°
be best, but his long ah-
the circumstances. creates

111)“) i 

~ ,_.orts'that about one liuiidied Mex
-::-.5 .=.ders,from the upper regions of the
‘n: l..i"\lI(.le, visited Corpus Christi for the‘
purpos-.2 of trade, but they gave coutradic-. repeatsihe charge that “the bishops usurped
reports as to the movements of rhepowers that did not belong to them,” and in
The substance of one of
these reports was, that some 7 hundred,
ilexicaiis attempted to reach the frontieri
asl of Texas, but their numbers being reduced,
and amoigilly
litfe i ‘ll , _
They pnd ,hd,. the interior.

disease) hunger and (lesertion, to three either engrossio themselves, or distributeas they 2 m0UCY-
four liuudred, the remainder retired to,‘ thought proper. the P°55°55l°tl5 and revenues of: nionev, which was in different parcels, was se-'
'l he United States troops -
fl under Gen. Taylor are in fine spirits, and
lfully competent for any exigency that may.
arise under the adoption of the Mexican
Uovcriiineiit. They number 2000 men, in-g ifie BOD}, c._,,,c,,.m_
_ _ eluding one hundred and fifty Texians and;
The following is taken from the gfficlllitlie two artillery companies of volunteersl Dalton 0fUr.B.
t w lfrom Newt} zi ‘.

be noticed that the estimate of rectip/.s-,is ' pus Christi tliift illie Mexican Government
,. _ _ . ‘ The. ‘ffi._:?1I‘2'77.§” ‘ will make no demonstration of hos ilities
‘Vlll be llllefesllllg l0 tile public at largz, ' until after its presidential election is dis-

d particularly so to the holders of tie ' posed of; and that even then it will ven-

I, is believed at C(,,._jest-ant Episcopal Church, claiui the exclusive

glllt-Pll‘ Danbury project and htive now began:

Th e

l The Ortrron the most m-irrnificent stle:im- - . .
0 ’ ‘ = iped,” and the whole cler;:_v, in (xeueral Confer-

, euce exclaiui, Wltli united voice, “Pardon us if

he connection is “correct in": the have a fearful tearing upon our final account
~ , i - as

” It is from a l and upon our eternal destiny.

Oihcr extracts can be given.

Z. K. HAEWLEY.

“b I ulse in. spirit.
are on the uOr{ranizatioii of the M.E. Cliurch.l

lllcal' limdyl-lflplhe, l,lr(l,l:e:s l -—-:};:;x'lIllplf‘fi of which had already been‘ given.
iietrerei ..~‘ " ’

H had stated the far.t,- that for years the talile of
- the General Conference ll;i‘tl.gl'0“M_|C(l yrith [IL‘l"ill0l‘il§
' V 1 “.0”, ‘he V90‘-,]e_ nrtrnitrl (-Ell‘ C KINDS 0 ll [.8]! PS9
wees’ (_;,,m_.r-‘,1, Aiinual, and Qu:irterlly.I~iifel:i‘yl‘ tn,-im, -,‘,-, the |']iafl:l;;t‘flTt‘.lil. of ('l:l1l'l:lI nfi'mr_.<; and
L»fllCt'|‘5a '-llltl bl lllelll lllltljlollllilllllllls lcilernv _ l wlicii":i rt-ply yvas at length (lClgI‘|E(l,ll€t)!ilt1l-lied the
effect, and in (11! caseS. Y l le lllll ‘. . =-. ’1ubnve expressions. ,
- - - i dif- . . - . . - .- -
and cl the diiision of the Ul(:‘f[I]lllLTSllll[-Tluglg Tee in 1--Actm all things not according to__ioiir owiidnill
fflelll Corps! "fl lllell sllulle U llzxlrlel P ll J but as a son in ih__0 G'_3sPf}*l‘-‘ A’-*' -‘-:;"l.l ll“? ;cl;‘lll“.,,lldll
ibis sy stem 0 a pecuniary on t. _ 7 ' ,0 e,-,,Pp,y ymu. tl-H18 in ii. m.mu. in I 7 , ...
. . , , . ' . , -- . - r l : ' l
. - lie cim-ches. whwh are l'¢“l' 7”""'°"‘lil‘ : . -:t- * * ‘f D" that P?" “l. "lie li."".”..-l.i-.'-.'Z-ii
3]‘ said they were held clrreclll/,) ll)’ l e l which we advisp, an: .tho|se 'tlll’l€:‘_0-llln P *l°"~
' - ' osc l .' , out "i.~‘L‘Ol'- .o-- -
belle"-ll foulflimil “lluetlit liJUlilyofSl)icsUnilipl67 "Ml-liliifpniiliinp oltlvill l l i
exclusive y 0 tie c crgy. U -- - ’ - '

voii revcremly obe_v yntif
The value ofilie propertv thus; cliioriiiiiiisiers. unto whom is couinimed the cliarge
' l . ~ vet‘
‘and :_rmeriiii_ieiit n . )

- ' followinw with a "lad
. - . ' ). . °'‘ '. .r. " -
invested, has been (.’Slll‘[lalt'(l‘ at llllD:l9O00’0?( in_. mind mid will. all lllPll‘ Godl':_v adiiioiiitioiis. submit-
2_ The goo}; Concern. lhe amount icrgcwl ting ‘.,,,,,._.,-,],.e_.- to their Godly jndgineiiis? .
vested I saidl w._.ulddiilqi preil:-Ind to state £1 fun, Ads. , win so do’ me Lord i,e,,,g my helper. 9,.

. . . - iain - .

raiely, for 1 never ha an -1 9 10 0 V _ c137 .
uiielligcut hleihodisis __--_———-
M, E. Church, have said_iliati
u official report which satisfied. L
It has been Sliitvd bv those who
dge better than myself that
book concern in New
six to eight hundred

Besides this, there are depos-

' _.__ ._____.
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*oitivAiI{ GAZETTE.

\Vml||cs¢lay, Sept. 17; 5515"

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are in a situation to ju

 
 
 

Mi:si\ii:Ris.\i.—-Verily. the (lays 0f “ms llllllls’
atBosion,at Patisburg. andand ‘Salem witch craft have rctur-ned. Tlge‘.
lmy-steries of iniquity dark. and intricate as tie
subteliies ofthe nether pit, have come to be 3‘:
easily unraveled and exposed, as it is to trac In
the sun’ in the heavens, provided always, you‘
have a clairvoyant at hand. It has been. We"
believe admived, that this is a great world, and
instead of that opinion being 'u'cakene‘d, the dc.-
velopments of the day only serve to render ll‘
uiore and more ofa chronic nature, Vi e have
only to appeal to a few facts to satisfy any rea-
sonable mind, that tbis Iis,-not ‘only it glen‘: lllll
3 growing world’, and that if its vvaisibauds are
not speedilv lengihcd or unbuuoned,ihe conse-'
quence will inevitably be — a serious rent.-
It appears that the money stolen from the
house of Miss Betty Stuart, in Wilton.» 011 the’
lthiriv first ult. was discovered, antl ll"? 703"“
exposed through the mysterious agency of mes-
Mr. Lewis Betta, a neighbor of Miss

» «~ _ - ..i..... ...:.i. mimr friends nfihai lady.-
were induced to go to Danliury for the pupose

of consulting a little sibyl, the daughter ofFran-
cis Faircliild, who has acquired a reputation for
bringing to light the hidden things of darkness.-
’1‘lie girl was put into the proper state by her fa-v
ther, and then by taking the hand of Mr. Bens-
put in coriimunicati in with him. In her reve-
lations the girl accurately described the preuiisv
es, gave the name of the hired uian as the thief}
described the manner of obtaining access to the‘
the instrument used, an axe, where the

 

1 thousand dollars.

.L‘iucimiatii, tjharlcst ii, Piichlnnntl. l\l?*'~‘lll'lll9»_l
lpiusburg and Auburn, all under the control of.
l the cleruv, or of those appointed by ll-H} Clelglbg
l and llle‘S.al'llC is true ofall publications Issued by ;
that vast L-stablishmeut.

3_ The Uliariere-i Fund, ofahout 5350-000-

4 Their system ofcolleciious, qll‘-lll.8|'l_Vs' M1-
' s, all under thel
ofihe clergy, or if those uppoinle - bf

_ ' ’ ' . u v a-
them. (1-late we not the fa,c,t._c,'t'li.it pxaisié are

ount, “countless thousands, i li0l1 Pt» 2

But toihe extract.

liodisin and the ltible on flltul/LE3

[ bishop U!‘ p‘«1Si()l', all

' ihcu contrast his oitice and his p0\V(‘(l1'S;VlI'l\ill‘-3l:;:5ot‘-:

: possessed by a aletliodisi bishop an _ 1 ie A Q_ 0

‘dist clefgl'- 1-lear Dr. 33035: _‘Vlllle "l'll°”lll7r
Protestant Episcop-«icy; and he ‘5 _”“lY ."llll°5lll'=
ii on the single point of the exclusive right 01 d

to perform ordination. ,
Ext.-TllS|Ve rignt is a‘UsUKi'A‘rroirwmcr.li_on

T. not originally belong to them, and that there-fo e
l it proved a curse totlie church, —iliat God has
‘ founded upon it, and exercises his awful prerog-
; aiive ofdas/imgit to pieres whenever it stands
. in his way of working.”

Again he calls it a “daring usurpation,” and

‘ “Contrast Me
Look at a gospe

nierism.

proof of this he quotes froui the Church histori-
an M osheiui. " l heir first step, (of the bishops)
.wusan entire emclus-ion of the people from all
part in the administration ofecclcsiastical affairs
"‘ ‘ " * and principally, that they might

. the Uiiurcli. Hence it came to pass, that at the l c,.,_.,cd’ i,,,p“ca,i,,g a second person in the P05,
couclusiouofiliis century (ilie-lib) ihercrcmain-l

ed no more than a mere sliudow of the ancient i Sesslon Ofll’ llllll wllll llellllcl acplllllc-V’ lold llle
government of the church.” And this is quoted . field ll‘ Wlllcll llle mall “'35 lllell at “ Ulllo ‘mill
by Dr. Bangs and circulated by steam through 5 ilie nature of his employment. All this, it is-
N _ , _ , , declared, and we know not how much more, was-
ow what is it that so excites the holy indig-l
\, hy‘ we bishops of me prob = accurately stated, as was afterward proved, and-
; that too, without the knowledge of any of the
riglii U'lll2‘.l’_'\‘lllg on liands, in the ordination oftlie ' circumsumces having reached Danbury, except
§l.‘§.'{'f.l..' 1 lxl/"ill..”’s‘i..l’.'ill;1ii.‘§l--lliiulfiéiiiit ;§”_° a “S "W “"~"° 5.°"‘f’ .°‘ ”‘°'“ '°°“‘*“ “P ‘“ ‘he
i 0, ..,he lwughly prelulgsail :9 ‘ breasts of the individuals who had sought tliis-
I Let Dr. Bangs "pull the beam out of his own means of discovery. The money has thus been
recovered‘.-
Tbie Danbury Times in remarking upon this
subject, says “ very unaccountable disclosures
as to the whereabouts of lost or stolen property,-
and the persons of the robber, have been made‘
wialiin a few weeks, through the agency of this
magnetic subject. Mr. Faircliild was called to‘
sit upon a case of robbery in l{idgebury_ and the’
young girl gave such information as led to the dc’-
tcction ofihe thief,aud recovery of the money,al-
though entirely ignorant, in her natural state, of
the place or person. These circumstances ox’-
cited no little marvel, and led: to as as profound-
a state of thinking, as is reputed to have been
cxliibited by the Hi=bcrniari’s owl‘»parroi-.”

T is in his brother-’s eye.” What iiia7tters.i«t 1-0 as

that others lay their hands on t~lie.l-icat-ls of our
1 pastors, it we /10.126 no voice in thegr elect-ion .'—
,\Vliat uiaiiers it to us who oztdairts, if these
. ‘fliauglity prelatcs’ may appoint our pastors, and
1/II]/081:1/261/1 upon us, not only without our consent
bu: even ugauis-i our consent?‘ It is all well
enough iviiciillie rights of the people, in respect
to the admission and exclusion and discipline of
nienibers,—iii respect to the choice of a pastor
and other ofliccrs,—in respect to «be practical
ownership ofilieir cliurclies,-—in respect to every
natural and scriptural right belonging to us as
frecinen in Christ Jcsus,—-it is all well enough
wlieu these -.ire"‘usurpcd by the clergy, but u-

the Revelation. So long as-it is only the pzop/e ——~
Whose rights, cv-en of'1'cprt-sentulio/i, are *'usur- DEATH OF JUDGE STORY.

This eminent man died’ on Wediiesday eve‘-
ning at his residence in Cambridge at a quarter
befory 9 o’clock. His pulse had ceased to beat‘
they might eugruss to themselves’ or disuibule and his hands were cold before 8 'i,u;lock._. His

r ‘ . disease was stoppage ofthe in-iesimes, or inter-

as they thought proper, the possessions and rev-g _ _
cnucs oi the ch~-’i'ch.” Who eugross to them-llllll sllallgll‘l‘lll°"i wlllcll ""0 Years 380 933593

elves, or distribute as they think proper, ihel the dvalll Oflluhlh 5- Legare. Attorney General‘

we know no such rights; ill we comprehend no
such priviligt-s."l"
“And principally,” quotes Dr. Bangs. “that

possessions and revenues ofilic M. E. church ofilie United States, then on a visit to. Boston,

who control and distribute as they think proper”’
the millions vested in churches. and the lion-

Josepli Story was born in‘ 1780. Her

dreds ofthou.-ands, not to say millions, in the: was appointed Associate Justice of the
Book ( oncem and its various branches?
at the Book of Discipline, under the head. “Rai-. 131 I

sing su-pplics." l '
counts of the humblcst steward, is under the SU-I
pervision and-con ml of the clergy.
cousiste cy!
of love for “the dear people,” and such holy hor-
ror of touching the funds of the church, while, Lawyer, and the peculiar felicity with:

lrilclilllullliéllds 3”‘ “P l0 llle €’lll0W5 in the Pevitlelsi which he imparted to others the rich stores-

heaven “daring,”
those wliomi It-rist has made free.
you will in this system, and what a contrast do
you. behold to the simplici.-iy ofthe gospel? Ac-
cording to the gospel, a cliristiaii minister is sim-
ply a preacher oftlie word, and an aduiiriistra.

Look United ?‘tat:',:,_ by Prelsident Madison. in
1 t I t . '
Every!/z.'1zg, down to the ac-l of the Sglprlelnlelogofn heedglelfiitzg 
Wm“ inq of his tun? to the Cambridge Law School
How .ic[,-,_.,,;,.,ga,e Such pretencesj as Dane l rofessor of Law in Harvard Uni-
! rersity. His commanding talents as a

“'Usu.rp'iiion” indeed it is, unjust and‘ ' -
‘ . . ~ . .'Of his own mi 1 v - -
usurpa-uou oi the rights of m " gale Halvdld Law

Look where School a preeminence over all other sim-
ilar institutions. "’
. It IS a painful coincidence that the prior
ciples of our two great Law Institiitions,
Harvard and Yale, should have passed

ifthis is not suf- ~

1

A. «_.~...V
‘.l-‘”“"}:“----~_—-..~._.......as-vaasinn..e.u.-...-- - ~
.- --‘2io‘i-‘»rs-.a..- .

,.the Mineral Region about Lake Superior. b

On the 20th Feb- .

tor ofits ordinances. According to Meiliodisni,

than 43000 bushels of com went up the die clergy are not only expuunders ofibe Bible

Farmington Canal from New Haven.
P-rogreas-z'vc D4=mocrncy.——“Mr. Van Bu-
ren has written a letter in favor of the an-

ministratcrs of ecclesiastical laws. And all this
belongs [0 them alone. .N'0[/(inn is penny left
wiili ihepeoplc,ii.i.respect to these matters. A
system of machinery is contrived that embraces

lynexation of Texas.”—Boston Past.

9"“! llllllr‘.-’i:~1bat“usurps,” in. the language of

but euaciors, and expound:-rs and judge-sanrl ad-

from thescenes oftheir labors to the world?
of spirits with but a few days intervening‘
between their deaths.

The fame of Story was not confined to.-
our country. He had a deservedly" high
European. reputation. His name reflects

honor on ‘be high post of honor which he

 

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