,,y\,—»..,.
.. .
wonder they steal for themselves at last.’
‘And it does not end there,’ said Mr.
Hathaway; ‘the covetousness, cheating
and lying that are practised in small deal-
iugs, are carried into larger ones. The
Browns 82: Wilsons became speculators
and repudiators. Hensliaw is a sensible
man. Ruth.’ _
_ ‘I guess he is, father';' and a true friend.
There was nothing that could be thought
of that"he did not do for us, and crowned
it all, at last,’——and little Ruth clapped
her hands joyously together, ‘by getting
Charles a post next to‘ himself in the shop
"of “of. T.- Slewtzrt, cs‘ Co.”
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.
The Br. steamer Caledonia, Capt. Lott,
from Liverpool Aug. 19th, arrived at Bos-
ton at one o’clock Friday morning. She
brought 132 passengers.
The runror circulated at Liverpool, of
the assassination of Louis Philippe.
King of the French, _ is entitled to no
credence.
The news is only five days later than
that received by the Guadlequiver. The
market remained in about the same depres-
sed condition.
was increased by the action of the private
and joint stock bani. s, which followed the
example of the Bank of England in raising
the rates of discounts; and failures had}
multiplied till the amount due and unpaidl
had -reached to nearly ten millions of
dollars.
Says a London correspondent of the
Boston Atlas, in a postcript of the 18th:
""l‘he merchants of Boston and New
l
mail with fear and trembling, for an im-
mense number of corn bills, drawn ‘upon
the best and wealthiest houses of London,
Liverpool and Ireland, have been protes-
ted, and will go back by the Caledouia.—
l.Vithin one week several old firms, largely
engagedin the corn trade, have stopped;
payment. Their total liabilities are stated
to exceed ‘.2,000,000l, and a large portion
of this amount
American houses.
come. Failures in England, Ireland, and
on the Continent, are daily announced,
while hundreds of small firms go over the
dam and their names are not inentioned.-
The momentary crisis and troubles of
April last were trifles compared with the
present alarming state of affairs.”
Lrvizaroon, August 19th.
A serious downward tendency has]
taken place in the grain market since the*
departure. of the 4«th—-only occasionally
arrested by broken weather—-this, howev-
er, has failed to give a firm tone to the
market; though at our market yesterday
the above quotations were freely realized,
and greater confidence was manifested
among buyers. The certainty of a boon-
tiful harvest at home, coupled with the
continued large imports of foreign bread-
stuffs forced upon our market by the ne-
cessities of holders, must exercise a still
stronger depressing‘ influence upon the Haven Bank,’.’ have been taken from tlie,'1‘1.,ey f,,nm|m.m- the edge of a forest, 3
printer’s office, and put into circulation’
The numbering‘
and dates, and the names of the persons:
to whom they are payable, are very coarse,’
trade, and it may be fairly inferred that;
the markets have not as yet retrograded‘
to any thing like the point to which they
appear de'stined to fall.
In the London market also a similar,
languor has taken p-lace, which accelerated :
by the alarming failures that have taken]
place, almost precludes the possibility of"
reaction.
C'oi.'ton.——This market continues dull at,
prices rather in favor of buyers. The
sales of Cotton since Friday, have been:
16,500 bales, of which speculators have‘
taken 3000, exporters, 500. The stock on
hand at present is estimated at 307,820
against 544,020 to the same period last
year. It was hoped by many that the
unfavorable accounts of the growing crop
The scarcity of money]
York will read their private letters by thisl
is known to be due to.
The worst is not yet?
F-r_om.‘tIz.e Boston is-itltizs.
The Bank of England on the 5i.h ult.,
again raised the raeof discount, a mon-
etary panic followed and numerous heavy
failures took place among the largest lion-
ses engaged in the corn trade, and a very
large number of American drafts, drawn
upon these houses, are’ returned by the
Caledonia protested for non-payment.
The English harvest will be the most
abundant known for years, and the potato
crop promises to yield abundantly.
Throughout the history of Europe there
never existed similar examples of so many
sovereigns threatening to resign their
thrones as at the present moment. The
autocrat of Russia stands highest in politi-
cal importance. He is said to be suffering
great mental anxiety from some unex-
plained cause; and having provided the
means of supporting himself liberally du-
ring-life, by considerable investments in
the English and French funds, under color
ofa great financial operation, he intends,
it is said, to retire to Italy, and there pass
the remainder of his days. The King of
the Belgians seems to be equally afliicted.
He has returned to the Palace Laeckeii at
Brussels, from Paris, in such a mentally
ldebilitated state, that he is unequal to the
{cares O
fgoverinent, and all parties seem
at a__loss to conceive what will be the up-
shot. Turning to Spain, the last accounts
from Madrid state, that; tlye Queen has
expressed to her ministers’ her resolute
intention to abdicate the throne, and it was
reported that a special council was sum-
moned to deliberate upon the subject. The
unhappy marriage of the Queen of Spain,
brought about by French intrigue, is
doubtless the cause of her Majesty’s dis
gust of the present position; but her
tanee in the preservation of the balance
,of European politics, preclude the thought
of any such serious change of dynasty in
Spain.
IV/mt the People Jllean ?—-The Memphis
Eagle, speaking of the large \Vhig majority in
that city, holds the following language:
“The vote of our city is a proud and
glorious achievement. Not as a rriere
partisan triumph do we proudly recur to
it, but as stern rebuke of an honest, dissat-
isfied, cliagrinned, and ind‘gnant people,
who have frowned on an Administration
and its rulers whom they helped to elevate,
for their wickedly involz-izzg the mt/ion in a
prolonged, life-anrl treasure-wa.vtm.g ll"ar,
w/lolly uncalled for, and c1isnsl7'ou.9 to the
best 2'7ztere.s-ts of the na.'z'oI2, 2'12. eve;y view
that can be taken of 2", as well as for their
insolent, despotic and infamous course in
denouncing all as traitors who dared to
doubt the wisdom and justice of the \Var.
VVe do rejoice that Memphis has so nobly
rebuked the Presi_dent——a son though he
be of her own State soil.”
The public are notified that a parcel of
ten dollar notes of the plate of “the New
with forged signatures.
and can be very easily detected; while
the signatures of H. Dennison, Pres’t and
A. Townsend, Junr. Cash’r. are very good‘
The paper and the impress-‘
l
imitations.
ions are perfect. So far as they have
been seen they are payable to T. Bi.~':liop,=
. A. Foot, =
Z. Bradley, I. H. Townsend, & S
and are dated 1st Feb. and 1st Dec. 1845:
and 1st Jan. lst Nov. and 1st Dec. 18-16.’
The batik has issued no ten dollar notes=
dated 18-1.:-3, and those issuetl in 1847, are
all signed by H. Sanford, President.
Tne Was/u'ng!on.—VVe learn that this
youth, and still more her political impor-.
' Plainjielcl Ban7r.—-Tliose who" wish to know
anything in relation to this interesting institution
may as well read the following card published
‘ by the Receivers of the Plaintield Bunk :
They would state for the information of
l
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iii.‘
./Inotlzer Outrage in tlie ./flnli Rent Dis-
trict.—The Hudson Gazette of Tuesday
morning states that on Thursday last, the
sheriff of the county and one of his depu-
ties, went to Taghkanic for the purpose of
-selling the ‘property of Samuel Halsted
lllle cledlmlis and. slocllholdersi that ‘hey and Phillip B. Miller. which they had pre-
tare collecting the assetts and winding up
the affairs of that Institution with all the.
expedition in their power. In proceedingl
-
counseL
in effecting a speedy redemption of the
bills, as their published Card in the Sun of
the 13th of February last, had led the Re
due them to a large amount, and have;
made a demand on the Receivers for al '
Sons as the property of the Bank, prior to
the publication of the Reci-iver’s Card 0
the 20th Feb. last. This demand if corn-I
plied with would of course leave little or
nothing for the bill holdei's———but though
it is deemed to be ‘totally unfoiindcd and
unjust, it is nevertheless calculated to
delay and emb;-irziss the seitleinent of the
affairs of the institution, and will render
an early dividend nnadvisable. Mearitiirie
the receivers can only give their assuran-
ces that no means at their command, deem-
ed advisable and proper by themselves and
their counsel, shall be oniittcd which may
tend to advance the interests of the cred-
itors of the Bank, and to bring about a
speedy settlement of its concerns.
Jlfttrrlcr -—ln our adv: rtislug columns,
says the Danbury Times of the 1st inst.
a reward is offered for a fugitive fromjus-
ltice, by the name ofAmos Northrop, who
murdered a young female about 15 years
of age, in Mount Pleasarit, Westchcster
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co. last Sunday afternoon. The particii
lars, as we have learned them are as fol-,
lows.
.her brother in law, and Northrop boarded
in the family He hid paid some atten-
ftions to the young lady which were not
iagreeable to her, and on Sunday afternoon
lhe came into a room where she and her
lsister were sitting, and thrust at her with
fa shoe knife, but:ilie weapon did not pene-
jtraie; he repeated the blow at her heart
lwith fatal effectfithen made a pass at her
lsister, wliichshe avoided, and then sprang
fout ofthe window and run. The young
}lady’s brother in law and another gentle.
{man were on the opposite side«of the st.
land heard the cry of distress, and saw at
lthe same instant Northrop jumping from
lthe window. They pursued him, but the
fconlinued screams of Miss Goodheart in-
iduced one of them to turn back, which he
‘did only to find her in a dying condition,
lshe living but for or five minutes after re-
Iceiving the injury. The other pursued
,him some distance, thcn rallied the neigh-
lborhood and a general pursuit was made.
neck handkerchief smeared wi.h blood,
which led them at first to suppose that he
had also attcniptcd self destruction, but no
further trace of him could be found. It
has since been a.-certained.that a man
fully answering to the d :-scription of the
murderer, got aboard of the Harlem train
a little ways above Mount Pleasant, and
,remaincd till they had progressed four or
five miles, and were abreast of a tliici.
swamp, when he jumped from the car
while the train was moving rapidly, and
lwas no more seen. Nortlirop served an
Miss Goodheart was living with:
‘gers,oi‘ submit to an odious restriction.
apprenticeship at shoe making in Danbn'-
ry. Several years ago he was confined in,
the jail in that town for six months, for’
attempting to stab a citizen of Daiibury.
The Shelllfof lveslslleslef °°”“ll~’ ‘‘'‘35l° ' ever been, if indeed it be not more s’).
viously levied upon and advertised for sale.
On arriving at I-lalstead’s house they found
a large number of persons assembled, and
ll° do this‘ Ehey act undfir the ad"l'“'e 9f at the appointed hour they set up for sale
_ “fey deem ll l‘°“'e"e'~,‘l'e”ithe articles they had levied upon, but re-
duty at this time to state that M. Y. beach lceived no bid_
‘if S0“! lnslead or cwopemllng with them and the officers started for l\'lillei"s. Afterl
The sale was ti.en adj.
-proceeding part of the way, and while at:
the edge of a piece of woods, they were
waylayed by three persons in disguise an
°el"elS lo expect’ have recently l"eS"m’ed'arnied, one of whom attempted to seize
an “c°°"m’ by whlch they clmm 3 balance t the sherifl”s horse, but failed; as tl.e dep-
uty slieriffcarne up, one of them aimed at
so m-rde to stop his horse,
utter fired but without effect.
the former place, large numbers were in
ttendance, and as no one would bid no
sale was effected.
T/re J\i"ew Steam:-7' on. 1v'z're.—'l‘l'ie steam-
ship Guaillequiver was set on fire on Sun-
day the 29th, between 1 and 2 o'clock,
and the flames were not subdued till the
cabin was much (lestroyed. How the fire
originated we did not learn, but were in.
foruied that a negro was arrested on sus-
picion of having some agency inthe disas-
ter. At the time the fire broke out, Capt.
Hos’ en was at the Astor House, for the
purpose of dining, but a iriesscnger being‘
sent for hiiu, he repaired wiili all speed to
the scene of the disaster. Some idea of
the seriousness of the danger may be ini-
agined from the fact that live streams of
water were played into the cabin for afull
half hour.
Curious ]t’r:strz'cl‘io7z.——'l‘he steamer Ad-
miral, which runs between St. Johns, N.
B. and Portland, last week was compelled
to run to Boston with her passen-
'l he civil authorities demanded security
upon the passengers, as they were accus-
tomed to do upon emigrants from Europe,
which of course was intlignantly re-
fused. The steamer arrived in Boston
and passengers, (all of whom are Ameri-
can citizens,) have published a statement
ofthe transaction. Among them was Rev.
Mr. Kirk of Boston, who was uiixious to
stop at Portland, but could not do so U. itli-
out giving bonds as tl[)(1Zl]7('7'.
Amendment of //re Comtflution.--—'flie
time draws near when the electors ofCnu-
necticut will be called upon to adopt or
rejcct the proposed amendment to the
Constitution which extends the ‘ right of
suffrage to men of color. The first Mon-
day in October is fixcd by Legislative en-
actment as the time when the vote upon
this question shall be taken. The amend-
ment of the Constitction proposed as a
substitute for the second section of the
sixth article, one the arnendineut of said
second set-tion,5,is as follows:
“Every male citizen of the United States
“who shall have attained the age of twenty
“one years, who shall have resided in this
“State fora term ofoue year next. preced-
“ing, and in the town in which he may of-
“fer himself to be admitted to the privi-
“logos of air elector at lCJSl. six months
“next preceding the time l.e may so offer
“liiinself, and shall sustain ii _c-cod moral
“cl'i:ir:icter, shall on taking such o:itli as
“may be prescribed by law, be an elector.”
Potatue ]'i‘:t.—A man in Vfest: Spring-
field has made a statement to us whicli
leads us to fcar that the potatoe disease
may be as extensive this year, as it has
H c
Silas WI'ig7tl.—The biography of this distin-
guished Statesman is thus summed up by the
Albany Atlas: 4
“Mr. \Vright was born in the- town of
Amherst, Mass. on the 2-I-th day of May,
1796. The subsequent year his father and
family removed to Vermont. In 1815 he
graduated at Middlebury College, in that
State, and in the fall of that year removed
to this State, to commence the study of
the law at Sandy Hill. In the fall of 1823
he was elected to the State Senate from
St. Lawrence County. In 1826 he was
elected to Congress. In 189.9 he was
‘chosen State Controller, to which office he
‘was in 1839 re elected by the Legislature.
.In 1833 he was chosen United States Sen-
‘ator, to which oflice he was re elected in
21837, for the term of six years. In 1843
he was again re elected, and in 184-4. was
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_ , , ;him but the on fortunately snapped ' an‘ _ i Q . .
the assets and securities which had beenlnt,e;,,pt wasi , -called from the “enme lo “kc we post of
delivered up to them by bl. Y. Beach &. when the 5
,Governor, on which he ent--red on the 1st
-of January, 1845, and from which he retir-
The otlicers procedcd to Millei"s, but as at l ed on the 15, of Jzmumy, 184-/_
.Ii‘.ubbe1'y in the ./Vort/it mplon. Post Ofiice.
—\\'e received this morning, a slip from
the Northampton (‘ourier office, dated
,Sept. 2, stating that the Post office of that
place was entered on the night previous,
;through a back window, and the office and
Etwo mail bags were plnndcred. Between
gthree and four liundred letters were taken.
iArnong theletters stolen, tli re were but
jtwo, as we learn, containing remittances,
ln:imely—oue containing $79 in bills of [hi-
i1\'orthainpton I3-anir, of the denomination
iof:')0, 20, 5, 3, and 1 dollars; and one ‘con-
jtainiug a draft, for $110, drawn on the 1st
iday of Sept. inst. by the Northampton
;Bank,on the American lixchange Bunk,
ll\'ew York, payable to Charles Delano,
Esq of New Haven and endorsed by him.
I .I\"t-w Haven Pull.
In/zuman.—Tlic New Haven Journal
says that “Judge Hinman decided in the
abduction case, in which James P. Hart,
the father, took from his wife, the mother,
an infant child, three weeks old, that it
should remain in the custody of the fath-
er. This may be law, but we cannot see
either itsjustice or propriety. We wonder
how the judge would have liked such a dc-
-cision when he was only three weeks old.
Ten T/L0‘I.(8(I72(l Volunteers Orrlered Out.-
l.Ve learn that the Government has finally
deterrriined upon making a requisition for
teu thousand more volunteers, under the
original luw authorizing the raising of
fifty thousand men. VVc are led to believe
that the requisition is made principally
upon the Western States. We may ex-
pect that the call for the udditional_voluri
teers will reach us in a day or two. The
design of the Government is to have thirty
thousand men under General Sc.ott’s or-
ders by the end of September.
A". 0. Pic. ‘.20!/t ult.
Ifydro/2/ioZ;2'a.—A man by the name of
Edward Skatts residing in the town of
Bethany, Genesee County, was bitten by a
mad dog some two years since in Chicago,
wl.ile on a visit there. He never felt the
effects of the bite until week before last,
when he was violently attacked and had
0'2 paroxysms, \\lll(.'h are said to have been
ofthe most alarming character. He was
bled freely, and so reduced as to stop the
convulsions, and is now comparatively
easy, with prospects of a l'CCO\(.‘ly.
has the following informatioii:
“The thirteen original States of the Un-
ion comprised an aria of 371,1‘2-l- sqare
miles, of which the six Slave States con-
tained i22o',000, or ‘.22 37rhs of the whole,
NORWALK GAZETTE.‘
\I'cdnes1lay, Sept. 8, 1847.
The following article from the Louisrille
Journal, carries with it an air of authority, and
the manner of its reception by the" press, gives
to it a weight and importance which the friends
of Mr. Clay, and the freemen of the land, wili
desire to P353 “FOIL Its declarations affect the
hopes rind preferences of it very numerous por-
tion ofthe voters of the country, undlthrough
them the country itself. \Vo commend it to
the iittention of our readers. " ~ -
The P'residc-ncy in 1848.—Mr. Clag/.—"']‘ha
Union and its Loco-Foco allies would rejoice to
see Mr. Clay _upon an elcctiorieeriug tour, for
such ii spectacle would give them hopes ofjeiil-
ousics and heart burnings and collisions among
the \Vhigs. But they are destined to experi-
ence no such gratificzitioii. \Vc know that Mr.
Clay, at the disastroiis close of the lust Presi-
dential canvass, which he did not: regret. for his
own silk!‘-. tlltiugli be deeply i'cgrctted it for his
c0iiut.i'y’s, cainc iiiiliesitiitiiigly and instantly to
the rli.=tei'iiiiiiutioii never agaiii to be ii candidate
for the Presidency, unless in the progress of
events, the whole people of the United States,
regardless of party distinctions. should call him.
to the Presidency by iicclaiiiiatioii.
“He indulged not tho slightest expectation
that this would ever happen, and he fully irindo
up his mind that, unless it: should happen. he
would reiiiaiii for ever in the retire-ineut that
was so dear to hiin——that he worild iicvcr, under
any circuiiistances. pass tlirough iinotlicr politi-
cal cuiiflict. \Vlnit his resolutioii thcn wits is,
we are sure, his resolution now. Ilia will not
be ii candidate for the Chief Miigistrucy unless
called to the high office by the general accla-
mation of all parties, and lie well knows thiit
he is _riot called to it by any such ucclaination
now."
Parcdcs in Mexico.
A recent arrival at the city of New Orleans’
froui Vera Cruz announces the singular niidiiii-
[)0l'fttllt iuforiniition, of the arrival of General
Paredcs in Mexico 3 Ho iirrivcd at Vera Cruz
on the 14th tilt. in the English Mail Steamer
Teviot. The story, as told in the papers is to
this effect. Under an assumed miirie he lau-
ded without. srispiciori. called upon ii friend who
provided him with the iieedful-—-three horses, ii
coat and__sei'vant, and in the brief space of half
an hour, was past the gates ofthe city ouu fleet
beast, and ii clcar track for the city of Mexico.
After all this had taken place the mails of the
stair mer went on shore, and letters were received
of the fact. that the ex-Presidciit was it passen-
gerori the stoainer. Some stir, as the account
pi'ccecds,wus now miide, and ti rewii rd of a $100
offered. for the apprehension of the distinguish-
ed straiiger. But tiriforturiiitely it was just an
hour too late.
This is indeed it strange piece ofhusiness, and
one can liiirdly think of Santa Anna's return to
lk1.‘Xl(.‘0,\\'llll0lll the suspicion of the connivuiiceof
our goveriiirft in this case. The only ratioiinl view
ofthe inoiivet hut couldprompt such a course on
the part ofour broken down Administration is,
that as Santa Anna who was introduced into
Mexico to put. down Paredes, and manage the
settlement of peace. lnis proved less able and
willing to bring about this conclusion than was
expected, and thc provokers of the war bccom-T
ling licartily sick oftlicir (IifS])l'ltlg and ally, are
i
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ltliey so blindly nidcd to build up, and strove to
5 now with their usual consistency and enlighten-
ed iliploinacy, seeking to ueiit.i'alisc the power
7710 Eflfir. /S If JS‘.[flf'cl'y-—“'r'lle CharleS- i make Slll)st‘.l'VlGltl to tlic.ii'owii-views and purpos-
inn Mercury in an article licmled the “the es. Parcdcs is probalily the sworn enemy to
' A‘ - ~ ‘‘ - 1 n ,7 g .
Rm“ "f the bl'*1"‘—'ll0lllC" “lid ll“-‘ bl'“"-i ’5tllll.E| Auiiu, to Anicriciiiis and to peace, and
the only man probably who in the present sittin-
tiou of iitliiirs can restore the confidence of the
Mexican people and inspire them once more
with a hope to conquer their enemies.
The coiiscqiiciicc will, no doubt, be the over-
Ien-ougm by the 135; steamer, wo,,]d give r steamer will positively sail on the 24th"
vitality to the market, but any such iiiflu-‘"155 ‘md that She has 3 good "‘”“b‘-‘l’ Of:
ence would have been seriously counterac- , Passengers already e"g“£’¥ed- The alien‘;
lf-’.flV9 for New York T”"5‘l“l' '“°""l“£-1': W E informs us that he has seen several lots of
“mil hmlselfofllle “g"“°.‘/' Oflhe lelegfilpll ' handsome and apparently sound potatoes
and the non-Slaveliolding States 14-5,124,
or 15)-3'7tlis. Now, the entire extent of
our common country, is 9,920,000 square
throw of Santa Anna, and most likely he will
take in hand the reins of government, crush all
ted by the high value of money, and "the
continued dullness of trade in the manu-
facturing districts.
The elections are nearly _at an end, and
show an increase in favor of liberal minis-
ters.
The Queen has arrived in Scotland.—
Her tour will be completed in about three
weeks.
Lieut. Munro, late of the 2d Regt. of
Life Guards, was yesterday found guilty
of the murder of Col. Fawcett, whom he
killed in a duel about 4 years ago. The
verdict of the jury has caused considera-
ble excitement and surprise.
The aiff-airs of Spain still continue in a
very em~barassed state. The Queen has
placed the King under complete‘ surveil-
lance; and has done _evei'ything to destroy
his influence, short of imposing personal
restraint upon him. An attempt was lately
-made to destroy General Serrano, the
reputed paramour of the Queen, by
sendinga “petrard” to him through the
Post Oflive.
The political aspect of France is threat-
ening enough. A tierce contest is waging
between the government and opposition
press. The latter charges ministers with
corruption and the failure of the financial
administration. The French funds have
largely participated in the embarrassments
caused by the raising of the rates of dis-
count in England.
Portugal is quiet, and the Spanish for-
. ces have been withdrawn from Oporto___
In Switzerland the federal diet has requi-
red the dissolution of the Catholic Sander-
rz/iond, as being hostile to the general wel-
fare.
The accounts from Italy are various.-—
The progress of liberal opinions, particu-
larly intbe Papal States, is viewed with
great alarm by both France and Austria.
In lre'and the elections have been some
what more stormy than in this country,
and the returns will stand‘ very‘ much as
they did in the last Parliament. Mr. O’-
Connell"s fu-nernal was celebrated with
great pump. The event has left no after
ei.‘citein.ent of any consequence. Gen.
A rmstrong goes out by the Caledonia with
tlcspatclres, - The Hottinguer arrived at
Cork on the 16th.
Th- Caletlonizi gakesoul 30,0001 in specie.
tions in her are now nearly completed;
‘they consist in the entire removal of the
ltop hamper or houses, &c. from her deck,
and the enlargement of her bilge, so that
lshev.-‘ill stand more steadily in the water:
her seeond cabin is, we believe, also re-.
,moved. The result is that when fullyl,
loaded she: will draw sixteen inches less:
ivater than before; her owners are now,‘
‘confident that she will make the voyage to,
!Southampton in eleven days.
I
Jumpfg t/Le Ba5ies.—Tuttle says his;
_new invention jumps a baby 120,000 times
a minute in New York alone! When
pressed for an explanation he shows his
[sales book recording the disposal of sortie
530,000 of them at prices from three to
lfour dollars each, and thinks that four
-‘jumps per minute is but a small average.
tSimple as it seems, there is scarcely a
lgreater labor saving machine in existence,
and as it reduces the labor of rearing a
young family, we may fairly expect to see
population increasing under new impulses.
The next thing will be raising children by
steam.
Good C/zange -The last \Vashington
Union announces that, with a vieiv to avoid
the danger of contagation during the prev-
alence of yellow fever at New Orleans,
orders have been given to have the means
oftransportation ready at Baton Rouge,
Natchez, or some other healthy point, for
all the volunteers who are ordered or to
be ordered to Mexico during the present
state of health of New Orleans, and who,
in their progress to the seat of war. must
pass down the Mississippi by that city.
Foreign .Missz'on9.———'l'lie Missionary
I-lerard tor September states the amount of
donations and legacies, received during
the month of July, to be ,-'32[,776_ Tom]
receipts for the year ending July 31, 184-7,
$209,365. This is a deficiency, as com.
pared with the returns of the past year
which were $264,983; and the Board. has
entered upon the current financial year
with a debt of $30,000.
Somebody thinks that if Nature had de-
signed man to be a driinkard, he would
have been constructed like a churn, so that
the more he drank the firmer lie- would
i
'thein.-—Da7ilmry ’l'z'/nes, 31st ult.
for arresting the murderer.
Suz'cz':le.'—-A case of self destruction oc-,
curred in thistown on Saturday morningli
last. Early in the morning of that day,-.
found lifeless. Her husband died ii few‘
months since, and she has been much de-
pressed in spirit, so much so that the
family have watched her movements frorri
fear of hcr doing herself some injury. On
Saturday morning very early she rose
and we‘nt into a wood sh:--d, from the roof
of which some of the younger members of
the family had suspended a pair of le-ailing
lines, for a swing, and hung herself by
Violent Ifzzrricone and Loss qf I.7fe.—-
As Messrs. VVelsh & f)elavan’s circus co.
were performing at Knightstou n, lnd., on
the ‘."7tli till. a tremendous hurricane pass
ed over that place, upset their canvass
tent, and tore parts of it toiatoms. At the
time it occurred, M r. Levi North, a well
known equestrian, was going through his
favorite four horse act, when the horses
took fright, and threw him on the planks
in the ring, dashing this brains out and
killing him instantly. The ring master
was run over by some of the horses, and
had one of his arms broken and was oth-
erwise injured, but it is thought not dan-
gerously. Several others of the company
were hurt, and among the specta'ors two
women anda child were killed instantly
and several others more or less hurt. The
storm lasted only a few niintes, and devas-
tated a space of halfa mile wide, blowing
down buildings and killing several persons
in the country.
Some rogue attempted to set the State
House in_ Hartford, on fire, last Sunday
night. 'l he combustibles did not burn as
well as the rogue intended they should.
By the bye, we trust the one in this city,
is properly insured, for it may be wanted
one of these days fora livery stable, or a
railroad depot.-—R+'gister.
C'o£ncz°dence.—Gen. Santa Anna debark-
ed from a British steamer, at Vera Cruz,
onthe 1.4-'th Aug. 1846, and Paredes, like-
W‘-‘ea landed from a British stcamer,on the
stand.
_l4th Aug. 1847."
l.
gathered and put into ilie cellar, from
which in a few days a very offensive odor,
was emitted, and symptoms of rot wexe
manifested. The indications which have
been common heretofore, such as tl.e pre-
iMl'5- Pearce: Teilcl of Caleb P°"rce' wast, mature decay of the vines, and of the po-
tato in its early stages, do not seem to
exist.—Sp1'2'n.g. G(IZ.
Ac'("b‘l‘77l/L Fire in l?m'i'e7r..——The barn of
Mr. Gorliain,at Darien Landing, with 8
tons of hay, was destroyed by fire, on Sun-
day morniiig last, at about 11 o’clock.
lihe fire is supposed to have been the work
ofan incendiary. Some of the stores in
the vicinity of the barn took fire several-
tiiiies, and were with much exertion pre.
served from destruction.
VVm. Stevens, in his endeavors to save:
his neighbor’s property, at the above t re,
by some accide-nt, had one of his legs bad-
ly brol<en.—r$'tam. ./Irfv. 31.9! all.
-Major Hobbit-,tlrc first Assistant Post-
master General, has written to the depart-
ment that there is no doubt that the Brit-
ish Government will come to a post oflice
arrangement with the United States, it liich
will be mutually acceptable. It is almost
completed. He is now in’ Paris, and ex-
pects to be equally well received by the
department there.
Fire in New Yor/c.—Tlie extensive ster-
otype foundry ofJames Conner, and print-
ing establishment of Jared W. Bell, corner
of Ann and Nassau streets, N. Y. were de-
stroyed by fire on the night of the 29th.
The building, which was five stories high,
was entirely destroyed. The loss of Mr.
Conner and Bell is very large.
Look out for miserable looking counter-
feit fives of the Danbury barik,at Danbury;
A. Seeley, Cashier; S. Tweedy, President.
Draper, Tappan dz Co. New York. Men
driving cattle, for center piece, and female
on left hand, supporting figure V.
The Evening Post says it is supposed
that Mr. Wright had prepared before his
death the address he expected to deliver
before the State Agricultural Society at
the next Fair; and the same paper learns
that it will probably be read at Saratoga
by citlicrillr. VanBtircu or Mr. -Flagg-
miles, of which the Slave States possess
860,000 not quite ll-37th, and the others
‘2,0b0,000, or 25-:')'7tlis; being a growth in
the latter of fotirteeri lllIl€S»l.llCll' original
size, while in the same period of time the
Slave States have not quadrupled theirs.
Dffliculty at the C/iincse Jun,/r Yesterday.
—Yesterday afternoon the Chinainen by
way of recreation took a litttle too much
opium in their pipes and became to some
extent intoxicated. l-lerenpnn they came
before Capt. Kellett and demanded their
pay. The captain accordingly brought
his Consignees to the spot and prepared to
square up with them. The money \\ as
divided into the proper portions and each
was required to sign a receipt in due form
as the condition of fingering his share.-
consequcnce declined trusting them with
the funds. Their next step was to fal
down in a sort of Chinese hysterics, and
otherwise to make a disturbance on the
premises. One or two who were most
uprorious were then removed to the Sta-
tion House by the Police upon which the
remainder gave in and becarrie quiet.-
Tliey are now all on board the vessel in a
state of convalesence, after their “excite-
merit.”—-CI'7'z'l2u72e, 31.s~t.
________._____._
flnot/ier flbductz'on..—\\"e learn from the
Register of last evening that “that baby”
has been carried off again, the mother
having “bettered the instruction” of the
father, by taking it off from its nurse at
the broad hour of noon. “\Vliere it’s
gone and how it fares,” deponent saith
not. How will the judge decide in this
case’! Is possession nine points of the laW'l
JV’. H. Journal.
.Mr. C'lrIy.——Tlle rite ofconfirmation was
administered by Bishop Smith, op Sunday,
July 18th, in the chapel of Morrison Col-
lege, Lexington, to seven persons, among
the candidates, was the Hon. Henry Clay.
A new emission of counterfeit quarter
eagles is “about.” Their date is 1843, and
their execution is so good that they have
even been deceived in :Banks. There is
said to be a large quantity of them in cir-
culatiou.
Tliisiliey declined, and the Captain in-
; P
attempts at. iregotiatioii, and head the army i_n
person against Gen. Scott, should he think it ex-
pedient; lint if not, full back to some place be-
youd the city and prepare hirnsclf for iinothel‘
and better occasion. Ar allcvciits, heisjust the
mini that the Mexicans have been wanting ever.
since the battle of Cerro Gordo, and now, that
he is with them once more, there is no telling
what may be the result ofhis return from exile.
\Vhether we view this entrance uml passage
through the city of Vera Cruz, as the effect of
lcurelessuess or design, itis equally culpable and
deserving ofcensure. and is of a piece with the
couceptiori and progress of this glorious Polk
war!
The following extract ofa letter from Colonel
\\'i'ison, lute Governor of Vera Cruz dated -Vern.
Cruz, Aug. 15th, accounting for the entrance of
' Piiredcs into that city, the Washington Union
deems it full acquittal from any imputation of
rcrriissness. “fill the country think so, or be-
here on no better autliority, that Parades’ re-
turn was unexpccted on the part of our Govern-
ment T
“I have the honor to report that on the 14th.
inst. the British steamer Teviot, Capt. May,
arrived here from England and the Huvanna,
having Gen. Paredes on board, under the as-
sumed name of M. Martinez; who, in conse-
quence of the tardiness of the boarding oflicer.
(Capt. Clark,) landed at between 6 and 7 A. B1.
incognito, from a four cared boatapparently pre-
ared for the occasion. In his transmit through
the gate of the mole, he was recognized by an
inspector, who took no notice of him. There-
fore, I immediately ordered the discharge of
both him and Capt. Clark—the former for hav-
ing lost sight of the main object, notwithstand-
ing niy oftice is but a few yards from the mole. /
“The General, having arrived at the house
of a Mr. Jose G. Zamora, a native merchant,
he presented a letter of introduction from Pu-
ris, and requested that horses might be directly
furnished for himself and servunt—a request
immediately complied with ; and but ten min-
utes after his landing he passed through one
of the gates of the city on his way to the interi-
or, without myself or any of my ofi‘icei's being
able to avoid it, from the circumstance of his ar-
rival and presence here being unknown,'and.t.ho.
letters from the United States Consul at Ha-
vanna, giving notice of his having left, not being
delivered to me until after the General'sdepart-
ure, owing to their being in possession of a lady
passenger on board.”
Norwalk Chronicler