- across the Ohio.
_,, _.
him, en'd_thought it would- be a pleasant
excursion-, but Ball .demurred on the
ground that hisfidehtor might not be pleas-
ed to have him bring company along when
on a dunning call, so the proposed excur-i
sion was recalled." On Monday morning
the two rose early, sipped a dish of coffee
together‘, and then, after assurance of re-
turning early in the ev_ening,not forgetting
to borrow‘ her elegant gold watch’ and
chain worth two hundred dollars or more
and invaluable as the gift of her former
husband, he took his departure, and
from that time to the present, Mrs. Ball-
has l=iad'no positive intelligence of him.
Mr. Bali not returning that night, Mrs.
B. became uneasy. On sippingjher coffee,
the next morning, she thought it tasted
strangely, and she drank but little. -Her
sister, hoivever,l§t\'lio was at the table with
her, drak her usual quantity, and soon af.
ter wasjtaken vomiting.
was examined and a white substance was
observed in it resembling arsenic. On go-
ing to her bedchamber, she noticed ALL
her husbands clgihes were missing, her
fine linen and other valuables gone. Sus-
picions of the plot now, for the first time,
came suddenly and heavily upon her—
She caught her check book and hurried
to the Bank——she had no duposite there-
the entries proved a forgery. Bail had
been to the Bank, but he took bills for the
specie. She went to the stable—foiind
her horse‘ and wagon gone, and subsequent-
ly she has been unable to gain any trace
of her husband or effects.
Mrs. Ball has returned to Darien, rob-
bed of her entire personal estate, and she
now solicits the aid" of every friend of
injured confidence, to aid her in bringing
Calvin L. Ball to that justice his rascality
merits. Any information regarding him
so that he may be arrested, or regarding
the property he has wrongfully taken away
with him, so that it may be recovered, will
not only be gratefully received, but hand-
somely rewarded.
Ball is about 38 years of age—-is of
slender forin—hazle eyes—red whisl(ers——
brown hair—heavv look ofthe eye-—sm-all
hand—a mark on his right cheek. When
he absconded, he wore a black frock coat,
black satin vest, a very heavy gold chain
about his neck attached to an old fashioned
gold watch.
, Before the marriage, Mr.'Ball signed a
jointure securing to Mrs. Ball, the sole
sole and entire control of her whole estate,
both personal and real, and in violation of
this jointure, he took away a light bay
horse with a switch tail and a barouch
wagon.
From recent developments, it is suppo-
sedthis Ball has another wife, now living
in New York, to whom he was married
about eight years ago.
flnecdote of Stephen Gz'rard.—The fol-
lowing capital anecdote, illustrative of the
pecu'l‘ia-rities of the late Stephen Girard, of
Philadelphia, is from the New Bedford
Bulletin; we have not seen it published
before: '
“Mr. G. had a favorite clerk, one who
every waypleased him, and who, when at
the agetof twenty one years, expected Mr.
G. to say something to him in regard to
his future prospects, and perhaps lend a
helping hand in starting him in the world.
But Mr. G. said nothing, carefully avoid-
ing thesubject of his escape from minori-
t§y.- A‘t l‘{'Ii'g'tl], after the lapse of some
weeks, the clerk mustered courage enough
to address Mr. G. upon the subject.
‘I suppose, sir,’ said the clerk, ‘I am now
free ;-and I thought I would say some-
tning to you as to my future course. VVhat
do you think I had better do '1’
‘Yes, I know you are free,’ said Mr. G.
‘tindi my advice to you is, that you go and
learn the cooper’s trade.’
_ This announcement well nigh threw the
clerk of the track, but, recovering his
equilibrium, he said if Mr. G. was in ear.
nest he would do so.
‘I am in earnest,’ said Mr. G.; and the
clerk rather hesitatingly, sought one oftlie
best coopers, agreed upon the terms of ap.
prenticeship and went at it in earnest. In
process of time the young cooper became
master of his trade, and could make as
good a barrel as any other cooper. He
went and told Mr. G. that he had gradua-
ted with all the honors of the craft and
was ready to set up his business, at which
the old man seemed much gratified, and
told him to make three of the best barrels
he could get up.
The young cooper selected the choicest
materials, and soon put in shape and finish-
ed his three barrels, and wheeled them up
to. the old man's counting room. Mr. G.
said the barrels were first rate and deman-
eed the price.
‘One dollar,’ said the clerk, ‘is as low as
I can live by.’ '
‘Cheap enough,’ said his employer ;--
‘make out your bill and present it.’
And now comes the cream of the vihole.
Mr. G. drew a check for $20,000, and
handing it to the clerk cooper, closed with
these words :—
‘There, take that, and invest it in the
best possible way, and if you are unfortu-
nate and lose it, you have agood trade to
fall back upon, which will afford you a
good living at all times.’ ”
The Longest Cucumber in all Creation.
—.I\'Ir. John Homan of Brighton, yesterday
gave us the.measure of a cucumber which
‘beats all.’ The length is three feet eleven
inches and a, fraction. It was raised by
Elisha Blossomfof that town, and may be
seen in his gard,er'i.——Rac/ze.s-ter ./Yd-vem'ser.
‘Bridging the O/Lia.-—-The Wheeling
Times _ say, an engineer is now engaged
in staking out the ground for the Bridge
The span will be exactly
1010 feet from center to center of the
abutments.
. Smcide.---The widow of the late Caleb
Pierce, whose place of residence is about
two miles _from the village of Danbury,
committed suicide on Friday ‘last, bv
liangingz. ’ '4
The following additional facts of this u'nfoi'tu- «
nate affair liavqbeen obtained by the editor of
the Stamford Advocate, from a personal inspec-
tion of the premises, and from the Secretary of
the Company. ,
Recently, two very large boilers, weigh-
ing about eig/zt tons em:/i, formerly used in
the Manhattan Vlfater Works in the city
of New York, had been fitted up, close by
i
I
The dry coffee
the side of each other, and enclosed by a
brick wall and slate roof,’at the north end
of the North building of the “New Mills,”
so called. The design of these boilers
was not to drive machinery, but to gener-
ate steam for extracting the coloring prop-
erties from wood, and they were siq plied
with water from other boilers arranged in
the North building by connecting pipes.
These two boilers were situated north and
soi.ith, the public road on the east and the
wharf on the west at the head of the creek.
It was the east boiler that blew up, and so
powerful was the steam, that the building
enclosing the two boilers was totally de-
molislied, every brick being l'€lll0VC(l’fl‘Oll'|
its place and the materials scattered in
every direction. 'l he boiler gave way at
the bottom and rose perpendicularly to a
height of some twenty feet or more, pas-
sed clear, over the adjoining one, and
landed on the west side of the creek, some
60 feet distant from its bed. The entire
boiler, (except a portion of its bottom,)
with its heavy return pipes, supporting
rods, &c. composing a massive weight
(at least seven tons) _went over in a body,
and now lies there a demonstration of the
tremendous power of steam.
This boiler had a_safety valve six inc/z.c.9
in diameter, and before it was fitted up, it
had been carefully examined by an expe-
rienced engineer, and pronounced to be
perfectly safe in carrying from 25 to 30
lbs. to the inch. The boiler had been in
use only ten or twelve days, carrying from
17 to 20. On the fatal Monday, and at
the time of the accident there were but
12 on, and but a moment before the fire-
man had examined and found the water
all right, with the fire under the boiler
diminishing, when he stepped aside, for
the moment, to attend to some other duty.
Some have evinced a disposition to attach
want of care and fidelity to the individual
having the charge of the boiler at the time,
but from a- careful investigation of the
whole matter, we look upon such an inti-
mation entirely uncalled fur and ungener-
ous in the extreme. The broken parts of
the boiler bear strong evid. nces of defec-
tions that could not have readily been de-
tected by the most skilful observer, and
we look upon it as one of those accidents,
liable to the use of steam power, uliich
human care and attention cannot provide
against, and in this opinion we are sus-
tained by the opinion of the proprietors.
The amount of damage to that establish-
ment is very large, but it sinks into notli-
ingness, when we look at the destruction
of human life and the misery resulting
from the accident. T
Wm. H. Downing, son of Mr. Downing,
keeper of the Light House on E-aton’s
Necl{,L. I. aged ‘.21 years, was on a scaf-
fold nearly over the building containing
the boiler, painting—he was thrown to
some height in the air, and scarcely drew
a breath after falling to the earih. He
was an industrious and resp ctable voting
man. He has left a widow with two
young children, Who were dependent upon
his earnings for their support.
Aaron Meeker, of this village, aged
about 55 years, was upon the scnffolil,
with Downing, also painting. He fell,
with timbers and rubbish near the fire place
Oftlle bullet”. was horribly mangled and
scalded, and died 4 hours afterwards. His
death is deeply regretted by our whole
cémmuniiy. He has left a widow and two
respectable and industrious sons to mourn
this sudden bereavement.
l/Vm. Weed, an apprentice to Wm. H.
Hallock, and son of Zenos VVeed, in the
northern part of this town, was engaged
in setting some brick work, 40 feet south
of the boiler. He was immersed with
steam and fire, and instantly plunged into
the Water and swam across the creek, but
he was so deeply scolded, that he died
before the next morniiig—he' was a fine
young man about ‘20 years of age.
\Vm. Dawson, from Ireland, but three
months in this country, a laborer, was
about ten feet south of Weed. He was so
badly scolded that he died before the next
morning. His age was 25,
Michaal Dawson, a brother of VVilliam
Came l0 lllls couniry with him, was very
badly scalded, but is still living, and.pros-
pect of recovering now favorable.
James Taylor badly injured, but doinn
well. "
Three others slightly injured.
There are generally about one hundred
rnen in ' and about the premises, and
seldom is there a minute in the day, but
many more would have been exposed
to such a disaster than were at that
moment.
In the “New Building” are six new
boilers 4-0 feet each in length, arranged
side_by side. Three of these were in op
eration from one common fire, created
with about two tons of coal-. From one
of these _a pipe, with a stop-cock, con-
nected with the biirsted boiler. The stop
cock :hroke off and thus permitted the
water to escape rapidly from the new
b°'lel‘» and but for the presence of mind
of the fireman» fortunately at his post to
use the necessary precaution, a further
explosion and more terrible must have ta-
ken place. '
Everything that sympathy or money
ifailllfifgfti to comfort tliepfliictions and ad-
ollf theell:elS0 lhe.imn1ed.ia_te temporal wants
. pective families and near rela.
tives of the dead, as well as to the suffer-
ing liying, has been liberally done, by the
proprietors of that unfortunate establish.
meut.
India rubber is now used for saddles-—
to which its elasticity, _durability, and_
other qualiti‘es,.-peculiarly adapts it.
"wine is well known to be a die stuff.
'Con_imcndable Pa-t1'£otis7Ii. _,,_President
Polk-insulted the dignity of the country
by appointing hi‘s.‘brother, Col.‘ VV.‘ H.
lPolk, as. charge to the Two Sicilies. He Mexican ,,‘ews_
went to Naples, stayed abroad long enough
to claimitwo years’ salary—the outfit and
office called him, and in the little time he
did, showed his utter incapacity-came
liome suddenly—has been drawing his sal-
ary since his return at the rate .of $4500
per unnuin, and has now resigned his
charge-ship and been-appointed a major of
dragoons! Tliis, some of our cotempora-
ries call “commendable patriotism!” \Ve,
could find another name for it, much
nearer the truth, were it_ not that we feel
much rejoiced to know that the diplomacy
of the country will not again be turned‘
into ridicule by his ignorance on the con-
tinent. He may make a very good dragooii
but he was beneath contempt as an official
representative of our country abroad.
1’/til. ./\"ort/1. ./Imerican.
“Mr. Wfallier has sent an agent to Eu-
rope to examine into and collect facts, in
‘relation to the operation of the foreign
wareliouses.” -
In doing this, the Secretary kills two
birds with one stone—lie rewards an oli-
sequious partizan, and gratifes a constant
liankering after foreign precedents. In
making out his celebrated Tariff bill, he
showed it to the British minister at Wash-
ington, and got his approval of it before
he submittedfit to Congress. 'lhe New
Oileans National recommends that Mr.
Polk and Mr. Walker send over to Europe
somebody to examine into the absurdiiy
ofcoristitutions. They have triflcd with
ours to such an extent, that the Emperors
of Russia and Austria would give them
some consolation by telling them that they
too treat constitutions with contempt,
and like Mr. Polk and his financial
minister, make war and tariffs, when
they please and as they please.
Bvfih/o Earprcss.
A Rcmar’/rably Singular C'oiizi'zclcm:c.—Tlie
Syracuse Star gives currericy to the following:
\Ve give the facts stated below on the
best authority. They furnish another
brief and singuiar chapter in the history of
the sudden demise of Mr. \"\"i'iglit.
Among the “lminortal seventeen Sena-
tors,” of 18:23, Silas Wriglit and Hengau .l.
Redlield, were conspicuous. For nearly
30 years past they have not only been
warm political friends, but on terms of
personal intimacy- About two weeks
since Mr. lledlielil, who resides in Bata-
via, received a friendly letter from "Mr.
\Vright, in which the writer ullurled touch-
ingly and eloquei'itl_v to the sad havoc that
Death had made in the ranks of the “sev-
entecn Senators.” l'o this letter Mr.
Redfield made a reply, in which he dwells
at length on the sad allusisin Mr. Wright
has made, and expressed his thankfulness
that so far the lives of his friend flll(l‘l]lm
self had been spared. This letter was re-
ceived by Mr. Wright on the morning of
his demise, and it was while reading it in
the Post office, that he was attac ed by the
disease which so suddenly terniiriated his
useful and honorable life.
T/ie Baslon D.-:_y ../l/a'l.—Tlie President
of the Hartford and New Haven Ra l:oad
Company has published a letter defending
the conduct of the Company in regard to
the above mail. It appears that the Coin-
puny are interested in the steamboat line
on the sound, and that as the Postmaster
General has refused to pay $8,000 to that
line for a service which he can get done
for $6,000, and has introduced a compet-
itor for the travelling patronage. they feel
tliemselvesjustified in retaliating as they
have done.
We learn that the mail between New
Haven and Sprinfield is hereafter to be
carried by a wagon. Mail matter for
Springfield and places above in the Con-
necticut River va|l’c_v is to go by way of
Albany and the \Vestern Railroad, and as
for a day mail between N- H. and Boston,
why that will exist for the present only in
the ideal.
Jlfomzrc/iy in Mc.'cz'co.-—-'l'he llew Or-
leans Spanish La Patria, contains a letter
from Havanna which says, the fact is as-
certained that Paredes has gone to l\lexi-
co with full powers to propose European
intervention, and to terminate at once the
difficulties with the United States. That
this being accomplished, Santa Anna will
be banished, after which Paredes will es-
tablish a monarchy in Mexico, at the head
of which will be some sprig of royality
from Europe; Pnredes contending hiuiself
with the post of Generalissimo of the Mex-
ican armies. The last part of the story,
according to the letter, is not asautlientic
as the first; and may admit of qualifica-
tion. The public, says the New York
Journal of Commerce, have found reason
to distrust Havanna correspondents--—
whether it come to them through La Pat-
ria or in papers nearer home.
flnather ./Ynti-Rent O'utrage.——On lVed-
nesday night lost, some desperadoes went
to the farm occupied by Mr. Jas. Vlfeeks,
in Taghkanic, formerly occupied by one
of the Finkles, and shot his working cut-
tle, the one in the shoulder, the other in
the neck, rendering them useless; cut and
burnt up his wagon; cut up his harness,
and cut and destroyed his plows and other
implements of husbandry
Hudson Gaz, 7!/I. inst.
‘VINE.-—Tl1e Chronotype gives the following
sly exposition of wine making in the goodly city
ofBoston,:
_“At one of the Boston Vintages, where
wine is made all the year round, as we
passed yesterday, they were throwing the
grapes out of the strainer after having
pressed them. If we had not known that
they must be grapes, we should have tho’t
they were logwood chips. However, ifthey
“"3-"e.. it makes no great difference, for
{prison to. answer.
MEXICO. _
Vera Cruz dates to the 21st: have been i'ec’d_
via New Orelans, fu'rnishi_ng further details . of
The'Jalapa Bulletin of the 15th says
that Father Jarauta was the leader of the
lg" fit]"iilbofiriibie:n’(i;vtli)eiS':Tlfe $b’u5s,i(r)i(t)a2s_ It)1Tssllel(d attacks °“ M3.l°l' Lallyls Hill": “lld lllal lhe The Hon John P. Bigelow, who was one of the
‘ u 1 -
American loss was 300, which it is believ-
ed is exaggerated. Major Lally had reach-
ed Jalapa, his force including the detach-
ment of twelve dragoons. Capt. \Vells’s
loss was about 40.
The Matumoras Flag contains the par-
ticulars of several skirrnislies which have
taken place between the Mexicans under
Gen. Urrea and American scoutingparties
and trains. They all occurred on the road
between Monterey and Matamoras. The
enemy seem to have gained courage from
the delay of Gen. Taylor in moving for-
ward, and their attacks are more boldly
planned. About 30 Americans have been
killed in these various skirmishes. The
‘Mexican loss is supposed to be much heav-
ier.
The iinpres-‘ion has become general on
the Rio Grande that Gen. Taylor would
move from his position toward San Luis
Potosi on the 1st of September. It is be-
lieved that the force now concentrating at
Vera Cruz, is amply suméient to keep the
corrimuriication clear between that place
and the city of Mexico.
./I .Mc.'r.'z'can P_2/ra-m-i'i1.—'l‘he pyramid of
Clioliila has been recently measured by an
American ofiicer, and its height is given
as 20-L feet. llumboldt, the travelli--r,
makes it only 162 feet, but he used a ba-
rometer, while the American officer meas-
ured it with the sextant. The height of
this pyramid is nearly half as great as that
of the pyramid of Clieops, in Egypt! . The
pyramid of Cholula is quadrangular in its
form, and truuczitcd—the area of the apex
being 165 feet square. On this area for-
merly stood a bratlien temple, now sup-
planted by the Gothic chiircli of our Lady
of Lorctto. The temple on this pyramid
was, in the days ofL'ortes, a sort of Mecca,
to which all the surrounding tribes, air
and near, made an annual pilgrimage, held
a fair, and attended the horrible human
sacrifices peculiar to their superstition.
DIADAMF. Rr:s'rr.1.r..—'.l‘lie Courier and End.
ofTliui'sduy morning, coiituiiis the following pur-
ticulurs in regard to the arrest oftliis woiiiau :
Some weeks since the tlluyor received
it letter from a respectable physician in
Orange County, informing him of the con-
dition of a young female, a patient under
his charge, whose constitution was entire-
ly ruined by her connection with Mrs.
Rcstell, anduhe requested that inquiries
might be instituted. The Mayor, accor-
dingly, ufter consiilting with the Chief of
Police, dispatched Officer Bowycr to
Orange County, where he had an interview
with the unfortunate girl, \\ hose story
bore the entire iuipression of truth. The
girl consenting, she was brouglit to this
city and has been kept secreted at the ex-
pense of the city until the ‘meeting of the
Grand Jury on lllonday. The District
Attorney, who rueailivhile had prepared
the. papers, laid them before that. hotly, and
the result was the prompt finding of three
hills, one .'ig:iinst Mrs; Restell for trian-
slaughter in the second degree, one agaiiist
the seducrir of the unfortunate girl, a weal-
thy manufacturer in Oraiigc County, who
sent her to Mrs. Restell’s, and one against
his servant who accompanied the gi_.l to
the den. As soon as the bill was found, a
bench warrant was issued for the arrest of
Mrs. R. which was given to Bowyer, who
served it as the accused wasiiligiiting from
her carriage, in which she had been taking
her morning ride.
T/ic Rumsc-/ler rememberetl.-——A rumseller
once visiting a victim of his wicked traffic
on his death bed, said to him, ‘Do you re-
member me 1’ Yes,’ said the dying man,
with a startling emphasis, ‘I do remember
you, and I reuicmber your shop, where I
formed the habit which has ruined me for
this world and the next, and when l am
dead, my lieggared widow and fatheiless
children will remember you l’ Yes, and
the avenger of blood will rememb:-r him.
‘When he inaketh inquisiiion for blood, he
reniembereth them; he forgetteth not the
cry of the humble.’
Im7m'gram!.s'.—-—'l’lie number ofpassengers
who have arrived at this port in the last
eight months, is 117,981; a greater num-
ber by 1i5l than in the whole of 1846.-
ln the remaining four months of the pres-
ent year, the number will be increased to
an aggregate of about 150,000. If we
add 100,000 for arrivals at other ports and
through the British doininions, we shall
not be far from the truth, making the
total of immigration into the United States
from foreign countrii-s during the year
1847, a quarter of a million. The number
this year is double that of any former year
except the last, or nearly so.-.-—J. of;C'om_
The Boston Burglar and Safe-blower
was caught by the watchmen about
Wednesday midnight, in the yard of
Priuce’s auction and conimision store, Cen-
tral street, where he was securing valuable
plunder taken from the" store. A large
quantity of jewelry gold watches, bank
bills, couuterfeits, &c. were found in his
possession, together with false keys (with
which he had opened the safe,) powder
and slow matches—with which he blew up
Safes, when his keys would not open
them, &c. He gives his name as Charles
naw.
Despe-rai2'on.-—An Englishman named
John Musgrave, who had just arrived in
the ship Matilda yesterday, attempted to
drown his wife by pushing her into the
river. She was rescued from drowning by
officer Green, of the fifth ward, who im
mediately took Musgrave into custody.
He stated the reason for attempting to
drown his wife was his extreme poverty;
that he intendén to drown his wife and
son, a boy fifteeg years old, and then
drown liiiiiself. Hewas committed to
’ '1.'r2'bu72e-
' The Boston Atlas tells. a good story __c_onnec’-
ted with the Dinner given sometime -.fsi'nce to
iSecr.cta'ry lValIcer on hoard'ofthe-steamer Hi-
highly complimentary to the Secretary, and al-
most altogether of ii. “Free Trade” character.
i
guests, had the independence to run counter to ,
the general sentiment. and he did it in so good
natured ii manner as to add to. rather than de-
tract from the general hilarity and good feeling_
The story runs thus :
At last, however, the Hon. J. P. Bige-.
low, who was present, was called out, and_
lating an anecdote connected with the his-
tory of that eccentric republican, Ethan'
Lord North and other magnates of Great
Britain. where His ./lfajc.-.ty King George
was toasted in every possible for-m, and
protection onboard the Hibernia, courte-
ously consented to them all. Finally,
Lord North called upon Allen for it senti-
ment, aiid after referring to their toasts,
and wishing to put their courtesy to the
test, he gai'e—“His 1l1'ajcs'y—T/ie Devil.”
His Lordship and the guests generally
Mr. Bigelow, after relating this anecdote,
free trade and protection, in proper pro-
. ,, . . ,
portions which, with the anecdote, “as
received with shou s of applause and
laughterby the whole cmnpariy.
Fufal and Unfortunate O.-cm'rence.—-
At a mowing frolic in the neighborhood
of the Quaker settlement, ii quarrel occur-
red between two men—Jacob Hays and
Green Cooper. The latter having attack-
ed Hays uith a knife, it was knocked out
of his hand by Mr. John Pierson, who was
standing _iiear, which incensed ilays to
such a degree that he immediately seized
his scythe and attacked Mr. Pierson, ex-
claiining “I will cut your head off!” and
literally cut and hacked him to pieces,
wounding him in the neck, severing one
of his arms, and cutting him in the abdo-
men so that his eritrals protruded, from
the effects of which Pierson died on Sat-
urday night. Hays is a. desperate man,
and is, we learn, in prison.
S-u.yse.r .N'. J. I.-’c7'ald.
Two men, a father and son, by the name
of Campbell, were, on the 8th drowned in
the Pa-ssaic. On account of some disa-
greement, the father attempted to tale the
life of the son. The latter escaped and
tried to ford the river. The father pur-
sued; and getting in beyond their depth,
botq were drowned, as neither could swim.
flir Line Ru-z'lroa.d.—--Tlie charter, as
amended at the last session of the Connec-
ticut Legislature, says the Journal of Com-
merce, authorizes the Company to organ-
ize when $500,000 is subscribed. Ofthis
amount, $336,000 has alrezidy been sub-
scribed in Middletown and vicinity. We
understand that books are soon to be open-
ed, with a \’l(‘\\' to procure $750,000 or
$200,000 additioiiul, to enable the compa-
ny to organize witliout delay, which for
several reasons is deemed important. The
stock of the Massaclitisetts section is al-
ready la‘--en. From the south western
termination of that section, at or near
Blaclcstone, to New Haven is S31-Elinilcs;
the whole cost of which according to the
estimates of engiiieers, will be $'2,.")3Q,00().
We are further informed on good autliori
ty, that recent explorations and surveys
have established the fact that no grade on
the \\ hole line need exceed 50 feet to the
mile, and that only two miles will come
up to that.
7712 .]\v"uugatuc/c IZuz'lrnad.—A writer in
the Derby Journal, scolding because our
citizens wil not build a railroad to New
York. winds up with the following senti-
ment :——“And why should VVaterbu=‘y
desire the coinmiinication with New Ha-
ven, if it were perfectly easy’! She is to
be a rival of New Haven, instead of a
suburb; her business is to be principally
with New York, and she is rather cinbar-
rassed than otherwise by being obliged to
take a round about course to reach her
market for the sake of going tliroiigli New
Haven and paying her tribiite.”—Rrgz'¢{e.v-.
“T/lat Ba.’iy.”—We understnnd that the
mother of the child lately given into the
father’s care by Judge Hinmari, went to
the house of her husband during his ab-
sence, this noon, and followed the exam-
ple he set her, :1 week or two since, by
taking the child from its cradle, and show-
ing a light pair of heels l_ since which it
has not been heard of. The little shaver
must think he is an object of uncommon
regard to his dear pazents, from the man-
ner in which he is snutclied about.
Jlluil ./Jr-rq.-igements to Hm-(ford, Spi'2'ng-
field and Bos-ton.—The mail for the East
eaves upon the arrival of the Oneida, for
Springfield via Hartford, by carriage, sup
plying the way towns.
changed four times between here and Hart-
ford, and the mail carried through in three
hours.
The Boston anal way mails for New Hi-
ven arrive at noon. The mail leaves Bos-
ton at 4- o’clock P. M. and remains in
Springfield over night.—JV'. Ifavcn Herald.
How much is a “horse power 1'’ is a
question asked a great many times. The
Scientific American says, “what is gener-
ally considered as constituting a horse
power is a power sufficient to rise one
hundred and thirty pounds one hundred
feet in one minute.”
PUPLIC OPINION IN TENNESSEE.-—TlJe
Ohio Press makes the following statement :
“We have ourselves heard Senator Jar-
nagin declare repeatedly that ‘if the ab-
stract question were submitted to the peo-
le of Tennessee to-morrow, three fifths
berni_a. It appears that the toasts given were ,
he gave a happy turn to the matter, by re-;
Allen. He was at dinner one day with‘
the sturdy republican, like the friends - of-
took the joke, and emptied their glasses.l
gave as a sentiment.-——“Tlie doctrines of,
The horses are]
Nomvxtx " GA ZE 'i.1"_r
Ivctlnesday, ‘Sept; 15, [$1. _'7"
E1
TEACH]-)RS' Coivvr-:i\"'rioivs.—-In compliance
with a resolution of the list Legislature of this
State, Hon. Seth P. Beers, superintendent of
common schools, has issued a circular, announc-
ing the times and places of holding Teachers’
Conventions. In this town, a convention will
be held on Tuesday the 12th , day of October,
and at Danbury the 19th of the same month,
commencing at9 o'clock A. M. on eiich of said
days. We understand it to be the intention, to
continue these conventions for some fividuys,
and the gentlemen selected for the purpose____,of
conducting them, will give public addresses each .
day and evening, free ofcharge. -A regular sys- _
tom of instruction will be adopted at the con- _
ventioii, and the superititendont’. expresses the
wish that‘ teachers, and all who intend to her-
.come such, will be present: at tlie_ opening, and
'continue till the close. A Of‘ course, this move-
' merit, to he attended with the benefits contem-
pluted, must receive the co-operation and atten-
,tion of teachers. Institutes of this cliaractcr.
lhnve proved to be of great interest and vnlueiin
‘some parts of this and other States, and it is
: hoped that the some advantages may occur hero.
\Ve believe that some effort has been made to
provide teachers from out of town, with board
gratuitously, but we are not informed to what:
extent such effort has been attended with suc-
cess. \Ve are of the O}\llll0llll()\V0.V8l‘, that the
liberiility of our citizens may be depended upon.
Tin-; \Vu.mo'r Prtoviso.—-As the period for
meeting of our National Legislature approach-
es, the measure, comriioiily known by the title
which stands at the head of this article, claims
mid obtains an increasing share of the public at-
tcntion throughout the whole extent of the
Union. It is tl grave qucstion,——-and deserving,
from its purumouiit. importance. every iota of the
interest with which it is regarded. It will be
our ohjectfin the present article, to exhibit as
completely as our infoi'inut.ion and limits will al-
low, the real state of feeling now existing at the
North, in relation to this matter, together with
some of the reasons why we believe that state
of feeling to be. in the main, correct. _
No person who has observed with any degree
of attention the progress of events within the
last ten or fifteen years, can have failed to re-
uiark the great; change in the public sentiment.
which has tiikcn pliice in that period, among
the people of the North upon the subject of
slavery. In 1836 and 7, men were mobbed,
stoned, mid turrcd and feathered, for expressing
the very same opinions bpon the nature and ef-
fects oftliis great evil. which urc now uttered
from the lips of political orutors and publishcdiby
the political press, openly, earnestly and urgent-
ly. Sensible men, indeed, have not fallen into
the great error of the Aholitionists of ten years
ago, namely, (lie attempt to force irmnciliale
cnianciprztion by Naliaizal action upon Soccrc-ign
Staffs, iiud indeed the wiser and better portion
of the Abolitionists themselves have receded
from that ground, but sensible and patriotic und
honest. men have come to the conclusion, that
slavery is :1 great and crying CVll,——ll‘llll it is dis-
gruciiig our national clizii':ictci', iiici'c:isiiig our mi-
tiounl liurdcns, laying by far the greater portion
of lllt‘-lit upon the Free States, and growing
every yi.-zir more dangci'ous,nnd more iri'einedia—
.lllC. Slowly but surely, thejpeoplc oftlie North
have been advziiiciug to this position, and just as
they hail attained it, the country is plunged iii_to
a wur—by what means or for what good or had
reason it; is not our purpose toicquiie at present
—-a war with it neighboring republic, the uiii-
versally cxpected result ofwliich is the addition
of new and extensive territories to our iilreiidy
overgrown area. It is known, that, in those ter-
ritories, not a slave at present exists, and while
the news of the musteriug of armies, of battle
and bloodshed, of the ca pturo of cities, is reach-
iiig us, in the midst of all this noise and tumult,
we are startled by whisperiiigs which grow
more oiniuous, and at last we are definitely told
by the great pi'o—slnveay :idvocute—nt home, un-
questionably the most influential statesman ' of
the South,——tliat the chief object of thb wiir has
been and is to provide a market for the barter
and sale of human beiiigs—a security for that
great American institution which holds the mind
and body of immortal man in perpetual bond-
age. Is it surprising that the heart of the peo-
ple of the Free States should be stirred at such
an announcement as this, and that joining hands
in the common cause, they should declare their
unanimous and unalterable resolution, that,
Tnis THING suam. NOT BE. Such a result:
is natural, and we believe it to be universal M.
the Nortli-—ut all events, we think we can safe-
ly answer for our own State. \Vhere is the
politicianiii Coniiecticut.'froin the Senate chain-
ber down to the noisiest locofoco who belches-
out profanity and politics in pot-houses and grog 1
shops, who dare iivow himself opposed to the-
principle ofthe \Vilmot proviso? Where is the:
press which will venture to acknowledge suclmn.
opposition? True, indeed, there may be men.
rind presses-in Connecticut, that would sell soul.
and body for partyand for office, as did our late
loco foco delegation to Congress and the lending,
loco papers upon the Texas question; wewould
not pretend to rely upon the integrity of our‘
friends Toucey, Hamersley 6: Co., but. we-
thiiik we can safely depend upon their coward-
ice. The people of Connecticut, nsa body, with»
the whole people of the North have taken their-
stand upon this ground—tIicre shall be no more
slcwc territmy, and we believe that the individu-
als or the party that endeavor to stem this tide.-.
of feeling, will sooner or later be overwhelmeg-,
in its irresistible progress. -
\Ve promised in the outset, to state some rea»--
sons why we rejoice at this condition of things,
but our article has alrendyovergrown its limits;
and we must defer that part of our undertaking
of them would vote for the abolition of
slavery.”
_.to another time.
Norwalk Chronicler