.his sister, who preferred daring the mise-
,ries of the West Indies with her brother,
to remaining in'England without him.-
Sir Sydney (then plain Sydney Harcourt,
I with little hope of the -baronetcy and inde-
pendrnce for many years) naturally of a_
fiery and jealous tetnper, materially
incieased from the privations and checks
he was constantly enduring, chose to be-
Ileve‘Laura’s calm, reasoning indifference,
and her refusal to leave her ailing mother;
only a cover to reject his affection for
that of sortie richer lover. Time, his
. 'sister’s representations, and the bitter pain
ofseparation, cooled these unjust suspi-
cions, and tone of suppressed agony, with
which she had bade him farewell.
The unexpected demise of his relation,
the baronetcy, and a moderate independ-
enlcy, recalling him to England "Well
‘sooner than he had dreamed of, every ef-
fort was put in force to find Laura, but in
vain, till ‘chance led him to Briarstone,
‘and some magnetic instinct urged him to
accept an invitation which it was tnore
in his nature to have travelled some miles
to avoid. He always declared his belief
in mesmeric influences henceforward I
Isabel‘s schemes to prevent theocourse
of true love from running smooth were
fruitless. The old adage had already had
its more than a qtiantoin of fulfilment, and
Laura Gascoigne became Lady Harcourt,
before she was two months older. The
delight and self-complacency of the Misses
Brown ' was beyond description. Miss
iicretia looked grander, Miss Whilelmina
more gracious, and Miss Angelica more
bustling than ever. An accession of pu-
pils and boarders was almost the imtne-
diate consequence of Laura's marriage
and the fair fame of Red Rose Villa was
so well established, as l'ortun'ate.ly to re-
ceive no diminution from an affair which
so scandalised Miss Brown, that she her-
self could not rally from it for months.——
Afteraiternately encouraging: Mr. Gusta-
vus Brown and Mr. Gilbert Givevoicc, till
each gentleman so believed liirnself the
favored individual as to be ready to call
his rival out, if he dared to deny it, Isabel
Ivlorland, one fine summer morning, eloperl
with an Italian emigrant count, who, much
against Miss Bro\vn’s ideas of propriety,
she would have to teach her Italian, leav-
ing both loversin the somewhat disagree-
able predicament of having been most
egregiously deceived and laughed at, at
the very moment. they were iiriticipating
theg AM, for more than the hand, of an
heiress; and as such was the origin of
their dreams, and the source of their
disappointrnent, we can better forgive Isa-
bei’s conduct to them, than we can her
conduct to herself. Alas, indeed, for
those wlioin Nature has so gifted,and over
whom principle has no sway I
A SLAVE’S CONFESSION OF MURDER.
A few days since the negro, Isaac PliiI-
lips._ who wasa fugitive from justice from
Liizii.-ian-i, on the charge of murdering his
master, Mr. Aleph Dean, of Lake Provi-
dence, was delivered up on a requisition,
and taken from our jail, where he had
been confined some time back, to the
Scene of his crime. While in jail here he
llzlltle two confessions of statements, both
denying any participation in the murder
of his master, both of which have been
published. Since he left, I have received
a copy of a third confession, from the
hands of Rev. Isaac Collins and Rev.
Win. Evans, to whom he made it a few
days before his departure, requesting that
it be withheld from the public till he was
on his way home. Mr. Evans states that
after having been warned that he should
abide faithfully by the truth in the confes-
sion he was about voluntarily and unsonght
to ma-e, he proceeded as follows:
“Confess.'on—Di'. llnvall,of West River,
Anne Arundel county, Md. from whom I
ran away, sold me to Mr. Hope H. Slatter
of Baltimore, on again obtaining posses-
sion oftne. Mr. Slatter took me to New
Orleans and sold uie to Mr. Dean, with
whom I lived for two years prior to his
death. He was murdered, I think in Sep-
tember; he treated me very batlly ; would
stake me down to the ground and lush
me sorely, and then pour salt water over
the. Two or three times he threatened to
kill me. A Mr. Hall, who has himself
since been murdered, and who had a diffi-
culty with my master, persuaded Lewis,
a slave belonging to another man, and
myself, to commit the crime, assuring
us that he would enable us to make a suc-
cessful escape.
"After about a. wrek’s deliberation, we
came to the determination to do the deed.
fvlr. Hall stood outside, while we entered
the shanty in which my master lived, and
wliich was not fastened in any way. We
found him asleep. I laid hold of him,
wliiilst Lewis strangled him with the blan-
:et, with which he was covered. He
made but a slight struggle and but little
noise. After we had killed him, we car-
ried his body out and buried it in the cane-
brake. Having been directed by Mr. Hall
I returned to the shanty and broke open
his trunk, taking therefrom twopieces of
gold and a hundred dollar note, all of
wliicli I gave to Mr. Hall. Lewis and
,nyself, with Mr. Hall, then took horses
and started for Providence, we passing as
'-..-is slaves.
"We left our horses at Providence and
took steamboat for Vicksburg, and went
from her to Jackson, where I was arrested,
taken back to Providence, tried, found
guilty and sentenced to be hung. I'after-
tvard broke jail, and, by papers given me
by a white friend in Arkansas, I ‘got back
to Baltimore, where I married. My proper
mme is Isaac Philips. I have been in
B-iltimore‘about two years. Recently I
Went to West River, on a visit, where I
was arrested and brought-back to the city.
My wife knew nothinz of my crimebefure
my arrest.”——JV'. O. Picayune.
Queen Victoria, it is expected, will
again bless the British nation toward the
latter and of March or the beginning of
flyill. '
coneitsss. _
MONDAY, Jan. 24._
In the SENATE, General Houston, re-
elected Senator from-~Texas, was duly
qualified and took hiss-eat.
Mr Webster presented a petition from
Bedford county, Penn.‘ complaining of the
presentiates of postage.
Mr. Dickenson presented the petition
of citizens of New York, for a redaclwn
in the rates of postage.
On motion of Mr. Miller, the Senate
then took tip and possed‘ the resolution
authorizing the ere‘:-.tion ol the Washington
Monument, on a site to be selected on the
public gt-‘ounds. .
The bill to re-organize the General
-Land Oflice which had been carried in
the House, passed the Senate. Adjourned.
In the Hons:-:, Albert G. Brown, of Mis-
sissippi, was qualified and took a seat.
‘Mr. Boyd submitted a resolution to
close the debate in the conimittecs of the
Whole on the President's annual message,
at three o’clock, this day.
Mi.Vintoii moved to amend the resolu-
tion,by making two o'clock on Wednesday
next. '
The amendment was agreed to, and the
resolution adopted.
On riiotion of Mr. Vinton, the Commit-
tee of the Whole on the Union, J. R. In-
gersoll in the chair, resumed consideration
ofthe Annual Message, which occupied
the remainder of the day.
'1‘ui:sn.u', Jan. 25.
In the SENATE, Mr. Dickinson presented
a memorial from the citizens of New York
on the subject of the potato rot, the injury
likely to result tlicrefrom, and in favor
of an inquiry as to the most eflectual
remedy.
Mr. Dix presented a joint resolution to
the Legislature of New York relative _to
the law fixing the rate of postage on
Newspapers, the pre-paymeiit thereof,
and praying for the repeal of the same.
Adjourned. ‘
In the House, Mr. Vinton, of the VVays
and M«.zms, reported it bill making an ap-
propriation to the Military Acaideiny for
the year ending on the 30th June, IS-I-9.
The bill also makes apprnpriaiioiisfor the
revolutionary and othct‘ pensions for the
same year.
Mr. Dunn. from Committee on Claims,
reported a bill in-ukiiig provision for the
widows and children of soldiers who died
or may liereafter div in actual service, or
after a discharge given and made in con-
sequence of wounds or disease contracted
in active service.
Mr. Grinnell brought up a bill to amend
the first section of the_act which regulates
the conveyance of passengers in trier-
cliant vessels, and the supplementary
act for the relief of sick and disabled
seamen.
On motion of Mr. Simms, the Commit
tee of the Whole, J. R. Iiigersoll in the
Chair, took up the President’s Message.
House adjourned.
\Vi-:n-.\'£snAr. Jan. 26.
In the Si:\'A'ri-'., nothing of importance
was done. Mr. Dix has the floor on the
ten regiment bill. Q
In the I'Iot.'s£, the motion to close debate
on the President’s message, was re-consid-
ered and laid on the table. Mr. Palfrey
was speaking, in committee of the whole,
when the House adjourned.
THURSDAY, Jan. 27.
In the SENATE, ll’lr. Underwood presen-
ted a memorial from -the Board of Mami-
gers of the Female Missionary Society,
praying that lands west of the Rocky.
Moiintains may be set apart for the
. » SUICIDE IN
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
E CITY PRISON.
on Friday evening, Mr. Horace Wells,
dentist, _who kept his office in. Chamber_s
street, was arrested and committed to pri-
son for throwing vitriol on the dresses of
some women in Broadway, and yesterday
morning he was found dead in his cell,
having committed suicide during-tlie night
bydividing the femoral artery with n ra-
zor. Iii his cell was found an empty I301
lle labelled “chloroform,” and his f-one
was bandagediwitli a silk handkerchief.
which covered his mouth and nose, and
which, it is supposed, he had suturatctl
with the chloroform, in order to produce
-inseosibility. In his cell was found a let-
ter directed to the editors of the Journal
of I‘ommerce, detailing the circumstances
of the charge on‘ which he was arrested,
and two or three other letters, which we
subjoin: ‘ I
New YORK, Jan. 23, 1848.
To the Editors of the Journal of Commerce :
Gt-ntlemen,—I wish, through the medi-
cm of your journal, to mal.e a plain. state-
ment respecting the ‘unhappy circum-
stances in which I gun at present placed-
My real name is now before the public 88
a miscreat, guilty of :i must despicable
:.ct, that of wantonly destroying the pro
perty of those girls of the town who
nightly promenade Broadway. The facts,
so far as I am concerned,are briefly these.
On '[‘nesd:iy evening last, a young man
with whom I had recently formed an ac-
quaintance, went with me to my office In
Chambers street, and while there he said
that a woman of bad character had spoiled
a garment for him while walking in the
street, by throwing something like Vlll'|0l
iipoit liitn; that he knew who it was and
would pay her I.~ac|- in the same coin. As
I had some sulphuric acid in my Office,
whichl was using in some chemical expe
riments. he requested the liberty of taking
some of it for this purpose; he according-
ly cut a groove in the cork of a phial, so
that it small quantity only might escape
when it was suddenly thrust forward. He
then said that he might get it tipon his
own clothes. I told him that I had an
old cloak which could not be much injur-
ed by the acid, as it was good for nothing.
By his request I walked into the street
with him, he wearing my old cloak, and I
l.-aving on my ordinary over-coat. \Ve
proceeded up Broadway, and when about
opposite the theatre, he said that he saw
the girl he was in pursuit of, and he soon
gave her shawl a sprinkling. We then
turned down Broadway, when my friend
proposed to spiinkle sotne of tl.c other
girls. I immediately objected, and told
him that what he had already done, was
not in accordance with my own feelings,
nltlionglt it was done in revenge, and ii hen
we arrived at Chambers-street, I took my
pbial and my cloak, and at the same time,
two ofhis friends came up and I left him,
supposing I had dissuaded him from doing
the mischief he proposed, which is as for-
eign to my nature as light is opposed to
darkness. I then regretted exceedingly
that I had countenanced in any manner
the first act. On getting hon.e, Ifound
that my cloak had apparently received
tlie principal part of the acid which had
escaped fiom my phial, as the wind was
lowing towards us when the act was
done. '
Un meeting with my acqtiaintanre the
next day, he said that liimselfand his two
friends, whom I met the pre\ ions e\'ening,
had resolved to drive all the bad girls out
of Broadway by sprintling them with
acid. I in vain rensoticd with him against
committing so mncli injury when he had
not lieen liarmcd. 'I his was not the last
Indians.
Mr. Yulee, from the Naval Committee,§
reported a bill for the reliefof the widows.
of the oflicers, seamen and marines of the
brig Somers.
The Ten Regiment bill was then taken
up. Adjourned.
In the HOUSE, the standing committees
being called upon for reports, a number of
private bills were reported, read twice
aiid referred.
The House went into Committee of
the Whole, Mr. J. R. Ingersoll in the Chair,
on the Presideiit’s Message. House ad-
journed.
FRIDAY, Jan. 28.
In the SENATE, the House bill, making
farther provision for the surviving widows
and soldiers of the Revolution, was read
a third time and passed.
The special order of the day being the
Ten Regiments bill it was then taken up.
The Senate went into Executive Session
and after a short time spent therein the
doors were opened, and they adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Dner of N. Y. report-
ed a bill to alter the terms of Courts for
the District Courts in the Northern Dis-
trict of New York.
Mr. Slingerland of New York, gave
notice of a bill providing for the removal
of obstructions in the Hudson River, near
Albany.
Sxrunnav, Jan. ‘.29.
The SENATE was not in session. .
In the I’IOUSE,_ Mr. Viuton, from the
Committee of Ways and Means, reported
the annual bill making appropriations for
the current and contingent expenses of
the Indian Department, in order to fulfil‘
the treaty stipulations with the various
Indian tribes, for the year ending on the
30th of June, I8-I9. Read twici: and re-
ferred to the Cointnittee on the State of
the Union.
A communication from the Treasury
Department was received, in reference to
the loan, and ordered printed. ’
The Committee of the \\'hole,on the
private calendar, Mr. Chapman of Mary-
land, in the Chair, took up the bill for the
relief of Mary Brown, which, after due
consideration, was reported to the House,
with an amendment which proposed giv-
ing her eigbl, instead of twenty dollars
per month. The amendment was read,
and passed by it vote of 119 to 47. Ad-
journed. ’
interview which I have had with him to
the present time. I wish now to state, as
I am able, what influenced me to do this
act oti Friday evening, wliicli I‘confess
-was done. with my own hands; and this is
the only one of which I am guilty, and
which resnl ed in my arrest. I had dur-
ing the week been in the' constant prac-
tice ofinlialing chloroform for the exhila-
rating effect produced by it; and on Fri-
day evening last I lost all consciousness
before I retrieved the inhaler from my
mouth. How long it retnuiued there I.
do not know, but, on coming out of the
stupor, I was exhilarated beyond measure,
exceeding any thing which I had ever be-
fore experienced, and seeing the pliiul of
acid (which had been used a few evenings
previous as above described) standing on
the mantle, in my delirium I seized it,nnd
rushed into the street and threw it at two
females. I may have thrust it at others,
but I have no recollection further than this.
The effect of this inhalation continued
very tiiuch longer than ever before, and
did not entirely pass off until some time
after my arrest Ido not make this state-
ment expecting to free lIl_\_'S€‘lf from all
blame in this matter; yet'I have been in-_
duced to make a minute statement of:
facts that the public may betterjutlge of;
this misdemeanor so far as I atn con-'
cerned.
I state, unhesitatingly, that I would as
soon deliberately, in cold blood, go into
the street and commit the gross act of
wantonness which had been committed
for the last few evenings, than I would
cut my right hand frotn my body. No,
am not prone to do mischief, as all can
testify who have ever known me. But
now I am placed in circumstances where
I am obliged to bear the reproaches of
the world, for the most conternptible acts,
in which I have not participated, because
I did this one act, in a tiionient of deliri-
um, I must bear the whole brunt. Some
of the papers disbelieve my statement
about others being concerned in this busi-
ness, but I am informed to-day that while
I was in close confinetnent last evening,
the same acts were being committed in
Broadway. Several were sprinkled with
acid. However, my character, which I
have ever prized above every thing else,
is gone, irrevocably gone, and I am now
in the most miserable condition in‘which
it is possible for me to be placed. One of
hi:
ined yesterday, stated thatl had often ad-
dressed her in Broadway. New I tnost
solemnly assert that the statement of this
girl is utterly false. I never have on any
occasion, had‘ any thing to say to those
miserable creatures. If myself alone was
the_only one who is to suffer by all the
false statements which may or have been
made respecting me, it would be nothing
compared to the injury to my poor dear-
wife and child. Oh l may God protect
them. I cannot proceed--my hand is too
unsteady, and my whole fr-nine is convuls-
cd in agony—-my brain is on fire.
SUNDAY Evnnixe, 7 o'clock.
I again take up my pen to finish what I
have to say. Great God, has it come to
this. Is it not all a dream? Before I9.
u’clock this night I am to pay the debt of
nature. Yes—ifI was to go free to-tnor-
row, I could ‘not live and be called a vil-
lain. God knows Iani not one. 0, my
dear mother, bidther and sister, what can
Isay to you. My anguish will only allow
me to bid you farewell. I die this night,
believing that God,wlio knowest all hearts,
will forgive the dreadful act. I shall spend
my reiiniining time in prayer.
Oh! what tnisery I shall bring upon all
my near relatives; and what still more
distressr-s me, is the fact that my name is
familiar to the whole scientific world as
being connected with an itnportant ‘dis-
covery. Aud now, while I atn scarcely
able to hold my pen, I must bid all fare-
well. May God forgive me. Oh, my
dear wife and child, whom I leave desti-
tote of the means of support, I would still
live and work for you, but I cannot.-
Were I to live, Ishould become at maniac.
I feel that I am but little better than one
already. The instrument of my destruc-
tion was obtained when the officer who
had me in charge, kindly permitted me to
go to my room yesterday.
HORACE WELLS.
To Editors.
My last request to editors is, that they
will, while commenting on this unhappy
affair, think of my poor wife and child,
whom are numbered among the most re
spectable members of society.
_ H. VVELLS.
To my Dear ‘Wife.
I feel that I am fast becoming a derang-
ed man, or Iwoiild desist frotii this act.
I cannot live and keep my reason, and on
this account God will forgive the deed.
I can say no more. Farewell. H.
To 1712-. Dwyer.
Dear Sir:-VVhen you receive this I
shall be no iriore. I wish you would take
my watch and present it to my dear wife,
together with the trifle I have already
given you. Please to see to my burial.
Let me be interred here in the most set-.rct
manner possible. I wish you or 1\’lr. Bar-
ber would go iinmediately to Hartford,
and reveal this misfortune to tny wife in
the most unubjectionable manner possible,
and attend to the business which we spoke
of this morning, when you littlegihought
ofthis occurrence.
Yours, _ H. VVELLS.
To Ilfcssrs. Du-yer 45- Barber, Weston Hotel.
N. 3. Please tell Mr. James to ivrite to
Mr. F. \V. Stowon, No. 19 Rue do Fnnx.
bonrg Possonier, Paris, and tell him ofmy
death.
An inquest was held on the body, and
the jury returned a verdict iliat “Horace
Wells came to his deaili by a wound in-
flictcd by himself tipoii the thigh with a
razor, while laboring under mental aber-
ration.”
Ifelurns _f-rrm t/ta Wars.-—“7_c are be-
ginniiig to pet the returns of the war.—-
The Newaik Daily Advertiser ofsaturday,
says:—
A small company of battered soldiers
passed through with the Railroad train
yesterday, on their way home from the
battle I-elds of I\'IE)tlt'()-—-Iltl\’i='g had quite
enough of gore and glory. One of them,
a mod. st, sensible looking man, mentioned
that he was the only survivor of twenty-
one men who left \\ aterbury, Ct., aboutla
year ago—-a sad messenger to twenty
heart-stricken fa-nihes.
In additionto the above, the New Ha-
Haven Cotirier says—Sergeant Edmund
Gilbert, of Waterbury, a returi‘ ed volun-
teer, passed through this city on Saturday.
He was in fine health, but had lost two or
three fingers from one hand, by an esco-
pette ball. Mr-. Gilbert brought back with
him, says the Register, a small book of
Common Prayer, given hini by a lady in
this city, when he went to Mexico, in
which was imb‘-dded a musket ball, re-
ceived in the battle at Cliapultepec——and
which being in his pocket at the time,was
the means of saving his life.
./1 .310:/iii} Scclr/ed lo Den.’/t 5;, lie)‘ Drun-
ken Son.—Sarah Farrell, aged 30, died at
the Almshouse on Sunday, from the effects
of the wounds received in consequence of,
an assault Upon her by her son, Owen;
Farrell. The son, Owen, was sent to the.
House of Correction for two months, as a’
drtinkard. The affair happened in this
way ;—The son came home intoxicated;
and being irritated because his supper was
not ready, kicked the chair from under
his mother, who in her fall, overthrew the-
1- ettle, the contents falling on her body.
The woman was removed to the Alms-
honse, and lingered in .pain for about a
week.-Bos. .lour.
F-rozc Io Deut/'t.—l\'Ir. George J. Crofut,
of Trutnbull. in company, with two other
persons, went down to Milford Beach,
says the Register, on Tuesday last, in
quest of oysters. After filling their boat,
they started for the shore,btit got aground ;
unwilling to throw their oysters over-
board, they concluded to: lie by for the
tide. It was a cold day, and Mr. Crofut,
wrapping himself in his overcoat, laid
down, while the others continued to ex-
ercise themselves with the cars. Fearful
that Crofut would be frozen, they finally
attempted to wake him, when they found
that he was already dead. Mr. C. was 37
those abandoned females who were expiri-
also my mother, brother and sister, all of
.4 Yotlitg Lady’ iii. ,Dlsgut'se.,—The
Charleston‘ Patriot mentions a circtimstance
which is related in a letterifrom'Key West
Q
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,,p#
‘NORVVALK GAZ ETTE.
\Vetlnes:lay. Feb. 2. I848.
that may be classed among the romantic.
A short time since, a vessel bound to
Mexico ran ashore on the reef. Among
the crew was a beautiful young lady, dis-
guised as a boy. The crew supposing
her to be what her garments represented
her, she was required to trike her regular
spell at the pumps. She revealed her sit-
uation and sex to the captziiir, who of
course, relieved her at once from a posi-
tion so unsuitable, to the previous habits
of her life. She is of a very respectable
family at the North, and had an attach-
ment for one who had gone forth to fight
his country's battles in Mexico. Hearing
that her lover had been _wountled, she had
assumed a boy’s attire and eloped frotri
ihe parental roof for the purpose ofjoin-
ing her sweetheart, and nursing him on
his bed of sickness and pain. She has
been treated with great kindness by the
hospitable people of Key West, and is to
be sent home, doubtless much against her
own inclinations. '
.N'at-i'gati'on Open.-—The ice in the Cuy-
alioga passed out last night, leaving our
ltarbcir clear. There is no great amount
of ice in the lake, so that for all practical
purposes tiavigation is as free as ever.-
From present indications, we sliall- with-
out doubt, have an early commencement
of business in the spring. The canal is
also free from ,ice.——Clevelaml Plain-
dealt-r. ~
________________.__
Tl.-e Dorr It’.ebellz'on.3—-The Dorr rebellion
is not yet buried in oblivion, for we see
that the U. States Supreme Court has be-
fore it ti case wherein Martin Luther and
Luther M. Borden are the parties contest-
ing, the charge being that of “breaking
and entering the house of_ the plaintiff in
error on the 28th of June, 1«\_‘4'..’.” Mr.
Luther is a citizcii of Massacliusetts, and
the case involves the question of the Dorr
rebellion, and tlie'Court martial of the
State antliorities. Messrs. Webster and
Whipple are for the defence.
Telegraph to (lie Pac-{firj.——Proposals are
out in St. Louis for extending the wires
to the frontiers of Missouri, at Independ-
once. The different towns between St.
Louis and the frontiers of Missouri, thro’
which the line will pass, are expected to
raise $45,000. for this great enterprize.
- The London Sun says, “the arrivals of
apples from the United States of America
are beyond precedent in extent, and the
quality is remarkably fine. In several in-
stances vessels arriving from New York
have brought as many as nearly one tliou-
sand packages of the fruit, of the excel
letit description known as the American
Newtoivn pippin.”
Fire in 3115/2, Jl1aine.—The grocery and
dry goods store of Andrew J. Bailey, was
destroyed by fire on Saturday night, in-
gethcr with all the stock therein. The
stores adjoining, occupied by Benj. Mar-
shall,:W. Whitney, and J. S. Donnell, were
also badly damaged. Mr. I‘-‘. A. Donnell,
shoe~de:iler, also suffered by the removal
of his stock.
WIIIG 'i‘1cKI;'r.
rort GOVERNOR,
Clark Bisscll, of New Haven.
FORIJEUT.GOVERNOR,
Chas. J. Mrecurrl v. ot‘l._vuio.
FORSECRETARY,
John B. Rob:-rtson, or N. H
FOR.TREASURER.
Joseph 8. Gilbert, of Hartford;
FORCONTROLLER.
Abijah Catlin, of llarwintoia.
3'03.
I-‘airfir-ltl County Convenliong‘
FOR THE NOMINATION OF SIIERIFI-‘.
A Convention ofdelegtites fromjht-. several town:
in Fairficld County will be held at Ilezckiali Nich-
ols’ Hotel, in W'c.-tpurt. on the ]6tli dav 0fFt_'I)l’lItI-
ry. I-'34-3 ill 11 o’clock, A. M. for tlselpnrpmte of
umniniitiug a snitalile person as cantlidate for
SHERIFF of said County, and to do any other
bnsiiiess proper to be done by said Convciiiinn.
The \\‘l1lg.~‘lll the several towns in the County
are requested to send tlclo-gatcs to said tfniivrntion,
equal to doiihle the number ol R(‘pl‘8.~‘('.l)I_ttlIV(:§ to
which said towiis are t-nlitled in the General Assam.
lily. A rum. attcndaiiicc from each town is earnest-
ly l'eql1e-‘lC'd- . ' ~ '
NIZLSON I.. \VHI'I‘l§. C
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ORRIS S. FERRY,
January 15th, 1848.
\Vlii;.-‘s of \ ’ilton,
You are requested to meet at the Town
House on Thursday. the 3d (lay of February
next, at? o'clock, I’. M., for the purpose of
inaking choice of two Delegates to attend the
CouiityC-onvcntion to bclioldcii at \Vestport
on the 16th day of F chrnary next. Per order
Wilton, Jan. ‘.25, 1848.
PEACE RUMOR.
There Iiave been rumors rife the past week
that peace was about to be established between
the United States and Mexico. But like those
which have preceded them, they only gained
credence until the arrival of later advices which
have dispelled the illusion. Although it is
the only pretended object of this government to
sue for peace, and having acted enlirclyupontlzo
dcfczzsirc from the first, it is still the solo
declared object of the Administration to “ con-
quer apeace,” and nothing else, it should be
borne in mind by the supporters of that admin-
istration that Mexico has offered us four hun-
dred and twenty thousand square miles of her
tei'i-itory if we would ivitbdiaw our invading ur-
my and cease the bulcliery of her citizous.-—
Adininistratioii forpcace, it has refused to ac-
cept this large offer on the part of Mexico and
miignaniniously dciiinnds more ter'rz'.'or_1/. The
United States Iniving placed herself in the us-
pect of it licultliy gtlilctic giant, chastizing at
feeble sickly boy, has not only the inliunitiuity
to ravage, burn and destroy Mexico, but impu-
dently deiniind and extort iin euoriiiouspaynient
for the trouble and expense at whizh she has
czit'i'ied on her nefarious acts of bai'bai'isiii.
Mexico, in her half crushed couditioii, has
offered us enough of her territory to make nine
or ten such states as New York; but this will
not sliitisfy the greedy rapacity of the Adminis-
tration, nnd " the wit r must be prosecuted with
incrcasecl vigor, and carried /izr into the heart
oftlie enemy’s country I"
‘I be building burnt was the property of
the United States. Loss to Government
some $l,500 to $‘2.()O0; no insuraiiice.
Mr. Bailey had $1,500 insurance on his
stock.
According to Governor Whitcomb, of
Indianzi, the cause of the war, is, that Mex-
ico (lid not pay the debt due to our cit:-
zens; and a beautifulcommentarythereon
is furnished by the osessaige itself: I/tat
Imlinna /ms not paid i/ze Inter-st on /la)‘
de.’.tfo-r five 1/ears .'—Cz'/2. Gaze.-re.
H2'g/zwa_i/ R0b()ery.—i\I r. Francis D.
Weaver u as robbed in open day near Au-
gusta, Ga. the other day of about $850
by a couple of rufiians, who were subse-
quently nrrested. They gave their names
as Beach and Willianis, the former from
Cincinnati, and the latter from New York.
Another chap, who gave his nntrie as Mil-
ler, from New York, was arrested on sus-
picion of being an accomplice.
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.N'ew York and Boston RuiIroad.—-At a
meeting of the Directors of the New
Yor‘. and Boston Railroad Company, held
in the city of New Hagen on Tuesday,
the 14th inst., the following gentlemen
were unanimously elected officers of the
Company :
Edward A. Russell, f’resident—Stephen
'I‘aylor, 'I‘reasiirer—,-Hamilton Brewer,
C|erk—Edwin F. Johnson, Esq. appointed
Chief Engineer.
Caunterfeit $10 notes on the Sussex
Bank are in circulation in Newark and in
Philadelphia.
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How can politicians in full view of these facts.
set up the flimsy pretence that the head of the
Administration has the least desire for peace,
unless it can be obtained upon his own unrea-
Tlic fields of Mexico must again
be criinsoned with human gormind strewn with
the fragmeiits of human fornis—tIio Iicnrts of
many more are to be wrung with the agony of
bereiiveinonl-—hrokon hearts and bliglitcdliopes
suitable terms.
must still continue to iidd their liorrors to this
scene of wickedness. until Mexico can be forced
to make at more costly sacrifice to loco foco av-
arice.
Ourtroops have “ reveled in the Halls of the
Montezuinas.” bin. the Mexican people. as it
were, iiiaddened to desperation. have roused
and seemed determined to vindicate their na-
tional honor, and revenge the wrongs tliey have
suffered. They are not, yet a conquered peo-
ple, but like the ancient Spartans, seetiied do-
tei mined to " conqueror die.” For six hundred
years, the ancestors of this race maintained
the war in Spain against the invading Moors,
and their sons, by their interinixture with the
Indian tribes, have not lost any of the valor or
wtirlike propensities of their ancestors. The
regular ariny of Mexico has been greatly bro-
ken up, but the scattered remnants are about
to prove more f0l‘nlI(IEll)I0 than the united forces.
These bands of desperadoes are scattered all
over the country lying in ambush, and ready to
spring upon the dcfenccless wagoucrs who am
engaged in carrying supplies to our army.
Their wild and mountainous country is pe-
\Vhales have made their appearance;
along the coast of Long Island, says the,
Sag Harbor Corrector; several have been?
seen off the South side this week, one of,
which was killed, near Southampton,
from. it as night came on.
“Richelieu,” the Washington corres-
pondent of the Tribune, writing under;
date ofJan. 25th, in speaking of the speech
of Mr. Bedinger, of Va., on the subject
of the boundary between us and Mexico,_
and on the cause of the war, remarks:
“Of Mr. Iii would say nothing per-l
sonally niikiud; yet many a titiie I havel
been forced to laugh at his ridiculous de-
scription of the Eagle of Harper’s Ferry.
His speech to-day was enriched by the,
introduction ofa doggerel piece of poetry,§
in English and Latin, describing Santa?
Anna running from Old Zack. I recollect
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Haven Courier. It was the spontaneous
effusion of a yoting student in Yale Col-I
lege—Mr. John Kendrick—-who “\VIlI be,
astonished to learn that his burlesquel
doggerel, formed the laughter moving part
submit in kindness whether till! .38 Con-
years old, and it steady worthy man,
gt-essional eloquence."
lpossess a sister republic,
ofa speech in Congress to-day Nowl 0”
culitirly adapted for this skirmish warfare, and
there is nosecure and safe communication from
any of the supply stations to our army in the city
of Mexico. '
The climate has proved most fatal to large
lThnrsday, but they were obliged to cut ,,,,,,,be,.s of 0,“. Home ,,,.,,,y, and “moss con-
stantly reinforced, would soon Waste away.
So there must be constant eiilistments, and
constant supplies to enable the governtnenl to.
“prosecute the war with vigor, and carry it far;
into heart of the enemy’s country.” And who
can tell of the countless millions this war is to
cost, in the form of present appropriations. and
it national debt, aside from pensions to be paid
in coming years by the children of the present
generation. The cost, however, will be of tho
least consequence in the enumeration of c‘=":ls._
The spirit of conquest, of revolt. misrule. and
disunioii which it nourishes. will be found it
more fiitiil evil than all others combined, and it
seeing it about a year ago in the New will be well foi- us asa people, and well for
our most sacred and valued institutions. if it be
not the means of undermining our national
fabric, and if in our eagerness to destroy and
we be not ourselves
erthrown. _ _
But can it be, that there is not patriotism
enough in Congress to put down thlfi financie-
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Notwithstuiiding the many professions of the
Norwalk Chronicler