or the association owning any telegraph line,
doing business within this state, to recive dis-
patches from and for other telegraph lines and
associations. and from and for any individual,
and on payment of thei-i' usual charges for indi-
viduals for transmitting dispatches, as established
by the rules and i'egulatioi'is of such telegraph
line, to transmit the same with impartiality and
good faith, under the penalty of one hundred
d:.llars for every iicglcct and refusal so to do, to
be recovered wir.li’costs of suit, in the name and
for the benefit ofthe person or persons sending
or desiring, tn.se;ud such dispatch.
Sac‘. II. It shall likewise be the duty. of
mi-,i=y such owner or association, to n-ansniit all
disiialclios in the order in which they are re-
ceived, under the penalty of one hundred dol-
lurs, to be I‘8(:0VHl6.‘.d, with costs of suit, by t.he
pizrson or persons whose dispatch is postponed
out ofits order, as herein prescribed ; provic/ed,
however, that arruugenient_s may be made with
the proprietors or publi.hers of newspapers, for
the transmission for the purpose of publication
ofiutelligence of general and public interest,
out of its regular order. And providecl also,
that commuicatioos for officers of--justice shall
take precedence of all others.
Sac. 12. This act shall take effect immedi-
alely. c
Sac. 13. All /penal acts and parts of penal
act.s‘concerning iVIagner.ic 'l‘elegraphs, or Tele-
graph Companies, he.retofore passed, are hereby
repealed.
LAI<‘AYETTE S. FOSTER,
Speaker of the l.-louse of R.opresentat.ives.
CH AS. J. McC URDY,
President of the Senate.
~lll1. I848.
CLARK BISSELL.
cii.\rTi-:a Lxxxv.
An act in addition to an Act eiitilled “ An Act
concerning 'l‘elc.graph Companies.”
Be it enacfccl by the Senate ancl I_Iou.sc of
Raprc.9cri.lal.ivcs in General Asscinbly C07llJ(’.7le(l,
That all the protection extended to telegraph
companies and the wires, posts and abutincnls
ofsucli companies. liereafter to be organized
under and by an act passed this session of the
General Assembly, be, and the same is hereby
extended to the New London, Norwich and
\Vorcester Telegraph Company, a corporalioii
organized under the act concerning joint stock
stock companies and having a telegraph wire
between the aforesaid cities. ‘
LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER,
Speaker of the llouse of Representatives.
CHARLES J. MCCURDY,
President of the Senate.
Approved, June 12th, 1848.
I’.'.'0p0SC(1 Amegrdiinczit of the Con-
slitmioii.
At a Geiicinl Asseiiibly‘ of the State of Connect-
icut, holden at New Haven, in said state, on
the first VVeduesday of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty-eiglit:
Resolocrl by the [Iuasc of Representatives.
That the following proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution of this State, which, when
approved and adopted in the manner by the
(joiistitiitioii prescribed, shall to all intents and
piirposes become a part tlicreof, viz:
“ At the annual meeting of electors, for the
choice of state officers, to be held in the year
eiglilteen hundred and fifIy——aud on each twen-
tieth year tliei'eat'ter—and also, at suclitiine as
the Legislature may by law provide, the ques-
tion, ‘ Shall there be a convention to revise the
(_i()llSlItl1Ll0l”l of tl1eStatc,:inr.l amend the same ?’
shall be decided by the electors qualified to vote
for niemlicrs of the General Assenibly. And
in case the majority of the electors so qualified,
voting at such election, shall decide in favor of
a convention for such purpose: the General
Asseinbly at its iiextsossioii shall provide by
law for the election of Llclegates to such conven-
tioii.”
1i‘rz.s-olved, That the foregoiiig proposed a-
Illt'~)l]Ll|lIelll' of the Constitution be continued to
the next General Asseiiilily ofthis State, to be
holden at H:irtfoi'd on the first \Ve-Jiiesday of
May next, and to be published with the laws of
this State passed at the present scssioii,
Ifoasc ofRc_/J/'c.vc/ilrz/iucs, June ‘2li/,//., 1848.
Passed. FRANCIS BACON, Clerk.
A/Approved J uue 2
flccidenl at ./\’'(:io Orlern2s.—Oii the 7th.
as some men were engaged in repairing ii
portion of the levec,tlie bank suddenly
gave way, carrying with it a considerable
number of the spectators and workmen.
Fiftecn persons are ascertained to have
been swallowed up by the rush of waters,
whose bodies have not yet been recovered.
The scene is described by those who wit-
nessed it, as most heart-rending. A gen-
E?
Gi'gmm'c Grass.—At the meeting of the
Farmers Club i-n New York, last week, an
alay Mountains was given to Mr. Mei-gs.
t/ii:-ty to forty fizet, and presents the luxu-l
of resisting intense cold.
ern slopes, the region of perpetual snow,
grass will undoubtedly grow in this coun
try, and efforts are to be made to intro-
duce it into Europe. ‘
./in flflfecting Incz'dcnt.—-—'l‘he Pittsburg
Journal, in noticing the arrival of the
troops there from Mexico, says:
As the volunteers were marching up
the wharf after disembarkation, a young
gallant looking soldier happened to catch
sight ofa young woman at the same mo-
ment that she saw him. She was quite
pretty, very neatly dressed, and had a very
bright little baby in her arms. The young
woman uttered a short joyful cry as she
saw the soldier. Away went the musket
and darting from his place in the ranks,
the brave fellow caught his wife and child
in his arms. To us, this was one of the
most touching occurrences of the day, so
fruitful in touching scenes.
Drowned.-—Last night, at about 1-2 past
7' o’clock, a man, a German, George Hill
by name, about thirty years of age, was
drowned while bathing in Mill river just
above the Railroad bridge. He haclgone
there with two or three others—had swam
across, and was returning when he called
out be “ couldn’t swim.” His friends
thought him joking, but. soon found he
had sunk to rise no more alive. >Tlie
body was recovered in just fifteen minutes.
Drs. Hooker and Bishop, were there soon
but too late to take any steps for his re-
suscitation. He was an upliolsterer by
trade—in the employ of C. B. Lines and
had been in N. Haven about three weeks.
.N'. H. Journal, 3:! inst.
Boring for Water in - "aw IIaven.—This
operation, we learn, has just been suc-
cessfully performed in the rear of Mr.
Pal-rot’s Stave l<‘actory, half way down
Long Wharf, by boring down through the
wharf and the salt water and sinking an
iron tube, about five inches in diameter to
the distance of about forty feel. Pure
sweet water has been obtained rising to
within one foot of the surface, a_nd that of
so plentiful a vuuntity that two pumps
working hours in succession could not
exhaust it.——./V. H. Journal.
C/mpter on Tears.—Tears are sometimes
a relief, sometimes a burden; they are a
relief to woman, but a burden to a man;
they relieve a woman, because her sym-
pathy approves them; they burden a man,
because his pride rebul-"es them; a woman
weeps because-she feels, a man because
he can’t feel; a woman?s tears affect a
man, but a man’s tears disaffect a woman;
a woman weeps fOl‘_§0l.llel’S, a man for
himself; a woman believes them a profit-
able investment, a man considers them a
useless expenditure; a woman's tvars are
easy and natural, a man’s forced and awk-
ward; a woman’s are the worm streams
of the summer’s clouds; man’s the cold
dropping of the icicle.
The Rule of S12-cit l'f”'al/cz'ng.—A paper
calls attention to the observance of the
following rules, in all populous places:
“Let it be understood by all, that every
gentleman and every lady is expected to
pass to the right. Another matter con-
nected with this should be observed by
all that walk with lalies. It is to place
the lady on your right, and in offering
your arm, let it always be the right. In
in this way, and by observing thefirst all
important rule, all who pass will be on the
gentlcman’s side, and thus avoid all con-
tlemrin lost his wife and child, who were
standing near him a few moments previ-
ously.
ming. Had the river been high at the.
time. a large portion of the city would
have been ovcrflowcd by this brca'l-‘age.
[ntm'csz.’ng to lVii1ows.—'l‘he L~iw Jour-
nal for July contains an eloquent opinion
by Judge Lewis, delivered at the June
term of the Common Pleas Court at Lari-
caster, Pa. on :1 case where a certain man
devised to his widow all his property,
“provided she remain :1 widow during her
life; but in case she should marry again,
my will is, she shall leave the premises,”
860. The widow having married again,
suit was brought by other heirs of the
linsbaiid to recover the property. Judge
Lewis decided that the “ condition in res-
traint of marriage is void, and the second
marriage of the willow does not divest
her est-.ite—-«tlie principles of morality——
the policy of the nation—lhe doctrines of
the common law-the law of nature and
law of God, unite in condemning as void
the conditions attempted to be imposed,
by this tcstator upon his widow.”
will’/z'eI"s Journal.
UJ Several companies of the Ohio vol-
rv--p
tact of strangers with yeur companion.
A ,. 7 , d t, , 1 b I. [The practice of changing sides with the
9“ sale lemse. "5 Y S“""' lady at every corner, so as to give her the
wall, is iidiculousand awkward in the
extreme. -
l'l'"arnr'ng lo Smo/rcrs.-—A remarkable
and serious accident occurred near the
Yellow Springs, in Chester county, on
Sunday last. A gentleman named \Vm.
Millei', of Nantmcal township, was driving
a horse and vehicle, and was accompanied
by two ladies; at the some time smoking
a cigar. A spark from the cigar caught
the dress of one of the ladies, and before
it was observed, the firc had made such
progress in the combustible substance that
she could not cxtinguish it. The vehicle
was stopped, the lady leaped from the
carriage, and the other, in rushing to her
assistance, also had the the flamds com-
municatcd to her dress. Both females
were now in a blaze, and being clad in
thin cotton apparel, had nearly thqir
whole clothing destroyed, and their per-
sons were burnt in a shocking m:inner.—
To complete the calamity, the vehicle took
fire and was burnt up.
Village, I/Vestc/tester Record.
untecrs recently arrived at the wharf in
Cincinnati, without hats, coats, shirts,l
shoes, and even p2intaloons———thcy were
so entirely destitute that they were asha-
med to land and receive the welcome of.
of their friends who had assembled to
greet them. It is said the food dealt out
to them on their way home, consisted of
wormy bread and tainted meat, and that
their condition was worse than that of
convicts. The manner in which the vol-
unteers have been treated is a lasting dis-
grace to the administaation.
Gen. Sam. Houston and Mr. Kaufman,
of Texas, have been making Cass speeches
in Pennsylvania. They spoke in Harris-
burg one d:iy last week. Samuel spoke
of Texas and himself, Mr. Kaufman abu-
sed Van Bnrcn. The meeting broke up
Willi Lliicc cliccrs l'ui"Zuc/zery Taylor.
The Pouglikcpsie Eagle records a case
of lockjnw in Sharon, Coon. A boy was
taken with a severe pain in the head, which
soon turned to lockjaw. A Physician
tried to relieve him by ordinaay means,
but failing in that had recoursefto chloro-
form by way of experiment. The lad lay
insensible for awhile, and awoke with eve-
ry symptom of lockjaw removed. A few
dayls afterwards he was almost entirely
We .
The locomotive of the upward freight
train of the Connecticut River Railroad,
yesterday afternoon, set the bridge which
crosses the Connecticut, above Williman.
sctt, on fire. Another train following soon
after, the fire was extinguished, but not
before it had made considerable of a hole
in the roof and side of the bridge. It was
made at the South and is a fiery thing.
Springfielcl Iiepublicari. ‘
riant vegetation of the tropics, and at thel
same time preserves the valuable quality=
It inhabitants.
the crests of the Himalayas, on the north-i
at an altitude of sixteen /zaiidrcd feet. This‘:
.Elopemcnt.—Our usually‘: quiet village
was the scene of considerable excitement
account ofthe gigantic grass of the Him- on Saturday morning last, occasioned by
the disappearance or a young man named’
This grass grows to_ the height of from Eliphalet Todd, of this village, and Miss
Charlotte Henrietta, of Huntington, a
young lady about 16 years of age. It
appears that the intimacy between them
had met. with decided opposition from the
parents of the young lady, When, as in all
similar cases, instead of producing the
desired effect, it onlytended to strengthen
more fii'mly,the golden threads that bind
“two willing hearts,” and‘ the part.._v._ inves-
ting themselves with authority, prociéeded
to take the subject into tlieir own__hands,
and dispose of the matter as “ the law di-
rects.” On Friday evening last, therefore.
the young lady, under pretence of going
after milk, left her mother’s residence,
and skipping along the banks of the Hons-
atonic, soon met her paramour, who was
in ii carriage, just above the bridge, anx-
iously awaiting her, and jumping in they
proceeded directly through Danbury to
the Empire State, where they ‘arrived
about 5 o'clock in the morning, and were
married! They returned on Sunday eve-
ning, in high spirits, and as far as We have
been informed, “ are o’oz'ng as well as could
be expected !”—Dcrby Journal.
flnot/zer Wom1er.—We witnessed to-day
the operation of a patent sewing machine,
which was invented in Boston about six
months ago. It is an astonishing adiiir—
and will sew in the nealest manner, a yard
of cloth in just one minute! The seams
of a pair of pantaloons may he sewed up
in five minutes. The machine is a very
small one, and of simple construction, and
is sold with the right to use it, for less
than one hundred and fifty dollars. What
next .7 The proprietor is at the Park
f-louse.-—-Pa."laclium.
James Johnston, heretofore a prominent
locofoco, and editor of the Pennsylvania
Argus, is out in a long letter in favor of
Gen. Taylor. He repndiates Cass for
his subserviency to Southern interests.-
Men, actuated by similar impulses, are
coming over to Taylor by platoons. The
barnburner in this city who offers a bet of
$200 that no one can name two states
sure for Cass—-nor two counties in This
state—runs but very little risk.
Albany Journal.
One of the ‘Trap/lies of the War.--The
soldiers of the Duquense Greys, brought
home with them a young Mexican
girl, about seventeen years of age.—
She had distinguished hersclf_ by her on-
ceasing devotion to the wants of the sick
and wounded among our men ; and had
she been left behind, she would have been
cruelly treated, perhaps murdered by her
countrymen for her humanity to our peo-
ple. It was thought advisable to bring
her on home wiih them. They all appear
very much attached to her ; she is treated
with the utmost respect, and we doubt not
:1 home will be provided for her by her
brave fi;iends.—Pz'zzsbuzg Journal.
At the suggestion of a friend, I .have
discovered that glass is an excellent sub-
stitnte for a board to cut leather upon —-
To boot and shoe manufacturers it is a
most valuable substitute, being in the end
much cheaper, and does not dull the edge
of a good knife any more than wood-, if
as much —Cor. Sci. .4772.
Theodore Olcott, Esq. late Cashier or
the Canal Bank of Albany, was arrested
on Monday last, says the Albany Knicker-
bocker, on the complaint of Rev. James
A. Corncll,cliarged with fraud; Olcott
having sold Cornell $1500 \vo.ih of‘ the
Stock in April last and represented it as
being goozl.
lntemperance prevails in such an extent
in England and Wales, that one human
being dies every nine minutes, or one
hundred and sixty every day of drunken.
ness. This fact is stated on the authoritv
cf :1 late report to Parliament. '
The Hartford Times says that Daniel
Wadsworth, the benevolent citizen, died
at his residence in that city, on the night
of the 27th ult. Had he lived a week
lggger, he would have been just 77 years
0 .
Twenty-five hearty-looking Pottawoto-
mic youths arrived at St. Louis on the
21111, on their way home from the school
in Kentucky, founded by Col. R. M.
Johnson.
A Mormon Settlement has been made
in Texas, leading to the erection already
of several saw mills and the cultivation of
some 5000 acres of land.
Counterfeit ten cent pieces are said to
be very abundant in Boston. Also coun-
terfeit half eagles. The latter are made
of copper, and galvanized with gold.
Scolds‘ and Burn.s.——Tlie Gennessee
Farmer says thata pounded onion will
immediately relieve.the pain occasioned
by a scald or burn.
No. 1 wire is said by an exchange paper
to be an ample protection against light-
ning, put up as the large rods are. War
ships use the wire with complete
SUCCESS.
Distress of Vo.’un.'eers.—'l'he Philadel-
phia Ledger says many of the volunteers
just returned from Mexico tothat city,
are already left penniless, and their bodily
infirm-ities rendering them unfit for service,“
those from the interior are without the
means to carry them to their friends.
ProI1fic.——A la-dy residing in the dis-
trict Spring Garden, Philadelphia, gave
birth to four, fine, healthy children, on
Sunday morning last, three boys and a
girl, who at last accounts were all doing
well. A
.512 Illustriozis Trz'o.——Chateaubrian<-J,
Napoleon and Walter Scott, were all born
in the year I769. L
foreign News.
Arrival of the America.
SEVEN DAYS LATER.
The Royal Mail Steamer America, Capt.
E. A. Judkins arrived at Jersey City, on
Friday. She brings to New York,dates
from Liverpool to the 22d, and Dublin to
the ‘list. , «
The Cholera continues to prevail
throughout all the Turkish provinces. At
Constantinople it continued ‘without
abatement, but it was considered mild.
By the last accounts received of the
progress of the cholera, in Moldavia, the
visitation Wasu excessively severe. At
Jassy, from the 17th to the ‘.Z8tli, 1:799
persons had been attacked. At St. Pe-
tersburg, from June 2-1 to July 3, there
had been 5063 cases. I
NORWALK _GAZ ETTE-I
Wculncsclay, August 9, 1848.
FOR. PRESIDENT
ZACIIARY TAYLOR, of Louisiana.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
MILLARD FILLMORE, of New York.
WANTED.
A POST RIDER to take an cslablzs/iccl
aml profitable Post Route. /1 12;/ily at I/zis Qfiice.
Wll 1 G STA’!-‘E CONVEN'l‘ 1 0N,
FOR THE NOMINATION or PRESIDEN-
' .TIAL ELECTORS
A State Convention ofllic VVhigs of Connecticut
will be held at the city of illiddlclown. nii Wednes-
Engl-:nrl.—Tlie ' reports which have
lately reached as from all parts of the
United Kingdom Erespecting the state of
the crops, &.c , is very encouraging.
Orders have been given from the Com-
rnander-in-Chief's oflice, to all officers be
longing to regiments in Ireland, on leave
ofabsence in London, to repair immedi-
ately to rejoin their respective regiments
quartered in that country.
]relancl.——'l'he purchase and manufac-
ture of arms is proceeding rapidly.
Last week eighty stand of arms were
purchased by the Dr. Doyle Club, of which
Mr. Duffy, of the Nation, is the President.
20,000 stands of disused military flint
muskets have been purchased in London
for the use of the insurgents, and all com-
ing over in batches.
l‘l,Vl-find, the noted pike-maker, has left
Dllllilln for Carlow, with a large consign-
ment of pikes.
The insurgents have prepared a map of
the city of Dublin, sub-divided into dis-
tricts, in each of which, the points at
and where barricades are to be thrown up,
are indicated.
The potato disease has not appeared as
yet in"‘lrelan<l. ,
The last club procession in Cork brought
the leaders in contact with the authorities,
Messrs. Varian, Bourke, Lane, and J. O’-
Brien —all on charges of sedition. The
arrest took place on Tuesday. The par-
ties were all admitted to bail.
The Government, along with a strong
body of r'onstabular_v, are concentrating
troops in VVaterford and its neighborhoorl.
Troops have marched from Wexford in
that direction, and from Killenny ,this
morning.
Frcmce.—'I‘lie examination of nearly
1100 insurgents confined in the fort of
Ivory, has been concluded, after three
weeks’ incessant labor on the part of the
magistrates, who had 8000 documents to
examine. It now remains for the military
commission to decide on the fate of those
men.
Latest News from Ireland.
DUBLIN, Sunday night.
We are almostin a state of seige in this
city. To day a proclamation was issue
by the Lord Lieutenant, for both the county
and cily of Dublin, calling on all persons
to deposit and leave at the respective po-
lice stations on or before the ‘.’:')’.h of in-
stant July, all guns, pistols, and other fire-
arms, and all swords, cutlasses, pilres and
bayonets, and a‘l gun powder and amino-
prisoned two years with or without hard
labour.
The police, who‘ are armed with cut-
lasscs, iook up a number of pikes and
guns to day throughout the city.
An application having been made to
Judge Perrin pri-siding at the Tyrone As-
sizes to admit M r. John Miirtin to trial,
‘he refused the some and strongly censured
the conduct of the government for allow-
ing Mr. Martin the privilege of writing
from Nexvgate to the Felon.
The Nation rrakes its appearance again
to-morrow. Its leaders are, as usual, to
the point and equally spicy as to
“Felony.”
A letter from VVaterford states that that
city is greatly excited by the proclama-
tion issued against it. The notices are
torn down as soon as put up. Mr. Meagh-
er has issued a counter proclamation, in
which he calls upon his fellow citizens to
imitate the men of Limerick and Tippe-
rary, to be firm and steady and organize
calmly, spcerli/3/' and fearlessly. Mr.
Meaghcr in mockery of the Castle procla-
mation, put at the foot of his addrcss—--
“Gozl save the Pi-:oI'i.i-zl”
“The Irish Felon” had not made its
appearance.
En.glan(l.—In the House of Lords last
night after Lord Glengal had brought his
observations to a close, was followed by
Lord Brougham. After which Lord
Landsdown replied; he stated that he
was obliged to Lord Glengal forafiording
him the opportunity to state to the House
what the Government had done in Ireland
and what they intended for men to do,
and then repeated in substance the words
of Lord John Russell’s motion; be after-
wards stated that, although the Govern-
ment had positive notice of an intended
insurrection in that country ; be trusted
that by firmness and vigilance it would at
once be put down——referring to the parish
priests, he states that although some of
them were deeply mixed up in the clubs
and confederations, yet on the whole they
were friendly to the cause .of order, and
the Government had derived valuable sup-
port froni them. The speech of the no-
ble Lord excited deep attention.
A prisoner by the name of National P.
Miner, leaped from the upper tier of cells
at the State Prison, on Monday morning.
He landed on the brick pavement, breaking
both his legs between. the knee and hip
joints, and badlv bruising his head. He
was passing to his cell with his breakfast
in his hands, when he deliberately set it
down and sprung over the railing.
Harlford C'ou1'anl.;
which the clubs are respectively to muster,l
and the result has been the arrest of‘
nition, on pain if convicted, of being i'm-,
J-
day, lhe_30lli day of August. 1848, for the purpose
of clioosing two Senatorial Ei.i:c'rons of Pre.-idciit
and \_7ice President ofthe United States and four
, Disfri_ct Electors, or one from each C0lIgl'8SSlOlllll
District.
'1 lie VVlug.= ofthe several towns are requested to
iassemlile in their priiiiary mcetiiigs, as early as the
I llllllll ofAugii.<t. l‘or:iiipoiniin«_r Delegates equal to
NORTH CAROLINA.
_According to the Tribune this state‘ has gone
VVhig, though by a small majority. Greeley
places but little c_onfidence in the‘ tele‘gi"aphic'
tables of figures, but thinks the Whigs are cer.
tain ofiheii-_Governor and the Legislature.-—
We shall be able to give a definite statement of
the vote nextwcek.
_“NomvAi.i< .GAzi~rr'ri«:.—'I‘lie Norwalk ‘Ga-—
zette is one of the best of eastern papers. Re‘-
ccntly there has been considerable iiiipi'ove.ineiiti
iii the Gazette. and if the Connecticut people,
do not support well, such an able defender of
llle Taylor Cfitlsc, than thev are not entitled to
all the good tliinking we have of them.”
I’lizl¢1delp7i.ia Taylor Flag.
E2? \Vei-c it not for our excessive modesty,
we should lransfei- the above to our own col-
umns, being yo strictly in accordance with our
\Ve could return the Flag, his own
compliinent, and much more, but this would be‘
uniiccessnry, as it is appcarcnl so discriininating
own views.’
an editor cannot fail being a formidable cham-
pion in the Taylor cause. '
ii?‘ Our friends ofllic aquatic excursion, to’
ldouble the number oftheir l‘u-pi'c.<ciitalivcs in the
Legislature, to the above called Coiivcmion, and in
can
immediately tliercallcr.
The campaign is open and the ch-clion is at hand.
Let the friends of ']‘:i_vlor and Fillmore be walcliful
and active. and success and an acceptable adiiiiiiis-
tration ofthe Govcriimeiit will be their reward.
JAM!-ZS F. Bl\BCOCK, ]
Hizxnv Pl-ZCK, |
Joiix L. Boswi-31.1., }
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VVM. \Voonw.uu>,
New Haven, July ]9m, 1348,
\Vliig State
Coiiiiiiittee.
VVM. H. M A'rso.\',
lrelaiiil’s Struggle.
It seems that Ireland’s hour is near at hand,
if indeed the die be not already cast and the
,Rub'.®n crossed. Although she is overpow-
lered in numbers, in a disciylined soldiery, in
‘munitions of war, the struggle will bea sevcre
‘one. Ifon the one side it be met by drilled vet-
runs, able and experienced officers with all the
sinnews ofwar at their command, on the of her,
it will be waged by an infuriated horde who
ldriven to the last extreniity will fight with the
‘-reckless bravery of desperation.
The spectacle is indeed a sad one, and the
jprospect a dark one, but there can be but one
feeling in American bosoins, and that is, that
1liatBciiig who presides over the destinies of
, nations and who delivered our youthful repub-
lic from the jaws of the lion, may also deliver
{down trodden, degraded, Ireland, in this hon,-
. of her extremity. \Ve are no advocates ofwar
‘for slight causes, but when, as another has
said, Fraud and \Vi'ong have so fortified them-
selves in the towers of Law and Authority that
: Moral Right has become Legal \Vrong—tliat
Patriotism is Treason, and rebuke of tyrany is
Sedition-—when the despot few male the un-
ishielded many their spoil——when the answer to
each bold reinonstrance or dispairing cry is a
i
new Coercion Act, the conviction and exile of
the faithful utterer as a fellon. by packing the
jury that tries him. or a disanning of the pee-
l ple who know that they suffer and dare to com-
lplain-—what course is left but the last dire ap-
' peal ?
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS. DEATHS
AND MARRIAGES.
The families of Connecticut have long been
accustoined to the annual visits of the -School
District Committees, for the purpose of enu-
merating lhe children between the ages of four
and sixteen years. By an act of the last Gen-
eral Assembly, it is made the duty of these
Committees to ascertaiii and report the number
of l)ll~'l1lIS.- deaths and inairiages which have oc-
curred in their several districts. (luring the year
}n'ccczli72'g I/icjirsl JV[0nda_7/ rf September. As
the Committees will canvass their respective
districts tlii'oughout the‘ State, during the‘ pro-
pa rents or heads of families will prepare.- pre-
vious to their calls, a list of the births, deaths
and marriages which may have occurred in
their respective families. The list of Births
should state, lst——The date of each birth ; 2d-
The name ofthe child ; 3d—Tlie names of the‘
parents, with their ruputcd ages and occupa-
tion ; 4th-—(If not perinanent residents), where‘
their residence is. The list of Deaths should
state, 1st—-The name of the deceased; 2d—
The reputed age ; 3d—-The place of birth ;
4tli—-—The occupation; 5th (If not a permanent
inhabitant) the residence; 6th——The disease,
or reputed cause of death. VVith the date of
each Jlfarriagc, should be stated the names,
occupation, place of birth, reputed age. and (if
not permanent inhabitants) the residence ofthe
persons married. together with the name of the
minister or magistrate who performed the
marriage ceremony, and whether the same is
the first or other marriage of the parties re-
spcctively.
FACTS FOR ABOLITIONISTS.
The stand taken by the VVhig party in Con-
gress upon the exciting comproinise bill is wor-
thy of notice and admiration :
1st. A Southern \Vhig moved to lay that bill
on the table, in other words, to kill it.
2d. Ercry W'hz'g from the North without ex-
ception, and eight VVhigs from the South, vo-
ted for the motion.
3d. Twenty one Iocofocos out of the fifty one
from the Noith, who voted at all, voted against
it.
4th. Every Locqfoco from. the South voted
against it.
sent month, their duties will be facilitated, if
, -,Ncwport, returned last week, much improvetf
se the names oftlieir delegates to be niiblislied ‘
in limb, wind, and visage.’ They returnetl in‘
lfine spirits and whole trowscrs, bringing two’
barrels ofthe real " Cod” of their own catch-'
ing! By the by, weliavc the promise of one‘,
which after receiving and in warr/ly cligcsfiiig,
we can speak with certainty of its quality and
qua71.l'l(_1/.’ \Ve do not learn as they caught the’
“sea sarpent” this time, though the Dr. is sure
he saw something very like a “ whiile,” over the
larboard, when illustrating the grand principle
ofa ‘reverse muscular action of the stoniacli.—-—
,Thc abdominal insurrection was severe. but at
lthe abatement of each paroxisin, he was led to
vociferate with more than Spartan bravery--*
“ Codfisli or death l” Viclc Villiam.
ifs? The fallow-faced booby who officiales asi
wort nurse for the Danbury “ Junto,” has the*
reail sisfsiiiine grit, though like a superanuatedl
donkey he unfortunately has more will than.
icincl. He fully.corroborates, however, the ax--
iom in natural history " the higher up the men-
key climbs, the more he shows his tail,” amt‘
seems to have been imprudent in his diet. and.
suffered from too free a use of green. fruit, as:
he appears sorely troubled with worms. The
only faculty of wit or cunning which nature has
bestowed upon him, is that of making himself
merry over what he cannot couipreheud, but
“when ignorance is bliss, it is lolly to be wise,”
and it would be perfectly malicious to interrupt.
his felicity by teaching him the first principles
of civilized society. Then he is so keen, so se-
vere,——my,—a cquafortis, corrosive subli mate and:
razors,—he’s as witty as a yeai'liu_'_; calf. And
then he is so mg/slcrioz1s—one could not divine
vision being subject to the phenomena of
“seeing double.” \Ve read that -where the-.
carcase is there will the eagles be grithered to--
sugar” is, there is the redoubtable Mr. “\V1-:."‘
If we may offer advice. do not, for mcrcy’s sake
enter upon a phi-onolngical analysis so soon af-
ter visiting the bar, not ofjuslicc, but ofthe new
Fairfield Hotel or the “ Stage House,” but
wait patiently until your ideas become less:
muddy. Nor should you expect to criticis,e_wilh
impunity the organic developments of your-
neighbor’s head, because your own mental or-
gans having been completely absorbed in an
unnatural growth of cars, haslcft your cranium-
as smooth as a wintersquasli,and about as hollow.
The sappy dropsical bulb which nature has-
supplied in lieu of a cranium, will save you
from the charge of “ flat head," as bladders fill-
ed wilh wind generally maintain their ro-
tundity.
But all things considered, he is a. wonderful-
animal! Morally, intellectually. (bless the
mark,)1 and physically, a stupendous prodigy,:
a perfect collossusl No wonder that. Barnum‘
oflhe'Museuni is nursing the niincoinpoop.——
He, no doubt expects to make a sudden decent
upon the world with “ we” in a cage, exhibit»-
Iling him as the long looked for coiinecliiig link
between the human and brute‘ creation, old
Nebuchadnezzar himself, a veritable mermaid’,
long tailed rat, mouse or monkey ! Well,-1liei'e‘
is a divinity that shapes our ends rough how
them how we will, as said ancient Piston.-
Mom-2 LIVES or‘ C-ASS.--—"I‘TlVC differentlive's"'
,of Cass, says the National Intelligencer, have’
"already been brought to- the notice of the pub-'
. lic, through our columns. This extraordinary
lnumber we thought good fortu-'ne enough for"
'one,moi'tal ; but the worthy General" seems‘ to’
be the especial favorite of fate in the number as
well as the variety] of his lives, for we have just
‘met with a sixth.’ This last, a good sized
lpamplilet, printed in Washington, is in tlie
German language.
ll? \Vilh the present number we end the
publication of the laws. The reader cannot be
more heartily glad than ourselves-. ‘We trust
our advertising friends will pardon any lll§8l'tle3'
we have taken with their favors. \Ve shall now‘
endeavor to make amends, and fill our miscel-
laneous columns with their usual variety.
E? “To have had some very hot weather’
thus far, and shall probably have more, and
there is no telling. where thermometers may go-
before this “ spell of weather” is over. But we‘
do know that one‘ has butt'o' go to LisBo.\"s to
eiid his sufferings. “ 'I!‘ha~r’s-no" usekuocking at
the door,” J erry _has got his name up among. the-
What think you of the relative position of
the two parties, Mr. Liberty man’! Wliei-e
are the Whigs in this matter"! VVliere stands
the so- called democratic party '! \Vl.iei'e is the-
adherence to principle? \Vho are the friends
of freedom I
E? The Derby Journal says (and who could
know better), over two thousand strangers are.
at‘ Saratogmand more are continually coming. ,
ladies,'aud l1e’s bound to succeed. He is the‘
most paradoxical animal we ever saw, being of-
ten veiry barberous, yet always humane; a most.
expuisite shaver, alndi always genteel and honest.-
If? you don't believe it, call at his-saloon over St.-
J ohn-‘s where he can tell the story. See adv.-
§ The time fixed for the adjournment’ OE"
Congress is Monday next.
his “ stage-house” allusion, were it not for his.
gether, and it is said that \vliere “ Port and"
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