\
Mn Infallinble Cure for the Asiatic
Hon. ‘Truman -Smith.
Yi/'e copy the following well merited tribute -V
o the services of the Hon. Truman Smith in
an recent presidential campaign, from the Bos-
-on Atlas. \Ve are glad to learn from so excel-
out a source that the energy and talents of Mr.
’C,'. are appreciated as they should be by the‘
\Vhigs of the Union. He is not only an honor
to the State which he so ably represents in
Congress, lint to the country at large.
“The Presidential campaign which has
just closed, and not of which the grand
Whig Army of the Union has come in
triuuipli, with its “ brows bound with vic-
torious wreaths,_" is a subject worthy of
comment. ‘We ought at n time like this,
when the smoke has cleared away, to take
a survey of the field, investigate the
causes which led to victory, and award to
those who have been the most deserving,
the highest honors. In 11 contest where
every man has borne his full part, it is
difficult, and at times unpleasant to Hlfllte
distinctions. Yet distinctions ought to
be made else justice will not be meted
out.
Of the men who have been instrumental
in the election of General Taylor, not one
has labored more assiduously and with
more telling effect than the Hon. Truman
Smith of Connecticut. He deserves the
thanks of-every Whig in the country for
his valuable services.
Mr. Smith, as Chairman of the Whig
Congressional Committee, at Washington,
has given up the whole of his time, since
the adjournment of Congresr, to the work
assigned him; and the number of docu-
ments published and distributed by ‘the
Committee has been enormous. Mr.
Smith has kept up an extensive corres-
pondence with every part of the United
States, and in this way he has been able
to ascertain the true ‘state of the canvass,
from the beginnibg to the close, and to
convey intelligence to all parts of the
Union‘ Mr. Smith has probably been as
well abused by the Van Burenites as any
other friend and supporter of General
Taylor; principally because he was friend-
ly, from the beginning, to the nomination
of General Taylor. He was the only
member of Congress from the free States
who investigated the character, acquire-
ments and political _sent.iments of General
Taylor, previous to the meeting of the
Philadelphia Convention.
Mr. Smith, we know was extremely
anxious that in this canvass the Villiigs
should prevail. His position as Chairman
of the Congressional Committee, in 1844-,
opened to him avenues of information
which"few men knew of. He availed him-
self of the advantage he possessed, to
and out the true sentiments of the Whigs
of the nation, and he became convinced
that with General Taylor asour candidate
we could succeed, and wiili any other
man, the result to say the least, was en-
shrouded in doubt. Having become satis-
fied upon thispoint, he next turned his
attention to General Taylor himself; and
he was satisfied, from the information he
gained, that General Taylor was a‘ Wine,
and one who would infuse into the Gen-
eral "Government the honesty and ability
which pervaded the Admini:-tration of
Vi-fzishington.
Mr. Smith did not. therefore, previous
to the meeting of the Philadelphia Con-
vention, fear to declare his sentiments in
relation to the nomination of General
Taylor. For this he was abused without
stint, and drew down upon his head the
malignant and vituperative abuse of Joshua
R. Giddings and his immediate followers,
in Congress and out. During the canvass,
Giddings upon theystump, in Ohio, and the
Van Buren papers everywhere,
Tray. Bln nche, and Sweetheart,
Little dogs and all-—
joined in the melee against him. Not-
withstanding, Mr. Smith remained true to
his duty, and gained confidence as the
canvass proceeded. He too-. little notice
of the calumnies from whatever source
they :came. He believed that General
Taylor would be elected, and he was wil-
ling that the hopes he had indulged and
the opinions be entertained should be tried
by the test of experience.
We have the pleasure of a personal ac-
quaintance with Mr. Smith. We believe
him to be a gentleman of great experience
in political matters, of fine talents, of sin-
gleness of purpose, and of unquestioned
integrity. He is a warm hearted, enthu-
siastic Whig; one, however, who is not
‘carried away by his zeal and enthusiasm,
into foolish schemes and unavailable issues.
\Vith zeal, he possesses shrew Yankee
sense. Mr. Smith has our thanks for the
Cholera. _,
VVhile in lreland in the year 1832
reading the Dublin Evening Mail,_I met a
notice. with this head, written by Lady
-P°"5°“l’.l'a “'h° had SP9“ "“‘”Y 3'°‘"s in those whom we hoped to elect, and now
India, and had proved the efficacy of the
following prescription and never knew it
to fail. Thinking it might be serviceable,
I copied it, and procured the remedy. In
a few morithsl was called upon to test its
virtue, and suffice it to say that I did not
lose a single case. As we are likely soon
to be visited with. this an ful scourge. I
think it a duty to publish theeame throng
your columns. . _
Recipe.-——l 12 oz. of spirits of Win?»
1-4 oz. of camphor dissolved in the wine.
Get a small phial of spirits of liartsborii
Di-rectiolzs.-—lst give a teaspoon full of
hartshorn in a wine-glass of water ; begin
immediately, and give 5 drops of the spir-
its of wine, filling the teaspoon with cold
water; add a little sugar; repeat this
every 5 minutes till you have given 3
doses, then wait 15 minutes and commence
again as before,and continue hall an hour
unless there is returning heat; should this
be the case, give one more dose and the
cure is effected; let them perspire freely,
as on this the life depends, but add no
additional covering.
The camphor part of the prescription-
campbor dissolved in alcohol, and taken
internally, as a diffusnble stimulant-—was
strongly recommended, and probably much
used, in this city, when the cholera was
here some years ago. ‘V8 do l'tOl l\'llO\V
what success attended its use, or whether
it was employed in connection with hurts-
horn, as advised in the preceding para-
graph.-—-,1\". Y. Com. fldv.
Price of a. I/Vife.—A novel case came
up before Justice Timpson, at the Essex
Mm-key, Police Court a few days since, by
a German nauied Bernard Volner who sta-
ted to the Magistrate that he went from
New York to New Orleans about three
years ago, leaving his wife in N. Y. and
on returning a few months since, found
that his wife had been married again to
one Loni‘ Poolson. Upon learning this
fact, Volner, as he affirms, called upon the
new [possessor of his wife's band and
heart, and agreed to relinquish all claim
to her favor and affections on condition
of Poulson healing the wound he had
inflicted by handing over $150, which he‘
promised to do; but after calling upon
Poulson many times for the money, witli-
out any satisfactory result he had been
compelled to bring his case before tht
authorities, at the same time expressing
his reluctance to prosecute his wife, and
that he is perfectly willing to part with
her provided Louis will hand over the
cash.
“Legend of Belize! Rock.”-—We have
perused with no oadinary pleasure a poem,
exceeding some ‘.200 lines, from tl.e pen
of W. T. Bacon, Esq. (as we suppose
from the initials) which appeared in the
New Haven Journal of last week. The
incidi-nt of the “Indian boy and Maiden”
is delightfully told—-the versificalion is
smooth and graceful, yet bold and free,
and vivid in the description. From that
specimen, and other fugitive productions
of the author which have fallen under our
eye, we regard Mr. Bacon as one of the
most brilliant and chaste poets which now
or ever adorned our State--and we shall
look for his proposed volume with impa-
tient interest. Were our limits of sufficient
extent, we should transfer the ‘legend’ to
our columns as no ordinary gem.
Waterbury flmerican.
E? Theui’s our scutiuieuts. Mr. American.
only a little more so. It will be found on our
outside.
fln .fl7'1‘Z‘2)(1f.-———:l‘ll8 ship Harriet Newell,
port yesterday in twenty-six days from
Limerick, Ireland, with two cabin, and
fifty-nine steerage passengers; a_ portion
of the latter being, as we learn from the
London Illustrated News of the 4th, the
Government informers and witnesses in
the late State 'l'ri:i[s of Smith O’Brien,
Meaglier and others for treason and sedi-
tion, for whom a further residence in lre-
land was deemed unsafe; so they have
been sent out here at the expense of the
Crown and we hope partially provided for
out of the regular plunder of the British
Empire-— '1'7'ibune, Isl inst.
flnneralion Broolrlgn.—Alderma“
Webb has revived the idea of annexing
Brooklyn to New York, but we doubt
whether our handsome sister will enter-
tain the idea a moment. However, if our
, i - . -- -.1 A I . .
valuable services he has rent.-ereu, aiiu|g,,p,,,,t young Ame_.,,,,,,,,c s.,,,,,,- finds fa-
they will not soon be forgotten by the
Whig party. \Ve believe that before the
administration OfG'f.'n€l‘!tl Taylor is ended,
many of those who have been loudest in
their abuse, will be loudest in their praise
of Truman Smith. Whether it he so or
not, he will always have the support, the
respect and confidence of his numerous
friends.”
E.’opement.——A nice little specimen of
an elopcment was brought to light, this
morning, at the City Hotel. A lady of
very genteel appearance, accompanied by
a very young gentleman, not more than
16,-arrived a few days since from Indian-
opolis, and took rooms together passing
orbrother and sister. The young man
went to Louisville for the purpose of pro-
curing money from his uncle residing
there. . A brother of the'filad_y arrived a
dayfor two afterwards, having traced them
to thislcity. He followed the ‘ brother’ to
Louisville, and there had him arrested -—
The lady is the mother of an interesting
family of children.—-Cz'«nc2'nnut£ Despatc/z.
T/ze,Ce_lebrated Gaines Ca.re.—We have
been informed that the Judges of the So-
pra-.m,e Court of the United States have
jsguéd. at mandainiisto Mrs. Maria Gaines,
to appear before them on the first day of
the next term, when the decision oiven in
her favor last winter will be annulled, as
we il.£..Llt'l‘Slilltd. ‘-'Pli_1'lacf;lp/tic, Sun.
vol‘ in the eyes of the fair one, we hope
they will ask consent of the legislative
papa and have the marriage consummated
at once.
When Miss Brooklyn was a great deal
younger we recollect that she turned up
her pretty nose in proud disdain at a sim-
ilar proposal ; but now that she has reach-
ed her prime and sees in the future nothing
but a dreary and sour old maidenhood, it
may be that she will change her mind.-
We advise Alderman Webb, therefore, to
persevere. Faint heart never won fair
lady.—'l'rz'bune.
Bold .R0bb€I‘y.—S0ll18 thief went into
the front door of the house of Mr. George
Wade, of this city, on Saturday morning,
and proceeded up stairs into the bed-room
of his daughter, vihere he took a purse
containing $20 in money, and a box _of
jewelry, worth about $40. No traces
have yet been discovered ‘of the culprit.
Two or three suspicious persons were ar-
rested and examined, but discharged for
want of evidence. This should be a warn-
ing to people to look a little to their front
doors.—-Bridgeport F arriu-7'.
New Counterfez't.—-'I‘here are in circula-
tion counterfeit threes on the City Bank,
New Haven. Vignette, a female in a
l
sitting posture; head of Washington on
the left- The genuine bills have a view of
the College: as a -rigneite. --1-'Bost..-Times.
9 '" iVVe have now passed through an exciting
Capt. Edwin Lockwood,o.irived at this;
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From the Boston Traveller.
.4 Hint to the Benevolent Polz'tic'°an.——
and interesting Presidential campaign, and
l’t'lVe been successful in electing to oflice
:we are to celebrate the annual fI'/mnk.s-giv-
2'ng'—a day set apart in the early days of
tour country, for special thanksgiving and
lpraise to the Giver of allour many bles-
7-sings. Instead of, spending any more in
the way of_ torch-light processions, grand
balls, lute suppers. &c., let us turn our at-
tention to the poor, who may not be able
to celebrate this day in the manner which
lthey would like, for the want of some tri-l
_fle which lies in the power of many to be-.
stow. Let us remember that. it is the
our man’: vote, as well as the rich man's, L
which bassecured to this State and Nation
their own distinguislied candidates for
Governor and President. Let each \Vard
of the city call 9 special meeting fortbis
purpose ; and each town likewise, and
choose a committeeto distribute among
poor such tliings as shall be contribu-
éted for that purpose. By so doing we
isliall make many hearts glad on that day,
=and cause to arise the prayer of thanks-
;giving and the song of praise from many a
poor man’s"heartli.
Our correspondent will be happy’ to
learn that the VVbigs in Boston -fihave
already begun to move in the direction
above indicated. ,_We understand that the
Whigs of Ward Five, at their meeting on
Saturday evening voted that a subscription
should be raised to purchase for eyery
of part;/. a Thzinksgiving Dinner. This is
to be their celebration of the election of
Gen. Taylor. '
? VVe like this move much, and as it is too
late for the patriotic \Vhigs of N orwiilk to do
the ‘agreeable’ thing for Thanksgiving, why
not get up it good dinner for every poor family
without distinction of party. on Clll'lSllX]flS_(liI_Vl
Relief _for a Revolu/ionary Hero.-The
citizens of Brooklyn intend giving a ball
on the 19th of December for the benefit
of David Davis, one of our oldest citizens.
and a Revolutionary Patriot, who was
turned out of employment at the Niwy
Yard about two years ago, and has since
subsided principally on the charity of his
, fricnds.—T7"ib‘une.
Too Good to be Lost.—A country gentle-
man, who happened to be a strong demo
crat, stopped at one of our best Hotels
yesterday. Doubtless he was reflecting
deeply on the uncertainty of elections.-—
In this mood he took a seat at the dinner
table, when an over-ofiicious darkie thrust
into his hands a ‘ Bill of Fare.’ As if the
ghost of murdered Cass (killed with paper
bullets) had presented it.-elf, or some on-
expected Taylor majority had been shown
him in a Whig Extra, be started, thrust it
aside, and exclaimed, “Take your d _ cl
extras away—I have seen enough of
tlietn.”-./Hemp/iis Engu-lrer.
7/ze Influenza.—'I‘bis epidemic now pre-
vails to a great extent in New York. The
Commercial Advertiser states that scarcely
a family has been exempt from its attac
The Springfield Republican says that many
persons in that town, have recently suffered
or are now suflering under alike afflic-
tion.
It may appear not a little singular, but
when the cholera, on its first visit some
17 or 18 years ago, ran over Europe, it
went entirely around Saxony, without a
person affected; and now, on its second
appearance, it is said to be doing the
same. ~
Swimlling 0pera"io7z.—Tfie Boston
Journal gives the following account of a
3piece of roguery which lately occurred
icalled at a grocery store in Court street,
land stated to the proprietor that he had
ibeen disposing of a large quantity of flour
iof a certain brand, and had twenty barrels
lremaiuing. all loaded on :1 truck down
ltown, which he would sell at twenty-uve
:cents per barrelzless than the market price.
The grocer closed the bargain for the
lflonr, and the person left saying that the?
?load would be forthcoming. lo a short
time he returned, stating that the flour
was close at liarid, and asked where he
should unload it. After it had been depos-
ited on the sidewalk, he presented the bill
‘and received the money, On the follow.
glng day, l10\\'e'.'er, the grocer was surpri-
ised at having another bill presented to
Iliim for the same flour, but for five dollars
-more in amount, _ being the charge of
ytwenty-five cents per barrel which the
t rogue had deducted from the regular price.
It now appeared that the person of whom
e purchased the flour, after concluding
lthe bargain, went to a dealer on Commer-
cial street, inquiring for floor of a cvertnin
,brand, and stating the grocer in Court st.
I wanted twenty barrels as soon as it could
lbe delivered. The dealer supposing the
.-personinqiringto be one of his clerks,
despatched the truckman with the fl ur,
and the swindler keeping in sight of the
load, delivered it, and received ilie money
as above stated, since which time he has
not been heard of.
a
A scboolmistress somewhere in Arkan-
sas, having severely whipped a child of a
Mrs. Stedman, the latter, armed with a
cowhide, proceeded to the school-house,
and gave the offending mistress a severe
thrashing—for which ebulition of maternal
affection she had to pay the sum of $50,
and be put under bonds to keep the peace
Western Polit¢'cs.—“ Do on so on
, ‘ 3’ PP
Gen. laylor 'l”
“No Sir!”
“Do you support Cass 'l’,’i
“ No sir !” i .
“ What! do you support Van B
.‘‘No sir! shouted the .sct'eamer;_“
so orts Betse an ‘the c‘hildren,ari’d‘it’s'
PP . v .
mighty tight screwin to get along at that
with corn only _twenty-five cents a
bushel,” I , .. .. g .7 .
oven 2”
poor family oftlie Ward, wt‘/hout di'sti'ncI2'on ; Lew,‘ S Reed
1 K O ;
NOR’tV,AiL“I{WlGlAZ r.'r'r ti.‘
Illfqglicsdtty, Dcccmb«~r 6. I 84 8.
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‘Whig state Convention.
The \Vl-rigs of Connecticut are hereby notified
that a State Convention for the noniination of Can-
1
retary, 'l‘re.'i.~'urer and Coutrolle_r,—will be held in
the city of Hartford. on Wednesday, the 20th day
of December, 1848. The Whigs of the several
towns, are requested to appoint iitiitietliutcly. dele-
gates ts 8.tld Convention. equal to double the iiuin-
ber oftheir Repre.-‘eiitatives in the Legi.-lature.‘
.Tlie Committee cotifideiitly believe that the spirit
of the “"lll,‘_'.~'0l‘ Connecticut, so active. efiiciciit and
successful in the campaign which has just closed
will be equally so in that wliicli is to come.
J. F. sascovx. 1
l-Il“.NRY l’I:‘.CK. State
J. L. BOSWELL. (“antral
VV. W()0DWARD, Couiinittee.
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w. N. MA'l‘e‘t)N, J
TOVVN MEETING.
The following gentlemen were elected town
officers for the ensuing year :
For Selectman.
Henry Selleck i\'Iattliew \Vilcox
\Vm. S. Lockwood Josepli P. Hauford
Harvey Penuoyer. ‘
Town Clerk. Treasurer.
John A. “feed. Eli B. Bennett.
Constable o.S- Colleclor.—--'.lames Reed.
Constables.
George \V. Selleck
\Vui. H. Cleveland
James Finney
J. Camp. Jr.
Grand Jurors.
\Vaters F. Bussiiig
Dr. Asa Hill C. L. Raymond
George Benedict \V. E. Beers.
Sealer of W'e7'.glils and 1l'Ica.sures
Horace A. Gibbs.
Szu've_1/ors of Itfiglticays.
District No. 1——.lolin M. Belts
“ ‘2.-—-Cliiirles Adams
3—Heiiry Smith
4~——Jolin Soyuiour
5-—David Low
6-—\Vm. Gregory
7-—Josliuii Jennings
8-Harvey Peiino_vel'
9——Lewis Raymond
10—I.egi'and Johnson
11——\Villiam Price.
Fence Viewers.
James Seyiriour
Jolin Reed
Robert Ells
,.s
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John Knapp
David St. .lolin
Morgan T. Smith Richard Camp
\Vm. T. Smith Isaac Church.
Key Kccpers.
Anson Quintard George Benedict
Dennis Hanford . Stephen Smith
David Comstock, Jr.
IIa_i/wards.
John Hoyt
Charles A. Durand
John T. \Vi-ight
Stephen Monroe
Jchn M. Betts Noah Selleck
VVray Selleck John Platt.
A vote prevailed laying a Town tax of four
and a halfcents on the dollar; also of two cents
for Higliway tax.
/1’ TIIE CARS.
Thanksgiving day was the advent of another
important era in ,_our village’s history. The
Locomotive whistle startled our sober citizens
with the reality of an almost instantaneous
transition from staid monotony to the “noise
and confusion” ofa great business emporium.
The railroail which a short time since was the
subject of all sorts of ridiculous speculations. is
now actually completed from New Haven to
Norwalk, and the car of commerce now daily
rolls her iron wheels around our pleasant and
go-ahead village. The Steamboat has changed
her hours so as to ir.eet the trains and we shall
soon present It very enlivened appearance for a
5‘ small placy Steam, Elictricily and Gas,
in that city :-—A person of good address“ liaveiiflfiibst transformed this world of ours and 5 short one, and few measures of iiiiporttiuce will
the next stretch ofiiivenfion will no doubt es-
tablish an Express train to carry ice bergs to
the sun .'
'l‘liai|ksgivi|ig.
Thursday last was obeserved as 5] Day of
Public Tlianksgiving in old Coniiect.icut. and
we presume it was fraught with all those
happy associations which cluster around :1
New England Tliuul-tsgiving. The :_]nyw,.3
'1l1l1S|1%tll)‘ line-—~fot' any season, and seemed to
be the “opeuing7’ of as bland an lndisiu ‘Sum-
mer as ever visited the etlieriul realms. Our
town was visited with “ old familiar faces" who
had returned to spend a few hours around the
parental fireside, and many were the happy
greetings of friendship re-united. The day
was generally observed by all classes, and al-
together was it happy occasion.
Panorznnic View's.
The reader will observe that we are to be
favored with an exhibition of rather a novel
character——instructive as well as entertaining.
It is hoped that the opportunity will be iinpr0v-
ed by 01.1‘ citizens of seeing the “wonders.”
This is the same as was advertised to be ex-
hibited some months since, and which was de-
barred coming on account of the carelessness of
the truckman engaged to place the apparatus
on board the steamboat. There will be no fail
this time. '
Small Pox.
\Ve learn that. a great deal ‘of unnecessary
alarm has been felt by our country friends, on
account oftlie exaggerated reports in circulation
abroad, in regard to the prevalence of the small
pox among us. \Ve are told that some of the
trades-men in our sister towns have taknn ad-
vantage of those reports to increase their own
amount of trade. Some stories are that six or
’ seven deaths occur weekly from this loathesoine
disease, when, the facts are, that not a single
death has occurred and there is now nothing to
be apprehended from that source. _\Ve have
no disposition to induce a feeling of false secu-
rity. or mis-state the facts, and we can refer to
our Boardof Henltli; for an cndorsmiient of the
above facts.
".n.__._____.l-
didates for Governor. Lieutenant Governor, Sec I
. “ giddy dance" or “ trip the light. fantastic toe” .
New Ttcligiolls Paper.
Tile Journal of Cotrimerce ‘of Friday"
..-L-.9.-.e.-—-"'~
state Convention.
The following gentlemen were appointed
last, says that in,’ new religious pa per is to be‘ Delegates to represent this to“ n in the \Vhig
issued in tl_it_il; on \-Vednesday; of thisweek, State Convention to be holden at Hartford on
to be called the “ Indepeiidenn”. The editors the ‘-30th inst. .
are Leonard Bacon, D.D., of New Haven. Rev.
Delegates -'-Tlios. B. Butler. Alfred Mallory
Joseph P. Tliompsou pastor of the Broadway James Reed, E. \V. St’unit.
Tabernacle Church, N ewYork. and Rev. Rich-
or
Brooklyn. Dr. Bacon will bela regular con-l
tributor, but remain at New Haven; and retain
as heretofore his occupation there. The pro
prietors are a few laymen in extensive business
and abundant resources. who do not so much
desire a pecuniary return for their investments.
as the establislimeut ofa Congregational paper:
of a high cliuracter and tin extensive and use-l
Iful iiifltieiice. So far as money can procure
l these ends, they will not spare it. and it wouid
A be difficult to find three gentlemen more com-
petent, by their talent and high standing in the
religious community, to conduct‘ the editorial
department.
Dividend.
“It will be seen by utlvei-tisenieiit, that our
Bankinginstitution has dccltlred a semi-annual
dividend of four per cent. payable on demand.‘
This bank, we believe. is one of the most
prosperous and best conducted institutions in the]
State.
THAT BALL
\Vliich came off on Friday evening last, at,
,;the Connecticut, is said to have eclipsed all‘;
‘former pageants. Although we did notjoin the :
we were confirmed in the opinion that some-
things can be douevas well as others. A more
bewitcliing group of fairy forms ne'er glided
that Sliakesperian hen nt.-y “too rich for use.
for earth too dear.” was never let loose to ag-
gravate bachelordoui. \Ve saw “some" who
looked “ as sweet as Dian in her orb," and as
“ clear as morning rose newly washed with
dew.” but then we've no business to “cull
names.” The tables apparently, had not re-
covered from Tlianksgiving, as they groaned
under it rich luxuriance of delicacies to tempt
tlie appetite. Some disappointment; was man
ifiestcd at our Deiuocratic neighbors declining
to dance, but he made the anicncle ll07l0TUlllC,
(as Editors always do) by securing the services
of “ Old Doctor Jacob.” professer of the sultito-
ry art, who danced like a fairyon one of Dian’s
hairs. Ah " puer iii/cl2':z.'."
Ewe congratulate our nearest. neighbor
on his appointment to the important post of
Grand Juror. He never shrinks from respon-
sibilitis, in fact has been known to advertise for
two hundred atatime, and one witliol who be-
lieves consistency is a jewel, and will conse-
quently be it terror to all evil doers. Put ’eui
through, tcnus capula.
GlF'l BooKs.—Any one desirous of seeing
those " orient; pearls at random strung,” has but
to call at Selleck's Book Store.
hand for the holidays.
Iiverything on
$3.?“ We learn that the Editorial fraternity of
New Haven. had quite ii mud, or “ wind-fall,”
a few evenings since, as they were all over-
turned in it cab, sent: by the ladies of Fair
Haven to y “ bring them to the fair.” Some of
them were known to be strong advocates of free
soil, consequently it .is presumed a coat; of
mother earth would not be repugnant to the
feelings.
E.-E‘? Congress, assembled yesterday. Monday.
\Ve shall receive the Presideut’s Message in
time for next week.
But little interest is ex-
- cited by this session of Congress as it is to be a
*probably be acted upon.
I E?’ Our old friend Buirall "knows what will
. milk e sliiugles" as well as a thing or two about
la certain Post ()_{/‘icc. (?) But his accumen in
l all other matters is eclipsed in his knowledge
-0fc1tt«:i.~:sE, as any one will readily admit after
calling at his headquarters. It is the preroga-
;tive or good fortune of some men to be immor-
talized, and we doubt not, that the Colonel will
5' be reniembered to the end of time, as the
" Prince of Cheese Mercliants.” Call and
see, then, he has " a few more left of the
same sort.” '
53’ A meeting of the Fairfield CountyTe'm-
perance Society will be held at \Vestport:, on
\Vednesday, the 6th inst. at 10 o'clock. It is
requested that thepdelcgates be punctual in
their attendance, as business of importance
will be brought before the ineetiog.
Dr. Jewett, will be present and address the
meeting in the eveninv. Per order.
' Sunday.
zned to his house ever sinc.e.
ii ball-room, anda more general profusion ofl
‘Substz'_tutes.—C. E. Disbrow, Elbert Curtis,
d S. Storrs. J'r. pastor of the Pilgrim Church, A- H- Bylngton. Jas. Mallory.
\Ve trust our friends in the adjoining towns
will attend to the call of the Committee at once.
but about two weeks now intervene before tlt
sitting of the Convention and it is importiin
that every town he represented.
Drowned.
Mr. Henry Roberts. of this town was drown-
ed iii attempting to pass from Smith's Island to
Tavern Island, during the gale on Saturday
last. His boat was seen to swamp by several
persons upon the shore, but owing to the heavy
sea, it was impossible to render the unfortunate
inan any assistance: the body was recovered on’ '
He leaves a wife and one child to
mourn his loss.
Di.-'g:-accfsll Attack.
W'e learn from Danbury,’that a few
days since, while lfd ward Taylor, Esq. and
Nelson L. White, a lawyer in that town,
were examining a witness, that said White
became angry on account of some words
used by Mr. Taslor, and immediately, in
open court. made a most brutal attack up-
on him, striking him it severe blow over
the eye, which caused the‘blood to flow
ecoplously, and has kept Mr. Taylor confi-
.White has
been prosecuted by the grand jury, and
we learn also that M r. Taylor is about in-
stituting a civil suit for damages.
B1'1'tlg(‘])01'l Farmer.
17?” If the facts in the above case as related
,to us by an oye-\vitiies;A, be true, it more mali-
lcious misrepi'eseiitnt.idu of the truth, could not
;have been made by the Farmer. It is really
» pitiuble to see to what length of meanness and
Iprevaricution, ' political differences will some-
times leud men.
North Carolina.»-Tlie Senate has been at
I length organized, after a week of oaucusing. on
Saturday last by the choice of Calvin Graves
(Loco) Speaker, and the re-election of all the
Wliig Clerks, &c. This was the result of I.
compromise. The Legislature is now fully (fr-
ganized, with a \Vhig majority of one in Joint
Ballot, until Ashe County shall choose it Mem-
ber of the House of Commons. (Ashe gave
Taylor 660, Cass 358, at the late Election.)
The Speaker of the House is a Vllhig. The
message of Gov. \V. A. Grnliuiii is entirely do-
voted to social affairs. On the 28th, a proposi-
t.ioii was made in the Senate to go into the elec-
tion of ii United States Senator on the 30th of
November. in place of Hon. G. E. Badger whose
terui expires on the 4th of Marc-li next.
was lost by Locofoco votes, which speaks wel
for the cliainzc.- of \Vliig'success should such a.
motion prove successful. '
Dull]: of .Ef(,'I:/0I'S.—--Tile Electorsof the sev-
eral States will meet in their respective capitals
on \Vednesday the Gtli of Dcceuiber, and give
their ballots for Presldent and Vice Presideiit
of the United States. Ccrtifi ed lists of the re-
sults of the ballotings are then made out, and
one copy is sent by mail, and aiiotlier by a spe-
cial messenger, from each State, to \Viishington,
directed to the President of the Senate. On
the second \Vcdncsday in February, the two
branches of Congress meet in the Representa-
tives’ Cliiinibelft vvherc the packages are opened.
and’ tli/e_..—v'ofeis counted and dcclai'ed, by the
Prgsident of the Senate, who tliercupou noti-
fiefis the individuals chosen of their election. It
thus appears that the result of the election is
not. officially ascertained and dcclarhd, until
about two weeks before the time of inaugura-
ting the successful candidates.
[-3.7 The Democrats are in great distress to
k now who has gained the victory. \Ve shall
be able to show them in a manner not to be
mistaken about the first of April next.
Olcl Yule.—-—\Vc' are indebted to Mr. George
Benedict, of Bethel, for a copy of the catalogue
of18'-18-9. “To copy the following summary :
Law Students, 35 Seniors 97
Theological '-‘ 4'5 -Juniors, 85
M edica I “ 38 Sophomores, 96
Philosophical “ 14 Freshmen, 107‘
Total number of students in the College. 517.
This, we believe is not as largen number, as
some years past—liut there are yet enough to
show that this institution is in a most prosperous
condition. A
Fortizsr AND M.-c.nr:ADv_.——'l‘hese gentlemen of
tlie stage have got into an unpleasant controversy_
Macready was biased at Philadelphia, recently by
L?‘ \Ve are‘ requested to say thatDr. J ewett g
will lecture on the subject of Temperance at
the Town Hall, on Tliursdny evening next.
L?‘ It is said that arrangements are being
made to bring on “Old Whitey.” so as to be
present at VVashington on the 4t.h or 5th of
March.‘ The old horse will form no unimport-
ant part of the spectacle on that occasion.
@° Some gentlemen of the ' New York bar
lately made it calculation by which it appears
that their aggregate nett receipts are so small
as not to furnish over $250 a year, to at least
one-thirdvof the members of the legal profes-
sion. ' There are over 900 attorneys in New
York,and it is believed 200 of them do not
earn $200 a year.
V Liability of Hotel Kcepers.—-In the Common
Pleas Ashbel Dickinson of Bi-attlpboro, Vt. has
recovered $114 of D. D. Winchester & Son, of
some of Forest's friends, for the reason that Mac-
ready had treated Forest roughly in England.--.‘
Cards’ follow ed in the newspapers, Forest declaiin__
ing that Macrcady tried to write him down when in
England, and that he had also hissed him . Mac‘
est, and bring him before the Courts of-I1lS1lCe-
@“ The New York Herald says that in sev-
eral districts in Connecticut. the Van Buren
vote exceeded that of Taylor and Cass com-
bined. The Herald is mistaken. No di‘stri'cts~
or towns in this State show any such result.
TELEGRAPH STATION.
It is the strong desire of many of out;
husiness and other citiaens that there be es.-.
tablished in Norwalk a telegraphic station,
and we can see. no plausible bbjection to
the suggestion.‘ 'I_‘he_r&is doubtless d0u,ble.
the amount of business done here that
the Exchange (Hotel, in Springfield, for a lost
trunk. The trunk was entrusted to the care of
a hiickman in the employ of the defentlants,_and
was lost’ or stolen‘ from the car.ri.'ige on itslway
to the hotel. S I 3' >
there in the neighboring to_,wn of"Sta_rI_I:_
ford, and yet it would seem that .vye hniikveé
not half the enterprise, for she. isalaead. of-
Tliis _
ready now says in his last card that he shall sue I"or- :
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lu_s in-a"l'él‘egiraph‘lc, sense, to sjiythe "least. ’ i
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Norwalk Chronicler