‘there is somethin-g—yes,a great deal, in her
Teligion.” _ V .
So musing, he proceeded to the shop of
Mrs. Crofton, the most fashionable dress" ina-
ker in the place, and forgot his momentary ‘
scruples, in a consultation as to the proper
«materials for Helen‘: dress, which was to be
a present from himself, and which he deter-
mined should be ’ worthy her grace and
beauty.
The ball wasover, and Helen stood in
her.festal- costume before the ample mirror in
her chamber, holding invone hand a white
kid glove she had just withdrawn. She had
indeed been the belle of the ball_room.——
Simplicity oflife, and a joyous spirit, are
wonder-workers, and she was irresistably
bright and fresh among the faded, hack-
neyed frequenters of heated assembly rooms.
The most delicate and intoxicating flattery
had been offered her, and wherever she
turned, she met the glances of admiration.--
Her brother, too, had been‘ proudly assidu-
ous, had followed her with his eyes so per-
petually as‘ to seem scarcely conscious of the
presence of another; and there she stood,
minute after minute, lost in the recollections
of her evening triumph.
‘Almost queen-like looked she, the rich,
‘ folds of her satin robe giving fulness to her
slender form, and glittering as if woven with
silver. threads. Point lace, broad and ex-
- quisitely fine, fell from her ‘short sleeves
over her snowy arm',‘.ind gave softness to
j the outline of her bust. A chain of pearls
lay on her neck, and gleamed amidst the
shading curls, which floated from beneath a
chaplet of white roses. She looked up at
length, smiled upon her lovely reflection in
the mirror,‘and then wrappitig hei'self in a
dreessing-gown, to.ok up a volume of sacred
poems. But when she attempted to read,
her mind wandered to the dazzling scene
she had just quitted. She knelt t.o pray,
-but the brillant vision haunted her still, and
ever, as the wind stirred the vines about the
window, there came back that sweet allur-
ing music. ' -
She rose with a pang of self-reproach.——
Instead of the confidence, the conscious-
ness of protection, the . holy serenity with
which she usually sought her pillow,she
experienced an , excitement and restlessness
which nothing could allay. She attempted
to meditate. But with every thought ofdu-
ty catne inen.ories of the festive garlands,
and the blazing lamps, and the flitting figures
of the merry dancers. '
An open Bible lay on the window seat,
and as she passed it, she read; “ Another
- parable put he forth unto them, saying, The
kingdom of heaven islikened unto a man
which soweth good seed in his field. But
while he slept, his enemy came and sowed
tares among the wheat, and went his
way.”
Tears sprang into her eyes, and she ex-
claimed, “in the field of my heart, also,
has the enemy sown tares.” she took up
the book and read again; then too soul-fu,Il
to remain quiet, she rapidly paced her
chamber. Resolutely and carfully-slie re-
viewed the past, back, hackto her first faint
trembling hope. Rigorously, as in the pre.-
sence of her maker, she scanned her first
departure from the narrow path ; her
earlier convictions were pungent, ten-fold
moreintense was the agony of this her sec-
ond awakening.
:7 Intbe solitude of his cliamber, Edward
thought with less elation of his successful
plan. He believed that'Helen, would have
yielded to no ordinary temptation, and felt
that he had been scarcely generous to enlist
lier afi'ections against her principles. His
repeated, “ It is but a trifle”, did not satisfy
' him ; and when. he had listened hour after
hour, to her foot-fa1l,he could no longer‘re-
strain his inclination to sooth hei emotioti.
In vain he essayed all the arguments all the
sophistry, which the world employed to at-
tract the luke-warm professor.. '
“ Do not seek to console me,”said Helen
“ for such tears are salutary, inydear broth-
er. -I have virtually said that the joys of
religion are fading and unsatisfactory’, 1
have quieted more than one uneasy con-
science, by throwing the intluence of a pro-
fessing Christian into the scale of the world,I
have waiidered from my Father’s side, to
the society of his rebel subjects. And yet
1 have cause to mourn less for this one trans-
gres’sion, than for the alienation of heart
which led the way to it. Hadl not fall-
en far, very far from the sti'eiigth and purity
of my earlier love, even your pleadings
could not have moved me.
“But the Bible says nothing about such
amusements, Helen.”
“Not in vsords, perhaps, but in effect.-—
Put the case to your own heart, Edward.
Would you wish me to indulge in a course
of conduct which would estrange me from
you P VVould you have me choose for my
companions those who treat you with neg-
lect? IVould you wish me to frequent
places whencel should return careless and
cold in mymanner toward you ? Ah, broth-
er ! I loved God once. I saw his hand in
everything around me. I felt his presence
perpetually, and trusted, child-like, to his
protecting arm. But now I regard him
less, pray less,read less, and give less.”-
And then she revealed to her brother her
beautiful experience—~beautiful till she grew
negligentand formal———with a truth an earn-
estness, a loving simplicity, that for the first
time, gave him some insight into the nature
of true piety. And now, dear Edward,”
she said,“ read to me Chr-ist’s prayer for his
people, that I may feel sure that they prayed
for me.
As she listened, the varying ‘expressions
of her countenance indicated many and va-
ried emotions. Snbmission, sorrow, love,
and faith--—all were there. VVhen Edward
had finished, they knelt. together and Hel-
sn, sorrowfully,yet hopefully, poured out
1‘ full soul in eonfession,and most touch-
1 . ,, - . . .
,_ ._5‘-18 besougbt the divine compassion
upon 1 r_ erring brother.
The ca-ol of birds went up with the whis-
pering Amen of the penitent, the blossoms
of the cliriihiiig honey suckle sent in their
fragrance, and the morning sun smiled on
them as they rose from prayer, The face
of Helen reflected her inward gladness, and
restored peace shone in her dark eyes and
tranquil countenance. “ Thou art happier
than I,’ said Edward, and with a lighpca.
ress he turned from the the chamber. ‘ ..
One year went by, and Edward Alliston
awokefrom an uneasv slumber. Slow and
insidnous had been tbeapproach of disease.
Softly, and in many disguises,had the,spoil-
er come to him. He had stolen the strength
from his manhood, the roundness from, his
. 2,,’ . ..=
v ;
Helen’s room,” siiiid the sufferer, and the lat?"
tendants performed his bidding , '
It was the anniversary.,of the ball" night
and the room was unchanged, save that no
festal garments were scattered about it.——
The open window with the luxuriant honey-
suckle bursting through and resting on the
open pages ofa Bible, the chairs on which
the two had sat,‘ the cushions on which they
had knelt, each with an arm about the oth-
er, all were familiar. The invalid examin-
ed each well known object, _and then looked
fondly upon his sister, his prayful teacher,
and unwearied nurse.
“ It was. fitting that I should come here to
die,” he said, “ for it was here that I first
learned who maketh a death-bed easy. Oh,
my sister! had you not been true to your-
self, to your God, tome, were,now, would
be my hope ? where my consolation ? Oh,
dear Helen! if, in years to come the voi_ce
ofthe tempter be sweet tothee, if thy foot
should falter, and thou should’st step aside
to gather a light flower, or stoop to a paint-
ed toy, then remember the ball night, and
let thy repentance be as full, as free, as
humble, as it was then. Let my memory
be, wtth thee, too, as thou walkest onward
through life, that thou may-‘st win others as
thou did’st win me,vi'ith the purity, the vig-
or, the warmth of thine own hopes and ex-
periences. One kiss, dear one, and then
pray with me for the last time.”
Unusually earnest and rich in faith where
the low accents that filled that chamber.-
There was in them a tone not of earth a
melody caught from the heaven toward
which they floated. More and more tri-
umphant grew the thanksgiving .of that
gentle sister. Ever brighter grew the
eountenaneeofthe dying. To his ear the
songs ofangels blended with that earthly
voice which was so dear.
perfectly harmonized the two; be doubted
if there were,indeed, any distinction; he
smiled faintly, and then the freed and ‘ran-«
somed spirit sped upward to the bosom of
the Eternal. ‘
£1? The New York Hotels are crowded
with visitors. In addition to the usual num-
ber ofarrivals from the country and from
abroad, the Evening Mirror says there are
probably from 3 to 5000 persons now in
New York, waiting and prepariiig to em-
bark for the Land ofGold. Our hotel keep-
ers are making their fortunes. Maiiiiot of
the New York, it is said, will be able to
count up the handsome harvest of $50,000
in a twelve month.
aniariiage was solemnized at Strornness,
and on the ofiriciating minister demanding
that the parties should join hands, it;turned
out that Lothario had no hands to join,
having in his younger days been deprived
of them by a shark! The John O’Groat
Journal puts the query : “ Is the marriage
legal?”
Struck wit/L (L Fire Ba.ll.—Tlie British
brig Alcyone, from Glasgow, arrived at
Boston on Saturday, reports that, off Cape
Cod, while the men were aloft reefiing the
feretopsail, in the middle of. a snow storm,.a
struck the mainniast, and without any on-
usual noise, such as an explosion, the mast
board with all the yards and rigging attach-
ed. The Alcyone had previously lost her
mizzenmast. .
§:L§= The largest Lump of gold yet found
in California weighs 60 lbs. About two
years since Mr. \Vcbster declared thatthe ac-
quircmeut of California would be profitleee
to the United States. Judging from the
time feel that he was greatly mistaken.
A I'Vale7'_7Jroof I‘Vi/i:.——A clergyman, on
reading to his congregation a chapter in
Genesis, found the last sentence on the page
to be—-“And the Lord gave unto Adam :1
wife.” Turning over two leaves together,
he found written, and in an audible voice-—
“ and she was pitch without and within !"—-
He had unhappily got into the Tll1(lCll6’0I a
description of Noah’s Ark.
The Same Murder Investigation.
The papers noticed some days since the
descovery of the dead body of a woman at
Saco, Me., and the arrest of Dr. James H.
Smith, on suspicion of having killed her.—--
An Extra Zlfaine Deiizocmt contains the fol-
lowing subject :-
The body was discovered on Saturday af-
ternoon April l3, in a water course, confin-
ed to a plank aboutsix feet in length, by a
rope passing around the plank and -the neck
of the body. The Coroner’s inquest lasted
nearly a week ; some 25 witnesses were ex-
amined. The verdict was that it was the
body of Mary Bean, and that she had been
killed about Dec. 22d. last, by James H.
Smith in procuring abortion. The plank at-
tacked to the corpse was identified as having
been taken from Smith’s barn. He is in
custody awaiting examination.
{l@.=From a table of steamboat disasters
on the Western and Southern rivers,publish-
ed in the St. Louis Intelligencer, we learn
that the numberof boats lost during the
three mdnths ending April 1st -was 14.—-
The value‘ofnii'l‘e of these boats, with the
cargoes lost is estimated at $215,500.
Cw” The number of executions in Massa~
chusetts during the past twenty years, under
sentence passed by the Supreme Judicial
Court is eight.
213“ Miniites guns were; fired in New Or-
leans on the 3d inst. in honor of the memorv
of John C. Calhoun, and on the day follow.
ing 100 were to be fired for the same Pur-
pose.
_ gt:-,;A Western e'ditor requests those of
his subscribers who own him for more than
six yearis subscription to send him a lock of
their hair, that he may know they are still
living.
O3
A Em Hcath,Mass. they had perfect
sleighing frorri thanksgiving-up to the 15th of
-April, and at thatdate had still no other mode
01-travelling. -.:f’i'
*1 .
DC?‘ Legislature of.Ohio, during its re-
Cfmt S€~SS10n,._chartered no less than fifty
form’ the lnenow exp,-esslflll from his eye, I COHIIJRDICS f0fi.,[he Purpose of constructing
but he brought no terror. “Bear me tojplank roads.
/
More and more '
ifs’ A London papdr saysftfilat recently.‘
‘ball of fire larger than an 18 pound shot,_
was split in four peices, and went over.
products ofthe soil, Daniel must by this
' ‘~ '~'
From the New Haven J',ournu.l and Courier.
UNEARTHLY DOINGS. ,
Having read an,"i_irticle in your paper of
the 6th ult, with._.,_th_e,abovo caption,nnd
knowing saidjarticléeto be untrue in most
‘respects, in regard to fthe mysterious noises,
recently heard iii Stratford, I am induced to
give your readers a few facts in regard to
the matter. Those noises or rappings were
similar to those recently heard in VVeste‘m
New York. The 'fi'r‘st‘- indications ofaspir-
Dr.‘ Phelps, in the town of Stratford, on
Sunday the 10th of ‘,”l\’I_a‘rch, and continued
about three weeks. On ‘the Sabbath in ques-
tion, Dr. P. and family attended divine ser-
vice in the morning and on their return from
church, what wastheir surprise_to find the
doors (which were previously secured
when they left the house) unlocked and
unbolted and some ofthem open ;on the knob
ofthe front door, was astrip of black "crape.
The Dr. at first supposed itwas the work of
some mischievous person or persons",hut up-.
on investigation,came to the conclusion that
it was the result of something more than;hu-
man ingenuity,as the sequel will ‘ prove”.-—-
After having replaced the furniture Wl’ll.t:l‘f
was found strewn aboutthe roombelow
the family proceeded to one of the upper
rooms, in hopes to get some clue to the
mysterious doings, but what was their sur-
prise tofifind in one of the chambers, 21 number
Those figures or images, (to the number of
eight or ten,) were found in a kneeling pos-
ture and before each was a bible opened and
passagesimarkpd with bits of paper,—passa-
ges referring to spirits, 820. These figures
were left standing for more than a week,
and each day some new addition was made
to each figure, ofapparal, which had been
cast off and put away in various parts of
the house. The door of this P/imitom
Chamber, as it has since been designated,
was kept locked during the interval that
these figures were there, and the key kept
in the possession ofthe Dr. so that none but
himself could have access to it. Still new
additions of clothing were daily made to
them. Now, some will say, perhaps, that
any person could do these things. I admit
that fact, butdirf a human being do it. We
shall see. Some will say, and it has al-
ready been said, that Dr. Phelps has done
this to gull the public, that he had some
object in view, and has taken this method to
/accomplish it. But I scorn the that Dr. P,
would be guilty, even of such a thought;
knowing him, as all of his acquaintance do,
to be a man; and no man ‘will be guilty of
gulling any community. But I will not
vindicate Dr. P.’s character, forit is unnec-
essary. About a year ago, Dr. P.’s eldest
daughter was put into the abnormal state,
or a mesmeric sleep, and while in that state,-
stated that on the 10th of March, (did not
say what year,) something very mysterious
would happen, and she would nearly,g'o out
but would recover. The term, go out, gone
out, and going out, are in _inesnierism
synonymous with death,dead and dying-—
aiid singular as the fact may appear she was
taken very sick, so thatshe was not expect-
ed to recover; and on the same day the oc-
currence above stated took place.
During the first week of these spi-rilul ris.
fl0.ffl)7£$. many mysterious things occurred in
Dr, l”s house. ‘fl is son a boy about 11
years ofage, has been an object of attack
by these spirits. On one occasion, he was"
lifted up as if by a man, and carried across
thejroom, and set down again. On. another
occasion, while listening attentively one eve-
ning to the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, recounting
his travels, &c, in Europe, alter sitting some
time, he rose to cross the room, and found
hischair dragging after him. Upon exam-
ination it, was found that his pantaloons,
from his knees down, was cut in strips and
tied to the round of his chair; this has been
done several times. On one occasion as the
family were preparing for church, his (the
boy’s) boots were missing, then his cap, an-
other pair of boots and a cap were produced,
but before they could be put on, they also
were gone, and after a long search, were
found, one in one place, one in another. At
another time characters and hieroglyphics
were written, apparently with chalk, upon
the boy’s coat and pants, while he was walk-
ing about, or sitting at his studies. On one
occasion, a beet was seen to come, to all ap-
pearances, through the top rail of the top
sash of the parlor window, and on it was
found written or ciit, characters and hiero-
glyphics, "which have not as yet been trans-
lated. Abouta year ago, Dr. P.’s daughter
was put in the abnormal state, and while in
that condition, she wrote several pages of
letter paper, full ofhieroglyphics, &c., corres
ponding exactly to the beet, shingle, &c.—
.On one occasion as the Dr. was preparing to
go out, his hat was discovered whirling up
the main stair way,and was afterwards found
stowed behind an old clothes chest in one of
the chambers. One evening as the family
were quietly sitting in the back parlor, with
the door open leading into the hall,a trernen-
dons noise was heard, asif some one had
thrown or dropt a heavy body on the back
stairs, and u n examination, an indentation
ofabout thrgquarters of an inch was found
on one ofthe steps. No person could be
found that could be supposedto have done it.
At one time, after the familyllad retired to
the sitting room after supper, and while the
servant was below in the kitchen, the ta-
ble, with all its contents, was lifted three
times from the floor and let down with great
force, so much so that the whole house was
jarred, and the dishes on the table was heard
to rattle, but none. were found broken. —
Many other things to numerous to in_‘ention,
have occurred at the Dr.’s house but it is
needless to mention any more, save that char-
acters.and hieroglyphics have been found at
various times written oh the outside of the
house, and on the stoop ; the word Selah
was one morning found written with chalk
on the front stoop. But I will stop here, as
I have no doubt your readers will have
written. ' ~
Andrew Jackson Davis, the clairovyant
and seer has visited the scene of action, and
will in ashort time make a public explana-
tion of the causess of these spiritual visita-
tions and their object. I will apprise you
of any new 'developments as soon as practi-
cable, that shall hereafter be made.
Yours, respectfully,
H. B. TAYLOR.
New Haven, April, 1850. ’
fig; A gentleman from California informs
tlfe Journal of Commerce, that he knew a
woman from Oregon who made twenty-five
hundred dollars by hard work, in digging
and washing gold in the lastscason.
. --'....’,::'-.":'q.i.\"\'§,l -- ,,
itual nature, were seen in the house of Rev. .
of figures representing human beings, figures,
made of various articles of wearing apparel.‘
enoughi‘ to digest in ‘what has already been .
«,3.-,::_.'.,.‘:“.fl:~,;,,-;'_ ; ,‘.___.,. H-,~',.”.,_ ,,‘:- ;:
Preservation :aird’iii‘lie’sitiiiratio1a of
' ‘N - - l’: ‘ 0, '
Professor Bronson, of B9-$30“: °lalm9 *0
natural eye-sight, can be .« preserved during
life, without the use ofrspectacles-—restored.
after persons have used glasses for man)’
years—and near-siightedness femedled-_-all
in a short time, without surgical operatioii,-,
pain oi-injury, He ‘states that he ha_S,cl1lj8d
and restored the short“ and long-sight of
nearly two thousand persons, from Feb.»,
1348, to Sept, 1349 ,_.and, out of the whole
mumhep mteniptedftliere were only twenty
failures, and these were on account of or-
ganic diseases.
of the first»character., The Boston Travel-
lcr, in a long editorial article, in which the
principles of Prof._D.’s. system are stated,
and several instances given of the remark-
able results which if hasproduced, says_:—-
“ The cases of Professor Bronson’s treat-
ment for recovery of sight have already
been numerous. We had conversation with
a number of the individuals, a few days
since, and, from every. one, received.u.n-
equivocal testimony of the ~most beneficial
results. VVe are not able to say what pro-
portion of the whole nuiiiber of cases have
been thus successfully treated; but we are
informed that, almost without. exception,
where the prescribed rules have been faith-
fully observed, results have followed, so de-
cidedly beneficial, as to inspire confidence.
in the system.”
The following is from the N.Y. Tribune:
“lVew Trcatincnt for [)itpaii'ecl Vision.---Dr.
C. P. Bronson, who is well-known as a
-lecturer on Elocution in many of our Col-
leges, and, as devoted to other branches of
science connected with-the human org:_1,n-
ism, has discovered a new treatment for de-
fective eyes, which seems strikingly siuiple
and original in theory, and is certainly as-
tonishingly successful in practice, as many
of the‘ most eminent citizens of Boston,
where Dr. B. has been residing for the past
few months, will testify. The process cures
near and fa.7'-siglitedness, restores eyes that
have hecoine dim with ag.e,abolishes squint-
ing, and all necessity for spectacles. In
these various achievements,*siniple manipu-
lations are used, (including an important
lotion) and nothing like a surgical operation,
or anytliing causing pain, is ever resorted
to. There is nothing mysterious about the
method employed, and every person who
passes through Dr. B.’s hands, is not only
prom_ised sound eyes, but a knowledge of
the means of keeping them so.
The present writer has known cases in
which Dr. B.’s success has been surprising.
Persons of advanced age, who had used
spectacles for years, have been made able to
fling tbein away, and see the most minute
objects without any such aid.” _
Professor B. is not a stranger in this city,
or State, for he was born in Litelifield, and
has taught in seine of our Colleges and in
Hartford. \Ve learn that he will com-
mence his examinations _in this city on
Wednesday, the 8th of May, at 2 o’clock,
and continue till about 6 o’clock. He says
he shall remain here long enough to carry
through, triumphantly, all who put them-
selves under his instruction, for the preser-
vation and restoration of natural sight, and
the cure of near sight. See his advertise-
[l'lCDt.-—-_[:[((.)'f/0’I'(l C0u'ra.Iif.
Arrival of the Ohio.
Later front the Isthmus and Bo-
gota.
The U. S. Mail steamship Ohio, Lieiit. J.
Findlay Schenck, U. S. N. Commanding,
arrival at her wharf, fool. of \Varren-st., this
morning. at about six 0’cl0ck.t
She left New Orleans on the 15th, and
Havana on the evening of the 19th, having
made-the run home from the latter port in
four and a half days. She encountered
dense fogs during the last 150 miles, other-
wise she would have reached the city last
night, making the trip in four days.
The Ohio brings no later intelligence
from California, there having been ‘no arri-
val on the other side, since the steamer of
.the 1st of March.
The Georgia, and the Ralph Rivas, Capt.
Glover, arrived at Havana early on the
morning of the 19th, and were to. have
sailed the next day for Chagres.
The Falcon, from Chagrcs, arrived at
Havana on the 17th, and was to have left
for New Orleans on,the 20th
The Georgia took on board 201 passen
gers from the Ohio, brought from New Or-
leans.
The Ohio brings 148 passengers to this
port, 56 of whom are from New Orleans,
53 from Havana, and 39 from Cbagres.
The Ohio also brings $120,000 in .-fpe-fie
and gold dust, $75,000 of which is for VVm.
Huge & Co , of this city, the balancg being
nearly all for the mint at Philadelphia.
The steamer Sarah Sands, lsthmtis, Gold
Hunter, and Carolina, had arrived at Pana-
ma—-the Sarah Sands on the 27th, the three
others on the 38th. The Philadelphia was
at Chagres, repairing her machinery; and,
having sustained injury on her passage out,
was to have sailed on the 12th inst. The
Crescent "City had not arrived at Chagres
when the Falcon left, on the 11th inst.
A disease, supposed to be cholera, has
made its_.appearance at Havana, but, being
confined solely to the Military Hospitals,’
it was believed by many to be the typhus
fever. There was a suspicion,‘ among
others, that the troops had been poisoned.
Government had taken the precaution of
sending all the troops from the barracks,
supposed to be unhealthy‘, to the sugar
estates in the country. ' t
A large number of Creoles and others,
natives of the island, are passengers by the
Ohio,on their way to Spain and other. parts
of Europe.
In a political point of view, the news
from the island is important and interesting.
Four steam and three sailing frigates, hav-
incr on board Gen. Mirasol and staff, can-
D o
sisting of one Admiral of the Spanish, Na-
vy, Gen. Ainat of Engineers,'and several
other officers of rank, of the Spanish Army
and Navy, accompanied by 4,000, veteran
troops, to augment the military force of the
island, are hourly expected at Havana.
There are various conjectures as to the ob-
ject of this movement on the part of the
Spanish Government. It is conjectured,
however, that it has been undertaken for
the-nurpose of ‘negotiating with the "Presi-
dent of the United States for the sale of the
island, or for protecting it against invaders-
gj? A sleigh manufactured of gutta pro ;
cha, convertible at pleasure into a boat, is
be sent out with the English Artie cxpeci
tion_o.n the first of May.
- Cr’ "
u.._...-—....-
have discovered‘ the means whereby the "
He has many ‘testimonials .,
NORWALK GitzE,TTE.j
TUESDAY. APRIL 3o.,.is5o.'
Norwalk and Dainlnn-y Rxiilroad.
We have received the Surveyors’ report
upon the expense of this work, and are hap-
py to find that it is such as to put the com-
pletion of the enterprise almost beyond a
doubt. The road will cost,’-’-‘rwhen finished,
including two locomotives, with suflicient
freight and passenger cars, depotspnd every-
thing in running order, ready for the blow-
ing of the whistle, $330,000. Of this
amount, $200,000 is already subscribed in
Danbury, Norwalk, and New York, The
books have not as yet been opened along the
line of the road, but the stockholders both in
Danbury and-,,lNorivalk feel entirely confident
of raisiiigtheifull amount before it is needed.
Now, that this undertaking seems in a fair
way for success, we will say what we have
hitherto "refrained from saying, and that is,
that not only do we believe that this road is
to be a great public benefit to _this county,
but we believe its stock will be a fair pay-
ing stock. We are little versed in railroad
financiering, but if any reliance is to be
placed in figures and arithmetic, the stock
must realize a full legal interest, at the least.
Election Results.
Among the various consequences of a loco
foco victory in Connecticut, there is one
which is calculated to afl'ord much amuse-
ment to an indifferent looker on. VVe refer
to the scrambling for the leaves and fishes.
Already in every county in the State, there
are scores of hungry locofocoofficc-seekers,
calculating, with watering mouths, their
chances for a bite out of the public crib. As
it is only once in three or'four years that the
opportunity is afforded them of thrusting
their hands into the pockets of the State, their
eagerness is proportioned to the rarity of the
occurrence, and no sooner is the triumph of
“ the party” announced,than the eyes, which
before election, gleamed savagely only at a
VVhig, begin to glare with .a fiercer intensity
at any brother Democrat, who may happen
‘to want the same oflice, which the owner of
the eyes aforesaid chances to desire. Good
.locofoco friends, keep cool! Mother Con-
necticut may not have milk enough for all
of you, to be sure; and either it is likely
that you will soon have another chance at
the udder; but you may console yourselves
with the thought, that although you may go
away hungry, still the precious draught will
for one year, at least, be monopolized by the
locofocos only.
Spotted Fever in Danbury.
The Daubury Times, of last week re-
ports a case of malignant spotted fever in that
town, in the person of Nathan Harris, a
young rQ_an about 30 years of age. He was
taken sick on Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock,
while at work, and died on Tuesday at 3
P. M. Black spots were profusely sprink-
led on his face and extremities, 10 or twelve
hours before death. The spots wer.e from
the size of a small shot to that of half a dol-
lar. ‘The tongue and gums are also black.
A similar disease prevailed 25 years since in
Maine. It also prevailed about the same
time in Berlin, in this State. It is a disease
that rarely extends far beyond the locality in
which it originates. ' .
Colebrook Murder‘.
We learn from the New Haven Palladi-
umjthat a man was arrested in East Haven
yesterday, as an accessory to the murder of
the Gate-keeper in Colebiook in this State.
He is implicated by the confession of one of
the other prisoners, who says that this fel-
low struck the first blow. He has been
living about the woods of East Haven, and
is a hard looking vagabond.
Trial of M9CaIfre3'.
, 1 McCafi'rey, charged with the murder of
the aged couple on East Rock, New Haven,
was placed at the‘ bar of the Superior Court
for trial yesterday afternoon. - i
{j% Mr. Barnum, of the American Muse-
um,has engaged apartments at the Irving
House tor Jenny Lind, Julius Benedict, Esq.
Signor Belletti, and their sui_te, to be held
in readiness ‘on and after the 10th of Sep-
tember.
03.7’On ‘Saturday afternoon week, while
several laboring men were working on the
canal, near Albany, one of them struck a
pile of sovereigns. All hands immediately-
came the“ grab game,” shoveling their hats
full of mud and gold together. The first
discoverer secured $500, and the others not
far from $150 a piece. In all, about 81,300
were taken out. It was doubtless the all
of some unfortunate emigrant, dropped ac-
cidentally in ‘a bag from a canal boat.
{@ The passage of the House of Repre-_
sentatives of the bill to equip the vessels
provided «by Mr. Grinnel, for the Relief of
Sir John Franklin, with officers and men
from the United States Navy, and to extend
to them the regulatioiis and discipline estab-
lished bylaw in the naval service, produced,
says the Journal of Commerce, general grat-
ification in New York, aslno serious opposi-
tion to the project is expected from the Sen-
ate, and it is believed that the measure will
mid to the efliciency and greatly facilitate
; =.l:.e subject of the expedition.
An incoinbustible paper for roofing
has been invented in Germany.
T iAln1'ost'aiiIlom'ancer!v
During last summer, a young lady from
portion of the season in this place.-... Here
she became acquainted with one ‘of curiou-
terprising youths, and their acquaintanbo
into, the downright, tremendous’ ardency of
firstlove. Timecwore on, and inexorable
fate 6811921 the young lady home ; — they met
for the last‘ time and pledged eternal con.
starycy. ,
After the‘sepa'rati’o'n~_an active col-respond-
ence ensued, and their"1su,,rs fanned the
flame into a perfect con flagia\i9=n_ At 135;
they could stand ‘it no longer §‘\the\youih
proposed an elopenient, the lady consmigd,
It Was arranged that they should meet in
New York, come up ‘into the country to-
gether, and the indissoluble_ knot _should be
tied. The time was fixed, the lady was t9.
leave her fatber’s house at early dawn,
come over to New York, where her enrap-
tured love'r should be in waiting to receive
her,’ then they were to take the first train
of cars to Norwalk. All this was per-fqrmed
just as it was planned. But at the break-
fast hour the father missed his daughter;
be suspected her flight, rushed to the ferry-
boat, crossed to New York, and took the
second train toiNorwa1k. Arriving here,
he learned that the fugitives had gone to
Wilton. Quick as thought, a conveyance
In Wilton he learned that they had left in
a large carriage, with a wedding party on
their way to Ponndridge, that Gretna Green
of Fairfield County, where they expected to
be married. Crack went the whip and
away went the father ove1' the hills and
rocks toward Poundridge. Shortly after
getting into the State of New York, he
found the track of their carriage wheels.
They could not be far off, he lashed his
object ofhis pursuit. “ Now for it,” thought
lie, when snap I’ cling! off went the tire
from one of his wheels, and he was brought
to a dead halt. Hesprang out and looked
for the carriage of the fugitives; it too had
stopped, and one of its inmates was inquir-
lag the way to Poundridge.
the \Vl‘OIlg7I7Oad : they must turn back. VVe
ought to have -said that the lovers had not
the remétest idea that any one was in pur-
suit of them, and when turning back they
saw the broken carriage in the read they
did not dream who its then possessor was.
The old man concealed his face to prevent
too hasty a recognition, and with his driver,
set about repairing the broken wheel. The
Wedding party came‘ up, consisting of two
strapping grdomsmen, and the same number
of bridesmaids. They stopped at the broken
wagon and inquired if any assistance was
wanted. “ Yes," said the father. ~- Oiit
jumped one of the groomsmen, and thenext
instant in jumped the father into that grooms-
man’s empty seat. The consternation may
be imagined. The lover éwore, the grooms-
men showed \fight, and the old man kept
cool as acqcumbcr. “Going to ge‘t married
hey '2” said he, “ well I’ll go along ; a man
certainly has a right to attend his daughter’;
wedding.” So sending his own conve.y;_1nce
home, he kept his seat, While the discomfitted
groomsman got up with the driver. ‘
In process of time, they arrived at the
magistrates. They alighted and went in.
“Sir,” said the father to the Squire, “ my
little girl here took a notion to get married
and while her mother was looking another
way slipped out and came up here for that
purpose. The last part of the way I have
accompanied her, and now, sir, I am going
to take her home.” “Certainly Sir,” re-
plied the dignitary——“ by the Revised
Statutes, no minor can marry without the
parental license,and if you refuse that, my
services cannot be rendered.” Here follow-
ed another scene of crying, swearing and
other usual accompaniments of a true love
crossed. At last, the father turned to the
disappointed lover. “ Look here, young
man,” said he, “iwhen I’ve got a daughter
old enough to be married, if you will behave
yourself, and can get her consent, why you
shall have her ; but don’t be guilty again of
carrying off children who don’t really know
their own wishes or their own interests.
You may come back to Brooklyn with me,
and may visit my house when you please;
but no more of this work.”
The last we heard of the party, the father,
the daughter, and the lover were on their
way to New York together in the afternoon
train. ‘ '
(Kg? At the large fire in Water street, New
.York on Wednesday_night, John L. Guire,
afirema'n fell through a hatchway in the
fourth story of ii warehouse, to the firstfloor
and died the next morning On the stock
inthe stores destroyed, there were -$4-5:000
insured at the Hartford Protection of-
ooo attheN'o‘r,th»--River ninée; $10,000 at
the City, and $5,000 at the Lexington, Ky.,
oflico. The three bdildings were insured
at the Franklin o co, Philadelphia.
The Aug’ sta Constitutionalist says that’
an,inexh' astible bed of bituminous coal
found -in VValker county, Geor-
gia. The discovery cannot fail to have a.
".1 . ked influence on the prosperity of the
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~. Y_., are to be beautifully
.-eirmounted by golden eagles-
B Brooklyn, about fifteen years of age, spent :-
8_oon becameintimacy until, at last, it ripened . =
was proeurred, and he set off in pursuit.-,
horse, and on rising the next hill, beheld the’
They were on- , ,
fice; $5,000 at the Hartford _ i‘Etna ;_,.$l0, A
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