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From the N. Y. Tribune.
In the Senate on Zllonday Mr. Soule,
from the Committee on; Commerce, report-.
ed a bill to establish Collection Districts in
__California.».-- The Fugitive Slave Bill was.
‘ taken up, and Mr. Mason offered a substi-
tute.’ ’Mr Dayton offered an amendment sub-
stituting Mr. Webster’s bill, which was dis-
’ cussed at some length and rejected, yeas ll,
nays 27. Mr. Chase moved to amend Mr.
Mason’s amendment by provision fora jury
trial, which was also rejected. Mr. \Vin-
- throp moved an amendment, securing the
right of /zabews corpus to the alleged fugitive,
and providing for a judicial review of the de-
.cisions of the proposed Commissioners,
which after debate, was also rejected, yeas
ll, nays 26.
_ The further consideration of the bill was
then postponed until to-morrow.
The Supplementary Census Bill was tak-
_en up and the amendments of the House
were di‘sa,c_rrecd to. Adjourned.
In the Ilouse, Mr. Thompson of Pa , from
the Judiciary Committee, reported back the
Senate bill supplemental to the act for taking
the census, increasing the compensation of
Marshalls, &c. with some amendments which
were adopted and the bill passed Majority
and minority reports were made from the
Committee on Elections in the contested
election case of Messrs. Littell and Robbins
of Pennsylvania. lneffectual efforts were
made to make the special order for to-mor-
row and continue until disposed, the follow-
ing bills iu the order named; Utah, Texas
Boundary, California and New Mexico.-—
The House finally went into committee ofthe
‘Whole on. the Civil and Diplomatic Appro-
priation Bill. Mr. Schenck modified his
amendment of Saturday, and it was adopted
:ippropriating $30,000 to purchase books
for distribution among the members. Some
other unimpor‘.ant anicndments were acted
on, when the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
The Senate on Tuesrlay, took up the Fu-
gitive Slave Bill and adopted without divis-
ion,Mr. Mason’s amendment providing for
the appointment of the Commissioners in the
the Several counties of the States who shall
hear and determine cases of alledged fugi-
tives from slavery, and whose decisions shall
be final. These Commissioners are to be
appointed by the U. S. Judges of the seve-
ral Judicial Districts. Six months iniprison-
ment or a fine of $1,000 may be imposed
on any one who shall aid in the escape of a
slave from a claimant. The amendment al-
so provides that in case a slave shall be res-
cued from his master or claimant after being
delivered into his hands by the Court, said
slave shall be paid for outof the 'l're-asury
of the United States. Mr. Underwood of
Kentucky, gave notice of a substitute for the
entire bill and the Senate adjourned.
In the Irloi/so Mr. 'I'hurston, of Oregon,
presented a memorial from the Oregon Leg-
islature asking for donations of public lands.
which was referred to the Cominitt on 'l'er-
ritories. The House again took up the Civ-
il and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill and
acted on several amendments; among them
was one providing that no Collecor of Cus-
toms whose salary amounts to 532,500
shall receive conipensation as Suprintedent of
Light Houses or as disbursing agent. Adj.
In the Sc/late on 'Wi:cl2Lcsa'agJ the Fugitive
Slave Bill was taken up and the discussion
arose upon Mr. Pratt’s amendment, and a
modification of it proposed by Mr Mason,
with consent of Mr. Pratt.
The debate was carried on until four o’-
clock, when the Senate adjourned without
coming to a conclusion.
In the House a violent disscussion took
place between Messrs. Stanton of Ten-, and
Stevens, Penn, on the Portugal difficulty-—
the former charging Taylor’s administration
with hasty action, which the latter denied
with much warmth, and complained bitterly
of the falsehoods which were writen by the
newspaper correspondents. Much sensation
was created.
The discussion on the Diplomatic Bill was
resumed, and without making imich pro-
gress the House, at 3 P M. adjourned.
In the Senate on T/mrszlagg, a memorial
numerously signed by the dealers and work-
ers in gut-ta pcrcha, was presented and re-
fert'ed——asking that gutta percha may be
classified among the enumerated articles of
the tariff, and not left as now to a 90 per cent.
duty, as a non enumerated ariicle,__- The
Fugitive Slave Bill was again taken ‘ll p,and
Mr. Underwood's substitute was discussed,
but no vote was taken.
In the House, Mr. Elliot, the new member
from Boston, appeared and took the oath of
oflice. The Civil and Diplomatic Appro
priation Bill was taken up in committee of
the whole‘, and the House soon after ad-
journed.
The Scrum, on Frirlag,/, took up the
Fugitive Slave Bill; rejected Mr. Under-
iwood’s substitute; adopted an amendment
making a Marshal or his deputy responsible
in damages for the escape of a fugitive from
his custody; also making him responsible if
he shall fail to use due. vigilance in execut-
ing warrants for the arrest of fugitives; re-
jected an amendment for the protection of
colored citizens visiting Southern States;
and finally ordered the bill to be engrossed
by a vote of 27 to 12, there being only 8
more than a quorum present.
The Indian Intercourse bill was passed,
and the Senate adjourned till Monday.
The House was engaged on the Civil and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill in Committee
of the Whole. Several items and amend.
ments were considered, and the Committee
rose and the House adjourned without dis-
posing of the bill.
In the Hou.=e on Saturday, the friends of
the Protection of Homelndnstry were denied
the privilege ' of moving an amendment to
the GeneralAppropi:iation Bill changing the
rates of duty levied by the present tariff from
ad valorem to specific of the amount of these
rates at the time (1846) this tarifi‘ was en-
acted. The vote by Wlllcl‘l‘tl'llS proposition
was ruled out was 81 to 77—the Toombs
and Stevens gentry of course voting with the
opposition. We trust a way will yet be
‘found to bring this moderate beneficent pro.
, position before the House so as to give us
the yeas and nays upon it, that the friends of
a diversified and all prosperous Home In-
dustry may know who are for and who are
against them.
.:_.._._.A...... ._.__
The Episcopal Society in .Litchfield'
‘have determined to build a new Church in
the Gdihic style, on the site of, the present
building. The r_;g_t,l is to be five or six thous-
and dollars.
The steamship Phi-ladi>.lpli'ia, Capt. Pear-
son,'arrived at her dock,'Wednésday morn-
ing, from Chagres-—._,havin_9; made the pas-
sage in niriediiys and. -four.hours..,—riinning'
time. She brings $870,000 in gold, be-
sides what may be in the possession of pas.-.
seiigers.
‘She’; has also 131 passengers, among;
whom is Yankee Sullivan,wbo has been
reported as dead.
By this_a,ri'iva| _vve have thirteen days,la-
tor dates~tban our previous adV.ices., , _
VVe copy an account of the state of af-
fairs at the mining districts, from the Stock-
ton Times of the 6th of July :
“ It is said that there is a guerrilla party
in the mountains, headed by a famous
Mexican robber—nor are we inclined to
doubt the statement. It has become unsafe
to travel, and every man goes armed with
a revolver and a knife. Two men were
-found naked with their throats coat, at the
Chinese diggings, on Sunday. Two Mex-
icans were shot, on Tuesday, at Jamestown.
Three men were attacked at the Montezu-
ma tent, on the road to Sonora, on Satur-
day. One was killed, and the others so
wounded that their lives are despaired of
They say that the assassins were-Mexicans.
On VVednesday, two men were found dead
near Sonora, their pockets having been ri-
fled.” ‘
The point of interest at the departure of
the previous steamer was the reported dis-
covery of a mineral region" of surpassing
richness, and known as the“ Gold Lake.”
The intelligence, however, was vague‘ and
unsatisfactory. The Alta California says,
“ We learn that authentic accounts from
Gold Lake have been received at Mayville.
They represent that the outlets of the lake
yield from four to six ounces of the pre-
cious metal per day to a man. The lake it-
self has not yet been prospected, on ac-
count of the great depth ol su_ow which
surrounds it.” ,
A letter dated Coloma, July 1, says:
am of opinion that this portion of the South
Fork of the American River willgive more
than its average of gold this season ; mi-
ners at work on the banks of the stream
average an ounce per day. A Mr. Brown
took out in three days last week_$1lO0 in
gold dust, from this fork, Wlllllll,llll'€e miles
from where Iain now writing.”
The Sacramento Transcript notices the
discovery of a rich ravine about five miles
from Auburn. The same paper has the
following: .
“ Last evening, we examined the largest
lump of gold, we believe, ever dug in Cal-
ifornia ; it is a mixture of quartz and gold,
weiging 30 lbs. From tests made, it is as-
certained that the lumri contains about 23
lbs. of pure gold. This mammoth piece
was dog from a ravine in the dry diggings,
between the North and i\’liddle Folks of
the Yuba river, by Mr. \Vm. I-I. Julius, of
New York City, and Mr. John Grives, of
New Orleans. The first of these had been
a year in the (liggings, and had not aver-
aged over $10 per day.”
A police Cle,'}ilE‘l.n'lPl’ll' has been organized
at San Francisco, and placed under the
control of Mordecai Falcon, well known
in New York city. It consists offour cap-
tains, four assistants, an equal iiuinber of
scrgearits and assistant sergeants, and for-
ty-fivc rank and file.
The manufacture of bricks has com-
menced at Stockton. A consignment of
them was sold at San Francisco, alfifty dol-
lars per thousand.
The extension of the long wharf at San
Francisco has been commenced. It is to
be extended more than one thousand feet
beyond its present terminus, and thus ena-
ble the largest class of vessels to discharge
their cargoes without the intervention of
ligli'ers.
The brig Emily Farnham, Russell, of
Boston, went ashore on the 8th of July, in
Humboldt Bay. Vessel and cargo total
loss.
ARRIVAL or TI-IE CRESCENT CITY.---
The Crescent City, Capt. Stoddard, from
Chagres, arrived in New York on Thurs-
day morning. She brings 103 passengers,
and a large amount of gold dust ' She
also brings two days, later advices than
those received by the Philadelphia, but no
news of general interest.
Arriva'I of the Ohio.
The U. S steamship Ohio was coming
up New York bay yesterday afternoon,
with the California mails. Her news is
anticipated by the Philadelphia and Cres-
cent City.
“I
I\IisL.A.NcHor.v Suicins.--A young Ger-
man named Andrew Sclienck, employed
by Mr. Henry Smith, in this village, coni-
mitted suicide last week, by cutting his
throat with a razor, in a fit of mental aber-
ration. The circumstances as we have
learned, are substantially as follows : Mr.
Schenck had. a severe attack of the suin-
mer complaint, and the progress of the dis-
ease being checked too suddenly. superin-
duced derangeinent. On Monday he was
observedto gaze wildly around and start
frequently and suddenlv._ These and other
indications: of insanity continued until
Thursday, when he expressed ‘a desire to
go to New York; but it was thought ad-
visable to prevent him doing so while he
was in that condition. On Thursdaynight
he retired to bed, with one of his compan-
ions. At about 10 o’clock, he awoke and
be said. But be procured a razor, and
tookit with him to bed. Soon after, his
friend was awakened by feeling a struggle,
and by the light of the moon perceived
that Scbenck was vreltering in his blood.
The alarm being given, physicians were
sent for, who sewed up the gash in his
throat, which extended literally—froin ear to
ear, and nearly severed the windpipe. In
the course of the night, the unfortunate
man tore the wound open with his hands.
On Saturday his senses returned, and he
appeared fully sensible of his critical con-
dltion,and at8 o’c-lock he breathed his last.
Mr.- Sclienck was about25 years of age,
of.a mild and amiabledisposition. He left
his native country about three years since.
ad had not a single relation inthis coun-
try. It is hard to die so young, and in a
strange lzin’d,.\i/vithout a tear from the eye
of father, mother, brother, or sister, to
mois_ten his grave, but though in the midst
of strangers, his last hours were made as
comfortable as possible, and his remains
were followed to the grave by a large
number cfsorrow fol friends and acquaintan-
ces.-— Stamford Advocate.
‘gag
“-.Ienn,v "Lind is expected to arrive in N. York
' cu :r.al>cut the 18th S8plelI‘.l’.‘9l'r”
went to his trunk, to look at his watch, as ,
ARRIVAL or TH-E §_1ai,;URoP.t. _
The Europa arrived -git. Iffilifax, on-Mon-
day __evening_at_10 oj"clot:l€". She sailed
from L'ivyrp‘oo‘l"-on Sdturdfly, the 10th, at
11 o’clock A. M.
day evening, the 4th. .
The Atlantic arrived at Liverpool at mid-
night on Saturday the 6th inst. Her run-
ning time is stated at ten days, eight hours,
The commercial news is not of the slight-
est importance. —~ -
Business ,in the manufacturing districts
continues brisk and money plenty.
The prospect of an abundant harvest is
generally good, except for potatoes. l0!
which serious apprehensions are beginning
to be felt. The rot is reported to be rap-
idly spreading, especially in the South of
Ireland. , '
Indian corn, influenced by very general
reports of potato blight, has advanced 6d
to 1s. per quarter. ' t
The Irish Franchise bill,as mutilated by
the Lords, has been rejected by the Corn-
mons, who have substituted :1 £12 qualiti-
cation, which, it is stated, adds some 170,
000 votes to the Irish constituencies.
The Queen and Court are to leave Lon-
don for Scotland on the 23d inst.
The American Minister, lady and daugh-
ter are on a visit to the Duke and Duchess
of Northumberland, at Alnwick Castle.
The steamship Great Britain has been
sold for £25,000, to run between Panama
and San Francisco.
Advices from Altona of the 5th, state
that a collision between the Danish and
Holstein armies took place on Friday, neat‘
Mohlde, which resulted in the defentufllte
Danes. The loss is considerable on both
sides.
From Portugal and Spain, there is no-
thing new, nor from Italy.
The Sultan of Turkey has ordered spe-
ciinens of the manufactures ofthe country
to be exhibited at the London Exposition
of the Industry ofall Nations, in 1851.
Tm: C0-NTOY PRISONERS ---The Contoy
prisoners who were brou-_:ht to Mobile on
the U. S.sbip Albany, wefie released on the
9th instant, by tlie.U. S. District Attorney,
Mr. Hamilton. Several of them reached
New Orleans the next day, on their way
porno, The Picayulne ‘jlearns tligt tshey
ave orwarded to IV r. ebster.l e ec-
retary of State, through Mr. Hamilton,
two statements settino forth the manner in
which they were inviiigled into the expedi-
tion, contradicting the statement made ex-
teiisively in thepapers, of the humanity of
their treatment, and stating the cruel treat-
ment they received at the hands Of 1'19
Sipanisb authorities. It says, frum the 08)’
trey were taken prisoners, they were treat-
ed with the utmost barbarity, put in double
irons, weighing about eight pounds, and re-
mained in that condition for 54 days, Until
they were releasnd. Many of them were
sick, and suffered for the want ofniediciue.
The surgeon of the frigate Soherano, on
board of wliichtliey were confined, let them
go without attention, only occasionallygiv-
ing a man relief, as it suited his whims.
Some seventeen ofthe prisoners are from
Cincinnati, and, as they inform us, had eni-
barked under the impression they were
goincr to California. They were among
t’ D ' ‘ H- d in
£6 conjpany raised by (Jagt. Jr 88',
entuc ‘y and Ohio, who, w ion e en ist-
ed them, represented, as they charge, that
the)’ were going to California to work in
the quartz mountains for gold. After the
bark Georgia, on which they had embark
841, left the B-alize, Capt. Hardee stated to
the whole crew the object of the expedi-
ll0n, and admitted that he had been guil-
ty of deception in raising the men, but
he felt that the magnitude of the scheme and
the certainty of success warranted the de-
ception. The Spanish officers and soldiers
took the money found on the prisoners,and
when they were released restored the jewel-
r_v, but kept about one-half the money.—
They were told they must receive the inon-
ey and divide itpro ratai, and make up the
loss each man had sustained. '1 hey
were then made to sign a paper that they
had received all their money and jewelry.
On being set free they were told they were
banished from the Island, and ifever caught
in any part of the Spanish doininious, they
would be condemned to ten years‘ hard la-
bor.
The conduct of Mr. Hamilton, of Mo-
bile, llie U. S. District Attorney, towards
these men, is spoken ofin the highest terms
for his kindnesss and generosityh; he liaving
raised a subscription to enable t em to start
on their way home.-ZV Y. S-mi.
SINGULAR. SUICIDE.-‘The Nashua Gazette
says ; “ A man from Lrtchfield came to that
town, purchased a coffin, took it back_to L. dug;
a grave, put his coffin into i'., got into it himself,
took laudanum, vvaked up next morning and
found himself alive. got up and hung himself.——
He left a letter, with five dollars enclosed, to pay
for filling up his grave.”
ll/Int. ANCHOLY.—-On Thursday afternoon,
of last week, a large party, from Lynn,
Mass. proceeded to Lynnfield on a pic-nic
excursion, on the borders of a beautiful
pond. About 2 o'clock, a party of 25 got
into a large, flat-bottomed. row boat, for an
excursion on the pond, and when about
100 yards from the shorethe boat upset and
fourteen of them! were drowned. They
were all women and children, with a sin-
gle exception.
{l@iA'new and fatal’ disease has lately
appeared among the milch cows b_elon;_r_ing
to the farmers and dairy men of Oneida
County, N. Y." The firstindicatiun which
shows itself, is the failure of the, milk of
the cow, decreasing in some cases, in a sin-
gle day, from ap-ail full to a pint or a quart.
A weakness and trembling then seizes the
animal, and she s -on dies‘. In some in-
stances, the attack was first noticed at night
and the cow died before morning.
Pnor. Wsosum.---_VVe are assured upon
good ‘authority, one who professes to know,
that Prof. Webster has made another and
full confession, in which he admits the pre-
medita_ted murder of Dr. Parknia_n, thus
falsifying his’ previous statements. This
confession is in the _han(Is,of the authori-
ties,bu: will notibc made "public until after
the execution.---Tribune. - -
05' T110133! Crowley. the» Irishman who was
hurt by.jumpin.: from a. train of cars a week or
more since, in Bridgeport, died from his vrouiids
oil S'.:l'lJt‘cl=.‘.)'.
The Hibel'tl'.ia'7'alfllYe(lT"af"‘fLl'Y8!’|109l 3!-.121!"
and twentyininules-thus,beating. all fp_l'f .
~mer passages by several hours. ‘ ‘ ‘
Repiiblicah ’._ has received ntelligénco from
Santa Fe ~t'o‘th‘e‘ 16th inst. 7 I’ -
’1'he,e,_l}-,ct_ions‘iinder the State Constitution
of Ne\:i’§’f,Mcxi',g‘_g.,,took place on,-;the-20th;aQf
J tine:-arid rcsultéd iiithe. choice '5f"'Dr. Hiérii“
.r,y.C...o.,r_=s.-.l.l.r.. ..f.°_.r....Cr9.t'<=.rri9.r. ., and . Enwnuel
Alvai'ez“lo'r Liéut. Governor. I "VViiiI"iS'Z’M'é§-’
serdy was elected Representative to Congress
by'500 majority over Hugh N. Smith.-—
Members of the Lcgislatu re were also elected
and this body convened at the time appointed
‘by the State ‘Constitution, when some curious
‘sc‘cric"s'w‘ere enacted. ' I i ‘r *
. The parties are divided-—-one advocating
Territorial and the other State Government.
A-‘member of; the Senate presented his era-
dentials and tvasadmitterl,‘ but itibeing after-
wards’found’th‘atihe would not“vote“-with the’
majority he was excluded from taking his
seat,and his opponent admitted. Hereupon
a number of Senators and Representatives
withdrew, leaving the House without a quo-
rum. The remaining members took upon
themselves“ the responsibility to fill the va-
cant'so'ats with men enough to form a quo-
rum and proceeded with the business. ,
_ Major B. H. Whitman and Major F. A.
Ciinningbam, both late P.-iymasters in the
United States Army, were elected U. S.
Senators.
The Indians were continuing their depra-
tions through all parts of New Mexico.
An express which left Santa Fe several
days after this party, brought scaled dispatch-
es and orders for 2,000 stand of arms.
The wife ofCaptain Austen, U. S. A. died
at San-ta-Fe on the 20th July.
New Depot’ for the ZVcw York and New
Haven Rail .Rocul.—A large and imposing
structure has been commenced on the corner
of Canal and Centre streets, on the site of
old gas work, designed as a freight and car de-
pot, for the New York and Ncw‘I-I-aven
Rail Roa(l.C0mpan_y. lt will be of . brick
four stories high, with broad arched entanccs
and granite sills and lintils. Its dimensions
will be 198 feet by [13, with its broadest
lrorit on Centre street. The interior will be
ingeniously arranged with tracks an turn-ta-
bles. to expedite the movements of the cars
and faciltiate the delivery or reception of
freight and baggage. The walls of the old
gas house are completely demolished, and
work will be pressed forward rapidly with
the expectation that the dcpotwill be ready
for occupancy intbc course of the present
season. The new building, in connection
with other recent improvcrncnts and new
structures in progress, will impart to, the
neighborhood in which it is located, a deci-
dedly improved aspect, and must favorably
affect property there.——Jour of Com.
Old Vl')}fI'lIl.l./I. has entered upon a newand
more hopeful era of her history, by electing
a Ra.-form Constitutional Convention. For
more than half a century the fountain of
party democracy, she has cherished institu-
tions based on British Aristocracy as it ex-
isted a century ago, and as utterly hostile to
genuine Democracy as could be imagined.
A Legislature so constituted that three-
eighths of the voters could alwiiys control it
-+the Rights ofSufI'rage based on Property,
and giving several votc-.5 to a rich man and
none to a poor one—-a Governor elected by
the Legislature or appointed by the Govern-
or and Council——such is the inside of the
whitevl sepulclire inscribed “ the Mother of
Democracy.” All this is about to be chang-
ed. A Free Basis, Ui'iivei'sal Suffi‘age,
Election by the People-—..=uch are among
the Reforms which the Convention just cho-
sen will assemble to inaugurate. And Vir-
ginia will fcel the impulse they are calcula-
ted to give.-—T-ribmie.
Drou'rier1..——A laboring man a native of
Ireland, was drowned Friday in the Quin-
nipiac river, under Lou-'is‘s Bridge in the
Eastern subuibs of the city. He was passing
under the bridge with a boatload of salt hay,
and in his effort to guide the boat, his pitch
fork slipped from an abutment ofthe bridge
and he fell into the water, and what is re-
garded as singular by those who saw the ac-
cident, he never rose to the surface of the
water. ltis supposed,therefore, that he must
have injured his head in the fall. ,
Ilfezo I'Iu.ocn Courier.
Cu.p‘tii.-o Lady among I/zc Cztmanolws.—It is
stated that a trader among the Comanche
Indians has discovered, in in camp of that
nation, a white woman fair and comely in
appearance, who is intcrmarried among them
and says she is the sister of Lieui. Love or
Lovctt, who commanded a train which left
Independence, about three years ago, for
Santa Fe ; that she was in company with the
party. when it was attaked by the C-amanches
and that her brother was badly wounded, 21
large number oftlie men were killed,and
she with a large number of the, men, were
carried off prisoners by the Indians. She
says she is well treated by her husbzind,but
the women are cruel to her—-—that she is anx-
ious to return to her friends, and that four or
five good riding horses will procure her ran-
som.
A Solemn PVedding——'I‘he Rev. Mr. Bar-
low of the Episcopal Church, recently -died
at;Cliicago. The _Chic-ago 'I‘ribune says that
_a scene of most touching interest occurred
around the bed of death, a few :miinutes be-
he breathed his last. His daughter was to
have been married the next Wednesday eve-
ning, but feeling his end to be near, be ex-
pressed a wish that the ceremony should be
performed before his departure, and his re-
quest was complied with, though he was so
far on his solemn journey as to be uncon-
sious of what was going on before him.—
Ten minutes afterwards, his closed eyes open-
ed in the light of another and brighter life.——
Thus were-brought together the two most
toucliingvevents of lifis—'Deatli and the Bri-
dal. On the one hand the opening and sub-
lime of the life that has no end ; on the otlier
the most joyous anticipations that can brigh-
ten--the future existence on earth.
IE5" It is stated that Dr. He-wit of Bridge-
port, has undertaken-to raise $30,000 for the
Theological Institute at East Windsor‘.
Some of the friends of this institution strong-
ly urge its re-n_ioval— to Hartford.
{;®Di_-. Baker well known a’sfan efficient
Presbyterian Missionary in Texas, is now
making applications to aid the enterprize of
-establishing a College at Huntsville in that
A subscription of ten thousand dollars _
State.
has been raised in 'l‘ex:.is.
01'?’ At New Haven on Tuesday morning‘
the mercury" stood at 47 degrccs‘;» only 15
degrees above free;-Zing. .
bloody‘ ii-jagédy c_amé:t_o. lig-htt-;9.I1 tlhéglnorning-:3
of.-.>{2'-tst irist:‘iii: -the St‘ Chai‘l_e_s' t]cii,g‘2?_l,3'I‘roy-i,
The’proprié,tor of the_ hotel,‘ thinking there,
was something wrong in thefnon appearance
of a*'r'nz1n5nd- woman‘-w-lio hadstopped .with
him, went up to their room and kn,0Cl-'9d 31
the _’Cl0,0l',"’l)l.l t-rcceiyi jog-~ .n o -ans wer....lie-.-opened-
a small window over the door, when a horrid
spectacle was presciiteil,. _-_:BOth_ llliifl and
woman were dead. The bodies, the Clothes,
and the bed were covered with blood, and
the llH‘0{llS-Of both were cut and horriblv
_niutilated. ' Theiman’s name. w'as_$,V.V.ill_li:_i'rri
A. Caldwell,a re’side‘nt of \Vhiiehall. He
arrived at New York,b‘ut -recently, from a
three year cruise as supercargo on board a
rnerchantman to China. Previous to his
leaving this Contin,ent, (some years p_re_vious)
he was engaged to be married to the lady
who resigned herselfto this horrid death.-
There was considerable opposition to jthe
match, which dclaycd the consumation of
their desires. While absent to China, and
other parts of the world, the lady, now no
more, became acquainted with a gentleman
by the name of Knapp, and her friends im-
portuiied her to accept his honorable propo-
sals l'or marriage to which at length sb'e re-
luctauiantly yielded "her assent and they
were married, and have_ had one child, which
died early in May, and just previous to Cald-
wcll’s return. As he neared his native shores
the most prominent thoughts that swelled
his bosom, was the certainty, as be supposed,
ofagain clasping his Louisii to his heart;
but he returned onlyto find the object (lear-
er to him than life, the wife of another. The
iron entered his soul ; hewandered about ncar-
ly di.-tractcd but his better reason came to,him
and be resolved to shake: it off. In the
meantime he found that she desired to see
him ; she, the wife of another, requested an
interview. But their meeting is not to be
described. The years of absence that had
passed only had bound them together more
strongly, if possible, than before ; they met
astlicy should not have done-——as lovei°s——-
Caldwcll‘s better reason at firstdid not allow
hiinto think ofthe future as she thought,
and it doubtless would have passed by, and
left only despair fastened in their hearts ;—
but they loved, and madly ; and the former
associations of youth came up bcfore them
iriore freshly atithe thought ofa final separa-
tion. Sho did not wish to live without him
and told him that she could not, and that it
was her detc-rmination to remain with him
notwithstanding she is the wife of another,
Caldwell was too passionate and rush to re
sist that, and it was talked over that they
should meet again.
He parted with her to visit his friends in
Whitehall, and went on board an evening
boat for Albany. After the boat was under
way, and whilehe was walking the deck, to
his utter astonishment she appeared before
him. The thought at once pierced him that
she had indeed abandoned her home, and re-
solved, regaifdlcss of the tremendous conse-
scquences, to share his fate ; and her words
shortly corroborated what had passed like
lightning through his soul. They imme-
diately proceeded to his state rooui, and there
they l't.‘S(ilVeCl in the face of all the terrible
circumstances around the in, never to part
again. They did not part but arrived at
Albany and took lodgings at the Dc-lavan
House. He left her theie, and made his
contemplated visit to I-Vliitohall, and return-
ed in about ten (lays, she in the meantime
rcccivetl her meals in her room, according to
his suggestion, in order to avoid ohservati'on.
- He rciurnerl and took rooms with her at
the American hotel. He thought it was to
public :1 place, and engaged lodgings at a
private housein Jay st. where he remained
about one week ; then took the Eastern cars
and wont to \Vi-lliziinstown, and was suppris-
ed and pursued by some one, as be remark-
ed in Troy, that he llilll whipped two consta-
bles and escaped, the particulars of which
will soon appear. He escaped in a. one
horse carriage, and arrived at the St. Charles
Hotel Tuesday morning about 4 o'clock —
And the sequel is now bcfore the world —
They there resolved to die, and with his own
hand he opened the portuils of eternity.
[[7-‘ Look a—hea’, Sam,’ said a VVeslern
negro one day to a field hand over the fence
in an adjoirig lot,’ ‘look a-hca’, d’you see
dat tall tree down dar ?’ ‘ Yaas, Jim, l does.’
Wal,‘l go up ‘(lat tree day ’fore yes’dy to do
bcry top.’ _ ‘ lV’at was you a‘tcr, Sam 2' ‘ l
was a?tc.r a"coon; and w’on l’d chased ’im
cl’ar, out to .’to,dder eend 0’ dat longcs’ liuib,
l lieam sumfiri drop. lV’at you guess ’was,
Sam '3’ D’you give ‘em up? ’Twas dis rl—d
fiI0liS/L 7Ligg‘a.’ IS-yaii! e-yah! Like to broked
’l1e neck ; been limpin’ ‘bout ever since !’
I7ifamous.—lVlr. VValsb, in the Journal of
Commerce, says. " We have seen no con-
tradiction of the -paragraph that appeared
in the bcgiiining of lttstweek in several. of
:he,Paris and -Roucn gazettes, which an-
nounces that a speculator of Rouen had pos-
itively recruized, thereand in the methropo-
lis, nine liundred and fifty young prostitutes
to be shipped in divisions to‘ San Francisco;
and with each of whom he expected to divide
a considerable sum of ultimate profits. If
the, colonists of the Cape of Good Hope dc-
fied the power of‘Great Britain rather than
admit the convicts sent to the Cape by the
Government, the authorities of California.
may well resolve to quarintine indefinitely
the speculators export. A traffic of this iri-
famous kind has been particularly brisk be-
tween Paris and London, since the jour-
ney has been shortened to twelve hours.
§I§° A heavy Shipment - of U. S. Govern-
meni-Stores. was made on Monday the 19th,
to Santa Feand El Paso by a forwarding
agent in Vlfest street, Mr- Mills designated
for the use of troops on the above far distzrril
territory. The stores were forwarded via.
Buffalo and St. Louis. They weighed 35
tons, andcost about $45,000.
,3@ The vesselsbelonging to the Ameri-
can Exploring Expedition, were in the vi-
cinity of Whalelish Island on the Western
Court of Greenland, June 24-. Much ice had
been seen, and A head winds had retarded
their progress.
g'f,s"Tlic Detroit papers say that the _U. S
Marshall, Col. Hyde. of that city, has already
taken possession of 60 vessels on Lake Mich-
igan, engaged in the unlawful lumber trade
It is thought at latest 50-uiore will be seized.
The U. S. steamer Michigan has gone to the
upper Lakes in pursuit.
A T .‘;i:3".='-The AlbanyAiigiist of the 20th insti,
says there was a frostin Be-thlem and its vi-
cinity on the night of ‘Friday 185‘ ‘"9915-
com,-.io,.;ss_ LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. "Foreig?ii.:.Nevy;s;2 rnimsrgn {tam Santa 1;__j‘¢'i.‘-—"I‘l'ie_St._irLouis .Ha:rriIzle ..=-:Z‘.rvs’e¢l9~:-‘T-11’*"“¥?*PP“‘l'P8:- 1”.‘-‘i~‘ .+N01§“WALK GAZETTE,
«:35 i’
_?iiu‘us1_§‘i1Y. AUGUST 27,1350.
T-in: Pos'i-riou or run Loco Foods, AS A
NATIONAL PARTY, vro.-_r nu»: SUBJI-.01‘ or
S i.Av'i-Eiuii loiiigl ' as ‘iliisi Uriion r"é?‘ir'iiiiii‘§'7"i§ii"-“5
~lll'8,:tlIeI78~;wlll' exist, l.Vb'O,'lIll}I, hut,» two. great
:naI.z'5nal' piifties.‘ iOiiie‘”o'ITtliiaisé L ‘jvnrties will
ulwaysbe in power. and.-by‘one_ or .the..othor-~
of them, will the government always be ad-
-‘-‘miiiistered. No array of sectional interests,
no efihrts of petty factions, no cliimorous dem-
agogism can prevent these things. '.[‘hr-y are’
3' facts founded, upon t_lre_ c_,on_st.it,u‘tion_; of human
nature, and are ifhe inevitable ‘i'ei'sfilits of tiny
thing like" free govoriiment. It is cloar.'th’ei'o-J
foro, that it is the duty of ovei'y.,goodcitizon.
finding two such pnrtiesa|i'etidy in existence, to
ally liiinself to that. whose principlesnnd prac-
tices arc, in liisijutlgment, best tidfipted to pro'-‘
mote the interos'ts‘ of the whole country. ‘Ho
who §l1lel‘tllll'lS tliejnsnne idea of permanently
weakening the political organization of -either,
by setting up minor factions, would“'d'o wellto
go out into the fields, ‘- inflate his cheeks and
blow against the wl'iirlwind.”
The two parties into which 'riu-: mzor-1.1-: or
Tiu: U.\'i'ri-:1) S1'A'ri-zs are divided, lnid thoir_
origin in the stormy times ofthe first Presiden-
cy of Gen. Jackson. Oftlio old political orga-
nizations of Federals ‘and Democrats, scarcely
a vestige was then left. Monitor-: ‘had been
twice elected to the Pl'e3itléntlitl chair without
liardly a show of opposition. The four candi-
dates of 1824. CLAY, Cnt“"F\,RD. -JACKSON and
ADAMS, were all Dcmoci'.'its; the last two were
Ilia-candidates in 18:28. There was little dif-
fereiice in the professed political principles of
Strange to say, the issues which were
made, could hardly be called political. The
friends of Adams dcscaiitod upon the danger of
elevating a military cliieftaiii to the highest
executive station in the land. The friends of.
Jackson rang the changes upon that infiiuioun
c:iluniii_v, tlie biirgain between Mr. Clay and
Mr. Adams. Jackson liiid been it Bank mun ;
so had Adams; both had been in favor oft:
protective tariff; both had advocated the war
of 1812.
the country in 1828, was utterly unable to learn
what II” the clamor of that most clanioroua
campaign was about. Yet never did men cou-
tend more stro‘ngl_ for realities, than did tho
men of tliiit day struggle for shadows. Jackson
was elected. .I‘IlS_lI|llV(?-l'Sill prescription of po-
lilical opponent-s in oflico, his m'l)ll|'lll'y inter-
fi-.i'ence with ‘ the legislative department, his
vitlorit assaults upon the currency, and more
than all, the despotic temper which led him to
overlenp judicial decisions and Congi'os_sional
precedents. and to declare his doteriiiinntion to
execute the Constitution as he understood it, in
other words to place his fiat above both the
legisl'a_ture and the judiciary of the country.
soon raised up a formidable opposition. Tlius
were the two new parties. which have been
cor.tinuo=.d to the present time, brought into
beiiig, out of tho polificnl chaos which prevailed
from 1824 to 1828.
But during the administratioiis of Jackson
§1l‘l'l(l Van Bureii, the tlomintint. party by degrees
vvooed to itself the support of tlio most. forinid-
liblo political power ivhich exists in this coun-
try ; :1 power. which based upon an unjust and
eitlicr.
An intelligent foreigner travelling in
‘arbitriiry i'epi'escntati'oir in Congress, and sus-
shruiik from any course that might onsura its
perpetuity and its increase. We refer to the
SLAVI-I 1-owi-zn. The agitation oftlio hlissouri
question, had fllhl'l1)'0'd the s-‘aveholders of tho.
country. Their property was iiol: threatened
and they knew it; but the political power
which that property gave them was in danger;
liemzefortli all their energies were to be direct-
ed to the maiiitenarice and, if possible. the mag-
nifying ofthat power. Every national moasuro
were to be reduced to one test . what will be
its effect upon slavery. VVo do not say that
every sliiveholding politician was of this stump;
there were some noble exceptions, of whom
Mr. CLAY is the most eminent example. 0!‘
course. in this state of things, that national
party which would be ‘made most subservient
to the upliolders of bondage, would receive their
support. They opposed the Ta riff because
though as a national iiieiisure. it might be
beneficial, yet in system which should encour-
age and assist the rain-; labor of the country
could not, as they thought. but depress swivi-.'
labor. They demanded the annexation of
Texas. solely because it would add another
slave state to the Confederacy. They claimed
the country to the RioGi'.'iiide to be American
territory, because," to our shame be it written,
if it were American, it would be slave territory.
They brought on the Mexican war as a part of
the same‘ systematic course of operations for
the growth and extension of slavery. And in-
all this they forced the Locofoco party to aidt
them. That. party had gained their support?
by assuming an attitude hostile to the Tariff;
the support once gained was indisponsablot
wi.liout; it locofocoism would long since have
been buried in the grave of federalism. The
price of the support of slavery to that party.
was the sacrifice of principle. of consistency. of
patriotism and of their purest statesman ; they
made the sacrifice and gained the spoils
of office for a season. Such is a sketch of the
position of the locofoco party in -l'e,I_!I'tlOIl to
slavery until the commoncomont of the present
session of Congress. In another number W0
will attempt to see if that position has been.
changed since. -
Tun RAl1\'.—\Ve have seldom hada greater
quantity ofrain fall in the same length of limp.
than fell on Sunday last, commencing. early in
the morning and contining until middlogafter-'
noon. The wind during the storm‘ was fresh
from the N. E. ' ' V. A .;
The prospect of a full supply of-water or
our mills through the season, is decidedly
good. H ’ ' ‘ ' i
'D.i.\'numr dc NURWALK R. R.'.‘—A' meeting
of the directors takes place itt"Danbury to-day
for the purpose of unsealing-piioposalgand ah.
tering into contracts for tho’ buildiiig of “the
road.
I?’ There was a frost at Bethloiii,
the night. of the 16th inst.
mined by interest and ambition.’ has never -
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