to be called {the High School. The benefits
of such a scliool§§ai'e§iiiiiny and great.
“ There can be no doubt,” says the Hon. S.
P. Beers, _'_Iate supiierietendant- of- Common
Schools, “ that it school of this grade would
release the district scliool of t'li‘e'gr‘e'at number
of classes which now (ll,Sll'tlCt,l_Zl]_0 attention and
fritter away the time of the teacher, would
‘enable the teacher of the district school to
teach the elementary studies more thoroughly,
-«would bring the means of practical education
within the reach of many promising, but poor
cliildicn, who would not otlierwise enjoy them,
andiexert a pbwerful stimulus on both pupils
__and_ teach_ei‘_s_of ,all_ the district schools of the
same society. These results have followed
the establishment of High Schools. in this and
other States.” Such is the positive testimony
of one whose connexion with the common
schools ofour State for a quarter of a. century
eutiles his opinions as well as his testimony.
to more weight than those of other men.
And your committee can not better give his
own views than in the language ofthe Board of
. School Visitors of the city of Hartford. “ As
the proposed plan requires the co-operation of
' the whole society, the course of instruction
should‘ be such, as when added to the discipline
' and attainments secured in the district schools,
-shal aflbrd to all the older and more advanced
scholars of either sex, the means of acquiring
that education which shall fit them to enter,
with hope upon the duties oflife,—an educa-
tion, equal in extent and value at least to what
is now given in any private school, academy, or
female seminary, in or out oftlie city. within
the limits of this society, should not leave
access to schools as good and as cheap as ex-
gperieube has shown can be established in other
communities not more favorably situated than
-our own for this purpose. The advantages of
the proposed school should not be confined to
-our sons. Our daughters need to have their
minds disciplined and their knowledge enlarged.
‘We ought to be able to train up among our-
selves both male and female teacliers for our
own schools, and not depend upon other towns
and other States for our suppl_- .” This lan-
guage. with the change of one single word, is
in every respect applicable to our case. “ There
is nozgoed reason why the sons and daughters
eclf every family in orout of this” village, “with-
?in the limits efthis society should not have ac-
-.cess to schools as good and cheap, as experience
has shown can ‘be established in other commu-
nities not more favorably situated t_lian our own
:for this purpose.” ~‘ \Ve ought to be able to
‘.train up among ourselves both male and female
teachers for our own schools and not depend on
other towns and other States for our supply.”
There are at this moment several young
{persons desirous of eiiglging as t_eacliers who
have the disposition,am.l all moral qualifications
, ifor becoming good instructors if they only pos-
-sessed or could acquire the ue-eessiii'_y intellect-
ual tra-i:nirn<r. The wages :.vl.iic‘-in our ow rl yourné
men and young woiiieii might .i'e<:eive is reap-
ed by others and -carried out of town._ The
«encouragement for intellectual improvement
ttvhieli ought: to be given to the ll.~‘il‘I.ig gen era-
‘-tion-o'f our -orvvn comniuniiy is with held and
bestowed upon stra-ng«ei'~s. But furtlie-5', so long
as we are compelled to look to etlie-2'1-ewiis for
re gen»eral supply of teachers, or -tales up with
ihose who lia-ve enjoyc:l no oil-ier advantages of
ageod education than those allorded in our
gprcseut distri.-':t schools, we may look in vain
for any perinanent iuiproven-ient in the a:oncli-
siiiou of mil‘ common schools. l\'»;-i stream can
;‘ise il.iig'liei' than its source. Kl/itliout the es-
?Eulil—ish-iiieift of a l-iigli-er fountain wlience the
:teachers.o'f our children in geueia-l shall flow.
we vm:1_-37 .11-i-iti.ci_pate tli:-it our schools wiil still
Iteta.-i.n, and .cen‘tinue to retain -their -old level.
sEiowe.ver1na=uch’ below the wants of the c-omniu- .
city, tlies_pii'it of the age, and that of our neigh-
fi')oi's‘it' irony‘. 5.1: the langu-.ige_. tiien, of the
Board -of .H'ai'iford School Visitors, “ Let us
have sc‘l'iool- for the whole societjv, which
sliial-'1 .ti:ial.i-.e‘ a good and sufficient educatim-i com -
men in the highest and best sense of the w0i.*¢,.l
<:oinmon—-—.com'm'on because‘ it is good enough
for 'l.‘.l.!6.'l}’8S‘l1, and -cheap enough for the poorest ;
éiiiiiily Lin ;t’.l'i.e w"hole.society-”
your can-i-tii’it.tee would propose, not that lie
supposes itl-iis ‘board conspet eat to establish su ch
21 school .of" .its own will, but it may have ‘the
subject .under icoiisiélemtieri-—iiiay speak of it‘
w'ii’h» pasreuts who are interested to -provide for
tliei.I'-c'l.'iil'tlir-czu a .be“tte-reducatien than that gen,-
era lly .«r.ec‘e.i=ved- in our Distriscii schools, and be
ready ‘by -‘iil':'e- =.l0€1'Xit1ii‘l'll]‘l]11'l ll'~h':‘.(*.l.lllg‘Gfil.i8 sv.-lmol
-society 'lt@ .Tay'tln*e matter ?fully and earnestly
viii-.fii.i'e that body.
The -otZb=e:i' features of his plan, and those
‘which .'ha\v.e refeneirce more particular rly‘ to
<listi'ic.t No. 1, are. that there shall be; other
The first for
the sake ofedistiuction or a name, may ‘be Izalled
the i?riuiary ‘School. The Second, the Ele-
mentaviy School. T‘-lie Third, the ‘Grammar
School. These to be taught by difi"er-erit teach-
ers in separate rooms. The classification or
gradation to be made by the Board of School
Visitors or by a Committe of the Board. ac-
t.ord”ing to definite and fixed rules agreed upon
by ithe whole District, or a majority ofthe
District lawfully convened in Sch uol. Meeting.
And Iliat gentlemen may have S0ll’l‘E’lllll]g defi-
nite and tangible, as a basis upon which to pro-
ceed in such classification, we pro pose the fol-
lowing outline, not that it is supposed perfect,
or that it may require some variiition in order
to be practically applicable to the children of
this district, nevertheless, imperfect, though it
may be. yet it may prove a guide to a practical
classes or g1'ada'tioiis of schools.
system of classification.
[To be C0lllll'lll6d.j
PI'1"l‘SBUnG Aug. ‘26
n;7=A riot occurred on the Ohio and
Pennsylvania Rail Road, about 8 miles from
Pmsburg, in which about 100 Irishmen
were engaged. The sheriff’ riillrd out the
military arid proceed to the scene of action.
‘We have heard of no lives lost, yet consider-
able bodily injuries have been inflicted.
§J;':'-’ In three of the districts of Maine, the
Free ‘Soil party, have nominated the Vlibig,
candidates for C0n;IrCSS;_ namely In 10”‘
land, Lincoln and York distrirrts, thus mak-
ing their election sure.
EXEl-IU'1'|0N- or VVJ-:ss'ri-‘.n.—-On Friday
inorningabout the hour of 10 o’clock this wretch-
ed man paid the penalty of the crime of mur-
:ler. On Thursday eyeniiig-_s_epai'ating from;
his wife and daughters, (who spent with him
about 4 .lioui‘s,.and _lefi,.it...i,s said._in .-total ig-
uoratice of the day of Executioii,) the clerk of
tlieljail,constabie Jones the officer who had
charge of him during his trial, took their posi-
tion as guard over the prisoner, as is customa-
ry on the night before execution. \Vebste_r
was perfectly free in conversation,"confining
himself wholly to moral and religious ‘sub-
'ecis. He read the Bible and other books
with great degree of earnestness and sinceri-
ty. C,0l]V't3[Sefl and l'(:2.t_(_l,lll]l_ll o‘clock,
when he laid down upon his cot, spread up-
on an iron bedstead and slept until half past
four Friday morning, apparently as sound,
and restful as under ordinary circumstances.
He frequently spoke of his family and Seem-
ed to be quite happy to know that they were
all religiously inclined. Hc breifly:spoke
of his execution and repeated the passage of
Scripsure, “ lfit be possible let l.lllS cup pass
from me, yet not my will but Thine, O Lord,
be done.” .
On arousing from his slumbers he engag-
ed in devotional exercises by prayer and read-
ing of the Scriptiires. He was as calm as
the sunny andgilmost brcezelcss morning.
As early as 5.}, Mr. Luther Dunbar, with
a posse of some six oreiglit men, begun the
\v0rk of erecting the scaflblcl, it was located
between the two prisons, near the center of
of the yard. It was the same instrunienitl'iat
\Vashinr_rton Geode the colored man was ex-
ecuted ujion in may 1849. It was then new,
and consists of a platform of about fifteen feet
square, raised a little higher than ones
head, and a single beam over it as much
higher. In the center of the platform was a
trap door,surrounded with a raisedjoist frame
A rope was run through two holes in the
beam and fastened on the post. The noose
was suspended over the trap, wliich was so
adjusted that the executioner might let it fall
by simply placing his foot upon a spring fix-
ed in the floor immediately in front of the vic-
tini.
The scenes arouncl the jail, upon the reps
of private dwellings were most revolting-—
From the windows and tops of about thirty
houses the horrid spectacle was witnessed by
men, women and children.
We learn that one ofthc houses closed was
broken into by the mob so gm-at was the anx-
iety to view the slaughter. They did great
darn-a9_-e to the furniture. '\Vhilc in the house
it was surrounded with a posse of police,
who denied them the privile-g‘c ofcoming out
The witnesses and oflicers began to gath-
er about?’ o’t-lock and continued to collect
till about 9.
There was about 125 spectators admitted
to the jailyard by passes from the Sheriff’, be-
sides the officers in attendance.
The \vliole number of constables and po-
lice officers on duty was 125 ; 2:3 coiistgiblcs
and 25 police officers stationed at several dif-
ferent points on the insi-It-, and 75 on the
ground outside the prison.
luv. Dr. Putuian arrived at the jail about
7% u’t-lock and iinint-diatc-ly proceeded to the
prisoner’s cell where devotional exercises
were hrld.
At £33,, o’clock S'rmrii'l' Evt-li;-tli summoned
to the roar oftici of the jail those gcnileiuisii
who he had Tr‘(]ll€bl.(.’(l to be pt‘csi'nt as wit-
nesses, and there real to lllt-111 the order
of what was to follow, l.Og( thcr with the du-
ties devolving upon his srvcral Deputies.
The Slieriffsiatcd to Ilia gt[ll.t:[lllCll pre-
sent that they had assembled by invitation
from him as lawful \\'lll1t.‘S5E'S ofthc execution
of John \Vliite Webster for the crime of
murder, for which he had been convicted and
sentenced. He lletailed the order in which
the proceedings would take place, and ex-
pressed his hope that the utmost quiet and
good order be IIlEtlt]lLilnt‘Ll, as consistent with
the solcmnity of the occasion. He hoped that
he should not hear any loud talking, not a
voice during the progress of the proceedings.
From the Jail oflicr, the Sliei'ifl'suppoi".cd
by Deputies Brigg and Frecnian,pi'ocecdod to
the prisone.r’s cell, followed by the wznicsses
and other deputies, where an impressive and
eloquent prayer was offered by Rev. Dr.
Putman, he being; the only officiating clergy-
man present. No other services were hold.
The prisoner, during prayer, was in his cell
in a kneeling position.
Shortly after at 9 ‘.20 o’clock, High Sheriff
.‘ Evclcth, attended by Deputies
r._m,,S_ fl-mg ,8 (ma f,3u,m__e of am mm wmch R, b Iceman and Iuinke.y,and the prisont r, at.-
Coburo,
companicd by Dr. Putman, came and ascend-
ed the platform of the scaflbl-.l, the prisoner
taking his position upon the drop.
Dr. Putman immediately entered into
earnest conversation with the prisoner, and
continued to do so through the reading of
the Governor’s warrant by the Sheriff", and
until Jailor Andrews stepped forward to
pinion ihelegs of the piisoner, when the
Doctor shook Rev. Mr. Putman afli=.ction-
atcly by the hand, bade him a final earilily
farewell, expressing at. the same time the
rope that they should meet agaiii in Heaven.
The prisoner was dressed in a black suit,
apparently the same that he were during
his Trial. I
Deputy Sherifl'sRugg and Freeman, ad-
justecl the rope at just 25 minutes to ten
o’cl0cl{. ,
Before the cap was drawn over his eyes he
shook hands with jailer A ndrcws, Mr.
Holmes, and last with the Sherifl'-and thank-
ed them for their kind treatment to him.
Sheriff Evclcih then said.
“In the name of" the Commonwealth of
Massilclluselt, and in accordance with the.
Warrant of the Chief Executive, I now be-
forethese witnesses, proceed to execute the
sentence of the law upon John VV. Webster,
convicted at the March term of the Supreme
Judicial Court, of the murder of Dr. George
Parkman.’ b
This said, the Sliesiffplaccd his foot upon
the fatal spring, and in an instant more the
victim was launched into eternity. He gave
several struggli-isand all was over.
After remaining some thirty minutes, Drs
‘tr-dnian and Clark pronounced, the body
Lfcless, when it was lowered into a black
Collin, and conveyed back into the same cell
where in the full vigor of manhood, it had
bill it short period before trod. It was to be
delivered to the family inthe afternoon, and
without much ceremony buried at Mt. Au-
burn in the family vault. Thus far we have
no knowledge that there exists any confession
than the bare siatenient which he llt1Sl‘t‘prfll-
edly made, that the law of Cupital Punish-
ment was right, and that he was justly a
subject ofitfi
T/ie .flf[02Ll"/'(.'.Cl/, Fire.-—'l‘hc loss of property
by fire‘ at l\’I0nti'e:1_l on the night of the _23d,
is estimated at from £80,000 to £l00,000.—-
lnsuranco about £22,000.
.-.-. .\‘...-L------x
_Ari'ival of the Aml_e1'ica..
The States steamship America,
Capt. Shannon, arrived at Halifax on‘
Tuesday. She left Liverpool on Saturday,
the 17th inst. '
,The Asia arrived at Liverpool at half
past"7'o’clock on Saturday morning‘ the
’ 17th inst. after a very quick passoge—o:.-e
of the shorteston record.
The America arrived at Liverpool at
midnight, on Monday the 1527b.
The potato disease is spreading in nu-
merous districts in England and Ireland,
and it is generally admitted that it will take
a large pel‘('.el}i‘¢l_'_3',B off the crop. The oth-
er crops generally promise well. Cutting
is new general, and the weather is very
fine furbai'vest operations.
Parliament has -been prorogued by the
Queen. .
The National Assembly has adjourned,
and the attention of the French nation is
now principilly occupied by the progress
of the President through the provinces
With some few exceptions, he appears to
have been very favorably received by the
people.
Jenny Lind was giving concerts to crowd-
ed houses at Liverpool, and was to have
sailed for New York in the Atlantic, on
the 2-lst inst.
Miss Cushman, the celebrated American
actress, is a passenger in this steamer.
Mr. VVi|bur is also a passenger,_and bear-
er of desp.itches from England and the con-
tinent to the American government.
Some further skirmishes have taken
place between the Danes and the Holstein-
ers, in which the latter appear to have come
off victorious. The attack on the part of
the Danes was precipitated on account of
an explosion of the laboratory of the artil-
lery of Gen. Willison, by which there was
great loss of life and property—0l persons
killed by the explosion, have been buried,
and 35 wounded, some severely, and 11
put down as missing. Twenty-two cadets
of the artillery school are among the killed.
Scarcely a house in the town has entirely
escaped from the concussion. The effect
of the catastruplie on the public mind had
been very deprossiiig. There'-are rumors
of an approaching settlement of the quar-
-rel, under the auspices of Russia, England
and France.
Copenhagen letters report that the King
of Denmark has committed a left-liandiid
marriage with a dress-maker.
The overland mail from India arrived at
London just previous to the sailing of the
America. We have no pat‘llCulul'S.
_...._.._ _. ...__._._._... -..——-——— —-—-4
Annizsr or BROCKWAY.-—A few months
since, VVm. Brut-kway, a man charged with
furgin_<_r a very large amount of bank bills
on the New Haven County Bank, escaped
from thej-ail at I-ludson, N. Y., where he
was detained for trial on charge of forgery,
and passing counterfeit money,since which
time no trace has been ascertained of his
whereabouts, until \Vednesday niglit last
when he was arrested by ollicer Norris, one
of the Cliicl"s special-aids. It seems that
two men by the name ofdamcs H’. Brown
and Silas H. Lum, were engaged together
in the getting up of a counterfeit copper
plate bank note, purporting to be on the
St. Julia Mining Comp-.n.ny, State of Iowa.
One was for .§}5;') and the other An en-
9;r-.iver in Fulton-st. was engaged to execute
the plates, and when delivered on VVedncs~
day, to Luni, ufllcet‘ Norris took him into
custody. On his arrest, he stated that he
was sent for the plates by Brow n, and sub-
scquently Brown was taken into custody,
who “acknowledged the corn.” The two
prisoners were conveyed before the Chief
of Police and coininitted In consequence
of information received, ollirer Norris,
aided by Captain Leonard and ollicerClark.
the same night proceeded to Bergen Hill,
New .lersey,and there arrested Bfockway.
He was likewise lirouglit to this city, and
conveyed befoie the Chief of Police, who
committed all three to prison for a further
hearing. \Vc understand that a reward of
$250 was nfl'ered for the arrest of Brock-
w ay.—-—IV. Y. 1'1eraIcl.
RAILROAD AcctDi«:xT.----Thursday eve-
ning, as the 5 o’clock train on the Hudson
River Road was proceeding toward the up-
per station, a melancholy accident occurred
in VVes*-st. near Christopher, which testifi-
ed in the loss of life under the following cir-
cumstances. There were four horses at-
tached and drawing two cars of the train,
and when passing round the curve at the
junction of VVF-standCanal-sis. two young
lads, about twelve _\'ears of age, leaped up-
on the rear platform of the front car, and
when reaching near the corner of Christo-
pher-st. they both carelessly attempted to
jump off, and in doing‘ so one of them, nam-
ed H-anneg-an fell down, and was quickly
drawn under the car, the wheels of which
-passed over his thighs and legs, crushing
them in the most shocking mauner,and
nearly severing the limbs from his body,
causing almost instant death. His remains
were immediately conveyed to the residence
of his parents, in Amos-st. near VVest, who
were thrown into deep grief by the painful
news.---1Vew York Empmss.
Farm CiIAonss.—Dias1>unA'ri: FIGHT.-—
By the arrival, yesterday, of the schooner
Charran, from Chagres, vvliich port she left
on the 31stult. we learn from Capt. Du-
cey that Dickerman 8L Co.’s train from Pa-
nama fut Cbagres, was robbed ten miles
out from Panama, on the 25th of July, of
$532,000 in gold dust. The authorities at
Panama dcspatched twenty-two soldiers
immediately in pursuit of the robbers
They overtook them a few miles from the
city, when a fight took place, in which six-
teen of the soldiers and six of the robbers
were killed. The troops did ootsucceed in
retaking the lost treasure. The govern-
ment authorities were about sending out a
much stronger force on the 30th, with a
determination to clear the Isthmus of the
robbers.-—.N. 0. Pica}/iuie, Aug. 17.
Wivrsanuav B.«.m«;.—'I‘he subscription
hook to increase the capital stock of the
\-Vaterbury.Bauk was opened yesterday at
VVatei‘bui'y. The amount required was
only one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
yet about three hundred thousand were
subscribed——a fact which shows that me-
ney is far from being scarce in New Ha-
ven county.-—I’a.lladz'u.m.
AGREEABLE ---To‘repe-at a bit of poetry
in company, which is much, admired by
your audience---to suggest that it is your
.own composition, and then learn that the
tlaiiglitei' of your host has “abook which
has got it all in.”
..-~.- .
I ic0.\'Gin-is-s.7
“From. the N. Y. Tribune.
It the Se‘/mle on Zlfonday, a motion to fix
a day for adjournment failed, after which
the Fugitive Slave bill was passed. Then
-Mr. Beiiton killed offa motion to buy three
thousand copies ofa book of statistics. No-
tice was given by Messrs Badger and Ham-
lin that they. should to (lay move to take up
the accumulated Executive Business before
the Senate, after which a motion to adjourn
was carried. ,
The ILITCSC refusedto suspend the rules to
appoint a special day for the consideraton of
the Cheap Postage bill. The bill on Post
Routes was then considered and amended,
but no final action had on it. The Appro-
pl‘lall0n bill we-nt through the same progress,
Mr. Bayly made a speech proving the bill to
be very economical; an attempt was madeto
cxpunge the outrageous appropriation of
$30,000 for books to new memliers, but the
instincts of 98 gcntlamen were too strong
and they voted for the books.
Sanguine people who had supposed that
the House would dispose oftliis bill yester-
day, were mistaken.
The Senate on Tuestlay passed a Bill for
the relief ofthe Orange and Alexandria Rail-
road, and spent the rest of the day in Execu-
tive Session. -
The I-Iouse adopted sundry amendments to
the Appropriation bill and rejected others,
none of them of extraordinary import-.itice,
and then passed the bill, 62 ultra S0utl'icrn—
ers voting in the negative. Mr. Strong gave
notice that he should move ta take up the
contested Election Case from the 14th Dis‘.-
rict of Penn, and the House adjourned.
The Senate on lVc/Ziicsrlriy passed a res-
olution of inquiry, as to the manor! in which
the mail steam contractors have fulfilled their
obligations to the country. Mr. Clay moved
to make the bill abolishing the Slave Trade
jn the District of Columbia the special order
for Monday next. This was resisted by the
Slavcot-racy, but they found themst-lves in‘ a
miiinrity of 10 to 30, and so the motion was
adopted. The Bounty Land bill, lately
passed in the House was then taken up, and
certain amendments agreed to. VVhat iliesc
amendments are we are not informed, but we
they were such as to f.‘-SSt‘.l'lllally change lllt‘
character of the bill. The subject was
not disposed of whcii the Senate went into
the Executive Session,-and so finished the
day.
In the Ifozisc the Pennsylvania Election
case waslaid on the table, in the desire to
got at the bussincss on the Spea|<cr’s table,
lll_atlE to say, at the Texas Boundary bill
from the Senate. But before this could be
done, Mr. Stanly came in with a report
from :1 Committee appointed some months
since to overliaul those officers of the Polk
Ailministr-.ition who wrote clcciioncering
letters. and newspaper articles, and spent
money to influence the elections. It seems
that some persons, among them Mr. Ritchie-
of T/LL! Uuimi, decline to answer the ques-
tions of the Committee, and Stanly wished
to have them brought. to the bar of the
House on the Speakers warrant and dealt
with for contempt. Before this could be
uctcd on, the morning hour had expired and
the regular busiiiess came up.
The Utah bill was first noted on, and was
rcfi-rrcd to the Committee on 'l'erriIoriest—
Next camethe Texas Boundary bill, and
Mr. Inge moved that the question be taken
on its i'i>_ji~-ciioii. l\’lr. l-Idliard made a
sprerli in favor of the bill as a measure giv-
ing peace to the country. After some further
debate in which Se\’t.'l‘21l gent.cmen participa-
ted, the‘ vote was taken, resulting in 34 for
and 168 against the rrj-. ction of the bill.
I\-Ir. Boyd then moved to amend the bill
by adding the substance ofthc Senate bills
organizing New-Mexico and Utah. with a
view to carry the whole straight through,
without amendment or reference to any
Committee. On this motion a running and
rather confused discussion arose, intermin-
gled with decisions of the Chairand appeals
tlicrrfrom, llll finally the House adjourned
without coming to any decision.
The Senate on T/i.u.rsd(/,y amended the
lVcst Point Appropriation bill by raising the
salaries of the Professors to a uniform rate of
872,000, and then passed it. The Bounty
Land Bill was then taken, the question be-
ing‘ on the amendment ofthe Committee on
Public Lands, accordiiig to \\‘llI(‘ll the soldier
who does not wish to locate his land himself
may receive a hundred dollars in money in-
stead of a land warrant. lllSl€'a(l of this
Mr. Mason proposed an amendment by
which military land scrip should be receiva-
ble in payment for public lands, no niattcr
by \vhoni presented. The eff:-.ct of this
would be to leave the whole business open to
speculators, which the amendment of the
Committee was apparently designed to pie-
vcnt some discussion arose upon it, but was
notconcluded when the Senate went into
Executibe Session the rest of the day.
The House spent the morning hour in a
squabble over the perfectly useless question
about calling I\-‘losers. Ritchie and St-ngstack
to the bar to be tried for contempt. Mr.
Evans" of Md and Mr. Fitch, Ind. had a
hot-iish little dispute which we trust will
hurt nobody.
The Texas boundary bill then came up
when Mr. Meade tried to make out that it
was not the first business in order, but the
Speaker said it was, and the House on up-
peul sustained the decision. Then there was
an attempt to get the floor away from 'Mr.
Boyd who had it to speak on his amendment
offered on W-fcdnnstlay, adding California,
New Mexico and Utah to this bill. Howev-
er, he had the floor and made his speech
the gist of which was that he favored con-
intei-vention, and wanted to Sec peace restor-
cd. He concluded by dropping out Utah
from his proposed Omnibus.
Mr. Clingham then offered an amcdnment
cutting offtlie Southern part of California
and making it into 21 Territory on the plan
of the bill organizing New Mexico and got
offaspecch in favor thereof. Then there
was a good deal of talk on mere prelimenta-
ry technicalities. Mr. Root moved to put
on the Proviso, against which and its mover
M r. Brooks made a speech, to which Mr.
Crown of Miss. made a short reply, and the
House adjourned, having done nothing be
sides talk.
In the Senate on Fri(Za_7/, the bill granting
ecrtain lands to the State of Michigan, to aid
‘in the construction ofa ship canal, connect-
Lake Superior with Lakes I\'Iichigan, Erie,
&c. was debuted at some length, and finally
ordered to be engrossed and read a third
time, when the Senate went into Executive
Session.‘
The House took up the Texas Boundary
.._ .,-4 .¢.4‘\v- g l.L1<n~.....<
- of women that flock to see him.
bill, and Messrs. Clark of New York and
German of Indiana each made a speech at it,
and the House adjourned withou ttakingany
vote.
The Board of Equalization and
their Nevv Tax List. '
It has become almost a work of superer-
ogation to point out clefqcts in the new Tax
Law, or to insist upon the necessity for its
repeal. -Its days arealready numbered. Its
rxactions unjust and opp_rcssive,its provisions,
absurd and 'impractible—:he people very
soon made up it/Ie-ir minds to a conclusion
which the Times has, more recently, been so
fortunate as to arrive at, that there are “ some
defects" in the new system “which ought
to be remedied at the next session of the Leg-
islature-,” when in all probability, “the law
will be made to conform to the just wishes
of.the people.”
But odious as the new_ law has already
become, it does not lack for zealous defenders
It was evident that something must be done
towards bolstering up this pet scheme of L0-
cofoco finance, and saving the credit of its
projectors. The recognized oigans of the
party came gallantly to the rescue,and opened
with full pipes, in cxtenuation of the defects
of the law and direct support of its grneral
principles. And now, lest ordinary appli-
ances should notsufficein what seemed: a
somewhat desperate eniergency, a new agen-
cy has been resorted to—which, from the
publicity given to its opperzitionslhrough the
press and by the distribution of circulars to
the several towns, S(2t.‘li)S to demand a special
notice. The Board ofEqualization appear to
have taken upon tliemsi-Ives to supply the
defects of the existing law and instruct asses-
S0l'S,St.’lCL'.l.tIiCn and tax-paycrs,in the best motle
of securing an approximate compliance with
its impossible requirements.
Accordingly, Messrs., the Treasurer and
Comptroller have issued a “ blank list,” pur-
poiting to be “ prepared in conformity with
the cxisting laws of this State in regard to
Taxation,” in order "that a uniform mode of
asseesineut may be adopted iliruugliout the
St-ate,and also,to insure conformity in the re-
tums to be made to the office of the Comp-
troller” To the blank List thus prepared,
is subjoined what the “ Board” are pleased to
describe as “atranscript”of “the oath pre-
scribed” by law; and a polite circular to
selcctiiicn and assessors, whcrcin a “ trust”
is expressed, (by way of admonition,) “ that
this [the oaili,] as well as all other pr»:-vissions
in regard to taxation, will be rigidly adher-
ed to by each and every Assessor.”
Now, there at two qucs*ions which will
be very likely to present l.llt‘lIlSE‘l'lt’S to eve-
ry assessor and taxpayer who has this model
letter of inst: uction thrust in his face--wliich
we will notice in the order oftheir probable
recurrence.
1. What is the Board of Equalization,
from whom this document pt‘0fcsstis‘ to ema-
nate, and what are their esprciul powers,
legislative, judiciary and rxecutive?
By referring to section 36 of the old tax
law, it wil be seen that the. statute has clear-
ly defined the powers and duties of this
Board——witli the time oftheir meeting as a
Board, to discliarge those duties. The State
t‘i'ca;-urcr and Comptroller are directed to
“ nit-ct annually, on {he scranrl Tues lay in
Ilfari:/2,” at uhich time they are cnipo'.v—
ercd ‘‘ to equalize and adjust the iissessiiiciit
list ‘of the several i1l'l.:Cl<;‘S of taxable propor-
ty which compose the lists of His tow/is.”——
Prior to the making and reiurn oftlic-se lists
this Board have no prescribed oflicial duties;
and cxcrpt when incl. upon the bussinc.-s oi
tlieir appointment have, in furl, no legal ex-
istence. When the work of the list-uia.kers,
theassessnrs and the board of relief has been
completed and the several town lists have
been duly returned to the Comptroller, iz
will be time enough for i."ic Board-of Equal-
ization to commence their sessions At pre-
sent the statute confers upon them no pun-
ers, either to hold nornial schools in list-
makiug, or to try their hands at patching up
such useemly holes in the new law, as es-
caped ‘the ob.-.crvatioi‘i of the dzsiingu-iscd
Chairinzin of the Finance Committee, even
th- ugh these unfortunate orifices should be
large and so numerous as to render the un-
just oxactions of the law wholly inoperative.
The assumption ofautlioriiy with which this
new “ Blank List” is promulgated, is utterly
unsupported by any powers drlc-gated by the
old or the new law, or fairly interable from
the nature of their appoiniuic-ni , and the die-
ta ofthe circular are as little binding upon
S(:‘lt'CllinCl] and assessors,as ifiis authors had
signed themselves a " Board of Health.’
So much for the authors of this "special
edict-” I must reserve for another article the
consideration of the second question---how
far docs the list itsclfaccord With the provis-
ions of the new law, or simplify its opera-
tions by establishing a uniform mode of as-
sessment '.?——1Ia/'6. (Jamal.
%Th_e Ashiabula court house, was con-
sumed by fire on the 17th of Augusi,togeth-
er with many valuable books and p-apcrs.
The Abolition Convention held last week
at Cazenovia, voted to raise $25,000 in aid
of VV. S. Chaplin.
The Cataraugus lVhig says: Potato rot has
made its appearance in this vicinity, which
threatens the destruction of nearly the entire
crop. In many instances the potato has dis-
appeared entirely, leaving the hills without
the lcast sign of even the seed.
The Annapolis Free Press states, that
some ofthe citizens of Annapolis are about
to engage permanently and extensively in
the business of ship building in tiiat. city.
Ehlrs. Harrison widow of the lamented
President Harrison, is living at a greatly ad-
t;anccd age, but. in good health, at North
Bend, with so-veral_ of her relatives around
her.
23f;-p During thriee davs ofihe week ending
August 12 at St. Louis‘ [6 persons were sun-
struck, the therinoineter raging from ' 92 to
100 degrees.
§§"l‘he Phenix Bank of Hartford has
declared a semi annual dividend of five per-
cent.
gg,~.Population of Litchfield 3957.
crease 81. -
De
,No'r BAn.—\Ve iakeit that the. following
is a good bit. It even strikes us that way.——
“To clip the following from the Southern Press
We do not see that Mr. Clay, in his North-
ern tour, is kissing as heretofore the crowds
VVQ sup-
pose he is sick of oimii—bussi/ig. mm
93' The late outrage committed upon this
country by the legal authorities at Bermuda
demands an expression of indignation from
the uhole'American press.-—Ne\v York has
a law bywhich such an importation of con-'
victs is punishable, but no general law U000’
this subject exists, and they mighthave been‘
loaded with impunity in New Jersey. It is
quite enough fortlie parishes in England to
transport their parochial pour into this country
to be flung upon our charities, without being
made the receptacle of discharged convicts‘
who have no means of Obtaining a living
but thatof depreciation. We need a law by
the General Government to prevent this out-
rage, for humanity does not require of us a
submission to any such invasion.
Coumnt.
N-ORWALK GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1850.
Tm; POSl’l‘l0.V or Ti-ii-: Loco Focos, as A
N.-\'rio.\'.u. Piiivrv, UPON THE SUBJECT or
SL.-\\'EllY---‘V6 promised, in our last number
to inquire. at this time, whether during the‘
present session of Congress. there has been
aaythange in the position of the Locofoco
party in relation to the slaveryquestiou. This
promise we now proceed to fulfil.
In the first place, then, we are most happy
to say that there has been during the last-
six months, a greatchange in the feelings and
(l6ll’-l'llillliltl0llS of the people qfi/ie Free Slates’
without distinction of party, in regard to this-
iiialtei‘. The bullying, the traitorou'=s threats,
tlie paltry trickery, and disgusting violence
which have been displayed by the ultra advo-
catcs ofbondage, have rendered that iiistitutioir
more odious than ever before, and have steeled
the Northern mind to an uiibending firmness“
of opposition to its further extension. If ttlIiis~
inind were to be fully known and iniplicit‘ly'
obeyed by our Legislators from the free Stutes,~.
there would be no need of VVilmot. Provisos,-
and no clninces for the agitators to tarow the
country into. an uproar about an abstraction. If‘
the people of the Slave States really knew this=
Northern Illlilld, the contest would be ended in!
a week; they would give over struggling for“
what is hopeless. But our legislators do not
obey; the South does not know; Locofoco--
ism- needs its ally——slaveiy—now more than:
ever, and slavery never had more of urg—ent;‘
necessity for the aid of l’ocof(icoism than now.-
Did the Free State Locofocos in ('3ongress~
nightly represent the Northern sentiment \Vll6lI"
they made Howell Cobb S'peakei'—a manof
talent aml a gentleman indeed—but a man of‘?
too ultra pro-slavery viewsf Locofocoism at
the present session, has decided to-i=etain—the'
present absurd systeni of tariff duties, against
the almost. unanimous dbiiiaiid of the Non-tli,.
and this simply because the cause of slavery
demands it. Almost every recent election-iu'=
the Southern States, has gone against the‘
friends of freedom and the Union; Slavery
triumphs and Nortliern locofoco newspapers-
shout over the Dciiiocrulic victory. \Vliat has-
given Tciiin=.ssee to the opposition? Slavery.‘-
\Vhat (leozgia and North Carolina? Slavery.»
\Vliat liasliitlierto so long kept South Carolina,.
Virginia, Alabania, Arkansas and Mississippi in-
the deepest darkness of Locofocoisiii 7 Sla-
very. Can locofocoisiii north do-without these‘
States’! And if not, is it. strange that it.s leaders‘-
here, while they promise everytliing to their-'
followers, the moment the time for fulfill-neut-
conies. slioufd eat their own words and betray
Slavery and1
they dare not
quarrel, or ifthev do, it must only be for form's-
sake, and a reconcilliation must speedily take‘
those who have trusted~ lliem ?
locofocoism are natural allies;
place, or the prospects of both will be sadly‘
blighted. W'liatever differences may seem to-
exist between tliem- now, vv-ill~ be buried' in-
oblivion at the election-of 1852:
The business ufpiosecuting rum-sellers-
in Betliel and Daiibury, is- becomiug.the most
priminent business of those two places. 'I»‘|ie
Times records about a baker’s dozen ofarrests~
within a few days past, and some of these‘
parties were arrested on as many different
iiidictiiients. Some were fined and paid up,-
otliers appealed, and others again were_post-v
poned. '
A brutal afliiir, attended with horrible results-
caine off in the southerly paitot this to\vn, says-
the Dzinbury Times, on Sunday week, at a
house occupied by one Headdy. It appears
that he got into a tight with his wife.and poin-
melcd her until her face was livid with bruises,
and her eyes entirely closed. After the fight
a child was discovered belonging to the parties,
(lead, and it is pretty well ascertained that: its
death was caused by suffocation while in bed
with its drunken parents.
The same paper also records another row,
which took place at that place on the evening
At the
close of the Temperance meeting. Mr. Ed-
win H. Taylor, feeling aggrieved by some per-
sonal nllusions made by one of the s*)eakei's-,
(Mr. Eric Bartraiii,) during the uieeting, ad-
dressed him some ilireatening language, just
previous toleaving the room. On Tuesday Mr.
Taylor was arrested on a Grand .luror’s coin-4
plaiut for a breach‘ of the peace, and was
tried before -Nelson Taylor. Esquire, and
acquitted. Immediately upon the rendering
of the verdict, Taylor sprang upon a table,
caught Mr. Bartrani by the collar, and struck
him a heavy blow with a raw hide. which he
drew from beneath his coat, exclaiming. " l’ll
give you something to prosecute for this time l” -
A crowd gathered around, upset the table on
which he stood, when, the raw hide falling out
of his hand, he followed up the blows with his,
fist, until» they were separated near the door-
way.
following the above—Monday eveninv.
THE Cnu-.\"rv Cou1rrs,—Judge Taylor, be-
gan its August term- at Danbury on Tuesday
of last week. Only one case, a caseof trifling,
importmlce. could be got ready for trial. and.
that, if we understood our infbrniant, was dis-
posed bf without trial! Our new judge-will.
hardly get the harness on this term in this
way.
Sous or 'I‘i-zini-i-ztmsci-: ! we call your atten-
tion to the advertisement of Concord Division,
No. 2,. S. of T., in another cohimu-
Norwalk Chronicler