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Front the N. Y. C[‘r27bunc.
In the Senate on flfoiitlag/, Mr. Dickinson
reported the General Appropriation bill, and
on his motion, it was made the order of the-
day for Vvednesday and every subsequent
day. An amendment to authorize the ap-
pointment of Indian agents for California
were added to Mr. Frecmont’s bill.
After a long discussion, in which Mr. Ben-
ton got very excited, and i‘\-‘lcssrs. Dicki.nson
Doug-hlass, Foote, and Jci'l'er'son Davis, each
expressed his pecrliar views, the Slave Trade
Bill was passed by 33 to 17'.
The Bounty Land Bill was then taken
— up, and a motion to postpone it for an exe-
cutive Session failing, it was disscu.:-‘sod for
three hours, an amendment to include the
officers and seamen of the Navy was adopted
Senate then adjourned.
in the House, on motion of Mr Bayly, it
was ordered that the Army and Naval Bill,
and also the Mexican Indemnity Bill bethc
order, of the day until disposed of
Mr. I-lalo introduced a bill to prohibit the
Computation of the Compound interest on
the Virginia cliams. The bill respecting
the cotnmutatiou ofthese claims was finally
ordered to be etigrosscd. -
Mr. Bayly protested against it indig
nantly.
A report in favor of doubling the present
rates of pay for public printing was referred
to a select committee.
A bill for additional clerical compensation
in the State department. after a refusal to
to lay it on the table by 65 to 105, was refer-
ed to the comiirittee of the. whole. After
which the House adjourned.
V
The Senate bill abolishing the Slave Trade
in the District of Coltim bia passed the House
on Turcsclrzy by the decisive vote of 124 to 47
the nays being all Southern of course, while
Messrs. Beale, Hayward and .~'\'icDowell of
Va. and Gentry of Tenn. voted with the
North in the affirmative, 55 abséntces. So
the last of the series of measure proposed
at the outset ofthe Session by Mr‘. Clay for
the settlerrrent of the Slavery flistractions has
now bcen passed, and all that the dc-frat of
the Compromise amounted to is the waste of
several weelrs by Congress and the surrou-
tier of 26,000 square miles additional of Free
Territory to Te_\'as and Slavery. If we only
had that lump off the back of Texas (see
her figure in a new Map) we should be dis-
posed to be quiet and think a while.
So the Slavery question, they say, is settled
How long will it stay settled ‘Z,
A bill granting the submerged Swamp
(Public) Lands in Arkansas and other States
to those States on condition that tlrey be
drained and settled, has passed both Housr:-s.
Also a bill gi‘a.nting.Public Lands (over
a thousand square miles) to aid the con.-truct
tion of a Railroad from Mobile to Chich.-r-go.
The Senate on Ti’ci'Zizc.-:rZa.jI/ (‘0nSl(lCl‘t‘(l l'\lr.
Pearce’s bill to punish the enticing away of
Slaves in the District of Columbi-.1, wlicn an
amendment moved by Mr. Hale contemplat-
iug the ablolition of Slavery in the District
of Columbia was negativci.l——ycas 8; trays
4l—the yeas being i‘i’lcssi's. Baldwin (Conn)
Chase. (Ohio,) Davis and Winthrop (?‘.'l:iss.)
Dodge(Wisc.) Hale (N. H.) l-lamlin (Mo)
and Seward. The day was mainly tlevott_-d
to considering Nominations in tile Executive
Session. Collector Lewis of Philadt-lphia
was confirmed. ‘
lo the I'I')zi.<.:-, it was virtually clecitlcd that
Mr‘. Brbbit should be atlinitted under his old
certificate as a i,lclegato from Utah, and the
bill providing for the payment of anotlrer
installment [$3,250,000] of the Indemnity
due to Mexico was passed by 128 to 36.——
That was all.
Nothing ofany conseqiicncc was done on
Wl.ll.I‘:>'.'.fa3I, and little of moment was said —
Appropriation bills now cngross attention in
both Ho-ustfs. A good deal of opposition to
the Mail Steam;-i's was CXl]lbllCK.l in the House
but no decisive vote taken. The debate on
the Navy bill is to close in the I-louse to-
day.
The Scitate on Frir/r.L_i/ passed the bill to
establish certian Post Roads, also the bill to
extend the laws and the Judiciary System of
the United States to California. ~'l'he bill to
create Collection Districts in California was
amended and ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading.
The House occupied the sesiou in talking
about the Naval appropriation bill in Com-
mittee of he Vfliolc. Mr. Kaufman ofii-;i'ed
an amendmant incorporating thirteen officers
ofthe late Texan Navy into the l‘\'avy ofthe
United States, which was discussed and re-
jectee. All right.
The Senate on -S‘alu.rr.Ztz;z/, on motion of
Daniel S. Dickinson, struck out of the Gerr-
eral Appropriation bill, as passed by tho
I-louse, the proviso that the :‘.lilc:tgc or
Members of Congress shall hercal'te.r be com.
puted by the route on whicli the Hails are
transported to their respective places of resi-
dence and the City of Washington.
, Also, the proviso that no mi-.mbcr coming
fl'0m_ this side of the Rocky l\'lountains shall
receive more than $31,000 '.\‘lile:rgc per_ ses.
sion, \_Vlrllc those froiri Oi‘eQ'ori, California,
and Utah shall receive but $2000.
—By the way has there ever been a pro-
position for practical Bezbrur that Daniel S.
Dickinson rfitliiot conspicuously oppose? or
an abuse that he did notstreuuousl y support?
—These votes were taken in (.‘onrruittce,
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and are not decisive. W e trust the :'tmel‘tti-
merits reported by the Committee will be
opposed and the yeas and nays calls;-d on
them v.-hencvr-.r the bill shall be rt--ported.-—
But we haye faint hope of the Scnuti:.——
J, rodigaly is there a second lltllLll't‘., it-'lit=.i't-git is
not the hrst. But the House can and should
insist on its Provisos to the bitter end. If it
does, they will prevail, we ft,-.ar not o-be;-_
Wise.
TheHouse of Representatives on Satur-
day, in Committee on the. .Naval Appropria-
tion bill, voted to aliolu/z. l/re S,mTrit Ratioiz
ml/ic i\t(I.i.'-:1,/.i'tl’t(l pay the Sailor 50 morta-
per month instead of ll, and to rt/irilis/i I/1»:
1,?/0é’é"”¢$’ 0] -‘Jeri-iiicit, except on due corrvic-
tion by a Court lvlartial,—-no seutt-lice to be
eXe<'Ut0d till twenty-four hours after it was
pronounced.
I-luglr l\’laXwell’s nomination, it is under-
Sl00£l_, will be purposely laid over for the
Session,
, It is feared that no quorum will be pm-
sent in one or the other House this week
A P05lp0fl€rI‘t*ut of the day of adjournment
is talked of. '
‘Wm B. Dov. of fr’llSSOul'l. is urged for‘
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the Sccretarysbip of Utzrh,
Fmra. IN NEW C.4.N.§A.N.—_VVe learn that the
_ioioer’s shop owried and occupied by Bu rling Df
Purdy, Esq. in New Canaan, was injured by fire
on Saturday last, and came near being entirely
consumed. A little boy, fouryears old, son "of
Mr. Puriy, was in the shop with his younger
sister, when he found a stray match w-hit-h he
lighted and set fire tosomc shavings. The fire
cried and left the building, closing the door after’
them. Soon volumes of smoke were seen issu-
irig from the windows, and it was with much
ditliculty that the fire was extinguished. The
interior of the building was vcryinuch damaged,
badly injiiring his tools, patterns, &c. to" the
amount. ot'${~'t50. An attempt was made to smoth-
er the flames by closing the windows and doors,
but fear-irrg it would prove inefficient a quantity
of water was brought in pails and thrown al-
irrogt SlmUllzll"i€01lSl_\~' into one of the windows
nearest the locality of the fire, producing a gas-
eous vapor which for-:c(l out the glass and shook
the building with much violence. Had the tire
hrokc otit, tindnubtcdly muoli damage would have
been done to contiguous property. People can-
not be too careful how they trust matches with-
in the reach of children.-—Repub.
{figs To etlierize bees preparatory to ta-
king honey, put about halt an ounce of
ether in a small flask oftwo ounccs capaci-
ty, and connect it with the hive by a piece
of glass tube 15 or 18 inches long, bent in
the uriddle at a right angle, place the flask
in a basin of hot water, and the ether will
then pass through the tube intot-he hive in
a state ofvapor. If a fl-.tsl< be not at hand,
a thin plrial maybe used. The operation
must be performed in the evening.
’ Agriciilttiral Griz.
Si-rocictxo ACciDi:NT.——A young man
named Theodore I-lowes, from Patterson,
N. Y who was engaged in building the
Seminary at Carmel, fell from the 5th sto-
ry of the building, on the 10th inst. which
was 65 feet from the ground, injuring him
so badly that he died about 1:3 rniuutes aft-
erwartls. He was putting on the cornice,
and turning to speak with some one be-
low, he stepped on a loose board, which
tipped tip, and he was precipitated to the
ground.
Jitci; W’.-xiii: —Ollicer Stephenson, ofthe
Lower‘ Police Court of Next‘ York, receiv-
ed a telegraphic despatcb on Thursday last
frotn Buffalo, announcing the arrest at that
place of Jack \V-.rde, an old Etiglisli con-
vict, clraiged with lravin;-_:, on the first of
June last, liurglai'ious|y entered the Dor-
Cli€Sl€l‘ and Milton Bank, at Dorclrcster,
l\'las's., \\ bich was robbed of $32,000, most-
ly of their own rnoirey. Six lll()t_lS.'tll(l dol-
lars were found in possession of \\"ade.——-
'l‘wo other persons \'.'crea1'i'este-.l as confed-
(‘i“.ites of “Tittle. A reward of $500 W115
ollered by the Band for his arrest.
SuiciDr..~lrlr. S. R. Dingle, the leader
of the celelimtetl band that bore his name,
committed suicide by lnrriging, Thurstlay
afternoon, between three and four 0’clocl{,
at his rcsitlciice in Next’ York. He was
soon discovered, but life was extinct before
he could be cut down. The recent trouble
with his band is said to be the cause. He
leaves a wife and children to mourn his un-
tiiirelv end.
or
§‘f_'§?' Mrs. l\lyra Clark Gaines has appli-
ed to the I.e_<_.;islatut‘e of Mississippi fora
pens.ion, in Culisltli-.‘l':'tllt)n of the military
sciwices of her late lrtisbaml Wliat a sad
i'e\'erse for the lady who, a year or too argo,
w-.r.~; l:-eiievetl to be the wc;\.ltliiest woman
in America.
ff-.51.: Upon the body of;\lr. Rogers Nor-
tlxey, who died in the poor house at Batli,
r‘iie., last week, werefounil $3,090 in gold,
witn which he hail recently rs-.turueil from
California. lie was 7-1 years old, and his
dcatlr was causctl in part by servinj_v; a writ
upon him to recover a forfeited bond which
he had given before he went to the gold re-
gion. The v.'ri‘t threw him into convul-
sions. \Vha!. a warning to lttl5E.‘l'Sl
Vii-iIsTLi.\‘o.---'l‘lre city of Galena, lll ,
li-ave passed an ordinance prohibiting wliis-
thug within the city limits, on pain of a
penalty not less than $10, nor more than
$500. \Vhat shan’t we live to see?
{£352 A sailor, who had spent nearly all
his days on the briny waves, and knew
little of land gear, came ashore, and in go-
ing tip street saw a little woman passing
along with a mull‘ before her. He stepped
up very politely, and offered to carry it for
her, as he was going the same way !
D230/'nssi.»ig ./lccirfciit.-—-Or) Montlay, the
9th inst, Mr. B. Ford, Jr., aged ‘.24 years,
son of 13. Ford, incrcliant, of N. York, was
tli'o‘.vned while returning from a fishing ex-
cursion at Grcerrwich, Conn. He was sit-
ting in the stern of the boat, and was acci-
dcntully ])l‘(',’t‘l[tllillC9{l into the water. His
two little brothers. from 10 to 12 years of
age, who were with him, managed to catch
him before he sunk the last time, and by
almost St.tpt.’I'llllm2lll efforts, got his body to
the shore, but bi-fore assislurrcc could be pro-
cured life was c);tin:t.
Zoological J0u7'izu.l.-—'l‘l'ic American
SCl(‘llllfl(! Association, at its recent nict-ting
in l\it"\\’ ~lavt-n, passed a vote in favor ofthe
r-.~.tal.ilislrnreut. of a Zoological .lourn:.rl in
this country. It is to be ctlitcd by Prof.
Agassiz, assi.~tctl by Profcssors Lei-tly of
J.)fllli1tlt;'ll)llli3,DLlllllt.- ' Netv Haven, Vt7yman
of C-arr'rbi'idgc, and Baird ofthe Smitlrsonian
institute. Thc first number it will, it is un-
:'li_‘l':~jlO0tl, soon appear from the press of
Little &. Brown, Boston. -
5:3.-3 The Chicago Tribune publishes the
names of nineteen vessels which wcre driv-
en ashore or wrecked in the late gale on
Lake Michigan, bcsidcs several others which
were dariragotl.
I O. of O. F.——U. S. Giri-mlLorfgc.
Cll\’Cli\';\'A'I'l, Friday, Sept. 29.———-The
Grand Lo-.lge of the United States Indepen-
dent Ordt:~r of Odd Fellows has closed its
Annual Session. The next ()onvi~niion is
to be held in B:»iltimore. They have deci-
ded that i'lSSE'S$lnt‘lll tax must be paid by all
and no lleprcsentativcs are to be adrnittcd
to a seat whose body has not paid its tax.——
Mileagc is reduced to five cents per mile.
Price of books, t-arcls, &c. doubled by the
decisive vote of 58 to 13. They have re-
fused to allow grand bodies to be uiovoable
A Special Union was given by the Broth-
erhood of Cincinnati to the inembers oftbe
G. L. U. S. last night at the Masoiric Hall.
lt wast: most splcntlid affhir and highly
C-”€’f.lll.-,le to the Ohio l)l'C'!l1‘f‘l‘C‘t‘l.
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spreading rapidly, the-children became‘ fright,-_X
mm the N. News‘.-
Comitry Res_idezgces.—¥The United States
seaboard will,,in a,_.shoi~g.,.titire, take prece-
dence of every other nation, in the magnifi-
cence of the private country residences
erected by gentlemenof taste and fortune.
These splendid edifices meet-- the eye of the
traveller as he pa§§_es_ tl1i'_pi,i_gl,_1___,tl1e __A_tlanti_c,
States, and especially the Eastern, on every
hand. The banks ofour noble Hudson, the
bay, the East river, and Loiig island Sound,
are lined with them, and “the American spec-
tator looks upon them with admiration ofthe
growing taste and bcautyof his native land:
Afewidays since“ we had the pleasure of
visiting our ft-llow-townsmen, Lawrence M.
Stevens, Esq., at his cotintry seat in the vil-
lage of Norwalk, Ct.,_about forty miles from
this city, and closely contigious to the New
Haven Railroad. This princely’ mansion is
situated at the summit ofa rise which slopes
_.<zradually towards the Sound, with its in-
iiunierable craft constantly in motion, and a
wide extent of rich and variegated country
on either hand as far as the eye can reach.
The mansion itself is a quadrangle with tow-
er and turrets, and with its magnificent park
and grounds, presents from a distance the ap-
pearance ofan English baronial estate. The
interior is finished and furnished with true
oriental costliness, but with the surpassing
elegance of our clinic and timc,——the cle-
gance of the middle of the 19th century.—-
The East Room is surpassed by that of the
f’rcsitlerit’s mansion at Washirrgton, only in
si'/:c—’—the latter being the largcst—the tapes-
try, furniturc, and elaborate marble sculp-
ture of the apartment are equal in riclme>“S
and beauty to anything of the kind in the
private mansions either of this country or
Europe, and the appurtenances of conven-
icnce are as complete as the establishment is
beautiful.
It is gratifying to notice this growing taste
and liborality on the part of our country-
mt~.n—-for while in it we witness the elements
of external boa irty, and the gratification ofa
laudable pride in individuals, we see also the
bcncfits which it confers upon the mechanics
and artizans ofoiir land, and a medium thro’
v. hich the surplus wealth of the rich finds an
honorable channel into the ever willing
lrands of the poor. This is the true system
for a universal distribution of property-
those who have already toiled for and gained
it, are distributing it among those who are
now toiling. L
We are ,sorry to see, by the p1'0ceeClin,;'S.
of Saturday, the 14th, in the House 0fRep-
rcscntatives at W’asliir'igton, that three mem-
bers from Connecticut, Booth, Cleveland,
and \Valdo, voted with the Southern Free
Traders on the turill'q_ucstiou, and against a
change which would have yielded sortie
littleiprotcction to borne industry, and pre-
vented a vast deal of fraud, practiced under
the law as it now is. Tire motion was to
substitute the home valuation in place of the
foreign valuation as a basis on which to
calculate the advalorcm duties—a provision
which has long rcccivctl the approbation of
Mr. Clay, and all other friends ofAmcricau
industry. Wl‘i:it nialrcs this vote of these gen-
tlt.-mi-n peculiarly stinging, is the fact that it
(let-i'.lc.Z I/re guns!-ioiz against. the interest and
wishes of Count.-ciicu‘.. Had they not voted
at all, the. fi'icui.ls of protection from the south
and cast would l);r\'0 saved us from the ef-
fr!ClS of such 7-iiisreprcsezilrzizion. South Caro-
lina can now say that even Connecticut goes
a_i_r:iin.=-t protection. We hope the people will
bear this in mind on the first lrlonday of
April, l85l.—-.7‘\Q'w [Invert Joumal.
It is diliicult to say upon which extrerne
ofthe slavery l]uestiori is cxlriliited the great-
est folly. The ravings of the C-azenovia
Convention were thought to reach the ex-
tremcst point oflndecency which had been
rrttaint-d. They iccotnrnt.-ndcd the slaves to
murder their masters, steal the swiftcst
horses and run away. Brit we notice a
Southern paper which is not to be out done
by any Yankee however ingenious, in abuse
and g’L'l]i.'.l't'1l atrocity. This paper advises a
foray across the border and the deswuction of
a few r\’orthr.-rn towns, just by way of show-
ing what they can do, and for the sake,
we suppose, of putting an end to the discus-
sion whiclr agitates the country, and restor-
ing harmony to all sections.
§§t:=.-=' At the late Democratic State Convert-
tion in Ne-.v York Joliu Van Buren had the
effroutry, according to the N. Y Courier &.
Eriquirer to deny that he had ever‘ belonged
to the Free Soil party, or that any such par-
ty in fact, had ever existed.
’1'i’tc Little Town. IlIcctiiigs.—The period
for choosing annal town Ofl‘.lt.‘t“.l‘S will soon ar-
rive. In a large proportion of the towns the
election will take place on the first monday
in October, a little more than two weeks from
this time. l'Ve would remind our Whig
friends throughout the State of the impor
tance of attending to these meetings. In every
town which there is a prospect of carrying
the Committee should make arrangements to
ensure success. Now is the time to com-
mcuce prcpara tions for the Spring campaign
anti :1 strcccssiul cfforton the 7th of October,
will accomplish much for the cause. Last
year the Wliigs fromdivisious among them-
selves, and from nt-giligence of duty, siitlbr
ed some of their strong holds to fall into the
hi n is of the enemy. This year let their be
union and vigorous action. The experience
of the last sixtnonths has given the people of
this State enough of Loco Foco govcrnntt-nt,
and they wish for a change. The odious tax
law, to say notliing of other legislative acts,
should consign the party to a hopeless minor-
ity, and the VVltigs have only to make an
effort to be again in the ascerrdant.
Comcmt. =2
{Q9 The l\’ewburyport Ht-‘.ralr.l states
that a \V<:st Newburypoit a farmer planted
this season eight acres of potatoes, manuring
six of them with Plaster or Gypsum, in the
hill, and omitting it on two acres. The six
acres have turned out all sound potatoes,
while the “hole two have bcen entirely de-
stroyed by rot.
§}.’f;= The New Yorkc.rs have a new lion
in AM_‘~.Il\' Bier, the Turkish Commissioner
to our government. His turbaned Turkship
has been formally received by the city coun-
cil, when speeclit-s were mutually inter-
changed. Notice was given that he would
receive the visits of the people, in the Gov-
ernor’s room, in the City Hall.
a
Isl/imus Ifiirb/icrg/.—-'l'lre robbers of the
$30,000 of gold dust on the lsthmus have
not yet been tracked, and probably the
gold will never be recovered. One of them
concerned in the robbery is thought to be
now in New York.
_ It‘6lllid Dead.
The hotly of Mr. lra Clarke, a respectable‘
resident of O_ra,n_ge, was Wednesday morning
found in the‘ woods, near his residcnce,about
three miles west ‘of the Centre, having his
throat cut’ from‘ear- to ear.’ ‘A razor was
found loosely grasped by one of the hands
,_of. ,tbe..deceesed~,-_bu-t--it-,is= su pposed was placed
"there the person who committed the mur-
der, as the body had evidently been moved
for a considerable distance, and marks of
blood were traced along the path. A Jury
of lnqtrcst were summoned, and a verdict
rendered tlratf“ the deceased came to -his
death by some cause yet uteknotvu.” It was
the opinion of Dr. Beardsley, of Birming-
ham, who_was in attendance, that it would
_.ha,ve. been ’ impossible for the man to have
inflicted ,_ the wound himself, and after-.wards>
walk from the place of its transaction to
where thefbody was found. Mr. Clark was
about 57 years of ag-o—-had always been
considered a rcspectablccitizen. and we be-
lieve has left a wife and family, to mourn
his melancholy end. i
From all we can learn, Mr. Clark has had
for a loirg time past much domestic difficulty
to harass him, having lived most uupleasantly
with his wife, who has been in the habit of
keeping company with a worthless fellow by
the name of Bowen, wborn Clarke, aidctl by
the town authorities, had tried in vain to get
rid of. But the woman ilo.teriiiined to bar-
bor him, in spite of her t1u.~.-bands entrcatrcs;
and both she and Bowen, but a short time
previous to the murder, made an attempt to
get the afflicted husband into the Insane Re-
treat at Haitforil, in which atti-inpt he failed,
and it is supposed,irritatcd by disappoint-
int-ut,t'ncy conceived and executed a plan
which has resulted in the horrible death of
Clarke. Many of these facts have been
known to the rreiglibors for some time, and
were fully substantiated before the C'oroner’s
Jury.
Bowen, we believe, was the first to dis-
cover thc body of Clarke, who he said had
committed suicide-—but finding that stispi
cion was resting upon him, he at once flcd,
and it is thought, has left the State.
P S.—We learn from Mr Deputy Sheriff
Carr, who on Tliurstlay visited the scene of
the tragedy, that there is every reason to
believe that tbedeccased came to his death
by his own hands. Bowen, who was sus-
pccted of being cotrccrned in the act was on
Thursrlay arrested, and upon beiiig examin-
ed, nothing was elicited implicating him in
the least degree.
The tletrcasetl had been very niclanclioly
for a number‘ bf days, and at times given to
intoxicating drink, and from these and other
circumstances, it is thought he may have
made way with himself.
T.-2w Hrzvcrt. .7ozu'n.ztl.
EL‘-3'?“ Bowen was again arrested on lr‘rit.lay,
and locked up to await furtlier exiitttiiitttiori,
in i'el'or°t-nice to the supposed mi.irtler. It: is
undo.-rstootl that the wife of Mr. Clark will
also be exaniitictl in the course of ii few days.
Chzspiira in f\'E1El'§'EE.'.lld.
Rocitvir.Li-2, Md. Sept. 19, l850.
Mr. Chaplin having been hailed for $6,000
at ‘Nasliitrgtori, pr'oceedt-d here under escort
of officers with his lawyers and fricntl.-:.—
They found all cxcitctnciit here. Bailor
who was engaged backed out. The magis-
trates were overawetl. Hon. J. R. Bowie
was sent as volunteer Counsel, I-In dis-
puted the jurisdiction ofthc magistrates, and
there was it long lrcariiig of the case which
was postponetl until 8 o’clock to-moirotv
iriortriog, and Mr. Chaplin was committed.
Other baalors are ready, btit there is so much
OXCtlC‘mt.:’Dt that there is little prospect of suc-
cecdirig in getting him liberated.
L.-rrt-:t:.——t\'o riot occurcd in the villagi>—
all scp:-iratcil quietly after initlnight. The
eviclcnce is very coutratlictory, and probably
.C‘-haplin will be committed for trial, and the
question of bail turned over to Judge Dorsey.
VV.-‘tSHit\'GTO1\', Sept. 20.
I have just returned from Rot-kvillc.--
Finding it impossible. to bring the tnagistrare
to rt-asonable terms, Mr. Chaplrri’s counsel
withdrew his application and Mr. Chaplin
was frilly comm_irted. The chance will
probably be better with some Judge after the
excitement cools a little.
T/Lc Torpedo Ca.se—-Arms‘! of Oizc-E_7/exl
T/iom]).s‘0n..--'l‘liis individual was ycstemay
re-arrested by officers Olsen and Buinsted,
of the Third District Police Court. on a
charge preferred by Mrs. Eleanor Warner,
wilt: of 'l‘homas Vr7ai'irei', E.-q , and also by
others, with having, on the 3d of May, 1849,
caused to be sent and delivered at No. 18
City Hall place, during the Etl)St-‘l'l’.'C of M r
Warner, -.1 box containing e.\'plosiveaud dair-
gerous n'iaterial, wi:h intent to dastroy the
life of M rs. E. Warner. in connection with
the affidavit of Mrs. E VVarrri-r, there are
others made by Sarnui-l Dru.ry, Jr., his fath-
er, and one \'Valstein Failing of Canatlagua,
the substance of which has long since been
laid before the public. Drury, Jr. testifies
to having (lclivorvd the box at Warns-r’s
house by direction of Thornpson, without his
(Drury) knowing anything about its cori-
teuts. Justice l\louuifret Commitlctl Thomp-
son to prison to await an (-".\'t‘u"tlll1:tllt)n.
IV. Y ' i‘I‘ff)u.II.(.‘, T/'zu2'sr1a._7/.
.j.____
E. Z. C. JUoso.\'.-——-Tlrc friends of the edi_':_
tor of Nod l’untliu’s Own have had a mass
mectiug at Grand strcct Hall, which was
harangttcd by several of his friends. A
steamboat has been chartered to take him on
board as soon as his time is tip on Black-
wcll’s Island, the 30th inst we believe.
Ric/i Dig‘g'i7i;rs.—One of the stcerage pas-
cngers by the _Philadt-lphia had with him
twenty thousand dollars, which he had gain-
ed in forty eight hours. He first took six-
teeu thousand dollars from his claim in one
day, and then sold it the next day
for fotir thousand dollars, and started for
the States, perfectly satisfied. -He is one of
,he fortunate ones.
F-rt-monl’s Jlfzrcli.-.Iizci'y.——A passenger by
the Pliilatlelphia informs us that.he saw sev-
eral pcrces of Frerrrout’s Quartz Crushing
machinery_on the Isthmus,abandoned by the
natives who where transporting itacross, and
thrown into deep gullies, from whence it
can never be recovered. - ' — : ~’
3:? Henry B. Anthony, editor of the
l’rovidcnce Journal is talked of for the next
lnitcd States Senator from Rlro-_le lslaud.—-
He is now the Governor of that State.
The Loco Focos of Massachusetts nom-
inated. George H. 'l:loutwt-ll for Govcrrror
and Henry Cuslzman for Lieutenant Gov-
Cl’?-lOl'.
_in ten Colleges, clrieflyin New Eugliiuil in
.—N01i‘.ivALK GAZETTE.
TUESDAY. SEPT. 24, 1_s5o._ ,
Whig State Convention.
.,i...'IYl1e.-.\V.liigs of-s Connecticut gare ‘he'r’eby.‘ no‘tifi'€d'.
that histate Convention will be held in the city of
Hzrrtford on VV.+.u.w:sn.\v-; ’l‘Hl-2 13in mv, or No-
V1-1.‘-It-I-ZR .\'i-:x1',"at l0 o’clock ll] the f'oreuonn for the
pltl'pI').<t~‘. of nominating at llCl{G[7f'l|l' State Qllicers.
The ‘Nhig Town Comtnittees are roque.-ted to
call meetings iinirretlizttelyfor the ilppoinlrnlelll Of
l)r-legiitesttrsaitl Ct)ll\’t'I)ll(ln. (‘.t]||i\_l.l-0 tlmlltle llle
uutnber‘of' Representatives to which the several
towns. are entitled in the General A.-‘J-‘etnbly.
The Committee appeal with contidt-uco to the
\Vliigs througlrmit the State. to see that theii;respec-
tivc towns are f'iill_v represented’ ’
A. G. HAZARD.
JOHN C HUI-.LlS’l-‘l-‘.R,
AMOS \V. PRENTICE, l
Cl-lARl..l".S ISAACS. > Ivltig
DAl\'-FORTH f‘.l-HLDS, State Cotritirittee
o. it. uoi.1.is:rr.u, l
I-lORA"'E Cl.AllK,
GEORGE M. IVES. J
I'I:irtford. Septeniber 14,1350-
Tm-: \Vnio— S-rA'ri~: C0.\'VENTlON.——Oul' rea-
ders will notice, in this paper, the call of the
State Comrnittoe for the antiual convention for
the nomination of candidates for the State Offi-
cers. '\Ve hope that the \Vlrigs in the various
towns will appoint. their delegates early. and
that. the names ofthe poisons selected will be
sent us for publication. There ought to be it
largo convention this year and a large \Vhig
majority at next Spi-ing's election.
Jen ny Lind.
\Ve had the pleasure of lieariug this distin-
guished songstress on ’l‘lrursday evening last.
\Ve are not skilled in the art. of music. nor tlo
we know airytliiiig of the n“.yst;e.i-y ofslrarps. and
quavcrs, trills, andanto and allegro; but. we do
know sometliitrg ofthe effect. which the melody
of nature must produce upon the lreart. \Ve
have lreard itllbl‘l'e&l(l lautlatious of Jenny Lind
which seemed to us extravagant. \Ve tliougltt
that we knew the power of" the liuinitzn voice
to some extent. and although prepared to listen
to siirpassing stveetuess from the lips of tho
Sweedish niglrtiiigale, yet, we are forced to
say that all our airticipations fall far short of the
The music of Jenny Lind is coinpara-
ble to notliiug in our e'xper'ieuce or knowledge.
l'c.'tlit_y.
lt is the perfection ofart united with the purest
nature.
forget to breathe, lest :1 single note should
escape him. *
\Vhile she sings. the listener‘ almost
It is impossible to realize the extent ofthe
exciteiiient which prevails in the metropolis
with regaird to this gifted woman. On 'lt‘t'iday
ruorniug, we walked with :1 frit-.nd who wislieil
to procure a ticket for tho ircxt concert, to the
museum, where the tickets are sold. \Vlreu
we arrived there, tu.-.at'ly a tliousiirrtl persons
were collected in the vestilnilo ot't.lro building
and in the street adjoining, waitiiig for an op-
portunity to ptirelizrse. The crowd was foru'ie.d
int.o a line and our friend being obliged to take
his place pretty ‘low down, was from 8 till &
past nine o'clock awaitirrg his turn. At the
concert which we iitteridetl, there were, we
should judge, at least eiglrt. tlrousuntl persons
present. and we have not yet lreard of one who
has gone av. ay disappointed.
Jenny Lind, we regard as one of the most:
reinarkilile woinen of the age. \Vitlr every
tenrptatiou stiirotnitliiig her, she is still it l]i;_:l)
minded, pure woman ; ll(.'l' heart beats respon-
sive to every generous seirtitiieiit; and she,
wins at once the respect. and €‘.5l".3(’—lfi of every
one who approiiclics her. Already, though
hardly it fortniglrt among us. she has given
away more than .s'ci:cnt(-en t/tousmul dollars for
charitable purposes. There is, tlicre can be,
no liiitnhog about this, and to her belongs the
glory ofbeing not only the uut'ivallc.d soiigstress
of the age, but of being also one of tlioso rare
per-sotis, whose lot is t) liallow the memor_v by
the sanctity of benevolence and lowly charity.
Di-:A'rir FROM LncK.i.-tw.—Mr. Samuel C.
Boa rdma n, of Bridgeport, stuck a nail in one
of his feet, on Thursday. week. and was in
consequence thrown into the lnokjaw, of which.
he died on Saturdaiy, week. He was about
55 years of age.
At the session of the County Court, at
DZll]l)U1'y, the trial of Dolaii, on the charge of
i'ct:eiving stolen goods belonging to the late
firm of S. Niles & Co., Bridgeport, resulted in
the acquital oftlie prisoner.
Loco Foco Lr:Gisi.A'rio:<.—lt'any titre wish-
es to appreciate the full beauty of locofocoisni,
let lritn set to work diligently to examine the
Tun: Law passed by the hut. Assernlrly. it is
said that it prize of $200 has been offered in the
eastern part of the State to airy one who can
decyplrer its true meaning. More upon the
subject. by-and-by.
$55?’ The dead body of Mr. \Vm. Taylor, of
Mill Plain, Dirnbuiy, was founrd on Thursday,
week, in a field it short distance from his
dwellinv. A Coroncr’s inquest: was held on
the i'c-tnnins, and the verdict. of the Jury was,
" Came to his dear ll by falling on descending
ground, in a state of exhaustion.”
Suicini-:.——Daniel Hartford, formerly a resi-
dent oftliis town, but residing of late in Bridge-
port, committed suicide on Friday irfieruoon
last, by means of lzrudaniiru. He had sornowliat
passed the meridian of life, and has. we believe
left a family.
E5?‘ The Annual Meeting of the State Tern-
perarice Society will be holdeu at Hairtford, on
Wednesday and Thursday, the 52d and 3d of
October, next.
Coli.iRichard M. Johnson is one of the new-
ly elected members of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture. A
From China there ,is..a ve'vy7iti‘tei'esting re-
port, to the-’efl'e'c't: tliiit the Emperor is about
formally toitolerato Christianity in his domin-
ious. The new Emperor is about 19 years
old.
The comparison of the number of students
1840 and in 1847. shows that during that pe-
riod tho number had ditniuished from 2093 to
1913.
. {_‘tG=-Jessup Alvord, Es:-1. has been chosen Pres.
id-cat ct‘ the Bank at Scuthport.
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l\li~:'rAr. CArztti.§ei-: \VBEEL%.—\ ;p-
plication o,t'stee,llias recently been put 3, Alia
the, inanafactvi"é‘of carriage and wagon wheels
entirely of,meti;t_l‘ 3 A cast iron hub, with spokes
of springsteel.iiinsérted in the way known to
carriage tuftli§[f§‘}},§__,dQ§!g§:Z§gg;..I,llQ¥»t<j§!uW’ilh ‘hf’
iiil—lli’iB|i'ifIf|lB sipokes‘ on each ‘side of the center of
‘t_he;hub,"and witli the--otl1et':ext'ri3i11ity fastened
tioia rolled ‘steel felly, to which is lioltetl the
tire,constitutes a vtlieel the lighest looking
and most graceful that can be found. So far
as they have been tested, they have succeeded
and the purchaser. Mr. John S. Atwater. of
York street, New Haven; is the owner of the
patent._ ' _W__,
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THHW §1l,’l'l'-I,.AN_D Ran Rbsr; 01-‘ New ENG-
L.ti~'n.—At a festival-; ibeld recenfly ‘in the city
ofNew York by the Sons of the Pilgrims, the
centre of the table was adorned with it meeting
house and School-h_ouse in iiritiirt_t,t_1_t'_e,~ Sur-
innuuted by the above caption. Tlife compli-
merit thus paid to the morality, and intelligence
of the Yankees. was beaut.iful, and injthe main,
well-deserved. The emlrlamatici Vl’hite Rose
with its lofty spire. has flourished long on
many :1 Lebanon in New England. Richly
and widely has it shed its fragrance !
But while to the influence of the Claurcli
this country owes much, very rntrch. S her
h_uinblei' sister by her side, comes in for a good
share of credit. The i‘fragt':int'reti rose! \V1mt-,
mu'titudes have gathered round and sat be
neath its shade. and this is the distinguished
beauty of its institution, that the multitude of
all classes can enjoy its benefit. \Ve give full
credit for what it has done. but we are bound
at. present to speak of improvement, for the
R611 17086 has rz them I '
\Ve do not allude to the birch. dear reader,
Brit we do allude to.the antiquated style of the
it terior of the scliool-room. in \vhit:h, in many
dist ricls, there has been no irnprovomcnt in
many a lo.n._<_i year. Coming from another and
a newer State, as the writer has, into one
where mecliziuical genius is niakiug such ad-
vances; wlrore the powers of intellect: are
taxed and money expended to add improve-.
merit to iinprovemi-ut, one is surprised’ to see
the !=chool-rooin so much neglected.
There is the same old f;ts.hion., for seats and
desks, cshiblislicd o.n the principle of having
oirwytlzirig wrong end forornost, the writing
tlesk being bclriud the birckless seat, and offer‘-
ing the sliarp edge of 31 board as the support. of
the pupil for three hours at a time! Verily,
we should call this at thorn in the flesh. Iitera-liy.
A kind of it “rr1essetrge-1"’ of the ca-rpentei;
sent to btiffet the sides and back of the unfor-
tuirato pupil and inalm him think ofuotl't.ing~but:
how he can escape. There the writhing body
is compelled to do penance to expiate the
crime of lrtrvingz, been born in it coutinunity
which is several yea rs behiud- the age in
scliool—house art.lritecturo. Parents. and pat.-
rotis have forgotten, perlnips. what. they once
sutlciod. but let. them consider that their chil-
dren are really sufl'oring many disailvattirages,
though they may be too young to suggest tho
needed improve-.meuts. But_those who have
wisdom and experience should do it for them
The tenderness of parcrital love, and philan-
t:lrropic i'eg:ri'<l for the mental culture and mor-
al well being of the young, should compel us
to tlritik on these things. \Vo are sure the
rnajority of those interested in schools, :ire'uot:
aware of the inconvenience caused both for
t.oachcr and pupil by the bad construction ofthe
interior of the house. \Vc are sure that no-
thing but investigation is needed.’ to rouse this
community to action. \.Ve propose to show
hereafter how some of these things strike it
ST it .-xx G r: 1:.
Q3“ An election was hcldlast week for-Directors
oftlre Coinr.-cticut Bank, in Bridgeport, and the
following gentlemen were elected for the year
ensuing:
l’- C. Calhoun, R '.l‘wced'y, N. “fade, L, Cole-
man, J Bi-oolts. L. H. Russell, Chas. Footc, J.
Gould, Izl. Higby,
At a subsequent meeting of ‘the Board, P. C.
Calhoun was re-elected President.
HON. C. J. McCunm‘.—The nomipation of
this gentleman to be Charge to Austi"ra, has
been coufirmiied by the Seu:tte———aud is proba-
ble. tlierefore, that the gentleman will soon
take leave ofthe country. for the purpose of
entering upon the duties of his office.
Hon. A. H. l]. Stuart, the new Secre-
tary ofthe Interior. liavirig taken the oath of
ot'i’it:e, has entered on the discharge of his.
duties.
The second trial to elect :1 member of
Corigiess in the Second Congressional District
of Miissticlitisotts, to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the death of the Hon. Daniel P. King, has
resulted in no choice.
813‘-l\'fr.lVm. D. Bishop will deliver the ad-
dress before the Fairfield County Agricultural
Society, to be held in the village of Bridgeport
on the 2d and 3d of October.
CiIAPLi:v THE ABOLl’l‘IOZ\'IST.—-A \Vashing-
ton cori'esponderit, writing under date of Sept.
time since on a charge of abducting slaves,
was bi'oi.ight before Judge Crunch yesterday
and discharged after giving bail in the sum of
$60oo.
He was almost immediately afterward ar-
l\-laryland, and ti-ansferred to Rockville, where_
an examination is now going on.
? \Ve learn from the l-Iai'tf'oi__‘d Times‘that
\Vm. \V. Eaton, Esq. late of Tolla"r'r'd .(}_ounty,
has been appointed by Judge Hu_nt.ington,_
Clerk of the Coutzts for Hartford County.—_
Could notithe democracy of Hartford county
furnish a suitable person for the post"! \Vas_
it necessary to import a man from another.
county ?‘
L?“ The friends and admirers e
Ward Beecher, will learn with pleasure that:
seuger in the Asia.
The Exccut-ion of F oote and McC_;ifl'rey is-to
take place at New Haven on the 2d proximo.i
to t.he entire satisfaction both of the itivetrtoc
20th, says Chaplin. who was arrested some,_
rested by it requisitioii from the Governor of‘
v._r_ T
he has returned from Europe. _He came pas-" -‘
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