CO'\’Gl{ESS.
From rifts N. Y. Tribune.
The Sczmte on IlI0nrlu._1], took up and pas-
sed the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation
Bill, with sundry amr.=ndtnents,arnong which
was one providing for a special agent to
Equador, with a salary of $3,000; also. one
abrorrating the prcsentcontract with the Pub-
lic Printer, and appropriating a large sum
for the prompt execution of the fut.ure print
ing of this Congress. The bill appropriates
fifty thousand dollars for a Custom-House
at St Louis, and the same amount for one at
Cincinnati; also, $20,000 each for l‘\’larine
I-Iospitals at Viclrsbui-g, Mississippi, and
Grecnvillc, Indiana.
The Ilcztsc passed the Navy Appropriation
hilt with a clause prohibiting the use of the
degrading lash in the. Naval service of the
United States, and abolishing the use of rum.
except in the cabin. \Ve believe though
the officers retain their grog, they do not in-
sist on being: flogged.
'l‘he Scitttlc on Tuesday, passed the House
bill for the payment of the third instalment
due to Mexico under the Treaty of Gautie-
lope Hidalgo. The bill making temporary
‘provision for the occupation and working of
the gold lands in California, the granting of
lenses, &c., was taken up and discussed till
the hour of recess, when our report of the
doings of the Senate terminates.
in the Ifousc the Civil and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill, with amendments, from
the Senate, was referred to the Committee of
the Whole. A Resolution was adopted,
allowing members {-545 for the long, and
for the "short session, for stationery, The
vote by which the House had refered to the
Committee on Commerce the Senate bill,
authorising the .‘5ecret-ary of the Treasurer
to permit British Provincial vessels to
load and unload at certain American
ports, was reconsrdcret,l, and a motion
v.-‘as inade to commit the bill to the Commit-
tee ofthc. Wliolc, with instructions to report
it to the House with an amendment revising
the present 'l‘arif'fin such manner that the
duties on goods imported into the United
States sh:-.ll be assessed according to their
valuation at the parts were tliey entcred.—-
The Speaker ruled the proposition out of or-
iler, as not gcrmziin to the subject before the
I-louse Mr. Ashtnun appealed from the de-
cision, and the appeal was laid on the table,
Yeas 101 Nays 85. The bill was then
passed. .
The House concurred in the Scna‘.c’s
nmenilmcut to the Oregon Land bill and this
Post Road bill. Preston King aslti-d a sus-
pension of the rules in oziler introduced a
bill for the abolition of Slavery in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, allowing con_rpcns:rtion to
the owners, to be paid out of U. S 'l'reasury.
Tlir; I-louse rt-fusctl to suspend the rulcs,
Years, 92; Nays, 109 ; A resolution was
ailopti-d by a vote of 142 to 20, atttl1or'isirig
the Pl'(?Sl:lt;‘l]l to commence a suit in behalf
of the United States :igtiitrst Ex-Secretary
Cr'awfr.~rtl, for the recovery of tli.-'2 irrtieit-st
which re rmceivetl on the t}a;plrin Claim.-
Thi-. Fortification bill waspassed by a Vote
of 106 to fit‘.
Tito bill granting six millions of acres of
the l)t.tbliC Lantls to the st,-veral States oftlrc
Union for the support of the. indigent insani-
(in conrplizrncewitlt the rnci'nori:il of Miss
'Dix,) was taken up Mr‘. Burt moved to table
ié. but the motion was lost by the tlccisive volt?
Yeas 4 3, I’{:iys 107, and the HOl1.‘~:t3 aojou: n-
tgtl witlrottt fur'tl1er':.rt‘ti0t). Should this bill
become a law New ‘i"orlt’s share of the land
would be nine l‘.Ul1tll'(:Ll~ and sixty-one thous
and acres.
The Sen-t.’c on. ‘fl‘rt’.’fiI»(’.'3'-.’ft'I_i’,I took up the
Joint Rr-solution-s from the House, authorh»:
ing the l’r‘i'-.siIl5;nt to cotnmence suit aigainst
Elli‘. Crawfortl fir the recovery of the Galphin
irrtercst, and after :1 long di.<cussion in which
illcssrs. Dawson, 'l‘nrnvy, Ewing, and But-
lcr participati-tl, the Resolution was laid
on the tablr, 27 to 25. Tire bills for the es-
t::bl3s‘.r.'ncnt of Collctrtlon Di;-_trtctsin Califor-
nia. to m.'tke temporary pro‘-Iision for the
working of the mines, and preserving order
in the. mining districts, were passetl. The
Serate took up the lndian Appropriation
Bi.-l. :.rd:Jptetl several aiucnilmr-nts, and at 4
o‘c.lock took a recess without disposing of the
bill.
In the Ifottse the Senate bill providing
for the ili.l'tll~'_lOlX of four Ct)It1fnl:S2]l‘lCS to tlrc.
army was passetl with antcntltnt--n,t. The
bill amended the act providing for the better
.<e.L‘tlr'i!y of the livirs of passengers on board
Am.--ric.-‘in Str.-anrbout.~'s was also passed. The
bill l't“qllll'r,‘S that every steamboat be well
supplied with a life prescrvcr for each. passen-
gcr, to be furnished by the boat ov.-ncrs, and
to be always in r‘cadincss for use ; and pro-
vides that no combustible materials be car-
ried as f."ei;_;lrt, that the boilers be cxtiminctl
once in six months Soc. Something of this
kind is ubsoluttjly necessary. The nunrlrcr
oflives. lost by stt-;amboat disasters during
the present so-ason is q’-lite appalling.
The A_rm_'./' A,;pro,r)r'i:1Ll(rtl was l21ls"?l1
up and amt-rt-rd:-r~:-cr'rt to pay the u~fl'ii.rct‘s mile-
age according to the usually l]‘fl".'.-"ilt‘(l route
instead of the direct route was lost. Cw'00tl.——
An amignilmcnt was adopted appropriating
$10,000 for the purcb.:is‘e of a burying‘
ground for Americans at the City of Mexico
A wszanglcd debate sprung up in which sev-
eral tncn:.bers participated, as to whether the
Whigs or the Clpposition arc rcsponsibles for
the squan<:lering- of the public money, and
the general tnisurana-gr-mcnt of Public Af-
fairs, greatly to the cdifit:a'..ien and benefit of
tho,$‘ticar'pcop!c,” no doubt. Sundry mo-
tions n-m._‘- made that the Committee rise,
-.vhi=n.the said Cotnmitte would find? itself
\t\-'lt~";)(')ut -,1 g.,.iiomin,.';y' reason ofthc Opposition
tncmbcrs rcfusing to vote. Gl'€‘i1l ill-='0"fltl' “ml
uproar prevailed for two or three hours amid
calls to order, motions to rise 626., \\’l”I<.‘l1 dl 9
o'clock the committee rose and the HOUSE
niljourncrl without l1t1V'lII_Q't1’)fl(le any consid-
erable pr'o,-gress in thcbill. The people will
perhaps reme'mber at the Polls who they are
u.'.l]O thus trifle with public weal".
In the $07261-ll.’ on T/r.u,rsilr.ty/, the bill
;§:r.antirrg- l3-runty Lands to the soldiers-of the
Wa-irof' 1.812, was amended. and order~cd to
be et'rgr'ossetl for a lllli‘(l r'entlirrg,. The
Lig'lr:-lrlouse lJlll was slightly amended
and ortli=.rcd to be engrossed Tlrc bill grant-
ing Lon-'.ls for_ the benefit of the indigent in-
.;anc, was debuted at ('Cll.T~:l(lt?l‘2tble li:ngth,and
postponed till December‘ trext. The l-ndi:in'
Appropriation bill was taken up and tliscn-.;-
sed till the hour of recess.
The I-louse took up the Array Appropria-
tion bill in Cornrrritteegi of the Whole, and
adopted a section re the Secretary
of \Var lO—(li“~4'l1t1I‘,£‘Te"S| t- 1' so.l.liers from the
service as enlisted under the age of ‘.21 years
and v-fit‘.tou,t the conserit of the parcrrts or
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‘guardians. The Committee rosc,’when the
House agreed to all the amendments and
passed the bill. The Civil and Dipplomat-
ic appropriation bill as returned from the
Senate, with amendments, was taken up in
Committee , and the House refused to con-
cur in the Senate's amendment striking out
the clause for Mileage reform, viz: That
l\’lllt.‘.I1gGl)6 computed by‘ the mail routes,
and that no member on this side the Rocky
Mountains shall receive more than $1,000,
nor any member onthe othcrside more than
$2,000, for l\’lileag;e. Several unimportant
amendments wereat_lopt_eil, and the comrrrit-
ti-erose—and at 4 o’clock the House ad-
journed.
Nothing of any importance was (‘one in
the Sen/ate on Fritlay, as far as our report
goes.
The House was engaged in a considera-
tion of the Senate’s amendments to the Civ-
il.antl Diplomatic Appropriation Bill. The
amendment tnpropriating $200,000 for the
the extension of the wing of the Capitol was
rejected. The appropriation of $3100,000 for
a Custom-House and t\’larine Hospital at
San Francisco, was concurred in.
Both the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives were on. iS'(tl7t.r(Zrtg/, engaged up t.o 4
o’clock, Sunday morning, without having
cont-luvled. The report of their proccctlings
is lengthy and full of disorder and confused
lT1t]ll.Cf'.
The Senate abolished flogging in the Na-
vy. They insisted on their amendments to
the Indian Bill,and Bounty Land Bill, antl
a committee»of conference was appointed on
the Army Bill.
The President and all the members of the
Cabinet, were in the Senate chamber, from
eight oclock Friday evening.
The House passed Senate Bill establish-
ing additional collection districts in Califor-
nia. On motion oflohnson of Arkansas,all
bills resolutions and other matters were re-
fered to the standing committees, and those
onwhich no reports had been made, are to
be returned to the cli-.rk, and stand recorded
at the commenci-r.":nt of the next session.
The Light House bill was passed, all
amendments to the Civil and Diplomatic bill
\\’L’-l‘P agreed to by both Houses, except three
further conference, was asked and granted.
The committee. of conference again report-
ed that the Senate had rci_-cdetl from tlrejr
arnondments adding marines and captions,
and sailors, who fought in former wars, on
the grants made in Bounty Land bill to all
soldiers who have fought and have not been
provitli-:«.l for by law; so the bill passed -
The Speaker signed several hills, among
others the Navy appropriation Bounty Land
and fortification Bills. The latter ‘it got, the
more the corrfusion inct'casctl, and the speak-
cr found it impossible to preserve order.
Getting on in tlic lVi)rlrl.—-'l‘lrere arc clif-
fererit ways of getting on in the world. it
(lacs not always mean making a great deal
of money, or being :1 great man for the peo.
pie to look up to with wonder. l.eat'ing off
a bad habit for a good one is getting on in
the world ; to be careful and saving, instead
of ‘il'riur_r_r‘.rtlc.=s and wasteful, is getting on ; to
be active and industrious, tnsti-ad of idle and
lazy, is getting on ; to be kinil and forbi2:iring
lll$l.t‘Z1:'l of ill-nntu red and qu:rrt'r:l:-:onie, is
gizrting on ; to work as diligently in the
inas‘.e.r"s absence as in his presence, is getting
on ; in short, when we see any one properly
atti=rrtivo. to his duties, pr‘r'st‘:vt‘»r'rng tirronglr
ilif'lictrltii~s, to gain sui,-.lr knowledge as shall
be of use to him and others, ofii.-ring a good
I-‘Xatnple to his rizlativcs tint] i'1Cflflll”lli'Ill'lL'("‘..~‘,
we may be so re that he is getting on in the
world. Money is a very useful article in its
way, but it is possible to get on with but
small means; for it is a mistalro to suppose
that we must wait for a good deal of money
before we can do anytlriuq. Pcrsevetwnce
is often better than a full purse. f\*lauy
people lag behind, or miss the way altogeth-
er, bl‘C;]\]Se they do not see the simple anti
nbunilaot means which surround them on
all siilos,-nntl it so happens that these means
are aids, which cannot be bought with mon-
i-\'. T hose who wish to get on in the world
nitrst have It stock of patience and persever-
ancc.
Jt:n.77g/ Liml and tire I'[t1.f(/I-Ii7LS07t.S.——,-(in
St“t[l}['(l:‘ty wt-cl.‘ Jenny L‘-nd rr-ceivcd the
Hutchinson family, who were dissirous of
calling upon her before they dcparted for
tho “Test, She received them with great
corutliality, and cxpri-ssctl a wish to hear some
ofthcir songs. Villrercupon the brothers
and sisters drew together in the group so fa-
miliar to all, and sang “ The Cot where we
were born." After this, 'hc._v sang an orig-
inal “ \»Vi-.lcotn-it to Jenny Lind l ’ the words
of which were written by Jesse l-lutcbinsorr,
Jr. lt was a simple and genial cxprcssionfl'
feeling, and sungwith toucbingly appropriate
cxpt‘i-ssion. Miss Lind, who sat with down
cast eyes during the song,at the close ex-
pr'r-ssetl her acknowlr-tlgmcnt of the graceful
compliment, and the Family v.-'ithdrew, evi-
dently highly gratifietl with her frank, cor-rlial
hearing. as simple and unaffected as their
0 w n.—- 'I'ri.l:u.2tc.
A R0zc.——'l‘hc south end of Main street
was the scene of a violent personal afiiay be-
tween a large concourse of men, mostly
Irish, on Saturday evening. It originated,
we nrrdcrstantl, in some dispute, ator about
.1 ball in that vicinity on that evening. ’]‘hc
demonstrations were cxceedingly noisy and
pug.n;‘:ci()us_ Clubs were hrandis_hcd', and
mm mm, was picltcd up antl carried in, a
subject for the. doctor. Blood was spilt frec-
ly, but not i.la~ngcrously. The riot act was
read by a magistrate, and quiet finally re-
stor:etl.—-Da,7tl)ur;z/ Times, 3351/!» 1/ft.
F'rom (fir: N. 0. C'b.-n-. Bttl Sa[:1., 17.
THE D1-‘.l\‘GUl~3. F1:vi:n.——'l§"his disease. is, by
some, Callf-.tl the break--bone fever, and may
be said to be an epidemic at present. Wotan»-
ly in N. O.~leans—,. but very gener'allyth«t‘.ougl1-
out Louisiana. A great" number of furni-
lics in the city are afflicted with it‘ soon. r.-urns
its ('0ut‘sc, antl thus far we have not heard of"
a single fatal terminations, though it leaves
the parties in a \\ oak condision-.
Trill Cctntlidttlcs ——Judges Johnson and
\Vood- and the Rev. Mr. Eiiwards are the
Wilrig, LoL.'of.'oco, and Free-soil ctmtlitlatixs
for Governor of Ohio. The three met at
Cleveland :1 short time since,and it was flound-
that they measu-tied. rrinctcctr feet.
A. severe sick-ncs8~ prevails among
cattle1nrRoclore;-ter and vicinity. In some
instances, it has provt-d fat-.rl= in- a few hours
afler the attack.
From the New Haven Journal.
Stratford Mysteries‘.
So many wishes have been expressed that
I, should give a fuller statement, thap. was
made in a joint communication fronv rn.y
clerical frientls and myself in"your paper of
the 25th, of the mysterious phenomena that
came under our observation during a‘ recent.
visit to Stratford, that in spite of the cry of
“flu-mbu_.; oral collusion.” \vords that come
more gracefully from the mouth ofa fool
than from the lips of the philosopher, [am
induced to present the following facts. To
some of these we ourselves were witnesses.
For others, we have the testimony of gen-
tlemen on whose authority the fullest reliance
may be placed, and whose veracity we
should no sooner question than we should
doubt the evidences of our own senses.
The first circumstance I state on the evi-
dcnce of Dr. Phelps himself, a gentleman
wlrosc age and independence, and relation
to society and the Church, place him far
above suspicion. Just before our arrival at
his beautiful residence, the Dr had been
writing at a table, and had turned from it for
a moment for some purpose._ On resuming
his position to write again, he found upon
the table a halfsheet of paper which he had
left untouched and unsoiled, covered with a
strange looking specimen of chirography,
and the ink still wet. He was the only Oc-
cupant of the room, and how the writing
could have been placed there in the brief
space of time his back was turned, is unac-
countable. This is but one instance in a
dozen of similar cliaracter. Articles of
every kind were thrown about the room in
admirable confusion, and from positions
which forbid the supposition that they could
have been thrown by any one concealed in
some unseen corner involves more difficulty
than to believe all this the result of super-
human agency. Fifty-six articles were at
one time piclie;l up which had been hurled at
some devoted hcad,:mt‘l one of them a brick-
but which was seen to start from the surface
of a large nrirror antl come violently to the
floor. Letters were seen to drop from the
ceiling, and vegetable substances covered
with hircoglyphics to emerge from the very
figures upon the carpet to which the eye at
that moment was directed. Vziluablcn1anu-
scripts, which were cntirc on the morning of
our arrival, and which contained the records
ofall the strange occurrences of the last six
months, were found destroyed, and our first
intimation ofthc unwelcome fact came from
the "spirit" himself. Since our return, I
learn from one of the family that other pa-
pers relating to these. “spiritual communica-
tions” were found in a drawer on fire, and
little besides their ashcs left to prove their
previous existetice.
VVl1ile we were there, the contents of the
pantry were emptied into the kitchen, and
bags of salt, tin ware, and heavier culinary
articles were thrown in a promiscuous heap
upon the floor with a loud and startling
noise. Loaves of delicious cake were scat-
tered about thebouse, and articles of clothing
removed from closets and tlrawers in spite of
bolts and locks, and found lying in unwontcd
places, and sometimes divested of tllcit‘cl10ic-
cst ornaments. The large ltnocker of the
outside door would thunder its fearful tones
through the loud rcsouucling hall, unmin».l-
t'ul of the vain but rigid scrutiny to which it
was sub_ii—'ctcd by incredulous and curious
men, and continue its unearthly “ rappini_,s’
in spite of the most abusive skepticism.-
Chairs would do-l.bv-rate-ly move across the
room, trrrimpi;-llcd by any visible agency —
t-lcavy marble top tables would poise them-
selves upon two legs and then fall with their
contents on the floor, no human being with-
in six feet of them. Missiles of various
kinds would seem to start from space and
dash through costly panes of glass. Silver
spoons and forks would be doubled up in tr
tnorncnt like so much straw, and sometimes
hurled at the lri-ail of the unconscious guest.
Such are a few of the thousand and one
fantastic tricks of the ‘.‘ spirit” rogues of this
tll—f-atetl house; tricks lhztt~ol.llt‘l\‘ul the far-
fametl feats of East lndra jugglery. Brit l
have one more to relate at another time, antl
one more lYltll'V(‘ll0U$ still. I shall give them
on the authority of one of the witnesses, a
person most favorably known in this com-
munity, as combining all the oxccllences of
of the clrr'istian, with the refinement and in-
telligence of the gentleman and scholar.
Now Messrs. Editors, that these things
are so, is proved by multitudes of w'=t-nesscs.
But what do they mean, and how can they
be accouutctl for? No one who visits the
house and rt‘m.rins long enough to witness
one-half the strange occurrences ofa single
day, will llt‘llt‘V6 that this amiable faintly
coirnive a’, or fora moment sanction them.
Besides from the absence of any apparent
motive for dtsiring so unenviablca noteriety,
they are suffering, and most unjustly suffer-
ing in reputation, feeling, person and prop-
er'ty——subject to annoying visits from the idle
and curious, losing the services of their do-
mestics, and seriously diminishing lifi;’s
sweetest charm, their social and domestic
happirrcss. Having enjoyed their rlcgant
hospitality for near 48 hours, we feel that
we could do no less than to give our unsolic-
itcil le.s-tirrinng to their cheerful courtesy and
christi-tin truthf'ulness, and express our sin-
ccre conviction that the imputation unilcr
wlrtch they have suffcrctl are as rlltberal and
unjust on the part of those who urge them,
as they are mortifying a-ncl‘ painful to the
unfortunate family who are made» their vic-
tims. ” \V_
Mrm Shot in Sct_-t_1l)roo/.'.—-A man named
Butler was shot near Essex in the town of
Saybrook on Sund.-y night last. The par-
ticulars are as follows, A man named
Daniels had been for some time engaged in
fishing it short distance from the village, and
occupied a small building near the river oc-
cupied for such purposes. On Sunday eve-
ning, about ten o"cl.ock, Butler, with two
coinpanions, disguised by liquor, called at
the fish house and demanded admittance__.
which was refused. After some threats, the
party rt-.-turned to their boat, took some more
liquor, and armed with clubs, again ap-
i[;I‘0ached the house. Daniels in the incan-
time prepared himself with a gun and axe
for any emergency. Not: succeeding in cf
fer-ting an entracc at the door, they broke in
a window, and Butler whorsecmctl to be the
gag,-a.ilarit, was on the point of springing in,
when Daniels, who had previously informed
him of his peril, shot him throug'.«r the lrc-art.
The accomplices fled, and Daniels ironic-
diately informed his neighbors of the fact,
and in the morning delivered himself? up to
the proper an lioritice in Essex. The resu:t
of the cxatnination we have not learned,
though our informant. is- of opinion that be
will not be held for tr'i:1l.——Pa.//ad-tum.
lfa Jewel be genuint-, care not who says
it. is not. ‘
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Arrival of the Niagara.
The steamer Niagara arrived at Jersey
City on Friday morningzlast, after a passage
of 123’ days from Liverpool. She had about
60 passengers
A letter had been received from Sir John
Ross, giving an a'i.’cou‘nt.‘ of the progress of
his expedition in search of Sir John Frank-
lin. It was dated at Holsteinborg, where he
arrived in the latter part ofJuni-.. He had
suc-tcedctl in obtaining a Danish interpreter
who could speak the Esquiinaux language.
The new steamship Africa, of Cunard’s
line was to leave Liverpool for New York
on the 24th September.
Fra.nce.—'I'he political news as a general
thing, is exceedingly dull.
The revision of the French Constitution is
talked of. Serious disturbances have occur-
red south of Lyon, in the department of Lad-
mm, but they have since been suppressed.
Stories are circulated of a reconciliation be-
tween the two families of the Bourbons.
Przt.ssia.——'l'lie Berlin Cabinet have re-
solvetl not to allow Austria to interfere in the
troubles in the Electorate of Hessel, where a
state of seigc has been proclaimed, and sev-
eral newspapers seized.
A partial ratification ofthe treaty of peace
has been exchanged at Berlin. Seventeen
States ofGermany approve of it.
Austria and [-ImzgrI.rg/.-—'l‘lie Austrian
Government has issued a. record of all_those
who were put to death by the Hungarians,
either by sentence of their court martir.-ls, or
their tribunals in Hungary and Transylva-
nia.
Dcmnark and the Dttr.}ties.—'I‘he H olstr.-in
Diet has been opened in the Castle of Kiel.
The Colongt-. Gazette of the l0th has a
telegraphic dispatch from Altona of the 9th,
stating that some skirmishing took place on
the previous day. On the whole of the out
posts the left wing of the Holsteinors, the 9th
and l1tl1 battalions of foot anil the 1st Regi-
ment, were driven back upon Stuilarstapel,
but being reinforced by another detachment
they advanced again and forced the Danes
back upon the Holsteincrs. li‘ifty-eigl'itcap-
turcd Danes were brought to Rt‘l](lSb0l'0llgl]
and the wounded of the first rcgitncrrt of the
line in wagons.
NORWALK GAZE'l"l‘E.
TUESDAY, OCT. I, 1850.
\Vhig State Convention.
The V\-'bigs of Connecticut are hereby notified
that H State Convention will be hi-lil in the city of
ll:n'tfurd on \‘Vl-.lh\'F2Sl)A\', 'rHr«; 13:1: n/iv or No-
\'l-Irttl-I-ZR NI-‘..\I‘l‘, at I0 u’clock in the forcuonu forthe
purpose of nomintrtirtg tr ticket for Stziti:Otlit:crs.
The \Vhig Town Coinmitti.-cs are. re-qtte.-Iiarl to
c:ill nrecting.-' irrmretliately for the appointment of
Di+li-gatesto said Convention. equal to double the
number of l{cpr'esen'iatives to which the several
towns areeutitlcil in tho Gem-r=tl Asscntbly.
The Corntnittce appi_-al with confide-nce to the
\Vlrigs througlmnt the State. to sac that their respec-
tive towns are fully rcprcseiitvtl-
A. G. l-l.»\7.AR.l), y
Jf)llN C llf)l.LlS’l‘F.R,
AMOS VV. l’llEr'\"l‘lCE. \
Cll.-\Rl,l~‘.S ISAACS.
Dz\:\'l-‘()lt't‘|l t‘,l-HLDS, ls:-are
o. rt. tiirr_.I.t.-Ti-tit, I
}'lOl{At‘l') CLARK,
i;r.or.t:i«: M. tvt-1s, }
l*l:rrtl'ord. St‘plHlllllL'l' ]4,1f~T5(l.
\Vlrig
Committee
A Pi-zt-1P I-.\"ro FU'rUtu1‘v.—-Now that: the
specify -ztmstruction of the Norwzrlk and Dan-
bt:r_y flail Road has become a matter of cer-
tainty, it is e.'~'.t;rerm-.ly natural to look ft)I'\\'ill'fl,
anti inquire what are to be its effects upon our
vtllage. \Ve ilo not choose to spect1iate.at this
time. upon the clrtrnges \vlrich are to ensue in
the business of Norwalk, but ratlrer to imagine
some of the alterations that will be made in
the appear-a2rr:c of the place.
First then, the old Brit/ge will speedily dis-
appear, together with its utisiglrtly appendage.
Yes l
l':rtlie.rs of our town, that old Bridge must go!
the wooden foot bridge. tnemor-able.
That monument of want of public spirit can ex-
ist but It little lnngel‘. Cherish it. while it
lasts, for very soon, its clumsy ugliness, its dan-
its
rough deformity of
boards and plitnks, will remain only in the
gerous nttrrowncss.
memory of those, who have always been its
friends and protectors.
Secondly, the Mill will vanish. it. has al-
ways been about on a pit r with the Bridge for
beauty; and as lovely as they have been in life,
in death they shall not be divided. Either the
present proprietor. or purclrasers, will soon
find that the site of the building can be more
profitably employed than at present"; and, that
fact. once established, down the Mill must come.
\Ve. confess there is something solemn in this
reflection. The Mill is one of the antiquities
of Norwalk; thither the _grantl—fatlrers and
great:-granil fathers of the town ‘repaired, bi-
weekly, cnr'rytrrg the produce of their'toil, and
receiving it again in the more eligible shape of
meal and flour. They were it hearty set. of
old follows; they ploughed their fields, fought.
the Indians, whipped the British, loved tlreir
wives, and left at numerous posterity behind
them, for all which the present: generation
ought. to be especially t.hankful.. And so, grat-
ltrudn and ancestral trfllfection \\’O'Lll,tl spa-i'o the
old Hill. but erraerprrise anti the spirit; of the
age demands its removal. ‘
Again a new row of brick edifices must go
up in Main street, in place of the old wooden
dotnicils which now stantl there, so lovingly stip-
porting ear.-lr othi-.r, that you would swear that
if one of them were removed, the rest would
tumble in‘ a heap. l\l~a.in street itself, too, must
be widened, and rendereil less liable to be
choked up by vehicles, as we now see. it almost
every market day.
On the other side of the Britlge. the great-
est change will be the tlisappcarauce- of~'lsauc's
hill. \Vit.h tr railroad cutting directly throu;_-h
such a bill as that, antl the earth needed for
grading and- for docks-., and the removal: of the
hill itself at desirable object. both to the pub-
lic and the owner ofthe land, that it should not
be effectetl is it thing enti.irei’y iniprobirble.
Front the new depot on the dock to the bridge
will run an active business street, such as Nor-
walk has never‘ l')t=.fbre known.
’l‘hese are some of the clranges which the
future promises.‘ In view‘ of them, ought‘. not
public spirit. be awakened. to the devising and
accomplishing such public- inrprovetncnts as
have long been felt to be necessary for the best
interests of the town '.7 ,
£7.47?‘ The Mayor of l’irtsburgh and two of
his officers have been tlll'et~‘lI(-‘-(l and held to bail
for an alli gad assault on it member: of the In-
ilepenilcnt l‘ol;i:c. -
w
_ Tovvn Meetings.-
Tn many of the towns of this State, the
choice of Town Officers will take place on
Monday next. Less than one week therefore
is all that is left for thinking and preparing for
these elections. Our VVhig friends ‘should’ feel
the importance of filling the boards of Select
Men with those of. the‘ rigltt starnpl This
should be attended to in view of the hearing it.
may have upon the spring elections. Besides
thisconsideration, Electors will be called to
vote upon tl'ie‘nmendrnet.fs ofthe Constitution
making the offices of Judges of Probate, -and
Justices of the Peace’. elective. This reform
is very much needed, and: will no doubt receive
a hearty support, antl be car‘:-ii>.d. A steady
o_l_)se.rvanc,e of duty, at the polls now‘, will bring
us these much desired constitutional reforms
not. only, but. do much to secure us another
quite as important reform next spring——one that
will place the parents and originator-inf our
new tax. law, where they will not soon be vex-
ed again with the cares of legislation. Remem-
t/tc Little Town Jlfectings.
“ YA:\'KI-:i«:.”-—A fter it respite of some length
our reatlcrs will welcome back our old and
much admired correspontlent, in New York.
“ Yankee.”
discriminating and just, and find a hearty re-
sponse in the breast of our readers. In politics,
our readers need ,not to be told that heiis ll
sterling \Vhig, and is uniformly well posted up
on the topics of the day. uppermost.
His article to-day givosa detailed accountof
the little effervescence, which took place art
the Syracuse Whig State Convention. It will
His views on gt.-.ner':il topics are
beread with deep interest.
CATTLE Snow AND FAIR rrr BmI>or~:r-on'r.—
\Ve arie of the opinion that this exhibition,
which is to take place at Bridgeport. on \Ved-
nesday and Thursday of the present week, will
be one of unusual interest. Mr. Barnum, the
new president. oftlre Society, is tlrrowing some
of his wonted activity and energy into the en-
terprise, and the arrangements are gone into
with a degree of lilrerztlity, hitherto unknoivu
in the history of Fairfield County Fairs. Pru
deuce is a virtue, but it is often impotent in
building up an errterprise, as we have‘ seen in
the example of the one under consideration.
It is, perhaps, owing to this course of excessive
prudence, as tnuch as to any other course, that
this society has well nigh flickered itself 0113 of
existence. \Ve hope from the present, to date
the onward and upward progress oftliesociety.
that; the annual recurrence of tlreser fairs will
be looked for with intetest, and hailed with" a
hearty actlanraition. and an abundant patronage,
by every farmer and mechanic of the county.
\Vc hope too, to see it liberal attetidance from
this way—a hearty co—operat.iou from the 12th
district, art] it spiritcil rivalry from all who have
anyt.lring on hand to presentonztlrisoccasiotr.
See advertisement in 'iltl(Jl.ll(‘.l' column.
DISORGANlZA’l‘lO1‘I.-—Tlle Loco‘ Focos have
but one hope oft-ar'r_vingt,i1e State next spring.
anti that. rests upon the disotgirrrizirtiirrr of the
Wlrigs. It nriglit seem, now that the lt'rr-e
Soil hunibug has e.\‘plo<lc.d. as if no other fair.‘-
tinns issue could be made; but the genius of
Loco Focoism is fertile itr inventions, and topics
will be trumped ‘up, upon which there are dif-
ferences of opinion in both parties; and while
no Loco will desert his friends for any third
cauditlate. efforts will be made to draw _lruucst,
bttt; rnisguitletl men from the \Vlrig ranks, to
some petty faction, and thereby to sectire at
Loco Foco victory. “for hope that \Vlrigs will
soar this in ruiud, and frown iudi-_:uantly upon
ct'cr_7/ attempt, no rnatter under what specious
pretouces put forth, to seduce them from the
great. Vvlrig party. Let the fomenters of dis
cord be treated simply with contempt; to notice
them otherwise, would be to give them the very
notoriety they covet; but.‘ let the‘houest. \Vhig
who may be i.ui,:litrcd-to hesitate, be rcasoncd
with, and shown the folly and wickedness of
descrting our time honored flag, for-‘some up-
start lrauuer which can but ruffle for it day, and
their disappear forever.
P.-\R'1‘I.-‘\Ll'l'Y.——Al‘nf)ng all the objects of im-
provement, the School llouse. in many districtt,
has yet; been scarcely thought of. The spirit.
of enterprise rages every where else. Earnest
inquiry after the best mode and-means of bone-
fittiug every other cause but etlucatiorr,.antl free.
e.v.perrd.itor'e of money, are the order of the
day. But; when the building a new school
room, or repairing an old one is proposed, how
few can see the necessity for~'if,.ot'- are willing
to bear the expenses; -and fewer yet are in-
quiring how they can best serve the great
cause in which their own families, and the
whole comnurnity are so much interested.
To whose disudviintage is this u-nfavorable.
distinction made by our citizens?’ 'l?h.e'tr own
and that of their children f This is paI‘fIilLf‘l.f-_'I,(
with it vengeance!
the best portion of his inheritance, to add to
the inf.'erior part. The farrner must have the
best soil, and the best.
science has tought men to make for the culti-
vation of it, that he may feed the body and lay
up money for his chi.'fd., even thouglt the im-
implements which
mortal mind he denied its proper nourishment,
anil the /tcir become disqualified by such neg-
lect, to improve the paternal‘ estate thus ac-
quired. \-Ve know that people do not clcsigri
that such shall be the consequences of their
tnaungetrrerrt, but we find lhult with them for
not making calcuatiim about it, for not bringing
tltought and inqu.ir'_7/ to bear on the point.
This Scuoor. t\'1r-:1-;'r1.\'o.—-Tlie first feature
of the School Meeting. which attracts curat-
te.nt.ion. is the small number present. This
shows an almost. total lack of inquiry as to how
things are, or how they may be improved.
And we may be‘sure it is not because improve-
ment is not needed, for this is more certainly
the case where such intliffereuce prevails. In
the next p'ace we observe the policy of con-
ducting the business, is not generally prompt-
ed by, Lu: hardly admit.-:._ a spirit of inquiry.
For instance. let it. be known that the business
will petttai-n. t.o building or repairing, then in-
deed,.the attendance, and interest too, will be
good. But what is the subject of inquiry?
\Vtth tl few it will be, “Shall we set aside the
old house, which was built without regard to
the laws of health of hotly or mind, inconve-
It; is robbing the heir of
nient for teacher and pupil; built by those who
had not ‘the experienze in such matters as we '
have; and built too, so many years ago. tlmt it
has paid for itself, ma ny, times ;, and shall we
employ a good architect to give us the most-'
approved model this enlightened age can fut‘-‘
nish ?” '
_ But while a few are looking into the merits-'
of the case. trying to learn what; is their inter-
est and duty; others propose in substance this
short and chartrcteristic question, viz: “ How’
can we ilinrinish, or altogetlict' avoid taxation ?"'
Reader, we make our appeal to you. Is it
justice to your country, to your children, to
yourself, to make a distinction so unfavorable
to the cause of educction? How is it with the
school h_ouse in your district, does thelowness-
of the ceiling. and small diameter of the crowd"-'
ed room, cause the air to be so vitiated its to
poison the lungs of your children? Are the
fauudation and floor open and cold’! Are the
seats only suited to punish those who sit upon
them ?- These are points in your own dwell-'
ing well attended to. And at home every thing.
else is adapted to the welfare of your family.
But is the welfare of your firrnil_v at home, of
more‘ conseqeuence than at school? Is the:
cliild, :1 child at home. and something else at
school? beloved l:=ere,~und hatetl there? Re-
member that you and: the whole counr.r_v, the
prcsenrand futtrre g8l1e'l’?|.-l‘.l(>I)S,l)tlVB an interest
in the public sclrool. .-":nd'~w-ell will it be for
all, when the‘ plan of titre‘ school room shall
have the benefit of our’ mat-uirest thought, and
best mechanical genius. S"1‘-RA;\'(}|~;n.,
SIG. BLITZ will give three ent'ertai'nrnents-
in this borough, at Marine Hall. commencing‘.
on Tuestlay evening. (sea advertisement and7
hand bills.) A large fitlrogrzrplric sheet has
been publicly posted. representing the most as-'
touislriug ft3:llSfi0V(’-1‘ wituessotl, with his Canary‘
birds, as follows :—-One performing on a rope ;'
one lrarnessetl to a wagon, drawing another ap-
parently dead ; one standing on its head; three‘-
cnjoying the healthful exercise of (1 swing; at
nutriber dressed in military, on horses, firing in
catmou at. an other bird; one in (I. cradle; tln-’
other attaclictl to. autl drawing a buggy; five"
birds in costume riding in a carria ge. drawn and
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driven by birds; one sitting in a chair, with
spectacles on, and smoking a pipe; and others
in various positions. This picture reprcsentsr
nothing but. what the Signor will exhibit, be‘
having trai.';ed the birds to perform the extra-
ortlinnry fr.-ate thereon repre.<ente(l.
Besitlestlris. Sig. Blitz will introduce his il-
lusions,.transfbrtnations. experiments, decep-
tions. and llllt2lClllOllS mctamurplroses, in which
he is s) Celebratctl.
New Yer/.‘, Sqrlcnzbcr 28. 1850-
The Telegrriplr brought over’ to us from‘
S_yr:icr.ise, this morning, stirring news-——tmex-'
peeled and startling indeed to some, but -by
It announc-
ed on open rupture between the radical and
many long forsecn anti predicted.
conservative \\-'lrig.-, then assembled in conven-
Time‘
this afternoon, will allow 21.3910 give only 8!.
tion for the nomination of Lfitirte Officers.
brief lristory of the pr'oi,-ceilings of this con-
vention, witlrsuch rernarks as will be naturally‘
strggestcd tlreri-.b_v ;' but I hope lteri=afteI', With‘
your pernrissiou, to present to yotn‘~'reatlers. It
somcwluit. detailetl statement of the causes»
tghicli have protluced this rupture. and some"
.s'pci:ulatiorrs as to its probable effects upon-out"
pr-test-tit party or-garrizrrtionsp -
The Whig Convention for the nomination of‘
State Officers. met at Sryatzuse, on Tliursda_v,-
the ".’(5tlr instant’.
ual otter dance of members. at the time fixed
There w-as~a full rind punct-
for it-s organization. They had, in many part_s~
of the State, perhaps~ innearly all, been elect-
eil with it view to’ irction upon the questiouof-'
Slavor'y. and'wben divided into two parties, one‘
approving,-.' of the mode in W-hich-the questions-
ou that subject, growing out of our- late-ucqui-
sition of territory from Mexico, had been‘ set-
tled, and-the other strstaiuiug the‘ course of"
Senator Seward. 1 shall call the former of’
those parties cor.-serv-alive. and the‘ latter rad-
ical, as well for the sake of brevity antl conve-
t1ience,2ts l.)(‘L'il use those names will very nearly
and moreappropriately than any others. repre--
scntrt-be tlistitictiv-e principles of the two par-
ties, orsec.tions.-
There was a slight’ skirmish het\\'ecn them
at the outset‘. in the selection of a temporary
chairmar. for the Convention. Mr. Cornnell,’-
of Cayuga County, (the county in which Sen-
ator Sewardi resides.) was nominatctl to that
office by the‘ radicals, and Ex-Speaker Has-'
l)l'0ll(:l\'. ef."'Or‘:rn,ge Counly,~‘)y the conservatives.-
Thia. former was elcctted by a large majority.-
This, however, exerted‘ but‘. little influence’
on the future‘ proceedings of the eonventionir
except as it served to iuspirit, and give con.fi--
deuce to the radicals; for the Hon. Francis’
Granger was by almost. common consent; select-
ed as permanent. President, and it was well
kl-10\. n that he had a holy horror of ever) ism,
but conser-vattsm. He soon after appointed a.
Comrmttee on Resolutions. consisting almost
entirely of those who agreed with him in prin-
ciple. This committee with unset-July‘
lraste, reported a set of resolutions endorsirg
the administration. approving of the settlement
(so called) of the slavery question as made by
Congress, and thereby, by implication at least,..
censoring them who opposed it; deprecating.
further ‘'agitation,’’ and winding up with an:
expression of belief in the honesty of the in-
tentioits of those who wished to prohibit slave-
ry. by pcsitive emtctmenf, from going into the-
free territories of New Mexico and Utah;
anti who voted against the bills ct'e:tt;ing_gov.
ernments for those territories, because they
contained no such prohibition.
These resolutions were reported before any-
nominations were made. And now the real
battle commenced. The conservatives insisted;
upon immediate action on the resolutions. and-
the rnilicirlsclaimed that the nominations should
be fir-st made, according tothe usual course OE‘
proceedings in such. conventions. Before any
definite action» was taken. there was an adjourn-
ment. until Friday morning. On the reassem-
bliugof the convention in the morning. it was
moved and clan-.ried, by a vote of 73 ayes, to 40
pays, torpostpone the consideration of the res.
olutions. and proceed to the nomination ofican-
ditlates for the various State offices.
The nominations were thereupon mails,
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