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.From the New Haven Palladium, 0}-(.1 2.
Ext-_ciution of Foot arid Mc_Cafl’rey.
This forenoon. tit. eleven o clock." In ‘he -lml
yard, near the public square, the sentence of the
law was executed upon two prisoners. namely:
James McCafl'rey and Henry Leander Foot.
Mc.Caffrev‘was, n. tive of Ireland, and con-
victed of the murder of Mrs.» Ann S_m3lll- 0"
East. Rock, near this city. Mrs. ‘Smith 5 hus-
band was also killed at the same time, and as is
niipfioserl by the same hand. Foote was a na-
tive of Northford. New HEIVPJI-.(':0_u'"y' '_”"l
wag convicted of the rnnrder of his little neice.
Emily Cooper, a promising child of about four-
teen years of age, upon wvlioin the prisoner
had committed another crime.
The prisoners were both thirty-eiglit years
gf ace.--Boll] seemed to be penitent, ‘_iut Mc-
Ciiffi-ey t.lie most so. lll0u‘_{ll he protested his
innocence to the last. They had WflfCl|e"5 M
their cell doors during the whole of last night.
,Foot sat up until one o'clock this morning. read-
He then retired and slept
until six o'clock. l’rcviously. li0Wt’V8|'. ll" UN‘
a lieartv supper sent him fioin tl:e Toiitiriei
‘mid smoked a spear with much appare.-it sati --
faction. His conversatioii at the-. time was very
13.-ely for a man in his coiiditioII- At 0310
o'clock, liaviug previouslvpaized his cell awhile
without speaking, he suddenly fell upon his
knees and made it very fervent and lengthy
pi-aver. c He lllPIl undressed and retired tori-ffdi
and immediately fell into ii sound sleep, \\ hile
thus reposiiig, as we learn from Mr. lxiiorlwiii,
one of the watch. i\lcCiiffi“ey was heard ter-
vently praying_ with his clergyiiian. l4 iither
O'Reilly, who appeared to question the prison-
er in the most rigid inaniier. \Vl1ethoi' be
made any coiitession of the guilt; of ihe inur-
der to his spiritual adviser. is not knowii——proba-
blv he did not. for Mr. 0'Reil|y Mild lb"! lf ill’
vyere guilty. the State had it. right to know
the facts as well as himself.
At four o'clock. Foot continued to sleep, and
still the voice of prayer was heard in McCall'-
rey's cell. At half past four Foot i‘ou;-ed_up.
asked the hour ofthe morning. and iininediate-
ly fell to sleep agriin. At five o'clock, Foot
was sleeping and McCaffrey praying.——About
this time Fatlier O'Reilly reiiia‘r|.cd to the
watch who appeared at the door. that lie was
glad to see f\‘lcCaf’l'rey il[)]i8‘.ll' so peniteut and
msigiied, The prisoner said he had a disease
ing and talking.
. abuut him, which would destroy his life in a
few moiitlis if the la w did not take it sooner-
he was as ready to go now as he should be
at any future time.
At 6 o'clock, Foot was iiwaked by his vy,-tcli,
when he ai'o.=.e, and i'eirrarked with iiiiicli se-
riousness, that he had “ slept. his last sleeib”
and was “dressing liinise-if forthe last time on
eai'tl1”—and he added that "‘ he put. his trust in
Jesus, and he hoped he would soon be with
him in heaven."
Soon after 9 o'clock, we eiitered his cell, and
found there the Rev. Mr. Bezirdslcy, of the
Episcopal Church. who has atteiided him cori-
stiintly of late—Rev. Mr. Searles of the ‘2d
M etiiodist. Church, Rev. Mr. 'l‘ownsenrl oftbe
Episcopal Church: Rev. Mi‘. Pease, Congrega-
tional, and Rev. Mr. Eddy of North Guilford.
All these gentlemen were very faithful in their
exaiiiination of the prisoner. The C.‘{Pl'(.‘l.~'(.‘S
were closed by very fervent prayers from the
' \Rev. Mr. Berirdsley.—'l‘lie Pl’l|_Y8l’S were cllitff
ly those in the Episcopal service which were
designed for prisoners under the sentence of
‘death. C These clergyinen were all very much
affected.
Mi]. O'Reilly, with his assistant. the Rev.
Mr. Lavin, now passed the cell towards Mc-
Caffrey‘s which last they entered. Here
prayer was continued for about. ii half an hour.
Fiither O'Rei||y leading. until his emotions he-
came too strong for his ut:terance._ and wipiirg
his streaining eyes. he paused, when Mr. La-
vin concluded ilieservicc. The prisoner kneel-
ed by his bed, his opened ha nd; pressed toge-.ili-
er. and his chin restiiig npoii his thumbs. His
responses appeared to be from his iuiiiost hl‘il rt.
The services being concluded. the Rev. Mr.
Strong of the C-rllege Street Church. who has
been nincli with Foot. 1ll'l'lV(‘(.l, and eiitered iii-
to coriversatioii with that prisoiier. Soon the
sheriff arrived with his assistiiiits, and the
prisoners were robed for the gallows. biWiH§.'
white gowns and white cups. The arms of
the prisoners were then fastened at the elbows
behind them with it strap and buckle and they
walked from their cells attended by the slicriff
and several of his deputies. by the clergy and it
few otliers. Foot seemed CUm[)O.~.‘ ed. lint poor
McCaffrey looked the picture of anguish. The
former ascended the scaffold and wins seated in
a chair iminedizitely under the rope. The lat-
ter was touched and asked to gr» forward. He
turned to father O'Reilly, saying. "you will go
with me, won't y0u"—-wlicn the Priest after a
few words and signs. stepped up the scaffold.
by the side if the prisoner, who kept his lips
moving. while uttering broker. seiiterices. siicli
as --have mercy .le.-u.-'——b|i-.-st=d be God." c\'c.
Both prisoners being seated. the Rev. M r.
Strong from the scaffulrl. addressed the Throne
of Grace in a short praver.
Some two or three hours before the time ap-
pointed for the execiition, the vicinity of the
jail w:istliroii,<_i_ed with people wliorii curiosity
had collected froin our own mid the neiglibor-
ing towns. A favv of them had tickets of ad-
"'iiiission to the jail yard. but by far the largest
number lll)§_'P.t’(‘.(l for hours without the re-
jiiotest. hope of lie.-aring or seeiiig anything that
was to transpire within. The street ii iid side-
walks iri front of the jail and oxtendiiig to the
south as far as Court street. mid I0 the HDI‘lli its
for as the dwelling of M r. Dwight, were left
clear by the military. and none without ticket-'
were allowed to pass.
At ten o'clock. those iiaving ticks-tstook their
Bltll'l()lt in the yard, ariioiirning in number to
about 300. The area ininredizitely around the
scaffold and the iiiis.-‘ages were kept clear by
the N.'if.ional B UPS, the Grays. and the 2d corps
of Governor's (z‘uards.
Every time the door of the jailor’s office
opened, all eyes were turned in that directioii
for the purpose of gcttirg ii first view of the
criminals; but expectation was as often dist‘. p-
pointed, until at about. a quarter before cleveii
o'clock curiosity was gratified. Sheriff Par-
malec \. as seen at; the door. the niilitary
slionldercd their muskets as be advanced down
the steps, followed by the criminals and their
atteiidaiits. All eyes were fixed on the dooin~
ed men, at d not a sound escaped from the
spectalors. The Sheriff, his pri:-‘oners, their
:-.oii'itual advisers, and Deputy Sheriffs Carr.
Bryan, \Vooster and Clarke, ascended the
steps of the sciiffold. the platform of which
wits some eigl.t feet from the ground. Then
.\I|'. Strung in :1 sul_)(lut-.(l mile and feeling mari-
ner then offered up it prayer.
The officers then strapped the feet of the
prisoners togetlier. after which M r. Carr ad-
justed the rope to the neck of Foote. while Mr.
Bryan performed the same service fior McCall'-
rey. The prisoners shook hands with several
on the platform.
They were evidently much agitate-.d. Foot
in it very low tone, and .wit.li a confused mari-
ner. spoke a few words to those present. whit.-.li
we could not very distirictly bear. but which
We believe to have been as follows :-—
" it had been my intention to deliver a short
address on this occasion. but if has been thought:
best not to do so. I will simply refer my friends
;o'the second edition of my work. 1 have but
to remark. as I stand upon the borders of two
. rivorlds, that I feel that my sins are forgiven,
and flint I have hope in Christ."
Those on the scaffold then took leave of the
-}t‘ls0l]8l'8, and all but deputy sherifi's Carr and
Bryan descended to the ground. These officers
drew the wliite.cirpsevei°‘the-farms of’ the guilty
ones,-who had now taken their last view of‘
' Foot's hands were then convulsively
clenched, while l\IcCiifi'rcy's were convulsively
ngieiied and i'i;,rirl!y fixed, the firigi-rs being
an:-own baclr The deputies drew the pins out
."
4;‘.
from the front of the platform. while the sheriff
removed the block from under the lower step
of tlie'~scafi'o|d, put his foot upon the step. the
rope connected with it removed the bolt. the
drop instantly fell, and in the twinkling of’ an
eye the two criminals were suspended by the
neck in the air. having fallen a little over six
feet-. Mc.Cafl‘rey scarce-ly moved at till after
he fell. but the legs of Foot swung back and
forth for a minute or two. Most of the spec-
tators were to ken soiiio-wliiit by surprise by the
sudden falling of the-Qli-op; not a word was
said. but each one. as ‘if instinctively. stepped
towards the scaffold, but all were kept in check
by the military. ‘
The bodies were suspended forty minutes.
when they were taken down. plotted in their
coffins. and taken away. Foot‘s for iiiterinent in
Nortliford by llteside of his mother, whose
death he also occasioned soon after‘ he killed
his neice. McCaffi‘i-y's body was taken for in
tcrinetit to the Catholic r-einetei'y. lt apperi r-
ed that his neck was broken. Fool's was not.
l‘hus ends this fearful tragedy. May the les-
son it le-acltes be profitable to all who witness-
ed it and all who riniy hear of it.
The 2:. eat:-.st pr ise is due to SlioriffParma-
lee for the most admirable rniinno-.r in which he
carried his painful duty iiiio cxcutinn. Tlieiir
Nlllgt‘-ln('Ill:-I were all very perfect. and t‘elle.(:l-
rd upon him and his assistants the highest
credit.
1
:,'ID
The Chicopee 'l‘clr=grapli states that near-
ly four hundred operative-s have been dis-
charged within the past week, or will be in
a f(.‘..r days, from the difliircnt mills in that
town. , The coporations have been compell-
ed to this stop by the high prices of cotton,
and are glut of the nltll(Pl, from the cnor
nious influx of Foricgn fabrics. Our good
Locofoco friends, if there be such among
those thus thrown out of employment, can
now see. and feel, and mz.rlr7'.w,ui/lihe precise
b anti I ifihe rarifl'of I846,and the sanction
they have bcstoived upon it tliroiigh their
votes ‘since its csiablislinicnt, rnust be a grate-
ful and pleasant refle,-ciion. VVc ask them a
qiicstion or two. Can you see the much
talked of antagonisin bctrvcen the interests
of the Corporations and the operatives, and
can you not see, that the papers which would
make you believe that your employers were
your enemies, your masters, and men who
are growing for on your poverty, lieil '3 And
now, olil operative for manufacturing Cor-
porations! ifycu persists in voting the bread
from your own months, decide for yourselves
whether you be fiiols or wise. ‘
S])’I'l7l_gfi£Ild Rep.
F zigilitrc Slave Zlfeelzing at the town II(Lll.—A
crowded meeting was held on Tuesday ave-
ning, of last iveck,in the Town Hall to
take into con.-irloration the operations of thc
new Fugitive Slave law. The incr-ting was
called together by_ rather an iiiflaniiimry
hand-bill which stated that the U. S. Mar-
shal was in town, doc. Mi‘. Rufus Elmcr
presided. The meeting took it very deci-
ded stand against the cxccution of the_ law.
and pledged itsclfto (lcfenrl the fugitive from
it. The resolutions passed, if we have been
correctly informed. would. without a great
stretch on the imagination, amonntto practic-
al nulification -—S}7')‘l7Ig/lL'li’.l Rap.
§,“I;’§PA private soldier in her Maje:-ty’s
l4tli Dragoon Rcgiiiicnt (:ll:‘tl‘,Q'F-.(l his Colo-
nel (King) with corvarrlirc for which The was
tried and flogged, after which, in the presence
of the regiment, he repcaterl the clinrzze in‘
the teeth ofhis Colonel. For iliis offence he
was scnrciiceil to seven years traiisportzition ;
butsir Cbiirlcs Napier not only pardoned
the solrlicr, but said that the 14th l'(‘.t_'llIli:l'll.,
in the battle referred to, would not have falt-
ered, if it had been properly lcd. This taunt
was too much for Col. King, who immediate-
ly blew his own brains out.
individirils have reccnrly piir-i_-based ii plot
(if ground near Cl€V(>'liltt(l, Ohio, coijtaining
275 acres, with a view of making it a site of
a Collffge, provided the mcans necessary to
erect the buildings rt-qriired can be l‘ltlS€‘.(l.\_.
Prof. Asa Mahan basacceptcd the Presiden-
cy of the lnstitntion, which is to be coridiictcrl
upon the plan of Dr. W.-ryl.rnrl, as reszarrls
the allowing of students to St'li'Ct lllr-'ll“0Wn
course of study. A young‘ larlii--s’Sr-.minai—V,
undo-r the charge of fe-rnalc Professors is -to
he rsiablislierl in the vicinity ofihe College
in order to r_iivr-. the pupils in it the advantage
of scientific lectures.
.
§I§’Sarriu«.=l C:)l[Of H:irtford has instiltitr->.(l
a suit for damages to the amount of $3000
against the Massaclitisctts Arms Co of Chi-
copee, for an allr-ged infringciiiciit of his pat-
ent for revolving pistols. lt was'to‘scrvc the-
writ in this case, that caused the _Dl‘(‘SPltCP
here on Tucsrlziy of the U S. Marshall,
which was rnarle to scrve so irnpnrtant a part
in getting up an inrlignaticn I'D’ cling agzaiiist
ibc Fngiivic Slave Law. 'l'licrc is rca-son to
believe that the fact that the Marshall had no
rvarraiit for the arrest ofa fugitive or ftigztives
was known to those concerned in the issus of
Ill? infl-‘=11!-itory band-bill before it was
print.er'l.-— Spi'i-nizffield Rep.
Bis/zap I12/glans Zllilllt.’ A-2-cliliis}in7i.—W'e
unrlr-island that by a bricfofPope. lX., dated
the l9 ofluly, the Sccof New York has
bi‘-on erected, at the request of the late Pro-
vincial Council of Bilrimore, into an Arch-
episcopal Sr-9., with the Sees of Boston, Hart-
ford, Albany and B-ifliilo, as Sufiiagmi Sees_
By this the Right Rev. Bishop Huges is, of
course, elevated to the dignity of Arch-
bishop.
ii?’ Br-own’s Hotel VV~.iterbury tool: fire
on the 29th, and for a few minutes the en-
tire destruction of the blllltllng was ih,-eaten.
ed- '1 be fire originated in the furmincc, but
by the prompt aid of the firemen and
citizens, it was checked with small damage
to the building, furniturc,'&c.
Tremendous Hiiil Slorm.—-On Friday of-
tornoon of last week, Pittsburgh was visited
with a tremendous hail storm, accompanied.
by vivid lightning and heavy thunder. 'l'hi.-T’
hail stones yaried in size from nine to four-
teen inches, weigliingupwards of one pound.
Several persons were more or less injnred.—-
lt is supposed that one-twelfth oftbe glass in
Pitiburgh and Allegbany city was broken.
3%: Governor Gtnitnian, it is said, is about
to issue his proclainiation to convene the
State Legislature of Mississipi on the 20th
of October,the nullifiers however, will doubt-
less find himselfin the minority.
{jg-Robert Steiihenson, the great Engin-
eer. and the projector oftbe Brittanic 'l‘ubu-
fused it.
-o-_.
New Collcge.——A company of benevolent
Arrival of the Cambria‘ at...H_a_liIax.
The British Mail Steamship Carnbria, with
forty through passengers, and terrto Halifax,
arrived at seven. o'clock on 'l‘h'urs‘daY m°"“
ing, it dense fog prevailing at the time. , She
reports constant liead winds through the voy-
age. -
Germmig/.—The Germans have been oc-
ciipicd the last week with the sudden and
precipitate flight oftbe Prince of Hesse Cas-
scl. Disputes havingnoccurred between the
Prince and the Chamber, as to his right‘ to
impose taxes without the consent of the latter
and the people having obtained the sanction
of the illegal taxes irnposeal by the Govern-
ment, the Prince found the place too hot to hold
him, and fled. The Hcssfins apacared t0 bi?
getting on very well without the Elector or
or his infatuated Ministers, and it is said to
he probable that other States will shortly fol-
low the-ir exaiiiple.
England -—-lt is stated on the authority of
the corrcsponrlent of the London Herald,
under date Paris, Thursday c-venin2',tl'iatar-
rt-ngments are on foot between Spain on the
one side, and England, France and Holland
on the other, by which Spain and on condi-
tion of having Cuba protcctrd by the joint
action of those powers, engaged to pay the
debt due by her to English, French and
Dutch creditors.
France —'l‘hc only important political in-
cident ofzlie week has been the discovery of
an Orlcanis plot. The documents connec-
ted with it, whilst they do not appear to im-
plicate any person, afforded the Paris and
London press food for very long editorials.
The "President returned to Paris and his
tour is said to be attended with brilliant suc-
cess Some of his friends have commenced
to aizitatetbe question of allowing him an-
otlier 3,000,000 francs for his personal ox-
penditures. The proposition meets with lit-
tle favor ; in coiisi.-quence of which he has,
it is said, come to the deterniiiiarion of mak-
ing no further progress this season.
Mass Whig ‘.‘0nvcntion._
BOSTON, Tuesday. Oct. 1.——At the Whig
Convention at Worccstr-rr to day, Jenny Lind
received one vote for Lieut. Governor‘. The
Speakers in the afterrioon denounced the
Fiigiiive Slave bill in no ineflsnrcdtei’rns.—
Judge Barton said that he held itin c.xr-cra-
iion, and that no law that (lid away with
those two great bulrvarks of Liberty, the trial
by Jury and the /ialiccts corpus act, could be
sustained l]t:l‘P. There is great excitement,
both here and at \Vorcestr-r,relative to the
rr-claimation ofFugitivc Slaves. At VVor-
cesii-,r iii-0 Slave owners are prowling about
with a view of catching some fugitivcstliere
The citizens generaly express adcterniination
not to permit any to be taken away. A-.large
number of Fiigiiive Slaves in this city met
last evening at Rt'V. Mr Snowden’s church
and appoiritr-.rl a committee in concert measur-
es in prr-vent their recapture. There are
now about 300 Fugitive Slaves in this city,
many of whom are in business and have
families.
M.-iss/icuusi~:'r'rs.—Tlic \-Vliig Stare Conven-
tion which assembled at \Vorcester on Tues-
day, the lst, without one dissenting voice,
Resolved. That Miissiicliusetts avows her un-
!lllt'l'iIlll6 do-.terniiiiiiIion to maintain all the
prirclples and purposes which she has in titties
past affiiiiieil in relation to the Extensioii o
Slavery; and the measure of success which
has attended her exertioiis is it new iiicentive to
coiitiiiiie and per‘.-‘eve-re in all coristitiitioiiiil ef-
forts. till the great and good work shall be ac-
complislied and perfected.
Resolved, That is the duty of all true friends
of Freedom, in and out of Coiigness. to watch
the prngri-ss of the present Fr'ee Territories of
Nmv Mexico and Utah, and to favor the adop-
tion of all practicable mea.-tires to secure their
early admission as States into the Union with
Constitutions like that of their elder and free
sister Ciiliforniii. "T ~
TUI\'.\‘I-‘.l'. THROUGH Tar. BL!-'1-I Rinor: Moos
'rAi.\'.——'l'he great. tunnel through tiio Blue
Ridge has been fairly comtiieiiced. The work-
men have excavated about 70 feet of the main
rnnnr-.| on the western side of the mountain,
and their progress thus far has been entirely
througli slate rock. As only nine men are able
to work at it time, although they work day and
ni_«.v,lit. it will require four or five years before
this collossal work is co.-npleted. It will then
be a inonniiient of Virginia otiterpi'ise_. and a
fiiuntaiir of trade and prosperity. which cannot
be SlJl'l>a:§~‘9(l by any siiiiila r work on this con-
tiiiei‘it.——Ricli./izond (Vic) Rcpzlblican, Scp. _14.
33;. Hon David Wilmot, who has for the
last six years represcnted the Twelfth Con-
gressional District of Pennsylvania has dc-
clined to be a candidate for l'et:lPCllnD.—-
Mr. Lowery, the Di-rnocrazic canrlirlate nom-
iniitml against him, has also ivitlidraivn from
the field, and G A. Grow, Esq, former law
partner ofMr. Wilmot. and a strong Proviso
man, is now the regular noniimee of the
Democratic party.
%- A. B. Miillory’s paper mill, in New
Haven, was burnt on the 25th uli. Fire
s -pposed to have been caused by the sponta-
ncous combustion of some stock. Loss esti-
mated at about $12000, on which there was
an insurance of 7000.
E’ The Georgia Representatives in Con
gross communicated to the gwcrnor ofrhat
State in rvriting their opinion that he ought
not to call 21 Convention. The Legislators-
meets before the Convention, and the Savan-
nah Reiiublican suggests that the law antho-
trizinq it will be repealed before the delega-
es assemble.
3%. Large quantities of brown free stone,
from the quarries in- Portland Connecticut,
are used in New York city for facing edifices,
and so great is the deniand for the article that
the supply is estimated not less than six ves-
scl loads per day. It brings from l4 to 16
cents afoot, and gives constant employment
to at leafs six hundred stone critters, who are
occupied in dressing and finising it.
33-’ The Lowell Courier says that it has
been decided to reduce the Z1-’.'lllfll business
operations of three of the manufacturing cor-
porations of that city, about one half‘, viz, the
Suffolk, I-lainilton, and Appleton Mills.
8%» It is estimated that l50,000 Mormons
have emigrated from England to the United
States, most of thi-m men of some substance,
from Whales and the Northern and Eastern
parts of England. '
;
A " Great” Disunion meeting was
held at Natchez, Miss., on the 13th instant,
lar Briilge, it appears by the late English pa- at which one hundred and twenty persons t
pr:-rs, has Leon offered knigliibood and has re. were pl“.‘.*‘elil.Of whom a majority were oppo-‘ cent is coming, which in part at least explains
sad to the object and attracted "by ctnioeiry. 1 ,
Arrival of the Cherokee.
$ 1,000,000 in Gold Dust—'Sacramento Still
Stand-ing-'-The troubles Quieled.
NORWALK ;GAZETTE.
TUESDAY. OCT. 8, 1850-
The J. S. Mail steamship Cherokee, Capt
Windle, of Howland db Aspinwall’s line,
reached her wharf about 8 o'clock on Satur-
day morning. ']‘he,Cherokee left Cliagres ,
on Wednesday Sept. 2:’.
The Cherekce brings two weeks later v
news from all parts of California, Oregon, P
and the Pacific Ocean and coast. The steam- ,,
having left San Francisco Sept. lst. She
had on board 300 passeiisfers.
The Oregon brought down $1,500,
000 in gold dust. on her freight. list. The
steamship Republic sailed from San Francis-
co on the 1st ult., about four hours before the
sailing of the Oregon, with 150 passengers
and $400,000 in gold dust.
The steauiship Northerner sailed from
San Francisco on the .31st of August, with
200 passengers and a large amount of gold
Whjg State Convention.
The \Vhigs of‘ Connecticiii are hereby notified
int :1 State Coiiveni_ion will be held in tlie_city of
Hartford on Wt-.oivi-:sii.w. viii: 13:11 on or No-
rziiiaiza NEXT, at I0 o'clock in the forciiiion for the
nrpose of nominatiniz a ticket for Stateotlicers.
The Whig Town Coiiiiiiittces are requested to
all meetings iimiiediately for the appointnieiit of
er Oregon arrived 8% Panama on the lslh lllt. Delegotesto said Convention. eqii:il_to double the
number of licpresetitativcs to which the several
towns are entitled in the General A-tseiiibly.
The Committee appeal with C0llfitlPltce to the
\Vliigs throughout the State. to see that their respec-
tive towns are fnllv represent:-d'
A. G. HAZARD.
JOHN C Ht)l.LlS'l‘P.R.
AMOS VV. PRENTICE.
CIIARIJ-‘.S IS.-\A1‘S. }
I DAN!-‘OR'l‘ll (THILDS, State
G. H. I-lItl..LlSTl~‘.R,
HORA"ECl.ARK, '
GEORGE M. ivtzs, J
Hartford. September 14, 1950.
‘Nliig
Couiuiittee
dust. She made only two landings-at Aca-
pulco and Realojo, and reached Panama in
21 days and 8 hours. in coming out of
San Franci.-co she ran against a rock, which ,
daniage, besides friglitcning the passengers
very much. Somc 30 of the passengers left
her at Rcalcjo, intending to cross over to
San Juan in the Atlantic.
The rcportso generally credited just as
the previous steamer li-ft San Francisco, that
the City of Sacramento had been consumed
by fire is, we are happy to state, without
louridution.
Business at that place never was better.
At the departure oftbe last steanirer, the
squatter troubles in Sacramr-nio were at their
liighi, and the intelligence will no doubt have
produced in the United States much alarm
and constcrriation. We are happy in being
able to state that the disturbances almost
wiroly ceased after the first outbreak. The
first accounts, as is usually the case, somewhat
exagg -rated the number both oftbe killed and
of tlic. couibatanis. The .‘qUitll.t?fS fled in a
short time after the first difficulty in the street
Some oftbe riiigleadcrs were arrcsicd,aii(l
they are now awaiting their trial in prison.
A fcw days after the light in Sacramento,
Snrcrill l\cKiniii-y was killed in uttcinpriri-__r
to :;i‘i‘cs.t a man named Allcn,onc of the
leaders of the Squattcr party. Allen though
wounded in the :-ilfray, succeeded in making
his escape, and is now in the vicinity of Pia-
ccrvillc. Rumors prevail in Silct:lm€Ill.O
that a band of some 400 arined men are now
in the vicinity of Weaver-svrllc, prcpziriri,-._r to
make a (lcsccrit on Sucraiiierito for the pur-
pose of srcuriiig the pl'l>.'Ott6l'S. The anrhori.
ties, although not ziitacliiiig much credit to
this story, have sent spies out in that dirt-c'
iion, and have rcrlonblcd their precautions-.
lt is impossible that any attempt will br-
made, however as the deinonstration made
by the citizens of both Sacramr-nto and San
Francisco on the occasion of the outbre.al.',
must have convinced the irifafuated men that
successful resistance to the law is eniinly
hopeless. We are glad to say that the
wounds received by :\’lujoI' Biglorv in the
alfray are not likely to terminate fatally-—
It is said that his physicians now_ entertain
llOpt‘S of his rccovcry.
A large number ofCbilians and l\/lexicaiis
have left. the country in consequence of the
law compelling theui to take out licen.-es to
mine and business in the San Joquin district
has suffered in consequence; but, neverthe-
less, the mining operations are still prosecut-
ed with industry and success. In the Mari-
posa mines steam inacliiiieryhas been brought
into requisition in crushing the quartz rock,
and the result promises amply to reward
those engaged in the enterprise. The Stock-
ton and Aspinwall mines have been suffic-
icnily tested to give strong assurance of un-
bounded success. Several companies have
recently been started for the purpose of
crushing the quartz rock, and several -crush-
ing machinos'have been ordered.
The emigrants continue to arrive in large
ounibcrs, and forthe most part‘in great des-
stutition.
Arrival of the Georgia from
Clmgrcs.
$200,000 in Gold Dust.
The Georgia arrived Sunday.-evcnin;:. in
7}_rlays running time from Chagres via ‘Ha-
vana, leaving the latter port on the evening
of the. 2.] of Oct. with the Uilllfolllla mails
and pa:'SI*.tIgt‘l'S A number of passengers
and specie. to the amount of $500,000. des-
tined for her, had not reached Cliagrcs at the
time of her di-partnre with the mails
The Oregon and Northerner steainers
were at Panama and the Republic daily ex-
cxpc-cted. A-number of passengers, say 300
had landed at Realcjo from the steamers
and sailing V£.’.~SE‘lS. intended to try the Nica-
gue route homeward. The Empire City
was at Chragrcs when the Georgia left.
The sickness bosh cholera and fever, had
entirely disappeared from the Isthmus.
Brit litt.e sickness prevails in Havana-
Thc new Govt‘-rnor General was daily ox-
pertel wi:li 5,000 troops from Spain. The
militia we-re reviewed by the Goveruor—Gen-
cral and disbanded on the 23d.
The “ Georgia” brings a full cargo of to-
bacco and cigars-—and her passengers have
at least $200,000 in dust.
Axoriiica AF!-‘llAY.—Otl the 16th August
another :1 ffrav lietweeii the authorities and the
Sql]llll.e"S took place in which Shcrifl‘ McKin-
ley was killed and a Capt. Brurlford wounded.
Three Squalters were killed. and one or more
woiindcd, and four taken prisoners.
By tl'ie.a‘rrival on Saturday and Sunday last
oftlie tliree stpiiniei'=. tho Err pire City. the
Cherokee and the Georgia $3,000,500 in gold
has been translated from the Pacific to the At-
lantic coast.
Paris, but went to Cologne, in Germany,
where he was at once recogniizerl, and could
not, for love or mnnr-y, procure any public
conveyance to take him or his baggage to a
hotel. Tlte police had finally to interfere,
and provide him with the means of getting a
lodging.
I
Tha7zksgiving.—'Fhe Governor of Massa-
chusetts, with the proper advice and consent,
has appointed Thursday the 28th day of next
month, as the day for the annual general
Thanksgiving in that Commonwealth. t
fig.» Western Railroad stock has gone uP
0 $103 per share. A dividend of four pa’
:1
lie risé.
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carried away ‘her bowsprit, and caused other the
ainendnicnt relating
rlisciint. to make arrangeirients for being pres-
cut
gentlemen, are invited to meet at the Tmvn
House. on the evening of Thursday. the 31st
of October, inst., at 7 o'clock. for the purpose
of fisiiig upon the time of such a m-lebralion,
3% Haynmi after leaving England did appointing ii Coiriniittee of Arraiigo-nieiits. and
not carry out his orginnl intention Bf‘ visiting of adopting \\'llfllPVt'l' lllPtt!~'Ul'.9S that may be
‘ necessary for carryiii,r_v the design into effect.
which began its session on Tuesday of last
week. has done but little business—the peti-
Lewis Jones. was granted. Some two or three
Brid-5ei.ort cases, assigned for Tuesday and
Wednesday, not having been ready, were
brown out by the Judge._
Housatonic R...R. Co. assigned for Thursday
last. is still in the course of trial. ‘
for assault and battery, is down for 'Wednes-
Town Meeting.
At the meeting on Monday liist,,for the ap-
iointnic-nt: of Assessors and Board of Relief.
following gentlemen were chosen, to wit :-
For
John A. \Veed’
Assessors.
faliiniuel Richards,
J. Comp. Jr, Stephen Smith,
- \Vm. S. Lockwood.
Board of Relief.
Asa E. Smith. Eli B. Bennett,
Joseph \V.l-lnbbell, Henry Selleck.
Hni'vey Peuiioyer.
For the Constitntioiiiil ameiidments. but a
inciigre vote was polled—:is follows:—On the
to Justices, 54 Yes, and 4
N . ‘
On that relating to Judges of Probate, 51
Yes, and 5 N .
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A Special Meeting wits also held, for the
purpose of coiiveyiiig to the Danbury and Nor-
walk Railroad Co.. a piece of ground, known
as the Ship Yard, lying on the line of said
Road, at ii point selected for the Freight house,
turntable. &c., just below the Coal Yard.
RAILROAD DI-2P0‘l'.—A spot for the Depot
at this end of the line has been fixed upon
without. so far as we know. any diversity of
opinion on the subject. A more central and
suitable place could not have been selected. It
is near, or on the very spot, where the Engiiio
House, now stands, opposite the Norwalk Hotel.
The line of the road is between the Norwalk
Hotel and Tlioiiias' Building, and as the sur-
face oftlie~ground neat’, and at the crossing of
the turnpike is coiisizleralily above grade, a
trench will be cut and lii-irlgerl over from Ste-
plien.~'.' stables to the Depot—the trains passing
under the road and the Depot being built over
the track, after the maniier of the Station
House at New Roclielle, on the N. Y. and
N. H. Road. The Freiglit House, \Voorl
Sheds, (Site. will be, as we uiiderstand the
ai'i'ai-geirieirt, on the dock below the coal yard.
All these local matte-.rs. about wliicli tlierc has
been, perhaps unnc-ces.-‘ai'ily. to some cxtciit. a
degree 0ff0Vel'lSl1llC.SS, have been siitisfactorily
disposed of.
A inee-ting of the Coininissioners is to be
held at Danbnry, on the 15th insf.. at which.
the holders of the and along the line, have
been cited to appear, if they see cause.
Ground liiis been broken near Hubbell's Hill.
we understand, and the work of building the.
‘We also learn that Mr.
road actually be-gun.
Board, one of the contractors, ‘aft home last
week, with the intention of contracting for the
rail.
Our friends at the other end of the line have
also, after some siispense and ciii'iiest advocacy
of rival interests, located their depot. It is to
be on the lot fronting Main Street. owned by
N. H." \Vildnian. Esq.
Foote, Esq. and the south end oftbe Borough.
The particular locality of this depot is not yet
determined.
The 200th A Ivnivcrsary of the Set-
tli-ment of Norwalk.
The Spring of 1851 completes the Second
Century since the setllemont of Norwalk.
There should be it celebration ofihat event,
and on it liberal and worthy scale. such as will
satisfy the inhabitiiiits and do honor to the t.owii.
The descendants of all ilio early families
should be invited back to join in the celebra‘
lion. There should be a well prepared histor-
cal address.
A Dinner should be provided under tents or
booths on the green; perhaps the Yale Col-
lege coriiiiieiicenieiit tents might be obtained
for the occasion. After dinner. there should
be a time for speeches, toasts. friendly greet-
ings, renrinisces, and making ucquiiinlances.
A second day should be held for the. gather-
ing of the several families in all their bi':‘iiiI.-hos.
As the precise spot where each original family
first settled is now ascertaiiied. and as they all
are contiguous to each other. it niight not br-
aiiiiss to visit them in procession. with such ad-
ditional ceremonies as may give iiitercst to the
scene.
If anything like this is to be done, time will
he ieqiiired to make prcpai'ation,niid to send
out iiivitatioiis in season to those who are far
The citizens of Norwalk. both ladies and
At the request, and in behalf of
MANY Crrizi-:.\‘s.
THE Sort-zaioa Couirr-—Judgc Ellswor!/i—
ion of Amanda J. Jones, for it divorce from
Chapman vs.
David Comstock, Jr. vs. Nehemiah Gregor ,.
ay of this week.
Tlie access to the cars
from Main st. will be by it flight of steps.-
Anotlier stopping place has been tlgrt-ed upon
somewhere between the residence of David
Ni-:w iY.,0‘BKi, Octobei»"5. 1850.
Every attempt to settle political questions
in this country upon any other basis than that
of right and justice must in the end fail. It
may be possib'e for 8 time to compel an out-
ward observaiice of an unjust law by operating
upon the pecuniary fears of the people i
——for conscience is timid andwill make large
sacrifices of principle to avoid “. agimiioiiiv_bug
soon the national conscience enlightened and ’
aroused by free discussion, will re-assert its
supremacy and the love-ofjusticc will triumph
over the love of gain. \Vi-ong cannot long
usurp the place of right in a loud of Churches’
and School Houses—-of free speccli and free
press. Truth and Justice will in the end bea|'
st 'ay. - "
These remarks aresiiggestcd by the recent
surrender of James Hamlet, in this city, to a
Southern nian—-owner, under the law for the
recovery offugitive slaves passed by Congress
at its last session. It was the first attempt
made to enforce the law in free Stars, and if
we were to judge of the state of public feeling
6.: opinion in ot.lier parts ofthe country by what
it is here, it will be the lust. Junt look at this
case. In the morning, James Hamlet was a
free laborer. peaceably and quietly earning an
honest livelihood for himself and his family;
before night. he was in chains on his way to
. the city of Baltimore, tlierc to become the
tenant of :i slave-pen until some dealer in
liuiiiiin flesh and blood could sell him iita “good
profit" in a more Southern market. He had
comniittcd no crime; he had violated no law.
VVhilc~ engaged in his usual cinplovmi-nt he
was civilly invited by an officer to go to the
City Hall to be a witness. \Vithout suspect-
irig any danger he complicd with ‘lie officer’:
request. but on arriving there he was taken
before an obsciire coiiiniissioiier in’an obscure
corner of the City Hall. and upon the testimony
of two \vitiresscs—slrangers to all prescnt—-
wiis '.ni'i'ciidei'ed up to the agent. of the pre-
tended ow ner. The papers had been prep.'ii'c(l,
the liaiidculfs were ready, the decision of the
coiimiissioiioi' was made just before the train of
cars lift for Pliitadcliliia. and Hanilet was
ltltI'l'lPtl off in chains to a life-long bondage.
The work was quickly done. It required but
two short hours to convert a free man into a
cliattle—to bland slavery on the brow where
God had stamped his own image! The right
ofirizil by jury was denied him. I-lecould not
even i'evii=.w the decision of the commissioner.
His life, my more than life, his liberty and
riglit to live a man, rested upon the arbitrary
judgiriciit of Mr. Comiiiissioncr Gardiner. and
from it there was no appeal.
ls it any wonder that public indignation was
aroused iigaiiist the law and all who aided to
eiifiice it I Then the cry of repeal was raised
and the solemn vow made to “agitate and
agitate" until the foul blot was wiped from our
statute book? No ! your Daniel VVebst.ers
may point. to the Coiistitiition requiring us to
surreiider fugitive sliive-s.——your Moses Stuarts
and whole Colleges oi Theological Pi'ofcssors
may flood ilieconntry with drill pamphlets upon
the duty of l\'ortlierii citizens to become
“ inen-cati:liei'.-i” for their Soiitliern brcthrcn ;
they
will' as in days past obey that " higher law"
but they will not heed their counsels ,
They will never consent that an industrious
citizen in their m‘dst, l)e lie wliiie or black,
t-.'l]‘<lll be torn from his family. rbllhfid of his
liberty, and siirrendcred to the lash of a South-
rrn master. But enough of this for the pre-
sent. and now a few words on other infitters.
The proceedings of the late \Vliig State
Convention at Syracuseiii-e still discussed with
spirit, and ti consirleriible degree of ill feeling.
The seceders have issued an address in which
they attempt to jnstfy their witlidrawal from
the Convention; but they liavo by almost com-
mon consent utterly failed in making it defina-
ble ciise. The address coiicedi-s that the con-
vention was properly constitute-d, that the imm-
inalioiis were fairly ma-le and that the condi-
dates iire uni-xceptionable \Vliigs; but object:
to certain resolutions as not eniliodying the
views and priiicipies ofilie party in this State.
Suppose this to be so—then all that the sece-
ders have to do is to elect the ticket this fall—-
a ticket to which not one oftliein takes any
exceptions—siiid next your repeal the ob-
jcctionnl resolutions and pass such others as
sliall more truly represent the principles of
the \Vhig party. That the honorable
course for llicm to pursue; and by so doing all
jfl
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they constitute ii majority in this State.
But. if is just here that the difficulty lies.
They are in ii small minority. and they know
that to -99 the fact. lt is it lying pretence on
their part that the resolutions adopted and ap-
proved of by a niajoriiy of \Vlrig.-. by the help
wliei'e-oftliey hope to escape the odium which
attaclies to their factions and disorgiinizing
course. For. look a_t:_ihe facts The two,res-
olutions c0l’t(lt'lllne(l by,tlicse secoders were
those approving of the course of Senator Sew-
ward and declaring it as the unniterable deter-
mination oftbe Whigs oftliis State to resist cv: :-
more the extension of Slavery. Now. \Villiam
H. Seward has been thrice the \Vliig Cilntlitlafo
for Governor of this State, and thrice elected
to that office by lure majorities. There has
never been any concealinent of his views and
principles on any political question, and least
of all on that of Slavery. He has on all proper
occasions avowed himself the champion of
human freedom, and the determined foe of
The people eiidorso him and his
principles by making him Governor for four
years. Finally a vacancy occurred in the U.
S. Senate when the Whigs were in a large
majority in the State. and after a warm con-
test, Mr. Seward was selected as ‘their candi-
date by a vote ofalmost four to -one in caucus.
and afterwards received the united support of
the party in the Legislature, and was elected.
This was followed up by tl. still furtheran-
dorscment at the \Vhig State Cpnvention in
1849. And yet. forsoofh. because his com-59
is once more commended in the year 18.50, the
party has left the old platform and is dissolved. .
1 think it can hardly be dissolved by the edict
Oi Duel‘. GI'iUigei' 66 Co. The rank and file
have something to say about that.
The 0539033038 of the s_eceders to. the anti-
salvery resolutions are just as iiicer-igf-stag; and
Slavery.
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which God has written on every human heart.-
their objects will be attained if. as is presumed,
Norwalk Chronicler