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Arrivat of the Asia-
“A The Cunard steamer Asia arrived at New
York at 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning,
after a passage of less than 11 days from
Liverpool. « _
The Political news presents no new fact
of much importance.
f The Pacific, made the voyage out in 11
days notwithstanding she had very boister-
ous weather.
' ' The Asia arrived otit (not stopping at
Halifax) in l0§ days, or as the English pa-
pers say, deducting the difference in longi-
tude, 10‘ days 7 hours.
The Washington arrived outat Southamp-
ton on the 5th inst., after a passage of 15
days. ,
The fighting in Schleswig Holstein is
kept up with great violence.
It was reported that England, France,
Austria and the German States had decided
in favor of Denmark, and would inform
the Duchies that they uiust refrain from fur-
ther hostilities. _
General Haynau is said to be under ar-
rest in his own home. -
On Monday Oct. 7, Liverpool was visited
by one of the most violent galcs ever experi-
cnccd for some time puss. On Sunday,
shortly before midnight, the wind commen-
ced blowing ratherfrcsh from the North-west
accompanied at intervals wi_th heavy rain —
the wind increased until Monday morning,
when it raged with great violence, amount-
ing to a great gale.
The storm was feltseverly in London, and
it had such an influence on the tide in the
Thames that the vessels in the pool were left
aground.
There had been no change in the price of
cotton since the sailing of the previous
steamer.
There has been rather more doing in
Goods and Yarns at steady prices, in conse-
quence of the improved demand for India.
lndian Corn has been in more request this
week ata slight advance.’
Steamer Seizerl—-A-not/zer Ezprditiion A/bat
-—VVe learn that some fortnight since the
steamer Apurc, Capt. Wakefield, built at
Phildelphia, and destined as was supposed
for Venzuela, left Philadelphia secretly in
the night without clearing at the Custom
House and without papers. Accordingly
orders were dispatched by telegraph to all
the Southern ports to seize her in case she
should enter any one of them. Finally, on
the 13th iiist., a stress of weather compelled
the Captain to put into Wilmington, N. C.,
in a very_.—,badly damaged condition. There
the prosecution commenced against her com-
for violating the revenue laws. VVe under-
stand that she did not belong to Venzuela and
was not designed for that country From lllt-'
the best information we can obtain (and this is
by no means precise) she was on her way to
St. Domingo and is supposed to have been in-
tended foranexpediiiou against Cubu.of which
thator sortie other VVt=st l'l(llZ1 lslund is to be
the relying place. VVhen she was seized
there were no arms nor military stores on
board of her.—- Tribune.
The Indians are pouring down the
Valley of the Rio Grande, in great numbers,
and coinuiiting already some terrible mur-
ders, according to the latest advices thcnce.--
The people of Texas apprehending a gene-
rallndian War and appreciating the value have
little or nothing to say about Disunion now,
and even the dcmagogues among tltcui havi-
let the hibby go, in view of the toniahawk
and scalping kinfe brandishetl in the faces.
But these sziiiagbs must be met at once, and
driven back, by the Government Il‘OOpS—-
once give them 21 foothold on the Lower Rio
1C)}rziln(l, and it will cost millions to drive theui
CLICK.
Court of Ilfzzgistm/cs, PI'0?:i.'le7lCe, R. I.-—
On Saturday last, Albeit VV. Snow, Cashier
ofthe Met-liariics and lllanufiicturcis Bank
was arraigned upon the complaint of Sylva-
nus G. i'vlai'tin, for ernbezziing the funds of
that institution, to the value of $50,000.-
Since the warrant was issued the deficit has
been ascertained to be much larger. 'l‘he
respondent waived an examination, and was
required to find surety in 825,000, to appear
before the Court of Common Pleas, in Do-
cember next, and in default of bail was com-
niiitcd.
- J\-”ctcspa])cr Dog.——'l‘he Albany Knicker-
bocker boasts of a dog“ connected with that
office,” who excels in sagacity all other
newspaper dogs recently noticed. He be-
longs to one the carriers and was in the daily
habit of accoinp-inying his inaster, and serv-
ed upwards of six hundred papers. The
carrier was taken sick the other day and
could not carry his route, butthe dog under
took the duty, and, accompanied by an office
boy, stopped at the house ofevery subscriber
Strange to say, he did not miss a subscriber,
and in this respect he showed himself more
faithful than some biped carriers.
£3?’ The Charleston Mercury is so indig-
nant that Jenny Lind -has any connection
with Barnum, that thinking that she “is re-
sponsible for the company she keeps,” it
would prefer she should not coineto Charles-
ton at all, rather than come under his guid-
ance; for, it says. “ VVe havcabjurcd Yan-
kee coastci's——it seems to us that Barnum
comes unoer that rule.”
B:,F'The freight business on the New
York and New Haven Railroad is increasing
ver_y_rapidly. The New Haven Palladium
says it understanrsthat the Company have
ordered Iwo /L-undrgrl freight cars, to actom-
moclate this growing branch of their busi-
ness.
flfi’ The delegates to the Whig State Con-
Veflllml {mm New Haven, are——James F,
Biibcock l-1ora- D N-ih p .1; j_ d
Edwardil. San(f:rd.ay’ (1 an eh , I an
Barn Burned.-—VVe learn from the Dan.
bury Titties, thata barn belonging to Mr.
Chas. Rider of that town, was destroyed by
fire, on Tuesday the 22d inst, It W53 fined
with hay and grain, and the loss must be
300 or $400- There are intimations that it
was set on fire.
Lake Superior to Liverpool rlirect.——The
Chi-«rago Journal says that the brig Mines-ota
has been chartered by gentleman of that city
to take a cargo of copper to Liverpool; in
special permit having been obtained to pass
down the St. Lawrenc.
ms’ The census of Buffalo is completed.-
The total is 42,266, some 8000 less than was
i ’ ' ate‘d.
1 ' AA? ‘.4.
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The New York Tribune publishes the follow-
ing extract from a letter written by Dr. Kane,
the head of the Scientific Department of the
Expedition, from Liuicuster Sound, of Cape
Hurd, Aug. 24, 4 P. M.:
‘E [t will gratify you to learn that in spite
of our unfortunate detention in the ‘F middle
icc,”. we are among the very foremost upon
the scene of our labors. We are in advance
of both branches of Com Austin’s squadron,
in advance of Sir John Ross, and Capt.
Penny, of the “ Lady Franklin,” is but five
miles on our weather how.
The crew are, thus far, in excellent health,
and the officers are in the daily enjoyment
of the good things which your liberality has
provided; and all are ardently desirous to
sustain the reputation of the Expedition
which bears your name.”
The Lrwzd of Myste1‘y and Gcms.—ltt,is
stated that Col. Gaines, of Texas, is about to
head an exploring expedition to the Gila.—--
Somewhere near the junction of the Colora-
do of the West with that river, is a sandy
rcgion,scantily supplied with brackish water,
and backed by sharp ,mountains, never
scaled by the foot of the white man, and this
_there is some reason for believing to be the
“emerald fields" of the Aztec princes. Gov.
Bercmcndcz once bought a handful of glit-
tcring chrystals of an Indian from that sec-
tion ol the Gila country. After sonic years’
delay it occurred to him to submit those
beautiful specimens to a French lrpidary in
Mexico, and after some hesitation and debate,
in the course of which Gov. B began to
suspect their value, and ten thousand dollars
was offered and received for these precious
stones. The purchaser went. to France with
them, and Gov. Beremendez made an at-
tempt to penetrate the exact situation of the
country whence they were brought, but the
Indian hostilities in that quarter, and his own
death, ended the quest. Col. Gaines was
his friend, and it is thought has some clue
which leads him to attempt, almost single-
handed, what the United States engineers
have neglected to accomplish—-a route along
the north bank of the Gila, as fair as it is
navigable, and an examination of the nature
and capabilities of the unexplored Centralia,
south of the Mormon territory. The coun-
try bctwecn the Colorado and Gila is rich in
mystery, mines, and dangers, and the enter-
prising Gaines may have wonders to relate
if he lives:to record his discoveries.
.Nort/tern Coa.sters.—\Ve have given our
unqualified approbation to the determination
of the planters in various parishes, to em-
ploy no inore Northern coasters, and we
deem it a fortunate thing that the first in-
stance in which this resolve has been carried
out, should have been of such a character
as to leave no doubt of the act being solely
dictated by the avowed principle. Capt.
Conkliii, who arrived here recently in corn-
mand of the schooner Ann E. Conklin, and
who has been employed for the last 15 years
in bringing rice from Santee to this city, was
yesterday informed by his old employers
that they would give him no more patron-
age,—and this from no dissatisfaction with
him. but for the sake of a principle which
they approved and felt bound l0 carry out.——-
Fciv masters of f\'orthc-rri coasters, had as
strong claims as Captain Conklin to be made
an cxccptioii to the rule, on account of his
long employment in the trade,-and the uni-
form satisliit-titin he had given. But the feel-
ing was that there should be no exceptions;
that the rule should be iiifl:-xililo, and the
exclusion universal. ‘We learn that Capt.
Conklin has sailed for Szivanr.ali in quest of
busitiess.——C/Lamlsstori .7l1ci'cu'r_7/, 161/1.
F'lorida.—'l‘he election in this state result-
ed in the return of Hon. Edward C=1f‘_i‘ll'lg—
ton Cabell to Congress, by a large majority
—probably 500, instead of the 74 reported
by Telegraph. We are also assured that
the Le_qi.~lature, if Opposition at all, must be
so by one mtijority, 29 Whigs being ascer-
tained to be chosen out of a total of 59.—
Several counties were lost by running a
superfiuity of VVhig (volunteer) candidzitcs.
The State is now more strongly Whig than
it ever was beforg, except in the “Taylor
year,” 1848.——'f'rilmne.
flnot/ier Case under the F.»/gitwe Law.—
A Southern man at Pittsburgh who catne to
arrest a slave named Jones, swore that the
negro whom he pointed out had been his
slave tivo years since, but had run away,
and cliiiined his delivery up to him by the
" commissioner,” was thwarted in his pur-
pose under the law. He got hold of the
wrong man, for all the old residents in Pitts-
burgh knew that Jones had lived in that city
for over twenty years. The claimant was
committed to prison for perjury, and Jones
went on his way rejoicing. After lying in
jail for four days, the claimant was released
on 81000 bail.
{;(«;sA party of thirteen Fugitive Slaves
passed through Schuylkill county. last week,
en route for Canada. The next day they
were followed by two individuals, who, en-
gaging the assistance of a corfstable, follo\v-
ed on in their pursuit. The pursuers sue-
cceded in overtaking the slaves at lVilks-
barre; but owing to the strong expression of
feeling manifested by the people in their fa-
vor, they were forced to beat a hasty retreat.
The constable was induced to follow them
under the impression that they were horse
theives, but on learning otherwise, he refused
to render any further co-operation.
P/Lila. Ledger.
More of the Shoe ZlIa.m'ac.—A Detroit pa.
pet has the following :-—“ Our readers will
remember the case of a young man in
Brooklyn, L I. the son of ti clergyman,
who was arrested for stealing a lady’s shoe,
and who was discharged on his father’s testi-
mony that the act was the result of a mono-
mania, with which he had been afllicted
from childhood This same man recently
attacked a well dressed lady in this city,
threw her down, and took off her left shoh.
Afterward, he changed his mind, and took off
the right one,and made off with it, doing no
further injury."
Fall from East Rock -,—The distance
which young Ritter full on Saturday last,
was yesterday accurately measured; and to
the first landing -it was 86 feet, and thence
105 feet furtlier-—-making in -all 191 feet. It
is astonishing that he was not instantly kill-
ed. \Ve learn this tioon, that his physician
expresses strong hopes, of his recovery, as
every symptom is regarded as favorable.
New Haven Polls.-diuriz. 21st.
Tin: GnlNl\‘ELL Exrhoarno EXPEDl'|‘!ON.--
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From the Duncan; Times.
Superior _C ourt—Oct. Session, 1850.
_ Juno}: ELLSw0R’]‘I!, Pmzstnmo. , _
' Comstock cs. Greg-org/.—-'l‘he Jury in this
case brought in a verdict giving the plaintiff
$36 damages and costs. Judge Ellsworth
declined to accept the verdict, and said to the
Jury that the damages were too small; that
Mr. Comstock from the purest of motives was ‘
striving to prevent a serious breach of the
peace, and that the defendant interferred
without cause and pursued the plaintiff to
his very door with the grossest abuse and the
most insulting violence, as pulling the plain-
tifl’s nose; that if Mr. Comstock, who ap-
peared to be a very respectable citizen, in-
stead of "taking redress into his own hands,"
sought it from the law, he ought to have such
damages as would show him that it was his
interest to do so. The Jury increased the
damages to $75, which sum "the ‘ Judge
thought too small. but accepted. Verdicts
like this are not calculated to impress us with
a very exalted idea of the value of a trial by
Jury. The plaintiff besides being outra-
geously abused, in attempting to Obtain fe-
drcss at law loses money by it. The con-
duct of Judge Ellsworth is highly commen-
dable ; people will form their opinion as to
that of the Jury.
For plaintiff, B-=lden and Ferry; for de-
fendant, Hawley and Beardsley.
Fantou as. Town ofS/ierma.n.—,—Verdict for
plaintil'l'$l2:') dziiiiagcs. For plaintiff, Booth
and Bclilen ; for defendant, White and Haw-
ley. ‘
Baptist Socirty vs. Ro'use.—The import-
ance ofthis case to our citizens justifies us
in giving a more extended account of it than
usual.
This was an action of ejectment to_ recov-
er possession of a parsonage house Our
readers will bear in .rniu_d that we do not
use the terms Church and Society as synon-
ymous. An Ecclesiastical Society is a cor-
poration existing by joint act of the law and
its members. A Church is a mere volunta-
ry association for spiritual purposes, and has
no legal entity. By the rules of the Bap-
tists no person can be a member of the Socie-
ty who does not belong to the Church. The
Church is therefore the more nuuierous body
and on these accounts‘ trzinsucts nearly all
the business.
The facts of this case are briefly these.—
In November, 1845, Mr. Rouse, having
pi'eached to them three weeks, received a
call front the Baptist Church of Stamford to
become their pastor. The Church voted to
give him $300 :1 ycar,and the use of the
parsonage, by hiring the same of the society
The committee of the Church informed him
that their connection was to continue until
one party gave the other three months notice
to quit, at the expiration of which it was to
cease. During the same month he was put
in possession of the parsonage. At the So-
ciety’s annual meeting in January, 1846, it
was voted to give the use of the parsonage
to the Church for one year. At their meet-
ing in January, 1847, the Society passed no
vote on the subject of the parsonage. Mr.
Rouse, however, continued to occupy it uh-
molcsted. ln January, 1848, the Church
gave Mr. Rouse the notice agreed upon. But
-in February after, it voted that Mr. Rouse
continue to be our pastor. in the succeeding
March the last vote was reconsidered and lost,
but no further action was taken as to the
three months’ notice. At 11 Church meeting
in the latter part of that month, Mr. Rouse
gave notice that he should prczich next Sub-
buth in the Town Hall. The reason he
gave to the Court for so doing was, that he
had preached in the Meeting House as long
as the peace of the society authorized. On
the ‘2.5ih of April, 1848, the Society gave
Mr. Rouse twenty days notice‘ to leave the
pai‘sonage. His atll'ic_:‘cnts ziftcrwa rds formed
21 new Church and built a new meeting-
house. ltlr.iRouse claims his Church is the
true one belonging to the society. On these
facts the Society claims: 1. That it never
had any uriderstanding with Mr. Rouse, or‘
made any contract with him,or gave him
any right to occupy their property. 2d. If
he had hud such right, it continued only so
long as he remained the pastor of the church,
and therefore eiidcrl on the expiration of the
three monilis notice in March, when he
ceased to be pastor of the church ; or if the
notice was defective, the relation of pastor
ceased by his secession andprcaching in the
Town Hall, thus abandoning the contract on
his part.
The defendant claimed, lst. That his en-
try on the parsonage and continuance there-
in was legal because the society stood by and
saw ~-.he action of the church and his occu-
pancy, and that the committee of the society
put him in, and was therefore estopped to
deny that his possession was lawful. 2d.
That if he had a legal right to enter, he had
a legal right to continue in the possession,
until the connection between hint and the
Church was legally dissolved; and that it
was not because the notice given in January
was annulled by the vote in February, so the
notice was iiieffectual; and that he and his
friends had not seceded, but were driven
away, and therefore his was the true chutch
of the society, and consequently he was still
performing his part of the contract. 3d. That
admitting all these claims were bad, he was
a tenant from year to year, and had a right
to remain to January, 1849, and that the
action was prematurely brought, the writ
being dated the 21st September, 1848.
The plaintiff denied this, and suid,that for
the sake of argument admitting be legally
went into possession, it was a tenantry for a
term of years, ending with the termination
of his connection with the Church, which the
Society said happened in March, 1848. The
Judge charged the Jury, that both parties
said the title was in the plaintiff; that by law
possession followed the title; and that unless
the plaintiff had done something to divest
himself of the possession he must recover
That corporations might be estopped as well
as individuals. That the notice. to quit in
January was defeated by the vote in Februa-
ry ; that in his opinion the acts of the de-
fendant amounted to a secession. That there
was no tenantry from year to year in this
case.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plain-
tiff for $43 damages, being the rent at $100
per year. from April to September, 1848.
We have thus to the best of our ability
stated the claims of the parties,and the charge
of the‘Judge. In the course of the argument
the counsel of the defendant cast some asper-
sion on Deacon Hurlbut, one of the commit-
tee of the Society. ~ Mr- Dutton’s charges
depended on the Jury’s finding the. first claim
of the plaintiff true, which they did not do,
it appears from the amount of the damages.
The censure of Mr. Bclden was more serious,
but arose we thinkifrom his mistaking the
testimony of another witness for that of Dea-
con Hurlbiit. 4 Judge Ellsworth said there
was no ground for their charges.
For plaintiff. Bolden. Carter, and Hawley;
for defendant, Dutton, Ferris, and Bclden.
Divorcrs Gmnte .——--Henry Hooper vs.
Sarah Hooper; Amanda J. Jones vs. Lewis
Jones; Sally Disbrow vs. Justus S. Disbrow;
Harriet E. Van Tassell vs. Albert Van Tas-
sel; Wm. VVilliams vs. Mary M. Williams;
James Jennings vs. Millicent Jennings. Only
six! the tide is turning
Gorlzam vs. Olmstra.il.—-Action for Slan-
der. The Jury returned a verdict for de-
fendant for$l7,50.
Hi/rc/i-viian vs. Keg/s. Jury didn't agree.
Court has now been -in session three
weeks, and wonderful to tell, have gone half
way through the assignments.-
Taimjng upon the Tclcgrap/tic Pri7u:i])le.—
We are told that Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth,
E.-q., lately exbibted several spcciincns of
leather taniied in his presence in the space of
ten minutes. It is done by a process invent-
ed by Mr. Harmon Hibbard, of Rochester,
N. Y. Mr. Ellsworth has a pair of boots
made from a raw hide in less than at day and
a half from the time the cattle were travel-
ing about with the skin upon their b:icks.—
VVe have heard sliocmakers say that what is
called the “ English bend” leather is always
some seven years in tanning, and some seven
or eight months are we believe required in
this country by tlieprcsent process. lfthere-
fore, Mr. I-larnior l-libbard can really do
what it issaid he -can, he has hit upon a
pretty important improvcmeiit, and we do
not wonder at the latter part of the state-
meiit—that he has sold out the right for
Massachusetts and Connecticut, for $500,-
000.
The Late W’. G. Frrirc/iild, known for
several years as the faithful agent of the
State Temperance Society, it appears at his
death had due him from the Society a back
salary of $1200, l)t.'Sl(lCS $200 which be ad-
vanced from his own private purse for Tem-
perance objects during the time ofhis agen-
cy. He has consequently left his widow in
straitcucd circuiiistnnces; and the subjcct
having been called up at the late Tt.'lTlp(*l‘-
ance Convention, a Committee consisting of
Messrs. J. P. VVarren, L. Burlcigh, and B.
E Hale, was appointed to "devise ways and
means to raise the amount, as an act of sheer
justice to his widow and orphan child. The
payment of this honest debt would tell infi-
nitely more for the honor of Temperance
than the political agitation which seems to
reign uppermost in the minds ofmany. Pro-
fession is one thing——practice quite another.
Here goes our dollar. .
ll"utcrbur_7/ American.
Si7zgula,r Offer if True.—A lawyer, in ex-
tcnsive practice in Boston, has been offered
$512,000 per year for two years, the-payment
guarranticd by security on real estate in
New York, to go to California and exercise
his talent in defending an association ofburg-
lars and thieves. The condition of the offer
was that any money received by him for de-
funding others, or for services rendered to
others, than members of the gang, should be
credited them as part payment of the salary.
lzle premptorily declined the offer.
Nor-uric/i. Courier.
A Curie-us Fart —-There is a gentleman in
Catnbridgc street about 70 years old, a watch-
iiiaker by trade, who has always occupied
the house in vtliich he was born, and who
during this period has never slept an hour
under any other roof- This is most remark-
able, since the gentleman is spirited and en-
terprising, enjoys good he:.ilth, and is every
way capable of going abroad like any other
universal Yankee.—Bee.
The Fugitive Slaves Law —-The City
Council of Chicago has passed l'9.~Olllll0l'lS
nullifying the Act of Congress rcspectiiig the
Fugitive Slave Law, and rel:-asiiig the po-
lice from obedience to it. This Act of the
City Authorities has caused great f'XC‘llf'lf'l!-'fll
and last night a meeting of 4,000oi 5,000
people was held. vrpe Mayor preside-d.——
Si-naior Douglass matte a powerful speccli,
sustaiiiing the Acts of Congress in passing
this bill and also the Compromise. His
speech had a powerful cffect on the nicetiiig,
and caused a change in public opinion in
favor of the law and against the acts of the
City Council.
fi= At the '\Voman’s Rights Convention
in Boston last week, Dr. Alcott contended
for a mo e rational physiological education
of the fair sex——for her release from the slave-
ry of“ pots and kettles,” and hcr admission
to the medical and other professions. l-le
zirgued. that the way to carry‘ on the reform
is for woman to take hold of the work her-
self. lfwoman is to be anything she must
make herself. He wasthaiikful there were
indications that it was about to be done.
I’/Lilarlclpliia anrl Liverpool —T he Phi la-
dclphians are much pleased with the pros-
pect of having a line of steamers betweeii
that port and Liverpool. Besides the “City
of Glasgow,” and the“-City of Philadelphia,’,
the former of which has been purchased,
while the latter is building at Glasgow, ne-
gotiations are in progress for toe purchase of
a third steamer, and a fourth is about to be
commenced .in Philadelphia, all for the same
line. '
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{Kg Thel-Iartford Courier says the H. and
N. [-1. Railroad Company have sold out the
steamers Traveller and Hero, (which have
run between Hartford and New York this
season)to Chester W. Chapin, of Springfield
who will keep them on the old route.
ifi’ At Meredith Bridge, New Haven.
Mass, on Wednesday, the murdered body of
at young man named.Edward L. Davis was
found. ‘A man named Richard Flaunders,
whose wife, it is stated, was seduced by Da-
vis, has been arrested for the riiurder.
E migration from North Carolzna. -There
is now an immense emigration going on
from East Tennessee and North Carolina to
Missouri and Arkansas, comprising many
men of substance. .
- -North C(l1’0l'I:'7z(I: Factories Stopped —The
Fayetteville N. C. Communicator ofthe 18th
says':—-We regret to say that several of the
factories about here have stopped for’ some
time- The reason assigned is that cotton is
too high to justify thier buying it._
‘l t, \Vhigs of .\0:'\va|k! You W8
NORWALK GAZETTE“
TUESDAY. OCT. 29, 1850.
VVlnig State Convention. .
V The Vvhigs of Connecticut -are hereby notified
that ti State Coiivcniioii will be held in the city of
[‘lIt|‘lli)l‘(l(DILVVI-.ltNRSl).\Y, 'ri-ii; J3lH DAY 01-‘ No-
vmiiei-:a Ni-:x'r, ill l0 o’clock in the foreuoon forthe
plll’|)0.~‘(’. of iioiiiiiiatiiig it ticks-.t for State Ollicers.
Tlie VVliig Town Coniiiiittces are rcqiie.-ted to
cull meetiiigs lll)ll|e(llil.lt3l_Y for tho tippoiiiliiieiit of
Deli-gale.»-to said Ct)llVt'llli0n. equal to double the
number of Repicseiittitii-es to whicli the several
lowiis are entitled in the Gl‘llP.l‘:ll A.-‘seiiilily.
The Coiiiiiiittceiippesil with coiifitli-rice to the
Vvhigs tlirougbout the State, to scc that their respec-
tive towns are fully rI‘pl‘(:5t'lllt‘(i‘
A. G. l‘l.t\Z.-‘sltlii, 1
JOHN (J l’lt)l.LlS'l‘F‘.R,
AMOS \V. PRENTICE, l
Cl|ARl.l".S IS.-\AtTS. ‘Nbig
D.-\Nf~‘Ol{'l‘ll ciiii.ns, ls:-are Committee
(1. t-l. iioi.I.i.-vritii, |
llf)l{A ‘ ' E (.‘l.All.l{,
riicouoi‘-1 M. IVES. J
llzirlfortl, St-pleiiilicr Id, 19750.
reqttestt-(l to meet; at the Norwstlk
Hotel on Tliursdiiy ereiiiiig next. til
7 o'clock, to nizilie clioii-e of four delegates to
zitteiid t.lie \Vl‘iig State Conveiitioii at lliirtlord,
on the the 13th dziy OfNl)V'Gl]ll)Hl' next.
Per 0l'dct', 'l‘ow.\' CnM.\ii'i"ri:i«:.
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Cl-2l\'Tl-II\‘.'\'lAL Ci-:i.i:izit.-\'i'io.v.—lt has been
thought tidvisziile to postpone the proposed
meeting for considering the subject of the
above oliservuiice, from Tliiirstliiy evening of
the present , to the same evening of next week,
at 7 o’clock.
O
l\Iystcrious Knockings-
Tliis liiinibug of the diiy liits at length reach-
ed Norwullt.
is the residence of an elderly lady resiging
the Gi'een——Mrs. Lydiii Akin. The
operators are at couple ofworlliies, one oftlieni
The scene of spirituiil visitation
upon
named Gordon, who hits been quurleriug more
or less upon this credulous old lilffy for several
inontlis past. The nziuie ofthe other we have
not learned. To show that these Nl)l‘WHll\'
Spirits tire equal to otliers of their class, we
have only to show the inuniier of iiitrorluciiig
themselves. Their advent was on ii Bu/ring
Day. The lady ofthe house was proceeding
ll: the usual way. as the story goes, to mix up
her biitler for ti l)il.ICl1 of cake, when these on-
seen iigcuts from the other world. took the
culin:iry business into their own hands, and
iictuiilly set to stirring the butter in it wziy that
was a caution to all flesh and blood l a Hiiviiig
llius established the fact of their presence. to
the entire szitisfiiction of the lady of the house.
they have since been trying experiineiits upon
They
make tables jump ull fours from the floor,
rap out the ulplizibet, and the names of the
depiirted, bring tidings from the other world of
the beutitudo of departed spirits, and are
doing up the things considcriiig how recently
the credulily of other of our citizens.
the niiicliinery has been got in operzition, in it
lolerubly good style. If our citizens will only
allow the work to go on, and suffer these gen-
tleiiieii by practice to become more pt-.i'l't-ct
iiiusters of their art, we have no doubt that.
Norwiilk may liccoiiie its notorious us Smitfottl
or Rocliester. The woik liowever, of iiiiikiiig
it respectable, but credulous old lady, ti party
to this trickery, and at the same tiuie, as is
suspected. tut iiing her limited menus to their
individual interests, is rousiiig the spirit of
some ofour usually sober citizens, and lezidiiig
tlieiii very iiiiproperly to tulle about ll " Cliosiiiit
horse” that will curry double, and music to
match.
}’. S.—Siuce writing the above, we learn that
the spirits have dccnuiped. ‘° Ensigii Andrews,”
f’dellll§__{ iiitligiiutit ill li;viug his uiicioiit precincts
invaded, made his appearaiice lit.-:t night, rind
iiolfied Messrs. Gordon 6.: Co , to quit, under
penalty of tiir and feathers. The “ spirits"
iinmedizitely sloped.
Beauties of Locofocoism.
Tm-: Ni-:w Tax L \‘\V is certiiiiily the lzitesl
evidence of the love oflocofocoisiii for lllerlcur
people. It is uniiecessziiy for us to say one
word as to its features; they are wcll known
to evvry tux-payer‘ in the land. You must
swearto the viiluo of your furniture. your land.
your notes, your azccouiits, your shipping, your
wzitch, your books. your cnttle, slieep, hogs,
chickens, ducks, turkeys, gt-.ese——you must go
through a regular inveiitcry of all your worldly
estate. and then swe-it 1' to it,tind expose all your
business coiiceriis to the public gaze. \Vill
the people of Connecticut subniit totiiis? If
they are disposed to submit to Loco/‘ocoism they
will.
E’ \Ve notice that both the Son of Tem-
perance and the Fouiztain are down upon us
for our article of week before last, in relation to
the recent Teinpei'anco Convention. The
column‘ which the Son ofTenipei'anco devotes
to us. being it mereistriiig of bliickguard. will
receive no further notice at our hands. \Ve
prefer not to t)l1Cl.1 pitch lest: we should be de-
filed. '
The Fouiitiiin article, however, is» in llli‘
main, :1 well writteti, courteous reply to our
reinarks, except that; the \vi'it.ei' thereofziccuscs
us of mca/mess in writing as we did. Now, if
it be mean to express our opinion frankly, we
fear that we shall have to plead guilty to the
charge. VVe wrote the article simply because
we thought. as we wrote; we think so still.—
\Ve are not to be drawn into any controvt-rsy
either with the Fountain or the Son of Tem-
perance. The writers. whose productions fill
the coliimus of those papers. are geuei':ill_y men
of one idea ; the idea may in itself be good, but
there are it thousand olliors equally good, no
one of which can these men see, so obscured
is their mental vision, by the single no tion
which has taken entire possession of their ini-
aginations. To iitteinpt; to reason with such
persons would be as idle its to talk of colors to
the blind, or music to the deaf.
E?'A Teachers’ Institute or Convention,
wil commence at Greenwich, on Monday
evening, November 11th, and continue in
session until Fridav evening. The exercises
will be conducted by Rev. T. D. P. Stone,‘
Associate Principal of the State Normal
School.
Tue Cussus or NOKWALK will not exceed
4500. ‘The revision of the Schedules will
4 their own door.
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$O‘ui- Board of Asseissoi's have concluded
. to disi-egzird the oatl_i”i'e.quii'ed by the New
Tax Law, on the handing in of the list.-
\V here the person listed, shows ti disposition
to give in a fair and honest list. no oath will at:
tiny stage of perfecting the list, he required,
while those who are suspected of misrepresen-
tiition or omissions. will have an opportunity to
clear their. skirts, by- aitestingito their list be.
fore the Board of Relief. The Board of \Vil-,
ton, we believe, have adopted it similar course;
while that of New C:ina:in_ will receive no list
without the oath required.
out his list by the light of the best information
they are able to obtain. ‘ V
Those of our citizens who have not handed.
in their lists, are inforined that bltink lists will
be found at the office of the Town Clerk. (who
is also an Assessor.) and from him will receive
such nssi.-lance us they may requireiiu making
out the same.
Tin: ANNUAL Sciiooi. Socii:'rir's Mi=:i~'.'riNo,
was held at the Town Hall yestercluy, when the
following Officers were appoii_ited for the ensu-
ing year.
lle-iii'_v Selleck.
J. A. “feed,
A. t‘vliilloi'y,
A. lllullory, Clerk.
3. VV. Stuart,
Rev. Dr. Hull, 7
Int (J'l‘(‘g0l'y,
‘ E’ \V. Sf|l'rll‘l', l
Suiiil. Lyn:-s, l
J. A. \Vi-ed.
J. M. Curler.
The meeting was adjourned until Monday
next, at 3 o’clock, for the purpose of hearing
it report from the Treasurer and Board of
Visitors.
Societies Committee.
Treasurer.
Board of Visitors.
Q‘ \Ve observe that our neiglibor over the‘
way lllls got. his head completely in a fog abouli
He writes at random,-
flinging his seiite-iices liiilier and tliitlier, with-
out nieaning and without iiiforimitioii. “/6 pro-
llio Niui niguii question.
pose. as soon us we get through “ our census-‘
gutlieiing. rogue-czitcliing. fire-insurance dcauc-*
tionci-riiig” ‘iii,-iricss to take the subjcct up and
inform the public of all the facts in the case. IE
is riitlier funny, however, to see the Fairficld
County Republican barking at the heels of Mr.
\Vebstei'.
Tm: FAIR A'l‘ Bitipoi«:1»ou'r.—Tlie Standard
publishes as editorial, the lollowing iirticle in
justification of the course taken by the Com-
noticed in our paper of last week. We were
not avvnre that the Cult; of Col. Comstock‘s was
anything iiioro tliiin zt yearling colt, in the ordi-
nary acceptation of the term. and we presume
it is not. If. however. the animal was born
eiglit iiiontlis "out of due time,” and wiis that
much older than the other aiiiiiiiils passed up-
on by the cominittoe, their action, in that case,
was undoubtedly just. The liicts on this point,
Col. Comstock,
will without doubt enable us to put this inutter
riglit. tie;-it week.
{j1§=- The last Norivalk Gazette contains
an article whit-li appvars cditoriully,whci'ein
the writer complaiiis ofn want of fairness on
the part ofthe premium Cotiimittee,in the
distribution oftl.e premiums at the late Fair,
ll(‘lLl in this City. We are informed by one
of the Couiiiiittce that the proceedings were
fair, and the colt of Col. Comstock’s, of Wil-
ton, which it claimed should have had the
first preiniuin as a yeai'liii;; was truly a no-'
ble uninial, and in the several points of size,
proportions and fine appearance was much,
and deservedly admired, but the cult was en-
tered to take the pr:--mium as a yearling,
when it was proved, not only by the owner-
of the aiiiiiml, but by them who knew it as»
\Vl'll by the juilgi-s, who are Zltlt-‘{llS in suclr
lllllll(?l‘S, the colt \\ as over twenty months old
and tlii~rcfore could not l}ll\'t"lllP premium for
which it was entered. I-laid it been entered
as a two year old colt, it would undoubtedly
have takcna high, if not the highest pre-
mium. .
TbcPrcmium Committee were well satisfied
as regards the age of the colt, and acted
prop?-rly in the matter, at the so me time they
are willing to admittliat the animal was ‘-21
suj erior one, and received their admiration.
we have not in our possession.
Sous or ’l‘r:.itPi-:it.\.\'cr..—-Tlie annual session
ofthe Grand Division. Sons of 'l‘eiiiper:in(i'e of
Conn., commenced in New Haven on Thurs-.
day the 25th iiist., and VHS continued until‘
Frid.iy noon. “[6 uiiderstziiid it: was one of
the lill'gHSl gutliei'iiigs ofthait. body ever held it}.
the Stiite,a iid that runny new uieinbers wei'e'ud-
mitted to tlieordcr. The following are the offi -
cers elected for the year ensuing:
Henry J. Fox, of Hairtfortl, G. VI. P_‘.
J. Morrison Reid, of Birniiiigham-, G. \V. . '.
M ullford Butts, of Bridgeport, G. Scribe.
Horatio H Hawkins, ofBii'miiigham, G. T.
Rev. Moses Biillou. ofBi'idgeporr, G. Chp’n_,
\Vm. B. Printlle, of Newtown, G. C .
Wiii. Perry, of Strzitford, G. S. .
TlieJunu:iry Session oftliis body, will be
liolden at Hartford; the Aprilsession in New
Haven ;the July session in Hartford; and the
October session in New Haven.
Faun‘ AND Olll\'Alll1-2-.\"1‘AI. Tarziizs.-.-.—As the
season for tniiisplniitiiig trees has ugain arrived,
we cannot but cull utterition to the Nurset'_v of"
‘Messrs. George Seymour or 00.. at the South.
village. Their trees. are raised froin the seed,
full of health and vigor, and require no adapta-
tion to 0lJl"Clln_lflle and soil. having been raised
on the spot. Purchzisers too, may depend up-
on gelting at this nursery, what they ask foi'.—-
These are considerations worth taking into ac-
count. Their assortment embraces almost.
every variety of fruit, to which they are;.udd-.,
ing shade and ornamental trees, as rapidly as
practicable. I’urcliasei's in this vicinity, should
not overlook those advantages offered them at
See advertisement.
Ofxill the letters missing, up to this, time on
account; (ifthe Pliiludelpliitt M nil Robbery, only
fivedollars as yet has been enquired for as lost,
and claimed at the New York Post Office.
\
\Ve observe among the list of patentsisisued
Oct. 22d, one toCli:irles Benedict of.Wut'ei'bui'y
iissignor to the .1-lotclikiss d5‘.,M6t't'imitil matin-
factui-i_ng_ Company, for .ii1ipr_ovemgnt in Su|- "
ponder Buckles.‘ ' . M V
‘ probably show about this number.
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The Assessors of‘
W's-stport visit every man's premises, and fill_
mitlee on Preniiuiiis, towitrds Col. Coiiistock,
Norwalk Chronicler