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ARRIVAL or crtajscnur CITY!
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$1,400,799 47 i1ifSpccie!
_ The steamship Crescent._=City arrived at
New York trom- Chagresfivia Porto Belle
and Havana, at 6 o’clock_P.. M. on Thurs-.
day,.bringing 350 passengers, $1»100.000
hands of passengers. _
. She brings dates from San Francisco up
The new: of the admission of California
{into the Union was received at San Fran-
cisco on the 18th October, by the steamer
‘Oregon, and caused a universal outburst of
enthusiastic joy, which continued, with
roars of cannon, huzzas, bonfires, and il-
'luininations, throughout the night, and had
scarcely slackened when the Columbus left
at,4 P. l\'l.zonthe 19th.
'1 The Corporation of San Francisco and
citizens generally,‘were alreadv making
preparations‘ to celebrate the great event
with becoming honors.
The pi_opellers Caro1ina‘and Columbus
arrived at Panama, the former on the 3d,
the latter on the 7th inst._, bringing down
‘3"O0.passenge!'s. No cholera or sickness of
any kind‘ at Acapulco or Panama.
The steamer Confidence, from the Straits
of Magellan and Valparaiso, arrived at
‘ Panama on the 1st Nov. in perfect ojrder,
t and would sail in a few days for San It ran-
cisco.
"The New Orleans and Sarah Sands are
also up for the 12th and 15th.
" The steamer Pacific (Law’s line) left
Chagres on Monday, the 11th, with over
500,passengei's, principally for New Or-
Féans, and arrived at Havana on S=1t‘~1|‘d93'
morning. Her passengers reported that
I she was near being lost by bad navigation
‘going; into the shoals (but withoizt touch-
.’ K‘ I ' V I ‘.
mg) between the Isle of Pines and Cape
San Antonio ; from all accounts she was
100 miles out of her reckoning. Her pas-
set10‘et‘S were packed in bulk, for want of
room.
Five persons were drowned on Chagres
Bar, in endeavoring to reach the Pacific in
an Indian Cayuca ; another boat capsized
—passengers losing baggage and $11,108
in dust.
. '7; ' .
General Foote, U. S. Charge (1 Alliiiles
to Bmrota. and Secretary, are pnsseii<_r,ei's
o r _ . ‘-
by the Crescent City; also, Lie-._it De Camp
U. S. N. (iiivalided) with despatclies from
U_ S_Le_r_r;z1ll()1],lll Chili, and Lieut. l;_’»ai-t-
lett, U. S. N. with despatches from Cali-
fornia for the departments of the 1\avy and
U. S. Coast Survey.
The new Cilptttln General of Cuba, Gen
Don Jose de la Conclia, arrived at t‘1n\'z‘itm
iii the Spztnish steamer Caledonia, on the
12th inst. and took cliarge of the govern-
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meiit ot the Island. On Stituiday iie l|.
viewetl 7000 i'egulai' troops T
‘be -English steairi pacl-zet Great W est
em. for Czirthagonia and Soiitlmuiptori, left
Chagres on the 9th inst. with «“:‘:SU0,000--
-“-'-"-2-is:9-es»i-6.-n.t.~;~..i..t.-.v.,a..L;..C_..ig‘o.»-_uta. .r:o.li.l,~.-,tl=€_l.lT ..F§_§1>_CS'll"‘3 i0“'“Sa W 109 lml 5\l‘““-lit."
Francisco to Panama, met the Califoiiiia,
one day out of Paiiazria, with 200 pas.~eii-
gzers, all well. I-ion. J. C. Frciuoii‘t~and
lady, and some twenty other ladies. were
on board, bound for San Fraincisco.
Ii‘/'0»: i’/ac Pacific C'ozr.-“;'.c.r.
The public mind has been ciiicliy en-
grossc-:l during the last fi>i'tiii_-gilt, by t'rit‘:
ciev;-lions held on the 7th instaiit, for State
eflicers and members of the Le_o_;isl.itiii'e.——
They have pazised ol1"'vci‘y quietly’ and with
no undue cxciteiiicnt, politics riot liaviiig
been intrnducetl in any portion of the State
ya’. heard from, excep in still Fi‘-aiirzisco
and Sat: Indeed, there has been no
tboroiigh organization of parties as yet,
and we doubt whether there will be before
the next Prc—sidantial election. In this city
there were three tickets, the xvliig, demo-
cratic and iiidepc-i'idei'it. A portion of each
.ticl:et t'.':t:3 c.e-ctetl In San dose the Whigs
elected the entire ticket. The deiiiocrntic
C'r1itt.litl:Eie for Attorney C'rencral, t‘i‘.1cDou-
gal, and for C.'erl: of the Supreme Court,
Tharp, will doubtless be clectetl, anil the
whig c-aiitlidate for Superintendent of Pub-
ilic Instruction, Prol.Nooney. Capt. Geo.
Simpton, well known in the Nlcxiczin war
has been elected Harbor Master of the
Port of San lfnincisco. He ran on the
Iiitlepeiitleiit ticlicl, and altl'i0ugl'i liuving; a
host of competitors, was elected by a haird-
some majority. Mr. Shnttui,-l< is elected
Judge of the Superior Court of this city.
Vallejo has been fixed upon by the people
as the permanent seat of governiiient.
The miners who have been all summer
-engaged in daminiug operations, have been
-obliged by the fresliets to abandon the
-works which cost them months of [nu-(1 ta-
:-lJ')l‘, andthey ha"-.'e generally gone to the
-dry diggings. I
l‘he northern portion of the mines is be-
coming infested with a band of iiiarauders,
like those who formerly traversed the San
Joaquin district, and iiiurclers and robber-
ies are offrequent occurrence in the valley
of the Sacramento. In the iioi'thern nor”-
tious of the State, and on the lioi'ilei's of
-Oregon,gold has been found, but nut in that
abundance that was at first anticipated____
The quartz mine near Los Angelos, it is
.is.aid will prove exceedingly valuable. The
statements from the Mairiposa mines are
contradictory, but it is probable that they
W1 l also prove very produitive_
Toe accounts from the overland inmi-
grants are painful aud distressiiig. About
ten thousand persons are still east of the
Sierra Nevada, and it is feared many of
them must pass the winter in the mountains.
’_§§',xei'ti()nS have been made by our citizens
-for their relief, but we fear they will not
avail to save all. .
The cholera, which has been for some
time approaching this country by the trail
.ol' the iinmiginiits, and by way of Aca-
giulco, has at length made its appearance,
but as yet there have been but very few ca-
ses, and t'hos.e of a mild ,_.f,;_,,~,,C;e,~_
The whole of the burnt district in this
city has been rebuiit,and the improvements
of the streets have progressed very mpjd-
All the prlftclpiil tI')t)I‘0ughfares will
beplanked beforethe rainy season. The
wharves are being extended out into deep
‘Water.
Business is becoming more active as the
season advances.
SONORA INTELLIGENCE.
On Saturday evening a most horrible
murder was committed at the Mormon
‘Gulch -The ViC.'«lm6 -were‘ Italians. and
Jose.
rests on three Chilians and‘"”two' negroes.
was found on Tuesday last in the town Of
Sonora, by a Mexican.
ii ' NINETEEN DAYS ALALER" in the creek running between Sonora Pl'°P'
er and the Sonorian camp.
and ten Mexicans, were attacked on Sun-
day last on the Stanislaus, about_twelve
in gold on freight. and $300,000 in the leagues_i"from Sonora,while on their way
from the mountains, by a large body of In-
dians. _
- tn the _19th Oct. P. M. ‘The mails from ly took to their heels’ to save themselves’,
I ~:,;§_3a1it‘ornia up to that time will be due by .
“-the Ohio. low was shot through the brain by the In-
'dians.
A lump of pure gold weighing 13 lbs-
It wasdiscovered
A party consisting of eight Ameflcfins
The prospecting party immediate-
leaving one Mexican dead. The poor fel-
Another came into town on Mon-
day morning, badly wounded by arrows,
one of which passed through the arm into
his side, and the other entered the right
shoulder, where it was stopped by the
shoulder blade.
As one of the fnany instances of extra-
ordinary good luck which has attended the
operations of miners in California, we will
mention the following, which we have re-
ceived from a reliable source. In Grass
Hollow Dry Diggings, five men, not long
since, took out nearly five thousand dol-
lars apiece in less than a week.
Trade is looking up. All the staple ar-
ticles are rising in value.
Iii’ HIS EXCELLENCY,
THOMAS H. SEYMOUR,
Governor of the Stale of Connecticut.
A PR.0CLAI\‘I ATHON .
7’Vhercas, at a General Assembly of the
State of Connecticut, held at Hartford,on
the first VVednesday of May, 1849, the
House of Representatives did pass a reso-
lution, therein and thereby proposing a cer-
tain amendinent to the Coiistitutioii of this
State, in the words following, VIZ I .
“ Thejudges of Probate shall be appoint-
ed by the electors residing in the several
probate districts, anti qualified to vote for
representatives therein, in such manner as
shall be prescribed by law :”
11ndu;herca_s, at the same session, the
House of Representatives did passa certiiin
other resolution,thci'ein and thereby pro-
posinga certain other amendment to the
Constitution of this State, in the words
following, viz :—
" The Justices of the Peace, for the sev-
eral towns in this St-.ite,sli-all be appointed
by the electors in such towns; and the
time and the manner of their elvction, the
ntiiiibei for each town, and the period tor
wliiah they shall hold their ollice as pre-
sci‘ibed by law :”--
Wliicti proposedamendments were con-
tinued to the next General Assembly and
published with the laws which had been
passed at the same session :
Anal u;/'i.ereri3, two-thirds of each House, at
the next session of said Asseiribly, held at
New Haven on the first Wediiesday ofi\‘la)'a
1850, did, by Yeas and Nays tl§)[Jt't)\’e said
proposed aineiidiiients, anti lllt‘:l‘€lUl'e said
Assembly did, by an act entitled " An act
relatin_g; to the proposed aiiieiidtiients to the
Constitution of this State,” provide l'<>I'll}6
pieseutuieiit of thesaine to the electors In
dis2ippi‘oba'iion thereof, and did also tli'creii"i
pic-s'i‘ibc the mariner in which itshotild be
made to appear, whether a 1ll?t_lt)I‘lly of the
electors pieseiit at the town iiieetiiigs legally
held and tvariied for that purpose in their
i'espccti'.'c towns, had approved or disap-
proved of the saute :—
zl:i(lzt’.’zi2z~cczs, in pursuance of said act,
the 'l‘i-eii'sui'ei', S€L‘l‘ei.:1l‘y of State and
Comptroller‘ have lriinsiuittcil to me their
certitic-ate, uiider their liunds, in the words
lollowii‘ig__{, viz:
"' The uiiileisigiietl, being designated by
law to count the "votes given in by the elec-
tors at their !]‘1eellt'lg-5‘ iii the several towns
in this State, on the first Monday in Octo-
ber, A. D. 18:30, and returned to the Sec-
retary. of State, pursuant to the provi_sions
of an act entitled “ An Act relating to the
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
of this State,” passed May Session, A. D.
18:30, hereby CEtt'I‘It-‘Y, _ '
“That they enteied on the duty assigned
them, on the 30th day of Oetobei"_, instiml.
and, within the time prescribed by said not,
counted the votes so given in and returned
as al'oi'esiiid ; that the number of votes so
returned, in favor of approving and adopt-
ing the proposed Ameiidment lo the Con-
stitution, regarding the appointment of
JUDGES or-‘ I’nonA'i‘i:, is Eleven tliousaiid,
iiiiic /imtdrcrl and sci;cnt_i/four; and that
the number of votes so returned, disap-
proving of the adoption of the same, is
One Ili.oit.s-(incl, two ltimclrcd aml fifty-iziiie ,'
that the nuiiil)ei' of votes so ieturiied, in
favor of approving and adopting the pro-
posed Ainendnient to the Uoiistitution, re-
garding; the appointiiiciit of .lUsTicEs UF
Tut: Piznci-.', is Eleven lliousmid, eight /um-
clred and set‘-eiil_i/—two ,' and that the num-
ber of votes so returned, disapproving 01"
the adoption of the same, is Cite thousand,
two /imzclred and_/ive.
“ Daletl, at i;'.ii‘tfi)rtl, Nov. 1st, 1850.
(Signed) l’lE.\lRY D. S1\'llTl~I, Trees.
.1. P. C MATHER,Sec. State.
R. G. PINNEY, Compt‘r :”
And it appeaiing therefroin, that a ma-
jority of the votes returned to the Secreta-
ry of State, ptirsnnnt to said Act, are in
favor of approving and ad opting said amend-
ments-—— .
I do therefore hereby declare, that a ma-
_l0i ity of the electors present at such meet-
ings aforesaid, have npprovetl said Amend-
ments, and that the s.iiiie are valid, to all in-
tents and purposes, as a part ofthe Consti-
tution of this State
In tesliiizoizy whereof, I have
caused the Seal of this State to
be aflixed, and set my lgind, at
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veinber, in the year of our Lord,
the United States, the seventy-
lifth. THOS. H. SEYMOUR.
By His Exeelleiicy’s command,
Joi-IN P. C. i‘v’l.aTiiEit, Sec. of State.
required to be published in all the iiewspa- l
shallbe inserted, to the Secretary of State. ,
silent influence ofa good example.
against her husband for adultery has ‘been 1
l'larifoi~d, this eighth day of NO. or territories through which the Stlld canal
one thousand eight hundred and jects of the one any privileges which shall not
00)", and 0f" the lmlepemlellce 0i. be offered on the same terms, to the citizens or
subjccts of the ot.liei'.”
did what she has not done before during the
present century; she agreed to Cllltw preten-
ii(§v='I‘1ie above P,~,,C|,,,,,,,,i,,,, is by ‘aw sioiis to tei'i'itei'iiil dominion which she had de-
pers printed in this State ; and the several she had wantonly nssiiiled the weak Republic
P0l’ll3ll9T5 ‘"9 T9‘l"e5led ‘-0 irallsltllt one ofNicai'iigtui. The treiity was promulgated
0"l’.Y °l‘ their I331”-’-"4 I" “’ ill‘-'0 the same on the 411'] t.fJuly, 1850, and its signature ‘V3.4
be last official act of Gen. T.'iyloi'.
(if? N0 demm°lall°" is 5° elmluenl 35 the since tliiit period, and veiy receiit.ly l)(‘W dif-
ficulties have arisen growing out of. the treaty
which was negotiated between the governments
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NORWALK GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 1850.
VVIIIG S'l‘ ATE TIC ICE '1‘.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Lafayette S. Foster, of Norwich-
FOR LIEUT GOVERNOR,
Green Kendrick, of Waterbury.
Iron SECRET.-\RY,
Roger II. Mills, of New Hartford.
I-‘OP. TREASURER,
Thognas Clark, oi Coventry.
1-‘on CONTROLLER,
Seiah Strong, of Milfoi-d.
The Nicaragua Question.
The iitteiitioii of Gen. Tnylor’s Cabinet: was
speedily directed to the situation of nt1'rii's in
Central America. It was found that Mr. Polk,
iiottvitlistziiicliiig his brnvaido about not permit-
ting Europcaii powers to extend their colonial
and political systems to this contineiit in future,
luid quietly st.ift'oi°cil Grezit Britain to gain a
footiiig in tlic i\Ios‘itii1o tei'i'itoi'_V, which it
woul«.l be difficult or impossible to indtice her
ll*rT:‘.u-.1...-v-4.. .
involved in iiiurli Ol).‘.*Cl.l1‘lly. The mass ofihe
people of the United States knew iibsoliiiv-ly
iiutlii: g of the i.-vciit.< whicli liiid ti':inspii'cd iii
Nit.-:ii'ngu-.1 and (-.Vt:l) the oi”iicei's of goveiviment.
were but little :icqu:1intvd with the true history
ofBi'itis1i nggressioiis in Ceiitriii Aiiiericn. M 1‘.
Clayton at once iiistituted an investigiitioii of
the whole tll1tll.0l'ttl1(l for the purpose of ties
quiring more ltt.‘t:l1l‘fli6 ll)ll)l‘mttll0l), as well.ns
of prevciitiiig further‘ inroiids on the part of
ltdl1glilll(l,TTOl1. E. G. Sqnicr was appointed,
during the first iiioiiih of the new Adininist.i'ii-
tiou. Miiiisrer to the Ceiitivil Ainericiiii States.
lJp0t‘.l)l3ill'l'1Vtll, it was learned tliiit: not only had
England taken the " Mosquito King” under /16’
prolcclion, but that she lltltl exteiided ilie sziiiie
friendly shelter to the little State of Costa
Rica imiiiediitiely south of NlCl1t'tl,t._{1If1.
lu the uieiiii lLlll1e,_l'l. compiiny liiid been iii-
C0l'|)Ol‘2tl‘e(l for the purpose of cutting it ciiiml
froin the Allttllllc to the Pacific by the route of
the Niciii':igiiii Lake. This company was com-
posed mostly of Ainericiiii citizens and its one
of its t'ei'min': was witliin what was called the
Mosquito Tci'i'it0i‘y. the English agents made,
use of tl1ii'tcircuinst.:ince to retard and liar-
Pei‘-
mission was sought by the company, of Nica-
Htglltl-T0 proceed with the enterprise in her
tei°ritories which was l‘et1(lll_V graiiteit, but Mr.
Squire found l'iiiiiselfsul;jcct to much difficulty
by the vexiitious iiileifi-.i'ence of the British
rnss the prosecutinii of this great work.
consuls iii the several states. There was iinot1i-
er more tormiclible dil1"icnlty—t.l'ie treaty mode
by l\'ic:irnguii with Eiiglzind. during Mi‘. l’ollt's
zulininistriitioii, wliereby the foi'inei' state in
effect yieltled her claims to the port of San
Juan. I-lowever iniquitous the conduct; of
Engliind might liiive been, still there was the
treaty; the British Consul would point to that
and ask, with triuiiiph, liow cii ii Nicaragua
give you a riglir to go. where by her own act,
she hits no iiglit to go herself? ’ ’
After it iiegoliatioii of more than :1 yeai"s
coiitiiiuunce, M 1'. Clayton at last succeeded in
effectiiig ri treaty with Great. Bi'it:iin,—by which
both that power and the governinent of the
United States iigree tlizit "'l18ltl1el' will obtain
or iiiiiintiiin exclusive control over this cu mil;
ncillier will occupy/,jo1‘(g'/:2/, colonize. or (Issuing
z/mnz'nion. over any 171,17‘! qf Nicaragua, Costa
Rica, the Mosquito Cuczsl, or any part Q] Central
Aiizcrica; and that neither goveriiineiit will
trike iidvuntzige of any ttlllilnce or influence
tlizit eitlier may possess with any of the States
may puss, to acquire for the citizens or sub-
and by wliicliuthe hitter State yielded up her
ciil strength.
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eiiiiiis to the port of San Juan. Since March,
1848. this D011’. has been in the Pbssession of
the English, and that they ever got that pos-
session is the uiiexcusnblo blunder of Mr.Po1k‘s
iicliiiinistrntion. By the treaty of July last
Greiit Britain was obliged to reiiouiice the
Mosquito claim, but shortly after Costa Rica
set; up it pretense of dominion over Siiu Juan,
and strn nge to say, in tliis'she is supportetl by
the English Goveriiinent. Siin Juan is now
nominiilly held by the Costa Rica uutliorities,
in reiility by Britisli troops. Now observe
how our gOVfl1'|ll110l1l‘. is placed.
formiilly rt-,iiotiiir_-oil her dominion over the port
Mi‘. Polk ;)el'tllllllltg this to be
done without. it word of l'6mOl1Sll'tlltCe. Eng-
land has given up the Mosquito cliiiin, as bound
by the treaty with the United States, and linally
Costa Rica steps iii and claims it. as hei'doinin-
ion, and by the aid of the British troops keeps
possession of it. What can our goveriiinent
do ? Suppose that Mr. \Vebster ('.lttllI1S to the
British miiiister, “ you tire robbiiig N ic:ii':igu:i.”
“ N0,” is tlie'"i’eply, “ Nitzuingiiii, by the tmitty
of March, 1848, with whicli Mi‘. Polk, your
Pi'esid(>.iit, found no fault. gave tip her preten-
sions to San .luan.” “ VVe-ll,” Mr. \Vebster
miglit uiidertiiko to say, "you are ni-sing in
\ ioliition of tlie t'i'e:i!y of lzist.July.” “Not so.”
:15 Iim niiswm, .- . , .
Nicnmguit has
of Siin Juan;
-5:1” -limo : C't)sltt Rica. occupies that port, and
ziltlioiigli we had liei' troops, we lltltl ii pcifect
right to do tliiit, as you lizive to bind troops to
Ni<:zii'iiguii, if you choose.”
this coinpliciitioii of difficiilties, M 1'. VVobstei'
1n the inidst. of
Politics in tlonnccticut.
On the first. i\-loiidny of April, 1851. the peo-
ple of this State are to choose their Shite oili-
cers. l'our Repmsentiitives to Congress. eight
sheriffs, the members oftlie next Geiierzil As-
seiiibiy, Judges ot'Pi'ob:ite for the several Dis-
tricts, and Justices oftlie Peace for the towns.
The Geiiertil Assembly so cliosen, will elect
nu U. S. Seiintor for the term of six yours. It
is to be pei-Imps the most iiiipomtiit Shite elec-
tion ever held in Connecticut. Its result. will
place the State in the liztiids of either the
\Vliigs or the Locofocos, will send men to the
lower branch of Congress, and will elect iiu
U. S. Seniitor beloiigiiig to one or rho olltol‘ of
the two great ])tll’ll(~’-S. Tliiit.iiny of the fire
tions which exist, should, as :1 party. come 011'
v'ictoi'ious, is entirely out of the question.
[n Connecticut, the \Vliigs, wlieii they ur-
my their whole strength, exceed the Loco
locus in number, by from three to live thou-
sand. Of course it is in their power to have
things in their own way if they choose. But
they have sutTei'ed themselves i-epc.-in-illy to be
divided on local rind extrziiicous questions. uiid
ilius thrown the State into the hiinils of their
uc'vei'sarics. \Vill they do so next Spring?
\Ve confidently believe thiit. they will not.—
The iiieiiilieis ol'Cougress to be elected, will.
in all likelihood l1itVetl voice in the selection
-~ -~ - M.-« D~...s:.im.r oft_he United Suites.
However much it may be iillegcd that old party
issues are at an end, still they are not so The
policy oftlic \Vhigs is. 05 it. ever has bcrzri. to
fostc-.i'. by di:'ot:t action of the govei-iiinerit, every
species ofiiidiistry and iiiiprovcineiit by wliicli
has sent; an agent to San Juan, to learn till the
Facts and ncgotiiite for an riiiiiciible settleiiieiit.
of the whole :ii'liiii'. This ciiiiiiot be done in it
week or in mouth; diploitiiitic. negotiations re-
quire much time, iind yet because Mi‘. \Veb-
ster does not: oi'dei' liiill'ii"tl0zcii vessels of men
to San Juiiu. half the locofoco piipers of the
country are tryiiigtn make political capitiil out
of it. Foui"nioiiilis ago it treaty was negotiat-
ed with Eiigliiiitl ; within two inoiitlis, it: is
cliiimetl tliiit. slie lizis violated tliiit ti'eaty. and
we tliiiik the cli:ir_<..re against lierjusr. VVlizit.
sh‘-ill the Ciibinet (lo? \Vould yoi.i have them
iiegotviiite and settle the imittei' peiicciibly
or plunge the country at oiico into \Vtll' nftei'
the fzisliion of the Polk ziiliiiiiiistrzition with
Mexico? Mr. \Vebstei' has pursued the only
proper course which any man cliiiuiiiig to be
:1 stiitcsimin would pursue. He liiis npeiied
iicgi>ti:it.i..iis wliicli ii re now pi'oQi'(.-ssiiig. \Vlieii
lllOyl91'tl1lIltlt€, if we shall think that he has
betinyetl the interests of his country we will
join in his degiinciiitiou. Till then we ii re con-
tent to remain quiet and not sliout, till we are
out of the woods.
S'i‘oNr: FOR 'riii:\VAsriii\'r'roi\' i\loNUMi-:i\"r.—
The stone designed for the \Viisliiiigton Monu-
inentiis it tribtite from Connecticut. is now
coiiipleted. will leztve Hiii'tfoi'd in it ll‘-\V diiys.
Itis of Portland Free Stone, with the name
and ziruis of the Static very benutiltilly cut on
its face. lts dimensions are tour feet. long, two
l)l’0il1'(l.1ll1(l lifreen inches thick. It has been
curved at the establishment of M r. Btl[l6l'SOIl,
and lSt|l)§t3XCBllenl? specimen of skill and taste.
There is iinotherstoiie, in H. state of l'oi'wiird-
iiess from some Teiiiperiiiice Society in the
State. It is of New Pre.-:toii white marble
E$"Tbe New York Tribune puhlislies the
complete Cougressioniil veto of that State. at
the recent election, the footing up of which
furiiisbes inost; gratifying figures to‘ the Whigs
of the 03d Empire. The clear iiggregsite
nalfoftheir ciuididiites, they stand in the pop-.
ular vote. decidedly in the miiioi-ity.
E?’ The iiiajniitiesin the city of New York
oirthe viirious iiiinies on the State ticket differ
so much that they afford iio criterion of politi-
Tliey range from 1089, Loco to
By th is treiiiy Englniid
iberaitely set; fortli, and on the biisis of whit-h
A little more than four inontlis have elapsed
withdrawn.
(‘ \.
848, to which we have i-epeaitedly ret'ei'1'ed
4545 \Vlii0.
Congressmen 2212; thaitfor the \Vhig Ass:
semblyineri, 2981. Blunt’s maij. for City At-
torney, 3186; Beebe's for City Judge, 1169.
\Vhig'
The aggregate innj. for
{-F” Govei'iioi' Seymour has appointed Henry
D. Smith of Middletown, Tiniotliy Dwight. of.
New Haven, Ntttllitll Belcher of New London.
and Samuel Colt of Hzirtfoid, a committee for-ill Cl|t1l‘leSi0D. 5- C- Will accept the U- S-
this State to receive articles destined for the D'5“"°'* A“0""°.V51"l’-
VVoi'ld’s Fiiir in London.
E5“ Hon. Truman Smith and Indy arrived at
New York on Tuesday, in the steamer South-
erner, from Charleston.
VVliig iniijoriiy over till others is 6,196 show-:
ing that, iilthougli the Opposition have chosen , Sues I
lLegisl:irui-e, when something will be enacted
l iueinbers, 689.682, being it gain over last your
the coiii.liti0ii,of the people is to be tlItlfPll0l'nit'(l.
l'l‘lie policy 01 Locofocoimi is to do notliiiig.iiiid
the C()l1lC(-“.lXl])lll)lt! miixiin *‘ that is the best gov-
Fur t/Le Norwal/c Gazette.
iVln._EDt'roit ;—l by your indulgence l
more only. to just right one 01' two misiip
lieusions in your strictiiess on the coininij
tion I sent. you last week, you ask M
-'- ever here oftlio distinction between rcb
and revnlillion '1” You must excuse I
never did. and have got: to learn it, I co "
them the same in their real meaning. If‘
he allowed the expresiou, it is a disti
without it difference-—tho only dift'oi'once(i
thore is,ri=bel(orrebclion) is used its an oping
However I;
or as something disgriiceful.
they are the same. If.-i revolution e.\tist3_,’,-it,
nlso does it rebellion and vice versn. “
liirliers,” its you say ‘- revolted.” and they
belied also " iigninst the power of England."
There was it revolution. tliero wiisiilsa R rob!
lion. Speaking of the some " crisis.” Jo
Bull calls it it rebelion, Jonatliau it rcvnlutio
~* Disobedience” is not always. as you won
have us to understand “ rebellion,” that tho:
who refuse to obey the Fiigitivo Slave Lm
Tho opuoneiits of this disgrzicefi
If coin
iire rebels.
lziw use no physical force to oppose it.
mzinded to assist in the arrest of it fugitiv
fuom slzivery they say no, but ifyou wish to in
that the penalty, here we are. They subini
to the liiw.
There is quite ii distinction mid difierence be
tween obedience and suliinissiou to liiw. 'l'li
case of --.Soonk<" which you mention to illus
ti-are the question, is not parallel, nor to the
point. Let me give it case. Suppose an in
diviiluiil éll()Ultl he called upon to assist in so
curing ti fugitive. and he refuses to obey, does
the more not of rlis(il)o<lieiii:e nitike him it rebel.
lle employs no force tllltl lnill\(’.S no l'(:SlsI’;|nc(;.
He goes into the Cltlltiltes of the law peaceti-
hly. and receives the penalty. This is .'4Ul)ml8.
(-‘l'tllYlt'*rlt wkicli governs lezist,” is still its max’
im. In our ftiieigii reliitioiis. the policy oftlie
\Vliigs is to preserve ppiir-e with all iisitions,
to negotiate firmly but Ct')ttl'lt-'.0lJSly until the
mitioiiiil lionor Sllitll dema ml 7lll0ll1el‘(.'()Ul'S(’.
The policy of Locofocoism is to hlust'ci' tlll(l
l.lll'(-Hllell ; to order out the troops lirst lllltl to
iiegotiiite iifterwu rd ; to cultivate the spirit: 01
The people ofCJiiiiei.-ticut tt|'6 to my
“7 0
peace.
which of these policies they approve.
think their ziiiswer cannot be doubted.
l\IORM01\'1SM.—-l.\.lI'. Mackiiy, the Mormon
sigent sent; out from Sr. Luke soltleineiit ti
Eiigliiiitl, some time ago for the purpose of en»
coui-aging eiiiigriition to that region, has inc‘.
He states that
the .‘»l.ornions liiive ii ii eiiiigriitioii fund oftlirec
and :1 hiiif tons of C‘ liliiriiia gold. During tlit
inst ten years the einigi‘iit.ioii of Mormons is
the United States, is estiiiiiited by Mi‘. Mzickaig
zit 14,000, and he thinks that the close oftlii
it will iiiririiiiit to 25.000. A
wit li ext i'u0i'diii2i ry s U(7L‘t‘SS.
present year,
large porlioii ofthese are fairmersniiil mei:liaii-
ies of wood stiindiii in tlieir own countr .
b _
Teimperancc Meeting.
Vt7e lll'e.l'€qllPSl€(l to state tliiit; Iliere will be
a meeting of the \V:ishingtoiiiiin Temperance
Society, on Thursday evening, 28:11 iiist.. for
1-c.m-g;i”izing_, nppoiiitiiig officers, doc, There
will also be §l(l(ll'eS$P.S delivered.
E \Ve leiirii that the Assessors in some
lptll'iS of the State find gI’ei|l2 diffigiilty in regu-
liitiiig the tiixes under the new liiw. In soiiie
cases. for the purpose of cliiimiug the 300 ex-
einptioii, property owned by one person has
"been reiuriied in the lists of liiilf it dozen
members of the family, so divided as to fall uii-
Tlie difficulties of proceeding
»under the law are so great, that; it has been
ouested that; the Assessors sliould suspend
'dei' that sum.
their duties until after the meeting ofthe next
which shall be prticticzil.
§'Tlie full i'etui'iis of the preachers and
members of the Methodist: persuiisioii. have
been published; from this statement we learn
that there are in the United States, ofii-iivelling
pi'eiiclioi's. 4129; of looiil preiichers, 5420 ; of
of 27,367 members.
- @ The most nliirining indications we have in
regard to the designs of the South to dissolve
the Union, is found in the fiict that, nobody
When Soiitherners
refuse olfice at the hands of the Goiioi-til Gov-
ernment, it is it‘ sign that soiiietliiiig is in the
wind. ' '
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w:ii'..aiid to make light: of the blessings of
to aid the cause. P. '1‘. Barnum ctllibltfid
3250. Life memberships were bestoid ‘P90
President Fillmore. Henry Clay. Q"Y‘
ton. Geii.C:iss, Jenny Lind. and ma 'fll;l'8-
Inst year 4000, is new ascertained t 0 '01‘-
sioii, but not obedience. He will not do
ivi'oii._g, but riither siilTei's wi'oii_:—:. Here is the
distinction. The iiidividuzil will not do wrong
by obeying an unjust and cruel liiw, but will
.~iifi'i-.i' the injustice and \\'l'0ng/Wlllcll the law
\Vo
- may sutTei' tyiiiiiny upon ourselves, but when
iiillicts us it penalty for disobedience.
we are comiminded to inflict: thnt wrong upon
oi.liei's. there is no law that can make me (l(
ii,—wi'ong nnotlier. Iilespise all such laws
and ieqiiiromeiits.
evil for evil, but disobey the ltI\V tliiit ()n€‘l'8l
illtlltfl us inflict. wrong and cruelty on a felloi
Ifaii ofiicer calls on me to lay hand
tpon nf-‘llovv man to miike it slave of bin
Never. Let the law do wit
1 would not be ii. slave-hotiu
SHERMAN.
\Ve should not reiido
li:-ing.
nust l obey?
116 wliiit it. will.
‘in’ all the suimy south.
Z3“ We are willing rozillow our correspon-
-iit. the liist word. “'6 do not perceive ti
iecessity of tltltllllg to our remiirks of last wee
in order to clear ’up the fog in which “ She
main" seems to hiive got l)ewildei'ed. As\t¢
ilie distiiiotioii between -rcbellzrm iiud rcvolutiot
we advise him to consult Webstor‘s dictionar_'
letter R.
52‘?'Tlio “oldest inlmbit.imt” tells us, sit:
the New Haven Register‘, as it well nuthon
csitedfiict. that the first potzitoe planted in NI
lliiven, was brought to this city &ll)0,l.l '1 '-
1769, by Cliristoplier Kilby, from N V
and was planted in what is iiow the"M,§l.,
Mr. Simeon Miirblo, in Chapel streier, near
opposite Trinity Church. From tl o yieldf
that one wgere tlic iiiliiibitztnts_of this regtl
.iftei'wiu'ds supplied.
Fiiti-2 I-N \VALI.i.\'crono.—'r1ie shop of H3‘
Ward 66 Co., pewtei'- pot m:inufzict.ui'eisD
\V;illingford, was consumed on Friday nitf.
with all its c intents. Property insurecol‘
31000 by the Protection C_oinpiin_v of Har d- -
if Mr. Clay made it long speech to tlpi_8-
gisliiture of Kentucky,itt Fi‘ankfoi°t. on tléllill
inst., in which he i'eviews the ntiiiirsf he
nation, iind the omnibus "19‘15l“'°9 °f ls‘
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53‘ There are in the city of N. Yoil4._l85
liquor shops. according to the police i'q‘lI‘ts, of
which 2,716 are kept. open on Suuday.Ofllio
whole number. 4.267 tire licensed. ’- I
Congress.
1
r
E'5"’At the 'Iemperiince moetingeldin
the Broiidway Taibei'ni‘icle. New 'l'k,lon
Monday night, more than $1500 Wll'1l_b€d
l
I?‘ The popniiition of Minesota. Chlns
W‘ Never too old to learn. ,
7000.
Norwalk Chronicler