rm ,.
-;-,_‘-""‘the Unite-d.States of America.
- .. .-_....-o-mu... -... Jo» .. ._,
yelp from my fierce attendants -made
. too certain that they were in close
’ ursuit. Nearer and nearer they came; I‘
‘, "card-‘their feet pattering on the "ice nearer
and still nearer, until I could feel their breath
-no hear theirjsnuffling, scent. Every nerve
and muscle_in my frame was stretched to the
..tttuio‘st tension. .
‘ -<.‘:',I?he‘trees along..the shore seemed to dance
‘ . the uncertain light, and my brain. turned
. ,-«-‘with‘ my own breathless speed, yet still they
A ':s§gmed'to h~is_s.forth_their breath. truly horri-
uj'ihle,‘as an involuntary motion on my part‘
1 -' turned me out of my course.
_ The wolves
m¢__I"(_{.°_§,__'l,l_t‘°;_b\‘_l_!'l(l, unable to stop, and as unable to
"cum on the __s3n_qotli ice,_s_l_rpped and fell . still
onifiit‘ ahead ;their tongues were. lol-
_fI‘it_i'g_~oii'_t', their “whi_te'tusks glaring from their
C ' bloody mouths, their dark, shaggy breasts
“4,~?‘tj§‘yere "flocked with foam,-and as they passed
me their eyes glared, and they howled with
....fnry. The thought flashed on my mind that
‘in this way-l could avoid them, viz; by turn-
ing at aside whenever they came too near; for
, ;-_ they, by thefoimaiion oftheir feet, are una-
".5
.. ble. to run on. ice except in a strait line.
.. ‘I’ immediately acted upon this plan. The
;- .wolves.having regained their feet, sprang
_l . ,‘dlf8Cll.y towards me. The race was renewed
for 20 yards up the stream ; they were al-
—-ready close on my back, when! glided
Around and dashed past my pursuers. A
Wfierce yell greeted my evolution, and the
. wolves, sliping upon their liaunclies, sailed
3 onward, and presenting a perfect picture of
— helplessness and bafilrcl rage.
Thus I gain-
' ed nearly- 100 yards at each turning. This
_':-(was repeated two or three times, every mo-
‘ *ment- the animals getting
baflled.
more excited and
"At one time by delaying’ iny- turning too
. long, my fierce antagonists came so near
: that they threw the true foam over my dress
as they sprang to seize me, and their teeth
-’ clashed together like the spring ofa fox trap.
. ‘LI-Ind my skates failed for ' a moment, had I
-: 'll‘lpped_ on a stick, or caught my fort in a
=.'tfissure' on the ice, the srory I am now telling
-‘ would never-have been told.
I thought all
thechances were over; I knew where they
would first take hold ofme ifl fell, I thought
'.O.fl1'O\\ long it would be before I died, and
:."w.hen tht-re.would be a search for the body
. tliat would already have its tomb; for oh !—
how fast a man's mind will trace out all the
dread‘ colors of deaths picture, only those
. who have been near the grim, oitiigirttil can
:-_ tell. i '
But soon lcame opposite the house, and
-‘my: hounds, I knew their deep voices, roused
u by the noise, bayed furiously from the ken-
lnels,‘l heard their chains rattle; I wislied
they would break them, and then I would
haveiprotectors that woull be peers to the
fierces denizens ofthe forest. The wolves
taken the hint conveyed by the dogs, sloped
in their mad career, and after a moments
consideration turned and fled. I watched
them till their dusky fortns disappeared over’
a neighboring bill. then taking offmy skates
Iwended my way to the house with feelings
better imagined then described.
But even yet, I never see a broad sheet of-
ice in the moonshine, without thinking of
that siiiiflimg breath and those fearful things
that followed me so closely dowti the frozen
Kenebec.
_ 13'‘ The London Journal of Commerce
gives the following picture of the present
condition of the British Empire :—“ there is
scarcely a colony belonging to Great Britain
which has not been al but ruined within the
zhort space of seven years, and some of them
almost driven to revolt through the distress
brought upon them by the Home Govern-
ment. _ Ireland is literally in a state of insol-
vency ; gentlemen of estatcd property in that
country are almost without the necessaries of
life—-land has become V€lll1t‘leSS—fll'|(l every
one who can scrape together as nuch moni-y
ho_nestly or dishonestly, as will carry hriti
ggway, fl.es from its shores, and emigrates to
Throughout
Great Britian, the most extensive distress
prevails among the laboring classes, with the
single exception of some ofthe inanufactui'irig
districts In Birmingham trade has somewhat
revived from the stagnation it was suffering
under a few months back rod in the cotton
districts mills have l';F.'.il 2-2-it ‘ably busy for
about six .t.-'.-:;;,. i\l‘.:t”i!'l1‘"ilel', notttith-
stunt?-: 1;, .:= in -;.i'.==:,- at =‘l.:=:*. .-.'gnsofuneas-
in’--_-’ -'..-; -5’ ‘-_‘t ‘L. bzcoiiitiig slack—for-
,,. , tor the most part gluttetl
.'.:'...cansliii'e goods—-wliile the prospect
tilt‘ it. me trade cannot be very cheeing,
\_.~.I-_ --.~ 1 t _
‘ii M :=.t 40s. the quarter, and cattle al-
‘-71‘-':%I .'rfl. The situation of the arti-
Sa‘--“ ‘ii’-<3 !~..l.i :a-:- -. rses in the metropolis.
£0 fttititfzillfiérx-,: _
columns or iii-.+
horrifying.
-'. wt 'lv described in the
‘ .1‘-«it ricle, is truly
./7 Singt/ltbr Ca.reijf-:r..-. FIIgf[il‘e,__
Some,fe\w‘t»'e”ek§_si'nce a negro .iatticd Catri-
mitfilc, six feet two inches in l.lt'l,'.,7lll, m..tde
-“his escape from the Itidiaiina Pi-.nitt.-ntiary
at Jcffei‘sonville, He was from Crawford
county la, was sentenced for horse stealing
and served all save sixteen months 0fl'llSl.t‘l'lIl
of seven years. It appears that Cziniiritick
came to this side oftbe river, went to the in-
terior ofthe State, and was arr‘ested and lodg-
ed in jail at Cytithiana on suspicion of being
a runaway negro. A few mornings since
he succeeded in breaking out of the Cynthi-
ana jail, ond immediately making his way
to Frankfort, got on board the steamer Sea
Gull Friday".i‘norning, reached here the satire
rrrght, and without any delay pl'O(:Ul'l'€{l a
8_l€Ifl', crossed the river, went to the l’.-enitcn-
ttary, and v hen the prison doors were open-
edthe other niornirig, he was there demand-
ing admission to his old quarters. He said
he had been unhappy evcr since he left, and
preferred rernaining there than to be at large
-and always looking behind him fearing putr-
suit. -Lo-itiscille Courier‘.
Afioringinal Rcmaius.—-A recent flood on
the river Dan in North Carolinia, by wash-
ing away the embankments, has disclosed
numerous skeletons of human beings, pieces
of earthenware, Indian utensils, which seem
to have suddenly buried by some catastrophe,
notunlike an avalanche of earth from an
eminence Some of the skeletons are found
in a sitting, posture, and are nearly perfect.
A variety of curiosities are found in connec-
tion" with them. There seems to be no doubt
that they are the ‘bones of Indians, traces of
whose encampment on the banks of the Dan
are still visible; but how they came to be
buried in the condition found, is a mystery.
- Heavy/,Muil .RobI2er_r,.—lt has been ascer-
tained 'at Washington, that about six thous-
and dollar bills, on the merchants’ Bank of
South Carolina, have been stolen from the
-mails. The bills bear date of Sept. 9, 1850
tilid Tare the only ones of that date that have
been isstted by the bank .
E. I -*3-an-_._._.""'\
-was Late Gale. .
'. MoN'.rni:AL‘,‘ Dec." 24. "
Yesterday 3 heavy snow storm swept
over this city, the most severethat has vis-
ited us for twenty years. «It is feared con-
siderable damage lias been sustained.
BOSTON, Dec. 23._
A heavy storm of snow andrain prevail-
ed all last night and the greater part of yes-
terday morninir. _
'[‘[,e:b.~ig Sarah, Capt. Grrfliths, from
Mobile carried away her main yard and
got itito Coh-asset harbor. She rititv. lies
on thejflats highaud dry,and is perfectly
light; , .
Two or three small vessels were sunk,
including the sloop Avon, with a cargo of
mackerel from Gloucester.
The trains front eiery quarter were ‘ de-
tained by the severity of the storm from 2
to 12 hours. '
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24:
During theprevalenie of the high wind
yesterday, several new buildings were
more or less damaged. The wall and scal-
folding" of one on Market street near the
Schuylkill, was partially blown down, and
two or three others on Coates street, near
the Eastern Penitentiary, shared a similar
faté. Sign-boartls, scaffolditigs, pieces of
timber‘, &c. were flying thick and fast. A
female, named Mary Clark, was seriously
injured byasign falling tipori her as she
was passing along the pavement. The tin-
fortunate woman was conveyed to the hos-
pital. ,
Lawns, Del. Dec. 23.
The storm continues to prevail with
great violence, so much so that no boat
could succeed in reaching the Breakwater.
Two scliooneis have come ashore inside
the. pitch of the Cape this afternoon ; al-
so, two scliooiiers have stink in the bar-
bor. and two others had to have their masts
cut away to prevent their conting on the
beach The snow and wind are terribly"
fierce from N. W.-
ALBANY, Dec. 24.
The snow storm ceased last night, btit
the wind blew a perfect gale uritil niorning.
The Boston railuay ferry boat is frozen
tight in the middle of the river, and pas-
setiger cross the ice on foot.
The tliermometer at Watervliet has been
four degrees below zero. In this city, front
two degrees aboveto two degrees below
zero. VVe have received no mails west of
Syracuse, and our last mail frotn New
York was that of Sunday evening.
BUFFALO, Dec. 24.
The gale of yesterday has abated, and
we have had a very fine, clear, but pierc-
ingly cold day. At 4 o’clock this afternoon
the tliertnometer noted 22 degrees above
zero; itlias Since fallen 11 degrees. A
larger amount of stiow has fallen than at
any previous time for many years.
The propeller Onyx, for whose safety
fears were entertained, arrived somewhat
damaged last evening.
NEW YORK. Dec. 25
The damage to the wliarves and ship-
ping by the galgwas very considerable.-—-
The tide is as so low as to leave the bed of
the river dry at several of the docks. The
ferry boat New York broke her wheel
cliains,and the Nassau vitis driven with
much violence against a wharf and injured
a schooner ctirisidembly, carrying away a
portion of her cabin.
At South Brooklyn, the houses and ship-
ping suffered most; vi-hole rows of uiifiii-
ished houses were blown down, and two
men were so much injured that they are
not expected to survive. Vessels in the
Atlantic Docks li-ad their btilwarks stove
in, and a canal boat was sunk.
Nine builditigs belonging to Dr. Jacob
Townsend, on Hamilton avenue, near
Court street, were prostrated, and two car-
penters working therein were seriously
hurt.
Eight frauie buildings, at the corner of
Sinitb and Mill streets, were blown down
Six houses in Court street, near Suiti-
tnit; one in Fulton avenue, and one in
Union st. belonging to Mr. Feiitier, were
alsotorn to pieces.
Vessels in the river broke from their
moorings; a canal barge, laden with coal,
was knocked to pieces at the foot of Atlan-
tic street, and aiiotlier, at the foot of Ful-
ton st. tiret with at similar fate, her cargo
was worth $6000; the sloop Taluia is
still ashore at the Battery.
The packet ship Niagara, lying at the
S. VV. Spit, was obliged to cut away her
fore and iiiaiiiniasts, and also her inizen
topniast. Her first mate, we learn, had
one of his legs broken by the falling spars
The sloop Ann Amelia, lying at pier No
33 N. R Was sunk and the barge ‘VVIYI l-I
Ifield, at the ailjoiiiineg pier, was stove to
pieces. Many other vessels lying at the
dock in the Fifth Ward, v. are much dain-
aged.
Viznmoxr NuLi.ii'ic.\'rioN Lnw,--The
Brnttlebot'o’ Eagle i'epeat.s the intimation
that the recent law of the Le_i_{islaiut'e of
that State, in effect flUlllf_)'lll§_f the Fiigitive
Slave Law, was passed without the scruti-
ny or even the full knowledge of the legis-
lators. The bill is said to have been “put
throiigli” on the last day of the session,
when a large number of the Representa-
tives had left for their homes."
{@- Mrs. Willis, of New Hampshire,
Wliowrote the ode for the celebration at
Sun Ifrancisco of the admission of Call-
fornia into the Uiiion,appeared at the ball
at the. Eureka House on that occasion, eti-
leiing llieliall at the hour of 12, tititltiighl.
She wore a beautiful silver wreath ofgrapes
and wheat, presented bythe committee of
lnvllilllmla which gave “ a classical air to
her head ;” her dress was of piiia, delicate
as gossamer, looped up in front with a bo-
quet of silver-—a string of pearls fastened
her sleeves on the shoulder, and another
was around her neck,supporting the"‘beao-
tiful and chaste gold medal” presented by
the committee of the city in token of ad-
miration of lier'oo'e—-on her right arm‘ she
wore “a splendid bracelet of California
gold, set with diamonds, pearls, emeralds
and rubles.” also presented by the com-
mon council. “ She excited tnuch admir-
ation, which she receiued as one accustom-
ed-to it, and was by no means overwhelm-
ed by it.” -
The dwelling of Jas. T. Pope, in
Pike county, Ala was burned a few days
since, and two of their childreti,a datigliter
about seven and a son about four years old,
perished in the flames. » "
Advertising, jud_icious_ advertising, con-
veys with electrical rapidity, into the private
,reasory, the dollars, dependupon that.
‘ Anotrr Onassis.-l—Co'l._Schdu_lefldf the B03-
ton Atlas, who is now in \Vush‘ington, writes to
that journal as follows in regard to the Wash-
ington Republic and organism in general: ,
The indiscreet and foolish course of the
Republic newspaper, in this city, is severely
censured by _ ,
of Conrrress,' The paper receives importance
6 ' . '- a . '
only from the fact that it is published irnthis
city, and assumes tospeak for the Arlmini-s
travtion. I have. it in niy..power_ to state dis.-
tinctly that the Government does no recog-
nize it or any other paper, as their organ.-
They are no more responsible for what ap-
pears in the-columns of the Republic, than
they are for what appears in the Washington
Union, I am‘ authorized by the President
to say, that he recognizes no paper as his
especial organ. _ _
sires, shall be judged by its igfiictal arts, and
not by any article that may appear in any
newspaper published in Washington or any
other place. It is the strong and earnest de-
sire of the President to have peace and bar-
monv in the Wliig ranks——tc have the party
ntiiied,and to have the Union of these States
consolidated by wise legislation, and the cul-
rivnrion of friendly feelings in all sections of-
the country. This is his highest ambition,
and certainly it is an ambition w..»rtliy of one
occupying the exalted station he now. _holds.
The kind and conciliatory tone-._ of his late
tnessatre has already accomplished much
good in this way. and ll ls,“ great Plll’ ‘hm
the editorials of the Republic should interfere
to arrest its good efiects.
Dis'riLLi:iiv l\IiLt{.-—A trial of some interest
to milk cotisuiiiers has just. been decirled in ‘I.
Y., on :1 suit. iigiiitisl: M r. Howard, oftlie lrvirig
E-louse. by it Mr. l.trt_igliiinrti, who had cori-
triicterl to supply the fornier with pure country
milk, but who served distillery, or swill milk,
instead :
It appeared from the testimony of Dr. Gar-
diner, that the cows kept in distillery stables
gm “.(,,.,, out in a year, and that although
some last longer than that, it is not cointnon.
It was also stateil by another witness that the
cows are generally clitirigctl every spriiig.—
\Vhcn tlfi-y cease to give milk, or becoiric
ltit) lame to stand, or are disabled, they are
sold for beef -
A witness, who is a dealer in milk in the
city,st-ate-l that not halfthc qririnmy of built‘-I‘
can be i‘il)l:iint~(;l from Ills‘ milk of cows kept
at the distilli-ry Slitblts as can be from pure.
country miik, and that the bit ter is not worth
so much, to judges, by six or seven cents :1
lb. as liiittcr from country tnilk. He also
spoke of the rule of \\'ill(‘l‘ll"lg milk, and af-
forded niuch amusement by the details. For
himself, he puts in plenty of' water, even in
the distillery milk, for those who ivmitclieap
milk; his i-tile l)€‘ll'l;'_1' to put one quart of
water to three of tiiilk, and then his custom-
ers have better milk than is u.-’u:rlly got by
others around there. To customers who are
willing to pay a fair price, say live or six cts
:1 quart, he will supply pure country mllli
Does not put any flour or clialk,or anything
of that kind in his milk—only water and 2-.
little salt.
After the usual charge from the. Judge, the
Jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. How-
ard.
A ]lf'issnu;i-i Fii.r2n.—"l'lie followirig extract
from (1 letter of a St. Louis gcntleiniin to a
frietid in Boston Will give some idiia of the
scale on which faritiing is conducted in Mis-
souri : «
“ Yes-tcrd y I took a riu'e to see one ofour
fine lllissoiiri l'ai'nis, about ciglit miles from
St. Louis A l‘t'll'. Sigersoii and brotlit-r.-',
have one tlaousanil acres fenced in with a
rail and post fence, ivliich is oiic mile and a
half long in a strriiglrt line both sides, and
with‘ firic large giitcs cvery ql.lill’l.('l' of a mile.
Tlit-y littve l50 acres of corn, 40 acres of
Sll'LI\\'l)€‘.l’l‘l(’S, 50 acix-is of pciiclit-S, about 30
acres of flowers, and about 200 acres of fine
grass, and 200 acres of fruit trees, 300 acres
p:isturiige,&c., all in the coinplctest order
and fl(’71ll]C.~'S, and in it high state of cultiva-
tion. They have about 100 head of cattle,
G00 sheep, &c ; 2500 pear trees. They
have a row of these trees set otit tlitec qti.-ir-
ters of a mile long in a str:-right line, with it
row of arbor vitae trees on one side. I can-
not begin to tell you of the beauties of this
place. The ivatcrmt,-Ion patch was about the.
size of half the B lSl.0ll Common, and corti-
pli-tely ciivereil wiili vines and melons oftlie
tnost lutuoiis «lest-ription You must remem-
ber all the l-'l.l]il occupied by the fruit trot-s is
also covered with Sll'L1\Vl)t“l‘l‘ll~‘.~‘, grass, Sac.
This fririn has been opened within six years.
Can this be beat in the old Bay State any
tvliert-7 If so let me know. There are fine
carriage avenucs throiigli the farm, crossing
at right. angles the main avenue, bordcretl
with flowers each side about it qiiartcr of a
mile. I spent the day in the vicinity, anil
dined there. on the fzirtii, was escorted all
‘over it, and treated in the most liospitable
manner.”
An E.i:cculio2t.—'l‘he St. Louis Intelligen-
ccr informs us that Jacob Gallagher‘, con-
victed at the October term of the Critninal
Court, of the riiurdcr of Mrs. Mary Cro.-by,
on the 4th of July last, and sentenced to be
liunq, was duly executetl on the 10th, tipon
the lower extremity of Duiican’s Island. The
urifortutiate mart, up to the moment. of his
tle.-ith,contitiucd to assert his innocence. The
crowd on the ground was large, numbering
tour or live thoiisand people. The con-
(lt‘mne(l man tnoiinted the steps of the gal-
lows with it firm tread. lilo cotivcrsed for a
few moments in on under tone, and listt-iicd
with an tinnioved countenanr-v, to the reading
of the death-warrant. He their signified his
intention of iitldrcssing those present, and
stepping to the front of the gallows with a
distinct and firm voice, spoke substantially as
follows:
My friends and citizens. I am now on my
(lying words; I am as innocent ofihe crime of
which I was convicted. as airy of you; I was
wrotigfully svrorn rtgiiiiist; I feel its iiii.ocnl as
it lamb and die happy as it saint.
Then bowing low to the throng, ttirned
and shook hands with those aroiind him,
mounted the box over the trap,and thrusting
his hands into his coat pocket, stood unmoved
ivhile the Marshal drew a white cap overhis
face and adjusted the rope, which being done,
the spring was toui:hed,and the soul of Jacob
Gallagher launched itito eternity.
‘The Georgia. Black —-The late Georgia
convention adopted a resolution that the mem-
bers subscribe for the purchase of a block of
Georgia Marble, for the \iVashington Monti-
inent. 'l‘hi- inst:riptio'n upon it to be this
motto of Geoi'gia—l{Visr1om. Justice and Iliad-
ertz_twn—with the additional words-— Georgia.
Co/wentzrm, 1850-.-a silent but expressive ire-
buke of the partisan’ character ofthe inscrip-
tion on the stone ordered to be prepared for
thc same purpose by" the Governor.
the Northern Whig memb_ers=_
His administration, be de-
' 1 .CONGR~ES:S,
In the" Senate on Monday, Mr. Clay pre.
sented ~petit.ions.praying'a modification of the
ta-riff of-‘T846. He detailed the grievances of
which the petitioners cotnplained, and said
that as there was now a caltn upon the lately
disturbed surface of public affairs, which
calm, he hoped, was a real one, he,.Jthoiight
that Coiig're'ss should take up the"t-ariff and
consider it in a kind, liberal and natiotial
spirit. He didinot wish that it should be ta;
“ké‘ii5’up ‘with aview to alter its essential prin-
ciples, but to make some provision for the
revention of. frauds and abuses.
should be done. It was no longer doubtful
that the fires in the furnaces were daily _be--
ing extinguished. and the operations of the
spindle will soon be suspended. Would
Congress do anything to suspend this _down_.
ward tendency? He hoped they would; and
that it would be done now, when the subject
which has agitated the country, was settled
and he lioped, for ever.
After some. disc/ussion relative to the bill to
irovide flir the examination and settli-mt'—nt
of titles and claims to land in California, the
Senate adjourned to Tliui‘stloy.
in the House, nothing of importance was
transacted, extseptihc adoption of a resolution
to adjourn till Tliursday.
In the Sciiale on Thtirsday, Mr. Under-
wood introduced a bill to improve the navi-
gation of the Ohio River. ‘ ,
A communictition was ‘received from the
depiirttiir--nt of the ltiteriorwhich was ordered
to be printed. giving a stateirii-tit of the yearly
cost of keeping the insane of the District of
Columbia in the lunatic Asylum of. Mary-
lurid.
The Bill to settle the California land titles
was taken up. A debate ensued on the pro-
prit-tv of proceeding with its consideration,
when the Senate finally ii greed that it be
postponed till after New Years.
Mr. Clay mOVt‘Il that \\ hen the Senate ad-
journ, i. be until Monday. Carried.
The Senate then went into executive ses-
sion and atftcrwards adjourned.
House. —Mr. i\’lcClettiarid introrluced a
bill for the organization ofthc State Di‘-pttrt
merit in itnpr oving its ifficacy and useful
ness upon foreign afiiiirs, which vias apro-
priati-ly referred.
Mr. McMulli=n reported a bill for a grant
of land to Virginia to aid in the construc-
tion ofthcTenrii-ssee and Virginia R. R,
which was npt‘ttpri:1lr*ly referred.
The bill authorizing‘ the case ofthe hrirs
ofKos:'iu-ko to be re moved to the Dl:ll‘lt‘l
Court of Maryland was passed. Adjourned
until Monday.
CENSUS or C01\‘.\EC’Z}CUT.——Tl‘le census rc-
turns fioiti all the towns in the State, cxct pt
C:tntcr'litiry and Stt-rlitig, are I'PCt'-:lvetl.—
Estimating them as in i840 and the result is
within a fraction of three liuiiilretl and sev-
enty-two thousand, being a gain of 20 per
cent. in the last ten years.
‘In 1840, the population was 310,000; gain
62,000 This is a greater increase by 5.000,
than the entire increase from 1800 to 184i.
These figures lt’ll well for the old State of
Connecticut considering her limited extent
of ti-rritory, and the fact, too, that she sends
abroad more people every year than any
other State in the Union,in proportion to her
size The gaiirpt-i‘ cent. in this State the
last ten years is double that of Maine.
fIttrlfoi'(.l Times
' Pl-‘.1111.-')U3 VOYAG-l-‘. or THE Oiiio.—-—Tlie, Bal-
timore I’;iti'ioicoiitairisa full account of the.
late disaster‘ to the st enmerOliio. from the pen
ofa l)2lSS(‘.ilgP.l'. \Ve gather from this state-
a few ad-litioniil |lilltl(:ultl.lSZ
On quiting the port of I-I:tvarta,it was soon
noticed by those skilled in itiarine life that
the Ohio was but badly prcprirctl to encoun-
ter the risks of a winter approach to our
nort‘nern stiores. Her single 0pl‘l'illlV0 eti-
gine was in all likelihood, iineaquzil to the
task of encounte-‘ring the violeritsttirtns along
those coasts, and her frail masts and light
sails could afford but a slt-.nde.r protection if
she. were friicett to “lay to," or if her (‘ll_'.1ln€
proved useless on a lee shore or in the open
sea.
However, all went fairly and prosperoii.~ly
until last Sunday rtiglit,-irlieii the bt't~-c7.c,
which had all the day been l‘l'E‘Sl‘l(-‘nlfl;_T, rose
to a violent gale; in the midst or‘ this the en-
gine stopped on its center, and the ship
broached to in the midst of the ti‘(-iiicniloiis
st--a that had bi-i~n :lll't'i‘ttly raisctl by the vio-
lcnt wind. Skilftil sctiirtnnsliip iiirttieili-.itt-
ly resctictl her for the. mi-mt-tit, but front that
hour until the 25th of Di-ceiiiber. the Ohio
was forced to “ ltty to” untlt-r the St'_'t1llti'Sl
sail, and to bear the‘ brunt of the hurriczine.
Her immense size made her utitnat'r:igt-n-
blc by canvass. She lay like a log in the
trough oftlie sea rolling bi»-twee.-.ri the walls
oftlie \\’:lVt‘S that lO\\Cl‘H(l on eiilii-.r side of
her and threatened her immediate destruction.
Sad as was the plight of the gall.-int ship
from those events, she was destined to en-
counter another dariger. On Tut.-sdav niorii-
ing it was annoiinced that she spiwirrg alettk
and that the rising: water had (‘Xl.ll']-g‘lll$ll€(l
the fires beneath the boilers.
ilfll'lOlJn('t'l]‘ll’l’)l at once arroused the ellH'glt'S
of the passerigers, who manfully organist-cl
in bands under the t-bari_re of Gerri-i':il Bi-nja.
min C. Howard of Baltimore, and from that
tnoitient until she prissetl Cape Henry, the
Ohio was under Proviiliznce freed by their
incessant, but priticnt lnb()l"-5, togi:-the-r with
those of the officers and crew, and enabled to
recover the use of her engine since the morn-
ing of the 25th.
Tun Fins'r FUoi'rivt~: Suave: LA\V.-—-Tile
Boston Post has the following bit of Political
History :
“ The fugitive slave bill of I792 was draf-
led by George Cabot, of Mass, in November
and It was passed by the Senate on the 1811-;
of January, unanirnotisly, fourteen from free
and thirteen frotn slave States voting for it.
llie House cotiitnittee, Theodore Setlgtvicl;
and Slieerjusliub Bourne, of ll/la.-s., and Al-
€X21fl(.lt'l' White, of Va., reported that bill to
the body, by which it was passed on the 5th
of Ft-brurary,‘without disc-ussinn.:Eigl‘it frce
States were represented by 31 votes, six slave
States by 24 votes; free State majority, 7,___
The, bill received 48 yeas to 7 trays 1\’Iass_a_
chtisi-tts gave 6 yeas to 1 nay. This record
shows that the free States passed the first fu-
gttiveslave bill.
’ If The University of Rochester, recently
_0[)t?l]-Bl] in that place under the auspices of the
Baptists of that State, already numbers ninety
students. '\Vit;lii.ii_ the last ten moiitlis, the eti-
dowmeiit of the institution has been enlarged,
to $150,000. j ' g “
r if I?’ Hon, Philo C. Fuller has,been appointed
Comptroller. of_flie State of'New York, in they
place of \Vtishington Hunt, elected Governor.
Something .
This ilreatlli.il-
T “if ,.NORWALK'f GAZETTE;
TUESDAY. Dec. 31, 1850.
were is" ‘ATE 'I‘-lUKl~;'l‘,-
A son GOVERNOR, . .
Lafayettes. Foster, of N 01'Wl°l1-
FOR. i.iEu'r GOVERNOR,
_ Green Kendrick, of WtIt6I‘b'J|’Y-
it-on SECRETARY, _
Roger H. Mills, of New Hartford.
FOR rnnasunsn,
Thomas Clark, of Coventry-
FOR. coN1‘iioLi;i:n,
sefah Strong, of l\Tlll'0l'd.
The Closing Year-
The men oftlie present generation live more
in it siiigle year, than did their ance.-‘.toi's, of ii
century ngo,in twenty. A New F.iiglander, in
common life, iiow-a--‘aye, travels more. sees
more strange sights, hears more st range news.
acquires more strttrige yet solid iiilormation in
the period oftlirce l1Dll(Il'Pd and sixty-five days
than did his gi'ent.-gi'eiit-grtitidfnllier in his
whole lifetime. The former receives commu-
nicritioiis from New Orleans in liiilf an liotir
less than no tinie——crosses the Atlantic in ten
clays, and stuntls on the Pyritmids in less than
three wt-.t-ks from the (lay he left; Boston liar-
bor. Every day brings him iiitulligeticc from
' all portions of this great land. and he seems to
hair r:’om:ni.iniciitor to which the Cl'elegra]ili is
beirring wi ii the speed of thought. from north,
east, west and south. the intelligent e ofit cori-
tiiierit. For him. the S/canis/tip plouglis the
otzeiiii, bringing tlio tens of Cliiiiii, the spices of
the In.lies. tlresilks of Frarrice. the iron of Rus-
sia, and the fabrics of England; the Loconiolivc
tliunilers over the land,tlr-iiggitig to his door the
produce of the great valley of the west and of
the cotton fields of the south. He sees and
licnrs and thinks nothing of_ occurrences which
his iiiicestors would have (leeined uiiriiculons.
Another such year. as we have dt-scribeil. is
at this moment. drawing to a close. It. has been
at period long to be reiiieiiibeietl in the lll.~‘lOl'_\"
of this couiitry--we trust to be rerireitiliereil
with joy and tlitinltsgiving. At its cotiinietice-
riieiit,tli-.=- political horizon wits dark and llire:it.-
ening; the ship of state was tossed to and fro
beiientli ii loweriiig sky and upon it tumultuous
sea. The tiatiotuil legis'atui'e, ‘convened ii
iiioiitli pi'e.viotis, was oi'giinizt-.d, and its meni-
bers talking of disuuioii and civil war. The
passions of men were roused to their highest
pitch, rind it secured as if no voice tzotild still
the tiinttilt. But, thanks be to God! that in-
rniilt has been stillerl, and the voice before
which it was lruslied to silence arose frnin the
.lx(-‘,:n'[,\‘ of the people of this broad land. True,
the swell wliicli succeeds the dying teinpest
may still be felt, lint we have great hope and
little fear now.
'l‘o-morrow we begin with 18.51.
begin it suberly. rritiotinlly. and like men who
love. and will abide by tlieir C0lllill'y, and their
whole couriti'_v, come wliiit. lllily. May the
iittise. (if putty strife be litislietl liefore. llie. grciil
tipri.-:iii_g of the tuition for llio rnziintetizttice of
the Union, the Coiistittitiori and the law.
Let US
Fire in-.r.eit.-.7s Ball.
The second Aiiriuiil Ball of Excelsior Fire
ltlitgino Couiptiiiy, No. 5. of Bridgeport, will be
given at Brtylies‘ Hall, in that cit_v,oti llte. even-
ing of the 8th pi-ox. The Old Gentleiii:itr’s
littiid of New llnven are to be in iittendtiiice,
and the ill'l'itllg€‘.l‘ll()lllS are sucli as to make the
OC.‘.iISl0n (lie ball oftlie season. VVe hear that.
Norwiilk is to be well i'epresente.d.
Criiniitial Neglect.
\Ve have been r-iatpiested to call attention to
the situation of abridge in this town, on the
Newtown road, near the \Vestport. line. Its
condition has been such for the last tliree
months, at. least. its not. only to prevent travel
over it. but greatly to e.ndnnge.r the life and
limbs of any wltn ntny (igtiomiit of its situation.)
intike the iittcinp: in the night season. This.
worst. aspect of the. matter. is not
Since the
tlioiigli the
the only Enid one c.oniiet:le.il with it:
severe wctttlier has set in. the brook, wliirzli in
stimiiicr SPIISUII was en.-:il_\ fordable,is tiow also
iinpii.ssiililc,so that the traveler wisliitrg to reach
NOI'\Villl( is driven to trike some other and
,<;r'e:illy tzircuitous route, or make up his mind-
if seeking it tii:ii'két on the board, to find sortie
other point to transact his business. If some-
thing is not done speedily lo retriedy this evil
we trust sortie of our citizens who are pectin-
izirily iiitei-cstetl, will make complaint to the
Sttite’s tittoriiey, flint. the proper steps may be
taken to enforce trttciition.
E—'§PTlie aiiiriversitry festival of the New
E tiglri nd Society in New York, was held on the
e.veiiiii}_: oftlie 223d M. ll. Grinnell presided.
Daniel \Veiistcr' and Sir Henry Iiulwer were
seuted near liiiti. G. P. R. Jtiiiies was among
the invited guests. The usual toasts were
Rev. Mr.
Bellows respotidetl to that nieiitioriitig the
clergy; Preston Hall. to the one cotnmenditig
New Engl-.:iid Conttiioii Schools; Daniel \Veb-
star, to the one iiieiititiiiiiig the ” The Consrjiu-
tion, the Union and tlit-iircliicfDi-foiidt-i'.” Mr.
\Vebster‘s speech was very eiitlitisiiistically
cliecred. Sir Henry Bulwer rnittlo ti witty and
elcquetit. reply to it toast for Old Eti_9_lttiid.—-
Various other speeches were made and every
thing tippeiired well.
dr-nnl<,:riid excelletit. speeches iriztde
SOAPSTONE GitinnLi-:s.——Lockwood, Haiglit
(55 C0- have received at new article in this
mnrltet for baking buckwheat cakes. \Ve have
tried it, and find that it. cooks them much bet-
ter llian can be done by the iron griddle.
Tut; BOSTON ALMANAC for 1851 has made
its iippetir-mice, filled with the usual variety of
useful and interesting matter. It has now been
‘publislied for eigliteen years, and is it valuable
compiinion for any business man.
THE WORLD'S FAlR.—-'l.‘h(*.|'e is every pros-
Pect ‘hill 3 V""'.V l"|‘.£‘.e iiiiiiilie-.i' of Aniericaiis
will Visit the Old \Vorld on the occasion of the
"Pl’1'0tIclIiiig \Vorld’s Fair in London. We
uiidersttiridthat about one hundred andlfifty
persons have already engaged a passage in the
vessels of the”Collins’ line, departing next June,
‘N early one-liirl_f of the carrying capacity of the
two steamers for that month, is thus engaged.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
Fitinav Evi-:im\'e,»Dec‘. 27th.
Little hits transpired at the seat of‘ Govern-
ment during the last week. from £119 {"93 lb“
Jenny Lind and Barnum have left us. close
iipou the heel of the holidays. and 0f 00'-"'30.
Congress wouldynot be so pl'eS|)fll[)l_l10u8_llS,l,0
desecrate the time hbnored festivities of tltb
closing year by any settings at~tlie‘_ciipitol.—
The city, being governed principally, by. tho
" acts of Coiigi'ess,” when that body (:8ilS6S,l0
act. the city loses its vitality and stands in static
qua. Both Houses, weiiried out by the toils of
ii Cliri.-stmiis dinner and it session of two hours
yesterday. adjourned. over. till M0"_‘l")'- WIN“
they will meet with it “spitrse popIiltIt_i0||o"
and adjourn over till ’l‘hui'sdtty tiext_,-,for‘ want
of it quorutii. Brit perliiips it. is ungetierous to
coiiipliiin, when we roinemlier tliiil. more -hill
been done already than during the first five
-niontlis of last sessi on—nnd its 1 said in my last
" somet/ring will be done" when the s New
Year fe.stivit’es are over and the members back
in their plitces. ' i ,
A pititifiil rtitnor wits current here yesterday
that the steiimer Glittliiitor. from Wilmington
to Clitti-lestottfliittl been lost‘ in the storm of
Sunday evening last. There were over two
liuiidred ptlSS(}llgHl‘s oti board, with Jenny Lind
and suite, Mr. Barnutn and his twofliitiglitiers.
Up to this time. nothing definitely is known of
the fate of the steamer, and of course the most
Wtiishingtori —
You will have by telegriipli. however‘, before
going to press, whether tlieboiit has reached
Cliiirleslon. The storm was most ‘severe on
our southern coast. and it is not unlikely that so
small at boot might be blown out to sea. I
hope it; will prove so, for with all of Barnum‘:
liiiiiibtiggery, he is it clever fellow, and his en--
ergy, eiiterprise and heart 1ll‘8.W0l‘i.l’ly of any
ciiuse. I feel proud of him as the very best
0XeIn;)llll(‘:lll0ll oftlie in ;t iind tiilent oftt Con-
iiectictit Yankee. ~ ,
Fritlier Ritclrie and Gov. Floyd of Va. are
swezitirrgiiiid fottining in their restiveness to
throw off the b:tttc's of the Union, but tlit-so
ultra I-Iotspurs oftlie South will iiccomplisli its
little as the Alitilitioiiists of tlie N0i'lli. One
is an oil’.-ct for the other. and thus they ciin
preserve that much boasted of cgiiilibrium, and
tlie__Uiiion will outride tho slortu—aiid winter
and summer. seed time and l'ltll‘Ve.~‘-E will con-
tinue just as if nothing lutd liappened.
Yours._&.c.
The sloniiier spoken of above encountered
very heavy winds. and was coiisiilered in great
(.lilll'_-_‘(‘,l’, but finirily arrived siifoly at Cliarlestoti.
L?’ A son of Mt‘. Abrztliitin l-londi'iclt's was
tlrotvnerl on r\loudny week. while crossing the
darn at Mr. Tlios. Bi-tiedii:t‘s tide.-niill. It ‘is
supposed that the wind threw liitn off his llfll‘
tIllC(1 and he fell over the dam, breaking his
netzlt in the fall ; the body was recovered Fri-
day tiftertiooti. I
YALE Coi.i.i-'.oi'..—'l‘lie Annual Catalogue
shows the following lst of Students. viz :—
Tlteologit-irl, 38; Law. 20: Mt-tliczil, 38; Phi-
lo-opliy. ixc.. 21; Acui/cmical. 43:2; Soiiiors.
93; Juniors, 91; Soplimiiores, 123; Freshmen,
l2(i—iii:il\iiit,_r in all 555.
L3? Venison is coming dowti to New York
over the Erie Rttilroiiil in grerttitbutidiince.
from the regioii of De iiwiirt-. county. It will
soon be nearly its clit-.iip its beef.
Oii..—Tlie past, season has been one of the
most l‘ell1t|l'll.ill)le on i'ecortl.,iti the success which
A
large iiiituber of tliese vessels were at the Satid-
wicli Islands on the 19th of OClOl)el',llle major-
ity of wliicli were loaded to their utmost ca-
All of these vessels. with the exception
of three or four. are American. Vessels only
14 months from home and with it six month's
voyrigo to the wlialiiig ground, are reported
with front 2.700 to upwards of 3000 biii'i‘els of
oil.aiid bone in proportion. while one vessel.
the, Huiitress, only 11 nioittlis out, has 3500
hits iittendcd tvlialers in the polar seas.
piicity.
hit rrels.
Brunt: Socti;'rv.—'I‘lio twenty-seventh an-
niversiiry of the N ew York Bible Society, was
held a short. tiiue since. The receipts during
the year were $33,264 54. The agents liave
found 8.542 fninilies destitute of the Bible, and
3061 refused to receive. it. /
Or.-:'ri-:1: 'l‘itAni«:.—Coririectitziit and Virginia‘
coirtitine to keep tip it brisk intercourse. On
Thiirstlriy last no less than sixteen thousand
four hirnilrerl bushels of oysters were delivered
at Fair Haven, it suburb of New Haven. They
were principally from Vll',t_{l-flfl. Fair Haven
is as renowned for oysters as Wetliei'sfield for
onions. '
£3? Br-.nj=riiiiii Gibbs Mitcliell. in a letter to
the Hnrtfoi-rl Times, claims to be the heir of a.
l:rr,~1e estate in England, of over $8,000,000
which has long been waiting fin‘ an owner; he
has got the proof that he is sort of Joseph
Gibbs Mitchell, tllltl‘ is going to London to get
the money.
I?‘ The New Yoi k 'l‘ribuiie states that there
are over it tliouszind Billiard Tablesi in the city
of New York, or en to the pubiic use, many of
them on Sundays as well as week days. The
professional _.¢zarnhlei's are constantly wiitcliiiig
these rooms. to find ‘ victims’ who are getting
it taste for sport. and gaining. C ‘ _
L7?’ The \Ve-'t.ei'n R iilro id Corporation have
settled with Mr. \V:ii'e. the late receiving rind
disbursing clerk at Springfield, by taking his
notes for the sum of 355.000, after receiving
from him about $20,000. which was the whole
of his visible property: $75,000 having been
the amount. of the iippiirent di.-it:i'ep:tncies in
his accounts. spread over in series of years.
Firm is Htimriix.--A fire broke out in Hal-
ifax, on the 10th, cotnmencing in the biirrncku
of the soldiers. and cointtiunicating to the
houses on the square opposite,destroying about
100. They were occupied mostly by the poorer
class, and inust,-,rt.liei'efoi°e, occasion much ‘die-
tress itt this-‘ ‘f merit season of the_ year.
@° lbi'g'rffi'l‘§7>\vas detected in the Phoenix
Bank of Hat-tforda few dnyssince. The paper
amounted to over ten thousand dollars. It was
endorsed in good faith by Mr. Arnold of Mid-
dletown, wlip niust be/the siifi‘t=irei'.. _He proba-
bly purchased the paper, which has prevail bu‘d‘.'
The notes originated in New Yo_r__k.
serious fears are entertained for ll)elI"SlIfPl)'.'
Norwalk Chronicler