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execiitionei-, (0,; ‘lunimpedg-.d operation‘ of.
the ax. , is _ ; ’
‘josept.-re, a young widow withj;-beauty,
,.,, ,., intelligence and property,7€';wti§I sure to"
..iract-attention,and meet with a'd'r“r‘iir'crs who
would seek her hand. 4 I
A new insurrection; by thfipoptllttce of
Paris was at this time planned against the
.Convention. -The cxasperatedpeople were
388'“ l0 m8T¢ll ,l?P0.u the Tuille1'ie,s The
members. were . in extreme consternation '-3-—
The mob could bring tens, of thoiisands
ag-ai'nst them, well armed with m'u~:-kets and
heavy artillery. There were but five hun-
dred regular troops with which to resist the
onset. ' Menou, the oflicer in command, ac-
knowledged his inability to ‘meet the crisis,
andsurretiilered his power to" Barras He
immediately, as if by a sudden thought, ex-
‘ claimed-- - - - » -
. ‘ "~,l_ktlO\\' the man who can defend us. It
ii: ti little Corsican, who dares to do anything,
-1100 is Pell0<é,ll.y t'eckless7of consequerices.”.
The little Corsican, ~Napoleon Bonaparte,
. the day star of whose fame was just begin-
ning to rise over the smouldering of Toulon,
. was presented to the Convention. His fra-
gile form was almost‘ feminine in its propor-
.tions, but an eagle eye calmly reposed in
his pallid and emaciated countenance. He
-had been severely sick, and the Conventioii
looked tviihamazcment upon this feeble
youth, as the .oi’i"e-«presented to rescue them
from their peril.,
The Pl'£‘.Sl(let‘ll. looked upon him doubting-
ly, and said, " Are you willing to undertake
our defence ?” ”
“ Yes l” wasrthe calm, laconic reply.
“ But are you aware of the magnitude of
the undertaking '2”
“I am in the habit of accomplishing that
which I. uu_dei'take,”‘ was the imperturbable
response. '
-' .-From that moment his authority was es-
tablished. Every member of the Conven-
-tion felt the mysterious fascination of his
master mind. Barras stirreudercd the whole
command into his hands. He immediately
called in all the national forces which were
‘around Paris, and disposed fifty pieces of
-lieavy artillery under the command of Mn-
‘rat-, so ‘as to rake all the avenues to the Con-
vention. His calm and almostsupcrliuman
energy sought no repose that night. 'l‘he
delay of but it few moments would have pla-
ced this very park of artillcry. which secured
his victory, in the hands of the insurgents.
When the morning dawned, theTiiilleries,
as if by magic, had assumed the as )CCl. of a
fortified camp. The littleCorsican was calmly
awaiting the onset, as secure of triumph as
ifthe victory were hlready iicheived.
But in every quarter of Paris, during the
night, the insurgents had been mastering
their forces, and the riiutterings of the ap-
proaching storm were disrnally echoed
1.‘hrougbthe streets of the metropolis. Above
thirty thousand men, all well armed with
muskcls and artillery, in regular‘ military ar-
ray, and under expcrienccd generals, caiiie
pouring down upon the feeble band which
surrourided the Convention.
Will the litle Corsican dare to fire upon
the people? Will this pale and slender youth
who had hardly yet entered upon the period
of ‘manhood, dare to deluge the pavements of
Paris with ‘the blood of her own citizens?
VVill he venture upon aconfiict so unequal,
when failure is certain death?
Napoleon, with his colorless cheek, his
flashing eye, and his air of mysterious mel-
ancholy, stood in silence, as the gathering
thousands crowded down upon him. He
offered no pailey, he uttered not a word of
warning, he condescended to no thrc.ats.....
The insurgents, believing that he would not
_dare to fire upon them, advanced within fifty
yards of his iriaslrcd batte.-ry,\vlir-n he opened
his columns, and the voice of Napoleon was
for the first time heard in the streets of pit-
ris. The thunder of his toncs was ',j;‘._-cid-
ed by the lightning’s bolt. A general dis-
charge Of i‘-Ililpe-shot, from guns loaded to
their muzzlcs, covered the gr ll:I(l with the
dead and the dying. No moi-tail could with-
stand such, it conflict. The advancing foe
wavered for an instant, and then with the
utmost consternation took to flight. Napo-
leon commanded immediately the most rapid
discharg-e"of blank cat~tritlges_ Peal upon
peal their loud reverberations deafened the
city, and added ttings to the flight of the ter
r_,or-stricken crowd. But a few moments
elapsed, ere not even it solitary stragglin-
could be seen in the streets. The little Cor-
sican, pale and calm, stood w.__itli folded arms,
as ifno event ofariy tnoment had occurred.
During the whole day, however, the conflict
continued in differeiit parts of the city, btit
before nightfall the insurgents were every-
where entirely discomfited.
Woman’: Rig/zts.——The New York Mir-
ror, in an, article tipon “ woman‘s rights,”
makes the following bold and imprudent re-
mark : _
“Her oflices are those of wife‘, mother,
daughter, sister, friend Good God lcan they
ngi be content with these?”
VVherc.u-pon, Mrs Swisshelm, of the Pitts-
burgh Visitor, who is of course on "our side
on this great question, replies in the follow-
ing spirited manuer :
“ What unreasonable creatures these wo-
men are, but sorry to say the men folks
have set them a bad example. His offices
are those of a husband, father, son, brother,
friend. Goodness gracious! can they not
be contetitwith these? Don’t we let them
wear whiskers and cultivate moustaches—
look “divine” and often killing? Hat-en’t
we given them leave to wear sti~aps_on their
pantaloons, and wadding in their vests to im-
prove their plumpness? Didn’t we make
the false bosoms, platted, star.-bed and ironed
until they are as ribbed and stiff and smooth
as the platform ofa railivtiy station, with its
innumerable tracks? Doii’t we allow them
to wear white kid gloves, satin vests of the
same color, rings, breastptns, and chains’!-—
Doii’t we permit ihetii to carry fansand par-
.asols,and make themselves generally useful ;
and don’t we listen to their declarations and
say. ‘ 0 la l Now Mr. Smith! I declare ?--
Have.n‘t we encouraged the pretty darlings
to utter soft nothings of mornings, when the
blinds are down ;' and haven’t our hearts
gone into a delightful flutter, to respond to
the pit pat knockings inside :he waddod
vests ? and yet the pretty dears are not con-
tent to makinglove the sole objects of their
lives! Why willthey tangle their whiskers,
soil their hands, and tarnish their boots, bab-
bling and wading in politics, law, and to
vote ‘themselves a farm when he has a Wife?
,‘Wliy should we covet the legal power to
protect their lives and piope1‘l)',0l‘ What re-
muneration for their labor? Are they not
husbands, fathers, sons, brothers? What
use can they have for bread and butter, beef
and potatoes, when tlicy fill the endearing re-
latioiis of life .2" _,,
3: ‘The mail‘ ste “frriei-I‘ Georgia" "a"r'r.ived 'it‘i7_N.-‘
,:iShe left Cliagres with 924, a‘n,t_l at Havana,
Pftransferred a part of them to -the Pacificif
’dust, and repoi-itsisoine four millions on the
-way. .
belonging"-to Hovvland 8L Aspiiiwall, was
stolen from" the train uhen crossing the
Isthmus. i -‘
Califo'rnia_.i Mayor, Bigelow,’ of Sacra-
mento, has died of the disease.
_ The rainy season had commenced, and
. the news from the mines was not of great.
interest. The Gold Bearing Quartz, how-
ever, in _s.ome_sections.. is.said to be as rich
as at first reported. So says the Courier.
and it speaks of specimens surpassing all
former notions of richness.” _
‘ G The quicksilveriiiiiies are also said to be
rich beyond all previous calculations.
'l'liatil-tsgiviiig Day was very generally
observed in San Francisco, Dec. 1st.
LA l‘ER.
The Crescent City came in Tuesday,
with 400 passengers, and $1,500,000 in
gold dust.
_ The specie train of the Crescent City,
when crossing the lsthmus,was attacked
by a party of 16 men Five mules were
led into the woods, and $100,000 taken
.from -them : but it was finally all recover-
ed except $6,000. Two of the robbers
were taken, one badly W011nd€‘-Ll-
A gentleman vvrititig from San Francis-
co, says : ’
“I mentioned in my last that my sick-
ness would probably spoil the best part of
$1,000. Since then, the doctor has baud-
ed me his bill, which is $1,200 for four
weeks’ attendance. Is not this discourag-
ing? lliave thought several times that
ifhl am'_’sick again, the moment I am well‘
enough to sit up I will start for home, il’~’=’l'
havebut 50 cents left after paying my pas-
sage. Mine is only one instance ofaiu ex-
orbitant doictor’s bill, and must not by any
means be regarded as aiiexceptiou. There
are many, very many,wliere this will bear
no coniparisoii. I look upon the \\ hole
class as a band of pirates, land sharks, or
atiytliing you please. Many a poor lei-
low has worked and toiled for tnotitlis. and
then been stripped of every dollar, fora
few days attendance, by these unpriticipled
blood suckers. The liability or getting
sick, and the certainty of these outrageous-
ly exorbitant doctor-’s bills, have driveti
tuore people out oftlie country than all
others cotiibitied. I sotnetitries think it _is
best that no more of us are here, for it
would keep us all poor, taking care of
each other.
- .4 Go-a/wail Pv'i'iiter.—'l‘liere is a paper
published at 151 Third Avenue, called
“ The New York 'l‘C,l(-‘g’l‘2.[ll'l and Up Town
Review,” which isa novelty in its way. ll is
owned, cditcd, composed, and circul:.itcd by
one and the same man, and is quite as re-
markable for the spirit and variety of its con-
tents, as it with the industry with which itis
got up. Mr. Wm. Hilliard Bustecd, fort_‘;.at
is theiriame of its enterprising proprietor-,
writes all his own editorials, selects all his
owti reading matter, collects his own adver-
tisemenls, buys his own paper, sets the type.
works the press, and finally carries the paper
to its subscribers, withotit a particle of assis-
tance from anybody. He bogati with ii
small weekly sheet, at one cent, and has
been enabled by it success to enlarge it great-
ly in size, and to raise its price. That is
what we call indepctideiice and enterprise.
Evening Post.
TV/tat I/icy I/rink qf us.—Tlie Liverpool
Jotirnzil says‘—-
“ America exists to reproach and reform
the world. Tliere is a providence in these
things The rou._»;h and ready l‘t‘])lll.tllC:lflS
expand themselves over it uiiiverse-—ilie
Union hasjitst been enlarged by l8l'l’llt)l'lt5'S
as large as Europe, and already the new
State of California exports halfa million of
gold :1 montl'i,and preparesto open a steam
coiiirntinication with China and Japan. 'l‘hc
Pacific becomes the highway of nations and
enterprises unlieard of approach maturity——
while the mind of the ancient world is ab
sorbed on the niiseratilo subjects of divine
right and sectarian controversy. The majes-
ty of civilization and commerce briglitcns
regions rich and vast, while Europe pauses
to parley with idiot lcgitimists and ancient
nouentics. The republic of America bids
fair for the mastery of the universe, attd will
achieve it."
The Odd Fellows of the Unitizd Slalcs.—
The following table, compiled by Grand
Representative King.-zbury, of Maine, for the
Portland Argus, frotn the unpublished doc-
uments of Grand Secretary Ridgely, will
show the immense progress made by this
Order during this past year :---
Number of initiations 30,579 ; last year
23,540 ; revenue ofsubordinate Lodges 31,-
200,396 74 ; last ycztr 86,174 60; contribu-
ting members'l74 485' last year 139 242.
The above slifiws ibc steady, heklltllflll
progress of the Order. The following show
the relief conferred :—Numher of brothers
relieved, 22,822; last year, l9,l l7 ; number
of widowed families relieved, 2,327 ; last
year, 1,638. Amount paid for relief of
brothers $345,007 62 ' last ycar8273 49]-
05_. Ariiouut paid to wlidowed fitiiiilie§:$42,-
301 01 ' last year 833,302 33 Arnoum
paid for, education oiforpli-.ins,$7,348 44 ; last
ear, $6,739.26. Amount paid for btJt'yirig.
the dead, $67,595 90; last vear, $5l,83[ 65,
Whole aiiiotint of relief, $462,253 97,; last
year, $395,556 50.
There were no reports from North Caroli-
m1,Vt.'rmOllt, lowa, Floridri, Califiiriiia, Min-
ncsota, or the Saiidivicli Islands, in all of
which places the Order is flourishing. Tlie-y
would swell the number of members to at
least two hundred tliousand
T/ta Militant; Convert!-zon.——'I‘ba principal
busincsstransacted by the Convention held
in this city, on the Styli inst., was a reference
of the subject of— a complete’ revision of our
laws oti the organization of the Milittia to a
Committee, consisting ofghe General officers,
viz: the Major G€l1f'ffll, Adjutant General,
the two Brigadier Generals, and the Corn-
mandants of the several Regiineiits. This
Committee is to report to another Convention,
wliicli is to be held in this city on the first
Wednesday of May ncxt.
'I‘be subject of. a Vol_u.n.teer Po_7'.cdc of all
the Coitipanies in the State, at Hartford on
the first Wednesday of May next,was referred
to the Major General and the two Brigadier
l3€‘l"i£i‘l1_l8.-.- ,l1:iti'!fo/‘cl T2'_nri'.r. .
0.-York on Mo_n,d,a_y,- with 525,_‘passeti'gers.'i—'- .'
‘The Georgia brings about $2,000,000 ‘in , i
‘ * T'wo'-htin'dred’thousa’nd dollars ii. dust, ‘
_Tlie cholera issaid to be diniinisliing in _
. " . .»C0NGR}7-5.5 . ..
' ‘ in-'l‘he Senate‘: "met on Mbnclay at the usual
hour, when-«Mr. ‘-Butler1."fprese_t'itedj the cre-
dentials OfiiR.B.IfD\\’€ll;_Rh¢,ll the "enator elect
from South7 Carolina.
, Mr. Rhetrappeared and.;after'_ibeing quali-
fie’d',‘took his sea. ' .. , .
Various PeUli9'.'S s.r=.<.i. reverts. were pre-
sented. ’ ' -
Some 24 bills passedgby- the House-, were-
mlten up, read twice, and rererred. Ad-
.l0“l'ned.- '1 ‘. ‘ ’
After the usual opening business of the
I1ousc,,Mr. Holmes asked, but did noiobiain
consentto offera resolution instructing the
Committee on Military Affairs to repeal a bill-
conferring the rank of Lieutenant General
on VVinclfield Scott. . ‘
Mr. Robinson reported
prompt execution of the bounty land law,
passed at the last session ‘Adjourned.
lii the Senattfon Tuesday, Mr. Bradbury’s
resolution was discussed at great length by
Messrs. Ewing. Cass, Bradbury, and Downs,
when, without coming to a conclusion, Sen-
ate adjmiriied.
In the House Mr. Julian made an ineffec-
tual cffort to amend the journal, so it should
appear that his object in moving to suspend
the rtiles yi~sti.-rdafy: was to refer the memori-
al of’-the anti slavery Friends to committee.
with inrtructions to report a bill to repeal the
Fugitive Slave Law. _ .
Mr John Bell of Ohio, elected in the place
of_l\'lr. \Vood, appeared and took his seat.
The New [-lampshire contested election
case was taken up and discussed until ad-
journment
In‘ the Senate on \Vedticsday, Mr. Hous-
ton appezirod arid took his seat.
The bill to change the tiriie for holding
the U. S. Clt'l"l]ll and District Courts for the
Eastern and \Ves_tc.rn Districts of Petitisylva-
nia, was ordered to be engrossed. '
Mr. Butler from" the Jucliciary Committee
reported back the House bill rr-gulating tes-
timony in cases of contestctl cloctioiis.
The California Land Title Bill being up,
Mr. Gwin ar.lilri=ssctl the Senate two hours
in defence of his bill and in opposition to Mr
Be-ntou’.-' substitute.
Mr. Bciiioii commenced to reply but gave
way to a motion to adjotirn.
ln the I-107/so, Mr. Baily, from the commit-
tee of Ways _and M .-ins. rcportcd five of the
general appropriation hills.
Mr. Fitch introduced a bill providing‘ for
the location of military bounty land war-
rants where the same have been erroneously
located ; i'cferi'ocl. '
, After some business of not much impor-
lancc, M r. Stanton of Ky, i‘e.markn(l that
that this day was the anniversary of the bat-
tle of New Orleans, and moved that the
House do tiow a-;ljotii'n. Ayes 94, pt;-ys 89.
and the Elt)USt‘.mljOl2l'i1C'(l. '
Sundry petitions and ‘memorials were pre-
sented iti tlic_Scizcz.ic on 'I'litirsilav; also 3.1
number of reports from com l1ti‘tl(:(‘S.
Mr. Hale of Now Huinpsliire, reported a
bill‘ mnciiring the pcnsinii of l\-‘l-rs. Sarah
t\'l<-Ktiy, which was ordered to be engrossed.
The bill providing for the free iiiivigatioii
of the St Lriivi'eticc river, was made the or-
drt‘ of the day for two weeks from next
Tu esd it y.
Mr. Davis, of i\‘l.SSlS$lj‘I'Dl, presented a pc-
tition of irivt-n:oi's agiiiiist the passage of the
bill auicntliiig the liltlfilli laws. Laid over.
A joint rcsoli.iti-.iu rclinquishirig to the
State of i\'l:it'yi:iii«'l llll‘ two cannon captured
by Gen. Rilc_v's bi-ig:i:lc at Couteras, Mexi-
co, was intrr.-riiicr-il Ilfi-'l pnssetl.
The bill in favor of cliaiiging the places
of holding thi.-. United Suites Court in Vor-
moiit was t'tt1SSt‘(l.
In the Iiiiiisiz, Mr. Chandler, of Pennsyl-
vania,'askcd leave to offer a resolution in-
Sll'll('lillg tlic comniittcc rm C0mmPl'(‘8 to in-
rpiire into the exp»-dicncy of rcducing; the
value ofthe U. S. silver coins by diminish-
ing tlicir tvciglit or incrcasng the alloy, or
both, the olijcct of which was to prevent
tlii-.ii' exportation. Not granted.
House then proceeded to the New Hamp-
shire. contr-stcd election case.
lit the Ilousc on Friday, Mr. Evans, of
Ohio, by leave, introduced :1 bill to authorize
persons entitled to bounty lands undo.-r the
act of last September, to receive trcastiiy
scrip in lieu of land warraiits Rt--fcrred.
Mr. Johnson of Tennessee, asked but did
not receive the consent ofthc. House to iri-
troduce a bill to give a farm to every head of
a family who Slltlll cultivate it.
Mr. Bennett introduced a bill which was
referred, granting to the State of New York
for certain purposes a just and equal propor-
tion ofpublic land withthat granted to other
States.
The House then on motion resiimetl the
consideration of the New Hampshire contes-
ted election case.
The Senate convened at tivlcve, after
which sundry petitioris, 63., were preso-ntcd.
On motion, 3000 additional copies of ofthe
Appendix to the report of the regents of the
Smithsonian Institute were ordered to be
printed. _
The bill confering a pension on the widow
of Lietit. McKay was passed.
The Senate was not in session on Saint'-
day, having adjourned over until Monday.
In the Ifouse, Mr Pl]t‘lpSllilfO(lUCell ti bill
_<_zrantitig certain laiids to Missouri for Rail-
road purposes, which was referred to the
committee on public lands.
The House then went into committee of
the whole, and resumed the consideration of
the cheap postage billf
Mr. Morse, of La., favored a thrce cent.
rate of postage when pre-paid, and live cents
when not prepaid. '
Mr. Mattison said he would go for the
best reduction he cotild get. '
I7n?Ild,','falf0lI. to 1/12 Lf7lZf3(f .S‘AaIi:s in 1850.
—-Tlie Secretary of State has furnished to
Congress a statement of the number of ini-
tiiigraiits Vt liich have arrived at the ports of
the United States for the year ending 30th
of Septciiiber, 1850, the general tiggicgate
of which is 315,333, opposed to 29l),6l0 lost
year. This shows an increase of l5._723,
tiotwithstatiding New York has fallen off
neatly 14,000. The inci'c-use in California
has been between‘ 70 and 80,000; but ornit-
ting this new State, ilie (lt':‘Cl'C*‘dSe has been
pl‘0ip0l‘l.l0l)niC with I\'e't-v York throughout
the Union. At the rate of_ 3i5,0l.)0 pi-r an-
titim, the immigratioti to occur"fi"oii_'i 1551 to
185l——ten years——would amount to three
millions and oiie-eiglith—or equivalent to the
white poptilation oftlie whole South in 1840.
_lt is ri~mai‘lcable,‘ioo, that of the numbers last
‘year nearly one-fourtii come here to engage
in useful branches of industry, with irieans at
hand, and but it moiety of that population
denominated paupcrs. '
It is computed that 5000' persons perished
the last season on the overland route to Cul-
lfC ruin.
a bill for the’
. . ,l_’,efj__g-,ilo1ts,I’<,"),;:.,s¢_t.: -
The kiffper 0l‘lllé'«Llglll Flouse on Mr _ ot1’s
Bock, off_.Bostop, in l_\’llISSl*lCl_'l,lJSl3llS ‘,,B_ay-,.—ad-
dressed -a lette rnjthe otl‘.er.diiy,,j.tof tl)‘_e.:"_»,,-l‘3t)iSkl.,0l'l
.lourrizil, which describes s_u_ch‘a sceneof peril
and ol' thrillit,ig'; intcrest"as_,is. not always met_
with e‘itlie"t"in fact oriin fiction. l‘n‘order to
"a reciate it ftill the reader should know
DP Y . . .
thiit the -Light House iriqucstion, stands at it
considerable distance (miles, we belive) from
the land ;' and that it is constructed of iron,
the foundation being secured’ by powerful
‘iron bars or posts drilled into the solid rock_
This rock is submerged most of the time;,-
and tlieilabnr and expense of erecting the
Light House was very great Judge Ponie-
roy of Stoniiigton, was the contractor. But
to the narrative of Mr. Bennett :—-
“So precarious is otir present situation,
that thertrisia prospect of this never reach-
ing you. The rods put into the lower sec-
tion are bent up in fantastic sliapcs; theice
is so massive that there is no appcamrico of
the ladder; the sea is now running at least
‘.26 feet above the level, and each one roars
liktt-‘a heavypeal of thunder; the northern
part ofthc foundation is split,.arid the light
house shtikcs at least two feet each way; I
feel as sea sick as ever I did on board a ship
“Think not that I will ever flinch from
my post though the waves should gain the
rnastery, for which they are so incessantly
striving. When I accepted the post 1 closed
my cars against the reports of the former
keeper treating them (as I now find) too
lightly, and here I shall remain so long as it
vestage of the light house remaiiis ; but the
trtitli must be told. My report to the Collec-
tor contains 'a more miiitite account of the cf-
fcct the gale has had upon us. At intervals
an appalling stillness prevails, crcaiirig art iri-
concciviible dread, each gazing with breadt-
less emotion at one another, but the next mo-
mom a deep roar of anoilicr roller is heard
seeming as ifit would tear up the rocks be-
neath, as it burst upon tis—the light house
quivering and ll‘!-‘l'nlIllll_'_{ to its very centre,
recovering itselfjust in time to breast the
fury ofaiiotlier and anotlicr, as they roll in
upon us with rcsisili-ss force.
“ Our latliorn iviiitlows are all iced up
outside an itich thick, althozigli we lmve .-i
fire continiially btii-iiiiig; and it is not wiili
out iiiiriiineiit peril that we can climb tin otit-
side to scrape it off, which I have done sev-
e':il tiirtcs ttli'ca(l_t‘. I llitvt‘. :1 dread l 1' some
ship striking against us, although we have
kept the hell constantly ringing all night.
Our \\-'utci' is it solid tnass of ice in the cri.-ks,
wjllcll ‘\\'(Ell:.V‘ bccn ttltilgvd in (‘in in p(-,jc£._;_
with an axe are we could obtain any to
drink. Out‘ .Si';ualioii is perilous. If any
thing happens cre. day dawns upon us agaiii
“.'e have no hope of escape.
my duty.”
.7lIc.'~‘sagi: of I/ic Guircriior 0/’ 1\'cw Iii r/.1 —
The following is a synopsis of Cioviirtior
i-iiint’s iiiessagc, sent to the New Yoik Leg-
islature on 'l'ucsday ;—
Tlie. Govt:-rtior says the finaticcs of the
State are in H souiid condition. The bal-
ance in the Trciistiry at the close of the year
was $54 521 28. The State (ltflll, on the Suth
St‘[‘il(?.llll)"l' last, wits $22,630,802 48. The
Eric Canal eitltirgt--merit is earnestly i'ccoii'i-
incndcd, and an iiniciidiricnt to the cons-mu.
tion is rccoiiiiiierided, so as to secure that ob-
jcct.
The cause of education takes up a goodly
portio_ti cfthe message. The free school law
he says, rloes not meet with the t-ntire approv-
al of its friciids. He therefore recomiiieiids
a radical i'evi:~:ion. '
On the subject of the compromise bill we
iliirik the iiu-ss.~ige a little ambiguous. 'l‘lie
Governor, however does not believe that slit-
very will evi-r go itito the new l.t'l'l‘ll()l'V of
New Mexico or Utah. That slavery ought
not to be cxteiided over free tcri'itor_v, the
Governor tells us was always at strong con-
viction of the Nortliern States. And that it
is so, at this day, is rio- reason ‘why other
States should be ofli-ndcd.
As to a dissolution of the Union, Govern-
or [-lunt says a great and powerful State l.kc
N York had nothing to fcrir. She can
tiiaititain her poiveraiid prosperity in any
emergency. Neverthi-less, he looks upon
such at stop as and pi't=-giiatit with the dirt-st
caliiniity that could lizippen to tnatikind.
Objectionable as may be the fugitive slave
law to many of us, the Governor says, it is
nevertlieless the pararitout law of -the land
and must be enforced. The dissatisfaction
which this bill has creiitcil, in sortie parts of
the Northern States, is also enlarged tipon.——
But the people ucre retninded what were
the [)(~‘(‘Ulllll' Cll'('llnlSlatl(.'(~‘S under wliicli the
act was passed, and arc, tliert-fore, tirgeil to
(llSCllal"$_'G. the duties in the way that law lov-
ing citizcns. should.
Rrzvi-zrtsi-‘. or Fort'rti.\‘i~:.——Tlie Dublin Even-
irig Mail ftiriiislies some pai'ti(:tiliti's of the his-
tory of Mrs. Bell Martin, who recently died in
New York city, iinnierliiitelv on her iirriviil in
it Sltlllllg vessel from Irelani.l. Mrs. Martin was
the tl:ii.tglitei' and heir of Tlioitias :\.lill'l'll'l. M .P.,
of Balliiitiliiuch Ciistle, iii the County of Gul-
way. She was born to an iinmeitse iiilieritaticc,
oxceeditig in extent an €‘.llllI‘e»l{ll]gf.lmn of sortie
of the Gori_iiati princes. and yielding a yearly
income, above all iiici.imhi'iinces itiid expenses,
of some 435.000. or $25,000. Such were her
tircuiiistaiices and prospects five years ago. In
two years time the potatoo rot. fiiiiiiite. pesti-
lence, the claims of tnoiioy lenders, and the
agency of Bi itisli laws, l€(lLl(‘.€Cl this lady of for-
tune and almost pr ncely rank. to alisolule peti-
tiry. Ilor whole estate was broiiglit; into the
Encuiiiliered Estate Court and iidvei-tised for
private sale.—aud she ‘rieirself compelled to go
forth as it wanderer‘ witliottt ti houie. The
Mail says oftliis sad liistory :—
“Never was hard fate less deserved; for
her untiring and active beni.-volence hail been
devoted from her childhood to the comfort
and relief of those who sul‘li:i'ed, atid her
powerful mind was incessantly employed in
(lcvising riieaiis of moral and physical amel-
ioration in the cotiditioti of the tenantry-on
her father's estates. She gave up her whole
time to stich_ -pursuits, avoiding the haunts
of fashion and those atnuseriients which
tiiiglit be coiisidct'eil suitable to her age and
place, that she might perform the various
duties" of pliysiciai'i,' almoncr. schoolmistrcss
and agricultural instructor. Hot‘ almost
(ltXlly.lllll,)ll. was to visit the poor and_the sick
in the remote recesses of that wild region,
sometimes on foot, more frequently in her
little boat, well provided with riietlicziiiic-n'ts
and food, which she impelled by the vigor
of her own arm through the lakes which
siretcli tilting the foot of the mountains.
E-loiv-grievous it is to reflect that she shotild
so soon have been driven aci'os:3 the ocean iti
seufcll iifa pl::.cc.to layltcr head. ”‘
But I shall, if
it be God’s will, dti: in the performance of
suyrn‘ *
‘iron oovenxonpii
Lafayet_tc S.F'oster, of Not-iv'ic1i.,
rot: LII-:U_'I‘. ,GOVEt‘.-‘NOR,
Green Kcndit-ick, of Wiitei-bury.’
FOR SECRETARY,
Rogelf II. Mills, of New I-lartford.
T ‘ roii 'l‘ItI-ZASURER, '
Tltolnas Clarita, oi Covonti‘y.
, FOR co:\:i‘i:oi.r.i:it,
Selah Strong, ot—Mill'oi-d.
Exhibition of principle in Politics.
It is well known that, at the recent State
election in Miisszicliusetts. Gov. Briggs," the
\Vliig‘cati-.lid:ite. t‘eceive_.d the large.-t iitimber
ofvotes for the highest executive station in the
comimmweiilth; also that ii plurality of the
Seiiiitors and -Represctitatives elected to the"
TJP.glSlllllll'0tIl‘O ‘Whigs. But lliere are two
other parties in the State-—one calling itself
Free -$oil———tlio other, Locofocos. Betweeti
the lllIlltel'l('tll streiigtli of the lust uiciitioned
parties there is little tlifil-,:'eiice. while the
\Vlii_.t;s vastly exceed eitlierin ntiitibet'. Yet
the so-ciillcd Ft-ee Siiileis il_ll(l\.L0(.0l‘0(*)S coin-
bined, in the Suite and ‘the Iiegisliitiim. out-
iiiiiiiber tho \Vliigs. In this r-otiditioii oftliiiigs
we behold ti lieaiitifiil display of priiiciple-—-
Between the l7ree.Soilcrs until the Lricolbcos.
the offices in tho Slttlc are its tlellllt-?l‘iIlel_\-'.l)lll'-
gained for and sold, its ifthe whole thing were
at mere matter of traffic, iiivolviiig no conscien-
tiotis dtities and tio uocoiiiitsihility. The li‘i-ce
Soilers say, llltll\'(’. one of otir iitiiiiber Trcas
met‘ and iiuotlier St’l'g°.lll]tlll-&ll'll‘lS. and we
will give you our votes for loutwcll, your cuti-
tlitliileftw l‘l0\’0l°|l0l'. Now, Boiitwrll is it Cass.
iititi-FiveSoil.ai:ti-\Viliiiol proviso. pro s'ri'.'ciy
Loco bcn oftlie tleope.-zt dye; and yet,pi'ofesst--cl
Free S0ll(.*l'5 will vote for him. in opposition to
GtiV._Bl‘igg.-‘,fl tniiii its llltlttll l;:;o'.t:it lot" his de-
votion to litiiiiiiii liberty lls Jofin Adaiiiis liiui
self—:itid for wliiil. olijoct ? '1'/rat. they mu];
secure a few wives. The Lot-iif.ic.os do the
smite thing; I./icy it re to vote for it Free Soil
St‘lllll0l'—-lllltl the l"i'oi-. S-oili.-t'.-', iii rt-ttirii. are
to votnvfor it Locofucu St*lllll0l'. Cori-upiiori
like this. so utterly biisc, so iiieiiiily (l(3SjllCiIl)lG.
cannot be t:ltzii'ttctei'ized iii tcriiis of suffii-iviit
f');)[)l'0l)t‘ltll‘n. \Ve ttirii from it il)_._llllCl' loath-
ing, and recur‘ willi pride to the noble sliiiiil.
taken last 2-'pt'iiig,by the \Vliigs of Cr.tincc?i::ul.
who, when the l“i'eo Soil votes in the Assem-
l’l)’ Wt‘-1'0 nlli»-.i'etl to tlii-iii for sale for the tiritzc.
ofii few olllces, i't-ftised to etiterliiiii the liuiiiil-
iiiting propositioii for ll motiieiit. and held firm
to lllt‘ll' ititcguily. resolved to stiiiid or full its
\Vliigs, and \V|ii;_s oiilv. \Ve do not hi-lievi-.
that our neiglihor of the Ila/rzililiirtlii will re-
joice that, by Deiiiotzriiiic votes in l\Iiissiicliu-
setts, iinotlier disorguttizer mid (llSUl.iOl)lSl is to
be tirade U. S. Setiiilor for six yetirs.
The Tax La ‘W.
Never was tliere. ii set of men in a worse
qi.iiitidai'y, than are the Lociifouo wire-pi.illei's.
about their new tax law. The whole tliiog is
an odiotisiilliiir, offetisivo to near y every body.
In some piirts of the State, we find the or-g:iii.s
of the " Deiiioci'ticy" coining out fair niiil
square. and stoutly tipliuliliiig the iiiezisiiro.
because they cotisirler it their ditty to siiiiiil by
every act of ti Locofoco legisliittire. Otii good
iiciglibnr of the Fariiiet', oti the other liniitl,
strives to sliirk the wspoiisiliility, and. :tcknuivl-
etlgiiig the zilioiiiiiiutiotis of the itiw, liiys it all
to the \-Vliigsl This won't. do, iioiglilior Pom-
eroy. \V|ieti Coiiticctintit, for hi-r .-ins. is pun-
l:5ll('(.l with it Lncoforzo Guvei'tiui'. Senate and
Hoiise of Rt-pmseiitzitivvs, and I:lio_v got both
tlieiiiselvcs and the people into it liobble lll-it‘
tliis-—ns they almost iiiviiri-ibly do—it. wnti’t
answer for you to say that the \Vltigs, lieateti
and powerless, must slioulili-i‘ the btirden of
your itiiqiiilios. Do, as you did last Spriii,n,—
come out at otice tiizitifully in support oftlie iiizt
—c:tll it it Deiiiorzratic iiie:istii'e-—tall< big ii bout
Al'lSl0Cl'flL‘)'-—liel*p tip the old cunt and liuinliug
———t.liei'e will be he somi-tliing respectable in
Sll(:llt1(‘.t)Ul‘S(3; but to sneak away front the
cotisequeiices of your own tlriings is pitiful.
ACCIDL-1.\"1'S ox THE R.-\it.t-.o.Iio.—'l‘lie ox-
press trtiiti froui New Haven for New York,
\Vediiesd:iy ttflereoou, came in collision with it
lreiglit train at i\Iiiiiii'ii'otiet:k. wliitrli threw the
engiiie nnil se.vei':i| cars of the former off the
track. The freiglit train was waiting at the
turn-out at that plaice for the express train to
pass. and the iiccidetit was caused by the care-
lessness of the swirclimau, \\‘llO‘t)P,‘_’lt'-Pcletl to
remove the switch, and thus l)l‘t tight the two
trains lognllter. The cars of bolli trains were
niiicli dtiiiiiiged. but no one was sei'iously hurt.
The accidetit ciiused several hours tleteiitioii to
the eveuiiig triiiris from New York. and the 5
o'clock train, when rietir Poi'tcliestei'. came in
contact with the 4,30 train from New Haven.
Both engines were iiiuclt itijurod, and ‘the eu-
giueers slightly hurt; the two firetiien saved
tlietiiselves by jtinipiug off, while the traitis
were at full speed. A
An ac.cidei"it iilso liappeiied on-the Hotiszitonic
road, oti -Tliursdtty iiiortiiug, near New l\Illll)l'(l.
The forwiird trttck of the first car. iti conse-
quetice of the Iii-ezikitig of ii rail, ran off the
-' Still River Bridge,” and had it not been that
the coupling broke, it is probable the whole
‘ratio would have gone oif; no one was litirt.
Accini-:.\"r.-—Oii Wediiestlay last, while t\Ii-.
\Vm. Selleck. of Daiiibury, was driving a pair
of ll0l':=c'.S iittaclierl to it wagon loaded with hat
boxes, the hiirtiess Iiroko, l'i-igliteiiing the liorses
and causing tliein to throw Mr. S. from his
seat. Both wheels passed over his head. in-
juring hint in sue-li it iiiiinner that. fora time,
his life was dfipiiii-ed of. Tliero is now, how-
ever, ii prospect. of his recovery.
LE-‘P Tliomas J. and Daniel H. Ferguson,
from Diitibtiry, Ct., have obtained $150,000 iti
gold dust by mining ,ope'i~:itioiis upoti the Yubti
River, during the past sutiinier.
._-__¢._:._,.?_,——.j.__..
E?‘ Tlii-Deniocrats ofthis State have called
it Convention for the nomiiiiition of State Olli-
cers, to be liolrleii at Hartford, on the 19th of
l“€‘.l)l"i1l1t'y'n0Xt.. ‘ A
I _ .lVa§lii1igtonfifoirresponcfcncc of tfleidbzitte.
._ ,:v,i‘1':i,_I9‘itio.iir Evéaiiice. Jan. 10th.
Tli_o'ugh,;"Cqn_gress does not seem to move
.-i ..vei-y;-fii_ist,7iin tlie. miittoi'- of public business. an
”'_.,iminotise',tiinot_tnt of private bills have been
‘passed, and injtlio seven weeks reniairiing- of
the session there is sufficient reason to hgpo
for it perfect liiliisill of all tlieitn poi'tttnf'_iiitiftei'o
before that: hotly. ,,M,ucli _l.llt,'le:ltflS lbgen tib ~
:0I'l\('.(l in the scrzinible iniriotig the States for
their portion of the publfi lands. Nearly every
Stiite has put. in for its share of the plunder,
and like heirs to a large estate. each eager to
get. the inziiu chance. The New Hiimpsliirc
contested elcctioii case took iil,l__i,diiy yestet'dny,
and was tionsettlcd when 1 ltjft-lilillta House this
evonitig. But th_e.. first mid most .,_iIt1[)0l‘ltlnC
iiieilstire before Congress this session is _a rad-
ical reductioiiof letter and iietvspiiper postage.
The people.‘ en mnssc, mid the Post. Office De-3
fei-mice to the st rougly expressed wishes of the
whole people will be it responsibility hardly
iiicui-red by that body. The Frencll Spolitition
hill is iinoilier vvliicli sliould'secui'e early atten-
tion, as Govt-i-umeiit. liiis ltll‘(’Ll_)-‘I kept. tieedynnd
boii_:_t-fiilo (!l’L‘.(lli0t'S out of their just dues much
longer that: won d have been‘ tolerated. had
Fraiice rctiiincd her liability toliquitliite them.
The l)l'(‘Sl(lt‘,l]l,S levt-es are l)(‘.C0tnjug verv
brilliatit and liisliioiiiililo tisseitiblziges. There
are ueiiriy ii ilozcii cuiigri-ssioiiul and st-.n:itoi°iiil
brides proseiit hero this wittter, and their tip-
l)elll'lIll(‘.£‘. iii the \Vliite [louse is pounced upon
by the lt'.llt‘-‘r’-\‘.'l'll(‘.l'S for tin atite-moi't:eiii dis-
section, and eiicli one with all her perfection:
atid cliziriiis, or iinpeifeiztioiis and ugliness, is
lllll'l'0l'C(l forth by their siipieut pens, to the
public gaze—vei'y tnucli to the riniioyance of
tlic tl1f)(lP.Sl|)lll‘llt!a'. But" its their litisbiuids are
the ‘- publii-.’s liumble serviitits,” and they and
ilieir lortls both (me. (or ought t.o be.) it must be
cxpcctml that the public will say oftlieiii what:
they please. The Preside.-tit holds his levees
Tuesday and lt‘i'id:iy eveuiiigs, and generally
M l‘. and Mrs. l*'.|liiioi°i-, sttpportted by her
d iiigliler, receive the visitoizs. Of Miss Fill-
tiirirc, ii yotiiig lady about poetical 17, it is said
lic.l'oi'e her pit wits l’i'esiilt-tit she used to be
l'(‘llL‘ll8|"lll one oftlie. public schools in N.Y(rk.
Why not ? Loiiis Pliillippe taught. scliool once,
and “maile it very pi‘oftt;ilile.” lls Tmii Tlitimb
l'(‘.lllill'liC(,l to lllll) wlicii on his visit to the palace
at Paris. By tlic'w;ty. " Tom” is here mid
holds one of his levees to-niglit, also. His
poiiics and citi'i'itige were on the avenue this
tiioriiiiig. H0 is probably folloitiug in But‘-
nutii's wiilto, South.
The 8th wits i(:£!l('3l)l‘llle(l here in good old-
feisltioiicd style-—-soiiieiliiiig like it used to was
been, in old .\'oi'w:ilk, tvlii-.ii the l)t’tlllllfLll-"‘ Con-
iicctictit llott-.l” was plain “'.lil|I‘t(‘.S Steven's‘
Inn.” The lloiise aiiljotinietl over in com-
tliClll()l‘ltllUll oftlie cvciit, _titid partly, it is sriitl.
to iiidiilge lloii. Ratisuttt lliillriwiiy, iiteiriber of
Cuiigicss from the Silt district. who wits mat‘-
ried Ull i\loiid;iy last. a little time for it hridstl
All right. Eiglit dollars ll day and ad-
I, for one, would go in for giving
More anon.
«ii
frolic.
jniirnnzcnt.
them ten to do “tiutliirig else.”
Yours. t\‘i-..
Prat’. Brittan
of mi liiriides iii the priui:ip:il Atiiciicnti cities
by his scietitifit: leizliiros iitid woniiloifitl experi-
iiiciit.-'. illustiiiiivc of the vital and iiterital pho-
iionionii-—\vill coiitiiitie his course coiiiiiieiiced
last: evening. at Mziritie Hllll, lll|‘Ollgll()lll the
wvelt. lf their is any truth in the reports we
lit-iii‘, and the loslitiiniiy of many of the first
.loui'iiiils iii the Uiiilcd Static-.~'. Prof. B. wil[
iistoiiisli itiiil iiintisii ail classes of our citizens.
l’i'ol'. Bi'itt.ain will givejrcc leclirrcs to the liidios
oxoltisively cvci'y iiftcruooii at the Hull, coin-
iiii-nciiig at lizilf-past 3 0’clocl:. \Ve select the
following opiiiiiiiis ofilie pi'ess;
From the i\'cw Yor/c Tri'buni:.—Pi'ofe'.sor
Britiiiii has made it most favot'iil.ile iuipression
on his ll°’li18l':’-T, by the ciiiidur and fiiiruesii of
his iiiziiiiieriind tlio bi-illiiitit. success of his ex-
])(‘.l'lltlP.lllS which no one can witness without
iis'triiii.~‘l1itieiit.
Frmn (hr: S/)'."il7,’.'flL'l(l Daily Gazette. Dec.
'21.—\\’i-. learn that on \Vediie_.~ulaty eveiiirig
Prof. Britttiti iitliiiiiiisttwerl an e'tner.ic to it gen-
tleiiiiin without. ii particle of tiietlicitio. The
gent eiiiiiii vomited in less than one minute.
Tliosc. wliode.<ire iiioilicirie should take the
Pi°uf+-s.-oi-’s iiitellccttiail pills. as they Iinve no’
bad Insle and the operzition siidileii and effectual.
From I/ic Jersey Ci'I._i/ DrriI._i/ Sentinel and
Ailvertzlscr, Jllarc/i 26.18-30.—VVe were in-
Sll’lll'le(l iii otir Sf'('t)lltl lesson last eveiitn_r1,.to-
get.lier with about 95 others foriiiitig the private
cliiss. many of wlioiii were emiiieiit. iiieu nftlie
iiiediciil faculty of New York~—iiud feel that
\'o’Pttl'P wiser by that one lesson than many
years r-xperience in the orditiary routttio of lilo
could have llliltle us.
E3_?’A new paper is soon to he started in
Bridgeport, to be called the Fairfield County
Wliiv. _
i?°A revival of religion is prevailing at
Newtowii in this State. Tliirtv. persons have
l)8('.Otlle liopt-frilly converted
E?'vA Gerinan Coiigiegiitioiiiil Cliurch has
lieen fnrmetl in New Haven, and the Rev. Mr.
Popp chosen pastor.
F.-vrar. Accinizivr IN Birtnoi-:Poit'r.—_-Janie:
O’Nie|, a young titan in the employ of the
Steziiiilioiit Compaiiy at Bridgeport, was crushed
to death on Monday last. by lttivitig rt bell fall
upon him, while he was engaged in putting it
on board the steamer Columbus.
FotJ.\'n Di~:.ao.—Diiuiel Bronson was found
dead at a place called "Black Bank," oti Long-
Beticli. near Bi'idgepoi't, on Wotidiiy last. It i5
supposed that he lost his way, became exhaust-_
ed aiid was ft ozen to death. A
E5F’Tlie Litclilield Republican states that
there will be a special term of the County
Court on tltelitst week of this month. to try
crittiiniil ])l‘OS(§CUll(lt'lS._ '
E3?“ Dr. \Vui. P. Stevens has resigned his
office as Posiniaster, in Daitibtiry, and E. W.
Sanford appointed in his place. . -
E:,P"Plie printers of New York are to have
a Ft‘linklin Supper on the 17th of Jauuar ’.__ It
will be it splendid ti fliiit‘.
§Tlio Legislature of Ohio is without is
quorum, and has for several days ,adjo,uru,et,l
froiii day _t o_ da y. ' ~
pitrtirietit have deiiiauded it, and to show itidif- , ' 0
Of New Yni k, who has itttriicied tlie nttmit'lo.\- _ _.c,
Norwalk Chronicler