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thick silk. Even the reindeer seeks the
forest to protect himself from thciiiitensity of
the cold. In the tundras, where there is no
shelter to be found, the whole herd crowd to-
-‘3"3ll1et‘ as close as possibl.e_to gain a little
W'¢1l‘:,fl-ll15fl‘0lTl,(3Zlcll other,,and may be seen
8-tan mg in this way quite motionless. On-
l? ‘he dark bird of winter, the raven, still
rlgaves, the icy air with slow and heavy
it rig,‘ caving behind him a long line of
thin vapor, marking the trabk of his solita-
ry flight. The influence of the cold extends
even to in..'.t.nimate natures.
Tue thickest trunks of trees are rent asun-
der with a loud sound, which, in these des-
erts, falls on the car like a signal shot at sea’;
large masses of rocks are torn from their an-
cient sites; the ground in the tundras and in
the _i_ock‘y valleys cracks, forming wide
yawning fissures from which the waters,
which are beneath the surface, rise, give off
it: cloud of vapor, and become immediately
changed into- ice. The effect of this degree
of cold extends even beyond the earth. The
beauty of the deep polar star, so often and so
justly pi-'aised,'disappears in the dense atmos-
phase which the intensity of the cold pro-
duces. The stars still glisten in the firmn-
ment but their brilliancy is dimmed.
. Travels in (be N ort/i.
Hydrophobia.
. From the l'Vashz'ngton Republic.
, ll-'e find the following among the miscel-
laneous selections of the Charleston (S. C.)
Mercury. lf it is an authentic statement, and
Mr. Buisson is a person worthy of credence,
the information which it discloses is of grave
importance, not only to the medical faculty
but to the whole human family. That the
Academy of Sciences should have treated it
withdisregard so long is perhaps, attributa-
ble to its-having been anonymously cotiimu-
nicated.
“ Mr. Buission has written to the Paris
Academy of Sciences to claim as his a small
treatise on bydrophobia, addressed to the
Acadeiny so far back as 1835, and signed
with a singleinitial. The case referred to
in that treatise was his own. The particular:
and the mode ofcure adopted were as follows
He had been called to visit a woman who
for three days, was said to be suffering un-
der this disease. She had the usual symp-
toms, constriction of the throat, inability to
swallow, abundant secretion of saliva, and
foaming at the mouth. Her neighbors said she
had been bitten by a mad dog about forty
days before. At her own urgent entreaties
she was bled, and died a few hours after, as
was expected. M. Buisson, who had his hands
covered‘ with blood, inc-autiously cleansed
them with a towel which had been used to
wipe the mouth of the patient. He then
had an ulceration upon one of his fingers,
yet thought it sufficient to wipe offthe saliva
that adhered with it little water. The ninth
day alter, being in his cabriolet, he was and-
denly seized with it pain in his throat, and
one still greater in his eyes. The saliva was
continually pouring into his mouth ; the
impression of a current ofair, and the sight
of brilliant bodies gave him a painful sens-a-‘
tion; his body appeared to him so light that
he fcltasthougli he could leap to a prodi-
gious height. He experienced, he said,a
wish to run and bite, not tTH‘.t'1, but animals,
and inanimate bodies Finally, he drank
"with difficulty, and the sight of water was
still more distressing to him than the pain in
the throat. Those symptons recurred every
five ininiites and it appeared to him as
though the pain commenced in the ziffectctl
finger, and extended thence to the shoulder.
From the uhole ofthe symptoms, he judged
himsclfafllicted with the hydrophobia, and
resolved to terminate hislife in a vapor bath.
Having entered. one for this purpose, be
caused the heat to be raised to one hundred
and seventy degi'eestliii'ty‘six minutes Fa-
hrenheit, when he was equally surprised and
deli_ght.ed to find himself free ofall complaint .
He left the bathing-i'oom well, dined lie-.irtil_y,
and drank more than usual. Since that
time, he says, he has treated in the same
manner more than eighty persons bitten,
in four of whom the symptons had declared
therriseltres; and in no case has he failed,
except in ca e of one child, seven years old
who died in the bath. The mode of treat-
ment he recommeds is, that the person bit
should take a certain number of vapor baths
(commonly called Russiati)and should in-
duce every night a voilent perspiration, by
wrapping hiinselfwitli flanne-ls, and covering
himself with a feather bed; the perspiration is
favored by drinking freely ofa warindecoction
ofsarsaparilla. He declares, so convinced is
be of the efficacy of his mode of treatment,
that he will suffer himself to be inoculated
with the disease. As a proof of the utilty of
copious and continual peispiration, he relates
the following anecdote-:—A relative of the
musician Gretry was bitten by a mad dog,
at the same time with many other persons,
who all died of the hydrophobia. For his
part, fcelling the first symptoms of the dis-
ease he took to dancing night and day, say-
ing that he wished to die gaily. Ho recov
cred. M. Buisson also cites the old story of
dancing being a remedy for the bite of a tar-
antula; and draws attention to the fact that
theaaimals in which this madness is most
frequently found to develop itself spontaiic-
only, are dogs, wolves, and foxes, which
never pcrspire.
Aworthy deacon in Connecticut hired a
jourrieymanfarmer from a neighboringtown
for the summer, and induced him—althougn
he was unaccustomed to church going—to
accompany the family to church on the first
Sabbath of his stay. Upon their return to
the.deacon’sbousc, he asked his “ hired man”
ho w he likedthe preaching.
He said he didn’t like to--hear any minis-
tor “ preach politics.”
“ 1 am very sure you have heard no pol-
ilics to-day,” said the deacon.
" I one sure that I did,” said the man.
" Mention the passages,” said the deacon.
“-1 will. He said, “iftlie Federa-lists scarce-
ly are saved, where will the D-emocrat-s ap-
pear '4”
“ Ali,” said the deacon, “ you mistake.-—
Tlieiic were the words: ‘lf the righteous
:i.'u'rrely are saved, how will the ungodly and
wirzked appear 1’ ”
H01), year,” said the man, “ he might have
used those words, but l know darned well
what he nic-ant 1.” -
fig-5- ft is said that the former editor of the
Btiston Cliroiiotyjiti has been kriotvn to write
with a pen in each hand, on two different
subjects, rock the cradle with his feet, and
whistle “ Hail Columbia," for his two twin
babies, while intently’ perusing one of ,Pnr-
kcr’s sermons—all at the same time,
_ I
s'ix'{y-,.--it-n years ago 'l‘uesday——.lari. l4,
l'/84--ilie. treaty ofp ace between this coun-
try'%aiid Circa: Britt.-iri was ratified.
.Latc;f_ from California,
ARRIVAL”-:“'O‘ll‘: THE CHEROKEE
I AND PROMETHEUS. - '
$1,600,000 in Gold Dust!
The steaniships Cherokee and Promo-
theus, from Cbagres, arrived at New York
Tuesday morning, with two weeks later
11 (WS from California, and nearlyi$2,000,-
000 in gold. . G
The market at San Francisco was in a
declining state, and more goods of all kinds
had arrived than the market could hear.
The total amount of gold dust cleared
at the Custom House--at San Francisco,
from Nov. 12th, 1849, to Dec. 13, 1850,
was $28.966,03-'5.
The C'holera.—A-ll alarm appears to have
subsided relative to this disorder, which
has provedrsof fatal to so many of our citi-
zens. There haye been but very few cas-
es reported dui'i‘iig,tlie week ending Dec.
14, and the terrors of the epidemic are
fast subsiding. ‘
Destructive Fire.---A fire broke out in
the new iron building of Messrs. Cook,
Brothers & Co. on Sacramento street, last
evening, at half-past 8 o’clock, which con-
sumed a large nutnber of buildings, and
threatened destruction to the whole of this ‘
valuable. portion of the city. T_he firetnen
and a large number of citizens were iin-
mediately on the ground, and strenuous
exertions were put forth to confine the
flames to the few buildings immediately
surrounding the one in which the conflu-
gration originated. Fortunately the tide
was full, and scarcely a breath of wind was
perceptible, which circumstances alone in-
tercepted a more extensive destruction of
valuable property.
The following is a list of the principal
sufi'ei'ei's, so far as they can be ascertained:
Cook, Bt‘o'ihers 8: Co. ; Totten 8: Eddy ;
Hawley, Sterling St. Co.; Boardman, Ba-
con &. Co.; goods damaged by water and
removal; .l M. Hudd-art; Butler 8:. Bax-
'tor; DeLong, McNeil 8: Co. ; S. Brannan,
irij-ured by Water and tearing away of bal-
conies; Pacific Mafil Steamship Compa-
ny,by water ; Dr. Miairotte; J. L. Folsom
and Bragg, \=Vl'iittemore & Co. Besides
these, many are loserjs by the hurried re-
moval of their trierlzhaiidise, the streets
being extremely tnziddy.
It is iinpossiblof to give a correct esti-
mate of the individual or aggregate loss
by this calamity‘. The buildings destroyed
were mostly wood, though substantial and
large. The quantity of goods consumed
was not large. More damage was incur-
red by hurried removal than by fire. ,.We
think the-loss tiiay be estiniated at about
$40,000. 1\‘Ies.srs. DeLong, McNeil 8:
Co. are losers to the amount of $10,000
A laboring man, while on a ladder, di-
recting a hose pipe, was forced from his
foothold, and fell to the ground,breakiug
his right arm. He was taken into Mr.
l{ellogg’s drug store, and promptly cared
for.
The precise cause of the conflagration is
unknown. No fire had been used about
the pieniises, and the conjecture is fair that
it was produced by design.
San Francisco Herald, Dec. 15.
Illines and llIiners.—-At no time since
the first lump of gold was picked up in the
race of Sutter’s saw mill, atColonia, have
the mines been worked with so much in-
dustry and energy as at present. What
are termed the“ dry digging" are now re-
ceivingtlie whole attention of the miners ;
the recent rains having enabled them to
find sufficient water to wash the large quan-
tity of earth tlirotvn up duriiig the late
suinmer months. The emigrants of this
year, over the plains, have been mostly
etigaged in this mode of mining since their
arrival, and their success has been fair,
though not extraordinary.
In the neigliborliood of Georgetown and
Greenwood Valley, some hundreds of in-
dustrious etiiigraiits, having erected win-
ter quarters, are pursuing their labors with
good average success.
On Dutch Creek, and at Kelsey’s, be-
tween G'et)l‘}.{el.OWll and Coloma, hundreds
of log cabins have been built for shelter
during the rainy season, each the habita-
tion of three or four miners, who appear to
meet with success in proportion to the in-
dustry and energy put forth.
In the vicinity of Coloma, on VVeber
Creek, at Cold Spring, around and in
Hangtown, about lveberville and Ring-
gold, near Diamond and Mud Sptings,
thousands of hardy, industrious men, with-
in a scope of one hundred or one hundred
and fil'tytniles,lia'-'e put tip four or five
hundred tenements, for winter residences,
and are delving with pick, shovel and rock-
ei‘, for the ore, with every degree of suc-
cess. Some are barely making more than
their living, others accumulating handsome
sums. 'l'ho_se engaged in trade at all the
above points are niaking fair and steady
profits on supplies furnished the miners,
for which they are paid in gold dust, at
$16 the ounce.
At Volcano Bar, on the Middle Fork of
the American River, where the water finds
its way between almost perpendicular
mountains, over four thousand feet high,
about one hundred and fifty miners have
made tliemselves comfortable for the win-
ter, and are engaged at “Cayotte digging,”
thatis,driving shafts into the sides of the
mountains, on the top of the bedrock.
From the southern mines web-ave favor-
able accounts, which lead to the belief that
the aggregate yield of the mines is nearly,
if not quite equal at the present titiie, to
anything in their past history.
BOSTON, Jan. 20.
.More Vzllain.3/ tn Boston -Some astound-
ing developments relative to the recent dis-
appearance of a young girl named Brown,
the daughter Of :1 highly respectable aboli-
tionist, are being made. ltappears the faith-
__er had expressed himself indifferent as to
whether his daughter tiiarried a white man
or negro. She el-oped with a black man.
married him, and, in his company to the dif-
ferent dens of Ann street, in one of which
she was cliscovered by an officer, and carried
to her fathers. She is now in the Lunitic
Asylum. The aflitir has been hushed up
here on account of the rcspectibility of the
parties. ‘ .
I
TtlbIl‘flg it E a-s_1/.—\'lr. Lawrence, of Paw-
tticket, Mass, was stopped on;;.,the road be-
tween’ Pawtuckct and this cityilllby a sciamp
who demanded his money. Mr. told him
he was out of loose change just then, but
would give him his note for any reasonable
amount the rnffiaii was completely nonplus-
.-ed and \":tttt0C$(3(l at once
_I’-rm 'de;zcr four. al. "._
‘ The Houston, Mondayfionsidered the bill
for pionipt executionof hoiinty'law of last
session, but ca.rne'tono co'r'icl'usion. ‘
Adjourned. - f To . _ , '
In the Senate, Mr.’ Clay of_i'éred‘a‘ resolu-
tiondirecting the committeeof commerce to
enquire into the expediency of adopting
measures to prevent Ani,ertcan vessels en-
gaging in the African slave trade. A
The postage bill was received from the
House. and was referred.
Various resolutions of enquiry were
adopted.
The French spoiliation bill was then tak-
en up.
Mr. Hunter spoke in opposition to it.
Mr. Seward obtained the floor, when the
Senate adjourned. . ‘
In the Senate on Tuesday, Mr. Sturgeon
presented a petition of the merchants of Phil-
adelphia, asking for the establishment ofa
line cif mail steamers from Philadelphia to
Rio Janerio.
Mr. Mangum offered a resolution directing
an inquiry into the propriety of re.-organ_iz-
ing the State Department; adopted.
A resolution to amend the rules by allow-
ing any motion to be withdraw before action
was adopted. The French spoilation bill
was then taken up and Mr. Seward conclud-
ed his speech in favor of the bill.
Adjourned.
In the House after some discussion rela-
tive to the business on the Speaker’s table,
several Senate bills was referred, after which
a report ofthe board on the subject of the
rank of th-e officers of the army and navy
was received from the President and refer-
to the military Committee. ‘V Adjourned.
In the Senate on Wendesdny Mr. Seward
presented a petition for the repeal of the fu-
gitive slave law, which was laid on the table.-
Mr. Foote reported a bill from the commit
tee on foreign relations, re-organizing the
State Department. ,
Mr. Clay’s resolution for the suppression
of the African slave trade was taken up and
after a long and animated debate was adopt-
ed. Yeas 45 nays 9.
The French snoliation bill was then taken
up and considered, and the eleventh section
stricken out, and the Senate adjourned.
After the transaction of some unimpor-
tant business, the House went into it coni-
mittee on the bill to supply deficiencies in
expenditure for the year ending June next,
and after alcngthy and uninteresting debate
the committee rose and the House adjourned.
In the Senate Mr.‘ Seward presented a pc-
tition for the repeal of the fugitive slave law.
Laid on the table.
The French spoliation bill was disctissed
and yesterday’s amendments were adopted.-
The bill was ordered to be engrossed. Yeas
30, nays ‘26. The Senate then went into
executive session and then adjourned.
After the usual business, the House went
into committee on the deficiency bill. A
long debate took place without coming to a
vote, when the House ad_joui‘ned.
In the Senate on Friday, various petitions
were presciitcd, including several by Mr.
Seward, praying for the repeal of the fugi-
tive slave law. On motion, they were laid
on the table.
The Frenh spoliation bill was then taken
up. and after some little debate, passed.
The House met at the usual hour, and af-
ter the rt:-'](liflg of the journal, &.c., went ill‘.-
iiicdiately into committee of the \\ hole, and
took up for consiileratiori the private caieiiilai'.
On Siitnrtlny, after the usual opening busi-
ness, the House took tip for discussion private.
bills.
la the Senate, various petitons, reports aticl
memorials were presented anal disposed of.
Mr. Shields reported a bill making Lien.
Scott, for his gallaiitry during the Mexican
War, a Lieut. General.
Bosrov, Jan. 20.
Jlfassac/tuselts Congresszmial Elcction.—-'l‘lie
election in this State, to supply vacancies in
the present and thirty second Congress, took
place to day. The result, so far as know, is
summoned up in the following;
2-1 district—-Salem gives Charles VV. Up-
ham, \\'lll_Q', 1,188 votes ; Robert Rantoul, jr ,
dcm., 206 ; Samuel E. Si.-.well,‘2:'i‘2 ;scatter-
ing 30-—a whigloss of 65. Other towns
give awhig gain, but there is, probably, no
choice in this district. ,
3d district—Lowell gives James Duncan,
whig, 500 majority,a gain suflicioiit to elect
him, as the imijiirity against him at the last
election was small. P. S.-——He is elected by
1000 majority.
4th district— Thompson. Whig has a gain
over Palfrey, free soil,and Frotbingham,de-
mocrnt, but there is probable no choice.
5th disti'ict—-—There is probable no choice
in this district, which is now represented by
Charles Allen, free soiler, who was a candi-
date for re-election to the thirty-second Con-
gress.
10th district—Bedforrl gives Zeno Send-
der, whig, 384 gain; he is no doubt elected,
as the majority against him at the last elec-
‘tion was less than two hundred. The vote
is very small
T-_i/pog-rap/oical Errors.——One meets at
times with the most laughable typograph-
ical blunders, which, notwithstanding the
great carefulness on the part of the proof-
reader fail of being corrected. There is a
small Bible published at Concord New
l-lampshire, in which the “ sluggard is di-
rected to go to his “ au/it” as apatern of in-
dustry. .We recollect to have seen some
time since an error made by some careless
or perhaps truthful compositor, who by
omitting the letter z, in the last word of art
advertisement of some quack inetlicine, made
it read thus: “to be efficacious it must be
applied i/:.l¢'i'7ia.llg/ and elcrizal/;i/.” An Eng
lish paper says that a Russian General was
found dead “ with a long word sticking in
his month.” In a discription of a battle field
between the Poles and Rnssiiins, the same
paper states that “ the conflict was dreadful,
and the enemy was repulsed with great
laughter. -A gentleman is said to have been
“ accused of having eaten a stage driver, for
demanding more thiin his fare. Again, at a
certain celebration, “ none of the poultry
were eatable except the owls.” lf the follow-
ing Cll”C_,_lllT,lSllll’lCe be true, which is gravely
dcscrihédl--in a Western paper, navigation up-
on their waters must be far more dangerous
than we had ever imagined; "' A mt (raft)
decending the river came in‘ contact with a
steam boat that great exertions were neces-‘
sary to save it.” We are not at all surpris-
ed nor disposed to be querulous, when we
meet with occasional blunders of this sort ;
our wonder is rather that they are not of far
greater frequency. It isowing only to the
proof reader, so essential a persniiage in.
every printing |~-stablishinent, whose labors,
however, are but little -appreciated because-
so little ls’DOWU.—j,-.Lff€I'(Z»T[/ Ameririzn. - ,
NOR*WA-jIiK_ GAZETTE"...
TUES1)‘AY._Jau. 23, is5i_.'
wmo. S’l‘A-'l‘E TICKET.
FOR. GOVERNOR,
Lafayette S.,Foster_, of Norwich-
ror. LIEUT GOVERNOR,
Green Kendrick, of Waterbury.
_ 1-'-on _Sl-ICRETARY,
lfoger II. Mills, of New Hartford.
son 'l'ItE.’tSUI‘.ER,
'Tliomas Clark, of C0Venll'§-
FOR. CONTROLLER,
Selah Strong, of Milford.
The N. Y.‘ Intlepeniufenf.
The weekly iietssptipeb which bears the
above title, is, we believe, pretty extensively
circulated in many of the northern and eastern
States. Its editors ai'e r:lergymen——-its pr)-‘
fessed objects are religious, and it is certainly
conducted with no small degree of ability. It
has of late been rendered particularly conspic-
uous by'its denunciation of the fugitive slave
law, and by the rather novel clrrislian advice
which it; has taken upon itself to give to the
people of the north. as well as the fugitives
themselves, in regard to their duties toward
tliatilaw. Other religious and secularjournals
have taken up the task of replying to it oti this
subject. and we have been content simply to
watch the contest.
Buttlie editors of the Independent, we think
have, in the course of the eontrovers_v, grown
more and more intemperate in theii-zeal, until
at last they have reached a climax, to which.
in our judgment. the attention of the re_aders
of that journalshould be especially called.-
\Vo refer now to an editorial article in tlie_
Inrlcpeiulent ofdnnutiry 16th, in which the re-
sult of the case of Henry Long is discussed.
\Ve make some extracts, quoting fairly, as we
believe. omitting nothing calculated to make
the sense more complete:
“ \Ve have little to say o-f the particular fea-
tures of this case, simply because we have
not carefully examined them, with reference
to sttch remark. Our impression is that the
La_w of Congress found its legitimate expres-
sion in the action of Judge Judson, and that
be fairly obeyed it in sending the man to this
bondage.” " * * "‘ *
“But one thing is ccrta.in.. lt is that this
Union will N01‘ be permanent, if its Govern-
ment, is to carry out this enslavemcnt of
black rrien in the free cities and towns ofthe
North.——lt may not fall in two years, or in
five. But it is just as certain to go in the
end, as stars to rise, or waters to flow. The
eiislavement of this Man has struck a blow
on our love of the Union, the recoil of
which has not yet come. Another, and
aiiother, and another, let them becoine. fre-
quent about us, and certainly we should say,
with every conviction and feeling iinited__ii_i
it!”
summate inigui/,y be perpetrated by
i i N fi it *
*
“The generalGovernment of theNation on-
gages in the efficient support of this system,
(of restoring fugitive slaves.)
ls it‘ possible that it can do this, and yet
permarnziitlyi stand? Most assuredly No'rl
It is possible that by t/re giiiiiig up of all assert-
ed claiin to stir]: yirrrovis, by coii.~entii'ig that no
slave territory shall be added to our domain,
by divorcing- the general Gmveriitne.nt from
all participation in the guilt of the system,
the North and the South may live together,
ii rider one governmvtit; just as an honest
man riiay be partner with a rogue, ifhc does
not participate in the dishonesty of the other
But iftlic Government wl‘iir*h represents all
is to do this work of enslavcment, it is oeu-
TAIN that in the entl,ll](:Ul|l0n will be broken "'
Now let us ask. what is the plain meaniiig
of all this? It is, that. aniong all the journals
of any influence in the free -“fittest, the N. Y.
I Inc/epcndcnl -is the first to lake to itself the in-
famy of 01‘/enly advocating Dlsiniion. It is
ndtniited in the outset, by the \\'l'ltel', that Long
was, in point of fact, it fugitive slave, and that
the law was fairly adiiiiiiistered. It is then
distinctly asserted that, upon the repetitioii of
such cases, the cry of the Iziclcpcizt/ent will be,
“ Let the Utiion perish !" Finally, it is de-
clarcd that; if the agency of the Geiieral Gov-
ernmeiit in the rendition of fugitive slaves is
cr-iitiiiued, “it: is ei:rt'rAiN that the Union will
be broken.” To attempt. the paltry equivoca-
tion of saying “ we were speaking ofthe pres-
ent fugitive slave act,” is idle; the Indepenrlent
writer admits Long to be a fugitive slave——one
" who has struggled to escape fiom slavery ;"
the Coi\'s'rt1‘U'rio-N devolves upoti the General
Governineiit; the duty of restoring him to his
master, upon claim being made——iititl yet, it. is
said, if the General Government shall do this,
‘- Let: the Union perish !” Moreovei'. the
Independent distinctly ii nnounces the conditions
on which alone the Union can stand, and of
course on wliicli the editors of that paper are
willing to abide by the Union--and one of those
conditions is "the giving up of all asserted
claim to such persons," that is, to fugitive
slaves. To insist on such an ultimatum, as
every man of a tithe of common sense. he be
black 0l_' ivliite, well ktiows. would he to rend
this Confederac_v itito lriiginents in a single hour.
In the same number of the Independent ap-
pears it sermon by the Rev. Dr. Checvor, from
which we take t.lie following extract:
All God ‘s discipline is gradual with us, and
ours must be so with one another. Disuiiioit,
North or South, East or l'V'st, is treason, sui-
cide, fr(.Lti'ici(Ie, pa.-2'1‘-icidc, every evil Iltbllg in
one. It is not to be ‘t/tozzg/it and was be to
those who for political p-zI.i'72oses /rave spreatl
t/ie cry. Our Union. is the very agency on
'w/rich u7i.der God and the gospel, we base {be
hope and pouier of a. reclempliir/2. from evil abut
progress in good. lf you desired the Chris-
tianizing and civilization of the tnost degra-
ded nation on earth, and one should answer
you that the people there are so bad, that
they will soon be blotted out from among the
would desire them to be kept in the family
of nations still, that by kind treatment, for-
bearance, and sending the gospel, they may
be-won to goodness And just so if there
were any one of our family of States exceed-
ingly bad and perverse, would that be any
reason for the cry of disunion? lii such a
case, above all otlieis, we would not have
disunion, at any rate; for all hope of reclaim-
ing our sisterwould then be gone; but the
Union must continue, and by kindness, for-
.bciii'ance, and love, united with firmness, we
shall bring her to i‘t-zpetiiance.
it-—-Let tlic Union ])8l‘lSll, rather than sue/L clbrt-if "0 fflllll
nations,would that be. any consolation? You : éllum.
timents: of ,Dr.;'Che'evor. Wltl1'nn'Otllie|° ex-
tract from the same sermon. ‘we close our
rather profuse quotatioiis. In speaking of the
power of the city press. Dr. Cheevei-,sa_v‘s.: i
‘There is some safeguard and check upon
this irresponsible power, in the country indu-
pendcnce of the farmers, and in the local
country newspapers. It is not the harbors
nor the cities that can rule our globe; if
they could, all hope of freedom might be
swamped in the worship of Mammon_and of
power. But there is a spirit of independence
"_l the °_““"_“'.V, that no coinbinations in the
city, or in tide waters, can put dnwn_ at at
" Tide waters and harbors? Whaiwould
they be without the rivers, that water the
interior of the country, pouring (t,,,.,.,, fro",
the mountains,so.metimes meeting the ocean
like a rval sea, and ever singing on their way
the songs of the Mountain Spirit of‘ Liberty !
And now let us say to the Editors of the
Indcpcrident, and in all humility too, forwe
dwell among “ mountain streains,” while they
sit by “tide waters :" Gentlemeii. you are ‘out
sowing the wind, to reap the whirlwind. 'l‘hi-.i-e
is it power in the country, among the intelli-
gent. sturdy froeinen of the north, which will
not long endure the dissemination of principles
which be,-_-in with treason, and can only end
in ruin. No sect, no party, and more than all,
no newspaper, Wl.‘ic'll chooses to advocate a dis-
solution of this Union, unless under such a
disguise of rhetorical envelopment: as cannot
readily be pierced, will be able to stand up for
it single day before the liouest, but stern indig-
nation of THE COUNTRY. And again. though
you may for n tinio conceal the real pui'po-rt of
your piinciplcs by the use of fluent periods and
sounding opitliets--yet, at last, that purport"
will be discovt-.i'ed,antl the wrath of an aroused
people will be none the less when they find
that ministers ofthe gospel of peace have been
dissetninating sentinioiits whose su ro ii nd direct"
tendency, in the language of Dr. Cheeve,-_».
.‘North. South, East. or \Vost., is treason.
suicide, frati'ici(le, parricide, every evil rhingiu
one.” -
§3‘Oui' friend ofthe Republican sees strange
visions just now. In an article which appeared
last week. eiititled “ Con.-ncct2'cut C'oali(2'on—-
Temperance and Free Soil—D::mocraIs and
if/7t7'gs——A New Phase,” he informs the world
that the ~' 'l‘empei-ance politicians.” “gum-
elastici conscience men.” “ Free Soilers.” and
" Abolitinntsts " are to unite at the approach-
ing State election, mid by it coalition aiiioiig
tliemselvcs gain the balance of power in the-.
State. In View ofthis nl:ii'miti§_f prospect. the
Rqiizblfcan editorial gravely calls upon \Vliigs
and Detnocrats to utrite in putting ilown this
uPw “ lloly Alliitiice.” Now we have only to
say that. none of these direl'u| things have yet.
fallen within the range ofour vision; we have
in these propl‘iesyings. and we
shrewdly suspect. that they are made solely to
draw votes lo the side Of. " llle ])enio(:,i;ic_V,”
'\Vc will add, however, that, should it be found
next Spring, that it faotion,call it by wliat
manic you please, holds the balance of power
in the General Asseiiilily, sufficient to at-fem
any separate action ofthe two giv-at parties of
the State, we will labor night and day to pre-
vent: any coalition of the \Vliigs with that fac-
tion; and should there be no other mode of
perforining the duties of the Legislature and
carrying on the government of the State, ex-
cept, eitlier coalescing with that factioii. or
C0l)C€l'l'lllg measures with our Doiiiocratic
friends, we will give our most coidiiil support
to a convention of the two great parties in the
Assembly for the purpose of devising nieasures
and selecting men to meet the respective na-
tional and State emel'_QellCleS in a patriotic
inanner, and will abide by the decision ofsucli
convention in its selection of candidates for
nattional and State offlces.
Stick a pin there. neigl'iboi'. and tell us
whether you will do the same.
Important Meeting.
\Ve are itiforinerl that. it meeting of the in-
liahitants of the Over River, Old \Vell, and
Flax Hill Districts is to be held at the South
Norwalk Aciitletny this (Tuesday) evcniiig at.
Gd o'clock, to take into coiisideriition the pro-
priety of consolidating said Districts and erect-
ing it school edifice to be located cgntrnlly, upon
the plan proposed by the Superiiitendent of
Coniinoti Schools. \Ve regard this project as
one of the higliest importaiice to parents, and
trust that the meeting will be fully atteiided
and result in sotne measures calculated to se-
cure so desirable an object. It seems to be a
fiivorable tjtne for action in each of the Districts
invited to be‘ present at the meeting, inasmuch
as all who are acquainted with the accommoda-
tions in these Districts ii re aware that something
must be done, either upon the plan proposed.
whereby the advantages of it thorough edtica-
tion may be secured to-all—or by the erection
of tnore capiicious sthool rootiis in the respec-
tive districts. This position is fully 8Sl¢'ll)llSlN'(l
by reference to the register required to be kept.
by the teachers, which shows that ifali whose
names are entered should be present at one
time, as they are any day liable to be, it; would
be necessary to furnish seats outside of the
building for their accommodation. \Vc-. there
fore earnestly request those who appreciate
the importance of good schools to be present
and do all in their power to forward the object
of the meeting. ‘
Tut-: Fiitsr Pat-N'i'i;D BOOK.——lt is it re»
markable, and most interresting fact, that the
very first; use to wlficli the discovery of Print-
ing was applied was the productioii of the Ho-
ly Bible. This was accomplished iit Meulz
between the years 1450 and 1455. Of the first
printed Bible, eighteen copies are now known
to be in existence, four of which are printed on
Two of-these are in England, one
being in the Grenville collection. One is in
the Royal Libiary of Parir Of the fourteen
remainiiig copies, ten are in England-—-there
being a copy in the libraries of Oxford, Edin-
burgh and London,and seven in the collections
of diti‘ei'ent; uobleineii. The vellum copy has
been sold as liigli as $1,300.
5?‘ Accounts from China state that an edict
against Chi'ist.ianit.y, as illegal, incredible, and
absorb, had been issued by the Prefect of one
ofthe Provinces.
' -We.‘/confess ‘oinib iieconcil_o"
the ‘editorials of the I1irlei11c’1i,z,1c‘rtt'i'\vit7li-thii3_ s'éti-
~. ~ . ,0 .9139 Postage.
_ TllB_,.,,,_f.0ll0§$:,__l_)g: ip the billi-ediucing postng
which i_passed;tlie House of Representatives o
,Fi‘idaty and" is "now fore the Senate for c
—cnr_rence: _ _
.. , an ACE. -itjznucino POSTAGE.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted, <§'c. That letters i
.the.mails of the United Siates—shal.l-be~char
ed with postage as follov-sf; I if I
Upon each letter not weighing over one-hai
ounce, three cents; and for each additions
half ounce or fractioti of half an ounce, tltfe
cents P'I'o‘1.*i(lc(l. That no Post Office not
in existence shall be discontiritied, nor shnl
the mail service, on any mail route in ativ o
the States or Territories be discontinued o
diminished in cons:-qtienceof any ditninu
tion of the. i'r-vi-nues that may result -from
this act. And ]iro1:ir1c_cl fitrllicr, .That- it shall
he the duty of the Postmaster General to es-
tablish new I’ost'.Ofliccs, and place the mail
service on new mail routes cstablished,:'oi-
that may hereafter be established, in the same
manner as though this act had not been
passed. ./_1».-id pro:-iiied further, That the
compensation of the Postmasters shall not be
ditninislied in consequence of the passage of
this act. 0 ‘ ‘
-SI-‘.C. 2. And be it further enartezl, There
shall be cliargcd upon each newspaper, pam-
phlet, periodical, magazine, book, and every
other description of printed matter, which
shall be unconnected with any manuscript or
written matter, and which it may be lawful
to transmit through the mail, of no greater
tveight-than two ounces, one cent; and for
each additional ounce or fraction ofan ounce,
one cent. Bound books, not weighing over
thirty ounces,shall be deemed mailable mat.
ter under the provisions of this section : Pro-
’l.‘l(l8/l, That newspapers delivered in the State
vvhere printi-d shall be chargeable with only
one-half the foregoing rates : Piovirled, fur-
ther, That no po_;-urge shall be charged upon
any newspaper mailed and dc-l'ivei'ed within
the county where printed, or within thirty
"miles of the place where printed.
Pro_r-r'derl, f7l7'."llc’7‘,- That ‘the free circula.
tion of n'ewspapcrs within the couiityoftheir
publicatiori, or the di-tance of thirty miles or‘.
the place of tlreir publication as herein before“
provided, sliall be confined to actual subscri-
bers receiving their papers from the office of
publication.
.Pl'0L'l€lt’ifl, _/iulier, That fifty per cent shall
be deducted from the postage on magazines,
when the postage is prepaid.
SEC. 3. And be it fu-rt/irzr enacted. That it
shall be lawful to coin at the mint of the
United States and its branclies, a piece, of the-
denomination and legal value of three cents,
or three htintirctlis of a dollar, to be compos-
ed ofthi-cc-fourths silver and one-fotirth cop-
per, and to weigh twelve grains and three-
eiglits ofzi gmiii, that the said coin shall hear‘
such devices as shall be COl)Spl‘Cl'l0UlSly differ‘-
ent from those of the silver coins, and of the
gold dollar, btit having the inscription “ Uni-
ted States of Aiiii-i‘icn,” and its denoiiiination
and date ; and that it shall be a legal tender
in payment of tlcbts for all sums of thirty
cents and under. ‘
SEC 4 Anrl be it fui'lbci° enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Posni.-ister General
to provide and furnish to all deputy postmas-
tcrs, and othei' persons applying and paying
tlicrefor, suitable stamps ol the dcnotnination
of three cents, to ftmilittite the prepayment of
of the postages provided for in this act. And-
aiiy person who shall counterfeit, alter, or
lorge any letter-staiiips, or shall -knowingly
l'.:t'.'e in his possession any fal.-re, forged, or
altered leiicr-stamps, with intent to sell -or
use the same as genuine, shall be deemed
to be guilty of ft-lony,and be punished by at
line not cxccediiig five hundred dollars, or
imprisonmt-nt not t-xceediiig five years.
Size. 5 Alllb be it furllier ciiartczl, That.
there is hereby appropriated, otit of any
money in the 'l'i'i-iisiii-y not otherwise. appro-
priiitcd, the sum of $l,5D0,000 to supply any
dirlicieiicy that may arise in the Post Offico
Di-3;.ial'll‘rit':l‘il.
of lvttcrs reniaiiiing uncalled for in any Post
Office for the space oftwo wceks,in any city
tmvii or village, where a neivspaper shall
be-printed, shall hereafter be published once
only in a l]t‘\VSp{tpr!l'. which, being printed as
freqtiei.tly as any other, shall have the larg-
t!Sl.ClrCnl.'-tllOn within the range of delivery of
said Oflice, to be decided by the Postmaster-
General, under such regulations as shall be
prescribed by him, at a cliarge not exceeding
two and :1 half cents on each letter called for.
And tbc Post Master at such'Ol‘Iice is here-
by directed to post in a coiisp?cuoiisplace in
his Office a copy of such list on the day or
the day after the publication thereof: Provid-
ed, how:-ver, if the publisher of any paper
herein specified shall refuse to publish the
listof letters as provi:ler.l in this section, the
Postmaster shall designate some other paper
in which such list shall be published; ‘and
such publisher, so refusing,sliall be deprived
ofall the benefits of this act, and the free
exchange now provided by law.
Si-:c. 8 Anal be ilfiz-rl/Ler tenaclerl, That it
shall be in the power of the P_ostm-aster
General, at all Post Offices where the Post-
United States, to establish post routes within
the cities or towns, to provide for carrying
the letters to the Post Office by appointing
'.-uit:-ible and convenientplaite '5f<-'61‘-Osll, and
by employing carriers to receive and deposit
them in the Post Ofllce : and at all such offi-
ces it shall also be in his power to cause let-
ters to be delivered by suitable carriers, to_bo
appointed by liitii for thatpurpose, for which
not exccediiig one or two cents shalll be
cliarged, to be paid by the persons sending or
receiving lette-rs, so received shall be paid in-
to the Post Office Department.
Ptrovirlezl, That the amount of compensa-
tion allowed by the Postmaster, General to.
carriers shall in no case exceed the amount
paid into the 'l‘rc.-asury by each town or city
under the provisions of this section.
E-':E5°'[‘liis is certainly quite a satisfactory ad-
vance in the long called for Postage Reform,
even though not just what we could wish. In
most of its minor details it. is sadly defective
in our opinion. and we really hope that ‘the
Senate will not concur without several radical
ainendments.. For instance. it is unjust to
make no difference in the rates of paid and un-‘
paid letters, both to individuals and to the De-
piirtment. Eitlier give us a uniform rate of
two cents prcpaicl on all letters, or else three,
cents prepaid and five cents for all letters un-
paid. It is the object of this bill to combine‘
two very difficult (and as it now stiiiirls, impos-
sible) extremes : 1st, to reducethe rates, and
2d, “that the compensation of the deputy post-
inasters shall not -be diminished.” A reduc-
tion of rates must; of necessity, for the first few _
months, b€S8£72_lll8 receipts of the post. office
department, and necessarily lessen the com-
SEC. 7'. And be it fi’U'llu3I' flnl.LCf(.'(f, That lists ..
masters are appointed by the Presidentoftho
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