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"' FOREIGN NEWS.
The English general news brought by
the Arctic possesses no feature of special
interest. A great fire took place at Dub-
Iin, on the 4th inst. destroying property
to the amount of £30,000.’
(great excitement had prevailed at Paris
duriagthe week, in consequence of the
"resignation ‘en masse of the Ministry.—-
This was caused part by the open hostili-
ty.of the President toward Gen. Changer-
nier, Who, in defiance of the earnest pro-
testation of the Ministry, was given per-
mission on the instant, and by a decided
‘majority, to justify his conduct before the
_ Assembly. . '
Both the Right and the Left warmly ap-~
plauded the General, when the Ministry
abruptly withdrew, and with equal abrupt-
ness resigned in a body. ,
The President experienced ‘great diffi-
ctilty -in the formation of a new cabinet,
M. Barrot having refused to accept office.
In regard to the German question, though
there are many probable and improbable
ru_mors, nothing is actually known. At
he_ latest‘ dates, Prince Schwartzenberg's
mission lo Vienna is stated to have failed
af its intended object. The Emperor of
Austria and the King of Prussia have
agreed to meet at Dresden about the mid-
dle of the month ‘
ITALY.
Accounts from Rome and the activity
of Mazzini and other Italian Refugees,
gives no reason to doubt but any serious
difficulty at Paris would be instantly seiz-
ed upon to uiifurl the Republican banner
in the Holy City, where‘ the French sol.
diers have become so obnoxious that they
are indiscriminaiely assassinated by the
citizens on every public occasion.
SPAIN.
The Ministry have tendered their resig-
nation, but the Queen has refused to ac-
cept it, and so they retain their portfolios
‘ by a royal order.
TURKEY.
On the 17th of December, Omar Pasha
tnade his triumphal entry into Bosna Se-
rai. Mahmud, the rebellious Pasha of
Tuzia, rode on a miserable saddle, affixed
to the back of a peasar.t’s sorryjade. Aft-
er him rode the other prisoners, the Mus-
selims, Cadis. &c. each horse being attaCi2'
ed to the saddle of its predecessor. Four
Nizams (Christians) dressed asjesters, with
caps and.hells,and performing all kinds of
antics, led on the procession. After the
first act was over, Pasha Babic was led on
foot through the streets, and it is said that
the sad spectacle drew tears from the eyes
of many of theTurks who stood round
him.
Daring Robbery.
Our readers of course recollect the ac-
count we gave, some months since, of the
robbery committed at the house of Han-
ford Lyon, Esq. on Golden Hill in this
city. The daring burglar entered the bed-
room where Mr. and Mrs. L. were asleep,
and took his watch, together with several
articles of jewelry, and left the premises
without making the least disturbance ; and
no trace of the thief has been discovered,
we believe, to this day. V
Another robbery, similar to this, was
perpetrated at the house of Philo C. Cal-
houn, Esq. on Golden Hill, not far from
the residence of Mr. Lyon, some hour or
two before daylight on Thursday morning.
The entrance to the house was effected
through a back window, the fastening of
which was removed. From appearances,
it would seem that after entering the house
the back door, and all other doors leading
to the main hall, were set open and kept
so, by a short stick of wood. for the pur-
pose, probably, of being able to make an
easy retreat, in case of discovery. The
robber or robbers then proceeded to it side-
board, in the dining room, from which they
took one dozen silver tea knives and forks,
with pearl handles, five large silver forks,
thirteen silver tea spoons and some other
articles. They then went to Mr. Calhoun’s
private room , next to his bedroom, where
he and his wife were asleep, bored a hole
with an augur, into the lid of his secreta-
ry, forced back the bolt of the lock, and
took some silver change from one of the
drawers, also a diamond breast pin. One
of them then took up a pen and with a
coolness that could be exhibited only by a
most daring villain, wrote the following
and left it upon the desk: “Taking the
taxes of 1851. You may thank God they
are so light.” This done, they probably
made off in haste with their booty, taking
with them a cloak that had been left in the
ball. The value of the property taken was
about two hundred dollars. The robbery
must have been perpetrated after 12 o"clk.
as Mr. Calhoun did not retiie till it was
past that hour.
The fellows, it appears, went prepared
with implements suited for their work, as
achisel and an augur were found, next
morning, on Mr. Calhoun’s front steps.
It is supppsed they afterwards entered
the boarding house of Mrs. Fairchild, on
the Hill, as a cloak, belonging to one of
the family, was found, next morning, in her
front yard. together with the cloak taken
from the house of Mr. Calhoun. At this
place they probably became alarmed, and,
taking the cloak, concluded it would not
be safe to prosecute their operations there
any farther.
, An attemptwas made the same night,
probably by the sauie men, to break into
the house of Mr. T. C Wordin, west of
P. T. Barnum’s, on the road to Fairfield.
Some person in the house, however, was
awakened by the furious barking of the
dog, and raiseda window to ascertain the
cause, when two men were seen running
out of the yard. A chisel was found near
the house on reconnoitering in the inorn-
mg.
The burglars are no doubt the same per-
gong who entered the house of Mr. Lyon ;
and who also, some few weeks since,broke
jam thg house of Sheriff lsaacs, at Nor-
walk, proceeded to his bedroom, where he
and his lady were asleep, took his gold
3_1'_a_[_(:h,1pgciher with the money in his
f90.¢l.¢o9t.8, and made off, without awakening
or disturbing a solitary person in the
house .-
Tbgsg exp].-sits show tllitt they are bold,
-‘daring men. They are P"-‘l’{’l3l5' armed
j-tothe teeth, and if caught in the act,
- would mak. 9, most desperate resistance.
Wye cannot but think, howeve,r, that they
jtvill meet with e 9‘ round turn,’ before long
‘in their career of rascality,
' Bridgeport Farmer.
Pu'nctualii y is the soul of business; there-
fore, punctuality is not nza;e2'ml-
- _-..-=’.".* CONGRESS.
In the Senate on Monday, petitions were
presented fora line of; steamers to Africa,
and a line from Philadelphia to Brazil.
Mr. ‘Benton moved that theibill to refund‘
to Missouri two per cent. of a fund reserved
on sales of land in that State, be laid on the
the table. Agreed to.
The bill to settle private land claims in
California was taken up. The bill was de-
bated by Messrs. Berrien and Benton with-
out coming to a vote when the Senate ad-
journed. ’ , '
In the House, Mr. Haralson made an in-
effectual attempt to introduce a joint resolu-
tion puttinga different construction on the
Bounty Land Law from that of the Secreta-
ry of the ‘Interior; he requires that recipients
of the Bounty must have been actually enga-
ged in hostilities.
Mr. Johnson of Arkansas made an ineffect-
ual moiion to have the river and harbor
bill made the order of the day for Tuesday.
The House then went into Committee of
the whole on the Deficiency‘ Bill, but before
coming to any conclusion the House'adjoum-
ed.
In the Senate on Tuesday, Mr. Clay pre-
sented several petitions for alterations in the
tariff laws; Mr. Hamlin presented a petition
for the repeal of the fugitive slave law.
Mr. Badger reported a bill providing dis-
cipline for the navy in lieu of flogging. .
The bill to settle private land claimsin
California was taken up. Mr. Benton moved
to strike out a part ofthe 13th section. After
a long debate the motion was rejected, yeiis
10, nays 37. Other amendments were
agreed to and the Senate adjourned.
In the, House, Mr. Johnson's bill to give
every man 160 acres of public land on certain
conditions, including occupancy and settle-
ment, was taken up. Mr. Brown of Missis-
einpi advocated a substitute of his own pro-
pdsinig to extend the pre-einption right"until
the occupant is able to pay for the land.—
Mr. Vinton moved that the bill be laid on
the table; negatived and bill referred.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the State of the Union, and
gegumed the consideration of the deficiency
l .
In the Senate on Wednesday, Mr. Hale pre-
sentei ii petition for a repeal of the fugitive
slave law,which was laid on the table.
The cheap postage bill was reported by
the committee with amendments. The
committee have stricken 0111 170m the H0088
bill the section taking away the right of ex-
change from those papers refusing to pub-
lish the list of letters, and the section making
newspapers free of _ postage within_ thirty
miles of their publication. Likewise the
section making a deduction of 50 per cent.
on magazines when prepaid.
The bill settling private claims in Califor-
nia was then considered. Various amend-
meq: ti-Era 0fl'el(‘led and tall ttgere rejectedt. Adj.
e ouse iscusse e question 0 re-
ct sider the vote by which the Homestead
Bill was referred to the Committee of the
Whole. Mr. Julian advocated the policy of
givin lands to settlers- The uestion was
passed over, and the House wocilnt into Coin-
mittee of the Whole on the Deficiency Bill ;
bill passed.
The House then went again into Commit-
tee of the VVhole on the Branch Mint at
New York, and San Francisco, and after-
tvards adjouned.
In the Senate on Thursday, Mr. Rusk re-
ported a resolution, authorizing the destruc-
tion of California dead letters at San Fran-
cisco. Resolution passed.
The California private land bill was then
taken up. Mr Clay opposed the amend-
ment oflered yesterday. Senate adjourned.
In the House, the bill from the Senate, pro-
viding for the retired wounded and infirm of
the A.rmy and Mariiie Corps, was debated.
Laid on the table. Yeas 94—nays 89.
The New York and California mint bill
was taken up in Comuiittee ofthe Whole.
Mr. Chandler opposed the New York bill
showing that the Philadelphia mint is com-
petent to any extent of service.
Mr. Van Dyke, as a compromise, moved
the establishment of a branch mint at Jersey
City, qnaccount of the advantages of cheap-
ness 0 site.
Mr. King, of New Jersey, obtained the
floor when the the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
On Friday, the House, after reading the
journal, &c., on motion, went into committee
of the whole on the state of the Union, and
resumed consideration of the bill to establish
branch mints in the city of New York and
San Francisco.
Mr. King, of New Jersey, in a very able
speech, advocated the establishment of a mint
at New York. Mr. Dinsey, of Ohio, oppo-
sed it.
In the Senate on Saturday Mr. Hale's res-
olution, calling for the correspondence rela-
tive to the Amistad Claims was taken up and
adopted.
Mr. Gwinn moved, and the Senate went
into executive session. After a short session
the doors were opened, and Mr. Kaufmttn’s
death announced by a message from the
House. The usual resolutions were passed
and the Senate adjourned.
The House met, but iinmedizitely adjourned
after the death of Mr. Kaufman was announ-
ced.
E log-u.ence.—A Yankee auctioneer lately
indulged in the following little bit of pathetic:
‘ Gentlemen, if my father and mother stood
where you do, and didn’t buy these boots,
when they were going for one dollar, I should
feel it my duty as a son, to tell both of them
that they were false to themselves and false
to their country.” ‘
T/ic Hufc}1insons.—Judson has so far re-
covered from his recent aberration of tnind its
to be able tojoin with John and Asa for the
purpose ofgiving it series of Concerts. The
trio sang in Boston on Saturday evening...
The story that two of the family had become
insane is not true. Abby is no longer with
her brothers, she having retired to private
life.
.4 ready Law;/cr.—A lawyer, who was
sometimes forgetful,having been engaged to
* plead the cause of an offender, began by say-
ing-—“l know the prisoner at the bar, and
he hears the character of being a most con-
summate and impudent scouridrel."
Here somebody whispered to him, that
the prisoner was his client, when he imme-
diately continued—“ But what great and
good man ever lived, who was not calumniated
by many of his cotemporaries l”
A quaint quibler says that the world was
first governed by canons, and then by can-
‘ nons—-by mitrc, and then by aim -by
Saint Peter, and then by Sal! Petra.
c
The Ta-n'f,—.A._ Prabcblel Cliangr..—-The
correspondent of the Philadelphia American
says several delegations, without regard to
party, are in Washington, consulting about a
change in the tariff, and the expectation now
is that the following will be made: ‘ "
lst. 'l‘o levy a duty of 40 per cent. ad va-
-lorem on Iran, the value to be -ascertaiiied
by taking the average cost of the preceding
ten years. -‘ - ' ~ ' * -
2d. To restore the_ free list: of the act of
1842, which contains a clause levying a duty
of five cents on Woollens costing underseven
cents, and at the same time admits Dye
Stuffs, and other articles employed in the
manufacture of carpets, calicoe.-, &.c., duty
free. ' ' ‘
3d. To declare that duties shall be assesed
on the value which articles hear at the time
;and place of exportation, which, it is assert-
ed, was the real intention of the act of 1846,
though it has been evaded since the decision
ofJudgo Woodbury.
4th To make manufactured fabrics pay
ten per cent. more duty than the raw materi-
al of which they are composed.
To this latter stipulation many of the dem-
ocrats object, and it is not conclusively deter-
mined upon, but with regard to the others
there appears to be a general concurrence.
A Good Humar.—He is a most lively,
good humored, and pleasant man, who bears
the ills of this life as if they are blessing, and
seems to take the rough and the smooth with
an equal coun°t-nance.
This sort of unbended philosophy is the
best gift that nature can bestow on her chil-
dren, it lightens the burdens of care, and
turns every feeble and gastly hue of memory
to bright and splendid colors. There is no
one I enjoy so much as I do him; a cap and
bells is a crown to him ; a tune upon a flag-
elet is a concert; ifthe sun shines he- sports
hiniselfin its beams; if the storm comes he
skips gaily along, and when he is wet to the
skin it only serves to make out a pleasant
story, while he is drying himself at the fire
With all these companionable talents he is
neither noisy, or impertinent; but on the
contrary very conversable; and possesses as
pleasant a king of good breeding as any
one.
Golden Rules for Brides -—Resolve every
morning to be cheerful thatday ; and should
anything occur to break your resolulion,suf-
it not to put you out of temper with your
husband. Dispute not with him, be the oc-
caiioa what it may; but much rather deny
yourselfthe satisfaction of having your own
will or gaining the better of the argument.
than risk a quarrel or create a heart burning
which it is imposible to see the end of. Ini-
plicit submission in a man to his wife is ever
disgraceful to both; but implicit submission
in a wife to the just will of her husband, is
what she promises at the altar--what the good
will revere her for, and what is, in fact, the
greatest honor she can receive. Be assured,
a woman’s power, as well as her, happiness,
has no other foundation then her husband’s
esteem and love, which it is her interest, by
all possible means,to preserve and increase-—
share and soothe his cares, and with the ut-
most assiduity, conceal his errors.
Er1:'(orz'als.—A noted chap once stepped
into the sanctum of a venerable and highly
respected editor, and induged in a tirade
against it citizen with whom he was on bad
terms. “I wish,” said he, addressing the
man ofthe pen, “ that you would write a
very severe article against R ,and put
it in your paper.” “Very well,” was the
reply, and after some more conversation, the
visitor wentaway. The next day he came
rushing into the office in a violent state of
excitement. “ What did you ut in your
paper? I have had my nose pul ed and kick-
ed twice.” “I wrote a severe article, as
you desired,” calmly returned the editor,
'°‘ and signed your name to it.”
Harrisbicrgh Union.
Mr. Morse, M. C., from Louisiana, thinks
newspapers have deteriorated for the last ten
years, and if high postage will stop their cir-
culation, it will he better for the public.-
Mr. M. lives away down on the Bayou
Teche, where the only newspapers printed
are on the skins of alligators, where whiskey
is two cents a quart, where the gospel don’t
shine but once in seven years, and where
every man who can read and write is sent to
Congress, to the Legislature or to the Peni-
tentiary.
An Editor in a. Fz'2:.—An editor in the
western part of New York is in a had fix.-—
He dunned a subscriber for his subscription,
which he refused to pay, and threatened to
flog the editor if he stopped the paper.
An ancient writer (who must have been a
cross, miserable, friend-forsaken and snarl-
ing eld bach,) remarks :——“ If all the world
were paper, and all the seas ink, and all the
trees and plants were pens, and every man
in the world were a writer, yet they were
not able, with all their labor and cunning, to
set down all the crafty deceits of woman.”
A Friend of the lamented Hood, on whom
the punster’s mantle seems to have fallen,says
of him, “ Poor Hood !—died of pure gener-
osity——to gratify the undertaker whowished to
uni a. lively Hood.”
The Cincinnati Nonparicl quaintly obser-
ves——“ the streets on Sunday were thronged
with ladies going to church, and with hogs
going to the slaughter house. We remark-
ed quite a difference in the two. The for-
mer were dressed then, the latter were dress-
ed the next day.”
:13’ “ Pa.” said a little fellow the other
day,“ was Job an editor?” “ Why, Sam-
my '1” “ Because the Bible says he had much
troubled and was a man of sorrow all the
days of his life!”
Prolific Pullcts.-—Mr. S. S. Lawrence, of
Tyngsborough, Mass, has :1 Shanghai pul
let, eight months old that has laid forty/-two
large sized eggs in flirty-/Eve days. One day
she laid two of the above number. Mr. Law-
rence, also, has one other Shanghai, seven
months old, of JlIarsh's stock, that has laid
twenty-two eggs in twenty-th-ree days, and is
laying at the present date.
No Peaches in New York next Ycar.—
We have been examining our peach and ap-
ricot trees and find the fruit buds all dead.-
'l‘hat cold snap, with the thermometer 11 de-
grees below zero, was to much for tbem.—
So we shall have none of these fruits next
year.-—Syracuse Jouia, Jan. 8. A
Virginia .Poliucs.—It is stated that the
Virginia Congressional Delegation are unan-
imouly in favor of Daniel S. Dickinson for
Presidential nominee.
.l'IlCfl.
revolting murder was committed on Saturday,
evening a short distance east of the village ‘of
Waterbury, the particulars of which are’ as
follows: Mr. Judson Bronson,tlie murdered
man was absent from ’ home on Saturday
evening until about ten o’clock, when on re-
turning he found cne.Henry M. Johnson on
the premises, It being late he ordered him
o{f,at which Johnson showed some resistance,
whereupon tivo neighbors came to ascertain
the cause ofdisturbance. As they were en-
deavoring to conciliate the. parties, Johnson
raised a club which held, and aiming a dead-
ly bloiv at the head of Bronson, felled him
to the ground. He was removed in a sense
less condition and ‘remained so until Monday
morning when he expired. Johnson was
immediately arrested, and placed in safe keep-
ing by Deputy Sheriff Bryan. On examin-
ation before Justice Hurd, he was ordered to
the County Jail to await his trial before the
Superior Court. Johnson it will be remem-
be-red was convicted of horse stealing in 1847
and sentenced to the State Prison for four
years, but was one of the renegades pardon-
ed out at the last session of the Legislature
Mr. Bronson was a respectable member of
society, aged 46 years, and leaves a wife and
three children. Johnson is only 26 years
Old. ‘
Fatal ,accidenl in l'Valerbu.-7'3/.—'—t\/I r. Edwin
E. Lewis of Southington,wns killed in VVa-
terbury Sunday evening, by his horse back-
ing offa steep bank,in consequence of which
he was thrown from his waggon and his
ncck broken by the fall. The accident
occurred within a few rods of the scene of
murder on Saturday night.
O/zio.- T/LC Land of Bread-The quaiitity
of wheat which Ohio raised in 1850 is set
down at tliir!-_i/ millions of bus/iels, an amount
sufficient to supply all the wants ofthat State
but leaving a surplus of eighteen millions of
bushels.
The consumption of each individual is
about six bushels annually Ohio has about
two millions of inhabitants, consequently
twelve millions of bushels are enough fortlie
consumption of the State. Allowing the
price of 75 cents per bushel, and the over-
plus is worth over t/iirly iniilions of dollars.
In addition to this, the corn raised is equal to
one hundred bushels to each person in the
State. The surplus of those two €tl‘llt‘lt‘S is
equal in value to twenty five millions of (lol-
lars! This sho\vs.what nagrzcultural State
with fertile. land, can do when, when its la-
bor is not diverted into unprofitable channels
or interfered with by bad government.
A Cmlena.rz'cLn.—John Vanbooser lives in
the county of Leffersen, Teriricssee, and he
voted for General Washington for the Presi-
dency. He is in the ]22d year of his age.
Until recently, the Knoxville (Tenn)
Register tells us, he was in the habit of
walkingjto and from that town on calls of
business, a distance of five or six miles,
without experiencing faltigut‘. H_e is a Ger-
man by birth,but ernigraled to this country
about one hundred years since. He was in
several of the most important battles of the
revolution. He voted for General Washing-
ton for President of the United States, and
boasts that he has never failed at any election
for President from that time to the present,
to vote the whig ticket. Recently one of
his daughters, a lassof eighty years of age,
paid him a visit, and found the old gentle-
er such case oflongevity can be found in the
United States.
Senator Y-ulee —The defeat of this Sena-
tor is rcjoiced at by the friends ofthe Union,
everywhere. The Legislature ofFlorida has
done itselfinfinile honor by giving him per-
mission to go home. There are others who
will soon have permission to “ walk in his
footsteps.” His extreme southern views
were equalled only by the fanaticism of North
ern abolitionists.
A Country Editor’: Ifappy New Year.—
Pockets einpty——liouse rent due—ofilce rent
duc-—paper bills due—bank notes protested
—credit lost——j0urs sick——potatoes frozen-
out of itood--delinquent subscribers won"!
pay—&.c. &«c. &.c. lf there is a man who
envies such an editor, pray let hitn come
and take possession of the office, and we will
retire to private life and luxuri-ate on the in-
gcrest of what we—owe.——ZV. J. Banner.
Grow/ers.—There is a class of men in
every community who go about with vinegar
faces, growling because somebody feels above
them, or because" they are not appreciated as
they should be, and who have a constant
quarrel with their destiny. Tliese men,usual-
ly, have made a very grave rnistake in the
estimate of their abilities, or are unmitigated
asses. In either case they are uriforiunate.
Wherever this fault-fiinding with one’s con-
dition or position occurs there is always a
want of self-respect. lfpeople despise you,
do not tell it all over town If you are
smart, show it. Do something and keep do-
ing lfyou are adoivn right clever fellow,
wash the wormivood off your face, and show
your good will by your deeds. Then, if
people feel above you, go straight off and
{tit 1 above them. if they turn up their noses
because you are a [ll€Cl).'dl'llC or a farmer, or
a shop boy, turn yours up a notch higher.
If they swell when you pass them on the
street,stvell yourself, and ifthis don't “ fetch
them,” conclude very good naturedly that
they are unworthy of your acquai_ntunCe,:1nd
pity them for missing suchza capital chance
to get into good society.
Society never estimates :1 man at what_ he
imagines himself to be. He must show him-
selfto he possessed of self respect, independ-
ence, energy to will and to do, and a good
sound heart, These qualities and possessions
will “put him through.” Who blames a
man for feeling above those who are mean
enough to go around, like babies, telling how
people abuse them, and whining because.
society will not take. them by the collar and
drag them into decency.
A Rich Ta-nncr.——The Hon. Zadoc Pratt,
of Prattsvillc, Greene Co., NY. who is said
to be the greatest tanner in the world, in-
tends to send specimens of leather produced
at each of his seven tanneries to the World's
Fair at London. it is stated thathe has con-
sumed in the course of his business, 200,000
cords of wood, tanned l,000,000 sides of
leather, and employed and fully paid 30,000
He has also represented his District
-in Congress, and is worth $2,000,000.
A party of one hundred American gentle-
men going out to the \Vorld’s Fair, have
subscribed $25,000 and engaged a firs! class
vessel, which they will make. their home
while they stay in London, and will be ele-
gantly fursnishcd and will be used for parties,
&c.
Illurrler in-i=»:fWalerbu7y-—A horrible aiid.__ ,
man in his usual health. We doubtifanoil'i,;-
NORWALKI t}'AZ‘ETTE.
TUESDAY, Fen.‘ 4,1351.
wine. svragn TICKET.
\
ron oovnaxon,
~ Latayette S. Foster, Of Norwich-
son LIEUT. GOVERNOR,
Green Kendrick, of Waterbury.
I-‘OR SECRETARY, \
Roger IL ltlills, of ew Hartford.
_ ran TREASURER,
Thomas Clark, of Coventry.
iron couraonuaa,
Selah Strong, of Dlilford.
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English Free-Trade Policy.
The policy of England has been and is to
secure to herself the inanufa£,,1ring monopoly
of the world. In order to do this, other nations
must be induced to send her their raw inaterial
to be made up mid returned by her. and with
their surplus produce to feed her ‘subjects.-
The people of other empires may delve in
mines—may cultivate cotton mid flax—inny
grow wool, but the labor to be employed and
the wealth to be gained in converting the mate-
rial from its native state to the manifold uses
of mankind tnust be employed in British work-
shops, and gained by British capitalists.
England is now wigliin :1 step of attaining all
that her far-seeing statesmen have for years
been aiming at. To such it pitch of perfection
have her manufactures reached, in every de.
pnrtment of industry, that if she can but gain
untrnmmeled entrance into the markets of the
world, she can not only control those marltcts,
not only defy and laugh at all competition, but
she can destroy and utterly exzci-iiiinate every
miinufactiiring interest beyond the borders of
her own doiniiiions. Hence the English gov-
ernment, at this moment, is directing all its
mighty energies to the pi'opngntion of what is
called the principle of free trade. It is. in
effect, saying to the nations, “abolish your
ta riffs. overt.lit'.»w all your revenue system:-*, tear
down your custom-houses, leave not one stone
upon iinotlier of your rTttll'll]ftl(:l0l‘lBS::llllLI found-
ries, nnd come and buy of us. You may con-
tinue to send us your metals and your woo‘,
your cotton and flux, your grain and provisions,
and we Wlll btiy them still, but only on condi-
tion that you put out your furmices, stop your
steam engines and silence your mills "
Such is British policy. And how is it met
in republican Aruerica? Alas.’ that it should
be so, but the huniviliating. truth must. be told,
the lenrlers of the Democratic party are draw-
ing that. party blind-fold into passive submission
to British interests Pride of country is for-
gotten-—our domestic interests are forgotten-
natioual honor is forgotten by those who are
moulding the Locofoco sentiment of the land-
and all, we fear, for the purposes of party
triuiiiph. \Ve cannot hear to read or hear the
mitnifestoes of these Apostles of Democracy;
we know, we instinctively feel that they are
wi'ong—all wi'ong—and that, in the event of
their success, they are only preparing for
America humiliation and dependence. \Ve
see our friends and neighbors coerced by the
strong obligations of party ties, yielding their
adliereiice to such unpzitriotic. such uninanly
dictatiou—nnd we see it more in sorrow than
in anger, and we still trust that the clear intel-
ligence of the Ame.i'icnn people will discover
the snare prepn red for them before it is too late.
“Land to the Landless.”
\Ve have repeatedly stated that we were in
favor of giving the public lands to actual set-
tlers. \Ve have watched the proceedings of
Congress upon this subject with much interest,
and we are happy to see that Connecticut: is
represnutetl in that body by, at least, one in
dividual who does not oppose this great move-
ment. On the 28th inst., :1 bill was before the
House giving free lands to actual settlers. A
motion was made to lay the bill on the table-
that is, to lilll it. The yens and nays were
called, and we find that Messrs. \Valdo and
Booth of this State (Loco) voted for tabling,
Mr. Cleveland (Loco) (who ought to be styled
the Artful Dodger, only that be bungles it little
too badly.) didn't vote at all, and Mr. Bu'rLi-zit
voted to sustain the bill and against. tahling.——
So far as the action of the House on that ino-
tion is concerned, the principle of the bill was
sustained, and we begin to hope that the meas-
ure may yet; succeed.
Rum and Suicide.
On Saturday morning last. Mr. David War-
ren of Diirieu, aged about 40 years, committed
suicide under circumstiiiices of peculiar ll0l'l‘Ol‘.
It appears that the deceased has been of very
lnt8ll'l}‘el'tll8 habits, being nearly all the time
more or less intoxicated. Fora day or two be-
fore his death he had been laboring under delir-
ium tremens, and in one of tlié‘ paroxysms of
that horrible insanity, he attempted to .cut his
throat with it razor, but could not succeed ; he
then stabbed himself witha shoe-knife, and
finally fired it pistol into his abdomen !
This is the second death in this vicinity’
within a few weeks, which may be directly
traced to alcliolic drinks. \Vho sold that poor
negress the liquor which was found in the bot-
tle upon llel‘d(-fl(l body? Who armed the
hand of Warren agiiinstliimselfand prematui'e-
ly sent him to the grave of n druiikard and it
suicide? Whoever it was, are not; his bit nds
red with the blood ofa fellow being?
To Farmers.
Any person desirous of purchasing a good
farm tzery cheap and upon a credit of a term
of years, would do well to consider the adver-
tisement in another column, ofa place for sale
near \Vasliington. The place is one of rare
attractions, beautifully located. healthy. "Dd
close to one of the best markets in the United
States for the farmer's products. Any active
and enterprising man could. in a few years,
render himself independent of the world, by ll
little hard labor and less cnpi_tal. For further
particulars enquire at this office.
CONS]-ICARATIDN.--Tl)8 new Catholic Church
in this place was consecrated on Tuesday by
the Rt. Rev. Bishop O’Riley, of Providence.
The new Church at Stamford was also con-
secrated by the same Bishop on Sunday last.
I 777Wasliing'ton Corisdbpbndcnce of the Gazette. \
. , ' I ,F'i‘\in;u' Evi-zuiiso, Jan. 3‘-Ist.
The weather being the first point of fashion-
able iutroduction, now -a-days, I must say it has
been colder than all Maine, and more congres-
sioiiiil (i. *e.':’-windy) thriii (Iongress itself. You
willisee the Chairinan ofthe I’. ‘O. Com.and
cisely the same amendments I suggested in my
last letter. I shall hereafter think Mr. Ruskin.
sensible follow! I think the Senate amend-
ment of3 cts pi-e-paid and 5 unpaid will pass
the House without debate.
A meeting ofthe friends of acliange in the
Tariff was held on Saturday‘ evening last, at
were present. when it conciliuting biil as an
amendment was agreed to-but as Cy-ou see by
the proceedings: was all killed in the House,‘-
wheu brought np,.without the least compone-
tion, and such it is predicted will be the fate of?
all other attempts this session, to amend the
present 'I‘ai-iff. A It is feared that Congress -
may pass anact on the subject ofpatents, which
will deprive the inveiitors of the fruits of their
long and arduous labors. But: we hardly sup-
pose that this is inteiided; as it would be :1 mon-
strous act of iiijustice. The man who employs
ceive no compensntioii for his skill and ingen-
uity, ifthe result ofliis labors can be seized
upcnnnd appropriated to the uses of others.
without compensation. \Vhe would devote his
mind to ubstrusc investigations for yt-.ai's. unless
lic expected to reap the benefit of his toil ? I It_
is for the public interest to protect inventors;
for it gives rise to the construction of ti variety
of the most useful machines. whicn would nev-
er be invented but for such protection.
I learn that a large deputatioii ofthe Ameri-
can Colonization Societv ‘fr=‘:-.
izzsil i~L'lf‘2'Vl::‘.1_’t
with .u.- Fri: -3::—'‘:.‘? ;in._''- .“'. «..:.i.:':_t' -.-Y -qtttt.-i_ try
urge xiii: :~..-..:r.__;::}.i -ti fw -.~'.'-~ i’- ~vr-i.i:-:<:'i£ vi’
the I’ -mi--:=‘ =i'I '.tl.'Cl'?.' . 5.'$c»t:. atie i’i'esident
ably toward the measure.
Mr. Benton stiited on Monday. ll] it speech"
which he addressed to the Seniit-e, that Col.
Fremont. was detained at home in California
by indisposiiion, and that it was impossible to
say when he won't] return to \Vasliington.--
The Union says that Col. Fremont will not
return to his seat in the Senate during the pres-
ent session.
Tliegfollowing eastern gentlemen have been
appointed by the President, by and with the
advicc and consent of the Senate : Alexander
M. Ross, of New York. to bc Consul of the.
United States at St. CillZllill‘lD83. Gideon S.
Holmes, Massncliusctts. to be Consul of the
United States at the Cape Good Hope. Mr.
EdwinBiddlc, of Boston, to be general agent:
of the United States to the World's Fair.
Mr. Carey's essay on the necessity ofa pro-
tective tariff, is being re-published in one ofthe
city pa=pei's. Alas! his argunients fall on deaf
ears, and pass away as the wind.
Mr. \Vliilney is also out in an exposition of
his grand scheme, to build a railroad across the
Continent without. ni:-iriey, but his labor is-
thrown away, for the signs are, that Congress
will not iiidulge him in his proposition.
Another ofthe city papersis out in ii labored
defence of Collins’ lino of'steainei's,niid charges
to Britisli envy of A-niei-icu-n eut-erprise-all sorts
of tricks to prevent travel in this line.
They are trying to drive the Deficiency bill-
througli the House at this writing, and’the Sen-
ate is emleiivoring to pass the Land Title hill.
The session is drawing riipidlyto it close. and‘
a feverish state of excitement: exists iiiand out
of Congress among the friends of the various
important nieasu res of policy proposed and
Clltlllietl out but I doubt whether many of them
are destined to be adopted this winter. It has
become a fixed fact that any measure for the
good of the people is either “ unconstitutional"
or out of “ order,” and your readei's must pre-
pare their minds for griititude for ii partial posti-
age reform and the paymentof French Spoile-
tiou claims, (when it is done) and tlien—an ad-
journment, sine (fie. Yours, &c., "'
V.u.EN'risi:s.—Purclmsers ofvnleutinee will
do well to call and examine the stock of Set.-
EECK in that line. He has for sale a great
variety, and at all prices from sixpence to ten
dollars.
I?‘ \Ve would call the attention of Post-
masters and all others of our reads-.rs intei'estcd
in postal, patent, pension, or other official mat-
ters. to the '‘ Po.~;'raL GUIDE AND Orrrcur.
Anviznrisizu.” published monthly at the capi-
tal by Peter G. Washington, Esq , at the low
price of $1 per annum. M r. VV. has been for
many years 6th Auditor of the Post Ofiice De-
partment, and iitliorouglily conversant with all
matters upon which it is his province to treat.
To lawyers, postmasters, and in fact all public
officers, it is an itivuluable aid—and to the
private citizeti worth double its cost. to bind up
as a work of reference.
@°Oui' neighbor of the Republican pro-
pounds to us an inquiry with regard to what
we will do about coalitions before elecfion. In
reply, we say that we shall use our utmost
exertions to have the Whig party, in making
nominations, now and always select men who
are W'iiios iii distinction from any other party
or faction. And again, ifthe Whig party could
be supposed to put in nomination any one but
a VVliig. as for instance a Locofoco, we would
not vote for the candidate.
I? “la learn from the Farmer flint quitea
businessis going on in BI'idg9P°"‘ I“ “I9 P"°5'
ecution of rum—sellers. Six C8505 biW° I360!‘
med, and each of the accused was convicted.
The fines ranged from $10 and costs to $50 and
costs. John Malloy paid up; Elias Hendricks
refused to pay, and went to jail. but was liber-
ated after two or three days; the remainder
were carried up to the County Court.
No Justice in Bridgeport cool]. he found to
try the cases, and one had to be procured from
pi'osecuti‘ons is Lewis S. Barnum.
fzkvsrrr-:iv has made still further art‘:-.21,-’._g;-,3-
merits in his Daguerrean Gallery for taking, tn,-;,
likenesses ofcbildren; they can now be tcjktm
in less time than ever.
P. O. Roads inthe Senate‘ has i'epoi'tcd-‘ibnclt’
the cheap postage bill to the House, withiipre-"
his mind in devising useful inventions, can re- — '
and lu r. W elister expressed themselves favor-L
which about seventy members of Congress .-
. U)
V l
Eiist Bridgeport. The principal agent in these .
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