‘T-’éould-not"‘t*at ‘a’ mouthful.
.. _:,; A:~.low-browed
_ ‘her, l)ill]iSl’lt*(.l all thoughts of love.
i, \
‘Dinner! dinner !’ he ex"clairnc,tl at length,
‘ah !~t.ha~pk you, mother, I’m as. hungry as a‘
bear. Codfish and potatoes, Julia-—not very
tempting fare-—'but what of tliat? our ali-
men! is love l’ - - i ' is « "
‘ Yes--and by way of treat,’ added the
old \vom‘a:rr;' ‘ l’ve been antl gone and
, tbpugyht a vv~hol=e_ pint of. Albany ale and
three cream cakes frotnithe candy shop next
block’. . .. . _, » .
Poor Julia_ pleaded indisposition, and
Before Belmont,
however, the eodfish and potatoes and.,.ih‘i:
ale and cream cakes disappeared with a very
unromantic and lJtll0Vel‘-llkfi velocity At
.“~i“theic‘los“e of"the-meiil, a thundering double
knock was heard at the door. - -
“Come in !’ cried Belmont."
_ , _maii, in a‘ green waistcoat
._enterecl ' T '
_‘._ Now, Misther Belmont,he exclaimed,in a
strong Hibernian accent, ‘ are ye ready to go
to ‘-V,0I‘l{ P By T the powers! if I don't see
- yez saited to-morrotv on the shop board, l’ll
discharge you without a cbaracter—and ye
"shall starve on the top 0’ that.’ .
i ‘ To-morrow morning, Mr. Miiloney.'- re-
plied'Bi=lmorit, meekly,‘ l’ll be at my post},
~‘»And it’ll be mighty healthy for you to tlo
that-same,-' replied the man as he retired.
‘ Beltiiorit—spealt-tell me—’ gasped Ju-
lia, ‘ who is that nian—that loafer '2’
_ ‘ He is my employer,’ answered Belmont,
‘smiling.
‘ Andyhis profession?’
‘He is a tailor.’
‘ Arid you T .
‘Am ti journeyman tailor, at your service
——a laborious and thankless calling it ever
was to me-—but now, dearest, as l drive the
hissing goose across the smoking se:im,l
‘shall think of my own darling iingel, and
my dear little cottage, and be happy.’
4 That night Julia retired weeping to her
rootii in "the attic -
‘ That ’ere counterpiii, darter,’ said the old
woman, ‘I worked with those here oltlliands
‘Aint it putty? I hope you’lll sleep well
here. There's a brolien pane of glass but
l’ve put one of Fraok’s old hats in it,
and I don’t think you’ll fell the draught.—
There used to be a good many rats here,
- ‘but I don't think they’ll trouble you now, for
Frank’s been pizenin’ on ’em.’
Left alone, Julia threw herself into a
chair, and burst into it flood of tears. Even
B»-ltriont had ceased to be attractive in her
eyes—the. stern privations that surrounded
The re-
alities had curetl her in one day of all her
Quixotic notions. V
‘Well, Julia, how do you like poverty and
love in a_cott-age '1’ asked Bi-7llIl0l'll., entering
in_his bridal dress.
_ ‘Not so well, sir, as you seem to like that
borrowed suit,’ answered the bride, redden-
ing with vexation
‘ Very well,’ said Belmont, ‘you shall suf-
-‘fer it no longer. My carriage awaits your
r.:der;- at the door. -
‘ Your carriage, indeed!’
‘ Yes tleitrest. it waits but for you, to bear
us both to Belmont Hall, my lovely villa on
the Hutlson.’
' ‘And your mother 11’
‘ I have no mother, alas! The old wo-
man down stairs is an old servant in the
family i’
‘Then you’ve been deceiving me, Frank
-—ho_w wicked !'
" lt is as all done with a good motive. —
‘You was not born to endure it life of priva-
tion, but to shine the ornami-nt of an elegant
and refinetl circle I hope that vou Twill
love me none the less when you li=.ai'n that
[am worth nearly a hall tnillion—that’s
the UN-'l?‘ln('hllly fact, and I cari’t help it.’
‘ Oh! Frank ?’ cried the beautiful girl. and
hid her face in his bosom. '
She pl'l“Sl=l(:‘*'l with i_rt‘ace at the elegant ft,-s
tivities of Belmont Hall, and seemed to sup.
port her liu.-band’s wealth and llJXLlt'ltillS
style of living with the greatest fortitude
and resignation, never conitlaiiiiiig of her
comforts or murtnuringa wish for living in a
cottage.
Ilfore Revel/ttiti7ts.——We learn from the
New York prints that two ladies have had
the boldness toappear in Broa-twiiv in Mrs
Blooinei"s patent trowser’s and frock co it. —
The Herald says that Fanny Kertiball is the
real author of the revolution. having initiated
it some two years ago for the convenience of
riding on h0i‘st'baCk. We learn that the dress
has been used, with some curious Varieties,
fora long time, by the ladies going Califor-
. niaward, while crossing the lsthinus. The
mules of that region are a dump, stubborn,
uiitutored, unappreciative race, quite i'egai'tl-
less of sexual distinctions, and the isle...
Wilt-ll they back them to the journey to
the Pacific, provide against lhi(-Ill‘ mulish
tricks by seating themselves a. 1.1. ma-culine ,
antl of course must be fitted out with the
frock coat and pantaloons. But whatever
may have been the incipient steps for the iri-
troduction of this fashion it is sure to be the
rage‘, and the ladies are jutripiug into the
trowsers Will! an avidity that shows their
ambition to wear the “ garment which is not
a coat.” The [“Telfll(l-lS puzzled to know
what is to become of the cast off pettictiats,
and suggests that the Broadway dandies
should be caught am] (Joly i,,,-',._.¢,.d Wm,
these prertigitlwes of the feniinine gentler
that was.
E13-=’ Miss Susan Nipper give-s_a loud cer-
tificate in favor of some of the popular ,,at-
ent triedicines ofthe day. She was suffering
from general debility, sick headache, heart-
buin, intligestion, tapewoims, constipation,
rheumatism in the back, shoulders and hips,
and besides those. she ddn’t “feel very
well lm-.<e_f morc'n half the time.” At
length, she says, ‘'l was brought very low
so that my most impudi nt friends didn’t'
know me, and the re,qtilar faculties didn't ex-
pect rue tire to live. from one em! to the other
About this time a friind recommentled, as
the last resort, that I should try a few bottles
of the Pictorial Oxenated Coiripound Sax-
fiiijlla Extract of Wild Cherry -Wine Bit-
ters, satisfaction given or money refunded,
to be well taken before shiiken, destroy the
label as soon as possible, no pay, no at/«re, he-
were of counterfeits-—iione genuine unless
the proprietorison the wrapper. I took three
dozen bottles of this truly invaluable medi-
cine, and it gives immediate relief in three
months.”
‘-31?’ Lord Byron has said, that with all
his lollies, he was never guilty of’stop-
- _ ping his paper, or preventing the payment of
an editors bill, because the editor happened
to.dipltas'e him. ' T
» The horse"which caused the death
of: the Duke of Ctiilr-ans is now in a fiacre at
i Lyons)“ I-l'is"present owner bought him? for
about thirty dollars. 'l"nat horse’: gambols
made France. a republic. ’ '
cattle on the road.
it.
':‘Prof.' *1’i}gg"s' Electra JlIag'n€tic Locomotive.
-‘—Agreeably-fto public announcement, P_rof..
Page yesterday, at one o’clock in the after-
noon, made-ffanother trial" of his Electro-
Magnetic Locomotive. . There" were 7not so
many persons present as on the previous
occasion, but yeta large number witnessed
the experinierit. y « , .
The progress of the locomotive when it
started was so slow that a boy was enabled to
keep pace with it for several hl‘ln(ll‘P-il feet.—
But the speed was soon increased, and,‘Bla-
(if’X1$i,'!_!r.‘Ih,fl distance of, we believe about
five ,,,;[','.‘S a,,,_' a quartei,was reached in
39_ininui.es._. When \%'.5Lliin two miles of that
place, the battery ilieingiftiiiy‘ 1133- lb?‘ l0<'0m0-
tive began to run, on nearly a-lei/Cl plant’,
at the rate of 19 miles an hour, or? nhiries,
faster than the greatest ‘speed h'eretof‘ore at-
tained. This velocity was continued for’ a
mile, when one of the cells cracked entirely
open, which caused the acids to Intermix;
and, as a consequence, the propelling power
waspartially weitlcened. _ Two of the other
cells stibequently met with a similar dis-
aster.
The Professor proceeded eiiiitiously,
fearing obstructions on the way, such as the
coining of cars in the opposite direction and
Seven halts were made,
occupying in all forty‘ minutes. But, not-
withstanding these hindrances and delays,
the trip to and from Bladcri.-burg was ac-
complislied in one minute less than two
hours.
The cells were made of light earthen
ware, for the purpose of_ the experiment
merely, without reference to durability —-
This part of the apparatus can therefore ca-
sily be guarded agairist mishap.
The great point ('Sl8b_l_l.Vllf?(l was, that a lo-
comotive on the principle of Professor Page
c-in be made to travel nineteen miles art
hour. « »
The facts above narrated were gathered
from a gentlemari who was privileged to
take a title in this novel coiiveyaiice; ‘ind
they .-ztreiigthen the opitiion which we have
heretofore ixprrssed, that succcs in the appli-
cation of eie.-ti'c-rnagnetism to the propul-
sion of railroad cars can scarcely any longer
be considered as doubtful.
l’Vas}zi/irrloii Republic, 30112..
A Band of Dcspcmilocs bi'o/cert 7/p.—\Ve.
have received it long telegraphic dispatch
from our correspondeiit at Dttrotit, tletiiilirig
the particulars of one of the most villairiotis
plots, just discovered there, ever heard of in
this country. A gang of zhirty or forty
sC0l]it(.ll‘t‘l.~‘, it seems had associated together
for the avowed purpose of couriterfeitiiig.
horse stealing, iiicetidiarism, burglary, rob-
bery, in short, from the tapital crimes down
to the pt'llif.‘.~l. larceny. The organization
has been in operation for some eighteen
months, and is only tliscnvert.-d now by a
person \\hO succeeded in getting the cooli-
tlt-ncc of the banditti. At Letitia Centre,
and Jacksoti, (i\lich) on Friday lost, no
fewer than thiity three of the scoundrels were.
arri-stied, among whom are 1lll'(-‘C jU.~l.l('l'.’S of
the peace, live doctors, one judge. and four
constables! Atiiong other; schemes of vil-
lainy they intended to carry out was one to
low up the Michigaii Central Railroad
track and cars, by means of tin ingeni.-iii-
ly contrived torpedo The pii.-otters were
iiricsted on a writ from the Uriied States
Court, (for stopping the mail, counterfeit-
ing, cot} and will probably be detitincd
until the next session of the Court for that
District.——ZV. Y E-zcpress
Decline of 1]“, S1rti:c TrarIe.—-Our private
accounts fiioin the coast of Africa state that
the slave trade is on its last l~gs, and nearly
all the slave (le-iileis on the South Court the
b nkrup‘. Such was the vi_iil:incet.~f the
('[‘l].Slil‘,s‘ that there ucre 8 000 slaves in the
b:-irrncoons at Atnbriii which thcv would
not run the. risk of shipping. The T)llO)lllX,
screw sloop, (Ioniiriiiiidt-r I-ysaught, was
stationed ell‘ that place. The prize captur-
el by the Cyclops, steam fi'it_rate, :-iiptairi the
Hon. F. l-].isiiri,qs, on the 10th Novem-
ber, bztd been waiting for four months for
the chance of slipping away with her cargo.
She. had actually pass:-.d,urider the flag ship’s
stern, tit Lo-ando, without suspicion, but was
fortunately pounced upon by the Cyclops.
She was of mo tons burthen btit had no less
than 620 slaves. She shipped her cargo
one inorning twerity-five miles north of L0-
antlo, at 3 o'clock, and at 8 o'clock, p. iu.,
she was under the guns of the ste-tuner. She
had no slave deck and was so crowdeil that
the Cyclops, for humanity salte. took out 300
of the poor wretches aiitl conveyed them to
St. Helena The health of the .-quatlroii
was fully as good as that on the i\'leditct‘-
rant-an or Pacific stations
L'7Li6ctl E-‘err.-iire Gazelle.
On VVednestlay, as" the British steamer
Cornet, with it ftill head of steain on, was
prepai'tng to leave O.'~\VF‘Q’0, her l'lOll|'l‘ explo-
ded, L'Otriplt'lr-ly ti--aririg out the centre of the
boat. The sinoke-pipe was thrown over-
board, and the boat iiijuretl so severely that
she sank. in five minutes. The ‘,2.l l"l]_Qlll€‘8l‘,
carpenter, and one deck hand are iiiissitig,
supposed to be (frowned. The first engin-
cot‘ and four of the deck hands are badly
scaldetl, but only one of them is thought to
be in a daiigeroiis condition.
'I7z..rl1Ia. Rubber‘ —'l‘he t\’ewark Mei'cury
states that Daniel i\‘lcCui-dy, of that city
has taken out a patent forthe. ti'iat'iaf:icture of
India rubber. it is claimiztl that by this new
process all cotnbiriatiops in the preparation
of rubber are disiieiisezl with, while yet the
entire sti-erigtli and ductility ofthe gum is re-
tained ; and the fabric, unlike that made by
any other known process or previous inven-
tion, t-fl}-cttisilly resists the changing t-ff--cts
of constant expostirtzs to the air and ti eather,
being in fact almost intlestructable.
.
./1PIiilosop/i.ic Erli'ti2r.——'l’lie editor of the
Alabama Argus, published at Di-,tnopolis in
‘i\l-rango, makes llt+'l'l'y, after the following
fashion, ever what other people would con-
sider a serious trouble: ‘
“ We see the sheriffhas advertised the Ar-
gus office l‘dr sale, during ourabsi-rice. We
hope the bidders will have a merry time of
lfthe. slieiifl' can sell it, he will do more
than we ever could. Like a damp pc=.l‘(‘US-
sion cap, we think it would fail to ‘go off.’
‘gig? Poor old Mrs. Piirtington has had an
attack of the “ Brown Creeturs',” and when
the Doctor proposed phlebottorriy, the old la-
tl_v cxclaiiried, in great excitement: ‘- Flea
bloltom me! Goodness gracious, what does
the doctor think l’in tirade of!”
:33,-"I'o spin and to weave, to knit and to
sew, was"'o'nce a girls eniploy’n"ient,‘.but‘now.
to dress and catch a bean, ll all she calls‘en-
joyment.
-them started, but. when-they -clo- takegflatne,’
..... . _ .
_ j:;_Vi'olixnteei- Pavatlé.
Agree‘ably topthe resoliitions‘ of'the Mili-
;
‘tat-y Convention at Hartford, Jan. 8, 1851,
the several Military*Companies,in this state
were invited to meet at..said' city on the first
Wednesday of‘ May next,‘ for .a volunteer
parade. The Committee deeine,d.it, expedi-
em‘ ‘to change the‘ day, on'.tic.c‘ount‘ .o.f the
meeting of the‘ conventicii, and therefore
named Thiixrstlay .-lfwy 81/», for said parade.
,' lE3"The_'commanda_nts of _the_,'several
regiitients'are' requested (in zicciordance with
siiid resolutions,) to extend an invitation. to
the’ companies under their comrnand, to as-
semble.at_l-lartfortl,at,l0 o'clock A. '-M. on
‘the: last‘ "day named for the purpose before
specified. Arrangements “in regard to for-
mation, &c., to be made by the command-
aria; of-companies; and the cominanders of
such com,,.;_r_iit.-s as intend _to_ parade on the
occasion, are reqo.,:ted to report at an eairly
(log; to the coinmandant Of their T€Sl.W-Clive’
‘i-eginierits‘, and also to Adj’: Gen. Starr at
Middletown. »
5:?’ it is expected that the fare on the
several Railroads will be reduced oil the
above occasion. '
Witt. T I{li\'G, Major Gen. _
E W. Smm-r, Br Gen. lst. B;
'l‘t1os...Guv1~:it, do do
Committee.
Bull and /lccompltslrerl Rascals -—The
Cairo (lllinois) Suit relates that two men
recently stopped at the store of Mr. Dishon
in Joresborough, Union Co, in that State,
and requested permission to place a box
which thev had in their wagon in his house
for the night. Ml‘. D. at first objected, but
finally consented to take the box in his store
room. The men then put up their horses
for the night. Early the next moring they
had their ‘wagon at the door of the store to
fret their box and start away frotn the town
Mr.rDishon missed a bolt of broadcloth ft om
his counter, and on further t-x:-ittiiriatioii
found that $500. had been taken from his
desk ‘drawer during the night. He then re.-
fused to let the men have the box until it was
exiirnirictl. They swore that they would
have the box, and as they rushed forward to
talte ii, blr. D. steppetl out of the door and
locked them in. Having obtained assist-
ance the door was opeiictl and the men at’-
re.-ted. On t‘l)t.'l}lll£_I lhe box it stout, daring
looking man sprang out,anr.l the iiiissiiig
clolli and money, and some silks and a tlailr
lanterri were found in the boitoin The fol-
low preicndetl to turn Sttite’s evidence, and
l.lC-t.'.l'£l.l'€.‘(.l he had long sought an opportunity
to leave the other men, that to havi—: left
them would. have brought their deadly ven-
geance upon him; that he had never been
detected before; that he rerriairied with their)
only becatise he was conipelled to do so to
preserve his life; that there were now six
hundred men in the United States crigagi-tl
in the same biisincss; and that the lust timo-
he was tit the general tlt.-posit station the
compaiiy had over _fi/tit-ii. f)lt.\.‘fU.’l-\‘ of silver
and gold. He would not be put in the saiue
room with the two iiccoriiplj-cr-s, fearing they
would kill him The two men snore to the
tiflicei‘s that it was folly to put tl;t-in in jail,
for tlicy had money and fricritJ.<, it would take
at least one huutlred well aimed men to
guard them, and llfllliltftl them that they
could not possibly be tlctainerl three we-r.-ks.
An American Grace D-'zrl£iig—'l‘he New
York l\'lcsst-iigrt-i‘ notice- a young, iiitelligent
and iritert-sting woman, resisting within
sixty miles of Nctv York, who has, with
the itssi.-tiiiice of an aged and infirm father
saved tw'eiity-one lives within the last fif-
teen years The following pi-rticulars are
given : ’ '
“ Kate Moore is the daughter of Captain
Moore._ who keeps Light l-lou-e. on Fair-
wciitlier lslnnd, siitiiiti-tl initlway brtwern
the hot-bors of B :lt’l.{ Rick and Bi itlt_repoi't.
(Conn) The Island contains five acres of
land, and is about half ii mile from shore.
Matty disa-leis, it is l(ll0\\'ll, have oceuretl
to \'t‘SSl"lS driven rotiiid l‘-l-ziiitiiiik Point in ii
storm, and sometimes in the Sound to
llt)me‘.Vt’ll'(l botintl, and this latly’s ear is so
accurate, it is said she can tlisttnguish the
slirieks: of the mariner, and direct her but-que
in the darkest night. She can trim a biiat,
and i'nana«_re it as well as arty inan,:ind seems
to make in tact, what she lacks in strength,
and never refuses to turn out in the ‘tlaikcsl
night to the relief of the poor suffr~rcrs——
Our infoiinarit adds that she is highly ac-
complishei_l‘aiitl literary lady, and perfectly
feminine in her manners, and that, altiottgh
she occiisioniilly visits New York, and other
places in that vicinity, and has a large antl
mo.-t respectable acqtiaintnnce, many of
whom knew of these facts, they never
cattle to the knowletle of the public before.
The late ll1lnL‘lll.l.‘(l i.\1ltlj()l' Noah, who was
reniiirltaliln for collectiiigthe llltt:-l iitzert~-sl-
ing facts, by some means beciitrie 2l(‘ql17lllll.P(l
with them. We also iiritleistaiid that Capt
Moore antl his worthy h‘;‘lpl1li)ll:‘ have resi-
ded on the Island over twenty years, and
brought up a family of five children, upon
a salary. of three huntlred dollars it year,-'
all of whom have an excellent education,
and that they entertain a gl‘|.!lll many
persons who visit the Island, with old
fashioned hospitality.
Coal ]lIZ.II.P.\'1i/L Pcn.7ts_7//va.iiiw.—-A joint
committee of the L--_gzislatui'e of l’erinsylva-
nia,e.-timale the value of the present coal
mines of Pi-nnsylvaiiiii. at $l7,000,000, atitl
the annual product of fl)l'tlflC('S,filrgt’S and
rollinginills, at not less than $128,000,000 —
lti about two and a_balf ye-ars—the time
since the discovt.-ry of the gold mines til
California—it is estimated that $"J5,000,000
have been taken out, or at the rate of $38,-
000,000 per annurn. The coal and iron of
Peiirisylvariia are tht-.-relore rriore productive
than the _California riches.
{}i:-_.-',- As the cars were going up on Tuesday
a “ snake l‘it=~ad,” as it is called, shot tip like
lightning through one of the cars and nearly
stripped a lady of all her clothing lt grasp-
ed one of her legs, carrying her clothes with
it., An inch more to the right and she
would have been horribly mangled.
Cincinnati E nquirer.
fi$='fhe Jenny Lind company consists
"of thirty nine persons, and it is made upas
follows: i ,
_ Jenny, Lintl—-her companion, (i\'lax Hjor-
tt»-bei'g)— her acooumitut— her three servants,
(two trial-s and one fetnale.)——.i\jlr. Barnum
atitl daughter and one ..frientl——a‘n Ol'Cll('Sll'il
of fifteen persons—Benedict and servant-
Joseih Burke, SfllVi,Belll'll.l, Leljrand Smith
-—'l'rt-asurer, Seci't~tary, two ticket sellers,
and five persons employed invarious capac-
ttles. -
E Miss TuI'.kcI‘~ says it is with ,ol_-l bach-
elors as with old wood :, it is hard to get.
they burn prodigously.
N01i[WAIi-I.<AzET1‘E.t.€", ‘
- :,. . ,.
,_'rUEs1,)A-.v. May 6,1.8..5l-- '
lt,is iiliiiostiinpoissilzle for the men -of the
present generation to realize in any consid-
eii'aiile degree, the inaiiiuer in which this na-
tion has, as it were. sprung, full grown, iiilo
exi,Sl.el)(.‘8., The maturity, of the en)pii't>:,s,,of_
r
\
~l|llliql,liYy.!lS wellaas of the dynasties of "mod-
ern Europe. was tittitined throtigli the slow
progress of cet*.turies. Alllcl'lCll has attained
the front rank ntiioiigtlie powers of the earth,
within the meinory of men now living. \Vheu
in 1776 this people was det‘:!ai'e.d free and inde-
pendent. the colonies scattered along the shores
of the Atlantic were coiisidered, by tho civ-
ilized world. in’ no higher light. than we now
regard the settleiiieiils of Atisti-:ilia,' or of
Southern Africa. \Vhen \Viisliiiigitiii vnciited
the Presideiilial chair. the ll'l0l'l:Il'(.'l.li(!S of Eu-
rope viewed the United States inttcli in the
crime manner in which we, esteem the feeble
,-ppublicg of South Aiiiewittii. The of
1812, the victories of .lac|t.-on, Scott, and Har-
|'l§0ll.lllB lriuinphs of Hull. Di-.t:iitni'. and Pet'-
ry. first drew upon this nation the iitteiitioii of
the older powers. Since then, the rapidity
with wliieli new States have lJ(‘.t‘.l):lll(l('(l to the
conl'etloi'iit.~y, the vast. iiicreitse in our popula-
\‘\’i| l'
lion. the wideiiing extent of our territory, the
m;p;;i-nil;-led growth of our coin-.riei*t:t-, itiitl
iiiiiiitifiicttii'e.-, with our botintlless agi'icuiliii'a|
resources. all these tliii.gs coiiibiued. li:ivejt.i;<tly
placed Tin: UNIT!-II) STAT!-is or Ami-.itici\ in ii
position second to none among the nations of
the earth.
Nor is this all; in no other coiinti'y, under
the whole. lienven. does there. exist the practi-
cal. f't‘e.t-doin wliicli prevails here; it is true
that by the tlieoi-y of the Eiuglisli law. the sub-
jects of Victoria iiro stlpptisrtl to enjoy as mttch
liberty its the .-\iiiei'ic.iiti citizen, btit in the crises
of the. ft)l'ln8l', the habits of centuries have iii-
duced it criiiging set-vilutle of the lower to the
lii;;lie,i' ClilSS6S..“C:ll'C('-l_Y exct-et‘lctl by the seivil-
ily of the soiitlicrn slave. in
try is t-tlticiitioii so geiieittlly tlifliised; in none.
other is pertiiitled SU('l| perfect fret-tlt.-in of
no other coun-
tttiiiscierrtts-.; in none other‘ is there so little
of piitiperistn and want ; in none ()illPl' is lit-
bor so well |‘('\\':tl'tl('fl; in none other is tlicre
so high it slntitlzt rd of geiieiitl nioiiility.
Moreover we i'e;pii'tl our systetn of govern-
nient "S the niost perfect ever dt-vi:-etl by man.
No niiitter bow widely ottr lci'ritoi'y may ex-
tend. the principles of our Cini~tilntion that
ere. ts it new tei-i'ittit'y. with it ce.i'l:iiti iitinibt-r
ofitilinbitaiits. at once. iiilo it Fiuzi-: .451) l.\‘Dl-2-
vi«::sDi-:.\"i' ST.-i'ri-:, ii ii integral portion of the
nittion, while it. secures the blessiiigs ol‘libert_\,',
wliei'esoevei‘ our doiiiains tniiy exteiitl, also pro-
Vitlt-!.~‘ the most ellecttiiil barrier‘ against dis-
itieiiiberiiieiit Tlial systoiii ttio seizures to us
l'oi'evei', practically, the lilessiiigs of peace.
\Vnr with any of the nnlioris of l£tii'o;o is
little to be ltl>[)l'(~'.'-llellllflll. and if it should occur
would be fntiglil uiaiuly on the oeetiii. \Vai'
with any of the |)ll\‘\‘Ei‘S (of this ('0ltllllPl:l
would only lion war of iiiviisioii and conquest.
by our firces. \Vilhin otir own iiorilers lllt'l'P.
is no pi'ob:ibilil_v of otir rver l't--iiliziiig the bot‘-
i'ni's of conflict. so long as we reniniti o.\'t-: nit-
tioii. i '
Aizrl now, be it iiever foi'golten, that. to 'l'l!l-'.
UNION, ull(lP,l' lleitveii, wo owe. tliese iiiiitiifiltl‘
lilessiiigs. lie that would tilissolve or i'::sl:ly
t'i.-‘it that Union is it kiiiive, ii iiiittliiiiiii, or I? fool.
To sucli.tbe trite Aniericiin should give no
couoieiiaiice, slintild lend . no sympiiiliy. Let
the Soullterti Disutiioiiisl‘ fly to Ctibii. llie
Nt)i'tliet'ti to Catiiitlii——lir-i'o in lliese. States, by
the grace of God free and ititlepeiitleiit, is no
place for stieli its they.
Stavery in the Fnitixd States.
There is one light in wliicli the e.\i-te:
.-\iiie.rit-iiii SlllV(’.l‘_Y may be viewed, \\lllt:ll is
ice of
eeitiiiiily calctiliitetl to iiwtikeii serioits iippi'e-
heiisions in the mind of any pet'.~.-on’ who ever
allows liitnself lo coiiteiiiplrilt-. the ftittiitity of
our Country. The i°etiii'iis of the Census of
1850 show that in all the inure ..<otitliei'n slave
States the iiiciciiso in tlte tie;_'rri poptiliitioii is
tzoiisideralily greater‘ in proportion to iitiiiiliers
lliuii tliit uftlie wit to. This result is [)l'0(lU(:P(l
by nalniiil causes, insepai'iiblo’fioin the very
eitisletice ofllie instittitioii til bnntliige. and will
continue as Song as that institution lasts.-—-
Slsivery is now lienimeil in by the Alliiimc. the
Gulf, and the free Stiitcs. It may be coiisitl-
ered its settled that no more slave tei'i'itoi'y will
ever be iiildetl it) this Coiih-.tloi'iicy. The Sltlvn
population, then, must. illCl'(‘-H50 iiiiil spi'e.ii~.l
williiti the present limits of slave lcrriloi-y.
Nay, more than tliis——iii all likelilioo-l filly
years will not elapse liel'oi't-. the more tioi~tliei'ti
tif'tli'e present sltiveliolilit g Slates will llll’~'0,_’,lll
rid of an institution that is really a curse to
llioin. \Vliiit then is the prospect for the rest 7
The white population ~will ~i_nevil:ibl_\-'_ before
maiiy yea rs be cooped with too or twelve. mil-
lions of ignorant and llPgl'3l(l(‘,ll iieglties, sniiiit-
iiig untlera sense of wrong, and gr-iidiially be-
coming acquitiuted with their owti iiuiiilit-rs.
l¢‘tii-iiiirliible front their mete pliysit,-iil stierigtli.
this terrible hotly of eiisliived men will be still
more foriiiid_ablo' froin the saviige f'erot:it_y of
suddenly uiicltiiioetl .biiilitiriiiiis. \Ve confess
we shudder iii looltiug foi'witi'd to these tliiiigs.
To such results miillers must come utiless
some wise course of eiiiiiiicipalioii and coloni-
zation slntll be adopted during the next half
81'-l)llll'y.
L? At the liiteannitiil meeting of Fiiirfield
Cotiiity M erlicnl Society.Decloi's N. D. Hiiiglit,
S. Beiieli, S. S. Noyes, L. R.it:liiirtls. and L.
\V. Burritt. were elet.-letl fellows to ‘the State
Medical Cuiiveiilion. to be hulden in Htirtfortl,
2d \Vednesdtiy of Miiy next; and Doctors
George Blillvfllllllll, _-iubeit. Loclmood, Elijah
Mt(ldlebi'otil-;s,n,ud Robert Hiibbard, W't‘|'(-9 elec-
ted Delegates to ititentl the Niitioiiiil Medical
Association, tube lioldeii in Cliiirlr-stun, S. C..
1st Tuesday of May next. ‘
13" The State Military Convention will
meet by iidjouriiinenl, at Hartford, in Gilmaus
Saloon, to-morrow. The object is to trike such
action iisniiiy be deeined expedient to sustain
an cfficieiit and reputable Military system.
.'l‘bo '.Vlilitnry parade is to take place on the
next day.
Our Country. ~ - i ‘A -
J
r," '. _. . :"\ r
R‘eitire'ment”‘ot Father Ritchie. ’
The l.'8li|'elI‘Imlt of the veneijiiblie editor of
the Wasliinglon Union,wlti,cli took plaice it few
days since. lias‘tli'awn forth iniiny, feflecliolls
iipon tho‘ uncet'tainties'- of political life» f|'0m‘
both \Vhig and opposition presses. which have
done hoiioivalikiémtrr the heads and beiiits of
tlieiii write.-5. ‘I)|;_()bi|lJl.\"il more ultra partisan
was not to be found tit. the head ofatiy political
-‘A’inei-lean’?"preso;*aiid while his velieinence
sometimes goti,t_l'iei better of his nature-~no
\Vliig, litfwevcr much he may have been
abused by him, can but regret the causes
which have compelled this venerable old man
to give tip his only means of support. now as
his sands of life are well nigh run out. and be
literally bent double with lli_e weight of yo.irs.
It is_liiird even in early life to be tlriveii into
hopeless ruin by an extictiiig creditor, who
would avail himself of ii single business error
on the part of his debtors to satisfy his selfisll
tlemiiiids. Yet how painful does it Selim in =1
(rV0I.'€I“IlI)I(IIli, rich in iill its ll:€.‘t'll'S of wealth. to
tlitts sacrifice an old and helpless man! \VlIil0
we have ever tlifl'ei'etl front him in opinion iiitcl
often denounced his piirtisitii violence, we citri-
iiot let our party feelings go so far its to keep
‘silence at this cruel exiiction. The sum in
which his office was sold ($3tl,tl()0) has every
cent been ttiittle over to liltisfi who tvem him]
enough to iidvaiice him iiiotiey to (t(flll.lllll6illiS
"ruinous contract for the public priiitiiig.” as
_he says in his Vlll(£lll[Zl()iy.‘ As an editor he
has exliibiletl great talents and untiriiig indus-
try, and liiis exercised iiitit-.li iiilltteiice open
public till’.-iii's. particularly in shaping the e.otirso
of Virginia. Bi-giiiiiiiig his cit reel’ its an editor
in 1804, he. has ptrrstied the vocation without.
iiuoriiiissioii up to the preseiit liiiie—-and yet
not \villisliiiii.liiig his iiictissiirit tlevotioii lo busi-
ness. for forty-seveii yr-:.ti‘s. it is supposed that
lie retires in tzinzuiiistiiiices liardly iitlequiite to
his support. This is but it poor i'einuiiei'ation
for the toil which he has niidr--rgotie, and for
the sleepless nights which he. has pi.sse.tl.—
The siiiiic Iitlciit, zeal and intluslry, iipplit-.tl to
almost any other pi'tifessioii, woultl linve obtain-
ed for liiiii iiti itidept-.tit.lctil furttirie.
The fact. of M I‘ Ritchies liitving beeii it zeal-
ous paiti.-aii editor has dotilitléss been the
causo of his not liiiving atniissetl weallli,or been
able even to obtain relief l":tim the tioiitracl.
wliicli liiis deprived hitn of what little he hail.
llowevt-.t' uiigi'iitel'tii Rt-pttblics iiiny be, parties
tire getierally more soulless than all lliiiigs
else, for liowever they iniiy be iiitltibtetl to an
Editor for street-.ss, they lliViIl‘lili)l_\' fail to L'UllI-
peitsiite him in the letist for his liiliors. They
use. him to iiiouiit. the ladder‘. litit kick dirt in
his liice. shoiiltl he aspire to rise also Such
\V(‘- believt-i to be, the i.-x;tei'ieiit:r.~ tifiiliiiosr. every
piirlisiiu editor. So long as they can labor for
others prele.i'inetit all is well, but to seek to-
iiiuiieralioii for llieiiist-Ives would be iii'i'tigiiiit;t-.
out of place and l1lllHIl't.lItllill)lP iii an liditor
[low t-spt-tziiilly is this spirit illustrated in the
tli-feiit ol't.lie Editor of the New llzireii Pirllii
" I will
iicrcr rule _/or /tint," I'Pllli‘il'l\('.l.l ii gentleiiiiiti of
tlittni. as it c:iiit_liilatr- for" CUllgl'k‘~SS-
that city who coiisitlt-rs liiinselfa \‘v'lii_;--iiiitl
who, to our l)Pl'S0ll?Il lttiowletlgr-, has in inort:
than one instance been iiitle.'.)ti-'.l to Mr. Brib-
cotzlfs itilliieiice its an l‘:Lllll)l'. for his elt-viition
toiiii office of profit and lionor——iintl to such
\Vlii_;s is Mi‘. lialit-oclt intlt-blot! for his (lCf("ill.
\Vlicii the table ttiriis, tho l‘:llli()|' who would
he so I310-.s'lllll|.llilil(JUh its to aspire to a place in
U()ltgl'9S:i, is litioletl tit. and killed by the very
l't’ir-iitls for whom he has iilwiiys llll)()l¢'(l. That
tliese_ things are so, none can deny-—iiiid
are they jtisl-7
The Cuban Expedition.
Our exizliiitige papers iiio it-ciiiing with con-
_iet:tttres and riiiiiors. i't-gzirdiiig nuotltor t:oti-
teiiipliiteddescent tipmi the lsliiiid of Ciiba.by
coir.-piriitors f-our the United Slate-.s. 'TllH
tiuiiilicrs of the t-xpetlilioii, their stints, t-quip-
nieiits. inoziey. vt-xsseis sre iill tallied of as set-
tled, as well its the -.'ai‘ititts points of tll‘l)lll‘i<i|-
lion. l".u' their l'oit:t-s. \Ve have no faith in the
iiffitirtvliiilr-vet‘; if itlleiiipletl it will Cél'li|illl_)'
liii . and the (30llSl‘(]l!Blll3l-‘.:i will be much more
dis:tsti'ous to the piirticipiiiice, l.h:-iii were the
eotiseriuetice of the Lopez failure.
Prof. Brittan,
\-Vliolectured here «hiring the past winter, to
large and deeply itilel'e.~.lt-tl :itidietit:r=.s, vi.-'il‘s
Norwiillt again I/its we/:/r. at tho f‘.lll'll£‘-Si t't-qtii-st.
of his titiiiierous ft-ieiiils, to di-liver :IllUlllP|'
(:titii'sc of L(‘(:lllI‘c.'~'. on the various l’s_vt:litil(ig—
it:alpliei1oine.ii:i, wliicli are now altractiiig .-:0
much ittteiiiion in this cotinliy and l£ui~ope..
\Vti see by the HtIt'lftil‘(l pzipers lltitt the
Piof. liasjiist.t-oinplt-led it stir-_cessf'ul cotii-se
in that city \Ve quote the following opinion
of the Daily Titties: T
Prof lifilllilli.-‘ Li-Cltiresliiive met with much pop-
tiliir l:ivor,iiiitl the bare tiieiiitoii of his iiaiiin where
he is l\'llt)\\'ll calls lor_-ether‘ an overflowing hoit.-e.
[leis an acct-iiipli.-Iii-tl iiiitl elnrpieiit >pe.iil\'s-r. it
hold :tiitl oiigitizil lliiiikeiziiiitl an iiiipiirtiiil intesti-
gator. llisaitdielice in this city liuve been highly
gratified. _
I3‘: An Irish girl llllllll“-‘l Ctilliiirine Dtinn
has been arre.~ted in t\'oi'wich, (' I. on it (‘.ilzI|'ge
of llllliillg tnui'tlei'etl her own child, an iiilitut
two niontlis oltl. The cimuinstatices are very
stroiig against the iiccusetl.
C35? The New llaveii l’alliitliiiin stiiles that
the Loco Foco R eprt-seiitiitive front Soutlibuty,
t::iniioi lioltl his seat. He had lieeii brick fi‘o't‘.
Califoriiia but three or four tveelcs. and was
therefore inelligilile to the office.
E?' Tlie N. Y. Sun warnily commends the
course of the lliiiteeii Seniitors, and says of
tliein——tliey suri'eiitleie.d plitee ritllier than
pi'int-iple. Tlie sui'rendei' of place could not
.have been tiyirig to their pecnnia i'_v coiiseieiices.
ceitiiirily. forthc little for llle Sllllllfl Of llle
Legislature liaving expired, they were not on
pay. As to the principles they would not Slit‘-,
reiidor the least said about tlieui the better.
If Mr. \Vebster liii-i retur.-ted to \Vashing-
‘ton. telegriipliit: despiitelies of iuiportance from
the Presitlelit. having met hint at New York,
and linri-ied him to the seat of Govei-iiiiieiit
earlier than he had ptirposed i'et.uriiitig thither.
l2?The Directors of the I rie Rail Road
started foriu New York Moi day morning, for
Dunkirk, to run over their own rails to. the
Lake ttntl see with their own eyes the great _
things they have done.
3' A‘ meetijg of the Danbury'Locofocos.
was held on Saturday. to _noininate candidates.
for Deputy Sheriff and G:t0lel'.'lIllt they could’
lection. L
5' The stock foifl‘ the Git-r iCoii'r'ipii'riy';__ in
Bi'itl.«_.v,epoit. was all taken at _th&' ‘opening of
the books. on Tuestliiy evening—aliei' which
the company wasduiy organized and officers
iippointed. - i '-
53?‘ The (tel'ellI0l'l_}' oflityiiig thecorner stone,
of the new U_lliVeI'S:llist C_hui'cli. in Bridgeport.
took place on \Vednes,day of, last. week.’ A,-The
atlrlrcss was deliw-.re'd‘ by Reii. H . ‘iClli'l])in
of New York, and is spolien of as an able and
appropriiite production. The church is to be
built of ft-eejstoim, rough be._wn, f'l'0n1,P()‘l'llilIld,
under the superiotendence of Mr. Cyrus ll.
But.sfoi'tl, aft.t-.r iiplaii drttwn by Hr. A. Nitsh.
the liatidsemest in the city.
—Tho'in:ts H. Doge of l\':i.-liati. N. H., h:tsinveu-
led it new printing pres.-'. wholly tlifil-ieiil from any
other tiow in existence, cheaper in price than other
iiiiicliiiic presses and capable of doing 3,000 an
liotir. _ T
——.-\ relative of the Fox family in Syriicu.-c has
publicly stated, that sliewas latiglit h_v one of the
Fox girl.-‘ how to protlti co the riippiti-gs; that the
secret wits git-cit to her on the promise that she too
.woiiltl become it iiiodiittii. She states thiit it is done
by the toes and knees. .
--A liitiiilyof l\\'t3fi\'e, persons were biirned to‘
death last week in Harrison Co.. Intl., by the house
tithing fire.
:_I portion of them itrider the influence of liquor.
They were iill_2is|et-.p ill the time, and
—Kossiilii is about to he rel-sasetl from his deleti-
tion in Tiirk»-_v, and come to this country. Such
are the atlvices rec--ivetl at \'v':-isliitigtoti.
-——.-\ patriotic eitizeii of Cliiirleston rcniaiked
“ That when South Ctiiitlina leaves the Union, he
sihotiltl iiinvc into the United States ” A cutting
rcbiilti-. to the di.-uiiioiiist-',of that State.
“--Jllllgc Bull.-ird,:t int-inber of G0ll:.’ll‘-SS from
——Scniitor Rlielt.of South Caroliiizi, whose son
has been ii nietnlier of the present Senior class at
“Ill'Vill'd Ul|i\'t.‘l‘$ll_\". has rt-iiiovetl his son from Col-
lege, on account of the anti-slavery ti_«_-_ilation in
Mti~sttt:liiist:lls. A Uthlllll paper says ‘i the Col.
lege Faculty have ttiletl, its .1 special favor, that a
degree shalt be griiiitctl to t|ie_\ouiig titan."
—-J"llll)’ Liiitl has given $3000, and Barnum
$1500, to be (li<|)U.~‘l:(l of for the relief of tho titt-
fiirtiiinite and tlisli'essi-d in Cincitinttli.
—-The cost to the Corpiirntioii of the visit of the
N. Y.. Legislature to the liinplre city lutelv. was
$3U.l:fl0.
‘—J£ll)l9.~‘ K ‘[TilllIlll0" of Ctldwcll, has accepted
tltr-. chiilleiige of Tutti, Ilyer for a prize fight of
-‘$10 000. and will meet him to 5.'.5[”e prelitniuztrics
on the 8th of May.
—-The F._-_v_vpti:iiis are lit-ginniiig to (lpslr()\'|he
p_vi':iniitl.~: iititl ancient tombs, for the sake of build-
ing lHi|lL‘ll:Il.~'.
-—L-itly Fraiililiiixvi.-riioiit wi:h “ hope deferred,”
is at length st-rizitl-ly iiiili.-'po~‘t:d ‘
—A large n:ttn'.ier ol'l'it«_gitivig slices in Now 3.3,].
fortl. aided by the we.'.tlthy citizen.-i of that plaice.
have left for - iiii:itla and parts itnknowii, and tuit-
iiy more are nialtiiig prt-pat'iitrtiti.-' to leave.
—'l‘lie cost of ohtiiiiiiiig letters patiziitfor an in .
vi-ii-‘i-in. for liriglziiitl. is .;:'i0U-—l’or the whole of
("ire-.-it Llrit-.tiii at-.il)0. Cost in the United States,
-*',~'I.’i'.) '
—'l'ht-re. :ire:t large iiiintbt:t° of hog; dying in
\\'t-slerii .\lar_tliiiid in coiist-qiteiicc of eating lo-
ciists, which are now be-giiiiiiiig to appear in that
ptirt of the State,
—-A letter fioiii Siiiidi.-field, Mass. in the New
llsiien (Itiiii‘ici.st:ilcs that siiow ft-ll there on the
19th. lit the depth of mu, ft,-et_
-‘Tile -‘“‘0|'d “Urn by Niipoleon at the b.ittlc of
Mari-iigo has been ptirclizisetl by NiCl]()Ttl§ of kits-
.~'iit for 3'-3.000.
tolleclioii of relics of the great soldier
The emperor lias already :1 large
—The Post Office at \Vuti-rloo. N. Y..wiisbiimt
on Sunday tiioriiiiig last, togetlier with the mail
reccivetl on Satiirtliiy froin the liast.
--Al lit’-titling. M‘-Isa‘-, two men had their hands
blown t'fl', and niiotlicr iiiaii nus badly iiijiired, by
an itccitleiit \\l'1Ill‘lll'lll_1_! cannon in honor of Stim-
ncr'.- election, as Senator.
-—-Si:\'erul jtinks, cottiiniirided by a Maiidiirin of
the lliird t-la.-.~'. have siiilcd lrotn Canton to visit the
great exliiliilioti at Loiitlon.
l'oiir l':iinilir.s, mostly of tea and porct.-lain iner-
chants
"iiICll_illlIl( citrries
—lt is reported ili:it Mr. Tom Hyer, Mr. Mike
\Valsh and Mr i\etl Biiiilline have given the Rev.
Tlieodorc Parker their hats. Never was a delicate
coiiipliiiietit more fitliiigly bestowed.
During the pi'eseiit iiiotilli of May, eleven of
the largo.-st class of ot-eaii steainers. wiil leave this
eoiiiitry for liiigland, filled with ‘visitors to the great
Lotitloii Fair.
—lt is intimated front ‘Vil.*'h_lll,‘_'l0ll, that Kn.-‘still:
will be probably liberated by Austria, and allowed
to come to .-\iiiei'ica.
—Some of the blootls of Piltsliiirgli so instilled
Jtenny Lind, by throwing stiirics into her windows.
that she left that city without singing as was intend-
ed. _
—-On the 23d ttll.. the Pawnee Indians set. fire
to the pr.-ire near Glio:ititii’.~' island. on the Arltitiisiifi
l'I\'8l' and burned up tueiity-live wagons laden with
Goveriinieiit stores for Santa Fe.
—Tlie Aiitericaii slettiiier. Atlantic, has been
I‘t£i2ld_V for sea in June next.
—Fnilier Mathew at ltistaccoiiitts was -1! Nash-
ville, Tenn .doing a great and glorious work,
—lt is estiiiiated that the damige sustained in
.\lti.-saitzliitsetts by the late great storm will amount
lc at lea.-t cl iiiillioii aiitl ii hall’ ofi rlollars--of whi-.2].
Boston siitfers nearly a tiiillien.
—'l‘lie last survivor of the Wyoming massacre.
M r.-. [-lannith Mills, died at Meriden, Conn., on the
5m inst... agetl 83 years. The iiiiissacre, it will be
relrollt-'cte(l.ttiol< ‘place in 1788, by the llldiilllzl of
the Six Nations. — —
—The citizens ofUpper Midtllelown will pre-
sent it petition to the Legis attire . to be set off as a
separate town. The voters oftllirldletuwn, in town
ttreetitig, have resolved not to oppose the petition.
-.Tlie \dll.0l' of the “forcestcr isirt-qtiestcd
by Mr. Paine not to pnblishu detailed description,
for a Few days, of his process of catal_\ zing the oxy-
gen til‘ .be atmosphure. He assures the e‘tlit,or,:‘
that in the course of it week. liewill tlluiiiiiiitte his"
sanctiini by the new mode. ’ -‘ .
—There are said to be 100,000”nppli¢ante..fo
Buiinty Lands, wasting their time’ at the- Land
Gllice, in \iVasliington! Applicationi hafcrgong
in at the rate of from 40010 155.6 5 J-av. ‘ ‘
not ttgi‘ee,’nIltl so the~Slierifi' will make the se+..
The edifice. when completed. will be one of i
l.oi_iisi.int, (llr.‘(.l at New Orleans on the eiglitetci.-tli. -
pliict-d iii a dry dock in Live,r_nool. She “ill be ,
Norwalk Chronicler