Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, August 26, 1851 · page 2

in .he forty-second and forty-third sections of
the second cliaptef of an not entitled “ An Act
for the‘ Kssessinent and’coll‘eetion of Taxes."

Sac. 4'9’. The provisions of the proceeding
section sliall'be‘applicable~to- a-ii tax imposed‘
at the present session:of': the‘ ’eueral‘Assenr-
bly.

SEC. 50.- \Vlieiiever' ii!‘ the jéudginent of
the county court coinmissioners» in any county.
it shall be necessary ttrlevy a tax upon the in-
lisbitants of such‘ county, tire and cominission
-ere shall call almeeting of the representatives
for the time being chosen to the Geuenil As-
sembly and said meeting shall have power to
impose such tax as may be deemed necessary
upon the towns in said county; and the clerk
of the county clerk shall be clerk of said meet-
ing. and shall record the proceedings thereof i n
the records of the county court. Said tax
shall be imposed upon the several towns intlie
county according to the respective lists of the
said towns last made and completed ; and shall
be payiible at suchtiine as said meeting may
prescribe. And thereupon said clerl-: shall draw
an order. upon each town, for its tax so laid
and imposed, signed by said clerk and mad -
payable to the treasurer of the county; of
which notice shallforthwith be given by said
clerk, by mail or otherwise. to one of the se-
ltectmen of such town. And if any town shall
refuse or neglect to pay the tax so liiid and im-
posed. by the time prescribed, it shall be the
duty of the county treasure!‘ to make return of
such neglect to said Clerk, of the non-pay-
ment of said tax or any part thereof, and the
same shall-be by him recorded; and thereup-
on said clerk shall issue an execution, in the
name of the treasurer of such county. signed
by said clerk, returnable in sixty days, directed
to the sheriff of said county or his deputy. for
the sum or amount of the tax aforesaid remai-
ning unpaid. against the goods and estate of
the inhabitants of said town. to be proceeded
with in the same manner as executions in civil
cases. Brovided that the provisions of this
section relating to the manner of calling such
meetings, shall not affect the validity of any
tax laid or to be laid by any meeting of repre-
sentatives already called.

Sxlz. 5-1'. The first chapter of an Act enti-
tled, " An Act for the Assessment and Collec-
tion of Taxes," contained in the revised slat-
utes of 184-9. and all Acts and. parts of Acts in-
comisteiitherewitla, are hereby repealed. Pro-
videcl. that all proceedings heretofore had or
dbne- under the provisions of the Act: for the
Assessment and Collection of Taxes, or of any
Acts in addition thereto. or alteration thereof,
shall be and remain valid and legal in all res-
pects,.and forall purposes, to the same extent
as if" this Act had not been passed. Amt pro-
vitlcd-'furtlicr, that this section shall not affect
any suits now pending nor forfeitures already
'mcui~.r.nd'- by the provisions of any Act or parts
of Aicts-hereby repealed.

Approved, July 2d, 1851

 

CHAPTER XLVIII.

An Act to confirm the doings of Assessors and
Boards 0! Relief in certain cases.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly com:c—ncd :

That in all cases where the assessors or
board of relief in any town, have been elected
at a meeting not legally warned for that. purpose
iind in all cases in which the assessors in any
town have omitted to post notices, or to pub-
lisli the same_, in accordance with the provisions
of the third section of the Act entitled “ An
Act for t.he Assessment and Collection of Tax-
es;” and in all cases in which such assessors
have omitted to sign or return an abstract of
the assessmentlists of their respective towns.
or to lodge the same in t.he town, by the first
diiy of December in each year; and in all ca
ses where said abstract has been made out or
rrllfered, after the board of relief has equalized
and adjusted thereturiis and assessments of
their respective towns; and in all casesin which
such assessors have omitted to fill out the lists
at. three fokl the rate per cent., as authorized
by law ; and in all cases in which the board of
relief in any town have met for the transaction
of business. before the first Monday in January
in each year, or omitted to give notice of the
time and place of their meetings, according to
the provisions of law, and in all cases in which
the town clerk of any town has not t.ransmit'. ed
an abstract of the lists ofsaid town to the coin-
trailer of public accounts, by the first day of
March in each year; and in all cases in which
such assessors or member of such board of re-
lief have omitted to take the oath provided by
law; such assessment lists shall not. for any
such causes, be adjudged void, but all taxes
Wlllcll‘.l1aV6l)eN] or shall hereafter be laid and
imposed according to such assessment lists,may
notwithstanding, be levied and collected; provi-
ded. that no claim which is the subject of any
suit or action now pending, shall be in any
manner affected by the provisions of this Act.

Approved June 27th, 185].

 

Proposed Amendment to the Con-

stitution.

At a General Assembly of the State of Con-
necticut, holden at Hartford, in said State,on
the first \Vednesday of May. 1851 1
Resolved by the Ilozisc of I1’eprcsem'.afi'res,

That the following be proposed as an amend-

ment ro tl'ie Coiistitiztioii of this State, which,

when approved and adopted in the manner
provided by the Constitution, shall to all intents
and purposes becomea part. thereof :—

After the year 1854, all annual and special
sessions of the General Assembly shall be lio|-
den at such place as shall be designated and se-
lected as the capital of this State, by the Gent»-
ral Assembly to" be holden at Hartford on the
first \Veduesda_v of May, 1853. Provitled.
that in case of danger from the prevalence of
contagious diseases in such place, or other cir-
cumstances, the person administering the olfice
of Governor may, by proclamation. convene
said Assembly at any other place in this State.

House of P-.epresentatives, July 1st, 185}.

Passer]. .
M. \V. \ViLso.\', Assistant Clerk.

Proposed Laxvs.

The following Bills foi' Public Acts. namely;
a_Bill for “An act in alteration of ‘An act rela-
liiigtocourts, ’ ” a Bill for “An act relating to
Courts." and a Bill for :‘An Act in‘ addition: to
and in alteration of an ‘Act. concerning Educa-
tion, ' ” were continued to the next General
Assembly, and ordered to be printed with: the
Laws of the State.

JOHN P. C. MA'riii~‘.a, %c’y of State.

31? The Buffalo Courier relates an inci-
dcntthat happened in the Clifton House,Ni-
agizra,lastSrinday evening. Miss Lind was
singing, in her room, some Swedish
hymns. Uf course, at the sound of her
voice, many persons, some of whom had
never heard its delightful tones, assembled in
the halls and upon the balconies, to listen.-
Two enthusiastic gentlemen, anxious to be
as near as possible to the person of the syreo
leaned against the door of her ch-a~mber.—~
Suddenly, the singing ceased, the door was
opened from the interior and the two ama-
teurs make a rapid and desperate plunge, di-
rcctly_into thearmsof the fair Swede who
was coming out in search of a lamp- Jen‘-
ny is but human, and those‘ who saw her
face at the moment, say that never was
rage -more clearly depicted upon human
countenance. Tli.-e gentlemen are supposed
to have felt small.

 

fl-='The new constistu.tion- of l-ndiana
was adopted at the recent election by some
40,000 majority. The Negro- clause, ‘pio-
‘bibiting their settlement in this state, was
adopted by a still larger vote. .- ~

The Gateway to Etermiy.-—'l‘fiere is a
solemn mystery which hangs like an im-
penetrable cloud around the dread entrance
of eternity. We travel with our friends,
neighbors and fellow men, upto this myste-
rious spot, and there the immortal spirit, dis-
iodged from its frail tenement of clay, is
ushered in a momentthrough its iron gate-
way—but we cannot follow them. Our
most intense vision cannot penetrate an inch
beyond this adamantme wall, which con-
ceals the spirit land from our view. But
our time will come to pass this iron gate-
way. We shall enter it alone. Each
man for himself in his own dread experi-
ence, must pass the solemn boundary. He
knows not—he cannot know the hour un-
til it arrives. And yet how very uncon-
cerned, how negligent, how careless of
preparation for this dread hour are the
multitudes u hich crowd and flutter for ad-ay
on lite’s brief stage.

Says a writer ; Our imaginations are inter-
cepted in their flight to eternity by a dark
and cloudy envelopment. Ere we can
realize that distant world of souls,
we must scale this awful barricade
which separates the visible from the invisi-
ble; we must make our escape from all the
close, warm and besetting urgencies which,
in this land of human bodies, are ever
plying with constant and powerful solicita-
tion, and force our spirits across the boun-
daries of sense. \Ve know not if there be
another tribe of beings who have such a task
to perform. Angels have no death to un-
dergo. There is no such affair of unnatu-
ral violence between them and their final
destiny. It is for man, and for alight that
appears, it is for man alone, to fetch from
the other side of a material panorama that
hems and encloses him, the great and abi-
ding realities with which he has everlast-
ingly to do. It is for him, so locked in
an imprisoned clay, and with no other loop
holes of communication between himself
and all that is around him, than the eye and
ear—it is for him to light up in his bosom B
lively and realizing sense of things which
eye hath never seen and ear hath never
heard. It is for man alone to travel in
thought over the ruins of a mighty deso-
lation, and beyond the wreck of that pres-
ent world, by which he is encompassed, to
conceive thatfuture world in which he is to
explain forever.

 

T/ze llfol/iers Lost Lesso7i.——" 'W ill you
please teach me my verse momma, and then
kiss me, and bid me good night ’f” said little
Roger L , as he opened the door and
peeped cautiously into the chamber of his
sick mother: “I em very sleepy, but no
one has heard me say my prayers.

Mrs L———, was very ill-—-indeed her at-
tendants believed her to be dying. She
sat propped up with her pillows, and strug-
gling for breath ; her lips were while; he-
eves were growing dull and glazed. She
was a widow and little Roger was her on-
ly-—her darling child. Every night: he had
been in the habit of coming into her room,
and sitting in her lap, or kneeling by her
side, as she repested the passage from God’s
holy word, or related to him stories of the
great and good men spoken of in its pages.

“Hush!” said a lady who was watch-
ing beside her couch. “ Your dear mother
is too ill to hear you to-night.” As she said
this she came forward and laid her hand
gently upon his arm, as if she would lead
him from the room. Roger began to sob
as if his heart would break.

“I cannotgo to bed without saying my
prayers —indeed I cannot.”

The ear of the dying mother caught the
sound. Although she had been nearly in-
sensible to everything transpiring around
her, the sob of her darling roused her from
her stupor, and turning to a friend, she
desired her to bring her little son and. lay
him on her bosom. Her request was gram-
ed, and the child's rosy cheek and golden
head nestled beside the pale cold face of his
dying mother.

Roger, my son,my darling child,” said
the dying woman, “repeat this verse after
me, and never, never forget it: ‘when my
father and mother forsake me. the Lord
will take me up.’ ” The child repeated
it two or three times distinctly, and said
his little prayer. Then he kissed the cold
almost frigid features before, and went quiet-
ly to his little couch. The next morning
he sought as usual, his mother, but he found
her stiff and cold.

This was her last lesson. He has nev-
er forgotten it, and probably never will.——
He has grown to be a man--a good man,and
now holds a post of honor and profit in Mas-
sachusetts. I never couldlook upon him
without thinking about the faith so beautiful-
ly exhibited by his dying mother.

 

.Tei'emiah Brown E-s'q.——We this morning
record the death of Jeremiah Brown, Esq,
Ex-Treasurer of this State, and for the last
l3 years the efficient and faithful Clerk in
the Treasury Department. 'l‘o very many
of our readers Mr. Brown was personally
known, and to nearly all of them his name
is a familiar one. He was elected State Tree-
surer in I-835,ond annually re-elected until
E83-8, since which time be has remained in
the office as Clerk, uniformly declining the
solicitations of his friends again to become a
candidate for election as principal His long
experience and fainiliarecquainlance with
the duties of the office, rendered his presence
there well-nigh indispensable, and he was
very rarely absent from his post of duty.-—-
In the other relations of life, his excellen-
cies were, if less widely known, yet more
warmly appreciated. His devoted piety,
kindness of heart, benevolence, and amia-
ble department, endeared him to the church
and the socralcircie in which he was person-
ally known, and will make hsa loss the
more severely felt by his family, relatives
and fiiqnds. _ '

Mr. Brown was a native of Granville
Mass. He was in early life a merchant,and
for several years engaged in business i-n this
city, as a partner in the firm of Brown do
Savage.—Harl_fi12'd Cowrant.

 

3%» in: some hot countries, to which Yan-
kee ice is sent, it is regarded as a great luxu-
ry. A foreign journal relates that a gentle-
man, who bad purchased some lumps of it
sent it to his cook, with orders to have it
served up fee dinner. The cook was at loss
what to do with it. But, as he had a pot of
boiling water over the fire, he dropped the
ice into it. At the dinner tabl‘e,the master
said when the dessert was ready,—-

‘ Now fetch on the ice.’

‘ All gone, massa.’

‘ Gone! where is it gone, to Cl’ , .

‘Why, massa, me put it into de;_pot to
boil, and when me looked for it, it" wasn’t

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there.

Noii-rSubscri'bi'ng Readers of N ews-
papers: _ .

The editor of the Apalachian, a Southern
paper, has given this class of his readers
3 pretty spicy lecture, which contains some
truths equally applicable to this latitude.-
We cannot resist copying the following par-
agraphs, which we commend to the partic-
ular attention of those individuals who be-
long to the category discribed :

“ Have you never thought that while you
are reading the paper at the expense ofoth-
ers,you are not acting altogether honorably?
if you never have, just lay down this bor-
rowed paper which on are reading, and re-
flect a little new. on know that it. is an
advantage to your lown and neighborhood
and of course, to you, to have a newspaper
publisliédin it. You littow this, we say,
or ifyou don’t you ought to, and a little re-
fieclion will enable you to perceive it. If
you see or hear of anything in another pa-
per, which you think would benefit yourself
your party, friends, or your town, you are
anxious that it should appear in the paper
at home; or if any public mat.ler comes up,
which you may deem of importance to the
place or yourself, and expect to find the
paper strongly pushing it forward; and if it
does not, you are, perhaps, the first to com-
plain, although you have always been spon-
ging the reading of some ofyour neighbor's
paper, and have never given a cent to sus-
tain lhat which you expect to advance your
interest. Now, just think a little. Is this
right ? Printers cannot afford to “ work for
nothing and keep themselvcs,”—and yet,
you are practically asking them to do it.
if you had no paper in your county, you
would be the filsl. to feel the want of it, for
you are enjoying the benefits resulting from
it without allowing your pocket to suffer in
the least thereby.

“But lcan’t afford it —I’m too poor.”
Are you sure of that? just think, now have
you not, over and over again, paid more
than our subscribtion price for articles of
much less value than a newspaper? We feel
confident that you have but if you have
not, as soon as we get all to subscribe
who should do so, we will send you a copy
for nothing.

“But I’m getting 21 city paper, and can't
afford to take another.” we suppose you
reason in this way :—“There is no use in
paying for the ‘Apalachian. Souie of my
neighbors take it, and 1 can borrow it from
them, or pick it up in their stores or shops,
and read it for nothing. It don’t do any harm
to read it after they have got it ; so I’d send
for a city paper, and thus get the reading
of two while I pay for one It's almost
throwing money away to pay for the Apal-
achiau, for 1 can read it anyhow.” This
will do very Vt ell for men who are deter-
mined to get all they can, without regard
to right--to reap where they have not sown
—but for honorable men, (and we do not
wish to intimate that you are not such, al-
though the circumslunces are strongly
against you,) it is certainly very strange
talk, and ifyou think a little on the subject
you will agree with us. We maintain that
you should support a paper at home first“,
and afterwards take as many more as you
may see proper.

The Awful’. Plxteciitioii.
BALTIMORE, August 8, 1851.

Taylor, Murphy and Shelton the murder-
ers of the Cosden family, were hung to day
in the presence of eight thousand people,
whose behavior was very orderly.

The prisoners ascended the gallows with
firm steps.

Taylor and Murphy made short addresses,
positively denying their guilt. Shelton also
denied his guilt.-

Murphy when first brought to the gal-
lows exclaimed, “ Murderers, now do your
work; but,bear it in mind you do not hang
murderers.”

The gallows was twenty-five feet high,
and the fall six feet high.

The ropes were bunglingly adjusted,
and when the trap fell, the knot of Murphy's
rope broke,and he fell violently to the ground
a distance of twelve feet. His threat
was horribly mashed and laceraled, and he
was perfectly insensible. This occurrence
caused a thrill of horror amongst the spec-
tators.

The other two men died without a strug-
gle-— the great fall not only broke their necks,
but parted the flesh all around their throats,
almost to the bone. They hung twenty
minutes and were taken down.

Murphy, by this time had recovered, and
again repeated his declaration of innocence
-——As he posed the bodies of Taylor and
Shelton, he exclaimed, My God, two
innocent men sacrificed ” He was again
put on the gallows--the blood streaming
from his neck—and swung off. He appear-
ed io die quite easily.

 

Afli-cling Court Scene.-In the trial of
Day at VVashington, for the murder of his
wife, in detailing the particulars of her
daughter’s death, the mother said :

“ Before 1 could get down to the outer
door he had run her into the house and
had shot her once. My little daughter run
to me and said, ‘ Mother, John has shot
Kale.’ lsaid, ‘ Oh no; my God, I hope he
has not shot my poor child. In an instant,
and before I could reach her, I heard the
pistol go off again. I found my daughter
lying at the door; she looked me in the face
and said, ‘ Mother, John has given me my
last blow.’ I lookedher in the face and
said, ‘ Daughter, 1 think he has from your
appearance.’ I raised her up against my
breast ; she assisted herself to raise herhead
to my breast. A couple of gentlemen and
Mrs. Lamb came in, and we four took her
into the back room, and laid her on the sofa.
[Throughout the whole of the testimony of
Mrs. F. relating to the act of killing, and
the BX-Cb:ln'l8ll'OnS of her dying daughter,
the prisoner was deeply aflecteil, was in
tears, and hung his head below the railing
oftliie box.] My daughter appeared to be
sensible, but said no more till the doctor
came; he came in fouror five minutes; Dr.
Butt was the one. Dr;-Butt told- her to lie
on the side she was shot in, her reply was,
in a l?a.i~nt voice ,‘ I cannot li-e on it.’ She
died in- ha-ifan hour after. I went into the
room bel‘ore' she died, and asked her if‘ she
felt any better;.she looked up at me as ifsbe
wanted to kiss me ; I kissed her, and she
said, ‘No, no‘, I'll soon be-gone.’ (M-s. F.
was so deeply moved by the recital of per-
tions of her evidence, as to be obliged to
pause for minutes, at such times she would

exclaim, ‘ Excuse me gentlemen, my heart ' _
‘at this office, says a cotemporary,'don-’t send

is broken ;' my poor, poor daughter, when I
think of you I am not myself, Sec.”

with you, young man.

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Cool in Dutcliess County -—l'A coal mine
has been discovered in the northeast part of
town of Clinton in this county, on the farm
of Frederick B. Shultz, Esq. It is near the
surface of the earth, and it isexpected to be
easily worked._ It appears to be of about
the character of the Lackawana, of Penn-
sylvania. It bids fair, we are informed,to be
a mine of wealth. -

Poughkecpsie Telegraph.

fi We‘ learn from the New Haven Jour-
nal that a barn belonging to a Mr. King, in
Fair Haven, was destrbyeil by fire" on Mon-
day nightlast,and seven horses were burned
to death. One of the horses was valued at
$200. Mr._King’s loss is 9l000—insured
for $500. It is supposed that the fire was
the work of an incendiary.

5&3 David Day, while at work in ti foun-
dry in East Bridgeport on Monday last, was
caught by a belt, and injured in such a man-
ner that his life is despaired of.

._.__

William Jennings, an old rfi‘-iser, died iii‘
England in the year 1798, without child-
ren and without leaving a will. His prop-
erty in 1848, was valued at over $40,000,-
000, all claim to which in England has
ceased. It is said to be certain that there
are heirs on this side of the water.

Star);/'"oi'zl Advocate.
‘£i:’§’* Old , very. .

Getting a Wcdziing Coat ~—Among the
aeecdotes detailed by Dr. Busnnell in his ser
men at Lizchficld, illustrative of the Age of
f-lomesptfn, was one which deserves to be
told by itself, and better than we can re-
peat it. One of the aged divines of that
county, still living‘, was married during
the revolution, but under singular difficul-
ties. There was an obstacle to the wed-
ding which seemed insurmountable. He had
no wedding coat, nor was wool to be had to
make one, and it was in the dead of Winter.
Yet all parties were ready, and he was anx-
ious to be married without delay. A: last
the mother of the intended bride discovered
the difficulty and promptly had some of her
sheep sham and sewed up in bitm/tzefs to keep
them warm, while of the wool she spun and
wove a coal for her intended son in law.

Deaf/I. of Five Zlfm in a. W/'ell -—Thc
Kingston Journal of the 13th says that on
the morning of that day a number of men
were engaged in deepening a well dug last
year for R. Gasman. One of them went
down ; he did not return,and soon another
foliowed, and passed out of sight; then a
third, fourth, and fifth went down, and the
last was seen to reel and fall. The truth
soon became known, that the whole five
had perished by inhaling the fatal gas so
often found in wells. Just. before the paper
went to press, two of the unfortunate men
had been taken out insensiblc.

 

Keep H'imDow7z.—-Ay, keep him down,
what business has a poor man to attempt to
rise without a name—-without honorable
blood in his veins? We have known him ever
since he was a boy——we knew his father be-
fore him and he was but a mechanic-—aud
what merit can therebe in the young strip-
ling ? Such is the cry of the world,when a
man of sterling character attempts to brc-al.-
away from the cords of poverty and ignor-
ance and rise to a position oftruth and honor.
The multitude are excited by cnvy—lhey
cannot endure to be outstripped by those
who grew up with them or their children
side by side, and hence the opposition a
man encounters in his native place. Des-
pite of this feeling many noble minds have
risen from ebscurity and lived down their
opponents; but others have yielded to dis-
couragement—lived in obscurity and ’d-ied-
and made no sign.’ Let it not be thus
Persevere-—mount
up and startle the world.

fie The liberation of Kossutfr seems al-
most as far off as ever. The Sultan promi-
ses his release to France or Englaiid, and the
American Government stand ready to give
him a passage to this country, but Austria
and Russia iir-‘e opposed to it, and it was re-
ported by the last steamer, that Aeslria even
threatened war againstTurkey, if the patri-
ot was released, Austria is willing that
Kossuth should come to America provided
he will promise never to return again to Eu-
rope, but he refuses to bind himself by any
such agreement. - -

3:? When Lieut. O'Brien was blown up
in the Edgar, and thrown on board the Ad-
miral, all black and wet, be said to the com-
mander, with pleasai'il.ry, ‘l hope. sir, you
will excuse my dirty appearance, for I left
the ship in so great a hurry, that l had not
time to change my dress.’

{(39 Mr. James Landon, aged 91 years, a
native of this town but long on resident of
Lyons, N. Y., was present at our Jubilee
last week, having travelled over three hund-
red iniles for that purpose. The venerable
Daniel Lamson, of S. Farms, aged 97, was
also present. and sat upon the stage during
exercises. He was at the battle of Bnnke r
Hill.—LilclificlI1 Enquirer.

fig‘? Mr. O S Fowler, the phrenologist,
of New York, is building an octagonal dwell-
ing house, of his own contrivance, by mixing
slate, gravel and lime together, and casting
them in to boxes which are raised as the sub-
stance hardens. The walls are already four
stories high, and are as hard as a rock.

E’ A rich tnan’s son generally begins
where his father left off: and ends where his
father began——-pcnnylcss.

 

I-IrLppg/ Home.——A dwelling furnished
with cheerfuluess and cheap furniture will
always alfordi happiness to the inmates.

 

£§' “The first wootlcbuck I killed when
I cum to this countree.” said Patrick, was a
skunk. I treed him‘ on the wood-pile, shot
him with a broom, and [skin him for break-
fast," cook him for dinner, and ate him for
supper, and iv ye don’t belaveit, look behind
the door,and ye’ll find him alive and kicking
as well as wet.

 

£13-"The place where a Yankee has never
been, not nevervnll be, is denominated no-
where.

‘ What did you give for that horse?
‘My note 1’
‘Well, that was cheap I’

 

‘. Does Hobsen keep Lent '2’
. ‘Most certinly—-whatever is lent to hi‘m,he
is sure to keep ’

lVa.7ztcd.---A load of good seasoned VVood

knotty sticks that the Devil can't split.

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NOB.iVALK GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, August 26, 1851.

Mr. Webster‘.

Rumors thick as blackberrie‘s' have‘ be'é'n put
in circulation and as often ‘refuted that Mr.
Webster will not return to Wasliington to re-
sume his position as Secretary. These rumors
may and may not be entitled to consideration.
\Ve have had some experience in the way‘ of
VVasliinglon correspondence, and have leni'ned
to place more reliance upon the signs of the
times than the cunning inventions of hungry
letter writers. That there are influences
bearing sfrongly upon him to resign we do know
but whether they prevail‘ with him 6r not is
entirely d'epe‘ndai.t upon the exigencies of our
public iiffaii's. For his health and future use-
fulness we should really hope that it height not
be rendered necessary for him to return.

He is now making a tour of the‘ \Vhile
Mountains, iiccoi'i‘i'p"i‘inied by his son‘ and E. M.
Blatchford, of New York, intending to visit all
points of interest on. the route. It has been
intimated that he would visit Europe, and ii
passiige tendered him in the Collins line of
steamers. which he tl-etslined, choosing rather
the renovating air ofiliis own native hills. which
in common with thousands of his admirilng. fel-
low citizens. we are gratified to hear has already

much improved his l'i't5‘:iltli.

 

Camp Meeting.

A Camp-mcetiug will bsrheld on the land
of Wilkee Battison, near the Georgetown bf.
hi". Church, and about one mile west of the
Norwalk and Daubury turnpike. To coin-
iiience on Monday Sept. 1, and continue until
the following F‘riil‘a'y.

 

To Coaai-;s1=oi\'ui-:i\"rs.—-“Neekar,” with a
number ofother coininuiiicatious are unavoida-
bly crowded out. ‘iiiiey’ shall appear in otfr
next.

f§'?'*‘Tlie second day's trial for the subsci-ip-
tion to the capital stock of the Bethel Bank
gave them an overplus of $20,000.

Oiii-r Rail Road.

VVe perceive by the New York papers that an-
other cargo of Iron has arrived for the Daiibury &
Norwalk Railroad_ wliicli with that heretofore re-
ceived will he iiiiincdiately placed on the line. \’Ve
notice also that the formidable rocks in Isaacs’ Hill
have pretty much given way to the pcr.<everaucc
and energy. of the \\'0l‘l(lllel|, and that the walling
up on either side. preparatory to bridging is rapidly
approaching its completion.

Uiir 1?.-'o:id-‘s

Are in an aliominable coiidilion all about town, anal
if the wool-gatherers doii’t mend them soon we
sliall go fortiii-iiiiig them out of oflice-—every inotli—
er’s son oftheui. It is disgrarefiil to coutcinplale a
bran new bridge 3 (.do'u-"t start, gentle reader.)
which we shall certainly have soon, and our streets
so abuiiiiiiably filthy that a body can’t navigate their
putrcscent acciituitlations tvitliout being stiffuciittid
with the stench or killed with the cholera. It is too
had—iiidccd it is!

The Point?

Was: drained otfou Friday last, which gave the boys
:1 this opportunity to scrabble for the fiiiiiy tribe.
A few fine trout, we are told, were among the
trophies, with any quantities of sucker:-i (of lll(3’flSlI
kind we mean) and perch. The glorious rain of
Friday night we hope will prevent the decaying and
decoiuposiug vegetable matter with which it is filled,
from exhaliug into our new liealthy atiiiosplicre.

Coah

“ In time ofpeace prepare for war,” is an axiom
which will hold well just now in the coal trade.——
Olll‘ Soiilli Norwalk friends are cuiryiiig do a very
spillllcd contest as ll)‘ who shall sell coal clieajt-est.
Messrs. Lockwood & Day advertise to sell, this
month, for .",-,‘-'1_.50 per loii, which is, we believe,
about cost price to them. \Vc like to see a well
conducted 0[)[)().~‘lll0ll, it is the life of lrade—bnl
hope they won't lose sight of? tlici-ti own llIlel'eSL~‘i in
their efforts to be ahead. Ilowever, somebody or
bodies will profit by the coinpetitioii, and many will
avail tlieniselves oftlie cliance to lay in their winter
supplies at a saving of over :1 dollar per ton. See
advertiseiiieiit.

A Big ’un.
lift. Horace Gibbs of this town cut ii stalk from
his “ pie-plaiit,” the leaf of which measured a little
over si.‘t«teenaiid a lialffeet in circuinfereiice. This
is ahead of .lonali's gourd nltogetlier, and we should
like to see the garden to beat it.

Books and Staiti oarery.

A. Sclleck, tliat rcnowiied knight of pencils,
quills and paper, is again in the field, defying “ all
the world and the rest of inaukiiid,” to sell Books,
Stationery, &c. as cheap as he does. Go and try
liiiu and see whether these tliiiigs are so.

0:? We would refer those wlio arc amateurs in
the poultry line to the adverliseineiit of Cochin
Glllllil Fowls for szife‘.

We are reqesteil to state, that our worthy
and eccoiiiplished Telegraph operator is en-
deavoring to raise a pair of Moust-aches, and
desires the prayers of the citizens for aid in
the undertaking —-Sta-1i§fo7'cl Arlvocale.

I? Can’t he apply ll. little electricity to
them ? It always does have a quickeniug ten-
dency wlien applied to those‘ things.

Our Nerwalk Gazelle friend says tqat we
are ‘in drapery !’ That’s not so neighbor.—-
We have worn trowsers ever since we were
old enough to run alone. VVe rather suspect
he saw himself in the glass, and hence the
mistake. ‘ Come down !’-—tut, tut——we
have been down these ‘some’ years. VVe
advise Homer not to get foal, It woufel be
terrible,———Derl2_i/ Journal.

L?” Yes, Thomas. we have you now. You
have run alone, in zrowsers these “some"years
and now you have been running after the pets
ti—-oh! fie. what did we say—’-'aftei' the bloom-
ers—-that’s it, Tommy. All right, for it is
written it is not meet for maii to " run” alone.

 

3?? \Ve have often heard the era-pression “ he
would steal the coppers off a dead mau’s eyes,”
applied to an individual. as illusti'al.ive of mean-
ness of more than an o=i'd-ina-ry intensity. but
have heretol'oi'e considered it as a liyperbolicai
figure, never‘ to be‘ pi'actI=-call y realized. VVe
learn, however, from the Cincinnati Commer-
cial,that a man has been actually tried for that
offence, and found giiilty, in that city.

 

[FM Lowell, 22 young married girl‘ and 'a
bachelor ran off; the husband saw them as
they got seated in thecars, gave three cheers,
waved his hat, L-tale them enjoy tliem88l765 if
, they could, and went home a happy man. i

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For the Gafctte.

P1003’ Hoi-‘ace Mann is related by it sclioolinate
of his, and its autlientlbity may be relied upon:

- “Old B—-,” as he was called, was naturally

a polite and kind hearted man, a pedagogue of
the‘ wig and bret-.thes~schooll, but by hi) means
of an even _dis_position, but at times bxceedingly
irritable, and at‘ such times awfully severe in
his dealings with his pupils.

his lads’ munching some chestnuts \'vb"icl‘i‘ had
by means of sundry pockets been smuggled into

and ii}5‘]'i'ai'eiitl_i,', direful were to be the conse-
quence upon the terrified delinquents. He‘ flew
across the room i'i'li‘i'iost choking with rage and
was about to administer summary punishment,
when Horace, who‘ was ever ready in an exf-
gency, sprang up and with a full band extended
towards Mr. B. said in his politest manner, “M.r=
B. wont you take a few 1'” This was a poser‘
—th-e old man stopped shoi t, and ‘‘ Oh! I dunt
care if I do. Thank you,” was his response‘
Rattle went the nuts upon ' the‘ floor. Horatio
having intentionally dropped them before Mr.
B. could grasp them, and down went the furi
ous avenger upon his knees scrambling for his
lost nuts. This manoeuvre gave the school it
hearty laugh at the teacher’s expense, restored
D.

saved the lads a severe castigatiou.

 

New Church at Batten.

The new and pretty little Church erect-=
ed by the Methodist Episcopal Society of Da-
rien. is to be dedicated on \Vednesday. the
3d day of September next. Services to‘ carri-
meiice at 10 o'clock, A. M. Several distin‘-'
guished ministers from abroad are expected to‘
be pi'es’ent and preach on the occilsion. The?
public ai"e‘ repectfully invited to iIi‘lCll(Tt.'

COOK TY COURT—/lugusf Term, 185i.-
VVm. Somers vs. Eliakem l-lougb.--This
was an action of assault and battery, alleged
to have been coit'i'nii'l-ted upon the plaintiff in
the summer of 1849. _

The plaintiff‘ claimed that at the time‘
when the assault was committed, he was
a watchman of the city of Bridgeport, and
was on duty at that time; that hearing a
noise near a place called the ‘Knickerbocker,
he, in company with another watchman,
went to ascertaiii the cause; and upon conv-
ing up, he found the defendant, with two or
ibiee others, and inquired the cause of the‘
disturbance; that some conversation ensued,
in the course of whsch the defendant brand-‘
ished his cane in the face of plaimiff and in
close proximity to his‘ nose,’ and that whife
there, a box was thrown by some one, which-
struifli him on t'he head.

The defendant denied brandishing h-is
cane in the face oflhe plaintiff, or that he
threw the box at plainliff’s head, or had any
agency in the transaction.

The Jury returned a verdict for plaintif,-for
$2.5 damages, and $25 costs. _

For plaintif,Sturges ; for dcfcndant,..Loom’-*
is and White. . ~

fo consequence‘ of sickness’ in‘ the family‘
of Judge Osborn, the court has been adjourn-
cd to the first Monday‘ in September.

36- It is said that Barnuin sub.-:ci'ilic’il $100,000
ofthe stock oftbe Pequonnock Bank, Bridgeport.
Capital $200,000. Whole amoimt siilisuribed,
$253,000.

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Cun.i.—The iiiforination fitotn lihilia is still elm-
tradictory. One account states that the insurgents
have been completely fouled by the Government
troops ——-another that the revolution still goes on.
and with renewed vigor. Iln fun there is so iuuch‘
contradiction that there is no telling al=o'.=t the mat-'
ter nntill the l'u’g'clcui*‘s away. One thing is deeiiid
certain and that is there liazrbecng or will be‘a'pret--
ty considerable ofa muss in Cuba.

Horace Greeley, editor ufiitlie Tribune, returned‘
from Europe in tlie Biilllic.

 

WHEN “I E CONSIDER

That 150.000 human beings die of Consumption’
nnttuully, in the Uiiited7Sta'l'es albfie‘,~the importance‘
ofa medicine which will care all the Pulmonary af-‘
fectioiis leading to this complaint, and even arrest
the Deslroyeriifter it has indicated-its presence in‘
the systein‘, must be admitted to be beyond all esti-
mate. This wonderful remedial power is claiineif
to he possessed by Dr‘. Roger's Syrup of Illust-
wort, T.-ir and Cziiiclizilzigita, and the voices and sig
nature.-i ofa multitude of recovered puticiits, ratify
the claim. We say, read the evidence. Read the‘
letters containing the names and residences of the‘
writers, published in the paiiiplilet to be had of the‘
Agents, and the list of attested cur.‘.s which l.-l.C(')ll'-'
tiiiually lengthening in the columns of the uewspis-
pcrs. Conviction will then be not a matte! of
choice, but of necessity. An udvertisenient with
further fiicfs appears in another column.

fliiaiucb.

In ‘Vest Stafford, on VVedncsday, 20th in.~it., by
the Rev. A. B. Collins, Geo. G. Bi.-aliop, Esq , Ag’!
of the Union Mfg Co. Noiwalk, to Miss. Orra A.
daughter of Rev, A. B. Colliiise of \Vest Stafford:

t[,P They have our best wishes for tlieir future
j:to.-pcr't-_,' and liappiiiess

ln New Canaan, 3d inst , by the Rev. Mr. Shaw:
Edgar Bloomer of Stainfonl, to Eliza Palmer of
New Canaan.

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Etch.

in Uii:i<lilla, on the 2d inst., Jacob Boalt, former-
ly of this town, aged 78 years-

In W'eslporl, l7lh. Luc‘y‘ Slott, aged 57 years.
Also, on the 23d, Sylvester Qiiintzird, aged 28 years.

At Stamford, Coun., August 24, alter a short and
nave,-re illness, Alexander Luuiiiiighaini, of New
York, in the 16th year of his age.

In ltidgeiiuld. Cl.Jiily7lh, I851, ofconsumption_
l’li"ilip U Hyutt,l'l‘l.- D. aged 20 years, cldestsou of
John B. Hyatt, Esq, Ridgeticld. Dr. IIyatt_was
l‘ r a‘ out two and alialfyears. Resident Physiciaii
of Kings Couiily l-Iosgi’tul'. L. I. He resigned this
.-i uazion in November last and wont to Florida \vi_lh
the hope of5'iinpi'oviirg his health, but the fatal dis-'
ease was too deeply sctited to relinquish its victim.
He‘ rctimied to the home of his parents abort six-
weeks before his decease, and gradually wasted
away iiiiiil the last spark of life was extinguished.
D1’. I-lyatt was anesiimable Clll’/.ell,l1lglll_}’ esteemed
by a large circle of relatives and friends, and die_
deeply lumen-ted by all who knew him. May ‘his
bereaved parents and relatives have that consolation
whicl‘i' conretli from above.

He was a member of Atlantic Lodge, No.
50, I. O. O. F., Brooklyn, L. I , and was eaie"-
"fully watched over by the brothers of Pilgrim
Lodge, No. 46, l. O. O. F., Ridgefield as long
as life lasted, and his mortal:i'emaii:s were by
them consigned to that “bourne whence no
traveller returns,” with every mark of affec-
tion.

He has gone to‘ his quiet rest,
He is freed from care and pain,
His spirit is among the blest,
Wewould not recall him to earth a gain.
Communicator‘.-

The followibg remilllsencb ‘of the boyhood of '

One day his watcliful eye detected some of

school and immediately his irrntliful spirit rosb‘ :

good hninor on the pai't of “Old 8-" and