Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, January 13, 1852 · page 2

. -'”:it‘.'el_t upon soniethingpast or distant.

, by the way, I thought I saw

‘ .=..‘ii3 state, who sold him that,

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more dearly tlianl love}ixistence’itself;,nay 1/ie I‘Iu.ngaruz7z Ha.t;,‘—_-lb answgrto anfl. _ ‘I-§2"’39"'-°,,,5,5t‘.‘"“. §?_..__53.‘"h- ', rt ,5» ,» ,—._;.-.,_. , _3t‘}.Ea_ 4 P _
~ ,, . 4, y A . V l I , ~ ' Co‘ngi'e'ss_"f,liave_’;n'til ngtb admitted their guest ‘UPOIQF I_%tng'_.=?preS00l9<l 30 I 9:, t|‘°3|.S_I€‘lll, ‘- '~.»Th8%iA.meti‘Ic”iih" steamer Atlantic__arrived

hear me _ 
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"-'Stopl Harry," exrilaifijcd, -the inarglcn,

“I intist"t'io't, indeed, [°irTii.§t'°ti‘o_it listetffo ‘this

 

it gi'ieve, you know no't'ho'v'v-‘ I grieve, to‘ '

"pain you,but sucl1"vv'o’rds as you have spcil{e'h
...s_lioul_d,.,net'_er pass_’1be'“tivfee‘h_ ‘you and me; I
cannot tell you irll", perhaps; at some time'-

-, ..-.l1ut:I.l:n1iiiv..i‘i.ot"ivliiit say. If you’ love me,
g..,._,.¢:a-saga.‘-I..-........._...,. .-.. ‘. . “-'--~:__ I ,-. .‘- 
.::.:.-..-;_.«H:a1'-r§,r..~;~._’l.and she. ran el .her ‘eyes ‘eonfitling--

ly to‘ his faceinnd placed her ll"-{ind in his, “let

...—~.-.'.i.t; ertE=i~.hea~l5i:others lo've«;. .aslc.ine but why,
, E éan,_say no ino!'<?-,_’..’._uiid bursting iifito tears,

she roseand hastily 'eni'c.r”ed the house. Cap-
twin -='B{ir_to'ri,s_at fora ihoinent as one stupified
., _.svhen-.~he wasrccalled~to-himself by ’nea‘rih*g
-u mr.‘nly~vo-ice exclaim--“ You here,'Bart‘o'n!

..~_ w.h.er.e under.heaven did you"drop from 7"

,- -3 -The young soldier rose and striving-to re-
move the tracesiof his recent agita'ti‘oi‘i fro"rr'i~

 his countenance replied, ‘-I an‘: -jllhit from

-_ r-2-head quarters, Mr. Gray, and called here to

.- communicate some disagreeable‘ news; but

perhaps my tidings have anticipzvcd me?”

- “If you mean the British plan ofa descent
upon ourcoast, they ctsrtaiiily have ; but let
the lni'l‘i)d'f7C0 you to my ‘companion ; tliough
his name is Clinton, I.believ'é him no friend
to Sir Henry._ "i‘i-iis.-is Cu'f)tain'I3arton, Mi-
_Clinton, an ofiiccr of ours, just from head-
quarters asyou have lieard.” Barton bowed
"and took the proffer ed hand of the stranger,

-- «- w hile they exchanged the ordinary courte-

- Eies of the day-
.l‘vlr. Gray was a short built man of some

forty-five years of age, and tirere ‘was little

"to distinguish-him either in person or attire
« fioinrnost of the better class. of the time
except a péculinrlyaibstracteil expression of
-'counte’rian'ce-', as if his thoughts liabitually
"Clin-

ton miglit have seen Illlfly years ; his dress

_ . was of the city style and someivhat elabi'.ii'aie

iis manners polished, his voice soft and ine-
lodious, his features regular and even. llS1l')t.l'
come. But it was diflicult to feel comforta-
ble in his presence ; hissmile, his courtesy
seemed put on, lilie his. drcss,and apparent-
ly could about as easily be changed.

.“Come, Harry,” said Mr. Gray, “coiiic. in;
Mary; where
has she fled to ?” ’ ’

.“Your,dau‘gliter has this moment ciitered
the house, sir,” replied - the officer, “ you

.. must pardon me now, I have pressing busi-

ness, and I will perhaps partake of your

l hospitality another time.”

it was in vain that irfr. Gray urged, the
yjyoungman to enter. Indeed, Barton fell
' ;“'-.'er_y moment gi‘ea,ter_dilIi,culty in control-
 iing the excitement under wliich h'e was la-
_~_.boi“ing, and with a hasty, ekcliange of parting
conrtesies, he inouiited his horse and rode
furiously away‘ “Clinton? Clintoii:” ex-

_'claimed heiii. a suppressed tone, as he gain-

ed the niaiii road and slaclcened his speed,
I "wliocan lie be_.? I have seen, him sonic-
wtiere,‘.liat is cerla-iii. And Mary too? Fool
, that I was 1'’ He drew sovstrongly and sud-
, -Jeiily upon the reins that he "almost threw
ilie animal upon his haunchcs, “I iievcr

_’ spoke to her fatberabout removing her fai-

iher inland; I’ll go back, but that Clinton
I there—-ii0,l’ll see Sassomoc,” and once more
,‘pl-.lilt)g_5p'.!X'S to’ his horse, he resumed his
, rapid pace. -
, -To._ be Coéilinizcd-.,_

Rum ]lI2tnZer.—-The following article
 from the Fountain,tlic scene ofwliieh is laid
_m the vicini_ty,o_f our own doors, liirnislies
lanoilier murderous fact to the cloud of wit-
nesses, already unrolled, against the runisel-
lfil‘.

The lifeless and frozen remains of one

Daniel Riggs, aged about 50, long and wpll _

tznown in this coinrniinity as a man confir-

med in -the habits of Il1‘.‘l')l‘lttlitln, was found

.,n Vferlnesday inorniiig, on the 17th instj

so about ten rods from thedivelling house of

Jacob '1'. Havtlanrl Esq, on the road leading
‘to Danbury, withoiit any companion, save
’. an empty bottle in his pocket.

The facts in the case are b'i'ii:lly these ;--

He was met by a gentleman some halt a
‘mile from this place the night previous just
“ at duslc and was supposed by his riepcated
-1"-fillings and risings to be in 3! state of intoxi-
cation. Soon after his conning io -.a hi.l,
.lcno\vn as Haviland bill, he found it diffi-

cultto ascend, and from appearances i'n‘ the
2-‘rio".v-, ‘which fell the night previous it would
‘ 7‘ndic:=;te that be crawled upon his liancls and
knees tothe suinmitof the hill, then dt3s«':en.
.tiilI_f it in like manner on llle other side.ci-os-
ring over a bridge and pass-in._{ on a little,

‘ malcirig aboiit_75 rods, until l)e':O!nlli_Q' quite
"t't‘Xliatl$le(l and l)tll'll1lYll38tl with the cold, he
LIHI-ll himself down to die, by the road side.
.. __ Thedeceascd had no fan'iii_~,-, gr no ‘Ce.-min
I zlwelling place,thougb an inhabitant of this
,tu\’~'n. It is not certain where be procured
lIlllS'l£1St intoxicating draught which proved
-the instijunient of his llJln', but whoever‘
»wa_s the being in lriiiiiiin form, if living in
be is a gross

violator of, the law and should be punished

"to thef.irt'lierest c:1'teii‘t of the utterinost far-
ftliing. -Albeit there are those in tliis town
..who utiblushingly retail to then of like hab-
,its, and we awfiilly fear will be answera-

Lle to the bar of God in this case.

Let all those wboiare opposed to the res-
'trictiou or the entire tllstffilllinllztflcf‘. or the
-Sale of ardent spirits read this mournful tale,
‘ind think of the last sad scene in the life of
.poor Daniel, Riggs. , -. ,

''l‘iine' was V.’l‘if.?l‘t within recollection of
ttbe tv'riter,"the subject of this melancholy
:‘.7.‘1_l,a,"I_,ll-y,!!lfi(Il_". a profession of religion in
011605 Our churclies, and trim dare affirm
_?iad tl‘ie_ mtlclrio be approtteil Maine Law
“be‘en“udopted in tliis State attliis time, that
, he would not-now be gt living, respectable
* iiieinber of society...—D7a;iZm=,-y ’['img5..

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. {The j_Oul3Ii8lS‘lD Paris, are co_mp‘ell.etl.to-send
.,tiieir proof-slieéts' to the l\‘_l2iy,or’s,ofii.;-c, 10 ha
,.ipp’roi'cd- before putting to press 0

His .
5 -hand felt cold 11‘l1tI'lI‘.0ISl.l1S it touched that
i ‘.U[- B'3.l'IOl§.

_iI:tqUit‘j_l1g‘.(;Ql't;8§P$llldtji1l with 'refere1_i,ce to
this style 0f,;l]{tt', ll‘t8'.I:\I§lV York Sfiiitlay
s.." . ‘ ’ ,

"‘-‘We think that the"H-ifngarian hat, Willi
the accompanimentof'a'plumc, is irifinitefy
‘prettier and more tasi-y-shan the stiff box now
worn \V_e see no ohjggijoh to the plume,--it. is
graceful and ornamental, and asaii article of
dress it car‘inot__be gall'ec_l_.,gaudy in coin-
i3'i-isémftiiiih ‘um showy coats .and.outlan.dis.h
pantaloons so much the vogue at prcsent.-—-
Tlre rnodern ‘hat is hen\’y,_a,h.qul.ir.nntl utter-

'l‘y giiacelless " \Vé slii5iiltl"h§i‘i‘l:“Iw‘iIli""ili2liiglht"

the general adoption of :i_liat and plumes in
the Iillllgilri‘-ll] style and we cannot but think
that a combiiied effo_rt _on the part of our lea-
ding batters’livoiild"'rflbctua‘illy banish the

p'res'erit .~:to've‘p'ipe barrell frorn the head of.

every man of taste. We have never heard
a reasonable plc_-it o'fi'ei_'¢3(l in-b--halfof the on-.
couth modern hat. The hatter who should
tulma bold stand and positively refuse to
destroy the symmetry ‘of the hurrian form

by th'e abominable rt‘iod'er"n ‘hat, would im-I

inortalize l"i'iii*'iself as a useful reformer.”

§i$= It is just made public that the last
person to communicate with Sir John ‘Frank
'liii, was Captain l\’lartin—, of the ,'I3tlIlSl1
whaler l.u'ntei'pi'-ise. It was in :l845. The
Enterprise was alongside the Ere‘ou_s in
Melville Bay, aiid Sir -Llolin, invited __C.-ipt.
i\~lEirlin'tii dine i'vith liim, trliicli ‘the ‘latter

ilocliiicil (l"c'~in_g5 as the \vi’iid was fair to glob

South. Sir John while conversing witli
C'cl[)I.lll'l l\Iartin,_told him he had five years
provisions. which he could make last seven,
and his people were busily engaged in salt-

ing down birds, of ivliich they had SC‘\’C*.l‘2)l'

caslis full ziliezidy, and twt-.-Ive men were out
sliooting more. This l'Ci’ltit2l‘S it liiglily prob-
able tl at Sir John and his companions are
still a‘live, 'ci'"iiisiiig,r in that n'i_vsterious open
sea Wl‘il'(‘ll covers the ‘Pole. 'Wliat a narra-
tive will theirs he should they ever return 9
D<'.9ii'ztcZicc Fire in Itrsto .[1((-L"£‘Il.-——O‘n Sun-
day afternoon, :1 fire was 'di.<‘c0vci'ed in tlic
«icaileiriy ‘buiiding of Mr. V‘.-’i‘ii. Iinss-it, on
\\"<;o;tc-i' square", which, with one or two
buildings att:icl'ieo'-, was en-tii‘el_v,_rli-stioyetl
with iiiost of the conteiits. i_\lr. Russel W118
in the upp‘ei' schoo'l roo:r':, witli about ‘$3.3
boys, when it i‘v:‘i:~i fot‘.~n:l i.V!lpL)SSll.5l‘:’3 to pass
out of the door, on account of the (l’eiisé
StIl0l(t.’, and ilrlr. Iiusscil was obliged to low-
er the boys out of the S£‘C0|]tl-téiilly window,

through one of wliicli he also escapeii.
1Vew Hizucn Jounirzl, 5!/it.

 

Ifow Kossiit/i L-;'zmier.Z E/iglis/L.-—i-Ie thus
‘ells the story in his speach at Baltimore:

It is some tivclve yczirs ago, said lie, that
for my dtfilitletl at‘ta'c-liiiient to the rl_t,_'llls of
n free press, wliich had never been oppi'es:-
ed i-.;;c:--pt by the arbitrary laws of my CHM]
try, I was plllltl pri.=o'b by the Austrian gov-
ei‘n.iie'nt, where llaid tlirce 3'1-‘ili'EJ. lll'in;_’[
the first year, they gave his iiothing to read
and iiotliiiig to \‘.'lii.8 with. In the second
they came and told me it u oiild be graiiteil
to me to read something, but tlizit l must not
mal«.'e choice ofany political books‘, only ah
iiitlifcrei'itoiie. .1 [)t)D(If5l'(’.t-l a little iifitl know-

ing that a_ lriitiwiiiilge of lzing_u.ig<'s ivas the

kev to sciences, I i-oiicluilr-d that it pei-hops
might be useful to get "some little lciiriivletlgv
ofilte, Eiiglislt lail,gu-.i;ge; so l told theiii l
—t‘rm:ld nairie s‘c“ir'ie boolrswliicb ii-"biild hot phi‘-
talre in the .’t."mOlb‘st __way with politics. I
asked for an Et)gli$ll Gr-aiiiinzir, Sh-al,.'speare,
aiid Wzillr'ei".-4 I,Iicti(iii:ii'y. 'l' e books were
,f1lV€U,all(lI "sat down, without lmowin,c_,r at
single word, -.ii'id began to read the “'l'empe.'st”
tlie first play of Sli=ili';pcaio, and works.-d for
a fortnight to tfvt tliriiiigli the first p-.i,ge —
(liitigl‘itcr)' l l‘it1'i.'i‘:a cc-itriiii i-tilt-.._..ii,-vet‘
to -__r0 on in i‘ca’tliri’_-fir :~".':'i"y-rtiliirirar vi-iiliotit per-
fectly uiiileistaiitlin; what I re-aol—so l unit
on, and, by-a_nd by, become soiiieivlut famil-
iar \'vitl"i your lilllgiltlgt’. ‘

33.2‘;-= Tlie fnst piiyiiieiit of the Boston fire-
men, under the new ordinance, tool: place
on S5tlUl'(ltiy. Paymciit is made ortce iii six
months. The total ziinoniii paid to ofilcc-is
and men was :'_-“‘.l:'2,67S. The list contains
dbbiit 200 n:irtlt!_;_ The Assistarit .F4l),(_’_ln'
ecrs i'f‘t?c‘i‘.'e $l25 each. The Foreiiicii of
the C(_)fl')pi‘.l1lt.‘8 have $75 eacli. The Assis-
tant Fiil‘t‘lilt‘l'l h:i‘ve $5615-'3 each. The
The Stewards, where tliey also serve as fire-
tfien, |i§,.'3‘3 ‘each; and cacli member of
the I).-par-tment has for his reinunera-
lion for the past six ihontlls.

 

.Z‘Tczi's‘];aj9c;'s in the United States —-By
ll‘II)r23lii|‘[ls of the last census, it apnears
ll’]0t'e it'll! zil3'0t)t 2,005 that :‘lt‘e fmbli.~l'ii>.ii in
the Fi'ce:,riiicl 800 in the Slave Suites. .-‘iiiiout
850 are Wliig. 750 Democratic, 70 Pic;
Sell or Anii- Sla_vi-,i_y, 20 Agricul_tural,. 40
'l‘ernpcraiic<‘, 32.50 Kelljjiiiusziiiil Neu-
tralaiid Misccllzirieoiis. I\iew York hi:s
443 papers, Peiinsylvania 3'38, Massachu-
setts, 212, Ohio 300.

grfgp Charles H Tlioinpsmi lias plead.guil-
ty at Dedhaiii, Uass , oii_a cliarge of being
iriiplicateil in robbing the Dorcheiiter and
M-iltori Bank, some two. years since of $30,-
000. Three others are aliepily iii the State
l_)t‘iSClu fill‘ ll-'lV'ln<_'_' a fiiigcr In tluitaflitlr.

Sub-Ilfrc-rzi'ic 'iI't/legi'(/]2fi.——'I'lie Nova Sco-
tia North Amerit-. an says a New Yorl(,c0in-
puny have guaraiitectl to lay ti sub—mi.irine
5;.-legrapbic wire _fi'0_tii,_ Newfoundland to
dupe Bi'eton, for 810,000.

./I “Il[ci‘r3/ Ilfoz.',rnz'2;g—A yritiriz ladv
of this city, step-uaugliter of a well ‘..lI.')0WI)
merchant tailor on Maiii street, has just re-
ceived the painful inforriiotion that a reiative
in England has ialren lezivc of till sublunaiy
tliiiigs——anil—lt-ft lier a litle legacy of $500,.
00O.—Ci/iciiiatli Gazctle.

l . s

93’ A t!_cntlei_ii:iu on a visit in VVashing-
l0h, recently, and anxious to iisien 10 ifie
<l<’U-ties. openeil, vci"_v c0ol'y,’oue of the doors
to the Sciiafv, and was ahotit to‘ pass;‘ iii,
\Vfl9l'l [I18 Clodl’ l(FCper a.<l,(eLl, Are you a
privileged iiieiiiber? What do you inean
by sucha man? asked the sir,-,,,.._,e,.. The
stranger said I am it n‘i'iiiiste‘i-. From it-half
court‘. or country, ifyou please? asireil the
official. (Very gravely po’in'tin,o_r up)_Frem
the Court of Heaven, sir. _ To‘ this our door-
keeper wzigislily remar_lz'ed. “This gov.
ernwent at preasent holds no ii]‘Iercou'r3e
with that fore'ign power!”

 

185l——-Paine’s <;..s_-t=‘iiitii,-is-is fire a'i_1nibi-
lator—-Claussen’s Flax Cottdn-=4‘-the VVo‘ol’y
Horse, and Rrpi./.12]-ica/i F rance, have all been
ml/it'll of, but wlierc are they now?-

B :2:-.10/2. Bci".

.nccoinpaiiiziiiient, of nny..otliei- locality on

once a‘,_vouu_g man oiii'sel.ve~~:,we ‘were.

._ ‘Tuesday,’ J in, 15, I852.

tfitsitiil-i3PORT...YcI)"U’R own I!”

._4

 — ‘-i‘ B'éirt3II;77 ,

\Ve cimiinience this week the ptlbllcfllféi‘! ofa.
i.o‘c)iLlt:ile"ol'-thrillliigr It!-t'Ilt;'I“e:Il,i\Vl|Icl]. will "life con-
tinued tlirdiigh several subsequent numbers, and
ll.I.0.Se who may xx-ish'r.'3ttt‘z: crtpics, or dc..~'ire i‘£I1:,§lll.)-
scribe would do well to engage them at;o:ide, :15
we shall print but :i lltillletllllutllbtlr over our°r‘e’gu,'-
lai;,editi:oi'2_.__ ' I

 

, __ ‘.B.G'ougih-. ___ ,

It is with pleasure that we can suite that thi.«i‘dis-
tiiigiiiflictl 'Ailt'uc:}ite_ of '1‘emper:iiice. wil_l_l:-.cture
in this tow ii, oiilflie lllitiiie Ilziiv and otlilerl kindred
topics, on Saturday and Sunday cveiiiii_:;s of the
preseiit week, The lioiiriiiid place ivill be ‘desig-
nated iii duo thiiiic. ' . "

We presume the Lecture will be give_'r'i ‘in
the First Coiigi-egiitioiial Cliurcli, as we hiiive
yet to learn that. ii house of Godpis too good it
place to plead for His fallen ci'ezitui'es. la
few have asstimed all the expense, we should
favor L‘llf'tl‘_£_1llig, say a dime, admission fee. It
is ctistoniziry el.-:ewliei'e, and none could object.

 

Uiuimu School Meeitiiiig.

Atihe mt-eliiig Iioldeii at Mariiie I-lull on Thurs-
day niglit, the following preiiiiible and resolutions
iv’;-i'c vo‘tcd ; _

" The lJl)tlCl'slgt)PtI having been appiiiiited ii
Coinriiittee of tbe.Union School .Disti'ict, at. it
ljltlelling tliereof, lioldcii on the 18th day of
Deceiiibei' 1551. to piircliiise and tulle deeds of
the lot: st;-lcctecl by siiid 1,lisli'ict for the site of
the Union School I-loluse, to coiitract. for mate
riiils. foi°liil)oi' on. and the ei-cclioii of such Un-
iou Scliriol [louse to obtain plains and specifi-
ciitions for the proposed edifice and_ 'pi'osei‘it
the same to the distrii:t,nnd to do till utlY3'i' acts
pi'ope‘.' to be done by H building comiiiitteo, de-
sii'e to pi'c.:<‘::.i‘.t. the following report; of tli°ci'i'
pi"uc‘eeiliii§;s up to this time, toge.t.liei' witli the
rcicoin ii’ieii<lai‘tioiis i1:l‘i‘t.‘l‘1'£’.S(‘-'ltt!.iOt)sltCCOlii])2lt3}'itig.

The Collllillllfee lnive pui“c'li:ifse'd of the
'\Vidoiv St. .It)lll] and the heirs of \Vii'i. St John
dcc'd, the lot selected by the district, for P the
sum of :$l.40l),UI~\\-'lllt.'ll piii°(:liii.=c nioney $lO00
by the a;;i'eeiiieiit is to i'eiri2iiii on iiiterest.

The Cbiiiiiiitlee iiiiniedi;it.i:l_v after their 01'-
Qllllléiltlloll. deptiteiil 'tlii'ee of tlit'>i'i' meiiibers.
Clizis. E Dislii'o*.v. lCsq., Messi's Thus. \Vii-rner,
.l:'.', and E. C.-l}issell,'to visit I‘Ifll’Li‘Ul'd, inspect.
the public scliuols of that city, to czill upon Mr
Barriiii-d and obtain froiii him plans and spe-
cilicatioiis f«.irtli‘e school house of this district.
Tlie geiitlciiieii iiiiiiierl l'lilV0 nciioiiliiigly per-
fnrnied this duty, and l1iive_ olitiiiiieil tlie ‘ pla ii
and sspecifivziitioiis, lierewitli pi'cst§iited_, t\l'ii'cli
the Committee iziiriiiiiiiriiisly i'ci:oiiimeiid ‘foi-
tlie adoption of this Union School d':sti'ict.

The plan and S[)9L‘lfi(.‘Hlf()l1S thus presented
are similzir in the iiiternzil zirrnugeinent of tlie
house to the public school edifice in llartford,
tliougli tlie‘extei'ii:il ll])])t'.1ll'llnCeiS somewliat
diffeileiit. ’i‘li_c building in Hiirtford, mzide of
brick. with furniture, desks, lmiiiices and every It
thing complete cost.>.38500, and is in rill p:ii'tii:ti-
lars coiistructeil of the veiiy iii:iterial.—-
Tlie exp.-iii»-‘e tli'ei'e.l'oi'e of such zin'_ crliii-.:e as
the iiiiiiiiiiiticé i"ccbiiiiiiiet:'d i'voi'il‘ii be itlioift
‘E3.-:23ij?5. , _

In pi"e.pai'iiig sph’-cificiitiiiiis, we liav'é iieE:és'sa-
rily béhii lied to the consider-aition of wliicli the
proposed ._edilice.~«|i:ill be co'iisti'iictod, and lifter‘
viewing the subject in every light, wliicli could
be pres'ent'o<l to our iiiiiids‘, the Coiiiinittee
unite in the rsmniiiiiondzitioii that tlie House be
built of brittle, and the Gfillltlillt-TS of il1ospecifi—
caitiniis are pi-cpiired accordiii_gly .

The Cuiiiinittee have coiisidci'e,d, that from
the sale of tho p§"r'pc.’i-ty lieloiigiiig to the dist-
rict, iibont $72000 may be rniseil to ipply to the
5i'e'cti:iii of the now biii|iliii_g.:ili’éi' tho consiruc-
lion ofsucli j_bi'iiii:iry scliool liouses as niay be
requiretl in remote parts of the district, so as
to render uimecpessaiy the imposition ofiiny
lieavy tax at the pieseiit time. Tlfe com-
initteo tliei'efoi'e, iii consiilorzitiou of the prob-
ableauiouiit of nitonlilei eslhte in the district.
and of tlie suiiilikély in bi) i'eqtii‘.'r-(l by the
time airy tax can be (‘Oll9IZl(*.Llv reiioiriiileiid tiiiit.
a rate of eiglit per certtbe liiiil upon the list. of
1851, now in process of completinii. wliicli I115:
it is estimated will raise about 552500.

If llie last pro'cet=ding l'?C(7l1il11el1(lttllbI) U5
complied '.vitli,tlihi'e will still remain ii balaiico
of the estiiiiiited expense of the new School
I-louse to be pi-ovhietl for. and in rel'ei'euce to
this the Coiiiiiiitiee would i"ecoiiiinend tlrit.
your district coinmitte be (’.fltpQ\\’eI'r'(.l to bor-
row upon the credit the dis't.'rict: sucli an
amount as sbzill be nece.ssnt'y i‘.'o' linisiliillie woi'li
iii flCCOl't.l:lllCF.1:vI’llll the pill ii and speciliczitfoii.

And finally, fortlie |)lll'])dS(5 of cai-i-ying out.
the objects liereiii couteiiiplaterl. the (:ommim=,e
recoiiiiniaiid the passiige oftlie following votes.

Voted that the plan and specificiitions rec-

oiitliiehtli-.il by lllfi Bi-illilitig committee for the
Union School House be adopted. '

Voted that the Union Scliool I-louse bla built:
of l)l'l(.'I\'. ,

Voted tliat a rlistiict tnx be. levied, nccoi-ilincz
tn liiw. of eiglit per i:eiit_ iipoii tliu list of 1851
now in process of coiiipleiion.

Voted that fire district coiiii'iiitle'c. be em-
power:-d to hoiroiv ti’;:i-ii‘ tliii Cl'l.Itlll of llln
ilistricr an iiiiiixiiirt. sufficieiir. to ooniplete
the Union School l~-loiisi-, alter lll(¥,i|p])lIC:ElIlOtl
of the sums l‘;llS_0(l by tax and by this sale of
the district p iopeity to the ivoi-Ii.”

[Sigiied by the Committee]

E’ There was con.-‘iderablc feeling apparent and
miicli opposilioii expi'e.=.-*etl to the plan, Several
fiiic spceulies both pro and min were made in wliichi
all good niiil bad features of the ciitui'pi'ise, were’
\’I'a'Ol'()l1ril_i’lllflllllltillefl. “'0 could not attend the
ineetiiig, hilt wci'é told that the F[)(‘l‘.Cll(?S of C. E_
Disbrnw an-:'l Ro’l)'e"i't lills, were of more than nrdi‘
nary roeritaiiid bad m_llCll influence in tleteruiiiiiiig
flie iiltimzite result. The incetiug adjmiriictl in good
feeling we believe. and all resblvcdtoeiihiiiit to the
e.~Epi'esse'd will of 1lle_ll1uj0i‘fly iir;'d act for theibost
interest of’ our towii. I '

 

, Slcighing. ,

I Tlielilglitifalls of snow have made capital
slelglilifig tvliicfli has been well ipinpi-ijveif the
belles and heaux of our town. 'Our two liofels
cart get tip‘ abo'i'it: the tallest. sleighs and steeds
for piirtiias. and our town shell out about the
liveliest boys nndwnost buxom lasses, for the

i'écord. \Ve spedlc. from. experience-—-was

"‘ If‘wo" w:i‘:i'oiil._v yiriing again 3'' (kc. .

in a "most i_r.in:i1nei'. They then 
ed ov'e'i'lfo Igeiéip the 8th of Jan. in a proper ‘l'll"i__(I_
becoiiiing'.iri‘tin_tiei', saviiilg the c'm.inri'y mu_c.h, ill
by doing noievil. _ The: Congressional Bfanqtiet
in honor of Kossulli was one ofthe most interes-

ting conveiitions yet lield. ' 'Kossuth.hi:'ide anotli- ’

erspeech ti_’*.i nsceuding ip, powerand eloquence
all liiislpast effoi'ts. Mr. Iililfiialistizl-i‘ followed him
in a strain of‘concui'rent: eloquence which will
send a thrill of joy tlirougli the heart of every
friend offreedoiii _througho'ut the ;:\?t’0l'ld.- as if
will strilie tei'i'oi'in the lienrt of all tyi.'ints_,__to
find the _gre:it.est of .-\mericaii statesmen iiii the
side of Kpssutli and huinnnity. IT_:‘ld Mr. “I.
been an iingleij for policy or short lived glory,
he could not l ave chosen it more foiifuriiit'ii 't‘c'pl-
ic to draw bpon the deep" abiding affections bf
the :h'inei'icaii pehple. but such is no p5i't of his
llISl0l'y.(I5l',ll:lS aiiibit.ioii,—wlierever and what-
ever may be lziidto 'lhe cli:ii'ge of Mr. \Vebsthr
be has altfiziys and will always be" found on the
side sufI‘ei'iiig humanity and sruggliug libeitty.

. , , __

, Dcgciéizase of Mrs. Marsh. ,

It is with pain and sincere sympiitliy that we
announce lllt‘.i(l.(*tll'l1lt')ll‘lT1II3 lady ofonr coteinpo-
rary of the F:iii'fielilC(i'1iii’ty Democrat. Tliougli
she has b-en solmetiiiie ill ii'.'it.l3 tl"‘i:"~.t fatal mail-
atly, Coiisiiiiipi‘_ioii, and her demise riot alto-
getlir-.i' 'uiiexp'ected—_yct the blow iiiust ‘fall with
Cl‘llSl)lllg foiine "upon out‘ I'i'ici‘id- l(f:‘l:i'dl ' would
we pour info his S§lll‘:IC|li,.8l) bosom ilie balm of
consolation. but we foi‘heiii°, laiio\\ii'i'i{,'_r, that his
gi-iefs are tho sacred to be invaded by one so
recently It stranger‘, and will simply i'eii'ew the
&)S.~'Ul‘ttl](:('- of our most lieiirt-felt sympatliies in
his beicziireiiieiit.

‘ Donation Visits.

Tve heii‘e‘§"e The pri-sent \\ cck is to be enli-
v_e'ned by the aiiuual donation visits, given to
the pzislors oftlie seveiil (lt'liOlTlInilllOl]S in the
town. Tlie iiiiitictil:ii' ct"5i'iiii_::s we are not in-
fornicd oi" but presume that is linoivii to tlnse
ll‘t0Stl".]f'él’(’.S€lt’.tl. :ind \".'e'5iily lliéspezik a liberal
/./Unalion to give a zest to the fi'iendl_v gihetiiigs.
Next to the Printer‘ we believe the Minister
works liarder for what lie icceives. than any
otlier class of men upon fvliotii so niiiiiy eno-
ious and ex:eri':ineoiis expenses are lIl1[?O.\'etI.—-
It was sLi_2';;c.s't‘ed by the Stauiford Adiroczite \v'a
believe to iii‘cl‘ude Ediiois, in the ca-itegory of
i‘et:ipients of those iinnmil Illitélieills, biit we ut-
terly protest. until people get into the habit. of
briii'giiig ‘inure than they take iiwdy! \Ve are
alwaiys glad to see our lfi'iciid§. but. really, wit
dont believe we could stand a visit,--couldn't
afford it.

 

Alinoifit :1 Catzzstroplle.

If any one can bless _tlie,ir liappy stars with
especial unctioii on the final coiiipletion of this
new Bridge. ‘we presume our friend E. \V.
Stunt-t,"I<’Is(i. is he. as he had tl very niii-i'oii'
escape from heconiiug a “a shfl cold 'io'(zlc’r
nian." a fails.‘ d.i_ys since. He was ciossiiig tlih
temporary bridge in the rear of our office. when
his sleigli gave it “ lea lurch." and iiezirly pre-
cipitziteil the devdtoil l'Nll’l\'t tl_I'lVeI‘ imtl till. i910
the briny fluid bi-iiezitli. His esciipe wan; iiis
f'oi't'.ih:ite as iiiii':iciil'bi1s.bs we should regret to
lizive seeil liis or-lliodn.\'y jeopai'(li7.ed by so pen-
fcct an immersion, as iniicli as‘ to have had all
the little iislies frigliteiied out of the liarboi‘ by
the fiplitsll l

 

I’ it.-aisr:ii'oit'i‘iiv.—-l ii coiiaeqiieiice of the loss
which Mi-. Spanner siistiiiiiéd by the -desti'iic-
tion, by fire.ofiliu Pliilndelpliiii .\Iuseum,\vliicli
lie piircliased of him last Sullllliftlil, Mr. Bar-
iiiiiu has presented him. unsolicited, with five
tlious-and dolliirs. and liris also cancelled various
i:li:7ii'i:s thtitlie held against ‘iiini.

We ;ippreh‘cnd that there are more hard
rum suckers in Fairfleld Cotinty than in
any other county in the State. I _,,_ _,

IV. II. Pallarltum.

53' You have no doubt zippralieiiiled Jigllli
Mi’. Pi|lIiIdiIil'iI, as we liairé repeitteklly seen
more druiiken iiien in our own town, in one day
train we ever saw in your beautiful city during
a residence of some five years I Tile l'6'CEJ-lit
field \veiitl'iei' lias tliiiiiiiisliszl our nuiiilyi-ii‘ some
lfeilf a sclor.-., yet we are still literally inunda-
ted. deluged, with‘ ruiii. Ciiu you wonder then
thiit in utter hiipelesshess we beg for‘ the
"Mniii§:'a Law?" ‘

 

L’-9" It is stated that legal iii'oceetiiii_;ai have
been iiistitutéil-iigziiiist the editor of t.l.ie New
York Herald, for an alleged libel llaillflst the
iiinnagers ofthe Art Union. The libel i'efei'red
to cbiirgad t.hem',with having rippi°opi'inted ti
portion bf its funds to the est':ililisliiiient. of an
Abolitional journal iii that clty.

:‘~.

@’ Mr. Nzitliziiiiel \V. Adams, says the
\-Viisliiiigton Telegi'iiph, tvhdso’ death has late-
ly been announced as having ‘taken place
in that city, {vats for some years known
fin ii'idiisfi‘iou§ ziriil useful \vrite_r lbr
thb pi-bssi. He is i'epute'd to he flies \‘i-Ibiiteii
Von Twillcr of the New Yorli Tribune. But
he wrote for various jourmils. under various
iiiiiiibs. He died in his tliirtii.-.tli year. of con-
stim'ption. M r. Atlantis was a native of Greéifs
Fzirirts, in this 'c'ouiity.

as

@ The Boston Post says the book case
wliiclitlfo Queen of England is about to pre-
sent to the F.mpei'or ‘Sf Austrlzi will cost $50”,-
O00. If she would giveliiin the New Testa-
inerir, worth one dollar, and tlrcn give him
-‘$49,999 to read it. there might be some pros-
pect ol'iiiip’i'oiieiii,etit ill the young riisciil.

Oti'rh.‘§oi:.-—-()ii New Yeai"s,Eve, says the
Bridgeport Stzttiiliirrl, sortie dastardly rtiffian
fired twiize into the house of M r. \Vli'eelei'
l*‘i'eiich. 2nd. in Cannon street. It: would seem
tliiita d0‘t_i_bL'c, ‘liarrellcd gun was used, and the
charges fired directly into the ivindows. A
great number of glass were bi'Oliéli;,‘ and the
shot passed over tlié bed in wliicli Mr. Ifieueli
was sleeping. '

A Harm Ilrr.--'l‘!'5e \R7oonsbcli’et Pa'triot,re-
solving to hit; mic‘ bj_rds wjtli one stone, speak-
ing of ‘Pl_iillip’.i; Fife .-.1nnilz—z'li1i‘.or.‘ says that
.ll;‘,ff‘l' ylprobably be able to extinguish ‘ paiizc’.~:
Nero Light.’

 

__ ,_

S’1‘i\RTLl.'\’G.--AnOl.llel' batch of Rum resolu-
tious have been hzitcliedat Sliai-mi,’ and are
brooded ofcotiifiiso by their lugitisrizito biddy. the
Ilitrtford Tiiiic_e I

- I

'li’ei-.‘fs."aid:.'-:,-«‘ " .

-3.9

‘f'_Eiilighten'ed by the spirit o'f:.'your‘icoun-
try’s inst‘itt'fti6iis, whefi we sudceeileil to
consolidate our naturall and liistorical
SIMBIS right ofself-gov,e.ri'_iment, placing
it upon the bfdad ‘fouiidtitlion of Deiridbra‘t-
ic liberty: _ 7
It1S_p_l_l‘ed by your history wlien we to
fight for independence ag-'iins't annihilation

' by centralized absolutism :

Consoled by your peoplé’s sympathy
when a victini to Russian iiiterfefencie with
the laws ofnaturc and of nature’s God.

Protected inexile by the Government of
the"United States, supporting the Sultan of
Turkey in his noble i‘esiildtioii to undergo
the very danger of war rather than leave
ii_ppi8tectE’d thé rights of htimaiiiity afiaihst
Russo-Austrian delspoitismlt _ _

Restored by the United States to life, bei
cause restored to freedom, and by freedom
to activit-y in behalf of those duties which",
hy,\iny,,n_ation,:s iinaniinoiis con'fiileiiee and
sovereiglri will, devolved upori 

Raised in the eyes of many oppresded
n-.itionJs to the stalidingr of a harbinger of
hope, because the star-spangled banner was
seen casting protection around me, announ-
cing fo the wiirld that there is a iiaiioii,
alilce 3pow’erfiil as free, ready ‘to protect the
laws of in distant part$,of.tlie
earth, and in the person of a poor "exile:

Cii'c'ér'éd by your people’s syinpaii'iy,so
as freeni'er‘r r.l‘ic'e’r-—uot ‘a man whatever, but
it principle, I now how before y6'i3‘,§_i'ir._ in
the proud position of your gr'c.iit nation's
guest, genemtisly welcomed by a resolu-
tion of the Congress of the United States,
with equal _r_:ene:'nsity approved and execu-
ted by vourExcellency.
press my fervent tlianlcs, in my name, and

I beg leave to ex-

iii the name of my associates, who after hav-
ing ‘sharigd my misfortunes. have new the
reward to share the honor and the benefit
ivliicli the great Republic of the United
Statestvas ‘pleased to bestow upon Hunga-
ry by bestowiriig it upon its fi"eel_v-chosen
bI'ii'elf, when bé;becaiiie at p‘er§ecuted vi‘ctiii’t
of despotin violence’. _ _

I beg leave to eirpress my fervent thrinks
in thy i:ouiili'y’s name also, which, amidst
the sorrows of its desolation, feels cheered
by yodr coiintry’s generosity, and loplzs
with resolution to irh plenilingigt future, be-
cuase it is corifidént tlialt th'e time at-aw.‘
near when the eternal code of the law of
.natons will become a reality.

President! I stand before your Excellen-
cy lilviiig prcilestiitiob a"gairrst viol'cn'ce
of foreigii inlerference oppressing the sov-
ereign "right of iiatio‘rt‘s' to rhgulatb tlii-ir own
domestic concizriis. 

I stand . befolre/your Excellency a living
protffiiiitidn against ceiitraliziitioii oi)pi‘ds-
siiig the Stateright of self-goveihineint.

May I be Elll0,\\'f’:l.i to take it for an align-
ry of Better times, that, in landing _oii the
liappy shores of this glorious P.epubiic..l
landed in a free and p-O\\’:'t’.‘l'f‘L1'I country,
whose llOfl',0_l'e,(ll Chief Maéistrate proclaims
to the ii-iiijlil that this country caiinot re-
main iiidifferent when the strorig ariii of a’.
foreign power is involied to slide publib
sentiment, and repress the spirit of freedom
ln atiy Ezountry. -

I thank God that the fate of rriy couiitry
became so intiznately connected with the
fate_of liberty and independence of nations
in Europe, as formerly it was iriliinately
connected with the security of cliristeii-
dom , _

I thank Ciioci that my country’s unrrierit-
ed woe, and my personal suffering, became
an opportunity to seek a manifestation of
the spirit and principles of your I-Iiepublic;

May God the Almighty ble§§ ydii with
a longf life,’ that you bray long eiijoy the
liappiiiess t'o See your coiintry great, glori-
dus,and free, the corner-stone of interna-
tidiialjustice, and the column of freedom
on the earth, as it is already an as_vliim lo
the oppressed.

Sir, I pledge to yoiir country tlie Everlas-
tiiig gratitude of Hungary.

Enucivriox in Io\va‘.——In Iowa there are
five hundred and eighty-‘one pulllib scliools,
taught by about the same number of teach-
ers, of whom nearly half are females. In
each toivnsliip of the State one square mile
of land has been set apart to remain forev-
er devoted to the support of public schools.
l‘lie niiiiiber of acres thus reserved in the
nliole State is about otlh ihillion, wbihli,
u. itli other lands devoted to the same pur-
pose, are now worth two and a half million
of dollars, increasing in value at the rite
of at least ten per cent. every year.

 

3:? A prize fight for 81000 a side, came
off on Tuesday, at Pattersop, Ijutiiam co.,
N. Y. The parties were Orville Gardner
and William Hastit-igs. They fought six-
teen’ rounds, when Hastings was declared
the victor. _ Gardner had his shoulder dis-
located, arid was otherwise in uch injured.

%- The following richly deserved hit is
from the Providence Journal:

Altogether the strongest evidence that
we have seen of the marvelous power of
Kossuth is, that he has stirred up the direc-
tors of the Camden and Amboy railroad fo
aliberal act. They have ofi'ore'd‘ fflffl and
hissuite a free passage to a;'n_"d from Piiiia-
rlelphia. V_Vc hope that n'o additional eit-
toition will be practisedoh the rest of the
passengers to make up for their unexan'i-
pled libcrality.

31$-Geii. Hiotfston’ visited Hartf:'J'rd iasi
week, and ilolirered a very interesting lecture
in‘ bchaif of the North Aincrican lntlians.

in 'Neiv," Yo"rlit'.on Sunday last, vvgitliylater
uetvs frtiiii» _I«)ii”i-opb. French afliiirs are
alone interbh3.in§'. _ _, 

Private fetters Edits that Mr. Rives, the
‘American Minister, continues...,to...ai3§,§§1$
himself from the President's .12;-éei, hntl
ifhht hé would~do §o‘until" ieéiiiifit 
election should be l§'n,o,wn. _ 4 _
Paris is gloomy, alfhough. no doubt was
entertained that the vote would be in favor
of Louis Napoleon.

The election took place or) lhb three
day of which the 22d was the laiit, of
course, full, returns have not yet been re;
ceived.' The latest reports, contained in
the'second' ‘edition of the London Times,
give the followlirig aggregate:

Piinis, l\lIoi'vn.nr,- 7 o’clock, P. 

The follou-'i,ng is the result ofthe polling:

at theitwelve Arrondissiiients of Paris:
Yes‘, ' 132,217
No, _ p, _ ‘ 80,161
The following the result, known at 6__
o'clock from the Departinenis‘: _ _ .‘

Yes, L773 009

No’, ,_ , 207,000

The papers notice sundry incidents at-
tending the election. lVlan_v of ihe voters
put upon their ballots varioiis expreissiohs,
spine endorsingr, and otliersr ihsuliing the
President. The police interfered with
tliose who disitzribiited negative ballots. It
is stated th-ait iriany Republlicans have de7
ltermined to eyiiiglrvate, and that a large com.
pany has been folrifileld for settlement in
.M()t‘lleVitleO.

"The 'd't)\;8fl1fI2’T€l)lf,l)‘f).WéVéi', has refused
to granbforeigii _p:fsspo'i,'ts__to all pai'tiesf
without distinction. The Minister for For.
eign Affairs has i'i’itrodt':‘ce'd‘ a ‘iiéiv systéni
of foreigii passport. W

These permissions are only given to pro.
Coed to Euglaiid or to the United Stables.‘
The Ministe refuses them to persons wisli‘-I
ltig to proceed to the continent of Europe.‘

Numerous arrests of suspected person;
lialve been made, most of them contiectecf
with secret societies. In many places the
9;endarir'ics have rcfffsed to accept rewards’
ofi'e‘i"efl by the altitliorities for their servides;

The i\i'in‘is:t'e'r' of Mariiie has applied fora
new decree to provide for sundry suspected
persons who are about to be sent to a penal
colony. _ __

The C-'oi2stitzttio"n'riél says‘: H

“ VV'é are iiiiiiriiieil that the Pope has ad.
dressed a letter to liis N«3'nc_io in Paris, in.
which be expresses his entire apririihation
of the acts of Louis .Napol_c_on, which h'a't'e
saved society and religion.” I _ ,

The Court; of Nismes has brtlered ajuldi.
cial in.~ii-ucuoii ‘to be cemhiem;-ed relative is
the Clrcutllsli-3D‘C.;é"S connected with the late
invasion ol‘ the town of Apt. ’

i-it Marseilles the last point held the
opposi'iiim has been reduced and the deipart-I
iiient is now diuiet. Numerous arrests have
been iriadé, arid ihany persons were shot oii
the spot. . .
, , Litter sun. _

The Cambria arrived ai Halifax off
Tuesday evening, with dates from Liver-i
pool to Dec. 27th.

Two grbat events had transpired in the
course of the few days preceding thé dig.
barture of the Ci1.m5'rz'a, each capable of
seriously /influencing; life éti‘1~i'i.—i'c"iei of all
comiriercial op'e‘ra'tionsi-’—first, the resigna-
tier) of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, iii
En'gla_n'd,‘ and secioliiltl‘, the election of Louis
Napoleon, as I3l‘E.3sritl.'°.fii of France for tefi
years, by a very large rniajprity.

, The witlitlrawal bf Lord Prilriieristori
from the Goveriiiiient is iiiiputed lo the dis-
sehsions wliiiih liailé linotilri exist
in the Cabinet for 'séve"ral irionitbri p'as'f.' and
was, probably, precipitated by the signifi-
cant reception and emphatic avovval of opin-
ion io the Kossurii deputation, to whom'
his Liirdsliip used ldngdagé by do means
complimentary to tlfe ab'soli.itis,ts or Europe.

The fearless position assumed by his Lord-
ship proved distasteful to the majority of
the Ministry,an(l hence the result. This
has been the all-pervading topic of coiiv5'r-
satiifn at this festive season, and lids created
universal sensation. _

The utide,r-Secretary, L'ord Stiinley, had
also len‘dei'ed his resigbation.

The all-eiigrossiiig topic of the Presiden'-'
tial Election was occupying the French
mind, to the Exclusion of all others. Louis
Napoleon has been elected to the Presiden-
cy for ten years, by an overwhelming ma‘-‘
jority of votes. The poll of sixty‘-eight

I,),epartments, though incomplete,‘ ga9e—'-
Yes, 5,400,000 No. 600,000. _‘A telegraph‘-I
ic dispatch from Paris, Dec. 23th, gives, as
the votes of ei_2_lit_v-one De'p.irtiiients,‘of
which twenty-three were coiiiplete——Ye:,’
6,011,000: .No, 7Q9,000.

 

%»The London papers by the Atlantic
disclose some éxtradi-dir'i'.iry facts in regard
to the financial doings in Paris during" and
succeeding the troubles’ of the 2-1 Deéerfle
ber. The Banfr‘ was {trade to increase ‘its
coirfniercial discounts four millions of dol-
lars‘ iii’ a‘ §i'figle week, an increase of 20 per
cent. on its ordinary line. The week‘ pre-
ceding the elections two millions were
granted to. the é'it'y-, of Pafis "on GolVet‘n-
ment securities.

05' The rf.iiii’b'r that» Henry Clay in'teud-
ed to address’ the Senate in oppositiiou to
the mission c'f Kossultb, s‘éer'r'is‘ to be without
foui'iglatio,ri. II reliable’ corrés‘poi'idé'nt of
the Times says, that he is still true
to thefeélings and itn'pu‘ls9s of his youth, {I
and were be able to speialr, would I'1'l'g.8"I
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