1
Our Minister; 19 ._ Austria,
The Scottish Missionaries who were lateli
‘ll 1 f ’ ‘C J
air-pe e rom Pesth, Hungary, hytlie Aus-
trian government, make honorable mention
Of the sympathy and kindness extended to-
them by Mr. M’Gj5r'ily, in ‘their hour ol'_need_.
A C0|'I'€’$p0mle'nl Of the Independent, gives
r§'3§Ef‘”_,;_-l3!}!=Q1!1?_l=-(’f,aglargtymeeting held at the
('xlty,_IjIall_, Glasgow, at which Messrs. W_in-
r
:
_gatefa'nd.iSniith. made interesting. addresses
concerning the mission.- The writer says:
"““’Th‘6"meeti'6§"‘léafned “with 'ii‘s't'oni‘shmetft
from one of the speakers, ofthe te_mpoi-izjng
and compliant conduct of Lord ~Westiriore“.“
land, the British Minister, who attended a
.~.-.-Sunday hall given by ‘Prince St-lilvarltenberg
r
I[_I-lI0tt(_)|"' of the downfall of Palmerston, and
“left the missionaries intlieir hour of need
-e-:-=;t_9-»0blnin~-from the American Ambassador—-
. ,_ {tailor be 10 his name and 7ia.lz'on .’— that sym-
.Pt1.l__l1y andsuppoit which was‘ withheld by
, ;th_e_ B,rili_s_h Ambassador l"
','I'l‘i",é=l‘ Missioiiaries in their statement in the
" ‘Ch't,i‘i‘ch Record, say 2-
,‘,f.We cannot forbear from mentioning the
’,".,'é1i1't‘.¢-tile kindness which we received from
-Ille I-\Yn_eric-an Minister, who not only accord-
"f,cd‘,"to‘ us.‘ his fullest sympathy, but of‘l'ert:d
w_'hi_cli__we did not require to avail ourselves
I‘
‘ livery assisttmce which he could render with-
in the limitsof his functions, and generous-
, ly put his purse at our disposal-—-a kindness
or“"'
-1 ‘~>Ei‘)i'‘roniAr. CHANGE-—Fl‘e(l€l‘lL'I{ M. Peck,
{who ’-has edited the Killingiy Telegraph
with much ability for the last fifteen monilis
has retired from that paper, and is succeed-
: —'edi-by Francis E. Harrison, Esq, formerly
of this city, and a graduate of Yale College
in theclass of 1840. Mr. Peck is a Spirited
- -and agreeable writer, and under his care
the,'I,‘,elegr-apli has maintained a high stand
- among-our State papers.
New Hat.-en Journal.
HARDEST CASE YET. —A few nights since,
a journeyman printer in this city had made
:preparations to be married; but strange to
say,the poor fellow was on a morning pa-
per,atid could not get a “sub" Business
was ('l’0WtIll‘l_g_' atthc OlTICr, and he must
;_attend to woik,.<o the person was sent for,
.‘_the rites peiformed,ar.d the poor. jour, had
-to have his wife, go to the oflice“and work
all ‘night, till broad day-light,unil go home
to his _wife in the lTt0t'liillg.”-—.BOSl07Z. Bee.
,1!‘ Snug Little Bust’/wss.—lt was rumor-.-
led abouttwo months ago, that Ste\viirt’s
_ ' t'n'a_rble. palace was to be sold in the U. S.
Stewart himself
‘go‘vernineni,and that Mr.
intended to abandon the dry goods business
forthat of l)anking. The story was contra-
.. d_icted by the party most interested, and if
what we hear of the amount of his business,
. wholesale and retail, during the past year is
. true, he would have shown little wisdom in
abandoning dry goods for discounts. We
‘are assured that‘Mr. Stewart’s sales during
the yearl85,l amounted to the enormous
and almost incredible sum of twelve mill-
ions of dollarsl, One iten‘..,tliat of gloves,
is put down at six hundred thousand tloilursl
' - Surirlizy Times.
The Pi-inlcrs Takes ’c-m.--Not a long
_.while_ago a lot of tillers were collected in a
country store, not a thousand miles from
Grand Rapids, where the '.\'l-nine liquor law
' had never been heard of, and after the usual
. "‘ drinks around,” betting was hit upon as a
_' profitable diversion, and Val'lOus wagers pm-
posed and rejected, when a tall. lank, Sluh
sided specimen of llllnlnllily, whose looks
‘denoted him to be a tramping jour, arid
-“ dead broke" at that, raised himself on em]
from the corner, where he had been quietly
_W3!Cl1ins.' _ proceedings, and offered to bet
. any martin the room it V that he could beat
,__'liim.at__ picking up a pound of duck shot,
such as lay in a pan’ on the counter, each
shot to be picked up sepei-ately,‘aud “on the
.square.” ’The thing took at once; and in
the general eagerness, divers V’s were plati-
ked up against our ragged friend, whose
‘stake happened to be overlooked, and ,the
trial commenced between him and his two oi‘
three antagonists. Fingers rid thumbs
worked merrily for a few minutes, picking
upthe articles one by one front the floor,
and adead_silence prevailed among the bit-
slanders, when all at once it lO.‘l'I'E:f&,tl chtip
_ song out tothe better-s, “Joe-—miniy ! it-: no
use crawlin’, boys! that’s a jour printei’s
backbone and elbow that’s to work at them
I cruinbs—/ie’s bound to win!’ and sure
enough _he did win, and", pocketing the stakes
went on his way rejoiciorr.
DL’t57‘02't Free PI'c5's.
Uriplcasant, - Decirlerllg/.—The Boston
Gazette describes a funny incident which
lately took place in that city. It appears
that.-‘a lady whose notions of propriety
‘would not permit bet‘ to visitthe theatre to
‘ see Lola Montes,dcterininod to have a look
at the dancer off the stage. "Lola lodged
'at the hotel where the lady boar-dell, so at‘-
ter the dancer returned from the tlieatre,
the lady walked softly to the door and peep.
ed in through the crack. .lurl,r_re' of her Stir.
prise when she saw her Own hii,._b;md 5ga[ed
“ atthe table taking a cozy oyster supper tteitli
the object of her abiiorrence C‘
Liquor Srllmg in J]/I3a.;,,_7,_._The City
Temperance Societv of2Albtmy has publish-
fill ll?“ SI‘-tlié1‘i<‘s Of liquor retailing in that
_C1l.Ys by which it appears that on Oct. 1,‘
‘ Albany boasted 756» l'l)m= sellers, of whom
139: were born A=iiiei‘icans, 433 were fi)t'clgn-
ere, 3‘:colorcd,‘.a-nd 181 not acertained. The
‘proportion of groggerics to inlllll')lltlnls~ is one
, '10-.('8CI’l 66 persons, incrhding women and
_ chrldr-e_n ; 426 of them have licenses, and 326
sell‘ wizhout ; on Sundays al)t)ve 900 are
kept open. There are _in the city seven
' hrewrics, inanufactut-ing 167,000. bay-gels of
beer yeairly,and two new ones have been
I built capable of producing 100,000 barrels
_‘each.- Qu‘ring'tlitt year 498‘ persons were
“c‘o’m,initted to the Peiiitentiary, of whom ‘.214
were born in the United States, 225 in Ire-
‘land, 18in England, 17 in Germany, 16in
Canida,‘2 in Scotland‘, and. 3. in France ; of
“ t,l1e‘4.98,' no. less than 451‘ were of imempe,«_
__‘ete‘,h’abi,ts,- and 45 said that they had 'used
‘licgtior'ofil3' in inoderation ; during the year
there“liatl been in_.the Penitentiary ‘,2.2,'cases
I of delirium. tremetts. During three rim;-itlis
‘Wilding-Sep‘t. 2,1, the police have arrested '1',-
, 70'Z persons for various offenses, 433 of them
,_‘lOlI‘ _intOxicatio.n ;. and. the Chlefvof Puljcg
:'states that ‘at lea-st.-thitee-fourtliis of the arrests
,,_=Ilf8-OI persons of intemperate habits, as are
lllltllljlllfose who ‘apply to the police stations
_‘fo‘rlodg'in'gs. Since the beginning of the
year‘ l851,‘the number of committals» to the
fizountyjail has increased 25' per cent. In
. _‘.vie,tv of all these fuels, the Society urges. the
ll'll‘i1"9‘t5l*1§é_<'$l'a’la‘w like that which has pro-Yeti
so efficient in Maine. ’
NOB-WAl.I{ repairman.
Tuesday, April 27, 1352,
“SUPPORT Your-2 ownin-
-I-rm PBESIDZENGY.
yTlie time and place have now been designa-
ted for the National Convention and nearly, if
not quite all lthe Delegates chosen. Many of
them go with ~insti'uctions to vote for Scott, oth-
ers for \Vebs'tei-, and it few for Fillmore. Our‘
own delegates are ‘sent.,'as tliey always should
he, with no insti'tictions. Should it fall to our
lot to be present‘ at that Convention. our vote
would most certainly be cast for Daniel VVeb-
ster, unless we shotild find ourselves outnum-
bered by the friends of other candidates. when,
we should most clieeifrilly acquiesce in the
nomination of any good \Vliig who might re-
ceive tlio vote of the Convention. In our
pi‘efei'ei'ices for Mr‘. VVebstet', we are not tin-
mindful of the great: and well earned populari-
ty of Gen. Scott, (for between \Vebsi:er and
Scolttlio settles will undoubtedly fall) not‘ of
the fact that in some of the \Vestei'n States
he might lead Mr. '\Vebstei' by many votes.---
But we are forced to consider that we are liv-
ing iii;-in age of Progi't>.ss, of R/~3ll)l‘tl‘li and of
Revolutions. The relations we are to stisziiln
with the powers of the old world for the next
full!‘ )’(‘«'U'S. I0 say uolhitig of difiicuities which
may arrise tit home, iiiiperiitivoly demand
that our Chief Executive should Il]0l'0l}gl‘lly
t uiidet'st.‘riid our riglils as it iiiitiori, and all the
lt'll|'lt‘tll{:leS of foreign Diplormicy. and fearlessly
uphold and iniiiritirin them. Such it 11151!) the
His _‘fP.-l1I'S
ofnnceiisiiig devotion to the interests of the
\Vhig party. also have some claim in our opiii-
tvorld knows Daniel \Ve.bstei' to be.
ion. upon the fidelity ofliis friends, and we
should desire to witness no liappier day forout‘
country than the eleviitiori of Daniel \Vebstei',
to the highest strttioii in the gift oftlie pe'iplo._
Shall it be the verdict of posterity with refer-
ence to him, that lie was too meat in States-
matislrip and too pit re iii Ptttriotisiii to be
l’t'esiderit?
Vvhftg Nattioiiial Convention.
The \Vliig Corigmssioiiiil Caucus reassem-
bled at the Senate Cliitriiber' on the evening of
the Qlltli inst.., and called Jtidge Mnngiim to
the chair‘. The nttendiinco was i'ittliei' tliiii, a
ittiiiiber of Southern tiieiiibers rind sortie of
Mir‘. \\-"ebst:ei"s friends being absent. Among
those present are Serra/ors Smith, Fish, Sew-
ard, \Vade, and i\'lessi's. Fowler, Br-iggiz,
Brooks, Ilzitvs, Stztnly, Gentry, Landry, rind
I'Iumplii'ey Mirrslizill. The latter’ gentlemtiri
purposietl rerimviiig his Cortipromire plirtforrn,
offered at. the prcviotis meetitig—upon which it
leiiglliy LIlS(.‘llSSl0l) arose. Baltimore, was
fixed upon (19 the place and the 16th of June
as the time, for holding the National Conven-
lion.
Drowned.
The corpse of it poor, uiifortuntite woman
f:iinili:trly known as “Crazy Kate," was found
on '1‘lrui'sdziy iiioi-niiig last‘, irpon the flats of
the harbor tie:-tr the Rail ‘Road Bridge, tvliere
it had been no doubt. floated by the tide. The
Cororier"s verdict was to the effect that
lli’.(teilS0(l came to llel‘(lC‘..'tlll by walking off
the dock the iiiglit previoiis, while, as they
supposccl, in it state of intoxication.
_ ...,...__......_._.,
Escape.
Two lads arrest ed and confined in the lock,
up of the Altos Ilouse, made their escape on
Tliursday lP0l‘lllllg lost. This is the second
time these snine lads have made their escape,
and corisiileriihle complaint is in.-ide til. the in-
Do not
the interests of the town requirethzit it should
be remedied ? -
Set:t.t‘i'ily of this plttce of coiifineinent.
Om’ New Steamer.
I-Ve are aritliorized to state that the Steam-
boat being builtfor this route which has been
delayed in her completion on arrcou nt of the
weather, will be launched the present week
and will no doubt enliven our harbor by the
first proximo. She is said by the New York
papers to be a perfect model, and the fastest
boat ever run on these waters.
The Washington Republic, as the organ
of the Administration, is having a discus-
sion with the \Vliig Represctitatives from
.t'\ic\v-Jersey about the appointment of ason
of a bitter partisan opponent of the Presi-
dent as a cadet from New .fcr.-tr-y.——Tri'bu,ne.
52'?“ The New .Is3:'sey W-’liig R.(‘pl’eSClll.iiilt’eS
probably did not not Ii.-‘tori to Hon. Secretary
Stewat't‘s fart-ions Virginia Speech, in which
he took occasion to say that he was quite as
=i'e:iti"y. to give the offices in his disposal to the
cnciiiics of those who lifter‘ 95- years of strug-
gle and defeat liadtelevrttcd
to his political frierids. This. all tends to raise
the Suottuiitl \Vebstei"stock, however‘.
AUCTION.
xvi». would call irtiention to the Auction Ail,-
zlcrtisenicrzl in our pit per to day.
Election Pttirade.
‘We understand, says the Palladiutn that
the political friends of Gov, Seyimlur are
making preparations for giving him a pub-
lic reception on the dayprevious to the meet-
ing ofithe Legislature, and that they cordi-
ally invite all parties, together with the
Military and Firemen of the State, to unite
with them in their testimonials of respect to
the Chief M».-igistrate of the State on the oc-
casion referred to. The plan» of operations.
has not yet been decided upon—but we learn’
that it is the wish of the friends oEtire‘Gov-
crnor, that the Firemen and Military, and
other associations, should be present in the
line of procession, without waiting for any.
special invitation. We presuiitethat the re-
ception-wiall be an imposing one, and‘ well
worth w-itnessing. by. visitors from abroad.
7 E?’ The Bill authorizing the erection of
a Dru-wbrldge or Bridges across the Harlem
River. (in effect 3Ull'l0!iz.ing the New Haven
‘Ol llS?0Wn down the Second Avenue.) pass-
ed the New- York. Legislature, after a sharp
pstrtiggle. -
D
him to power‘, its .
R’-ll..l"<Wl to. go i.nto. New York on a track I
. ‘-C‘ the Gazette.
For the first t.ime‘w'itliin our recollection we
are called to record the‘ painful fact: of the
election of two Loco Repi§esentutives‘and of
nearly more than 80 majority for the State
Ticket, from that; sterling‘ old Whig IOWII-—,
Ridgefield ; it town, wliicli for years has been
an \Vliig stronghold, the hope of the 11th
Senatorial District, and which gave Taylor the
glorious majority of one handrail and one. But
while we record this fact with sorrow, we.
are not content tliiiti this result: should be set
down "merely to the “ Maiiie Law,” but ‘eve-
wish to explain some of the movements by
wliicli it has been brought about-
It will be observed then that this result has
not been caused by the increased vote of the
Locofoco party, but by the foul tvtittcliery of ti
l.'trge,uuiiibor of \Vliigs, and tin apatlzy among
many more. The fii'st.cnuso of defeat among
the ‘Whigs was the -want of organization. The
town was not represeiited in the State Conven
tion—-btirt-.ly held ti caucus to choose delegates
to the Senatorial Coitvzeiition; ft caucus was
held to tiomiutite town officers, who were nom-
inated in silence, and their the meeriiig tid-
journed, ‘witliottt one effort to perfect: the or-
grznlzntion, or draw out the Whig votes-
leitving everything to fortune. A stuporseenied
to have settled upon the \Vhigs.
All this was bad enough. coining its it did, on
the eve of it most importaiit contest, but we
little thought that in addition to ripittliy, which
has ever proved such {I dest.i'uct.ive enemy to
the \Vhig.-i, that treachery was in our camp.
that we were to be deserted by our very lend-
ers, or at least those who profess to be such.-
\Vo little thought that men who had grown
gray in the Wliig cause, who but it few years
ago would have tiiiinifosted it most righteous
indignation had any \Vhig ventured to “ split
his ticl-zet.” who lltld generally been found so
ready to stand by the " i'egulitr iiorninittions,”
would now be seen crossing off the entire \Vhig
State 'I‘i<:ltet and substittitiiig the Loco for it—-
aye, iirirl pccltlllng Locofcco ‘voles too. Yet so
it proved.
The tempertiiice men got up 8. ticket for
Representiiiives, approving one of the i-eguliti'
\Vhig nominees and !‘t‘j8(:lIllg the other, thus
aiding to defeat both. The other (rum) faction
was cqiiirlly busy aiding the Locos on the State
ticket. \Vell known \Vliiga, sortie of whom
have held proiiiineitt stations in past time under
\-Vliig rule. were seen distribtttiiig Loco votes
-——doiiig till in their power to root the \Vliigsi,
rind elect ti Loco U- S. Senator, while others,
if not its active, exerted their persoiinl influence
in the saute way, anti in_ many other institiices
slllfliiltg the respotisibility of voting enlzirely.-—
Vtlhnt then cotild those who stood firm to the
cruise do, being thus deserted by their further‘
friends, rind their‘ old enciiiies on the tilert,
with the most iiitilicioirs talsehoods t‘Jttei'e'.I
against the -.VIrtiiie Law, without; C0llll'lt(Ilcll0t).
and without knowing who were friends or who
erieinir.-3? It was impo:-rslible for one hundred
true and ftiillifttl Vulliigs to resist the combined
exertioiis of the enemy within and without,
and the result is known. '
Sncli are t.lie facts : now let us iuqtiiro into
the motives. \Vc tire rczidy to itdinit. that ma-
ny were iirfluenced sitnpl_-3 by it four til‘ losing
their‘ hitters and their‘ oeiir tiiorning drain, and
itiziiiy otliors by tiiistalaen vievvs of the Maine
Laws supposing they Colllrl no longer make
cider‘. They would not listen to the trritli, and
even when told in our very midst by taleiited
lrwyers that the law would not iritet'fei'e in the
leiist, would not believe, because they find de-
teriiiiiied to tlisbcllccc. But, supposing the law
was odious, it really was it fine exhibition of
Whig principles, to refuse to vote for our iioin-
iriee for Governor because he. said that if elect-
ed he would not tliwiirt the tvislies of the peo-
ple. It; wits much better to vote for one who,
bidding defiance to the people, ttsstiiiies the
r'it-,j_.'lit to pocket any law he pleases.
Pi-ofessiiig friends are erinble_d to give it more
deadly wotirid titan an open enemy. \Ve crin-
not say whztt has influenced it certain other
class, but presiittie they are eodcrrvoring to fly
under the biinners of Locolocoisrii in order that
sliould the coming presitleiiiiiil‘contest by any
possibility prove fatal to the Vtlliigs, they inriy
‘ho ready to share tho loaves and fishes,.iis bo-
lbro. A ‘ '
For our own. part we‘t.'ni-nk it is high time
for-tlio Whigs of. Riclgefield to know where
I:-hey stand-wlio is for them, rind wlio~ag:ri~nst,-
and-especially when we fi=nd it nitrn receiving
the suffiwges of the \Vlii-gs for one of the most
important ofiicos in the gift; oftlie town, voting
on the some day for Thomas H. Seymour 6;
Co. \Ve would suggest that decency should
hereafter restriiiii men from participating in ii
\VI-rig caucus who ‘do not intend to abide by
C.
their uominiitions.
If the Whig papers had taken the strong
and manly position maintained by the Nor-
walk Gazette and the Windham County
Telegrapli, the Whig and Mair-ie Law tri-
uinph would have been overwhelming.
. Fozmlain.
The Fountain is tiufot-tuna.-te in its refe r-
ciiccs The Whig iirrijority in Norwalk is
68—last year it wais1'25. The Telegraph
is published in Killingly, and in that town-
the majority at the late election was 53-
last year it was 50. VVhig loss ion the two
towns, 54.-—Hrz7't_/ord Couraml.
Elli’ The Coiiritrit is correct in ‘his figures
but not in his logic. Hard we pu.rsued. the
course he deemed most expedient, instead of
sending two: \Vlrigs to--the Legislature by 68
majority and a Senator by over 200, we should
have realized the’ fruits of our labors as did
the Courriiit in Hartford, by it coiiiplete route
‘of the Wlrig Candidates. Which is the most
to be pre~f'ei'i'ed, G8 majoring, or totnlclt-fem;-1
That is the qu._estiou.
AID To THE CoLLiNs Luvs.-—The N. York
Evening Post ‘states that the Post Office
Committee to the U. S. Senate have agreed
upona report in favor of ‘allowing to the
Collins line of Atlantic steamers an increase
of pay from about $19,500 per trip to $33,-
or from about $385,000 a year to $800,-
§J:?'l‘he ‘official vote makes Gov. Sey-
mour’s majority 460 All the candidates
for S‘tate Officers on the Loco ticket’ are el-
ected. The majority of’ Mr. S_tearns,_ for
Treasurer, is said to be lessthan‘ 100. ‘ I
,.commitineut.
:1
,1
The aiilthlolritied {of Netvfotiilfidllhnd
granted to Mr,‘ H. ‘B. Tibbat-ts 'j.-ind associates ,
of New York,‘_t-he .exclt1tsi‘-ire i-sght to con-‘
struct and use the magnetic tel’egrapb- across‘
that island for the period of thirty yea-rs.-
The grant’ designed to facilitate Mr. Tibbatts
in his scheme for "the establishment of steam
and telegraphic . communication between
New Yorkiany Liverpool or London in ‘five
dayS., The telegeaph is to extend from New
York and Liverpool or London in five days.
The telegraph is to eirteud‘ from New York-
to St. ‘Johns, from whence‘ at line of ‘steamers
is to run to Galway where another. line of
telegraph commences, extending to London.
This latter line will‘ it is said, he completed
during. the current year. The distance
from St Johns to Galway is 1,646 miles or
about five days’ sail. .
The Two D7'on‘n'os.~—Christopher Colum-
bus Potter and Afnericus Vespucius Potter
are twin brothers, and look so precisely alike
that we question if theyknow themselves
from each other. If they do, nobody else
does. Whether they go into each other’.-
houses, eat each other’s dinners, and pay
each other’s debts, we do not know.-—
Whether if one of them. took a glass of
brandy--not that either of them would do
such a thing -—the other might be tipsy we
cannot say, and whether if one or them
should be very sick the other might not die
by lTllSlal{c‘,l3 a question which’ we hope
will not be solved in it long time.
Both are members of the General As-
sembly. Christopliera Whig, and Ameri-
cus a Democrat, there will be a pretty muss
when they get to Newport. Not a soul in
the house can tell one from the other, and
the democrats vi ill be running to Christopher
and the Whigsto Americus with all the
secrets of their respective parties. We
have ourselves sometimes commenced‘ a po-
litical conversation with the Democratic
brother, who always had the generosity to
interrupt us before we got upon dangerous
ground. Now, when we meet either, we
say as we take his hand, “is this you or
your brother?” If it be Christopher, he
says, “it is I,” and we talk about poli-
tics; if it be Aznericus, he says, “it is not I,
it is my brother,” and we talk about the
weather. W'e should advise them to wear
a badge around the-irhats, like the railroad
conductors, but then they would be sure to
change hats, and that would makeit worse.
In one respect, however, there can be no mis-
take, whoever takes either of them to be a
very generous whole‘-hearted fellow, will
not be mistaken if he finds himself speak-
ing to the other, for in this respect, as in
so many others, they are justulike.
P~2'or.~ide/ice .Taui'7tal.
AMERICAN COMMERCE IN THE B.iL"ric.—-
The Wasliingtoii correspondent of the Bal-
timore Sun says: “An important decision
has lately been made in the State Depart-
ment, affecting our commerce in the Baltic.
It consists in the prohibitiorrto our Consul
at Elsinore, Denmark, to charge the usual
consular fee of two dollars for returning the
same to our captains and navigators pass-
ing from the North Sea into tl'.e'['.allic,and
stripping at the Elsinore rrigiiely to pay the
Suuml dU€S~ MI‘. Webster maintains that
llle Sltln’? p-"..'pei's are to he handed to the
Cfmsul. merely on an actual arrival inpor-t-',
with a views; to break bulk, and tiot=on the
m8l‘ell'£tl‘lSlt of the vessel This reverses
the decision made by two former Secreta-
ries, (Mr. IVebstt.-r’s iiiimediate predeces-
sor'S,) and releases our met'cl'iunts, trading
to Prussia. and Russia, of an enormous tax.
Proper steps, I believe, have also been ta-
ken t'o rid otir commerce of the Sound dues,
exacted by. Denmark, as ati old feudal ten-
ure, of all European vessels passing from
‘ the North Sea into the Baltic.
017' Daniel Webster, dedicates the first
volume of his collected works to his nieces
l\"l.rs. V‘Vhipple and i\"Irs. Sunburn; the sec-
ond volume to his friend, Isaac P. Davis;
the t-bird-, to his wife; the fourth, to Fletch-
er Webster, h-is only surviving son ; the fifth,
to his friend. J. W. Page: and the sixth to
the memory of his two deceased childreh,
Mrs. A-ppleton and Major Edward Web-
ster.
Fire in Ivestport.
The barn of Mt‘. Edwin Taylor, 2d, in \Vest--
port, was totally destroyed by fire, with all its
contents, on 'l‘liui'sday evening of last week.—
Eight cows worth from .,‘«‘-330 to $50 each, one pair
of oxen valued at $150, a valuable horse, two
carriages, :1 large quantity of grain, hay, &.c.,
and all his farming utensils, are among Mr. Tay-
or’s losses,-—in all, property to the amount of
$2,000. ‘
Mr. Taylor is :1 Constable, and had arrested an
Irishman named John Cur-Icy, in the afternoon
previous to the fire, upon a cliarge of fraud.-
Hc placed Curley under care of a keeper in his
(Taylor’s) house, and intended the next morning
to convey his prisoner to i)anbury. About 11
o’clock in the evening, he discovered the barn
on fire, and all three ran out to the burning
building. When near tlfe stable door they were
fired upoii,from the opposite side of the road,
by some concealed persons, who evidently were
determined. that no efi‘orts should be made to-
wards cxtinguisliing the flames except at the
risk of life. IVIl“.l Taylor rcti-eated towards his
house,,and in the confusion-the prisoner escaped.
Betoreany ofthe neighbors arrived to vendor as-
sistance, the barn was so completely enveloped
in flames, that nothing whatever could‘ be saved.
There was no instirtince, and the loss to Mr.
Taylor‘ is severe in the extreme.
That the fire was the work of inccndiaries
there can be no reasonable doubt. The rescue
of the prisoner in Mr. Tavlor’s custody, was the
object, and the shots fired at hid’: would seem to
prove, that even m_t.-1-§t(lCl' would have been com-
mitted to effect liisitelease.
Suspicion wasarousetl in refererice to three
brothers-of the prisoneinand on the daily after the -
fire they were arrested". 'I’wo,of them", named
P‘alrick'and James Curley, were sent to Danbury
to. await their trial at the August term. The
evidence against them was purely cii:cuinstan-
tial, but sufficiently conclusive to warrant their
John Curlcy, the prisoner first
under arrest upon a charge of fraud, is still at
large, not having been seen since“ he made his
escape, when Mr. Taylor-was fired upon. They
‘were all employed upon the Rail Road.--Demo-
crat.
BOSTON, April 17.
The ofiicial statem-erit» by the officers of the
Suffolk Bank, shows the amount of the dcfalca-
‘lion of Brewer and. Rand, (the late Receiving
Teller and B’ookkeeper,) to be $214,000. The
surplus fund of the Bank to meet defidiencies is
$800,000: The Bank will declare a diyidend of
5 per cent. Theamount taken by Brewer and
Rvaiid was mostly lost in: ‘stock speculations in
Late: r-om .1?/.!ttti!‘>1!.e4~ .
The steamer flrciié, Ci;pt."I.uce,_,ai-rived. in‘.
New York,’ from Liver-pooI"on, VVedivesday, 7th
in... t L ‘ y t . 2:
The most important intelligerice -‘brought by
the Jlrctic, is the announcement of the death of
Prince Sctiwaiilii-:'NnEnG,land‘the wreclt oftliell
British Cape.stenmer.Birl:enlzcad, with a. lossof.
some four hundred lives.
,E1\VGLAND.-—A diacussionon the subject of the
Burmese War had taken place in Parliament.——
Lord ELLENBOROUGH, on the 5th inst, called
‘ the attention of the L0_t't‘I:r to the circumstances
under ivhicli the war had commenced, and rep.
rohated the plan of a further persecution of of-
fensive operations. Heurged that the climate
was unhealthy, and the removal of troops might
lay bare sections of India from which they could
beill spared. ‘ The Earl ofDir.nnr assured the
noble Lord that the Government was anxious to
bring hostilities to a close, and that every eflbrt
had been made by the Governor-General to avoid
them; but, having once commenced, there was
reason to suppose they would not be long pro-
tracted. For his own part, he should regard any
lame annexation of territory on the side of Ava
as inconvenient and disastrous, and as far as the
papers were concerned. all that could be produ-
ced without injury to the public service should
be laid before the House.
Lord BEAUMONT brought forward the ques-
tion of the foreign refugees in England‘,-and trust-
ed that the Government would adopt‘ the princi-
pies laid down by Lord GRANVILLE.
The Earl of I\rI.AL_\1i~:snumr entered into expla-
nalioiis'coiinected with his recent dispatches to
Prince SCIIWARZENBERG, and with regard to the
foreign refugees, declared that the hospitality of
England should not be denied them so long as
they proved themselves worthy of it.
It was understood that :1 special joint mission
is shot-tl_y to be sent by the English and French
Governments, at the instance of the Fot'eign-of-
fice, to Buenos Ayrcs, to arrange a treaty of com-
merce, and the free navigation of the Parana.
Col. Fm-:MoN'r has reached England, with
the view of setting at rest the vexed question of
his own title as freeholder of -tlie- Mariposa cs-
tate. and to adjust leases. I
Fn.IrNcr:.—At the opening of the Upper and
Lower Chambers of the French Assembly. the
President made the long anticipated avowal of-
liis wishes and designs. Were the reputation
of the President less bcspotted with failschood
atididuplicity, there wr;u=ld be good ground for
hoping the on coming of :1 more moderate and
and liberal regime.
It has been decided that the Council. of State
shall sit all the year, with the exception of the
two months’ vacation, during which, a Commit-
tee will be appointed to transact the necessary
business.
The 8Xll‘r'l.0I‘tIIn8l‘j' sitting of the Senate, which
took place on April 1, was, as we have already
stated, for the purpose of having a proposition
or yearly allowance, which it would be advisa-
ble to make to the President of the Republic.-—
The so-naf.us-cons-ulte referring.to~tliis- subject.
einrmatcd from the initiativ-e of allthe members
composing the bureau, wilIi.the~exception of the
President, Jerome Bonaparte The dotatinn in
question is lobe I-‘2,000,000f. a year in money.-
This sutmvvas-voted unanimously by '79-members
present- .
G'r:riMAzvir.—A‘ dispatch from Paris, at the la-
test motneiit announces the receipt of :1 message
from Vienna, conveying intelligence of the death
of Prince Schwarzenberg. ‘This event occured
on»Moiiday evening. The Prince's disease was
apoplexy. Beyond the brief announcement of
the fact we have no information.
SPAIN.--A decree has been issued at Madrid,
enacting that the sums paid by France to the
Independence, shall be for-tliw-ithdislribiilzed to
her creditors, circumstances having hitherto pre-
, vented the Spanish treasury from distributing
them. I
The Foreign Office has published an extract
of a, communication from the Spanish Consul at
New-Orleans to the Spanish Minister at Wash-
ington, enclosed in a letter from the latter, ofthe
25th ult. The Spanish Consul expresses him-
self perfectly satisfied with his reception on his
return to New-Orleans, and declares that he
“ has not the slighest cause of complaint, direct
or indirect, against those who witnessed his en-
try, and was only followed‘ by 50 or’60 persons,
who, more from curiosity towards the ofiicer
who accompanied him than any other cause, fol-
lowed him to the consulate.”
AUs'rn.u.rA.—-We have dates from Sydney to
the 20th December. The fllert had arrived from
Australia with 33,000 ounces of gold on board;
valued‘ at £120,000, and the Blaclrfr-i'ar' with
fields were producing some very rich specimens.
One called the Great Australian Nugget. weigh-
ing*'gi'oss 3-11oz. 5-d'wts., and estimated to contain
336 ounces of pure gold, had attracted crowds of
persons-to see it, and the result was, that a great
number of persons at once proceeded to the dig-
gings. The lump had been sold at public auc-
tion for the sum of £1,155. A second and ex-
ceedingly riclt specimen of gold in‘ the matrix,
weigliing 90 ounces, was spoken ofias nnsu_rpas-
sed by anything yet found. It was obtained at
:Louisa Creek. A third nugget, weighing S2 oun-
ces, discovered two miles from the Turon, about
a foot. below the surface. between two rocks is
described as a very wonderful specimen The
total shipments from Sydney, up to the 13th De-
cember, amounted to £329,797 165. 3d.. exclu-
sive of £120,000 shipped on board the Alert,
which sailed on the 20th December.
But t’liough the Sydney diggings were turning
out so well, they are not‘ equal to‘-‘those of Fort
Philip. The mines in that district are stated to
be truly wonderful, and the receipts of gold had
become so large that clerks were leaving their
situations and laboring men their former employ-
ment for the more profitable occupation of gold-
finding. In one day the receipts at Melbourne
had been 16,333 oz. Private letters state that
gold had been discovered in the streets of Mel-
bourne. '
Great Flood.
BA1.'rrM~oiu:, April 19.
There is ‘a great fiood on the Potomac and
Shenandoah Rivers. A dispatch from Harper‘s
Ferry says: “The Government Works there are
submerged, and that lbc tsauilread. 360-, f0!‘ man)‘
miles, is covered to the depth-of 10- or _12lfeet
with water. It is feared that thcbridge will be
carried away—:it 8 o'clock to-night the water
was within ten feet of the floor. Several bridges
on the Winchester Railroad have been carried
3 IV 8)’ -
gl§VV_liile they‘ were trying some ex-
periment with the Fire Annihilator at New-
ark, a few "days ago, the flames got the
start of the niacbincs, and, no water being
‘handy, the whole building was consumed.
Four or five Annihlators _ were thrown in
atthe windows, but it was no go—-—fl_ame-
-was-too much for steam. - .
laid before the rnemliei'si'clative to the dolation, ‘
Spanish Government in- 1822, during the war of ‘
H.052 ounces,,valued at £40,000. The gold I
friends intend making ‘
another elI‘ort_="_fui-la Bank Charter this year,
Wllltll we reallyyliope will receive the fa-
vorable 'actiori of, the Legislature. They
¢°"3l0l)’. .-‘iltould .l1o,t;be denied-' this business
facility pod convenience, .30.} we are glad to.
‘know that Bur delegateslwilldltav all: in their
power to aid our neighbors in the matter.
Leap Ifear.-—“ The old‘ diclieiis ! did’you'
ever! why as true as you live, this is Leap
year !” Thus spoke a buxom lass in our
presence, a few evenings since. A day or
two after, a light rap was heard‘ at our
sanctum door, and on opening it*,there stood:
the indentical peerless beauty. ln- she trip-
ped, and taking a seat by a cosy fire,,wa9
soon engaged in animated conversation,
which lasted some two hours. When she
bachelor-dom, and at once bless the advent
of the ‘Leap Year. Ladies! it is your‘
?_"eF°§‘“'l"'e _l° do as 30“ please about these-
times, and in your errands of mercy, do not.
‘Overlook th0se.incor'rigihle old sinners who
-have not yet entered into matrimonial gill-
ances. We shall be at home every eveninm
next week.—l-_Derb_7/ Jouriial. U
52?.’ Why Tlioriiits, is it possible you are in.»
such it forlorn condition I Now just smash-on
your Kossutli. don your claim diclty and come
right ovérhero. We will giveyou letters of
iiitroducfion, with a certificate of good charac-
let‘, to six as pretty diimes its ever bcwitched IL‘
bachelor, and who: will not require any such:
confessions as abovu. Come right over.
To Subscribers.
VVa have placed-at new citrrier on the Sn..
Norwitlk route. and‘ also on the North Stam--
ford, Stnnwich, Greenvvich, Stamford and Da-
rien Route, and in case any omissions should‘
be tirade, we would thank our patrons to give
us notice. ‘
Eitrtort.-—It was the tnaii who ventured outt
witlwut ll!) overcoat, and “as seen shivering int
our streets, for whom our friend Turk had!
such iifcc-ling. He was last seen ruslii‘o7 iiifot
Curtis’s where it is generally supposed, l‘ie-
"got,/its-.”
Session Subscribers.
Any of our friends desircirig :1 New Haven D’ai--
ly paper during the Session. Containing full‘ re-
ports. can obtain either the Pulladiiini, an after--
riooti par 01', or the Jotitnal; amrirning do, by him-
diiig us 75 cents for the session. or $1.00 with the
laws. Airy persoir ohtaiiiiiig 6 subscribers and
reriiittiirg thormmiey tothe pitblisliers, will receive-
tiii extra copy grtitis.
The Faifrlicld-I 00.. Temperance-
Society will hold its next monthly tnectingiit
the Metlrodisr. Episcopal Church, Zion’:-t Hill.
\Viltori. on WediiestIiiy'. April 28th, 18552. at 10'
-o'clock, A. M. It is highly itiiportmit that every‘
society}. andvtowii in the county should be fully
ropreseiit.ed, in order to devise plans for future
ziction.. Then. hr-etlii'en. let us come up to-
Zion's Hill. to-the help ofthe Lord against the-
iniglity! JAY PECK. Seci'ettu'.y..
Britlgeport-,. April 17. 1852
13iIat°i:.irb..
In V’vilion.on the 18th: ii:st., by the Rev. Chas-
Stetii-iis.Mr. Abram: S; N:isli‘ol'Rid_:,'efield. to Miss-
Sarah Ann Gr:iy.,.of'VI. ilion.
In St.-iiiiforil‘. l9lli itist.. by the Rev. F VV Smith
Mr G Clinton Ferris. of Greeriwich. to Miss I’he~-
be C. dutigliter-oflbsepli Sellccls, Esq., of Stamr
ford.
iiliZcfi'.. ~
Tn Stamford; on the ]’4lli inst., l\I'rs-Elizabeth wife"
of Geo L Lowndes,_agcd 39:
I'n‘Nortli Castle, 6th nit., VVm. Diiglass, son of’
Alfred Dikemaii. aged aib'oii_t 5 years; Earth lins-
liis dust. frieitds his memory-, and the Redeemer
his spirit. '
‘E22:
A3 LARGE LOT OF
Household. I'urniture~
FOR. SALE AT AUCTION".-
N Tuesday. the 27th inst. at 2 o'clock‘, P}.
M‘. consisting ofbedstends, bu-reiiux, stands,
stoves, chn-it's, carpets, ci'ockery\,. &c., with-
inany other‘ nrticl es too nurnerous to mention..
comprising in port the goods saved fl'0l1)ll)a'-
fire ol'Capt‘. Wm. Allen's-. Iiouse, which will
no doubt‘ go very t-lieiip. and thus afford it good
0ppDl'Dtlnll_Y for those (lesiritig l'uriiitur'e. Sirlo-
to tuke-plaice at the late residence of Stephen-
Mott-,.der:’.}. W. E..B~ISSELL.
— Atuclioneer.
N orwalk. Academy ‘
AT SOUTH NORWALK-, CT.
7 [IE sttmm.er term of this Institution will‘
open on VVednosday. Atpril 2811). under‘
the‘ superiiitendeiice of the Rev. B. J. Gay-
lord. '1‘. CL. H'AN-FORD.
GEO. BENEDICT.
Committee-
A-. E. IBEARD;
Watches and Jexivelry.
UST rec’d,:t large ussovtineiit of \V:ttches.
cheaper than ever"; fi’tie=finished wnrranted_
lepino watches for 310. Ladies’ eat‘ rings and
drops, new patterns, some very rich ; every
variety of finger rings.some very small and treat
for children.
I. sliall keep it much larger assortment of’
Wntches and Jewelry this spring than usual. as
I am determin-.-.d to make it the the interest of"
purclittsers to stop at the Norwallc Depot. in-
stead of going to the city. Please call at the
store of C. E.
-3115 1' RI: GEIVBD.
- -- A fine lot of new, plain and fancy
Saddles. Bridles, W hips, Trunks,C’ai'pet Bags.-
Vitliceg, &.c. doc. the l:irgest,niid most beauti--
full ztssnrtm-out ever offered in this town. Call
and see lbr yourselves at BRADLEY'S
iipril. 26.] Utider Connecticut Hutch.
‘DANBURY. 65 NORVIIALK
Rail Road Arrangement,
Commencing April 28th, 1852. , Trains will‘
run as follows until lumber notice : Leave-
Danbui-y' at 6 45 A M with iiiissengcgrts only.
" 2 30 P M passengers and freight.
RETURNING. will leave-.x
So Norwalk at 9 16 A Mi -issengers and fr-‘ht.
“ 5 30 P M passengers only.
The 6 45 A M Il':lln.fl'9I‘l'liDll|1l)l1l‘y connects.
at Norwulk with the 8 09 A M! train-t.o«N York
Passengeisgoing east ca‘n- leave Norwalk at.-.
913AM. ’°-J‘
The 2 30-1.’ M train connects no Norwalk
with the 5 3*} ticcommod‘ation- tr.1'in—to»N.-Yor-It,
and the 5 25 express train to N aw Haven-
Passengers from New York will leave at 7‘
A M ‘and at 3 30- P'M to connect with-trains on
this road.
? Stages -will be in readiness on the arrival-
. of the trains at the Ridgefield Station to convey
passengers to Ridgefield village. -Lewisboitough,
écc. HARV EY SM'ITHl,. Suplt.
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