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coin. LEGISLitTUR1l., A ,1‘

May Session; 1852.

“ ,, _iYfIo_:s*-n}n', ;_l\’fny 10.
Senate callecl to-§t:'ir'der"at. 4 P.-M. ,
Sieveial petitions 1&5. ‘referredfiiit concur-'

';t‘-_eu,c:e_--yvith the House.—. . ,. . . .-
Iirzusgc-— Petition of Elizabeth A.. Pal-met‘

and .1~.68..otlic1'...'females ?and minors-of Go-

shen, for a public act similar to the Maine

J*3;ui_v i'cferred‘ t'o*J-toint SelectCotn'mittee'”on-

spirituous liquors. _ ,
Do. of" Bestis Palmer and 78 other legal
voters of Goshen, ditto ditto.

i”""’~‘-T-R"é§b‘lutioi‘i‘S in>s’tru"ctit'igcomtnitleeioln i‘oai;ls

!'1l1,tl-,lJrlt1l’g,£-.'S lQ'_"1il€}l1‘ll_'§_i0l9 expediency of a
g'eneral=1a-iv- for the construction. of plank‘
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Compelliiig steamboat Captains to give re-
for baggage; passed.
Tunsnav. May 11.

5. 'LS'einia—le.---Lis_t.‘,of Justices for the year
,';,,lS5,1,._; laid on the'la,ble.

_ i'._l.'il'l_t_‘=___Cm1{l‘Ol_lE,:l"'_S_B.ept)l'li_ and the Grand

"_;.,I_.ist of the State, came from the House’ re-

_ -ft}.i’l'e{l,_1Ql.l1e comniittee on Finance ; Senate
‘gcoiicu-rt'ed. ‘

_i. ., ,1-loo. Mia Pratt presented the report of the
:,_.,_Quai-ter--Master General. On his motion it

was laid-on the table.

, _ Efoii‘,_-3;1i'-. Judson presented the report of
the-Bank Commissioners. He tnov.-3:1 that

A it be; laid, on. the table, and that 1,000 copies

_ be printed ; .800 for the use of the Get eral

_. Assembly, and 200 to be .disti'lbute«;l among

_ the several banks in the State; carried.

ii. .. . '-1‘he Presitleiit announced the Order of E/I-P
.-I).-1g/, being theelection of a.U S. Senator.
,'i‘he_b_allot was then taken with the following
-result: .

:.Vl.7l:ol‘e numbers." votes _

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_ For lsaac-Touce.'y. 13
,~,._ : , Rogeififi. l:‘»aldwiu 6
' Fraiicis C1'i_llc.l1e , 1

 = Hon. Mr Pratt'ofl'ered the customary res-

‘, .olu_tion declaring the election, which passed,

; a,-trrltl the Scnalemljou rnc-d.

 Jiotzase proceeded to order of the day.-the

—. eieciio-n of Sei‘ii1l.()l'. Messrs Cowles of Far-
.='iii,ingtoi‘i, and Pardec of Ncxv I-laven ap-
:.-pointed Tellers. I-Ion. lsaac Toucey of
2 -l”l‘11‘lfOl'Ll was electc-;l on ftist ballot by the
1-following vote :— .
\Vliole nninber of votes cost, 5218

Necessary to a ciioioe, 110
J-szit:c.'1‘oucey had 124
;-fl}-0ge1' l:‘lt'Iltl‘fi'l1} 8-I
_ F1';‘_it’iCis Gillette. , 5
. ,Saniuel Inglittiii, -. 3
TB 5 Beziid.-iley, ' 1

 ,_,_Reports of Hope Mutual Life insurance
_. CO.,,OfSittn'1i.0,1‘(l _S(1VlUgS Batik, of. Fanning-
,;on Savings Bank, referred.
 ,l\".’li3SSl1gf.‘.f‘t‘_0_fl'1 the Governor reporting in
. relation to,ind_igentdeaf and dumb, indigent
blind and insane poor; laid on the table.
' VVi«:nN.r:si)Ar, May 15.2.
semis; —Plon. Mr. Pratt presented the
CR portof the Cominissioner on the School
lr‘-tiiitl, with (1CCol1l1)€in_yil'1;I doc-.imcnt.<, and

'_r110VC(l;ll1i:‘1l.ii5OC copies of the some be prin-

*ied f‘01‘i'.i‘1G use of the General Asscnibly;
' carried. -
‘Hon.'l‘rlr. Butler present:-tl the petition of
1'-the town of Noiwvallc, for the Gslfllillsllillettl
cf a half shire in that town ; also the peti-
’iions of several adjoining towns in aid of
said petitions, -which on liis,motion were to-
*':t'-::red to 11 joint sclcct conimittec, to be raised
"on that subject, to consist ofone Senator and
ciglit 'Rcprcsc‘iitt1tivies.
 ' ’I‘he President announced the Chairmen
"of ‘tlie‘1follow'in_g Joint Select Committees;
On Iifaurs af .L[Lf)’97'—-[‘-.1011.‘ Mr. Robin-
. son.
A" ' ‘ O7"t‘_77'i'ce ]3t'li)'(f:?7:'7?‘."," —Hon. Mi‘. Phelps
On. H07.‘-tesi’ea.:f E:cemption——Elon. Mr. La-
‘ th-tim. ‘
, 07241171161 (Lita/ilioiz of Cr/.pitaZ Pam's./tmcnt——
A flon.l'.\lt‘. Ball. ' '
' Ont/ie pmlcction of LtZf)0)‘07LIf.f£.ffl‘0(Z[fS—-
1-Ion. Mi‘. Dem.
I On. Fer/ei'a.l ]i’,cZcz!ians——Hoti. Mr. Pratt.
OIL ‘Revision 0/ 2/53 C02t.9lilu'.'imt—Hoi1.
lihtlr. Johnson. .
I Hot2se.—-'l‘he following Committees were
_ uppotntecl :
 Irtsaite Poor.--Messrs. Welch. Kinncc,
'_ Spe"ncci‘, Wclch, Treadway, Lockwood,
; Litclifit;-ld, Reed, -l3righam. -
H ‘_ Cia-pita! 'Pz1.7t2's/1.121»:-nt.-—Messrs. Cotvlcs, of
_i“/l’an..r:hester ', Cvrtswood, Cutler, Provost, Du)’
j;\*ieacl’i'am, L. LE\'.'lS,..l.“. Catlin.

Rei,-zisi',n,-ii, of Cn2zstitittinn.——lVless:s. Barton
F,f,RB(‘fA, Brach, D A. Foster, Dutton,
.l“lumPS, ‘.Voodtng, G. Hayes.

_ IIoiI.rs of .L£Z-00'/'.—-i.\‘l€S.'~‘l’S. J. Piatt, Filly,
,i_iCi.1St:‘, Fait‘ma.n,. [-lig_~_;ins, O. C. Adams, Odell
Becelici‘. ,
 ,.7IOI)l£’:‘ft.‘(Z~.'Z I3'.t:c77z]1lt'orz.-—Messrs. Cone,
‘Lee,’ Wilton, J. Sinitl-., I--lolmes, Mason,
Peclii, Du nlap

Frcc ,_D’ttril€in.g.—i\’lesst‘s. ‘Hall, Crosby,
Plumb, l3radfoi'd, Robinson of Norwalk, 3.
Clncy, Tl/?:1lS0~ln, l‘.lai'cy.

Petition adversary to Sheriiian & Redding
_'f‘urnpike‘Company, rcferretl; adversary to

, 1.-jt District of Ridgcfield, for division of
j’l.)ist. dz-c. referred. ' .
' Resolution allowing New York & Boston
__E7l_il_r0fi(l two years time time to expend
’ ':3300,000 on road; pas;-ed. ,

J ’ T'ncnsn.'-nu May 13.

Scna.te.—-,l?lon-. Mr. 7‘-Ja.riiei' presented the
‘Report of the Directors, Warden, Superin-
'lv311fl€l]1, Physician and Chaplain of State
jPris.on,,and,movet.l that 1000 copies of the
same be printed for the use of. the Gencr:i“l
Assembly/; On, tnc.:tio,n of the Hoii. M-i‘.
Pratt, laid on the table. ,
t-.‘,-:‘f-ion. Mr. Pratt tnovedgto take up the Re-

: potitbf the Directors of State Prison, and
'.;tha1t:1‘0.00-copies of the some be, printed for
: the u»se'o,f~- the General Assembly,., Cill'flCl.l.
 ..'.The Presitlcnt.-annotiuced tlie»Ch-.iirman
' of the Joint Select Committee on the sale of

-..‘spiriluous liquors, "Hon. Asa llvl. Train. .

Adjourned to 3 0’cl,ocl< P." M.‘ Tuesday
.~ inext. ’ ' - '
 House.—Bill.for an act prnvidifig for ap-
pointrnent. of- c_ornmissioners of the Superior
-._-.Court, referred. . - j ,
Bill for an act concerning education, re-
ferretl.
Resignation
ffibu-se. .- ' . _ _
' Adjourned to 3-,P. M. Tuesday.

VI},

of Isaac Toucey of set! in

 

 -“ "§1§-‘Long Green Veils are now-worn -by
j" of the fashionable New York dandit s,
‘~"_v-}heu_’promenading‘-Broadway.‘ The reason
55lilleg‘éd-therefor,- is, that-‘the dust is offensive

to their delicate olfactories and .injI_1lTi0uS to .

their eve.=i"a”n”il§‘?l’i"i‘n‘,<';‘s: More‘ likely it is to
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‘ i{l(--,‘,.=i.'I'‘,l1c .Colif'or.nizt_ St,ezi-iner,- Nortliern
Light, which left New Yorkon -Wedriesday
took 956 passengers for California. ,

,’télri‘s‘_i_ng from what. re_<_i,tit~d as‘.
 ihetqorfrequeut washing of their “bibbs and

Plain Ta]k- f i 
Mrs. Swisshelm, of the Pittsburg Satur-
day visitor, "goes forhorsetvhipiiing drunk-
ards to refor.n~them,. and in answer to those
who charge her with a want of womanly

' sympathy, quotes the passage,‘ Wh‘om"‘thfi

Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth ev-
ery son whom he receiveth.’ Of the tippling
shops and their victims she speaks after this
fashion : . _

1 “ If we were a maii——-if we were a voter
—-we would vote down the groggerics. As
woarc a woman, lfwe had a husband, father
or brother, who was likely to become a vic-
tim to 1l1(_2,Sf_31‘p8n_l_ of the still, we would_,take_
their disease in t'ime——in the first stages, and
warn the dram—sellers within reach, not to
encroach on our hearth: and if they persist:-.d_
we would burn down their establishments,
with as clear a conscience as to build a fire to
burn the June bugs and save our plums.

This will be called incendiary doctrine:
but despet‘aIe_ diseases want desperate reme-
dies; and where our own happiness and the
life and soul and honor of one dear to us, are
nt .$!‘r’tl{C, it would not be well for the man
v.-ho stood between us and his salvation, if
we lirid concluded that solvatiori possible.
We would never advise any other to such a
remedy, for the penalty would be imprison-
ment for life ,' but we would ‘tonsidcr this a
positive blessing CO1fl[)f1:‘H.l to loathing the be-
sotted face of one we had loved. To us, no
object on earth is St'>lO-.ltllSOf11€’, so hateful,
so abominable as a drunkartl. We could not
live near one for we should die of asick stom-
ach. lt inay be very angelic for a pure-min-
dcd, virtuous woman tolove and caress a
gre=.it drunken beast, but for our share we
have not the slightest pretentious of beiiig an
aiigtel, and the coil of an Anaconda would
be quite as pleasant a corsage. as the entwin-
ing of a tlruiil».'ard’s arm. From the small
they h ive in the street one would imagine
thatthe angel who stud near them lon.-- would
requii-e to be pretty strongly scented with
brimstone. Evil‘ C0m1‘1iu.'2lC;\lltins corrupt
good ml.’i'i‘1118l‘S, and people are forbidden to
be unequally yokctl l .V‘~7e can think of no
yoke as uncqu-.-.l as that which would bind a
decent woniuii to :1 drunlrard ; and we most
firmly believe that so air from its beluga du-
ty for a wife to live with It drunken liusband,
it is a violation of the: laws of God, and the
dictates of coiiitnon sense and common de-
cency. A woman who will persist in so liv-
ing, .Sl)O'illLl be sliut up in a lunatic ass_vlum
Grant if, that she has a right to dispose of
liei'si'elf as she: pleases! Has she any right to
entail l‘1’ll.-IE}l"_/t1l')tl degratution upon a helpless
oil}-piiiig ‘.3 Has she any riglit to Ofurnish the
state with paupers and criminals? Has the
drunkard any right to ltahtl down his vices
and their‘ consequences to posterity .9

A Rgiizai-lg.-il:[.; ./lfan.--The GF¢l’l1'13l1lOW11
(Ohio) Eznporitim has an obittiaiy notice
of Mr. John Sihafer, who died in that vi-
-cinity on the 24th of i‘v‘ld1'(:l‘1,?.gt2‘tl 62 years.
The notice concludes vith these surprising
statements :

“The dec-eased was the lfil'f1t"5i man that
\veevc1'5aw. The Collin was .'~.t.tf’licicntly
large to contain five men of ordinary size,
iiieasiiring in width three. feet f~_)t11‘ inches in
the clcni-,and tlirec feiglit in hei_-_v‘nt. Th rce
men could have worked in it at the same
time, with corivcnience. It required six
men to take him from the bail on which he
expire-.rl. This was done by raising; a plat-
form, l'£’i'I1OVll1g the head board of the bed-
stieail, and tal;in_t: him out endwise.——
They could not get the cofiiii in-
to tl c house, but by taking off the door fa-
cing of an old vacated house that stood in
the yard, they got it into that, Cl11‘1‘}7i11_{{ll't(’.
corpsethizlici-on tlm:-e cinpty bags. A wag-
on and four horses stood prcpai-ed, and ten
men placed the coffin at‘.-cl its contents upon
it. ln letting down the coffin into the ;;ra 'e
they had two lines doubletl, one at each end
and one large well rope doublctl, at each
end and one large cait rope in the middle;
and seventeen men let down this piece of
mortality into its last home on earth. His
wciglit is 101 known.

Cool I1?l])ll.:ffc?2.CL’. Ycsterclay afternoon a
rather genteel lo:-king young man walked
into the bar of the Woodriilf House and
called for whiskey tocldy. He was served,
and after he had (ll'l111l€ the toddy, ho obtain-
ed a cigar, and sat by the fire and leisurely
puffed it away He then callc-rl for anollicr
teddy, and lluvitig placed it beneath his vest,
he calmly buttoned his coat, pulled on his
gloves, and turning to the bar-keeper, s. id:

‘llm ready.’

‘\."ou are re..~.tly, are you '2’ replied the bar-
kcepcr, ‘well sir, your bill is twenty-five
cents.’ .

‘I iv-as aware of that act,’ replied the pat-
ron, fouling his arms and turning his face to-
wards the door,"and now l’m ready.

‘Reatly for what 1’

‘To be kicked out! E-laint a domed cent
—-couldn’t do witliout liqu0r—— been served
like a ,qcnt—-—ain’t ashamed of my povcrty—-
tuke your [my.Si1‘—-l§1Cl{ me out 1’

The bat‘-lcecpi-.i' finding the chap was in
earnest obligccl him with SB’-’€1‘$1l applications
of his boot toe, lustily a»dininistere«;l. The
diclzllcr bore it in good part and after he had
been kicked into the street, turned roniicl
inaizle a polite bow to the bar keeper, and
then apparciitly in a inc-rry mode, started
down the etrcet.— C'2'iici.=m.tti Pkapcr-'.

Sorry 1'0 T/.‘0.’t.f/.ft3 Him .’—The f..ll’owing
amusing anecdote we take from the last num
bcr of "the Kwicltcrboclier :

“lilucli amuse-'l ti»-day by at passage in ii
lt‘.l1‘3|"f1‘01'.‘)~:1 ‘village correspondent’ in the
nor‘-hcrn part of old ltlasszicliusctts, whose
most humane pi'ofessioii is that of a surgeon
dentist. ‘l took lately,‘ he writes,‘ with 11
wjorld of wrcncliing, an iminence molar
from the right lower jaw of a stout‘ lrish
‘help.’ She bore it all, without seeming to
be aware of what 1 was doing. Aftcrthe
tooth was fairly out, she looked up to me
with an air of co_nf‘tdiiig sincerity, and said :
“1' was sorry to throuble you, Docther, so
much; meteetli always coom l1E1'l'(l’; butl
co0dn’t /tclp it, I’c.oorln’t' It was mighty
hor-r-d ’I.tIll.7‘7'71f»', so it was, fur ye!’ Think of
an apology to a dentist for the ‘trouble’ one
has given him, ‘drawing 21 deep set double
.to’ot‘h 1" . »

 

'{}(—;.-= The Norwich Tribune of \Vedncs-
day-, says that Mr. John Noyes of that town,
wtistiien _su1l‘ering with the 'horrific_ spasms
which accompany‘ hydroyhobia. He, ‘was
bitten‘ in the hand by a ‘mad dog about ten
days previous.‘ The dog was soon after
killed.

 

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Ttiesdsly, Elay 19.. I852.

 
 

-‘t.-sIut=P‘oRjr YOUR‘ OWN 1"

 » »_ — Houses. - i
There probably was never such in (lemon

for tenements in Norwtilk as the present spring.
Respectablo families of comfortable, means are
compelled to put: up_ with very contracted and
uncomfortable quartets on account of the
scarcity of rents. Tl1e'detnnndfno\v sets in for
‘respectable and genteel boai'din,g—places_ for
families nnd‘individuals frbm the city who seek
the country during 1 the suirimer inoitths, but
tlié siipply iiffoi-dell is ifacsliiort of the demand.
We l10pe_0ll1' capitalists will not observe these
signs of the times witl1out~pi'ofit.

 

. Aboriginal.
Mr. George Seymour. a few
mulling some improvements in his beautiful
nursoi'_v grounds, struck a strrttu ofsliells about
three feet from the surface, wliich from their
iininoiise quantities, bore a strong antedeluvian
resernbliince. But; in excavating further the
skeleton ofa liuman body was discovered, per-
fect in its formation, but crumbling to dust upon
the slightest touch. About sixty busl.‘-els of
shells were tints dug up and four or five bodies
exlizimed, wliicli our pliysiciaiis pronouncetl to
be those of the red man,wlio had slept in peace
for cent‘uries beneath liisbed of pearly shells.
Ono skull, and ii jaw bone with the entire rows
of teeth of another‘. were found in a per-
fect. state of preservzition. The spot, without
doubt, was an ludiau burial placepand the
quantity of shells deposited over them indicate
the labor performed by the rude stivn go in
vennintinn of their dead. There are several
localities of interest at South Nor valk, wliicli
“ have oft been told in legends old," that woultl
well repay the antiquarian taste of o.ur ago by
ii practical iiivost.igatioii,concerning, these poor
children of the forest, who now, alas, have
nearly‘ all been gathered to their Father and
the bosom of the Great Spirit. '

days since, in

 

Ge01'get_9wn Fair.
The ladies had it good time, as we predicted,
The tiain ran up
with a respectable number of passenger, and
nil passed oil‘ as merry as it marrizige ball.

at the Gc0i'_s;e1‘owu Fair.

Route to Boston.-

The traveling season is now commencing,
and ni-arty of our citizens will find themselves
the summer. To such as have occasion to go
to the city of Notions. we cannot too strongly
rccoiiinieiid the Stouington Line. “/1111 two
of the finest stcaninrs afloat, the Commodore
and V::nalei'bil1, and Connecticut captains for
each,-it is at once the most comfortable and ex-
peditious route one can possibly take—to say
nothing of the luxury of the courteous atten-
tiors of such C0ml1ll'lO(.lt‘.l'S as Capt. Miles Lewis
of tho Comriiotloi'e——_the prince of steamboat
Captains.

 

Godzty.

This superb work for June is already receiv-
ed. Language fails us to express our li1C1'BflSe(l
zitlmiriitioii. Take it and st o for yourself.——
You will find it the best iiivéstiiieiit you ever

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The Blind Voculisls give 11 Vocal‘ and la-
S~lZ1'111l'|El’Il11l Concert at Mai'ine Hall on 'l.‘ucs-lay
El-’€l1ll1g 18th. Tliey come among us highly
recominended and no doubt will rcceiven liber-

al greetiuv. (lo and hear them.

'E‘cm.p91‘ance Convention.
Don‘t forget the Miles Convention on
VVe(‘l119S(lél)' next, at; ixlew Haven. Neal Dow
-,5 to zitlclress the Convention, with mziiiy others.
The friends ofthe lllrilrue Law shoiilil be there
cn. massc. _
 ‘We learn from New Haven flltft I-Ion.
Isaac Tbucey left that place for his new post.
as U. S. Scnatfoi‘, at VVashiugton, on \Vedu‘es-

 

day last.

 

.-'3?‘ The Boston Journal cut'ertains no doubt
that Daniel VVc.bster is the choice of Massa-
chusetts for the next Presidency, and inti-
iiiatcs a belief that no other Vfliig can, under
existing circuiristances, obtain the vote of that
State.

 

5.53"‘ There zippeiirs to be much ill‘-feeling ex-
isting bettveoii the Mexico-its and Americans on
the Rio C'rran(le. i\Itii'r.lei's and robberies on
both sides of the river are frequent, and a state
of liostilities kr-pt: up entirely ii'i'ccom.-ileablo
with the continued iieumility of the two
countries.

ET? Collector Doniighe, ofNew flavcn, nar-
rowly esctipetl with his. life on Fi'itlay night
of last week. He was on his return‘ to the
city from East Haven, and had reached the
bridge, whore unknown to liii-in repairs were
making, and the horse stuiriblitig over the
l'l'll,)l)-lfill, dashed him to the gt-ounil with such
vie‘.-ence as to bruise him severely, and lay him
up for s.cvet'ul vl'co‘k:r The bridge \'as left-

neglect.

 

Teal-1-i, V

The "renowned clotliier is now ru'uu'rng oil”
his stock of clothing at awful low prices. He
has been selling oil’ his winter eariiieiits much
below cost, tliiiiking that suirtiitcr was comz'ng,
but the cold weiit.licr induces him to almost
give away his large stock of Spring and. Suin-
ii-ier Goods in order‘ to make room for more of
the winter robes. The cause of Hurnauity
and the weather demand it.

 

\ ADJOU1"r.'\'1\11'2N'1i‘.—-Bt)ll1 branches of the Leg-
islature udjourned Tliursday morning at 10
o'clock, to Tuesday afternoon next. This long
8.fl_jOl‘11'nl’11f3l’1t does not betokeu a very short
session. Formerly when the appoint merits of
Judges of Probate, Justices. &c., were made
by_th5e Legislatu-i-'6, there may have l->.eRpm,sonie:
excuse fora recess of it few days. to~enable'
lhE“m6l‘t_1l.)C‘1'S l0't30liSL1llZ with their ‘constituents.
but in tlieiabseiice of tiny such q.uest;ions to
act-upon, \ve.doubt wlietlier any good ‘eiccuse
ciin be given for this co,urse.. The loans have
had a, goorldeal to say about A economy/—_an'd ft
‘wopldbe well 191' them to remember tlfat this
virtue is sometimes quite as-necessary] inro-

“ gard to tune as to money.

“ on the road to Boston" during the course of‘

in a most careless condition,'a very c‘ul-peble

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A Railroad Incident. ,

A few days since-we had occasion to_fp'as?s;l
over our Dnnbury &' Noitwalk Railroad to Can-’
non’s station at \Vil1on, and while awaiting the
return of the ca rs we were an eye-witnessto a
scene of rural simplicity which well repaid us
fbrutiifexv moments delay oftlre tra'tn.. "Among
those most; interested in the arrival of the iron
horse, was a tall dignified-looking old lady, who
seemed to rap her snuff’-box with ‘ more than

. wontetl felicity wlienever a younger lady called

out the familiar euphony of -' Aunt P9lly."——
Yes,'that was her name, we know it was.
Everybody knows “ Aunt Polly," at least every
body should know her, and we know moretlian
t11is,—tl1ei'e is something in being ,tzun,t,,eve_n
without the significant “Polly." that is, such an
aunt as we know our good matron must be.——
\Vl1y it recalled more nursery bliss to our man-‘
hood than a tliousand “ general inusters,” with
all the rub-a-dub_-dub of Corporal Trim :3: Co.
Even the neatly plziited frills on he:-i_ snowy
white lace cap conjured up more fat luscious
doughnuts than ever tautalizzcd our dreams with
their cracked coruscatetl backs after having
been sent to bed without our supper, (wliicli
alas, used to occur in our cliildliood, as well as
now, from somewhat ilie so me causes. a. a
want of proper iipprcci-,itiou of our exploits on
the pa i't“of'._otiie:'s,) and that s‘ignif'icni:~t rap 1'1}-)_;,
on the little embellished pasteboard snuff ‘cox
struck it chord in our memories" lyre that bi'u't
to mind ti‘ thousand happy t‘ctiiiriisceiices,. of
cliildliood’s visits to great aunts and grandmoth-
ers—-—long blue yarn stockings. with white toes
—-pretty mi1tens—-rye bread and s\vectmeats——
Santa Claus and sugar! But. to our story:
“ Aunt. Polly" was one of those good, pure-
hearted ladies which are more to be prized
with all their simplicity t.l'i.'in :1 host of giddy,
trifling, tliouglitless girls, liowever innch Latin
and Frenclt they can jlbber, or from however
many lioa:‘<liiig~sclmols they may have r6tur72.ccl
within a year (for be it known a young miss’ i'e-
turu from boai'diiig-school at the present day is
an epoch in her existence not to be uudci'rated,)
and Aunt Polly had “ never seen a railroad in
all her born days," as she expressetl it, and she
had not only “ come down to see the 1‘tllll'Oll(l,
but even the locomotive and the cars, and to see
placed on board a lady who was apparently re-
All sorts of matters were dis-
cussed, and railroads in particular, when up

ally her niece.

C';1ll:e§l’Iel&)COll)0ilVG,])uflll‘1gt1l)l.l wlie<=,zing, until
a stop was made, when by some manipulation
known to our friend Pickei'iiig. the black l]01‘Se
gavea snort that made the very old bills slitike,
and of course made Aunt Polly move more
sensibly. Grasping our arm couvulsively, said
she, “L01‘(l-n-FY1835)’. is that the cars ? Now
would you believe I never saw one before .'—-
i\"le.1'cy—(l0 people ride on that awful tl'iin,;?
\Vell, I do declare. you'll never get me in them
—tl1ey look too polierish for me ; Ann, you’d
better‘ not _go in them. I‘m :i1"i-aid you'll get
hurt!” A huudiozl cjiiculations of this sort
were made in less time that) we have been re-
'\’v'lieii flint well known " all
aboartl," i'endt:t'c-.d lf.11£:CCSSlll'y1.')1‘fl1B .1foi'csuid
" Aim” to mount the platform, Aunt Polly
again gave utteraiimo to her amiiety, and turn-
ing to us,(foi' we had got. pretty well acquaiiitetll
by this timo,) she inquireil._ “ \Vlierc’s the man
V/e iio_ver poiiiterl

pciitiug them.

who keeps tliesc thiu_t;s ?”
to Mr. Banks with more plmsui-e, nor d-d he
ever exliibit Monsitiur 'l‘urnei"s nionkeys to the
lialf-civilizctl South Aineiicaiis, witli aiiyiliing
like the pride that we e.\'pci'ic-iicecl in cl-osigrin-
Polly. " W'ell, Mr. ,1

ting liiin to.Auut.

don't ktiow what tlit-._v call you, 1 want you to 4

be sure and stop at Lotiiis!2ui'y’s, and let this
woiiiaii get out.” "At. \Viimepaiik," responded
the conductor, by way of coi'i'ection. “ At
\V._iiiiie-—wlint.?” anxiously inretrrogated Aunt
Polly. as she raised her glasses with l.1t".1' right
hand, while in her left was clenched the pre-
“ At \Vin-
ncpank,” cjuctilated lie of the COl]Cl11Cl.01'Sl1l|)‘.——
No, no, decidedly replied the old 'lH(l_V--Elf
Lozuisbttrg/’.s Factory, don't: make a inistzzlte-—
at Lounsbury’s.” “-
\~‘v"o here saw that. there was :1 pretty smart

cious box ofrlust for the olfactmies.

clrance for an animzitctl discussion, and knowing
how tivoise our 1‘iioiidB_anks was to long stories
when the cars were stiii°tlng,'and especially’ to.
being left, we interposed :1 wcrrd by way of ex-
plana-tioii, iiifoimiiig Aunt Polly flint; she was
correct.l.y understootl ; that what used to be
known as Lounsbu-'iy’s in tlziys lang syne. beéitre
there was any 1'f1ll1'.fI:1Ll,_lh'~1(l_ now "l‘U\i'.'11 tofa
very pretty little \'llf‘.lg6 nail \¥’lif‘ 1l'l$t8ll8d
'vVinnep;iiik. “ W'el‘l. l0i'd-a-inassy,” said she".
“ thei'c’s no telling wliat; these railroads will
do!” ‘Rex:-zler, there is it volume ofsober truth
in that remai-1;. '

"{}i§= Matthew St. Clair: Clarke, formerly
clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives
died at Washington on the 6th, in the (30th
year of his age.

figs Kossnth realized some $1,500 or
$'2,0,00, by his visit to Lowell, in the sale
of Hungarian Bonds.

i.§,"tZ.-=, Licut. Governor‘ Fund has appointed
I-leriry Hall, of Bridgeport, and George Tib-
13.115, of fVl‘l~lf.'.)FLl,l‘11S aids.

§,G"Thc receipts of Mrs. Goldschrm'dt’s
concert, at Northampton, were $936,913 —
,St-.veii huirdred dollars of il'1OSlllT1’l1l1VB been
given to the Yuurig Mcn’s Institute, and the,
remainder left at the ,(llS[‘.O5i1l of Rev. Dr.
Allen,for bennevolent purposes. '

{;1;;; Some of the Banks of Ohio are
about winding up their affairs on account’ of
the recent imposition of a tax upon incorpo-
rated banking associations.

 

{lg-;=. Patrick Carroll has recently recover-
ed $4,000 for injuries sustained on the New
York and New Haven Railroad.

 

On Friday niorning a fire broke out in
the American Tract "E-lo-use, New York‘.
Damage about $2,000. Several ‘annihila-
tors,” were at work, but without any success.

 

Thevlvlississippi Legislature has adjourn-
ed without passing‘ a bill to district the Stale
for ‘Congress, under the new apportionment,
by,which itgai‘"ns in member. 1 ‘ ' ’

 

.\ ' ‘
The Governor:.r8c9m,mend-s in_ ,1_its,’mes-
sage.an_improvementof the militia: -If all

,the street talk, about the mistakes made at

New Haven‘ this week, be true, the im'prgve-
meat is needctl.——Cou.~runt., '

\

,.. --.. ,... _ _... ,_

Frigfz‘t'Iul Rail road Accident ..-+O,n ‘Fri:
dayla.-.t nuleplorable accident occurred on
"the Whtertown 8:. Rome, Rail Road. The
Watertdwn Journal givesithe following par-
ticulars : — ‘ 0' ‘

. Itappears that a company ofnine persons
two married men with their wives, and five
young lillll8S—'li'lOlJgl'lt,_l0 amuse themsel-
ves by an evening’s ride from the manor to
Sandy’Creek, on a hand car, after as they
suposed, the last trainfor the day hacfpassed.
After running about half a mile, as they were
turning a curve in the road, they were met
by a locomotive and tender,which was back-_
ing up from the creek to the manor.

The unfortunate occupants of the hand

moment served only to paralize the ladies
with fear. One of the men seized his wife, and
the other one his wife and one of the young
ladies, and sprang from the car. The other
our were on the car when the collision took
place; three of them were thrown under the
locomotive and crushed to death and the oth-
er was found mortally wounded by a blow
which she received in the forehead. 1'

The awfully l'21flDgl.€(ll'C11II1lf1S of the bod-
ies were picked up and brought back to the
ii.anor,to tliosc. friends \vh_o had joysly parted
with them but a few moments before; but the
wail of woe went up where the sounds ofjoy
had been. , I

As near as we can ascertain the names of
the young ladies l{lll6_’,.('l weft‘, iMiss Vlfright
ofOswego, and Miss Williamson, Miss Allen
and Miss Andrus of Piercpont Manor.

Sunrlay Til/'02‘/:',——ln the National Conven-
tion of I’rinters, held lately at Cincinatti,
tiie subject of Suizrlczy lVor/i: came up. Mr
Rogters, a delegate from Ncw_York city,sta-
ted that he had often stood at his case, all
Suudayafteriioon, setting up a sermon that
was delivered in-the moi‘niiir._r,from I/tc mam-
iesc-ript of t/to cltzigyrrzart /mi-:Iz.sc//". In one ins-
tance, he said, the manu.s::ript was fresh
from the pulpit, the subject of which was
lite strict oliscrvrmce the Sczbbal/t day.

T/tc F rigaie Cimibcrlanrl orrlcrcrl to Greece
for 4/12. ercplcuialioii of I/ie T-rcatrneirt Q] Rev.
311'. King.-—-—'l‘hc U. S. frigate Cuiriberlund
is at anchor in Nnntasket Roads, ready to
sail for the'Medittcrranean as soon as the
wind will permit. She bears the strong pen-
nant of CntT1t1‘:(itlt}1'e Stringhum, accompa-
nied by Capt. Turner, :1 fleet Captain. It is
stated that she under orders for "‘Gl'0eC8, to
demand an explanation from that Govern-
ment for the oppressive treatment to which
the Rev. Mr. King has been subjected.

I)£’a~f/I from .Poz'.s'orz..-—We learn, says the
Danbury '1‘iir:es,tl1.ita young man named
Bussett, residing in Betl.cl, swallowed a
quantity of corrosive subliniale on Sunday
week. He survived the effect for a few day.»

only.

Siulrlen Derz//i.——On Monday morning last
at Peck’s l-lotel,iu Stepney, it transient per-
son was found dead in his bed. It has since
been ascertained that his name was A ndrew
l3.iron. He was an Irishman, and about 40_
years of age. He came to the vicinity‘ on
the Soturilay previous, and complained of
being ill——suying that ho hail a difficulty in
breathing 55¢-v. AJury of lntruest brought
i-n ll verdict of " Death in the ordinary
providence of Cz'od.”——-Brzr.Zgc_i2ort Sla.mla7'cZI

Ilfaitetrnal I/iflumcc.-——“l ’oe.l‘ieve,” said
John Randolph, “I should have been swept
avv;.y by the fltwd of French infideliiy, if
it had not been for one thing, the remem-
brance of the time when iiiysain-ted mother
used to make me kneel by her side, taking
my little hands folded in hers and causing
me to repeat the Lord‘s Piaycr.”

 

{lr;;;~.» A bout a year and a half since, an im-
becile son of Mr. Phinimore of this place,
disappeared and was supposed to have wan-
dered into some uoigliboring town. Adver-
tisoincnts were published and enquiries made
but no tidings of the lost one were ever re"-
ceived. A day or two since, the remains of
a human being were accidentally discovered
north of the Old Mill region and in thetown
of Stratford. A pait ofthe clothing and the
boots were identified as belonging to the son
of Mr. P'nii'iimo1‘e. lt is supposed that he
wandered there and died from exposure.
A Brzrlgi'pa7‘t Stttrtrlrwcf

From the N. Y. Evcm'ngPos£.

Last evening about six o’clock, our atten-
tion was attracted by the tlistunt roll of thun-
der, and in about forty minutes the thunder
cloud had approaclied so as to envelope wi.h-
in its electrical atmosphere the point at the
; upper end of a wile, whicli we have placed
‘on a must ninety feet high, for the puroose
of ex-perlmeuting with lightiiingj itself.

For nearlyfifteen minutes there was a
constant and rapid succession of spariis, or
littlethun-ilerbolts,. on our apparatus, show-
ing the passage of our apparatus, showing
the passage of a large quantity of,el-ectricity
until, a few minutes before seven o’clock,
the shower‘ of rain put a stop to further ob-
servations.

An examination showed the cloud to be
negatively .electi'ifi-ed-, and with apparently
very great intensity under these circum-
stances, we we:-'-e in momentary expectation
of a discharge, but in a short time the cloud
passed completely over without any explo-
sion.‘ This circumstance we unliesitatingly
ascribe to the presence of the lightning rods
we have erected on numerous liigh buildings
in the lml'fl9flli11e neigli»bo.'liood, as Calvary
church, the Free Academy, the Piano Forte
manulactory of Messrs. Nunns & Clark, and
dwellings of Messrs. Norm-an VVhi~te, Peter
C()0pe1',.m’1(l several other gent]-em-en, the ac-
tion of our ro 5 being such as to silently
restore on e-qnilibric state by a distribution
of the elgctric fluid in a highly rareified con-
dition.

We may consider this a striking instance
of the advanta§e of rough, jagged, square
rods, in preventing, by means of their great
and peculiar discharging power, that "1051
terrific of dangers, a discharge or explosion
of lightning". Yours, &.c.

1 A _ A. M. Q.UlI\IBY 6: _SoN.
A No. 132 East 27th street, May 10th, 1852.

 

£13‘-' The Journal of ‘Commerce saysthe
-new depot of the New York and New Ha-
vcn Railroad,now constructing in New York
will cost $75,000, and is the largest building
of the kind in the-United States. if

 

‘ V t

fl’ The delegates elected to the W'hig
National Convention from New York are
mostly for General Scott.

 

‘Prof Kinkel, the Germaupatriot, is '-,‘,.iw
earninga livelihood in London by _. " lit-

:ar_had..but a moment’s warning‘, and that .

03> At .las‘t,;t,‘he"House of Representatives.’
has ‘passed the billaothorizing every Amer-
ican citizen to claim, improvt’-{0¢¢UP)' find
-enjoy any One I-Iutidried and Sixty acres of
the sllrveyetl and unappropriated Public
Lands which are open to purchase and not
reserved aspontaining Minerals or fol=_-satire
public use. The House was t'r'_iin_, but the
majority was large, and thegreis no’ danger
that itwill be reversed. Free Homes for
the Homeless is thus affirmed as Am'erican
principle and American policy. May it
never be departed from ! That one vote is
worth more to our Country and to Mankind
than all Congress has done for the last half-
dozen years. _ , - -. '1 ~ ._ -,-
Accideut to Mr. Vvebstcr.
 ‘ Be.-res‘;"itia.y*e,‘resc:‘*
This forenoon. as Mr.‘ VVEns_'r§R, =10-§,°‘.,DP““l°d
by his private SeC1'efa1'_V, Mr. LAN}Ii&:ni',mW:l5 ri-
ding from his home, inilvlaislifield. to iPlymot,1th,
the bolt connecting the foi't\'ar_d wheels ,with‘_t,lie
body of the carriage, broke.“lcfting' the ica’x'ri:rgie'
down heavily. Mr Wrznsrrtn was thrown out,
striking his head and right slipu1der.- He was
stunned, and for a few minutes insenisible, dur-
ing which he was carried into a house near,
and medical aid promptly procured. . His injnr,-
ics, though severe. were pronounced not ‘danger-
ous; it was, however, deemed advisable to send-
for Dr. WARru:N, who has just left 'here"fdr
Marshficld. ‘ ~ I‘-
A n exaggerated rumor soon spread in this city
that Mr. \Vr:usri=:a was fatally hurt, and intense
excitement was‘man'ifestcd. '
i The accident may possibly detain Mr. W':B-
srrm at Marshfield some days.

The Prcsidency—-Electoiral Vote.

It has been virtually settled in Congress that
both South Carolina and California shall have” a
Member of Congi'e.ss,oi1 their several 1‘i-ac1’i'ojn'9‘-—
the letter of the law giving it to‘ Carolpinagand
the spirit to California. Tliis increases the
whole number of members to 28-1, and of Presi-
dential Electors to ‘206, making 1-19 necessary to
a choicc—1-15 being a tie. The Electoral vote
of each State, under the new apportionment, as
compared with that of 1,8-1S,~wi2l be as follows :—-

Siates-. 1852‘. 18-18.
li’fain‘c, 8 9
_ New lvlainpshire, 5 6
, Vcrmon I , 5 6’
.7lIas.saclms~ctts, 13 12
Illiotle Island, 4 4
\ Connecticut, 6 6
.I\"cw Yorlr, 35 36 «
JV'cu: Jersey, 7 , ,7
Pcn')2s_1/Iiiazzitr, 27 V 26
Delaware, 3 3
Jlfarg/land, 8 8_
Virginia, I5 17
.7V'orIIz Carolina, 10 I-1
South Carolina, 8 ’ "9
Georgia, 10 I0
Florida. 3 3
Ohio, ‘.23 523
Indiana, 13 12
Illinois, ll 9
Iowa, 4 4
Wisconsin, 5' 7 14‘
lilichigaii, 6' . 5
Ken tu cl:_y,- I 3 1 2'
l\'13ssouri, 9 '7
Aluba'n:i, 9‘ 9
Louis-ia72a,« 6 6
Trmtésscc, 12 12
Mississippi, 7 6'
Ari-:ansas, I 4 , 3-’
Texas, 4 4
California, .4 O
296 289

VVe have marked in Italics the fifteen’ States
that went for Taylor in N13, giving him 163 votes‘
10137 for Case. The same States would now
ca-sl 161 votes, or 12' more tilian-a maj.ority.- I'll~i-
nois and i'\‘-fissoi:i'i each gain ‘2; Massacli'use1'ls,
Pe'ims_vlvanl~a, Wiscoiisin, Michiga-n, Mississippi’
and Arkansas gain one each; New Hampsliire,
Vermont, New York, North Caro1i'n'a', and South
Carolina each lose one,~aiid Virginia loses two.
The other States have the same number of elec-
tors and? members‘ as be-1‘ore, and California is
added to the number‘.—-.7i". 3". Tribune’.

{tG= A great coal mine has been discovered in
Kentucky. seven miles back o1"Cloverpai'k. The‘
coal is found in surface veins-. 'l‘h'e"dis1rict of
land was first sold for $3 per acre,- some"year:r
since, and it was-su"ose'quen1l'_v pu-rc‘hased;b_v tr
speculntor for the sum-of $10,000‘. He has since"
sold out to the present owners for the handsome‘
sum ot'l.$'10t‘),OU(Y The mines have been worked-
but very little,-anclnre almost i5nexhatrsl‘il’J‘lc.——'
‘The coal bnisns like gas, and imparts great heat,
and accom-p:in'ie<l by no dirt who-level‘. It W1”
as readily i-gnite*a.s‘ a: candle, and the-s1'ea'mboa1l
men use it instead of pine wood for torches.

3%: A Ina-n in one of the towns in O'hi»o=rece'nf-
ly planted st'tgarplz:ms,‘cxpecting them! to ger-
uiinate. He said they were'the best frulit he had’
ever tasted. 1 «

3:5» .l0Sep_l1_ Johnson, a revolulio_nary, soldier‘,-
died at‘ Pleasant Mills, N. J.,- a few days‘ since,
agedvflfi

86-» The diebt of the City of Louisville is— $689,»
700-. "

 

 

flC7’At a jhiiit meeting ofthe Board‘: of'St'ewa-rdtr
and Trtistees of the Mctliodist E. Church in Nor-
wulk, Conn., held in South Norwalk, May 10th,.
1852-0» m_ol'ron,_tlie following preamble and reso-
lutions were iiiitiiiiinously adopted, viz:
Wliuretis, by the dispensation of Divine Provi-
dence, we have been called to partwith our belovedi
Brother Elbridge Purinlon, late a member of this
Board, but now deceused,tliere1oi_'e
Resolved, That in the death of our.,depzrr_t-ed
Brother, this Board of Stewards and '1 rustees have
lost er fziitliful and worthy member. .
, llesolveil. That while we r_ejoice1liat Brolher.Pu-
rititon has been enabled to triumph over deallr; and
has filllslletl liisinilitaiit course with j'oy,a~nd'has en-
tered into his l1t:'il\’e1il_Y r‘est—_we do also mingle‘ our
tender cliristian svmpaitiies with his bereaved widow,
Sister Minerva Puriutoii, and do devoutly praythat
Almighty God may bless and sustain her in her late
sad bercaveineiit. . _ _. - f.
Resolved, That a copy ofthis preamble and these
resolutions be liandsd to our b_elo'veJ Sister P'u_-r_tn-
ton, aiidalso to the editor o1'the Norwulk Gazette,
for pttliltczilion. HARVEY PENNOYER.{
M ..u"1'm-:w \rVrLcnx, Sec. Chairman.
South Nutwalk, May 10th, 1852. 3 ' 

 

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remitting the money to the publishers, will receive
an extra copy gratis. » -

 

The New .York dailies during the \veel_t hdvo
been devoted to the proceedings of, the__n’ut’r'Ier.
ous Anniversaries held in. that‘ _'~.'-'1'-‘he
Gat'i'isouians lieldvtheirsat Rochester on;.'Pues-

erary labors, while his wife -is teach i\“l:. .‘.!:=."-'.-..

dzty——-a 'rzi,tlter uliurlfihir, it in §aid.'