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May’ Session, 1852.
Turzsoav. May 18.
Senate called to order at 3_ 1-2 o’c|ocl'r.
Bill, for public act‘ providing for appoint-
ment of Commissioners of the Superior
~ Court to hold their office for two years, and"
- u
"Xv-lie’ m—a'y‘.(lischarg.e mostt of the ‘ministerial
d'ut'i'es.of? .Fustice.of the Peace
on Ju'diciar_v.‘ ’
President announced Hon. John S. Dob-
son, clratirmtan of select committee on remo-
val of half shire of Fnirfield county. .,
_ .IIouse.—Pt-.t‘iti‘ons referred: of Richard
Clark for aid in publishing a__ __rn_ap of Con-
necticut; of town of Norwalk for establish-
ment of .-r half shire in Norwalk, with'l6
petitionsin support ; of L. C. Segee in sup-
-, ref. to Com
"portof petition of Bridgeport Harbor; ol-
G._Jennirrgs and "120 others, in aid of po-
tition of Edwin Taylor. _
Reports referred——of Essex Savings
I Bank; of Norwalk do.; of Quarter Mas-
ter General ; of Danbury Savings Bank.
The unfinished business of last session
came from‘ Senate referred to same commit-
tees; House concurred.
Resolution for joint select cotnmittce on
Fairfield county, passed. Committee on
Fairfield _Court House, Messrs. Hyde, Malli-
er, Smith, 'I~‘readvr-ay, Cutler, S. S. Read,
Cone.
Joint Committee on the sale of spll‘llt10US
liquors—Cone, Crandall, Plumb, Stanton,
Bennett, Hotchkiss, Fuller, Holman
~Communication from M. Alex. Vattt-mare
relative to international exchanges; Refer-
red. ’ '
Wxnivrzsnxr, May 19.
Senate.--The Chair announced the Chair-
man of the following -Joint Select Commit-
tees—- viz:
Orr Alias House S3/stem-—Hon. Origcn
' Dimock. ‘
’ On Insane Ponr—-Hon. VVm. W VVelch
On A/-rican Cola7z.z'zalz'oir—I-Ion. Raynor
Holcomb.
- Hon. Mr. Phelps presented the petition of
Lorenzo M. Page, of Colebrook, for a Free
Banking Law, which was referred to the
, Committee on that subject.
The Prcsidentannounced the Chairman
of the Committe on the General Railroad
Law—Hon. Luther Mead.
Hon. Mr. Bill presenzcd a resolution of
sympathy with Kossuth and the cause of
Hungary.
Mr. Foote moved to lay it on the table;
carried‘.
I1fouse.———Order of the day——the election of
a school fund commissioner was taken up.
On‘ motion of Mr. Oluey, it was re consid-
cred, and laid on the table.
Various Petitions, Resolutions. and Re-
ports were presented and referred to their
' appropriate committees.
Joint Selcct Committee on Colonization:
Messrs. Clney of soutliington, Church,
Clark, M oorc, Minor, Olney of Thompson,
Tuttle, Killard, Fuller and Cone.
THURSDAY, May 20.
“ Senal"c.—I-Ion. Mr. Pratt presented a pc-
tition from mercantile houses and others in
- Hartford, for a law in relation to insolvent
:debtors. Referred to Cum. on Judiciary.
Hon. Mr. Johnson ofiered a bill relating
to courts--principally to the Judges-com
raining important changes and provisions,
which will be noticed in full when the bill
comes up on its merits. Read twice and
ref. to Com. on Judiciary.
--I:fLuse.—Res0lutions passed, raising a
jointsc-lect com. on agriculture; appointing
Hullof Reading, Case of Norwich, L. Cat-
lin. Jr. com. on engrossed bills.
.Bélls relating to the election of Justices of
the Peace; relating to C‘ourts—etnpower-
ing either party to have the Jury polled._—-
Referred.
Resolution that the Committee on Rail-
roads bc instructed to inqure whether any
Railroad companies have combined to de-
feat the interests of the charters of other
Companies, or have leased any roads to the
detriment’ of other roads.
FRIDAY, 119 y 21.
- a$'e7rat'e.-—Hon.Mr.Latham, of the Joint Se-
lect Committee on so much of the Got-'enor’s
Message as relates to Homestead Exemptltm,
reported a bill on the subject, and on his inc-
tion the usual number of copies were order-
ed’ to be printed.
I-Ion. Mr. Pratt offered‘ a bill relating to
the appointment ofDirectors o-fState Prison,
and moved its reference to Judiciary Commit-
tee. Carried.
' The Committee‘ on Judiciary, on the bill
for the preservation oflndians and the protec-
tion oftheir property, reported that the same
ought to pass. Bill laid on table, and order-
ed ‘to be printed.
_ ‘I1ouse.—-Sundry petitions from the Senate
came up =-nd House doncurretl in reference.
Joint Resolution that so much ofjoiut res-
olution as requires the printing of private res-
olutions reported ‘by committees and put on
their. passages, are rc cinded unless recommen-
ed by the committee. ,
Several petitions from the Senate, House
concurred in reference.
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, Wasliirrgtorr Items.—-—'I‘berc is a rumor
from the seat-of government, that another
expedition of a formidable character is in
preparation against Cuba. 'lf this should
prove to becorrect, and our government is
again caught napping, it will be a national
insult to the whole civilized world.
Chevaliar. Hulsemann, the Austrian Min-
ister, has prepared a “parting despatc'n.”—
‘ Good bye l‘_
' Mr. Butts has enlightened the political
world on General Scott's future course. He
says that the General will write no letters,
nor make any public avowals as to his views
on the Compromise question, until after his
nomination. -lfthe General gets the ‘Butts’
so early in the Presidential race, he will
have ‘a time of. it.’
The proposition to afford aid to the Coll
Iineof steamers is acquiring strength.
The,House adjourned over from Thursday
to Monday, to allow time for cleaning their
Hall, and putting things in readiness fora
summer campaign.
ins’
fig.» We seeit stated that at -the annual
exhibition of the junior class at Yale,Col-
legetlast month, theprize for English com-
position was awarded to Yong Wing, a na-
tive Chinese. -
The Mobile papers tells of a race which
cameloff at the race course near that city,
between Miss_.C-ushman, the pedestrian, and
the race horse Reindeer-—she to run five
hundred yards, while the horse was to make
the circuit. ofthe course. The horse beat
making the distance in 1 minute 57 seconds}
/
, {legs At Gr-eenport, Long Island, aboti""t"3
P. M., of Monday, the 17th inst, a young
man about 20 years of age, George Merrill
by name, was found dead in his fatber’s gar-
den with an open razor in his hand, and a
deep gash in his throat, from which had Iis-'
sued a pool of blood. Within the prece-
ding half hour he was seen in — apparently
his usual ‘health. ' lnhis pocket W39 follmln
newly folded‘ paper with the following words
written in a firm liahd :' “ T/rink‘ not that I V
am insarze; I am peificily €071.‘8C202I:'S’ of M8 '
way in -w/tic/r I leave the world. and its (rou-
51g‘_,_U The Coroner’s inquest was in accor-
dance with these facts. No adequate reason
has been assigned for the deed.’
A Squatfeids Specclr.-—A pamphlet copy of
the speech of the Hon. Albert G. Brown of
Mississippi on the Homestead Bill before
Congress, says the Palladium, has been put
into our hands, and attention directed to the
following interesting paragraph. Mr. Brown
is a member of the House of Representatives
and his speech was delivered in that body.—-
He said: “.1 know something, Mr. Chair-
man,ofsquatterlife. It was my fortune 10
have been raised in a new and unsettled
country. I know something‘ ofthe toils, and
hardships, and privations encountered by the
squatters. I shall not detain you with a re-
cital ofall th-all have seen, heard, and felt
One incident I may relate. It will tell you
why my heart is with these people. When
I was a boy-—-u very little boy--an honest,
but poor man settled (sqritted is a better word)
in the country where Iyet reside. Removing
from South Carolina, he pitched his tentamid
the unbroken forest in the dead of winter.—-
He had two sons able to work. He was in
a strange land, vvltllout money and without
friends. But with an iron will, such as none
butsquattcrs have, he attacked the forest. It
receded before him and in threc.sbort months
the sun, which had been shutout many cen-
turies, was permitted to shine on a spot of
earth in which thesquatterlrad planted corn.
Day by day he might have been seen follow-
irig his plough, vrhile his two sons plied the
hoe. Toil brought him bread—and he raised
up his sons to know, as Heavcn‘s wise dc-
oree, that “ by the sweat of their brows they
should gain their bread.” Industry and econ-
omy bruiiglit not wealth, but it competency.
The elder of the two sons followed the exam-
ple of the f«'.tll1el',8ti(l cultivated the soil.—-
Fortune smiled and he prospered. The
younger, with such moderate qualification as
a frontier country could afford, studied law
and practiced with success. In an evil hour
for his private fortune, be was drawn into
politics. He was elected to the State LPglS-
laturc, to Congress, Judge ofthe circuit court,
Governor of his State’, to Congress again and
again, but he never forgot that he was the
s-.]uaiter’s sort. He stands before you to-day,
the humble advocate of the squa'.ter's rights.”
Libe7z'a.—The last message of President
Roberts gives a satisfactory View of the pro-
gross of the Republic of Liberia. The peo-
ple of that country are happily solving the
great problem of the capacity of the Afri-
can race for self governinent. Besides sup-
porting creditably regular atitliority~a state.
of order and security—ihis people have ban-
ished the slaté trade from their coasts, re-
lievcd thousands within the influence of civ-
ilization and cliristi.'inity,and spread their rt-li-‘
giori into the interior. And this is v. hat
Grl‘ttal..Iil‘llall1 cannot say, after allitbe money
she has sent to these seas. The public opin-
ion in favor of colonization is evidently gai-
ning ground.
fig; Rufus Porter advertises in the Wash‘
ington National lntelligencer,a flying ship
that will beat locomotives and railroads, and
require no reinoval of canal bridge.»-, provi-
ded it works. He calls it the Acroport, and
says it is capacle of carrying one hundred
and fifty pussBiiger's at a speed of ninety
miles an hour, more safely than steambonts
or railroad cars, and that the expense of run-
ning it will not exceed twenty fire dollars a
day . He promises that the flying ship will
make the trip to California or -Europe in
two days. a'i'3(l by way of inducement to eve-
ry body to take shares in the Acroport of
five dollars each, be ‘ciphers out’ that a sin-
gle share will produce an income of twenty
dollars per week.
PAINFUL OCCURRE.‘ICE.—-AlSl1mlel‘Vlil(’, S
C. about ten days since, the follotving painful
event occurred :-—A. gentleman was busily
engaged in planting out the common. yellow
jastnin vine in his yard, and. after trimming
away a few_‘_ofthe roots, threw them aside,
where they were picked up by two of his lit-
tle children, aged about three and five years.
The children no doubt chewed and swallow-
ed portions ofthe root._ After a short time,
the youngest returned to its mother, and, lay-
ing down near where she was sitting, ft ll into
aslumbcr, as she supposed. After a while,
she called to awake the child, but ineffectual-
ly. She stooped down to raise it up, but it
was dead. The elder child was then taken
ill, and,in the course of a few hours, was also
in the land of spirits.
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Messrs. Thomas’ Robinson of Norwalk,
Wm. '1‘. MinorofStamford,Jared B. Halsey
of Nortvfcli, all spoke exceedingly well, in
the House on the contested election case of
Mr. Plait of Middlcbury--but no matter how
forcible the argument, all was wasted, for the
determination was from the beginning to
turn out Mr. Plait. it uas enough that he
was suspected of havinga small majority.
A loco from Cromwell did not think ita
matter of any moment if :1 convicted thief
had voted for his competitor, provided the
thief had rt-.formed——.~o the Constitution is of
small account in that gentleman's o-pinion.
Mr. Halsey of Norwich gave Mr. Pinney of
Ellington a shot between the eyes, which he
well deserved. Though the wbigs are great
ly in a minority, they will be found nbnn.
dantly able to take good "care of them-
selves dnring the session.——Palla(lrum.
_ T/"3 lvfgro _Ir’.ace.——Bayard Taylor, wri-
ting from Nubia, in upper Egypt, says;
“Those false friends of the Africrfn race, who '
point to Egypt as a proof of what that race
has acoomplished,are wholly mistaken. The
only Negro feature represented in Egyptian
taken in the Ethiopian wars of the Pham.
ohs._ The temples and pyramids through-
out _Nubia,as far as the far as farias the Da.
fur and A bysinnia, all bear .the hieroglypgy
of the monarchs, and there is no evidence in
all the valley of the Nile that the Negro
race ever attained a higher degree of civili-
zation than is at present exhibited in Congo
and Ashantee. I mention this, not from
any feeling hostile to the race, btit simply to
controvert an opinion very prevalent in some
parts of the United States.-”
1fiQ1tWAI1K’l*iGAzimE.
Tuesday, Mn-'25, 1352.
“SUPPORT YOUR OWN 1"’
~ Tillage Improvements.
Said it friend of ours the other-day who 11415
been absent from Norwalk some two‘ years-
“ \Vliy I believe everybody has got rich during
my absence. Everybody is building, repairing
or painting !"’ There is it greater amount of
truth in this than those who have not been ab-
sent will at first realize,yet let them run back
say two years, and take a view of the village
and its uncouth solemn-colored hiibitations, and
now witness the neat, comfortable and smiling
little cottages,-—-rejoicing in paint, (and large
ones too.) and he really will be impressed with
the idea that all our citizens are fast becoming
the owners of-ri house and home. if not affluent
and luxurious. It is true that there is none or
very little real penury among us. Our Pe0l‘l°
are in the main industrious, sober mid enterpri-
sing, and thrift will always follow industry and
frugulit_v, and taking our sot:iet.y, our business
fucilizios, the extreme beulthiness, and l-ncoin-
partrble beauties of landscape and stream, into
full considerntiotr, there is not it spot in Chris-
tendom more inviting to the srrarigevor endear-
ing to the resident than Norwttlk ! Truly.
as our lines have fallen to us in pleasant places;
yea, we have it goodly beritttge.‘* Yet what
Norwalk now is,’is but the shadowing forth of
the day. There are improvements already in
:1 course of completion which will add im-
tnensely to its. present attritctions and beauty.
A couple of our most enterprising and wealthy
citizens have recently purchased the old Mott
estate, and have it already laid off into building
sites and set. out with shade trees, and are first
grndingspacious nvenuesat right angles through
its former fields. Otlici'sin'iilar' improvenicnts
are being made and are in a state of develop-
ment. The ground is already broken for the
Union School House, and that will soon be in
operation to bless our youth with the advanta-
ges ofzi liberal education.
Stiocin-.\'o ACCIDENT ix Buioorzi-onr.—We
learn from the Bridgeport Farmer flint a horse
attached to a truck, in VVuter street, was
frightened by the wliistling of the locomotive
oti ‘Monday evening. and run furiously up the
railroitd track. towards the Old Depot, and
passed over it little girl, breaking her skull in
it most shocking manner. and causing her death
almost instutilly. The child was about 13.
years of age; and the only ,(iHll,‘_',l]ICl' of Mr-
Abol Drew. and one of the brightest and pret-
tiost little creatures in the city.
Gr-ocerit-5. _
if it were not"'foi'tlie fact that our grocery
lllBl‘Cl)tll‘.l’.S were selling more goods and mu/ring
more money than any body el to. we would
again call attention to the parent “ Bee Hive”
of rllessrs. Allen. Meeker, Olttisteiid and Com.-
p('zn_i/, where the greatest variety and the low-
est prices are to be found. The etilet-prisitii;
have recently made very inrpurlant aa’rlilio1is
to their stools, and are rtlways found true to
tlieti'is.elves. their customers. their country, and
the spirit of the agoll Don't forget, if you
want fish, flush or fowl, to call at Allen of Co's.
King David.
King David's eucottutnr with Goliitli probably
did not create more excitement. in his day and
generation, than our friend Duvitl Comstouk.
the King If Straw Goods, is getting up at No.
15 Main st. Sliitltsperrrc wrote that “all the
world's it stage,” but Comstock is now proving
that it can be nothing short of an ,()mnil2us,
“ shots for twelve," at that! He has every
variety of style. price and pattern of bats for
the human ci'rtnriy——and if you do not find what
you want. there, it; is because your desires ex-
tend to something the which cannnot be found
upon the earth or the waters under the eirrtli.
Go up and see him early in the morning if you
would avoid it crowd ! _
E?‘ Cumtnodore Gr'egoi'y, ortlererl to the
command of the Cliarloston Navy Yard. has
taken quarters for his family at the Middlesex
House, Concord, Mass.
Mr Gazette, over in Norwalk, you mis-
take our meaning when you accuse us of
“jecring at your poverty 2” Noise; we are
poor enough the Lord knows, without laugh-
ing at others for the same misfortune. We
ought notto have said that you “ owrra steam-
boat" but that you are a str>amboat—boiler
and all ! VVori’t that do '2 —Derby Journal.
Q‘ That would answer if you could govern
your propensity to " blow us up." occasionally.
If you will give bonds not to meddle with our
boiler, we'll accept the amendment.
3? Messrs. Reed 66 Isbells iir'e/certainly
.cai'ryiug the war into tho lumber districts. if
not into Africa. By {I combination of ingenious
meclurnism, the whole of our friend James’ ex-
tensive lumbar yard could be dumped into ,lCl‘lell'
factory, and instantaneously a shower of doors,
mouldings, sashes and blinds of every shape and
pattern, would come wliizzing out of the win-
tlowsl Tliere is no accounlingfor the miracles
of Yankee go-a-lteradativeness».
Finn in N onwicir.-—'l‘lre office of the Nor-
wich Courier, we regret to learn, was destroy-
ed by fire on Friday morning last. The build-
ing was occupied by several tenants wlioso
property was badly damaged; but they were
all covered by insurance. The Courier is
obliged to suspend its publication for a few
days. The editor supposes that his cflice was
set on fire in consequence ofhis remarks in few
days previous upon false alarms. A skeleton
key was found on his premises which fitted his
office door lock. , The Mayor of Norwich, I-lon-
Lafayette S. Foster, has offered ' a reward of
Sculpmle ‘"9 ll‘l"5e 0f 3l‘“'95 imtl gcaptives five hundred dollars for the detection of the
incendiary.
7@’ proj not is l_>i'oached in the Southern
Sentinel, which proposes that on the day of the
Presidential election in the several States, at
every poll throughout the United States, H. box
should be placed, having inscribed upon it
ington." .\Vith the funds thus collected itpro-
poses to complete tlie*Mourrrrrent.
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propt-ietors of this fat‘-firmed estirblislirnerit.
“Washington Monument Box,” and nnder- I
- nerith, “One Dime to the Memory of Wash-
Iifirge five in N York. ‘
The Journnlef Commerce of Monday says
i that the extensive steam sugar refinery of E. H.
Swift, carrier‘ of West and Laiglit streets, New
York, with an immense quantity of sugar, was
totally destroyed by fire early that morning.-—
The insurnnce on the property was in the neigh-
borhood of $250,000". which is equal to about
two-thirds of the loss. The insurance loss is
well divided among the various offices. The
building was one of the largest estrtblisliments
ofthe kind in New York. and lmdir lrtrgerstock
of sugar on hand t'.lian was‘ ever before in the
building. Btrt a very small pm'tion,- it few hogs-
hends and barrels, with the office frxttrres. books.
&c., was saved. ’ '
The fire is supposed to have origin'at‘ed_intbe
burnt-bone, used it) refining. rind fr-pin thence
extended rapidlyupwai°ds.thi'ough the elevators
for raising the bone into tlielofts.
The burnirig sugar illuminated the city over
a wide extent. and attracted it I1‘Iyl'itl(l of small
birds resembling’ swallows, which svvirmed
through the atmosphere. The light striking
their white breasts, made the heavens appear to
be filled with snow flakes. All told. there were
about 160 men employed in the builtlina.
l\'fAi:\'i-‘. - Law IN NiA5SAClIUsE'l"I'S.--GOV.
Boutwell vetoed the Bill recently passed by the
Legislrrttrre of the old Bay State, on account
of the clause leaving it to the sanction of the
people. It was immediately returned to the
Senate, and the objectionable clause ‘stricken
out, and passed. The House has also passed
it by 23 majority, and if Gov. Boritwell is true
to himself, to liumatrity, rind the State. it will
now be it law beyond any contingency.
R.ui.itoAi> Excunsio:s'.———\K7e learn that an
excursion train will run over the Danbury Road
on the cccrision of the opening of the \Voos!'er
House, in that village. It is in the right hands
and will be got up in proper shape.
LAND Ho !—'l‘be U. S. House of Repre-
sentatives have passed it Homestead Bill. by it
majorit_v of 107 to 56. If it pass the Senate, of
which there seems to be it fair expectation. it will
give it new impulse to emigration. One sec-
tion provides tlrat—-.-any person who is the true
head of rrfaiiiily audit citizen of the United
States, or who has become a citizen prior to
January lust. sliail be entitled, free of cost, to
one hundred and sixty acres of Government
bind, on C0l‘|I.llllt.l1 of occupancy for five years.
There are other provisions (if the bill which
exclude from its benefits parties irlrt-ady in the
possession of land. or who may sell land with
an iritention to obtrrin a free grant; and wliich
provide that the land ur:qu'irod under its regu-
lations sltrrll not be held liable fordebts contrac-
ted prior to the issutrrico of the patent.
GRAHAM for June is nlrenrly in the ngent’s
band ready for delivcrin;z to subscriber's. It is
a work of unustirrl excellence, as all our read-
ers know and this No. superior to all others.——
Edward E. Knapp, Agent.
LADH-is \Viti-:.-t'i*.\.-—A dollar magazine and
tlielinstof the ni-ico. in the Country-—tvill also
no served to sttbscribers by Mr. Knapp, who
has the agency of all the popular works of the
Subscriplioris left at this office, or with
Mr. Knapp will be puncturrlly served.
day.
E’-3° \Vo have been ropeateilly solicited to
insert the death of D! . ‘Wm. D. Snyder, in our
columns, but being unable to trace the rumor
of his deceirse (which has been pretty exteri-
sively r:it'culated,)to any respon.-sible suui'ce.we
have steadily declined, until at lengllrwc are
infirrniod that it is all a hoax. He being still
in the land of the living and czpccting to visit;
Norwitlk again in a few (lays. It
shudder when we think of the fibs Madame
Rumor will have to answer for. \Ve have no
doubt the whole story ot'ig'trrated'in the tri-
fling circumstitm.-e that he promised to fulfil
certain erignganietits he lived .’ Failing in
which, his friends unwilling to involve his in-
tegrity, cliaritably reported him dead. I/Vc
hope to see him) at? ,,
makes us
I3‘ \Ve br;,ve received acomtnunicirtion from
Ridgefield, which we are quite willing to pub-
lisli. if we can have some i'e.~sponsible name its
owner. W's never pitblislr coznmunicalions
wit/rout soniebodj/‘s name attached. .
IF Our attention has been called to an im-
portirrit error‘ (so far as one of the parties is
concerned.) in the report of the Fatirfield Co.
Teiiipertitice Couvetrtion. held at Zion’:-i Hill, in
which “ good singing by the choir” was refer-
red to. All the music on the occasion was got.
up by our friend Merriam of South Norwalkv
who, as on all other occasions, acquitted himself
well, and we could not see him thus short) of
his lriurels.
53’ A whole family of ten persons in the
town of Patriot. Indiana, were poisoned, n few
days ago, by having arsenic put in their food.—
Five have died. The son in law of the fami-
ly is suspected. His wife and two children
are among those that have died.
1?’ Among the dead letters sent to \Vasli-
‘ington from the Northampton Post-office, the
‘ last quarter‘, about one hundred were :tcl>dressed
to Jenny Lind ta‘-oldschmidnwitlr the postage
unpaid.
£35‘ The Montreal Herald announces that
first class tickets can be procured for Railroiid
passage from that city to New York for $5‘.-
Distance about 500 miles. Fare about one
centa mile; cheap enough.‘ In a few days, it
is promised, the trip shall be made in twenty-
four‘ hours.
§ Letters from Cuba state that the Island
is alrrrtned with reports of another invasion.
Suicimrz.-—We learn from the Hartford
Times, that the body of Mrs. Amelia Clark,
of Portland, was found on the 14th inst., hati-
ging in the woodhouse of her son in law, Mr.
Dickinson, residing near the bridge in East;
Hartford. The verdict of the coroner's jury
was insanity. ‘
I3‘ VVilliam L. Derrick, chief clerk in‘-the
State‘ Deprutment at \Vttshington, died on Sat-
urday. He was born in Westcher County,
l’n., ru"1S02.il
_ Important.’ ‘ .
\Vo are happy to unnouce that Bissell is
milking arrangements to test the virtues of gas
and soda, should there happen to be a. warm-
day this season- \Ve hope he willdo nothing
till the hot weather is n fixed fact, for fear of
friglrtening back the genial rays of at June sun.
if old Sol should get back in season frotn llll
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, we
believe it would pay well to open a genteel Ice
Cream Saloon! \Vé dare but merely suggest
the thing, as we are out of coal, and it. makes
tis shiver to think about such things. A
Temperance Convention.
A very large and enthusiastic conveen-
tion of the friends of the Maine Law, was
held in New Haven, on Wednesday. Re
portsffrom the various Counties relative to
the feeling in favor of the enactment of the
Maine Law, occupied most of the morning.
The afternoon was taken up with speeches
from P. T. Barnum, E.-q., Dr. Hill, of Nor-
walk, a gentleman from Massachusetts, Rev
Ml‘ Chanifl, from New York, who delivered
a most glowing aml eloquent speech, Dr,
Jewell, Mr. Trumbull, and Rev. Mr. Swan.
In the evening, meetings were held in Brew-
sters Hall, and the Universalrst church. A
rr-solution was passed, asking the present
Legislature to give the people a law similar
to that of Maine, or if that body deemed
such a course in_ advance of public opinion,
to submit the question directly to the people
for their approval o-r rejection.
'A spirit of unanimity and zeal prevailed
that speaks well for the success of the cause
another year. The Hall was d_ensely crow-
ded and many went away unable to procure
seats.
The Steamer Fran/rli2r.—It will be recol-
lected by our readers, thaton the last passage
out of this steamer, for Southamton and Bre-
men. the Captain, whose name is Floyd, was
transferred to a luant-ic asylum on the arrival
of that vessel at her drstination,he_having be-
come insane during the voyage. The N. Y.
'l‘ribunc publishes a tra‘nsl’atton of a letter
written by one ofthe passengers, (rt Gcrman,)
from which it appcars that the vessel was
in imminent danger of being dashed to plE‘C€S,
while under the command ofthe maniaccap-
rain. At one time they were within pistol
shot of a rocky coast, and th'c ca'p~t-.rin insisted
that the hclmsrnan should not change the
course" ofthe vessel, though sailing directly‘on
certain destt uction. The subordin-rte oflict-.i's
of the ship,tbereupon forced Capt. Floyd be-
how, locked him in the cabin, and by grmit
exertions saved the vesschnnd the livcs of 2'00
passengers. It is also stated in the letter that
Capt. Floyd came on deck several times (pre-
vious to his malady becoming so viol'ent,)'
grossly intoxicated! This, then. doubtless is
the secret ofhis insanity. His friend: claim‘
that the cause ofhis jeopardizing the lives of
hundreds 0,: God’s creatnreswzrs “ aberration
ofintcllect” or “ temporary in-zan'ty,” .~.u'per-
induced by private troubles. From the facts
brought to light by the Tribune correspon-
dent, we should sct it down thus :——a little
wine to drown care——tlecper potations—dt‘unk-
en ti e.-s—m<zma a polu— dc-Zr'riu7r tremens .'——
So thinks the Derby Journal.
Mrs John Quincy Adams died in VVash-
ington, on Saturday, atan advanced age,
aftera lingering illness and confinement of
some months. She had been living since
her hu.~band’s death, in the old family man-
sion, on F street, the scene of many gay and
brilliant gatherings while Mr. Adams was In
Congress, but now, alas, the house of motir-
utng. Her family consisted of a sister, a
daughter in law, a grand daughter, and some
orher.fautily relatives. Mr. Adatns was a
married man the best part of his life. His
wife, we believe, was a native of Maryland,
and they were married, we think, in Eng-
land. CharlesF Adams, the son, lives in
the old Adams mansion in Cliuincy, and
thither, we suppose, what is left of the fami-
ly will now remove.
T/Valor Drinlri/rg.—Prof. Silliman closed
a recent Smithsonian lecture in Washington,
by giving the following sensible advice to
young men:
“lfthercfore you wish for a clear mind,
strong muscles, find quiet nerves, and long.’
life and power prolonged into old age, permit
me to say, although lam not giving a tem-
perance lecture, avoid all drinks but water,
and mild- infusions of that fluid ; shun tobac-
co and opium,and' every thing else that dis-
turbs the normal state ofthe system; rely‘ up-
on nutritious food and m-ild diluentdrinks, of
which water is the basis,an=d you will need
nothing beyond these things except rest, and
due moral regulations ofall your p0'Wet"s,- to
give you lon;_;,. happy and useful-lives,-and a
serene evening at the close.”
Fatal Acciclcnl.-An Irishman named
James M-cKean, employed as b-rakema-n on
the New York and New Haven‘ railroad,
while engaged in adjusting the bell rupcon
the roof of the cars composing the half past
five o’clocktrzIin,- Saturday afternoon, was
struck -by one of the bridges in the breast.——
He fell back and immediately commenced
vomiting blood. The train was stopped and
he was carried to the City Hospital‘, where
he expired at one o'clock last night’. The
deceased had relations and friends residing
in this city.—.Palladz'u.m.
Pretty Sti,/}"fm‘ an Ex£lc.—Kossuth‘s tav-
ern Brll while at Washington was ordered
paid out of the “Contingent ' Fund,” a few
days since. Here is an exact copy;
To board, Gov. Kossuth ‘and suite. having 10_
pa't'lors and 22 cliambers--23 pr-.rsons——l3
days, $3,588.00
Sztnrlriics.
Clinmprrgne. Sherry, Madeira, pos-
tage, lI)(3CllC|l)e, post-office stamps,
' portzerage, triessengers, hack hire,
telegraplis, sugar, brandy and whis-
key, in _room, porter and ale, envel-
opes. bar'bci"s bill, in all,
Bill for the carriages employed for
the Governovatid suite,
Total, $4,556.41
This is only $276 a day for board -and lod-
ging—$50 a day for “sugar: bfandy and
whiskey in room, &c.,” and $20 8 day for
back hi,-e1 “Oh, my poor country!”
. Commit.’
658 82
319 59
E"I‘he New London Railroad is so far ,
completed that it IS probable the cars will be .
running between this city and Connecticut ri-
ver within two or three weeks. One of the
new locomotives is already upon, the road,
and has been run as far as Stony Creek,
where there is a small, section not quite com
pleted. East of the river the work is not as
far advanced, still it is expected that the
whole line will be completed during the
month of June.-—New' Haven Palladzrrm.
Accident on the N 3. Raiffoad.
ternoon at 5 o'clock, met with an accident. which‘
detained it about three hours. ‘When about four’
miles this side of Trenton, the axle of the second
car from the locomotive broke, and before the’
progress of the train could be stopped, the, five‘
rear cars were badly smashed. , , I
The utmost confusion prevailed.-and from the
cries, it was thought many of the passengers had
been severely injured. An examination, h’(iWeY.-
er, showed that but two persons were injured,
and they not very severe1y—onc having a thumb‘
broke and the other receiving a cut on theihead.
from which the blood flowed rather freely. but
not to such an extent as to prevenf his coming on‘
with the train.
The News.
Two steamers, on Sunday last, brought us in-
telligence of the latest movements at extreme
points. From Europe, there is no extraordinary
news. In the English Parliament the question‘
of the admission of Jews had taken a lurn, more‘
favorable to the Hebrew race, and Lord Derby
had offered no opposition; the subject of Inter-
national Postage had been agit-.rted,anil the co-
operation of the American Minister was invited.
France seems to have some common sense offi-
cials. aftci'_all. The refusals to take the oath to
the President had proved unexpectedly nume-
,i-ous. The French Army has not tvitlidrawn
from Rome, nor will its numbers there be di.
mitiished. The Orleans confiscation had raised
a conflict in legal form between the Government
and the heirs. It is announced from Carlsruho
that the Duke of Baden has renounced the suc-
cession in favor of his younger brother. A farm-
inc is prevailing in Germany, in consequence of
lhe failure of the potato crop of last year.
In California, the yield of the quartz-veins is
quite extraordinary. From one hundred and
fifty to two hundred dollars per ton of rock is the
range. Indian hostilities continued, and several-
livcs had been sacrificed.
{}(;7- A yoting woman, says the Philadelphia?
Natioual .-Xrgus, employcri at the Mint, who had‘
been deafand dumb several years, occasioned by
scat-l-_-.t fever, a few days since, while engaged all
her usual occupations, slte exclaimed, “ Oh, I‘
believe I can speak." The astonishrnent ofthose
in the apartment with her was so great that one
of the females fainted, and most of them were-
surprisctl beyond measure. She has since entire-
ly recovered her speech.
86- A letter from a navy officer, at Van Die-v
man’s Land, says Thomas F. Meaghcr, one of‘
the Irish Patriots, condemned and sent to Bota-
ny Bay, has made :i successful escape from that
i-'.~'1~irtid.
96- The Norwich Tribu-n=e of Wednesday last,-
Sttya‘ that Mr. John Noyes of that town was hit.‘-
, too by a mad dog some twelve days ago, and is
now suffering the liorrible spasms which accom-
pany that disease.-
Srznvcrio-.-; AND ATTFZNIPTFJD A.$8A.SS!NATION.-
lars ofthe case ofseduction in that city, before‘
reported by 'l’elegraph. The parties are Mr.-
Gr:oizt:}: Li-:.ItcUr:, a commission broker, anda.
man of high respectabilil_v; and JOSEPH F. CREA-‘
MER,a. young man residing. in Baltimore, who
r had become intimate in the family of Mr.
LEAGUE. Gaining the affections of a daugliter‘
of Mr. L.. Citr:.AMr:i>. used’ his arts of pleasing.‘
with such success as insured the ruin of the girl.
Mr. LEAGUE having discover-cd'_tl‘te truth, wai-
ted upon Cre:.iner, and demanded‘ that he should-
make reparation by marrying the young lady-'
Tliis he declined doi‘ng,- alleging that he was :-
l’I‘tlll0I',- and therefore incompetent to marry with-t
otit his tatlicr's consent, at the same time refer-
ring him to his fatheras the most suitable per‘-
_-son to be consulted in the premises. A short
time after this the father indutced Creamer to go.
to the! liou.-re and_.see ROSALIA—-Sl‘l'6 being dc-
sirous of having an interview with him. When‘
he arrived a preacher was in waiiing, the license‘
hrate the marriage ceremony, which the friends
and relations of the lady’s family b-ad determin-
ed should take place at that time, evenIiifi'th~t'-catri
and force. had; to be resorted to. CREAMER5
steadily refused. and finally was suffered to de-
part, on a promise that he‘ would do justice to-
thc lady at some future time". On’ last Saturday
week he cloped with a young 1tad'y.nametfC1‘,.&nr:‘
—-they being inaritietl' here on’ Saturday morning
and s~tarI‘ing for Phi'l‘acl'el'plrila in‘ the afternoon
train. They did not get Of’l'\\'lllll0l!-‘I considera-
ble dr’-flicu-1‘ty,. ll-‘re f-’amil_v of l'ifissLI:AGU1: having.‘
been appri7.cd' of what‘ was going on. Mrs.»
Lr:A‘~c.i!r'r: and’ other menibers oft herfainily were‘
at t-be'd'epot'. and attempted t*o'get' fo lli‘e' bride,-
bu-t' some means they were put upon the‘
\vr'on'g< scent‘, and’ the bridal" party sutccecderl in‘
getting off. CR‘E.&MI-'21!‘ and his wife‘ rtemaincdl
in Pfii'i-‘ad'e'llpl'i-i'a about a tveek,-and‘ t’-bentreturnedl
to Bal'tiih'ore,- and‘ took rooms at‘ the’ Fou‘nl.".rint
Hotel. On Tliur'sda_\',-Mi‘.-Linen’:-:, who‘ waif
armed with a double barreled gun, shot
' twice‘ at CREAM)-zn, one‘ dlisclia-i=ge'g.iKt'i'n'gf him at
fiesfi-wou'ntl’,-and‘ the otlreié shiver-ing a=revolve1’
in his'sid'e-pocket. The gun was then wrestedl
from LEAG-671-: by some c'itiz'ens,-a'nd« CREABHZIIE
proceed-‘ed to~a- pu-blic house to have his wounds‘
dres'sed.- So the matter stands for“ the present.-
Tlic affair occasionerl a great excitement.
35- They tell’ of it May Party which met in‘
Detroit a few days s'ince.
red in a “ Mac'kinto‘sh,’"’ and had a wreath of gut-
- ta percba flowers ; her stvain was in snow-shoes;
with an umbrella. An itmnensc fire‘ occupied»
the place of the May-pole, and the line,
‘ Come, gentle Spring, ethereal mildness, come,’
was chanted in beat.-tiftrl taste by a choir of ten-
der maidens, with a full and effective accom-pa-‘
nimcnt ofphattcring teeth.
—-7"‘-"-‘
865- Elder Knapp, while preaching recently in
Rockford, Illinois, observed many qt his congre-
gation sleeping. He stopped in his sermon and?
reqticstetl the deacnns to pass the contribution’
boxes, saying that he learned the society had
not yet raised money enough to pay for their‘
new bell, adding there were some" there whom
he knew would like to pay for their lodging, the
usual price of which. was twenty-five-cents;
About forty dollars were raised. He then finish-
ed his S'€l'_mOn. , '
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~..-‘an.-n
{tea The Court of Appeals, at Albany,
have given a unanimous decision against
the constitutionality of the law for the
completion ofthe State Canals. The order
mus to compeltbe Auditor to pay for work,
-done under the law, was reversed; and that M ,
of the Court in Orange County, declaring .,
the law unconstitutional, was aflirtned.
{§@. Senator Rmzn, in his note of resig-
nation to the Governor of ,South Carolina,
says : “In consequence of the proceeding:
of the Convention which has just adjourn-
ed, I deem myself no longerta proper rep-
resentative of the position and policy of tho
people of South Carolina with respect to
“'9 aggressions of the General Govern-
ment.”
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The train that left Philadelphia dn Sunday ark _
—-The Baltimore Clipper gives further particur
prepared, and everything in readiness to cele-J
'l‘lie Queen was :itti- ‘
of the Supreme Court, granting a ,manda-_
Norwalk Chronicler