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three others during, the da‘y,“ allf.lioine'v‘vard ,0
Took. aoeobservatiou, found our- ,-
bound.
selves abreast Ge.irge’s lslands——saw a num-
ber of mire and beautiful sea-birds-, flying-
about the ship and (living after'an_v_ little
.a,pecjg__ on the‘, water. _ Having a‘ copy, of
Friend Pom_eroy’s Farmer. in hand, we tore‘
off a-piece‘ five or six ~ inches square, and
-,threw over_b_o_ard,. whenoae of t,he_,,tiny little
creaturesalighted upon it, and with'hi_s well
poised wings, kept himself balancedffor sev-
sr=a!..-e9<.m.ds.‘vr°r his frail raft. when. being
- 'l§ivat'erjloggéd,_it,l sunk"ben_eat,h his weight,
Intel .00 lietoolti himself to -"his tireless way
_._-oga_itn_,........We.hope. theomen is a favorable one = .
for our -, cotcmporary. A new spar came
floating by us.- Saw several huge black fish
.nd_,P9;,.¢i;._3‘ darting about in the water,
andthus ends theday.
- " '/iird Day.--Butlittle wind, no sails iii
sight, no fish, and but few birds. Passed a
floating _water_cask, a log and a slab. Saw
a _wid_e_,_ grea_sy_.scum upon the «water, for so v-
e_r_al_milet=, which the sailors announce as
the wakeof awliale. ’Tbus.ends'the 17th
of.J_unc, the anniversary of the battle of Bun-
k_e,r,-H_ill, leaving-us-off Cape Sable.
.».Fourt}t Drz_i/.--Morning pleasant, but no
vt'ind—saw nothing but a few Porpoises and
twoor three Nautilus, or “Portuguese M en
of _Wa_r," »as the sailors call them. They
are really a great curiosity and very pretty.
Waysjmuch,-amused by a little girl, who cal-
led to her mother to “climb up, and see the
p_retty things in the water, like the baby _’s red
b‘o'nnet."’ . ' p _ ,
" "Fr/'1/t. Dag/.'—Ofl' the isle of Sable, this
morning, weather cold and dam_n—“-wind uri-
stenrlyj -Saw four ships bound westward.
.1 .iS,z'2_:_t/i. Day —-Our First _ Sabbath at sea-
vgeather threatening and glooiny—-was plea-
sed ‘to notice a proper observance of the sa-
créd day, on the pa_'rt of the sturdy sailors, so
far as‘ personal cleanliness and wardrobe
wereconcerned. VVe,have learned to love
the s_ailor—while there is much in their
lives and condtict, many times, to condemn,
the'r,e is alsomuch to be overlooked and ex-
cused, and although rtim often transforms
tbeminto b'r»ute3,~there is often a-heroism and
nobleness of soul-about them, alljust per-
:ons.mustad_mire. , .
. , “His life is toil, his morsels tough,
_ _’ His hopes are dull and dim.
5~"‘But,‘tliough to us, the outside's rough,
A diamond dwells within.”
,:S_eventIi. Da.y.—More wind to-day, and
weather cold as winter. Passed a largt. En-
glishnship. Pity the poor sailors who have
to watch to-night, though we presume they
are iniured to the cold‘.
l’.E_"2','.‘,’l/ll/I.'.DlI-_’y,. -,-Good breeze this morning,
and out and ,in’,_ ,li,k"e;a spunky. woman, but
.c6ld as Greenland. Saw several Grampus
W,h.ttles_spout,ing'about, looking like the foun-
tain jets in.:Ne.w York; ‘ This afternoon a
huge whale about I00 feet long, rose up just
oii our'larboard quarter, and sent up a very
respectable water spout. Had a fine-view
of ‘his im'm‘eus'e ugliness. It is not unusual to
see whales so large in a voyage to Europe, but
to-usait wtt's' a great treat,'as it no-doubt would
have been to our friend Newson of the Der-
b.y -lotlrnal-“Didn't eve see a whale, Tom-
my 2" - ’ "
_ iNinlh’ Day. —A very strong adverse wind
he-'-tV~y sea and very cold. The ship rolls so
tI1.|!('_h that we have had to lash our chair fast
l-Ollie table and then hold on with both hands
10, keep our sent. To attempt to walk would
be useless. Had to get a vride plank and
carry into into our state room, as a side
board for-our berth, aswe found ‘it impossi-
lJle't_o. keep possessson, although spread a la
sp_idot' and made fastto everything we could
gfasp. , With‘ outside board and a proper
lashing ‘down, was enabled to keep in posi-
tltm, by calling all our equestrian accom-
plishments into practical operation l V
_;Ten_l/I Day--After all our precautions
lastnight, we had to keepawoke all night to
hold on .' The wind increased almost to a
gal’-e and the ship reared and tumbled, with
th'e'sea-, so that we were alternately head and
beam_.up.__. Sometirnes, a heavy sea would
"str§ke.us abaft, seeriiingly,right under our-
bdrfli,i.'which would knock us up on all fours
in" the attitude of a vicious cat, on being
surprised by‘ a wanton cur. We had Often
heard of one’s bed rising and giving a . fol-
low a poke in. the face, _after a .viol_ation of
M'a‘i’ne‘Latv principles, but it was the first
tirrie we were ever subjected toiisuchia fate.
A -gustof wind burst our fore ~ top-sail about
ui.idni~glit,.wliic‘h -made a- report like small
tl‘t_til]_tl,t_3l'._', At four o'clock A. M -, it lulled a
little and we,began to woo the oblivious em-
braces of Morpheus, but to no purpose—
“Blest be the'man who invented sleep,”
thought we withsancho Panza, butcurse
the windthat -won’t letus enjoy it. Saw
one bark with five fishermen schooners to
day. with hosts of birds. _
Eleven!/z Dag/.-Sun rose fair with a mod.
eratebreeze.
English ship, going on our course. At ll
A, M- came down on a huge island of ice.
A new and novel sight for our unsopliisticated
eyes. It was some 100 or 150 fcet long and
perhaps 60 or 70 feet high. The sun had,
no_,doubt, melted it down, until it was as
¢lc.ar.as crysteland shining upon it, its reflex
'raysi,‘tvere'aliiiost dazzling to the eye—-twin-
kling and sparkling like a mountain of gems.
The effect ofthe Icebergs upon the ther-
mometer, is wonderful, the mercury often fal-
ling ,-from 5m -20 degrees, when nearing
thcin. lothis way are their proximity to
thevessel first idis'cover‘ed,' especially at night.
At71- l-52 o’clock-P. M.,a ship was discover-
ed,"-popping _out-.of the hazy horizon, over.
our-,bo.w._. We soon i caught up and passed
her and at 5 P. M.,.sbe faded from our sight
astern. T_he'_race was‘ enjoyed by the pas-
sengers and sailors, as much as a -trot would
be“=i'n No,-walk. ‘when the “beast” was to take
the-amt, and, like “ W/iiteg/,” our noble ship
passes eztcr;i;_tln_'zig._ A_t_ dark, the wind be-
gins to blow, ,a,n'd therein pelts down unmet’-
ciully." ' ' " r
_ ”’I'we'l/2lz‘Dctg/.'--I)’idn’t ‘get a wink of sleep
Fist. nigbt,'as the wind blew . at-small hurri-
cane, .-which with the unearthly, yell ofa
Yttrltsltirts...’-'ttil°r.. We We 0". Ward: who
lté t pfhis he-lio-he-hti‘p and he-o-he"-a,‘gave'
. l
uo'te'n ’ tliou’sa‘n'd"'5fid’gets. This morning,-
hdiiiever, the windfiwis strong . and fair, '-the
oal'5ggond‘.-svifrid we..=lt8.Ve...l1t.td 1 Since. 9"‘--t-'
saw several grnmpus, spouting about and
onevimmepgje whale, rose about 4 miles. He
mti'n’t"h”nv'e‘b'e.en s‘Dm€"l50 ‘feet’ in length...
.‘ -W5iaef'Bir. w-.‘t_aler‘_e.do..not~— -tnakeitheir ac;
quaintance. . ‘T/_ze,,sigh_t of the voyage, how-
ever, oc:urrtttl"‘ttft'c-r test. It was a.ba_tt__le be-
}-,;t V .
Overlook and passed a large-
I
tween two Thrashers, a sword; fish‘ and two
whales-. They were close on our side and
took no-painsvtojget out of our way, so that
we had a- ful-l view of the ¢(,me3;_ The
sword-fish and Thrasher invariably go to-
gether, it is said ; in this case they were cer-
tainly allies, for the sword fish would run un-
der the water and thrust his savage weapon
jinto thebody of the whale, which would
cause him to rise up to the surface, when
tbethraeher would shoot himself up some
thirty feet over. the wliale’s back and come
downupon him with a tremendous blow, on
the trip-hammer principle. In fact the thrash-
er resembles a huge trip-hammer beam, as
much as anything, and the crushing force
with which he lets fall his blow is evinced
by their sending offa swell for half.a mile
ateach strike. As we left them out of sight
astern, it was evident from the convulsive
and feeble spoutings of the whale, that he
had got worsted and was a goner. The
thraslier is a noble fish, very much re-
sembling an Eel in shape, about as large
round as a barrel and of great length and
power. If we had not been put in possession
of a name for his fishship, we should have
candidly believed we had seen the “ sea ser-
pent,” and we doubt not now but the snake
stories may all have had their origin in this
fish, which so nearly resembles asnake.
T/iii-tmizh Da.y.—,Tbis is our second Sab-
bath on ship-board. Pleased to notice the
same “ienovated" appearance of the sailors,
as we supposed them totally negligent of
any observance of the clay. We are pretty
well up in the Northern latitudes now--doy.
light at half past two A. M., and not dark
till afler nine P. M. A13 A.M ,we deecried
a ship ahead, going with u3—-—made for and
pttssed her at eight and at noon she was out
of sight astcru, although one was lighter
freight and had more canvass than we.-—
This shows the sailing qualities of our ves-
sel to a pl‘0pel'n(lVt'tnl8__0_’e.
F0u7‘l€€7Lf/L Dag/-—-Trim S'roaM.-—We had
just got quietly snagged away in our htinks
last night, as the rain began to pour own in
torrents and the wind rose to a hurricane.-—
All at once our ship came to, with a tremen-
dous crash and jar, which were followed in
quick succession by repeated crashes, while
the heavy sons were making over the decks
with an awful splash. in an instant the
Captain was on deck, when his loud cry to
the sailors, of “all on deck," rising above the
roar of the sea and the thunder of the fall-
ing masts and spars, (as we supposed it to
be-,) added additional terror to the frightful
occasion. As the unpleasant noises increa-
sed, we drew on rselvcs up to the state-room
window, when just at that instant, a wave
mountain high, came rolling down upon the
side of the ship and gave us a
shock again. At this particular juncture, it
is needless to say, that we would have freely
given our little moiety of earthly stores, to
have been on tcrmfirma. But there was no
‘running the plank out and stepping ashore,’
in this crisis and we had only to console
ourselves, with the reflection, that if saved
this time to get back, we would never be
caught at sea again. In a few minutes the
sails were run up and then the cause of the
difficulty was discovered. The man at the
wheel had let his ropes get foul and lost his
contol of the rudder, which allowed the ship
to “come to" before the wind and it was the
strilring of the wet sails against the ropes
aniftimbersthiit made the crzi;-hing noise,
so much like l'tt-‘€t\'y artillery Fortunately
no spars were broken, although‘ it was al-
most a miracle that the masts were not all
thrown out. As‘ soon as our frit__tht'was over
we had plenty to do in securing chairs,
trunks, boxes, books, 6-:.c. &c., which were
running all over the-State rooms and cabins,
like mad-caps. Saw two ships on our course
and as a matt.er.of course, overtook and pas-
sed them
Fifteen!/1. Day.—-Sea much smother to day
with afresh breeze. VVeather pleasant in
the l'IIOl‘Illl'l,‘I, but cold and damp towards
evening. Saw several large fish playing in
the water, and three ships. Two of them
bound with us, which we overtoi.-lr and pas-
sed and left out of. sight asterii, in five hours
sailing.
Szlztleenlli Dag/.——Morning pleasant, wind
fair, but very light. Saw five sail in dif-
ferent quarters, one on otir course, which we
overtook and passed, as we have everylhing
we have seen‘, going with us. Saw a school
of several hundred young porpoise, ranging
from two, to ten feet in length, plowing for
an hour in , the foam under our bow. At
times twenty or-qnore would leap out of the
water, in a regular line, and their‘ sharp no-
ses all strike square again, with as much
unilormi‘.y as a drilled company of soldiers
could take stop. They very much resenible
a pig, in all but the lt.'el,’lln(l as they bound-
cd out oftbe waves, looked more like young
gruizters leaping from a pen, than any fish.
Scvcnleeitth Day —l\-l0rnin;.: pleasant with
fair wind, but afternoon stormy, with hard
gusts, thick fog; and a rolling sea. We are
now but five days from the Grand Batik, yet
are within 300 miles of Cape Clear, which
at thisseasnn may be deemed a fine run.-—-
Have seen nought but a heavy mast, floating
by from some unfortunate wreck.
Eig/zlrent/i. Da._7/.-— Morning pleasant, but
no wind. Sailors getting anchor chains
ready for our entrance to St. Gcorge’s chan-
nel. Saw one ship aft our beams, also, an-
other lTIflSl.Slmll.tl' in proportion to the one
passed yesterday. ‘
Nineteen!/r. Du._7/-iS'alurcZag/ July 3d —-
Wind strong, but weather thick this morn-
ing. Passed seven sail and saw a large land
bird which indicated our proximity to the
shore. At noon the clouds broke away,and
about half past three, the cry of “Land,”
catiie upfront the Forecastle. An electric
shock could_ not have brought all on deck
more simultaneously. Sure enough, there
was the tail entl of “swate Ireland,” stretch-
ing along under the horizon. We soon
made Tuscoe Light and our breeze holding
fair, long before dark we were far up the
Channel,alternately feasting our eyes up.
on the shores of Old England and d,own-tr0d-
den Ireland, having made our passage from
land to land,in nineteen days, which consid-
ering one day lost by itdvbrse winds and three
dnye of our-voyage with no wind at all,
makes our running good clipper time.
. 'l‘o day, July 5th,! shall perainbulnte Liv-
erpool, and to morrow leave on route for Lon-
don, thence, if time permit, down the Tliiimes‘
’ inthe steamer for I-lnmburg on the Elbe,
thence to Rotterdam on the Rhine, down that
-romantic river to “ broad and princely Ger-
many.”thence to Paris, Hnvre, Marseilles,
&,c ’, the land of the “ frog eaters,” returning
again to Liverpool in season for a short incur-
sion in to the Eirieittld Isle, before embark-
ing“ for home, and from which points the
.r_ea_d.e,r will;lteat' froti. usngain, so adieu un-
til we bttllfi -inspected “more of the “ Ele-
ttltittt,t..’«’ 3-
NORWALK JPCPGAZETTE,
Tuesday," A.ugust'3, 1852.
“S,UPPORT YOUR QVVN !”
tremendous
I-..'%_,
Whig ‘Nominations.
Fort Prttzsrni-:i~"r.
WINFIELD scorr,
Of New Jersey. -
Fort Vici-: PR]-ISIDENT, -
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
‘ Of North Caroli_na,.
WHIG ‘STATE CONVENTION,
For the ./\"omina.Iion rf Presulentzal Electors.
A STATE Coivvi-:1's'rio.\' of the \Vlii,«zs of
Connecticut will behold at the city of Hart.-
ford, on \Vednesday. the 25th day of August.
1852. at 10 o'clock. A. M., for the purpose of
nominating six Electors of Presiderit and
Vice President of the United States, viz:
two Electors from the State at large,
and four "District Ele(:lm'3, or one from
each Congressional District.
The \Vliigs of the several towns in the
State are requested to assemble in their pri-
mary meetings as soon an practicable. for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the above
called Convention, equal to double the niimlwr
of l{epi'osentat:ives to which they are entitled
in the Gt-.iiei'itl Assernlily. and to cause the
names of their delegates to be published imme-
diately tlioi'ertltei'.
\-VHIGS OF CONNECTICUT! THE
CAMPAIGN is OPEN!-‘.D. AND 'rrii-: ELI-‘.C’l‘l0t\' is
AT HAND! l The Civilian who has ever been
equal to every ciiiei'gettcy--—-tvlio. bv his wis-
dom, prudonce and nbility. has fiiitlifdlly dis-
charged every trust committed to his carc-the
‘-l'lei'o who has never losta, biittle“—-—\vlto for
fm-i.y yen rs has led _I_,’0Il.?' com_moti country from
victor-y in vi(:t.nt'y, now leads your columns l——
A CHIPP EVVA Cl'IARGE——nnd a glorious
victory awititi-i you at. the polls in November!
E-J" Let every town he represented in the
Convention.
Clllt‘.f$'I‘l<IR ADAMS.
l-IENRY G. LEWIS,
\Vi\:l. E. PARK. -
D.-iV[D B.-BOOTH. E State Central
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2.
F R.lt2DERlCI{— M. PECK, Committee.
ll'Et\' RY B. G RAV ES.
AB RAI-IAM‘ BRAIN ARD,
L. E. PEASE.
New Haven. July 16th, 185
The Two Platforms.
In reply to our call upon the Democrat to
discuss the platforms of the two parties. in a
disprissionate and courteous style. the editor‘ of
that: paper says—‘* .re away. old ’ll0,’;‘S./" and
then proceeds to decline acceding’ to our terms
of mutual rn-publication by jocsoely remarking
in substancethat. he will make no promise. as to
putting nnytliitig of ours in his columns till he
sees wliether it may be fit. for tliat purpose; in
other words, whether it will subsorveliis party
ends. Of course this absolves us from all obli-
gation, but we have not abandoned our original
idea of entering upon that discussion in ourown
columns at least. Our neighbor‘ of course will
pursue his own way, while we shall follow ours
without regard to au_vtliin,g that may appear in .
the Democrat. \Vo cannot help compassion-
riting tlie sliort-siglitediiess of our friend. never-
theless, as every body knows that if he had
nuytliiug to say it would find ten renders tlirougli
the Gazette where it would one tlirougli the
Democrat, and the scheme would. increnver.
have been it very fair SttlV't'l‘llSlt‘lg medium for
the latter jt)l]t".ltll.- Indeed, the notice which
we have taken of the l)omoci'at for some wet ks
past lute been prompted by the most liberal and
frieiitilv feelings; we have disliked to see it.
latiguishiiig in obscurity, and have done our best
to draw to it the attention of the public; the
same inotives prompted our generous ofTet'—but
it is in vain; “ltlplii-aim is given to his idols"--
we must abandon him to his fate. -
The Democratic plat form is preceded b
three resolutions. two of ,Wlll(.‘l] we quote, the
third beihg merely the for-mnl assertion of the
articles following thereafter. The two Reso-
lutions are these:
Resolved, That the American Democracy
place their trust in the intelligence, the patri-
nti.-m and the discriminating justice of the
American people. '
Rural-irenl, That we 9'c_ga1'c.l this as a. distinc-
lirc feat’:/.re of our political creed, which we
are proud to maintain before the world, as
the great moral element in a form of govern-
ment springiug from and upheld by the pop-
ular will: and we contrast it with the creed
and practice of fcrle-ra.lism, tinder whatever
name or form, which seeks to palsy the will
of the constituent, and which conceives no
imposture too monstrous tor the popular cre-
dulity.”
Perhaps it will be well to look back for n
iiioinerit and see what this .lll1ll5(?tl fcclcrrrl-ism
is. At the time oftlie adoption of the Consti-
tution, tliat instrumetit met with strong oppo-
sition in various pii‘i'ts of the country. The
most etninetit of its opponents were Patrick
Henry and Thomas Jefferson. Among the
most eminent of its friends were George \Vasli-
iiigtou, Alexander HtlITtlll0l},J0lll) Adams. John
Jay and James Madison. The latter were
styled Fcdcralisls, and the foi'rnei'Anlz'-Feiler-
alisls. But the Constitution was adopted. and
VVu§liingtou was unanimously chosen Presi-
dent. He selected his cabinet equally from the
two parties. At the close of his second term
the spirit of friction ran high; Jefferson bad ex-
pected to be his successor, but was disappointed
by the elecltioii of Adams by the same party
which had supported Wiisliington. The Fed-
ertilists were eluted, and soon gave to their op-
ponents,.wlio now began to assume-the iiame of
Democi'at.s, it fair opportunity for attack. The
Adams administration procured the passage of
the foolish Alien and Sedition laws. tlcfferson
and his friends made the repeal of these laws
their rallying cry. . Atthe next election, the
Federalists made tliemselves still more odious
by their factions opposition to Jefferson in Con-
gress when the choice of President wits thrown
into the House of ‘Representatives. J efl'ei'son_
barely succeeded, but from that time the‘ Fed-
eral pai-ty wits doomed.. _It iiever regained
power, it never afteitwattd had the slight.-at
chance of securing the Presidency. 80 com-
pletely was it cextiuguished that at thenlose of
the first Adininistrntion of tVIom'oe there were
no national parties. All, the present great
Wliig in'oasui'es were fully acquiesced in and
acted tipori5l)y"t'h€goverhnieitt and the nation.
Protection to'A'iri'eiricaii Industry, continued in-
ternal improvements, neutrality between hot-
ligerent foreign powers, no mallet what those‘
powors might be contending about. formed the
settled policy of the country. But precedent
forbade rt third election of Monroe, and a suc-
cesssor was to betlinsen.‘ The Federalists
were extinct. and the next President must come
from the ranks of the universal Democratic
party. The people voted pretty imich as they
pleased without regard to the Congressional
nomination. Henry Clay, John Adams,
Andrew Jackson. and George VV. , Cratvford
were the prominent candidates, All were
known and tried Democrats. The election
"was ofcourse thrown into the House of Rep-
resentatives, bf which Clay‘was speaker.——
Jiicksou, Adams and Crnwfordiwere the three
(‘mm whom, by the result of the popular vote.
a choice was to be made. Crawford was sick.
and generally concededlto be so infirm as to be
unfit for the post. The choice really lay be-
tween Adams and Jackson. Clay and his
friendsvoted for Adams and be was elected.
Then began that system of political lyll‘l;!._ slan-
der, and every specieslof sccundi'el'rsm, which,
having survived, fill its great object, HENRY
CLAY. was in his grave, is now, we hope. dying
out. loathed and execrated by every lwriest
innit. The infamous lie thata corrupt. coalition
had been made between Adams and Clay was
spawned and circulated and bel'ieved—and no
one was more busy in the dirty work than Jas.
Buchanan, a leading Federalist——atid the peo-
ple,evet' fired by a sense of wt'ong,rallied iirounil
Jackson by millions. The first Jackson cam-
paign was it contest for men, not. for pl‘it‘l(:lplG.~‘,
and the people, by an overwhelming vote, elect.-
ed the man who tliey had been made to believe
had been clier-.te,tl by it coi'i'uj.t "baugziin and
sale." Parties bad new again appeared in the
country; but the fusion and amalgamatioti of old
party lines were complete. -. It was almost lu-
dicrous to observe the rfueer combinations. into
which circ_um.-stances liad _llll'0Wl) politicians.
Federiilists of the bluest dye, and Democrats
of the wildest range. mot and hugged each
other, in tire ranks of either party.
"Bloc spirits and white. black spirits and gray.
- Mingle, mingle, mingle l”
But parties must have names, and the Jack-
son men took up the oltl title of Demncratt, and
in derision called their opponents VVliig:4. The
latter tliougltt of tlio ‘.Vl1ig3 of the Revolution
and accepted the cognomen. The hit was not
agood one on the part of the new Democriicy
and they then attempted to dig up the forum-
ten mime of Fedetiilist. and clap it upon the
\Vliigs. But it would not do. The people
laughed. when they heard such mt-‘H as Clay,
Mititgiiiii. Clayton, rind Hugh L. \Vhite called
Federalists, and this eflort had been nearly
ahaiidoned.wlien lo! the Democ.i'at.ic Conven-
tion. of 1852, revives the‘ liumbug, and con-
triists its creed and practice with that of FED-
ERALISM, meaning the Whig party, which, it
gravely asserts, “co1zccit;cs no imposlurc too
monslrausfor the popular crcc/itlily !" Let
the reader turn back and re-periisn the two
resolutions quoted above, and ask himself, in
view of the facts which we have narrated,
whether human ingenuity could have devised
niiytliing more ludicrou.-ly impudent.
I-Iorrible Disaster.
In another‘ column will be found an account
of the sad ticcideiit which took place on the
Hudson river last week. Up to the present
time the number of bodies recovered is 68, of
these 63 have been i'ecogiiizeil; the remaining
5 were buried on Fiiilay, at Yonkers; 4 tttore
ar‘e still missing, iiiakiugtlie number’ thus far
7'3 Pi'ob:ibl_v the whole nuinber of lives lost
will not fall short of 100. All parties are just-
ly iuiligiiiint at the wanton r‘ecklessd’ess of lin-
mau life maiiifested by the officer's of the ill-fit-
ted steamer previous to the accident.
Lundy’s Lane Uelelrration.
The grand Whig gatlrering came off at Ni-
agitm on Tuesday and \Vednesday last. The
accounts represent that 60,000 people were
present on \Vr-.dnesd:ry, and that 100,000 had
been on the ground in the two cliiys. The
l':llll'0r’l(.l.'3 running from the Falls, sold 9-3,000
tickets on \Vediiesd:iy. 30.000 were present
ittitlie military review by Gov. Hunt. Wr.
Gt-eely, of New York, was one of the speak-
ers in the afternoon. He pi-osented Sergeant
Tliompson, of Ohio, an old soldier. who fought
with Scott at Lund3’s Lane, and had been
left for dead on the field. He said be had been
it Democrat all his life. and assured the nicot-
iug that there were scores of his friends near
him in Ohio, who wou'd do as he was going to
do——vote for Gen. Scott. the first: W'liig vote
the-._v had ever put in the ballot box. Lieut.
Hawkins. an old soldier at Fort Mcigs also it
Democrat, who went for. Scott, was also intro-
duced. Tliny were both loudly cheered and
caused much enthusiasm.
'l‘bei'.o was on the ground it full tent of
Detnociats from Cleveland. who have renoun-
ced their party affinities and will go strong’ for
Scott‘. . I -
The Convention closed at 5 o‘clock. The
spirit. was kept up to ll10,lttSt. and it was one of
the most elltlllllslflsllf‘ and, patriotic gatherings
ever held in the country. -
The Httury Clay Medal.
We were shown by one of the proprietors.
a copy of the beautiful gilded medal of the
“ Sage of Asliland.” It is an exact fat: simile
of the Gold Medal presented to liiui by the cit-
izens of N. Y. in Febt'uat'y,last, and as it cor-
rect likeness of the great original must be
right. No friend of the great deceased States-
inan—-no partizan of the \Vbig cause——no devo-
ted atlmirer of eloquence and patriotism, should
delay one instant to obtain for himself 11 like-
ness, as it memento he may with pride hand
down to his son. and through him -from gene-
ration to generation to posterity.’ The Medal
is‘9inches by 6:}, and is sold by the agent, C. J.
Gvuman, for only $,l.50—clteap enough.
I? The New York Atlas. rt democratic
neutral paper, in referring to the silly meeting
in Boston. got up to reject Gen. Scott, praise
Frank Pieree,and nominate M I‘. VVebstei', says
“flint if Mi‘. Webster‘ consults his good name,
and his private repose, be will. in future, repu-
diate all Faneuil Hall rejection -meetings, and
sufTe_t'_- neither old Harry, Williams, or the Rev-
erend Hubbard Winslow-, to .-render him the
derision of the nation."
fig;-Mr" Grinnt-ll’s'_ ship Advance has just
left the ‘Sectional Dock, where she has been
put. inthe most perfect trim, and is now fully
ready for sea. Mr. Grinnell is rentlvat once
to fit‘ out another expedition to search for
Sir John Franklin, provided the Government
will give him officers and met) ; and of these
there are bun,<lreds ready tn’voluntet=I' if they
can get leave of absence. Mr. Geo. Peabody,
of London,the Well-known American batik-
er, has authorized Mr. Grinnell to draw up-
on him for $10,000, ifnecessary, to stansuch
an expedition. ,
For J'apan.—By the San Francisco (Cal.)
Whig of June 28, we learn that some ente r-
prising merchants of that city contemplate
sending a vessel to Japan on a coinrriercial
expedition, which shall be the first underthe
American flag to take advantage of the ex-
pected treaties to be made on the arrival of
the Ameican squadron under Coin. Aulic.
(tr? A disgraceful fraud was lately attempt-
ed upon Mr. 'l‘ruman Smith the very worthy
and distinguished Senator, from Connecticut.
A Loco-Foco named E. N. Peterson, resi-
ding at Weldon, N. C., wrote to Mr. Smith
to scndhim some documents wii'h his frank
such as would be likely in suit the peculiar
views of the Society of Fi'i.=.-.nds Jespecting
Slavery and war, and would induce them to
vote for Gen. Scott, to be used among the
members of the Society located in North Cal'-
ulina. Mr. Smith not knowing the person,
applied to Mr. Stanly, of that State, stating
that he did not bt.-lieve it came from :1 \'\'hi;.
The letter was sent to VVr-ldorr by Mr. Stanly
and there the trick was discovered and expos-
ed. The man was an unprincipled Loco-
Foco, seeking to obtain by this discreditabl-c
expedient, documents that might be used
among the Slaveholde-rs-of the State against
Gen. Scott. Another object was to the the
trunk of Mr. Smith to send Loco Foro docu-
mPnl.s to \’at'i0lJ.~ places. The Rz'clt.monri (Va)
W/rig, in noticing the afliiir, says that, as
the facts bccaini-, known, they excited intense
itidigiiation at Vlleldttn, and tl'tt‘01tglit-mt
Northampton Cn., N. C, and" that it- will
serious loss to the Democracy of that region.
“ Fuss and Fuzz-l}i.¢-.2-.<."—-A couple of “col-
ored gemmen” were overheard discussing
politics in, Broadway this morning. One
says to the other, “ What in-altos ’em Call
General Scott Ole Fuss and Featlwr;-'2”.-
“ Why, Lor, Sam, don't you know? lt's
case he-’s fuss in war, fuss in peace, and fuss
in do hearts of de country yacoplc.”
Fire.--Several bales of cotton. stowed into
a fret,-'_tht car belonging to the New York a
New Haven Rail Road Co.» vrere badly dam-
aged by fire, at the depot in Britlgeprirt, on
Friday evening oflast week. The upper
part of the car was also much burnt, before
the cotton could be got out. The fire origi-
nated from a spark from the locomotive.
Ilfeaglicr invited to Indiana. —'l'hc General
Assembly of lndiana, through the Governor,
have invited Thoiiias Francis Mcagher to
visit that-Stale. The letters of Gov. Wi'it__:ht
and resolutions of the Assembly on the sub-
ject, are published under the seal oi the State
John B. Gong/i —We learn with regret,
that in consequence ol ill health, this whole-
soul’d advocate oftermierzince has been oblig-
ed to return from Canada to his home at
Worcester '
Socicly [.‘tlt2.7LI/.$.—-Tilt’-rtt‘. l'l.it~‘ been a sort of
revolution or civil war in the Society l.-Lind.-r,
which resulted in a fight, uhcrein the rebels
were victorious. Cliieeii Pomare had to run,
and take refuge on board of a French frigate.
ilfé”-’ lt is said that! a Bank is to be estab-
lished ntwestport, under the new law, and
there are rumors that one is being started at
Bridgeport
§1:§"An Englishman, namcrl Joseph lVal-
ler was drowned in Derby, on the 22d_inst.
He was bathing and incautiotisly went be-
yond his depth, and being unable to swim,
sank. A boy ,l'i'l1O happened to be passing
along the bank, saw him go down, gave the
alarm and the body was soon recovered.
{’l(—g.~A firebrulte out in the business part
nfPi-ck.-kill, N. Y., on Saturday, near the
Wr-sti-hestcr County Bank, which destroyed
twenty stores and dwellings. L )SS estiinzited
at over 8100.000.
Vile learn from the Palladium, that
the Rev. Dr. Fitch. for many years Divinity
Prol'e:=sor in Yale College, has ti-nclered his
l‘8$l__Qni1l.l'0l'l of that office, and pre-at-lied prob-
ably his last serinoh in that capacity on
Sunday.
33’ The Whigs of Florida have nomina-
ted Col. \Varrl, ofst. Leon County, as their
candidate for Govenor. He is an out and out
Scottman, and was a delegate to the Balli-
more Convention.
Advices from Rome state that the Pope is
threati-netl with dropsy, and that his physi-
cians are very much concerned about him.-
In the event of his death, he Will be succeed-
ed by Cardinal Wisemao.
E’ One ofthe Speakers at the great rati-
fication meeting in :l\lew York, said the deiti-
ocr..ts seeined._.t.o have been hard run for a
candidate. They ballnted for every body
they knew till they got tired, and then they
commenced balloting for men that they didn’t
know, and they soon agreed upon one.
{'i@A writer in the Rochester Advertiser
who intends to be Very, severe, says the
Whigs are “ tories in disguise.” We have
only to say,in reply, that the locofocos are
not.
{lg-.2 The St. Andrews, N. B people were
delighted,at uoon of the 23d inst, by the
sight ofthe first locomotive ever put _in mo-
tion in the Province. of New-Biunswick.—
This was on the first section of the St. An-
drews and Quebec Railroad.
§fi§='The last day of August has been
agreed upon by the Senate for the adjourn-
ment of Congress.
§fi.PA lady of Charleston, S. C ,—M.rs.
K0bno— has died leaving upward of $90,000
to religious and charitable objects, beside
$70,000 in bequests to relatives, pervauts and
friends."
A newline of Ocean Steamers is about
to be established. It is to connect with the
Portland and Montreal Railway, and ‘Will
run between Portland and Liverpool. ‘ The
vessels are to be ofiron and moved by screw
propellers. They will be ready for service
during the fall of next year.
Total Desfrutitiort of the Henry’ Clay, on
the Iafirdsbn River! ‘
Another terrible calamity occurred out
Wednésday afternoon last, on the Hudson
River. About three o’cloc.lf the steamboat
Henry Clay took fire and in a short timg
was a sheet of flame, and burnt to the wa-
ter’s edge. She had between three or four
hundred passengers on board. Of these, it
is variously estimated, that from twenty to
fifty, principally females and childreu,,per-
ished in the flames. or were drowned in
their efforts to escape the fire, Most of the
baggage was losf. . .f 0
The Henry Clay,.C-aptnin J. F. Tallrnnn,
left Albany at 7 o’clock, for New York,
She was, comparatively, a new . boat, and
She started from Albany in company
with the Armenia, making‘ the usual stop.
pages for passengers, swelling ' the nuiiib"er
till it reached to between three and four
hundred _ p .. ~ , _‘
At Kingston, a collision nearly occurred.
The boats were so near together that the
Henry Clay was obliged to put out fenders’
in order to protect the upper works _of thg
boat The ladies on board the Henry Clay
were so alarmed that several of them fainted.
She raced with the Armenia, as all the
passettgers we have seen inform us, till she
had run ahead of that steamer some foot‘
or five miles. Her btill had become very
riiuch heated frootn-the sun, as well as from
her own furiirices, tili she was as dry as 3
chip and as iufliimmablc as gunpo-wder.
In this condition, and wl.eu near Yonkers,-
wliile these three or four hundred human
bcint_:s.were littlc dreaming of danger, is
black smoke was seen to issue from the
centre of the boat, near the pipes. Soon
after one of the attaches of the steamer ap-
pearcd, and requested the ladies to keep
cool; that there was no danger. Immov
dialely it was noticed that tbe~ head of tho‘
boat was turned town-rds the sh-ore,fi-um.
which if breeze was blowing. Then the
flames began to steal up and through the
vessel. Then the cry of fire spread ‘conv-
s‘tei'natio_n among the passengers on board
that ill-fated steamer. Almost immediate-
l_v alter this she struck on shore, below
Yonkers,'abqut a quarter of a mile this
side of Foothill, (Mr Forrest's residence,)
and the scenetliat then ensued baflles de-
scription. -
The steamer struck head on; and as the
fire broke out in the centre, and the breeze»
blew off shore, those on the stern of the-
boat bad either to leap into the water or
perish in the flames’.
Most of those who were saved came fo-
tlie city in the Armenia and by the, Hud-
son River Railroad The down train-
stopped to render assistance, and a special
train was sent out'to bring the survivors to-
New York. Several reached the lrving‘
House in a sad plight ; some without shoes,
t‘)thet's- without hats. and some without coats,
or stockings, Ste , &c. Three other sur-
vivors; Mr. Vanclicko, of Baltimore, and
two ladies; arrived at the Astor House its
a terrible state of mental and bodily an.-
guish. '
The steamboat Armenia, which left Al-
bany, an we have already stated, in compa-
ny with the Henry Clay, wirs, at the time:
the firtt OCt‘lll'l‘t".t,l., about four miles distance:
astern. VVlien she came up her officers-
immedi..tely made every effort to rescue
those on board the Henry Clay.
n
Public Acts.
CHAPTER XLIH.
An Act in addition to “An Act for the regula-
tion of pt'oc.eedint_:s in Equity."
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifouse of
Ifieprcsenlalives
cmtvenerl:
The superior court, as a court of equity, may,
upon the petition ofan-_y person interested, order
the sale of any real estate, acquired by purchase,
levy of execution, devise, descent or otherwise,
owned by two or more persons, whenever in the
opinion of the court, a sale will better promote
the ititerests of the p1'tl‘l'l('S in interest; and may
appoint a committee to inake the sale; and make
any order necessary to protect the rights of all
parties in inter:-st, and to carry the sale into fulr
ei'l'c<-t. The moneys arising fromtlie sale, after the
payment therefrom of such reasonable costs and,‘
expenses as the court may direct, shall be dis-
posed of, by order ofthe court, among all persons
interested in the estate, in proportion to their
interest. Approved, June 25th, 1852.
CHAPTER XLIV.
An Act in addition to “An Act for the Settle-
mciitot Estate‘.-i tcstale, iiitcstatc,and insolvent."
Be it enacted by the Senate and IIoi/se of
Representatives in General Assembly
convened :
That in all cases in which a teslnlot‘ by his last
will shall appoint a trustee 01' trustees to execute
a trust created by such will the court of probate
liaving;_ cognizance of the settlement oftlie es-
tate ot said testator, shall require of such trustee
of trustees a good and sufficient bond with sure-
ty according to law, conditioned for the faithful
perforinance of his or their trust; and ifanv trus-
lcc shall refuse to give such bond, such refusal‘
shall hr- (Ice med a refusal to perform the duties
of said trust. Approved, June 24th, 1852.
cH.u>'ri:rt xr.v. ,
An Act in addition to “An Act for the Settle-
ment of Estates testatc, intestate, and insolvent".'
Be it enacted by the Senate and I-Iouse of‘
Representatives in General Assembly‘
convened .' _,
SEC. 1. The several courts of probate in this
Siatcsliall have-tliesame power tocile before them
any person charged with having in his custody
and possession, the property of an estate testate,
intestate and insolvent, that said courts now
have, by the seventy-second section of said act,
in case of an assigned estate. And so much of
the thirty-second section of said act, as authori-
zes au application to, and binding over by a jus-
tice ofthc peace, is hereby repealed :_ Provided.
that this repeal shall not effect any application
now made or pending.
Sec. ‘2. In all cases when any person shall
have been, or shall be bound over to, or cited be-
fore any such court for the purpose of such ex~_
amination and enquiry, as is authorized by said.
tlt,irty-second and seventy-second sections of.
said act. it shall be lawful for such court to in-
quire into, and _dctermine all the questions ari-
sing between the person so charged and the rep-
resentatives of such estate; and whether such-'
person has the custody and possession. of the:
property claimed, and whether the same belongs ,
to such estate, and whether the same is unlaw-
ful holden and retained, and hear all proper evi-
dence in relation thereto. And said, court shall
have power to make and enforce all orders and
decrees. necessary for the rest_ot'ation of such
property, or payment thereof, to the represent:-'
tives ofsuch estate, in conformity with the rules
usages, and practice, of courts of equity. 0' _
Sec. 3' If the executor. administrator or trut-
tee of such estate, or any person interested there-
in, or the person so cited for examination, shall.
claim to be aggrieved by any finding, order -or
decree of a court of probate, in any such case,
such aggrieved party may appeal therefrom to
fourth section of the “act relating to court-_s;” .
Sec. 4. Upon such appeal,'the superior court
shall have power to hear and determine, an a
court of equity, all the questions arising upon
such appeal, and proceed to final judgenrenfand
decree, in the case, according to tberulea usa-
aea and practice of such court.
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considered a very fine steamer of her class.‘
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