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the wretr.-lied weather they had eiicoun-
tered, had hastened it to the grave,
wliicli, under the most favorable auspices
would ere long have opened to receive it
Aotli the man and the woman bore evi-
dent traces of having occupied a respec-
table position in society and although
worn by mental suffering, the features of
the female were exceedingly beautiful.--
Tlieir property lay a few miles distant
from that I went to survey, and towards
the close of the day, with many kind
wishes on both sides, I left the bereaved
pareins to pursue their way into the wil-
derness, bearing with-them their loved
yet. sorrowful gburtlien; for the mother
had iiisisteil I that the grave of the boy
should be near their future dwelling
place.
Four or five years afterwards, I again
visited Arkansas, for the purpose of put-
ting a man and his wife on land, in order
to bring it tintler cultivation. Having
settled my own business, I made inqui-
ries after my former interesting fellow
.'r.yagers, and I found their place with-
out rnncli aliriiciilty.
with bulfcting them in the Eastern States
had here smiled upon them, and been
lavish of her stores. The land had been
found to be the best in the State, and ll
portion had been sold to a great advan-
tage--already a sweet little farm had
arisen in the wilderness, and a pretty
tasteful cottage had been erected. I was
kindly welcomed by my former tempora-
ry friends, and I found the bloom restor-
ed to the inother’s cheek, and the bright
lieams of hope and cheerfulness illumin-
ing the once desponding brow of the fa-
tlicr. There was another little Charley,
i.oo—-a bright eyed little fellow of three
year.-. old, who sxliibited nohe of the
symptonis of feeble health which had al-
ways been apparent in his brother, and
who was almost equally idolized by his
mother; although she said, as she point-
ed to a neat grave at the bottom of the
little garden, which was profusely deco-
rated with shrubs and flowers--that she
could never love any child as she loved
her first-born. As she said this, liowev‘
er, I noticed that she stopped and kissed
the little fellow playing beside her, and
hugged him to the heart, while the fath-
er looked at me with a quiet smile, as
much to say--"I think that the present
little Charley is as dear to me as the first
even now. You see, his mother’s ac-
tions belie her words.” Then, howev-
er, he glanced toward the lowly grave,
and a gentle sigh lifted his broad bosom
\VlIll'.ll told that, after all, no matter how
niaiiy olive branches bloomed and blos-
somed around the table of the now liap-
py pair-—the first born would never be
t‘oi'gotteii.
The Bosnhorus.
The Straits of Bosphorus, which con-
nect the waters of the Black Sea with
those of the Sea of Marmara, and at the
western extremity of which is situated
the City Constantinople, are seventeen
miles in length, and possess an average
breadth of about one and a half niiles.-—
They are of considerable depth, and re-
markably eaiy of navigation. A strong
current, however, constantly flows from
the Black Sea, which when aided by a
northeast wind of long duration, becomes
so powerful that a sailing vessel can liar-
dly make headway against it. In the
width of its channels, safety of naviga-
tion, and swiftness of current, it more re-
sembles a noble river than a branch of
the ocean.
The harbor of Constantinople, which
is properly an arm of the Bosphorus, re-
ceived at a remote period the appellation
of “ 'l‘lie Golden Horn,” and is one of
the most secure and capacious, as well
as beautiful ports in the world. It is sit-
uated near the western mouth of the
strait, about sixteen miles from the Black
Sea. The curve which it describes
might be compared with propriety to
that of an ox’s horn; and the epithet
golden was expressive of the riches which
every wind wafted from distant countries
to its bosom. The entrance is about five
hundred yards broad, and upon emergen-
cy a strong chain might be drawn against
it it to guard the city from the attack of
a hostile navy. About five miles from
the Black Sea, two fortresses are cori-
structed-—one on the continent, upon
the foundations of the celebrated temples
of Serapis and Jupiter Urius. These
castles form the chief defence of the city
against encroachments from the north
and east. The old castles, six milds dis-
tant from the city, a work of the Greek
Emperors, command the narrowest part
of the channel, where the strait contracts
to a width of but five hundred paces.—
Here it was that Darius, twenty-three
hundred years ago. connected the t\vo
continents by a bridge of boats.
The scenery of the Bosphorus is said
to be unrivalled in its peculiar character
of Beauty. On each side of the streets
arise in picturesque confusion from the
water's edge, huge cliffs of jasper,
agate, pnrpliyry, calcareous spath and
coruelian. Such is their abruptness that
the belief is generally entertained by the
inhabitants of the surrounding cotiiitry
that the walls of the straits were rent
asunder thousands of years ago by some
tremendous donvulsion of nature, The
temples and votive altars, profusely scar-
tercd along the banks, attest the fears and
devotion of the Greeks who first explored
the inhospitable Euxinc or Black Sea---
Private houses, too, and delightful gar-
dens, lie resting here and there upon the
summits of the banks, or clinging to their
steep sides, while the mosques and pala-
ces of the great metropolis, its snow-
white ininarets and gleaming crescents,
resemble more the fanciful conjurations
of an eastern fairy tale than a reality of
the modern world.
The straits abound in fish, and the Sea
of Marmara has always been renowned
for possessing an inexhaustible store of
the tinny tribe‘, which are taken in the
proper seasons, without skill, and almost
Without labor. The Bosphorus and the
Dardaneltes—tlie latter is better known
in ancient history as the Hellespont—
may be considered as the two gates of
l
Fortune weariecl.
Constantinople; and their passages may
always be closed by the reigning princes --
against a naval enemy, or opened to the
the fleets of COl'llm(:'l'i3C. Tlic name, Bos-
pliorus, is derived froiii two Greek words
sgnifyiiig ox, and pns.<:i;ze, Tradition at
tributes the origin of the name to the pa-
sage of Jupiter across the straits in the
form of a white bull, lie:ii'iii-g the beatin-
ful Europa, dauglitirr of :1 Plieniciaii
king, upon his back. At the iiort.liern
trance of the straits arc the Byancan Isles
whicli, according to the poets, once float-
ed npoii the surface of the water, and
were stationed llicre by the gods to de-
fend the entrance of the Euxinc from the
pryings of profane ciiriosity.
Boston Jortrmzl.
A Pitiable and nifosf Affecting
. Sight.
A child about two and a half years old
was brought into the North Watch house
On Monday iiiglit last. It
crawling upon the sidewalk, in Charles-
was found
town street, having nothing upon its body
but a solitary lll'é.°.:‘~,°. of thin C-flHCO_ It
will be l'P1i'OllFl3lP<l that the night was ex-
Ctfetllllgly inclement, a cold cutting East
slorin having pl'(‘;\’dllL‘(l for about 48 hours
Tlie cliild, on bciii_;_r, l:1l{(‘l] to tho \\':ttc.li-
lioiisc, as al_iovc, shook precisely like a
person in the delirium tremeiis. Its flesh
nearly blue from long exposure. It
soon found that the little sufferer
in great agony for want of fooc.——
“'83
was
was
On getting soiue milk, the child seized
the vessel which contained it, and swal-
lowed the contents with the. greatest
avidity- It was then fed with some plain
food, which was consiiiued with great
haste.
Here is fl1lOl.lll"l‘ part. of the story- In
a cell leading from the room where the
child lay upon a blanket. was a man, beas-
tily and unconsciously drunk. That man
proved to be the father of the child. He
had been picked up in the gutter in Ann
street. On seeing him the child seemed
shocked, and cried to be taken from so
revolting a sight. It appears that the
mother of the child was sent to Deer
Island, a few months since, for being a
common drunkard, and there died a inis.
erable death. At the same time the mis-
erable father was sent. to the House of
correction for a similar cause,
In the meantime the present child, and
a brother, some four years of age, were
put into the alms house. On returning
from the South Boston, the father took
the children out, since which time they
have lived here and there, how no one
knows. The whole picture, closing with
this tender one, actually crawling through
the streets, nearly (lead with cold and
starvation, is a phase of city life well cal-
culated to fill the heart with sadiiess.—
Boston Bee.
The New-sy2aper.—I-Ioxv lonesome the
fireside where there is no newspaper P-
Ask the man who has had a family pa-
per to read with the latest news, the
good stories, the useful lessons, and the
witty sayings of the 1iewspaper—ask
him its valtie. Let him be deprived of
it for a few weeks, and then ask him to
put an estimate upon it.
John Zlfittc/zel (I-7l(l T/l077Z(lS Zlleagher
will issue No. 1. of a new weekly paper
on Saturday, the 31st. inst. Its sphere
of obscrv,atioii and action will embrace
Literature, Politics, aiid whatever con-
duces to the frcedoni and well-being of
ourland._ That it will be able, honest,
dignified and sincerely Republican, the
past lives of its Editors abundantly guar-
antce.
Clta/age of For-lm2c.—Mr.
Bratinan of San Frziiicisco, has an annual
income of $250,000. In 1848, Brannan
was a poor and penniless printer in New
York, and worked in the Democrat office,
for Messrs. Bolton & Livingston. About
nine years ago he arrived at New York
from the VVest. A cro\vnless hat, with
coat and unmeutioiiables to match, were
not very prepossessiug recommendations
for the adventurer. He succeeded how-
ever, in joining the New York division
of the Mormons and for more than a year
paper. Brannan,
Sam ucl
was. editor of their
with three or four liuudred of the p'erse-
cuted saints, became attracted by the
glowing discription given by Fremont
and others of California. They charter-
ed the ship Brooklyii, and iminediatly
sailed for the future-El Dorado, where
Mr. Brannan has ainassctl an immense
fortune.-—N. Y. ]lI£~r-ror.
VVAUKEGAN GrAZET'l‘E.——Tlle third page
of this paper has been leased to the Lib-
erty party of Lake county, and hereafter
the paper will present the novel appear-
ance of being the advocate of two par-
VVe do not see any particular ob-
At least it has the mer-
tics.
jections to this.
it of presenting "both sides,” as the
plirase goes, and may be a means of des-
troying prejudices existing among both
its VVliig and Liberty party readers.
(7/z.it:a.gg Tr2'bzme.
Escape of the Ice ]3ouml Stcamcrs.——
The Ban,.«:"0r llfcrcztry says that the pas-
sage of the steamers Daniel Webster Bos-
ton and Eastern State down the Penob-
scot, after l.lieir escape from the ice at
Bangor, was marked by various jabelant
demonstrations. As they passed Hamp-
dcn the ringing of bells, the screaming
of whistles and t.lic clieeriiig of the peo-
ple, all prtgplaiiiied tlic joyous excitement
of the occasion. The Doniel Webster
led off with flying colors, and under a
full head of steam.
'1'/ac E-verlasl'i77g E/ctszic Rubber Cases
have got another slrctcli, having got
across the Atlantic. A commission has
been issued by Lord Campbell, to Messrs
Stevens, Aspinwall, L-.i\vrc-.iicc and Clin-
ton, for taking tcstiiiiony in this Country
to be used in thc Coiii-t. of Exchequer at
VVL-stmiiiistci', Eiiglaiid. Messrs. VVeb-
H13!‘ and \Vilcox, distiiigiiislied counsel
from London, are in '.ttlL_‘ll(lal‘l(1e before
the commissioners, now in session, on be-
halfof the plaiiitifls; and Mr. H. F. Du-
rant and Mr. B. F. Cooke of this city,
for the defendants. The amount atissue
in the results of this is said to be a mil.
lion pounds stet'liiig.—-Boston C'om'z'e7-._
"‘ '~.~i--—-r.--'
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outctgit News.
Foreign News.
'l‘lu~ slcaiiisliip Asia arrived in New York.
from Livei'pm‘il, rm Tliursday af'lci'noou.---
Tlie news lll1Ilf‘fllt"S the dctcrniinaliion of
R11":-Fill. and Turkey to prosecute the War
The coming spring will open
with vis,.:or.
‘Wllll iiiiiiicnsc armies in the field, and there
it cvci'_y prospect of a. general European war
in 15373. Divisions of the English and the
Fl-ciicli llccls have B_I'lI0l'(.’(I,.lllC Black sea.
T iii-ltey has {I lztrgc squadron there. A fl‘4‘.ft-
ty iv.-is niadc between Engl:i.nr.l and Fi-tiiicc
on the ].*3tli ult. In Asia, the siicccss of
the 'l‘ui'ks was uninterrupted ; they had
captured some impoi-taiif. posts In an as-
sault on Fort. Chckyclil, Asia, the Tui'k.~':
killed 1000 Iliissians, and look 2000 car-
bliics and three cannoiis.
From California.
The slo:iiiiei'l’leoi'gc Law arrived at.Ncvt'
York on the 12th iiist., with dates to the
lfith ult-. with 467 passengers and $887,000
ill ‘.'~llI"L‘l<‘. Tlic George Law brings the
mail i. Aiiioiig the [){I.‘i.‘.1Gi)_!_7_j(‘l‘:‘1 are Maj. G.
T. 1\lltll'CSS and General Snares Navarro, a
niciiil»ci- of the Mexican Cabinet, whom
S:iiif:t Anita has sentenced to twenty years
baiiisliiiicnt from his country.
Great Rail Road Riot at Erie, Pa.
On \Vcdiicsday last, a mob of about 700
persons collected, at Eric, Pit , and dc-
sfi-oyctl the Railroad Bridge, tore up the
track at the Depot, and pelted the Ticket
Agent. (Mr. Hart) with stones and rotten
eggs, so that he had to be carried away, to
save his life. The company re layed the
track, repaired the bridge, and proceeded
to business until Friday evening, when the
mob agaiii assembled, during the night-, and
tore away the culvert, removed the rails,
and plowed up the bed of the road. The
l\'la.yoi* of the City, and other officials, are
said to have encouraged the riot.
The clifficulty is said to grow out of the
fact, that the wide guagc terminates at that
place, where passengers have been obliged
to change cars and patronize the Hotels.—-
Thc Company commenced taking up the
narrow track, so as to prevent the necessity
of rt stoppage at Eric, by continuing the
wide track—and the fear of losing their
“ oysters and cofl'ee”t-r:1'de, has impelled
the people of that locality to proceed to vi-
olence, and tear up the work of the Coin-
pany. The tax-payers of the town will
probably have to pay the damages, in the
end.
The bridge across the Chagrcs River, at
Barbacocs, is completed. The road to Gor-
gouzt will be completed by the 1st January-
aiid passenger trains will then run through
to that place. The principal feature of
news is the excitement incident to the re-
ported discovery of gold in the valley of the
river Amazon. Expenitiotis have been fit-
ted out in se'a'rch of the precious metal.
Fever pijeviiils to great extent througliout
the state. 'I:hc rainy season is not for dis-
tant, and tlieamizicrs working on the rivers
‘ ,9 abandon their claims, some
‘ dldcd enormously. A inas-
-had been found. weighing
A disgusting prize fight
i Francisco, between John
Cari-igan. Thirty rounds
were fouglit, h of which were severely
contested; C igan was the victor---pursc
of 551000. Tip papers report an uiiusual
number of 111111/;qCl'S.
are prcpari
of which li"
slvc luuip
clcvon p M
took place"in'_-.,
Carey and Jo, ‘,
G 1-eat Excitement in Mexico.
Private advigies from the City of Mexico,
received at PI,’-'asliingtou, state that let-ters
rcccivcd thcrczfroin Tcpic, dated Nov. 15,
st:tl.c tlisit. 200 armed men from San Fran-
cisco liad jushlanded from the brig Caroline
at the Port of La Paz, in Lower California,
and taken possession of the town, put the
Coininaiidiug General in prison, pad declar-
ed Iioiver Czilifornia independent-. They
have a flag with two stars, which is supposed
by my Mexican informant to mean Lower
Catliforiiia a.nd Sonora. Great excitement
1)l'CVEIllCd at Mexico, when the news was
received. lt is likely that Santa Anna may
take advantage of this circumstance, and of
the agitation it causes among the people,
to proclaim himself Enipcrcr.
Fire.---A Warning.
An llltll'lll of fire was given in this village
on S‘tlllll‘(,Iily night last, about 11 o’clock.---
The streets were immediately thronged with
people, Who were seen running in every di-
rccrioii to ascertain, if possible, the location
of the fire. This it was very difficult to de-
tcrniiuc, on account of its being moonlight
on that evening. However, it was soon
generally known, that the fire was in a buil-
ding, the lower part of which is occupied by
J. B. Toucey, Esq., as a grocery store, and
the upper part by two or three families as
tenements. The fire was first discovered by
an old lady. Upon awaking from sleep, she
found herself almost suffocated with suiokc,
and heard aloud crackling noise. She arose
and went to a window, when to her surprise
she found that it was impossible to see any
object without, there was such a dense
siiiokc all about the building. She awaken-
ed the otlier families, when it was found that
the store lgelow was in flames. The Fire
Coiiipiiiiy was soon on hand with their en-
glue, and the fire extinguished ; but not un-
til almost the ivliolestoclr of goods in the
store were more or less damaged, either by
fire, smoke or water. Mr. Touccy was in-
sui-ed in tlieo]Etna Company in Hartford for
$1,200. IT.allou'ed hiiu $375 for his (la-
niiigcs. 'I‘1l_ic_, building is supposed to have
been set onzfirc by an incendiary from these
facts: Thcrcliad been no fire in the store
that; evening after 8 o’clock, and the place
where the fire originated was some six or
eight feet from the store: The cellar door
wliicli was fastened by Mr. T., just before
he left the storc,which was about 9%: o’clock,
was discovered to be open when he arrived.
And a suspicious-looking man was seen a
sliort time before the alarm was given, stau-
diiig back of a tree, situated a short. distance
from the store.
[hid the fire been discovered a few mo-
niciils later, the entire block of buildings,
bounded by Atlantic, Main, and Bank-sts.,
must inevitable have been consumed. How
many more warnings will be necessary, in
order to convince the citizens of this bor-
ough of the necessity of purchasing another
Engine? Where is the nianwho has an-
tliorify to call a. special Borough Meeting?
We hope he will call one immediately.
Territorial Extent of the U. S.
The final report of tho .<.l)\'(‘llfll census of
the United Stzilcs, is now passiiig through
the press.
volinnc of l20('l p:i_«_-jos. Tliis volume is filled
with valuable stiifislics, not. the least inter-
esting of wliicli are lllfl~_=I’_‘. i.i i'cl'crcnce to the
Tt.‘l‘l‘lt0l'lL‘$.‘» of the lfiiitctl Slates. Even
Young Ainerica may ])Zll‘i'-'1‘ in its annexa-
It. will C0llI~‘l:~‘l. ol':i. single quarto
tion (‘11‘lll1'lFlll.‘“»llll lo adinirc the expansive-
ncss of the l‘l*]‘illllllt‘., the lolzil area of Which,
includiiig lhc 'l‘t-i'i-itoi-it.-:=, is set down at
2,781 ,l‘33 .<=qii:ii'c llllll'.‘l. The Tel‘l'll0l'li11
cxlciif. of’ the lit-piililiv is nearly ten times
as large as l"i':iiii-r-., (ii-mil lliitziiii, Prussia,
Austria, Spain, l)(.‘tl‘lll_1_{.‘ll, lli:l;_-jiitiii, Holland
and Delll1l:ll'l( pu l. l.oge.t.lii-i- ! one and a half
tiniest as l:ii-go. ;i.i the ll iiixsiiiii l'liiipii'c in Eu-
rope ; only oiio-sixlli less than the area cov-
cred by the fifty or sixl._y cinpires, states and
ropublicr: of liiii-ope ; of’ ('.llll:l.l extent. with
the Roinnu Eiiipiro, or lli:il. of Alexander,
neither of‘ ivliii-.li is said to liavc exceeded
3,000,000 sqii:ii'c iiiilcs. 'J‘lic total area of
North Aiiicrica is 8,:37:3,l3-l8 square miles.
Free Soil I\Iforn‘i.i1ation£:.
A Free Soil Conveiiiioii was held on the
7th iiislaiit, at llai-(ford, and the following
tic-.ket, for State (lfliccixs, nominated: For
Governor, John I-lookcr, of II-artford; for
Licufieiiaiit. Govcriioi-, William Alexander,
of Killingly ; for .‘~ ccretai-y of State, David
L_viuan, of l\lidtllnln\vn ; for Treasurer,
Aiuos Towusoiid, -.Tl'., of New Haven; for
Coiiipti-ollci-, Ilolin L. I lceclicr, of Winsted
Mr. Gillette, their foiincr candidate for
Governor, declined rt rc-iioininatioii.
Heavy Failure and Forgery.
The ]Voi-wicli papers announce the failure
of A. ’.l.‘. Pcai-cc, the extensive Car Manu-
factiircr and Iron Foiiiidc-r in that city, and
add that it has since been di.s.covei'cd that he
had paluicd forged notes upon the Bank in
that city to the amount of’ $00,000 ! He
made over his property, to secure his work-
men, and left the State before the fact of
his failure was kiioivn.
“Certificate.”
The following certificate is a model one 2
“ DEAR Docrouz I will be 175 years old,
next. October For 95 years, I have been
an invalid, unable to move, except when
stirred with a lever; but one year ago last.
Thursday, I lieard of the G‘l'IlIIIlC1llfl.l' syrup.
I bought. ti. bottle, sinclt of the cork, and
found myself it new 1111111. I can now run
12 miles an hour, and tlii-cw 19 double som-
erscts without stoppiiig.
P. S,—--A lilstlc of your “Alicuinstoutum
Salve,” applied to {L ivoodcii log, reduced :1
coiupouiid fi-:icture in 1.0;. uiinutes, and is
now covering t.lic liinb with it fresli cuticle
of white guui bztrli !” Z.
Burglary.
On l\'Ioud:iy night-, the house of Ilr. J.
S. Lewis, in Suiniucr .<.ti'cct., was burglari-
ously entered, and an overcoat and a. bag
containing some pieces of coin, and some
papers, were taken tlicrcfroin. A discovery
of the pC1'S0ll lias not yet been niade. The
rogue uiidoubtodly tlioiiglit llclllfld found a
treasure, when he laid hold of the bag, but
found liiiiisclf mistaken on opening it, as it
contained nothing of much valtic, except the
coins --- iS'1rim/‘owl Rep.
3% Why are l\Icuibci's of Congress like
deaf and dumb pcr:~:oiis 3 Because they are
always making “ iiiotioiis.”
N. Y. 82; N. H. R. R.
The follmviiig arc the total receipts of the
New York St New II:WCll .I’t:iilroad, for the
first 11 nioiitlis of the years 18:32 and 1853,
They show a very large increase :
1858. 1852.
January, .,‘-,”w.'i1,3:")0.‘22 $53,184.04
]§‘cbi‘11ai'_y, -',lSl,ll‘3.\‘.0:'> 48,663.70
Marcli, 60,1-ll) 81 54,809.28
April, 66,-l8.‘2.f:.'i 56,443.97
May, li2,fi7-1.32 58,910.51
June, 50,7:38.C0 55,223.22
July, '79,222.0:'i 70,728.69
August, 82,:3S.3.l 2 74,382.36
September, 8-—l,l4'2.C8 71,530'9l
October, 93,252.83 64,390.09
Novcinbcr, 7 2,429 .52 54,507’ .41
Total, $7tii,<,=.5<i.5s $667,789.78
Increase in ll inontlis, $93,675.80.
Chaplins to Congress.
The Chaplin to each Hotisc to Congress,
is a Mctliodist——Sliccr, of the M. E. Church,
and Milbui-n, of the 111. E. Church south.
Mr. Milbui-ii is widely known as the “Blind
Prcaclicr.” Tlic New York Times says:
“ He (Mr. Milbui-n) is only about 30
years of agc.—-of decided ability, eloquent
in his calling, and of most ainiable, excel-
lent and saoi-.tl cliai-actor. For some years
he has suffci'od from disease in his eyes,
which renders liiiii nearly blind. some
five or six years ago he was elected Chaplin
of the Hotisc, and gave universal sat-isfac.
tion. The cii~ctitns‘taiicc.< of his election at
that time, as We have licard them narrated,
were curious and creditable. He was trav-
eling on one of .lllC ivcstcru rivers, in 9.
steamboat---being upon one of his preach-
ng circuits. He was but about twenty-two
years of age, and seemed cvcn younger. A
great nuiubcr of members of Congress were
on board, on their way to Washington, and
had draivn a good deal of attention to them-
selves by cai‘tl—playiiig, diiiikiiig and pro.
fauit-y. As Stiiidny Cfllllc around, Mr.
Milbtirn was asked to pi-cacli, wliicli he did.
In the course of his scrnioii, he addressed‘
himself directly to the nicmbcrs of Con-
gress, and i-cbukcd them in the severest
terms for thc l'Opl'(::l(:ll llicir conduct was
likely to bring upon the country, in the
eyes of the public at lm~go,aiid enforced
upon them the duty of rcincuibcring the
responsibilities ivliicii rested upon them.
He retired to his room, believing that be
had offciidccl llllllll, fearful that he had
overstepped the boiinds of propricty,but
conscious that he haul discliargcd his duty.
Soon aftcrwartls ft coiiiiiiittcc, appointed by
tho lll01l'llJ('.1‘S, Cltllctl upon liiiri, thanked
him for his i‘cpi'oof.s, solicited his accept-
ance of fl.‘pl1l’SO of iiioiicy they had made
up, and tl€l{(}LI psi-iiiissiiiii to present his
name as :i cariclidulc for Chaplin of the
House of Rcpi-csciifiilivt-s. His assent was
given, and lie was elected.
figs‘;-_I.’. T. Bztrntiin has given $1000 to-
wards purcliasiiig it f':u'iii nc:ir N cw York,
for a home for oi-pliaii cliildi-en picked up
Stamford Repalrlicmi. I in the streets of N cw Ym-k.
,.- ..,,-,.,w-.,..,-.,,.._..!. 2,.
..._Bis1ro Burgess on the Maine
Law.
The Rt. Rev. Geo. l3iii‘gi:ss, l’rotcst:iiit
Episcopal Bishop of l\/Iziiiic, was recl--lilly
applied to by a friend residing out of the
State for his testimony as to the effect..-
of the Prohibitor_v Liquor Law. He rc-
plied as follows : l I
GARDINER, Mn, Aug 22, 18:53-
Re-vermrl rmrl Dear S ir .'—To' your
queries Ireply briefly in their order.
Q. l-—-“Did this proliibilory law orig-
inate in the .'-‘Cll€llll‘S of politicians" for
other purposes, or did it stand in the Leg;
islatiire upon its own iiierits."
A. I have very little l{ll0\Vlfi(lg€ oftlie
operations of politiciaiis among us ; and
undoubtedly, individual leaders or others,
members of parties, may have been inflii-
in sits-
taining or opposing this ineastirc. But I
suppose that, beyond all question, the
law originated with persons who were
solely concerned for the suppression of iii-
enced by their political interest
temperance ; and _tliat it was passed on-
ly because.it was believed to be demand-
ed by a great majority of the people, for
its own merits.
Q. 2--“Has it justificd the expecta-
tions entertained of it by its friends at the
time of its passage '?"’
A. What were the actual aiiticipations,
I cannot venture to say ; but every re:i.c_
onable expectation must have been more
than satisfied. , VVliatever it is in the
power of proliibitory law to accomplish
without extreme severity or inquisitorial
scrutiny, this law has generally, in my
opinion, accompli.slied.- Those who are
-bent upon obtaining liquor, can and do
succeed ; but it has ceased to be an ar_
ticle of traffic ; it has ceased to present
an open temptation ; the young are com-
paratively safe, and all the evils of public
drinking-sliops and bars are removed, to-
gether with the interest of a large body
of men in upholding tliciii for their own
pecuniary advantage.
Q. 3—“I‘Iave tliere been any l‘t"«'lS.)llS
in public opinion, so as to induce the be-
ief that at a future day it might be repeal‘
led ?" .
A. In my opinion, quite the contrary.
Should the law be repealed, which seems
in the highest degree improbable, it will
be the result merely of political arrange-
ments ; but I do not believe that any po-
litical party would venture on a measure
so hazardous to itsiown prospects. Un_
doubtedly many discreee and conscient-
ious persons saw strong objections to
some features of the law, and still feel
their force. But multittides who doubt-
ed the expediency of adopting it, would,
I believe, regret and resist its repeal.
Q. 4.——“I-Ias the law been generally
executed, and the amount ofintoxieation
been speedily diminished in the State in
consequence E”
A. The law has been I believe, geri-
erally executed ; tliotigli not everywhere
with equal energy ; and the amount of
intoxication has been, in consequence,
moat evidently striking and even I think,
I may say, wonderfully diminished.
Q. 5.-—“IIas the health, wealth, mor-
ality, and general prosperity of the State
been apparautly promoted by it '3”
A. Unquestionably.
Q. G.—“Has the la\v been found in its
operation to be oppressive to any citizens
not guilty of its violation 9”
A. So far as I know, not in the least.
In thus answering your inquiries, 1
would avoid everything like the intrusion
of an opinion respecting the practicabil-
ity or wisdom of such a measure else-
where. I never appeared here as its
public advocate ; and l am not blind to
such arguments as may be urged against
legislation, which, though it is peculiarly
humane in its operation upon persons, is
so sweeping in reference to z/uJ1zgs.—-
Nevertheless, I am mostly devoutly
grateful for the practical working of the
law ; and believethat to every family in
Maine it is of more value than can be
easily computed.
I am very faithfully,
your friend and brother,
_ GEO. BURGESS.
Rev. C. VV. Andrews, D. D.
The Prophecy of Napolcon.—T he fol-
lowing is a suppressed passage from both
French and English editions of Count
Las Casas’s Journal 2
“Before the sun shall have
many periods round its orbit, said the
Emperor to me one day, as we stood
viewing the sea from a rock which over-
hung the road, the whole European sys,
Ptevolution will
revolved
tem will be changed.
succeed revolution, until every nation be-
comes acquainted with its individual
rights. Depend upon it, the people of
England will not long submit to be gov-
erned by these bands of petty soveriegns
—these aristocratic cabinets._ I was
wrong in re-estalilisliiiig the order of no-
bles in Francli ; but I did it to give splen.
dot to the throne, and refinement to the
manners of the people, who were fast
sinking into barbarisin since the revolu-
tion. The remains of the feudal system
will vanish before the sun of knowledge.
The people have only to know that ‘all
power emanates from themselves, in or-
der to assert their rights to a share in
tl‘eir respectives goveriiiiieiits. This
will be the case, even with the hoors of
Russia—-yes, Las Casas, you may live to
see the time, but I shall be cold in ni_v
grave, when the colossal, but i|l-cemen-
ted empire, will be split into as many
sovereignties—perliaps rcpublics—as
there are hordes or tribes which compose
it.”
__,__.:..._.._ __.__.._.-._ .. __
MAIL BURNED.
Cr'rcat Loss of Iluggagt’.
About six o’clocl< on the morning of
the 6th iiist., a car cciitainiiig mails and
baggage, going west, on the Micliigaii
Soutliern Railroatl, wlieii a few iuiles
from Aiiiswortli Station, was discovered
The train was l(l1l'l1E‘.dlflle-
means
to be on fire.
ly stopped, and every available
use to extinguish the flames, biu. so thor-
ouglily on fire lizul it become before the
alarm was given, that only a small por-
tion of the contents of the car were res-
cited.
.‘.' .' ._.s_.-.~-:-
CONGRESS. .
Sl~1.\‘.-\'l‘lE.—On the 5th iiist., the St-iinlo
'llS called to order by Mr. Afcliison, l.’rcs-
irlcnt. pro Icni. No biisiiie:-‘s of iiiiportaiicc,
was done.
lll*(3(lllllll'.‘l‘ 7th, 18:33.
The Cli:i':i' preseiitod the annual report of
the Sec. of 'I‘rc:isui'y. The usual number
was ordered to be printed Also the report
oftlic Treasiu-‘er of" the U. 54., for the third
;1nrIf0lll"flI quiirtci-s of 185:2, and lll‘.‘if. and
second quarters of 18-53.
The Senate ])l'O(‘(l(‘(l(‘f.I to the cliwtioii of
Cllilpllll, when the Rev. Mr. Slicer, of the
M. I‘). Cliurcli, was do(~.l:ti'cd du'y elected.
Dcccinber Pith, 18:33.
IIo1.'si;‘..———Tw0 linndred and seventeen
incinbcrs were in altciidancc. Linn Boyd,
of Kentucky, was elected Speaker, receiv-
..?: Brit C f‘I”‘7‘".“Ir’
‘if .53 it'll ll
lilorvrallr, 'I‘iiesday, 02 1853.
Prosperous.
We l1‘Tll‘Il that the l')ii-ircl.oi-a of the Danbury
and .\’orwalk ‘Rail Road (.70., at their rnectiug
on Tliiimlay last, dcclatretl a dividend of 31181‘
(-+:~iit payable on the l:3lh of January next, from
the r-;irniii_r_v,;-' of’ the last five months.
The dividr-iid was 1‘ll{lllt' from the earnings of
I‘m: iiiontlis, iiistr-ad oi" six, owing to a change
of lime in niakiiig up their semi-annual ac-
counts, which in future are to be made up on
the first ‘of’ Deceniber and June. instead ofJan-
' nary and July, so that a full statement can be
inndc out lwfoi-0 the usual time of declaring
divideiids. We also learn that after paying the
_-.j,j,-mt [ax my the whole year, and paying the
tlniiingt‘ caused by the late frcsliet, already in-
cm-,-,.d,_ anq]]'nS(}1‘\'lng enough to complete all
mg 142 votes.
December 7th, 185:3.
On motion, the House proceeded to the
election of public Printer, when Mr. Arni-
stroiig, of the Union, was declared elected.
Of the House Cominittcss, Mr. Seymour,
of this State, is on the Judiciary, Mr. In-
gersoll on Foreign Afiitirs, Il'Tr. Pratt on
Roads and Canals, and Mr Belelicr on
Public Buildings.
December 8th, 1853.
,<,‘,.;_\-_.vi~i;.—Mi'. Hunter ofl'e1'cd the custo-
inarv resolutions on t.lic death of Vice Pres-
idcnll’. King, which were. passed, and Senate
adjourned till lllondziy.
HOUSE.-—i\’Il‘. B:iy'.c_v, of Va, offered a
resolution that the House appoint its Libra-
rian. Motion made to lay the resolution on‘
the table—lost. A message was received
ii-om the Senate announcing the proceedings
in that body upon the death of Vice Presi-
dent King. Mr. Harris, of Alabama, and
one or two others, spoke in eulogistic terms
of the decca.sed, and House adjourned till
i\’londay.
December l2tli.
SiaNArr:.——i\Ir. Bright, of Indiana, moved
an amendment to the 34th rule of the Sen-
ate, so as to increase the 14 important Com-
inittces to 6 members; adopted. He also
moved that the last Coin. agreed upon in
caucus be adopted; agreed to. The fol-
lowing are the most important Committees:
On Foreign Relations: Mason of Va.,
Douglass of Ill., Slincll of La., Clayton of
Del., W'cllcr of C;tl., Jverett of flfass.
On Finance: Hunter of Va., Bright of
Ind., Gwiu of Cal., Morris of N. H., Pierce
of Md., Badger of C.
On Commerce: Hainlcn of 310., Dodge
of Wis., Stewart of Mich., Clay of Ala ,
Scwtirtl of N. Y., Benjamin of La.
On Military Aliiiirsi: Shields, of Illinois,
Waller of Cal., Fit7.pat—i°ick of Ala , Dawson
of Ga", Jones of Tenn.
On Naval Afl'airs : Gwiu of Cal., Bell of
Tcnn., Tlionipsou of N. J., .ll‘[J.lIOl‘y of Ala.
Broadlicad of Pa., Fish of N. Y.
Dcceinbcr 13th.
Se.\'.-vriz.---Sevei'al Executive communi-
czttioiis of no general interest received; also
it number of petitions, on various subjects,
whicli were appropriately disposed of. Ur
Bi-iglit moved to take tip the bill reported
from the Finance Coiii., uliich favored the
appoint-ineut of an Assistant Soc. of Treas-
ury, by the President, with the advice and
consent of the Senate; passed. Numerous
incinorials were presented, and relcrrcd.---
The Senate proceeded to the election of
public Printer. JIr. Tucker, of the Senti-
ucl was elected. Mr. ’I‘hoiupson, of Ky.,
gave notice of a bill for relief Of certain
crc-ditors of Texas.
December 14th.
Sm‘.-vriz.---Senator‘ Mason witlidrew the
incniorials for the payment of French Spo-
ilationi, and intimated a disposition to refer
tlicni to a special Com. ; laid on the tabel
for the present. Mr. Bi-oaclliead of Pa. in-
troduced a bill giving further remedies to
patent-ces; referred to the Judiciary. Mr.
Sumner offered a resolution of inquiry as to
the expediency of passing a law for the re-
vision of the U. S. Statutes, their report to
be submitted to Congress for final action-u
adopted. Senator Dodge of Iowa introdu-
ced a bill to provide for the organization of
the Territory of N cbraska ; referred to the
Com. on Territories-
The Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury
Has come to hand, in pamphlet forui.—
The actual receipts for the fiscal year end-
lug June 30, 1853, were $61,337,374.-10;
over four million less than the estimates;
but the balance in the Treasury Ju.y 1st,,
18:32, was $l4,632,l36.37, making-the to-
tal sum for the service of 1853, $75,969,-
701 77 The expenditures of t-he year
were $54,026,8lS.2l. The receipts for
the first fiscal quarter of 1853 were $21,-
042,892.56, and the expenditures for the
same quarter $15,031,3l_53-70-
The estimated expenditures for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1854, are_$57,251,-
23315, and the appropriations liable to be
expended in that year are $63,l47,981.06.
The estimated resources for 1854 are $66,-
366,604.62, expenditures 851i060;977-12 ;
lenving 3 balance in the Treastiry July 1st,
1955, of $15,206,427-50
A table accompanies the report, giving :1.
list of articles of foreign Iuip_ort, which it is
proposed to add to the free list, for the pur-
pose of reducing the reVcn1le_- _ These at-ti-
cjes yielded last year eight millions of reve-
nue. This table, however, and other tables
in the report, have not been received.
Sec. Guthrie proposes to arrange the ar-
ticles now paying duty, in two classes; one
to pay 100 per ceut., aIld.ll1C.0fll(ll' 25 per
ccnt. This, he thinks, will give much less
trouble in collecting the revenue. I-lc sug-
gests a specific duty on iron, and that salt
be made free, and the fishing bounty be re-
pealed, leaving “ that branch of industry
to the fair competition which causes other
‘.l1i1l'2lf.llllC 0lli.Cl‘pl‘l$3e to {lour1s_li.”
A large number of clerks In the Ll(rptl.l't-
niciits do not receive suflicicnt‘compcnszttion
for their support, and the Secretary asks
Congress fbr an increase. Secret nispectors
of the customs, and supcruunicrai-_y oflicers
of the revenue cutter service, have been
dismissed. Liglit-liouscs and hglit vossels,
the new custom-liouscs, the 1'n:u'ine hospit.
als, and greater safety of life on board of
stcamboats, me some of the topics of‘ the
report, which is able and thorough.
THE I’ti:vou'r or THE Sr.cm:'i'.\ur or rm;
Nxvv advocates the 1'0-Ol'g:].|]lZil.fl0|l of the
Navy, and rccomnieuds the appropriation of
five millions for building six first class steam
propeller Frigates. He also l'CCOlllllleD(lt5
that the Santec, at Kittcry, and the Sabine.
at New York, on’thc stocks since 1829, l.-e
altered and finished, as substitutes for two
f'i-igatcs of the same class, witlidi-ziwn as
worthless. The old ship-of-tlic-liiic Frank
lin is being repaired at Kittci-y, and her
niodcl changed, with a view of converting
her into a first class steam frigate. To the
i'_cstoi't2tion of flogging in the 1V;1v_y, he i.~
decidedly opposed. llc advises I). retired
list, discharge of the incfiicient, promotiot
of merit, pay according to sea service, am
rewards and punishments, and honorablt
discharge to sailors, as a means of the en-
couraging longer eulistinents.
;.»-.. 3%-7-‘::‘.‘L':£.’-“-'.?r.'1}.ls(’.~2il*;lfi:?:fr3££:&¥$££»'$.{CZ‘-37.!§.iZ.I5"i$Z:LT-353Zfikfxii;-Kiri}-;¥I3i€5fiE...<3§i.a2ia.£:x.5"‘ " »
I.
, tlu-. rep-.iii'.s in the spring, and the dividend now
E lI(‘(“Il1l‘(‘(I tliorc will remain still it liandsonic sur
l plus from the five months earnings to go to the
3 lll‘W account. This is what. we call it PTOSPW‘
our biisincss.
Erin.-\'r.i.——We trust the happy pill!‘ M1039
iiuptiztls were celebrated in Ridgcfield 11151
weolr, iiiay enjoy none the less of life, from our
iiccidr-iitally having placed their marriage no-
liee in so melancholy a position. Our -error
tlimigh mortal, is not quite so hard as rt co-
f.eiiiporai'y who in describing the head dress
of a bridal par-f._v. spoke of their heads being
decked with “ full blown roses,” but was made
by the treachery of his types to say “their
licads were decked with full blown -rmves-.”
THE .\f.uti.\'n HOT}-II. Fmi-i.—The burning of
the splendid edifice, of which mention was
made in our last, was undoubtedly the work of
an incendiary, as it has had no occupant this
winter. We learn that the building and furni-
ture was pretty well covered by insurance, so
that the loss will not fall very heavy upon the
owner. Mr. ll-foiiot, of the New York Hotel.-—
But painful to relate, the life of a young man
was also sacrifised. He was engaged in remo-
ving the furniture when a. portion of the inte-
rior of‘ the building fell and buried him be-
neath its ruins.
3:51,. We are glad to see the Hartford Times,
although enjoying its share of Government pap
denouncing the Pi-esidcnt’s recommendation to
pay the owners of the Armistad, for the slaves
they hail stolen" from Africa. If President
Pierce had recommended the payment of our
Fl‘t.‘nCll Spoliation claims, so justly due and so
liascl y deferred, he would have found a. more
hearty response from the American People.
_.7/T-Z7“ The democratic press are “down upon”
the Message trickery as they ought to be, and
some of‘ them are demandidg an investigation
by Coiigi-ess, as to the means by which certain
party papers piiblislicd it a whole day in ad-
vance of its rlelivm-y, while others of the some
political liouseliold, were debarred a copy till
it day after the fair, We go in for the investi-
gat-ioii. The disclosures will be highly interes-
tiiig to the “ rest of‘ mankind” as well as to
those irliose love and confidence have been be-
frayed.
I-‘iiii-i, r\T..\fOS 'r.~A fire broke out on Friday
last, in the tenement owned by Henry Handes
and occupied by Charles Sherwood, which but
for the timely assistance of the neiglibors,would
have proved very destructive to the tinder-box
teiieincuts of " 1-‘inchville.-"
I)ROWNEI}-—./Ilmost.-—P00l‘ Johny McCarthy
a victim of the cup, While in a state of intoxi-
cation fell oft‘ the dock, and but for some boys
who witiicsscd his fall, would have been a. strfl"
From the New Tn §. fllirrortgf Th'u'r:?ag'[.
S1'ni-:i-:'r-I’iu-:.u‘nixc.-—-Sonic l(‘ll thousand per-
sons gaitliercd in the Park last cvciiiiig, for the
purpose of coiideiuning the action of Mayor
We.-t.ei-vr.-lt., forcniisiiig the arrest of Rev. Mr.
Parsons, for street prencliing; against the Ihipa-
“Y: &1!-. 011 Suudtly. Slie fiit-ct.iiig embraced
w"H'k"°“'“ “"1 hll-THY 1‘1‘SpL'ctablc citizt-its
and was addressed by Cliauiiccy Scliztfft-r, ox
candicato fer District- Attorney; J. Bryce, and
the Rev. Mr. Parsons, aforesaid. From the
resolutions adopted, We onpy ma f.,11._,w;,,g an
expressive of the ml.-oting,
Ii'e.'(.Ir-rtl That in the o in’ n f t1 ‘= -- - -
arrest of how. bfr. P:ll‘:‘LtX‘;s [lino3l,,:,;,,;nfa‘3“L,h%‘:
ll“-‘~"'3l-11." l’“'**"1""‘.’~' 0“ ll-‘IWI-" preiuises, b\IilL‘IJ had
been prnciu-red for that purpose. was an outrage upon‘
the civil and rt-ligioiis rights ofa free pi-30919, ' -.
R«'.:r.-lrr-:1, That while we are determined to chow and
sustain the laws of our coiiiitry, and ,,.hue we vi“, ,1
respect flipsc who are, r-host-n in ..;.;,.(.,_,,e thnn we am
not and will not siiilriiit to the d,._s,,,_,,_,,, of deg,“ O H"
in authority, or lit-sitzite to li(-nollllt-Q u,,,5,, “.1,” {L gum
an imziginary poptilarily, will pziiirn-,-1° the ,.,,,,’,i°n§ 0‘
interest» of any great r-less, T-.'ll\‘lll9l‘ st-ciilar or rcllgloun
It is claimed that the Mayor caused this at-.
rest in order to secure the Untliolic vote, If
so he will no doubt. find it a. very unp;-o5m},1e
IBEDEIIVTC.
It will not not to gag freemen or encroach
upon the freedom of speecch in this county,
whatever may be the theme of discussion.
Mr. Parsons preached again in the same place
last Sunday, and wos not iiitcrriiptcd.
7
35:?‘ A capiial improvement in Water Street
is in its incipient. stages, and which we hope
will be got. in such a shape this week, as that
we may astonish the “world and the rest of
mankind” with its development in our next,
Norwalk has begun to progress, and is sure to
become (I. city.
For the Gazette.
A Description of Reading.
BY riciir 1100T.~1.
Redding is situated in the south western part
of the land of Steady Habits, and is bounded
North by Long Ridge, East by Yaller Bird and
Dodging Town, South by the Devil’s Den, and
west by Woodchuck. The surface is very une-
ven, and appears in many places as if the land
was set up edgewise for the purpose of getting
more of it in it given space. There are many
great banks and tall hills, but none large or
high enough to be called mountains, conga-
quently it is not mountainous but very hill-
tainous.
The soil although not fertile produces “some
punkins,” squashes, onions, ’taters, tomatoes,
cabbage heads, greens, pork and beans, sufIl-
cient for the wants of the inhabitants and some
for exportation, though the beans are mostly
imported from the adjoining town on the north
walk. I wish it distinctly understood, that no
allusion is here intended to be made to saucy
letters, written by verdant clerks in Norwslk,
but garden sauce only.
The minerals are rocks, charcoal, quartz,
granite, mica, garnets, soap stone, ising glass,
“ stone fence stone,” soft soap, and precious
stone of different kinds.
The animals are not numerous but mostly of
the domestic and useful kinds, such as dogs,
hogs, cats, rats, mice, bores, oxemhorses, minke,
woodchucks, and skunks. Among these, the
hog is valuable for its fur, and the Pole cat
for its nerfumery. The wild animals are not
considered dangerous. They are principally
Bulls, Bull-punks, dogs, bulldogs, wild cats,
Thomas cats, coons, raccoons, toads, tree toads
rats, muskrats and skippers.
The prtncipal fish are bull heads, bull frogs
suckers, roach, sliiners, pin fish, and eels.-—
There are no shell fish except turtles. Among,
these, the bull punk, and turtle. are amphibi-
ous as they live on land and in the water.-
The tree toads are amphibious, for they live
on land, and on trees, and skippers are alsdl,
for they live in cheese and fresh meat.
The birds are wood cock,ivood peckers,li orse
cold water man.
However dry he may have been when he
went it——lic was most essentially soaked when
he was rescued from his perilous situation.
fail?‘ “ The Mini ’Bout Town,” who loves
good braiidy, portand sherry, and attends to
public inatters in general, is inquisitive to
know wlictlier the Selectmen have found a
iiiai-c’s iiestin the town account, which they
were instructed to publish?
M.\R'l‘lN KOSZ'1‘.\.—Th0 Washington corres-
pondent of the New York Expr ess says :
The Iluugariuu is likely to prove pretty
much like the present of the elephant to the
man who did not know what to do with him——
llc came from Boston per Adams 35 Co’s Ex-
press Agent, consigned to Franklin Pierce,
Pi-esitleiit of the United States, and William L
.\Iarcy, Secretary of State. He is quartered
at Brown's Hotel, and asks the Secretary of
State and several others the very significant
question, “Why he came? What he came for?
How long he is to abide here '3”
He calls upon the goyernment to return him
(0 Trlrli-0,1/, from whence he was taken without
his ronsen t, or to give him employment in the
service of tlie Uniterl States.’
year The Bridgeport Farmer says that a gen-
tleman in Danbury has lately invented a ball,
which is so constructed, that when discharged
from the can iioii or rifle, and strikes its mark,
it explodes and does a. second execution with a
charge of shot contained within the ball.
king, What has become of the Hartford
Tiiiics? We have not receiveda copy for at
least three months. AB-urr ought to stick
i-aflicr better than that.
The N. Y. State Poultry Society are
to have it grand show in Albany, on the 10th
and lllli of January.
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Cciri-2 FOR I-‘orxoi-;ir.—Iinmediatcly on dis-
covering that your horse is fouudered, mix a
pint of‘ iinground sunflower seed, in his prov-
outlet‘ and it will affect a cure. It is it cheap
i-enic-dy_. and one of‘ the best ever discovered.
Kossntln.
The correspondent of the New York Tribune
Spulllilllg fi-om private advices received at
Washington, says :
“ Kossutli is earnestly preparing for the even,
tiistlilics of‘ a. general European war.”
‘X‘r;t.. In the libel suit of Mr. Fry, Manager‘ of
the Italian Opera. in New York, against Ben-
ut-t of‘ tlic Ilerald, the jury rendered it verdiot
of ten l.-ll0ll.s'£1l1c,Itl0ll:1l‘S against the defendant.
M._____._______.——
.'-"5-'3‘ Rev. S. B. S. Bissell, says the Advocate
has ‘.l(.'(.'l’1)t(.‘(I the appointment by the _-tnicrican
Suutlaty School Union of Associate St-ci'cti|1'Y
for the City of New York and vicinity. Ml‘.
Bissell we iiiitlei-stand has already entered UP‘
on his new field of labor.
Mr. B. has for some time been settled over
the 1st.(,‘ongi'cgittIoiial Society at Greenwich.
We are gratified tolcarii that he has rccciveda
“louder call,” where his sphere Of 1150711111959
ivill be greatly enlarged, and his “ material
aid” angiiicntcd.
Coiiiplctc returns of the recent vote in
_\'L-W yo;-|; for St-ci'etai'y of State, foot up as
l‘ollo\\'.~': Whig, 160,671 : Ilnrd, 08,468; Soft,
lH,l;~‘9.
’l‘lic notorious Capt. Isaiah Ryuders, it
is still], has been appointed Secret ./lgcnt of
the l’ost Ollicc Dcpai-tiiieiit. This probably
.lCL‘l)lllll$ for the rcasoii why the press of Con-
iii-tzticiit was cut of from the privileges grant-
.-d to .\'e~.v York, Boston, and other towns on
the great rail road line from Washington to
liniuv.
ye-<35“ 'l‘lic \'ci'inont legislature adjourned
.i-ithoiit the election of a. U. 3. Senator.
3-‘E-L Hon. Truman Smith will please accept
)lIl‘ tliaiiksfor sundry valuable public docu-
xieuts.
' " ' -‘L-‘T’ "i'r‘i.".-'.’.il?2"-".'."».‘!.
flies, cut birds, humming birds, high holes,
whippoorwills, night hawks, blue birds, yellow
birds, bumble bees, and butterflies. The last
is noted for its beautiful plumage.
The insects are fleas, grand fathers, bed bugs
bat flies, millers, spiders, pots and kctt1es,mus-
quitoes, ants, tumble bugs, crickets, grass hop-
pers, and lightning bugs.
The i'ept.'iles are adders, lizards. streaked
snakes. racers, rattle snakes and gossips.
The domestic fotvls are ducks,drakes, shang-
hai roosters, Cliitagongs, Thomas turkeys,
crows, black birds, goslings, gbsling turtle,
turtle doves, and pointers.
The prevailing religion is protestant, but
there is no religion established by law, but all
can worship as they choose without being mo-
lested. It is to be feared that there are some
without any religion, or at least none to speak
of, and are so unspcakably wicked that they
would not scruple to make up faces at a minis-
ter.
Agriculture is the chief employment of the
inhabitants, but there are several manufacture‘
on a. small scale. Mining has been carried on
patents granted to somo of the cute ones of
plying for a patent-right. One person is about
applying for a patent for crutches for lame
ducks, which he has brought to such it stats
of perfection as to admit of no further improve
ment.
The climate is about the same asin the same
latitude in the Eastern continent, only more so
we being more subject to the extremes ofllres
and cold. Some days in winter being’ cold
enough to congeal it Laplander, while some
Rcdding has produced some eminent men.
“ The man who smoked in the omnibus,” “ the
man with the carpet bag,” and “the man yvho
struck Billy Patherson,” are S3111 t0 1113 1|1“1V“
0f aeaaing, though I do not vouch for the
fact.
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@‘The City of New London has voted to
erect. a. City Hall at a cost of $50,000. The
site of the ‘proposed building is spoken of by
the Chronicle, as in every respect, the finest in
the city, for the purpose to which it is to be
appropriated.
Rail Road C'om;enz2'on.—The Ger.
eral Rail Road Convention meet: this
morning at 12 o’clock, at the Tontine
Hotel. The officers elected at the his;
meeting are Hon. W. \V. Boardman, 0.
New Haven, president ; J. Van Renssa-
laer, of Saratoga, Secretary ; Charles
Hunt, of Bridgeport, Assistant Secretary ;
and John P. Jackson, of Newark, Rob-
ert Schuyler, of New York, Erastus Corn-
ing of Albany, H. R. Day, of Hudson.
Ohio, Standing Committte.—Ne-w Ha,
can Journal of Tuesday.
Melancholy Disaster at Sea——Los: of
the Revenue Cutter Hanzilton. rmdpfob
ably all but oncof her Iumrls -——The rev‘
enue cutter IIa.-mil_ton. left the Dry Dock
here on Wednesday, for a cruise, having
on board Thomas E Rudolph, of St. Ma.
rys, Ga., the captain ; Camillus SatiI_I¢l°"
ers, son of Gen. Romulus Saunders, first
lieutenent, and a crew oftwelve men.-_-
It blew a hurricane last night. during
which the Iiamilton was lost off Tully
Breakers, Cliarlestoii Bay. The officers
and c.rew'took to the life-boats, one of
which has not yet been heard of, but the
0,1,“, containing Capt. Rudolph,‘ "tho
qnarterniaster, four men, and two boys,
was capsized in the breakers, and all
were drowned with the. exception of one
seaman. lashed to the boat, who was
picked up this morning by the Savannah
steamer. ’ All the ofiicers had wives‘ in
this city. ' . '
and great quantities of can come from Nor-, —
to a limited extent. There has been several .
the town. Others have made a great deal of ,
money, by their wits. on the sly, without up-.
days in summer it is hot enough to fry a negro ,
Norwalk Chronicler