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4
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Ii;9r.=.st'ii} to Sl‘1'p Masters.
Tf'l"‘ll:e‘(’.:lSé of Putt-or vs. Pet is, the S:
pron: : l_‘. part of ill: )i.! is :.in.i ll‘.l5 recon‘
do-ci l.-.3 that vessels have a right to use on
warp in getting in. and out of the harbor of
a navigable river, and to extend the warp
acre.-:s the entire channel; but on the ap-
of another vessel it is the duty of
— eel using the warp to take notice of
preach, and so to lower the warp as
_, ..: a free passage through the ordinary
trzivcilcd part of the channel, and to indi-
cate to the approaching vessel the point in-
tendcdfor her passage. The approaching
party is not bound to pass at the point indi-
cated, but may pass at a different point if
he honestly thinks it can be done without
interference, but in such case he will be
liable for the damage which ensues, unless
he can prove that he disregarded the notice
of the other vessel in the .boua fide belief
that he could so pass without damage to it,
aim the burden of proving this will be upon
him. '
hr;-v '
Treaty with Miexico.
The N . Y. Herald’s Washington corres-
F
-. oreigr ..
Arrival of the Canada.
-1-he ':I'.'u.rf&—:l.sb. _vv'ar.
HALIFAX, Jan. 4, 1854..
The steamer Canada brings Liverpool
dates to the 24th, and has 60 passengers
for Boston. _
The political" and general news by the
Canada possesses no features of marked
importance, but the details will be found
interesting Imminent danger of a general
European war was in no respect less, on the
departure of the Canada, than it was at the
date of our previous advices. _
The vacancy in the English Cabinet;
caused b the resignation of "Lord Palmer‘
ston,‘ remains open. The _liberal_ P3P_91”5
complain that Prince Albert 15 making him‘
self too busy in the affairs of the arm)’; and
some attribute Lord P3lm,°":°n,5 re5‘5“a"
rim; to a cabal in that quarter. Complaints
are also made that the Prince interferes in
politics. _ ,
Reports from Great Britain that France
pendent states that a treaty with Mexico
lias been negotiated by Mr. Gadsden, which
is.,uow in the hands of the President, and
will soon be communicated to the Senate.
It provides for such a boundary as will en-
able the United States to protect Mexico
from the Indians, for. the right of way for
a Pacific Railway; or, as 311 9-1l3e1'n3l'lV°a
that Z‘\lexico shall cede to the United States
a boundary that shall extend nearly to the
21st p'fm-llel, giving a large extension of
*..errito:-y, including Lower California and
Sonora, upon payment of $50,000,000.-—
Also, for ifie specific enforcement of the
'11‘:-liiizzzite;-jcc right of way.
The St Louis Democrat has a long
article g< Eng to show that Capt. Gunuison
and his pztzty were not killed by lndians,
but l)}'l.‘-l’)i'ill0I1Si One strong circumstance
is that tl.ougl_i the bodies of the slain were
miiiilatcd’, and Gunnison’s arms out off,
their scalps were not taken. “ It is no
part of the policy of these people to permit
an exploration of their country, for the
purpose of finding a rent for a railroad,
which is to be the highway of nations, and,
if made, would bring them again under the
observation of the civilized world. Indeed,
it. was the last thing they desired, and the
very thing from which they were thinking
to‘ "escape. This may account for the fact
that the murderers carried away or destroy-
ed the notes and surveys which it was the
object of Gunnisou’s expedition to make,
and which no Indians could have taken or
thouglit worthy of destruction.
A Grand Christmas Tree.
The l‘.‘i(llCS of Concord, Mass. made a
master stroke in the way of carrying out
Skmta Claus’ operations for that town.
They erected a great Christmas tree in the
town hall, and on it placed a present of not
less than a dollar in cost, for every child in
the town between the ages of2 and 16 yrs.
'1' he children assembled at the hall on Sat-
ing to the number of near 700,
istribut-ion took place.
‘rem St. Domingo.
The brig Reveille, which arrived at New
York on Wednesday, from St. Domingo 9th
December, reports that a French war stea-
mer appeared off that place, and demanded
of the llaylien Government $20,000, for
having refused permission to emigrants to
land there. The forts ashoreflvere manned
an-:1 the camion’s shotted, under the suppo-
sition that the design of the steamer was to
land the ex-President, but on the following
(lay the steamer went to the leeward.
Remains of Count Pulaski.
‘We heard it stated last evening that sev-
ernl gentlemen, who have been searching
for some time past for the remains of Brig-
adicr Count Pulaski, yesterday succeeded
in their praiseworthy efforts Our inform-
' out was unable to furnish any particulars.
Slrould it prove true that the remains of
thc brave Pole have been recovered, it will
be a matter of sincere pleasure, not only to
our citizens but to our entire country. We
trust the information may prove true.
Scwarmah Georgian, Dec. 22d.
{Ks-An excellent writer has very truly
said that “ Looking at a map of the United
States, one might almost fancy ancient his-
tory and modern geography had been chop-
pod up and put into a bag, and then scatter-
ed abroad ever the land ”
',fI§="ljll(3,l\rLlell.)01ll'I]C Argus says :---“ In
this, the richest colony in the world, the
males outnumber the females to the enor-
mous extent of 57,000! Think of that,
fair ladies !---a husband to be chosen from
among a desolate surplus of fifty-seven thou-
sand !” ‘
The U. S. Senate has passed a
. hill aul;l1oi~izing the rank of Lieutenant
General in a shape that relieves it of
the objections which have been urged
:1;-,;,~'-.iins.t it. The rank is to expire with
the imlividual upon whom it is once
confirmed. Presidents will have no
power; to renew it, and thus it becomes
fl/CllSlll‘»g‘lllI-Zlllllg mark of approbation,
]l1SiC{l(l of merely conferring a new ti-
tle upon an old position. It leaves the
Pi-e.~:ident. the discretionary power to
f3O,l1l'.‘l'Yt'l(l(llllOll£ll pay with the rank.
Flic ;\e_\v Hampshire Senators voted
against it, which is supposed by some
~a.utherities to indicate the President’s
opposition to the bill.
. Let a general system of Internal
Improvements be declared as the set-
tlezl policy of the federal government,
and five years would not elapse before
State pride would be destroyed, and
practically obliterated-—wliilst the
States themselves would be seen beg-
ging for patronage at the door of the
’l‘rcasnry. The combination between
Congressmen and Congressional Dis-
tricts would give way to a spoils com-
bination between States, and the. bal-
ance between State and Federal au-
thority would be destroyed in amor-
cenary scramble. '
Among the patents issued for
the week ending Dec. 20th, were one
' , to “Win. G. Creamer, of New Haven,
for improvement in operating brakes
.b~_r signal-c0i'd ; one to Chas. Atwood,
5 of Birmingham, for improvements in
. attacliiiig hooks and eyes to cards; and
one to P. Meyer, of N cwtown, for im-
was insincere in her allegiance in the Tur-
kish affair, caused much indignation. The
French Cabinet was even taking into con-
sideration whether an explicit denial should
be made. The Emperor expresses himself
in favor of action, and declares hiuiselfem-
pliatically, that the course of France in the
matter to be thepath of honor.
The Turkish War.
. It is credibly asserted that the British,
French and Turkish Fleets entered the
Black Sea on the 10th of Deceiiiber—their
supposed destination being Sebastopol.——-
Three vessels of each squadron were left to
guard Constanttinoplc. The Czar having
frequently declared that the entry into the
Black Sea would be considered by him as
equivalent to a declaration of war--the im-
mediate withdrawal of the Russian Minis-
ters from Paris and London was looked for.
The Paris journals publish what purports
to be a letter of instructions from the four
powers to their Ambassadors at Constanti-
nople, calling on Turkey to acquiesce in a
peaceful settlement, with the assurance that
Russia intends no infringement of the Tar-
kish sovereignty. It proposes that negoti-
ations shall take place in a neutral country,
and that the opening of the conference shall
be the signal for an armistice. The letter
guarantees the limits of the present Turkish
sovereignty. The Sultan’: reply was ex-
pected to reach Vienna on the 26th ult.
Several skirmishes on the Danube had
taken place. The Russians attacked Kala-
fat on the 4th December, but were repulsed
with great carnage on both sides. On the
13th, two Russian steamers,with gun-boats,
made an unsuccessful attempt on lllatchim.
There is nothing really later from Asia.
The general tenor of the advtces indicate
that the operations during November were
unfavorable to the Turks.
Persia’s declaration against Turkey was
caused by a direct promise from the Czar
to remit the debt and restore disputed terri-
tory to Persia. The Shah had placed 30,000
troops at the Czar’s disposal.
Turkey has forbidden the exportation of
grain, but all contracts are permitted to be
fulfilled. ‘
An insurrection had ‘broken out in Cri-
mea, in favor of Turkey. The provinces
of Bessarabia, Sheron and Tauris were pla-
ced uuder martial law, by Russia. Private
accounts from Ersowa, of Nov. 17th, con-
firm previous statements of Turkish success,
which had induced the main body of the
Turkish army to cross the Georgian fron-
tier, and march upon Tifiis. The Georgi-
ans everywhere welcomed the Turks. A
Turkish force occupied the Erivan, which
the Russians had abandoned on their
approach. The reported Turkish defeat
at , Akhabzick is doubtful, although a
battle was fought there on the 26th N ov.,
with considerable slaughter. Gen. Andoin—
koif.-has possibly relieved the fortress of
Akattsche, and another division underPrince
Rebutoff has succeeded in repulsing a Tur-
kish force back upon Kars, with loss of can-
non and camp---so ,'says_a Russian bulletin.
, The rupture between Persia and England
happened ant-erioif*'ite the declaration of wai-
by Persia against Turkey, and was caused‘
by insults offered to the British Embassy.
The Persian Ambassabor, after breaking off
relations with the Perle, retired to Bagdad.
The relations between the Austrian Minis-
ter and the Divan were daily becoming col-
der, on various pretexts.
The Russian Government has ordered
that all foreign merchant ships going to the
Ottoman ports, on the Black Sea, shall be
searched, and those carrying stores or mu-
nitions of war shall beseized, although sai-
ling under a. neutral flag. 'l‘urkey,.on the
contrary, has extended the term of 45 days
ere Russian merchantmen shall be declared
prizes.
Marine Disasters. ,
HoLMi—:s’ HOLE, Jan. '3, 1854.
The bark Averon, from Sagua la Grande
‘for New York, has arrived here leaky, with
loss of sails, boats, and bulwarks stove. '
The bark Almcdia arrived here, reports
on the 1st inst., in lat. 38 41, ion. 73 52,
fell in with a beat containing Capt. Abra.-
hams and the crew of the schooner Arabel-
la,,of' and from New York, for Virginia,
having abandoned her two hours previous
in a sinking condition.
The brig Cardenas, of Portland, from
Curacao for New York, was dismasted
Dec. 9 and abandoned. The crew were
taken on board the brig Mary Emily. from
Para for N cw Haven, and carried into
VV6od’s,_.Hole. The Cardenas’ was after-
wards picked up and towed in here.
Disaster to the Steamship San
Francisco.
i\Vashington, Jan. 5, 1853.
News has just arrived of the wreck of
the steamer San Francisco, which recently
left New York for California with the third
regiment of United States Artillery on
board. .‘ he was seen inlet. 38 20 with
her decks swept, beats lost, and wholly dis-
abled.
Senator Gwinn at once applied to the
Secretary of navy for aid; but there is not
a. government vessel in any port fit for im-
mediate service. The Secretary of ‘Var,
on being applied to by the Senator from
California, ordered a merchant steamer to
be chartered at once to go in search of the
wreck. The Secretary of _the Treasury
will order several revenue cutters on the
same errand.
The steamer had from seven to eight
nundred men on board, with three months
provisions for the crew, and twelve months
provisions for the troops. ‘
n@”'A Post Office has been estab-
lished in ‘ Stony Creek,’ Branford,‘5and
Mr. Timothy Barker appointed P. M.
The Post Office is Middlebury has been
re-established. It was suspended at
the request of people in that town, who
provcment in processes’ of vnlcanizing
" ..iz 2-<.>xi:.-.1,-V-'.
J
zfijrnewnakk-e:‘, ._.,.,,§ ' 1..-1 - “
represented to the Postmaster General
""“ if was ilflcloss. v
County Court.
Ducntinnu TERM —-,Tuiu,n _ \Vgg_;.:.
EDWARD_TAYLOll, Jones.
A large nmnbcr of criminal cases we
presented The bonds in several cases
were called and forfeited.
State, vs. Josiah Knapp.——Information
of two counts for assault and battery on his
mot.11er_ Verdict guilty on both counts.
Sentence six months in the work house, on
each count-. Taylor and Carter for the
sm_e_ The accused was without counsel.
Stale, vs. Charles B,ums_.—Informati9n
for an assault and battery, of an aggravated
It is said that.
nature, on Ann Burns. Verdict guilty.
Sentence, three months imprisonment.-
Taylor 8: Warner for the State. _Belden
forthe accused.
State, vs. Arthur C'Iemcns.-—Information
of three counts for assault and battery on
Catharine Rooney. Vereict guilty on the
first count only. Fine $1 and costs, which
was paid and the prisoner discharged.
Taylor and Surges for the State. Morris
8: Seeley for the accused.
State, vs. John C. Ilqflon --Informa-
tion of two counts for an attempt to com-
mit rape on a girl about 8 years of age, in
the _tewn of Greenwich. The prisoner
about 60 years of age. Verdict guilty.
Sentence deferred. Taylor 8: Carter for
the State. I Sturges and Minor for the
accused.
State, va.."PatricIc 0’HeaIy.——lnforma-
tiou ,ofi.two.i. counts, charging the accused
with exposing in the town of Norwalk, on
the l4t.l_i of“Nev. last, an infant child, with
the intention of abandoning it. Verdict
guilty on "the Isl: count; not guilty on the
second count. Sentence deferred. Taylor
8; Carter for the State. Curtis for the
accused.
State, vs. John Yates -—lnformat-ion
charging the accused with stealing at Nor-
walk a violin and case, value $75. The
value of the violin, as proved by the State,
was .;.:5 $12’, which did not give the Coun-
ty Court jurisdiction of the offence. Ver-
dict,'b‘y’ direction of the court, not guilty,
and the accused was discharged. Taylor 81
Ferry for the State. Foote 8; Seeley for
the accused. _ '
State, vs. Ellen Doolmz.-—Information
for assault and battery at Bridgeport, viz:
spitting ‘on one Onar Flinn—au appealed
case. Verdict guilty. Fine $1 and costs,
which was paid, and the prisoner discharged.
Tay_lor and Chambers for the State. Noble
8: Sturges for the accused. —
State, vs. Nichols Hengel.—An infor-
mation for stealing from the house of David
Burr, in Ridgefield, a gold watch and chain,
of the value of $75. Verdict guilty. Val-
ue of watch found to be only $35. Seu-
tence, $25 and three months imprisonment.
Taylor &. Beldcn for the State. White 8i
Seeley for the accused.
State vs. Andrew McGovern, before
James ‘C. Loomis, Esq., presiding in place
of Judge Taylor, be having been employed
in the '-preliminary proceedings against ac-
cused, ou ‘his being bound over for trial. An
information for theft, charging the accused
with picking up on the highway in Bethel,
a pocket book containing $25 in gold and
825' iii bills belonging to John ‘Benedict,
and feleniously concealing the same and ap-
propriating the contents to his own use-
Jury brought in a verdict of not guilty,
and the accused was discharged. Taylor
and Belden for the State ; Averill and
Ferry for the accused.
FOURTH WEEK.
State vs. Noah M. Lee.--An informa-
tion for passing a counterfeit $2 bill on the.
Saugatuck Bank. Plea, not guilty and in-
sanity. Verdict guilty on one count. Mo-
tion made to arrest judgment, and new trial.
Suite in. Win. Allen.—-Au information
for stealing a horse from Stevens & Griffith,
in Norwalk, near three years ago. Verdict
not guilty. Taylor and Butler for the
State; Ferry and Feote for the defence.
The accused, after the verdict was ren-
dered, we are told, confessed that he was
the person who committed the theft.
n@“’ One noble feature of-our insti-
tutions is, that each of the sovereign
people may in turn be called upon to
make, construe, and enforce the laws.
The hope of doing so, at some time,
. contributes largely to the qualifica-
tions uccessary for that purpose among
the people at large, and essentially
aids in promoting the great objects of
social organization. In such govern-
ments, no. one can properly expect a
monopoly of public ofiice. The health-
ful operation of our institutions re-
quires changes of public servants.
EA great imprevenient has been
read line, by petticoating all round the
cars, which prevents the dust from ri-
sing and annoying the passengers.-
You may new travel in your Sunday
go-to-meeting clothes. A Fbeuchman
travelling in the other line, by way of
Brunswick, which is Uncle Sam‘s line,
asked the conductor---“ What for you
no ‘ave de ticoats on zis line?‘ ‘Can‘t,
sir,‘ answered he, ‘ this is a mail line.’
rm A correspondent of the Albany
Cultivator says (as the -result of some
excellent experimcnts,) that farmers
should not select the largest ears of
corn for seed, but rather those which
grow nearest the ground.
3% The Vermont Legislature has
chartered the Bennington Battle Mon-
ument, and given it $3000 to aid it in
erecting a Monument at Benningtop,
in honor of the heroes of that battle, in
the Revolutionary War.
(ls.-A letter from England saysthat
tions for the purchase of an island in
the Mediterranean, for a naval depot.
3% The Washington Star learns
that the assignecs of 3 patent rights,
which together yield perhaps a million
per‘ annum in tariffs, have combined to
induce Congress to extend them, this
winter, for seven y_ea_r_§ longer. They
are said to have rag ‘-fund of $100,-
000 tobe disbursed at Washington, to
carry through their object. Their
champagne is already flowing in Wash-
ington like water, and their “canvass
backs” are also a-roasting merrily.
m G. P. R. James has a new novel
announced in London, as his first work
of American fiction, entitled, “ Ticon
deroga ;_ or, The Black Eagle.’
l@“As an offset to the wonderful ox
that gives milk, so much talked of in
the papers, Jim wishes it mentioned,
that he has a cow that doesn’t.
made on the Camden & Amboy Rail»
Mr. Buchanan is engaged in negotia- .
The New Insolvent Law.
,()_l«l>ll|BHl.\f of January. :1 law m-ikin-I
-uyynrtaiiidtiaiciliariizes iri"it,il.'iLeti"¢e'latl0Ii.-‘ be-T
vevn debtor and creditor, goes into ope-
ration. Inasmuch as it does away With
the old ‘(grab-law,” it will be recogniz-
ed as an improvement, but it has ab011t
it some features which are ‘i hard to be l
understood,” and others which it is still
harder to be pleased with,i The law
provides that assigninenis must be made
for the benefit of all creditors equally-
that a creditor to the amount of one hun-
area dollars”may- force his debtors to an
assignment, in case he does not turn out
property for an attaclimeng...that an as-
signment shall set,aside an attachments
made within sixty days precious-—lhat a
creditor on a contract to the amount of ‘
one hundred dollars, whose claim is not
due, may force the debtor to an assign-
ment if he does not furnishsecurity for
his demand——tliat the probate court of
the district in which the debtor resides,
or, in case of a. partnership, where the
principal business is cogfincred, shall
have jurisdiction under the act—that as-
signed estates shall be settled as under
the old law—that nothingwin the act
shall be so construed as to affect any
conveyances ‘or transfers of property,
real or personal, made in good faith in
the regular course of busiues, or for the
security of any debt incurred by the pur-
chase of property, or for the security of
any loan, endorsement or guarantee,
to/.-ere such. sale, Zocm, "endow,-gmlmz or
guarantee is made at the time when such
security is taken, or for the payment of
anydebt legally incurred and due at me
time of such conveyance or transfer, so
as to affect the payment of money on any
such debt, unless such loan shall have
been made, or such endorsement or guar-
antee given, for the piirpoée of aiding
such debtor, in view of insolvency, in
giving a preference to a part of his cred.
itors over others, with the knowledge on
the part of such party that such convey-
ance was so made ; and no mortgage or
other conveyances of property, withheld
from record for the purpose of conceal-
ing the‘ existence thereof, nor any transfer
of personal property where for a like rea-
son the vender is permittedio remain in
possession, shall be of any effect against
credits, although such conveyance may
be put on record, or possession of such
personal property taken by the vendee,
before any proceedings in insolvency are
instituted under this act by or against
the party making such conveyance or
transfer—tliat if any debtor whose estate
is thus assigned slifi within thirty days
make a statement under oath of a com-
plete list ofhis ‘creditors and assets, and
convey all his property to the trustee for
the equal benefit of all his creditors, he
shall be allowed out of the said estate, in
addition to articles exempt from execu-
tion, a sum not exceeding three dollars a
week for each member of his family, and
not more than fifteen dollars a week in
the wliele, for such time, not exceeding
six months, as the Cour ‘' Probate shall
deem proper; and if his u‘ ays fifty
per cent or over, the Court ‘shall, if the
debtor so request, pay to him twenty-five
per cent. on the value of all the estate
left after paying fifty per cent., not ex-
ceeding, however, one thousand dollars
in thewhole, which sum shall be exempt
from attachment; and if the estate pays
seventy per cent. or more, the debtor
shall be discharged from all his debts for
two years. And no discharge under the
act shall release a partner, joint contrac-
tor, drawer, endorser, or guarantee for
or with such debtor, or be of any av,/‘ail if
obtained by fraud. ,
The law also provides for vesting the
legal title of property in the trustee,
when the debtor refuses to convey, and
indicates a punishment for refusing to be
examined in relation to or to deliver up
property.
The household furniture of the debtor
is to be appraised, and so much of it as
may be necessary to the convenience
and comfort of the debtors, not exceed-
ing three hundred dollars in value, shall
be set out to him, and he may redeem the
remainder by paying seventy-five per cent
of the appraised value; provided that the
amount thus paidshall not be more than
two hundred dollars below the appraised-
The time limited for the exhibition of
claims by creditors is not less than two
or more than six montns, and commis-
sioners notices must be published one
week in two daily papers, or one monlh
in two weekly papers, and posted on the
sign post of the town, and sent to every
known creditor living without the dis-
trict.
All debts for labor performed for the
insolvent within six months of the as-
signment, shall be paid in full, if not
greater than twenty-five dollars, and con-
tracted within six months of the insol-
vency, shall take precedence of the gen-
eral liabilities in the order of payment.-
A creditor holding any security for his
claim, is allowed a dividend from the as-
signed property only on the excess of the
claim over the cash value ofthe security
Joint debtors or joint creditors may
take all the, advantages of this act, and
appeal is allowed to the Superior Court
to parties ‘aggrieved by the Court of pro-
bate.
Such are the provisions of the law,
which is about to take effect in our
State. It benefits the debtor inasmuch,
as it exempts a large portion of his prop-
erty from attachment, pays liim land-
somely for paying his creditors fifty cents.
on the dollar, and supports his family for
six months after his assignment. But,
on the otlierliand it prevents him from
continuing bussiness when he becomes
at all embarrassed, as it sets aside all
preference to creditors, and allows any
one to demand security for a debt not
due, under the penalty of a forced bank-
ruptcy. It is suggested that some por-
tions of the law are unconstitutional, as
impairing the obligations of contracts
and it is very probable ibat__ the matter
will be brought before the Court an ear-
ly day. In the mean time our people,
will have a fair opportunity of trying the
merits of the law, and-if they don't like
it, the_ next Legislature “will strike it
from the statute book. '
1.4 _..-2 ..»-. ‘_ .,,..,:.,.__,;,,,__-.,V,-._,-,,V._,,_.;.;.,,.._1., ,.,
lmpoitant to
Postmastcrs and
Others.
We understand that, by recent in-lrllv
I tions of the Pustriiaster General, the 4-2;.
change offices of New York and [3.,,».,,,_
are required to report every Postmasrer
taking wrong rates of postage on lelu-rs
to foreign countries.
from reports it appears that, besides oth-
er errors, a great many letters for the con-
tinent ol Europe, marked to go u vi;-_ Liv.
erpoolf’ or “via England,” are taken by
offices in the interior at rates applicable
‘V9 also learn that
only to the direct Bremen line. This, of
course, cause confusion, and often results
in loss to the sender.
Persons writing to the continent are
adv»i:s_ed to use light paper, especially if
their letters are to go either tlirougli or
to France, Switzerland, or ltaly, where
the quarter-ounce scale for letters (except
by the Prussian closed mail) still prevails
National Ivzzelligeizcer.
Di-eadsul Effects of intersper-
, ance
Last week, Friday evening, a man by
the name of Benson, a resident of Moore's
went over on foot to the Canada side,
with ajug, to procure seine spirituous
liquors. llaving accomplished his ob-
ject, he returned, and finding the most
direct and convenient on whiich to trav_
el home, he continued thereon, and was
seen just before dark, walking in an in-
toxicated condition. Soon after dark the
freight train bame along, and when it ar-
rived at Centerville. the engineer gave
it as his opinion they had run over some.
thing. He accordingly got offand exam-
ined the cow-catcher, when to his aston-
ishment he found the cap of a man, to-
gether with the scalp clinging to it,—
The passenger train in the meantime
passed along. The engineer then ran
back with the locomotive, re the place
where _the accident was supposed to have
taken place whereihe accident was sup-
posed to have taken place, and found
Benson, horribly mangled, his body hav-
ing been cut in three pieces. His re-
mains were gathered together and put
into a two feet box, and borne away to
be at the disposal of his friends.
Plaztsburgh Wlzig.
The Emperor of Russia vs. Prot-
estantism.
A correspondent of the New York
Times, for two years a resieent in Eu-
rope, says :——“ As ‘soon as Russia has
gained the power seeks in Turkey over
the Greek Cliurcih,-r all those missionaries
will be served as those of Scotland were-
who were driven from the shore of the
Black Sea about‘-two years ago. They
will have no dlagie in Turkey or Greece.
This has been if the grand business of
Nicholas for smile years. He has con-
verted liundredsof thousands of Luthe-
rans and othersliover whom Russia has
stretched her government in late years»
at the point ofithe bayonet, driving such
as he could /Without resistance into his
Greek Chufch, and such as would not
confess, into’ his prisons. The rapid in-
crease.of the evangelical and American
view of Christianity in the Greek and
Armenian Churches in Turkey is giving
alarm toitbe Autocrat.”
E-' The Middletown Constitution
states that Mr. E. B. Meigs, of Durham,
had a nariow escape on Tuesday of last
week, after sunset. He was fishing for
a bucket. est in a neighbor's well, and
while engiged in preparing his apparat-
us, with his back tothe well, he thought-
lessly stepped backward a pace or two,
and went ‘clown. The well was twenty‘
five feet déep, and had fourteen feet 0
water in ii, He was much bruised
when he reached the water, but managed
to climb upln the slippery stone which
walled up tie sides. There was not a
person who ‘saw him, and he owes his
preservationlentirely to his presence of
mind and strength of muscle. Mr.
Meigs did not give up the bucket.--.
Withont cliipgiiig his clothes he resu-
med his seardi, and succeeded finally in
hauling it upi
A Glariou.-ll chance for BacheZors.—
On the Main’: Street of a neighboring
town, which not very densely p‘opuln-_
ted, either, res'i,le at this moment within
a distance of three and a half miles, no
less than tliirtyfnine lone widows, some
ofpwhom are “fair, fat, and forty,” and
none, it is fair ltl presume, regard them-
selves as altogether too far down the
vale of years, to inter again into matri-
monial relations vzith a tolerable prospect
of happiness. In the same neighborhood
are magistrates and prelates who are nev-
er happier themselvese than when cou-
tributing to the happiness of others, by
consummating the-“ silken tie that binds
two willing heal*ts'." Have we a bache-
lor among us ?—-Springfield Republican
Name the plzlce—we should like to
recommend just two [lacking one] of the
right sort of men‘ who circulate around
these parts, to enligrate.
Lice on Cows.-‘—We have frequently
seen it stated that water in which com-
mon potatoes had been boiled will des-
troy lice upon cattle. This hardly seems
reasonable, but several personsiliave tes-
tified to its usefulness,and a correspond-
ent of the Southern Planter says he has
several times tried it with signal success.
The remedy is simple and is probably
worthy of a trial, as it is easily mad’e and
can do no injury. Tobacco juice is more
certain to kill them; melted lard, or fish
Oll very good; butif cattle are well kept
lice will scarcely ever molest them.
American Agrz'culzurz‘.,c:.
[}§*Tliere are some exceedingly sty-
lish turnouts now to be seen about San
Francisco. The horses are brought over
the plains, axis the carriages are imported
from New York, at an expense of four
hundred dollars for freight alone. It
costs three hundred dollars a month to
keep a a pair ofhorses in the Pacific me-
tropolis. Hackney carriages are thirty
in number. and the regular charge five
dollars an hour.
Mrs. Partington fears that her son Ike
is getting so daring that he will be killed
in one of his narrow escapes.
4.
[j‘_,?~" The New York Sun (neutral in
potiiée.-) in an article on the Unite-
Slates Pre.-tide-m, well says:
Of one fully the llre.-idcncy of Frank
lln Pierce will, we believe, cure the
American people-—the folly of passing by
eminent statesmen who have rendered
valuable services to the country, and be
stowing the highest honors in the Re.
public npon comparatively obscure poli-
ticians of third or fourth rate abilities.—
The weightest responsibilities of Gov-
ernment ought not to be entrusted to
such men. Should we continueto make
the Presidency of the United States a
sort of Lottery Prize, for which politi-
cians of all grades might gamble with
equal chances of success, and which the
most unfit might win, the Republic must
very soon lose its high character and for-
feit the esteem which constitutes the
moral force of a nation. Hereafter, the
Sun advises the people not to “ run that
risk of electing a “ nobody” with the ad-
ditional mortificaiien of thinking, for
twelve months, that they have elected
“somebody,” and then gnd they hadn’t.’-
Domcstsc Habits of our Ancestors.-
Erasmus, who visited England in the
earlyipart of the Sixteenth century, gives
a curious description of an English inte-
rior of the better class. The furniture
was rough; the walls unplastered, but
sometimes wainscotted or hang with tap-
estry ; and the flowers covered with rush-
es, whicliwere not changed for months.
The dogs ‘and cats had free access to the
eating-rooms, and fragments of meat and
bones were thrown to them which they
devoured in the rushes, leaving what
they could not eat to rot there, with the
draining of beer vessels and all mauiier
of unmentionable abominations. There
was nothing of refinement or elegance in
the luxury of the higher.rank'; the indul-
gences which their wealth permitted
consisted of rough and wasteful profu‘
sion. Salt beef and strong ale constitu-
ted the principal part of Queen Eliza-
beth’s breakfast, and similar refreshments
were served to her in bed for supper.—
Ata series of entertainments given in
York by the nobility in 1660,‘vhere.each
exhausted his invention to outdo the oth.
ers, it was universally admitted that Lord
Goring won the palm for the magnifii-
cence of his fancy. The descriptfin of
this supper will gives us a good idea of
what was then thought magnificent; it
consisted of four huge brawny pigs, pi,
ping hot, bitted and harnessed with ropes
of sausages to a huge pudding in a bag
which served for a. chariot.
The Silent Revolution.
An Argument for the Mzine Law.-
Some time ago, a wretched husband and
father, of our village, brought home a
jug of whiskey, procured at one of our li-
censed human slaughter-houses, and he
and the mother drank themselves drunk-
The mother—-the dam we ought to say,
‘hen nursed ner'iufant of a few weeks
old, and laid it, as, in drunken stupidity
she supposed, in the cradle, but instead?
on the large hearth of an"”old-fashioned
stove, in which was a blazing fire, and
the little creature was literally roasted
alive, to death. The facts became known
by the father’s awakening first from his
stupor, seeing ‘the crisped remains of his
child, and pounding its mother for the
murder, till she shouted for help. He
was taken to jail, and she and the other
children to the poor-house. Give us me
Maine Law.—-—Rome Excelsior.
The E ricsson.-—The problem as to the
success of the " Ericssou,” approaches a
solution. The engine is now so nearly
completed that a trial trip will probably
be made next Tuesday or Wednesday,
and Mr. Ericsson is in the best spirits-
such as confidence of success inspires.
We learn from one of her principal
owners, that experiments already made,
show‘ that the desired amount of pres-
sure may be easily obtained, and full re-
liaiice is bad that the ship will attain a
speed equal to rt least nine miles an hour
wfiicli will be a rate entirely satisfactory.
VVe also learn that it has been deter-
mined to place the Ericsson on the route
betweqn New York and Havre, as an
independentlsteamer, to replace the tem-
porary vacancy occasiened by the des-
truction of the Humboidt.
Journal of Conmzcrce.
The Clergy and the ll'Iaine Law.-
To the following query, propounded by
the State Temperance Society to all the
clergy in the State, 537 have answered
yes and but 7 no :-"Are you in favor of
the prohibitory principle and main feat-
ures of the Anti-liquos law of Massachu-
setts '."’—Sprz'ng_fieZd (Mafa) Repub.
[G* It is said that a Baltimore house
has offered Mr. McKay the builder and
owner of the monster ship. Great Re-
public, $20,000 more than her cost, and
that Mr. McKay refused the offer.
Tall ‘Walking.-There was perform_
ed, in Preston, last week, a feat of pa.
destrianism at which “old fogies” and all
other "slow coaches” will open their eyes
Mr. Boyd, of the recent firm of Boyd 8:
Streeter in this city, called at one of our
Livery Stables the other day to get a
horse to drive three miles out o
town, and back within an hour. The
keeper of the stable demuri-ed somewhat
upon Mr. Boyd declared he could wall:
the distance in an hour, The. man gf
horses offered to bet. fifty dollars he
could not do it. He was promptly taken
up by Mr. Boyd, and the time and place
of trial and all other necessary prelimin-
aries fixed upon. The track selected was
a three-quarter mile sectoin of the Free-
ton Turnpiks, in Long Society, and the
time agreed upon was Thurshay last.
The performance came off acceding
to the programme. The condition of
the track is said not to have been favor-
able for fast locomotion, yet Mr. Boyd ac-
complished his six miles within the hour,
and had tlzree rnizzutes lo Sp!'J6—-llms
winning the Wager and causing consid-
erable money to change hands, besides
entitling himself to be classed as a “l‘-est’:
*-li’i}l~f:'.>l £31./él2‘3lC£‘2l“l’i':l’f>.’».
Norwalk, Tuesday, Jan. 10. 1854
Kniea by the Cars. 1
An unknown man, while walking upon the
track of the New York and New Haven Rail-
road, in the cut near the residence of Mr.John
Fitch, on Saturday afternoon last, was struck
by the locomotive of the afternoon Express
train, and so bndlyinjured that he died on Sat-
urday evening. He was seen by the engineer,
on rounding the curve, walking on the outer
track, out of danger in that position, but in or-
der to warn him of the approach of the train.
that no accident might occur when too late
to escape, the whistle was sounded, when by
some strange fatality or confusion, the man in-
stead of leaving the track altogether, sprang
on to the other one right in front of the engine
He was taken up and conveyed to South Nor-
walk where medical aid was at once procured
and every attention paid him by the employees
of the road and the citizens of South Norwalk,
He died at about 7 o’clock on Saturday ever.-
ing and as yet no traces of‘ his name cr resi-
dence have been obtained.
I
~
To Postmasters.--County Papers.
Country postmastcrs should bear in mind,for
their advantage as well as that of the local
press, that for every county paper delivered
by them to subscribers, they are entitled to re-
tain of the Post Office funds, ten and one-half
cents per year. It is for their interest as well
es that of the publisher that the county paper
be preferred, since there is no trouble of nia-
king collection or keeping accounts thereof, as
on foreign papers, the commission on _ which
will not average more than from six to eight
cents per year.
That “ Account” Again.
There appearing to be some misunderstand-
ing as to the precise reading of the resolution
passed at the Annual Town Meeting by which
it is generally understood the Select Men were
instructed to publish their statement of Expen-
ditures, &c., We have taken the pains to pro-
cure acopy of that vote, which reads as fol-
luws:
Voted, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in both the news-
papers printed in this town under: the
supervision and at the discretion of the
Selectmen. A
Now if ‘- A Tax Payer” will put on his
specks, he will see that if the maker of that
resolve, had the publication of the Selectmen-‘s
Report in view, he betrayed q lamentable igno-
rance ol‘ tlifi use and meaning of words, or else”
he was “ outwitted by some old ’un,” who
amended the originial in such a manner as to
vitiate the whole thing. According tr the vote
the “proceedings. of the meeting” are to be
published “ under the supervision and at the
discretion of the Select Men.” In other words
if the Selectmen deem it discreet, they are to
publish it in six days after the meeting ad-
journed, or in six years, or not at all, at their
a‘ discretion." Old Fogydom has got Young
America on the hip this time, and there will
have to be another meeting called to fix the
boundaries of the “ Selectmens’ discretion.”-—
Witb all our natural bias to be in the fashion of
giving every public servant a kick upon the
slightest possible pretext, added to the loss of
an advertisement worth at least 520, we must
confess that we can see no cause of complaint
against the Selectmen for not giving the world
the so much coveted crumbs of‘ statistical coin-
fort. We should be decidedly favorable to the
publication of the “ annual account,” as is
done in many other towns, but we should as
strongly oppose the publication of the entire
~“preceediugs” of‘ our annual town meetings,
atithe expense of the town Treasury. Most of -
sucll proceedings are of but momentary impor-
tance, and it would be a useless waste of the
public money to cause their publication. For
our part, we desire no such “ aid and comfort”
as such a measure it‘ carried, would ensure us.
But by-laws, resolutions, &c.,affectiug the pub-
lic interests, passed at such meetings, should
be published in as general and public a manner
as is possible, as there are always many, like
“A Tax Payer” for instance, who cannot at-
tend, and who may be seriously affected there-
by. The “ Town Account” too, it‘ published,
would open the eyes of many who are now too
blind to find their way into the Town Clerk-‘s
ofllce, for its examination, and would relieve
our conservative Board from many an ingeni-
ous imputation. But above all, let there he no
Town meeting called for any public purpose~
without having it advertised, at least 3 weeks
previous to its being held. The outrageous
wrongs perpetrated by, and the ingenuity dis-
played in the present “ confidential” system
of calling, or giving notice of a Town meeting
eclipses all the mysteries of the order of‘ Know.
nothings. We hope that part of the “ Town
Account” will be attended to first.
PAi.\'l-‘UL Acciin-:.\"r.—We regret to learn that
Mrs. Seymour, wife of Charles Seymour of
South Norwalk, slipped and fell from her door-
sill on Wednesday Evening last, breaking her
lcg in two places between the knee and ancle.
Though the injury sustained is a very painful
one, it is not deemed dangerous, and reasonable
hopes are entertained of‘ her permanent re-
covery. ‘
Departure of Gov. Seymour.‘
We aecidently emitted a notice of the depar-
ture of Gov. Seymour. forhis post at St. Peters-
burg, in our news items of last week. He sail-
ed in company with Hon. Judge Mason, Minis-
ter to France, in the last trip of the Atlantic,
that noble old Steamer which has borne so
many distinguished persons (ourselves among
the number,) over old 0cean’s billows. There
was quite a cfiourse of friends gathered to
witness their departure. Gov. Seymour, has
Another Great Fire in New York.
.M’.:'lru,noli1-'r.n Um’! in. Ruins .’
About 1 o'clock on Siintliiy morning in fire
- _, roke out in llietropolitan Hall, which with. the
new Lafargc Hotel, '.':a:-; soon in ruins (1,.,.-Pica
.he most active exertion.-‘ oi” the fil'f‘I!l(~u_ The
oss is estimated at half million.
./1 .Man. with Twenty ma-'i cal-
ing himself Dr. Wm. Hunter, but whose real
name is said to be Nathaniel J. Bird, is in ja'1
at Camden, N. J., on 9. charge of bigamy, and
various other charges.
-Herrington,a,younglady of Philadelphia, vis-
ited him in prison, and ascertained he was the
man whom she was married to on the July 902
last. On the same day he was visited by an-
other lady from Kc-nslugtou, named 31,“,-
On Sunday. Elizabeth
Thomas, to whom he was married in May la_<1_
It is also stated that he has a wife in Reading,
another in Wilmington, I)el., and another yet
yet in Philadclpliia. The prisoner is only
about 23 years of age, and, it is stated, dig.
clarcs that he has twenty wives, a statemem
which may be true, as more than one-fourth of
that number has been found within a few 6 ays.
It is alleged that he abandonecl each wife soon
after marriage, and that they never heard of
him after, until his recent arrest. The ugh},-
has induced an immense numbc-r of people to
seek admission for the purpose of seeing him.
3- A P1‘0.l8€t is on foot to construct a bar-
bor in Block Island, which is situated in the
Point. There is on this isrand a remarkably
salt pond or lake, covering an area of‘ about
2,000 acres, with a depth of 10 to 20 fatboins
of water. This is separated from the ocean by
a strip of land or sandy shore about ten rods
wide, across which it is proposed to cut a.
channel.
m‘ The llartlbrd Courant comes to us in a
new and vcry much improved dress. It has also
been considerably enlarged. The Courant is
now the largest, best printed and most ably
conducted daily, in the State.
The New Haven Dailics—the Register, Pal-
ladium, and Journal, appear upon new type
and enlarged. They make a neat appearance.
wine New York Herald says that the
abusive review of Gen. Scott's career, which it
published in 1852, under the direction of ‘tile
Dcmocryic Committee at Washington, and
which was so shameful an affair that the Herald
at the time disowned it, was written and its
publication clandestinely obtained, by William
L. Marcy, Secretary of State.
The lost Jlfassachusetts 0onstz'tution.—Tlie
Whigs of the old Bay State are having their
own fun out of the Coalition Constitution con-
cocted by a convention in the oarlyipart of the
year, and knocked into “ a cocked hat” by the
people the latter part of the year.
lution of the convention framing the new con-
stitution, a committee, consistingof the Presi-
dent (Banks) of the convention, and twenty
other members were required to meet at the
State House on the 3d Monday of December,
and open and count the votes returned. The
following clever parody, taken from the .1303-
ton Journal, presents this committee to us in
solemn session : ‘
By a reso-
Not a word was said, not a laughiner a_ jest,
A
As the bags on the table we tiimbledj
Not a single Free Soiler his venom, expressed,
Not one of the ‘7 dear people” grumbled 2
We counted them slowly from noon till dark
The votes with our gloves on computing, .
For the paws of the people had left their mark
And we feared the small pox in the gluten.
No useless excuse we made or professed,
Nor in Times, nor in Commonwealth bound
them,
But they lay like a liumbug exposed and con-
fessed, . ,
With the scorn of the people around them.
Few and short were the words that we said,
Though Banks was the principal talker,
But we steadfastly gazed on the face. of THE
DEAD,
Peer Wilson, and Bishop, and Walker.-
We thought as we added the ayes and the noes
The result we shall always remember-
That the wliigs and the bunkers would laugh
at the woes
Of the session that meets in December.
Loudly they’ll swear at us, sternly thoy’ll
frown,
.For the money spent in convention,
But nothing we’ll reck for we know it’s gone
down
To a place ’tis not proper to mention.
Ere half our heavy task was done,
We were all of us almost choking
To think of the ridicule, satire and =
That the wliigs would be wicked
Slowly and sadly we gathered their
Just as the people bad cast them :
And we said not a word, but we th
a grin,
Tliey’ve now got a dose that will
w. The State Poultry Associal -‘
York have deferred their great‘ P0! -
to the winter exhibition of the Star. -
tural Society, on the 7th, 8th and 9t‘ -
ary.
It is to be liolden in the city of 1- '
and P. T. Barnum is elected Preside . .
Fuos'rv.—-Mrs. Frost, who editsa
in Ohio, excused the absence of ed
late number of her paper, saying the
Frost occurred at our place on
last.
se,-mg Him Riglit.—A man was
feathered in Clyde, Wayne C0._. N. '
urday, Dec. 24, for whipping his wif
gg, In Speucertown, N. Y., a 1
since, a. negro was shot dead at a fax .~.
more bosom friends and been companions. prob
ably, than any man in our State, and so far as
his heart is concerned, it is admitted on all
sides, that he is a generous, noble and daring
fellow. We wish his ofllcial character could
bear as favorable scrutiny as his private and
social relations.
Siiocxixo ACCIDENT, AND NARROW Esc.iri:.--
A little son of Capt. Richards of \l"9St'D°‘:l'~
came near losing his life a few days sinctfi "1
the following manner. He was rlllmlnk bf-’l‘l"‘l
a carriage and was about to climb up, When the
driver suddenly stopped his horse for ll"-f_ Pl_""
pose of facilitating his getting‘ in 3 at ll“? _'“
stunt a horse with a heavy wagon containing
five men, was driven furiously “Pr when we
horse struck the lad, knocking him 501"!» and
the forward horse ‘starting ahead, both wheels
of the wagon passed obliquely over the head of
the boy and off across his shoulder. His car
was nearly severed from his head, and his body
otherwise very much bruised, but what is most
astonishing, the little fellow was able to pick
himself up and walk home, and is now recev.
ering.
Axoriimz ACCIDENT ix Wi~:s'rron'r.-A Warn-
ing to Ba_z/.~r.——On Wednesday week, ii little son
of Rev. F. A: Crafts, about -1 years of age, in
attempting to run across the road in front of a
two horse team, was knocked down and rm.
over, the wheels of the wagon passing across
his head and shoulders. Fortunately he was
not seriously injured and is new in a fair way
of recovering. This accident should serve as a
warning to other lads, who are often seen try-
ing to perform the same exploit, by darting
across the road just in front of some J eliu’s team.
33‘ The N. H. Palladium says that Richard
P. Robinson, who was tried for the murder pl
Ellen Jewett, lives iii_Houston_, Texas, .,am1 '15‘
roost which lie was robbing-‘
Bosrox Bi:s.—We notice‘"by'a c - r 2:‘
Boston Bee, that our fellow towns‘
Farwell, Esq., has become one of it
tors.
conducted little daily and we slioulé .
to have it become a regular visitor.
The Bee is a busy, sprightly
J7:-2‘ Rev. Gardner Dean, the missing clan. '
man from New Bcdford, is said to be insane
3 The total coinage for the year 1853
the Philadelphia mint was $59,808,513 28.
_@‘ Warren P. Smith was arrested in 3
sachusetts lately on the charge of lxevinsy "
wives. On examination he was found to li
four wives living, and was engaged to be I
ried to a fifth one in a short time.
_,____________,__,_.
W. A man in Providence lately ‘"5 l
three dollars a kiss, for kissing three wom-
the streets against their will. This settle!
value of a kiss in that city.
93‘ We continue to hear sad accolmxl
the results of the late gale; “'l“"“‘ hi‘: P
very disastrous to vessels on 19:23” '
. *“,““"'.‘ i 1 bl
Q, The Isrenclv 60‘ ‘‘‘'""""'t rifooooo ,
from Messrs. Rot!-lclllltl» 9- l°‘“‘ °__1“ "1
,,,.1_,,. $40,000,000, at I . Vl
favorable opportllm
f the Eastern qllestl
francs, or nu‘
will issue at the firslli
forded by the slate 0
323?‘
The Hartford amlrNcw lluveii l .
C0,, refuse to take freight going beyond, .
hem xzew York that ninst pass over the ,'
am, pm, Road, on account of the break I
such freight being refused by that road.
.
;;§~It is now said that the Mosquito\ 3- ‘
has sold out his c_rowu,‘liis lands. and (1
‘interests to an American and English cor --
inau.-Norwick Courier.
ited his friends in Connection, ’, l-.\§t‘suii1|g°1';
who are about to take possession. '
creates the greatest excitement in Camden,and ‘
Atlantic Ocean, 20 miles north-east of Montauk '
Norwalk Chronicler