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no and t.lie United States by our M.iiis_
Wt‘, Col. Gadsden, has been presented to
the Senate of the U. S. for their approval
“-’llll certain amendments offered by the
.~‘.diniiiistrat.ioii. The treaty was signed
on the 30th of December ‘by Boniler,
‘.~‘ier~retai'y of State and Laregui and Mon-
i-ride, Scientific ‘Commissioners, on the
j_1ul‘L of Mexico. Its articles are:
4 1. A settlement of the boundary line.
'l‘he line between the two Californias to
he as it no\v_is, then the new line to
roinmence where the old line struck the
Colorado River, down the middle of tha‘
li'.'i=‘l‘ to a point two leagues north of the
(liilf of California; thence in a straight-
l}iir- to t.ne intersection of 31 N. Lat. wit.li
l l l VV. Long ; whence another riglit._
llilP. to 31 "217 1-2 N. Lat. where it will
iitt.~.i~sect the Rio Grande and pass down
that river. Two commissioners, one
{mni eat-.li Government, shall meet at El
E’-no and run this boundary line.
‘.1. The second article relates to ‘Imlrmt
d».p7'edaz'ia7i.s and annuls the eleventh ar-
li-'-.l_e of the Treaty ol'Guadaliipe wliich
retpiired the U. S. to keep off Indian iii-
ciir:-ions into Mexico, and obliges this
country t.o make it a penal offence to PM‘
chase property stolen by the Indians or
others from Mexico, and to employ suita-
ble efforts to recover and restore captives
If Indians are to be removed, the United
States promises not to locate them so that
they will interfere with the Mexican Ter-
ritory. To this article, the President has
appended an ‘amendment, which is a ve-
‘ ry proper one, that these duties and obli.
gaticns shall be reciprocal, tltesatne stip-
ulatio'ns being made by the citizens of
Mexico, A A
3. This article relates to coiizpcriscilioii
It gives to Mexico $15,000,000 for the
land obtained, one-fifth when the treaty
is ratified, and the romainder in monthly
installments of three millions each with
iitterestuiitil paid, our Government re-
serving to itself the right of paying the
whole at once, if it pleases The "filled
States agrees to assume the claims of her
citizens which have arisen since the trea-
ty. of Guadalupe, including the claims to
G-aray, the lawfulness of which Mexico
does not recognize, which claim is not to
be paid without sending all the docu-
ments to Mexico. The Mexican Re-
public releases on her part all claim fo’
damages under the treaty of Guadalupe.
For this article‘, the President proposes a
- substitute. similar in its general provis-.
ions but omitting any allusion to the Ga-
ray grant.
4. The fourth article obliges the Uni.
ted States to organize a board of com.
missioners, to sit, as may be necessary,
at \Vasliington or Mexico, to decide up-
on the claims assumed by the United
States. This Government appropriates
$5,000,000 to pay these claims upon
Mexico and exoneratés that country from
alldemaiids made by our citizens.
5. This article annuls the articles 06'
the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, incon-
sistent with it and gives to the citizens of
the United States the free navigation of
the Gulf of California.
6, -Applies,~to, the -inhabitants of the
country to be ceded the rights obtained
by those who were added to our popula-
tion by the Guadalupe treaty.
7. No grants of laml bearing date
subsequent to the 25th of September, in
the ceded territory, shall be valid.
8. A mutual promise is given in co-op-
crate in their endeavors to put down all
unlawful iavaszmzs, and they mutually
promise upon due notice being given, to
make common cause against such unlaw-
ful expeditions. President Pierce propo-
ses to omit,the close of this article, and
only agrees to use all necessary efforts to
prevent such expeditions from sailing,
not to put them down after they have
sailed. The two remaining articles are
of no importance. I
By this treaty, Saipa Anna gets money
,.whiclt he wants, and w_e get a little strip
of barren land which we don't want..——
The most important item to us in the
treaty is the relinquisliment on the part
of Mexico, by the payment of live mil-
lions to her, of all the claims wliicli have
arisen ‘of Indian spbliations under the
treaty of Guadalupe. VVe presume that
the treaty will be ratified and that Santa
Anna’s Minister will agree to the amend-
ments at once. He wants money to car‘
dry on his government. It does seem as
if we had paid a high price for the land
we have purchased, coiisidcriug the char-
acter it bears for sterility.——Comuul.
Thunder made to Order.-—Tlic Grand
Rapids Enquirer tells of a man in
“ them_diggings,"’ who being iiifornt_ed
that thund,er_ was death to woriiis, and be-
ing mucli troubled with their worlis in
his garden, and despairing, too, of any
thunder of Nature's manufacture, resol-
ved to have some of domestic production
Pursuant to this determination, lie char-
ged aii old musket, muzzle full, took a
pail of water and a lantern, proceeded to
* the cabbage garden, rained on the plants
copiously from his bucket, made the lan-
tern open and shut sesame, by way of
liglitniiig, and then in hot haste let off
“ Off Copenhagen” for thunder. The
worms “ ctit .and run,” while. the mahu.
facturer of the domestic article lay with
his back to the earth rendered obviously
from the ‘knocks caused by the re.pe,-
cnssive action of the thunder macliine.~.
Love and Batlling.—Soinebody once
* said—it makes no odds who, for it is a
pretty smiles and perhaps quite true_
that he had often remarked that young
ladies take love as they take sea-bathing ;
some timidly put in one foot, then with a
shiver and a look of apprehension, put in
=1 second, and as they do no more [than
make a trembling curtesy in the water,
the element comes, scarcely reaching the
region of the heart, and’ then with a
squeal they rim to dry land as‘ soon as
possible, and shivering cry, (‘How cold
it is 3" Othe.rs, again; shutting their set
aphic ‘eyes to the" dangers of the deep
ffiisoitsein, head and ears, and rising with a
3}’-‘iltlaiad’.-'i glow upon their faces,-declare
the sea “ delicious 3"
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field County Agi'iciilt.ur.'il Society. in-
forms: its that P. T. Barniiin, I3}-q.,,‘ has
resigned the Pzesideiicy of the above
nrinied society. We regret the oirctiin.
stance.——Stmiifmv.l Arlvocate.
sme Rrteipt for Happiness.——Oiie of
the wealthy merchants of'oiir city, whose
death tlie pastyear was ti'rii"versallyrnourn-'
ed, often . told his 1 friends an anecdote
which o~.cuI'red in his own experieiiire,
and which was recommended to all those
who _wis,li~ito enjoy a serene old age, with-
out allowiiig their wealth todisturb their
peace of mind. He said that when he
had obtained his fortune, he found he be-
gan to growuneasy about his peciiiiiary
affairs, and one nightwlien he was 50101“
sixty years of age, his sleep was disturb-
ed by unpleasant thoughts respecting
some - shipments he had just made. . In
the morning he said to himself, 1“ This
will never do; if I allow such. thoughts
to gain the mastery over me, I must bid
farewell tovpeace all my life. I will stop
this broad of care at Once, and ata single
blow.” Accordingly, he i went to his
counting room, and upon examination
found ;he_had $80,000 in money on hand
He made:out alist of his relatives, and
others he desired to aid, and before he
went to-bed againghe had given away
every dollar of the thirty thousand. Ile
said he slept well that night, and for a’
long time after his dreams were not dis-
turbed by anxious thoughts about his
vessels or property.--Boston Trcmsc9'ipt-
0:?’ President Pierce has issued ‘a
proclamation in regard to the Sonora fila_
busters, but he has issued none in regard
to the Erie rioters. He’ requires that all
officers of the United States shall see the
laws executed away off on the shores of
the Pacific, but he takes no steps to in,
sure their execution on the shores of lake
Erie he interferes to save the rights of
Mexicans -from la\vless outrages, but he
makes no movement to protect the rights
of our own people against mob" violence.
[GP Like unto a fruitful vine is Mrs.‘
Frazer of Slack County,_Oliio; she has
. presented her husband with six cliildreii_
within a year, having achieved triplets
twice.
[[§*Sister Lucy Stone realized one
hundred» dollars per night above expen-
ses, by her lectures at Louisville, Ky.-
\Vlio says that strong-mindedness doesn't
pay '.' ' I
E’ The New York Journal of Com-
merce says in regard to the last most dis-
astrous fire in New York that the most
remarkable feature connected with it,
grows out of the fact that threats were
freely made previous to Gavazzi’s last
lecture on Thursday night, that if he
was permitted to speak again in that
building, it would be burnt; and we are
informed on the best authority, that an
individual was seen to rim from the Hall
a short time before the fire broke out, and
that, in all probability, the wretch will
be brought to punishment. ' E
[[5-> Is there not a whole volume 0
truth in the following from the Indepen.
dent of last Saturday?
"Care should be taken to hold up to
the view of the public and of the reclaim-
ed, the exceeding wickedness and loath-
someness of vice. No mock heroism
should be thrown around a life at the
Five Points, such as was often thrown
about a gutter and pot-hoiise life in con-
nection with the VV3shington reform.—-
Oiie reason why that movement so soon
spent itself was, that a life of crime was
so often held tip as alife of mere misfor-
tune, and the guilt of‘ yielding to drun°
keuness was merged in the heroism of the
final encounter with the fiend. It be-
came a question whether a life-long ab-
stinent stood as high on the roll of tem-
perance as an ex-guller advocate of its
principles. And the roystering, swag:
gering air of the bar. room was too often
brought to the platform, as if the hero of
the kennel would put to shame the mod.
est virtue of the parlor meeting. Great
care should be taken to guard against t.lie
impression that there is any. heroism in
vice, of that the standard of virtue is el-
evatcd by an antecedent r/ésideiice at the
Five Points. Let no premium be offer-
ed for graduates at school.
New Cou-ntei-fez‘l.—A new counterfeit
is in circulation in our city. It purports
to be a one dollar bill on the Farmer’s
Bank, of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The
vignette is a man mounted on a horse and
in the act of throwing a lasso over the
head of a buffalo. In the lower right
hand corner of the bill isa reprcseiitation
of an indian, and on the left corner is a
female figure seated upon a grassy bank,
The bill is liable to deceive, but may be
readily detected by those conversant with
bank bills-.—Boslan Traveller.
Bible /I72!-’(.'(l0l6’.-—'l.‘llei. following is
publislicd in a French paper : I
“ A poor shepherd of the environs of
Yvctot, father of a large family, for whose
wants he provided with very great diffi-
culty, purchased last summer front a den-
ler in old clothes, furniture &c., an old
Bible, with a view to occupy his leisure
evenings during the present winter as
he was turning over the leaves, he no.
ticed that several of the leaves were pas.
ted together. He immediately set him.
self to work to separate those leaves with
great care ; but one can scarcely form a
conception of the surprise of the man,
when he found thus carefully enclosed a
bank bill of five hundred francs ($l00.)
On the margin of one of pages were writ-.
ten these words : _
" I gathered togetlierthis money with
very great difficulty ; but having none as
natural" heirs but those who have abso-
1“t°lY need of notliing,I make thee, who
ever shall read this Bible, my heir,"
H1153 the most
Reverend Archbishop of the Archdiocese
Of Cincilmatti, Mr. Purcell, returned a
letter a few days since to one of his cor.
respondents, through the Post Office, be.
c_nuse his oflicialtitle was not prefixed
upon ‘the superscription.-—'Crfu. Times.
~ :-
dier, named Alexander, was‘ last week
arrested in Montreal, on suspicion of
having murdered his wife and burned
her bodyin the stove. It was clearly
provcu. bsfore the inquest, that he had
beaten her severely on the day of her
sudden disappearance, and a quantity of
bon.es;found..in. the stove weic subjected
to the professional and critical examina-
tion.of three medical gentlemen, who
nnhesitaungly pronounced than to be
human bone.-, and even went so far as
to_'éelect,a_iid adapt each‘ to each, thus
sagacioiisly and scicntificately making
out a very perfect skeleton of I woman
of about the age of the missing wire.-
This done, the inquest rendered a_ verdict
in accordance’ with these circumstances.
To" their utter consternation, -however,
the miirdered woman now appeared in
the flesh, and was duly recognized by _,
her relative. A re-examination of the
remains followed, and the skeleton in-
stead of ‘being that of ‘a woman, was
found to be only that of a pig! Thus i
the tragedy '_subsided into a comedy,
which, says the , M_ontr,eal Herald, may
either be remembered as the "Comedy of
Errors,"'_'or_ as “All’s Well that Ends
Well. ”- Wm'C€8l€l‘ ‘Trans.
A Curious Fa’cl.—-The National In-
telligencer, in remarking on the fact of
the gradual change of the character of
the U. S. Senate, from a mere privy
counsel of the President to a decided de-
sion of . the first Congress, President
Washingtoii came personally into the
Senate when they were engaged in Ex-
ecutive Sessiou and made his nominations
himself. He took the Vice President’s
seat,_and' frequently addressed the Senate
on executive business they had before
them, and often exercised an influence
and almost a control, that would be con-
sidered highly improper in our ‘days.-
This practice, however did,not long con-
tinue. _, _ i
Sp:-iris Election. -
Weztruct that the Whigs of the State
lla\l8_ll0l. forgotten that the election next
Spring is one of the most important that
they have had for years. Besides the
eight Sheriffs to be chosen, the legisla-
ture, their to be elected, will have to
make choice. of U. S. Senator, as a va-
cancy will occur in that body in conse.
quence of the expiration of Mr. Smith's
term. VVe know very well that the
Whigs have met with many discourage-
ments the past two or three years, and in
some instances they feel disposed not to
interfere with the plans of their demo-
cratic brethren who always know how
to keep the Whigs in the contention
among thhmsclves, on some of the exci
ting topics of the day. Nevertheless it
is quite impossible that the Whig: may
carry the Legislature and a majority.of
the Sheriffs at the next trial—arid we
well know that some democrats hope it
may be so.
New Haven Palladium.
Run Over while In tozicaled.-An el-
derly Iriahman, named McEnirney, was
run over on the Railroad, a few yards
above the "Derby Bridge, on Tuesday
niglit,by the half-past ‘6 o'clock train up-
In consequence of the loss of the Bridge
at Seymoiir,_ and as there is no turn-table
to turn the locomotive around this side of
Bridgeport, the Engineers are compelled
to run their engines backwards in going
up, thus making it extremely difficitlt
and in the night impossible to see any
persons or obstruction on the track-—thue
no blame can be attached to the engi-
neer. The body was not discovered till
half an hour after the train had passed,
and he lived but a few minutes after he
was found.
The deceased had been at Ansonia du-
ring the day, and was probably rctugting
in a state of helpless intoxication, when
the cars intercepted him only a few rods
from home, if that place where one of his
own sons is, without license, and in vio-
lation of law, engaged in the retail liquor‘
traffic, can be_ called by the sacred name
home. We do not wish to indulge in
hard names, nor call any man a murder-
er; but some one, (perhaps his son) fur-
nislied him liquor, knowing he would
drink it! This was accuse! His being
run over, crushed, mutilated and killed,
was the effect! and when we can sepa-
rate the rclations of cause and effect, then
is the rum dealer innocent. of the crime of
Murder or Manslaughter.
He was taken off the track a few
nights since in a state of bcastily intoxi-
cation; Monday night he was seen intoxi-
cated near the track, at the east end of
the Bridge near his son's store. We are
informed he has come very near being
run over several titties within a few weeks"
When shall we have laws that can be
enforced against this abominable traffic?
” ‘ Derby Journal. —-
Democratic State Convention.
The‘ Convention for the -nomination of
II Democratic Ticket for State Officers
100! in ‘bi! citv yesterday. Joel W.
White, Esq., of Norwich presided. The
following were the nomiuatiou--
For Govemor—S.mu,sr. Iucrun of Say-
brook. ‘
For-Lieu: Govemor—-Joan T. Warn:
of Norwich. -9'
For Tre'asurer—Tiu.co'r'r Cnosnv of
Thompson.
For Secretary-Rocrzn. Avrntttr. of
Danbury.i' ' ' i
For 0omptroller—Jut.ius Horctnrtss of
Waterbury.‘ j
It will be seen that it in I new ticket
tlirongliont. We have not seen the reac-
lutions adopted but a gentleman who
happened into our office, who’ heard-
them ‘read, remarked that "they touched
upon almost everything, and left off
where they began." They called forth
considerable discussion, particularly up-
ongt_he_ Nebraska subject, but we under-
stand that tthey were finally adopted as-
reported, and take -ground against the
passage of the_ bill-—Courant.
» 02? The public debt of Great Britain
is estximated to be $4,4§0,000,000.
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liberative body, says, that in the first ses. ,
lowing very singiilar circiimstanccs :-
Mr. Russell Wyles, an extensive dealer’
in scythe stones, who resides at Norwich
Ct., has been stopping in day or two at
the Farmer’s Hotel, corner of Main and
Elm streets. He was on one of- his pe-
riodical visits to Western New York
receiving orders for stones and making
collections. He is a man of over 50
years of age, and being so lame as to use
a crutch, he has a young man travelling
with him to assist him in business.
Yesterday, at about 1 P. M . Mr-
\Vyies left his hotel, telling his man that
‘lie would cross the street to a barber:
shop, and after shaving would go to Mr.
Barton’s tool stoic to transact some busi‘
ness. He accordingly went across_.the
street t.o Mr. Stanley's shop and was
shaved, and left the shop between two
andthree o’clock,_ since which time no ti-
‘dings of him have been received.‘ Mr.
Stanley thinks the man went up Main
street when he left his shop, instead of
down the street, as he should to go to
Barton’.-, ' -
Mr. \Vyles was a man of strictly tem-
perate habits, and a business man who
would not belikely to make an impru.
dent display of his money, of which he
doubtless had considerable. The young
man who travelled with him says Mr. W
deposited his money last at Auburn, and
had in his possession all that he had col- ,
lected since.—Rochester Union Tuesday
Revolution in France.-It is said that
the adherents of the Bourbons are'?ma-.
king great efforts to produce a revolution
and that, with singularinconsistency, the
Republicans of that country will join
them, preferring the Bourbon riile to their
present despotism. Russia favors this
movement, for the sake of drawing off
the attention of Louis Napoleon from the
affaiisof the east. At present, we "could
better spare a better man” from the con-
trol of France, as the Napoleon move-
ment is decidedly adverse to that of the
Cossack. His time will come, but we
prefer he should do something for De-
mocracy in Austria, first.
The Connecticut Delegatz'on.—Tliree
of the Connecticut delegation in the
House of Representatives willvoteagainst
the Nebraska bill, viz: Pratt, of the
first_district, Belclier, of the third, and
Seymour, of the fourth. Ingersoll of the
‘second, will probably vote for the bill.-
We are not advised as to the preference
of Senator 'l'oucey, but we have reason
to believe that he is not committed to
the bill, as some people have assumed.-'-
Harg/‘ord Tomes.
Interesting to Lumbermm.—Chief
Justice Taney, sitting in the circuit court
of the United States for the Maryland
district, delivered a decision during the
November term, in which he holds that
" rafts anchored in the stream, although
it be a public navigable river, are not the
subject matter of- admiralty jurisdiction,
in cases where the right of property or
possession alone are concerned. They are
not vehicles intended for the navigation
of the sea or the arms of the sea. They
are ‘not recognized as instruments of com-
merce or navigation by an act of Con-
gress. They are piles of lumber and
nothing more, fastened together and pla-
ced upon the water until suitable vehi-
cles are ready to receive and transport it
to its destined port. And any assistance
rendered to these rafts, even when in
danger of being broken or swept down
the river, is not a salvage service in the
sense in which that word is used in the
courts of admiralty.”
, A Curious Channel of Comparison.
—Water is, in many points of view, a
singular reflection of Periodical Litera-
ture, which we were not aware of be-
fore we had looked into it. For in-
stance, it comes out in sheets, and
when a sufficient quantity is issued, it is
collected into one volume, but how many
sheets of water make avolume, we can-
not say. Theflfrost will bind a volume, of
water in a variety of ways, and it is as-
tonishing the number of volumesevery
year that are ‘bound in Russia ;’ and
there is this further resemblance between
Literature and ‘Water, that, send them
up by any high pressure you please, they
are both physically sure, after. a short
time, to find their own level,.._Punch_
la" The Boston Traveller gives the
particulars of a singular case of death by
Lockjaw, which occurrred at South Bos-
ton on Friday. The victim was a team-
ster, named John McGrath, who, about
a week since, while driving his team,
accidentally struck his right eye with his
whip lash, inflicting a,_ severe wound.-
On the day after, the eye was very pain-
ful, and grew worse until Wednesday,
when he was seized with lockjaw, end,
after much suffering, died on Friday
mornin-r.
IE” The largest sum ever paid by the
Atlantic Insurance Company of New
York was 880,000 which was paid in
one check to Capt. McKay, builder and
owner of the Great Republic.
1:3’ The New York Evening Post
in’ commending the. object of the Reli:
'gious Libertymeeting at the Tabernacle
says :- _
In the matter of burials, our govern-
ment, we think, ought to.tiike a more do-
cided course than on the subject of roll.
gious worship. An American who loses
a wife or a daughter in Cuba ought no!
to be compelled to dig her grave with
his own hands, at midnight because of
the superstitioiuiliorror with which the
inhabitants regard, the burial of a lieretic,
in the soil of zit¢$lr‘_.',i_si,and. Nor should
the friends of an. ‘American who dies in
the interior of Spain, be compelled t°
carry his body to Malagn before they are
allowed to commit it to the earth. We
should provide by treaties that our citizens
shall find peaceful graves when they die.
fil‘0f the House Committees, Mr. Seymour
from Connecticut is on the Committee on the
Judiciary ; Mr. Ingersoll, on that of‘ Foreign
Affairs; Mr. Belclier, on rubric Buildings;
and Ir. Pratt, on Roads and Canals.
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Tuesday, l‘eli. 1854.
Whig Nominations.
Election, Monday, April 3d.
%
Pox State Officers.
, V FOR GOVERNOR,
HENRY BUTTON, of New Haven.
I-‘OR Lwur. ogvrmxon,
ALEXANDER H. HOLLEY, of Salisbury.
ran SECRETARY or sure,
OLIVER H. PERRY, of‘ I-‘airfield.
ron rnmsisnmt,
DANIEL W. CAM P, of‘ Middlelown.
rot: C0ll’l‘ROLLl-ZR,
JOHN DUNHAM, of Norwich.
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County convention.
A Convention of tho Whig: of Fair-fleld County, will be
holdeu at Stevenson’: Hotel, in Norwalk, on Thursday
the 2d day of March, 18“, at 10o’clock. in the foreman ;
for the pllI'p0!O of nominating a candidate for Sheriff of
mild County.
The Whigs of the several towns in this County are re-
quostod to tend delegiitu to raid Convention equal to
double the number of Representatives to which they are
severally if‘: pa the Gplneral Assembly.
. A . lllN0 , _ .
wrtttnt it. SI-1El.EY,}C°"‘m-‘ °°“""‘“"“-
Whiz Senatorial Convention.
The Whigs of the 12th Senatorial District. are hereby
notified that a meeting for the nomination offienutnr for
said District, will be holden at the Hotel of David Steven-
son, Norvvalk, on Wednesday, the 8th day of March next,
It 10 o’clock, A. Ll.
Each town in said District may send delegates equal
to double the number of Representatives to WJICII it is
enlitledin the General Assembl .
H. BULKL , District Committee.
uoncn. ,
w THE Whigs of Norwalk are requested to meet at
the Norvralk Hotel on Tuesday Eve. Feb. 28, at 7 1-2
o'clock, for the purpose of appointing delegate: to the
County Convention for the purpose of nominating 3 can-
didate for Sher-id‘. and also, for the appointment of dele-
gates to attend the Senatorial and Probate Convention.
' ' Per order Town Com.
Hon. Mr‘. Botts’ Speech.
We devote our outside tea comprehensive
report. of the able speech delivered by Mr-
Botts at Newark, some months since. In the
present faltring times, wethink it fl most time-
ly word of encouragement, and we heartily
desire every dcsponding l:\ big, to give it an‘
attentive reading.
k. We have succeeded in presenting ii.
more readable sheet this week, although it is
not yet up to the points ofinechuulcal neatness
and beauty, that we desire and are determined
to attain. For several months after our en-
largement, we were enabled to obtain. (at a
heavy cost to be sure, but what we were glad
to have the ‘opportunity to pay,) a’ beautiful
quality of‘ Book paper. But we then had the
drawback of odefcctive lnklug apparatus.-
Since the lat of January of the present year,
we have bad it new and perfect ink fonntaln,but
have beep afflicted with paper so aboininably
thin that the impressions of one side could be
read with almost equal facility upon the other.
We hope for better luck soon, as the appear-
__cn_ce of tlie_Guette has been not only inortif'y-
ing to us,_but has done real, and we fear se-
rious Injury to flu really valuable invention of
Mr. Montague, wlicse printing apparatus we
use. Our confidence in, and admiration for his
press is still uuabated,as these adverse circum-
stances are attributable to our misfortunes,
rather than to any fault in the printing press,
as some have supposed.
The State Ticket.
Of the gentlemen in nomination for the suf-
frage: of the Whigs of Connecticut, the Cour-
ant gives the follovving'sketch:
Henry Dutton, our candidate for Governor,
in an able lawyer of New Haven County, stan-
ding among the very first of his profession in
the State. He is an eloquent debate: and an
accurate thinker. He is a man of sound judg-
mentlnd extended views, sufficiently conser-
vatlve\lu his designs, while eminently in favor
of a true and liealtlifiil progress in all things.
He will adorn the station to which he has been
nominated. .
Alexander H. Holly, is it. well known man in
the Wlifg party—-a man of firmness, integrity 4
and of sterling Whig principles. He will make
an able presiding oflicer in the Senate, as
Lieutenant Governor, and the public cannot
do better than to place him there.
Daniel W. Camp, our candidate for Treasu-
rer, ic e Midcletown merchant, appreciated
wherever he is known, as it man of good busi-
ness habits, sound principles of method, and
of unswerving integrity He wlil ably dis-
charge the duties of that oflice.
Oliver H. Perry, the Whig candidate for
Secretary, has been long familiar to the Whig
party as It man of unbeuding political princi-
plea. He has been it repi-ea entative from Fair-
fleld, often, and was an able, active and useful
member. ‘He will make an excellent Secreta-
ry)
Jolin Dunharn, of Norwich, is a capital selec-
tion for the post of Comptroller. He was bred
it printer, and has all the habits of system,
punctuality and industry, necessary for that
station. He has been a member of our State
Senate, and is favorably known among all
classes.
It now only remains for the Whig party to
rally in support of this ticket and elect it. A
Whig victory ln Connecticut, this Spring,
would be a rebnlve to the present time-serving
and truckllng administration which they would
feel. The interests of the whole country and
of fkeedom everywhere, require that such a
rebuke should be given.
FROM EUROPE.
The last arrival from Europe is deemed al-
most certain for-"war. The Ruiau lllnisten
at London and Paris had demanded their
passports and left for St. Petersburg.
§‘ The New York Express advises purcha-
sers of flour to have every barrel weighed,
many frauds in the weight having lately come
to light. In some cases the weight has been
found tofall some twenty pounds below the
standard. Just now, when prices are so ex-
travogantly high, this is in consideration not. to
be overlooked.
“ Where art thou, beam of Light.”
"It is now three weeks since we have
seen the Fairfield Coufity Democrat.
We presume it is not yet dead, as we
dlearn by the Gazette that a fresh hand
as been put co the bellows. Can it be
possible that the new proprietor has de-
termined .to save . something of the ex-
pense of paper, by cutting off his " ex-
changes l” or is an exchange with the
Slam. Rep, as much as can be afforded
in this region of the State? Have we
offended in taught, that we should thus
be deprived of the refreshing ‘visits of
the Democrat 'l If we have, remember
dear air, that " to err is human, to for-
give, De Viniie." But one of the seven
who have preceded you during the past
six years, has ever been so cruel. Let
us no longer wait in suspense ; if we are
doomed to exist without the X, we may .
feel constrained to siibscribe.
Stamford Advocate.
' fl‘ Although there is an incumbrent duty
imposed upon us by the public, to dissimmate
everfltem of news, such is our aversion to
epreadtug “ painful intelligence,” that we have
not heretofore announced the fact that instead
of reviving under the auspices of a De Vine,
unfamiliarity with the diagnosis of its disease,
but hurried its dissolution, and we now with
pain record that the Fairfield County Democrat
and the Stamjbrd Republican, are dead, dead
and may the Lord have mercy upon poor Olm-
stend and the Stamford Democracy.
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ciiorinous qiiaiilitit-s of b.id liquor illl‘y liiizl
iruhihtul tilioiit llio, l‘.i'iilgc, that their pli_i'.-"i(::il
ii:tl.iii-cs: l'(‘qllll't!(l iintnctlialc t'c.<l.. So ivithoul.
t'cl'ci'ciicc ill) :iiiy (ll,‘Sll'll.lIll,'Il(?S of localioii, they
retired to the l‘t'l'tl‘ of C. J. Griiin:tti'.s aloft’-
wherc the snow sl.0i'm of Monday iiight. had
spread it whiter sheet on the dock, tliaii they
had evidently been accitsttiniml to recline upon »
and llt"l'(’-—
U Just past l'lllll'|Ifl_V. ‘
All lieaiitiftilly Cnl‘lll.‘ll they l:i_v-—"
Stretched out full length upon their l)£lCk.‘.'_.Wlfvll
their heads turned imvard lowaiwls one niirillier
while one arm of each was resteil under the
other's head, and the other enftvint-d across the
breast in most loving Olllllrflflf‘. Al. the ino-
ment they caught our eye from our rear win-
dow, the siiu had found an open ing in llic
clouds, and poured its full blaze info their eyes,
but so perfectly oblivious were they of sun or
snow, that nothing but themost ii'i'esi.-rlible ex-
pression of Idiotic good nature, flllllglfid with
comic-felicity played about their featiires. It
was evident that in soberness they were friends
and in drunkenness they were not St'?]'l‘.l.l't1l.etl.
United they had stood a.ndqiiaff'ed the dnniiiin g
draught, and then fell willioiit being diviilud.
We confess that the peculiar expression of‘ silli-
ness and nnconcern, whicli pr-rvtuled thi-
feutiires of the poor fellows robbed the spi.-cttt-
cle of every serious rcllectloii for the time be-
ing, and our jacket has not suffered so heavy a
strain for many it day. We observed too,
that our mirth was not exceeded by that of a
notorious vendor of‘ the poison, who also stood
enjoying the scene from ills rear window. Nev-
ertheless, there is rt saber side to (I. spectacle
like this. Those two imbrnted carcascs. were
Jllen, they had fatliers, mothers, sisters, broth-
ers and friends, witlioiit_doubt ; perhaps, even
wives and children. And yet, in this boasted
age of religion and philaiitliropy , within the
shadows of at least three churches, they lay
down at mid-day upon our. docks, beastly, bru-
tally drunk, there to lay, (bad they not been
discovered,) in sluggish stupor, till frozen to
death in the winter-‘s snow, or perhaps in rising
to reel and stumble from the dock into, what
the waters of our harbor might well be called,
“The Druukard’s Sepulclire,-" where so many
poor iinl‘oi-tiiiinte sons of Norwalk sires, have
found an untimely and unlionored grave. And
yet we can smile, at driiiikeniicss in some of
its phrases, and even the riimscller can‘ ‘laugh
heartily over 3 scene like this! We should
think. the ghosts of Drake,Scofield,Hyatt..Lock-
wood and it score of others, would rise like
that of Banqiitfs, and haunt their pillows “and
would not dowii” till they had ceased of their
own accord, to fatten upon human fnlirmities.
We should ‘think too,thut our pliilaiitliropic and
law abiding citizens, would have some coin-
punctions of conscience f'or longer permill'i'ug
the repetition of such bcstial scenes.
County Statistics.
Frointhc Connecticut Register, published by
F. A. Brown, I-Iurtf'ord, is compiled the follow-
ing statistics of Fairlield County. The popu-
lation in 1850 of each toivu is given together
vyith the valuation of property. in I852. The
last column of figures shows the proportion be-
tween the valuation and the popiilatioii, or the
amount in dollars and cents to each inhabi-
tant : -
Amniint for
Town Pop. ea.-.li iii-
1s5-3, ilividtiiil
I-‘ttirfleld, 3.9“ 5_f_‘_‘7 “:3
Bridgeport, 7.u(‘>0 'H_I W
Dttnliury, 5.954 "N 3-‘
Brookficld, 1.359 fl} fl
Darien, 1-454 "11" '4
Fztston, 1.-l.‘l'.l ‘H4 90
Greenwich, 5.0$6 4_8_0 :9
Hun ington, 1.301 4:0 1:
Monroe, 1.-l~l'.! 499 3-
New Canaan, 2,000 719 5?
New Fnirfleld, .27 41: 3:,
Newtown 3,9433 3'15 0'
Norwalk,’ -l.-fl ‘:33 11
Rcdding, 1.T:i_4 -Hg 34
Ridgefiolil, '2.’ "-A -'3
Sherman, 9‘ 1"?
Stamford, 5-009 "Eff
Stralford, ‘2.Ulu 0-_>-_-_-
Trumbull, i:::«_isg 4«- :-
wgston, ;,U.’:fI
J l ...|2:' ' 0 0 '
Wfiitliiof ’ 2.055 *0” 5‘
Total, 50,775 » 30,9fl0,5:'i:’i 518 45
It. will be seen by the foregoing that Faii-field
stands at the head, having $'i'70,5?. for each in-
babitant. Bridgeport comes next, with $677,-
lfi, Stratford next, with 3633,99, and Stamford,
fourth, with $585.42. Wilton is the poorest
Town, having but $309,5l for each inhabi-
tant. The -'-average of the whole County is
$5l8,45 for each person. As compared with
the other Counties, Fairlield stands second in
point of wealth in proportion to population
New Haven being first, with $569, and Wliid-
ham last, with $341 to each inhabitant.
__.—:—:—-———<:-——-—-
@‘ The receipts of the New York and New
Haven road, in January, arc $60,120,75,
against $55,6fl3,37 for the same month last
year.
Q. A pigeon roost ten miles long by live
broad, in Franklin County, Indiana, is now
swarming with pigeons. The roar of their
wings on arriving and departing from the roost
is tremendous, and the flocks, tlui-ing flight,
darken the heavens. Thousands are killed by
casualities from breaking limbs of trees, and
hundreds of hogs live upon them. Sportsmen-
are tired of killing game so easily obtained.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
LITCHI-‘IELD, Feb. 23d, I854.
The Whig County Convention, which met
here to day. nominated Lcverette W. Wesscls,
of Litclifield, for Sheriff. The democratic
convention met here yesterday, and nominated
Dr. Geo. Seymour, of Litchfield, for the same
office. Both are quite popular in the county,
and have strong friends. Yours, II.
Extensive Mail Robberies. i
' Ni-zw HAVEN, Friday, Feb. 24--8 P. M.
Mr. Hollbrook, a special Post-Office A gent,
has just detected an extensive and bold mail
robber of the name of R. A. Smith. He was
I baggage master in the employ of the New
Haven and Springfield Railroad Company, and
his robberies, which have been carried on for
some months, exceed $100,000! -
The Senate of Rhode Island passed a'bill
yesterday restoring all the rights of it citizen
of that State to Tuonxs W. Dorm. The bill
passed by if majuity-of one vote.
ua%..There is a series of‘ able and well
written articles being published in the Harli-
ford Tiines, upon the “ History of Parties” in
Connecticut. Although written in a. decidedly
democratic bias, they involve political inci-
dents of much lllSl50l‘.lI interest, and we’ woiild
like for one, to see them couched in painplilet .
‘funds we would advise a “ suspension” of‘ re-
form, as a means of preserving them for -'i'el'c-'
rencc. Woiildu’t it pay, neighbor I:illl'l‘?
By the way, are there no “Whig IIl.*'l.0l'l:l.llS"!
at the head of sloop navigation?
;2t§"A fatal accident occiirreil again on thc
Naugatuck Rail Road last week, by the bl‘t‘-llli-
ing of the axle of the loconiotivc. hurling it '
down the bank into therivcr, and killing the
engineer.
$3‘ The announcement of the Lecture of J.
Northrop, Esq., at North Salem. on Friday
evening last, we did not receive until the next
day after our paper had been publislicd.
- NEW PAPER AT _Buinm:i'oi:'i‘.——We have rc.
ceived the pl'0S[)'lCl.llS of II. new paper to be is-
sued in Bridgeport, under.tli_e eililoi-iiil man.
agcmeut of'_T. M. Clark, E4q., forincrl y of the
Mountain County lleriild. It is to he stvled
the “Bridgeport. Leader,” and pul,ligh..:1 hy
the Printing Company of th:it_ city. Success
to our fricudClark.
Q. Look out for countei-felt l.lll‘(‘OS on the
City Bank, New Ilnvcn, Ct., -coiiiitei°l‘cit l(,'lIS
on the Deep River Bank, Ct., and also on the
Lilchficld County Bank. The last has no l(‘ll.‘l
signed by J. i\lcAll.-iter as Ciisliier. Lriol: out
for cotinterli-it»fiv+.-s on the Mien-lmiil's Batik,
Bangor. Me.
L
t.m‘i iu cm-t.:iiii tpiarf.ci's against the ;\“l‘l)l'll-"k3
llill. that the i-i-soliitioiis piissed by the l)i:nio-
ci-utit: Cciivciition would til. least have 801m’
salt and pcppl-l‘ in lliem_. The following glori-
oiisi speciim-.n of non-conimitthl policy uvns all
that the Drniticrariis Convention pussetl——-
Tlierc never was such aconiplete fizzle:
3. Reso/iierl, That the Democracy of
Cnnnecticiit do recognize the doctrines
of the Bultiinor-.-. Convention that nomi-
nated Franklin Pierce as a candidate for
the Pre.-id.-iicy; and also the principles
anuouiiced iii the Iiiatigitrnl Address of
President Pierce; and we now abide by
those principles and stand upon that Plat-
form. And relying upon the wi=dom
and integrity of our friends in Coiigress
that they will be true and faithful to all
compromi.-"es especially to the Ordinance
of 1787. the compromise of 1820, and
lliat of 1850-ineasures heretofore adop-
ted in our national councils for the set.
tlement of the Slavery question. \Ve
have full c fidence that such measures
will be aifliiesced in and agreed upon
as may best main.ain and perpetuate the
glorious-Union of these United States.
They recall the story of the belligerent Fi'~=ucli-
HIGH 2
it Sure Vi“ you apologize or fight ?",.
‘- Yes sure, I trill 1”
Opposition in the South.
A large Nebraska convention was held at
St. J oseph, Mo., on the 8th of January. Among
the resolutions was the following :
Resolved, That we consider the agi-
tation of the slavery question, in connec-
tion with the organizatidn of Nebraska
Territory, dangerous to the peace of the
country, fatal to the’ best interests of
Nebraska itself, and even threatening
the harmony if not the perpetuity of the
Union.
The editor of ti democratic paper in Wiscon-
sin, the Ozaiikec Times, after noticing the in-
troiliiction of the Nebraska bill in the U. S.
Senate, improves upon the event as follows :
“ This Senator Douglas, it will be
recollecled, we supported as a candidate
for the Democratic Presidential nomina-
tion in 1852. Our cheek tingles with
shame at the remembranc that we ever
in the most remote degree, assisted to add
t.o the political prominence of so servile .
a dougli-face.”
The Hartford Tfimeo and N chron-
a
The Hartford Times is not only open and
undisguised in its hostility to Douglass’s Ne-
braska bill—but denounces it and its author in
indignant terms. The influence of the Times
will be very great on this subject, as it has al-
ways been straight forward and consistent in
its opposition to the abolitionist: and slavery
agitation generally. It must theilote have
credit for siucerity—and this fact makes one
Iii-eatlie more freely, and think, and feel that
after all there is some virtue in the democracy
of the North; and that the patronage of the
Government cannot annihilate all that is man-
ly and honorable in their bosons. The New
London Star, (democrat) given indications of
sympathy with the Times—and the Norwich
Aiirora, (also democrat) we are quite confident
will take the same track. ‘We copy the follow-
ing paragraplis from the Times of last evening :
“ Si-iiitxo urox ran CoU.\'1-nv.”—Tlie New
York Herald is a supporter of Douglas’s Ne-
braska Bill, repealing the Missouri Compromise
Speaking-of it,.that paper says :
" It is but two or three weeks sii_ice
this momentous issue was sprung upon
the country.”
This is true. It was not called for. It was
not anticipated. There was no good reason
for it. But suddenly, for it reason concealed,
this “ momentous issue” was sprung upon the
ro1m!ry.'—-Hartford Times. ’
Pllghted Faith.
» The Manchester, New Hampshire, Democrat,
says:
“ We oppose the Nebraska bill not be-
cause we believe slavery will ever exist
in that territory, to any great extent if it
should pass, but simply because we be-
lieve it to be a gratuitous violation of
pliglited faith.”
Why '!
Unless that (Slavery) agitation can be
renewed, their (the Abolirbiiiste) politi-
cal death is very near, even at their very
doore.—Com07'd Patriot.
Then why does Senator Douglass renew it
at this time ?—Hartford Times.
I. 0. 0. F. or Connecticut.
The Annual session of the R. W. Grand En-
campments, took place at New Haven, -on
Tuesday, Feb. 14th. The following are the offi-
cers elected for the ensuing year, viz :
Francis Turner, of New Haven, M. W. Grand
High Priest. C. C. Jackson, Birmingham, P.
W. Grand Senior Warden. P. L. Cunningham
South Norwalk, G. Rep. G; L. U. S. Wm. H.
Warner, Waterbury, W. Grand Sentinel.
The annual session of the R. W. Grand
Lodge, commenced at New Haven on Wednes-
day Feb. l5th—the following ‘are the officers
elected for the present year.
David B. Booth of Dnnbury, M. W. Grand
Master. Reynold Webb, Madison, R. W. D. G.
Master. H. N. Hawkins, Birmingham, R. W.
Grand Warden. Lucius A." Thomas, New Ha-
ven, R. W. Grand Secretary. Samuel Bishop,
R. W. Grand Treasurer. I-‘. ll. Brown, Ware-
house Point, G. Rep. G. L. U. S. Heath, Dan-
bury, W. G. Marshal. Elbert Curtis, Not-walk,
W. G. Conductor. D. G. Walden, Windsor
‘ Locks, W. G. Guardian. -'
3:3. It is said that the Government has al-
ready expended the respectable sum of -two
hundred thousand dollar: in prosecuting D;-_
Gardiner for his alleged hand.
w. The New Haven Register, the Bridge
port Farmer, and the Middletovvn Sentinel, all
favor the new Nebraska bill, and the editors
Iiolil ofllces under Government. Nun‘ cod,
_ El? Mr. Peace, the Five Points’ Mis-
51003’ Y. acknowledges donations for the
w_eek ending 8th -irist., amounting to
S3-347 80—of which $330 -57 was for the
House of Industry, and $217 23 for
the Home in the country.—Palladium.
Q As large sum of money are being cou-
stantly remitted to this Mr. Pause in the belief‘
that it is properly appropriated, and as our
own people have conh-ibut'e"d-‘somewhat to his
mitlanccs, to that individual for the present,
as the New York papers report it very loose
screw, in his philanthropic operations, and it
would be - well for the benevolent to await fur-
ther developments as to his guilt or innocence
licforé, remitting further.
$3.. “ Sam,” said a pious coal-dealer, “what
kitid of 8; morning is it '2”
“ Very cold sir-—-very."
“ Is the canal, frozen !"
“ Yes, sir, hard.” -
“ Raise the coal fl dollar oton ! God help
the poor 1’-’
1:28‘ The N. 0. papers publish full details of
the great coiiflagration there on the 4th inst.
One hiindrcd persons were arrested for steal-
ing. during the fire. J times Loatliei-3 was
among the persons lost. A Mr. Wuedley lost
tliit-teen iicgroes. One man, who lost every-
thing by ""5 “P9, fltabbed himself on llie wliui-f.
33$, rilajor Howell, a brother in law of‘ Col_
J:’“"l‘~“““ DRVIF, it is said in about to lcav
.\ow Oi-leans with a number of others, to join
the Turks against the Russians.
PROF. TAYLOR, has been glvinga series of
amii.-ting and popular entertainments at Marine
Hall, the last week. Heist about the best. Nec-
, romancer of the age. .-
‘,3;
Pitt-iarcli. John Wallace, Ansoniu, M. E."
School I.otilii'rl'g" but and in.
We l\l'l‘ i-eqiic:-'l¢~.l by the l’rincipul ol' the
Unit». .\'c,-/tool to l".0l'l‘l'(:l a false inipi-csaion
which has [)l'8‘.'{lll-"(I througlioiit comniuiiity in
l'<'£:‘in-tl to incl.-iiig the doors ul't+-r the commence-
iii-'~iit of school. The fhcls are as follows ;
The lt‘.(l(‘.lIl‘l'S were l.rouhlt~d by the extrmne
lateness of the scholars, especially during ska-
ting time. when the latter would get so enga-
ged in their sports that they neglected to has-
ten to school in time. Mr. James. after trying
several plans to remedy the evil, determined
to try for a few days the mt-thod of locking out
twenty minutes after school opened, which had
begn vary sncceiieful in another school. The
secret. of‘ the success there. however. was that
parents were thereby induced to take the mat-
ter in hand, and to see that their children were
at schobl early After three or four days trial
Mr. James: found that many instead of under-
taking to f'l.‘ffll"d y the evil, cnteredcompleints.
The p proving of no avail was accordingly
dropt. It was never tried but four days, and
then not in stormy weather.
There were some scholars who took advan-
tage of this rule. to play truant and give as an
excuse for not going to school, that they had
been ‘ locked out.’ In several instances, on in -
quiry being made, this was found not ting case _.
the doors had not bcenlocked.
We under-stmd that some have also complain
ed l5’l’C€LllSl‘ tin.-ir children were not allowed to
eat their dinners in the school houge. Mr.
J runes tells us. that since the bad weather began
iii October, the scholars who came from a dis-
tance, had free access to the entries and clothes
rooms which are always as wag-m gs the school
rooms. Recently they have been admitted to
the latter, and the doors locked to keep out
those only who had no occasion to enter before
the teacher.
fi~ The Buffalo Rough Notes says two of
the late -heroes of Erie, attempted to flog the
editors of the Constitution, and got their head
broke for their pains.
3 The Boston Post enumerates six news-
papers, besides itself, in that State, which ud-
vocates the Nebraska bill. The Commonwealth
replies that two of them are edited by postmas-
ters, and two of them by custom house officers.
‘a. On Monday evening a servant girl of
Mr. Willis Jigdson, in New Haven, had bet-arm
badly burned by the overturning of a campbene
lamp", which see was handing tn 3 young man.
The fluid was spilled upon. the carpet and took
fire. In attempting to extinguish the flames,
her hands and arms were shockingly burned.
- g‘ A Western paper says—When you see
'3 girl so lazy that she can’t sweep her own
seven-by-nine chamber, and then goes to a
sliindy and dances all night with the power. of
a locomotive, make up your mind that she is
“ got up” on bad principles.
The sooner you take your II“ and depart the
better. Suck sort of calico has been the ruin
of many a man.
For the’ Gazette.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 12th, l8-54.
MR. Enrroit. :—As I have a few mo-
_rr.ents leisure, Ithought of sending you
a few lines. On that all aboorbingquw
tion in this community, the estimation
put upon human life, in our courts of
Justice. About fifteen months since,a
sober industrious man was stabbed by a
woman in this city, and she permitted to
go at large, after giving bail for $3,000
which she forfeited by going to parts tiri-
known ; and be, poor man, is still una.
ble to leave his room, and probably nev
er. will be until carriedto his grave. But
more recently the lcascjof In young wo-
irnan killing another woman, has roused
the public toa some of the injustice
practiced inour Courts. This woman‘
openly avowed her intention to kill il
deceased, and for that purpose bought :-
dirk, then in company with another w --
man went to the house where the di
ceased lived and asked ferlier and sta.
bsd her twice, and she died in about a !
liour. For the defence they triéd ' kl
prove she died of disease, but in tl..-.-.
they failed. Then the J iidge in I ~.
charge to the Jury sided so much wit i:
the prisoner, that the District Att0l'l'lI
has made it the ground of appeal for .-.
ncw trial. — Then in the face of all the 2
facts the Jury brought in a bill of “ IV."-
Guilty.” But the papers of this c 1 _
have come out boldly, and say; " .t‘
though not in favor of Mob Law, s.:':.
,_t_l_iey think it is time for the peofle
fvindicate the law and learn the Jiii1_,,.'.
and Jury their duty." And the " N.
querade Military Convention," kept '
before the people in one of their inst: ,
tions, as follows 2-" Woman's Rig
No hanging for mtirder in this coiinti
Then to cap all this blood-stained '
mun, saw the banner and laughed at
There is another case of murder to ct .~
off at this same court and if they Ii .- =
to bring in a verdict, of Not Guilt;
expect to see the people take the la‘
their own hands and hang the man
not the Judge. This case is as follo-
as the deceased was sitting at supp: V 2
his own house the prisoner came in -.; ..
after a few words he shot the dece ---.
three times with a revolver, whil 2.!‘
had some meat in his moutlh Tl -'= ’
seems to be an aversion to capital
ishment in all the courts in this couzr
for proof of this you have only to
over the accounts of murder, and
few are hung. In San Francisco in i ,
years, there were Fourteen Him“ *
murdered, and only on him: -"'
And see again in the Advertisei '-
lhe 29th Dec. 1853; a trial for mu -r
in which the Jury brought in a vet
of manslaughter. The Judge in L" -.
case thought the verdict too light
was for putting the heaviest -penal!
the law on him, but he was overrule _
the Associate Judge so that the)’ t ‘
him l00‘days in Prison. The)’ 3‘ '
same time sentenced a man to the S’
Prison three years for Grand L8”
Comment on the above from me is ‘
less, as it is notorious here, that i:.= 2;
woiild sooner hang for stealing "“”‘ """
murder. Since 1 have been 3"
country I have been on the Jury’ f°"’7 ‘r
five times, once on a case of flllll‘:-3‘
there I had a chance to see the a\'*:Ii~mv.
they had to punishment, although ‘ l
this case there was a chance for the. ] - 1!),
of self-defence. The case was Eel.
vs. Stewart; Eckeltl was the dep
sham‘, and kept a rum-hole, Sled t
and the rest -were intoxicated. SI -2-
were fired, and one which was fired M
Stewart, killed Eckels; this happeiiey. . -
June of 1850, and they let him go ll;
April of 13733, when he was acqu‘itt- if
But I must close this, hoping tl e ti
may soon come when the " Rights -sf
Men” may be respected in this counl-
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Laws. “ Old Norwalh.”
‘by those whose ditty it is to execute late -
Norwalk Chronicler