Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, March 7, 1854 · page 2

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' ritories that are now waiting for it gov-

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the character of :1 State, incorporated"
witl_i it that provisioif.’ Can you descend
to the baseness of permitting by a solemn
act of legislation a public naffic in the
bodies of women“. Can you who have
known .tlie-sacredness of a true. woiiian’s
love,—-canyon who swore in your youth 
to--tire woman whose ‘affection you had l
won, that you would “ love her, comfort '
her, honor and keep her,”and received
her responsive vow to “obey yo: and
serve__you, love, honor, and keep you”.-
can“ you who have ‘passed so many of
your--years, ini“holy vvet‘lock” bring your-
self down to the depth to which you
must descend in voting for a law which
will permit women to be sold on the ta-
hleof. t'lie,',auctioneer? You know that
ihe repeal of the law which now prohib-
its the sale of _ womeniu Nebraska,,is__
itself a law to permit t_li_at_ disgusting at‘
rocity. You can not vote for the meas-
ure now before the Senate, without con-
senting that women who have precisely
the same right before God, that your
wife has to be protected by government
against outrage and shame, shall be left
without , any such protection. If the
State of Connecticut should specially ex-
clude aldaughter of yours from the pro-
tection of all the laws which defend the
honor and the "purity of other WOIIIGD
within its jurisdiction, and should make
it lawful for her to be exposed in market
as an article of mercliandize, prized not
only "according to her capabilities as a
working animal,but according to her ca-
pabiliriesasua breeding animal, commen-
ded by the brutjalvender, and criticised
by briitalnicustomers, not: only for her
miisciilar "strength and physical endu-
rance,"but_ also for: her beauty of form
and feature—what judgement would
your moral sense pronounce upon that
law and upon every individual who
niight beiii any way responsible for it.
Yet this is the ‘very laW’WlllCl1 you are
expected to enact respecting every slave
~v:oman who may be carried into the ter-

ernment.

You are"too intelligent a inari to de-
ceive yourself by saying that the things
which I have described are not essential
to theidea of slavery, and that when you
repe_al'the"la\v wliicli prohibits slavery,
you do 'iiot”nece'ssarily consent to these
gross and atrocioiis violations of justice.
These ‘tlii'rigs,'as you know full well, an
essential to that slaveryiwhicli was ex-
cluded froin‘Nebraska by the actiof 1820.
Slavery is one short word, hardly three
syllables at the longest.’ Members of
Congress can pronounce it trippingly.
with sneers about philanthropy and fanat-
icism—preacl’i'er's can speak it with a ve-
hement fling at infidel atvolitionism,profes-
sors can utter it in wire-drawn arguments
about abstract. right, and one and all
may never happen to think what details
of injustice" and various wickedness, of
sin and grief, of terror and of agony,are
included in that great concrete thing
wliiclitiie word stands for. I have ‘en-
deavored to bring this question about the
permissionof slavery in Nebraska to the
tribunal of your moral sense, by direct-
ing your attention ‘to some of the partic-
ulars which the question necessarily in-

volves. Philosophers, statesmen, and
preachers, too, often impose upon them-
selves by reasoning about abstractions;
but the slave knows what slavery is by
his experience of particulars and his
opinion on the question of its justice or
injustice is unambiguous. Our fellow-
nitizens here in Connecticut, (I speak of
the honest ' and ‘thinking -. masses,) are
practical men, dealing habitually with
(-Ollcfétel realities; and they know that
the concrete reality of that ' slavery
which is to "be made practicable and
lawful thing in Nebraska by the meas
ure now‘ih‘progress, includes particulars
such as I have described. Let me tell
you, sir, that the plain, honest, thinking,
God-fearing people of Connecticut, will
not fail to have their own opinion of any
man,‘ who, acting in their behalf, shall

- give his voice or his vote for the repeal

of the law which prohibits slavery in
Nebraska. They will mark that man.
Tliey will remember his great crime
against liberty and justice and plighted
faith. And never will he be able to look
one of them in the face, without some-
thing like a consciousness that they be-
lieve him to be capable of any wickedness.
You will not say that the people 0
Nebraska will expel slavery, though
Congress permits it to enter among them
for if so, why permit slavery to enter
there ? _You will not argue that the act
of’ "1850 is unconstitutional; for you
know and everybody knows‘ that an un-
constitutional act is void without being
repealed. Allsuch subterfuges aiidcva-
sions are unworthy of an honest man‘.-—
The only question is, whether the prohi-
bition of slavery by the act of 1820 shall
stand'or‘be abolished. On that question
may God so ‘guide you that you will not
be ashamed to meet your fellow-citizens
when‘ you return among them. Nay-
rathér may He enable you so to act that-
yoiiimay give your account to Him with
joy and notwith shame. ' - .
Respectfully your friend and fellow-
citizen, “ i ‘ Lsoiurtn Bacon
New H-«van, Feb. 14, 1854,

l _ Written Pray/ev.—A correspondent
from Indianasends us the following, with
appropriate avouchiugs of its truth:
.c At‘ the breaking for the Lynchbiirg
and Tenneaee Railroad, at Lyncliburg,
‘the Rev. E., by appointment acted ‘as
chaplain on “the écbasion. At the time
appointed for‘-prayer, the chaplain raised
his hands and said" ‘Let us'pray.'“ In an
instantgall bats were doffed, and the cliap-
lain commenced, slowly and solemnly, to
read a very appropriate manuscript pray-

er, which he hadprevionsly prepared.-— _

During the‘ reading of the ‘prayer, an old
negro man, who had been engaged’ with
the spade, was resting, with one foot on
the spade ‘and his arm on the handle,
lookingfvérvy intently in the ‘chaplain’s
face‘; “‘Iit‘"-tlie -conclusion of the prayer,
the old negro, straightening himself up,
remarked audibly. ‘Well I reckon dat’s
de furst time do Lord has ever been writ-

»-_.,,, ‘c

A Flare-up‘ in ‘the Swipe:-2'07-7 Court-
Jurry Discluirged-—S1'ng2zla.r ("r1.se.
An exciting..case has been oir,i.r,iai for

a week or more before the Superior Court

Judge Storrs, presiding, now in session‘

in this city. Mr.. Reed..of. Tariffvi1le,.._

has sued the Town of E Bloomfield for
damages ($10,000) siistaihed by liisiwile
on a defective road or bridge in that
town. Many witnesses have been cal-l
led, and iniiciiroejiiiig-list-i-b'_-on -a-is.-a Jul
reference to the case.

Yesterday, (Wednesday,) two of the
J urymen, T. O. Goodwin, of West Hart.
ford, and A. G. Olmstead of East Hart-
ford, went into a restaurant to get tbpirx
dinner, and they dined iii the‘ s‘air‘i"e_‘.sli,t~.
with N. F. Miller, of Bloomfield. V.V,l|$ni‘
a conversation was commenced upon the
case—-Miller _ telling thfi _-T1"Y"'°’1-33,3‘
Mrs. Reed was-not hurt, that she 
ways a weak woman, and that the 
was not bad where the accident" happen-
ed.
R. D. Hubbard; Esq',is.ll‘one o'r’1te-as.
Attornies. It happened that he virasv 'di_
ning in an adjoining. slip at the same"
time, and overheard the conversatio$ri.f-3
When the case came on: in the afternoon:
Mr. Miller was called as" a witness ’for‘
the Town. Hubbard iwaslvery" 
ter him with a sharp stick. He:a;sklld"
him if he had taken much interestin this
case, and finally desired to know wheth-
er he had conversed with any of the jury-
men. Miller said that hehad, arid‘ then
one of the jury stated all the facts. ‘On
consideration, the Judge dischajrgédilhél
jury, continuedthe case, an£i‘6i‘aere‘¢_i’z’ii‘é'
State’s Attorney to commence” a knit’
against Miller. '- . ‘ii I "5 ‘V ’

The fine for conversing witli awjtiry-i
man on the subject of a case before film,
is $100, and we believe the ‘_same‘_fin‘e iilp-‘
plies to the juryman.¥ Timer". ' ‘ ‘

 

Anatlaer—G1eat Tormtdo—-Over: F*§f‘t_1;W
Bzlildings Deslroy/ed. ~ '- v
Hitunrson, Ohio, Feb. .14.
To-day, about 4 o’clock P.“ M., the-
town of Harrison, (twenty miles ‘north
west of Cincinnati,) was visited by a fear-—'
ful and destructive tornado, tearing down
dwellings, stables, disc. —-I The-~-course’: of
the current of the airivas nearlyifrom‘
South-west to riortli-east,and the’wid_th
of its trackwas, about.l0..0 yards. .. :The
tornado-came_ down the White Water
Hills north-west of -the town. ‘_It_l_eft in
its track-such‘ destruction and desolation,
as we have never before seen.. Houses,-
stables, ' fences, trees and out. bu_i_ldings
were prostrated, and in many cases blown
into the adjoining lots. . _ _.
A young man by_ the name of Prluden,
had his leg broken and Ironas _ Human
was dangerously wounded, but no lives
lost. The Presbyterian church had the
roof torn off and the gable blown down;
Loss 31,000 to 2,000. , , .
There are about fifty dwellings, etableg
and shops either totally or badly .injured;'
the storm however, passed over. they.
part of the town where, mosmvere small-
buildings. The entire loss will .not ex_-_
ceed $25,000. A ‘

Look before you Speak. _
A minister in one of our orthodox
churches, while on his way to preach a
funeral sermon in‘the country, called to
see one of his members, an old’ widow la-
dy, who lived near the road he was trav_
elling. The old lady had just been nia-
king lsaiisagea and she felt proud of
them were so plump, round and sweet.
Of course she insisted on her minister ta-
king some of the links home to his family,"
He objected on account of not having his
portmanteau along. This objection was
soon overruled, and the old lady, after
wrapping them in a rag, carefully placed
a bundle in either pocket of the preach-
er’s capacieus great-coat." Thus equip-
ed he started for the‘funeral. ’ J Y 3: '
While attending to the solemn ceremo-
nies of the grave, somehungry dogs scen-
ted the sausages, and were not“ longin‘
tracking them to the pockets of the
man's overcoat.’ Of course,’ this "was a
great annoyance, and he was several
times under the necessity of kicking ‘these
whelps away. The «obsequiea-1 at the
grave being completed, the" minister and
congregation repaired 7to the church,
where the funeral discourse was to be
preached. After the sermonwas finish-
ed, lhe minister halted to make some re-
marks to his congregation, when a {broth-
er, who desired to have an appointment
given out, ascended the steps of.the§pul-
pit, and gave the minister’: coatahitch,
to get his attention. . The-divine, think-~
ing it a dog having designsupon hispook.
et, raised his foot gave asudden kick, and
sent the good brother a sprawling down
thesteps! _ . : .» » . -
“You will excuse me, bretlircn -antl
sisters,” said the minister,. confusedly.’
and without looking at thezwork he:had
just done, “for 1 could not.—avoid.‘ ire-.1
have sausages in my pocket. a_pd,th,at,dog
has been trying to grab themevcr ._einee
Icamsupon the pr,eniises'-"'_.. . » .5
“ Your reailersrnay judge iof,.tbe,efl“ect
such an announcement would .ha'_Vv,_e”|_t_,.,-la
funeral. Tears, of -sorrowwere. sudden-1
ly exchanged for smiles of merrinretit.f'
Germtmtowu ._E7nporiunz,. *

 

A Weekly Teénty Baby.--About a
week ‘ago, the wife of a gentlemanliv.
ing in the eastern part‘ of the city, pre.
sented him with a baby which,is.'regar:d-
ed as “perfect littleiwonder.” Itie 
boy, still living, apparently in good health
and when bornivveiglied ,ju'st Loud 
Its first bed was made on ajcomrnon siz-
ed dinner’ plate. The parents are 
proud of ‘the little fellow and have fl his
his dagueireotype taken. . Half tlie"wo-
men in town have been to see him, and the
other half are gettingigsaay‘ :5 ‘g‘o‘__.‘

 

A G'fieqt_Liv¢ Tralin.-‘-}A'tral‘ri cannib-
ting of 32 cars”of cattle; 25 cars of hogs,
and onecar of_Geese and Turkeys drawn
by two powerfulvlocomotives passed ‘east
tliro'ugh.our,'villsge this‘(S'iniday') "mag.
hing. -The“C'attle ‘ Care,‘would "contain
about_.I13 a wee, making 426-! The

Hog cars 75 éach, making 1875, and the
other ear any quantity of Greene and Tur-

ien to on the subject of railroads!"

 

-retina BLE c“a‘r‘Ae1-Roi-H é-..i

.. ,Sts"am. nodes Explosion .!.f,

About” 2"i3'ci66k,‘ Tliiirsday affei-iioon
last, the newisteam boiler in Falesdc
§:‘r_-rsv’.!..Qsr.Eettettz.!§3!E£2I£':..9§l3!9¥?9f?_e.
destroying the blacksmith’s shop and en-

' gifigf‘ 1-¢éim‘, gérid badlyehattering the main
building. There are over 300 persons
employed in the factory, over 100 of
trw»-.2-§§'9r°:!‘=:l" fhfitsrttf.“ ‘ll! '°“.“‘li=.,I
injured. ' ‘ ' ' W

The explosion was terrific, breaking-
the timbers, powerful machinery, and
every thing about the building in pieces,
and prostrating‘ the-walls --for-a liuudred-
feet in length. *- ‘The glass of -the main
building was’-‘broken. -The ‘roof. and.
fwallsfell, in-a huge over the men
employed,‘ burying ' theta. beneath its
ruins; 3" = » -~ - 

?«Elorts were irnrnediately made by the
remaining.-opgrativse. the firemen who
were-called out, and the citizens who
crowded in -large-niiinbara to the spot, to
rescue those--beneath the ruins. The;
Mayor ‘eupsrintended the extrication of
the-bodies, and tlie ruins were removed
with all poeeiblediapatch... - . . .

Nine"-persona were killed instantly,
seven ‘more-died ehortlyafter, and many
others v'vere.badly.:du'jured;-.?sTh.e- names.

’ oftheidead-are: ~

‘“Johnr'McCuen, Engineer, Daniel S.
Camp, carpenter, Samuel H.-Camp, car.
maker, James Purcell, Andrew J. .C_I.8.n!.-'.
blacksmith,‘ DanielA. Newell, do., Alon-
zo .-Allen, - do... John. %Creedeii. .-,he.lpe,r.,
Robert Mountain, Richard --Mofinliini.
blacksmith, -Lewis Flowers, do., Edward

~ Caughlin, Phineas Smith, Ensign Boy-

ington, carfmaker, Michael Harwell,
helper, David B.-Wa|ker.- :. - 
"Fatally. Injm-ed:— Patrick Burke,
William Leon.

Badly Injured-Samuel B. Parsons.
IEdw'ard Collins. Birge-Chapman,‘ -(bfllh

- ..: -legs?‘ broke'n,)-Jobn'.Sweeney, -help0.t,.
- Otis Loiig,.<Pat-‘rick M. Leahey,- Mr.,

_Smitli,=7Alexander~ Nadine, (has two or
three gushes on his headubut is not se-
verely hurt.) Mr.» Hill, George. Perkins,
William Martin, William D. Skinner,
printer. - ‘Mr. Skinner was-conversing on
businesmwith Mr. Camp,...one. of..'tlie.

‘ workmen,‘ whenthe-explosion took -place.

Mr.‘Camp was killed,-and Mr.. S. had

his a'tm~?~brok'en in two places and his

1;‘ead_‘fwa,s badly cut. ~ . « » ‘.

Mo,.Bt”of the? persons -killed and in-
jured had familie'e,- and ;-many... were the.
dwellings» that night which; were. . filled
withIde7solation' and sadness. ‘

" Th'ex;jimmediate"cause of the explosion

fnayinfiver be known. The boiler was

ii,'rieyi'r:-"'_¢_>_'rie, of ‘ 50 -horse -power, built of
the bestl’-’materiale:an_d ‘with the greatest

care: _" V

I: - r9s9zte‘* l'.'!!'.-‘.‘~." we
explosion took pl_ac¢..!~hI. fitellllll 5°”
the engineer that he either had a- tro-
in-nfléni-..-te-m o.n..°r fillet tl!-.‘:!!et‘%‘. “-

"|‘ow_‘,T.jf_1‘[;¢ fireman, had just gone into
the c_ellar_.for.eoal, and this saved his life.
f[l.e.§cone was_.a_ moat heart rending
one,.~ when thedntelligence was scattered

thxouzli the ...c.i,W.. fill‘? .“.'.i.‘?°' ‘l°‘.‘..‘?""‘-"

Iffell.tlI6.falo_of ,their,,huI_bI,nI1§ find P8-
igeirte. ','Such was the excitement pro-
duced__.,liy the accident that the School in
_the Dis_tri_ct,__in _1y1tich many of the
work}!!! dwelt, had to lie. dismissed at
once'.i’i,i_i.‘ consequence. of the‘ excitement
among ,the "pupils." j The victims ‘were
horriblymutilated and, in some instan-
Qceos, hardly to,’ be recogntzed. The en-
jg’ine'fe'r_’_e: arm‘ was found at some dis-
;‘.3.‘.‘.-°».i‘:{‘.‘.’»m hii‘ _ . i - H.
_‘ Tho fragments we_re.alI overhauled
by 5 o'clock, and all the bodies extrica-
ted. Many who were but slightly in-
jured_went away early to their homes
and are notriincluded,’ in the above ac-
count,;fapd,','others were, taken "away, so
 it._wae itripoeaible to ascertain the
precise number wounded, _It‘ is ‘sup-
posedto have_been over fi'fty._ V '
V -A__ coroner? jury was ilrnmediateliy
,s"urnrri_oned,, consisting _'of Messrs. James
'Goodwin,l Jonathan '4 Goodwin, _ A. S.
Beckwith, Chesler ,A,da"rns, Charles M.
Beach, John R.‘ Tracy, Most, A.
‘is. cum, Dr.,'G., st, Browne, J; ‘ti’. Hol-
comb. Allyn _s;‘ Stillman aria“ ‘Masai
Cross, who at once commenced,’ their
exariiinatiori .of: tlie bodies’ occu-
_pied_ the afternoon.’ "-Elias-y they ‘met

’tiga_te'th_e amiss orj_‘irsé aafciaaiii.’ ‘ j
”,It is estimated that", the loss‘! t'o"th'e
‘building ind, _mrc__iiiii§ry'yviii_ be ‘ream
‘$20,090 to ($39,066., "besides" ‘the lass-"or.
business 'w_lii'l_e”'tl,ie_ buildingis being ‘re-.
. The ;.R_cason .IrVhy;.,'-.-There are. five
the. N.euraska swindle ;: and ,-they have
each received: their thirty pieces of sil-
«v.er,”.viz:,»..,..',;;,_ _‘_-. __ - . ,
. New -Haven Register, edited by the U_
:S..-.C9|1.¢.‘3t0!; Of New lluven, J _-
-. - Bridgeport Iterator.-_edii,ed, _by_tlre, 
S.-..ColIec,L0.l‘.of.BI’iflgeport. . i, _ , _
-Middletown Sentinel, edited by t_lie§,I_J.
S; Collector of.MiddI,etowii. _ 
"-; :B08t0n P93‘, I-I13‘ U.- S. C0l-
-lectopof Boston... .

 the ‘U. I i 

Boston Times, ._ed,i.¢.ed,
Special ,agent__at_Boston. H A l
, . If thereuro any others, they must be

like the editor, of the Concord Pgtriot, in
the secret .u_rv_icI,of the Pregidgnt, or
looking for a aopfrom the , Gov,
°.“.““.-"*‘--.-4.164-var .-Everette; .Jw.mI-

@* The Cleveland ‘Free -‘Democrat is
a very knowinrpaper. It: knows of a
Blacksmith‘ ‘intbat ci'ty- 3-wlio clears an
"810 a day -‘at“the anvil‘, while-‘one ‘of’ his
ndigbbcrb *is’atar-ving on-a*profeuior"i ;—
and of two young ‘gents’, whosemother
5could not think of their 1earriin'g "a trade

- one‘ of whom is now, quarter 'i’n‘a"etor to a

"strolling iiimic -‘ ‘grinder; wiiiio the“ other
is black’ "at a hotel; V “N6! ‘to
 finea 'point'upon lt," we know a
brigadier who web 5to have been'gover-
nor of a'fine old ‘State borderirig on Maui
'lachuséll§ say, but, 'bv’éiii'g"iu a” ‘slight
constitutional difficulty, was compelled
to settle down as a village shoemaker.-—
The beat paometiriiee miss their vocation.

keys.—Bt'nghampton Republican,

Springfield Iltpublican.

rencauie rushing totheapot t_o;'i,nquire '

‘alt tlitaoffice of _Firlesf:&7 Grav ' to’ inves‘-'

(papers. in New ‘England ,wliich.sus,t_aiII ‘-

(From tlul TF1’-I H’eel.-ly .S'!avidafd;' '
’ - ,_sU,PEitIoR counr.

Trial of Morris & Dr. Niclidls:

tsnicrno rort THE ‘

--- Ml|l'(IOl’-0f...lt‘Jlg_I..G’.00.d§Q.".) . . 

At Greenfielrl,_ on the 26th of December.

Morris as principal in_ tlresfifsl. degrge, 
Doctor as principal in the second degree.

Wm. F. Taylor, State’s Attorney; and Thos.
}B.p_a‘§ler f,or,§tgte._j "0. S. I-‘elrr-y__aad~ D. B.
‘Liiekiyooii rcir-wk‘-‘oliel-'sj..‘ 2 . '2 ‘ ,.
Plea n_ot_gm'lty. .
After ‘reading of the Indictment, which

’pisto1,itid alsb ciiiirgea’-nacior with aiding and
abetting‘tbs-act,..tlie.exauiinatloii of witnesses
proceeded as follows : A
_S_a1-_¢1I,t:;fi,’,._,1L,y'q72,.,——I kg-.pt house for
Goodsell. Between 4 and 5 o’clock on
the aftérnoon of ,the,26th he came home
and.at_,down.by. the fire. I told hid
therawaa no wood cut. He said he
would go and ‘cut some. Before "he
went out I saw these two colored men
etandiugoug doors; they seemed to be
angry. ,1, heard Doctor enquire if he in-
tended to doit _r_iow.” Morriuaid “yes,
he would as lief _to:do it now as at any

. time.,_ , Goodsell took the ax and struck

one ortwo blows on the log, and while
he was doing so, Morris stepped up ,. to
him, and af_t_er._,d_o_ing so, took off‘ his coat
and laid it down; ’1)¢c.o:‘ , then stepped
up to Goodsell, and G. asked him “ tvhat
he -had to say about it ;” D. said he would
let him know.” then took off his coat.
Ipthen stepped and called, Patrick _ai.d

o,u__t,. lieard Morris say. “ I will put
a ball ,t,hroi'_igh, ‘him and see if that
won't settle _it.'." When I got out Mor
ris rangtowards G; he fired the pisiol
and G. fell. Patrick first got to him.-
G. lived about 15 minutes. I s_aw._no
blows struck by G, nor did I see him
raise any weapon or attempt to strike.-_-'‘
Cross__E;_z;amrIned.—There wasa pane
of _glass,.,broken in _the window. Igdo not
know where,G..hat1 been thatday ;. _I_
saw Hull Meeker near the nelgroes ; I
did not see them when G. came in, I 
pose they came. from the west. Morris
had alvfiddle in one hand and the bow in
the other. _ Did not _hear G. say, “ clear
out, you d-.—,-d riegroes.” G. did not
b_ave.the_ ax in his hands, when he was
shot. did not see him_ lay it down. I
. ,-.Pqtri_ck;F_enne2°. ,I saw Doctofconie
up to. .G. and say something. G. said,
‘.‘is that what-_you,liave, to say."
threw a stone and hit_-him on the wrist.
G. ,_ran 3_ or A paces after him but did_not-
reach him. -;G. ‘had nothing in,_his han_d_.
Morrls-was than coming towards him. M
said, ".lIel’6;;I.8lI_l, here I am.” He ran.
right ‘up to G,.-ar_id.shot ;him, G. fell on_
his hands and knees. lspoke to him,
he could not »answer,_ M. and D. ran.
south a;...little tway.: . They then came;

hi.n, he-wouldvtake down two more be

fore they would take him.‘ ‘
Gnu E:camr'ned.'—I was in the house
upstairs atfirst and‘ looked out. I did
not noticefthe ax‘ -lying near the wood
pile. ~I_did-not hear G. say anything af-
ter I gotsout. .. Did not hear D. call to.-M.
Horace Banks.-.-I am acquainted
with the locality. .-‘The road is wider there,
(opposite-G's house.) -I secured the pris-
oners-found . them in Easton, D. at-Sher-
wood’e store. ‘I found M. in bed. I
took ninefibullets. out. of his . overcoat
pocket.- He‘ said he killed .1}. in self de-
fence,—made nofresistance. He said,G.
came at him withzlhe ax and struck him
on the arm. Heasked-his wife to ban-
dageit. . -There was a mark on his arm,
it looked like an old sore newly scratch-
ed‘. ' ‘-1 . ’ » . .
D7. = Bldkeman.-'—I-~ examined G’_e
wound. The ballstruck three fourths of
anincli from~ tlienaval and passed ob-
‘liquely through the<bod'y.- The cause of
death was-the‘ severing ‘of a large vein.
Idne'AInn- Gnflr‘lh:.—-I was at -‘G's
when he came in « I was leaving to go
home" -‘and--saw’ these two men coming
f'ro'm'tlt'e west. Very soon I heard talk-

ing. ’As‘I“wc‘nt-‘oiit I saw‘ I). pick up a
stone and throw at G. and hit him on the
arm. 71' saw M." lay down his fiddle and
coat." He said he “would put a ball
thr_ougli‘-him‘ and see‘ if that wouldn't
settle hi'm_,*""a'nd ashe said this he fired,
and ‘G. *‘ fell.‘ G; mu nothing in his
‘hand, the art‘ was some distance from
him‘, he had dropped it. A G. was not‘ in-
toxicaied. 4‘ ‘-

‘ ‘Martin ’Goodsell.—‘—Wli'en D. threw
the stolic fatherihad not the ax in his
i{hand,’,nor‘did he lave it when he run.f-
fer D. Fathe‘r"s arm hung down by his
side when the stonewas thro.vn. ’ He
did not chase them until D. threw the
stone." ~" 2 — 3'
Hull Meeker.-—-‘I had -fallen in with G."
as he wasgoiiig home. - He said if ]

W'hile ' G. was in
M.

‘would-go'with me.
-the housej M. and ‘D.'came along.

. asked "where G. was, and I told him.--

Wlien G. cbmeout M. said he had.some-
‘thing to-3 settle. G. -asked what‘? :D.
‘then said, "D-i-‘-—n you, I'll let you know.
‘Hestepped off 'a little and picked up two
‘stones ;'-‘ t.hrew7-' one and missed. He

towards D. and as he"stepped,.M. came
forward-and -fired.» ' ~ I '
3 'Cross Earamiriezli--(The witness was
understood to say that there had been a
fafie tliit day ;‘ M. D. and G» had been
there.) G..said.to~M;' and D.“.‘clear out
you black wlielps.” The stories thrown
we're‘ is‘-la’rge“as' my fists.‘ .
Edgar Squires.-T-M. and D. went by,
our llouse.-just beforeéniglit. I heard-one
-say,-“.‘w‘ho eares:for ' Eben Goodsell. I
-havegotra ‘pistol, and I'll shoot him.”—-
-'(This;lad' gave: his evidence with inuch
--lclearneae and precision-.)
 Thomasrrxl. Gnfi¢h’:.—I was at J.
‘Goodsell’: ' that day (at -the iaflle;) there
-wasisome difficulty between the prison-

tween G. and M. .
cheated. A ': -z. _:.. ,.

Nelson"}Iall.--At the raffle N. and D.
fired at the chicken (that was pu_t up.)
They then loaded the pistol and said they
would blow any man through that laid

I-think M. laid G.

 
 
 

chiirgedllforris with -killing Goodsell with a -

W-gm -gm’ dqgm - P‘ passed me “I wlemr fcsted little concern; but today have shown

D. then_

back.-and took their things. .M..said.d-n'

would-‘wait awhile, while he went in, he

threw-the other ‘and it hit G. oirtlie wrist. .
.M.=was pulling ofl‘=his coat. G. ‘stepped .

«ere-:a'nd G‘.-3-and an=angry conversation‘ he- -

@-

. . - - "l‘m-‘smv I-‘obi-iiary "8l.h I.‘l:'i4..J' [
, . . , . 1 , : «_ s ' - - r - _ V >
.1‘-§..$-K-..‘.~.e.,.en e‘-won“ K it" ed ' ls... Jun(tas_.,,_HiNir.ii~: and W.u‘rr:, presiding”;-I '_ -‘

---‘iii-'ar' where I residc,‘and
4! "persons talking——some one
said, "If I had been in your place, I

Press ly,tl:e,se two black men came up.
"Il.thiil’k?it§w£is"ofie of them that said I-llis

Ira ‘Str¢rges.—In the evening after
the ki_l_Iing,. I was walking near the store
ofu--l-1-I—-‘ ’ ‘l "4-and heard two persons talking;
one said "something fell pretty soon af-
ter I, firetl,”_and_ a reply was made, “ I

,I _i_r_i_ro the store, and these two
black men came in.

Samuel Bate-s./I saw the two ne-
gross in the evening. D. Said M. had
shot G. I not _remember that D. said
what he would have done.

After the introduction of a witness to show
where the ex was found. after Goodsell had
fallen down, the evideucefor the Prosecution
"3 ended, and the Court soon after adjourned.

' The Court Room was tbroaged during the

whole day, and in -the afternoon hundreds
were unable to obtain admission. As the
Room‘ will seat-some 600 persons, it is evident
that the trial‘ has excited much interest,

On resuming the trial this morning, testimo-
ny was offered on the part of the defence, to
show that one of the principal witnesses for the
State had lived‘ iii‘ improper intimacy with the
deceased—the object being to impeach the tes-
timony. Objection was made, and the point
was argued. The testimony was ruled out and
the defence rested.~ At 10 o’clock the State’s-
Attoruey began his opening plea. ‘

The prisoners, during the trial, have mani-

some signs of dejection.

P. S.-—Afte’r an_ effective speech from the
State's Attorney, Mr. Lockwood opened the
case for the defence. He argued with much
abilit.y—urging that the killing occurred in the
heat of passion, consequent upon an assault
made by the deceased, and that the offence
must therefore be deemed manslaughter.

As we go to press, Hon. T. B. Butler is ad-
dressing the Jury -in behalf of the State.

0. S. Ferry, for the prisoners, will close the
case, which will probably be delivered to the
Jury this afternoon. ‘

I’. P. S. The Jury were sent out after the
close of Mr. Perry's able and impressive speech
in their behalf, and returned, not agreeing to
a verdict. .Report says that they ultimately
returned a verdict of murder in the second de-
gree against both.

Will you tdlce a Sheep.—-I-A valued
friend, and an old farmer, about the time

' ‘that the temperance reform was begin-

ning to exert a healthful influence in the
country,”said to his newly hired man 5-

‘Jonathan, I.did not think to mention
to you, when I heard you, that I think
of trying ‘lo do my work this year with‘
out rum. “How much more must I give
you to do without?’

‘Oh,’ said Jonathan, ‘don't care much
about it, you may give me what you
please.’ ' ' _

‘Well,’ said the farmer, I willgive you
.a sheep in the Fall, if you will do with-
°ut'|.,az;.'ur-.'.;..--V . . _v .« ‘
‘Agreed,’ ea'd Jonathan.- 

The eldest son then said :‘

‘Father, will you give me a sheep if I
will do without rum.’

The youngest son, a stripling, then
said : ' ,

‘Father, willyou give me a sheep, if I
will do without '3’

‘Yes, Chandler," you shall have a sheep
also, if youfdo-without rum.’

Presently Chandlerzspeake again :

‘Father, hadn't you better takea sheep
too ?’

This was a poser; he hardly thought
that he could give up the “ good crea-
ture” yet, but the appeal was from a
source not to be easily disregarded.-
The l’0!I|t was. the demon was hence.
forth banished, from the premises, to the
great joy and ultimate happineseof all
concerned.—.E:tcIiange Paper.

To Stop a Runaway Horse.-The
terrible accident which happened last

horse, frightened by the approach of a lo-
comotive, hasset inquiry to work to find
out the best ‘mode of preventing such a
catastrophe on similar occasions. A cor-
respondent of the Boston Transcript, who
has observed the mode adopted in Mos‘
cow and St. Petersburg, thinks it alto-
gether better than Newell's new plan of
the moveable whippletree, which lets
the animal clear off from the vehicle, if
disposed to run away. The Russian plan
is as follows: V

“Around the horse’s neck, near the
neck strap is placed a cord with a running
knot. To this slip noose is attached a
pair of reins—-on gentleman's horses gen-
erally of silk cord,‘ about the size of a
pipe stem, which always lie thrown over
the dashboard, ready to seize. at once.-
VVhen a horse startrand becomes unru-
Iv, the gentleman takes up this cord and
ti litenlsjlthe horse’s throat so that he
é"s_;iii3i"‘i§}"esiii‘§'. The most furious horse
‘stops glmost instantly, but he will not
"hill or‘lti5;l_t.'i i I have._se'eu such reins up.
on high‘sp'iri‘ted' horses, even: in common
 droslreys.‘'’ ,

Greely an Sham'ng.—-'l‘be Editor of
.the,1?Jew .-. York Tribune has mounted a
iiew-hobby. ..;,I-fear him -:

-3 -‘_9 We say to Young America in coun-
ting.hous_e_s-and workshops, never touch
yoiinbeards with a razor. Despite the
.di_ct_.ates of fashion, and let the of the face
grow ‘silken and soft, only trimmed by
the scissors. _Your health will"be impro-
-,ved ;. your teeth will be sounder, your
.liabilities to colds and bronchial and lung
affections will. be sensibly diminished,
-yourcoiivcuiences will be daily consul-
ted, your,-. manly beuty, no despicable
_thing-.-as it is the type of what ought to
.be,tlie.dower, of ever man, will be in-
._d_efinitely.in_creas_ed,' and the true and po-
eticalcontrast to feminine loveliness be
once..mo.re secured, which is impossible
under the starved, scraped, wiry carica-
tures which snavelings now present.”
“ m-it.r"~ri—e-d-ni—a_ii_l>_y_tliiTn:-iltne of Beach,
Ivaacowllided -in Washington on Thursday
e,ven_ing by two sisters, one of whom he had
lllblllled, the evening previous. He was ferri-
 diit about the face. ,
flan Australian, from the number of
murders committed in that auriferoua region,

thinks Melbourne is the place Shakspeare
speaks of when he says, “that bourne from

which no'travsl\er returns.”

"sh0li‘lG"~lraV¢4f0IIO»80 before you_.did."—-—.- . .

shtibldvhdvd fired-' sooner than you did‘."’ ' '

J the nomination.

week in Boston, from the running of a‘

obscure.

 Tuesday, Illarcli

Whig Nominations.
Elcctioii, Monday, 

For State 0fiicers._
mu oovi-nixoit,
HENRY DUTTON, of New Haven.
ron .i.int:r. aovniixoi-.,
ALEXANDER II. HOLLEY. of Snlisbtiry.
mit SECRETARY or s‘r.vri-:,
' OLIVER H. PERRY, of Fairfielal.
I roa 'l'REA8l.‘RF.R.
- DANIEL W. CAMP, of Middlelown.
sort co.wrnoLr.i:n,
JOHN DUNHAM, of .\'ortvi«-h.

A seiiEc3i~iiIi Coiventionl

The Whigs of the 12th Senatorial District, are hereby
jolilol that A meeting-for the nomination of Senator for
said District, will be holden -.it the Hotel of David Steven-
Ion, Norwalk, on Wednesday, the 8th do _v at Miircli next.
at 10 o’clock, A. M.

Each town in said District may send deli-g;itc-s equal
to double the nuinber of Rejiresenatives to w.iich it is
entitled in the General Assembly.

II. BI.'l.KI.EY, District Committee.

COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Whig Convention of this County, assem-
bled in this-place on Thursday, of last week.
H. Bulkley of Stamford was appointed Chair-
men, and F. St. John Lockwood, of Norwalk,
Secretary. Messrs. W. G. Stevenson, Perry:
G. W. Smith, E. G. Betta,‘ T. Jones, and. K.
Dauchy, were appointed fl. Committee on Cre-
dentials, and Messrs. O. H. Perry, D. B. Booth
and F. St. John Lockwood, :1 Committee on
Resolutions.

The names of P. W. Jones, of Westport, and
John Gould, of Fairfield, were presented for
Upon an informal ballot, Mr.
Jones received 14 votes. and-Capt. Gould 12.
The formalballot gave the following result :-

P. W. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..15
John Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..13

A motion was then made that the nomina-
tion be made unanimous mid it was passed
without a dissenting vote.

It will be noticed that the Convention was
evenly divided between two worthy candi-
dates, but the nominee will receive it cordial
support. He is known as a decided Whig, an
experienced officer, and it man whose character
is unimpeachable. The. Committee offered the
following resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted: _ -

Resolved, That we cordially approve
of the action of the recent Whig Con-
vention of this State——of the several
Resolutions passed‘by that Convention,
and that we will support, and by all fair
and honorable means secure the election
of the several nominees for the State offi-
cers made by that Convention.

Resalvecl, That the increased expen-
diture of this County, umler the so-called
Democratic Administration, loudly calls
for reform, and the selection til‘ the seve-
ral subordinate officers by the Sheriff of
this County, have been such as to de-
mand a change in that~office—therefore,

Resolved, That we nnaiiimously re-
commend PHrLo W. J our-zs, Esq., of
Westport, to the electors of this County,
as a suitable and competent person to
discharge the duties of the office of Sher-
iff; and that we will use all honorable
means to secure his election.

Anniversary of the “ Sons.”

Last Wednesday night, according to an-
nouncement, Concord Division, No. 2, Sons of‘
Temperance held their eleventh Anniversary.
The hall was crowded with ladies and other
friends of ‘the good cause, among whom we
were pleased to observe Grand Worthy Patri-
arch Hawkins. After prayer by Dr. Hill, and
some excellent singing, our friend R. S. J times,
took the stand, and delivered an address on
the history of the Temperance movement in
America. There was_ one point in his remarks
which particularly struck our attention, and
which we earnestly desire will be carefully
considered by every patriotic voter. We mean
the speaker’s allusions to the effects of intem-
perance on our national and State legislators,
and legislation. After the main address, a
number of voluntary speeches were made
which added to the interest of the meeting.-
Some one had the effrontery to call our edito-
rial self to our legs, and in spite of fixed de-
termination to the contrary we were forced to
be “ eloquent and impressive.” We hope the
chap that wanted to know of us how we were
to vote will consider us orthodox.

Not the least interesting part of the exerci-
ses consisted in sot‘ delightful refreshments
served by a couple of veterans, among them
the‘immorable “ Plymouth Rock,” who, by the
way, might have been a troublesome interroga-
tor had any other editor than ourself been the
subject of his quizzing. .

 

The Fair.

We presume it will not surprise many of our
readers when we state that the next Annual
Agricultural fair is‘ not to be holtlen at Nor-
walk, or that Stamford is the successful com-
pelitor. But it will surprise same, we wot of,
when we state that $1015 was easily raised in
that town ! Easier by for than the first 3100
was here. There is a different way of doing
things in difi‘erent places, by different individu-
ale, and we are holding a rod of correction
over the heads of “ some folks,” which a want
of time and space only prevents us from let-
ting fall with something more than its own spe-
cific gravity.

P- ‘V. Jones.

It is with unfeigned pleasure that we can an
nounce the nomination of our friend above as a
candidate for the Sherifality. Iflie is not elec-
ted, it will be because he is not as well known

. in other sections of the county, as in this. Capt

Gould of Fairfield was his only competitor in
the convention.

Ax ENGLISH Wo.\i.tN BEGGING IN ‘run
STREETS or Nnw YouK.—This thrilling ac-
count ‘of the sufferings of an English lady, from
the pen of Solon Robinson, which we publish
on our outside to-day, will possess an augmen-
ted interest to those who may have been ac-
quainted with :i young man by the name of
Derby/shire, who resided -here ‘in Norwalk :1
year or two ago. 'I‘liis_hidy was his sism-, and
although the children of wealthy parents in
England, well educated and bred to refinements
of manners and habits of life, by 9. singular
coincidence, both married contrary to pin-entu]
desires, and both have drank to the very drags
the disappointment and poverty, which dispels
so many light dreams of the sanguine foreign-
er, who lands upon our shores.

 

fl‘ The Galena and Chicago Rail Road Co.
has declared a semi-annual dividend of ten
per cent. in scrip, payable on the first of Feb-
ruary. The I dividend in August ivas eleven
dollars per share in ciisli——in:iking twciity-one
per cent. for the year. It is understooil that
the earnings of the road for the last. six months
have been thlrteell per cent ,,’\\'lllCl.| have been
used for the construction of the air line or sec-
ond track. A large surplus roinains in the
hands of the Co. and the stock is now hold at
120, dividend off.

.3!‘ The Methodist .Wcstr-rn A(l\'(l(‘(lll‘, in
looking over their rcvivitl de_pm-tiiicnt for the
past six weeks, has counted up near four thou-
sand accessions to the Methodist Clllll'I‘ll.

 

V. Perkins wishes to know why some of
our first females wear lump mitts iustezul of
bonnets on their heads in the strut-.t '1 list.‘--i-red
to committee on inillinei-s.

Digest of Monday Morning’:

News. ' ‘

-Smith, the New Haven Mail

has been Sentellfigtl to 27 years of hard
labor in the Conn. State Prison.

rubber,

The steamer Empire City arrived in
New York, Saturday afternoon with the
California Mails, of the 1st February,
and about $650,000 in gold; no news
later man was received by the Northern
Light. -.

The steamer Nashville from Havre
Feb. 15 Cowes 16 arrived in New York,
9 o’clock, Sunday evening, 5th inst.

She brings no decisive news from the
seat of war ~

The London Times of the 15th pub-
lisho.-i a translation of a letter addressed
by Louis Napoleon to the Czar of Bus-
sia dated Jan. 29 in reply to the letters of
the Czar to France and England of Jan.
15. . "

The Emperor in his letter recommends
the signing of an armstice, that all things
shall resume their diplomatic course-
that all hostilities shall cease, and that
the 1.:-ligerent forces shall return from
the place to which motives of war have
led them. He recommends the “appoint-
ment of an Embassador who should ne-
gotiate with a plenipotentiary of the siil-_
tan a convention which might be-9ubmit-
ted to a conference of the Four Powers

The two western Governments are
making fresh proposals to negotiate, by
which they concede almost every thing
to‘Russia,

The United States Senate at 5 o’clock
on Saturday morn., March 4, (the anniver.
sary of Gen. Pierce’s inauguration.) pas-
sed Douglas's bill providing for the organ-
ization of the New Territories of Neb
raska and Kansas. Isaac Toucey of
Connecticut voted in the affirmative, and
Truman Smith of Connecticut in the
negative,

In New York Sunday Mornirigat half-
past two o’clock a fire broke out in the
building No. 8 Spruce et.,'nearly oppo.
site the Tribune office, occupied by J.
G. Hein dealer in leather, &c., the sec‘
ond, fourth and fifth floors by Bur-dick
Reed &. Co . publishers of the Ladies
Wreath, Parlor Annual, &c. The flames
communicated to No. 10, lhe second
fioor, of which was occupied as the pub-
lication office of the Independent. '

S. W. Benedict who occupied more of
building No. 16, was burned out. Loss
$26,000—the whole of which was cov-
ered by insurance. Notwithstanding the
great exertions of~the.firemen No. 8, )0
12, and 16 with the greater portion of
their contents, and their small building,
invthe rear of No. 12, was entirely des-
troyed, nothing remaining except their
front and side walls. By this Confla-
gration Harper dc Brothers lost $8,000,
no insurance.

Rumor asserts that F. J, May, a bu.
tender of N. Y. has won the Perham
Farm.

Dr. Gardner, convicted of the Mexi-
can Claim Swindle, was sentenced to .9"
years hard labor in the penitentiary, on_
Friday and a few moments after was
found dead in his roorri.

 

Sunni-zx D12‘.-.‘rrr.—We learn that the wife of
Mr. Alfred Buxton, residing near the Darien
line, was taken with a fit on Wednesday last
and almost instantly expired,

Tau‘ Br.-Ir.-—Tlie ribbon beef, of which we
gave it notice week before last, was raised by
Mr. Rufus Raymond, down town‘, instead of
Lewis Raymond, as we by some means errone-
ously stated. It is something of an honor to
raise two such beeves. and we go for “ honor
-to whom honor," tic. '

Five Points Mission.

Having cautioned our friends from remitting

money to Mr. Pease, while lying under the ini-
putation of certain respectable parties, which
we deemed worthy of credence, it is with no
little pleasure that we can vouch, on the au-
thority of the following article from the Tri-
bune, his full acquittal of the charges brought
against him: ,
ers may have seen that there has beenla
question as to whether the accounts of
Mr. Pease, of the Five Points House of
Industry, were accurately kept. Mr.
Pease, in his defense, has published» let-
ters from Mr. James Donaldson, who
had charge of the parochial school for
one year, and the direction, with others,
of the House of Ii_idua_try,,,7to both" of
whom he served as "Tr“easurer—that he
never entertained _a doubt as to the just
administration of Mr. Pease. Mr. Chas.
Ely, a director and Treasurer since last
April, testifies to the accuracy of the ac.
counts since'.tliat time, and -repels the
charges in question against Mr.. Pease,
Mr. H. R. Remsen, Trustee since May,
1852, gives similar testimony.’ The
Committee appointe_d_a't Niblo’s have gl.
so reported entirely in favor of the su-
perinteiidence of Mr. Pease. i‘\Ve sup-
pose this matter now settled. I

&. Touching the Nebraska bill, sonic" one
usked Col. Benton, why he had -never pitched
into‘ the Little ‘Giant :'—“Mr. Douglas, - Sir,
Douglas, Sir,” said-the -Colonel ; “ Ah, he re-
minds me of afisfory.» A man? liavinga l'r'ac'
tious bull and desiring to__kill-hint, was unable
to reach him in his prancing and leaping. An
old negro standing by asked his master why he
was so anxious to hit the bull? ‘ Let him
alone, Massa, and by and by he jump 80 high
he break his own neck in the fall.’ ”

&,At the poultry fair in Albany, 11. S_
Ballou of Massachusetts received a premium of
$3 for the second best pair of bu!‘ Slianglials,
and D. Crow of Connecticut one of $5 for the
best pair of Chittagongs. J. P. Childs of Rhode
Island carried off several Pfemiumfie

333, It is estimated that the value of the
poultry exhibited at Albany, last week, _was
full $20,000.

A LARGE AND VALIYABLE C.utoo.-The clip
pct-ship Chariot of Fame sailed from Liverpool
fol‘ Boston on the eleventh of January, with a
cargo of three thousand tons weight, valued
at £100,000. It is said to be the largest and
most valuable cargo that has ever been taken
from Liverpool to the Unitrd States.

Q, Rev. Dr. Dull‘, of Calcutta, the first
missionary ever sent to heathen leads by thi-
Church of Scotland in its organized ctipacity
arrived on Weduesduy in the Africa. He is tha-
guest of Rev. Mr. Thomson, pastor of Gram‘.
Street Church.

V, The circulation of the New York Daily
Times on Saturday week, was 27_.I20. It was

‘$4,400 on the ad of January.

 

' Commerce.

_M-r. Pears E:clianerated.—_O,ur- read,-'

Sprin; Crops.
The farmers througliont_ the country never
had greater inducements held out to them l.o
plant large crops in the spring than they now
have. If‘ war takes place in Europe, bread-
stuffs will continue high and will be in great
demand abroad. If the present price of flour
continues, various substances will be tried in

New England as its substitute. There will be,

therefore, at greater demand for rye, corn. ro-

tatoes and buckwheat immediately around us.

These crops will therefore be profitable ones.

Malay firmer: will have to alter their present

slovenly and extravagant mode of cultivation,

and while they do not diminish the number of
their stock, will endeavor to bring every square
foot of their land into the best cultivation.

They will be abundantly rewarded for if by the
higher price and greater demand of every
thing they can raise. The muck of many a
neglected bole can be drawn out and employed
on sandy bills. The bushes from many a de-
spised paiture can be cut on‘ and the culture of
if! gnu encoariged. Even the waste land in
the angles of the Virginia fence can be dug up
and Planted with potatoes. Not at foot. of land
need be wasted.—Courer.f.

 

Iirrovirim‘ ‘to more I.V'rln:srso.——We have
’°°"3"d “I9 Dazaerreotype of the gentleman
who wishes a wife so bad as to pay us some 33
W‘ KW“! Public information of the fact. We
have sent it over to our friend Austen who is fit-
miliar with the treatment of profiles likely to
59 injflted bl h1“‘mlIl:- All feminine candi-
dates for matrimony can there “ behold a face
fair to look upon” without faxing their den“.
cy by the invasion of an editor-‘s sanctum. We
have an inkling of some who will be Annie.
mated, if not Ella-vated ; and shonldn’t be at
all surprised if unofber “ some” were it ‘ leetlw
..Clara-fied, ifher condition be not Amelia-ora-‘
ted thereby, as we trust it “ may Bee."

Tn Coinros Scuoors or New ExoL.tsn.—
By the last ofilclal returns of the Public Schools
in the six New England States,‘the whole num-
ber of pupils in attendance during the year was
641,983. The whole cost of instruction for the
year was $2,055,134 65. In Vermont, the ave-
rage cost of each pupil was 32,22. In Maine,
$l,34. In Connecticut, $l,3.~'i. In P.ho.1.-_ 15-
land, 81,64. In Massachusetts, the law re-
quires each town to raise by tax, at least 51,50
per child between 5 and 15 years of age, as a
condition of receiving a share of the income of
the State School Fund. All the towns com-
plied with this condition last year, and 180
towns raised double the sum thus specified. The
amount expended in Massachusetts last year,
for each child between the ages above named
was 84,54.

Tm»: New TARIFF BrLr..—A copy of the pro-
ject of the New Taril now before the Com '
tee of Ways and Means of the House of Repre-
sentatives appears in the New York Journal of
The bill subjects all imports to a
duty of twenty-five per cent. ad valorem, ex-
cept spirituous liquors of difierent kinds, which
are to pay 100 per cent; and except also, cer-
tain specified articles, (a pretty long list with-
al,) which are to be exempt from duty. In the
latter class are included most raw materials
used in manufacturing, and also dye stuffs, of
all descriptions, solely used in composing dye.
It aboll has all bountier and drawbacks on
salted or pickled fish. But none of its provis-
ions are designed to go into operation until the
1st of January next. Goods in warehouse at
that date. will be entitled to the benefit of the
new rates of duty.

 

h. It is reeortqd la_ Washington that intel-
ligence has been received from Madrid that the
republicans and ultra-liberals of Spain have
united and formed a conspiracy to dethrone
Queen Isabella, establish a liberal constitution-
al monarchy, and crown the young Duke of
Alba as king. It is said Louis Napoleon fa-
vors this scheme as giving a kingdom to his
brother-iii-law. Another part of the plot is to
unite the two kingdom of Spain and Portugal.

will be a grand opportunity for Soule to make
r trade for Cuba, as the new government will
want money.

fir Pbllo Hard, Euq., of Bridgeport, we
learn has received the appointment of Super-
intendent of the Madison and Indianapolis Rail
Road, and will soon leave to enter upon the
duties of his new oflee. Mr. H. has been sn-
perintendeuf of the Naugatuck road from the
commencement of its operations, and has
proved himself a most indefatigable and eth-
cient ofilcer.

 

§, The Norwich Courier says that, from
developments recently made, it is probable
that A. T. Pearce, the forget, carried away with

is believed he has gone to South America, as
he was knownge short time before he left; *0 be
examining ebarts and making enquiries as to
the best mode of reaching certain points in that
direction. '

w. Mr. Fessenden had a clear majority of
ten in the Lower House of the Maine Legisla-
ture, for U. S. Senator, instead of three as at
first stated. The Whigs are in a minority in
both Houses, and yet have obtained the Gov-
ernor, the Council, and the U. S. Senator. - MT.
1“essenden.iI spoken of as one of the ablest and
soundest constitutional lawyers in New Eng:
hind, and a man of sterling Whig Pl'l"°lP195-

 

 

fl“ The second steward and om} of “I9
waiters of the late steamer San FraI101SC° W9"
arrested in New York, on Saturday; 0115"‘!-’9d~
with breaking open and robbing the “““k9 °r
passengers, during the distress they were suf-
fering at sea. Jewelry to the amount of seve-
ral hundred dollars was found in their P05
session, supposed to have been stolen from lb

steamer.

 

33* The Michigan Southern and North“
Indiana Railroad Companies have declare-:
semi-annual dividends of ten P" ""’“t'-' pay‘
me on the 3d of January. Their earplugs ft 
the last six months have been about 39.10.00
and offer paying dividends, there will be 3 81!
plus lgt of about $225,000-

 

®, John Weutworth, of Chicago. "1-- 9°‘
inoiily called “ Long John,” for slidrtncss
well as significance, has just sold a lot. fl‘;
150 feet, in that city, for $30,000. J olin is 0
of the nahobs, having sold 3100-000 ‘‘'‘’''m
real estate within 5 year, and 3°‘ ““ ‘”u
more on hand.

 

K‘ The Bridgeport Farmer sa73 that H’
ry T Alby and Christopher D. Smith of t’
place killed forty-three broad bill ducks at I
shot, on Thursday last; and on Friday “'
out again, and kllledjifry widgeous at om‘. 9]

 

fit‘ We learn, says the Vicksburg Whig

the 16l.h.uIt.. that the bill which passed ‘1' :-
lower branch of the Legislature last week, :- -
the supprcmion of the liquor traffic, also pas -.9.

many amendments.

scribed towards the $150,000 necessary for i
wants of Yale College. The building,-; u .2
improving and there lea wish to add new l’ r
feature to the Faculty.

fifi‘ The Massachusetts Humane Sting. :_—
nave ofiered apremium of $500 for the i.--;
lifeboat, and $100 for the best cart-itige ‘ ‘
which to transport the same on the coast.

has undertaken to provide under clothing 
shirts, stockings and dratvers—-for a fhous-.-54.:
Tlrkilh soldiers.

 

Those who believe in this report think that it '

him not less than from $30,000 to $40,000. It _

the Senate one Tuesday evening, but v ii.

_fl‘.-kbouf $70,000 has been already 5 -

fl“ A manufacturer in Leicester, Eflglltig ‘_