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aye,’ madam, you; that new cloak
did the business ; you set your husiind L
on, and all the rest followed him,,so*
Viney tells me.” W - -'
--My gracious . V __ V 1
“Amt now she wants the money to as-
gist Mr, Burton on: of the difficulty into
which you have plunged him.”
..Tha;’g 3 plain speech. 'Squire,”
"But true." , . ’- ‘ _
"I can’t raise the money.”
"Then I must sue." ' ’
«Can't we compromise.”
"Burton is worth at least. five-thou-l
sand dollars. and when he get» a remit-
tance from Boston, will pay: all.—’’ <-‘—--
"I will dissolve my all-a.lc.liI,l1e_I,tt,._ and
be bound to the payment of the others.-s.
Will that do ?”
"Yes, if Miss Viney will consent.”
Miss Viney did consent—-she was a
Rind hearted lady—and the’ matter was
compromised. , ‘
‘-Now wife," said Farmer 'Waxwell,
as he put the three-hundred dollars
in his pocket, which Burton had paid,
minus thirty dollars which he held’ in his
hand, "here’s thirty dollars, and I think
you had better go and buy one of them
’ere cloaks.‘ Your envy like to have got
me into the cussedest scrape I ever got
into in my life."
She would not take it; she was too
mean to dress well herself, and too envi-
ous to permit others who were able. ‘-0
do so in peace. But she gathered from
the events of our story, a healthy experi-
ence of the wisdom of that excellent
maxirn._—"Mz'nd Your Own Busines:."i
From the E—vange_Is'sr.
The Slave Trade in New York.
E It has often been said that the, slave
trade was still carried on from New
York, but as the. charge has been of
vague and general character, it has at-
tracted little ‘attention. We are begin-
ing to get light on the matter. There is
now lying in the tombs, in this city, a
man who has been tried and found guilty
of being engaged in the slave trade.-
This is said to be the first conviction
ever obtained under the law by whu_:l-
it was made piracy. The testimony in
the case was ample. And though he
protests against his condemn8l|°|1. 00
the ground that ho is a foreigner, audiiot.
amenable to the laws of the, United
States, he does not deny the fact Of his
share in the business. He speaks of -it
freely, and relates with uncouccaled ex-
ultation the particulars of his wild and
desperate career. , . .
We have chanced to see and talk with
this noted‘Captain in his prison; What
he told us was not communicated in con-
fidence, for he never saw us before, and
did not know who we were. He spoke
to us as an entire stranger. ,All our
conversation was through the grated
door of his cell. We made no attempt
to gain his confideiice, or to draw out
the secret history of his life. He told
his own story, not like a criminal ma-
king a confession, but ratliersvitli the
freedom and pride of an old soldier rela-
ting his battles. Nor did he iritiniate a
wish that what we said ,should,_l.ie kept
private. Indeed, he had boasted to oth-
ers of his deeds on the African coast.-.-
His disclosures, therforc, are public
property. Some of these are eoicurious
as to be worth making known. .Wlieth-
er he tells the truth, the world miietjudge
It is not very probable thata man would
make up a story which implicated him
in a capital crime. Besides, his account
is consistent with itself: it agrees with
rtwhat was proved on the trial, and with
the descriptions in Capt. Canot‘s book.
\Ve believe, therefore, that he has let
out the truth. .
“New York," says Capt. Siiiiih, “is
the chief port in the world for the slave
trade.” He repeated two or three times
"It is the greatest place in the universe
for it. Nettker in Cuba nor in the Bra-
zils is it carried on so extensively. Ships
that convey slaves to the ‘Vest Indies
and South America are fitted out from
the United States. New and then one
sails from Baltimore; but most of all
from New York. This is ourllieadquain
tam My vessel was the brig, Julia.
Moulton. I got her in Boston, and
brought her here, and sailed from this
port direct to the coast of Africa."
“But do you mean to say that this bu-
siness is going on now '3" _
"Yes, all the while. Not so inany
vessels have been sent out this, years-
perhaps not over twenty. But last year
there were probably thirty-five."
“Are there large shipping houses en-
gaged in it ?" ‘ '
“Yes, I can go down to South street,
and go into a number of houses that help
to flt out ships for the business. I don't
know how far they own the vessels or
~rece'ive the profits of the cargoes. Iliad
rather not have American owiiers; I
prefer Spaniards or Portugese. But!
these houses know all about it. They,
know me. They see me sail out of port
with a ship, and come back a pa'sseug’er.
They sometimes ask me, ‘fCaptaiii where
is your ship P" [With ,a_shrug.] They
know what -has become of her. \Vhen
a cargo of slaves is landed, the vessel is
often destroyed, not to boa witness
against her officers and crew " '
"But how do you manage to get away
without exciting suspicion '2" .
"Why, you 868, We keep close, and
get everything abo-ard,_and do iiotask
our papers until we are just ready iofsail.
Then we go to the custom-house, and
take out papers for Rio Janeiro, St. Hal.
ena, Cape do Verde Islands. or any port
you please--it don't, matter where, and
instantly clear." . -; . , ,
“But if you were seized at that mo-
ment, could the officers te_l,l,,-by seaircliing
the ship, that she was a slayer '3" _
“Oh yes, they could not help knowin_‘g._
Besides. they must suspect solrlethlrig
from seeing such an almighty crew.-
My little brig carried about 2.00 tons,
and could be manned by {our mail. I_:_lut,
I had fourteen before the mast- The
inoment of leaving port is the one "of
danger. But we don’t loose time, A
steamer is kept ready, and we get under
way immediately. Often two or three
slavers leave at once. \Vo steam down
the bay, and over tlie_,bar, and then the
ocean is before us, and we set our course
for any quarter we pleai_se."_
-‘But when you reach the, African
coast, are you not in great danger from
British ships of war '3" _ __
“Oh, no, we don’t care for tl_1c'Eug-’,
llsh squadron. We run up the Ameri-
can flag, and il’they come aboard, all we
have to do is to show our American pa-
gers. and they have no right to search us.
0 they growl and grumble“, and go off
again.’ V .
-"That may do very well wlicri _,you are
g0ll1_S in empty. But suppose you are
comm! Out with a Cartro of slave, on
board?" ‘’ i ., ‘_
uEven then we can get along Well
enough, if the niggers will keep“ quigqt,
We put them all below dcclr,_uiid nail.
=dO\V..'”,t batches, and then presentour
part. The ofliceris have no right to go
-sbelow. The only danger in this case is,"
that they -will stay on board too long,—,.
They often suspect the l.Illf.l'l.,,ahd hang
about for an-bout or two. By this dine
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l ‘below in the morning.
\
."Aft.er that, I suppose you are punis-
tied?"
"Oh, no; we generally get off. You
see, as we are Americans, they must
bring us to an American port to be tried
But if they run the ship into port along
the coast, they get one pound a head for
every recaptured slave. So they gener-
ally prefer to let us go, and get their
prize money." ',
"How many slaves could you carry on
your vess=.l?’’’ ‘ -
\Ve took on board 664. We might
have stowed away 800. * Ifshe had been
going to the Brazils, we should have ta-
kenéthat number. - -She would carry 750
with pleasure. ,The boys and women
_.we kept on the upper deck. B1“ 3”
the strong men, those giant Africans
that might make us trouble, we put be-
low outhe slave deck.” _
"Did you chain them, or put
cuffs?” ,
“No, never; they would die.
let them move about.” _
--At-e you very severe with them? ’-—
“i.Ve have to be pretty strict. "at first,
for a week or so, to make them feel that
we are masters. Then we lighten up
for the rest of the voyage.”
“How do you pack them at night?"
"They lie down ' upon the deck, on
their sides, body to body. There would
not be room enough for all to lie on their
backs.”
‘.'Did many die ‘on the passage 5”’
“Yes; I lost a good many the 1351
gcruise, more than ever before. Some-
times we find them dead when We 8°
Then we throw
on hand-
We
them overboard."
' “Are the profits of the trade very
lat‘ e?"
igltiy brig cost $13,000 to fit her out
completely. My last cargo to Cuba was
worth $220000. But it was seized by
the ‘late Captain General, Pezula. He
' re to break 11 the slave tradethan
did mo P _ _
any one-else. If-he had remained in of-
fiice, he would have stopped it altoget“-
er‘. Butrnow Cuncha is back again, and
it goes on asflourishing as ever.”
' "But I thought Concha was the great
enemy of the slave trade?” ’
"So he is, in words. He talks a great
deal, but Pezuela acted. .From time im-
memorial, the planter’s estate has been
jigcred. d]3:t Pezuela rezpectcd nothing,
e seize t e negroes w erever be con
find them, evén on the plantations. By
this be incurred the enmity of the plan-
ten; and he would probably have been
assassinated, if he had not been recalled."
"Did you ever have fights with the
English ships?"
"Yes; once a ship of war chased two
of us, We knocked the sticks out of
her. \Ve didn't stop to look after the
dead. At another time I was captured.
It was in a dead calm, and there was no
chalice to get away. When I saw that
we were gone,-I went below and stove
every cask of water but one. The other
ship was short, too. So we had both to
put in to the land to get water. They
put -on board of us a Lieutenant and
crew. But he did not know the coast,
and as we drew toward land, he had to
make me ilot, tlireateuin r at the same
. P . 5 . .
time, to shoot me if I ran her into an in-
let. No sooner had we passed the mouth
than we saw on the bank the barracoons
of the slave factors. They all knew me
and boats put oil’ from shore. The
Lieutenant hailed them in English, and
told them to keep off. At the same
time I hailed them in Spanish, and told
them the vessel wasa prize. That night
they came off in force. and recaptured
her. We pin the Lieeuteiiant and his
men into the boat, and sent them adrift,
while I went down the coast and took
in a cargo of slaves, and carried them
safely across the ocean.”
"\Vhy. Captain, this must be exciting
business." ~
His eyes flashed fire as he replied, "It
is splendid. It liiakesa man jump to
think ofit'. To be cutting away at the
rate of eleven knots an hour, with a ship
in chase, and walking right away from
her!"
That instant ue saw in the prisoner
the rover of the seas, again standing on
his deck, with th: huge, liiIi]ll of the ship
o war OOl]'lll’l" a ovc tie orizoii.
"But. how did you get. caught at last 9''
_ "The male betrayed me. I never liked
the uiiin. lie was scaled.‘ He liad.no
heart. You see it. takes a man of apar-
ncular wizstzzutwn to eiigage in our
_business. When once at sea with a slave
cargo, we are in free bottoms. We be-
long to no country. We are under the
protection of no law. We must defend
_ours,e,l,ves-. A man must have a great
deal of nerve’ in such :3 situation, when
he is liable to be chased by ships of war
or perhaps finds himself suddenly in the
‘midst of a whole fleet. ' lie mate once
served me a trick for‘éiv_hicli I should have
been perfectly justified in shooting him
dead. We were running in betweenthe
islands Martinique and Dominique, when
suddenly there shot out from the island
an English steamer. The mate thought
it was a ship-of-war, and so did I. He
was frightened to death, and instantly
turned the vessel off her course. That
was the very movement to bring down
the enemy in chase. I saw the danger.
and flew to the helm, and put her back
again, and we passed by in safety._”
"But are you not tired of this business?’
“Why, I didn't want to go out the last
voyage. I tried to get aiiotlicr captain
to take charge of my ship. I wanted to
stay at home and get married. But
good men in our business are scarce..-
And I had to go." ,
. But the noble captain seemed umbi-
tious ofa higher career. "What I should
like best of all,” said he, "would be, to
3° WWO-teerzizg. To coinina-ad a mer-
°h‘““ 5l”P;.and‘to go lumbering along.
loaded down with freight, that I cannot
be?“ ,1‘ kllls me But give me a well
bmll CHPP". With six guns on aside and
a long Tor.-i in the middle, and 3 fetter
ofinarque to range the _ocean, and I
wotildigt call the President my ti;-other 3"
Such was the substance of Capt.
Smit_h’s story. We allowed hi", ,0 run
on with his exploits, to see what stuff a
slaver was made of. VVas there ever a
more perverted, nature? Here isa man
whose boast is in the gigantic character
and the success of his vlllanies. His
courage is to show his power over the
_wealr and defenceless; to crowd hun-
dredsof human beings into a close hold,
where one hundred and liftydiein a few
WW3”; and his greatest exultatiou to
have defied the laws of the whole civil-
ized world I But the most important
reflection is on the weakness and intelli-
gence which permits this traffic logo on
uiicheclled. New York (luv. cli.ir_./"par;
tn the -world for the slave trade .’ Thir-
ty-fivo slavera it year sailing down our
boy ! Is this true? If so, why are not
tlicst-. vcsselsecarclied and seized? Do
officers of _ Goveruniciit coniiive at the
trafiicl _Or are they so blind as __iiot. to
see what passes under their eyes-? Or
are they too weak or too illdoleul. to en-
fo.rce.thc.ir coulitr_v’s justice?
Liquor pro;-eciitiuns. searches and
se_izurei=, seem to be vigorously followed up in
Birmingham, Ansonia, and .ump_l;;eyaville.
The victims are generally Iriahmen, '
ll‘
ery one that, as Kossiitli Wollltl have."-niil 3
the Know Nothiugs are :1 Power on, the
Earth. Their late siiccesses have ,*;i"~'€n
them a real and tangible existence that
politicians of all parriesbegin IQ fe‘-‘l-f-rt
It has been supposed that their organi-
zation was simply intended to affect some
petty municipal election, and drive away
some native ofthe Emerald Isle from the
office of constable or policeman, But it
now appears that they strike at higher
game, and possess an energy and a pur-
pose that control the destinies of the
States. « ' --
They do trot appear to favor any one
of the existing parties, whenever skong
enough to act independently. In mu-
nicipal elections, the" have mostl been
conscicuous in defending the Demgcrats,
more because that party courted the fa-
vor of foreigners, have given them of-
fice, and are supported by their votes.——
Hence the denunciation of the new; 112;!‘-
ty by the Administration an 1 ie
Democratic papers. It is not always
the ‘Whigs that they favor. They elec-
ted Pollock in Pennsylvania, but defeat-
ed the Whig candidatesl foi;\;Iudg§’ar:‘d
C al Commissioners. ‘ n .L. ew or ,
'lla8?I' operations were directly against the
VVhigs, the Anti-Nebraska party, and
the cause of Temperance, whether they
meant it so or not. If Seymour is elec-
ted Governor so that the Administration
will triumph and the Prohihitory Liquor
Law be defeated, it is owing to the nu-
inerous voters which this new organiza-
tion withdrew from the cause of Tem-
perance and Freedom. Tlis-.y have in
this way, strengthened an Administra-
tion that is most bitterly hostile to their
views.
It has been otherwise in Massachusetts
The organization of the Know Notliings
in that State has been so minute and so
complete in its extent to every town,
that they have not only pulled down the
old parties but have erected a new one
in their room. How stable it willprove
or how lasting, cannot nowbe foreseen.
The great cause of their success in Mas-
sachusetts has been the desire of all the
rank and file of the old parties 10 have,
something new. The Administration
party had $etty lnllcél‘ died out. Be-
tween the higs and ree Soilers, there
were no distinctive party marks but-their
names, and yet they had refused tounite
underqtlle name of Republican which has
swept the_ West, because each party
were unwilling to give up their old par-
ty leader; and rally the new Republican
party un er leaders fresh from the peo-
ple. So the three old parties, unwilling
to grow wise by ezgperience, and shut-
tingtlieir eyes to the intense desire of
change, seething and fermenting around
them, each nominated its old ticket with
the old party leaders, and prided linem-
selvesupon making no change either for
State, Officers or Congress. Disappoint-
ed iulheir desire for something new,
WlllC.l_l_ the people expected from a Re-
publican organization, they seized with
avidity upon the hovelty which Know
Nothings presented and rushed with en-
gerness to the support of the new party
without an enquiry into their peculiar
tenets, or even caring what they were,
so that they might liavesomething nevi‘.
The result is before the public.
The great principle on which the new
party is founded is a determination to ex-
.clude foreigner from political influence.
They feel that all that is due to those,
who enter the country from abroad is to
give them the shelter of our country, the
protection of our laws, and the oppor-
tunity of support by their labor. They
claim that such men are not fitted to ex-
ercise the right of suffrage until they
have been here a longer period and have
become more familiar with the workings
of our free institutions. But above all,
they say, such foreigners are not fitted by
any thing in their antecedent life to be
our r'ulnrs, or to hold any office among
us. Plus is the Know Nothing lnode of
reasoning, and their motto is, ‘ AMERICA
roa A.iiniticAus.” It is no wonder then
that men, who are worn out of patience
by the corruption and want of principle
of the leaders of the old parties, should
rush so overwhelmingly into a new, fresh
patty. founded upon a princi le so flat-
tering to American prejudices?
In the late contests, the Know “Noth-
ings have held up another principle which
they have pretty effectually reduced to
practice in Massachusetts They wished
to extinguish all the o'd party leaders.
The next effort of the yonn iant will
be in Virginia. The new pagyghas pur-
posely. taken no sides on the slavery
qudesnon as ha parliy, leaving to its dlD(ll-
vi on mem are t e eiuo incnt an ear-
pression of any private opllnionthey may
alioose to entertfiiii on tlilat subject or on
emperaiice. ence, trey can operate
wili no prejudice against them in the
Southern States, and can enter as a na-
tionalpa-rty into the next Presidential
election. in great has been the lilfoatl
which they have made into the Demo-
cratic party in Virginia, that the Demo-
cratic papers, the Richmond Enquirer in
particular, are very bitter in their de-
nunciations of the new element in poll-
ties. The F rcdericltsburg Demodratic
Recorder says:
“What the strength of Know Nothing-
ism may be in Virginia we are not pre-
pared to say; but as it is a new thing,
and at first view, looking to the evils it
proposes to remedy, it very plausible one
it will be likely to take for a time, and
give us some trouble if we do, not see
l.h|ll. our party is well organized.”
It is reported that the lodges of the
new party are very numerous in the
State, and especially in the large cities.
' t would not be surprisintr if the mere
desire of change did not [ITOIIIICE a revo-
lution in Virginia as it has donein many
States before this time, when one party
has held the reins for a period.
Neither would it surprise us much to
find the new party a strong element in
our next Spring’s election in this State.
Ilfemory --Dr. Alexander Gerard, of
Aberdeen, was a remarkable instance of
what may be done by the exercise of
the memory. VVhen he flrst assiinietl the
office of a preacher, his recollection was
so inert, that with the greatest difiiculty
he committed a sermon to memory in ii
fortnight, and never ventured to ‘pic-.anli
more than once during that ti me,’ unless
he could deliver the spine sermon to
memory in another place. But. as be
practiced the art oflearning his sermons
'll"Y- N” at length he could repeat the;
whole of a discourse, accurately, after
''"“!'“g l'- °"lY twice! He was an iii-
Elahnce Of 8 mall's acquiring by mere dint
9l'"d“5”Y- V-he mastery’ of an art for
which he did not appear to be fitted by
iiaturc.-N. Y. O]lTlStia%.E7lQ7(zTre7_
E? An Irish woman applied at the
Webster Bank. Boston, for gold for a few
small hills on that institution, which she
had drawn from the Savings Bmik-,....
\Vlicu she was retiring, a gentleman who
hail seen her exchange the paper for’ gold
inquired why she did so. “Oh," was
her reply, "I read in the newspapers
Hm‘. M r. ‘t-Vebster died very poor, and of
course 1 cannot trust his bank."
‘able ones that «avg-t,'<.‘~'-1771?
he found his memory _strengthen pcrcep- i’
, ..4~s-rem‘ .. ~-. ._.,
trespms comi'iiiii..=il II] it‘ ill, tv'i'is”tlecide(l l
Ti._lesd:iy in the Circiiit Court of Queens
Co'i.inty, -Yorlt, Tlir-. jury render-
edit verdict for the plaintiif. in the ex-
tra’o,rdi_tl;iry sum of" $0,000; to VVl'll'.‘l)
the Judge ad..le..l $~2,(}(li;l costs iiinoiisitler-
ation of the vexalious nature of the suit. .
Drury,'it"’m‘-Ziy be.‘ rl.-i:o'l‘lez_~.tr:r.l, was elm!“ l
ged by \’y'ill;g_.5‘ (L-,vi_io_ was‘ editor of the l
Police Garrezug) i.'.'lill_'..g‘e|!.£ing. up an "il1'-l
femal,machiiie,“ and other r.-times.
Tile case V‘.'.’li’0fl€‘. of the fTiO‘_‘l rt-niarl;-
liefoiethe r-rim
inal courts of the coiiiilryfi ‘If the above
‘decision is founded on the real lal.'i=, the
mount is no more than it should lie, for 5
3 . . .
D-,.u,.,., _,.,-a3__;,he ,vi_clim or--as v_-illaiiious a
I
conspiracy A-as coiiltl be" coiicoctstl; He 3
was a famiei-_,oti,,'Long Island, and i;oni- ‘
paraiively wealthy. _\Vilkes and those,
acting ‘Willi him, cluiined by ine;iii'-s of:
confessions andconversatioiis 0‘-'f.’-l'llh’l.lf(.l i
by spies secreted in closets and such oth-
er places, toprove them guilty oi sever-
al offences, one of which was sending an
infernal mncliine to an Englisli lZt'.'~‘}’E'I
named ’\Vai~m:r_. the circuinstnnces. of
which will undoubtedly be rein:-tiilwrcil.
We believe he was also ucciisetl of be-
ing engnged in counterfeiting. All to-
gether the charges against him, the ap-
parent posiiivenessofihe evidence iiidille
wide notoriety given to the cii'cuiri-iiiii-
oes, must have wrecked the peat-eril’ the
old man, and his family, stziiiieil. his chat-
acter and s-ulijécted him to great [u-'l'll-
niary loss, so that the" verdict, though a
heavy one, is not more than jtistice ‘de-
mands.-Courier.
Q? The N. Y. Tribune has an inter-
esting article. on the «progress of the
Temperance rnovenient in England__.---
The public ‘is becorning ‘aroused io'ihe
great evils under which it now groans
from th_e«-use" of spirituous liquors.-. A
"United -Kingdom Alliance Associatipii”
ls—orga_rii2etl, at the head of which is the
the__Ea_ijl of l-Iarri‘ngtoi1- $50,000 ._iS,t0
’ be ‘raised to operate-upon, public opioioii.
Tem_perance is becoming popular. At
its last meeting the Alliance adopted the
"f0_l‘lO‘\_Vlng resolution: _ ."That. this meet-
ing regards the traf'_tic,.,.iii intoxicating
drinks, as beverages, as aL{__s_ocial nuisance
wliicb, indefensible on any ground ‘of
public utility, and altvaye and inevi'tTabl_v
,i_njurious to the physical and moral wel-
fare of the community, ‘ought at once
and altogether to be reinoved.” ' ‘
‘Never before did New York show in
its saloons such richly embellished ladies.
A New Yorkdealer in laces tells us nev-
er before had he sold so many or such
expensive laces as he has sold this year.”
New York Express.
Such is the testimony of a reliable
New York paper in the midst of these
hard times. ‘We wonder if weaitlly la-
dies ever reflect. upon their agency in
producing these “hard times." The
money for the purchase bf the laces and
silks and ribbons and diamonds Wlzich
our "ladies" wear, goes abroad to feed
and cloth the foreign laborer-—io swell
the profits of the foreign capitalist. The
same money spent at home in the en-
couragemenl. of our own fiiiaiiiifavtiires
would liave given food arid fuel, clothing
and cmiifriri to many a still":-i'iii-g lnliiilv.
But it may be said by these r-xlrri\'r.-
gang --lalliias,“ that such “lar!t=«.~"? and
“.=illis” as we wear cannot be iiiaile in
this criiiitry-—-they can only bre_i0l‘--
tained abroad. True: but that furnish-
es no reason why they should be pur-
chased, Yciir graiid-inoihers wniild
have gone without such l‘JXl‘lIlE'.= V\.'ll"l]
patriotism required it, To malts the na-
tioll pi'ospel'ou.<. Om‘
"Amcricanizc” theinselues.
resolve to give up_ llieir“laces and silks”
if they cannot be made here, and w'eai'
"Arnerir:aii” goods, made on Amarifian
soil by American citizens, and thus keep
off from American hearths the demon of
poverty.
"But
wear or where we purchase if, if we pay
for it?" It is the mit'£o2z's Zm.s2'm..r3. It
is the business of every wealthy mail in
the land-—-of every well wislier to his
country's prosperity—of every Infill and
woman] whom God, by lllslilirsz“-lllg. has
madc the earthly dispenser of his lzoiinty
by the favors given them. None of us
can live for himself alone. The propel‘-
tywllicli we possess is but a boon from
God to employ in his suffering world.--~
VVe. are but stewards of that bi;-on.~—
There is apowerful responsibility rest-
ing upon every wealthy“ "lady," from
which she cannot escape. to e.'nl"l0Y the
bounties of heaven for other than selfish
put-poses, «-Whose business is ll.?”--
Look at the houseless poor and answer!
"Visit the cold hearth cf poverty where
thelshivering and freezing and. starving
inmates are huddled together for mutual
warmth, mid answer! See that hard is-
bo_;in_{;?ma'i;’, w.il'lin'g' ,‘.t,o.worli if he can
obtain it,with no employment, and a bun‘
gry - family .c.al|'m,g . .!-"l>’9n him ._ for bread,
and answer‘. Haughty lady, it your bib
siness
"|ad'ies' must
Tliey must
whose business is it, wliat. we
1 It is for you to “Ame ricaliizze”
yourself as spedily as possible and, by the
purchase of American materials, assist
the labor of the country and thus seek its
best welfsare, “fill you do it?
C0iIi‘(liiI.
5:? The volcanic irlonntailis of Coto-
paxi, the most elevated as‘ well as the}
most foriiildalile volcano in the world. is
flow in full progress. of .-:iicces.=fnl eiup-5
lion, and is throwing oiil.,c»t.'sr the plains
0{Ga[|gent)rm0u3lnfl$§PS of rock, torrents .
of brackisli watt.-.r_, and liiigiiiilg l-.iv:i.-—-
At last. accouiits, llie \'0lf‘llll0 wa-7. vuln-
iting forlli llfd, night and day, fillilip; thr-
iiilizililtaiits of the country with lttf'I'Cf'.—-~ r
The town of Ltilaclllll‘-‘ l‘ 3" 5”“ ""l"'£
jured, altliougli it has previously ll«‘.’I"‘ll'
dc:-;tro_vcd_iio less than eight lllll-"~'.
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Am‘i‘e7z5 I72/zalfimnts (3/"l 1Veb2-asl.'t1.-
0.11113 Llpper 1\lissolii'i '.l|l.’l'P exit-"5 iii
tract of lanil known by the name oi ;
laiivniscs Torres, or Bad Land; Hf UHF:
fnic, i_.mbably the bottom of an lllllli-'*flS£’l
lake, in ‘.‘.‘lllCll perished tli-rliiszilitls of an-i
imals having no repi'i:senta4i\'eS0l1 Fflflll-l
It appears that the waters ofilils pond .
were removed in soiiiec-riilvnlsioli~= oi lia-
mre_ and the sedimeiit at its hotioni bu. .
came indurated. Thle portion of ilie siir-
face thus iiidurated forms a valley of 90 ;
miles in length and 30 in breadth. 'l‘hel
|'EmF.lllS- of animals which lived mill
l,,,_.,,,t,ed long before the adv:-nt‘ol men,
said to be completely pctrified,aud ill('lf'V
cavities filled with silicious l1'lflll9r.-—,
They are preserved in various l.l5%“"’5i
of perfectiicss some being beautifullyl
perfect, and others broken-
; Tits iiicilliel‘.-7
" ‘£"3£¥afiJ'.‘,"‘?-iQ:It."?'1"'fSl%-L.'-
iillll'r_l('l' \\.-.- 1
iii "IT|llll“l'll0|l
Anieric-cm, that n 3‘-"~"l~=ll.".
committed in .NfllljT.'illll'l'.,
with :1 burglary, at 1’ ti’-'.-l-:-.r-l; ll0l.':- l'llC‘-.-'ll- ‘.
ing. Some robbers -:'lll"ll"».l lllv’-‘ li('f.l1~°Tl‘ll-l
Mr. Henry Soars, in '.?i-;- lrzlif «.2? l
the town, and lists-sell mm the l-;r:Jrii HF.‘ :
Mrs, Sears zlml ll~'7i' i:;l'~=int C'~\ll:l-lkl v-.'~r-
s19s_-_pin__-.,_-_ As sh»: was zivczil.-':n-'l, ilicl
roLiiiet~,~ -_.[n_‘i.‘*.l‘. at lei vsiili :i iiliill llil
lie; defP|lS9, slit.-' .'1lU.’.l'lililt;il lb drz.-.-.=.' the ‘
bed nlotlies Lt‘-'-"Tl ll>Z'Iiv.l, ".'.'lllC'll l'l‘iG".'E’fi’l€‘ll"
v-ralzed up her chiltl, and it cozilriir.—.;ir.~e..l
crying, ‘.'-'llE’!1 the i.'.‘rei-'-lies Ll“llll23I'al-°ly
destroyed its life tl‘,' lriiiting: its iht~'t..ii.i
li:_~:.t.| '.=.*u- fl‘Ci-'.‘ll'Il*.’il, f‘.flLl
her i":-cove-ry i.~::iiisiil-mad s'r..me'.vllui
iloiihiftil. Mr. Sears has it braille: in
this city, 6=ii-_,:'rir;;-:'iJ in tli=.- ('ail'lfl€:"‘ lithi-
pess. rl1ll€‘_!tl.lO\'-Z-‘ atT.riii' ll'.H, of -:o.'.il:.e,
protliiced an intense cxcziteiiieiil lii _='.\‘:\.li-
szatilr.-l; and Watei~liiir;.'. 'l‘lie iriml~.~i-are
had not been cuptiiretlnt the lust :ii>c0i:u‘lt5
tllougii every effort was beiiig lllflile‘ fur
their detection. They will unquestiona-
bly soon be taken ——-Pa/‘la man
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A Trace of’ the “C‘iri,' of Ginsgotvf-"
A feclfllt number of the Belfast (ire-
flfl()l'W‘stll(,!Tllfilftllly,-dlivfl. 2, I355.
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Relief for the Poor. ‘
t l'_V,]o'il.”:fv in.
Al. Llfl adjournr-6. Mes-iirlg of the Cll«l1'-"ll"? of]
. I\'orv.'nll; for the oliject of .1.-ti=in_-r, means to
r-;ndei- all to the poor and ll;-aillill-3, no"-.7 stif-
fe-ring in our midst, held at the .':'lr.iicn Hilli-‘P
of iiii- D. J: N,_P.. R. \"."n. on ‘Friday i/Zvr-Ding,
flee. ‘."Jlh. Dr. Hall in the l.‘h.iir. it was iir..ini-
moit".ly- -
Voted .---'I‘h'-ii‘. this mes-ling proceed To elcct ti.
i'.‘-oizimitteo of Twenty, whose duty it shall be
to divide the portions of the town. in which
this meeting: propose to operate. into dis- i
iricls, and to appoint. one or more at‘ their
ill-iii-lot, 4.-ither to solicit Sl.1l)7o'.‘K‘l]Ill0l1i or to
reiider uid whet-c it shall be fn)1lll(InF4’."T‘F.<f~.I‘V.
constitute said C'nmmilt-3-3.
Wm. S. L-oclzwond, Samuel Lynn: ;,i, i.
If. M. Prowl“-. Wm. C. Street.
Dr. fro. Gregory. 1}. l.‘. Bissell,
Henry I. Hoyt. I’-‘. St.John Loci;wa;.:.tl.
Chas. F. Osborne. B. Olmsteai],
Geo. G. Bishop, Dlmon I~‘c.nton.'
.€!'..3R A-.. Byingfgli;
Dr. Asa. Hill. Dr. J. Baghcni-_
ll:r‘*?O- F-3 Cl1_01Tv'Cil. Gfliil-‘I D. Jennings
-‘ -M1111“ C011‘. Win. Ii. Quintsiii.
laud) N0r[l|iffll ‘Ville; cnnlalllr‘. lltt: l.0l'
steiimsliip “City of Glasgow":
-'1'?’-real: of the "C'tt_7/ of (Hz'I5galt‘."—-
A r-.orrespoiiileii'i of tile Miiil, :it Clint]:-
beltoii, slates tliziioii ‘E.>':ililrday lust, V-’llll-‘“
a herd-boy wit->. wall;_iii;.5 along the slioin
at Ballocligair, lie pickc-i.l up'a portion of
we bow (if a vessel, wliicll bear.-i e-vei'_v,=
marl: of liavilio; l'lPl0lIgf‘tl in the ill-late-ll
steamer. It has on it, in large ,_a,ilrl-3d
characters, not mucli defaced-—"C‘.ity of
G-lasgotv,” and, in the 4.‘-0l'nrl', "Lei
Glasgow flourish.” This memento,
wliicli is probably all that will ever be
se it of the noble vessel, was taken to
the office of,Mr. \Vatson, from V‘Vl|PIIt‘€
it was forwarded to the builder:-'.——
Messrs. Todd. 8:: McC.-‘regor, Glasqovi,
for identification.-*"’ ‘
Dishonesty in High Places.
'The honesty of the New York Com-
nioii Council lias reaclied the: low ebb
that Mr. Comptroller Flagg has been ob-
liged to take out of their hands the pow-
er_of buying their own stationery, which
has been to them :1 most extensive S0l1l’C€
of profit. "For example, last year, the
number of envelopes charged to the city
amounted to 320,000—at the rate of a
thousand a day, e:.'c-luding Sundays,-
Other articles were in the same propor-
tion. This year, the Comptroller has
hired a room and employed a person to
furnish articles of stationery, charging
them to each individual member of the
board, thus endearoriiig to keep the city
fathers within the bounds of common
honesty.
Tile .Nuzzc-ra.lz’zatz'a7z Lau-3.——,The
practical operation of our naturalization
laws is very giierally misulitlerstuod.
Under these la-.vs, alone, the right to
vote is not acquired. The right (0 de-
fine the qualifications of an elector, is left
With the States. An iiliiiatiimlizetl per-
;son may be V:-1llo'vve«.l to vote. Eiflll they
were ‘T0 allowed in Micliigaii, when it
came into the lliiion as a State, Natu-
ralization, under the FedemlCoii:1ill:tioii
simply confers the i'ig_=_lit of c-iti'2.eils-hip,
plat-iiir,-; the per;-oil iintiimlizml on the
same fooling wiili the ll'.'|ll\'€ horn citizen
in regard in llOl|llfl9,'~ and traiislerijilifr
mopéyty, paying l:i.\:es-, p('|‘f0l‘l"flll'lfE j_iir_v
and iiiililziry duty, ..\:c.,t\'c., lt‘:1\'il‘l,Cf ii to
the States to say who shall mi-l who
shall not vote. N0 0119, Wt‘ PI‘¢=‘“m9.
wishes to take away from l'oreigri:*r:‘-
coming amoii-_:,r ll:=. tlieso. privileges, gr to
release them from lliesc blirdeiis.
Allinng .Ei'e. Jomvm/.
xi Marl/la.7zrl Cattle S/10111‘ One [Imi-
d-red Ymrs Ag0.—-ll is slit-poserl by
many persons that our cattle sllows are
of nioderirorigin. This, llfi‘.\’P\’Pl', l"-i a
mistake. '\Ve tiiill in the 3.1.-'irllioro Ga-
zette the following, fallen from ills {Vla-
ryland Gazette of Sept. 8th, 17-1'1 :
“Vvliereas, lliere is a fair appointed by
act bf Assembly, to he held in Baliini<:ire-
Tmvii on the first Thursday, Friday and
Saturday in October, yearly, llic ironi-
missioiiers of the said town hereby give
notice that tvlioevcr brings. to the said
fair on the first day thereof the has steer
shall receive eight pounds current iiioli-
ey for the san1e—also, a bounty of forty
shillings over and above the said eight
pounds. The said steer aftt-rtvards, on
the some day, to he rim for by any horse
mare or gelding not cxcoediiig, five years
old, three beats, a quarter -of :4 mile each
heat, not r-oiifiiietl to carry any certain
weigllt. The winning horse to be enli-
tleil tr, the said steer, or to eight pounds
in motley, at the option of the owner.
“On Friday, the second day of said
fair, will herun for the sum of five pounds
current money, by any horse, more or
gelding the same distance, not cmifined
to carry any certain weight. Also, a
bounty of 40 shillings will be g.l'~'€Ii to
any person that produces the best piece.
of yard-wide country made while liiieii,
the piece to contain 20 yards.
"On Saturday, the third day,_a but and
ribbon will be cudgeled for; a pair of
pumps wrestled for; and a white shift
to_bc run for by negro girls.
* "All persons are exeniptedfrom any
arrests during the said fair, and the day
before and the day after, except in Chess
of felony and breaches of the peace, ac-
cording to the tenure of the above meri-
iioned act."
[(73 Martin Kosztu, the A_‘.l‘:ll‘lE‘il‘i ref-
iigee, who now resides -‘in Cliicagi'i, vvris
married IO Mrs. Lucinda I\'lcFall, of that
city, on the l2t.li inst. Woiiien can -“fill.
qlier when Goverlimeiiis C‘-‘;'illll‘Jl.
A (..~'c7iIé:1Iri"/in.‘-2.—f\lrs. Pup.-g, v.-I--tiiiw
litany years llze pastor 01' ll!" l‘0ll,'1ft‘:J,$1—
llOl1€ilL‘lIllt‘i‘.'ll in Spoiir-er, I,‘t‘.'|lll}'-lf‘lt‘tl liar
mi» llllll(ll'l~‘tllli year on the ‘jlill iii:-'.. .-
Wr-. Lad an opporiuiihy of l‘l'lll\'-"I'.‘llI':§
witll llt.“L' it few iiiontlls ii-go, and lbiiiitl .4
that .-he l‘t‘l.'1lllP’ll llei‘ faimiliies ln it rr-- '
l|l.'1|'l\".ll.blf‘. ill-qr»-e. Slie l]0\\" ff‘-lllt’~i wllli .
lir-r soil, .ll.l‘f’|lll Polo, E.-‘q_, r-iljuyc mo.-l
€‘.‘;l2PllF‘fll in-alili, recall. willioiii _:§_l'rlS*r.'F, 3
and .-onverses freely iipoil ilie e\'t'lll.5 ol
the Revolminii, wliic-ll she will |'F'l|lPm-
hers. , _
\Vlieii we .-aw lir-r she \‘-''.I: loliliiii,-_j», for- l
word with .='3ii'il.= interest in list one liliii- [
dredlli birth day, expectitig ilir-iii to see
the nieiiihers of ll£’l‘ f.-°.ii—iiTy igiliheied
about her. Long iiiny she fl-’l'l'|.'Jlll, El liv-
ing link (‘(illl]€f.‘.l.°Ll the pasl ‘vvilli the pres-5
cut, and wlieii slit-. is “gzillieretl wiili licr
lzitliers," may she receive lliui. 't‘.'E’lt'0lll9‘
she so well cl-_=serves, “\w‘ll tl(lllf",‘{._‘._'00l_l
and faithful .=s.-rvani."
ff'orccslcr T1‘anscu'pt, 17:-r: 1511;.
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_.3E3"'W. P. Burrall, ‘E-11., Pl'C"?iIle?l1l .:.l" the ;
Illinois Central Ritilroatl Ctiinpuuj‘. hztvingl
“P0” We *'"l'll'l. We found in 3“°_h ab.!m' been prevented by illness for two mantiis past l young man’ Wm M-a=,1h;m5,.1t',-,f the 3,1,-gum.
- '. . um ilse _ . : 2- - .,.;_.. . . . .2 .
dance as to forilfi of tlitstr'}Chl.3|1b'l “are l from l€tIlI‘nIn‘_‘_'_‘ to Illinois, lift? 2. EIEIICLI the , ‘ms mus afi-0,393 M mm,‘-,g ,0 ma m,,.k vi.-.
°°"""9"Y 0' !""”ebr:e' e Ones .' f‘'residcnL‘V of that CcirlDnt2i~ {ruin r-lihrrlie-n- inforii-:.ti.;n
sioiis of the effect upon lll‘3ll(‘--.1llll iii‘ .1 perintr E
. iient resilience at the West, iic.-.v iii-at the road '
is to be put in active oper-.ition. Tile I'.’o!:ipa- '
iiy have rt-lcgr.iphic advices that the main
line is completed vritnin ten aides. l
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lowing, wliir.-ll 1:‘ probably one of the low V
traces that will ever be found of the l.3<i
3 h- i’ ll: ' - _ - . .
C '" " ’ , l 109"“ P"I'l€Ctl_V linpracticable to carry on the
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Vgled.----'I‘hii.t f.‘n_ii=.i.i.~.-‘ I‘. Osaoavi: he Seer-;,L
rtary and Treasurer in said Conimitu-u.
I later! :-—'I‘hat this iiiec-ting adjourn sine ,]i,-_
/ltfesf, W. 1.‘. STREET,
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Haibiby New Year.
Tile r:nmpliment=of the season to all hair
i'r~.ru.lers.
fire? Don’t forget to attend Dr. Lord-‘s lcc
lure this Wediiesdriy Evening. See adv.=rtise-
mr.-nt.
“ {tier-tie Christmas” in Norwalk.
One of the richest feature: of the «luv, if not
of the age, was the turn out of a fantastic
Military Company, styled the “°rfard Time’.-s
Rangers.” Their military onlfli. most clearly
indicated the hardness of the times, although
their Jocund faces and jolly, rollicking maximi-
vrt.-s, indicated better acquaintance with good
fare than military tactics. There were many
capital nits at character, and their appearance,
all in all, was truly ludicrous and grotesque.
We have not the tame or space to partlcularize
in numerous instances, t. vein of genuine wit
and irony, and nothing but the genius of .~.
Cervantes could do them justice in 2. descrip-
tion. “Santa Anna” was true to 7ia:ure,and
none‘ but those who knew him, would ever
have suspected that he had not been to the
wars and lost his leg, while the old Pics: "look-
ed for all the world like Don Quixoti’s Old
Rosinate after his encounter with the wind-
mill. It occurred to us that it was fortunate
there was no windmill in town. The “Strong
Minded Woman” was certainly a strong charac-
ter, indicative of Woina.n’s right to participate
ll‘ m3“3“1E10I‘le3-' Among tl.ie.moi.toes we no-
ticed among others——‘‘ 3-’. Y. at N, H. Railmaa
C».oc'l:——01d Issue) ;” '‘I-'‘airi".eld Co. Showing
Association ;” “Steamer Napoicon—C'aptaiii
Hancock, forever .3” while upon the poiterilious
119-it Of .8-nothel". was emblaroned “ The Father
0f M3 C°'d1m'.V-" Well verily, he looked as if
he might have been the father of scores of his
countrymen. After miirchiiig through the
principal streets oi‘ the town, and enjoying a
target contest in the AmphltllPaElQ, the Gazettg
Office was complimented with the “ honors of
War.” and the hand of jolly fellows disbanded.
May they never pass :1 solider Cliristmas.
A Maine Law" Seil.
Among; the merry incld ents of “.'\fern-
Christmas,” there was a. capital sell got up,
which for lhe number of "vii-iinis and the gree-
diliess with which the bait was .‘=.Wr‘tll0W9tI by
the Ili'i'rst_y ones. showed most conclusively
that not all of our law-abiding citizens, had
ceased to thirst after the flesh pots of Egypt.
A bottle was proclired and well-filled. with
pure Water. (nlilioiigh it is claimed by some
of the victims that there was it smell of bran-
dy ahjit. the corl.',) which bottle was cations-
ly kept secreted i_ii an out of the way place,
when it was given out. to all those whose rel-
ish for the (‘i’2'ffE/" had not entirely disap-
peareil. that as it was Cliristmaa day. and
Christmas co_me.°. only once {I year. some he-
nevolent person had prepared gratuitous libs‘..-
tious for all. Ztfany were the qiiids that were
contemptuousiy cast from the cheek While
the mouth fairly watered with the anticipated
“good time coming,” when, after leading the
victims behind it screen in so ore.-y and si-
lence, the charmed bottle was giv en over to
their excited expectations. with the admofii-
tion "to drink quick.” ‘Thus the stomachs of
some fifty were refreshed with it cooling and
healthful bevenage, very miici. to their good
evenif‘ at the cost of a sad disappointment.
There are a plenty who will never forgive that
emhodyment of ministerial soberness and in-
nocence—-“Oid Cotmect.ic:it,-" for getting up
that joke:
Another Bold Robbery.
Another robbery occurred a fair nights since
in Main-st., which for boldness and premedita-
ted rascality, eclipses the theft of the carpet-
bag at South Nornaik. it seems that acoupie
of villains stood on either side of the street,
with a small cord stretched across and one end
securely held by each. This cord was held up
so as to let the horse of a passer by in a sleigh
go under the string, when it was brought down
vrith rt twitch, so as to jerk off the hat of the
man. This done, they dropped their string,
,-secured the hat and scuinpcred ofi-leaving
These rascalities are entirely too frequent, and
we think it dose of John Popper Corn, forced
from one of Col, C-'o1t"s Shooting Irons, vrcuid
have a tendency to improve the morale of this
class of hightvaymcn.
To The Benevoient.
In the report of the proceedings of the
meeting for the relief of‘ the poor of our vil- -
loge, published today, will be found an invi-
tation to all such hiimitne ladies and gentle-.
men, as may have any cast on‘ clothing, to send 5'
; the same to the store oi‘ Wm. C. Street, who ,
I 0, me km, Rm.’ Mn pop?’ \._.l,_, V, 2,, f,_.,,. 2 will see that it is dlsli-lbiiletl where needed.--— i
‘f‘b-= 2‘-iibseripiions of mom-_v are going forward i
with oncoiiiugiugsliccuss. Every per-soil called .
upon thus far. has coillriiiiilc-._i lib».-rzilly midi
Piourresi.
If you ‘mini ‘.IlJEI1|llll'lll (I9.g‘lll”.-I‘g':0lfpL‘ Like-
ness per-fect in all the modern improvements
of the art. you should not fail to go to Ausleifs.
There is no concealing the fact that he is the
islet Artist in [he [logic-rroziii line. to be found
anywhere.
The Lecture, ,
By Prof. Silliinan, JR, before the Ladies Uri‘ '
ion last week, was well attended, and listened
to with engrossing iiitei-est. The piii_ll_§opiit_
cal experiments, do beautifully llliistrative:-i"
the several points of his theme, were a novel.
ty rarely enjoyed by our people, and a:>cm.~,1
to be fully appreciated. But two lcctiir.-~i9
have yet been given, and yet all who have E
contributed to aid the ladies in their common-
dable enterprise, confess that they have ail-
ready received more than the worth of ther
_money. We hope every man, especially every
If.-tsoxrc Rmisri.-:ir.——This is a new monthly
devoted respectfully to the interests of the
mystic Brotherhood. Published at 40.0
Brooms-st., new York, at $2 per anarun.
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number to visit each family residing: in said '
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I'01’?d.'-Tllnt the following G:-nil.»-m._-ti --l,,-,tl =
as we had intended; sufflce it to say there was '
the poor man in the sleigh, dc-cap-itated.— _
' best place for this display.
ilr~nll.y with the Collins Company.
solicit $lll2'.-1‘K‘li'lf.I\)f'i:i and h'.'ll8\'i2 the poor and 5
tleblillll-‘. on motion Geo. G, Bishop was ap- ‘
poinleii Chuiriiiun. and W. (_‘. Street, Secreta-
On. motion, 12.2.41. that the following at-2» i
cribed "Dlstrir-.ts," with the committee named,
be adopted lor the ensuing season. viz, ;
Di.rfu'icf No. 1.—-Bounded on the in-.i'i.l.i on
the .l.‘Q!ltl.F.0i.illJ of the residence of Eben Whit-
ney, fTsq_., east to the Westport line, south by
ii. In.
- Pro;-watt, F. St John Lockwood, C67I!1I‘.‘il'f£r‘.
District ..-Va. ?.—.‘iorth, at the resld--cu of
Dr. J. G. Barbour, east to Westpori l‘.i.:.-_.
south to residence of Eben Whitney, I".=.';_ ;-..l:l
* west to the harbor. J. G. Barbour, (.'omr.-..-‘ir.e.
District Alb. 3.—‘.\'orth to residence at flou-
ry Smith, Eiq., east on Weatport road to resi-
dence offsttttc Church, south to Public Green.
and west by France Street. G. R. Chc.l.=.'ell,
; Dimou Fanton, Committee.
District .-Va. 4.-North, by north bounds of
Union School District, east by same bounds,
south by road to Broad River, and west by
Zforrvaliz River. f‘. C‘. Bisseil. .'I-_. E. Olin:-1-rad
L’o7mr.'ir'lrr.
Jlistrict .a\"o. .'>.——North by road to "Broad
River,” ea=t by “Sticky Plain Road,” -smith
to residence of James Finney. and west by
Union School districtbounds. Wm. L. Quill-
tard, Committee.
District .N'a. 6.—Noi-th by New Canaan
road, east by Norwalk River, south by Wall
, street and Mott Avenue. and west by bounds
of Union School district. Geo. G. Bishop.
and A. H’ Byington. Committee.
District .-\"o. '.'.——North by south side of
j‘L'ove Lane," east by harbor, south and west
by bounds bf Union Schooldistrlcl. Henry I.
Hoyt, and Samuel Colt, Com7nitle(.
District .’l.”o. 8.——_\*oi-th by south side of
Wall street and Molt Avenniie, ‘east by har-
bor, south by north side of Love Lane, and
west by Union School district bounds. Dr. A-
Hill, Wm. C. Street, C'omma'I‘tu.
District J‘-‘o. 9.—North by south side of
State street. commencing at Stone Bridge,
east by East Avenue, south by residence of
Dr. J. G. Barbour, and west by harbo’ Asa
Smith, and F. St. John Lockwood. Committee
District .’\‘a. 10.—-North _ by North street,
east by Public Green, south ii“ tote street to
foot of Mill Hill, and west 1: 1: street.-
,Vv'in. S. Lockwood. and C. F. sborne, Cam-
mitfee. ,
District Jfo. i1.—Noi-th by residence of
State street, and west by Nor-walk River.-
Gould D. Jennings, and Dixnca Pantea, Com-
mittee.
The Committee would respectfully request
all persons having cast-ofl" Clothing _s-.rita'i.~la
for the present inclement season. (for either
adults or children,) to hand the same to some
member of the Committee for distribution, as
they find many almost destitute of clothing in
their visits.
Voted, That this meeting adjourn to meet
at the residence of G. G. Bishop, I:"sq., or.
Tuesday evening, Jan. 26, 1855. »
Attest, War. C. Srazzr, Sec. gratem.
Dec. 29th, 1854.
HUSEANITT is rare {,"rrr.—This is it work just
issued by Iifesrrs. Dewitt dsbaveiiport, contain-
ing assries of discourses recently delivered
by Rev. E. H. Chapin. For power and pathos
they equal the able aut.hor'szbe<i. cfi'orts.---
Well might they have been termed Humanity
in the Cmintry, and at a time like the present
when the workshops are closed. the hammer
and the spindle are still, and thousands bred
to lives of honest foil to he sure, but to homot-
of plenty, are now out of employment and suf-
f'o-ring" for the common necessaries of‘ life, we
consider the publication of this little volume.
most opportune. We hope the book will be
read by both rich and poor. To the farmer 1;
will give many practical hints towards
useful benevolence and to the latter it will at‘-
ford rich stores of comfort and consul alion.
- And if there he a man, woman or child reared
in the lap of lu:-:ur_v_. and enjoying all that
wealth can bestow, who can rise from these
pages without feeling arenewed and keener
interest in the welfare of God '5 sufiring poor,
we care to know little more of his humanity.
The diversities of extreme wealth and es-
treme poverty are thus graphically described
in a paragraph by the author :
“Here sits the beggar, sick and pinched rvitii
cold; and there goesa man with no better
flesh and blood, and no more authentic charter
of soul, wrapped in comfort, and actually
bloated with luxury. There issues the whine
of distress, beside the glittering carriage-
tbc bus;-', selfish whirl ; half naked, shivering,
'.rlth'her bare feet on the icy pavement, stand!
the little girl, with the shadow of an experi-
ence upon her that has made her prsi.eraatu-
rally old, and it may be, driven the angel from
her face. Still, we cannot believe that above
the wintry heavens which stretches over her,
there is less regard for the poor, neglected
child, then for that rosy belt of infant happi-
ness ivhich girdles and gladdeas ten thousand
hearti:s.—For sale by E. E. Knapp.
Latest from Europe.
The Atlantic arrived at 3 P. M., Sunday.-—
The news however is unimportant. The news
from the seat of war is without any interest
whatever. The English Parliament was open-
ed on the appointed day. The Queens speech
was almost wholly occupied with the war.
National Poultry Show.
From the 15th to the 20th of January
n9Xf 59 ‘be time Selected for the grand
exhibition, or second animal show of the
National Poultry Society, and Barimm's
Museum has again been selected as the
it is inten-
ded tolmal-'e this the finest display ever
given in the t.'.0llfllTY. Over $500 in pre-
miuuis will be alistrilmted.
'\Vo.= notice the names ill John T. An.
ilffiw and T. Gold of VVest L‘-oriiwall
aim‘-ng the conirriiitees and managers.
' _ _,._.--,..-...._._ _______
:73‘ The work on the Washington monu-
ment. is siispeiidetl. A letter writer say it is
work by privale .-:ub'sci-ipt-ion. and it‘ fills great
national ds-ii,-_zii is r'.\‘c‘-I’ car-i-led nut, (Toiigr:-sir.
must On it. '
iii?‘ Capt. Vanderbilt is new building lm.
ocean steamers to ply between New York and
either Havre or Liverpool. It is said he in-
tends to construct six. He has burl some dif-
E‘ The wife and daughter of Col. David
Crockett of ivoild-wide uotoi-iety, have ‘gone
lo-Texas to get possession of a. portion of the
land donated by the State to the heirs of
those who fell at the battle of the Alamo, du-
ring the struggle for independence.
3 The .-.\l'iddieto'.vn Sentinel says that the
survey of the hfiddlesex and Hartford County
Railroad, has been nearly completed from Old
Fitzgerald, Bridget
Griffin, Patric
Grumman. Charles
Gollow, Charles W’
Gibson. Miss fiat-y
Holmes it Palmer 2
Harford, William 2
J zines Finney, east by iinln street, south by —
Adapts, Elisa Amelia 0.-,'-,.-4., ,n;9,mu,_-.1 11
Adams, Caroline ‘J
i Boyer, E F
Bi-uah_.G an S
? Bennett. D J Esq
Butler. William _
Benedict, Mrs Cornellsi’._~rkiris, A Esq
Brown, Ebenezer
Cook, Stephen
Uamp. Miss Elizabeth
Otis. Mrs Flora 1:
Perry. George
Rib, John ‘
Puringtan. Hrs if
i’arlter. MJ'iCb1'nelE3
Ryan. Patrick :3
Rina, James
Richards, John L
Cusbliig. Sarah E Buggies, Johnc-_
Cahill. Daniel Sherwood, G 1
Dodge, Wm R 3 Sullivan. Hiohgpi
Dolituy, Ears Amanda .'s'h.‘-rv.‘ood_. Sylvester
Dil.-. James Smith, Nathan
Erick, Geo P2 Sblpman. ‘Win -.
Fillnfi, P F Sweatland, hrs Lu."-5
Stack, Thomas -
Smith, James
Street. Geo B
-Sllaw, William 3.
Stilson. Daniel
Stevens, Peter-_ Vi"
Sbipman, Everitt E-
Hatid, Daniel Thorn, Mitchell-& Co
II_artinan, Jnlm bl Turner, Miss Julia Aar.
5L0l5_I!ian_. Margaret 2 Thomas, Missfrnncna.
1.01%:-ngwell, Miss I‘. I “'a|sh, C _ ,
I-Mellon. Mrs Mary Weed, Miss Mary R
L09-liW<=Cd, Geo ‘vi’ Wheeler. W '1"
l'_ii“*‘- lxir‘ Weddell, Mir ‘ ,-
3l90I‘*‘. -V|}§s Rose 2 Wattles, R 1.
HIIIGP, C .rt it L; T .,,
_ ca 3, G
1’“59“‘-‘ ‘‘‘’'n'”% for the above will please st‘
AdVrm%ed- R. A. Wrt.t.uas,' P. ‘iii. '
1139107 New Year. ,
Many of par readers will go to “great Bab
ylon” to day, to spend the ttnmgfininfi hot,
days with their “city c-misins.” While that;
we hope they will not fail to call on Georg
C. Allen, and examine his splendid stock c
Watches, Jewelry, and Fancy Wares.
Ear-per’: Moan-zine.
Harper for January has been publisher},
The illustrated articles are, A Life of Andra‘
Jackson; Abbott-‘s Napoleon Bonaparte; an
the Newcomes. Hora-. than the usual space i
occupied by the editor in his various interss
lug remarks It is a good number, and vi
It is the-intention of the Irfssire. Harperl
include in their Hagazine, the coining yea
Biographies of distinguished Americaiii ; Illa
trations of American Scenery, Life and Zia;
nere; Agricultural Producta of the Unit.
States; Narratives of Governmental Expcd
tlons; Voyages and Travels; Social and Ref
gious Sketches in Europe ; The Holy Ila.nd,‘i
Abbott ; Consular Experience, by The 33:79;
and Zieraoirs of the Reigning Dyiiastics
Europe.
For sale by Kant and Brass.
everything in the pablieaticn line that at
possibly be sought for la this community.-
Every new work of value and interest r
celved as soon as published.
Iizznfs Iissaez, a capital little mouth; .
for the little folks. Don’: fall to subscribe 1.
it for 1855, ass Ifew Year’: present to yo".
children. For sale by Knapp.
Fcitazsrifls Haotzirai, for 1555, lslfo
much improved and will contain, besides oil:
matter, at least ten engravings per month.
Published by Hessrs. Rand, Boston.
R. The Toledo Blade states that the Gra
Jury of the count: of iiilisdaie, Hich.',-'- ha
found bills or‘ indictment against the Conic. '
ors of the Michigan Southern Road for putti
of!’ passengers from the cars who refused to 3
wheels. There, amidst the rush of galety ;—-_
6
trailer, has put fctih an estimate of cab: ;.?.-.
times for the coining is-3 . Wéll \~-3163135 ’. ‘
startle the taxpayers of that 1.--U - ,
gag, ion; 5; $13,006,000, including 34,
000 or‘ debt. The expenditure: proper a
niche,
Honolulu-—psi-pi into 9. tavern, and 15 r
to take -.3 ‘nip,’ with anbndy that asks kl
Hr. isri‘r worth a 'continenicl,‘unti Bil-“bl-(ll ‘a
won't take his bid at an aiicti'on."'
Sayhrook to Hartford, and that the cost of
grading will be but very little.
Q9‘ The late collector of taxes in Concord,
N.H.,is supposed to bee. defaulter to the
amount of $2,000 or $3,000, but his road,
which was signed by some or’ his political
friends,has been either lost, zalalald. or pur-
a charge for fare which the people dc-era il
gal and eriogftionate ; and for false iinpiisr
meat. in conveying passengers pastthe static.
for which they were destined.
fl‘ Above all things, saysCulpepprr,av.' : .’
sudden transitions from heat to cold; it I ._
been the death of thousands. With the th. -
mometer only about 1: degrees above 297;‘.
and stove dried air in ofiices and rooms
nearly 100“, the words of the warning a
worth repetition. ~
k. .1 Hits Ellen Nattliews, aged 17, rep :-
5-anted as an esteemed young lady, of prep :-
sessing appearance, in missing from Rocbeal.
The mysterious disappearance of Emma Ho.-—
is yet unaccounted for there. What silo rm .-
Roohestsr girls, that they are unwilling to 5'-
at homo?
&, Col. iiarkiris, the chief of the Chest »
nation, is in favor of Johaacnfls bill respect;
the Indian Territories. Perhaps he experti '1
be the member of Congress from -‘ Chata§’’_ : I
is the chief who has lately replied to die Ari ' . -
lcan Board and recommended the r-spulsicz. .
the missionaries. .
Dir. KANE’! EirPi:oirtox.—I.etters have i
received in New York, from Gov. Seward ..r:
Gov. Fish, Senators in Congress fr:-iii
State, and from’ Lieaf. II’. F‘. iifaury, oltlis " - -
tlonal Observatory, and from Dr. Beck, 5: .- .
tary oi‘ the Board of Regents of the Uaivei .«
of the State of New Tort-all read; to as .,.- »
rate in the good work of making an earlier
temp: to discover this noble bond of aigii. =
brlag them Each front their Arctic raserlri :
3 Of tat States that have had gut.
torial elections by the people in 185.4,":
one, New Eauipshire, has elected on Ads
tratlcn Democrat. In South Carolina.
Governor was chosen by the Legislatiire.
£33-The Derby Journal gives an .~.-c.—.¥.- :
the recent arrest and prosecution of
prominent Democrats of Seymour, for go
so tips; that they “hair: as 17:: €:‘.l‘-o‘ :‘c'
from jhliing ofil” j
fiir. F1533, the {few ‘fork Cal;
:.
J4-
‘The 3}
course estiiziatsd at nine iaillioa=.-e1cel
those of its current year about two mill.
.._ \
‘g, A gentleman, in 3 private letter
Sandwich Islands, speaking of King S1’-E
says: “He loafs aroumithe tow ..
.33‘ It is stated that a company‘ is 55
to he formed in New York City for the II
facture of paper from saw-dust and shut
Experiments have been gone into. 9“54‘°‘ -"
the most beautiful paper road» fr-'.m_these -.
to.-rials. It in estimated that saw dust cl 1-,;
purchased for $5 per ton, and that the pr
through which it will go in the l“°‘l“°“' *'«"i
paper will bring’ the price of the luit-‘tr
at least ‘£0 per cent.
-.
C.-/riZ'_ /
...._.
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$3» The Cf.2l‘8E9 Fo‘l§-,Pf€33 claim! - -. .
Chicago is the greatest grain-eipoflllls‘ I C
in the world, beating Odessa, Galina, .‘:€-
tersburg and New York. There N15
from Chicago, during the _
1854. 17,726,723 busliels of various Elndl
grggin, ratluciiig the flour to grail-
rleven month: %
{—‘ .
gin P-arls,aa in London, the belir-’\ \
that the next (and fast approachlnil C1181 ,»
of ministry will make Palmerston head of t . .
mitts}. government. He, Lord John Russ '
am] the Marquis of L-ansdowpne, head the ‘-
party in the present cabinet. lord Abtfle ..
Sidney Herbert,and Gladstone, It: in fur
loliiad, and cannot now be found.
9! the Car.
0
be acceptable to the public. i
Norwalk Chronicler