From th‘i.**HcraId of '1"}i.ur.9day.
Polking for the Four.
The Grand B.-ttl-I cut the Academy Last-
Night-—.S‘z'z T/tousamz’ Peoplt? P703‘
ent—No _Disturbancc——Il12T:a‘21-re rgf
the Upper Tm amt" Lozccr 22-:'em'r,.
(Q-c«, rye. _ , g
The ..L,-,.5_,.3.-.’-* Ball for me too: of the
City of New York” came off acconiiiig
to announcement at the Academy of Mu-
sic, last night-
This ball, as the HERALD readers have
previously been informed, was gotten up
by some of our first citizens, so called,
and the profits were to go to the fund for
the relief of the starvin-.2 “0Ol‘. The fi-
nancial result of the festival will be good
and a large sum will be netted for the
purpose for which the ball was given.——-
As for the ball itself, it was only ti
crush. The Acadeiny put on its be.~.=.t
clothes for the occasion. The parqilettc
was floored over flush with the stage and
the wings were covered with drapi.-ry.—_
The fronts of the bodies were decorated
with fbwers, and the stage was 'l‘i'gliIt3l,l
"with an extra chandelier. At ten'1o’clock
there were about five thousand persons
in the house, and it presented a ‘superb.
coup d‘rail. But, what a mixed compa-
ny l Lawyers and gamblers, stock bro-
kers and politicians, financiers and shoul-
dorliitters, ge.itleim-.n and hack drivers,
policemen and judges, ladies from the
Fifth avenue, ladies from the Dry Dock.
and ladies from quarters not to be men-
tioned. There was a great deal of the
second best society, a little ofihc first,
and a great deal of no society at all.
Dancing was almost out of the ques-
iion. The floor of the ballroom is of a
most irregular shape, hardly suited for
such purpose, It resembles a lozenge
with two pieces hollowed out of the cir-
cumference. This floor was closely pack-
ed with men and women, and it was
with a great deal of difficulty that cer-
tain persevering people, in the pursuit
of Terpsichorean pleasures under diffi-
culties, could clear a space sufficient for
a waltz, or a quadrille with twenty or
" thirty stes. Doiibtless many persons who
intended to dance retired from the floor
in dismay; but it is very certain that
the “fashionable people" who‘coiides-
cended to appear confined themselves to ,
their boxes, from which the Fifth avenue
surveyed tlirougli its eye-glasses, in sol-
emn state, the evolutions of the lower
million. There were many ladies pres-
em who adhered '0 their bonneis; anti,
nottvithsraiiding the iikase of the mana-
gers to the contrary, we saw many thin
legged, long-coated, pale-faced sprigs of
the COLifiSii aristocracy on the floor hold-
ing their hats in their hands, or, with an
air iitieiitled to be very aristocratic and
irresistibly killing, carrying them. under
their arms.
The display of female beauty was not
particularly brilliant when we come to
consider the very large number of peo-
ple present The ladies were not so well
dressed as the gentlemen. The fair sex
lately, seem to have taken an extraordi-
nary fancy for tremendous large plaids
and excessively broad stripes.‘ That
sort of tliiiig does not become everybody.
The ball went on till three o’clocl:-—
everybody ruiiiiing against everybody,
and nobody comfortable. Altliougli a
collision was expected between the cod-
fish party and the more liberal patrons of
the ball, yet, we are happy to say, noth-
ing occurred to mar the festivities. Ev-
eryi.liin;: was very respectable. Tl.-e
dances were executed with solemn gran-
deur, and after each of them the military
band played, and the promenades moved
about in crowds. looking very stupid and
very mi-'erab|e. Certiiii gt=ii‘tleu'ieii,
with white rosette-s, su -posed to be the
members of the Floor Committee, l‘li.~'ll-:'d
about In a iii-_{_'llly t-‘X_(.‘.ll.Ed slate of mind.
They knew uotliiiig, however, and were
acqiiaiiited wiili nobody. At any rate
several of them informed us that such
was the melaiiclioly fact. \-Vitli the
usual brilliaiicy of conception which has
marked the inanagement of this house
since its opeiiiiig, the depository for bats
and coats was located up four flights of
siairs, and in the corner of the building
furthermosi. from the door. Here the
people entrusted their personal property
to gentlemen with bad tempers and a
lilnlled knowledge of the English lan-
guage. So great was the rush that the
policemen _were obliged to adopt the
office plan. and form lilies two deep,
from the door to the place where the
coals, hats, and canes were deposited.-—
As may be supposed from what has been
said above, it will be iiiiagined that the
company did not include many (listin-
guished people. \Ve noticed, however‘,
John Vail Bureii, Esq , John Cocliraue,
E=q., and a large f-irce from the Custom
House, J. V\’. Gerard, Esq., J. Depcys.
ter Og_rdeii, Esq , and other well known
citizens. The Chevalier \VlliOlT was
there and was a lion.
Ii was esiiiiiaied that six thousand
tickets were sold for this ball, and ihis
would give the gross receipts iivcive
thousand dollars.‘ The expenses will
probably reacli fifteen hundred or two
tliousaud dollars.
Mail Robber Caugl1t—I-Iis Appeal
to Arms. .
Saturday last J. Hoilirooli. Esq., spe.
cial agent of the Post Ollice De-pamnem
succeeded in enirappirig a clerk in me
Northfield post office who had _i,e.,,, rob
bing money letters passing through lhal
office. The young man’s name is Rllg.
glee, he is 24 years old, and has bed.)
,carrying on these depredatious for sever-
al months. Small losses had occasion-
ally occurred, when some few weeks ago
a money letter, containing,-* 8600, uiailed
by the Cashier of the Northfield liaiik,
directed to Bernard, was missing.
Mr Holbroolr, one of the most suc-
oessful rogue catchers intlie Un.on, ca me
on last week to investigate the affair.--
On Thursday, at Montpelier, he adtlrus-
sed ti decoy letter, enclosing $20, t
Northfield, Massachusetts, and mulled
it to Northlield, Vermont. Friday inor.
ning he went’ down on the train and
overhauled the mailes to see ivhi,-ill;-r
his mis-.se7tt letter had been forivui-tied
to its proper destiiiation; but it could
not be found. VVlicn he reached Vt-’liite
River Junction. a ielcgrrapli despuicli
was awaiting him there from the cashier
of the Norilifield Bank,saying that the
$20 in bank bills had that morning been
presented at his counter to be er-tcliaii-g:il
by young Riiggles. Mr. Holbroolz re-
Ull‘l.Jl.‘d and promptly arrested the yoitiig
man
Wl'i.lc in custody he asked Mr. Hol-
brool-. to step up stairs to his room a mo-
m9I1l- After eiiterin(_; and closiiig the
door, the prisoner rook down his Iliit‘
‘md Vf“'Y deliberately proceeded to cock
the Piece. By this time Mr. Holbrook
began to think he had to deal with ii
d°~‘l"—‘1'ale'- Character; but before he could
decule upon any plan of action, the young
man took from the lock of his gun a
“Due Week Later trolls Europe. '
Arrival of the Canada at Hall-
.,_fax..
' HALIFAX, Jan. 17.
The Canada, from Liverpool, at elev-
en A. M., on the sixth, arrived at Hali-
fax, to-day, at two P. M.
.Negot2"arions respecting ccnfevreme at
Vienvza.
On Dec. 2_3l._l,1, Austria_n,_ French, and
English plenipotentiaries met in" the”
apartments of the latter. They there
drew up and signed tr kind—of protocol,
or rather a minute of the exact and pre-
cise interpretation on which their gov-
ernments uuanii_noiisly.attach to ihe four
poiiits. The Austrian minister then car-
l ried this document up stairs to an apart-
ment ‘vVl1él'é Prince Goftscliakofiiiivés
\.V;lil.lng in company ‘with Count Arnim
and Manteiiffel as Representatives of
Prussia. In their presence the Austrian
'plsnipotci;it.iary communicated to Garte-
cliikoff, these propositions of the Allied
Powers, and askcd him to state wliethcr
he was prepared to accept them V‘-‘liilolll
fn(3dlfiCa[lOI] or reserve. Gortschakoff
replietlthat his instructions did not go
so far. , His orders were only to negoti-
ate respecting the four points, but he
would send off a. courier, and hoped to
receive further instruction within three
da_vs.. Gortschakoff requested fourteen
days delayito obtain instructions from St.
Pet!rsh'urgh, which were granted, con-
seqnenzlyjit will be a fortnight era -any-
thing be decided. Hostilitics will con-
tinue in the meantime. It is said that
the Russian interpretation differs but lit-
tle from the Allies, thereby affording
a change,_although slight, for peace.
PR USSIAN ovzltrmzss.
Private correspondence says that the
Prussian note of Dec. 19th. 393‘ ‘° L°”'
don and Paris, says that Prussia had ex-
amined the treaty made by the GDVOYS "1
three separate conferences on the 16th.
Prussia secs with satisfaction that in the
protocols of Vienna, the four points are
respected therein, and Prussia, although
she did not take part in the exchange ol
notes on August 8th, gave it her moral
support, consequently Prussia is'_still iii
diplomatic concert with the Allied Pow-
ers,-and has even engaged under certain
eventualities to miliury co-operation.-
Prnssia is therefore disposed to join in
new stipulations of a pacific tendency.
Russia adheres to the general scope of
the treaty for Dec. 2d, and is willing to
conclude an analogous arrangement, but.
an exact {ind precise interpretation of the
-meaning of the guarntees will be the
pivot on which all Prussia's diplomatic
measures will turn.
ITALIAN TREA TY.
It is generally stated that a treaty is
actually signed between France and Aus-
tria, France guaranteeing Austria's pos-
session of her Italian provinces, but the
London Times disbelieves the existence
of any such treaty.
GERJIIANRELA TIONS.
Austria has called on Prussia to place
her army on war footing. The Prussian
seini-officiall journals say that Prussia
will not assent.
‘ Siege of Sebastopol.
The Allies on the 26th of Dec. had to
open a plan of operation. It is said that
fire was to be continued, without cessa-
tion forforty-eigli hours and be followed
by a general assault from both French
and British.
A letter from the Sultan, Dec. 25th,
order Omar Pacha. to go immed’aiely to
the Crimea to concert measures with the
Allied Generals.
Dec. ‘26th.—- Meiicliikoff’ telegraphs
that between the 20th and 26th Dec.
iiotliiiiz remarkable had occurred exce'p-
ting two sorties on the 21st, on one of
which eleven oflicers and thirty-three
soldiers were taken prisoners, and a con-
siderable number killed.
From bad weather, the siege opera-
tions progressed but slowly. According
l0 telegraphic dispatch, both armies were
p.eparing for the assault on the south
side of Sehastopol.
Dec. ‘28clr.—-Coilsiderable Russian re»
iuforcemeuis have reached Odessa.
xltlliiiruls Lyons and Brunt have at
present command of fleets. Lord Cardi-
2'3!) has left for England. General de
Lacy Evans has resigned in disgust.
Although the works of attack were in
a very forward state, the correspondent
of the Prcsse believe that nothing sen.
*3 can be attempted against Sebastopol,
efore Jan. 15th.
The Paris Moneteur announces tli
Turkish government shows great dili-
geiice iii providingsiippiies, ammunition
and shipping repairs to Allies.
Britain.
The Board of Trade returns for the
mouth ending Dec. 5th, show a decrease
of exports nearly two millions sterling.
Morewoods Rogers. iron mercliants
of London, failed for .£1U),000. Assets
large
_ The London Times has caused an ex-
‘”“3m9m by 3dV.008ting in the E-t1‘0llE€sl
ierllls the immediate removal of Lord
Raglan from his command for incompe-
tericy. The Times also is vigorously
writing down the Mlnistry and indicates
'ilie Marquis of Dalhouse, present Gover-
uorof India, as the only man capable of
the position of Minister of War. '
France.
Subscriptions to the new loan were
opened Jan. 2nd. and a good business
done. /
The French Baltic fleet is ordered to
re-assemble at Brest and Cherbourg.
Spain.
‘ The Spanish Government are said to
look very coldly on the English proposal
to enlist Spaniards for war.
“1 F Switzerland.
- *" ‘‘ fly Presented a treaty, with the
Umed bmies 10 the Federal Council and
requested its ragificamm bv the Swiss
Federal Assembly. ° .
. A p”‘'‘”9 dispatch says that the Brit-
ish Charge addressed an official de,',-mmj
to the Federal Council for heynyjssjoyy to
enlist Swiss. The Coundil is said to
have replied by formal rcifuszil statiim
that Switzerland would inaiiit:’i.iii abscf
lute neutrality in this great war.
Russia.
Au imperial manifesto was issued Dec_
26th calling on the nation to make every
sacrifice for war. Additional revenue is
raised on salt‘ and tobacco. The export
of furs from Poland is forbidden._
Liverpool Breadatulls.
Imports of grain and flour equal the
demand, and market quiet and dull. '
_r.«_=.;-rsc.
U1? The Washington correspondent
of-the N. Y., Times says that there is to
be an entire change in Mr. Pierce’s [ugli-
cy with respect to foreign acquisitions.
Even the tiaudwich Islands will not be
uccepted if offered.
MI‘. . Broivn, y0u‘$3id dofendaiut
was honest and intelligent, Vvhyt, m,-,:;_._,_c,
-.i
pi8(l),t: of paper and handed it to Mr,
lfi - v ' ‘ .
to goolx, v«l_iic_li, on inspection, Iirovcd
_ "'3 missing $600, R,“m,les‘ on
examination, --..,~,,,e Judge Pr°= ., -
M°"tp"“e"~ °°"fé5*“‘ h.i's:iii|t iiiffm‘ M
_ ' \v'=s
put under $52,000 bonds L9 M,,’_e h_S “
1 . I ap-
~ n
you think so—are you acquaint J ;i
him P" _
“No sir_:_ I never seed him.”
, “W’liy,_tl:en, do you come tu :-
coiiclusion T” ‘
"’Cziuse he takes ten newspap
pays for them in advance.”
pearance at. the next 5e8a'lOll oi (.
cuit. Court, his father becoming baii,l.’,”'
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Verdict for defendant.
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‘County Court. *
trim.-c :..;\'::.-it I‘iil28lDl'.‘(C.
\Ve are inclebiisil to the Farmer for
the following report of"""case.s.~iii thc
County Court ‘
State '08. Tom: of ~lf’27lra.ri..--On "3-
al last week, was: nonclti-deal.‘ Vfitlict
for the Town, .
State «ac. --IV.l'att-it-e'w Kelly.-—C°TW
plaint for being found drunk. ‘hi’ 29”‘
day of. Aug.-s..s.r.,-iast.,..,.T.hi9 9-39? “tat
first tried béfore'.Tiistice Oakley, and ap-
pealed to the Counéy Cfoggtb Vetdigt,
sentenced to pa)’ 8 I19 0 .. - . 3"‘-‘ ‘ "3
cost. For State, Ferris and Seeley.-—
For Defendant, Blake and Hollister.
State '03. (Illa-rlrs Ma.i7Zet.--This was
the celebrated case of the. seizure of a
largé_e,_qu§_g1_i_"ity‘of* liquors of Mr. Iivlallett
in . eptember last. The Jury found the
liquor was not kept by Mr. Mallett, for
the purpose of being sold. in violation
of thelaw» Of» 1854, andthe Court or-
dered the liquors to be restored to Mr.
Mnllett, . For State, Ferris and Beards-
lev. For Defendant, Hatvley and Lo’)-
mis. ,
Daniel Jackson as. Eii M. BtZZ(iu'2:‘{l.
--Action of Assrinipsit, The -I-‘ifiiflufla
claimed to recover the amount of two
notes he alleged that he left with the de-
' d had been cel-
feudant for collection, an _
lgcted by him, There was considerable
contradictory testimony‘, and the Jury
could not agree upon a \'erdl(‘-C_ and was
discharged. For Pltiiiitifl”, Beardsley
and Secloy. For Defendant, Loomis
and W'amcr.
Court adjourned until Monday after-
noon, and will sitall the week for the
trial of Civil causes.
In the matter of the injunction upon
Sherifl” Psrrnalee of New Haven Coun-
ty, who attached property at Payne’s
Mills, Judge Minor denied the applica-
tion for adissolution of the temporary
injunction, and the case is continued un-
til the Superior Court in February.
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Spring Elections.
The editor of the New London Chron-
icle is inclined to believe that the Whigs
would not make much by being too fast
in entering upon the approaching politi-
cal campaign. He thinks it will be time
enough for the Whigs to dig out as the
weather grows warmer towards Spring.
There is some wisdom in the suggestion
considering the hazy state of the atmos-
phere at the present moment. The
times are interesting and full of wondrous
portents. If there were but two Rich-
inonds in the field, we might premise
which would be slain in the coming eu-
counter, but when there are more, and
Sam is about, nobody knows where, it
is quite diflicult to advise. \Ve think,
however, that our friend at New London
is right, when he suggests to our friends,
all around, to avoid too great impetuosi»
ty in their evolutions this Spring, espe-
cially during the present intensely cold
weather.—New Hcwen Palladium.
Lola Monies in the W714: of Cali-
form'a.——Grass Valley, Dec. 13. IS54.
I visited to-day the Countess (Madame
Lola Monies ) She lives a quiet and ap-
parently, cosy life, surrounded by her
pet birds, dogs, goats, sheep, liens. tur-
keys, pigs and her pony. The latter
seems"to be a favorite with Lola, and he
is her companion in all her mountain
rambles. Surely it is a strange meta-
morphosis to find the woman who has
gained so world-renowned a notoriety,
and who has played her part upon the
stage of life with powerful poteiitates,
and with whose name Europe and the
world are familiar, finally settled down
at home in the nionntaiu wilds of Cali-
fornia.
Car of the San Francisco Jau-ma-Z.
—~—+-2----
IE‘ I. is often made a subject of com-
plaint, that ministers of the Gospel par-
ticipate in political matters. An anec-
dote ofa Rev. Mr. Field, who lived in
Vermont several years ago, contains ii
good r_eply.- As the Rev. gentleman
went, at. a time, to deposit his vote, the
officer who received it, being a friend to
the parishioner, bvt opposite politics. re-
marked, _
"I am sorry, Mr. Field. to see you
here."
-‘Wfhy '3" asked Mr. F.
"Bet-.ause,” said the oflicer, "Christ
said that his kingdom was not of this
world.”
“Has no one a right. to vote," asked
Mr. Field, “unless he belongs to the
kingdom of Satan E”
Sharp Practice. .
A day or two since one of our citizens
who will be recognized at once if we
call him John Smith, happened into a
grocery establislimeut, and understand-
ing that silver change was in demand,
inquired what preiiiiuin they paid for it
and was iiifornierl ii /e per cent.’ Theres-
upon he drew forth ninety-five cents in
silver and handed it over to the grocery-
men, received therefor airegular dollar
bill. This satisfactory speculation, or
something else led our friend into the
extravagance ofcalliug for aglass of beer
which was furnislicd and drank. and he
deliberately drew forth the identical dol-
lar bill and tendered it in payment, which
was received and ninety seven cents in
change handed back. At the last dates
the groceryman was attempting to fig-
ure up the profits on that glass of beer.
Kano:/zai Telegraph.
5:5’ The explosion of a niouiitain. re.
cently, in Arkansas, having attracted
much attention, a correspondent of the
Fort. Smith Herald says, that about u
year ago be investigated a similar explo-
sion in Franklin County, Arlraiisas, and
found that it had not been produced by
volcanic action, but by the decomposi-
tion and spontaneous combustion of sul-
phuret of iron which abounds in that re-
giou.
._L.
Newspaper Facts-'l‘liere are sixteen
millions, fifty thousand four hundred and
sixty news papers primed in the
course of a year in the City of Albany.
This is 321 to ericli iriliabitaiit. or more
than one to each person every week-day
in the year. “The man that don't take
the psperI"—-dccs not live in Albany.
The people of the Union spend in a
year for newspapers $15,000,000, or
would if they all paid their debts. '
The newspapers tliatthey read if they
all put together in a continuous string.
would rcacli more than teniimes around
the world, and weigh seventy niillioii
pounds! If they were spread out to. dry
they would more than cover the whole
District of Columbia. like a blanket.
The origin of newspapers is traced to
Italy. The first in England appeared
duriiigtlie reign of "good Queen Bess,"
at the time of the Spanish Ari-nanda_....
It wasu=nned "Ye English Murcurie,"
imprinted in London by Her Higliiiess’8
,pl'llllel' in first in 1588. Franklin's “B02-
ion News Letter” was thelirst iliA ne-.
ica. It commenced in 1704, A nu..-
dred years ago there was not more-. than
twenty-five published in America.
Albany E-vening Jowmal,
@' It is with iizirrow-souled people as
with narrow-iieckeil bottles-the less
, hey have in them, the more noise they
-. Liflkfi inpouring it out.
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Dr. Lord’s Second Lecture.
The second Lecture of Dr. Lord before the
Ladies Union on Tucsilay Evening last on
“Martin Li'.tber." was one of absorbing inter-
est, to most of his t~.u.'tilor_=.', although in 011T
opinion it did not indicate the scholarship and
literary elaboration of his ‘°1\'sipol-=on.” Thu?
was 0. master piece of composition. this, of re-
search, and severe tiisquisiiion.
yr,-_ Lon; pnssesgns all the mental requisites
for a most popular I.i~ctur-'=r. Eis voice, is not
good for a public speaker, yet notwithstanding
it seems "turning again to childish treble, and
pipes and whistles in its sound." there is such
a variety of musical inflections in it-. as to re-
lieve it from monotony. Hi"; rnituner and
gesture abstriicily vicvred urn fidgety and fur
sy, and ivoulil very riaturally load :1 deaf man
to suppose him attacked by S! stvsirm of‘ bees.-
Yet, with all there (iI’i7.\'v‘i'.)3Cii‘! there is such fl
vividuess of thought, feiiciiy of expression. and
engrossing enihiisitistn, in his manner.-3 that
it renders him tlecidedly pleasing.
E5. Horace Greely L-ectures this vvr-cl-:~—
subject-—“Reform and Rcformera.” Of course
everybody and his wife, sister and cousin. will
be on hard to see the “Old White Coat.-“
Mrs. Fairchililfs Lecture.
We believe that it is 2. genersilly conceded
opinion that most women can do tnlkingenotigh
in private, without atteinpting public lecturer
—~be this as it may, we bear but one opinion
expressed concerning the Temperance Addresi
of Mrs. F. at the Division Room, on Monday
Evening last. All pronounce it an unanswere-
ble and lrresistable argumentation in favor or
total abstinence, and of women's right to aid
in its public advocacy. We believe she is in-
vited to speak again soon.
Concert.
The Cantata of “ Daniel” which is lobe given
this Tuesday Evening, we hope to see patron-
ized by a full house, even though the times are
hard. It is so seldom that we are treated to
entertainments of a really elevated character,
that whenever they are attempted, we like to
see them sustained. The only apprehension
we have in this instance is, that the merits of
this sublime Oratorio are not well enough un-
derstood to bring out the masses. It will be
fully enjoyed by all who do attend however.-
It is very desirable that tickets be procured at
the Bookstores, to prevent liintirnnce and con-
fusion at the door.
kg, The Democrats lead oil‘ politically, this
year. Their State Convention is called to
meet at New Haven. on the 14th proxiino.—
Wonder if the aid of Saint Valentine, is to be
invoked.
The Poor.
The Society for the relief of those rendered
temporarily necessitous by reason of being
thrown out of employment, is now thoroughly
organized, and with the funds already collect-
ed and being subscribed, it is hoped that they
may be able to relieve all such cases as prop-
erly come within the sphere of the r operations.
There is such a perfect organization, indeed,
that in conjunction with the ‘town, there need
be no suffering for the necessaries of life on
the part of any who will let their wants be
known. Nor is there the least excuse for
street begging or vagrancy, and no one need
hesitate fl monent about turning applicants in
their doors away, with a. simple reerence to
the Committee of the District in which they
reside. With an organization like the one at
present in operation, it is rendered very dim-
cult for the unworthy to perpetrate any decep-
tions as to their true condition. The condition
of all really necessitous will very readily be
ascertained and called upon, without leaving
them to the unpleasant necessity of asking for
aid.
There is a great want of comfortable winter
clothing, and those who have clothing of any
description suitable for Men, Women, or
Children, will confer a. great favor upon the
Committee, by giving any one of them notice
ofthe fact. For further pnrtloiilars we would
refer the readers attention to the card of the
Committee in another column.
§‘We understand that the friends of the
Rev. Mr. Nickersou purpose giving him a Do-
nation Visit on Thursday Evening of this week,
at the basement of the Methodist Church,
South Norwulk.
fir The National Poultry Show, at New
York City, far exceeds any such show that has
yet been held. On Tuesday, as many as one
thousand coops had arrived and more were ex-
pected. Of Shaughaes, there are present the
white, black, grey, buff and Dominiqe varie-
ties; of game cocks, English Sumatra, Mexi-
can, Albion, and Siberian. The Polauds were
very fine, as ‘were tni'kc_vs, ducks, geese, pig-
ions, &c. Our neighbor Bissell had some
magnificent specimens of‘ the "Ram .I1ves.”-—
A china rooster, in one of his coops, looked
as large as at young beef‘, and any ordinary
family would have to salt him down in quar-
ters ,before he could be consumed.
““"—*"—'é-——~—-—:
Q Mr. Badger-’s bill to increase the sala-
ries of Members of Congress, and Judges of
the Supreme Court, fixes the compensation of
the Chief Justice at $7,500, rind of the rest of
the Court at $6,750. It gives twelve dollars
«day to each Senator and Representative,
and twelve dollars for each twenty miles of
actual travel going to and returning from
Congress.
_g'* The reason assigned by the four Ro-
niisb teachers of the children in the Albany
Alins House, for taking away and burning the
books presented as Christmas gifts, was not so
much the contents or‘ the booke as the fact of
their being published by the American Sunday
School Union. The Roinii-li Priest, when ap-
plied to, said that it should be distinctly un-
derstood thitt they must have control over
what the children read. This is in an Aims
House, on American soil, and supported by
American charity!
R. The Hartford Courant has the fol1pw-
lug :——Among the other recommendations of
the Southern Convention was that of the re’
vivsl of the slave l1'£ld<.‘. We know of 3 Lo’
cofoco paper in this State, which declared that
no such desire was prevalent sit the South.
00- Boston-has been, as compared with oil).
er large cities, favored in the matter of loss
by fire during the past year. The total des-
truction of property was $219,000, which .5
nearly $50,000 smaller than last year, and ii
less amount than for any year since 1849.
gar Many lives might be saved by 9. know-
ledge of this simple r .-cipe. A large tea-
spoonful of min-itard mixed in tumbler of warm
water, and swallowed as soon as possible, acts
as an instant emetic, sufficient to remove all
that is lodged in the stomach.
......._.
w. The last number of the London Illus-
trated News gives the intelligence that nccor.
ding to the latest news they had received from
"'-lie vote for Covcrniir of the Uni-
'~l 2. . cusio close that it was expected
..ial canvass would be required to
. ..er-~
....
("2' . ;.oinoiitouu qvestlon.” i
I
_ afew errors, uniteiitiotially no doubt,
i _ . , . . ,
for even pious peop.e do this aomet.n.ss,
A-—“‘T'br
“Tire I’001‘"’
Mm Em-1-on ;_..l mu provoltcd to
--good woilis" by the suggestions of “(L
friend to Tim rook,” iii the Gazette 05
the 16th inst , and will also offer some
-‘siigge-slions" or “liiiits" for the benefit
of all coiiceriied, and especial‘? “'7'
those who ilEl\.'r.‘ been taken with 3
mighty zeal for the poor. 1 fully’ ‘_‘PP‘,°'
ciate the seal of my friend, whom I will
call Ben, in this cause, and. particularly,
for vindicatiiis; “some of the brethren for
-_3|]gagiI1fl Comic Coiicerts. This is
the more v iolesome as it does not come
from one of the lirctliren, but from" one,
who like iiivself is an outsider. it is.
the more commendable from the fact
It is truly re-
the Gazette.
that it is something 72224’.
fresliingg. in fact. a new order of things
is about to be iiiriugtirateil, and hereaf-
ier New Canaan will be looking up. It
is true then that my neighbor Ben has
becomes friend to the poor, for if he
-loss not say to them “be ye fed and lit‘-
ye warm,” yet he exhorts others to do
it for them.
But mj: zzaiglzbor Ben has fallen into
as well as others. Isle represents the
coiiimunity here in New Canaan, as
having made no efforts for the relief of
the poor. I know it is natural for In to
judge others by ourselves. But this is
not always correct, as in this case, for
my Grandmother attends the new
church, and she says they take up a col-
lection there every communion season
for the poor, besides individual ‘cases of
benevolence. I suppose the same is
true of others, and she thinks if we were
to frequent the channels of benevolenco,
that if, as heretofore, we do not swell
them, as we should, still we should not
proclaim our ignorance and uncharitablc_
uess upon the house top. Besides this,
Aunt Sally——and she is real pious—says
that "Coniic” brother was helped from
the poor fund, and would have been
again, but “not being of us went out
from us.” She also says, she does not
believe Beii’s logic, nor theology, which
teach that brethren serve the Devil of
necessity, or in order to"raise means to
supply the wants oftlieir fuinily°” Still
Mr. Editor, though our friend has made
some mistakes, 1 cannot help but appre-
ciate liis indefatigable efforts for the
poor, as I st-eiliim moving along in the
path of benevolence, and am powerful-
ly reminded of the faith which moves
mountains. Indeed I begin to hope for
mg/se.{f, and feel flattered that I shall yet
become like Ben, quite good, and espe-
cially since as Job says, "to him that be-
lieveth all things are possible.” At any
rate I am resolved to try. This is an
age of progress. You may expect after
this to see Bee and myself engaged in
active benevolence, t‘.ius bringing to
pass the saying, “the Ethiopian shall
change his skin, and the leopard his
spot.”
I feel a most deiiglitful foretaste of
the pleasures of benevolence the other
evening in the “new church.” A poor
fugitive slave stood before the audience, ‘
wishing aid to enable. him to buy him-
self. A collection was about to be ta-
ken up, I thouglit it was more blessed
to give than to receive, so I thrust my
hand into my pocket, and 1 should have
put it on the plate, but Ben's course oc-
curred to me and Iihougbt it would be
more exemplary for professors to do it
all. Still my will was good, and more-
over, 1 tlioiiglit it best not to let my left
hand know what my right hand did.‘
I am wonderfully stimulated in the
work of be-izevolerice in view of what
Ben has done by exhortiiig "liberal citi-
zens and Christians to aid the poor."-
Ai the first opportunity I design to pro-
pose to him to enter into some systemat-
ic plan for relieving the poor, as soon as
this cold weather and these hard times,
are over, if itwill not interfere with the
privileges of “C'li-rz'stt’am" and "liberal
citz'zens." I know that charity begins
at home, and too frequently remains
there. Still I am resolved to do sonic-
thing. Indeed I have laid aside that
three cent piece for the poor, and as the“
times improvel hope to add to it, so that
in the spring I can give them quite a
lift. In the meantime I exliort. like
Ben, the "liberal” and “Christians" to
be ‘'consistent.’’ not “stumbling blocks,"
and help the needy.
ANOTHER FRIEND To ‘ms Pooit.
New Canaan, Jan. l8th 1855.
[[?'.[‘heQubjoined circular has been
sent by Mayor Wood to all keepers of
places who have not complied with his
order to close their establishments on
Sunday : ,
“ l\ll.iiroa’i-i Ormoe. N. Y..
Jun.-17th, 1855.
Sm: The Sabbath must be respected
and the Laws obeyed in this City. By
selling liquor on that day. you disregard
both. Noiwiihsiuiidiiig the notice
which was given to you by the Police,
through my (iil‘8Cil0ll!, you persist in
lieepiiig open, or in selling Liquor with
closed doors. It is not my wish to adopt
stringent measures in yourcase, if it can
be avflided, but it is my duty to advise
you that, if found open, or selling liquor
again upon Sunday, 1 shall resort to ev-
ery legal means at my command to close
)'0l1lf_esIabll':hmenl. for the sale of liq-
uor, uot only upon that day, but for ev-
ery other day in the week.
Your obedient servant,
FERNANDO VVOOD, Mayor.”
Vv’e presume this will be etfcctual,
and we are confident that where it is
not, no further leniency will be shown.
“Te learn that among the violators of
the law are rome of the loading hotels of
the City, wliich persist in keeping their
bars open on Sunday. They had better
close them lienct-fortli.-— Tribarrle.
..._. ..._.._...___
3? John B. Gougli, the celebrated '
Teiiiperance lecturer, now in Euroye,
has received an invitation to visit Aus-
tralia. A large sum it in said, has been
proiiiisul him by u ay of rernunert-.;
_mr- We ... indebted to the fa. * ~ ~ -
Gillette, for u. copy of a Report. of tbv
tary oi‘ the Treimiry, for the year endi
. , ...,..-......_ -.-..~_-.-;..---...s-.-
30, um ' *‘
C:n‘I'¢‘.‘lpoillIfl‘IlC£‘ of the Ga.‘:'£!t’c-
Fires in the ‘Night, and a run V
H’it/1.-"lire lilac/mic"—-Midnig/it Re: i
::a2'ts—— The Ball and the P007‘.-—lVo2.%
el Entertainnzeizts-—Lite 'ra7‘y——l'}:f- j
" feet cf the 'u‘a.r_'zr}20n A’/n.er2Tca'.'z Ci”-77l~
meme.
Yozur, Jan. 19th, 1855.
For two‘ siiccessive nights we have
had large fires, whilst the terrible trage-
dy at Fort. VVasliin__gtoii is still fresh in
our remembrance. Six buildings_ were
burned last night in the Bowery, andithe
night before the flames laid hold of one
of the old land-marks‘ of Broo‘-:lyi:.—_,—
The heavy clung of that new hell or: the
New York City Hall, wakes up all
inhabitants of the three cities
first stroke.
house, he is strongly tempted to jump
the
its
VIC.‘-".'.l
if one lives near aii'e 1.-;__==iie
out of bed, and rut-ii after li’lf.““l'lli.‘l-“'.'7:.§;“E‘. ’
as it is V.-‘li‘rli'~~:‘. 7-.'.*.'zz1,' over the SIGN’-‘C’ lzy
fifiy vigorouc :-.-“ans. A fire in the ll.'_’.‘,.flt
time, especiafi.-' when there is a liitle
fighting epi9r:=.le, is quite an e3ci:Ir._;: ::.-3
casion.
Travelling ho-'r.e after the fire it one
or two o’clock, you have 3 chalice “so
see who else wrests the s “all l.c.:.irs
from sleep, and for v-zliat purposes.»-—
White-kidded fops are helping iaiifgiiid
ladies into carriages, before the steps of
some brilliantly lighted mansion, where
the music and the dance still go on with
flying feet. You may step into a house
of quiet and respectable appearance, by
the back door, if you choose. You ,will
find a long room filled with jovial coin-
panions gathered around social tables,
smoking and imbibing totbeir heart’:
content, These are the quiet family
men who love the social glass, but don’t
want to be seen in a bar-room’ or_ _com,_
mon drinking-saloon. They chat cqsily
about the war, hard times, and sporting
matters, without getting violent or exci-
ted. Go down in the common "saloons”
below the level of the street, and ‘you
will find a different set. ‘They are swal-
lowing "brandy smashes," and "gin-
cocktails,” and their reckless stagger
and loud speech proclaims them to be
of the “Mose and Sykesy” order, and
proud of the name at that. They have
been running with the machine, have
stopped several times before to "take
something,” and are now red hot’ for a
quarrel on the slightest occasion. A
word of disparagement to the favorite
“machine,” would be provocation enough
for a melee. Then rushes in the Star
and calming down the furious combat-
ants with a few blows of his short oak
club, he seizes the one who bears the
blackest eye and bloodiest nose, and hauls
off his prize to the station-house, fol-
lowed by the whole brawling crowd.-—
This is a specimen of the lowest class of
the midnight resorts. If you want to
find where the promising young; men of
New York, the heirs at law of our mer-
chant princes, keep themselves at this
time of night we will introduce you to
"St. Clair's," or some other of the mag-
nificently furnished drinking establish-
ments that line. Iiroadsvay. Or step‘ in-
to "Field’s” billiard s:'.loou, where you
will see in v-‘list purstiits the students of
our City College: and Medical Schools,
waste their midnight oil. Or again,
turn off Broadway, stop at a house
whose inmates appear to have “sliut up
and gone to bed," give a double knock
and you are admitted cautiously. If
your appearance is not suspicious, you
will be admitted fllrtiler, into a brilliant-
ly lighted apartment where the revol-
ving fogtune of the fare table fascinates
a crowd of foplings and dashing roves.
These establishments are liable to visits
from the police, and are therefore oblig-
ed to be careful in the admission of.com-
puny. But we must not attempt to ini-
tiate your virtvous readers any further’
into the midnight amusements of our
citizens. The rest were better imag-
ined than described. So we will walk
home in peace, if the gas happens to be
lighted. If the Almanac has promised
a moon, there will be no gas, for one
night's burning is a considerable item
in the city expenses. There are 10,000
reet lamps, which burn~30,000 feetper
hour, or 420,000 feet per night. This
would make the cost of one night’: ligh-
ting. at three and a third mills per foot,
$1400. ‘
The great Ball for the relief of the
Poor, came off on Thursday night. The
Academy of ‘.\Iiisic was crammed with
delicate gauzes and magnificent silks
enclosing the fair forms of New York
belles. So great was the crowd that
dancing was a very difiicult operation,
and was performed in a very sedate and
singular manner. As to the profits,
they are estimated differently from$3,000
to 38.000. The Socialist Germans had
threatened to mob the Aadeiny, but did
not dare to put the threat into execution
There will be plenty of money now for
the relief of the poor, if it be only bes-
iowdd in the right way. Instead of be-
ing given out in bread and clothing, it
should be used in sending away these
pauper foreigners from a city where in-
bor is a drug, to districts where it will
fiiifd an abuiidaiit market. Of giving
tliere will be no end, and it will only
operate toinduce improvideuce and do-‘
eiidence on the rich, There does not .
P . ,
after all appear to besiichu violent aux-‘=
iety to labor, on the part of the uncrit-
ployeil. A down-town merchant Scn'._
word to one of the crowdecl indignation
meetings in the Park, that he would
give imniediate employment to 5-00 In. l
borers at his store, at 81,50 per day---
None came. The opportunity of blus--,
tering and shouting iii the Park was too ’
good to be lost. Yesterday one of ili~:~.-
Park orators was pathetically l'€flfl(I,l1!_.§
his own sufferiiigs and describing his d2- |
er of mush and molasses, and calling fu-
vengeaiice on the rich, when he \'-':---<
2 amid the iaugizter anti i.~iicoiii*apc:m:ut L'fi_
interrupted by a fat broker from “W 3
“set. ' He offered to hire the orator ii
dollara day to pile bricks from '7'-‘
.d City Hall ruins. There was no
= irnstivo for the dsinsgosuo bl“ 9°
.
- _:-....,-,n--v-L -
.-.r . .;.-.
auae,so he wunl. fllflllflla
ly to
ti large <;ro~.vil. Hrl'»'lllf._( lz—.bori~ul hriii =-
09)’. he TB‘<'-'~‘3l\."C(i fifty --~-nee. ziiid iiic-iiiii-.~r.‘«
the rostruiii again. amidst great .'.‘.p[:i3l‘.‘-.2‘.
Mrs. F‘-oman"s H Calico Ball,"
mission. It was i£‘..-‘:_-ely
attended, and altogether the most --p=.r-,_i~
and interesting of this seasons fftt‘-i':'.=:‘a
ble entertainments.
Zl-
Uiie of the lrIE.1-'.i‘;‘TS
of the Brooklyn 1072, is eridea*:or'.::;
iiitroduce another novelt‘,-, or rat}.-: -..~i.
adaptation from a German c-ust
l‘.l' iv
seenis that it is ctistomary in
for a married lady to r-.‘('==:i*.‘9 her
on the fifth ':.nn'-.t'ersarj: of first
1Y~a_.
..- \
daji, when eac‘:i one <.>.‘.-tp-éotcti L -
‘Willi liini $~"ll’ilr':‘ prescrit of silver,
or small. This is will-.=d :2 $2"/;.-2,3-,~.
The Brooklyn lady wi=lit=:- tliu=
brute her zT¢I.'en£g.'-fif.‘«’z- raizitghxers-:.:;.' i..1-
lariies. we 5.-r-':~::rt:-2‘,
marriage- Few
would object to celebrate each ar.:r.;i‘er-
sary in a similar manner,
In the literary way, nothing is :-~x:‘;i-
ting profound interest. Mr, Hei;r;.~ W3-
kofi’s newly published adventure: 2:-iii:
Miss Gamble, the heiress, is =1 spin)‘ iii:
of fashionable scandal, and will probably
bring the author more profit than r—"t.-u-
tation. He has gone through 11 rcgulzir
"course of sprouts," 3!l{il':' well kninvn
in all directions. He ran
large fortune in Philatlclphizi, figrreil
with Fanny Ellsler, edited the Repub-
lie,-was conspicuous in the Forrest trial,
and finally landed in a Neapolitan jail.
His own book proves him is conceived
3139. End’ mean-spirited fortune-hunter.
No other literary occurrence except a
great row among the young clerks who
compose the Mercantile Library Associ-
ation, in Which Bibles, and" hymn books
vvere used as weapons. offensive and de-
fensive. The election of Presiding; Of-
ficers divided the Society into fradtioiis,
and the muss which followed was viry
‘ exciting.
_ The Russian sympathizers among us
seem to be necessary with the misfor-
tunes of the allies. It was expected
here, that the war would greatly benefit
American Commerce. Russian pi-mg-
teering, it was supposed, would intiini
date English and French navigation, and
the American vesels would do the bulk
of the mercantile transportation. But
the Russian ports has been so closely
blockaged by the Allied Fleets, that
commerce has been uninjured. lVIean-
wliile American vessels are rotting in
port for want of work to do.
The Page and Bacon failure still con-
tinues a theme of remark and specula-
tion. It supposed that Sherman must
have been forced to the step which he
took, by circumstances beyond his own
control. The long shoremen have had
difficulty with the mo.-rcliants, but have
finally concluded to accept a shilliiig
less per day than they leave here-:oforc
received. Noetvkax.
Bar-num’s Autobiogr-Sphy.
. We have received the following partial re-
view of “Barnum’s Last Humbug,-' i showing
up some of its mi:-ststemeiits, &c.. from 9.
source entitled to credit, and from one not
llkelyuto be mistaken as to what he asserts.-—
We have no doubt that should. Barnum live
ten years longer, and then have occasion to
lssue it Supplement to his present. work, the
‘profits on this last successful sale of the pub-
llc, will be found as deliberately posted as the
Jenny Lind accounts. '1‘ here
things in this work, which from our regarzl ‘.23;
the good qualities of Barnum, we are sorry,
he has suffered to appear. But should not the
unprecedented success of such a work, call
forth more sorrow for the popular tastes of :.
people which palliates the most egregious lie.
whenever frlvolity and fun can be v-‘rung’ from
it ?— .
For the C:"a:e:‘r't*.
Barnum’: Last Humbug.
Those who have bought the Life of
Barnum, supposing it to be a true histo-
ry of tbé man, and the times, have found
themselves sold, as usual. Aside fro-ni
the shameless confessions of personal
luiavery, (which maybe true, and iriucl:
more,) there is very little in the book to
be relied on.
The stories, which constitute its chief
attraction, are many of them, either
new versions of old stories, and for
which there is no authority, and never
was, other than the assertion of some
worthleas swaggercr, or else slicer fab-
rications.
All a sample, we give the following‘ :
Barnum tells us with all seriousness,
that "he attended the Sabbath School
before he could rest ,” that his “Mother
taught him the lessons in the Testa-
ment and Catechism; "he was one of
the best st-.holar:=, &c. A gentleman
from Bethel assures us, that Sabbath
Schools were first established in that
place in 1821 or 2, when I’. T. was 11
or 12 years of age. A dull scholar he
must have been, if he could not read by
that time '
I The story of the stores in theold mee-
ting house, and the good ladies faivztirag
went ide rounds of the papers 20 years 4
ago, the scene being laid in Lilchficld,
and perhaps 40 other places. No such
~sceris ever occurred in Bethel.
The story of the Rev. Ricliard V__
Dey, going to .Middletown to be tried
for Heresy, before the Consociatic-ii, and
iiieetinga minister‘ on the way, who did
not know him, and whom be deceived,
with the idea of impori:-int i.i.lSClQSl.‘I't'S,
‘c., is all manufactured out of an old
story, which was current in Bridgeport
25 years ago, but which, as told by Del’
ti imaelf, had no connection =.=.”;-'.li his
cl, or even with a clergyman.
The Consociatiou to ti.-hit-’;. 3.1.1:‘ 1-'9:
r ‘ 0
was itever aci:=.ise'l cl‘ ll-:‘I‘-"=I*'- F“
' - an ‘. " if
charges, 12 in iiumbcr. Mr’-' ““
christian and immoral l.‘(‘-ml-’.i-..‘.,
- -- 1 .‘ ‘ all‘.-
inteiziperance, and sucli condor’: as ii
,5 ;.;3,:;,g;.=_ The l3I’<’:'-.-
rally flows from site
‘ ~"- .2 (‘E2 ‘t.'.ii-' c"
gyinan who of'r...iaI‘=.*’ 51* “ S“ C " ‘
- -~ --rir. 2!"!
the Cmnmitte.-. ‘of rlOEt.’Ci...l.Up V‘
. _ - _ at? K __
liviiig,and retains a C09} °f me W3’ ._
7’ zzvjth Ilfr. .l..'E-_:/’3 672:1."-2's€.«.'-:5‘:-.2‘, an:
lg the triith of all the f_'.'i'.if,-:',i¥:‘<, ex-
-half of the eieveiiili.
5. that lie aitcii
gas
niiitii
cept Ont:
Thgs p'elllif;‘iH3D Ct-‘H8 I-I
ded ,¢very meeting of the Foosaciatiuii for -
.- . ’ I. .. ,. ., _ 9
three years, Vi‘-fllle i..e case u as peniimg, 5
and that iiotliiiig at all reseinbling the
scene so minutely and grapliicslly Li‘:-‘J’
cribed in this book. had occurred in
rftii. 7.
l’-’-‘Ed 3f-’°l“- $1500 worth of ciotfiirigj for 3
‘ M r. Pease’s
‘. 73
l
G:_:. . ..,,‘. L
.‘-f‘.‘,'.Z r
lliroiigli a -
are many ‘
belonged, never met in 7‘.li;i<.‘ie:o'-’«‘ii- 5*‘ .
i‘.:r i:f3- ;
I
.._ -
rid S mats.--'l‘he
Uz:i'r.-ll .‘3'::'it=_-.=- --.1": r‘-:=n“~li-'.>«i-ll of ill States
iiiizl ‘Ll .i‘i'2'::i-‘wit.--.
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... _. mu ill .5 pg,-,”_,{,On ,7, _-_'.,_i,-:_;i,),__
", 0f.'»i'.l, of whniri .‘£l,l.)l!g,mii‘_i 3,.) wh,.e_
'l'li.-‘.‘ ('.\l‘?."l[ r.-f sea co:-st I: gi__)’;_:_,3;j
Tl:-3 lciigtli of itstsn N-;n,;',_—,;i_
i is 20,0i'.l0 miles.
3 Tl.-3 Sii'l'.R-'38 of tin: great la;-_,g5 ,,
90,000 square miles.
7379?;
The zzuinber of miles of ::.’.z;;a; ;,-,
é operation ‘.20.|'.li'.‘i“. 7-‘hieli cost tiff.‘-»00,e‘;;;;~,:_i _
(l0i'J.
‘ Tl‘:-’= ?l'l_'*,:’_'§ll of rraiiztlsis -;‘.,0~,'i.ji -—~, -
I-‘. Cf’Jl:Eal’1?. the lonzfsst .'t.3.l'.'-'33.: on
gl0l.‘-3--the Illinois Cc.-“-...'.=.E~_.-.-1
";7.‘?-4; ::;‘.’t=.=.
The aniiiial value of its ,
. [.‘:l’-955..-jepf-.,.'}‘;. _‘;:?,‘.~.,‘,-,,:',’,’_),’(‘,;’l
‘t. . _
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300:.
f t’‘.;
l 1 =‘-9 ‘em-‘tun: rt-i_=_‘.-atereri and enroiiezf.
l tonnage is 4,40-4,010 ,0n_._
. I 2 N _ I
y The amount of capital invested in
l tnanufacturzcs is '£8f_).'_i|(‘[)0‘00U,
r1 ' ‘ 3- - .> .
i 1 he 8ffi0i.lni. C-5 its ft:-raga h.n:,_.oI-3-S in
5 i803 ’~’v'{’.3 4_.32€7,‘7:I'.»’8,‘.?-lT—-stir.‘-. its exports
$230,971,397 .
l . .. ,
3 Its mines or rgo.-d, copper; lead and gran
l are attract; the richest in the world,
The value of the gold produced is
$100,000,000.
The surface of its coal fields is 133,121
square acres.
‘Its receipts for customs, lands, &c-,
in 1852 were $51,472,274, and its ex.
penditures $43,543,263.
VVithin her borders are 80,000 schools
6,000 academies, 234 colleges, and 3,300
churches.
B§‘A singular and fatal accident oc-
curred in the cars at Trenton, N. J., on
Tuesday. A family from Philadelphii.-,
says the Jersey City Telegraph, were
sitting together, when a gentleman can 0
into the car, and carelessly turning over
the back of a seat, caught the head of it
baby between the seat and the moveable
back, crushing it to a jelly and instantly
killing it. The gentleman made his
way to another ¢3l',.:'ld was ;not recog-
nized.
Crimes and Casualizies of the pars;
Yea7.—-We find in our exchanges tabu-
lar staterrieiits of the crimes and casual-
ities in the United States during the
year which has. just closed. The foot-
ings up are asfollows :
The to(al amount of property des-
troyed by fire is estimated, in round
numbers, at $25,000,000.
The number of persons whose ii‘-7&5
have been sacrificed by burning build-
ings, is put down at 171.
There have been 193 railroad acci-
dents, killing 'l86 persons, and vsouzitl-
ing 589. ~
, There have also been 48 steamboat
‘i accidents, killing 58? persoz2s,a1:d-.i:oz:ri-
ding 225.
56.? An old man narrietl Raddlcbtirn
in New York, beconiing; spprebens’-.‘~.'e
that he had not at single relation ii: the
worlii, published an advertisement desi
2 ring all who could claim kindred wit’:
the Raddleburu family should coins for
i ward, as there was a fortune of $150,
000 to be divided ainong them, and it‘
less than 24 hours he was visited. by m
less than six aunts, ninetian uncles
twenty-nine tiephev.-ta, ninety-four iii-':
ces, and one hundred and seventy-fivi
cousins. Another striking instance :2
the benefits resiilting from advertising.
C-'o7zra7:.*.
,%“Tbe Centre Church of Hartford. is 312'
years old, and has never dismissed a. pastor
nor settled any man who has ever been settle-
elsewhere.
:25, The Providence Journal says that th
next style of ladies’ bouueta will be to west
them on the head-
®. Oranges and lemons were never 3
plenty as now in New York. Cart loads c
good oronges are sold at a cent. apiece.
@.The Continental Vocalists, our oi.
they are highly praised. }{r. Frisbie takes it
Western audiences by storm with his almo:
unequalled base. '
§a.In ~.\’ewtirl-_, N. 1., bay is selling at fro:
six to seven shillings per 100 lbs. In Arooa
took Co,,Me., it is now 35,50 per ton. In th
same county, it has previously range-:1 frori
$24 to $40 per ton.
85- “Can you tell me,” asked a pumii
“why a. conundrum that nobody can guess i
like a ghost *3” “Shall I tell you now or tics
month 1”’ “Now, if you please.” '_‘)iTell, sit
sooner or later everybody must give it tip.”
93‘ The price of advertising in the I.o1ido
Hlirstrated J\’ew.9 is six cents per word. T 11
London Times has recently largely increase:
its rates, which, compared ivitii those of Armor
ii‘-all I18W5pBp(‘I' I, are EBOPEIOIIS.
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A Sad .Mz'.s-take---Two )r'&’3T-‘5 389.?
" younlr Eiiulishman was arrested in Bus
'.‘ C
\
; ion for passing couiiterfeit i:iorl§Z"- "334
1 convicted and S£'lll€‘ll-'.‘.’.’-if to the State Pris
on. '1‘ is moriev whicli he Passed ‘V391
, five dopar bail on the Wreiiiliani Bank
.,.yy,ich -pms [55,-en 1.; the person receiv.
; mg 3, to [ha ,'~3-ii’i“o!k for ileposit. The
I ,e‘,‘,e,, of me 5.1m,-ll; proiiounced it cousi-
.~ ,,.,.fep__ and tvrc-tc “coii.riterfeit"’- across
-the fgce of it. On the trial the mark or
me ,t.j,u..; rslletl to prove the hill not
Ex-‘l‘i‘.‘ll!l€, and the teller’s stamp we-tit 5'3!
0 Evidei.-3:-. About 21 month ago, ti.-e_'t;il.
‘ V,I,‘.'llCf'l had been safely kept in the l?.:-
J ms Attorney’;-i olfice, by so-aide-ii: tell
' into the lzaliils of the former cashier of
‘ the .i33nl;, wlieiilie imiiiediatel3'pI-'.=i‘- 5-“
‘ red 2’. ;,‘,€iiili!lP, ‘fvliereizgioii til‘-= .----
. Eiiglishiiiiin was set at lih.:~r.-,- am-rt
» c-mfmenient in the ‘dial? Prison of ne'='»IlE
5 two year.-. Tile 0,‘.l$.'.°?.lL.‘-I} n-'3‘:-' ii, ‘-"i"
?0'-’-S.i't! 30 P93’ the dunia;a,~es. lb‘! °
’ the Suf'ii.ilk B.°.1li{.-—-.D(!‘:.i B/.;s:’:.
: ;.'‘E§‘ Emma. ll. (Joe has been entered. as i
student at law in the DiSi‘ii»"-I. Coiifi oi’ Phi‘-I
‘i delphia. The Ledger says, here will be L l,3‘«‘°.-'
f name tot-go into psi-trier-zbip -.'-‘iiirl, '-.‘.I€»:Z‘ :L‘~.‘ l
', adinitteil to practice.
Bound zo_/ind H2’7>z.——A letter l-‘-’=‘5~““"
3 tiirougli the Detroit l.’ost,0E~:e 55? 3'~"‘—'
‘ _- fol
I fore yesterday, u-eti=.al.¥y udilressed I’-
I
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The first iiame of Mr. 13
9 fl son who has
it
3 not known but he ha ' 3
:Tllllllll.lg sore on or D931’ 015 9“i‘'-‘¢-
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