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‘ The Child is Dead.
no more hear the glad voice, nor
the merry laugh, that burst so often from
its glad heart.
Child as it was, it was a. pleasant
child, and to the partial parent there
are traits of loveliness that no other eye
may see.
idence that we
children if none beside.
a lovely child.
, But -‘the child is dead?
away its playthings. Put them where
they will be safe. I would not
have them broken or lost; and ,you need
not lend them to other children when
they come to see us. It would pain
me to see them in other hands, much as
I love to see children happy with their
toys.
Its clothes you may lay aside; I shall
often look them over, and each of the
colors that he wore will remind me of
him as he looked when he was here.—-
I shall weep often when 1 think of him,
but there is a luxury in thinking of the
one that is gone, which I would not part
with for the world. I think of my
child now, always, as though an angel
among angels.
. The child is dead. The eye has lost
115 lustre. The head is still and cold
The little heart is not beating now_._‘
,H'-“V Pale it looks. Yet the very form
is dear to me. Every lock of its hair,
ever)’ feature of its face is a treasure
that I shall prize the more as the mouths
of my sorrow come and go.
Lay the little one in his coffin. He
was never in so cold and hard a bed, but
l19_W1U feel it not. He would not know
lllf he had been laid in his cradle, or
his mother’s arms. Throw a flower or
EWO by his side, like them he witliereth.
, Carry him out to the grave gently.---
It is _a hard road this to the grave. Ev-
ery Jar seems to disturb the infant sleep-
81’. Here we are at the brink of the
sepulcnre. Oh, how damp, and dark,
and cold. But the dead do not feel it —
There is no pain, no fear, no weeping
there. Sleep on now, and take your
rest.
Fill it up! Ashes to ashes, dust to
dust. Every clod seems to fall on my
heart. Every smothered sound from
the grave is saying, Gone, gone, gone!
It is full now. Lay the turf gently over
the dear child. Plant a myrvtle among
the sods, and let the little one sleep on
‘flmtmg the trees and flowers. Our child
is not there. His dust, precious dust,
indeed is there, but our child is in heav-
9l_7|- He is not here, he is risen.
I shall think of the form that is moul-
dering here among the dead, and it will
be a mournful comfort to come at times;
and think of the child that was once the
light of our house, and the idol——ah ! I
must own the secret of this sorrow !—
the idol of my heart. And it is beyond
all language to express the joy, in the
midst of tears, I feel that my sin, in ma-
king an idol of my child, has not made
that infant less dear to Jesus. Nay
there is even something that tells me
the Saviour called the darling from me,
that I might love the Saviour more
when I had one child less to love, He
knoweth our frame, he knoweth the
way to win and bind us. Dear Saviour
as thou hast my lamb, give me too, a
place in thy bosom. Set me as a seal
on thy heart.
From Le Journalists de Paris.
should love our own
And ours was
Morning ina Paris Newspaper
Ofiice.
It is generally in the morning tliattlie
editors meet. The first business is the
perusal of the other journals, which are
immediately explored. These are spread
out upon an immense green table, Eng-
lish journals, German, Spanish, Italian,
Asiatic, African, American, etc. You
should know that a journal is made up
of twenty others, from allof which it
borrows facts, news, and even fragments
according to the scarcity or abundance
of original matter in the editorial sack.
Up to this moment the editors have done
nothing but lounge upon the sofa of the
far m'ente. Some are sprawling at full
length ; others puzzle over shorthand in
horizontal positions; others joke, and
talk, and tell stories; others read over
the facts which they discover as they
glance over the journals. Everybody
is smoking, more or less. Meanwhile,
one of them, armed with an enormous
pair of scissors, effects wide breaches in
the journals, which he despoils one after
another. Some of these journals as
they come out of his hands, resem-
ble some of the old standards of
Austerlitz riddled with bullets. This
brings usto the first type, the cutter out
of the journal.(Angltcqsub-editor,) one
A of the most important wheels in the
great machinery of publicity. The cut-
ter-out, as his title indicates, reaps lll
the field of reality all that appears new
and interesting to him He is what is
called a pair of intelligent scissors. He
fixes upon slips of paper the diverse
news Whichhe gathers, and which are
destined to make up the news of the
- day—tlie Paris intelligence. The wa
fer (a powerful collaborator) necessarily
plays a great part in these functlons.——
Others write, lie-affixes:
Letit not, however, be supposed that
this talent of cutting out skillfully is
within the reach of everybody. A good
cutter-out of journals is as rare as a good
tailor. Think you that there is no dis-
cernment or judgment needed to select
the fact most likely to attract the eye of
the subscriber or fix the attention of the
reader? Moreover, there is a talent in
grouping and contrasting, which re-
quiresimmense practise. A piece of
news becomes conspicuous or obscured,
is interesting or the reverse, according
to the place whicq it occupies. Bu]
sometimes facts are scarce, and then the
culpter-out must lay down his scissors
beat his forehead, raise his eyes to llle
ceiling, and set abontimprovising. ’Tis
true that there are two rich mines ever
open to him—the young who qthrow
themselves out of windows, and the
forcible entries of gaming houses. “It
is said that Sophie B ,a young
seamstress of the Faubourg St. Antoine,
having been abandoned by her lover,
Etienne B , a cabinet maker by
trade has thrown herself out of the fifth
story in an excess of grief. Her life is
despaired of.” Reassure yonr.-elves—-
Sophie B enjoys the best of
health. She throws herself from the
top of the columns of the journal two
or three times every month, whenever
there is a scarcity of news_
Still another Railroad Accident,
The passenger train on the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad was ilyrown Off
the track on Saturday, Sept. 1st, in con-
sequence of a rail having been mall-
ciously removed. The engineer and
one fireman were slightly injured, but
none of the passengers were liurt. The
track was torn up for some distance.—
After procuring another engine and cars,
the train proceeded, but the engine was
again thrown off. A fireman had both
legs fractured, but the passengers again
escaped injury. '
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You may put i
like to ?
-mitting' ourselves to the. Almighty, we
Loss; or the Ship Manchester.
A few days since appeared an account
of the loss of the ship Manchester, with
ll on board except two persons, one of
Coffin,
The
l Nantucket Journal containsa letter from
- the American Consul at Valparaiso, en-
1' 3
,l whom was the son of Captain
jmaster of the ill-fated vessel.
1 closing one from the captain’s son, giv-
g ing the details of the catastrophe, and
1 the sufferings and perils of himself and
l companion, which we subjoin :
VALPARAISO, June 20, 1855.
DEAR COUSIN SETH :—-Can I, must I
tell you the sad tale? Yes, I must.-
Tlie ship Manchester, of Nantucket, left
Montevideo July 28, 1854. VVe had
very pleasant weather till we got off
the Capes, then we had an awful gale
which lasted two weeks, in that time
we made verylittle headway. Oti the
morning of the 28th of August we
struck a sunken rock about 30 miles
from land. As soon as we had struck
we sounded the pumps, and found she
made water fast. We rigged them and
went to pumping, but having coal in.
that clicked them. We got the boats
out, but there being a heavy sea running
Ihey were stove, then there Was no hope
lint the ship. Having lumber in, father
thought. she might keep on top of the
water, provided she had her masts cut
away, which was done. At 3 P. M.
we saw land, At 9 o’clock in the eve-
ning she was full of water, and the sea
made a clean breach over her.
At 5 o’clock the next morning she
went on a reef close to the land, and
being full of water, a heavy sea broke
her up in about twenty minutes, Fail]-
er and "mother, the steward, second mate
and myself were in the cabin, Mr. Pit-
man and the crew were on the house,
when the mainmast went by the board,
carrying him and the crew overboard,
and we heard nothing more of them.—
Those in the cabin when the ship went
to pieces, went down all amongst- the
timber, rocks and kelp. Father had his
arm around mother and he -did not in-
tend to part with her, but a rope or
chain passing between them they were
seperated. Mother never came up, but
father and I arose. He saw me and said
“What poor soul is that T” and I replied
“It is Thomas." He then told me to
come to him, and I did so, and we got
upon the lumber. By and by we saw
the stern of the ship, and got upon it,
and drifted 5 miles to an island. Four
days after we were joined by the second
mate and one seaman from another is-
land three miles from the ship.
We remained on the island one month
in that time father made a boat, and we
went to the island where the second
mate came from. There we found pro-
visions and some lumber. Father made
another boat larger than the first, inten-
ding to get to St. Carlos, on the Island
of Chiloe, 600 miles from where we
were; but alas! he never succeeded.—
On the 2d of November the second mate
died of consumption. On the 22d of the
same month some natives came to the is-
land; we received them with kindness,
and took them into our house and warmed
them, and gave them biscuit and water.
Seeing the second mates clothes they
wanted them, and we gave them all but
a pair of pantaloons, when they were
ready to go we gave them ,some more
bread, and they left and went to the top
of the hill and deposit'ed the clothes, one
came back, and father said, "Thomas,
get a chunk of fire,” I did so, but he did
not want that—he wanted more clothes,
we then gave them the pantaloons, and
then the rest came down and wanted
the clothes that. were on us. Father
saw it in their eyes, and said, “George,
get a bolt and defend yourself.” Then
I had to witness an awful scene; one
native tried to wrench the bolt that fath-
er had, while two otliers got on top of
him, having a club hammer, with which
they gave him an awful blow over the
left eye, which knocked it out and spilt
his brains all over his face. At the same
time George had three more on him,
but he knocked two over, they run a
spear through the sleeve of my left arm.
Seeing father on the ground, I ran to
him and tried to put him in the boat, but
he W35 E00 heavy. George seeing fath-
er on the ground said, “take me, take
my clothes, but don’t kill me,” Said I,
“No, jump into the boat.” VVe shoved
her off audl jumped in, but he fell into
the water. The natives saw that we
were escaping, ran on a point of Iaiid
and threw a spear at me, but the Al-
mighty guided it, and it passed within a
few inches of my body, and struck the
boat and broke in pieces, then George
got in. Finding that they could not
reach us with spears, they began to
throw rocks at us—-one of which struck
uie on the head, gave me a gash, and
the seat of it will remain through life.
We made a boat’s sail, and after corn-
|
started back to our island to get the
bread. \Vhen we arrived there we
found father’s dead body stripped naked.
Vl’e obtained two barrels of bread, and
having got them into the boat we left
as quickly as possible, as we didn’t
know but what the natives might be
concealed. 'VVe also left father’s body
on the rocks. We got back to the hulk
and there we remained till nearly all
our bread was out, waiting for a fair
wind and good weather. At last it
came, and we started for St. Carlos with
one half barrel of bread.
We managed to get 160 miles along
the coast. At last our provisions were
out, and we lived six weeks on raw
mussels, berries and roots. On the 15th
of February, ’55, we saw some natives,
and they being friendly, we gave our-
selves tip to them, and remained with
them until May 25th. Vyliile living
with them \ve lived principally on a
dead whale, which had been buried for
months, and was therefore rank and pu-
trid. On the 25th of May we saw the
Chiliair brig-of-war Meteoro, Capt.
Marten-.12, and brought to this port, arri-
‘””.‘s’-Iune 24. The Consul has taken
care Of me, and the American captains
here are very kind to me. W go home
in the bark Eliza, Capt. Phillips, ofBal-
timore.
This is the account of the awful tale,
Only two saved outof nineteen. Rob.
ert VVells, called George on board the
ship~—and myself, and I feel thankful to
my God for his kindness in preserving
my life. I have found three letters from
home. Tell Louisa to be a good girl
and mind Aunt Lydia, for now she has
no dear father or mother. I would write
to Thaddeus and Aunt Lydia, but the
story is too awful. I will now bring
this to a close by bidding you good lye.
Tl-IOS. E. COFFIN.
Railroad Accident.
, WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 1855,
The train from Baltimore last night
ran over a bull near Annapolis Junction
and threw the train off the track. The
mail, baggage and smoking cars were
.-maslied; the latter was full of passen-
gers. but all miraculously escaped with-
out the least injury. The passengers 31-.
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Arrival of the Atlantic.
One Week Later From Europe.
New Yortk, Sep. 6.
The Atlantic reached her dock this
afternoon at half past three. She
brings 200 passengers.
THE WAR.
No further important events have oc-
curred, consequently the most interes-
ting news are the details of the battles
of Sweaborg and Tchernavu.
The loss of life at Sweahorg was
quite small, but the details thus far do
not state how much of Sweaborg had
been destroyed, nor how much remains.
THE B/1L TIC.
According to the Russian Admirals
account of the bombardment of Swea-
borg, the Allies appear to have done but
little damage, beside the burning of the
public stores. He says no damage has
been done to the fortifications, batteries,
or guns, and closes his dispatch on the
evening of the 12th. The enemy re-
main at their old anchorage and do not
renew their attack.
BATTLE OF TCHERNA YA.
The attack no Tchernaya was com
manded by Gortschakofl in person.-
The Russian forces consist of five divi-
sions, 6000 cavalry, and twenty batter-
ies of artillery. The Russians left on
the field 2500 dead and 33 officers, and
1600 men are wounded. Three Rus-
’sian Generals were killed. The French
loss amounts to nearly 200 killed and
over 800 wounded. l‘he English Gen-
eral Reed was killed.
A later dispatch says the Russians
asked for an armistice to bury their dead
Pelissier says the whole number of Rus-
sians buried was 2329.
THE CRIMEA.
A dispatch of the 19th says the artil-
lery had opened fire upon Sebastopol,
but the bombardment had not commen-
ced.
The Berdiank Bay had been blown
_up by the English and the suburbs of
town burnt. The British gun-boat went
ashore during the attack and was taken
by the Russians, together with a com-
plete code of the signals of the allies.
Gorschakofi"s latest dispatch is of the
21st. He says the fire of the allies has
sensibly diminished and does but little
damage.
BRITAIN.
From England there is no political
news of importance.
Senor Escalante, the new Minister
from Spain to the United States, had
left Madrid.
FRANCE.
Queen Victoria’s visit to Paris has
been a success of the most triumphant
kind. The Parisians have expended an
immense amount of enthusiasm, and the
Emperor has exhibited the most impe-
rial hospitality. The English papers
are full to overflowing with accounts of
the festivities.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On the 8th of August 800 Russian
prisoners were exchanged at Odessa.-—
Eight English officers are still prisoners
there.
The Latest by Telegraph.
London. Saturday morm'92g.-—Vic-
toria will embark on Monday from Ben-
logne on her return. The Emperor will
accompaey her to Boulogne.
Advices from Paris state that 50,000
additional reinforcements are to be sent
to the Crimea. ~
The allied squadron in the VVhite Sea
has captured two Russian ships and one
steamer. The squadron was preparing
to quit the sea.
Berlin, 28d.-—.Russian agents have
been sent to the chief cities in Europe
to raise a loan for the Russian Govern-
ment,
A Chi of the Old Block.—Amon«r
(3
the Kinney expeditionary party is :a
youth only fifteen years of age, a grand.-
son, we believe, of Daniel Webster, and
named after him. How he behaved du-
ring the shipwreck is thus told in a. let.-
ter from one of the party :
The only one who seemed to have no
care at all on his mind was little Daniel
Webster, who whistled and sang as if
he was in his element, to the great hor-
ror of one of the more sober minded,
who recommended him to codfine him-
self to saying his prayers and other ex-
ercises appropriate to so solemn an occa-
sion. This conduct however, was en-
tirely consistent with his behaviour
throughout the voyage, for Dan had ac-,
quired from his boating excursions in
Marshfield harbor the expertness and
in the afternoon previous, as we were
running direct upon St. Philip’s Keys,
he was sitting high up on the cross trees
cooly surveying the dangers, when, had
we struck the rocks he might have been
pitched fifty feet il.‘.l.0 the water.
Warning eo Ga.mblers.——The Paris
correspondent of the New York Even-
ing Post writes as follows in relation to
the late Mr. Hope, about whom so much
has been said since his decease :
“The estate of Mr. Hope, one of the
sons of the wealthy Amsterdam banker,
is fast liquidating, and to the horror of
the Parisians who worshipped this Mi-
das, it appears to be rather a small one
—-sucli an humble fortune as a dc: Roths-
child or an Astor would regard as noth-
ing, for if the heir receives several hun-
dred thousand dollars it is all he will
get. Le Pam);-e liomme_.’ What a les-
son to the card player! Here is a man
who had $800,000 a year, and who felt
a passion for gamblihg late in life——its
gratification cost him nearly $12,000,000
and it left him, after a brief gratifica-
tion, (for he died at the age of 55 years)
with a shattered fortune. If these finan-
cial lords cannot safely play with such
an edged tool, in Heaven’s name what
can the lower classes of money men
hope 1”’
Female Lawye2~.s.- -Mrs. E. Oakes
Smith in a letter to the New York Tn‘-
Znme, glves the following information 2
"I have often urged upon women to
make the law a study, that they may be
able to aid each other in their utmost
need. Many noble minded womien,
Mrs. Child for instance, have gone into
our courts of law for the purpose of up-
holding by their presence a weak, miser-
able sister, and more than one has bent
her intellect bravely to the sustaining of
the law for afuller purpose. Emma C.
Coe, I am told, has already entered into
practice in Philadelphia. and Elizabeth
Young is doing the same at Lowell,
MASS-. and now I have a letter before
"19 {mm a young lady in Mansfield, who
llasclloscn alike career. This young
girllse“ P0ISed, handsome and :intelli-
gent. Cannot fail to move in a .-sphere
honorable alike to herself and useful to
others. Her name is at the service of
the Tribune, but I have not her sanction
as yet to make it public,”
l]?MF- 0- Flske. of Conniecticut,
who was injured in the railroad accident
at Burlinfiton, N. J., and had ome foot
rived here at 12 o'clock at night.
amputated, died on the 7 ch inst.
freedom from fear, of an old salt. Even A
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Anoflier Frighttul Railro‘a’Il"l)‘is'-I
aster.
On Monday night a most villainous 5
lttempt was made to throw a train star-
ting from Boston, from the track, on the
Stonington Railroad, at the Zacchens
Bridge, four miles this side of South
Kingston. To‘ effect their purpose, the
scoundrels had removed a rail early in I
the evening. At 8.20 P. M. the down
ed train came along to the spot, the
nigh: was dark, the moon had not yet
risen, and the danger was unseen. The _
train consisting of eight baggage flats,
two second class and five passenger cars,
containing nearly five hundred persons,
was proceeding ata pace of 15 to 18
miles an hour, when it reached the
bridge. The engineer felt the sharp jolt
as his locomotive came to the gap, and
at the same moment reversed the engine
Instead of running off the bridge into
the river, the engine jolted over the
sleepers for some six or eight rods, and
then burying one of its driving wheels
in the bank, came to a sudden halt.——
The concussion threw the. baggage-
crates off from the tracks, and eight
trucks were thrown d vri the embank.
ment. The two first passenger cars
were thrown from the track, and roof
and sides were crushed in and dashed to
atoms; two first class cars were thrown
off the track, but not much injured,
while the other first class cars remained
on the track. Benj. Simmons of North
Kingston lost both legs; Robert Law-
renceson, the mail agent, had a leg bad-
ly fractured; Patrick Hogan leg and
chest badly hurt ; David McNeil, of
Belfast, Me., back and spine injured;
Mary Barry, of New York, arm hurt;
Smith, of Harnden’s Express, foot had-
ly crushed ; Ann Wise, and_Mrs. Leary
of Salem, badly bruised. Several others
were more or less injured.
As soon as the news reached Staining-
ton, a special train was despatched wivh
surgeons, medicines, beds, &c., for the
wounded, and the other passengers were
brought on and took passage in the
Plymouth Rock for New York. A col-
lection of $60 was raised for young
Simmons, and $293 for the sufferers
generally. Had the train gone over the
side of the-bridge, hundreds would prob-
ably have perished.
P. S. Mr. Benjamin Simmons who
had both legs broken, died Friday, Sept.
7th, at North Kingston, R. I. Mr. Law-
renceson died at Boston, Sept. 8th.
An Even Start to both Parties.
Never has nnblushing rapacity veiled
itself more thinly than we find it in the
doings of the Kansas squattprs. Their
legislature has just passed the following
addition to their already severe act in
relation to seducing slaves from their
masters :
Sec. 12. If any free person, by speak-
ing or by writing, assert or maintain,
that persons have not the night to hold
slaves in the territory, or shall intro-
duce into Kansas, print, publish, write,
circulate, or cause to be int_roduced into
the territory, written, printed, published
or circulated, in this territory, any book,
paper, magazine, pamphlet or circular
containing any denial of the rights of
persons to hold slaves in this territory,
such person shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and punished by imprisonment at
hard labor for a term not less than two
years.”
But one member of the legislature
made any opposition to this monstrous
provision. He said it could not be en-
forced in South Carolina, much less in
Kansas; but it passed without a dissent-
ing vote. The St. Louis Democrat apt-
ly says:
"The ‘Procrustean bed’ has been a
myth heretofore, it promises soon to be
a shamble and a slaughter house in real-
ity. Men are no longer to be permitted
in the new territory to express abstract
opinions upon moral questions without
suffering the ignominious penalties _of a
State Penitentiary; and this is what is
called opening the territories to the peo-
ple of the whole union, and admitting
all persons to the enjoyment of its fair
lands. Squatter sovereignty was much
lauded by General Cass and Mr. Doug-
lass in the outset, and yet, under this
phase of it, both Mr. Douglass and Cass
would be sen. to the State Prison, if
they dared to utter in Kansas territory
what they have repeatedly said in glow-
ing language in the Senate of the Uni-
ted States.”
Marrying Blood Relations.
At a meeting of the American Scien-
tific Association at Providence on Mon-
day a paper was presented by the Rev.
Carlos Brooks of Boston, upon “Laws
of Re-production, considered with spec-
ial reference to the marriage of near
blood relations.” I
Mr. Brooks commenced his paper by
stating that the question was one of pure
physiological science, e! whether the
marriage of cousins or near blood rela-
tions was in accordance with or opposed
to the laws of nature.
It, said he, the law which determines
the birth of twenty-two males to twen-
ty-one females could be fully compre-
hended, it might explain many facts in
human physiology which are now enig-
maiical. That stern yet benignant laws
underlie the great agencies of reproduc-
tion, there is proof conclusive. To ana-
lyze exactly the combined forces in any
case, is a task whose extent may be
grasped at when it becomes known
that each person born has 2 parents, 4
grandparents, 8 great grand parents, 16
ancestors of the fourth generation, 32 of
the fifth, 256 of the eighth, 32,768 of
the fifteenth. To decompose these
mixtures and denote the relative power
of each, requires more accurate knowl-
edge than we at present possess.
The learned divine then proceeded to
show very clearly bolli by argument
and by illustrations, many of which were
the results of his own personal observa-
tions, that the offspring of even healthy e
parents allied by blood previous to mar-
riage, \vere very generally deformed or
deficient in body or mind or in both,—-
Among the illustrations adduced were
the inhabitants of Block Island. Mar-
tha’s Vineyard, the inmates generally of
Insane Hospitals; and the royal families
of Etirope, which he said, have violated
these natural laws so long that there is
hardly a living descendant among them
who can write consecutively a page of
good sound sense. The views and sug-
gestiens embodied in this paper should
be given to the public in a convenient
form at an early day. ,
Prof. Agassiz fully agreed with the
author in all the views and truths presen-
ted. and rejoiced that they came from
such a source, even from a Doctor of
Divinity. He proceeded in his inimita-
ble and enthusiastic way to illustrate
them still further.
3‘ Dr. Sandford, one of the persons
concerned in the late Aubnrri outrage,
has been admitted to bail in the sum of
$4,000‘
pI- The best of extra Genesee flour is ad-
"Fed;-Ti|I_Ravages
vertised in Rochester at $8 0 barrel.
in Norfolk.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 4th.
By the boat from Norfolk we have
the most awful account of the ravages
of the yellow fever in that city yet re-
ceived, A letter from Dr. Morris says
there were no less than sixty-four deaths
in Norfolk on Monday.
The Herald gives the names of thirty
five persons who died on Sunday, and
says that fifty bodies were buried on that
day.
Fifty coffins were sent down from
here on Saturday, and orders have been
received for one hundred more.
The boat. brought up a large number
of people who are flying from the
scourge, some of whom took refuge in
the rotunda of the Exchange until they
can procure lodgings.
BALTIMORE. Sept. 7.
The tenor of the news from Norfolk
and Portsmouth, in of an awful nature.
The people are suffering from famine as
well as pestilence. The details are bar-
rowing. The particulars will be sent
soon. Three thousand dollars were
subscribed this morning, at the counter
of the American newspaper-—maliin2
the total collection in this city upwards
of $17,000. A steamboat load of provi-
sions is sent from here daily. A meet-
ing of the citizens of Baltimore, has
been called, to devise further measures
of relief.
Second Despatch.
There were 70 deaths from fever at
Norfolk, yesterday. Ninety-seven bod-
ies were buried in one pit in Potter's
Field, on Wednesday.
Physicians rrom Richmond, Balti-
more, Washington, Savannah, New
York, and Columbia, Penn., were at-
tacked yesterday. Other nurses were
also taken down. There are between
50 and 60 patients in the Howard in-
firmary, a large number in the Julappi
Hospital, and 111 in the Naval.
At. Portsmouth, six physicians, most-
ly from the North, are sick. Out of 18
employees at the railroad depot when
the pestilence broke out, only one now
remains. The whole number of cases
on Thursday, were 450, There were
25 deaths on Wednesday, and from 10
to 15 on Thursday, up to 2 P. M.
Bosrou, Sept. 7th.
A large meeting was held at the Ex-
change to day in behalf of the Norfolk
sufferers. Alpheus Hardy, who origi-
nated the subscriptions three days ago,
forwarded yesterday $1,000 to Norfolk
and Portsmouth. He has 83,000 aub-
scribed, and the balance will be forwar-
ded immediately.
Hone Show.
Paovtnrracn, Sept. 7.
The Exhibition will commence on
Tuesday, Sept. 11, with a cattle show
and plowing match. Wednesday the
exhibition of horses commences and
continues four days. Trials of speed on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday af-
ternoons, and an auction sale on Satur-
day. The trials of speed on Friday is
free for all trotting horses. The Grand
Banquet is on Thursday evening in
Wight’s mammoth tent. Among other
celebrated horses entered for the Exhi-
bition are the followin_0‘: Ethan Allen,
Matchless, Hampden, Young Kentucky,
Hunter, Morgan Emperor, Charles Na-
pier, Boston Boy, Stockbridge Chief,
Lady Klitchfield, Lady Blanche, Pamp-
sco, Mohawk Maid, Lady Sherman,
Kate Devenougli, Young America,
Mountain Maid, and Young Blackhawk.
Boston Items.
Bos'roN, Sept. 6
Robert J. Lawrenceson, U. S. Mail
Agent, who had one of his legs frac-
tured by the recent R. R. accident near
Kingston, R. 1.. lies in a critical condi-
tion at his residence in South Boston.—
He was internally injured. Mr. L. was
formerly a Methodist clergyman.
It is rumored that Com. Gregory has
applied at Washington for the command
of the new frigate Merrimac.
Meeting of the State Temperance
Society.
It is now time to begin to move in rela-
tion to the annual meeting of the State
Temperance Society,in order to make the
meeting as it should be, the largest and
most influential temperance gathering
ever held in the State. It is proposed to
hold the meeting in New Haven in Oct.,
late enough in the month so as not tolu-
terfere with the Fair of the State Agri-
cultural Society at Hartford. Of the pre-
cise time of holding the meeting, &c., due
notice will be given.
It will be well for the friends of the
cause to keep this occasion in view so
that nothing may interfere to prevent
their attendance. The meetings of the
State Society have for some years past,
had a vital bearing upon the interests of
the cause, and we trust that the one in
question will fully sustain in every re-
spect, the influential character of its pre-
decessors.~Maine Law Advocate.
[Q" We perceive by our advertising
columns, that our towiisman Dr. O'Brien
in conjunction with Her Britannic Maj-
esty’s late Surgeon Dentist, has opened
an establishment at 56 Bond street, for
the reception of Pupils, as well as I’ -
tients, in Dental Mechanism and Surge-
ry, Such an institution has long been a
desideratum in New York ; which,
while Philadelphia, Baltimore. and oth-
er towns have their Dental Colleges, has
hitherto presented no means for obtain-
ing such instruction.——lV. Y. Express.
Declinerl rm Introduction.-—The
Bat/1 Advocate gives the followlng as
related by a friend of the editor :
He was en route for New York City
-—got out at a station leaving his ‘better
hall" sole occupant of the seat—returii-
lug found a good looking gentleman oc-
cupying hisseat and making himself so-
ciable with his travelling conipanion——
politely requested to give him his seat.
“Your seat, sir?” said the stranger ; “I
don’t know that you have any better
claim to it than I have.” "Very well,
sir," replied our friend, "If you will
keep it, allow me to introduce you to
my wife.” The stranger looked blank
and made very hasty tracks tor the next
car.
[]3’ An inquisitive foreigner, who
had been introduced to Alexander Du-
mas, commenced questioning him upon
his origin.
"You are a quadroon, M. Dumas 7"
began the inquisitor.
"I am sir,” replied Dumas quietly,
who never makes any attempt to con-
ceal his pedigree,
"And your father ?"
quiring friend.
"Was a mulatio,” responded Monte
Christo.
"And your grandfather '3’
"Was a negro,” replied Dumas, . be-
ginning to lose his patience.
“Ali! And may I inquire what your
great grandfather was '9"
"An ape, sir !" exploded Dumas, with
a fierce gesture that made‘ his rormentor
recoil; “an ape, sir—my pedigree corri-
mences where your: undo.”
pursued his in-
an Yel Feet I
is
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Norwalk, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1865.
Bold Robbery;
The store of S. W. Raymond, at Dnrien De-
pot, was broken open on Thursday night last,
and about $500 worth of goods stolen there-
from. Thc goods taken consisted of a general
assortment of Dry Goods and Groceries, which
Mr. R. was selling on commission. The Dry
Goods belonged to Comstock it Go. of New
Canaan, and the Groceries to John Waterbury
of Darien. The thieves also stole a wagon and
harness belonging to Mr. Mother, and an old
horse from a pasture near by, and hitching him
to the vehicle conveyed tlic goods therein to
some place of‘ concealment. The horse and
wagon was driven past our residence about
3 o’clock on Friday morning, and left in front
of the Union Manufitcturing' Cn’s Mill, where
he was found in the morning. No clue to the
robbers or the recovery of‘ the goods has yet
been developed. ‘
. To whom it may concern.
As the poor, miserable skunk, who has for
some time past been making depredations upon
our vegetable garden, has at length been dis-
covered, and finding that he is a reader of the
Gazette-—like many others who are his betfcrs
—but never subscribes, or pays for it, we
would announce to him in this public manner,
(purely out of a desire to spare his feelings the
mortificatlon of a private interview_.) that if he
will suspend his villanies he shall have any
reasonable share of the products of the afore-
said garden, without further exposure. We
are sorry for your poverty and only despise
your theft, and if you will send us that basket
by day-light it shall be better filled with a
much better selection than it is possible for
you to make in your hurried nocturnal
excursions. We propose to act magnum-
rnously with you, and can much more easily
forgive you than you will be able to forgive
yourself, and if you accept of our proffered
kindness, which is made in sincerity. it Will be
well with thee and thy little ones, but if thou
wilt not forsake thy wicked ways, then shall
we be compelled to use the persuasive powers
of one Col. Colt, whose charge to the Jury
will no doubt convince you of the errors of
your present doings. So “ go, poor devil” and
behave thyself, “ the world is large enough
for you and I.”
fl‘Widow Lois Davis, who died in Wilton,
Georgetown village, on the 23d of August,
1855, aged 100 years, 9 months and 25 days,
was the daughter of Frederick Dikernan, and
was born at Warwick, New York, on the 29th
of October, 1754. She was married to Elihu
Judd of‘ Bethel, in the year 1793. She lived a
widow till all her children, five in number, he-
came of age, when she was married to John
Davis, of Danbury: She survived her second
husband twenty years, and saw the eighth gen-
eration. She retained hcr mental and physi-
cal powers till November, 1854, when she had
an attack of the paralysis. When at the age
of one-hundred years she rose early, walked
about the house, was active in domestic pur-
suits and took a deep interest in the welfare of
the family. She was the descendant of an
aged father and grandfather, the former died
at the age of ninety years. All her children,
five in number, were at her funeral.
Yellow Fever.
The Yellow Fever at Norfolk and Ports-
mouth, by Mondayls advices, was Sllbzldlllg.
Musical Convention.
This Association is to convene at Westport,
as per adjournment. on the evening of the 3d
of October next,undcr the direction of Prof.
Root.
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Two more uccitlents have been the result of
the bungling and criminal management of this
great thoroughfare. during the past week, not-
withstanding the severe lesson in the terrible
slaughter of the week previous. Near Eliza-
bethtown, the road being under repair. the
Superintendent said to a credible person, who
gives the particulars. to the A‘. Y. Tribune,
that he raised his hand for the engineer to
thicken pace; but, notwithstanding, on they
went at full speed, the cars fairly leaping over
the faulty track, and the forward baggage
crate. weighing several tuns. springing from
the platform, breaking down the fence, and
being hurled more than a hundred feet into
the fields on the roadside. By this the crate
and much of the baggage was destroyed, and
all the passengers narrowly escaped de-
strucf-ion!
The next occurred on Saturday in comic.
quencc of‘ the breaking of an axle, known to
have been defective, in consequence of which
the engineer lost his life and the fireman is
expected to die, while the lives of all the pas-
sengers on the train were thus wuntonly periled,
Agricultural Fair.
Prof. Joan A. Portrait. of Yale College, is
to deliver the Principal Address in this place
on Friday Sept. 28th, at 2 P. M.
Editorial Excursion.--No. IV.
WESTWARD H0! !
Next morning we took the early train for
Corning, a pretty stirring town of some 2500
inhabitants, engaged principally in the Lum-
ber busineas. At this point, having passed
the most romantic portion of the Erie Road,
we bid adieu to its wide and easy cars and en-
tered those of the Corning Road, en route for
Rochester. This road traverse: a wild and
romantic section of the country, its forests be-
Itudded with Cedars and Hemlocks, and its
fields groaning under the weight of its harvest
of ripening grains. Wheat, Oats, Corn and
Potatoes, for miles and miles,—enough it
would seem to feed a world, yet nothing com-
pared to the abundance we were yet to see.-
The beautiful and healthful Avon Springs are
on the line of this Road and as they are rapid-
ly growing in public favor, this will soon be
quite a fashionable resort for summer tourists.
A few miles beyond Avon we strike the eastern
bank _of the beautiful Genesee which we follow
down, north, to Rochestcr—which place we
reached at about noon. Here we felt quite at
home, although twenty years had elapsed since
it was the theatre of our boyish adventures.-
The City has nearly, if not more than doubled
itself in that period ; still, Genesee Bridge, the
old Arcade, Monroe Bank, its Mills, Factories
and Breweries-the flames, the falls, all looked
as of yore. In first stepping upon the old
Geneaee Bridge, we noticed the sign of Hiram
Hoyt, a former Norwalk boy, who is now a
successful Clothing Merchant in this young
North-western Metropolis; while across its
eastern limits we stumbled upon two more Yan-
kee boys-—the Messrs. Darrow, who were also
from “ the land 0’ cakes and pies,” and former
School companions of ours, at New Haven.-
They keep a large Book and Stationery Store,
and sell an immense number of Connecticut
publications. Here too. we met Matthew Mead,
Esq. of New Canaan, (his better-half of Nor-
walk,) and had the genial companionship of
himself and lady, with our two “ city cousins”
to Niagara. But more of that, anon.
“ The spot, to memory most dear,” however,
we found in the Buffalo Burial Ground, where,
a score of years since, were entombed, with it
loved father’s form, our boyhoot1’s brightest
hopes ! With no other guide than memory. we
readily traced our steps to the spot where at
nine years of age, we drank to the very dregs
the firsl: of 1if‘e’a bitterness. Subsequently, we
met our earliest and best friend, Dr. John
Braithwaite, an English gentleman of wealth
and education, who more than any other. is en-
Uxrox Micn'ri.\'u OF THE Nzw Havnx AND
Funrmrm Co. Tl-I3ll’ERA.\‘CE Socrnnrs.-—-A
Union Meeting of the above County Societies
will be held at Milford, on Wednesday, Sept.
19th, commencing at 10 o’clock, A. M. It
assembles at Milford by special invitation of
the citizens of that town, whose abundant hos-
pitality will bc extended to all who may visit
them.
Dr. Pardee.
In our notice of the advent of this profes-
sional gentleman among us, in our last, our
compositor. instead of giving his initials as
written—M. B. Pardee, M. D.,—gave the gen-
t1eman’s name a double handle and got it .Mr.
B. Pardee, M. D. We have no disposition to
overload the Doctor with titles, as he comes
among us with quite sufficient guarantees of
his skill as a practitioner and a gentleman, to
ensure him the confidence and support of those
among whom he has cast his lot. We believe
he is located at Capt. Fords, adjoining the
South Norwalk Post Office.
FRUITFUL.--“'8 learned from the census la-
ken long ago, that the “ region round about”
Brownville and Scovill’s Hill were exceeding-
ly fruitful localities, but’ we had supposed
that its great productivenesa was confined
principally to rapid augrnentations of the body
politic. We have the evidence before our
eyes, however, in the shape of a peach tree
branch about three feet in length, upon which
grew thirty-five full grown and delicious
peaches! which proves that there are other
“ fruitful vines" under cultivation in those
parts. This production is from the garden
of Smith Scolield. It is no wonder that ii. man
who can raise such fruit as this, should be the
father of a score of children.
Mom’-: PLU.\lS.——Ml'. George W. Jennings has
left with us a lot of splendid Egg Plums, al-
most as large as the veritable Shanghae pro-
ductions.
New York Hats.
Those of our readers who go to the City to
embellish their capnts, will find it to their ad-
vantage to call upon that enterprising leader
of the City fashions, Thomas Rafferty. See
advertisenicnt.
l’A’[‘l-‘.N’l‘ II.ui\'nsrnn.——-Among the Patents
granted September 4111 was one to A. E. Kro-
ger of this town, for it very ingenious and val-
uable improvement in buy and grain Harvest-
ers. There were 1902 patents issued during
the year 1854.
_%‘By the arrival of the Northern Light
from San Jiutii.sava the Tribune, We have
California news to AuguFt 13. 59V°“‘C°“ days
later than our previous advices. This steamer
brings upward of $1,000,000 in gold. The
yield of the mines continues to be abundant.
several exciting events have occurred in San
Francisco, lll1l0nj,{ which are an attempt to blow
up it broker’.-i e.-tlttblishnient by an indignant
F,-encjmmn...tlm sudden departure of Mr.
titled to our lasting gratitude for his many
acts of disinterested kindness to a fatherless
boy. But time hath broughtits sorrows to him
also. His kind and amiable partner in life,
with two lovely daughters, who cheered his
heart and graced his home, while we were a
recipient of his noble generosity, now, alas,
sleep the sleep that knows no waking. With
emotions of the keenest gratitude was it, that
we were able to greet our old friend, in cir-
cumstances so unlike those in which we had
parted, and with pain did we listen to the re-
cital of the “old man’: woes.” But such is
the mutability of human life, and we should
not have ventured to expose so much of private
history to the public eye, were it not for the
hope that others similarly situated may be in,
cited to his good works, for true it is that
‘* the drying up of a single tear hath more of
honest fume than shedding seas of gore.” A
nobler hear-l: ne'er beat ’neath human breast-—
may peace attend his declining years.
Our visit at Rochester was at the time when
the delicious early fruits for which its markets
are so celebi-ated,were in their perfection. We
there saw a new species of Cherry of the Ox-
hart variety, but twice the size of anything
In the Cherry line we have ever seen, and of
the most delicious flavor. It doubtless is some
seedling variety, and we hope will find its way
eastward to us. A few days before we were
at the Falls, two horses were carried over its
brink, a notice of which we published at the
time. One of the animals on finding herself
unable to resist the current which was carry-
ing him to the brink of the cataract, actually
turned round and jumped over. and was found
1! half-hour afterwards, without a. scath, gra-
zing on the flats below! The other, continu-
ing to buffet the current, was carried over
backwards and never seen again. So we
were informed by 9. gentleman who witnessed
the accident. That horse should be harnessed
with our friend Cannon’s Pegasus which out-
sped the locomotive, and the pair sold to
Ba.l‘l1l1l]l.
Our departure for Rochester and arrival at
Niagara, must form the theme of our next
week's letter.
Another Accident on the Camden &
Amboy Railroad.
Another serious accident occurred on
the Camden and Aniboy Railroad, on
Saturday afternoon last. The engine of
the 2 o'clock train, when near Beverly,
was thrown from the track by the biea
king of an axle attached to the forward
truck,and rendered a complete wreck,
and following after it were a baggage
and one passenger car.
John Holland, engineer, was injured
so that amputation of one of his limbs
became necessary, but he died shortly
after. He lived at Camden, and leaves
a family.
Langhorn Thorne, a fireman, was se-
riously injured, but not fatally.
None of the passengers were hurt.
The accident occurred at 2 1-2 0'clk
P. E_. and was occasioned by a flaw in
\V0n(]fi of the In-in of Adams at Co., for Aus-
tralia--and the discovery ofa bogus gold dust mmon showed the axle to have been
munufactory. A dreadful massacre of AmerI- wuml about an inch {and a half in a
cnng by 9, party of Mexicans at Rancher-ia took diameter of five inches,
place on the Glh of August, a frenzy of excite-
ment ensued, st-vcrnl Mexicans were lynched
on the spot, and every Spanish house in the ,
Accounts from Central lu remar
place was burned.
America announce the landing of Col. Walker, 9
the renowned fillibuster, at San Juan Del Sur,
with a force of some 300 men. Col. Kinney. l
with his party. is still at San Juan del Nortu. l
He was in the full flush of hope, having com. l
pleted a contract for thirty-five millions of‘
acres of land on the llolquito Cout-
the axle next to the wheel. An exami-
Soon after the
accident occurred the engineer “slit-‘d.
--Wiiavs broke?” On being '0'“ “the
axle," he replied, "I th0llgh‘ 50-” Such
k leads to the inference that he
was aware at the depot of the the flaw,
and notwithstanding recklessly perilled
me lives of the passengers as well as
hjg own_ Great excitement existed
among the passengers in regard to the
disaster. The train was delayed four
OIJKS.
ii at Iln1bo§”Railod.'
-at--m.w York llcrronjillflace
Ni-zw Yank, Sept. 7th. 1855
The weather is well spiced with
coolness of Autumn. By the sea 9?
it must be growing chilly, but here 3
fine, healthy weather, favorable to
siness activity and athletic sports.
ery day, almost, the green lawns of i
boken are surrounded with great cm
of the “fancy,"' attracted by lnfltcbr
base ball and cricket. Cricket has
become an American game yet.
cricket-clubs are mostly composed
Englishmen. Base ball is _quite. nail
al, the boys learn it in school. But
case ball clubs are men of fine phys
developements, practiced and skil
players. They dress in flannel rig
sandals and gloves,,-colored all on
harlequin style". ’ ‘Ho-bokeh is now ya
cipally given up to-the sporting gen
1: was formerly a favorite afternoon
sort of nurses and children, and q:
family after-dinnerparties. but rowdy
has made thr jcédfitsiown. The sh
there is d’ .9 many of your fl
ers are a. 'u the upper j
of the Elys. ~’s eye is fi
by a comprehe. -. , -.v' the vill
of Gotham, on ill. if the .
er. Down to the L V fa
c
you can see, stretches t
with spires and chimneys,
of the Highlands open, and l.
the air is breezy, with a Cloud
winged river-craft, toiling up sire,
company. I
VVhat tragedies are going on e\
day behind a thousand domestic cum.
and active with which Rachel co
never compete! Sometimes there
denaument, an appeal to the Law
murder, a suicide, then the whole ill.‘
of a life-history is unravelled, and lit
ry backs use it to build up new “ac
tion novels.” In a lodging romi in
unpoetic Bowery, the last scene of:
a family tragedy was enacted the 0'
day. The story is long and passes f
Germany to America. The beam
daughter of a Polish prince’s mistr-
is forsaken in Switzerland by her I
band or lover, a French Secretary
Legation, under Cavignae, he prom
to marry her if she will leave Pro:
tantism and become a Catholic ;
does so, and he leaves her in a Nun
ry. She comes to America with
sister and child, supports herself by:
broidering a magnificent shawl wt
attracted great attention at the Cry:
Palace. Finally she sends a last
treaty the ‘ ‘
beautiful boy, to .
him. He mustl
the apartments of the sisters us --v--'
no one issues for a day or two. It
broken into by the landlord, and
beautiful and uiifortnnate young llt
were foniid in the sleep of death, v.
poison beside tlyeiii. A true tragedy
Among the forvcign population of
city, especially the .Germans, there 2
inauy sur.-.li tales, or equally sorrow
ones, to be heard. There are the H
gees of 1848 and 1849. We convert
with one lately, a Mr. Peterson, arc
root of the Cooper Institute, and
Brooklyn Polytechnic. He wasa less
of the Prussian revolution, saw
King of Prussia kneel before the pee
when hislife was r 1 i .-
tlieir pardon, and
tion which be SO('’ 2
pled upon. Mr. L . escaped uy
In the coal holeof a German vessel
His large landed property was of com
confiscated. Many who came to t
country during the Revolution, are vi
much reduced in circumstances. (3
man ladies of education and refiuem
have been obliged toseck places
common house servants. As a pee.
they fraternize wonderfully. In I
German houses of entertainment, thl
or forty compatriots,
working classes, deligh-
in a ring and sing the st
land." They enjoy themselves .u
over their few temperate glasses of '
get.” with pipes and songs, than a~
other kind of “vagrone men.?.’ Iri
men think they cannot enjoy themsel
without getting gloriously drunk.
Let. every one look up his papers 8
be sure that he knows where he "
born, and how, exactly- If any ofy
readers are ever so unhappy as to II‘.
toofficial preferment in the city of N-
York, they will be very likely to as
min in a short time, from iricontesti
proof, that their father and mother wi
both foreigners, and they theinselt
were not born in America. If it on
be proved any other way, somebody st
send over at public expense, to the cr
tinent , a gentleman of a great inq'
ring turn of mind, who will develo
every needful information with the air.
astounding minuleness. Mr. Steph-
[-I, Branch, ha.-5 lay his researches in
the pedigree of Chief of Police Ma
sell,distinguislied himself pre,-eminent
in “.15 [me of business. After Aldr
man Briggs had become tired of bei:
sneered at in all the city papers as
Dogbeny and a goose, he was bound
revenge his injured reputation, and eel
somebody to England who shouldpro
Chief Mutsell to be ‘a John Bull in
-motliiiig shorts-__r.” Mr. Branch «I
this thing up in a style most elabofllle
brown. He found the parish books co
taining the bir.l_1-record of a Gear;
Matsell, measured the font in which ll:
George was baptized, and conclude
that the Chief might have been able ‘
get in when he was smaller, measure
the school-room in which George w:
developed, he reports bricks nine inc
es square on the floor. States that I
whiskers were adinlléd by the youth
England, remarks the palpitation of I
heart when he discovered the record
George Matsell's bilrth. Returns than
to the people of Great Britain for 1
ID
HI!!!
and modestly requests any person 1-
facts stated in his refport, to “come
and blow his bugle Sin lhc presence
an astounded Universe!” Ml’. Btu!
ha. beamed as 3 new luminary fa-r
brief mm, but his light is out,'hia gal
exhausted, he is set.
aid afforded him in this great discove .
. l _ , ,'-
knows anything to -the contrary of -
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