. ders, especially Pelissier, are liumbugs,
I and that he should have twice lost his
' !i-— av.» .
Clue Week Later From Europe.
Arrival of the Africa.
Hxnirnx, Sep. 11.
The Africa arrived at this port this
afternoon at two o’clock.
THE W’ AR.
The Arago, from Southampton Aug.
29th, brought intelligence of a Russian
ambuscade carried by the French before
Sebastopol, and of an action between
17 Russian gun boats, from Riga, with
the British steam frigate Hawke, and a
corvette. The action was a desperate
one and the result indecisive. Other
war news is unimportant.
The Africa brings interesting details
of recent battles, but few new incidents.
Generals Simpson and Pellisier both
supply reports. They say the Russian
attack at the battle of the Tchernaya,
was 'a delibrrate effort to raise the siege
of Sebastopol, and if the Russians had
succeeded in holding the heights on this
sid'e'”of theriver, they intended farther
to attack the allies from four points,viz:
a main attack at Balaklava, another on
the British camp. and another, simulta-
neously on the extreme right and ex-
treme left of the French lines. Docu-
ments found on the body of the Russian
General, Read, indicate this. General
Simpson estimates the Russian force at
55,000 infantry, 6,000 cavalry, with 160
guns. The French had only 12,000
men and four batteries engaged, the
Sardinians had 4,500 men, and 24 guns
engaged, while the English had only
one battteryl in play. The Russians
crossed theriveron floats and drove in
the allied outposts.
°Pelissier calls the French loss 17 offi-
cers killed and 53 wounded ; 172 men
killed“; "150 missing, and 1160 wounded.
The Sardinian loss was 250. The Rus-
sian loss 3000 killed, 5000 wounded, in-
cluding 1600 wounded prisoners in the
French hands and 200 in the Sardiniane.
The Russian report admits great los-
sesand three Generals killed; attributes
the loss to too great iinpetuosity of the
right columns of attack. The Russian
troops engaged had just arrived in the
Crimea. Gortscbakoff commanded in
person from the Mackenzie heights.
SIEGE OF SEBAS TOPOL.
Simpson’s mail dispatch of the ]8tli
says :-_-‘.‘Gen. Pelissier announced tome
that the batteries against the Malakoff
and adjacent works were prepared to
open, and that fire should .be conimen-
ced against the works yesterday morning
The fire continued throughout the day
and the effect. produced was as much as
anticipated. The Russian fire which at
first answered briskly, became by even-
ing feebler.
.On the night of the 27th, Gortscha-
kofftelegraphs :—Aflairs are unchanged
but the allied fire is occasionally strong.
It is reported in London to day that
Simpson is sick, and Gen. Bentinck, the
senior officer, has taken the command.
The Russians daily expect the arrival
of Gen. Parmitine with 9000 cavalry,
3000 infantry, and 160 guns.
THE AZOFF.
The Russians have re-established the
communication between Genitclii and
Arabat. Several new Russian ships
are to be built this winter at Nicolace.
THE BAL TIC.
The allied fleets have retired from be-
fore Crcnstadt, and take up another po-
sition. A dispatch that the gunboats
were returning home, led to the belief
that the campaign had closed, but the
sbipsreturning were those disabled.
The London Times in a severe edito-
rial on the non-effectiveness of the fleet,
says that Nelson and Collingswood must
blush in their graves.
DAN TZIC.
Letters say that the Russians lost
2000 men in Sweaborg. The Russian
paper, the Nord, says that the loss was
50 killed, that 1300 guns still remain in
position and the batteries are uninjured.
ITEMS.
Lord Stratford has gone to the Cri-
mea.
The Nord, the Russian Journal, says:
Omar Pasha freely expressed himself at
Constantinople that the allied comman-
army if he had followed their advice.
Betts, the engineer, writes that the
Balaklava railway is in condition to
stand the winter.
Abd-el-Kader arrived at Constantino-
ple.
- - BRITAIN.
No news. The Hausa steamer em-
barked 500 Highlanders from Liverpool
to Malta. Export of iron north of Dun-
kirk is prohibited and a bond is required
wherever expcrtvd. The potato harvest
in Ireland is favorable on the whole.
FRANCE.
The Kings of Sardinia, Bavaria, and
Wurtembnrgh are expected to visit the
Emperor. Crops throughout France
are satisfactory. The harvest of Alge-
ria is evcellent.
At Paris, rumor says we may expect
to hear of the involuntary abdication of
Queen I.-ahella and important events in
Spain. Duke Montpensier is openly ag-
it-iting.
INDIA AND CHINA.
Bombay dates are to July 30th. The
intelligence from India is important. A
formidable insurrection has broken out
in Bengal. The insurgents number
some 50,000, acting in five parties ; they
are armed with axes, poisoned arrows,
and a few fire arms. They have spread
over a country a hundred miles in ex-
tent, destroying everything European.-—
They pretend they are led by their God
in person. The insurrection was so lit-
and we Americans should be proud, too.
that we have so eminent a pianoforte
manufactory among us. We need no
longer to send to Europe for instruments
of superior tone and finish, but may
rather expect to furnish her with her
best and finest pianofortes.
We copy from the Chronicle of Sept. 3.
“ The great exhibition is now in a
more flourishing condition than ever, and
its future will, no doubt, be very success-
ful. The jury of award are now enga-
ged in deciding as \'0 the merits of the
various contributions. A remarkable
affair has just taken place relative toa
contribution from Boston, which will
much gratify the pride of the Bostonians.
The trial before the jury of award, of
the excellence of the various pianofortes
on exhibition, took place at the celebra-
ted Paris Conservatory of Music. The
jury was composed of seven of the most
eminent professors of music in Europe.
Joseph Helmesperger, director of the
Imperial Conservatory of Music at Vi-
enna, the president, placed himself in a
position where he could hear the tone Of
the instruments without seeing them.
so as to render a perfectly impartial
opinion of their merits. In addition to
this, the manufacturi,-r’s names were all
covered up with white cards, on each of
which was a certain number. When
all had been tried, Mr. Helmesperger
said, ‘now for the American Piano,’ re
ferring to one from Boston, which he
had on several occasions examined and
tried at the exhibitions, and which, for
some unaccountable reason. had been
neglected to be sent with the rest. A
New York piano was among the num-
ber, and supposing he referred to that,
they told him it had been tried. His
answer was positive that it had not been
tried, yet all this time he had not seen,
but only listened to the tone of the in-
Slfllments. Aftei repeated assurances
by them, and denials by him, he came
forward and satisfied them that the one
he referred to was not there, and directed
them at once to send to the exhibition
for it. Soon it arrived, and when tried
before that talented jury, was pronoun-
ced the best pianoforte in the French
Exhibition, and, accordingly, it was
awarded the highest prize medal. This
piano is from the manufactory of Messrs.
A VV. Ladd 85 Co., of Boston. The
above facts are accurate to the letter,
having received my information person-
ally from Mr. Heltnesperger himself.——
He is a young man, not over twenty-five
years of age. Having before heard the
quality of tone of the above instrument,
his practised ear detected that it was not
at the trial. it is, indeed, truly aston-
ishing The circumstance that a Boston
pianoforte has so successfully stood the
severe test of such eminent European
professors of music, is an event which
may well gratify the pride of Bostoniniis.”
Recent Railroad Disasters.
The New York Herald publishes the
following record of railroad accidents,
which have occurred from March 27th,
1853, to August 29th, 1855:
March 27th, 1S53——T wo passenger
cars were thrown over an embankment
100 feet high, on the Baltimore and
Ohio Road, by which there were
Killed
Wounded 24
Total 32
April 26th, ]853—Two trains‘ came
together at the Southern Michigan and
Illinois Central crossing, which resulted
Norwalk,'1'uosday, 8opt.18, 1855.
Notice.
The adjourned meeting of the Committee of
Arrangements for the approaching County-
Fair, will be held at the Gazette Ofllce, at 3
P. M., on Wednesday of the present week. A
punctual attendance"of— all wliofeel an‘-interest
in the Fair, is earnestly desired.
or THE
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL FAIR,
Cattle Show &-Plowing Match,
A T NOR WALK,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday &'Friday,
Sept. 25th, 26th, 27th, &.28th.
The Fair will be liolden under the
Society's large tent, in Norwalk, up-
on the vacant lot opposite the resi-
dence of Judge Butler.
On Tuesday, Sept. 25th, the Tent
will be open for the reception of ar-
ticles at 8 o’clock in the forcnoon.
All articles for competition must be
brought in and entered udon the So-
ciety’s books before 4 o’clock of this
day, and no article, under any cir-
cumstances, will be entitled to a Pre-
mium, unless entered by that time ;
but articles for exhibition. merely,
will be recoived at any time during
the Fair. At 7 o’clock, P. M., the
tent will be open to visitors. and an
opening address will be delivered by
Hon. 0. S. Fnsnr.
On Wednesday, Sept, 26th, the
awarding Committees only, will
meet in the Tent at 8 o’clock, A. M.
and conclude their examination by
10 o’clock, A. M., at which hour the
Tent will be opened to visitors.
At 2 o’clock, P. M., all the Public
and Private Schools (in charge of
their Superintendents and Teachers)
from all towns in the County, are in-
vited to be present and will be ad-
mitted Faun. An Address will be
delivered on the occasion by JOHN G.
NORTH, Esq., of New Haven. The
Exhibition will also be open from 7
o’clock until 10 o’clock in the even-
ing, when there will be Public Spea-
king and a. general Conversational
meeting, at which several distin-
guished Agriculturists will be pres-
ent.
On Thursday, Sept 27th, the Tent
will be open to viitors from 8 A.
M. until 10 o’clock, P. M. The Cat-
tle Show, exhibition of Poultry, and
live stock generally, will take place
this day on the field, near the Tent.
All kinds of Stock for competition
must be entered on the Secretary’s
books and be on the field before 10
in Killed 21
VVounded 50
Total Tl
May 6th, 1853—The Norwalk trage-
dy occurred 0!] the New Haven road,
which
Killed 46
Wounded 24
Total 70
August 2d, 1853--An accident occur-
red on the Belvidere and Delaware road
Killed 11
Wounded 14
Tatal
August 12th, 1 853—Two trains came
in collision on the Providence and Wor-
cester road
Killed 14
Wounded 24-
Total 38
July 4th, 1854—An excursion train
and a regular passenger train came in
collision on the Susquehannah road
Killed 28
Wounded 45
Total ‘I;
October 2t5thf l854—A collision oc-
curred between two trains on the Great
Western road, Canada
Killed 47
Wounded 4-1
Total SS
August 29th, 1855-—The accident
near Burlington, N. .T., on the Camden
and Ainboy road
Killed 22
Wounded 70
Total 92
Total from March 27th, 1853, to Au-
gust 29th, 1855:
Killed 106
VVouiided 202
1 Total 488
Maine.
The result of the election of last Mon-
day in Maine may be very briefly de-
scribed as a triumph of the party of Sla-
very and of Rum, made up as it is of the
tie anticipated, that there was not 1000
troops in 150 miles.
From China, the cruel massacre of
the rebels at Canton, is confirmed. The
insurgents are losing ground in the.
North.
Front the Boston Transcript.
American Pianofortcs at Paris
Exhibition.
It will be highly gratifying to our
readers to learn the marked success
which has attended the specimens of art
which Americans have sent to the Paris
Exhibition; but to none of them has
been attributed so much merit as to our
celebrated American pianofortes. It
would seem hardly possible that we
could rival, as yet, France and England,
and the other countries of Europe, so
distinguished for their progress in the
arts and sciences, in so delicate and im-
portant an instrument as the pianoforte ;
but the intelligent correspondent of the
Chronicle, in his letter to that paper,
dated Paris, August 14, 1855, an extract
from which we give below, shows what
a|§runk our Boston pianofortes take
abroad. We have before heard of the
reputation of the celebrated instruments
manufactured by Albert W. Ladd &Co.,
and it gives us the greatest pleasure to
add to that already just gained reputa-
tion, that they now rival the world.-
We congratulate our friends, and the
mechanics of the establishment, that they
have been able before such an ordeal,
and in the presence of three hundred
French pianos, to take the first prize,“
congenial pf'!l‘l.l0llS of the late Whig and
Democratic parties. We state this re-
sult in so blunt a manner in order that
the worst may be known. It is true
that the Democratic candidate for Gov-
ernor everywhere on the stump declared
himself to be hostile to the Nebraska
bill, and that the people were told that
the Liquor-Law was the only issue;
but it is equally certain that the peculiar
Fusion now brought into power will
steadfastly oppose all practical measures
to rescue Kansas from the clutches ol
A.tchiiison and Stringfellow, and will be
fouiid on every occasion ready to give
sub.-tantial aid and comfort to the Ad.
ministration of Mr. Pierce. In fact, the
Union and the Richmond Enquirer, will
celebrate this as substantially an Ad-
ministration victory.—— Tribune.
K? “Every moment makes thee dea-
rer,” as the parsimonious tradesman said
to his extra-vagant wife,
News Items.
The yellow fever at Norfolk is ubating.
A man was stabbed at an altercation in the
bar-room of the St. Nicholas Hotel on Sutur-
day night last.
@-It is rumored that Santa Anna is in
treaty for Bat-num’s residence at Bridgeport.
, Piuzi: Co.\'u.\'nmm.—Why is it lady’s bustle
like 0. novel? Because it is a fictitious tail
Jfinded on stern reality.-—0ooper.
flu new and valuable improvement has
been made in the article of steel pens. By a
coating of India Rubber they are rendered im-
pervious to the corroding action of inks. It
is the invention of C. Leopold. See adv.
o’clock, A. M., and remain until 3
o’clock, P. M., when an opportunity
will be given for the sale of Stock if
desired. At 2 o’clock there will be
an Address delivered in the Tentby
Prof. HENRY C. VAIL, of NewJcrsey.
At 3 1-2 o’clock a trial of the speed
of horses on exhibition will be had.
At 7 1-2 o’clock, P. M., Addre s so
etc., will be delivered in the Tent.
On Friday, Sept. 28th, the Plowing
Match will take place. Competitors
must enter their names on the Socie-
ty’s books before 10 o’clock Thursday,
and be upon the ground with their
teams precisely at 10 o’clock Friday.
At 2 o’clock, P. M., the principal
Address of the occasion will be deliv-
ered by Prof. J OHN A. PORTIR, of
Yale College, after which the awards
of Premiums, as far as practicable,
will be announced, and the fair will
close.
The Tent will be lighted on each
Evening by the Stamford Gas Com-
pany. A Band of Music will be in
attendance, and a. Glee Club will fa-
vor the audience each evening with
vocal music.
Arrangements have been made with
the several Rail Roads in this Coun-
ty to transport articles for exhibition
to and from the Fair, free of charge.
Single Tickets of admission into
the Tent, 1211‘-'2 cts. Season Ticket,
admitting each member of a. family
during the Fair and also -conferring
the privilege of competing for premi-
ums, 31; which must be procured pre-
vious to the opening of the Tent to
the public. They can be had of any
of the Vice Presidents, or of the Sec-
retaries.
The Tent will be in readiness for
the reception of articles on MONDAY,
the 24th. Everything submitted for
exhibition must remain, under the di-
rection of the Committee until the
close of tho Fair.
It is particularly requested that all
persons having avariety of articles
to enter at one time, should furnish
the Secretary with a written list of
such articles, that as little delay as
possible may be had in procuring
tickets, as all specimens must be en-
tered upon the books of the Secretary
and ticketed before they are arrang-
ed for exhibition.
The Committee pledge themselves
to all contributors that no efforts
Shall be wanting on their part to pro-
tect articles committed to their care
from destruction or injury.
The Agriculturists, Horticulturists,
Florists, Mechanics and Manufactu-
rers of the County are invited to fit-
vor the exhibition with specimens of
their industry and handiwork.
FIRE ENGINE.--The Fire Engine belonging-
to our late Borough, which was sold by virtue-
of an attachment, has been purchased by a self
constituted committee of our citizens, to pre-
vent its being removed from the village.
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Proceedings of .Spe__cial Meeting.
At the special meeting of -the Committee of
Arrangements for the Fair to be held in this
town next week, Frederick B.’ Brigham and
Elliot J. Peck were appointed a Committee to
invi_t_g__fhe schools of the adjoining towns, and
superinlend the bringing out of the children
on Wednesday next, at 2 P. M., to listen to
the address of; Mr. North. A
T. B. Griffeth and Josiah Kellogg are to coin-
grounds as may be unoccupied to parties desi-
ring to erect bootlies and tents tl_iere_upon,iind
application for the same should be made ac-
G. W. Merriam, F. St. John Lockwood, an
E. C. Biasell were appointed it committee to
super-intend the formation of at Glee Club,
for the occasion. -
Voted, That the -Norwolk - Light Guards be
invited to receive and escort the cattle trains,
on Thursday, the 27th inst.
The Fair next Week.
We believe our people are fully awake and
determined that the Fair of this County to be
held here next week, shall be alike creditable
to the Agricultural resources of the, County,
and to the liberality and enterprise of the
town of Norwalk. Every preparation has
been made to make it an interesting and profi-
table exposition. Invitations have been sent
for and near to leading Agricullurists to be
present and join in the Conversational Con-
vention of the Society- General invitations
have been extended to all the Sabbath and
Day Schoolsin the County, to be present on
Wednesday, and we hope to see thousands of
children here from the adjoining towns.
We learn that a. movement is being made
in Dunbury and Bethe] to bring out the chil-
dren: Will not Ridgcfield, Redding and Wil-
ton join them. Excursion trains are to run
on the Danbnry railroad, and a fine opportuni-
ty will thus be afforded to give the little peo-
ple a pleasurableand profitable recreation,-
May we not also liepe Ito see the Schools of
Westport, and even Stamford , present? We
learn from the Stamford Advocate that our
Greenwich friends are coming . out with their
“big teams” of unsurpassed ‘working cattle.
Wilton, we learn, is going to do likewise. I
The trial of the speed of -all horses on exhi-
bitionjs anew attraction, and will, draw,.of
course. From what we learn, there . wilbbe
one of the ‘finest displays of live Stock, ever
witneased at ‘any’ previous , ioxhibition. We
shall expect to see Norwalk tlironged with all.
our “ country cousins” on this occasion.
. -‘ Side Show” N ovelties.
Our young men with a laudable desire to
make things attractive and lively, are prepar-
ing a list of liberal preminmafor a Boat Race
on the Harbor at 12.11. on Wednesday, the
25!}:-—for a Trotting Match on Thursday at
1 P. M., on the lower. portion of West Avenue
-—and for 3. Foot Race over the some ground
at 1 P. M. on Friday. About $50 we learn is
pledged for the premiums. The details will
be announced in small bills during the present
week, as will also the general programme of
the proceedings of the Agricultural Fair.
Munificent.
Hon. Marshall P. Wilder showed us a note
from Hon. Robert C. Winthrop in which be
tenders on behalf of the Massachusetts Soci-
ety for the advancement of Agriculture,
one thousand dollars, in aid of the United
States Agricultural Society which is to
hold its next annual Fair igngithe city of Bos-
ton on the 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th of Octo-
ber. There liuve been $20,000vpledged by the
citizens of Boston.
Accident to the John Hart.
As our steamer was leaving her dock on
Saturday, she was run into by it large ship,
the concussion throwing the coals from her
furnace and setting her on flre. The flames
were subdued before much injury was done,
and she towed to Williamsburgh for repairs.-
The Croton came up in her place, and is to
make the Hart’: trips, we believe, until she is
repaired.
School Visitor-’s Report.
We give elsewhere the Report of the School
Visitors, which was read and voted to be pub-
lished in the Gazetle. It is certainly an in-
dependent, if not it courageous document for
this meridian, and we havcgno doubt gives a
perfect synoposis of the condition of our
Schools. We hope it will be read by every
parent.
Fine Peaches and a big Melon.
We are indebted to the “Young America”
branch of the firm of Messrs. Allen, -Meeker &
Co., for the present of it fine lot of finer peach-
es, and a. prodigious Wafer Melon, raised by
Wm. M. Raymond, of this town. This enter-
prising firm run off a tremendous quantity of
Fruits and Vegetables, as well as Groceries,
and their store is the “head quarters” of all‘
such matters. The donation to the printer
just at this time is most opportune on the part
of our friend Charley. Election approaches
and he knows what’ll make him Selectman an-
other year ! Who wants to go to the Legis-
lature? Don’t all send at once, our cellar is
small.
Rhode Island State Fair.
We had the pleasure of being present at the
Horse Show of the Rliode Island State Socie-
ty, held at Providence, Wednesday and Thurs-
day of last week. The exhibition of horses
was very line. Some exquisitely beautiful
Stallions were on the gi'ound—-and some quite
inferior. Of fast horses there wasxno end.
The exhibition of Cattle, Sheep and Poultry
was considered rather inferior; the horse fea-
ture eclipsed everything. At the Banquet on
Thursday evening about 1200 guests sat
down to ti. board groaning under the burden of
the greatest profusion of vinndn, fruit, and
flowers. Addressed were delivered by Hon.
Marshal P. Wilder, and others. The weather
was almost insuferably hot. and the city unen-
durably dusty. The Hon. V. B. French_sug-
gested in our hearing, that the first and lur-
gest prize be awarded to the City of Provi-
dence for the finest dust in the country, and it
second premium of the same amount for the
most of it. We most heartily concurred in
the award. '
A New Work.
Mrs. Southworth, the authoress of the “Lost
Heiress,” &c., has a new work in press (which
will be issued by T. B. Peterson, 122 Chestnut
St., Philadelphia, on the 22nd of the present
month.) entitled “ The Deserted W'ife."—-
Mrs. S. isa lady of uncommon abilities, and
all who have read her previous works will not
fail to send to Peterson for it copy of this last
effort of her genius. It is got up in excellent
style and upon the best paper we have ever
seen used for a similar work. Price, neatly
bound in cloth, $1 25 ; sent postage free, on
receipt of price. .
Fat Beef’.
Our neighbors, Messrs. Mitchell & Camp
have purchased 2| head of the finest Bi.-eves
probably ever seen in any pi-ovinciiil market.
It is enough to do the eyes of an epicure good
to look at the pondarons and unctious quarters
as they hangin their new Market. In fact,
the entire town have fed on poor beef long
enough to fully appreciate this unusual token
of enterprise, and we expect to see “Mitcliell’s
Market” the iriost thronged mart of trade in
the County for the next two months. Mitch-
ell, we think, will have to go to Congress-
we’ll see, and determine, after we count the
number of sirloin: upon our plotter t?)
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Mn. EDITOR 3.-—Tho,. frequent occur.-‘
rence of mistake _in regard to the Nor-
walk and South Norwallt stations on our
Railroad, seems to, mom! some way of
correcting or avoiding the disturbance
it occasions.
It is a thing-1 of almost daily» occur-
rence for some of the passengers from
Donbui-y to :get ol£- hero-_-not -.-Norwallr
station to take the N. Y. and N, H. cars.
‘ This error‘ frequently results in the
expense of-‘hiring a conveyance todoutli.
Norwalk, or in the persons being obliged
to stop over night at -‘the Hotel, thus
causing a loss of time, which to some
may be most ruinous and annoying.
Supposing a person is to take (Steam-
or or a Western train, such I mistake
may delay them days or even weeks.
What I would say, is, that there seems
to-be some want of a proper distinction
between Norwalk and South Norwalk
stations on the Danbury and Norwalk
railroad, for on the N. Y. and N. H‘. road
South Norwaik station is called’ Nor-
walk, and on tho Donburv road it is
called by its proper name-South, Nor-
walk—thereupon passengers on the N.
Y. and N. H. road get off at Naqwalk,
and take the Danbury train at South
Norwalk, and those from Donbury get
off at South Norwalk and take the N-
Y. and N. H. train at Norwull.-.
This confusion of terms may be una-
voidable, but cannot‘ something be done
to prevent personsfronf g‘el_ting‘ofl' at
Normal]: to take the N.jY. aiid H.
trains from Scull» No_r_walk .9 ' ,
It seems as if something sufficiently
brief-even for a Conductor-—might _be
devised, which being distinctly ' cried
through each car, would make it perfect-
ly plain that "passengers for the New
Haven road arena: to leave -the ears
until they arrive at South’ Norwalk,"
even if they do leave” the New ‘Haven
train at Norwalk. H ' _ ',_ _
Choosing the columns of your papa‘
as the most proper way of "giving a hint
to the proper ones, and hoping that some-
thing may be done to stop this misun-
derstanding, I remain
Yours, &c., Issac.
out Now York corroopoudouoo.
New YORK, Sept. Hill, 1855.
Just at this present time of writing_
New York is full of treasures of the
head, treasures moral, intellectual, po-
litical, physical and financial. ‘Miss
Alice Agnes from Fourteenth at. has
come home from Newport with new
charms, and new trophies, and the scalp
of the man she conquered at Saratoga
will flourish its locks in her drawing
room two evenings in the week during
the Winter, unless she should sooner
braid the hair with her own for life.
The Hotels are filled with treasures,
male and female, returning Sonthward
from their annual Northern re-polishing
Merchants from the rurulities are bring-
ing their country ahillingo and sixpenceo
to pay old City bills and make. new
ones.
Louis Napoleon has lent us his "Ro-
chel” treasure, and she has brought
herea whole host of Jewish brothers
and sisters, and cousins, all very much
like the old gold the Israelites borrowed
of the Egyptians.
Then we have fugitives from the
Norfolk fever, political sub-committees
at the Astor and Irving, soldiers from
Buffalo, railroad men from the West,
niggers from the South by the under-
ground railway, Padre Gavazzi from It-
aly, and the winking virgin on the way
from Rome. Treasures all! New
York feels rich. Wko shall say she is
not the Metropolitan City '.’—tho great
centre to_ gather the beauty, the glory
and intellect of the land. Yet even
here amid the beauty and the splendor
and the splendour, the pull of suf-
fering and death casts its shadoW.-
New Jersey is close by, and its; railroad
massacre has filled our houses too "_with
mourning. Thi King of Terrors will
this year have a hand in footing up the
Camden and Arnboy statistics, and. the
dividends will be recorded in red. ~ Phi-
laiithropioto and legislators have a-wiso
field or duty before them in urging for’
ined-new provisions and appliances of
safety to our railroad gravelling. Gouv-
eneur, Morris & Co. have just applied
a new system of car-break to the cars of
the Harlem Railroad. They are regar-
ded ao entirely successful and may be
valuable preventives of disaster. ‘I. B.
Blacon, Chief Engineer of this city, is
also maturing a plan by which accidents
resulting from collisions, displacement
of switches, draw-bridges, &c., may be
prevented at a small addition to the cost
of the engine. Attention to remedies
for the breaking of axles is also demand-
ed from our inventors and engineers.-—
'I‘rue economy requires from even the
companies themselves, additional outlays
for prevention of accidents.
Now let us rettirii to "Rachel,” for
she is the peculiar city sensation 'just
now. The question of her success or
failure is pretty evenly balanced. ‘ Tho
returning aristocracy may give her a
new impulse, but it will hardly hold
out long. Our aristocracy are dreadful-
ly ignorant, and no species of enter-
tainment so painfully exposes their ig-
norance as the impersonations of Ra-
chel. The applause iii the wrongplaco
the turning of a leaf out of time, are so
many slight, but constantly recurring
tweaks given to the nose of their vanity
that they will soon_ sigh for .Pyne,, and
-Harrison’s English, or at least for an
Italian, the music of which they can un-
derstand if they cannot the lan’guage.-
Rachel has offended some of her people
by refusing to sing the Marsilluise. ’ The
truth is, she dare not, as she is a servant
of the Emperor, who don’t like the cho-
rus "march on all hearts resolved on
Liberty or Death.” So Rachel must.
strike that from her repertoire until the
next revolution. ,
The Millennium of politics seems to
have arrived, when the democratic lion
shall lie down with the whig lamb, and
a soft shell child shall lead thorn. I:
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gray bextruly said that s9:fa_I' as_t_l'_ie le_ad_-_
-Cm are concerned, there ‘are no 9 incl-
‘ples or parties‘, It is in ‘ ely a contest
"jot" men for place. A Whig candidate
zittends democratic meetings to get votes
and nice 212734.. ‘,One of ihelmost dé§Pi-
izable pieces of trickery, however, is one
Tweich h_',as occurred in one o‘: two iris-
tancei_r,'“ where an active member Of
Know Nothi_i;g’loi_1,ggg,_appears in denun-
ciation of his brethren, and claiming to
be only‘ Whig and Democrat. Allegi-
anco tO__l.l’ulhj,s betterthan trickery.-—
In many cases in this city the present
incumbents of oflicoai-e desirous of re-
election, The whole political campaign
will be nothing but theiappeiuance of a
lot of stump candidates, caring nothing
for principles, taking the nomination bf
any and every party they can get, and
‘going in for themselves alone. After
‘they are in, the public goose must afford
the feathers.
’ I A new and prosperous season is ap.
parently about to be inaugurated here,
‘to succeed the stagnant period through
fwliich we have passed. Heaven grant
‘that it may be so, for the records of the
past" year show the sacrifice of many a
noble and good heart on the altar of
poverty, neglect and sorrow. How
many a true tale of suffering, death and
iruicide has filled the columns of our
journals. How many a spectre of these
tragedies of real life has stalked into the
halls of wealth and pride, to woken
them from their sleep of ease. Shall
iheve ghosts of sorrow be forever un-
_heedod,or ohall not rather some new
Peter the Hermit arise and preadh actu-
nde against the heartlcssneoo of fashjon.
’ ’ .Nonwiu.ir'.
School Visitors? Report.
The Board of Visitors of the First
School Society of Norwallt, respectfully
.3-epon: . _l
I That soon after their election they ap-
pointed, in conformity with the provi
.-ions of the Statute in such case provi-
dad, a subcommittee of their number, to
visit all the schools in the Society, and
to perform all the duties by low assigned
to. such committee. ~ In addition to this,
the Board have, as a body, visited the
two’ Union Schools, and found them to
be every thing that could be reasonably
expected or desired.
. . For an account of the doings of the
Visitors and of the condition of the sev-
eral Schools within our limits, we refer
to the very full and accurate report of
the acting visitors hereto annexed. All
which is respectfully submitted.
By order of the Board of Visitors.
J. M. Cinrait,
Chairman.
Norwalk, Sept. 14, 1855.
R E P 0 R T .
The School Visitors appointed to visit
the Public Schools in_the First School
Society of Norwalk, having attended to
this service, prooent tho following as
their report :
Nouwnx UNION Scuoot.
The Board of instruction in this School
consists of the Principal, Mr. F. B. Brig-
ham, and six Teacliers, who have gener-
ally acquitted themselves with marked
ability and success. Unfortunately some
of the teachers who were succeeding
eminently, have been compelled by the
occurrence of unavoidable circumstances,
to leave, which we have deeply regret-
ted, but their places have been judicious-
ly supplied, so that the Board is now full.
The largest number of scholars in at-
tendance at any one time during the
past year in the Union School Building
has been 356, and the average number
about 800. The successive visits which
your Committee have made in the vari-
ous departments or this school—tlie low-
er not less than the higher-—have afford-
‘ed them almost nnmingled pleasure.-
.The dicipline, the methods of teaching,
and the success, have all been so emi-
nently satisfactory to meet fully, we
think, the reasonable expectations of the
friends of the School. Indeed, it is the
pride and glory of our town, and we
would be pleased here to demonstrate,
did our limits admit of it, that our men
of means who, though they may not be
blessed with children to be benefited by
it-, yet they have property to be benefit-
ed by it to such an extent that merely in
the light of dollars and cents, they could
not aford to be without its salutary in-
fluence. It can be easily proved that
any amount of funds necessary to give
the highest efficiency to the School, is a
much more productive investment to the
more property owner, than the best Bank
Stock in the land. This School has
dgne well the past year, but we trust it
is‘ but the earnest of what it will do in
the year to come.
There have been, the past year, con-
nected with this School, three Primary
branches, conducted in convenient local-
ities in separate buildings. Two of these
werekept in the north part of the Dis-
trict, and one in the south. The North
West Branch was instructed by Miss
Mary A. Kellogg. It was, however,
continued but a few months. The lur-
gest number of scholars in attendance
was 19, and the average about 18. The
North East Branch was instructed both
in the winter and summer by Miss Mar-
tha Betta. No. of scholars in winter 26,
in summer 13; average in winter about
l8, average in suiiiiner about 11. If
the circumstances connected with these
two Branch Primaries did not in respect
to ‘-the pupils furnish a fair case of the
" Pursuit of knowledge under difficul-
fies," we are quite certain that so far its
me In.-triicturs were concerned, it wasa
‘marked case of the " Pursuit of teaching
under difficulties." For Miss Kellogg’.-
school was accommodated with two bed-
rooms opening into each other, in the
second story of a dwelling-house, and
while she was regulating her little urcli-
ins in one bed-room, her little world in
the other was turned upside down, and
while engaged in restoring order in the
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last the first was Tffmmgdiately lgvolved
in a similar disaster, so that school
was almost an entire failure.
Miss Bette’ school was kcptin a very
elevated secondustory of a shop, and en-
tered by a long, steep flightof stairs on
the outside, and frequently covered with
ice and snow in winter, endanggring the
lives of the scholars. At our firs: visit
we found a man in one corner of the
room, seperated from the school by a ‘
thin partition, at work "at shoes, and
ham.me.ring Way up_ogi his last, while
Miss. Betta was engaged in the balance
of the loft, in hammering the knowledge
into the heads of her little charge. The
two-things, however, did not appear, to
your committee, to jingle well together.
But in spite of all the untoward cir-
cumstances connected with the condition
of the school, it made very unexpected
improvement.
The South Branch of the‘Union was
kept both in winter and summer, in a
toleriibly commodious school house, by
Miss Amanda M. Root. Tho numbers
in winter and summer were 52. The
average No. in winter was about 45, and
in summer 40. This schgol sustained,
at every successive visit, an exceedingly
satisfactory exaininaiion. The dicipline
was excellent, the teaching was evident-
ly characterized by thoroughness, and
consequently very successful. Indeed,
all things considered, there is no school
in town which has succeeded through
the year better than this. '
Sour)! NORWALK_ Union Sonoon. ,
On account of some delay in comple-
ting the capaciouo and beautiful building
for this school, it was not opened till
last SprlLg. The District Committee.
was extremely fortunatoin securing the
services of Mr. Elliot J. Peck, no Princi-
pal, and equally so in the four additional
feméile teachers, who together constitute
the Board of Instruction. In the brief
space in which the school has been in
progressthey have succeeded in enlisting
the sympathies of the entire community
warmly in its favor ; so that whatever of
adverse feeling may have exitsed before:
it has apparently died out. ' '
The largest number of scholars in at-
tendance at any one time in the school
has been 285, and the avenge number
about 275. The facts developed in the
repeated visits which we have inodo to
this School, fully justify no in speaking
in the same emphatic terms of approval
and commendation in respect to the abil-
ity of _ its teachers, its dicipline, methods
of teaching, and success. Indeed,at the
mat visit, the very sanguine expectations
of your very sanguine committee were
even more than met. We heartily re-
joico in the extremely flattering pros-
pects of this School.
Down Town Drsriuer.
The winter School in this District was
instructed by Mr. Robert L. Braden.-
The highest No. of scholars in attend-
ance was 81. and the average about 45.
At the first visit your committee was
very unfayorably impressed with the
general appearance of the school, espec-
‘rally at the disorder that prevailed. At
the last visit we were pleased to notice
some improvement in -respect to order,
and though a considerable had apparently
been attempted in the prosecution of the
usual routine of study, and some new
and advanced studies had been introduced
-—.yet there was a great lack of. thor-
oughness, and we regret to have occa-
casion to add, that so far as we were able
to judge, very little was accomplished.
The Summer School in this District
was instructed by Miss Georgiana A.
Wallace. The wholo number of schol-
ars in attendance was-.78, and the aver-
age about 46. . She labored hard to
maintain order and succeeded to some
extent. She was also faithful and oppo-
rently unremitting in her efforts to bring
up the school to what it ought to be,
and succeeded probably as well as could
be reasonably expected in view of ~all
the circumstances. The school is some-
what large, and from its promiscuous
character is necessarily divided into a
great many classes, and requires the
faithful services of an experienced toachl
or of no ordinary talents.
‘Noam Wits-r Dioriticr. --
Both the winter and summer schools
in this District were instructed by Mr.
Hiram H. Long. The whole number of
scholars in attendance iiitlie winter was
36, in the summer 32 ; and the average
attendance about 17 in winter, 16 in the
sumiiier. In all the visits which we
made totliis school, we regret to have.
occasion to say that we were unfavora-
bly impressed, both with its dicipline
and methods of instruction. They ap-
peared to be entirely behind the times,
and so far as we were able to judge, lit-
tle was accomplished either in the win-
ter or summer school.
Noarn Ensr DISTRICT.
The winter school in this District was
instructed by Mr. Hebe: Sturges. The
whole number of scholars in attendance
was 30, and the average number about
25. In view of the youth and inexperi-
ence of Mr. Sturges, who appeared to
he a young man of very respectable at-
tainments, this school made pretty fair
progress during the winter. The Sum-
mer school was instructed by Miss Eni-
ma Taylor. who seriously failed in re-
spect to discipline, and we were unable
to discover much evidence of improve-
ment. Tho whole number in attend-
ance in summer, was 35,’and the average
about 21.
Noarir Canvas DISTRICT.
‘The whole number in attendance in
the winter was‘50, in summer 40; the
average in winter about 40, and in sum-
mer about 30. The wiiiier school was
instructed by Mr. John T. Dingee, who
snccseded pretty fairly, both in dicipline
and instrnction,,and under his supervi-
sion the school made pretty respectable
progress. The summer school was
committed to the euro-of Mn. Eunice
Dud_le_y, who acqpjtted herself well.
salutary dicipljne was maintained, --
decided progress was made in all
classes of tho’ school. '
By‘ theft-scent alteration of the Sc}
L3". the three following Districts w
talien from Darien and‘ added to
School Society, the Schools in wt.
we have visited, and report as follow;
S_.0u'm Frvn MlLI“R1YI8' DISTRICT.
- T310 Whole nuiriberof scholars in ..
tondance in _the vvinteriwao 46,'an"d
..summer 30; the average attendance
winter about 28, and in summer ab;
23. Both. the Winter and summer scho-
of this District were instructed by Pi
Frederick C. Tolles, who is a you
-man of very fair attitinmi-‘cs. He si
ceeded in maintainine » 'utory di
pline, and all the t‘ . ~ ‘heiichi
appeared to have .m_a_.V . , ~».:-.-1ble i
provement. We were ‘ not
that there had been man" I . ‘ si
cessful attempts in ‘tbio’ sc.r'-
'38 ‘he elementary sounds‘.
guage, of any school inrow
the Union Schools. I ' __
MIDDLE Frvr: Mina itm.._ p_i_s_-if.”
The whole lllllnbgf of .cho|.y.-’~_,_jg‘_
tendance in this school in ‘tho \v’i‘.n
was 36, and in summer 33; the gm...
attendance in winter was about 21, 1;
in summer about 20, The N ._.
school was instructed by Mrs. Sun :
Curtis, who succeeded very fairly, Ill,
with respect to dicipline and iTuotr'uer,'
consequently the school under hot or
made very respectable progress.»
core of ’Miss Claijissa C. Raymond, is
maintained a very fair dicipline, buty
regret to add that we wero unable
discover any very marked. evidences
improvement. " ‘
Noam I-"ivc Minn Riven Disraict
The whoie number of Scholars in
teudanc-e'in' this school in the -winter
49, and in the summer-‘4"5-‘; the ‘av-
attendaneo was’ in thé°.winIt"er-_.abo'.
ond in the summer about 20. Br.-
wintnr and the summer s:hools _;
structed by Miss Fran’ceofA I
whosucjceleded well. “She
most satisfactory dicipline wt?’
rent effort. We met with 1"
best specimens of reading if
.,of‘iIny in town, and the ole
phy--embracing almost "tha-
the school—greatly excelled ,
exhibit made in Arithmetic was not
satisfactory. . Tho. school in gone:
however, is doing well.
In conclusion we invite atteiition
the following remirlts ' '
1. “To have been greatly pleased
our visits to notice the‘in’crening am
tion given to the art of teaching, readii
iniproved iiietliods’ adopted fordevelopi
the voic-; and «_-ultivating appropriate q
prossioii. Good readers in all past tit.
have been few and farbetwoen, for t
effectively taught.
2. As fundaniental to this art we be
of the schools the importance of becoi
of the language, and have -. --
called attention to the great
methods of acquiring these i
them practically_- elective in pl9I!l0llD,'_,
distinct articulation and accurate 5::
nunciation. which are now so oucces
chusetts and in several other States.-
Bnt we have not succeeded. to the a
tent we hoped to.» _ .
3. We have-boon .higbly- grotifi
with tho success which hasmottended t
eflfortito . introduce. the ;ojys‘.teiiiatic,toac
ing of mental arithmetic. particularly
the Union Schools, and especially on
the marked salutary results. We. a
confident, if it is persevered in, that
cannot fail to makoggrent change 1
the better in tho aritlilnelieal‘-attoininer
of our scbools,_,oni_l=*rnIik,o=-‘uiqoo fairs’
merits eminontlyuprvaqjtieolgj A A I
attending “tfie,expe'{i_i_ii,_e_nt" pf j._,g..“ is
graded Schools, III(_,},-,_,w.e pro cnticiputii
from them a wide opgeud valuable ind
--ace .ui=o.n an the S-«moi-.-nu e.-his--is
teresta of our attractive town _, Tl:
oro ‘luminous _'c'ento'ro of ottroetioii,"o
cannot be too llbergllyglnstuined,
that‘ there be no school’ kept in any
the Districts in‘town,"oii Saturday
quested to meet on that day, at ono_ -.
but and moot"succe’ssful methods
teaching and governing schools. P
that if it were nccopspry, to take gn up
is not. It can be easily and conveiiiei.
Iy done on Saturday, _ ‘
6. Finally we would I urge upbn t.
friends and patrons ‘the scboolo, i-
superlative imporlaneo of, securing 2-.
services of the beat. ‘aiid ables! reacti-
for all of the schools, even the ‘small-5
and least advanced. But in order to 2
thio, liberal wages must be paid: and
will be found to be I me
economy to do this, if it hi.
at the expense of shorteniiigr
for a ten or twelve weeks’ school tat‘ -,
by a skillful teacher; "rimeoour A
more valuable tban,__l-3 some 9.17.1‘-
taught six months, or almost. _any,l¢j 3'
of time, by an incompetent. teacher.
our visits wehuve been struck with il
fact that even the winter schools in tl
smaller Districts, which have SE10’
best the past year, have hefll “"1 _
females, and have succeeded too,-
in which they have been 393°"
derstood to fail, namely, in WW3‘
trntion of a" salutary diclPllߢ-
., “loses HILL,
lnnnvhw
'*.'i_l
A
summer "school was committed. to i .
especially-in the Uhion Schools, and t .
very good reason that it seldom has be .
each week,'and that tho t'eachers_bo . .
tho'otber of the Union School Hpgg. .
and spend three hours at least, in UIIIKI.-'
iinprovemont, especially in regardi to r. :
vional day out of one -.,w_o,ek to .,,c.,.,_,
plish it, it would be a'measure.of.ecor.-
my, and tho true‘ interests of the Sons,
would be greatly promoted by it; bu; ,-
endeuvored to press upon the otteutil -
ing, familiar with tho elementary noun .
fully practised in the schools of Mass -
4.‘ We_ai:e_ once: .
8' iflmesll. and ibdeed ;uponl'all the i K
.5.-. -We would earnestly’ recomme. '
regard this as of so much impongg, _.
Norwalk Chronicler