'.—- _._.:.P-377 ’ . __ . . 1; ,_ CHAPTER xvi. An Act relating to Public Squares in the town of New Haven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprerentanives in General Assembly convened .- Sac. 1. That no grant or permission heretofore given, or which may hereafter be given by Proprietors’ Committee, shall authorize the erection of any buil- ding. or part of building, or addition to a building, upon any of the public squares in the town of New Hiaven, unless such grant or permission be first ratified and confirmed by the inhabitants of the town as a meeting of the town called for that special object. Approved, June 27. 1856. -.-4.. cuxrrnn xvii. A An act enabling the Town of New Ha- ven to pave the streets of said Town in certain cases. 36 ii; enacted by rite Senate and House of Representatzves in General Assembly convened: Sec. 1. That the inhabitants of the town of New Haven be, and they here- by are authorized and empowered, by a vote of the inhabitants of said town to an- thorize and direct the selectmen of said town, whenever the selectmen are about to proceed, under a vote of said town, to macadamize any street or highway, or portion thereof in said town, and 'they shall be requested by application in wri- ting, signed by the proprietors of at least three-fourths in quantity of the land fron- ting on such street or highway, or por- tion thereof, to pave such street, high- way, or portion thereof, with cobbled or the Belgian pavement, and proposing to pay one-half the cost of such pavement Ric construct saidlpavemeut so__app|led for, and to order that one-lialf the ex- pense thereof be paid by all the proprie- tors of land fronting upon said proposed pavement in proportion to their respec- tive fronts upon said pavement, and up- on the completion of such pavement, pursuant to such vote, the selectmen of said town shall assess the expense of constructing said pavement, upon the proprietors of land fronting thereon, in proportion to their respective fronts.-— And upon such assessment being made‘, and a certificate thereof being lodged by the selectmen with the town clerk of said town, the portion of such expense so assessed to each proprietor, shall be and remain a lien or real incumbrance, in favor of said town, upon the land fronting said pavement in which such proprietor has any interest, and such land or buildings on which any such li- en may exist, may be liable to be fore closed in the same inanuer as if said lien were a mortgage upon said land, in fa- vor of the town, for the sum or sums as- sesled as aforesaid to the proprietors tliereoll-—Provided, however, that such lien shall not continue to exist for a lon- ger period than sixty days after the lod- ging of said certificate of assessment with the town clerk, unless, within that period, a certificate, signed by the se- lectmen of said town, (describing the premises on which the lien exists, and the amount claimed by said town as a lien therecn,) shall be lodged with the town clerk of said town for record ; and provided further, that any such lieu shall cease to exist whenever a certificate to that effect, signed by the selectmen of the town, for the time being, shall be lodged with said town clerk. SE0. 2. If, when the assessment au- thorized by section I is made, the land, or buildings, or any part thereof, in front of such pavement is, by the vote of the town as aforesaid, required to be made, shall be holden for a term of years or any greater estate less than a ‘ee simple, said selectmen may apportion in such manner as they shall judge right among the dif- ferent persons having interest in said premises, the expense of carrying such order into execution. and thereupon each of said persons shall be bound to pay to said town the portion of said expense so apportioned to him ty said selectmen.- In all other cases, any person owning in fee simple such premises, shall be liable to pay to said town the whole of the ex- pense incuired in the execution of said order and appcrtioneg to him as aforesaid, and any two or more persons owning said premises in lee, jointly or as tenants in common, shall be jointly lia- ble to pay to said town the whole of said expense; and the portion of expense which any person or persons shall be liable to pay to said town as aforesaid, may be recovered by the treasurer of said to_wn, by the ordinary action of as- sumpsit for money paid or by any other proper form of action in his own name against such person or persons. Approved, July 1, .1856. CHAPTER xvm. An act to amend the Charter of the city of New London. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened - _ Sec. 1. That in all elections for the choice of officers of the city of New London, the mayor, aldermen, common council-men, clerk, treasurer, and sher- iffs of said city, shall all, or so many of them as each Ireeman shall choose to vote for, be voted for at one ballot, by .9.1'aving their names, with the office for which they are respectively intended, written or printed on one piece of pa- per; and those persons having the great- set number of votes for said offices,shall be declared to be elected ; and the seve- ral nldermen, and the several con.mon council-men shall be deemed to be clic- seri in the order in which their names shall stand, on the greatest number of ballots for them respectively given in; and in case of an equality of votes for any of the particul\ar,officers named, a new election to supply such vacancy or vacancies, shall be held on the same day of the next succeeding week, at the same hour of the day. All officers of said city other than those herein named, , .,(exce.pt. such as are by law appointed by the city court) shall be chosen by the court of common council. Sac. 2. On the day of the amiual meeting of said city, for the choice of officers, thepoll shall be opened at nine c’clock in the fcreiicon, and continue open until four o'clock in -the afternoon, i-under the direction of the mayor, or in his absence, the senior alderinau of said .city, present, or such other person, or persons as the court of common .cou-ncil of said city shall appoint. All ballots shall be laid on the lid of the ballot box, and put into -the ballot box by the presi- ding officer, or by such person as he -shall appoint to have charge of said bal- lot box, The ballots shall be counted by -the mayor, or presiding officer, and .-alderrnen, and such common co.un,cilmen as the -mayor or presiding officer shall .designate,; and as soon as said poll is .closed, said ballot box shall be opened, 2E1'I](I the ballots counted, and the result puldicly declared. Sec. 3. This act shall be a public act, and shall take effect from and after the day of its passage. Approved. Tune 10, .1856. CHAPTER xix. , An act to amend the Charter of the city of Norwich. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of .Represenzatz';ves tn General Assembly convened .- Sac. 1. No person shall be an elector of said city and authorized to vote at any meeting thereof, who shall not have been previously admitted and qualified as an elector of some town in tliis,'state, and shall have statedly resided in said city a least four mciiths, next preceding the time of voting.‘ And if any person not qualified according to law, shall vote at any city meeting in said city, or being so qualified, shall, in any such meeting give in more than one vote at a ballot for the same person to the same office, he shall forfeit the sum of seventeen dollars, to the treasury of the State, for such of- fense. SE0. 2. All acts and parts of acts in- consistent with this act are hereby re- pealed. . Approve, June 25, 1 856. . CHAPTER xx An Act in alteration to An Act entitled "an Act in addition to an’Act relating to Courts,” passed in 1805. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened : - -That the act of which this is an altq ration, so far as it prohibits any alien from declaring his intention to become a citizen of the United States, before any superior court in this State, and so far as it prohibits any such court from admit- mitting an alien to become a citizen of the United States, he and the same is hereby repealed ; provided that the same shall be done in open court at the regu- lar terms of such superior court. Approved, July 2, 1856. ‘..:c CHAPTER xxr. _ An Act relating to Courts.--[Repealed by Chap. 22. Be it enacted by the ‘Senate and House of Representatiees, in General Assembly convened .- Sno. 1. That so much of an Act en- titled "an Act in alteration of an Act relating to Courts,” as requires that a session of the superior court should hereafter be holden in Hartford County, on the second Tuesday of May in each year, be and the same is "hereby re- pealcd. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not be held applicable to the May term of said court, in said county, for the present year, or any adjonriiments thereof, and that all civil causes now pending in said court, which have not been, or shall not be finally disposed of at said term, shall ' be continued to the next September term of said court as hereafter constituted, except petitions for divorce in which there has been no appearance on the part of the respondent, which petitions shall be continued to the July term of said court. Sec. 2. That the superior court with- in and for said county shall hereafter be holden on the 4th Tuesday of Septem- ber in each year instead of the 2d Tues- day of October, as heretofore provided. SEC. 3. Thatiu all causes which shall hereafter be pending at any March term of the superior court in said county, and which shall not be finally disposed of at such term, shall be continued to the next September term of said court. Site. 4. That the supreme court of er- rors in said county shall hereafter be holden on the fourth Tuesday of Feb- ruary, and the second Tuesday of July in each year. Approved, June 25, 1856. CHAPTER xxri. An act relating to Courts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened : Sec. 1. That so much of an act enti- tled "an act in alteration of an act rela- ting to courts,” as requires that a ses- sion of the superior court should hereaf- ter be holden in Hartford county on the second Tuesday of May in each year, be and the same is hereby repealed. Provided, however, that the provis- ions of this section shall not be‘ applica- ble to the May. term of said court in said county for the present, or any adjourn- ments thereof, and that all civil causes now pending in said court, which have not been, or shall not be finally disposed of at said term, shall be continued to the next September term of said court as hereafter constituted, except petitions for divorce in which there has been no ap- pearance on the part of the respondent, which petitions shall be continued to the July term cf said court. Sec. 2. That the superior court, with- in and for said county shall hereafter be holden on the fourth Tuesday of Septem- ber, instead of the first 'I‘usday of Octo- ber in each year. SEC. 3. That all civil causes which shall hereafter be pending at any March term of superior ccu.-t in said county, and which shall not be finally disposed of at such term, shall. be continued to the next September term of said court. Sec 4. That "an act relating to courts," passed at the present sessioir of the General Assembly, which act relates to the courts in Hartford county, be and the same is hereby repealed. - Approved July 1, 1856. * CHAPTER xxrrr. An~act altering the time for holding the Superior Court for New »Haven County. .- A Be it enacted‘ by the Senate and House of Representatives in Genera Assembly 9 -- Suc. 1. The Superior Court for -New Haven County, shall be held at New Haven, in said Ccunty,ion the first'Tues. day of September in ‘each year, instead of the third Tuesday of July, as is pro- vided by the act in alteration of an act relating to courts. - Size. 2. All causes which have been, or shall be brought by suit, [writ ?] ap- peal, continuance or otherwise to the term of the superioncourt, to be holden ‘ii and for the county of New Haven, on he third Tuesday of July, 1856, shall be returned and entgred upon the dock- et of said court, at the next September term herein provided for, and shall he proceeded with at said September term, in the same manner as if originally brought thereto. And nothing herein contained, shall impair oraffect any, lien or attachment, or any right acquired by the service of any such writ, or any bond taken on any such appeal. . Approved, June 25, 1856. CI-IAPTER xxrv. A An act altering the time and place for holding the Superior court for Fair.- field County. I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened : SEC. 1. The superior court for Fair- field .c0uuty shall be held at Danbiiry in and for _s__aid county,on the second Tries- day of August in each year, instead of July as is now .p,i-.o,v_ided by the act enti- tled "an act in alteration of an act rela- ting to courts,” and no July I.err,r,i of said court shall be held in said county. ‘,be lioiden at said Danbury on the third ,T‘ues,,g._la of October in each year, in- stead o the third Tuesday of December Sec. 2. Said siipeijiorcourt shall also; as is now provided by law, and a! Bridge- port in said coiiiiiy, on the third Tries- day of December in each year, instead of the third Tuesday of October as is now provided by law. SEC. 3. All causes, civil and criminal, which have been or shall be brought to the next July term of the superior court in and for said Cciinty, whether by writ appeal, continuance or otherwise, shall be returned to and entered in the docket of said court at the term thereof. to be holden on the second Tut-day of August next, as herein before provided, in the same manner as if originally‘ brought thereto, and shall he proceeded with the same manner as if said July term had not been established. Approved, June 19, 1856. The After Treatment of theStraw- berry. A‘ correspondent who followed our di- rections for making a strawberry bed, "asks for further instructions upon its cultivation. . What is to be done with the runners, &c.’.' This is a matter of a good deal of importance, to the amateur, and to the maket gardener. he process must be a little different, according to the ob- jects in view. If .the object is to get the largest amo_unt of very fine speci- mens of fruit and of the highest quality we should not suffer a runner to make a new plant during the season. Go over the ground as often as once in three weeks, and clip every runner. ' The plants set this spring will bear very little fruit, and the management should be in reference to the next yeiir’s crop. The clipping ofthe runners will concentrate the energies of the plant upon making roots, and forming flower- buds for the next year. If allowed to run, a multitude of young will be formed and all the strength of the parent plants will be drawn off to these. We noticed in a bed of the McAvcy’s Superior, which we left for forming new plants I that many of the old plants were entirely exhausted by the effort, and did not sur- vive the winter. Many pursue this course with their hearing beds, think- ing it less trouble to cut up the young plants, and form new rows in the spring than to keep them carefully clipped.— But this is a slovenly method, and does not give so good result. Removing the runners has two ad- vantages. It gives opportunity for con- stant cultivation during the summer, and makes strong plants, with full large heads. A plant thus treated sends up its roots in all directions, and will take complete possession of a cube of earth two feet upon each side of it, if it finds it unoccupied with other plants. In the second spring there will be, a com- pact head of’ leaves and flower stalks, and the fruit will be large, and the best quality the variety is capable of pro- ducing. _ The amateur will find much more satisfaction in cultivating them by this metlicd than by the more ccinmcn and more careless one of leaving the run- ners to take possession of the ground and to struggle with the weeds. During the second season, when the plants are expected to hear, they should be watered abundantly, with weak liquid manure. This is particularly im- portant after the berries have set, and before they reach their maturity. After they begin to ripen; ‘they should be watered less frequent.—Am- Agcul. Flies--a way to get rid of them. Messrs Edt'tors.—It was my privilege to go through the grounds of some of our citizens in the western part of the city on Friday last. When there, I ob- served bottles suspended in the trees con- taining vast quantities of millers, flies and bugs, attracted there by a mixture of molasses, water and vinegar. Following the example set me, on Saturday morning, .I procured large mouthed white glass bottles, that would hold about one quart each, and tied them to the limbs of different trees in my gar- den. . ' In each of these bottles I put a _half pint of mixture, mad by adding to three pints of water half pintof molasses and half a gill of vinegar. One of these hot- tles, hung in a cherry tree, at the end of twenty-four hours had collected more than a pint of millers and flies. It was then emptied, and its contents buried.- This bottle was again replenished and at the end of ten hours more, had col- Iected nearly a quart of millers and flies. , All the bottles put out (eight) had gathered perhaps two quarts more of millers and flies during the same time. If the placing of bottles thus baited in the different gardens in the city could be brought about. a serious pest would be in a great degree mitigated. Our Printing Presses Abroad.--The following is from the London Weekly Newspaper,ediied by Douglas Jerrold : “Next week we trust, these pages will be printed on an engine planned by American brain. forged by Aerican arms and set up here on English soil by American, hands—.-most noble speci- mens withal of our American bretliern on the other side of the wave. Now, what need we care for the red tape when we may bind both sides of the Atlantic together with the tapes of the steam‘ press ?” American Horses for E ngla_nd.——R. Tan Bncecx, Esq,. of Lexington, Ky., went in the steamer Asia taking with him three of his best horses, (Le- ccmte, Prior, and the filly Prioress) to test their powers with the English race horse on English ground. It is con- tended by English turfmen that the horse in England has attained the maximum of speed, and that no fcrign bred horses are equal to them. In order to solve this problem, Mr. Ten Broeck,confident of the powers of the American bred horse, goes to England, and time will tell the result. In Cleveland last summer, a conscien- tious lad had, on the impulse, done something which he knew his mother would notapprcve. Sincerely sorry he carried his grief to the ear of a sister and said he had proved for forgivenes. His sister comforted him by assuring him that God would forgive him. With tears streaming down his holiest face he replied, “I know God will forgive me, but I am afraid mother wont.” There is a lesson in that touching reply which should teach all~mothers to be careful never to “break the bruised reed.’_' The Telegraph reports further outra- ges in’ Missouri on a company of Free- State settlers quietly journeying to their chosen homes in Kansas. The robbery in this case would seem to be more sweep- ing and systematic than hitli_erto. I_t is certain that no more Free-State rnigra-, lion to Kansas through Missouri will be permitted until the qiiesiion of Freedom or Slavery therein shall be settled. It is said that a warrant to arrest Gov. ,B,sp_der for treason is now in Washington and that_l_ie will be arrested and sen: back to Kansas _to be tried by that disgrace to the bench, Judge ,Lecompio_ More “ Chivalry”--A Pastor Ex- pelled. The Rev, George D. Boardman has just been expelled from his home and his pastorate in South Carolinia, under the following circumstances. Mr. Borod- man is the son ofthe revered inissiciiary of that name, and is well known as one of the most quiet and amiable men in the Baptist ministry. He has been preaching for some time past to the church at Barnwell Court House, South Carolina. A public meeting was re- sympathy, and approbation for Mr. Brooks, in the shameful assault. upon Mr. Sumner Mr. Boardman, the Baptist pastor, having no wish to participate in the meeting, ‘was not protect ; where- upon a committee was despatched to his residence to inquire the reason.. Mr. B. quietly replied that he was unaccustomed to meddle with political agitations, and preferéd to have no part in the proceed- ings. Upou this he was required to give a cotegcrical answer to the question whether he aympathized with Mr. Sum- ner and with his views, To which Mr.- B answers in substance, that he ,wished not to be thus catechized, but if he must answer, he could do no otherwise as an honest man, than to say Yes This was enough and he was at once told that he could have twenty four hoursto leave the place. Resistance or refusal was useless, and making such arrangements as he could in that brief period, Mr. Boardman took his departure for the North. ' And this is freedom,” this is American liberty ! this is the blessed heritage, the peculiar privilege of ‘an American citi zen and a Christian minister, within a few days of the eightieth anniversary of American Independence! But com- ment is superfluous. There are the facts;_and we add no more, except to say that Boardman has since received a communication from the church itself. advising him that he need not return — Whether this is from prudential consid- erations merely, or asian endorsement of the action of the Committee, we‘ are not informed. Either‘ way, it is bad enough.—-Clm'stz'an Secretary. UnIcind.—It seems to be one of the or- dinances of nature that our eiijoyments must always have some drawback.-— Blessings are never unalloyed. The House of Representatives is in this un- happy predicament. Col. Preston S. Brooks, who resigned his seat because a majorety of its members had voted that they did not wish him there any longer upon saying that when he should come back,scmething would happen, added the encouraging assurance, “ and come back I will.” But the members were not left to the undiluted enjoyment of this assurance. Before he closed Col. Brrooxs felt constrained to assure those who voted for his expulsion that " for all future time his self-respect required that he should pass them as stranger.” So they are not to enjoy the chastened and elevating and everlsting delight of his personal acquaintance, after his re turn. Cruelty, it seems, is no incon- siderable ingredient of the Colonel’: character.—N. Y Times. Col Femont’s Religz'on.—VVhile the Express is Fulmerinating the assertion that Col. FREMONT is a Roman Catholic and communicant cfihe Romish Church, the Washington Union says that Rev. Hermit WARD Bsscuan is Col Fitn- MoN'1"s spiritual concience keeper.” As there is union in strength, though there may be no stength in the Urion, these‘ two prolific clefaniers of Col. Fitn- nrorvr ought to compare notes, so as not to neutralize each others slanders. N’. Y. Times. The Independent.— The Independent réligious, newspiiper, announces this week its adhesion not only to freedom ‘of speech, freedom of ress, free soil, and freemen, but to—- remain. for the next President. Scorning the dough- faced policy of remaning neutral, when great national interests are at stake, ithrough fear of violating any fancied ec- celesasiieal prcprieties, this vigorous journal shcwsitself worthy of its Puri- tanic ancestry and brotherhood. We welcome this timely movement on the part of our excellent neighbor, and with none the less alacrity on account of sundry passages at arms in former days in regard to oilier political issues. N. Y. Tribune. The Dubnqiie (Iowa) Republican con- tains a ccminunication from Wm. M. Crozier, the prosecuting attorney of that county, which withdraws his name from the Democratic Ccrrvention to which it had been presented for renomination to the office he now hclds,by the border ruf- fian democracy. _ The St. Louis Republican, long the leading and ablest wing journal of the west and the south-west and now a strong sympathizer with border ruffiauism, raises the Buchanan flag openly. It says that the next presidential election will be " decided iipcn no other issue than that presented by the slavery question, and until that question is de- cided, as it will be at the next Novem- ber election, all other questions sink in- to insiguifica nee." And of course we are of the North are expected to gointo the November elec- tion for the purpose of establishing the doctrine that slavery may go into the ter- ritories; that the repeal of the Missouri ‘ inproinise was right, and that slave aboris better than free labor. Perhaps they will. The St.Deulsc/te. Zeitung, the only German paper published in Minnesota Territory, comes oiit_for Fremont and Dayton. The e.liior says he has for six years labored for the Democriic partv that time would work a reformation, the party however. having retrograded until it has become a mere tool in the hands of the slaveholders, he has no alternative but to abandon it,’ and enlist under the banner of Freedom and Fremont. The town of Amherst Mass., has just been canvassed to ascertain the feelings of the voters. and the 'fcllowing is the result: ing 7.5. The Rocltgford (Ill.)Demoerat always an old line Democratic pper. has hoisted the names of Fremont and Dayton. James Buchanan in 1815.-The fol- lowing passage is found in an Oration delivered by Mr. Buchanan July 4th 1815. Will i he Democracy please to make a note of it. " What is to be our opinion of an op- position whose passions were 6.? dark and malignant as to be gratified in en- deavoring to :blast the character and embitter the old age of Washington -'.’-.- After thus persecuting the savior c_f_liis country, how can the Deniocrattc party dare call themselves his dz'scz‘pleS ?” One man in Philadelphia holds :1 "mil- lion of dollars of theTexas bonds soon to be paid which He bought from the United States Bank at the rate of fifteen cents cifthe dollar. cently called at that place, to express ' in spite of its corruptions, in the hope. For Fremont, 450; Scatter- I Terrible Railroad Accident--One Hundred Reported Killed. PHILADELPHIA, July 17. A serious railroad accidr.-iit happened this morning on the Northern Pennsyl- vania Railroad, by the explosion of the locomotive The cars were filled. with the teachers and children of St. Mich- ael’: Church Sunday School, bound on an excursion. The cars were set on fire and several lives were lost. The acci- dent happened near Fort Washington. SECOND DISPA TCH. The accident occurred at 7 o'clock this morning. Rumor makes the killed from sixty to one hundred in number.— No train has arrived yet from the scene of the accident. Other companies have furnished locomotives, and cars and sur- ers. A despatch from Germantown says that number of the wounded have been brought there in private conveyance. THIRD DISPA TC’H. The latest accounts from the scene of the disaster, report thirty-five killed and nearly a hundred badly injured. Eight hundred persons were on the train. Six cars were entirely demolished. Among! the killed, is Father Sheridan of St. Michael’s Catholic Church. FOURTH DISPATCH. P Tlie train contained 1100 children with their parents and teachers. It came in collision with a down train on the curve near Fort Washington, while the latter was going slowly and the for- mer rapidly in endeavoringrtc reach the stopping place. Both locomotives were crushed, and three of the cars of the ex- cursion train rushing together, caught fire and were consumed. Beneath their ruins a number were crushed so that ex- irication was impossible. The scene was one of the most heart-tending and terrible description. names of the killed.] The total killed is 30, and the wounded, 69. FIFTH DISPATCH. The scene of the accident is fourteen miles from this city, in the neighbor hood of two curves, so that approaching trains cannot be seen five hundred yards distant. When the locomotives came, together, they rose on end, and fell over across the road. The fire being scat- tered about the wreck of the first excur- sion car, it caught fire and extended to the two other cars piled on it. Most ex- traordinary effcrts were made to extri- cate the mutilated beings crushed be- - neath the wreck. many of whom were still alive when, the flames reached them The groans and cries that rent the air were awful. Two hotels, one dwelling house, a blacksmith’s shop, and a small shed within three hundred yards of the disaster were used to shelter the dying and the wounded. A number of physi- cians from this city and from German- town were early in attendance. Two engines from Chestnut Hill forced wa- ter through hose in the wreck, and, If- ter working for several hours, the hu- man remains beneath it were removed Nineteen bodies were removed to the blacksmith’s shop, three of whom were supposedto be females. Under anoth- er shed were eight bodies so charred as to defy recognition. The body of Fa- ther Sheridan was recognized and brought to the city. An immense crowd was attracted to the spot from the sur- rounding sections of the country. Ma- ny of the friends of -the dead and the wounded walked from the city, and oth- ers proceeded thither in every description of vehicle which were talrn "and made use of in bringing the wounded and the dead to the city. Burning or a Steamer--Thirty Lives Lost. Burnno, July 17. The steamer Northern Indiana took fire about 11 o'clock this morning, while on her voyage to '.l‘oledc and burnt to the waier’s edge. Thirty or forty of the passengers are reported as being lost. The following are among the pas- sengers and crew taken off by the Mississippi: A. Stockbridge, Hartford: Caroline Turner, Rome, Me.; E. and J. Giles, Worcester; John N. and Mat- thew Farrar,.Manchesier, N. H; Jo- seph Twichel, Old Town. Me; Eldridge Blanchard, Augusta, Me; Rev. J M. Pressliu, Ind., whose brother is drowned; C. T. Dudham. West Needham, M°ass.. Milo Dcty, Hartford. Captain Pheatt, commander of the N. I. was not on board of her, being sick and confined to his room in Buffalo. There are fifteen or twenty misssing who were known to be on board, but it is thought they may have been saved by the propeller Re- public and a schooner that assisted in picking up the passengers. Heavy Robbery. New Yoax, July 17. The Express Safe on the Erie Rail- road train, one day this week, was open- ed by some thief, on its way to this city and robbed of all its contents. As the way bill was also taken, the amount of the loss has not yet been ascertained, but it is probable some $20,000. ‘The N augatuck Railroad Acci- dent. The following is the verdict of the Coroner's Jury at the inquest held over the body of Henry C. Scott, the Con- ductor who was killed by the Railroad accident at Derby, last week. ., vennicr, The deceased, Henry C. Scott, came to his death by an accident at the Derby Narrows, in the breaking down of a bridge of the Naugatuck Railroad Com- pany, and we agree that said accident was caused by culpable and inexcusable negligence of the oflicers of Naugatuck Railroad company in not having with due care examined and repaired the wood work of the pile bridge at Derby Nar- rcws',‘the Jury finding upon examiation that some of the timbers of the bridge broken through are very rctton, ,ai‘,i,d in other portions’ of the same bridge many timbers that are not sound, and that the structure generally is unsafe. Truman Smith has been empldyed by the friends of Keatiiig as their counsel in the Herbert case, among others. . |]’_§= Hurrah for Fremont!" said an old fashioned Whig. " Hurrah for Beelzebub !" said the soured office-holder to whom the exclamation was addressed. ‘Very well,’ retorted the Whig, " you hurrah for your candidate, and I'll hur- rah for mine." [§- For the first half the year 1856 there has been received kom California gold to the amount $21,836,174. More South Carolina Chivalry.- New-York July l9.—'-At a late hour last night at the Metropolitan Hotel, a Mr. Bashford W. Vicks, of South Car- olina, attacked and. beat with a cane, Mr. Stanwccdof Mass. for saying that the attack on Mr. Sumner was brutal and cowardly. Staiiyvocd received one or- ~ two severe -blows on _'the' face,‘ before he had time to repel the 'attac.k- ' 'I‘li'e' parties were séparated. \Vlck8 ivasar-‘- rested and locked up for the night. He was discharged this mornig, but a war- ant for his re-arrest has been issued. geons have been despached to the sufi‘er- , [We omit the ° Norwalk, Tuesday, Jury Z2,’-I8.b6.. Hi:.vin' our ox S|..\\'li‘.RY.—-“ I have said that Inever cuuld vote for it ruy.-ielf, and I repeat tlmf. I never can, and never will vote, and no earthly power will ever make me vote. to spread slavery over territory where it does not now exist.”-Henry GIay’s Speech, Feb. 6, 1850. “I IIEL there is nothing which the civilized world, if they take notice of so humble it person as myself’, will l'!‘pI'0BCh me with, when, 1 say, as I stud the other day, 1 had made up my mind, for one, that under no circum- alanfi, would Lconsent to the further extension of‘ the area't"."‘Slavery In the United States, or to the far-flier increase of slave Representation in the douse of Repre- aentatives.”—Speech Qfbanfel Web.-rm-rm Oregon Bill, "48. “ TIII-J .uior.mo.\' or r>o.\ii:s'ric S¢r..ivrrra\' is the gr:-ntcst oli- ject of desire in these Colo ' , where it was unliuppily introduced in their infant. e.”—l’q(i'erson, in 1774. F01’. PRESIDENT JOHN C. FREMONT, OF CALIFORNIA. FOB VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM E‘. JOHNSTON, OF PENNSYLVANIA . V ‘ American National -Platform. I. Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and in- separable. II. Freedom of the ballot-box from foreign influence. III. Freedom of conscience. IV. Freedom of speech. V’. Freedom of the press.‘ VI. Iflea Territory and Free Kansns—No advantage to acct-ire to Slavery from the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. VII. The improvement of rivers and the construction and improvement of harbors, as well upon the great lakes as on the seaboard. VIII. The immediate construction of a rnilroridncross American territory to the Pacific States, by such riid on the part of the Government as may be necessary to ac- complish such result. 1 American State Convention. The Ainerican Party of Connecticut, and fill others opposed to the election of the nominees of the Cincin- nati Convention, and to the principles as expressed in their platform, are requested to meet in Convention at HARTFORD, on the 8th day of Augusl, A. D. 1356, at 10 o’clock in tho for-enion, to nominate Electors for President and Vice President of the United States. The several towns are entitled to elect delegates to said Convention equal to three times the number of their Representatives. , WAIT N HAWLEY, HENRY HAMMOND, - '0. ii. PLATT. I - PA'I'I‘EN' rrrcn, l JOHN M. WAD}-IAMS, . BIRAM WILLEY, I). D. SILLJMAN. J Meeting to appoint Delegates. The members of the American Party of the town of Norwalk and all others opposed to the election of the nominees of the Cincinnati Con- vention with all who favor free speech. free labor, free men and Fm-mcxr, are requested to meet at the Town Hall, on Friday Evening, J uly 25th, at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of ap- pointing six Delegates to represent this town in the Electoral Convention, called as above, at Hartford on the 6th of August next. A. H. Bvrxcrox, Town Com. The Convention of August 6th. We ask particular attention to the call in to-days paper for a Convention 6f the Ameri- can party and all others opposed to the Cin- cinnati nominees and platform, for the purpose of nominating candidates for Electors. This is the only Convention to which Delegates are to be appointed. A mass meeting, it appears, is to asseinble at Hartford the same day but without the system of Delegates We earnest- ly urge upon all the towns in Fairfield County to select their Delegates to the Convention as soon as possible and forward their names to the Gazette for publication. They are to be appointed in numbers three times exceeding the number of of representatives to which the town are respectively entitled in the‘ Legis- lature. Let every town in Fairfield County be fully represented, that union, harmony and vrcroar may ensue. The New Canaan C'atastropIze.—A gentleman who resides in New Canaan _says that the account published in the Norwalk Gazette, is untrue in many respects and is designed to give the pub- he a false impression of the whole affair. It seems that the Fremont men had raised a flag in the centre of the village a few days before, and at the time the accident occurred, the Democrats were raising a Buchanan flag. They had provided some cartridges to fire off a sa- lute on the occasion, and had carefully placed-them on a stoop-—and appointed two young men to watch them. Sev- eral boys playing near by, were caution- ed against approaching too near the spot ‘and were warned of the danger of firing their crackers in that vicinity. Among these lads was one who was heard to remark that he would spoil the Demo- crat's sport, and that the powder should not be burned in the cannon. This boy waited until the attention of those who guarded the powder was called off by a little incident, and then threw a lighted cracker in the heap. As soon as he had done this he ran round the corner and escaped unhurt. e is about seventeen years of age and should have known better, even if he had not been told.- The endeavors of the Gazette to lay the blame to the "carelessness of the Bu- chanan men” as they call it, has caused much indignation in New Canaan, and the course of the editor of that sheet is denounced by all who know the facts in the case --—Brz'dgeport Farmer. 31%. We presume the above will be news even to the “careless Buchanan men” of New Canaan. We were perfectly submerged with communications concerning the accident, the most of which came from the pens cf the Democrats themselves. In all of these there was apparent, the most nervous anxiety to divest their party from blame, and to cast it upon an irresponsible lad. We saw, as any one would, divested of the excitement which pervaded that village, that this very effort would be the surest means of thwarting their own desires, and as we could not insert :11, concluded to condense the simple facts in an article of our own,iiud publish instead. We even withheld the verdict of the Coroner, deeming that more severe than anytlriiig we chose to say concerning this most melancholy affair. After narrating the facts as furnished . us, we remarked as follows: "This accident has cast a deep shade of sadness over the whole village, and carried sorrow to the heart of many a family. It is the result of the most criminal carelessness on the part of those who had charge of the powder, as wellas those who indulged in the haz- ardous experiment of letting off fire-_, crackers under such circumstances." This is doubtless the cause of the Farmer’s "indiguation,” as that sheet seldom lets an opportunify pass to impnte sinister motives rto those of its cofemporaries who chance to differ from it in sentiment. We go in for the freedom of speech and of action, and think the “careless Buchanan men” (a term, by the way, we never used,) had a perfect right to raise a flag and fire cannon for their candi- date if they chose. We raised our flag at his nomination, and although differing from him in all his political views. he is an American citizen of distinguished abilities,a_nq the now. inee of a great body of American citizens, and aiisuoh we have no approbious epithets to heap upon him, however much his supporters may provoke it by a disimilar course of political warfare. We meantc battle his political doc- trines, but as to his personal character we en- tertain respect for it, and shall ever speak of him with becoming regard. At the same time we shall not sacrifice our own inde- pendence of action to appease the indignation ofauy m_a_n, or set of men, in New Canaan or elseivhérel The accident was the result of the ‘luiost priming} '_ca'_rele_ssnfess on the part of t,l_1,ose,vi-_ho had chafgé oi the powder, and of’ those who fired crackers about it,;’ as stated in our first article. If it isnot so, every coin- muiiicntion we liavl: chaiiuii men tliciiiselvcs, and the VLFLIIITI of Inquest, are all libels. Loss carelessness in the management of a rail road cuusiiig accident and loss of life, would have con- victed the managers of manslaughter, and ev- ery uprlght man would applaud the verdict. If it be a fact that this boy threuteiied the ex- plosion of the powder, it is but additional ev- idence that he should have been restrained, or the powder secured. We think we stated the case with as much leniency as airy honest public journalist could do, and be faithful to their trust. We looked upon it as a most p-.i.inlul and lamentable affair, intensified by the peculiar‘ circumstances under which it chanced to hop pen, and in all candor and kindness, forebcre to comment on the accident with that severi- ty we should have felt it our duty to do, had it occurred during any preparation for it pure- ly patriotic salute on the 4th of July. We viewed it as a case where a political -party were seemingly made responsible for -individ- ual carelessness, and we forbore to allude to the unfeeling and revolting act tliat, imme- diately following the heart-rending explosion, when the whole village was stricken with the deepest anguish, and amid the dying agonies of one, and the piteous groans ol twenty more of its little ones, the remaining car- tridges were fired, and the booming of the cannon, and the huzzas of a thoughtless crowd, mingled with the wall of paren ts whose blackened, maimed and lifeless olf- spring had been involved in the shocking ca- lamity. . Improvements. The Catholic Church in this village has just been greatly enlarged by an addition to its length. The Straw Hat Factory is now completed cptwardly, and preents a most beautiful ap- pearauce. The Shirt Factory of Mr. Henry I. Hoyt, is also externally complete, and ' gives quite a business air to that vicinity. A very large number of hands are to be employed. The Look Co.’s Buildingq at South Nor- walk, are also up, and gives a look of decided thrift to our sister village. Mr. Swcrd’s new building is nearly com- .pleted,and adds much to the beauty of the village. _§‘ It was reported that a woman from Redding was sun-struck in our streets on Wednesday. This was incorrect. She was overcome by a fainting fit. It was also rumored that an operative at work on Prof. Woodbury’s new house, was killed last week by a fall. This is also an error. He had a severe fall, but was not dan- gerously injured. M.uum‘..—Onr harbor has presented quite a commercial aspect the past week. We coun- ted eight schooners, and as many sloops and smaller sailing vessels at our levees on Wednesday. Robbery. A hogshead of sugar belonging to Mr. Geo. Abbott, was ‘stolen from the dock at South Norwalk, on Friday night last. No clue to the perpetrators of the robbery has yet been obtained. fiuknother disgraceful row occurred again in our most public _thoroughfare on Sunday evening. Stones and other missiles were free- ly used. Have we any laws restraining rum and riot, or not? If we have, would it not be well to have them enforced, at least on Sunday. g‘ We learn that a tenant house belong- ing to Watts Comstock, Esq., of New Canaan. was set on fire and burned down on Friday uight'la.sl:. The occupant of thedwellinghzis been arrested as the incendiary and bound over fortrial. &.We are pleased to learn that we are to have Hon. A. Oakley Hall, of N. Y., as’ a resi- dent of Norwalk the present summer. He has taken the house of James Judson, Esq., on East Avenue. The Steamer Elm City; This floating palace which leaves New H a- ven every evening, affords the most sensible and comfortable route to our citizens who usually take the 10 o’clock train down and reach the City at midnight, f-igged out, dusty. cross and sleepy. By this route one can take the last evening train to New Haven go on board the beautiful Elm City, go to bed like it rational man and wake up at 5 o’clock next morning at Peck Slip, in time to take any of the early morning trains out of the ciy. The additional cost also, does not exceed the Hotel Bills, &c., attending the former mode, and gives as a bonus a night of‘ good refreshing sleep. Then there is Capt. Miles Lewis, the prince of steamboat officers, with our old friend and fellow citizen in typographical felicity, Wm. T. Smith, Esq., as his aid. .Who would not travel thirty miles out of his route to en- joy their genial and courteous companionship- Haighvs Hotel, Elmira. Travelers will find this one of the best “stoppiug.pIaces” on the whole line of the Erie road. No fuss or flurr-y—no glitter of crockery at the expense of substantial food, but everything quiet, clean and orderly, and of the first class, coupled with very reasonable charges, are among the claims to the public favor possessed by Haight’s Elmira Hotel. ' Raspberries. If‘ there are any at this late day who are sceptical in, regard to the profilableness, as well as luxury and comfort, of fruit growing, we hope they will pay a special visit to the grounds of Samuel Seymour, or to the Nur- sery of Geo. Seymourdt Co., where that splen- did fruit, the Red Antwerp Raspberry may now be seen in all its perfection. Samuel Seymour has already picked over _/‘our thou- sandbaskcts, from a plot of about half‘ an acre, netting more clear profit, than half of our hard working farmers can realize from their hundred acre farms, with the sweat and toll of a whole year added thereto. Is it not strange that our Agriculturists, living so near- the New York market, will not turn their at- tention more to fruit raising l g. It is said that the New York city cars and omnibus lines contemplate charging fashionable ladies double fare, as one lady occupies two seats, under the new obicular dispensation. It is said the New Haven Com. pany will be compelled to adopt the aim feet guage, for the same reasons. We hoop-e ill will be adopted. _A* The Daily Milwaukee Wisconsin, the long established and leading democratic jour_ nal of Wisconsin, has raised the banner of Fremont and Dayton. Its editor was formerly connected with the Albany Argus. g- The Whig Convention of Kentucky has declined to indorse Mr. Fillmore as a candi- date for the Presidency. ’Bucir.is.rx Exnoassn BY rut: Boirnan Rur- r-'rIixs.—There was a political meetin g held at Lecompton, Kansas, recently, at which Sheriff Jones, Eli Moore, some of the “ chivalry,” and other “law and order” gentry, met. to indorse the Cincinnati Convention and its nominees. Bii_chiinan was declared .“ All sound on the Goose,” ‘girl’ the ‘;n§lung' "r_esoIv'ed"’ that‘ southern rights were safe in his keéfing. " received from the Bu- ; id ‘ I'rli—r_4JI’C:i|:.-sis. One of our pi-oiiiiiient citizens /called upon us this morning. and deposited one dollar wlxich he wished us to forward, with such oth- er sums as might be left with us by those fee- ling a sympathy for the suffering Free States men in Kansas. W e shall be glad to forward any such sums to the Editors of theNew York Tribune, or Independent, who will see that it is faithfully applied to aid those who have been robbed of their all by the minions of the Slave Administration in that unhappy timi- tory. Roll on the column. L _ _ Exnrnmox or ran Uxrrsn Srxrrzs AoirrcuL- TURAL SOCIETY-—“'e have received the Prize List for the fourth national exhibition of this Society, which, it will be remember-e¢]_ is to be held at Philadelphia on the 7th_1m, ',-,f Oct, next. The Premiums offered amount to over 3l2,000. The Premiums on Cattle amount to 34.345. The first is a sweepstakes premfnm of I $200, for the best bull and four cows or heifers. of any breed. There are five prizes of $100 each, for the best bull and 4‘cows or heifers of the Short Horn, Devon, Ayrshire, Hereford: and Alderney breeds,and a prize of $50 for the best four grade or common ccwii. The balance of the sum is divided among the dif- ferent breeds in the usual classes, including working oxen and fat cattle, the firsl: prize for bulls and cows being in all cases, 3100, and the second’ $50‘ The Premiums on Horses amount to $4,995-on Sheep, to $870.01, tsjyome. to $4-i5—ou Poultry, to 3272-01. 1-7.1.1 ps, to $615—— on Seeds and Vegetableo, $142 _.on Fruits, to $570———on Native Wines, to $“°_°_“ Agricultural Implements, to 8400. P l'8111ll1lI1 Lists and Regulations can he had E9 Plfaumii lilflgfressing the President, the on. . are l). . i1dei- Win. S. King, Esq., Bostol1,0i:r- “:1; s,:::::::,3,,' Secretary, Mr. John Mleowan, Philadelphia. We regret that the time of holding the U. S. Fair occurs precisely at the date of our state Fair. , POETICAIA Essus xx Wu. B.uuucr.ouoa.\. We have just issued for a son of the deceased author, a reprint of the above little work; It, comprises a volume of seventy-six pa; Wfill-Written poetry, upon various topic 5 will no doubt be greeted with pleasure 1); many former friends liereabouts. They b°‘"1d “P in it Very neat and tasteful manner by Mr. A. H. Camp, at whose store they may be found on sale. They may also be jug 3; Knapp & Lyrics’, and at L. Monroe’s, and Of. feu’s News Depot, New Canaan, Curr has received Harper’s Magazine for- August, a spirited number. Do. Harper’: Story Book for the little people, %-The August No. of Gom-:x"s Lu".-5 Book is received and contain: Two Steel En. gra.vings—one a Colored Fashion Plate; 100 Pages, 47 Engravings, and 64 Contributions, which dcn’t fail to subscribe for if you do not take it already. Now is a good ti’me to subscribe, as the July No., a very gem of art and belles lettres, coinnenced it new series of illustrations. Gazette and Godey one year for $4. ' H.un=i-:u’s for August is richly laden with intellectual food for all classes. To be had-of Knapp «it Lyrics. 3 A Beautitnl Store. , Messrs. E. A. Blank & Co., have one of the prettiest stores to be found anywhere in this region of the county, and as for their stock we doubt whether it is surpassed by any simi: lar establishment in the --State. They have some of the most exquisitely beantifr Glass and Eartlieru Wares we have at 5. and we are gladto know that their '3.» - ' ' has been a complete success: fit‘ Messrs. C. at E. K} Lock_wood,& Co. have got a lot of those patent Ice Cream Freezers, by means of which that ddicious luxury, is congealed in from six to ten min- utes. They are cheap withal, and ..-- ' do without one this hot weather They have also those self scalar ai r~ cans for preserving fruit &c., whi-.31; . ly one of the greatest inv entions of the inies. We tried some Tomatoes which had beerkept about eleven months i_n one of those caiisand they were as fine and fresh as the day theyvere iuclosed. Fruits and vegetables may be ‘ept the year through by the use of the simple and useful ca ,. l___._____.____ . Sons. The best Soda we ever drank, or anybody lse ever drank anywhere, is to we found at uapp & Lyrics’. What a refreshir; ' draught i is to the parched‘ tongue this broi- ing weat r. ., ’ Icr-: CREAM.—ThIS cooling luxury one of the institutions of the town ght we try to live out our summer: Consistency. By the ast Bridgeport Farmer, we learn that Co]. rernont is I Know Nothing, that Col. Fre out is a. Duelist, that Col. Fremont is it Bla a Republican, that Col. Fremont is a. Roma Catholic, and that Col. Fremont il a Slave older ! Well, which is it, gentle- men—is e Know Nothing, or is he Catholic ? Is he a lavehclder, or is he a Black Repub- urely consistency thou art ‘a jewel! , i.i.ufni:n.-—Friday was the,lict_test day i\scn,_the~t'hermometer ranged from i 06° in the shade, :nd we are told that l of the political circles over the‘ Bridge rich higher. A delightful change oc- curred on Saturday morning. The American State Convention in Hart- ford , the 9th instant, gave in its acquies- cence to the nomination of "Fremont, where- upon Mr. Henry ‘Sherman, in behalf of the Presi ent of the National Council, revoked the , nnecticut State Council’s Chart." The afi'air,l occasioned considerable mirth, at the expense of Mr. Sherman. . $1, The Portland Advertiser says it has good: authority for stating that Gen. Cochran, of Wiildoboro,’ who last year was one of the lead rig and most efiicient of the straig lit Whi s, is out forFreinont in his usually down- rlgh and decided style ; and it adds, “we lear, of similar good news from every part of our State.” New Yorrx, July 15. Important from Mezieo.—A passen- ger who arriyed here to-day in the ste_a_pi- ' er Florida from Savangah} l'.eP.°".S ill?‘ he left Mexico on the 2nd, and V9" Cruz on the 5th. The decree that H19 clergy are not permitted to hold proper- ty-was published in Mexico on the 28131 ult. The peoplein general congratula- ted President Cominonfout on that im- portant step.' The Jesuits are to leave ihe country. The Spanish difficulties are settled. The 'Spani‘shed" minister was received officially on the 25th. . The ports are open for emigrants and liberty’ of; conscience had been granted by C0!!- SFBSSJ O t -
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