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GREAT FLOOD!
Immense Destruction of Property‘!-—
lives Lost!
.ALlaANv, Feb. 9th.
0
AS ‘}fi.lS" _ted yesterday, the
*’°"1.°!1€l99§ '§,.‘_§; st night occasioned
damage _ ‘ ft; n_1possible at present
*0 C°“.l Wiihlch callnot fail to
M10111 ‘ dollars .
All last night, ‘the city was the scene
of the utmost confusion and excitement,
the terrors;; of fire‘ and water being let‘
loose upon the‘ inhabitants. The citizens
were .engaged.~:}alle=.last evening on: the
docks and ‘in tlleflower part of the city in
remeving goods and stowingj them away
ill the second ;-stores and buildings, where
it wasthoughtithe would Ifot 1-eac1,_
But}the_se calculatiolis proved erroneous,
Al><?I1l?'1_li.i1f_7p8.s_t,‘teu. o’clock,' the ice com-
meuced‘gglng I,_g;_.t,he river, with tremend-
0“3 f01'°*3l“§fl1.l‘elIi.i?.ef,lI'ill'g_.the bridge. on State
strc_et_ for sometime. The water rose so
rapldly that all those working on the
docks and pier-were compelled to make
a rapid'retreat__. _
The -‘water jn_»t_jhe-river continued rising
until 5 o’clock this morning, when it
reached a point three feet higher tllan ever
known before. The entire lower part of
the city is flooded as far as Green street.
The lower parts of Herkimer, Hudson,
Lydius,.Hamilton, and parallel streets are
submerged to the first stories of buildings
ill thenl., ‘7 L V‘ ' - - i
The water’ flowed through Broadway
froln theexchauge to the Delevan House,
flooding-the stores and filling the cellars.
The streets between the river and Broad-
way are navigable vby. boats. When the
great flood..commenced it was about 2
o’c1ock:in the morning, and the water rose
six inches in five minutes. . Persons who
had retired --to » bed, ' thinking themselves
safe, were aroused by ‘horsemen who rode
through the water, knocking at the doors
of the houses, to arouse the sleepers to a
sense of their danger. -
The wildest ‘confusion prevailed. The
people in the lower part of the city having
barely time to escape with theirlives. ' A
large number of cattle,. stabled in- the
distilleries, their bellowing adding excite-
ment.to the scene, were drowned; About
2 o’clock. the ‘alarm bells - were "sounded
for fire, when flames were discovered burs-
ting forth from the houses in different"
parts of the city. E. C. Warner do Son's
Lime Kiln and buildings on South street
Broadway ; Gibson .& Dailons’ planing
and plaster mills, at the foot. of Smith
street ;and W. R. Barrell’s fine brick store
on the pier were all in flames at the same
time, having in each case ignited through
the slacking ‘of lime.
The height of the water rendered it
' impossible for the engines 'to reach the
scene of - conflagration, but the firemen
put off in boats with buckets, and confin-
ed the flames to the buildings, the wind
changed and the weather became pierc-
in gly cold. The propeller Western World,
lying in. front of Barrell’s store, caught
fire and:was scuttled and sunk, to save her
cargo. She had four thousand bushels
of corn "on board, the property of Critteu-
den & Co. In the present condition of
things it-is impossible to give a connect-
ed account of events. Rumors prevail of
several lives being lost, and they are prob-
ably correct as a part of Greenbush is
submerged; but at present we can only
learn reliably of but two men being drown-
ed, one of whom was laying intoxicated
on a pier. Twelve canal boats, three bar-
ges anda steam tug, R. I. Grant and H.
M. Dowd, were sunk. "The canal line
warehouses on the piers are stove in, the
flood making .a breach tllrollgh them.-—
Tllree hundred and sixty head of cattle
were drowned at.East Albany. A num-
ber of horses stabled in the lower part of
the city were drowned. The boats in
Columbia’-street basin were badly dama-
ged by crushing between immense piles -of
timber. . .
Two ..or three wrecks of houses went
down the river this morning from above.
On one -pile and- on the roof of oneof the
houses were two men.
Railroad . trackis submerged, but the
damage.-is at present unknown. Central
Rallroadtrack is submerged, foraconsid-
erable distance. -The train reached the
outskirts of the city this morning and
landed the passengers. No trians have
gone out yet to day; but one will be
started '. on. the ' Central road ' at twelve
o’clock. The ice is now supposed to be
blocked-tbelow «Van Wiek’s Point, and
. the water-iis again rising.
"N ‘j'}om_lhe..{v_ew Ham Journal.
D:ISAiST-ROUS FLOOD.
I-N rat: xauonruck AND HOUSATONIC.
..°On .'morning the town of Derby
‘_ was visited with the most disastrous flood
ever experienced in the Housatonie and
Naugatu’ck'valleys. So sudden was the
rise, that -the inmates of the houses near
the river'lia.d barely time to escape with
their lives,fi'lea/ving every thing they pos-
sessed to tile mercy of the flood. - _,
The Iloilsatonic, Bridge, which con-
nects" f_:llc,1__towll of Birmingham to the town
’ of Huntillgt.°oli,_~wg's,entirely‘swept away,
not a vestige of it being left standing.-—-
The bridgdcostlabout $10,000.
“ Bennett’s’_’ and “ Downes” bridges
are also ‘reported, to have been carried
away ; ail_d~ the Nallgatllc bridge, which
connects’-."'_tfl:l,e-vi_llage_ of Birmingham with
Derby is,"sy5 badly. damaged by the flood
as to be;'_;inip‘assable., .A portion ofthe
bridge overjthe-Naugatuck, at Ansonia,
' is gone.
In ' Birm'inghi1m,’all the factories are
' closed and it‘ will’ be some days before
‘ operations, can .._be. colnlneuced. '
The
“ Old-Copper, Mill” was flooded up to the
second ’ s,tjory‘,'al_rd_ all the out buildings
collnected. with were swept away.
The hardware: and grocery store of
Messrs. Downes & Salldford was covered
'— with water above the tops of the coun-
'tcrs, and,.many_articlcs in the store were
wet. They estimate their loss at nearly
$3,000. ,. , ' A
The buildillg occupied by the Manufac-
tnrer’s Bank did not escape the flood.—
‘ « The water rose to the top of the vault
v and after_it.ll_ad subsided, the officers could
_ .' not filld a 'dl‘-‘y-"note or paper of any kind
, ” oh the premises " r 1
. The Hawkins: '.Mauufacturing Co’s.
building was nfc;u'1y;buried out of sight in
water ; they suifeocd a great loss. Th_eir
office was’ swept jaway, but they were for-
tuuatc en’ou’gl_i_ to save their valuable pa.-
pcrs. Tll’gtNaugatl1ck Valley Co., which
lllallllfactlrres ‘stump joints, lost between
three alldjfoul: thousand dollars worth of
coal, bcsidestllc damage sustained in the
factories, j_ T" ’ ,
The floor fof,t_hc’Dcpot of the Nouga-
tuck R. R Co; was covered with water to
. depth of four feet, and a large quantity of
goods stored _tllere‘in was badly damaged.
Two houses near the railroad track were
lifted by flood. One of them, in
which tllcrewere 12 persons was tllrown
over" and rested against alarge elm tree,
which alolieprevglted it from being swept
down stream with all it contained. The
large house occupied by Mrs. Stone, on
_- ‘ thcrbanks of_ the river, was struck by the
‘ ‘ ice and a large portion of it was carried
away. - b 1 _
' A largequantity of building material,
. owned by the Derby Lumber and Building
The Hudson'River-
‘C_._..,
CO. was swept away, and their oflicc build-
mg was capsized, and landed on all clu-
ballklucllt more than 100 rods from its
orlglnal foundation. Their loss nlust have
been from $8,000 to $10,000.
It is impossible at the present time to
estimate the amount of loss by the flood,
but it must be at least $100,000. It
could not have occurljl in a worse time
for the manufacturers, as all of them had
large quantities of goods on hand, which
they were prevented fronl shipping on ac-
count of the suspension of navigation on
-the Sound.’ All the factories will have
to; suspend operations ‘for a number of
days, in order to repair damages and wait
for a subsiding of the water, which’ now
prejnts their wheels moving.
HABRISBURGH, PA., Feb. .9.
There is a flood in ‘the Susquellannah.
The ice is gorged four‘ miles below the
city, and is piled llpoll the railroad, some
ten or fifteen feet high, the trains are sus-
pended both ways. It is reported that a
couple of bridges over the Juniata have
been swept away, together with several
piers of the Cumberland Valley Bridge.
An enormous destruction of property is
threatened. »
CHICAGO, Feb. 9th.
Owing to the damage done to the tele-
graph lines and the destruction of the
railroad bridge by the severe freshct of
Friday we are unable ‘to give afull report
of the loss of "life and property. At
Aurora, on Friday nigllt, two bridges, a
saw mill, planing mill, carriage factory
and a large quantity of lumber were swept
away. It is feared that sveral lives have
been lost. The following additional dam-
age have occured to the railroads. The
Rock Island Railroad at Morris is gone ;
the Michigan Central Railroad Bridge at
Ypsalanti is destroyed, and the bridge at
Niles is also reported destroyed. Several
bridges crossing the St. Josephs and Kal-
amazoo have been carried away. The
south-west portion of the city is entirely
submerged. Greatapprehension for the
lumber yards and bridges. The total
damage to the Chicago, Burlington, and
Quincy Railroad is estimated at $100,
a‘ GAZETTE:
Norwalk, Tuesday, ran. 17. 185').
3‘ “Let our object be‘0U'R COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE
Jcousrnv, AND NOTHING our OUR COUNTRY, and by
the blessing of God may that Country itself become a
Vast and Splendid Monument. , not of Oppression and
Terror, but of WISDOM, of PEACE, and of LIBERTY,
upon which the world may gone with admiration for
evor. ’ ’ DANIEL WEBSTER.
UNION TICKET
For State Onlcers.
, FOR GOVERNOR,
ALEXANDER H. HOLLY, of Salisbury. "
FOB LIEU1‘. GOVERNOR,
A. A.BURNHAM, of Hampton.
1'-‘OB sncasunlr or sure,
ORVILLE H. PLATT, of Meridcu.
son 1'Bl:ASUREIl,_ - ,
FREDERICK S. WILDMAN, of Danbury.
roa coxrnonnsa, _
JOSEPH G. LAMB, of Norwich.
"CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
The Electors of the several Towns in the
Fourtbilhngressional District, opposed to the
policy of the present National Administration,
are requestedto send Delegates equal to don-
ble of the number of ‘their Representatives in
the Legislature, to u CONGRESSIONAL CONVEN-
rrox to be held at Nnw MILFORD, on Wednes-
day the 18th day of .lv‘ebruur_:/ no.1.-t, at one
o’ciock, P. M., for the purpose of nominating
a Candidate to be supported to representsaid
District in the XXXV Congress.
The trains f cars are due at New Milford at
12 M. and 1 M. Should either train be de-
layed ‘ the Convention will not organize until
after their arrival. '
Hllznxnn BULKl'.EY,§
Committee
A. J. Jmuas. . for
Fail-field Co.
Axum-:w Nournnor.
Luclos CLARK, Committee
Gsonoa H. Nona. . for
WM. K. Puck. Litchfield Co.
January‘14, 1857.
Mr. Thompson‘: Lecture. ‘
The Lecture announced by the Rsv. Joszrn
P. Tnoxrsox, of the Broadway Tabernilcle.
New York, we preslime will draw out a large
and select audience. His Lecture here Jast
winter was deemed by most who attended the
Course, as the bestjof the series. Mr. T. is a
man of extensive acquirements, travel and re-
search‘, with such a peculiarly pleasant style
of thought and expression, as makes him a
most fascinating speaker.
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Congrennional Convention.
Thisbody convenes at JV‘ew .M:'Ifard, (pro-
vided the place can be reached by any of the
modes of conveyance now in uso,) on Wednes-
day of the present week. We learn that there
are but four names likely to be brought be-
fore the Convention, which, I after informal
ballots, will resolve down to two, Messrs.
Wolch and Ferry. After the labors of the
Convention are over, we trust the delegates
present will pass a vote of thanks to their
Committee for-the very great ingenuity they
‘have displayed in forcing inconveniences and
unnecessary expense upon those attending the
Convention. and awarding to them a leather
medal for the beautiful exposition they have
made of the developments of the bump of“ lo-
cality” in their respective crannies.
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Has Spring Really Come '?
- We have had a succession of mild, foggy,
sbowery days, which gives one an insatiable
longing for “ blooming Spring-time,” and the
appearance of‘ a bona /ide Blue Bird on our
household tree,- yesterday, adds to the
other evidences that winner has about bro-
ken up. . .
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_@* Our former protege, Hnsnv W. Hv.l'r'r_
more recently of the Lifcbfield Enquirer, who
was compelled to leave his post as Editor of
that very excellent Paper on account of fall-
ing health, sailed from New York on Satur-
day, in the Alabama, for a tour of the South-
ern States and the island of Cuba, in quest of
the lost blessing.
Florida, Texas, and Havana, may restore
him to his wonted health and strength. ‘
o<Q>>o———i--
Navigation Opened.
We learn that the large Steamers of the
Fall River and Stoningtoll Lines made a pas-
sage up through the Soulld on Saturday lust,
and after to-day (Monday) will resume their
regular trips. '
4.».
_@‘ Rev. J . R. Page was installed as Pas-
tor of the Congregational Church in Stratforil,
on Wednesday the 11th inst. Introductory
prayer by Rev. Mr. Cee, of Danbury ; Sermon
by Rev. Asa D. Smith, D. D., of New York;
Charge to the Pastor by Rev. Mr. Bulkley, of
'Winsted ;‘Fcllowship of the Church by Rev.
Mr. More of Newtown ; Charge to the People
by Rev.‘ J’. H. Town, of Bridgeport.
Q>
The K.N’s. of Fairfield County have nom-
inated Wm. Lee, of Ridgefield, for Sheriff‘.
: Hartford Times.
_Jfl"_Aud you might have added that the
“ Know Somethings” will elect him.
\
We trust the genial air of ‘
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- The Lilliputian Convention.
Our American friends, par wcdleuce, held
their Lilliputian Convention at Hartford, on
Wednesday last, which was attended by the
following immense delegations:
Fnirficld County, 3
Litchfield “ 0
Tolland “ 1
Windham “ 1
N. London “ 1
Middlesex “ 3
N. Haven “ 6
Hartford “ 30
The»President of the Council, Vice Presi-
dents, and Secretary did not appear,-and as
is seen six Counties, had a total representa-
tion of nine delegates ! from which we argue
that“gSam,” if not “dead,” “ sleepeth,’ ’. in
Connecticut. We had looked upon the meet-
ing of the proposed State Council as a sort of
necessary formality to close the Estate, but
when in a farce of 2; Convention so perfectly
emasculated of the concurrent sympa by or
participation of the popular . masses, ' few
small politicians attempt to perpetuate this
organization,.their action assumes the acme
of the ridiculous. The action of a portion of
the New Haven delegation in particular, re-
minds us of an old fogy paternal passionately
1 vociferating that the clandestine marriage of
his daughter shall not be tolerated, that it
shall be void in law and fact, while our Fair-
field County delegate insists that. the mar-
riage was legally consummated, and all the
insane raviugs of all the fathers in the State
cau’t alter the fact. The attitudes of these
few would-be- great men and politicians, is
ludicrous in the extreme, and. although‘ we
profess to a sort of veneration for the memory
of Sam, and of his good deeds, these antics
of his few fatherless childlen excite beyond
measure our risabilities and mirth. One of
the Elm City delegates is reported as saying
that he “conldn’t be anything if‘ the organiza-
tion were dissolved, aud he would be some-
thing.” Good pluck——go in Benny-—there’s
nothing like perseverance under difliculties.
We once encountered your parallel on board
‘of a Sound steamer in the" days when rail-
roads were not. A poor Hibernian (the per-
fection of K. N.’s by the way.) a few moments
after the steamer had left her berth, ran fran-
ticly to the Captain, shouting that the
‘ boat mus‘: be put back—l-he couldn’t go
to New Haven-“ iudade: couldn’t.’-'-
“ Me fl-ind is on the dock, yer‘,.a.ll‘onor, he’s all
me clothes and all me money, liiidw Ifvc niver
a cint-—indade, Captin, I CAN’T GO”--which
asservation he continued vehemently while
the steamer made rapid progress towards her
‘destined port, where she and her unfortunate
passenger did finally arrive, although “ he
couId7t’t.” Perhaps our New Haven friend
can read the moral of his position toward the
New Haven and Hartford Conventions in
the protests of‘ the Irish passenger. In other
words it is good philosophy which takes the
axiom that “ when you find you can’t,you P
badn’t better.” « .
We sincerely regret to see the Press mis-
taking thefarce for a serious tragedy.
O>>O—--—-
Ml-_. Benjamin‘: Lecture.
The first Lecture of the People’s Course,
given by Park Benjamin, last week, was well
attended and well appreciated, judging from
the unmistakable sign! of approbation and
pleasure evinced by the highly respectable
audience. Mr. B. is a genuine wit, and his
keen irony cuts to the bone when ue uses his
blade upon the foibles of the times. ‘Hi: lec-
ture, as he remarked at the outset, was inten-
déd rather to excite and elicit thought in the
minds of his bearers, than to exhibit elaborate
thoughts and phrases of his own coinage,
which after all is the true vocation of him
who would be a useful as well as enter-
tainiug lecturer. -So general have been the-
expressions of‘ satisfaction, with Mr. B’:
“ Americanisms,” that an effort will be made
before the close of the Course to procure his
services again in the delivery of his humor-
ous and popular Poem -‘ Love and Money.”
' Mr. Benton.
The visit of this distinguished gentleman
was quite an advent in the annals of our
usually quiet town. He arrived in the 2.30
p. m, train from New York, making a hurried
visit "through the Fur Hat Body and Look
Factories at South Nolwalk, the Shirt and
Union Manufacturing Establishments of the
upper town, in all of which he saw various
evidences of Yankee ingenuity and Connecti.
cut thrift. After which be repaired to the
Norwalk Hotel, and, after dinner, received
the calls of our citizens, a large number of
whom paid their respects to him, At the
Hall he was escorted tothe platform by Messrs
J. Camp, A. E. Smith, and Geo. G. Bishop,
and introduced to the audience in a, few very
chaste and appropriate remarks by Dr. Hill,
who spoke substantially as follows :
“Ladies and Gentlemen.—My friends have
imposed upon me the pleasant duty of intro-
ducing to you, a distinguished, stranger. I
say stranger, and yet not a stranger. For
about every school Boy in New England
knows him‘, and his name is as familliar as a
“ household word.” I say a distinglcished
stranger, for no man could remain in active
service in the U. S. Senate for thirty years
without necessarily becoming a distinguished
an.
ml think I do not mistake the sentiments of
this-audience when I say, that you will look
and listen to him with interest, because of his
long connection with the public affairs of our
country, and those circumstances of interest,
which necessarily attach themselves to such
a position.
But many of us, I am sure, will look upon
J him, and listen to him with great interest,
from the fact that be is the illustrious father
ef our honored and beloved ‘ Jassla.’
I therefore take great pleasure in present-
ing to you the Hon. Thomas H. Benton of
Missouri,” '' A
This introductory announcement was greet-
ed with most‘ hearty applause. One or two‘
feeble -attempts were made at that peculiar
species of articulation which denotes that
a goose is in the house, but the magic of
that word - “ Jessie” touched a responsive
chord that no hissing could silence, The
Col. appeared to enjoy the apparent contest,
which we are glad to say was not carried to
such an extent as to indicate any degree of
ill feeling. ' _ -
He commenced by giving a plain. unvnrn-
ished account of the early history of our gov-
ernment and the action in Congress concerning-
fhe issues between the North and South. We
can see no justice or truth in the strictures of v
the N. Y. Press upon either his style or opin-
ions. His utterances are those of age, expe-
rience and political truth. His enunciations
were those of’ good old-fashioned Jeffersonian
democracy, and whether the modern democ-
racy or Republicans were most gratified or
disappointed, we cannot tell.
We never saw a better audience convened
on any occasion, or a more respectable atten-
tion paid fo any speaker, which we think was
not overlooked by the Ex-Senator.
The only incident which we had any occa.
tion to feel ashamed of, was several respecta-
llle looking persons, at least, passing the Door
Keeper into the room without paying the tri-
fling sum so geucrally assented to by others
to pay necessary expenses.
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fi’The Town Registrar gives us the fol-
lowing footings as the result of his labors for
the past year in this town. Total number of
. Births, 217 ; Marriages 74;Dcutbs 110.
““I—?._.
The Burden Murder.
This case has at length come to a close.-
The only new evidence given in the present
week is that of one Farrell. It seems that
after seeing a man pass into the house of Dr.
B., he sat down on the stoop to tie a shoe
string. Almost immediately be heard a
smothered cry in the house. He thought there
was some muss there, but did not move, or
pay much attention. In a minute or two, a
man partially bald, with a large beard, and
in his shirt sleeves, opened the door in part,
and asked Farrell in a gruf W33’. W11“ he
was doing there. The latter fearing that he
might be kicked of the stoop, vam08€d- Till?
man he identifies as Eckel.
This statement bears the marks of truth,
and his employer testifies that F. in an honest
and reliable man. The fact that blood was
found on the door-knob, &c., is thought to
confirm his statement. ,
This is also corroborated in Satul'day’s pro-
ceedings, as follows :
I live at No. 91 Horatio street"; I am.
a physician, passed through Bond street
on the night of Dr. Burdell’s murder ; it
was Friday night ; it was between 10; and
11 o’clock ; I observed a man sitting on
the steps of Dr.‘ Burdell’s house, I. did
not observe him particulary ; I heard a.
man order him off ; the manwho order-
ed him off was at the door ; he was inside
the door .; I, did not see him so as to enable
me to know him. again. ' A .
This evidence has no doubt tended strongly
to fasten guilt upon the parties first ‘suspec-
ted, and given complexion to the verdict,
which was rendered on Saturday as follows:
THE VERDICT.‘
State of New York Cilytmd County of
New-Ym'I.', ss.——An inquisition taken at
the house of the late Doctor Harvey Bur-
dell, No 31 Bond street ill the fifteenth
Ward of the City of New York, in the
County of New York, this 14th day of
February, ill the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty even,
before Edward D. Connery, of the. said
city and county aforesaid on view Q‘
the body of the said Harvey Burdell,
lying dead at No. 31 Bond street afore-
said, upon the oaths and affirmations of
twelve good and lawful men of the State
of New -York, duly chosen and sworn or
affirmed and charged to inquire on behalf
of said people howund in what manner
the said Harvey Burdell came to his
death, do, upon their oaths and affirma-
‘tions, say that the said Harvey Burdell on
the 30th day of J auuary, 1857, at No.
31 Bond street aforesaid, was feloniously
murdered, and came to his death by being
stabbed in various parts of his body with
a dagger or other sharp instrument ; and
the jurors believe from the evidence and
therefore find that Emma Augusta Cun-
ningham alld John J. Eckel were princi-
als in the commission of said murder;
and the jurors aforesaid further find that
George Vail Snodgrass either joined
the said Emma Augusta Cunningham,
and John J. Eckel, in the commission of
said murder, or was an accessory thereto
before the fact, counselling, aiding, or
abetting the said Emma Augusta Cun-
ningham and John J. Eckcl to commit
the said murder ; and the jurors aforesaid
further find that Augusta Cunningham
and Helen Cunningham, daughters of the
said .Emma Augusta Cunningham being
in the house No. 31 Bond st., where the
said murder was committed, have some
knowledge of the facts connected with the
said murder, which they have concealed
from the jury, and that it is the duty of
the Coroner to hold them for the future
action of the Grand’ Jury. In witness
whereof, we, the said jurors, as well as the
Coroner, have to this inquisition set our
hands alld seals on the day and place
aforesaid.
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- l6‘The Farmer, we are told, lately
stated in one of its Imowing articles, that
Mr. Wilson had packed the County Con-
vention, held here, yesterday. The public
on seeing the doings will form a different
opinion. ‘
According to usage, Mr. Sheriff Jones
had a fair claim for a re-nomination, and
such, we believe, was the view of the del-
egates, generally. They determined, how-
ever to make a change—-—to establish a dif-
ferent precedent; To have nominated a
man from the same Senatorial District,
would in appearance, at least, have been
throwing a slur upon Mr. J. No one wish-
ed to do this, or claimed that the duties of
the office had not been-well and faithfully
performed. If a change was to be made,
the nomination, it was thought, belonged
to the Upper Shire. .
This led to the nomination of Mr. Lee
--no special objeetioll being uged against
Mr. Wilson, or Mr. Bulkley." The friends
of these gentlemen——those in particular,
who would have been gratified by the
choice of a candidate residing in this city
—will remember, that for a very long pe-
riod, our Sheriffs have been chosen, from
the Lower Sllire. I p
The nominee has a high character as a
man, and as all officer, and it is under-
stood that he was the unanimous choice
of the Republicans of the 11th District.
' Stwndartl.
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E“ The Rev. Mr._ Kincaid, is the
bearer of dispatches from the King of
Ava to this Government. The King is
anxious to open commercial rclationswitll
this country, and i s equally anxious to
have the christian rel_igion taught to his
subjects. It was stated some months
sillce that he gave Mr. Kincaid" 5000
rupees to defray his expenses to the
United States, and requested him to use
his influence to bring about the "desired
result; and further, that he ve desired
him to return to Ava at the earliest pos-
sible period, in order to resume his duties
as preacher of the gospel. ‘
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3' A Correspondent of the New
York Evangelist, writes from Oriental
Damascus, as follows :—" We have re-
cently opened a book store in one of the
principal streets in our city, where Bibles,
Testaments, a variety of religious books’
are sold at lowprices by one of the na-
tive brcthren. It is the first book store
that has been opened inIDamas_cu_s, among
the Christians,for twelve lluudred years.
Since the Moslems took the city we have
had no account of any book store for
the Christian population. The opening
of a -book store in the Christian portion of
the city was a thing so strange and un-
heard of, that no one bclievd that wewere
fitting up the shop for that purpose, but
.-some supposed it was for a barber’s shop.
Q:——:_
16‘ The damage does by the Freshet
at Derby and Birmingham, is estimated
‘at $1000,0o0.
THE l(xlclu:lulocl<l:ll, for February, is
embellished with a portrait of Cllhrles G.
Leland, author of “ Mcistcr Kal'l’s Sketch
Book,” “ Mace Sloper,” «kc. In refer-
ence to the literary exccllellce of this
magazine there is no need of multiplying
words. for it is ackowledged by all. _We
abstract from the Editor’s Table the fol- A
lowillg “cut” for its legal “boarders :”
“ Lawyer H ,of Conlleciticut,
was a s/ca-rp lawyer- illvariably retained
in criminal_ca_ses where his peculiar abili-
ties were deemed likely to benefit his cli-
ent. “Old l\'[rs_. M ,” the widow
of a small farmer was remarkable for her
plainncss of speech and manner ; and she
was, one of the -“cute sort.” The old we-
man was an ,._i’piportant witness for the
prosecution,-{‘.i_li“a case in wllicll"fA
defended .t_h'Q',evi1-doer. Her;,test,_imony
bore hard upon the prisoner, and In the
cross examination, H————endeavored
in vain to irritategher. '_ A-t length, turn-_
ing abruptly to the witness he exclaimed :
“ Madam l_: yoil have brass enough in your
face to make a twelve-quart pall l” “X es,”
replied the witness, “ mid 3/ou"ve sad-Se
enough in your head Infill}! !” The law-
yer‘ ad"done with that‘ wltlless !”
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Mn. GIDDINGS.--Tllls venerable cham-
pionin the cause of . Freedom and Hu-
manity, has left Washington and returned‘
to his home in--‘—Ohio.- It may be that he
will never again liefseen in the post which
for years he has filled so faithfully. Twice
within a year llas'-‘disease stricken him
down to the floor of the House. Rest
and quiet are -necessary for his restora-
tiou. Those who do not agree with his
views can not bllt admil-5: his virtue : and
those who have been enemies to his course,
must award to him the meed of unflinch-
ing, sterling honesty.
—'————o«qQ>oo—-—-
3 An editor describing a lecture to
the fair sex, exclaimed with enthusiasm-
.“three thousand ladies hanging on the lips
of one man !” '
o<Q>~e-—-—--
3' At Norwich there was quite a
Freshet the other day. Two bridges on
the Quinebaug were carried off, and the
lower part of the city was under water.
‘
our New York correspondence.
Nllw YORK, Feb. 13th, 1857.
The Burdell murder remains a mystery
unfathomable as at the first, and is con-
sequently as great a centre of interest
and subject of speculation as ever. VVe*
"hear of nothing else at present. It is
the first thing after breakfast, and fur-
nishes a text for tedious talkers even at
balls and parties. The evidence of Far-
rell is the most important thus far given,
but there are circumstances which give it
little weight in the minds of many.-
Throwing out that, we have no tangible
evidence against Eckel, and none against
Mrs. Cunningham, except that there have
been proved to be motives for the deed-
on her part. Each day’s evidence has
been eagerly looked for, and the consump-
tion of morning and evening papers has
been immense. Occasionally a llewsboy
likely to get “stuck,” as their phrase is,
when they have a large stock left on
‘hand at night, would raise a cry of “Eek-
el’s Confession l” The dodge was tried
two or three times with prodigious suc-
cess. The evidence of the doctors with
regard to the blood-stains, does not tend
to criminate the accused.parties. The in-
quest is now dragging its slow length
along toward a close, and the model Cor-
oner mllst descend again into the obscu-
rity of his usual life. He has abundant-
ly proved the truth of the homely adage
in Don Quixotte, “ The higher up the
monkey gets, the more do his bare but-
tocks show.”
Business is decidedly better this week,
though we are still rather unddr the
weather.‘ It is difficult to make shipment
of goods to any part of the country, ex-
cept the South. The importat.ions for
the last week. have been very heavy
_thougb there is no probability that they
will be so large for the season as last
year. Shiplnuts are made a good deal
easier than formerly, as manufacturers on
the other side find that they obtain better
prices for goofi which arrive here in
February. All kinds of clothing promise
to be mucll higher this season, as there
has been a simultaneous rise in labor
and in raw material across the water.-—
The rise ill silks will be most noticeable.
As we were rolling up Broadway by
stage a few days ago, a gentleman hand-
ed us a Spanish sixpence to pay his fare
with. When called back by the driver,
he handed up another six and a quarter,
and ran off without waiting for his change
As the driver refused to ‘take -the odd
follr cents, wchad no alternative but to
deposit them in our vest pocket, which
we did with greater satisfaction on learn-
ing that they were the property of .Wil-
liam B. Astor, the millionaire. We feel
bound to hold this sum in trust for chari-
table purposes, and hereby give notice
that benevolent associations, of all stripes,
will be admitted in competition for four
weeks; ,
The fillibuster trial is rich and racy at
times, but we have only one trial on the
docket which receives public attention.
‘The weather is hot and cold, bright
and foggy, wet alld dry by turns. Since
E. Meriam, the great Regulator, left us
for the North, we have had no order nor
consistency in our weather arrangements.
' ‘ ‘ Nonw.u.x.
NEW YORK, Feb. , 12 1857.
Ma. Eoiroa : ' «
We live in a world 7 of change,
Hardly had we began to revel in the de-
lights of warm weather and rain mud alld
slush before J ack Frost with his icy breath,
dispels the whole illusion and we awake
to find ‘Winter back again. The mer-
chant as he hurried from his princely
mansion on Monday morning was sur-
prised to find the change in the atmos-
phere which had taken place Since the
day before, and the miserly old gentleman,
wroth his millions, gazed anxiously at the
wondered if he could afford the six and a .
quarter. Clerks mechanics, .v"~mlstresscs
etc. hurried along and came to tile coll-
clusion that it was cold while tnc proprie-
tors of Saloons, rapidly dispose of smash-
es, cocktails &c «kc, to nulncrons young
bucks, who find their eleven n’clockcrs
not objectionable this weather .and who
vote Liquor Law a Humbug. '
The Bllrdell tragedy is still the obsorb-
ing topic. Some further iestilnony has
been elicited which looks rather strong
zagailist Eckel. Mrs Cunningham and
Echo] have refused to give in any further
testinlolal and have been removed to the
=Tbmbs, to try the effect of prison fare
close confinement upon their obdura.
Coroner Connery still keeps the in-1
in operation, but little new testi-
mony, cxcept as stated above is tllc result.
Y ung Snodgrass is at liberty and con-
siders himself quite a lion. It is under‘-
stood that Meade Brothers, have offered
him $25, to sit for his protrait, which of-‘
fer Mr. Snodgrass has graciously conde-
scended to accept. As regards the mur-
der, the old saying that Murder will out,
may prove true in this case, bllt it is
doubtful where we have a fool and an ass
"fora" Coroner, as in the present installce_
1 Tile season of Balls, parties etc, is
about at its height at present. To attend
one of these and see the fairest and love-'
liest of Eve's daughters decked out in the
latest and most approved fashion, Hoops,
crinoline and all, would be enough to turn
the head of a person not accustomed to
it. And the gentleman also (many of
whom would remind us of monkeys or bab-
boons from the profusion of hair on their
faces) endeavor to bewitch them with
soft melting glances and if they but par-
tially succeed consider themselves as the
brightest lluninarics of the fashionable
world, and perfectly irresistible to the fair
sex. ‘ 0'
At the theatres, nothing new is going
on. . Mrs. McMahon, persists in holding
out at the Chambers st, in spite of the
demolistrations of the newspapers and
critics. At Burton's, Mr. Brougham
(the immortal Jack of Philadelphia cele-
brity) has united with Mr. Burton, who
appear every " evening in some of their
best characters. Between-these and the
garroters we just manage to survive from
attacks of ennui.
Yours &c.,
;<O>eO-—--—
From the W'alerbur_1/ American.
Presentation to Col. Premont.
A number of indviduals in this city
friendly to Col.. Jens C. FREMONT, and
who sustained him at the'.last Presidential
election, some weeks since collected to-
gether some of the richest fancy speci-
mens emanating from our various manu-
factories, and forwarded them to him, as
a testimony of their appreciation of his
eminent taledts and private worth, in
which were included quite a number of
articles designed for Mrs. F. and the
children—in acknowledgment of ’ which
the following reply has been received:
lglglbclv Yonlr, 56 Ninth Street, J an. 16.
MY DEAR Sln—-We had the pleasure
to receive the box filled with the expres-
sions of regard of yourself and friends in
Waterbury. All our household, from
the youngest upwards, assisted in its open-
iug, and each one found some special
gratification in thegreat variety of objects
it contained. It was a very intcrresting
exhibition of the industrial clsses of a
single town, ‘and a good illustration, too,
. of the effects of free, individual labor.-
But to me and my family its chief and
most agreeable interest was in its evidence
of a cordial regard, still existing after the
close of our political assoiations. Pray
oblige me by offering my thanks to the
other gentlemen, and making them sensi-
ble of the pleasure they have given us-
and consider me very truly yours.
J om: C. Fnl-znoxr.
W. H. Warner, Esq.
A complimentary note was also receiv-
ed from “Jessie.”
-?-—9~<O>-——-
P.
peared on Saturday." It is not known
whether she drifted off or was cut down
by the ice and sunk. There were seven
men on board of her.
The Light Ship of Cornfield Point,
near Saybrook, parted her moorings on
Saturday morning, and could be seen du-
ring the day drifting away with a field of
ice, driven by the tide, with signals of dis.
tress set. It is hoped she maybe ‘reach-
ed by some vessel passing through the
Sound, as it is impossible to render her
any aid from on shore. Her crew con-
sisted of seven men.
P.‘S.—.—_Tl.ey have all been captured.
o-4.5.9::
Tn}: Pours AND K.lxs.ls.—We under-
stand,-says the Atlas," that Prof, Longfel-
low has subscribed $1000 to the capital
stock of the New England Emigrant Aid
Company.;'1 It is suggested, it adds that
on of the new towns to be established in
ansas next spring should hear his name.
The poet Bryant is also a stockholder
of the sanle company. Longfellow, Bry-
ant Lowell and Whittier, the poets of free-
dom, should be remembered by the Kan-
sas settlers, in naming their towns.
. o>o«——-—-
&- Ossian E. Dodge was defeated in
the Superior Court at’Boston lately, in a
suit brought by one of his singers to re-
cover $265 for ser_vices. Ossian’s defense
was that the young man had agreed to
forfeit $100 of his wages for every drink
of liquor he should take while one of the
“ Bards,” and thathe had smiled five dis-
tinct times ; but the court held the drink-
ing was no damage to Ossian,‘and the
bargain was not of a nature to be recog-
nized by law.
3- ..¢.p...——:-—-
3- John T. Sanford, the postmaster
at Florence. N. Y., detected in robery of
letters, plead guilty in court and was
sentenced to ten yeas imprisonment. He
had sustained for half a century an un-
blemished reputation. A
-—-—¢ZOO< 4
3* Patrick Fagang Esq., has been
appointed Collector of the port of Middle-
resigned.
' ‘MRS
--.».-o...-go---~...
County Convention
lc County Convention for the nomi-
l.....ou of Sheriff, assembled at the Ster-
ling House, ill Bridgeport, Wednesday
morning:
The Convention was called to order by
Dr. A. J. Jaques, Chairman of the Collu-
ty Committee, and on motion, Capt. Jon-
utlmn Godfrey, of Soutllport was appoin-
ted Chairman, and - Henry Sanford, of
Ncwtown, Secretary.
On motion, Amos S. Treat, of the'l0th
District, Wm. N. Lynes of the 11th, and
Elbert Curtis of the 12th, were appointed
a committee on permanent officers.
On lllption, Geo. E. Lovelace of Dan-
bury, Ferris of Wilton, and A. L.
Wintongof Wcstport, were appointed a
commitfce on Credentials. ‘ "
The Convention took a recess for fif-
teen-minutes. On coming to order, the
connnittee on permanent officers reported
as follows : h
For P7'&€ide'7l(, J. M. Carter, of Nor-
walk. .
Vict-}7’)'€S1.de'llt, William -W. Hoag, of
Sherman.
Secretaries, Hiram K. Scott of Ridge.
field, C. L. Crane of Monroe. ,
Committee on Credentials reported as
follows :
Bridgeport-—Amos
Jaques. _
Danbury——George E. Lovelace, Nelson
L. White, James S. Taylor, L. Judd.
Norwalk--Elbert -Curtis, S. E. Olm-
stead, Josiah M. Carter, Thomas Guyer.‘
Darien—Edward Scoficld, Henry More-
house.
Stamford-—Sauds Scely, Edgar Hoyt,
B. J. Daskam, Hezekiah Bulkley.
Fairficld—Jonathan' Godfrey, Wm. H.
Bibbins, Horace Banks, Albert Knapp.
Westport—A L. Winton, David S.
Bartram. ,' '
Wi1ton—Lockwood K. Ferris, Charles
H. Lyon. _ ‘
Weston--Hanford Nichols, Charles
Crofut.
New Canaan--John E. Whitney, B.
N. Heath.
Easton—F. O. Seeley, N. B. Johnson.
Ridgefield-—Willia'in N. Lynes, Hiram
K. Scott, _John B. Hyatt, Edward H.
Smith.
Ncwtown-—Wm. B. Prindle, Henry
Sanford, Amos Shepard, Julius Sanford. ‘
Bethel—Francis B. Andrews, David
T. Hubbell.
Trumbul1—J. H. Pardee, James D.
Brinsmade.
Gl'eenwich—Zacheus Mead, James
Mead 2d, Thomas A. Mead, Edwin
Mead.
Brookfield—James Jennings, Sidney
Bennett.
Stratford—Sheldou B. Curtis, Stephen
Curtis.
Sllerman—William W. Hoag, V. J oice.
Mollroe——C. L. Crane, A. Platt.
The report was accepted, and the Con-
vention adjourned to meet at the Town
Hall, at If o'clock, P. M.
AFTERNOON Sssslox.
The Convention was calledrto order at
quarter before two o'clock.
A motion was made and passed to'pro-
ceed to an informal ballot for Sheriff,
which resulted as follows :
Whole number of votes 48.
William Lee, of Ridgefield, 18
John M. Wilson, of Bridgeport, 17
Philo W. Jones, of Westport, '1
Hezekiah Bulkley, of Stamford, 4
James Finney, of Norwalk, 2
2:‘. Ixroluul. B.lLl.or.
William "Lee, 21
J. M. Wilson, , 18
P. W. Jones, 6
H. Bulkley, ' 3
A motion was passed that the Conven-
tion proceed to a Formal Ballot, which
resulted as follows :
Whole number of votes 49.
S. Treat, ‘J-I
Necessary to a choice 25.
, ““"'“"‘P‘ William Lee, 30
The Light Ship of Stratford, disap- J_ M_ Wilson, 19
A motion was then passed declaring
Col. Wll.l.l.ur Lsr, of Ridgefield, the
unanimous choice of the Convention.
J.'S. Hanover of Bridgeport, George
E. Lovelace of Danbury, and Sands See-
ley of Stamford, were appointed County
Committee. '
The Convention then adjourned.
Bridgeport Standard.
._____...4....._.—._..
Cbugreos. .
The Houses of Congress met-in con-
vention Weduesday, for the purpose of
counting the votes of President and Vice
President. When Wiscomin was reach-
ed, Mr. Letcller stated that the electoral
vote of that State was cast on the 4th,
and not on the 3d, and therefore was not
given according to law. The ‘President
decided that no discussion wa then in
order. After the announcement that
Messrs. Buchanan and Breckenridge had
been duly elected, the matter was again
brought up, and Mr. Orr moved that the
vote of Wisconsin should be excluded.‘
Gen. Cass contended that no vote could .
be taken inconveution, but the two Hou-
ses must not separately. So said others,
and the Senate retired. The question
was afterwards discussed in both Houses,
but no action taken.
The return of votes, of course, corres-
ponded with the statement long since
made. For Buchanan, 174 ; for Fre.
mont, 114; Fillmore 8.
‘*-°°<ODoo-—-—
€‘—The following from one of the old
British poets isexquisite. It is the very
essence of fancy. It was addressed to a
lady, upon whose bosom a flake of snow
fell and melted :
The envious now come down in haste.
To prove tbebrenst less fair,
But grieves to see itself surpassed,
And melts into a tear-
Pshaw ! says an exchange, we can
beat that at any time. Look here :
Down her white bosom rolled the tear,
We knew it hadn't oughter,
Untilat lnst—at last—-oh dear!
Her shirt was wet as water!
_.
yeah The Bridgeport Standard learns
paSsing'0mnibns!'fé1tin Pocket» and town’ in.place Samuel Babc0ck' Esq" from L0nd0n P- To 3CI'i0nS- ,.
ly ill, with little prospect of recovery.
'l.‘lll:L.lrl:1’nnsro>: S. Bnooxs.-——'l‘ho
death of Prc.-stoll S. Brooks, remarks as
follows : b
“ We have heard that in conversation
Col. Brooks more than once deplored his
conduct on that occasion as the blot and
the misfortune of his life—that he de-
clared his only purpose at the outset was
to inflict tllc disgrace of a blow and not
any severe bodily injury—that he was
excited by wine, of which he had been
drinking freely, alld that the first blow
struck roused allthe demon within him,
and left him no longer in possession of his
judgment or self-control. Whether this
repbrt be true or-not, there is nothing in
with the character of Col. Brooks. On
the contrary, it seems to us much more
likely to have been the fact, than that he
should have deliberately_planned the mar-
der which hebut just escaped commit-
ting. _
“ Col. Brooks was educated at some
Southern military school, and served in the
war with Mexico with credit if not dis-
tinction. He was of more than ordidary
mental ability, as his speeches in Con-
gress and elsewhere show. He was but
37 years old at the date of his death.”
*<O>o
3‘ A11 0X, Weighing over four thous-
and pouuds, purchased in central New
York and now owned by Otis Doolittlg
of Hinsdalc, N. H., passed the Sabbath in
Springfield, on its way to the stables of its
new proprietor. A good many people
took the pains to _look at the mammoth
while it remained in the Connecticut riv-
er railroad yard, and on a test of hight
the ox being about seven feet, came out
four inches ahead. The ox, however, is
still young and growing,.wbile the man
congratulates himself upon the idea that
he has reached his highest attitude.
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3‘ Mr. Simmonton writes to the N.
Y. Times as follows : “I swore positive-
ly that I had no legal knowledge of a
criminal act or bargain, although I cheer-
fully designated witnesses who could and
example, I gavetbe committee the name
of a witness who desired the passage of as
bill last winter, authorizing the purchase
of a book of which he was the proprietor,
and who was obliged to agree to pay fif-
teen tlloasand dollars as the condition of
its passage. I gave them also the name
of a witnes who knew of this transaction
—wbo was‘ privy to the arrangement,
and who knew what members of Congress
were to receive a ‘portion ofthe sum thus
stipulated to be paid. I put them also in
the way of obtaining possession of the writ-
ten order of the proprietor of the book up-
on the clerk of the House, ’ directing him
to pay the sum‘ of $15,000 to the person
who, it was agreed, should receive it for
distribution. This evidence is inthe pos-
session of the committee.”
_ .
Dr. DeForest to Watertown, went to New
York on the 13th ult., intending to take
passage for Havana .on the 1'lthe inst.
‘He drew ome_ money at the American
Exchange Bank, and has not since been
heard of. He had about $500 with him
at that time. His baggage has remained
unclaimed at the Metropolitan HoteI.—-
Five hundred dollars reward is offered
for the production of his body. Mr. De-
Forest was 22 years old; a graduate of
Yale College in the class of 1855.
—--——-O-<O>-+——:-
of the Journal of Commerce says a bill has
been matured by the Committee on Pat-
ents of the House, for the conversion of
the Patent Office into a separate depart-
ment, with bureaux in connection with it.
Should this be done, it would be easy to
expand the Agricultural Clerkship of the
Patent Ofliee into a Bureau. ‘
-——*~¢O>-—-—-
6- Hon. _Johu appleton, of Maine,
has purchased the Washington Union
newspaper, and will take charge of it as
sole editor and proprietor on .the 4th of
Marcll. Mr. Appleton was Mr. Buchan-
an’s Secretary whiie Minister to London.
—-'—--**4O>~o-————- .
Noam: ExAul>Lr:.—-A letter from Mon-
roe, in Georgia, contains the annexed ac-
count of a systematic but bloodless war,
and a brilliant victory over the arch en-
emy of our country.‘
“ Eight hundred and fifty- seven dawn-
ed on Monroe without a liquor shop.-
Our citizens raised over $1,000 and bought
them all out, closed the doors, passed an
ordinence to tax a retail grocery $1,000,
and are taking bonds ,of all the property
holders not to sell, leease, or rent any
house or land for the purpose. Yester-
day (Jan. 5) was a quiet day—not a
drop of liquor to be had by the thirsty
fellows who usually get well soaked at
every election. Some of them swore they
would never trade another cent in Men-
roe, and some said they wouldnever come
here again; but they will be apt - to get
over it when they find it a fixed fact that
Monroe is free from groggeries.”
‘ Tribune.
-———oo-«O-o———-—
3 An intenlperate man wasrun over
and killed by a freight train at Victor N.
Y., Thursday night. It is a remarkable
coincidence that the same man was knock-
ed from the track at the same place, just
one year before, by the same engine with,
the same engineer, and then narrowly es-
caped death.——A slater was killed at
Lawrence, Mass., Tuesday, by ‘ falling
from the roof of the City Hall.
.. . .
S‘ The Britrsh returns of silver, and
gold sent to thc\East,.pl-incipally to Chi-
na, ill six years, from ’ 1850 to 1859, in-
clusive, is $176,000,000, of which, $153,-
585,000 was in silver. Let no one ask,
hereafter. what becomes of the silver 2
__.__..4¢_,¢
3- It_is the perfection ofhappiness,
neither to wish for death not fear it.
New York Times, lll an allusion to the ‘
it lit,.all inconsistent withprobability, or 1
with the tallest individual in the vicinity, _
(lid testify positively to such acts. For .
3‘ Erastus L. DeForest, a son of
\ S‘ The: Washington correspondent '
Norwalk Chronicler