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CFITIIGAZE Tilt:
Noljwalk, Tuesday, J‘.—‘.r.l 55.
_.., Republican Stile ‘l‘i-oi-fret. H
. mu riovniix-311.
‘v"i'l.-l.lA.‘-ii A. BUCl{l'«.\‘(.i1lA.\'l,of I\‘orivi¢.-lz.
ii-on l.lEl'T. GOVERNOR,
JULIUS‘ C-A'l‘LI2\’, of Hartford.
FOR SI’-ICRETLRY OF S'l‘A'I‘l2,
JOHN BOYD, of Winchester.
r-‘or. riimsnniiu,
1.170-IUS J. IIENDEE, of l"lebi-ou.
. F011 COMP’l‘ROI.LERo
“WILLIAM H. BUELL. of Clinton. V
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Burglary.
On Thursday night last the store of A.
More-house, was broken open by p'r_ving
up a shutter bolt in the rear of the buil-
ding. Some ten dollars only in change,
were taken. , The l.ll‘3fl_};_1‘i3llSl. have been
perpetrated in the enrl'y part. of the c.vci_i.
, ing immediately upon closing the store, as
the clerk having occasion to return, soon
after looking up, discovered the robbery.
The night watch at the depot reports ~ 3.
company of suspicious cliaracters who had
been seen about town during the day, as
having got aboard the midnight freight
train that night, going east.
Look to your fnstenings, and Doty
keep your eye peeled l '
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Caught,
An Irishman was caught lust Tuesday
afternoon robbing the clothes line of Mr.
J essee Denton,- on the ‘Jcstpoit road.
He was marched to Capt. lIublaell’s oiiice
and a. large carpet bag which he bore.
indicated that this was not his first offence
as a shirt, at lady’s night cap and gown,
starched and wet, were among its misce-
laneous coutent.s. He was sent to jail.
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’ Sudden Fall of Molasses.
If the times are hard it cannot be said
A. but that our friend Sclleck of t.he Packet.
Line has enjoyed some of the “ sweets of
‘ life,’.’ as we saw him yc.stci'day, up to his
" eyes in “linkeiied sweetness, long drawn
out-”——“ mi; dc shobcl.” A barrel of mo-
losses having slipped from Capt. Hubbell’s
grocery wagon and burst its head and be-
ing frequently the subject of sudden rises,
as well as falls, went rnshi.i,r_.,r madly into
the creek, while the Capt. bai.i.lcd its pro-
gress as lustilylas Cassius did the angry
“Tiber. ‘Ne advise him to send at once
for the Commodore, as he’d never let i.he
' barrel slip if he once got his grippers on-
- the hoops.
o<Q>o-o—————-—
3, O. S. FERRY, delivered his popu-
lar lecture before ‘a large and seemingly
delighted audience, in New Canaan, on
Saturday last.
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3"’ A good many of M1‘. Ely’s old ac-
quaintances here will be glad to hear that
he is “ wealthy and respectable.” ‘Won-
’ pays interest on his old debts?
»-sl: him, Byingtou.
N". H. C’a'a«r2'e7°.
so-;, on your specks, friend VVood’
ward, and read our article again, and you
‘will see that you have twisted it into a
libel upon the aforesaid Ely. As to his
paying interest, we presume he will, if he
r 1_':l- .
_puys anything, as we never heard of his
paying any prz'nc2'paZ. In fact we believe
him innocent of the word, in sense as well
as sound.
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Installation.
The Rev. Chas. E. Ball was installed
over the Congregational Church and So-
ciety, in Wilton on Wednesday last.
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Auctions.
Clark having withdrawn his batteries
from Petenix Block, will “ open hostili-
~ ties” at the old stand of L. H. llandle.
The aforesaid Clark having scattered
about a ton of the “precious metals,”
’pi'omiscuously about, we don’t see why
the times will not be better. Great fel-
low that Clark.
--afia->
@. The lad iinplicutcd in the New
Cuiiunn burglary, nftr-r v.nclei‘goiiig a rig-
id trial in st week at Iiridgcport, was ac-
quitted, very much to the satisfaction of
-the people oftlint town.
as -.--5 Q. .:-o
11$“ Mr. L_vnieii D. Brewster, of Dan-
bury, was admitted on niioriiey and coini-
scllor at law at the term of the Superior
Court now in session in this cil.y.— F'ii.rmer.
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3%“ It is stated tliut hlr. Speaker Orr,
is a temperance man, and conducts his
cntcrtaiiimeiits on temperance princi-
pics.
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AMERICAN Fssiisiis’ IlvIA_GAZINE.-—-Tllls
is an old paper with a new title. It was
‘I firsttestablislied by that pioneer of papers’
devoted to agriculture, John S. Skinner,
under the name of The .Plm:g/i, tlw I.-00’/2:
am? the Am-271, and ably conducted by him
until his death. and since with ability un-
der various conductors, until it fell into
the bands of Prof. Nnsii of Amherst, Mass.
now of New—York, who is probably one of
the most able, ifnot. quite the most able,
ngriciiliural editor in the United States ;
and he has droped the old name and giv-
en it the more appropiiatc one that heads
this notice, since its C‘I')lll.l'.‘lll‘3 are almost
extrliisively devoted to giving information
upon improved ineathods in l'arn'iing,and is
to all farmers a valuable American farm-
rs’ magazi1ie.——N. I’. fI'-r:'.bmie-
zii§u—>o——-———-——-
3. The C0l\;_2:l‘t‘SSii.'ll;)l z:ommit.ec of in-
vestigation into the alleged tariff bribery
have sent on to Boston for Mr. Stone of
Lawrence, Stone & Co, c.nd1\_Ir. Wolcot,
Gov. Gurduer’s pnrtiicr. Tl-.e.y are sup-
posed to have been the chief dispensers of
the niysterioiis $87,000. Mr. Wolcot
seems to have a genius for the business of
a corruptionist : he was used by his ex-
ccllency to buy up the poor Boston Trav-
£1‘, an operui ion in wlii_ch both parties
werL'lJadly' sold.—— Sp/‘i«iig_'/ieltl Republican.
mg».
Donation Visit.
The Friendsof Rev. D. R. Austin of South
Norwalk, intend nmkirig him their Annual
‘Visit. at his residence on Wednesday Even_’g,
~27lh inst, oflhis week. 'Fb.c,c,hildi'eu of the
gsabbntli School are jiiviled lo cogig t_h_e_next
_§.l' sernoon, Thursday. ‘
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fivliilss ofull the liliod.->. Ic-land I’-ziiiks, i
-. yo . _
except the i0li!3S"flil;’:-‘, :11‘-c i-.:_~.w 1‘I3f,'(‘lVl,'d at ,
linizk of South 5
liiiiiii of iii-piililic, 1
lllt‘ i.~‘ii‘i}'r_:ll.; l>z'i'ili-2, viza:
E'..‘=oa=.my,_ of Wink:-lit-lil ;
'.T."u.e Cozivetition.
The '_‘«'cw haven l';i';l::diuin ill ri l';('!“::l «
. . , ., ,. . llli uiri .)l l; st we -1‘ :
oi-ti:-l..: zillllillllu‘ in inc lzizu t i:li\':-llizllil, - ‘ '\' ' “. ~
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p:i_i_.'s ilic i'olmwiai;.:' izi.-i ii'i'=:iiic to our cs- , ‘mi’ }""”""'
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I-’;-4-.vi:li=.iiv3-3, I":ii'iiiv'.-2-7 l3:ix.l;, ’\‘\’icl.f<.~:'<l. :ilt*:iicd it-llow to\vr.e~'.m:iii who \’\."=.iIwI «.~iiz..»su.=ii f
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llU:lli.l§!l.(T-ll liiiili-2, ‘Ili'1'.-1l,(3i‘l_\' _: 1.. I. (7cn- : 10 p|'c.‘a‘:i.ic over the «'l«-lil«c.':it:o:i.~t oi ilii:.t~
I
lhiiiic, f".-n:-i. l2i~«_-i-szi\'i--ii; ’
"l'i\'t.'l‘i0':i; i‘-.':3rwicl: llank, \V:ir—,
Tvloiini. Vernon Bank, I’i'ovidciice.
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ii?‘ Tlios. \V. Smith clinrgcd wirh the
mu.-'dcr of Carter at Pliilndelphia has been
acquitted, oii_the groiiiirl of insanity.-—
Smith married it young wnrd-- of Carter,
and soon after the mai'i'i:igc she gave
l‘i N.'l'll.!ll 5
W ick ;
, birth to a child of whom she acknowl-
edged thct Carter was the father. Smith
sought an interview with Carter, and, af-
ter an interview in which insult Wflfl ud-
ded to injury deliberately drew a revolv-
er and shot. him in the parlor of the Gir-
ard house:
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i@_...A widow llflmf‘.('l Burge:-:s appeared
in the cars at Ciimberluiid, ‘$3., the other
(lay, with :1 i'cvol:'ci‘ iii lierliuiiil attempt-
ed to shoot, (and would have done so
had not the passengers prevented li(‘l‘,)
S:iii:t‘:f'ord B. l;lull of Fr.ii'm‘oiiiii., who had
at one time, paid his addresses to the in-
furiated lady, the cessation of the same
causing jealousy.
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392-?‘ A boy by the name of Martin has
been arrested in albany for selling his
mot.hci"s stove, in order to raise money to
beton a fight betw«:=en a pair of game
cocks.
_..—s...:3.i.~:o—-—-
ségrv The Register says that the discus-
sions, dill}.-i'enccs and bickerings that arose
in the Republican Coiiveiition, the other
day, are “enough to make the dogs laicg/.-.”
So we perceive.
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E2?‘ Thomas Alliboiie, the late Presi-
dent of the Bank of Peniisylvaiiia, who
has been accused of swindling the Bank,
writes an indignant. letter from Nice, de-
nying the_chui'ge in the fullest muiiner,
and expressing an utter inability to con-
ceive upon whnt it is founded,
.<g;..
|@*Tlie great " Central American
Questions” are to be managed at \Vash-
ington, on the part of France, by a new
minister with n. singnlui-ly felicitous name
—JlIa-/zsieur Felix‘. Bell’-_z/. He is of the Na-
val service, probably.
.5:-.
3%“ Hon. J. C. McKibbon, of Califor-
nin, is said to be she handsomest member
of Congress, but he has not the handsom-
est name.
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n6*=The Syracuse Couries says, “ Here-
after it is understood, all locomotives
built for the Hudson River and Camden
and Amboy Railroads will be coal biirn—
crs.
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£%‘*The Erie Caunlwas frozen over
on the 25th through the greater par of _
its length.
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£6“Tlie people of Middletowiihave
abolished the old system of school capita-
tlon taxes, and laid a two per cent. tax
on the Grand List, for ice support of
schools.
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36* Town affairs in Bridgeport are
getting into a httle innss. They voted to
have but tln-cc selccimcn, and then pro-
ceeded to elect seven. The questidn is,
which of the seven are the legal three?
3%‘ For more than two years, Mr. G.
D. Prentice, editor of the Loiiisville Jour-
nol, has written his editorials by ammu-
enses, his hands being paralyzed to such a
degree that he cannot use them.
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56'- The friends of the Pacific railroad
scheme have great confidence in success
before the present Congress. The pro-
ject lielped Fremont, and the Adminis-
tiation is tempted to ‘squeeze the same
lemon.
-*-—O+¢.u-«-9-——-1.
E“ The Stamford Advocate is the
only opposition paper in the State, which
we have seen thus far, which grumbles at
the result of the late convention. It
thinks the. ticket on udinirnble one but
that the siipcrscding of the old one was
“ unjust and iiidefensib_le” and in no very
good temper says the “ Americans were
most. insiiltingl y :ibiiscd,” if it lienrs true
reports. Certainly any reports to that
effect are incorrect. The Advocate will
feel better natured by-and-by.
I111-rf. I’-rave.
___,c.,,,,,,___
has Foriiey’s Press says that Gov.
Wise gives “ a. clear, cogent and thrilling
denunciation of the Kansas Client.” The
language, we take it.,'is in no respect um-
bigiiom. The clzeal .‘=:1llL'llllL‘Ll and favor-
ed by rlie adininistratiou of which Foru-
cy as well as Wise has been a chief sup-
porter. .
By the way, we like to quote from the
Press. As all the Bucliauan presses in
this State, lately ussiircd us, it is a straight
out ‘cigar/he-wit of (lie t-rue D9721!/c7‘/itic fail/1.
Bvidgrport Slavidnr/"d.
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A BAD Sui-‘.LL.—A. F. Spencer, of VViu-
ted, thinks he has 8 story that bouts the
the feat of the Plaiiisviile trapper, Hen-
drick,.wlio lately captured‘ 14 skunks in
one hole. Spencer claims to have taken
sz‘2:tewi. of these curious little animals at
one time out of one hole. This perform-
ance was in Neiv Hartford shortly after
the large Opposition majority in that town.
. .Ha7t. Times.
So it seems that the genuine democracy
were not dug out until after election.
C'.rm rd -7: t.
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C‘-Ji'.Z\‘TERFEIT Co:z<.=:.—A number of
coutterfeit coins have appeared in circula-
tion within a few days. Yesterday we
were slioivn couiitei-fell 50, 25. 10, and 5
cent peices, all new and fresh, Tlicy had
been passed off in this city in trade.
T Ilrrrlftml Tf7Il£’S..
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38* The Republicans in the I]. S.
House of Representatives have been mak-
ling prcpai-utions for their purlimcntnry
' struggle on the Kansas constitution. « Mr.
Blair ofMissnuri is to be the leader of the
light. '
.
:-<-3>->~r—-—---—
@. Epitaph~—on a lamb just killed-—
‘ "_1’e¢_z,s to his remains.” .
bod 3' :—~
in our i‘cpoi‘-ts of the C-oiivciitioii at
Ilartforil, we wcrc.« iinnble to do jiistice
to the maiiy able .“-l](,“:ll{l‘l'S who m'lvoc:il.cd
both lineslof policy. A bricfi'cporl.must
iiecessn.i'ily lose much of the force and
thoroiigliness of the longer and 'inoi-4-, pow.
crfnl speeches, and can hope only to pre-
sent the tone and more proiniiieni; points
of the debate. Even a. verbziiim report
would do poor jli>'«‘.l.l('0 to such efforl.s as
those of Messrs. Carter, W'liii.c and How-
ley, against the Aincricnn resolution, or
snclins those of Mr. Perliins in its sup-
port. .
“'0 think Judge C:irl.ci-‘s speeches
decidedly the ltl)l(_‘Sl’. of the day. His
manner is very earnest and sincere ; his
urgiinicnt is close, clear and strong, nnd
he spoke wil.li zi fliieiicy and energy that
cominnnded the uoii:-:t.ai'it ntteiition of a
crowded and wearicd audience I-Iislast
speech was about inidniglit, and after the
debate had already lasted six lionrs. Mr.
l‘ci'kins had just. coiicliiderl his most pow-
crful appeal, which sccnicil for n inoinciit
to have cruslicd all opposition, and the
house rang with vocifei-ous cries l'or ques-
tion. No other spcn.l;cr could have llllSl1-
cd the i.ni'iiiilt so siiildeiily into the re-
speectful atteiition which Mr. .3artercoiii-
mnndcd. Step by stop, he showed the
fallacy of that glowing appeal ; and all
sophistry incited away, as with ii. simplic-
ity and deep eai'iiest.iiess, he went on to
show the utter iuipossibility of n uiiiou———
of niiytliiiig nobler than n spoils-coalition
—if' Aiiicricniis insisted on forcing an
adoption of their doctrines.
.5]lllLl,‘_.',‘l‘. Carter is one of the ablcst men
of the State. He would do liouor to
Connecticut. as her Governor, and we
hope to see him fill that positioii before
long.
Nelson L. \Vliite of Danbury, had also
much weight upon the Convcntioii. Ills
argunients were forcible and very earnest.
and his fiery denunciations of the assert-
ed treachery of (.‘€l'l.:'tll| Know Notliingsin
Mr. Fe.i'ry’s district, were received with
ti'ciiiendoiis upplniisc. Mr. Hziwlcy’s
opening speech was also very able indeed
—-—insisting as he did most strongly on
the question of right involved. It was
received by the convention with marked
approbation, and tlioiigh a crowd of liired
claqurrs who had been drumincd up no
hiss all obnoxious seiitiiiieiits, seemed iii-
tciit on drowning his voice, it was perhaps
the best. compliment he could have re-
ceivcd.
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Pire in VV.-aterbury.
WAri~:ni3unv, Jan. 24, 1858.
A fire broke out last night in the
Blnkeslee Building in this city, destroying
property to the unioiint of about $2,000.
The loss is fully covered by insurance in
Hartloi'd. The J\lci.liodist. C liurch adjoin-
ing cnuglit fire, and at one time was in
iinminent danger, but the fire was sub-
dued. The church was considerably dum-
uged by water. The fire is supposed to
be the work of an inccndiiiry.
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40>
The Dead-Loo]; at Albany.
The New York Assembly is still unor-
guniscd. Both Reilly, the democrat can-
didate, and ‘Van Valkenburg the republi-
can cundidate, for speaker, were defeated
by tie votes on 1<‘i-iday i=.fternoon.
«Q
Meeting of the State¢A>grt:_u1tura1 Society-
Tlie sixth annual nieetiiig of this Socie-
ty was—held in Meriden on Wednesday,
13th ins‘. From the ’l‘reusui'er's report,
it appeared that the society was Bank-
rupt to the tune of about $500. After
the reading of reports, and a discussion of
the condition of the Society, the entire
list of oliiccrs for last year was reelected.
It was left with the Executive Committee
to provide for the deficency in the '.l‘re.asu-
ry. Also to receive and act upon any
preparations for the holding of the next
Aniial Fair. New Haven was settled
upon us the place of the next annual
meeting. Prof. J olinson read a very able
report. of his Chemical Analyses of the
various fertilizes, offered for ‘sale in our
markets, and without a dissenting voice
it was voted to retain him another year,
the meeting tvus nnusiially large, and al-
together, exccdiugly intei'est.iiig and profit-
able. ‘ .
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Si:.'oUi.An CAUSE or Dizsrii-»A little
dnuglifcr of I’hil:inder Ferry, nnnicd A n-
nie aged four years, was taken sick on the.
1st instant, and diedion Monday last.——
Upoii a well grounded supposition that
the disease originated from some obstruc-
tion in her iliroat, Dr. 3:-niiett, the at-
tending physician held :1 post mo7'i¢'7n ex-
nniiiintion of the body and foiiud in one
of the broncliial tubes in i.lic lower part.
of the left liiug, a small piece of bone,
probably from one of her ter,-tli, as she
had broken a tooth by falling, some weeks
prevcious to her sickness. The obst.riic-
tion descending to the lung, produccd‘iii-
flummntioii, rcsulliiig in her dcatli. The
little sufi'ci'cr, in her dreams of heaven
diiring licr sickness, at one time iinpiiicd
of her inother “if, after she was buried,
and had new eyes, she should not she
God.” H or iiiitpiii-y has licczi miswcrcd.
‘ ]J(mfm7'y Ti-mes.
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3%" A young man calling liiinsclfi Hen-
ry Wilson, of Troy was arrested in Bri(lgc.-
port on Friday evening, for attempting to
pass it conuicrfcil. five dollar bill on the
the Coinnieicial Bank of Salem, Mass.
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a@~ A wagon coiztuining three persons
was backed off 11 sleep embuiikment by 2:
fractions horse, in Newtowii, Conn, on
Sunday lust, and rolled over and over
down toward ti. river bank until stopcd by
a tree. All the occupants were badly
bmised, but none seriously injured.
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Ac cidents.
A boy llfteeii years of age, iiaineddoliii
Grady, f Irish pai'.cnluge, ‘.'v’lllle,Cl'i3'SSlllg‘
Balls Pond, in the town of New _I"ui:'.‘leld
on Monday, fell through tlieice and was
drowneil. H is zboby was siibseqiieiitly
r.ec.ovei'c.d. We lmve not learned the
pr.rticiilai's. i
.Ou llloiiday,‘ while Mrs. Phebe Bene-
dict, the aged wife of Mr. Starr Benedict
of Stony Hill _district, was crossing her
rooui she caught her foot in the carpet, in
' rncr of whitch had been turned up, and
hug, dislocated her shoulder. The
bone was replaced by doctors Hendrick
and Reed.-—.Da7iIm~ry Times.
.246‘ 0urcoi'i-eepondciit “ S" from George-
town. will find an able response below to his
A (l()l‘l'(‘é<pl‘vIi(l<'|Il. of _\'4Hll'.~‘-, i'!'H|II
iii-‘o'!‘,‘-'C"{i’iivii, i'(’.l','t*i's to flu: llllllill“-‘i-\' Hi’ ll!“
i.vcnllicr this moulli i-oingmiwil with ill:ll~
’ tlfil-£.\' liow il-
ol'..l:iniini'y of last. ‘,".?ill', iiwl
:llii.l St'.\‘i‘l'ill
is to be nccoiinlcd for. Y0":
other friends, iiil.iiiia.lc that an IlllSWIj’.l' is
mipectcd from me. The answer is at
linnd ; bi.it I am exccediiigly pressed for
time. As, however, your coricspoiideiit
is n Pliysicinn, n.iid I li-ave no little liiigc.r-
lug respect for the old profcssioii ; and his
nrgeiit request iniplics, what is iiiiqiics-
tionnbly true, that the received ilicories
iauglit in our colleges and public institu-
tions, utterly fail to account for it ; and
as I believe the question is put. in good
faith, for the purpose of eliciting the truth,
I will answer. But I must be brief.
First, then, there is iiol.-liing peculiar or
local in the advance of vegetation wliicli
he describes. There have been violets in
bloom in my garden, with an open north-
crly exposure, the past week.
Secoiid, there is notliing- aiiomnlous or
extrnordiiiary in the nie.leorologicnl char-
ucter of the month. It is compnrui.ive-
ly very mild-—just as was to be, and was
expected. It would have been an anom-
ly if it had been otlierwisc. 'l‘liis requires
explaiintion. . ..,_
The forces which produce and con_ti'ol
the varying atmospheric conditions, are
themselves subject t.o cliunges. ’l‘licse
are periodical, and covering periods of
about ten years, or a decade. Ccrtuiii re-
sult.s may therefore be expected during
every decade, mid ‘at certniii portioiis of
the decade. These results sometimes oc-
cur with more certainty during alteriintc
decades. Tlins the bitter part. of the de-
cade between 1830 and 1840 was sub-
stantiully a reduplicntion of that. froui
1810 to 1820 ; and it wnsto be expected
that the latter part of the present decade
would siibsiaiitiully resemble tlial; of 1830
to 1840, as it has done. 'I_"lie weather
thus for since 1855 has been siilistuiitinlly
like that. from 1835 to I84 0, and Ibis pres-
ent milrl .711/2111.11-rgi/} isa rediiplicatimi of Jim-
iuzry 1838.
The Summer of 1855 was similar to
that of 1835 ; the winter of 1850-‘! to
that of 1836-7, and more sevci'c than had
been known during the intervening period
of i.weiity years. .
The Summer of 1836 was cold. ' Be-
lieving it would be so, and u rcduplication
of 1816, (not then forgotten,) I sent to
Albany for some early Iliittoii sccd,c0i'n,
and planted it. I had a crop, but corn
was lost, generally, in this lui.itude. The
Siiinnicr of 1856 was not quite as cool,
but the corn was barely saved here, while
it was lost not far north of us. The win-
ter of 1836-7 was again severe, and so
was the last one, and they were substan-
tially alike. The summer of 1837 was
cool, nnd’so was the last. Corn ripened
imperfectly, and now there is great coin-
plaint of its iiusouiidiiess, and Q is dith-
cult. to get perfect meal. January of
I838 was mild, and so is this. Fcln'iiary
was not. Wlictlici' the coiiiiiig February
will prove mild or severe, rciiiuiiis to be
seen.
This was not only true of January 1838
in coinparisoii with 1837, but it has been
so "of the eighth year of every decade in
the century, except the one from 1810 to
1820, when the change was postponed a
year, i.c. to 1819.
Let us look at the i'c'cord, and first
to. the tables of Dr. Holyoke, ~Wlll(‘ll
extend to and .include 1828 :
I797 mean temperature of Jan. 23.02
1798 “ “ 27.142
1807 “ “ 23 257
I808 “ M " 25.90
1817 " " 24.02
1318 “ “ 24.46
1819 “ “ 31.12
Here the change was postponed: by
causes which are perfectlyflintelliyible :
1827 " l 22.26‘
1828 31.06
For the remaining period we niiist take
some otlicr, and I copy from the record
kept at the \Vntervliet. Ai'scnnl, and from
the Army Meteoiblogical Rcgistcin The
latitude and altitude are not materially
(lifl"erent.
H
5‘ H
1830 nicuii tcnipei'aliirc of ‘Jun. 21.94
1837 “ “ 15.818
1838 “ “ 28.7]
1846 " H laps
1847 “ “ 25.98
1848 " “ 30.06
Or take those kept at Fort Columbus
in New York llnrborz
pp; our \\'i:itcr’:; cold and Suimnci"s
I827 mean tcinf)ci'atiii'e of Jun. 24.02
iii: ” " 3359
. it It
1838 ‘ " “ size
The ineaiis for last year uiid this :will
not vary mater-ially from tlwsi-..
So you sec, Ilia, that thisinild W(’lllllf-l‘
is not an uiioinnly, but the iintiiral and
usual result of the action of the great
forces which control oiiratiuosplieric con-
ditions, at this period of the decade;
But. your question “ how are these
cciitrusts liet.wi-cii the Juniiarys of. the
years 7 and S, or 7, 8 and 9 to bé ac-
counted for ?” rcuiuins to be answered. I
have time now for an exposition of the
principal, pi'oxiinatc, or iinmcdiate cause
only. "The remote cause is a complex
one, and may be learned lpy.a Sllldgf of
“The I’liil_os.0pliy of ‘the Wcatlier.”
YVc have two great prl_niary and ti'iiiis-
cendcntly importuiit -')I(ll'll‘l'(ll -“ z7u.vlilii.-
c‘-i¢;i'is,” Dr., in the Eastern part of this
Continent. They existed licre before.
our Fathers came, and they have chur-
actci'i7.ed all the other institutions which
they planted, and the race they pro-
pagated, and will continue to do so
it.-i,l.l't:li'e end of time. '_rh.ese two institu-
tions are, first, an ,e.\jccssi,ve igiagipflilf} ill:
tensity, and conseqiieiit excessive electric
inteiisity, -beneath and around us; and,-
sccond, an excessive volume of warm
equatorial ‘ atmospheric .Cll1"'9“t““'°‘"'l°"
trade I have called it——_e.\:c.cssi-_Ve .€'.0.*"Pl“"
ed with the rest‘ of the ._i'orthei'n Hemis-
pliere, except eastern AS311. -.fl0WlD.‘_—§ 0V9!“
us, To the adieu and i7i_fIuem'e of -{flare
two great ’ll[lt|t'I‘£ll‘ “ 1'-nstitutimis,” we-owe
ci‘ci'_1.vl/ling};I/inl i.s~;prcizlz':r1'i-ii. r.-fur r/imrztr.:/..:r- '
l
l
hp;-.1-, - our :1l)llll\‘ to l':llF.lE liii: 3.-,ji‘cfti W" .
,.”|im- _\-l;n,}pg 1-nl'll iiiul Hillllll, :‘illll.lil|ll'll ‘
l.|int is pci'iiliiii' in our prrliliczil i:islilii- I
tions and in oiiisclri-s. Tin: iiidoiiiiihble
cm-rgy and ciil.ci'pi-i.--.<: ofilw ;l.l‘;l(:l‘lI:£Ill, is l,
l.ll(.‘ result of pliysicnl, as well ns cdiii::il.ioii-
all Ctlll:~‘.CS and so were t.lio:'«_- of lii.-2 l":i.l.lic.r:<
before him. .
The man who understands the clair-
actor and influence of those two iiutiirnl
insl.itui.ions, llll(l(‘:l‘Sl.§!ll(lS»l.l|i': climatology
of his countr ; and the man wliorloes not
understand, or who 7'.__g_,-rim~cs I/mu, does not
coinpreliciid it, wlintcvcr may be his abil-
ity, rcpiitatioii, position or pi-ctciisioiis.
The immediate and principal cause of our
wnrin .lniiiini'y, is to be found in the iinii-
sunl volume mid wnrintli of tliut. coiintcr
trade or cqiiatorial ciirrciit above us.
If you were to enter fl. bullooii at
Georgetown today, and nscuiid, you would
find the currents variable, and the nirgr0w-
ing rogulnrly cooler until you l'f‘llCllC(l xiii
ulmnde of about 10,000 ft. You ivoiilil
tlicn enter it wnrin c.iirrcnt., probably run-
ging to-day at about 5'1“, moving stenilliy
cust iiortli-cnsf., nt. nboiil. the rn.io of 12
miles the hour. Coiitiiiiiing to usceiirl you
would pass out of it after ascending about
8,000 feel. from where you met it, and find
the cold increase suddenly ul'ter you left.
it. That current. which you would tlnis
puss througli,is one of those giant. nutiirnl
iiistitiitioiis. Such ciirrents exist every-
wlicrc, indeed, but of ,t?.S‘S1‘(7(Il.7)lI’. 'l‘0l.lIi1»t
current we owe many of our niniospliei-ie
conditions, and their uniform pi'ogri.-ssion
f'roni the South-western to the North-
eastern part of the country. The storm
which blew so disnstronsly at New Or-
leans and Galveston on Friday last, was
:1. heavy .i’ortli-caster here on Szitui-duy,
and it existed and trnvi.-lli-d, us lliey all
exist and travel, and more tlimi two liiiii-
dred of them have now been iriicr-.d, in
that atiiio;-:plicric “i'n.stz'tut-im/..” You
can see the clouds in that curi'ent, and
its course, at least 200 days in the your,
always before a storin,possibly just after,
and by fragments at other times.
“ But the module operundi,” methinks
I hear you say, “ how does that current
differ from last year, and licw does the
ditfereiicc affect us 2?”
The rolnme or (IP12!/I. of the ciirrciit is
nt'least oiie-tliird, and probnblyonc-half
greater tluin it was in the same period of
1856 and 1857, and it is iniicli warincr.
The increased volume is indicated by the
fuir wentlier range of the. baroineter, and
by the heavy rains Wlllffll have fallen in
Texas and elsewliere bcucutli it-. Note,
Doctor, I say, the fair ’l£‘f.'(ll]I€'7‘ 7-nwge, the
range when the weather is fair, and [law
is no rI2'sfxu.rbi/lg‘ (‘((2(..§‘€. It is a very ’Il’Il-
mea~m'9ig business to endeavor to under-
stand any given condition of the atmos-
phere, by studying the 7II€(l-’Il, or average.
of the barometer during all cmzdilimis, but
it is very instructive to study its elevation
in conncctionwiih that om’ coiiditio:i.~—
And if sciciitifuc men would-so study it
they would not be repeating the error
that it always falls before ruin. It does
so, indeed, in one class of storms, but it
is otherwise before our great easterly
ones. Then it always rises, and more or
less suddenly, and to a great?-r or less el-
evatioii, according to the llll.£‘l'lSll y of the
couiing storm. So. when an old wliecl
barometer in the \Vinter season is going
rapidly up to “set faz'r,”, look out for :1
storm, or a long thaw, just the rever.-te of
what it indicates.
Now fhefair ivezzllwr mm,re of the bar-
ometer is it good indic:il.ioii of the dep!/i.
or i-ohmic of the eqiintorinl ciirreiit above
us. In 1856 and onward, the barometer
ranged very low in fair wont.lier, and in
the winter of 1855-6 it kept down, and
we did not have u llinw, or scarcely a
Soutlicily wind for sixty days. Last.
Febriiary it rose very high, and we had
an intervcniiig thaw of nearly ii. fort-
iiig-lii.’s duration. This year it l{('(‘pS up
-to about the staiidard of 9. Siiminer's
heated term. Iinlei-il it has once this
inoiitli bceii up to 31°, the only time I
believe Slll{‘(‘. lust I=‘cbriiai'y that it has
ranged so high. It may be, and often is
tcinpoi-ni'ily_coh:l with it high bui'onietci-,
but if. is owing to the llll.!!l‘p0Slll0ll of n.
cold current from the I\'oi't.h, nnd cannot
last long. So we have once had the
tlicrnioinctcr down to 100 this inoiith,
but it did -not keep down.
To the depth of this upper current,
and its waiintb, ilieiefore we are inuinly,
though not cxcliisivcly, iiidcbtcd for our
warm WHlllICl'.
. int you still inquire foi' the ininicdiatc
" modns opci-amli.” I aiiswer not radiu-
iioii ciillrely, [rut ,1,/ze in/Iiic-iiire of Mr cur-
‘re-nl on line 3'14/u’s wigs as t}la_i/ puss §.’1rr;—zzg/z
ii. '
The rays of the sun when they enter
our ntmosplierc, if they coiitniii bent at
all, have litiie. lll‘-i?.l.lllg' power. ‘.l‘lie heat.
in them, or the heating power, is greatly
enhanced by passiiig through the atmos-
phere, and just in proportion l0 N5
warmth, its deiisity, and its ll1‘>iSlv|l"9-vj
'l‘bis has been well ascertained by experi-
ment, and cannot be disputed S0 “*9
greater the bulk of the atmosphere, and
me mg;-e heat and moistiire there is in it,
the greater the heating power of the
51...’; rays, And so the liiglicr the bar-
ometer’ and [lie g-rcalrr Ilze ~ dept/L and
’li’(l7"i7l[/I. If I/ta! 9'z"rcr of /imlezl air orrr
us, I/is u¥ar~mer the weather in the aggi'e-
gate.‘ All our licuted terms coinmcnce
on :1 high baronictei', and it rises before
all our thaws. It ranged very low in the
winter of 1856 and we had no thaw. It
rose suddenly and high in the wiiiter of
1857, and we had a long thaw. It
keeps up now and it is pretty much all
thufw. ",0iur great §I!lllll'al i;£‘l‘llll “ institu-
tion" is in ‘ah exceedingly lloiirishing
state. i ii A 7 5' ' T
Do you recollect how clear the air was
during the cold ‘days of last llannary and
the .._laiiunry— preyioiis? How blue the
v,a._ii|t.? _Ho\v'it _se,e!ipe;il us the liehyens
were marpr to us; or as if we were too};-
ing at them. from 9 fr!-m'IIfai"It'.’ HOW
9
l lll'l.i__,"llll the star.-i shone and twinklerl :-.t I
night; and how much l‘iiI'l"l,‘ uiiiiii:-i'oii:.-‘I
9 '.
I
in y .~‘.(-i'iiiI.,'='l '.’ ..\1i-'llii'i\'.' i-'ic:':i'ly tlii: liriglil. A
'/.i)(ll:|t‘ill ll}:;l:t.i-:r-.ilil l-l‘ .-‘e-cu in this \\'l‘:l
ui'l.(-r iii;;l:ll':i§l 7.’ Ainl ivliui. :i.ii iii.!.i~r ub-
scnce of I//*.i/ring pa-u-rr llii-rc was in the y
rays of the sun? ‘lei?!/, ‘NW wm: pun/i-'3
rt//.’1,I, II‘.'.' (I. .7l’[n1i.'nIui~ri. '
I/,t7iin.ep/w.i*i«: i’II8ff/’ILM'(r7l- was lcss, ziiiil llic
unioiint of :i.tinosplici'c n.b()vc us ivns Ii.-as,
and it was cqnivulcnl. to an iisccnl, of two
or three tlioiisniiil feet. I I. is not so this
year.
a gi'c:ii.er depth and wnrinth ; and the air
is'coiup:i.i‘utivcly iiiisly ; and the '/.oiliac:il
liglit., and the sl.n.rs, sliiuediiuly ; and the
rays of the sun gntlicr \':irin1li and |ic.al.-
ing power before they i'cncli us: ; and his
mild and plcnsniil.
Let me not be iiiidcrslood as fl."-.E(‘l‘i.lllfl:
that the increased volume. of the u.linos-
pheric instiliitioii I have ili-..°.ci'ili<-il is the.
only cause. There are minor oncsdoubt-
less, but that is the principal, and proxi-
mate one. I have not time to ulliidc to
the otlu.-rs.
But we are Yniilicss: . iid I can readily
see that you will have niiotlici'qiicst.ioii to
ask, viz : how it lmppciis that the volume
of that “ Alinosplicric ]iisliiiilinu,” is
gi'cnici' this year than last?
It is u legiiiinate question, and can be
niiswercd ; but itinvolvcs somuiiy things
tlint I have not time to doit now. Icnii
only say that tlicre is increased nctivii y
in ilie great forces wliicli oi-iginnlc the
souihenst trudcs of the Atlantic ocean, of
which that institution is composed. I*‘oi'
the some reason there is doubtless nu iii-
crcnsc of the volume of the gulf strenni ;
upon wliicli :1 I~‘i'ciicli pliilosophcr has re.
cently based sonic spcciilutioii, relative to
the upproucli of ii mild period, wliicli has
attracted atti-.ntioii. And doubilcss there
is,’ for the same reason, nu iiicmisi-. of the
cipintoriul ntiiiosplierio ciirrcnl. over all
this portion of the norilicrn liciiiisplieic ;
and hence it is wariner in Europe, and on
mir western coast. The ucricl gulf strcnins
and the Oceanic, uiid all the great cur-
rents of the ocean and the air, are origin-
utcd by the some great force, Me Pnlwritgz
nfl/Ic msrtlz. And so I believe are chr-
rents in the molten interior, to which the
upheaval of coast lines and ln0ll_lllfllll rau-
ges in northeast and soul.liwest., or north-
west and soiitlicast directions,iii the past,
and volcanoes and enrlliqiiulzes in the
pi'esciit., are due. It is all one great sys-
tem, and will ultimately be better under-
stood. But perhaps not in our day.-—
'l‘lici~e is :1 great uinonnt of Fogyisni, that
must die out first. It is ciiti'(.-in-hcil in
our Colleges, and our public inslitiilions.-,
it is sl.i'ciigtliciIcd by comniittals in lec-
tures and books and essays, and fort.ified
and walled around by a pride of np2'-rzimi,
and :1 i=m2itg/ qf‘ wpu.tuli'rm, which will re-
ceive iicitlicr iiivestigntioii nor observa-
tion from “ out of 1\'n7.nrelli.”
But it will die out Dr, and the world
will progress. “ Iiretliren,” suidn quaint
old Divine when pi-cncliiug on the subject
of liuniuu progress—‘‘ the Plini'isaicnl
Jews would not part with an old and ob.
solute dispeiisatioii, and receive nnew one‘
nltliougli tliut new dispensation was fun’-
fn/tl by Mr P712}-/refs, aiicl arrrcrlilczl by «nir-
urles ,- and there. are just such Pliurisecs
in our day, and in ei-erg/I/ring. Indeed
they have always existed ; and Job said
to some of them, with unparalleled irony,
“doubtless ye :ii'c the people and wisdom
shall die with you.” But, br-ctliI'en, they
die out. And nltliougli we may not thank
God, even in view of the iicces.-titles of
human progress, that men die, we may
u.ssiii'edly thank Him, when such men die,
and soniewhut nioi'e fervently, that trill};
-is elrr'/m_l and will sm'rirr.”
There is still another question I know
you would ask, for it is fill? question of the
day, viz: what will February be, and
shall we linve any ice?
The firsl. part of Ft.‘lrl'llfll‘y is usually
cold, but the mean of the month, i ‘lug
a long series of years, is n trifle milder
than Jaiiiinry, owing to the iiicreusiiig
warmth of the latter part. of it. But. it
is not always so. If we go back to the
i'ccoi'd again, we slnill find that l«‘ebruary
was warmer than Jzuiiizii'y, in the Stli
year, niid during the three first (lt‘(‘d('l<‘S
Of llic i"¢‘?Ill||'_'*.', ti!_H.l i'.f‘:_l«.lci' iliiring the
two last. ’_l‘hiis in
Jan. Feb.
lS07 the means were 23.237 2:3.l'l5
I303 “ 25.90 3l.0l
"I817 “ 24.02 19.99
1818 “ 24.46 l‘J.S|2
1819 “ 31.12 33.87
1:52: “ 22.26 29.01
181.2}? “ 3 I .06 36.94
1:53"; " iii. .8 23.03
I838 “ 28.71 I-$.51)
1847 “ ‘.2598 2l.¢i‘.3
18-I8 “ 30.00 23.48
A Looking at the (-liunictei‘ of the win—‘
_f,e_r of I838, I have supposed that this
' would not be mild, 41.; a jigjl:a;_l_i', and that
we Slltlllltl lmvc cold weather in Februa-
ry, But] confess that continued high
range of the bai~omct.ci', and the continu-
;1l_l(‘E'. of warm ’lf‘€(l//H.’7‘ at llie Nor!/i'west,
have !s'lliI_l_i‘-‘ll .133! faiilli very inuch. The
probabilities are still i__i_i o;n- fuyor, but
they are far froin being decisively so.
B.
E"Since the above article was in type,
our attention has been called to the following
article in the New York "l‘iines of this day
(Juli. 25th). It presents a confirmation of the
yicws of our correspoiidcnt. The Times will
find an n_ns_w,er to its question in the forego-
ing, viz : that the same cause that has in-
creased the Gulf Stream of the ocean, has in-
creased _f.l_ic lalinosplierié Giilf Strcain, and
:.li'.il. occrsions the niildncss of the weatheif
Tun Wr.irnr.R.—Scvci'nl captains of
ships recently arrived at this port, state
that the Gulf-stream rims this year 40 or
50 miles nearer the Aineric-an coast than
liitlierto- The fact is incntioncd as no-
counting for the e.\'trnoi'diiiar_v mildncss
of the Winter wentlicr thus far. But we
should like to know what has caused this
sigigiilur variation in the course of the
G iilfsti'eani.
o<.
Néw ‘London, with the name of “Lucia,”
siibstituted on her Sl€l‘lll)O£ll‘(l, has been
cuiiglit oil‘ the coast of Africa, with 600
i,i,e‘gjro_,es, by it British war steamer, and
‘ i.i
takes iiifo St. ",1lr=l.€fla:"
'l'lic. voliiinc of our i,
‘will: on lllll(’l| lii'c\'il_\' as llll‘. i-in-.iiiii.~'l:iii-'5
l3(‘:~‘. of the case. will mlinil, ll. .\‘yiiopsi:i ofl aiilil 1! low iiiore lines, '|‘i.p, Pm-tg;moutli
The wnrin iiisl.itiit.ioii :i|.ovc us has '
l@‘‘Tlie schooner “,Windwnrd,” of --‘
.Fr»-7'i'ig»'/I. C'07'7'::.¢pni:r.-’cv/Ice of flu: (r'1L::c/.’e. i
I
1'. S. Smr “ I)(ii*.i’:-',‘.iui"l'lli”
llnxi: lioxei. (‘ii:>:.~.,
.\’-iv‘:-iiilmi' lllili, l:~'7»T. _
_\,§\« ,.,.._-,1-”;.-.-, for \\':iliii;;' in }‘-'-.i so :~:.mii ;
is siillii-ii-iiil;.' vnliil, it is .-:i:i:5vl_*-.' li~.'(':!llHi‘ l
imam xiigm! ||l'\‘5‘.‘-: ‘iii ii.!\'iii_£:‘i-.. l \\‘lil,l
llii-i'i-.l'oi'c, iii vicw of lliis l';u-l, lll':!\\’ iii 5
.i-oiinli'y (‘»f'll‘.<l.l:ll.
I lord l‘ll,‘,§llI, llu-.
has g‘l'itiil.ci| Ycli, l.lic ’\'.cci'o.‘,~' of (“cui-
loii, u licnriiig for llll‘ piii-pms«- of inking
(l()\‘.'ll his slaitriiiciils, lliil be will not lic-
gol.inl.c with lillll iiiiliil 1ll'li"l' tlic boinbni'il-
iiicnl. and c2ipl.iii'e ol the l’rovi:ici:il city.
For the cfi'ccl.iiig of the l:i.tli~r, llic lin-
glisli Adiniriil is coin-ciii.i':itiiig lil.\‘. l'(ll‘l‘(‘.‘-‘.
in HM‘ Cnntoii river, near the city, and
on the 25th pi'o.\'inio the sliclliiig is to
begin. Gciicriil A slibiiriihzini wi..li l-ll('
laud forces will cnl.c.i', ul't.e=r ilic city has
been well shelled, and lini.-li the downfall
of it by storm. "he 'l,"i'i-in-ii .\':i.vail for-
ces with their Aiii|mss:i<loi' are niicliori-d
in the river, but we learn ii. i.-: not their
intention to (:0-Op(3l':‘.l.§; v.'il.li llic Eiiglisli.
They nre at prr.-sent settling .‘-'4.ilil(: point
conccrniiig the Cocliiii Ciiiiicsc, and do
not uppa.i'ciil.ly wish to become <-iiil.:i'oilci.l
in lioslilitics with the 0:llllnll(‘*i~'(‘.
The American :5ll"fllll('l' Nliiiiicsritu,
with Mr. Reed and siiili-, !ll‘l'lVHl here
on the 5th iilt., linvin;.;j our-oiiiiti-rcrl ii
cyclone iii the China Sezi, but, l'orl.iiiiuie-
ly witlioiit injuring her. On the llt‘g()l'.la-
tions of our new iiiiiii.~:tei' (l(‘;i(‘liil..\' our fu-
ture course of policy with ihe Chiiiesc,
we can but hope that rziissiiiii will bi‘-
pcuce, but iievcrllielcss we ciare not be
too sangiiinc, lost. our 1lllil(‘lpItil(ill:'-‘. shoiild
be falsified. The Eiigli:-zli arc l‘l|ili'tl\‘u|'-
ing to cmbroil mir flag in the grin,-i':il
hostilities, and the pi'<-ss of \'ii-torin
(Hong Kong,) are cs-zpccinlly ‘.tl.)li:$l\'(‘. to
Aiiici'icniis. The followinc; is ipioted
from the Victoria Daily .\'cu.==, ulliiiliiig
to our niigiiieiiicd :~:qii:i(lrc.-ii, the Lion
roars as follows: “ We are totally at n
xloss to coiiipi'elieiiil the policy or object
of equipping such a l‘lccl—-—if that be all
the U. S. Governincnt can do, they hail
much better have not niigiiiciitcrl their
Naval Force on the. stu.tioii—niid if tliey
could do lJl‘l.i(:l', they shoiilil have done
so, for the force is so iiisigiiillcniit when
compared with the ’Bi'itisli Sqlial.ll'(ill, or
even the Freiicb, that if ii. he meant to
enforce ’.l‘real._v Rights, or even to im press
the Chinese. with an idea of their Naval
iinportuiice, ii. woiiid not only full in its
purpose, but have n ilireclly opposite ten-
dency. lii fact, the position assumed by
the G'ovci'niiii-iit of the [7ii'ite(l States rc-
gurdiiig this Canton dispute is linrdly be-
coming or suitable in its po.<it.ioh in the
rank it holds with c.ivili7.ed ll:ll.li)IlS. The
object seems trade at any price, :1 posi-
tion bciiig Sel('(_‘[('.(l nppni'ciii.l y with the
option i:i view of l.'i¢'/.~i/ng Irll. /u Niel.-iil of
flu’. I3'7‘itv's/1. Lion, or slxoiilil flint nniiiiiil
drop his tail between his legs, to settle
matters with Yt-h as if noilzing hail hap-
pciied; IVc f'r.-cl quite .‘3Ill'L‘ that if the
result should i'i-iidcr l.l‘l‘i('l{llllg' to Ych the
game on the cards, the Alilt-l'i(‘I1lJ.‘i would
throw up their lltlll(l:'§ i':xtlu-1' than play
the game out. I
‘VG should have .°.iippo.<;cil that the
Phiicif)’ of force at Cnfiiillt‘-tlf)l'¢.‘ Arni-
sli'oiig’s coinmuiid latil. lb.-ccmbci‘, nnd
the unsuitable iiz~.lin'e of it, coiiipcliiiig
him as it did to leave i-oiiiitiyiiicn,
and their pi'opr-.i'i._v, lo 1-liniicc-niid the
Bi'itisli men of war, would have S('l'\".‘tl
as a lesson to the U. S. (lovcriiniciit, but
it seeins to have been lo.-:1. upon them.”
This no doubt around.-' all very pretty’
new to vindicate our-side. DoesJoliuiiy
forget that wlicii we witlidi'r-w our Naval
forces at Canton to eiignge the I3ui'ricr
Forts, that u (Z'ousiilni' edict was issued
i‘cqiiesl.iiig Anicric-.iiis to evuciinfc Cun-
toii, and that all vulinihle property had
been previously removed, so thzit when
the Canton l'a(:toi'ic.°. were llrml by Chi-
nese lll(‘(.‘lIillll.I'lf’S, the lo:=.~.' to us’ was little
or iiotliiiig? And fL-rllu’-i'morc that we
have stmlioiisly nvoidcd liccoiiiiiig till.‘-‘('11
up in un uliiuir wliich is ciiiiri-ly and ex-
cliisively their own, and it. was only when
iiiipicvnkcd and wanton iimiili \\’:l.‘§()iIl:’l'(.‘(i
that we ,4‘-lifniiie-d :1 siimin:ii'y i'cdi'css ?—
Yci. still we s:i_f‘:'cr the :il.;i:-‘c of the Eu-
glish press simply bccniisc we do not. feel
tllS].)l')Sl’ll to cooperate with the forces of
Her It-i:i_jest_\', licipiizg to lnil:-in-i' i'iitlilcss-
ly the llllFPl‘zllili‘ (‘-.iiiioiic.~‘«-, who are al-
ready goziilcil mid i'ippi'i-.~:.'-ml nlniost lic-
yond lllllil-till (‘ll(llll':il'i(’U. Tlic whole of
the above qiiotntioii is sibont ns :ib::iii'il its
the pi'oclu1iiatiuiis. of ".'i:li_ and in inaiiy
similar irrclc-v:int i‘ein:ii-ks of Jnbii “Bull
the cloven foot inaiiifestly pccps forth.
-lll.‘i
The l‘Uli(‘lS arc liovi-i-big ni'oiiml the
city of C-aiitoii, and I lizivc no doubt but
_wlirt, s_lioii_l_d the English (les.ii‘e it, they
would fOl‘Ill an alliance, l.lIll- they are too
iiisigiiilicuiit for the Iiion lo desceiid from
his ninjcsticul digiiiiy in an-cpl. of their
overtnrcs, no innit:-i' how freely tendered.
The dcslructioii of the l’rw.'incinl city is
iiieyitii.b_li-. f-Sliolilil the lgliigiisli spare it,
the r_ebels will riot, ii_i2_L_l the sit.iizilipji of
the Yicciiny is tci'i'il_iiy iim-on;foi'i:ible.——
He has reqiiested an c.:i(lii-in-c with Lord
El_i_,-in, which the E-.ii'l has granted, but
report says it is the I‘l'.ll‘l‘.‘< intention to
first destroy the city, ninl i‘.cgot.infe aflei'-
.wnrds. Ycli appears fill?-Ziilllfi to effect 8.
coi‘npi'oiiiisc, but he lins gone too far to
de,ser_ve inei'cy froigu the ._i‘.:i,:;,li.-:li, at least,
so _they say. ‘ ,
I. have now givcii you :1. syiiopsis of the!
state of the country, Tlicre will soon, I i
expect, be news enough to record, as the
whole province will ere long be in an up-
roar, and scciiss will pi-r-scnily be eiiacted
of the most lie:ii°t.-sii-kciiiiig- miliire, and
why, because foi-sooth i.lu- dignity of Her‘
i‘,-lajcsty’s ollicers'liuve been supposed to :
have bet-ii ti'uinpled-iipi‘-ii. l
. Our uiiiiisttw lie(*]2iS'!ll'l:i mouth liermci.-
rically scaled, so far ‘as the biisiiiess
which broughthiin here is ('0iicel'lic(l.‘ It
believed ‘he will proceed to ‘Pekin, to
seek gin ahdieuce with the Emperor.-
. . I
the gciicrnl prcsi-iii. .‘7l.:i.ll‘ of this liner,
1 (iIl|- (xIi\~O_V, on the lfiih pi-;,_\;_ Y,,m(,,.d,,y
l
' ' u . ' ._ v- _ u . .
llrili:-li :ll:lli;l..‘.‘S£illi'il'1 V N M Adnimll N‘ “l“’l'“—'l ~“9l'l‘I10l|l',l"'l~”-‘
’l‘h;7.-, lmwcvr-i-, is merely conjecture. The
_.Iilli)(‘.SOi.fl lin.-: (‘l'i',’:ii('(l quite an impres'
slon upon the iiiiinl.-: of both Eiiglisli uiiil
;~'lic- i.~: u\‘Cl' one l.lH)ll."-‘illill
I-Hi» l-ll'_'_"ti’ li:::l! llw (':ilriill:i, (l’Jiip;lii.li
hm‘ of l-uillv :-hip l:(':i.l'lllg' Admiral Sc)’-
!!INH".~'- in-iul:mi_,‘i slcziins and
’x"li’.:ics=.: l|{'i'o‘
.7
mail both
§a‘Il.ll.\‘ ivcll .
".-.:'-.,, ..
ll" M-I-n in ..boiil. lo close, sol will
lcuvci; this part for .\lacno Wm, :\,[,..ER,.‘.,[
lcd Alilrll at the nii'/.7.i-ii, linviiig been pro.
niolcil. }\’liicli szziliitiiig of ,,0,,,.,‘,, “,,,_q_
illi‘, ('.(‘-il.‘!(.’(;ll(‘lI(‘f‘!, '1‘1,,_._ ,-,,.0l'mS“d dcmmk
Si-l':llll.il'l in llic J“i'o\'iiici:il city, I ljqlievc’
is nol. “vi-l. liliilllIlU.‘It_‘(l, and by um ]e,,\.;,,,,;
of the ncxt ovei'l:1iid mail, may lmvg in
,-._-_‘ivc you the iicws of its sic§.;c. Y:-limit]
his lmrilc urn iiiiikiiig pi'cpni'al.ioiis; in ,-(._
visit the-. lfiiigli:-;li, but they will pi-mm,
willioiii iloiibt, :iboi'l.ivc. The l~"rcncli
i'cm:iin pns.::=ivc as before. The U. S. Na-
ily, and our mini.-'lci' will go on with his
“".L.'”ll=li-iuiis as $001! as cii‘ciiiiisl.uIiccs fu-
vors, without. w:iii.in_.'; for the Lion to
“drop his tail bc1.wccn his legs.” Our
i.rcui‘.y with the Chinese has expired by
liiiiilution, and tlu-i-i~foi'c must be framed.
Siiico the nrrivzil of the Minnesota, the
I‘lll;.','ll>‘.ll say no iuorc coiiccriiiiig “ paucity
of l'oi'cc,” quite suiisiicil with our speci-
men of Yankee frigzitcs. It furiiishes 9.
‘.'lll.|_l(‘t:l. for zniicli discussion, what is the
size of our liiie—of-lmti.le-sliip if the Min-
iicsolu is but ii frign.le? G. IV. H.
«.3».
The School House Fire.
Vc final in the New York Tribiiiie the
follow lug details as to the burning of the
l.’:ri.-ol.'l_vii Public School :
“The stair cases were about six feet
wide. and boai-dcd on the side to the height
of four ii-i-t. Tlici-e are cliree furnace-
rooms on the first llooi'~—oiic at the ex-
trcinity in Cont-oi'tl street, (froin which
the fire i;»i-i_c;iiiiii'nil,) one at the opposite
cud in ;‘-.':ivy srts-ct, and ti. third un-
der the iuid-.llc of the building. About
ten iuimitcs pnsi. ‘.2 o'clock the fire was
r.liscovci~i-d biii':;i.iiig out iicur‘ one of the
pzirtioii:-' in tlic (iirls I'riniai'y Department’
This was: just above the ciitmiice for the
the girls on C0li(‘,0l'(I street. About the
some time smoke was seen issuing from
the l‘t‘_(__:_'lSl.€.l‘S in other parts of the build-
iiig. The l(:‘.l1(tii(*l‘S in the several depart-
inciifs, .-‘cciiig the building was on fire,
ill.-ii:i:-zscdtlieir S(.'ll0lill'S in as orderly u.
i‘nz':iincr as possil-lo, staiidiiig on the stair‘
\\'u_v.-t, to i;-i'<-vent. them froiu over—crowding
each other in their fright. As may be
iinngincd, gi-eat deal of excitement confu-
sion prevailed ninong the children, but
mo;-;t of them passed out uninjured.
When the fire was discovered, Miss
R.uiliei'foi-cl, one of the teachers in the
Uirl’s I-’rimnry Department, liastcned to
limiiniiinicnte the lhct to Miss Voorliies,
the lived tcnclicr of the Boy's Primni'_.*
School, so that Y-'ll0 might be enabled to
iii:-‘.i‘ni.=s licr 3(‘l!0l{ll‘S witlioiitcniisiiig need-
less :ilni'in. lTnl‘oi-tuiiutely, however, a.
little girl followed her, crying ‘ fire,’ at
wliii-li the boys in Miss Voorliies’ Depart-
ment. liccsimo panic strickeii, and rushed
pr-ll iiicll to the :;t:igrs. At. this time there
was \'l‘l'_)' liitlc Sllllil-If: in the corridors, or
st-l:_ool-moiiis ; but, in tiieii' fright, the
cliililrcn ci-mvded after each other in such
lmste and confiision that when the fore-
iuosr. l't.‘.’l('ll(‘(l the first l;:ns,ling, aliove the
gronlid flour they fell down, nnd others
pressing bcliiml siimbled over them until
the passage way was completely choked
up. A sccnenfthc most alarming nature
followed , Cl|il(ll‘Cllll'l.l-IllplC(l each other
undcr foot in their friintic haste, and tne
little siill'ci'ers filled the air with their
sliricks. ,
A l. iliisjnm-tiii'c, Mr. \Vulcot.t., the prin-
cipfzl, ran down stoirs and endeavored to
extric-.itc lhcui from the pressure. But
for :1 few nioiiients he was himself in im-
iuiiiciit dzinge-1' of being crushed to (leatli.
Scores of of little fellows in their distress
ified up their li:1ni.ls and in iniploriiig
tones cricil : ‘Oh, .‘.lr. Wzilcott, save me,
save me 3' Others grouiied and screamed
in mortal agony as they were troddeii to
dcnili iinde.i the feet of the crowd. By
nlniost siipci-liiiiiiaii cxei-lion M15 Walcott
Sl:(‘L't‘£‘tl("tl‘ in e;vii-icaiiiig a few of the chil.
dren near him and passed them over the
biiiiisters to pi-rr.oiis in the hull bclow-——-
nt this time the little ones were packed so
lii-mly upon the landing that, although
several mPll below endenvererl to rescue
them, tliey were unable to pull them
_uij,l..
Having siiccediiig in passing a few of
the cliildi'eii over the bannistcrs in safety,
Mr. Willi-ott was enabled to pacify the
ullicrs so iliut they became less unman-
ag-enble. The Boys I’rimary Department
contuiiied iii-arly 300 children. About
I50 of them were passed over the bannis-
c_oiii's_c of :1 few lllllilllef-‘..S_ll__(?,(3,8f:',lO_(l in egg-
ii'icatiiig those who had fallen over each
other. Several of the latter were tuliei;
out dead, while others were picked up in-
Sellrillllt‘, and died sliortly ni"terward. But.
when the pusssugc had been i:leared, the
boys be-liind, sceiiig the fate ofiheir com-
puiiions, were afraid to venture. down the
.-:tuirs, and ll:lI.l either to be lifted over
_i._l'_;_e luiii_nistci's or handed out of the win-'
dows. In the coiii‘.5i- of 15 niiiiptes after
the discovery of the fire, the building was
cleared. The teachers were the last to
leave, Several of the ladies had to de-
scend to the street by ladder from the sec-
ond story windows. ‘ ‘
The principal, in comp.-my with several
i~m‘-'-ms. .‘-.h.e.u ii-iei.s.t.t.'J.i'.0,ui3l.1 the biijlieina
and made as thorough an examination 6!"?
the i'ooin:: as was pi'acl-ii-aqle for the pur-
pose of llSo'.'(‘l‘ltl.llllllg‘ if any of the children
l't’l'il:1llli"-ti ’l‘lu-y did not discover any,
of the children were burnt up in the bull-
gliiig. in less than 15 rniniites _afte;- the
la;-=t' _ehil}_l bed beei; ~t.hkeu opt, the tlarpg-5
bii_.rst t.lii1oiigli the roof. " ~
As soon as the alarm wigs given the )3:
rents and fri«;~nds rushed towards his
school house to ascertain the fate of their
little ones. In a. short time the Park in
front of the biiildiiig, and several of the
:liljiI.('t£lll.Sll‘t‘el.l", were crowded with peo-
plc. _’l‘be most painful anxiety and un-
ri-i'isiiiii.y prevailed among the parents
mi,-_1 triciids of the pn ils, and for hours
all‘ 's,o’i-ts b_l'(iXflf.“i,‘€‘.l‘_1'lti‘3'tI‘ rhp'o'rts“ were
circulation. ‘ ‘ ’ '
. --=0:-«= .
ll@“'1‘he Trustees of the American
Chapel in Paris, have unanimously invited
the Rev. Dr. Joseph I‘. Thompson, of the
Broadway 'l‘nbci'nncle Church, New York
tofill the vacant post heretofore occu-
pied by Rev. Dr. l_{ii-k_.
—.~-~-—.---so-+—-——.--.--1.
5% _Tb'e ~‘ Zyluiiaggier ‘off" 3‘,-?_es1.em
_Ba"nk of Scotland, in ‘n'ii'nouiic'iiigi‘the il"u’il‘-
ure ‘of that institution tothe sharehold-
ers, commeiices his circular wit_h““ Ladies
and gentleman l" H ‘
.1: 0 ,-.,
0'’
ml i'oi'i-r-:: will still maintain1licii'iiciiti'ul- -
tors, and the people froiu the street in the, '.
and it is t.lierel'ore not probable that any _
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