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terrible confusion all over this countr .——-;
We had better not quarrel, God only"
knows who will be our bed fellows to
morrow. That’s so I The difference be-
tween Buchanan and Douglas isn't any-‘
thing after all. I’ll speak plainly. N 0‘
man, unless he has kissed the hem of old‘
Blacks't__oi1e’s, garment, and inhaled , the
perfume of his wig, can see any difference
between them, except that Buchanan
says that the Free State men of Kansas
have no_right to claim a majority unless
they will vote. ‘
Now I‘move"to recommit this whole
afiair to the Committee on Resolutions,
and I don’t want to cut off debate, but I
move the previous question on my mo-'
tion.
Mr. Bartram’smotion was carried, and
the Committee retired to deliberate.
It was moved that all outsiders be ex-
cluded from the house. The motion was
rushed through and declared passed by
the.Chs.irman. ,
Mr. Ingersoll moved arcconsideration,
and denounced the motion as cowardly
and unmanly. Has it come to this that
the Democracy is not permitted to know
what we are_ doing here?
Mr. Bartram. There is an outside in-
fluence at work here. Mr- Ingorsoll is
doing everything to put down the hon-
..est old farmer from Rocky Hill, and to
clog the ticket. (Great sensation.)
C. M. Ingersoll. Mr. Bartram’s insinu-
ation. is ungenerous. The Convention
knows that I was, thefirst to move _ to
the nomination unanimous.‘ I have act-
ed as I thought my duty. There are
true and honest Democrats here, from all.
parts of the State, not members, who comc_
up here to see what is done, (postmasters
&c., ?) and who have-a right here. Will
you exclude them ? It is cowardl_v and
nnmanly, and an old Federalist _ motion.
Are we to have another Hartford Con-
vention ‘Z’ (Loud applause from outsidé‘l's
generally, postmasters,’ custom house
tide waiters, &.c.) «
The re-consideration was voted down,
but no outsiders leftthe floor. -
Dr. Beckwith moved thata Committee
be appointed to invite Gen. Pratt to
come here and define his position.
~Voices,'good, bringliim in. .
It was suggested that the Committee
do-not bring the General until the plat:
form was ‘adopted.
-Mr.‘Peet. Good, and if he wont stand
square on it, we will put up sonieboey
that will.
Dr. Beckwith, Ira Merwin, and A. P.
Hyde, were appointed said committee.
‘Mr. Ephraim Williams, Jr., was called
upon. He recited a long and highly amn-
sing speech, well written and well com-
'mitted, in which he denounced the cler-
gy so stoutly that Mr. Peet declared he
was “ afgood boy” and moved “ three
cheers for that fellow,” and three cheers
for “that fellow,” were accordingly giv-
en
The Committee on resolutions then re-
ported the original resolutions with one
important alter-ation—instead of “ we ap-
prove ot the President’s inaugural ad-
dress,” 5‘ we approve of the President’s
inaugural address AND Mnssncss.” Mr.
Strong remarked that he could not see
any popular sovereignty in the late Mes-
sage ofthe President, but it was immedi-
ately moved to accept the report, and
adopt the resolutions ; the previous ques-
tion was ordered, all debate cut off, and
the resolution passed.
A Committee was appointed to wait
on John Cotton Smith,- and ask him . to
address the Convention. They reported
that'Mr. Smith’s lungs, were not in a
condition to address the Convention.
A-‘musing speeches were then made by
Mr. Marks of Berlin, and Mr. Gallagher
of New Haven. -
Gen. James T. Pratt was then intro-
duced. Iam here at the call of your
Committee, to acknowledge the honor
you have conferred upon me by nomina-
ting me. ' I thank you kindly for the
compliment." At this late hour you will
not expect me to make a speech. _ I was
not present at your deliberations this af-
ternoon, but I am aware of your doings,
alpou which I do now stand. (Chcers.)
From what has transpired, it is proper
that should go back a few years, and
say. 9. little about my political acts as a
I shall speak in all kind-
ness, and simply to disabnsc the minds of
I wish to
speak of my action in Congress on the
‘ public‘_servant.
some -_in regard to these acts.
the Kansas and Nebraska bill.
That measure was sprung upon Con-
g-ressfi suddenly. Itv.-as looked:upon’ by
the Democratic leaders at Washington as
The ,VVash'-
iugton Union denounced it as a fire-brand
an unfortunate movement.
destined to ‘distract the Democratic party.
I, in common" with other Democrats, be-
lieved that it was calculated to galvanize
, Soil movement,
that I had hoped was dead, and buried
past resurrection by the compromise acts
of 1850. I therefore took my stand
againstlthe repeal of the ' Missouti Com-
I never called in question the
great Democratic principle on which it
and resurrect the Free
promise.
was based, and never have done so, but I
acted for the good of the party and for
the good oft'?.e country, as I now be-
lieve.
not stand. Is it to.be supposed that our
Southern brethren, if annoyed and bar-
rassed and called all the hard names that
can be imagined, will still treat us as cor-
dially as brethren? N 0 ! '.l‘he institution
was forced upon them and they don’t
and aware that there was a difference of
opinion as to the details of policy to be
adopted. I am glad to find that you
‘are at last a unit, that,you have made a
Democratic platform, on which all Dem-
«ocrats can stand—a platform such as I
' {have stood on for thirty-one years, and
know_what to do with it, no one North
can tell them ; every sensible man who
knows anything about the South, admits
that the slaves are better off than any
where else. There they are civilized, and
christianized. 'We must believe that this
is a trust committed to us by an all-wise
Providence,‘ and that this very institution
will tend to ameliorate the condition of
the African race. Every sensible man
admits it.
Now, sir, one word as to what has
transpired here—-between friends, for we
are all friends, and shall be, I hope-one
word as to the quarrel on resolutions. _It
is not to be supposed that three or four
hundred delegates would agree verbatim,
upon all the details of a. platform, especial-
ly when they travel out of the state to find
issues._ This is a local election. \Ve are
going to regulate our home interests. It
has become customary to take it upon
ourselves to reglate, or to influence in
some measure, the affairs of other states,
‘and of the countr , and to express oppin-
ions about national questions. Now no‘
one desires to dodge the question at all,
not in the least. There has been a difl'c1'-
ence about details. No one has had any
authority to speak for me. I have taken
no part in the deliberations, have been
absent this afternoon, but Iundcrstand
that a gentleman from Hartford, and an-
other from New Haven, have made re-
marks as if authorized by me. They are
both my friends, but I desire to have ‘it
distinctly understood that whatever they
have said, they said on their own author-
i.y. and without consulting . me. I am
always ready to define my petition, and
ask nobody to act in my behalf, and do
not thank them for doing so. I have de-
taincd you too late, I am happy to have
been here.
Voices. “How about Lecompton ?—
Won’t- you define your position on- Le-
comptou ?”
Gen. Pratt. In relation to that ques-
tion I ought to say that I_ have long
known Mr. Buchanan, and entertain the
greatest regard for him. In 1852 I was
a delegate in the Convention and voted
steadily for him for candidate for Presi-
dent. I felt that, all thirlgs considered,
he was the most available man. . He was
not successful. Last year I did what I
could to carry the State for Buchanan.—
At the Cincincinnati Convention I voted
for him. I believe him one of the purest
patriots that ever lived in this country,
that every act of his, has emanated from
a. heart as pure as ever heart in mortal
man was, It is enough to shock the sen-
sibility of any man to hear a portion of
the public press call him an “old gray
headed villain, scoundrel,”. and other base
epithets. It is humiliating to see that we
have descended so low. But it will not
injure him. ‘ Such epithets were hurled
at Jackson and Jefferson, and at Wash-
ington himself, after he was dead. . I can-
not see how any one can fail to admire
the patriotism of Mr. Buchanan.
Voices. How about Lecompton? _
Gen. Pratt. I thought I heard a ques-
tion, though I did not hear it distinctly,
will you repeat it, I am always ready to
answer any questions. 4
Voices. “How about Lecompton ?”
They want to know your position on Le-
comptou, General.” ,
The General was silent. He turned
to the President and asked some question
and then to others. They whispered ca-
gcrly to him. The voices continued to
put the dangerous query. Sonic per-
son on the stage began to hiss. Then
somebody cried out, “T/tree C/zcers for
Gen. Pratt !” and three very faint cheers
scarcely suficed to drown the" laughter
that arose.
A vote of thanks to the officers was
passed, and the Convention dissolved.
.<.>.
MINNESOTA.——A correspondent of Tim
I:{a.7'tf0~rd Commit, writing from St. Paul,
Feb. 23, after stating" familiar facts rela-
tive to the causes which have prevented
Minnesota from being admitted to the
Union, thus far, says :
“ The conduct of Gov. Medary is an-
other cause of our delay. The two Con-
ventions. which formed our Constitution
deposited each a copy of it, signed by the
members of the seperate Conventions,
with the Governor. On his arrival at
Washington a few weeks since, instead of
State Constitution signed by all the mem-
bers of the Convention, the mendacious
Governor dc.cla1'ed ‘that h'e.kucw nothing
about the .Coc.si‘,itution signed by the Re-
publican body As soon as the news of
this discraceful proceeding reached St.
Paul, acoimnittee was'appcintc.d by the
Legislature to investigate the matter,
and the identical copy of the Constitu-
tion, signed by the Republican members,
was found in the Governor’: safe. And
this man, who has done more than any
one else to prevent a. new Democratic.
State from being admitted into the Us-
ion, has just been‘rcn'a:ded with an office
in Columbus. worth $5,000 a year.
T
\o
Ifiorvvalk, T
‘pieces of silver.
acting a manly part and presenting our-
our elznifirij
uesday,1l'larch 16, 1858.
saves Ticket.
blican
F01‘. GOVERNOR ,
WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM, of Norwich.
ron LIEU1‘. oovnaxon,
JULIUS CATLIN, of Hartford.
1-‘on SECRETARY or S'|‘A’l‘E,
JOHN BOYD, of Winchester.
I-‘OR rnsnsunnn,
LUCIUS J. HENDEE, of Hcbron.
1-‘on co)IP'rnox.I.1«‘.u,
L, of Clinton.
REPUBLICAN RALLY.
The Voters of Stamford opposed to the Le-
compton fraud, and who believe that. as Re-
publicans, they can most empliatically utter
their protest against this and the other unjust
and oppressive measures of the present Na-
tional Adrniuistrutiou, are invited to meet at
Coxci-znr IIAI.I.,_ on Wnnxusnsr Evuxrxo,
March 17, at 72: o’clock, to ratify the Repub-
lican nominations for State Ofiicers, and to
organize forihe coming election. -
lldx. O. S. FERRY, of Norwalk, and others
willaddress the meeting. .- ' '
- DARIEN _ _
A Meeting of the Republicans of Darien,
will be held at the Lecture Room, on Thurs-
day evening March 18th at 7 l-2 o’clock.
3:33‘ A general attendance is requested, as
business of great importance will be present-
ed for consideration.
I’. R. FAIRCHILD,
Town Committee.
I
The Farmer in a Pafssiou.
The Collector is savage. _ Ho
hard names, harder than ever. He says
we are “ a bob to a kite”-good, kites
go up. I{c’s tied to the Lecomptzm mill-
stonc, that’s going down. Poor Collec-
tor ! The people see through him. Two
or three days ago, the newspapers an-
nounced his re-appointment as federal re-
ceiver at Bridgeport. They say it is
worth $3,000 ayear. , Judas got thirty
The Farmer has made
a bargain just a hundred times better.-
But then Judas was a Jew, and was born
under the old dispensation, and the -He-
brew treasury iu those days was not as
flush as'Uncle Sam’s in these. Poor Col-
lcctor l Do you -remember w/mt‘ became of
Judas ? -
Q>>¢—————-—
age The Springfield Republican pro-
poses that the Republicans and Ameri-
cans throughout the Frce States should
pledge themselves to every Douglas Dem-
ocrat in the House or Senate that they
shall be supported at home if they op-
pose the Lecompton policy of the Admin-
istration. The Republicans, Americans
and Douglas Deniocrats can control al-
most every Congressioual District in the
Free States, and if there is a complete
union among them, and a determination
among the the two former to sustain the
latter, the elections of 1858 and 1860 are
sure. The Republican thinks that some
of the South Americans may be strength-
ened in the same way. The union be-
tween the Democracy and Slavery‘ can
be rendered harmless in no other way.
' «<9»-
From the New York Herald.
TRIAL TRIP.
On board Steamer Confidence, off
Hunt’s Point, on her trial trip from New
York to City Island and return, on Mon-
day March 8, 1858. -
By invitation of the owners of this
steamer, aselect art of the friends of
. P. 3’ .
the enterprise availed themselves of this
opportunity to examine into the merits of
this steamer which is to run daily between
lgeu» g’oi-ll]: find l\:1op;vpll;ICt.,(itoucl1ing at
yew oe e‘-c an iy sun.
A meeting having b.ec.{l nailed to ex-
press the seutimeuts of the guests as to
the performance of the steamer, Mr. J,
Appleby was appointed President, and
Mr. R. K. Sybell appointed Secretary,
and the followinrr gentlemen a Committee
to draft resolul-lions :—-Messrs. James
Griffiths, ..Capta_iz; IV. A. “food, Zoph-.1r-
Pearsall, ‘William Raf er, James I-Iulcy.
On motion ;
Resolved, 'i.‘i:.ct in the superior g;s;'-
formanco this day witnessed, we ca-Iluot
but congratulate the residents of N or-
walk, New Rochelle and City Island on
po_sscs_sing such facilities for reaching
New “.<'c_1‘};'., as are offered by this Steam-
er -
The opportunity offered for testing her
machinery and hull through the nhnost
in2pm1et1'ulJle ice met with this day, satis-
fies us viz.-.: she is one of the most substan-
tially built l)oats that have ever naviga-
'l‘he Democracy of Minnesota refuse to
indorse the last message of President Bu-
chanan. The Democratic press, of this
Territory is not yet muzzled by being in
the hands of Government, agents, and"it
still dares to speak its own sentiments, to
A Voice.
new General ? . How about Lecompton?
I will come to that presently. -I be-
lieved that theftime chosen for -the intro-
duction of that measure was the wrong
one, that the repeal was nothing in itself,
as the Compromise was ' void’ before and
welfare of the ,Republic. On the other
hand, it was claimed the question would
have to be met, sooner or later, but Ibe-
lieved it might have to be met, and might
not. ‘ I thought that if a territory from
soil covered by that compact, should ever
become sufiiciently populous to bee. State
and should organize and ask admission,
with Slavery in its constitution, the ques-
-tion would then arise, and that then, the
only decision that Democrats could make
would be admission, of course. - But I
.did not believe that this would ever hap-
pen. I thought no State“ would ever ask
admission with a Slavery constitutiou.—
El believed that the question would never
come.
I wiil go no further, I wil
yctip, I be-lieveyou all understand my
in ion.
Voices.
er-al ?
Gen. Pratt. . I have always bclievcn in
the principle of the Nebraska bill, and
believed it would give peace to the coun-
_tI‘_v. But I did not wish to give prepctu-
ity to this eternal slavery agitation, which
has shaken the country to its centre.~—-
,The compromises of 1850, were destroy-
'l-Pg this agitation, and it was best to have
it removed from the halls of Congress,
gap left to the States where it riglltfully
.= eongs. 51-f‘ we _do not divide on this
sguestion the uion is safe. I ‘We have
the best government that God ever gave
39 r-twin.-vrhats there to quarrel about? If
united we shall have peace, prosperity,
and happiness, if dividedwhcre _sh_aii* ,y.',c
be? A house divided against itself can
l not detain
po-
How about Lecompton, Gen-
Well, but how are you
worship the rising instead of the setting
sun, The Pioneer and Democrat, the old-
est Democratic paper in the Territory,
has published several editorials denounc-
ing the Lecompton message,and upholding
the conduct of Douglas, Walker and
Stanton: T/w"Ȥ't. A92!/rouge Express, on-
other leading Democratic paper, takes
strong grounds against it as being false
in fact, and if persevered in, will destroy
the Democratic party. The universal
sentiment of the Northwest psotests
against thegodious doctrines there ad
vanccd, and only waits an opportunity to
declares its abhorrencc of them.
....‘.---——
3a A New Haven case has been ar-
gued, by agrccmeet before‘the Court of
Errors held at Hartford. ' The New York
& New Haven Railroad Co., 7:3. Ketch-
um. The defendant was abrokcrin Nexv
York, and assisted this Company get-
ting the stock of the road taken up. For
this, he was to have a free passage for
himself and family over the; road between
his residence in Connecticut and his of-
fice in New York. Mr. Ketcham con-
strues this permit to be a free passage not
"only to his wife and children, but to his
cook, coachee, gardener,’ servants, ctc.,
as members of his family. The suit is
brought for recovery of the fare of -said
cook, coachec, servants, &c. lfor Com-
pany Henry Dutton, for Dcl’enda.nt. Wm.
Hungerford. Not yet decid.c.d..
<®>>o——-—_—
age We publish in full the special mes-
sage of President Buchanan in regard to
Kansas matters. If 1l(’.f3.€.l5 "0 C°llllllf-‘N5
from us. John Calhoun, Jack ,IIeuder-
son, and L. A. McLean who are 1‘u;2;'L’..i.'!es
from justice from Kansas, will pronounce
it the ablcst and most state-smaulikc doc-
ument which has been issued during ille-
last half century. ‘
Kama: Herald of Freedom
la
ted Long Island Sound. In speed, she
cannot be equalled by any boat of her
size. '
The mac'hincr_v‘ is of superior construc-
tion, and reflects great C-reclit upon the
p‘roprietors of the cptune Iron Works,
‘footiof Eighth street, East River, N. Y.,
who have become so noted for their supe-
rior workmanship in that line.
Resolved, ‘That in Capt, William R. '
Greene and Engineer Joseph Muslin who -
are the sole owners, (having by their in-
dus.t.."_y and talents secured this tlieir lit-
tle all,) wefind men of great experience
and linfiwledge in their profession, cutl-
tling them to the cou_f_idc._uc_.r,- _o__f the en-
tire traveling conirnunity.
Resolved, That the thanks of this
meeting are due to the able nianagement
of the pilot of this steamer, Mr. J osr.-ph
l3_vxiJe£r, for his superior skill cxliibited
this day in he p;anagcmeut‘of the boat
through the dense lC.I:‘: and furioussnow
storm.
Resolved, that to the owners and oil?‘
.ccrs, our most cordial thanks are due
for the kind‘ and courteous treatment,’
and for the bountifnf c-:oll,z_LLion'f'u1'nislied.
Resolved, That our‘ti-an‘~‘,-it are also
due to Charles McClcnnon, pi'op1‘f,3_t_or
of the City Island Hotel for his exertions
contributed the enjoyment ofthe guests’ .
app we cordlallyrocomlucnd ]_.i;;;‘m an ,
C'lInj\'(lCl' and fishing parties that .I.1.1M’ ?
desuc “ a day's shooting." ’ ‘
The Confidence is now running
her regular trips in lieu of the Hm-t, she
is a iinelooking boat purl a friend of
ours wllclcame up in her on _S._:).l,ln‘d;1v
says she \ as but t/2.2-cc /tours and ~twcnt,:,'
min-utcs,Ercu, her berth in N. Y. to Nor-
wnlli ISlaDCl8. ',l"l1e tido being extremely
10W, Slle We-'» ‘vlctai-.ned ztili near-iv .5 o’clock
however in getting up to her d0,@|_l(.
She is certaiily a very rapid boat and
i_,o_rt,hy the suppuir-t of the travelling pub-
lc-‘. . '2:
D
1-
3%‘ M03]: f’ tl1eha.tt,ers in ,Danbury
are on a strike for lllphef wages, '
calls .
his o-ld Sjorc under the C
Twelfth Senatorial Convention.
Pursuant to-call, the Delegates of the
Covcntion was called to order by Charles
Olmstcad of Norwalk, Thomas G-. Rich
of Stamford was appointed chairman, and
Charles Olmstead, Secretary.’
Voted. That a Committee of three bc ,
appointed by the chair on Credentials.
Messrs. Buckly, Hoyt, and Brush were
appointed said Committee, who reported
the following list of delegates :
Nor-wa.//.r,”l<‘. St John Lockwood, Chas.
Olmstcad, lVilli-am T. Crow, and John
H. Smith.
Da~r2'c-ni, Philandcr R. Fairchild, Ira
Scofield.
New C'a-naa'n., Benjamin N. Heath,
Noah W. Hoyt.
Stgnnford, B. J. Daskam, Thomas G.
Rich, Samuel C. lVatcrbury, Hez.,Buckly.
Green-zI:ic/1., Theodore H. Mead, David
Banks, l'Villiam Eddy, Joseph E.Brush.
Volczl, That a Committee of three be
appointed by nomination on Resolutions.
Messrs. F. St. John Lockwood, B. J.
Daskam, and Noah ll’. Hoyt were ap-
pointed said Committee.
An informal ballot was then taken.
J.‘B. Curtis, 10; J. M. Carter, 4 ;Hol-
ly Bell, I;
Voted, That the Convention adjourn
till past 1 o’clock.
Convention re-assembled as per adjourn-
mcnt: Committee‘ on Resolutionsreport-
ed as follows : A ”
l'l7/zcrc(I.s, The course of the present Na-
tional Administrat.ion in removing faith-
ful public officers, for no other crime than‘
that of refusal to sanction frauds, in at-
tempting to force upon an unwilling peo-
ple a Constitution justly odious to them,
and in persistently acting upon the princi-
ple of Freedom Sectional and Slavcry’na-
tioual. deserves the condemnation of every
man who regards justice and hates in-
iniquity. Therefore
Rcsoh-—ecl, That this Convention doth
approve of, and adopt the plntforin of
principles, adopted at the Convention
holden at Ilarlford on the 14th of Janua-
‘ry, 1858.
Iicso/cod, That the Republicans of the
12th Senatorial District will cordially sus-
tain the candi<_jlat.cs for State Officers nom-
inatcd by the above named Convention,
and we call upon the voters of the 12th
District to waive their preference upon
.lcss practical. issues, and to unite as
equals and brothers in administering an
effective rebuke at the polles, to the sup-
porters of a policy, so unjust and so sub-
versive of free institutions.
Rcsolcetl, That we do heartily recom-
mend Julius B. Curtis for the ollicc 0
Senator from this District in the next
General Assembly.
Reports accepted and Resolutions adopt-
ed un.a9zi~mo.u.sl_1/.
J. M. Carter’s name, by his -request,
was then withdrawn, and a formal ballot
had resulted in the unanimous nomina-
tion.of Julius B. Curtis of G.'eenwich._
l’Vl1l. L. Quintard of Norwalk, was ap-
pointed Senatorial Committee for this
District. ’l‘uouAs G. Rrrcn, Pres.
Attest, Cans. 0mrsrs.\n,_Sec.
The Probate Convention for the Dis-
trict of Norwalk unanimously nominated
Gsonon A. 1)_ivn.\'P.o:n_r as their‘ candidate
at tliccoming clcction.
0450->>————
11th Dist. Senatorial Convention.
At nmceting of "delegates from the sev-
eral towns comprising the 11th Senatori-
al District holden at the Wooster House,
Danbury, March id, 1.858, the Conven-
tion was called to order by lll’. A" Judd,
‘of Bethe], Limau Kceler, of Danliury
was appointed temporary chairman, an.
H. K . Scott, of Ridgefield, Secretary.
' Dr. E. A. Brown, Andrew Northrop,
and George Stewart, were appointed a-
Com. on credentials.
E. T. Farnham, J . B. Hyatt, curl Fred-
erick. Kceler was appointed a Com. to
nominate permanent officers for the Con-
vcntiou.
W. A. Judd, E. A. Brown, and M. H.
Griflin were appointed 3. Com. 0;; Reso-
lutions. ‘ ' °
Adjourned to half-pastl o’clock P. M.
The Com. on permanent organization
reported the names of Lyman Kceler for
President, and H. K. _Sco_i_t for Secreta-
ry.
The Convention then p:-o.ceed,ed to an
informal bullet, with the following re.-
sult : ‘
T. D. Rogers, 9
F. S. “"ildman, 5
A formal ballot being’ then moved, the
vote stood-
T. D. Rogers, 11
F. lVild:nan, 5
'1‘. D. Rogers was declared unanin:.'ons_-
ly nominated as candidate for Senator of
the 1lthSc'nutorial district.
‘The Probate Convention for the dis-
,ir,‘c! of Danbury, meeting at the same
plugs, ,n_on:iu,a_tcd George W. Hamilton.
I}:
3%‘ he af’t.e-rnooa daily _§Ev‘raye1' Meet-
ings at l'l":)0€l’s New Building, are ,L._‘.;_‘.i,iy
increasing in interest and F:iii.".l.}§3i's. They
are continued fluoughcut the week at 4,
o’clock.
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12th Senatorial District assembled at the medium 0
S—l“l“f°“l ll-°“39 0“ ll“? will l"St- The meat to the public of the evidence in the
To the Public. .
Permit us, Mr. Elitor, through the
f the Gazette,‘ to make a state-
use of Mrs. '\Vatcrbury, tending to cs-'
tablish the true clmracter of her disease.
We have hesitated as to the propriety of
doing even this much, for it did seem to
us that the f icts connected with the case
were so strong and palpable that the
community could not havecrrcd in its
conclusions.
But the attempt which has
been made to mislead the public, and
throw discredit upon our report to the
Board of Health, seems to require of us
this much. We hope Mrs. W'aterbury
and her friends will pardon us for the
free use which we must necessarily make
of her name. A It is a necessity, not our
choice, and cannot now be avoided. We
shall confine ourselves closely to the
point to bé proved,and shall not fake the
ungcntlemanly license of collecting the
false, malicious, and indclicate reports of
a community, nor the still more ungcntlc-
manly act of publishing them, especially
so as they cannot help us in determining
whether Mrs‘. W. did or did not have the
Small Pox. ' We shall enter into no per-
sonal rccrirninations, nor ungenerous re-
flections for the purpose of concealing
the weakness of our argument, and of
drawing public attention from the point
to be proved. We shall not avail our-
selves of this c.2:ccllen.t opportunity of de-
crying Homcopathy and glorifying Allo-
pathy, and that we possess the waters of
the fountains of health and youth, for
then you might justly claim that we were
advertising our business, without paying
you for it, under the sympathetic plea,
that having been persecuted, abused, and
“threatened with personal violence,” for
simply having done our duty as conscien-
tious members of the community, and as
guardians of the health of that com au-
nity, we claimed the right of defending
ourselves.
But we will proceed to the question be-
fore us. Did or did riot Mrs.Wnte1-bury
have Variola. or Small Pox? First, we
remark that it is a very strong circum-
stance against the credit and weight of
this recent attempt to prove that Mrs.
W. did not have Small Pox, that those
in attendance on her had no .tl.<3.l.l.l?-itc and
clear perception of the exact .charac.tcr of
her disease. In proof of this We bring
forward Mr. Waterbury as _a !.i',l.i-uoss.——
At the_time Mrs. VV. was most unwell,
Mr. W. came to the residence‘ of one of
the Subscribers some time after midnight,
with a request that he would visit Mrs.
W. Wlicninfo1'n;ed that was against
rule and propriety to do so, that he _.cou_id
not voluntarily interfere in any manner
while she was under the care of another,
' Mr. W. replied that the visit was not re-
quesf._c-d for the purpose of prescribing
for her, but simply for the object of giv-
ing an opinion as to the vzame and fi.Z(l,f;Z_:)'e
of her complaint. Upon further enqui-
ry, Mr. W. stated that one day it was
pronounced Typhus Fever, another day
lit ~.‘~_V€.1-S L'a_lled Scarlet Fever, and at a_noth-
or day it was designated Erysipelas, etc.
This is the statement of Mr. W.
sufficiently conclusive, if it were uot,therc
is much more to this effect} N ow all this
is not, of course, prima facie evidence as
to the na._t,nr_c of hcrdiscase ; it is cited
toshow the unfo1‘tuna.t,e and culpable
doubt and wnccrminly which shrouded her
case, and which resulted so lamcntably to
her nearest relatives. '-:_:'-;-I--‘
Second, It has been admitted by all
who saw her, in the least - qualified to
judge, that her disease bore a very st-rang
‘reserpbvlagzce to Small Pox. Mrs. I~Vater-
bury herself informed us that the Home-
opathic practitionc_r from Fairfield,
remarked to her that "' if twenty
physicians should see her, nineteen of
them would pronounce that she had the
Small Pox.” Numerous other persons,
,n._np1'ofessiox1al, but who, nevertheless,
had seen t,h_,e_diseasc previously, testify to
the fact of this same s:l-riking vcsenzlalauce.
Now if this be true as to its external
clmracteristics, the inference will be very
strong that it-was what it so closely res.a.~2z-
bled, as the public will be able to appre-
,cie,tc, when we declare to them that fully
..de.jvc~lop_cd_ Sipali Po; bears no resent;
blanne to any other disess.e. '.i‘l10i‘c is no
intelligent writer on this d-iscasr-,ln1t;
3%‘ Our ohlfi'_iex1rl and fellow towns‘-
man, Sidney B. Beardsley, is the Repub-
lican candidate for Senator in the 10:31
Dist;.'i_c_t.
oqgp.
Honor to wires; -Eisner isDue.
The article copied into the Gazette
last week,‘ and headed “ Life for Life,"
and also the poetry headed “ Man-imo-
139'” should have been credit ed to the N.
Y. I3'.le2'czu'y. ',‘.'_l_2,c former we took from
a New Haven paper, where it appeared
without credit, and the-p_oe_try was cop-I
led and sent us in manuscript, also with-'
out credit.
-—-———o-«<09
Dflxnunv, March 4, 1858.
iflft. Eu,xro§;-——,(';.t our Convention at
New Haven, yesterday, gr. II. B. G-raves
of Litchficld was appointed one of the
Secretaries, he, of course made an excel-
lent one, but when Mr. Strong of Hartford
was making his speech about Toomb.-J,
Shcphcns and of their Southern members,
cars, quite a number of us ,obs_urved Mr,
(S-lravcs dropping his pen and putting his
;'jnge1's at the back of his head with some-
_thing,ofg;.l,':rn1 in his countenance.
A Erzzizocn.-\'rIc D1-:1.nc.'.\rx-:.
—-—-—---'--%“'*7G.’-".’§*"*"""‘
EsI..uzor:nn.\"r.——Monsleur Tnrirlhcs rclztliell
‘ ‘ dun. I-lot-di, has en-
di(.‘£;;.I_ing to the Democratic purl y, when, 01' 11031’
their nssosiutiazis with us are so recent commenced near the connncnc
that they “""l’e ll0l7.3'el» ilfj’ ll.e,l_ll.l_ld tlmlr the fever.” Now it is ju-3! at Mo: limr
p,-igpp ,fi._l1p _\_\.:_hitisl1 vesicles reach the peri-
od of ‘-‘ matm'ati.0z?a,-" _-';,1;_d cliangc into
pustules and then scabs, that the sort.-re ,i
and dangerous “secondary fever” of
Small Pox begins.
what will tell you " that when fully 115- ’
5], Small Pox bears no resemblance
‘" “That it is ut-
cclopc
to any other disease
terly impossible to confound the mature
pustules of Small -Iiogc §.jrif_l_1 any of the
pustular affections of the skin,.’:" etc, etc.
Etioiv a thing that resembles no other
thing can only be likenerl unto itself.—.
That is, this disease, which rcsenihlerl no
other disease but Small Fox, was Small
Pox.
Again, 'l‘hc whole hsstory of the pro-
gress, stages, and symptoms of this case,
as described to .;_.-s by _\Irs. W., and those
who attended her, we lions.-s£~ly l15Sl,i,i',‘;lllC
public "tallied almost exactly with those
of the variolous disease. The gen-
tleman who hnd charge of her case, him-
self, 11n\vitt.ingl_y, in his “ N o. 1,” gives us
one of the s,tr,o,nges_t points to that effect.
For example, he‘says', .“ this PJ0.}’3-llifll Of
the scales info scabs did not commence at
the last end of the
f,’ 1', but
tfi-fit of
who had
(.;-géd .',;-I! -i_rnnrrnvnd.tlIcS‘filn0: “ml Wm‘ ‘"01"’ ‘-
light on :he snl.»jcot,_ is going’ ‘-0 ll,“
,r_r¢'(l and, we hope, li:ipl'0’VL‘I‘l bus:
Clothing line.
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3255“ Owing to the failure of the Army
Bill, it is understood that the troops are
‘id be .orL_le}:cd out of 1{ansas——to go to
Utah. Three companies only are to be
left. The Free Shite men are not likely
‘to sorrow over much at t’lie'ii'dcparturc.
.¢.,'.',__'_........._
g;:_§,,., §:Li§'kl,slI Admiral Mohammad .*-
Pnsha, a.rriv.e.ri of dl-‘.0l§,_' lll 'lll0"E'l1-
ropa on Saturday, and 190% .l‘..Q.0-.l,J_13'-,l.l5 Elle
St. Nicholas. He will cox‘.tl'fl@$ $0.‘-' ills‘
building of a vessel which will be alt: mm
_ship in the Ottoman navy. ' ‘
ll
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/.
an enlar- c
.§."ff .1" "ml butgno iualter. "From the
l and comp0s'mo _ _ g
be so. A scab cannot be formed without
purulent moisture.
known.
gcmlinc scabs, he admits all, as between
a3l!‘..¢"!l'l Pox and Lcpru, and, furthermore,
alas ‘so avbzt'7zi.I1'r at 'on her l):1C'.ii, czzudcd
_::..gain, the gentleman
7 there were scabs
lnargc of her case 53;,
very nature ;
l
l
l
l
' p of a ‘scab, that cannot
It is athing un-
Whcn he admits there were
hclnnrsc states positively that mailer
irobably by'prcss
o /ler. ' -
Third, ,h_{_1',s.. yras_scen,lJy.a regular
' and, '€is“i;i_i,e'{',r,eg_1.tle,h3._:i‘I‘1 who
are, qt/uit» ' l/z'c ‘s/wet‘ am).-
1
. at l.‘lll‘A..S(-I7.-acj.i);l,..‘, of ,g.k}l_‘.fflgi53l1.
elapsed, that their exposure must have
heel‘ "5 0" “”'."/S "’€’="‘-" the llc"l°‘l Ur “ml”? gm (‘on-'limiion sulnjc-.'t lo :1 fair and le-
l visit to .\lrs. W. Now Dr. llaigixf. in- E _"‘‘'‘‘e if’ 3-‘V l"""-""l_““" l“
forms C
v.“?o.'.'fh that
Mr. Sr, \vii3
where else loge!/srr, c
Now tlacrc was no otlior case ii1No1'n':1lk ,
hut Mrs. \'\'.’s at that time, except at 3.3- ~'r;,,~. 13,,
l.-\:l'r. Ilcnry Scllockh-',
case had been recognized, and ample
They ‘certainly dicl not go to Mr. Sellcck‘s
togethe: or ‘even alone." There is 23.0 oth- ties, simply because it would cut //zrourr/z
' L‘)
'cr"known ‘way of accounting for:; t "/16 SW31’-° of a b1b'?'7‘el’i’It_fiftee-n my:/)1.~11tp3_”
*'~!-*::;. »-—~'.““<
{.i.t-endcrl hm-_ tells us, at a time
when an , “ ifil.clli_gcnt opinion ‘could
be formed.” She was seen by Dr. Sands
of Duricn, a gentleman every ._wa.v quali-
fied to form a correct opinion, ‘especially
so in this discaso,as the gcntlernau’ liimsv.-ll‘
admits. Dr. S:uui.-7 has nxitlx()1‘i:a<.ul us to
state that he saw her when a c01'1'c('.t
opinion could be formed, that he cxamim-(l
her, that he was pcrf'ccll_v of the opinion
that she had the variolous disease, that
he has been of that opinion ever since,
and that the breaking out of other cases
traceable to her has confirmed him in that
opinion, uualtcrably. It is not uccessur_v
to give the details of her symptoms as re-
latcd by Dr. Sands. llc testifies to the
fact of there being pzz.vl2I..Ies mu], 4n.r1/lrr.
This with every candid man should be
sufficient. This statement. of the opinion
of Dr. Sands is a direct contradiction to
the report of his opinion by the gentle-
man having clia1'gc of- her ca.so.——
Ho\v he could have so misconstrued
it, is strange.
Fourth, We were suddcnl_\r r-lcctrificd
here in Norwalk on the 8th ult., by two
arrival of a telegraphic dispatcli to Mr.
W., announcing the death of his father-
in-law, Mr. Scoficlrl, from Small Pox,and
also the sickness of his wife and (l:1ught.c1‘
with the same disease. Aeconipanying I
this dispatch, was a caution to the ope-
rator here in reference to its delivery, as
it stated there was a case of Small Pox
at its place of direction. This was the
first intimation that 'u'el1sul that Mrs.
W/s disease was Small Pox. ’1‘herehad
indeed been rumors to tlmt effect before,
but_ they had been received as rumors
merely. Immediately upon lhisfollowed
the announcement that the servant girl
who had been employed there, was sick
also with the same complaint. The com-
munity becamc alarmed, as well itmight,
for a ll1f;ll)l,)§}l' of friends and neighbors
had visited Mrs.- ‘W., prompted in part
by sympathy, and in part; by curiosity to
see a disease which until that time had
remained nameless, but to which report
assigned a character vague, mysterious,
extraordinnr v and unique. The Board
of Healtli deemed it proper that the
case should no investigated. We "were
o7'derc.'l by the Board to visit Mrs. W.,
and enquire, examine and report. We
did so. 4.:;d here let us make this ex-
plicit avowal, that up go this tivzgg, though
often enquired of, we had carefully ab-
stained from expressing any opinion, ‘or
making any remark npon the "case, the
ungcnerous assertions ‘tow the contrary
notwithstanding.‘ Our enquiry elicited
from Mrs. W. and others, .what- we have
already stated. Our examination of-
Ml'S- .f°li‘l¢l l,1*3,l-’ l?".°i’,°l.l-5}}-‘o‘§ ll}?
pecllliax, cutaneous appearance of a pa:
tient in the couvaleseing‘ stage of Vario-
la. There were still some few scabs on
her extremities, and the lower half of her
nose, and her upper lip was still covered
with one imge scab near_ly a half inch ‘in
thickness. These scabs were i very differ-
ent from the thin, white, semi-transparent,
branny scales of her old disease, and, as
Mrs. IV. naively remarked to us, “she
never‘ hall black scabs before."
.
Upon entering the l;_o:;sc, we were
aware of the existence of a peculiar odor i
which was present t/zen in considerable '
intensity, and which had prevailed atone
time of her disease to an almost intolera-
ble dcgrcc. The gentleman who attend-
ed hcr is unacconntably aljxl .~j.tv.'a}igely' si-
lent as to this smell. Is I/tins one of Mope-
culzlar, syzzzptrons of Lepm? .\'u1nbcr.~_3
who had -been there, had mentioned it as
something extraordinary, to them new
and exceedingly disagreeable. This odor
we recognized as the peculiar, may we
might say, as the (Z-iagrLo.rtic smell of Small
Pox. We cnignot thiniz. that any e2;pz:2-z'-
cmtcd 1)liy'siciau woulil fail to‘_x'ec_-cgnizc i;';.
No writer on Small Pox but what men-
tious it as something peculiar, quite szti
gcneris, some going so far as to say that
" if taken into a sick chamber blindfold-
ed, one might name the diseasc at once,
by this smell aioizcr.” Vie cannot des- _
cribc it. hays‘ sfnejit it to ‘hp 3
able to appreciate it, but to/'z_e7_z.
cannot fail to be recognised any more
than Snlphurcttccl I-I_v-’lrogcn Gas. ll’?! l
also found nl our vi.-:it the lady who liar} ,
actor] as mnasc lo ;‘.Irs. sick with
the 3\"zli'io,_i_c,.id, he‘,-'/;-z:-«_l the possibility of
doubt. -' ~‘hcr'c'irci‘ep.oc'ks §.:cai~f_crcd cjgcr
her face and pea-'_;c,_;_, not ver_v numerous
to be sure, but still the distinct and Well , i
marked eruption in its vesicular stngc.—-
I-Ier attack was mild, but none the less
i
be derived from its contagiohs character.
The I<‘at.l1er, Mlotlicr, and Sister of Mrs.
“r_ yiéitefi L _i;-or ;o‘r,r,;[_Itj,’/', vvhcu she was
supposed to be in a critical condir-_io11.—,—
T'lt'c/re (lag/s offer that visit M r. Scdfield
was attacked with what shortly proved
t.o be Small Pox. It is not necessary,
we sr;p;;.csc, to prove here, from his symp-
C
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toms, that it wins so." ‘Drs. _1-§aiglj,t _-.;p.d
Howe have so assured us, He dicd,'we
believe, on the seventh day. His attack
was very malignant. His wife and daugh-
ter were attacked with the Varioloid two
days l:i_te_i' _‘L.l1:1_n he, that is _/‘on-rtecn (lugs
n
3
with an abundant eruption, the «laugh-j
tcr’s attack was more mild. The qucs-,i ,',
tion arises. where did l/.-c_z/ contract the 5 1,
disease simultruzeozts/'_z/? ,
they were crcposml at the sums ./.imc, and : fl
It is c\.'- ,
ident also from the ‘limo ‘r.‘lii'r~l{ had
l
. . .. L],
nu}: 5'.‘-'.
rmuxl 0:‘ ll1.;i. \'iciniiy.
§_!.'_c ljftl. been no case before in -rt‘
, i la
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_L Ilu
daughter llillll pi,--:c-n no
"“* to Norwalk.
U11.
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" llf
t'-.-\‘
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n .l there the dis-i ly
l .
’ IS
:;.casures taken to prevent cxposure.——
9
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l pr
hair
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c.\:pl_c4.-.1:
l..l:'.i\'l;-:'.~.::\l (‘l'~’_‘ill.‘!'.L'(:
plucvs it llICl'(.‘.
few who are exposed to Small Pox con-
4
about 5000 majority, a gain of 2000 from
last year. _ _
than last yr’-m:——flie' Deniocrats nearly
' show at large increase,
l.
stands so far, 13,‘.
Democrats.
The New York '.E“ovvn Elections.-—'i'he
Americans and ilepublicans, S1, and the
Democrats 22-].
lg‘.--’:lm’l.<r<,l the Douglas men and in $0111!
set-'tio'i:s‘ f.'h'crr. are no others.
after the visit." §{i's.' was quite sick, i
It is 0\’l(ler1i.ll.ei*<)rn
j lll('
Ho v.-':‘.n€s lien:-‘as adtnitlml with the lin-
o/£/iu.-zi.-~.-.:-iihis idea ofof ll-.l.lin'_r; the poo-
pic eventually govern themselves. I
follow?ng=' alvs-.1'iptio:1 of it ; “ the 3‘-,,.,,,,,,_,.
I
{known as ‘ h:u'dwarc’ strychnino ‘ironic
r
in North _.‘~'~‘mn1f(ml ‘
1'tcuson, common some,
and c\'iz.rn<'«:- places it there, and I/.».~-.=-.~ it
bcli,-np;s. ,.
.\g':llll, the servant girl in the lm::t::'e .
was :lll:!<:l~(i‘(l :1. fr-\\' (lays lzxlcr with :1. «ii.<- L
case vxhia-h I):-. l’;2rricc pronounces .'*‘~nmlz
i! is -.»:2.;:!<‘==l that slfc u'n.<: in 1l:e-.
>Il1'-iwl. I-\':-1'3‘ ni_:.=;l».t, uxul “that the Sinai
Pox was known to be here in several
places.” that is not so. '[‘ln=ro .
\\'fl-'~‘ H0 0‘-l1<."«‘ <‘f1I~'-C, (‘..‘:Cepl', as we l1z1'»'(1S:1i«l ‘
.l’ox. l
i 5
l
,.
_\(l‘.l'
‘ XI
below), at. _ur. holler-k s, and are ,I,-rm,-w _\-he
wsis not cxpovarcl there.
i
i
ilgain, ll"/:m:<li<l the nur.-c r-oiztruot
her attack.’ t will hardly be cl:'.inv.--;l.,
we think, that s/m \\'n.r-1 in the sirr-cfs mm-\.‘
uigiai-. She was lxnrtlly out of the house
from the lime she entered it. IlL'l' source f
of (-«min;-,,'io!1 222213! have been very uoarl
her home. But we tire of pur:-'uing thisl,
further. There is one more point to be
explained, which we will notice briefly. I
The public ask the question, “ that ifi
Mrs. W. had the Small Pox, why is it
that more (lid uotlcontract the disease,
since so many were exposed ?” We ans-
wer the public that they owe their immu-
uit.y to the inr.-stixnable value of Vacci-
nation. In x'og'.=.-mi to the spread of chu-
tagicm from this case, it was far’ greater
than from any case in this place within
the last fx teen years. Notv-a-days, re}-y
tract the disease. For example, at the
recent case at Mr. Sellcck’s, out of a fam-
ily of t/zirly/-I-zro, all exposed, all even un-
der the same roof throughout, there was
but one very mild case of Varioloiil. At
the house of Mr. Harvey Fitch, in a fam-
ily of law, there was no second case of the
attack. In the case of the servant girl
at South ;-‘(ox-v.'allr, there was no spread,
though soms: were exposed.
I*‘inall_v, in regard to the matter of .\irs.
‘Wzj.tef.'l)'.7.x';,: being pitted, that is a point
which can l-ctferbedetermined sonmtinur-
'i'hc Public will be able to judge
V‘.-’e will now l.n'iefl_\‘
To prove that it
hence.
when tlxcy son. hc1'.
recapitulate and close.
was \'ario‘,:t we have ;
l. The hi.-iory of its symptoms,progress,
duration and stages, all agreeing with
those of Small P07;
2. The acknowledged striking resem-
blance to Small Pox.
The prcsc-ace of the peculiar, diag-
nostic odor of 7i='ariola..
4. The opinion of Dr. Sands, qualified
in every respect to judge, who visited the
case when at its height.
A " The opinion of the s;qbs_c-rib
'1-rs
, 9 who:
l
0.
saw it when convalescent-.
0. The fact of five distinct cases of the
disease occuring afterwards and directly
ll‘a§,‘,(3t‘5.lf-lp to ii.
To prove that it was not variola we have
1. The opinion of the gentlemen that
had charge of her case, who is not it Phy-
scian, and whose personal acquaintance
with this disease, prior to this time, we pro-
sunj.c is liniifccl lo liis own case, (if the
prcsump‘cionbc "rong, we beg p:\rdon,)
an acqlxuintuucc in which not much con-
fidence .s.lmulv:l be pl-.1cc.(l, since, when a
man has fine Small Pox himselfevcu mod-
erately severe, he does not study the dis-
_3,i.s_c j.;':i_.‘a::'.' f:i:'.'u'o.l)lc circumstances.‘
1'. '.l“lio' opinion of the liomcopatliic
p1‘actifi<mcl‘ from F-airfield, which, we
prcsunm, is as is stated, but of that we
do not I.vzozI.r. 7.‘l'xis much, however, is
kuo\vn, that his first impression was that
it fu:arg Snmll Pox, and it is to be hoped,
for the sal-:0 of’ medical skill and experi-
ence, he liars not cliangccl riff.‘ '
And not’, Jfr. lf_Iclito1', we dismiss this
unpleasant iunlicr for ever, and wash our
liauds of it, as every one should after
meddling with Small Pox. There can
be no disscussicxi between us and him who
2::-Ll us, on a medical qncsiion.
We have aiways treated hini as a gentle-
man, as himself admits, and that he
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. p1'opl_mt.
should have attacked us pa;-sanaiiy, as he
did, without cause, was as ungencrcns as
it was unc~xpcctcd and unrleserfcd.
Jon}: A. I\lcLs.ix, M. D.,
.l',?.\. Geno-331‘, 3i. 3.
S.-'.i\‘iL'l‘.'l'..LYV.‘.'l-‘"' M. l
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3;.’-;)rj.vz'sii;. I .\,I:1'!',-;-.l1 Hill, 853.
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TII5 PIIRST \
'.?.‘i1e New i‘:§.‘ampsl1i2'é Slactian-.
Governor lialc will be re-elected by
.'r'l..e :1,f-,"_*_:,‘l'O;;‘.-,‘v.l_'3 vote is la]-gm-
ov-'u, while" the Republicans
‘ The new execu-
ivc council XS all Republican ; and two-
fold ll;(‘il'
I?,.ep-..b’:icans to 80
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v
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1:,am4_-;7.str;’~._t1:;i;’r1ebui:e¢i.‘
Later returns from New York town
lections, show that the Republicans have
arricd '43-: towns, the Americans, or
Among the latter an
_ _ p p The \\'llUl(-
=Iml.)cr is ‘£30 ; m:»jc1‘ity ovcrthe sha nu-
l-1-. ‘ -
The A-dsniiiistration again Defeated.
The 5-ocolul battle of the Lccompton
or in the I-.lou.=c came off last 'l'hm's-
=1_\'- 'l7ll0 Lrmiuplogairr~g. jwvre 11".’ in
T. if the :ilvscul.ec;; had been present.
so vote would have stood lll Lccomp
nu (iuclux‘:in;_- the b‘.pcakcr,)— to l 1:} anti-
pfon.’ The Lccomptonitus fl-lt the
of-.-::l .-11:5‘:-l‘.'_
-vc-den»-a--~
XIII?-*‘ Go_.'. }.j'isc seal :1. l<>n_-.: letter‘ to
'l.-nnnizrny l)irm'er‘lln‘c other <la_\'.—--
al
kon as pro-
- 1 . "ll . . ‘ I '.
nl.=o«.z by '.h.:- Leg1;<lalm‘c- Tu‘ “J
znly lsclfvr flmu fl-c -maul .~tcl'zcme of 1}..-
all»
(llllllilSil‘flllIil! but don‘t- it savor of .-11,.
3».
old in .l3ufi'ulo is ])e1‘f(3(~{-
A<l\'orli:-‘cl’ .§‘ivcs llu
2 or s
“ orful." 'l.'hc
1
3 \
pox-ton, *.hc whiskey _of that variety
ovc it, and the gin is kept in glass L,-0;.
.-
uown of unp , I ‘
no profanity—'oh no ! Its members al
went back to their constituencies, satis-
fied with the resijlts, and determined in
labor with all their miglit to support the
n
and Cleveland?
Ira lYright and i3_ill j€r'reen 130 1-0;,-.._
oh uo——none whatever-—,all 'a mistake.
i.-"=5-v.a.~<t in runny ofthe slave States.
iwlicvc that if the question were put fairly
7.0 the people of Maryland to accept. or
xw-juct the Lecompton Const.itur.icn, is
would be rejcted by an overwhelming ma~
jo1'ity.”
hbcl I1’-nquirer, March 911:.
. ii A’:-w )’m'.lr (7'ozzrieFl
The Vfreclc of the John Milton.
\‘{c learn from a gentleman who left
on '.l"lmr.<du.y niy_»;l:t the scene of the wreck
of l.licsi1l_r»Jnlm .‘=lilt.'m, \'.'l)l(.'l1 was lost
on Iilonlunl-: Point, on the 20th ult., and
ll-ft liast llamptun, the mi-‘itl(’.ll(.’(‘. of tha-
('oro:u,-:', who ll‘.lS cliurge of the case, on
l-'ri«l;~._v (,'V‘C:l'xll:j.',', that twenty bodies hull
l_rccn rccm'u:'(:<l up to that time, 'l‘h,-_-
ilust l:od_v fouu-l was: discovered at low
tide by 'l‘ims, J. .-Niulford, lu-cper of one
of the life-liont station;-:, quite buried in
the sand, with one of the hands only pro-
truding above the surface. Mr. hlulford
went off to procure as.-i.-:ran«_-e, and on re-
m:'r:in_r_r,1hc body was found buried afoot
(loop 1lll(l('l‘ the sand. ' ‘his inrlucccl a
supposition that other l)O(,ll(‘S were cover-
ed in a similar manner, but up to the tin-,9
of the departure of our informant, no new
discoveries were niadc. Of the twenty
bodies recovered, only four had bee};
identified, viz ; those of Captain I-la.1'ding,
\\'m. Cof.trc-ll, (snilor,) brother to the
mate of the vessel, , Luscomb, [sail-
“l', ,3 t‘n"’Ncw Bctlford, Mass, and‘ William
ii. 'f‘u_vlor, [sailor,'] of I\"estport, Conn.
.\othing ll:lS yet’ been seen of Captain
l»lill‘(llllf,Lf‘,S'SOll or the officers of the ship.
On '.l'_l-.ur.sd:iy, Captain Ha1'cllng’s coat
""“-I" l"“'l<«.'<l up by Alexynder Gould, son
of thckccpr.-r of the lif'c—boat station at
East II-.’1mpt0n, and spread over a must,
that lay near the wreck, to dry. Geo.
iizlllll, lll? \\'1'f;cl{-master, am] the Con).
1191’ exanuncrl the coat, and found in one
N lllfi ])0(:l{C.‘lC:~', £'.‘Sl!1:1ll l).’lg‘ containing
some four‘ lmndreu dollars, principally in
gold. “lhe left sleeve was turned inside
iiaiiiciliiiifiinililzcil-igliéisrclradid I-Jy Mr’
,_ _ _ .ptn1n Ha;-.
mug Cl£lllIJ€(l it, -
The impression of those at the beach
conversant with the particulars of the
wrec-l~:, is stronger than ever that the
John Milton must have been under fun
lxczulway at the time she struck. It was .
well known that prior to the ship’s en,
trance into Hampton I-loads, three poo,
scnge.r.s—a geutlcflan, his wife, and usin-
gle gentleman-——werc on bourrl, and not-
witlistanding the long interval of time
that has elapsed since her touching there
no intelligence has yet been received :1;
to whether they left the vessel at that
Pl‘-‘-0'3_ !1'-‘.*-- The fact of some 'ladies‘
kxu‘ttmg-'.vork being found on the beach,
makes it very probable that a lady was
on board at the time of the disaster‘.-
Among the first eleven bodies on which
an inquest was held, it is now thou:-1“ 1,5,-.
ille C0‘-‘<>.«'!ar ‘and others that thé hodv
known as ‘f No. 6,” in his record, is'th'a”t
of a passenger, judging from the delicacy
of the hands and other indications, be-.
sides l‘-~“.~rir-.9: clotlws manic or‘ materials
not ordinarily worn by seamen, his‘ over-
coat for instance, being of fine material,
and with flowing sleeves.‘ The body was
supposed tp be that of a person of 32, t_g_
3:» year,-,\0,,—. age, six feet‘ high, with iigirp
brown hair and wliislrersf ’ ‘ " ‘ ‘
A bag containing a gentlcman’s ward-
robe aud Bible was picked up by Mr,
Mulford. There were no marks upon the
clothing that would lead to an identigica,
tion Of the o'.\'n_er, but the following was
written in pencil on the fly-leaf of the El-
ble ; “Presented to John .\IcDonald by
lllS much esteemed brother, John Hinds,
pilot of the boat Julia, No. 15, lost No-
vember 15:1», 1856, off Fire II=;1on'a.v " ‘
The citizens of East Hampton are de-
serving of commendation for the valuable
assistance rendered to the Coroner in the
recovery of bodies, and in the investiga-
tion into the details of the wreck. Rev.
Mr. .\icrshon, pastor of the East Hamp-
ton P1'e.<:l)yteria_n Chnrcl1,' ureaced on Sun-
day, the 23th ult,, a"funer.Il tliscoursclhp-. _
on the unfortunate captain and crew of
the John Milton, a copy of which "he
placed for publication in the handsxof a
Committee of the sliip-inastcrs of Sag Har-
bor aud East Hampton.
--dfipv
and get into a rowat their State Con-
vention. VVe predict directly the reverse.
The Democracy of this State were never
more warmly united than at this moment,
and all the lies, tricks, and treason of the
Black managers will utterly fail to divide
or distract them. 'l‘hc.',' are b:.;-..;~.d is
thrash out political ‘mj;-_‘;-or-isna, hbiilifioiii
ism, scclioualisln in all its shapes.
this business, they have “ enlisted till the
end of the war,” and they do not calcul-
ate to quit the field till the job is finish-
e(l.——-_:'/‘z'(/gcport Fr1r;i:e'7', Feb. 95!/L.
{:1-Er '.l‘hc Farmer has proved a true
"_l‘l!e lulc convention of the
Slmiiis u as one of the most" q'uier,flcai;xg,'
amiable, lovely and loving hiydigg mg;
ever met. It was a perfect pattern of-the
most charming good order and peace.-
I. certainly was ‘one of Barnum’s “ Hap-
, py families,” and ought to be trotted .
, through the State, as if. proof of the jgye,
liucss of harmony. There was'nc5'ccim‘-,.
’ sion, no noise, rid i21t‘erx'fxptio11'6f‘
. ‘-.‘
f'l'S, no fussing and groans, no g;‘Q1',‘d§ng
of outsiders upon the stage, no putting-
; _ _ -_ _ _ -
I fnl.l5l 2nmLl{r§l'£. no l_1D['Ogj‘_
ilnuou-.._ _ ’
l
ew test of the Democratic party, that
1"!‘ fl ll l'. -~ .' . - -
"eiminn (Or that _ him so on 1 jnnchcs of the lCglal.llllllL .*./zc mg/,[_, ,,f.,,,_,,.,,,,,,,e,. Me to be d,s,.,,_gm_d_
a. . -,_.-.- _-g - , are hllcn 1:0-l1'lllll.l8(l. It IS a clean ed 33,5 . the F,,,.,,,,,.. ., t,
Fifth’ “re Come now to ,i.i_n_;- ;;z‘G.C..f to A sweep, and no discount. The House ', ’ ' ' ' ' “as a me llmph‘
«=-- - - - ct . Has anybody heard from Strong
Do they consort with
,C":,z_._'-'ra‘i_1t'
T—.§_,§-_-.fiI§{§—o?._.—.——’~.V.._-V
Fresh Proof of Swindling 1Ii Kansas.
_ \V.\sm.\'crox, March 7.
Mr. Green has arrived here, as messen-
o
-.5-er, bringing \\'l[Il him the Journal ofthe
Lccompton Convention, and the evidence
taken l)cfo1‘c lllt‘ co:-; ' '
into the allccigcvl f'r.-'i'=.*.-:ls
December and the «ith of January. ' The’
Ll0(.‘lllllf3llf. is voluuunous ; it reduces the
the log-ul voleou the Lecoxnptou Consci-
lllllou to about 2500; whereas, it has
heretofore been stated at (5,335.-
?"‘l“51=3ll to c.‘;a=.j;i.;e
on the 21st of
, ,
'1'“? llnie l"'3iY-l§:l1f~J:“- ot‘. the House Kan-
~‘:l':' Investigating Committee will. it is
-‘“lll"‘-WU. Hmlie I-lrcir several i-ellom. next
W
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<-_. '1 . _ _ _ H
L”...-,« (.ul. Fomc_y’s Press says :
c.’ \ , . , _ _ . , ,
life long catalogue of uudcnxed frauds
in liar-.s-.1s : the infamous manner in which
pill-llrlll Q1‘ \\_':;:_;.; £u.;Un1if_.
“"lj- ll“? 1‘el'u='al lo x't-s‘:z!‘.t'e e'Ieo'I‘io';.i
zxgaazlist that lllSll‘lllll(?lll.', _L\‘_zc.;' all iafé.-:;;
:IL'l«:~‘, not to speak of the outrage; of the
""“‘“l"-Vel"v' o<:l‘U‘-‘C the convention be-gnu
; ~ ~ - - - n n.
1:5 sirfin_<__v;s, lmvc-excited :1. deep, l‘i‘.x'lnuL‘SS
-lllll ::l:nosI universal rc-.=c-nmxent. in the
frcc .-“uit=;-3."
Upon this, the _T;:il_ii;nore Clipper gh-
serves ;
" I ul. 1*‘-wncy might have added, dccp
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