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CHAPTER xr m1 Another Suspicious Craft O NEWS ITEMS. n Earthquake in Connecticut. , p The Bank Commissioners. From lthew Haunt Palladium. yetwrth his characteristic energy, and
‘ One of those events, which happen ou- It has been said by those engaged in LEGISLATIVE SKETCHES.—-No. 14. busmcss habits, he called the meeting to
——-~ order, appointed himself chairman and
An Act in addition to “An Act relating
to Electors and Elections.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General .dssembly con
cened ,-
Ssc. .1_ That whenever any person shall
apply at a meeting of the selectmen and
town clerk, in any town in this State for
admission to the privileges of an elector,
or for the privilege of voting in such
town upon certificate from any other town
in this State, the selectmen and town
alerk present at said meeting shall upon
the request of any elector of said town,
‘before admitting such person to the privi-
lege for which he applies, examine said
applicant under oath touching his qualifi-
cations therefor, and shall, upon the re-
quest of any elector as aforesaid, require
the evidence, under oath, of at least one
elector of this State. residing in said town
that said applicant has resided in the
town where he applies as aforesaid, the
period of time by law in such cases re-
quired.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall. wilfully
testify false regarding such qualifications
or period of residence, shall be deemed
guilty of perjury and shall be liable to
punishment therefor as is by law in casesjof
perjury provided; and the names of all
persons who shall testify in the matters
referred to in the foregoing section shall be
recorded by the town clerk in connection
with the record of admission.
Sac. 3. The select men and town clerk
When met at any time for the purpose of
examining and deciding upon applications
fer the privileges of an elector, shall, up-
on the request of any elector of the town
then present, require any applicant pub-
licly to read a clause in the Constitution
or statutes of this State.
Sac. 4. Any selectman or town clerk
who shall‘violate any of the provisions of
the act, or who shall give his assent to
the admission of any applicant, without
such evidence or reading as is required by
this act, whenever the same is requested
as aforesaid, shall be punished by ‘a fine
not exceeding fifty dollars.
Approved, June 17th, 1858.
CHAPTER XLIX.
An Act in addition to “An Act relating
to Electors and Elections.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, in General Assembly, con~
toned .-
SEC. 1 Every person who shall frf-
ulently abstrct any vote from the ba 0t
box used at any elector’s meeting, held
under the provisions of the act to which
this is an addition, or who shall fraudu-
lently prevent any vote which is present-
ed and intended to be deposited in such
ballot box, by any person cntitlcdgtode:
posit such vote, from being deposited-
tberein, or who shall fraudulently deposit
or cause to be deposited in such' ballot
box, any vote which ought not to be so
deposited therein, and every person who
shall in any way fraudulently aid, abet or
encourage any other person in doing
either of the fraudulent acts herein before
specified, shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the common, jail not exceeding
six months,,nor less than thirty days.
SEC. 2. Every person who shall fraud~
ulently procure himself to be made an
elector of this State, when he has not the
requisite qualifications, and every person
who, not being an elector, shall fraudu-
lently vote at any election held under the
act to which this is in addition, and every
person who shall fraudulently aid, abet,
or encourage any other person to do
either of the fraudulent acts in this section
specified, shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the common jail not exceeding
six months,nor less than thirty days.
SEC. 3. Every elector of this State,
who, at any election held under the Act
of which, this is in addition, shall fraudu-
lently vote in any town in which he is not
entitled to. vote, or for any officer for
whom he is not entitled to vote, or who
- shall fraudulently deposite in the ballot
box more than one vote at the same
time for the same officer, or who shall
fraudulently vote more than once at the
same balloting; and every person who
shall fraudulently aid, abet or encourage
any other person in doing either of the
fraudulent acts in this section specified,
shall be punished by imprisonment in the
common jail for not more than three
months, nor less than seven days.
SEC. 4 So‘ much of the 14th and 15th
sections of the Act to which this is an
addition, as prescribes what the punish-
ment shall be for the illegal acts therein
specified, is hereby repealed ; provided,
however, that such repeal shall not apply
to any violation of the provisi contain-
ed in said sections, previous to the pas-
sage of this act.
‘ Approved June 10th, 1858.
’ CHAPTER L.
An Act in addition to an Act entitled
- “An Act for the regulation of pro-
‘ ceedings in Equity.” »
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly
cont-curd :
‘Sfir. 1. The superior court of equity,
may upon the petition of any person in-
terested, order the sale of any personal
estate owned by two or more persons,
whenever, in the opinion of the Court, a
sale will better promote the interest of the
parties in interest; and may appoint a
committee to make the sale; and may
make any order necessary to protect the
rights of all persons interested, and to
carry the sale into full effect. The mon-
ey arising from the sale, after the pay-
ment therefrom of such reasonable cost
and expense as the Court may direct,
shall be distributed by order of the Court
among all persons intersted in the estate,
in proportion to their interest. Provided
that this act shall not be construed to
authorize a sale, or application for a sale
of any personal property, part of any es-
tate, pending in any court of probate for
settlement, until after a settlement of the
administration account,and a final settle-
ment of such estate, and the same is ready
for distribution.
' SEC. 2. When any one of the owners
of such personal estate shall have been
dead one year or more prior to the bring-
ing of a petition for the sale of the same,
said petition may be brought against the
heirs and devisees of such deceased owner
without any other description of them
than that of the heirs and devisees of the
deceased, naming and describing him ;
the court to which such petition shall be
preferred, or either judge of such court,
in vacation, may make such order relative
to the notice to be given, as they shall
deem reasonable ; and such notice having
been given according to the order, and
duly proved to the court, shall be suffi-
cient notice to such heirs and dcvisees to
appear and defend, and the court may
proceed to a hearing at the first term if
they deem proper.
, SEC. 3. Nothing in this not contained
shall affect any suit now pending.
_ Approved, June 11th, 1858.
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. . . .It is claimed that in the great yacht
race around Long Island, the Favorita
built by Gcsner of Fair Haven, showed
the fastest sailing. She had beaten all
authors at Montauk, except the Rebecca
which was ruled out for cheating, but the
{wind then gave out, and the yachts were
.driftedabont by the tide.
THE GXZETTEZ
858.
Norwalk, Tuesday, July 6.
WTIIE NEW PRINTING Rooms on
THE GAZETTE ARE IN Woon’s NEW BRICK
BUILDINu, IN MAIN STREET.
Probate Records.
The selectmen representing the several
towns comprising the Norwalk Probate Dis-
trict, met on Monday last at the Probate 0f—
fice, to consider the necessity of erecting or
procuring some safer depository for the Rec-
ords of the Orphans’ Court. This is a matter
already too long neglected, and we trust some
immediate action will be had in the matter.
The value of these Records, and the import.
ance of placing them beyond the hazard of
destruction, cannot be over-estimated. In
intrinsic value, as evidences of titles in as-
tates, they are worth more than two entire
villages like our own. It has always seemed
to us that we have been more indebted to some
preserving Providence, than to any precaution
of our own, that the Town and Probate Rec-
ords both, have not already been destroyed by
fire.
«a
Fourth of July, or rather the fifth, is to
be celebrated pretty much after the general
custom, each man for himself, and fire crack~
ers and fizzle for the children. Horse-flesh
and sail-cloth are to be brought into rather
extensive requisition. In the Evening, the
Ladies of St. Matthew’s Church, Wilton,
would be very glad to meet such as have
passed the day and retain ed any shot in the
locker. All who feel disposed can take the
6.05 P. M. train from South Norwalk and ar-
rive in Wilton in time to attend the Fair, lis-
ten to the music of the Ridgefield Brass
Band, see the Fireworks, &c., and return to
Norwalk, on the Excursion Train.
«Ow—-
Fireworks.
We learn that there will be a fine dis‘
play of Fireworks on the Green by the Chur-
ches, on Monday Evening,July 5th, commen-
cing at 8 o’clock,
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”The yacht Sylvia, one of the most
beautiful specimens of marine architecture
ever laun'ched,has graced our harbor with
her presence for the past few days. She is
the schooner that took the lead in the recent
regatta.
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m, Our friends Alderman Van Sandt,
Wm. C. Street, and Dr. Hill, [he of the Den-
tal profession.] have secured a splendid sail-
ing craft for domestic and social purposes,
and are now prepared to regale themselves
or friends on the “ raging seas,” without let
or hindrance.
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Returned—Our fellow townsman, GEo.
R; CHOLWELL, ESQ., returned on Wednesday
last from his European tour. He looks as
hale and hearty as the stoutest John Bull.
MW
at? Several of our bon ton Young Ameri-
cas, have formed a Club Boat organization,
and give a healthful action to their relaxed
muscles, by pulling at the our. They have a
splendid long boat, and the well known hab-
its of industry of several prominent mem-
bers of the Club, will make it an occasion of
great interest whenever they essay to exert
themselves at the car (?) “ May I be there
to see.”
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”We are informed that as Deputy Sher-
iff Lamb was approaching the crossing of the
Danbury Railroad, near the residence of Car-
mi Lockwood, he came near being “ demol-
ished” by the locomotive of the 7 P. M. train,
which was running a train down at the time.
A gentleman who accompanied him says
there was no signal given by the Engineer to
warn of the train’s approach. His vehicle but
just cleared the track as the Engine passed
them, and altogether it was a fortunate cs-
cape. The railroad boys shouldn’t forget to
sound the alarm when they approach the
crossings.
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Excursiona.-—-The Confidence goes out at
her regular hour,on Monday,Ju1y 5th, on an
Excursion to the Fishing Grounds ofl Strat—
ford. She goes out on a Moonlight Excur-
sion in the evening, and will undoubtedly
have a pleasant party on board, on both occa-
sions.
The Confidence will make an Excursion ev-
ery Wednesday through the months of July
and August, to New York and back.
o»~—-—————
w The Moonlight Excursionlast Monday
evening, was enjoyed by a genteel company
of about one hundred: The Confidence land-
ed her passengen at the Bridge at 11 o’clock
as promised.
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Methodist S. 8. Festival
The Strawberry Festival in connection with
the Methodist Sunday School at S. Norwalk
on Tuesday evening of last week was a mark-
ed success, decidedly superior in every re-
spect. it was believed, to anything of the kind,
ever had in connection with this school before.
The speaking and singing from the children,
characterized by unusual excellencc,occupied
about an hour and a half, and was listened to,
with profound and unabated interest, by a
crowded house to the end. The Strawberry
entertainment in the basement, aft-er the
speaking, was really sumptuous, and even
splendid, and was discussed by a crowded as-
sembly with great gusto. At the call of the
congregation, the exhibition was repeated on
Wednesday evening, with satisfactory success.
M...—
fi‘ Our Dry Goods friend Rundle, (he of
Bardwell’s Emporium,) with an eye to the
health and com fort of the public, has erected
ashower bath in the rear of his store, in the
structure of which hoops have been brought
largely into requisition. The contrivance is
certainly very ingenious. creditable alike to
his heart and his head,and certainlyworth half
the price of his bath (12 1-2 cts.,) to look at.
He avers, from actual experience, that after
the “tugs and sweats,” (as Shakspearc says,)
of the day’s turmoil, a single dash of his
aqueous fluids down over the head and shoul-
ders,will make a man feel like a new born in-
fant. But think of'a man in Eden innocence
standing under those hoops f—Uh, fie, for
sh—— , Randlc!
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w A stranger stopping a few days in
Norwalk, happened accidentally to be a wit-
ness to a sort of fisticufl‘ and hair-pulling riot,
over at the Liberian Depot last Monday
night, and was so impressed with the scene,
that he took occasion to remark that id all
his travels in almost every American and En-
ropean city, he never witnessed such a shock
ing exhibition of profanity. obscenity, and
general depravity as was exhibited by the fe-
male occupants of that den of infamy. We
have often wondered ourselves, that these re-
peated outrages upon public decency enacted
at this plague spot, did not provoke an utter
demolition of the rickety old tenement.
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CELEBRATION AT GREENWICII.-The Fourth
is to be celebrated in Greenwich, on Monday,
by a Military and Civic Procession, Oration
by the Rev. Wm. C. Hoyt, of New York, and
by the ringing of bells, firing of guns, the.
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Q... No news yet received from the
Atlantic Telegraph Cable.
A suspicions looking craft cntqred our har-
bor lust week,which it is said was built at
the “ Coulity Ship Yard,” at Bridgeport and
is named the “ J. A. VanZaudt,” all of which
circumstances it is clearly disccrnable to the
“ wise ones,” are designed only as blinders.
She obtained clearance through the Bridge-
port Custom House, and we don’t see why our
friend I'omcroy isn’t likely to get into a pret-
ty kettle of fish. What gives force to the
p0pnlar current of opinion, is that a certain
N. Y. .llldermun of the 17!]: ward, is said to
be very officious in receiving and casting off
her Lynes. She has raking masts, is the fas-
test sailer on the Sound, and is heavily PW'
visioned with sardines and willow baskets, as
if designed for the coast of Africa, or some
other long Voyage. A man by the name of
Bradley is stationed on board ol'hcr whenever
her officers are absent, and keeps a constant
look-out through a spy-glass- Marshal Ryn-
ders shouldhe telegraphed at once, and the
follest investigation he had before she gets
cluto sea. It is well known that her owners,
including the Sheriff of this County, have
spent large sums in efforts to defeat the Black
Republicans in this State. and it is reasona-
bly surmised, that they intend to restore their
wasted fortunes by a dabble in the ivory
trade. But as we should regret to see the
present able, pure, and patriotic National
Administration disgraced by such an unlaw-
ful proceeding on the part of its friends and
supporters, we trust the suspicious yacht may
be seized by power of the General Govern-
ment, and all engaged in her outfit held to
condign punishment.
«.wp—
The Confidence. ——Since she has com-
menced her new arrangement of running in
connection with the Danbury Railroad up and
down, and pushing through to New York di-
rect, seems to have struck the popular vein,
as she goes well loaded with passengers. She
makes her time through in about three hours,
reaching the lower part of th: city within ten
or fifteen minutes as soon as it can be reached
by railroad, since they have been compelled
to withdraw their engines above the tunnels,
at 42d~st. The Railroad itself must be more
seriously affected by their own reduction of
fares, than any of the Steamboat lines along
the route.
«a.»
Returned—We were gratified the other
ay in the opportunity of taking our old
friend, ANDREW SELLEcx, by the hand, and
welcoming him back from the seductive West,
to the home of his childhood.
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.Wilton.—We would call the especial at-
tention of our Wilton friends to the adv. of
Mr. G. P. Jones, in to-day’s paper. Mr. J.
is a thorough-going, wide-awake, business
man, who not only know how to secure bar-
gains for himself in making his purchases,
but knows enough to give the public the ben-
efit of his experience in these matters. Just
give him a call at " his head-quarters at Can-
non,s Station, and it will be unnecessary for
us to say anything further in his behalf.
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fi‘ A mother in Hartford discovered a nee-
dle sticking out of her child’s tongue, the oth-
er day, and, on administering an emetic,
several needles were vomited from its stom-
ach. She don’t intend to use the child for a
pin cushion any more ; the pins are liable to
be lost in it.
.‘.>.
fl“ The annual drill of‘ the officers of the
Connecticut Militia will, says the Hartford
Courant,‘ probably, commence on the 2d of
August. It is hoped that Col. W. J. Hardee
of the U. S. army and the Military Instructor
at West Point, will be the instructor at the
drill. The camp will be near the State Arse-
nal in Hartford. Lieut. McCook,of West Point,
Assistant Military Instructor at that institu-
tion, is expected to accompany Col. Horace.-
Thcre are no more competent instructors in
the country. The Hardee drill is understood
to differ somewhat from the old regulation
drills.
.4.»
Reduction of Pare.
The fare has been reduced on the N. Y. dc
N. H. Railroad 40 cents from those places on
the line that are fortunate enough to have a
good Steamboat communication with New
York. The object probably of this great
reduction, is to kill the Steamboat companies,
but we do not think it will succeed, as the
people have got their eyes open in regard to
this matter. The fare from New York to New
Haven is now $1.25—lormerly $1.65 ; and
from Norwalk 60 cents—formerly $1.00. The
New Haven Steamboat Company, in conse-
quence, have reduced the fare on their Boats
to 50 cents. If the Railroad Company should
succeed in driving off the Boats, they will
most likely put their fare back to its old
notch.
The new rates of passenger fare from New
York to the different stations on the road—
when tickets are purchased at the office—are
as follows:
Mt. Vernon, 35 cents ; New Rochelle and
Mamaroneck, 40 cents; Rye, 50 cents; Port
Chester and Greenwich. 55 cents; Cos Cob,
Stamford, Lockwood’s Corner, Daricn and
Norwalk,60 cents ; Westport 75 cents ; South-
port, Fairfield and Bridgeport, 80 cents; Strat-
ford, 95 cents ; Milford, $1 ; New Haven 8 |.25.
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Celebration in Bridgeport—The 4th is to
be celebrated in Bridgeport on Monday, by a
Procession, Balloon Ascension at 3 P.M., and
Fireworks in the evening from a floating
stage in the Harbor. The Standard says they
are to have a rare display of Fire-works,
something unusual for Bridgeport. We see
that Tompkins’ Brass Band of Waterbury has
been engaged for the occasion, and we will
guarantee that, as far as they are concerned,
there will be no failure, for they always dis-
course music that is hard to beat.
‘ O»
THE NEW WAR STEAMERS.-—Tl]e Sec-
retary of the Navy has instructed the Ru-
reau of Construction to prepare a draw-
ing of plans for building, without delay,
the eight vessels of war, recently authori-
zed by Congress. Two will probably be
constructed at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, and one at each of the other yards,
with the exception of that at Washing-
ton. It is said that the sidewbeel steam-
ers, for the China Sea, will be built at
the California Navy Yard.
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Canons—The American word caucus
is introduced into English politics. The
London Star speaks of “ a caucus of
Lord Palmerstdli’s’fricnds.” This word
(which W'ebstcr is at a loss to explain in
his Dictionary) is derived from earl y Rev-
olutionary history. The north part of
Boston, which is celebrated from its auti-
tea demonstrations, was the field of labor
of the walkers, and other mercantile ia-
borcrs. These caulkcrs, were the most
active, in patriotic movements against,
British oppression, and a “ caulker’s
meeting” became gradually to be called a
caucus. The word, tims derived from
Revolutiohary patriotism, .isnow adopted
even in the land whose tyranny gave oc-
casion to its origin. '
Mddlelozon Sentinel.
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Gon’s Wars—When God content-
plates some great work, he begins it by
the hand of some poor, Wt ak, human crea-
ture to whom he afterwards gives aid, so
that the enemies who seek to obstruct it
are overcome.—.-,Lutlz_e,r,
. . . .Popular demonstrations show that
Senator Crittenden’s Anti-Lecompton
"Olll‘SG meets with the approbation of the
Kentuckians.
. . . .A handkerchief kept wet with Iva-
tcr, as cold as possible, or enveloping a
lump of ice, carried in the hat, IS a safe-
nruard against a snnstrokc.
D H
. . . .The Hamilton Spectator learns on
the best authority,” that the Leviathan
will run to Portland, in connection With
the Grand Trunk Railway, for six years,
and that the Victoria Bridge, at Mon-
treal, is to he proceeded with immediately.
. . . .The Legislature of Minnesota has a
majority of Republicans and Douglas
men. They have passed resolutions con-
demnatory of the administration, and
laudatory of Douglas and Shields. Rice
is not mentioned.
. . . .The Ohio Statesman has collected
information respecting the growing crops,
from all parts of the State, and of such
acharacter as to excite the most cheer-
ful anticipations. Wheat is excellent
with occasional exceptions. Corn is
coming up handsomely. Fruit looks very
indifferent.
. . . . Among the patents issued June 22d,
were one to E. R. Barnes, of Brookiield,
for improvement in railway chair; one
to Henry M. Platt, of Daricn, for im-
provement in plows ; ”Due to Heman F.
Snow, of Mel-idea, assignor to himself
and Gamaliel F. Stone of same place,
for improvement in sewing machines;
and an extension to Charles Goodyear,
of New Haven, of his India-Rubber pat-
ent. -
. . . .The eldest son of Judge Seldon, of
the Court of Appeals, N. Y., aged 12
years, was drowned on Friday in Irondc-
quoit Bay, near Rochester, where the
J udgc resides. He had gone to the bay
in company with his father to learn to
swim. It was while the father was teach-
ing his boy that the accident occurred.
. . . .Martin Kozta, the refugee, who
was rescued from the Austrian authori-
ties iu 1853, by Capt. Ingraham, of the
Navy, died lately at the city of Gauta-
mnla on a. sugar plantation.
....Old Josiah Quincy has given his
new book, not yet out, “The life of J ohn
Quincy Adams,” to the Massachusetts
Historical Society. A very pretty pres-
ent as a. compliment ‘and per se for the
book will have a great sale.
'. . . .The Worcester Transcript recom-
mends “ Kane’s Expedition to the Arc-
tic Regions,” for reading when the mer-
cury is among the nineties. '
. . . .A minister approaching a mischiev-
ous urchin about twelve years old, and
laying his hand calmly upon his shoulder,
thus addressed him : “ My son, I believe
the dcvirlias got hold of you.” “I be-
lieve he has, too,” was the significant re-
l .
py. .A difiiculty which arose in the first
Baptist Society at Stamford, about ten
years ago, and which resulted in the with-
drawn-l of the Pastor, Rev. H. H. Rouse
and about two-thirds of the members, has
at last been removed, the two churches
have again been united. The pastor was
finally separated from, the new gongrega-
tion a year ago, and tiff! reconciliation has
since been fully accomplished- .
. . . .The Anti-Lecompton men In the
13th Congressional District in Pennsylva-
nia, talk of nominating cx.G3vcrn0r
Recdcr forCongress It is the celebra‘i-(ld
",Tcuth Legion,” and gives 5,000 loco-
foco majority, but still there is a possi-
bility of redeeming it. .. .
. . . .The Hartford Post says a fellow reg~
istcring his name as Le Marry, and claim-
ing to be an agent.of the original Swiss
Bell Ringers, is travelling about the
State, spouging hotel keepers out of two
or there days board each. We heard of
him in Norwich and Middletown, where
he left his hotel bills unpaid, without so
much as saying thank y0u or good bye.
He will bear watching.»
. . . .Dyer Ames, Esq, a Wall street bro-
ker formerly cashier of a bank in Water-
bury, and subsequently in Bridgeport,
was drowued at Yonkers, N. Y., on Sun-
day evening.
.. . .Edward Everett has delivered his
oration on Washington for the benefit of
the Mount Vernon fund, 82 times,and has
realized for the fund $42,000.
«Mp——
Connecticut Scenery.
The editor of the Hartford Courant
has discovered that the Naugatuck and
Housatonic valleys possess scenery not to
be easily eclipsed in picturesqueness.—
That is true; a ride up the Naugatuck
valley from Derby to Winsted, forms as
delightful a pleasure excursion as one can
well discover. A pair of good horses, 9.
covered carriage, and a sociable party of
four, are the requisites for the real on-
joyment of the trip—N. H. Courier.
~<.
Trinity College Commencement.
This affair passed off creditably, at
Hartford. The following degrees were
conferred :
Degree of A. B.—-W. Vibbert, J.
Hugg, H. H. Pierce, 0. R. Gordon, W.
R. Harris, J. A. Boughton, J. E. Mears,
W. R. Woodin, W. Butler, G. S. Mallo-
ry, D. M. Armstrong, J. H. Quick.—
Also on Messrs. Mallory, Boughton,
Quick, and Mears, the title of B. S.
The degree of Master of Arts, in
course, were conferred updn J. M. Dick,
J. M. Hicks, A..L. Bishop, J. E. Coley,
E. C. Jacobs, L. A. Lockwood, E. Tra-
cey, Peter P. Wiggins, David Knight
Cady.
The ad cundcm degree of M. A., upon
Rev. Andrew Oliver, A. M., Harvard
University, and Rev. Richard Abercrom-
bie, M. A., of Hartford.
The honorary degree of Bachelor of
Music, upon N athau B. Warren, of Troy
N. Y.
The honorary degree of D. D., upon
Rev. Abner Jackson, President of Ho-
bart Free College, N. Y. , and Rev.
Charles Mason of Boston.
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FACTS rou THE Cosmos—Thomas J ef-
ferson and John Adams both died on the
4th of July, 1856. John Adams died in
his 9lst year, and was 8 years Finer than
Thomas Jefferson ; Jefferson was 8 years
older than James Madison ; James Madi»
' son was eight years older than James
Monroe : James Monroe was eight years
older than John Quincy Adams. The
first five of the l’rcsideuts— all revolution-
ary men—ended their terms of service in
the 66th year of their age. )Vashington
born February 22, 1732 ; inaugurated
1789 ; term of service expired in the 66th
year of his ago. John Adams, born Oc-
tober 19th, 1735 ; inaugurated 1797 ;
term .of'service expired in the 66th year
of his age, Thomas Jefferson, born April
21st, 1743'5i2na-uguratcd 18.01 ; term of
service expired in the .65.“) KW .Ql’ his
age. James Madison born March 5th,
1751 ; inaugurated 1809; term .Ol‘ service
expired in the 66th year of his ago:—
James Monroe, born April 2d, 1759 ; in
, fillgurated 1817 ; term of service expired
' iu'lghe {dr‘jth year of his age.
y")..——————
I'loor SNAKES-'5}? ven cords of steel
will sometimes snap. ' We have occasjpn:
ally heard 0f ladies fancying meme-lites [pt
suddenly by a snake under their dresses.
We guess the reptile was a hoe snake,
_ ,Louism'lle carnal.
“a“, Wigh; val-19]; 3099's; I) _ , w H .
ly once in a century took the good peo-
ple of this part of Connecticut by sur-
prise on Tuesday night. According to
the general opinion, we were favored
with an earthquake. At about a quarter
before ll, 1’. AL, a. rumbling sound, sim~
ilar to the passage of a carriage over a
bridge, but more sonorons and more pro-
tracted in its movement, attracted the
attention of many of our citizens. Some
of them feltthcir houses jar, and glasses
rattle, and by a sort of intuition became
aware that the movement proceeded from
a crepitatiou of the earth. The move-
ment was distinctly perceived to be
traveling from the South-west to the
North-east and continued fer something
more than a minute. We were sitli r in
our office, at the time, with several ' n-
flemcn, but none of the party had the
least consciousness of the earthquake.—
If any noise was heard it was undoubt-
edly attributed to the passage of a. car-
riage over the paved streets or the rail-
wa bridge, and nothing was thought
about it. Still, there was no doubt that
it was an orthodox earthquake, the force
of which may have been felt in other dis-
tant portions of the earth, and of which
we may hear by and by. One gentle-
man and his family were so alarmed that
they all arose from their beds; another
family more philosophical, concluded to
“ trust to Providence.” Not the least
damage was done to anything in the city,
nor, so far as we have been able to learn,
in any portion of the State. The shock
was felt in Bridgeport, Milford, Wood-
ibridge, West Haven, East Haven, North
Haven—all towns which lie in a South-
west or North-east line from New Haven‘
and this fact may assist in determining
the course of the crepitation. At the
time of the shock the sky was clear, and
the air perfectly still, though in that res-
pect it did not materially differ from its
general condition, in the centre of the
city, through the evening.
In Derby, the earthquake was felt per-
haps more sensibly than here. The hou-
ses, and even the large stone factories in
Ansonia were shaken, and the watchmen
alarmed by the movement of the earth.—'
Persons sleeping in their beds, were awa-
kened by a noise resembling the dis-
charge of a cannon, and an old lady who
had been deaf for a long time, was
roused from her sleep, and enquired
“ what dog it was barking so loudly.”
In about ten minutes after the first
movement a. second and a, slighter one
was perceived by those whose attention
was attracted by the first.
In Waterbury, also, the shock was
felt—JV. II. Courier.
m, The shock was felt distinctly by seve~
ral gentlemen in Wilton. but we do not learn
that any one in Norwalk felt anything of it
‘4.»
. The Death of Dyer. Amos.
The New York Express narrates the
following singular coincidence in relation
to the drowning of Dyer Ames, at You-
kers, on Saturday night :
” With a party of friends he went to
bathe near the Hudson River R.R. depot
at Yonkers, on Saturday night, where he
got beyond his depth and called for help.
The telegraph operator, Mr. Baker,
went to his rescue and saved him. Not-
withstanding his dauger and his rescue,
,‘je wept to bathe in the same place on
Sunday night at 8 o’clock. He again
got bey‘pnd his depth and was drowned.
He leaves 9; wife and three children. I t
seems a strange fatality which tempted
him twice to visit the same rinse after
having his life saved on the evening prev-
Ions.
H
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@Thc Democracy of Maine are In
trouble. They hesitate much abOllt re-
huming down the Bank Commissioners,
that Mr. Hungerford, the senior partner
of Hungcrford &. Cour, by whose advice
they acted, knew nothing about the busi-
ness. Mr. l’ardee, of Hartford, said in
the Senate that “ William Hunger-ford
would sooner cut off his right hand than
givc'snch advice,” and the Hartford .l'rcss
fbllowad in the same strain. Mr. ll'un-
gcrfori‘l, howev’cr, puts a quictns on this
kind of stuff, by a card in the Press, last
evening, sustaining the view in the mat-
ter exposed ny Gov. Button and assuming
the responsibility of the advice on which
the Commissioners acted. Thus from
the highest legal authority in the State,
next to Gov. Baldwin, backs up the le-
gality of the course of the Commission-
ers.—2Vew Hanan Courier July lsl.
———~<o»o-———
Death of Calvin W. Phileo.
This talented gentleman, the author of
“ Twice married,” “ Stage Coach Sto-
ries,” “ Akin by Marriage,” and several
other popular works, and known polit-
icall y as a recent descrter of Democracy,
and the Connecticut correspomlentjof the
New York Tribune, died atithe residence
of his father-in-law, at Sufiield, yesterday,
at ten minutes before 9 o’clock, A. M.—
He had been long sinking with consump-
tion, and his death was anticipated by
his many friends—lb.
rd.»
New York and New Haven Railroad.
Another step has been taken in the
process of expurgation in the matter of
the fraudulent certificates issued by
Schuyler, purporting to he shares of the
capital stock of the New Yprk and New
Haven Railroad. The Court of Appeals
having overruled the decision of the
courts below, that the Company were
bound in some way to make good the
false certificates, it became the duty and
the right of the Corporation to call the
false claimants into Court, in order to re-
move the cloud upon the equitable inter-
ests of those whom it represented. The
Company accordingly brought a suit in
the Supreme Court against all the own-
ers (330 in number) of the spurious eer-
tificates issued by Schuyler, with a view
to determine the respective rights to the
claimants and the Compay in a single ac-
tion. The defendants demurred, on the
ground that so many different parties,
whose cases were in some respects dissim-
ilar, could not be included under one suit;
and the Court (Supreme) sustained the
demurrer. The Company then appealed
to the Court of Appeals, and the result
is, that the demurrer is overruled. There-
fore, the Company, as we understand the
matter, can proceed in a single suit against
the aggregate holders of the supnrions
stock ; and thus the main question is in a
fair way to be deposed of at a period not
far remote—four. of Commerce.
.»
Teacher’s Salaries.
The Providence Journal has a lengthy
article on Teacher’s Salaries, showing the
comparative rates in different cities. The
table is quite interesting. The salaries
refer only to teachers of the High Schools
and the Grammar School Masters. In
Toronto, C. “L, $3,694 ; Petersburg,
'C. W., $3,000 ; Boston, Principal of the
Latin School $2,800,-—his five Assistants
average $1,689 ; Principal of English
High School $2,800—his four Assistants
each $1, 680 ; Chicago Principal $2,000;
Philadelphia, West Roxbnry Principals,
each $2,000 ; Roxbnry, Charlestown,
Brooklinc, each $1,800 ; New Bedford,
Salem, Chelsea, each $1,600 ; Springfield
$1,500. In Providence, the Principal of
Boy’s Latin School receives but $1,200 ;
Boy’s English School the same; Boy’s
Junior School $900. The salaries of
Grammar Masters in Boston is $2,000-—of.
sub-Masters $1,600. The highest salary
paid in this city we believe is $1,200.
.——*o—‘.»
nominating Manasses Smith for Governor
who was defeated last year. It is an
anti-Lecompton feeling among the Demo-
crats themselves that produces this hesi-
tation, Mr. Smith being fully committed
to Mr. Buchanan’s Lecomptou policy.—
The Rocxland Press, the leading Demo-
cratic paper in Mr. Smith’s own county,
says “it is generally conceded that an
endorsement of Mr. Buchanan will be fa-
tal to the election, and that it should be
dispensed with.” This is a significant de-
claration, coming as it does, from a New
England Democrat. It is understood
that the Augusta Age and the Bath Or-
gan, two other Democratic papers, sym-
pathize with the Press in this feeling.
.».—————
36" Bujamin L. Walton of Watertown,
has a full blown white rose grown upon
the stem of a yellow sweating apple tree.
It has eight or nine tiers of leaves, and
seemed in every respect as natural as if
grown upon a rose-busb—at least so says
the Waterbury American, whose editor
has seen the wonder. The same strange
freak of nature has occurred elsewhere
this year, it appears. The Concord
Statesman mentions a full blown white
rose growing on the extremity of a branch
of an apple tree, and Worcester Trau-
script states that an apple tree in that
city has borne a flower which has the
double leaves, the size and color of a rose
while'in other respects it resembles an
apple tree bud.
«Or».
38" At the gathering of historical wri-
ters at the residence of Prof. Longfellow,
at “ Washington’s Head Quarters,” at
Cambridge, on the 17th inst. Mr. Everett
among other anecdotes, related one of
the British General, Clinton, who, while
living at the Battery in New York, was
accustomed to take a nap every warm
day in the summer house in the garden
attached to his residence. He was ob-
served by a Yankee, who reported,
through spies, to Washington, that Clin-
ton could casily be captured. Hamilton
came into the room while Washington
was consulting with the messenger rela-
tive to it, and said to the Commander-in-
Chief : “ Do not listen for a moment to
the suggestion ; for if Clinton be captur-
ed the British Ministry will send a capa-
ble man to take his place. Clinton is
just the man we want.”
o<.>.
IG‘ A correSpondent of the Evening
Post, says :———“ A private letter received
in Boston from one of the most distinguish-
ed physicians in France, says that upon
consultation by the leading doctors in
that empire relative to the case of Sena-
tor Sumner, who is now in Paris, it has
been decided to perform an operation
a on the back, for the purpose of prodnc~
ing a counter irritation. The operation
is that of cauterization—the burning of
the flesh and muscle to the spipal polnmn.
While this operation is very severe, usu-
ally, it is said that it I ow can be p‘crform:
ed by the aid of ether, without producing
the slightest pain. It is believed that the
operationwill prove of the greatest advan-
fage to the'patient.” The Administra-
tion papers will probably say that Mr.
Summer undergoes this .Opemtioii for : the
purpose of keeping up a public feeling
about the Brooks outrage. ‘
¢<§>~o
fl. The Springfield Republican says the
late D . Gardner, of Boston, leaves an estate
(if :hzilf a‘I‘nil'io‘n dollars, hplfpf which goes
(to Ex-Governcr Gardner; chdbwing him chum
\
A DEvII. INCARNATE.——~A wretch nam-
ed Aruold murdered his wife near Jes-
samine, Ky., last week, under circum-
stances of horrid brutality. She had left
him for his cruel treatment, and institu-
ted a suit for divorce and alimony against
him. He watched her one day as she
went with another lady to pick strawber-
ries, and followed her,——-demanding that
the suit should be withdrawn. He then
threatened to ,kill her, and drew a revolv-
er, when the woman in company fled.—
Horror-stricken, she promised to live with
him. He replied by telling her that she
was lying an immediately fired at her—the
ball grazing her temple. She instantly
sprang to him and begged for mercy.—
He refused. She then appealed to him
to pray for her murderer. This boot: was
granted, and a brief time spent in pray-
er for her husband, her children and
herself. Arnold then grasped her with
one arm, inexorable to all her supplies-
tions for mercy, fired at her three times,
each ball taking effect in the head. The
face was most frightfully disfigured by
the wound and powder from the pistol.———
Not content with this, the incarnate fiend
mutilated her person with a knife, and
then piling brush upcn if, left the scene.
Meanwhile the woman who fled told the
story, and Arnold was pursued and
arrested at his mother's house in the act
of writing his will.
.»
SUDDEN DE.~\TH.——-A laboring man, in
the employ of Mr. 1V. H. Ohl, had been
at work in the sun yesterday entered the
house for the purpose of procuring a drink
of water. He seated himself and drank,
and almost immediately expired.
Sta mford A drum lg.
———————4~.o—e
BROKEN SKUI.L.——A lad, some fifteen
years of age a son of Mr. Thomas Fowler
residing in Daricn, fell and broke his skull
one day last week. Dr. Wood of New
York was summoned, who will) the as-
sistance of Dr. Haight. removed a. piece
of the bone, about two inchesin diameter.
The boy will probably rccover.——1b.
.>oo-—-———
ADMINISTRATION or M antenna—Dr. O-
W. Holmes, whose reputation as a phys-
ician runs neck and neck with his literary
popularity, in his valcdictory address to.
the medical graduates of Harvard Univer-
sity, delivered on the lfifh all... gives the
fbllowing, we doubt not judicious, advice
to the medical students who were about
to graduate :
“ With regard to the exhibition of
drug as a part of your medical treatment
the golden roles is. be spa/ring. Many
remedies you give would make a. wall
person so ill that he would send for
you at once if he had taken one of your
doses accidentally. It is not quite fair to
give such things to a sick man unless it is
pjpai'oliat they will do more good than
t in very considgpablc harm you know they
will cause. Be very graciops with chil-
dren especially. I have seen" old "men
shudder at the recollection of the rhubarb
and jalap of infancy. You may depend
ppon it that half the success of Homeo-
pufhy is due to the sweet peace it has
bluegill 5.1119 the nursery. listener “*6
gurglipg down’ of lbiitlisfiohic mixtures and
thc‘saccllarinc ih-liqpespcnpcpf ai mip’u’tc
globnlc, what tender mother could 19.” ‘l
moment hesitate?”
«0...,—
. . . . Oberlin College has 845 students,
341 of whom are females.
L>..
Hon. Wm. H. Starr.
Mr. Starr recently occupied desk No.
7, in the, Helium Chmnlmr, and represent-
ed the District of the same numbcr.-—-.
That District comprises the towns of New
London, (iminn, lmlyard, Stouington
and \Vaterford. M r. Starr is a quiet,
unobtrusive and very modest man, so
much so, that it might be supposed by
those having only a partial acquaintance
with him, tlmt he wanted both the ener-
gy and activity requisite for a successful
legislator. Yet we doubt not that it will
be readily admitted by all his colleagues,
that not one of them was more uniformly
at the post of duty, more quickly ready
to report the business assigned to them,
more decided and firm in the positions
which he had on due examination assum-
cd—or that presented more interesting
and able reports than \Vm. H. Starr of
the 7th Senatorial District.
Mr. Starr, is but 49 years of age, yet
his dark hair is liberally Sprinklcd with
gray, and his general appearance is that
of a man of 60 years. He is about six
feet high and his form rather slender.—
His native place is Grotou, New London
County. He worked upon a farm until
he was 16 years old, when he began an
apprenticeship as a mechanic—and soon
after he attained his majority, he engaged
in mercantile pursuits and followed them
a few years in his native town. He then
removed to the city of New York, and
there was extensively engaged in the man-
ufacture and sale of gas fixtures, chande-
liers, &c. In these things he made some
important improvements which were put-
entcd.
About this time he became interested
in the publication of a weekly paper'call-
ed “ The Farmer and Mechanic,” which
be edited and published for more than
seven years.
About five years ago, Mr. Starr return-
ed to his native State, and purchased a
farm, (a portion of the old Governor
Winthrop estate) in the town and within
the limits of the city of New London,
where be erected a house, and has since
applied himself to his favorite pursuit of
Agriculture. He is also engaged in the
book-binding and publishing business, and
he now publishes a little family newspa-
per.culle(l The “ Repository.” Many hor-
ticulturalists in this State will remember-
Mr. Starr as the author and publisher of
a splendid volume on the Culture of Pears.
It is a parlor book, and filled with richly
colored engravings of this kind of fruit.
Mr. Starr was originally what is now
termed a Democrat, though never a zeal-
ous partizan. He voted for several Dem-
ocratic Presidents, but forsook that par-
ty after it repudiated the free soil resolu-
tions which passed the Connecticut House
. of Representatives in 1849. He has held
several important offices, such as Justice
of the Peace,Selectman,City Councilman,
«be. His seat in the Senate was tender-
ed to him when he had no expectations of'
even being named for the office, In that
body he was appointed Chairman of the
Committee on Agriculture, for‘ which
post he was pro-eminently qualified, as his
able reports show. His report in favor
of thczappropriation 0f$2,500 for the State
Agricultural Society, he carried through
the Senate against a powerful opposition
by a strong argument and convincing ar-
ray of' facts. ' His report, on Meteor-eligi-
cal obsarvafious and a Scientific Commis-
sion attracted much attention, and con-
vinced many persons of the utility and
feasibility of a project which they were at
first inclined to .(leride. In nearly every
report which he made. he had the unani-
mous concurrence ofhis committee.
Mr. Starr has no brilliant or dashing
qualities as a legislator or debater. He
is quite moderate in all his movements——
in other words, “ slow and surc”——and al-
ways gives his conscience, which he can
salts on every important occasion, an
abundance of time for action. A Sena-
tor said of him that “ his honest face was
always worth half a dozen votes to him
for every measure he wished to carr .”—
The summing up is, that Mr. Starr was
among the most useful andfllble members
of the Senate, though the fact was very
contrary to all first impressions. He con-
tinued to grow in the general respect from
the first day to the last of his experience
in that bod y. We hope he will he often
elected to the same post.
SKETCH N o 15.
Hon. Noah W. Hoyt.
This gentleman represented the Dem-
ocratic town of New Canaan at the late
session of the Legislature, and was among
the most energetic members of the House.
He has an active and sanguine tempera-
ment, and engages enthusiastically in
whatever he undertakes. It is this sort
of spirit that has revolutionized the poli-
tics of the town which he has for two
years represented—the spirit that makes
him no half way friends—and that has
made him as ardent a Republican now as
he was a Whig in the days of the good
old whig party-.rpeoce to its manes.
Mr. Hoyt was born in Stamford in
lSl’i—is the youngest and only suriving
son of the good old Mr. John Hoyt who
was the town clerk of Stamford during
the lichllltlQllfli'y ll'lll‘. Noah had the
only advantage .of a district school until
he was sixteen years of age, when he was
apprenticed to a mechanical trade. He
resided in New York from 1883 to 1847,
with the exception of a short residence
at the west.
In New York he was an active politi-
cian—and for a time inspector of Elec-
tions in one of the most rabid loco-foco
districts in the city, where it required
good management to escape a broken
head. Yet Mr. Hoyt was so straight-
forward and honorable in his character,
that on one occasion after a very exciting
election, his loco-foco associate inspectors
permitted him to count alone the ballots
while they laid down to sleep. in this
work he was engaged until 3 o’clock on
the following morning.
His removal from New York was a
matter of much regret to the General
lommittcc. and their appreciation of his
services was signified to him in a very
happy expression after he had taken up
his residence in New Canaan. He car-
ried his indomitable whig spirit with him
to that town, and clicrislud it until the
last defeat of Clay in the Philadelphia
Convention, when new issues m'0§f3 bc‘
twccnpartics based upon the “Wl‘lmOt
Proviso.” lie felllsml ‘0 vote f0," Gene.
to] Taylor because he could 39:) ll? 95‘
sured that the old warrim‘v, 'f elected,
would not veto the proviso if It should be
adopted by Cong-05's,. and er.}105'h
therefore took his pOSltlml upon the Buf-
falo platform. I" 11549 he supported
“lldn."'f‘l103:lms ;,, lllltlel: for Congress
“in. his usual ardm’, mu} m W0 Veins 8"
ter he was in convention a prominent
advocate of the rc-clectiou of that distin-
guished gentleman.
m, Hoyt p: always a great political
worker. 1‘... ricud, ‘who communicated
some of the‘ abovelbcfs‘ih regard to hiliJ‘,
says that he never fails to attend *1 POlilr
ical meeting or caucus to which the par-.
tv is invited, and it so happened on one
occasion, he was the sole person present ;
secretary, and then proceeded to appoint
delegates to the different conventions—
wrote out their certificates, adjourned the
meeting, and notified the (lclelrates of
their appointnumt. They all bill? one at-
tended, and be supplied the deficiency bv
going himsr-lfus a substitute. By this
kind of energy, New Canaan has been
revolutionized from a strong Democratic
to a strong Republican ml... In 1856
Mr. Hoyt was chcsrn town clerk being;
then the first one Cluck-d since 1842 wlfb
was but a loco-foco Democrat. Las‘.
Fall he was elected to the same office bv
an increased majority. Last year he was
elected areprcseutative to the Lewisla-
ture—and again chosen in April his? by
65 majority.
At the recent session of the General
Assembly, he was placed upon several
committees, and the speaker expressed to
us his regret that he did not sooner
know as much as he then knew of his
worth and ability, for in that case he
should have given him a much better
chairmanship than that he occupied among
the Standing Committees.
. Mr. Hoyt is an unusually good-look-
Ing man. He has a dark ibrilliant eye,
and generally wears an unusually pleas-
ant fucc. He has a large and warm
heart. \thu he shakes the hand of 1:
friend, he does not extend the icy tips of
two still fingers-—-but gives you his whole
palm, which has a pulse in it, and a
warmth that indicates that in social or
political life he is a friend to be relied up‘
on-—and such is his character.
N...”—
16‘ Our readers will remember the case
of the man McHenry, who has been tried
for murder in Canada under the supposi-
tion that he was the notorious murderer
Townsend. The jury could not agree on
a verdict, the evidence of identity was so
contradictory. He was immediately Ie-
movedto another county to be tried un-
der another indictment for murder there.
The trial has been delayed for the pur-
pose of sending to California for evidence
to prove that he was there as McHenI-y
when the murder was committed. The
Detroit Adrertz'ser gives the following ac-
count of the man’s acquittal :
“ We learn that a most exciting scene
took place at the opening of the Welland
Assizes, at Merrittsville, (C. W.,) on
Thursday morning, Oct. 8th. The full
particulare are contained in the Hamil-
ton Spectator, from which we learn
that His Honor Judge Draper, was
applied to by the counsel of Robert
J. McHenry, for a continuance, in the
case of the Queen vs. McHenry, on an
indictment for the murder of Charles
Ritchie, in 1854. This same McHenry
is the man mistaken for Townsend. 0n
the very day of the arraignment the Pro-
peller Vemont, runing from Ogdensbnrg
to Chicago, met with an accident, and
put into the Port Robinson dry dock for
repair.
ter, strolled accidentally over to Merritts-
ville, and hearing of the arrest for murder
went to the jail, and immediately recog-
nized Mchnry as a man who sailed with
himself as cook on the Propeller Powhat-
tan in 1852, and who went to California
afterwards, and passed the whole year
1854 in that State thus rendering the
alibi complete. Justice Draper granted
the application at once. an the reading
of the affidavit of Captain Lewis, amid a
marked sensation among the audience."
In there any law by which this poor
man can be repaid for all the suffering
and loss he has experienced by the fool-
ish mistake of his identity with Town.
send '3 ‘
~‘....
@Thc New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser, a paper note-:1 for the modern-
tion of its language, and its uniform kind-
ness towards the British, in republishing
from the London Times the vivid picture
of the capture of Lucknow, accompanies
its extracts with these remarks :
“ One would scarcely have expected
such scenes when the victors were English
soldiers, commanded by high-bred officers
whose boast is that an effective discipline
lS ever exercised over the men under their
command. Least of all should we
have anticipated that a city conquered
by the British arms in this year of grace
1858, would have been thus, by official
order, given up to indiscriminate
slaughter and plunder, and that the com-
mander-in-chief would have declared him-
self ‘well pleased’ with sueh a scene of
wholesale, unrestrained, spoliation and
carnage: It may be doubted if the re-
cords oi any age, dark and inhuman as
they have been, present such a scene of
utter riot, and of equal abandonment ofa
City to the victorious soldiery, as is pre-
sented in this record, by an eye witness
of the sacking of Lucknow. There can
be little danger of over estimatlng the de-
moralization which must have been its
fruit and acompaniment. But though
Lucknow is taken, and the victors have
been permitted an unlimited license of re-
venge, it is painfully apparent that be.
yond the booty thus obtained, very little
permanent and substantial benefit has ac«
crned. \
o»
S” An elopement occurred in Hart—
ford, the other day~—a woman having
four children, running off with a brake
man, on the Hartford and New Haven
Railroad. The Press says :
“ The neighbors have noticed that it
wasa very common thing for sticks Of WOOd
to fall from the train upon WhiCh this
brakeman was employed. as I? passed the
house where the woman l'f-‘Slded. It is
said that the husband. hearing that his
wife always look particular care to pick
up the fuel, thought he would examine
one stick of it himself, and found that it
was the vehicle bearing a note addressed
to his wife. The woman is represented
as being only twenty-six. ‘
The New Haven Register of Thursday
evening, says :
.“ The .oor woman who abandoned her
home am family in Hartford, a few days
smce, 111 company with a brakcman, at:
tempted to poison herself in this city yes-
terday, by taking arsenic. W‘s under-
stand that the fellow who seduced her
from the path of reetitude, left her unbro-
vulcd for, and, in a portraying of grief
and disappointment, resolved to end at
once her misery and shame, by death ; but
an over-dose of the poison prevented its
effect, and we believe she is now at the
Hospital,under medical treatment. ‘ The
was" of the ti'silssi'essor is hard! ”
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DROWNED. "
We learn from the Bridgeport Farmer,
that Miss Emma J uncey, a young lady
about 18 years of age, adopted dannmer
0f MP gill? 39““ 9f Westport, andgwho
has been b ardggg at the' su'miilé'r‘ {"egi;
deuce Of D K. “‘1th in Derby’vwag as!
cidently drowned, while in‘ bathing at that
place yesterday afternoon.
Captain J. M. Lewis her was »
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