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aflorggalk; Tuesday, July
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a a1- THE NEW ‘PRINTING ~Bo’ons or
THE GAZETTE ARE IN Woon’s NEW BRICK
BUILDING, IN MAIN STREET.
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'. ~> ,_ _. ~_ ‘ SPECIAL NOTICE.
‘ ‘ ’ Wentefi little behind band with our semi-
annual bills, but present them with the pres-
ent issue of our paper. We hope our friends
will “ consider cgur_ case” humanely, and
promptly“ respond” without further tax up-
on ournsturiil difidence.
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.. .3 Gui”. Tom and PrObat'e Records.
.... 1179, are glad to find-that the several Boards
"cf’Select Men of , the towns comprising the
5"?”“Prbbate',District of Norwalk, viz l—Wilton,
. _1{waanaan,—and Norwalk,have, at length
waked,.up to the importance of providing
some greater security for the records of the
an! ‘Probateflourt against destruction by fire.—
We believe the people of the District havefor.
-2. .ma’uy. years been impressed with ‘ th'e convic-
11':‘rlitlbnithat-s'omething should be done to save
these records from mutilation or' destruction
:under the contingencies of 'a fire.‘ The value
7" l'of'thesé records, as vouchers of _ Titles of all
" {A the real'estate of these towns, and much more
—_ ‘ ,now'_emliraced in the Probate limits of other
‘ _' Epistlpicts, uojman can adequately estimate-
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f, :cepturies,;which,as ’nowzsituatedm fire crack-
" :er. on thesegar of a. silly boy who burns tobac-
. coaud makesa disgusting loaferof himself
to be thought a man, may in fifteen. minutes
‘totally'and lrreparably destroy. .
3 0f the several plans under consideration we
- »- are not, at present, prepared to affirm our
-' preference. ~ The plan of providing iron safes
‘ we believe has been, very properly, us we
think,"discarded-. The safes,- of sulficientca-
" pacity to contain these records, could not be
.‘l‘pl‘ocured except at a very heavy outlay, and
‘a'fter‘hhving been procured would ever after-
wards be cumbersome and deteriorating in
' value and" inltl‘iir power to rosi st the effects
of heatli” The project of building a suitable
.- . tire proof-etiflce in some'oeutral locality, is
- certainly a goodone, and worthy of a full and
fair consideration.. Such a movement could
barmade to pay, and thus relieve theDistrict
from any onerous pecuniary investment. If"
. judiciously located and constructed,_the prop-
erty would continue to increase in value with
Athegeneral prosperity of the village. The
only objection which at present suggests it-
i . self to us, is whether or not it might not be
'. . . subject to the same difficulties, embarrass-
. meats andneglects of the child which had a
. . t whole committee of fathers—no one feeling
any responsibility or. care for its support or
preservation. . . .
" 5 The plan also considered, of making an
I effort to induceso'me of our real estate owners
, to'either erect 'a' suitable edifice, or invest
”some one already built, with fire proof vaults
: the" with a view-to leasing it to the-District, is
- also a ‘good suggestion, and should not be
hastily passed over, if it can be reasonably
._ accomplished. 7 We have often wondered that
. "I this public necessity has net sooner been sup-
: plied, as any enterprising builder might easily
in construct such, a ' tenement, embracing the
ineeds of the Town Records, also, and make
”his investmen t net him 10 per cent. Whether
the District, in its corpOiate capacity, could
rely upon doing as well,we have some misgiv-
ings. Atall events, we believe the matter is
‘ now settled, that something is to be done, and
as‘ anything will be an improvemcutupon the
. present hazardous and shiftless plan, there is
cause for thankfulness.
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Reduction tof- Fares—The Confidence,
following the lead of the Railroad, has re
duced her fare to and from New York to 35
cents. She now leaves New York at 21-2
P.VM,, daily, and has connected, without an
5 - interruption, with the up-evcning train on
V . the Danbury road. The public will not for-
get that they" are indebted to the Steam boats
‘for the reduction of fare on the cars, and we
are glad» to notice such a spirit of determina-
: _. tion to sustain the Boats. .
Unprecedented Liberality.—-We could
" f scarcely believe our eyes, the other evening,
when one: of our village car-men drove up to
5' ' '7 our ancient domicil and informed us that Mr.
‘ F: H. Nssn had sent the Editor a barrel of
" I his Western~FIoItr;the same as advertised in
‘ ‘l the ansrrn. We suppressed our emotions
2" " till our wife had tried it, and as the proof of
the pudding is in the eating, we are now pre-
5 - pared to assure everybody else’s wife that no
J" ' better 'Flour has, been sold in this market
in:
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Vit is some" two dollars a barrel cheaper than
is asked elsewhere‘for the same quality. We
advise all to give it atrial.
_ IA Beautiful PieCe of AMechanism. -
1:, Some‘two weeks since our harbor was graced
' ' by a beautiful piece of marine mechanism,
‘ constructed by Mr. F. Ashley, of Westport,
consisting‘ of “a side-wheel skill or club beat.
She is so constructed that the motive power
' I ' is applied to the side-wheels by a horizontal
motion, thus working easily, and darting
- .through the waters like a thing of air. She
' is most ingeniously constructed, has a round-
ed keel, and painted black, the same as men-
i pter,,0cean Steamers, andjis real‘y a prize
‘ worth possessing. We learn that a company
is being formed for her purchase, at only one
-- dollar per‘share.and that “ Mine Host" Kelly
has the enterprise in charge. See adv.
4 _fl‘ The Norwaik Harmonious venture out
on their first Excursion, on Thursday, to R0-
- , Vton Point '
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, _ Personal.—,O. S. FERRY, Esq., has return-
l'" ed from his tour among the Esquimaux, and
: halflbre'eeds of the Red River settlementsnmd
p . . fth'e Sir‘John Franklin regions of Upper Cau-
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fl Our,friend,.~the Judge, calls.the beau-
. tifulcorncr store ofKnapp dc Lynes, a. “turn-
, pike.” . He says “ To be sure, they pretend
,_ to givean equivalent at the Fountain gate for
U your half dime, but after all, it’s a very gas-
- ; concede.” " We think it a very pleasing and
. ._ cool-way to let off- some of their superfluous
gas, and we are surethe public at large, not-
withstanding'their‘natnral.'rcpugnancc to toll
gate’sfivi‘li,’ through the warmscason, gladly
. partake loffthe “ gas-eons equivalent,” i.c.
' their hhrivalled Soda Water.
3'37 <0 .
h GOdcy'for August, an inimitable No.,
‘ "has'just reached us, freightcd as usual with a
rich stair-e ‘ of good and ' beautiful literayy
‘ matter, embellishments,'&c.' '
.. ,wfl“: Emerson’s Magazine and Putnam’s
'Iohthly,” for July has her. . received. It is
l the commencement of a new velumc, and it
\has been much improved. ‘ All Subscribers,
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Engoaving of the,“ «Last Supper,” a large’.%
engraving.~. .. ...3. ... 5’3 ~
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_ V ., .' “VTHE merun,” for July, has been receiv-
45 ed...‘ Henry 8; Huntington, Publishers, N. Y.
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fl We have received the March and June
,.numbers of the Cosmopolitan Art'Jour'nal.
:31 Here are titles , to property running back for »
since We—were led to the h-altar. ', Besides, _
this y'ear,.receive a magnificent Steely. Flats-
D. A A T .._
1. Philly, Ver9,—~Like olilr fi'lllud of the flea:
Haven .N'cws, wedislikc fish stories, especial-
1)" largo fish stories, but we’ve a r-c-a~l
t-tr~u-c one to narrate. One? that has so ef-
fectually eclipsed all the ideals or actuals of
our Block Island desertcrs, that not one word
has escaped their lips in reference to catch-
ipg fish. Be it known, then, that one Char-
ley Brown went down to Norwalk Islands, last
week, to catch black fish. After baiting the
fish, and waiting patiently. the black fish
didn’t bite, but something else did. So
Brown commenced pulling up, and the some—
thing commenced pulling down, and all oth-
er ways. .The exercise was very like Col.
Crocket’s pulling the old she bear out of the
tree tail foremost ! There was a terrible re-
sistance, and considerable scratching, but the
bear’s tail was strong, and so was Brown’s
line, and the last efi‘ort of his spent energies,
brought to the boat’s side a prodigious Lob-
ster, weighing 5 3-4 lbs. It; was the conclu-
sion of all on board. that like a friend of
ours who got on board the opposition steam<
boat a few weeks since. “ he had taken pass-
age by the wrong line,” that lime."
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Otfioers' Drill. . f
It will be seen by the orderjof Maj. Gen.
Guyer, in to~days paper, that the next annual
Officers’ Drill, is to commencein Hartford, on
the 3d day of August next, and continue four
.days. The General has secured the services
of Col. W. J. Hardeo and Liam. M-‘Cook, U.
S. Army Officers at West Point, who will be
present during the Drill and give their Con-
necticut brethren in anus the benefit of their
accomplishments. All who feel any interest
‘ili’the Military establishment of our State, are
invited to witness the public exercises of the
troops. '
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Important to the ladies.
Mr. C. '1‘. Leonard advertises a new patent
Sewing Machine in our columns, to which we
call attention. If the one-half. is true of the
wonders we have heard concerning its perfor-
mances, it is truly a most wonderful affair.
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Coal.
Fuel, like flour, is in our climate, one of
the necessities of existence, and it is a matter
of" no small consequence in these hard times.
especially for those of moderate means, to
know where the largest and best returns can
be obtained for the money. In this view of
the matter, we most cheerfully call the read—
er’s attention to the adv. of G. H. d: J.C. ltan-
dlc, premising that in 99 cases out of every
hundred, the best bargains are obtained from
those business men who have the liberality
and enterprise to advertise their wares. There
is no mistaking this fact, and we sincerely re-
quest those who have not already noticed it,
to simply confirm what we have said, by call-
ing at Raudle’s Coal Yard for their next win—
ter’s supply. ~
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More Deaths from Burning Fluid.
We hav noticed three deaths, since our
last, occasroned by accidents in the use of
Burning Fluid. The Fluid now manufactured
and sold by the Messrs. Lockwoods, under
Prof. Greeuough’s patent, is so carbonized as
to render explosion utterly impossible. We
hope none of our friends will allow a particle
of the old kind to enter their houses.
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fia‘The Ladies of Christ Church, Westport,
had a fine time at their Fair. It was held in
Mr. Winslow’s mansion‘,opposite his residence,
and the large edifice was througcd with de—
lighted visitors. We did not learn the exact
amount of receipts, but something handsome
must have been realized.
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”Miss Emma Jauncey, daughter of the
late Joseph Jaunccy,M.D.,of Westport, Ct., 16
years of age, and who has been boarding at
the Summer residence of D. K. 'Crof'ut in Der-
by,Ct.:was accidcntly drowned while in bath-
ing at that place, on the 30th‘of June. '
c<.>-*——
mGen. Quitmau died at his resi-
dence near iNatchcz Saturday morning,
of the disease which he contracted at the
National Hotel last Full.
WU. is estimated that $200,000
worth of strawberries were sold in New
York City '_during the late strawberry
season. - .
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3&HENRY WILSON, U. S. Senator
from Mass, is out with a glorious letter,
utterly demolishing the contemptible pack
of' lies, which some friend of Senator
GWiu, if not Gwin himself, put out res-
pecting the difficulty between Gwin and
Wilson. The letter winds up as follows :
When I declined Mr. Gwln’s chal-
lenge, I did suppose he would assault me
‘zatsight, and 'I was not unprepared to
meet it. I dial not deem physical cour-
age so rare a thing or so exalted a qual-
ity as to lead me to imputc any want
of it to him, but I did not suppose
he was foolhardy enough to attempt
upon me'what this letter" writer designates
“another caning affair.” Since I helped
to wash the blood from the head bl'lny
colleague in May, 1850, I have had an
idea that it would not be quite safe for
any one to tryupon me', “ acaning affair.”
I shall continue, I think, to indulge that
idea some time longer. .Yours truly,
stnr WILSON.
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3%” According to the Couraut, the
,creditors of the Hartford County Savings
Association stands a better. chance for
their money than they supposed, as the
stockholders will have to pay back some
$22,000 given them ._in dividends which
had not been earned. '
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3%" Judge Cato has resigned his posi-
tion as U. S. district Judge of Kansas.—
The ruffians are gradually leaving, not
by removal by the President. The mur-
derer Clark—has a pursership in, the navy,
Calhoun’s termexpired and a successor
is appointed, and now Cato leaves of his
oWn accord. These are the surest indi-
cations that thc triumph in Kansas is
sure.
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. . . .On Sunday, two converted actors
land, at the Harlem Baptist Church, and
Charles II. Weeks at the Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church. .
. . . .Thc region at the “Test recently sub-
merged by the overflow of the rivers, is
now afflicted by‘miasma, caused by the
decaying matter left upon the subsidence
of the floods. Drovcs of- hogs turned out
upon the reclaimed. lands along the Ill-i-
nois shore, are dying off rapidly from an
epidemic which has suddenly broken out,
the health of the inhabitants is beginning
to suffer. ~ .
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ccntly been organized in New York, com-
' posed exclusively of naturalized Irish-born
(161', with loCal brgnnizations, and a 0ch
tral committee for t‘hccity {IQ-urge. They
are opposed to American Eliejnlblica n and
regular Democratic nominations, especial-
‘lywth‘ellattcr, and dou’tlike the Tammany
"Hall managers.‘—Boston Tribe-filer. '
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hook in a manner most satisfactory to black ‘
pron clicd in New York—the Rev. F. Strick-_
WA new political party has rca
"citizens. ' It is an independent secret or--
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Correspondent-e of Jv‘ur'wm’lr Gazette.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20th, 1858.
Mpssns. Horrors :—-As Ido not see that you
havc'auy correspomlencc from this place, I
take the liberty of addressing you, feeling
an interest in the GAZETTE, from having seen
it from my earliest boyhood, and always find.
ingit on the right side, advocating correct
principles, and using its influence to benefit
its readers in particular, and all tank-ind in
general, it Its recommendations were adopted
by those who rule the destinies 0f the great
human family. Ilowevcr it was not to eulo-
but rather to furnish you with some account
of a new gold excitement which has as yet
hardly reached your shores. Early this
Spring, news was received here that rich gold
discoveries had been made on the bars and
banks of Fraser’s River, a large stream emp~
tying into the "Gulf of Georgia, a large body
of water on the East side of Vancouver Is-
land, aml connected on the South with Pu-
get’s Sound. The mouth of the riveris al’cw.
miles North of the boundary of 49°, which
divides the United States from the territory
of Great Britain. the whole mining region
being within the celebrated 54° 40' line,
which our Democratic government surren-
dered loathe, EngliSh, so, that they might
without embarrassment extend the area of the
pcculiarinstitutiou of the South at the ox-
pousc of a weaker. and it must be admitted
most unworthy neighbor. There is, however’
little question that we owe to' the South mé
loss of a country which would have been
worth to the United States more than all
Mexico thrice ovcr.
Let our Southern brethren boost as they
may, it is a fact confirmed by all history that
the torrid zone has never produced a people
truly great, either in arts or at ms, and it is
fair to presume it never will, while the cold-
cr regions of the North always has, as now,
been fruitful of races renowned for ln-uvery,‘
industry and enterprise. It is evidently a law
of nature, and is equally true at present, as
in all former histories of the world. The ter-
ritory surrendered by our Southern President
l’olk, at the dictation of the Southern aris-
tocracy, who feared the Northern extension
of our Republic as being fatal to the predom-
inacy of the South in the councils of the na-
tiou,was one of the greatest mistakes possi-
ble to be made by the rulers of our country.
VaucouverIslaud alone is more valuable than
Cuba, and will eventually be the key to a
trade abundantly more to be desired. A few
hardy and en tcrprising men. as soon as news
of the gold discovery was made public, im-
mediately turned their steps in that direction,
and as news confirmingthe first reports came
from that region week after week, more and
more of the people here took their departure
for the same region. It is now fully three
months since the first intelligence was made.
public, and some who went first have return-
ed for various reasons, but principally be-
cause thc river swollen by the snows, melted
by the Summer sun, has risen so high as to
make mining less productive for the present,
these men, romc of whom are well known
and reliable citizens all confirm the reports
we had from other sources, of the great pro-
ductiveness of the mines, so that it is now
universally conceded, that they are equally
rich as the mines of California were when
first discovered in ’49 and ’50, and some say
they exceed Californianmines in their palmi-
est days. All this has caused an excitement
without a parallel in our excitable popula-
tion, men from all parts of the State are
thronging to this city as the most convenient
point of departure, to an extent that would
hardly be credited by any except those who
witness the crowds that fill our streets day
after day. From our own mining regions we.
learn that men are daily leaving claims that
were yielding them from $5 per day to a much-
larger amount, to try their fortunes in a new
field, in fact there is a regular stampede of
all sorts of people in that direction, which
bids fair to reduce our population very ma-
terially, unless we receive a large emigra-
tion from the Atlantic States to supply the
place of those who leave. The ckCitemcntis
similar to that which was felt in the Eastern
States in 1848 and ’49, when the first reliable
intelligence of the gold discoveriesiu Cali-
fornia was published to the world. Unqucs-
tiouably, very many of the adventurers now,
as then, will have reason to regret their
haste, as the deprecation they must necessa-
rily experience, will be fatal to many, and,
very possibly, with all the richness of the
plainsaportion will bc’f'ar less successful
prospective, men will rush on regardless of
consequences. ' There are- now seven Sea
Steamers running between here and the ports
nearest to Frazer’s River, each one making
two trips pct-month, and three Steamers on
Puget’s Sound, running from the various
towns on that extensive inland sea, to the
mouth of the river where the gold is found,
Besides Steamers, some three or four sailing
vessels leave San Francisco each \veekg‘aud
all, both Steamers and Sailing vessels, go
crowded with passengers and freight. It is
computed that some twelve or fifteen thou—
sand have already left here, and that they
are going at the rate of full 3.000 per week
at the present time. _To see the eagerness
with which men leave California it might be
imagined that our mines had all given out,
and that gold had failed to reward the labor
of the minor, yet while our monthly ship.
ments average from three to four millions
it is quite evident our State is still the best
in the world for gold mines, and it is hardly
to be believed that the new Ophlr will exceed
our own.
The crops in this country are generally
good, some of the wheat has suffered from
(rust, but no one questions that we shall have
a plenty forour own consumption. and p‘robi
ably some to spare for export. It would
make our Connecticut farmers starc to go
through the markets in this place, and see the
variety and excellence of the fruits and veg-
etables liner in quality than they ever saw,
to enumerate th email would be a real labor.
future begins to look more bright for all who
make this their home. The great want of
California, and this city in particular, is the
Pacific Railroad, which, thanks to the pre—
dominancy of Southcrnintcresfs inthe conu-
cils of the nation, we see no probability of
being commenced, until afterthe Presidential
election of .1860 shall have placed in powera
party that can see something else worthy of
patronage, than the interests of .a small por-
tion of the inhabitants of the United States.
Wh on we have once more a national party
legislating for the good of the whole nation,-
we shallcxpcct to see a work grander in its
results than any single work ever undertaken
by any nation, commenced and carried in due
time to a successful completion.
When this is done, California will assume
the rank to which she is by nature entitltd.
To aid in bringing about so happy 21 result,
. her people arc-beginning to ,think they have
' not always sent the right men ,to .I‘cprcsentE
her at the Capitol, but it is .quitepossible this
error will be, amended by the votes of the
1 State hereafter to be cast, at all ..e.v.e.nl.s thc
presentindications point strongly that way;
decide. W.
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m‘l‘ho blackberrycrop promitgs to be.
' ' unusually abundant this yearzs
gize your paper this letter was commenced, _
than they anticipate. still, with a fortune in_
and abundant in quantity as‘could be desired,
Business is improving in San Francisco, the.
and many believe our next election will so.
' he sat down infrontof phony. Something
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NEWS iTBIvis.
....'l‘hc San Francisco Bulletin says
there-is great indignation that Senator
Gwin-should have seconded the attempt
to swindle the government out of $200,-
000 for a barren tract of loud for fortifi-
cations at the entrance of that harbor.—-—
The whole ranch on which the land is sit—
uated Would not bring $5,000.
. . . .Madamc Jenny Lind Goldsmidt rcs-‘
olved, after she had given up her project-
ed journey to Russia, to leave her present
residence, Dresden—and settle in Eng-
land. This intention she has now carried
out.’ After all her, furniture in Dresden
had been disposed of, no inconsiderable
number of packages, with articles of value
&c., were forwarded, m'a. Hamburg to
England, where Jenny Lind will repose
ih’retirement, on her .laurels, at a villa
near London.
. . Among the honors at West Point,
We notice that Arthur H. Duttou, of
"Wallingford, who was‘f’or some time a
member of the Scientific Department of
Yale, stands at the head of the Fresh-
man class.
. . .-.Efl’orts are making to remove all
charge for admission of the Wadsworth
Gallery, at Hartford, and establish a free
gallery—“ like the Louvre, the Pcttic
Palace, and the Vacticau,” as the editor
of the Courant modestly rcmaks !
. . . .Two women, both' dead drunk, and
one with a. Tory young babe in her arms,
were arrested on the streets in Hartford
last week. - . .
.. . .Dnnicl Foot, Postmaster at Fair
Haven, is to be “ rotated” out of office,
and Miles Brown “ rotated” in.
. . . .A Milford, Mass, a boy at work in
one of the shoe shops in that place recent-
ly found in an old mailbag, which the
proprietors of the. shop had purchased to
work into shoes, a letter Which had been
mailed at an office in Tennessee, and di-
rectcd to another place in the same State
and which contained fourfiifty dollar bills
a twenty, a ten and a three—in all $233!
This firm has purchased several thousand
of these worn out mail bags, and several
othcr‘lctters have been found in them.
. . .'.Bon Ball, a farmer of Marysvillc,
K y., has been detected in enticing away
and secretingslavcs and the getting of
money from their masters for capturing
them. He has enjoyed a high reputation
a. Successful slave catcher, and made much
money by it, and it is now believed that
he has practicsed this dodge for a long
time. On the whole it is not so bad as
really catching those that had actually
escaped.
. . . .Dutch grocer to a. little girl who obj-
ects to Spanish quarters : “Dat yust as
goot as any one: you yust take it to
Cuba and dey’ll give you twenty-five cents
for it. '
. . . .Major Jeremiah N. Dasllrell has been
dismissed from the army by the Pres-
ident, for having failed, as stated in offi-
cial order, to explain satisfactorily a defi-
ciency in his account of public money,
and haying also failed to obey reported
instructions from the I’aymastuI General
to pay over the balance acknoweledged
by him to be in his hands.
. . . .C. W. Babcock, Mayor of Lawrence
City, Kansas, is now in New York. He
says the latest indications in his territory
are, that the English bill will not get one
thousand votes at the coming election.
. . . .SOmc rogues of New York, learning
that Sam Woodrufi‘, of Woodrufi‘dr Beach
of Hartford, had come to Brooklyn to re-
ceive a large sum of money, dogged him,
entered his room at the ierre Point
House at night, stupefied both Woodruff
and his companion with cloroform, and
ransacked the room. They got a gold
watch and chain worth $200, and $48 in
cash ; the expected $5000 was not paid
until the next day. Some arrests have
been made, and the detection of the
rascals is expected.
. . . .Jim Riley of IViustcd, slanderod
somebody and was sued and mulctcd $300.
His little farm and house therefore fell
into the hands of the plaintiff, a. host of
lawyers the court, and the previous credi-
tors of the unfortunate Riley—and each
of them is unablcd to use it, or any part
of it without trespasing upon the other.
Consequence ; having got Iiilcy’s proper-
ty, they are now allgetting “.riley.”
. . . .A Connecticut merchant, who was
prudent enough to keep his name out of
the papers, was imprudent cnrugh to get
into the company of'a woman of Broad-
way, who, with her companions, relieved
his pocket book of $1500. The estab-
lishment was broken up ; its inmates had
fled with the cash. '-
. . . .Mr. D. N. Rice, who came the “con-
fidence game” on the Bridgeport people,
has been seen at Syracuse where his goods
were ordered to be sent, but could not be
persuaded to come back and see why they
were not forwarded.
. . . .Thomas Ryan, of Danbury, vas ar-
rested on Saturday last for cruelly beat-
ing his little daughter, aged 10 years.—
It was stated that the blows which he
dealt were heard a distance of thirty
rods.
.‘ .Some one writing from Cairo,llll., since
the subsidiug of the flood, says there are
now in that city 452 distinct and different.
smells, and several wards yet to be heard
from .’ .
. . ..The Danbury Times says that nearly
all the choice varieties of apples iu'that
vicinity are falling off, and that the
crop 'will be poor. .
. . . The New York Expaess says there
is a strong movement for the nomination
of Gerritt—Smith as governor of that state
in which Republicans are extensively en-
gaged. They might do worse.
. . . .Duriug thc thunderstorm of Sunday
last, Miss Nancy Godfrey, of Redding,
who was standing near her, was rendered
inscusitdcfor a time. Miss G_. .vas sit-
ting in her chamber by on open window,
reading. - .
. . . .Arthur H. Button, of Connecticut,
is reported at the head. of the Fifth, or
Freshman Class at West Point, by the
examiners for the current year.
bony on Tuesday evening on the Dudley
Obscrvntiory affair, resolutions condemn-
ing course of the Trustees, and sustaining
Dr. Gould, were adopted. . -
. . . .Thclincn business not succeeding, the
linen mill at Fall River is to be changed
to a cotton mill, and will hold 30,000
spindles, being the largest mill, in the
place. ‘
I...A gentleman in '(incinnati has a
come cock, twoand a half years old,
hues has been victor of twenty-one bat-
tles, and the amount of money earned is
about $7,500. .
. . .‘JA’illio-m V. Peck has been nomina—
ted by the Republicans of .Ohio for .Su—
premc Court Judge; He ‘ is a native of
~Litchlield in this State.
trees separated themselves from Goat. Is-
land, at Niagara Falls, last week, and
went thundering down into the chasm.—
Bufi‘nlo 3“”) y hope “-in time” to have the
Falls within the city limits.
. .' . -. A man in Books .00., Bond, was in-
: tug machine. ..Something,had got wrong.
.IVItb‘tltcxlcuLves, in attempting to fix which.
started the horses, and the fivl‘dflpnflte
man was literally cut to pieces in an {an
stout. . . . . , ..
was instantly, killed and a Mr. Curtis, .
. . . .At the meeting of the citizens of- Al -
...-.Anothor mass of rock, earth and-
stantly killed afcwidnys‘sincc.by ammo.
The Terrible Railroad ooident.
The accident on the Eric Railroad, on
Thursday night, wasthc most destructive
that over occurred on: that largely-travel-
ed line. Thc train consisted of an engine,
a baggage car and six passenger car , and
carried about 150 persons. It was run-
ning at the rate of about 35 miles an
hour, when it encountered a broken rail.
The engine, tender, baggage car and four
passenger cars leaped the track in safety ;
the two rear passenger cars swung off the
track, and after running off the track
about twenty-five rods, the coupling part-
ed and they were hurled down a declivity
forty feet deep to the meadows below.—
Before reaching the bottom the cars turn-
ed over twice ;-the first time the sides
bu‘rstsopen, and subsequently they were
.‘split up into minute pieces, and their hu-
man contents strewn about the greesward,
wounded, dying and dead. As soon as
it could be done the train was checked
and backed, and the horror-stricken in-
mates of the other cars hurried to the res-
cue of the injured. ,
As soon as it could be accomplished,
the victims of the disaster were borne to
the cars, where their wounds Were tempo-
rarily bound up, and the train set off for
Port J urvis. On arrival there, they were
immediately carried to the hotels, and all
the medical skill that the neighborhood
afforded was brought into requisition.—
thus far there have been six deaths, and
it is feared that others will die.
The six _ persons killed Were Harvey
Wood, Tioga 00., l’a., Isaac Shultz, Buf-
falo ; Mrs. lay, colored, Binghampton—
who had an infant in her arms at the time,
which escaped uninjured-—; a child of Mrs.
Turner, of N. Y. ; a child of Mrs. Brown
of Watcrbur , Conn. ; and G. “7. Rob-
ortsou of N. Y. -
Among the list of wounded we notice
the name of Morton Brown, of Water-
bury, auklc broken, and his wife severely
injured about the body. These are the
Only persons from Connecticut.
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News of the Telegraph Fleet.
' iosrox, July 16.
To Cyrus l’V. Field (S 00., Drew York .-
At sen, Sunday, June 27, lat. 52.05 N.
long. 33.15 W. , wind West and light ;
weather hazy—saw two ships heading to
the eastward. On looking with the glass
found them to be U. S. frigate Niagara,
and H. M. steamship Gorgon, ofthc Tele-
graphic Squadron, and as they were ly-
ing still, I at once tacked ship and
stood toward them. At 11 A. M.
was boarded by Cyrus W. Field, Esq,
and a lieutenant from the Niagara, from
whom we received a letter bag, and the
following communication :
“The squadron had experienced vbry
bad weather from its leaving port, and
were sixteen days in reaching their desti-
nation. Thcv had made two unsuccess-
ful attempts to lay the cable. On the
second attempt (26th) they succeeded in
laying upwards of forty miles, and were
going along finely, when the communica-
tion suddenly ceased, at live minutes before
one o’clock Sunday morning, June 27th.
The ships then returned to the starting
point, and were waiting the return of the
Agamemnon, and Valorous, and as soon
as they met a new splice . would be
made and another attempt made to lay
the cable.” -
We lost sight ofthc Niagara at 3.30
I’. M. and as the fog set in soon after, I
do not think the squadron met before the
28th. The weather since for some days.
hds been foggy and unsettled.
All was well-on board of the Niagara.
The machinery worked well, and the ship
performed well.
(signed) JOSEPH CUMMINGS.
Ship Alicc Monroe, from Liverpool
bound to Boston.
<<.>;
@‘A collision occurcd Saturday even-
ing between a light fOur-oared boat of the
Yale Navy and a. Spriufield club boat,
eight oars, while practicing ,on the river
by which the former was cap‘sised and one
of her. crew, named George E. Dunham,
a Junior of Yale College, was drowned.
His body has been recovered. Mr Dun-
ham was a son of Austin Dunham of the
firm of E. N. Kellogg & 00., wool dealers
of Hartford, Conn.
<q.-> ,
MELANCHOIYOCCURRENCE—On Tues-
day afternoon, (13th inst.) George F.
Nesbitt, Mr. Phillips, Harry Franklin,
and James Henry, son of Mr. Nesbitt
were on a mill-pond at Sanford’s Mills,
Stamford, fishing when Mr. Franklin ac-
cidentally fell overboard. Mr. Nesbitt’s
son, a boy between 15 and 16 years of
age, immediately jumped into the water
for the purpose of rescuing him ; but the
wind was blowing so strong at the time,
they were unable to reach the shore, and
both were drowued. '
40>.
On the night of June 10th, a package of
money containing $4,700, was stolen from
a drawer in the office of the American
Hotel, Hartford, where it had been de-
positedfor sale keeping by Mr. It. S.
Pratti who had taken it from the Phoenix
Bank. All attempts to find the money
or fix upon the purloincr up to last Tues-
day morning, were of no avail, though a
reward of$l,000 was offered for its re-
covery. One of the Waiters of the hotel,
natucdeoscs M. Fuller, was under suspi-
cion and closely watched. At his own re-
questho was dicharged on Monday and
paid oti',,a.uuouncing his intention of ta-
king the-boat next day down the river.—
Olficcr Chamberlain was duly notified,
who kept Fuller under his eye until he
went on board, when Chamberlain made
up to where he was sitting and observing
a but box by his side, opened it and
found the identical package entire, ex-
cept a. few dollars whichthe thief, had
spent. Fuller was taken tothe Police
Court, where he confessed the robbery,
and was comittcd to jail . in default
a $2,000 bond, which he was unable to
give.
J .
‘ _ ~<.~. .
36?” The New _ York Herald under-
stands, from unquestionable authority,
that Captain Comstock has conditionally
, sold the Collins line of steamships to the
Franco-American Steamship Company.
The Captain is to leave New York for
France by the next Cunard steamer to
soil from New York with the view of
consnlnuiating the sale. I t is understood
that tho company hope andcxpect by
dredging the harbor and making the oth-
er necessary improvements, to be able to
run the steamers in a line between Howe
and New York.
-—_——+o‘.p..—_—.
. 5843? Mr. Horace Cole, ofMiddlctown,
sat in his chair on Thursday reading a
letter in which three sudden deaths were
petitioned, and had i just remar- ‘ed, T“ In
the midst of life we are in death,” wh's'h
his head felt backwards, his foot dropped
and he #21st corpse. He has or) years
old. . . ‘
«<0
. .James B Sinith formely private clerk
to ~Comptroller Flngg, of New York has
been indicted for lbl'gery, in having alter-
ed thelbooks in the" Comptroller’s office,
by means Of which he robbed the city
treasury of large Sums'of ‘money. And
why shouldn’t the clerks have the same
privileges with their employeysl'
. HARTFORD I‘IOTEL Ronni-3r. DETECTED ——-’
Space
We give below a synopsis of the re:
marks of N. W. Hoyt of New Canaan,
upon the Bill, for assessment and collec-
tion of Taxes, requiring money deposited
in Savings Banks, to be assessed and set
in the lists of the towns whore owned, the
same as other money at interest—deliver-
Oil in the House of .ltoprcscutativcs, a, few
days before the zuljourument ol‘ the Log-
islaturc :
Mu. SPEAKER :
I wish that the bill might
be laid upon the table for the present ; I
notice that the back seats are very thin
to-day, and as it is from this locality, that
I expect the chief support for the meas—
ure, I should like to have a full house,
when the vote is taken.
Objection being made,Mr. Hoyt movrd
to lay the bill upon the table. Motion
lost. ..
“’0" then Mr. Speaker, as we cannot
do better, we are ready. I am free
to confess, that the measure before the
house, is one, in which I take a. deep in-
terest, because I am always interested, in
every measure, that is in furtherance of
practical equality. This bill is nearly
identical, with one presented at the last
session ; itfailed to pass then, not because
it was held to be incorrect in principlc,
but for other controlling circmnstanccs.
I cannot talk, Mr. Speaker, and I know
it, but I can. see, and I do see the tro-
mcudous influence of the moneyed pow-
cr both here and elsewhere. I regret
that this bill has not met the approval of
the Finance Committee, especially do I
regret that it failed to receive the sanc-
tion of our able and glcnr-hcadcd Chair-
man, (of this House,) for he is a man for
whose opinions I entertain the highest
respect, one whose clear perception,
sound judgment and strong practical
common sense, I believe, is fully acknowl-
edged and appreciated by this House, I
profoundly regret his adverse position, be-
cause I know its power, and the only way
I can account for his position, is upon the
principle that to err is human, and that
the wisest of men are not free from the
infirmity. Sure I am that it is from no
unsoumhmss of the principles of this bill,
for although its origin is humble, it never,
previous to presentation, having been
submitted for examination to any person
of any of the professions, nevertheless, I
believe—I go further, I know—that it is
a bill the principle of which is fair, just,
29 nimble, RIGHT, and ought to receive the
sanction of this General Assembly, and
would, with almost entire unanimity,
were it not for the benevolent Shit/locks
that are battling against it.
We all profess to hold to the doctrine
of political equality, I think the vote on
this bill will test the sincerity of our pro-
fessions. Crude and uulcarned I willing-
ly admit 1 am, still I know some things
as well as the learned and eloquent, and
[know that this bill is in ‘furtherance of
equality, it purposes equality in the man-
ner of taxation, whether the subject is an
individual or u. wugregatimt of iullz'rz'rlu-
als, in the shape of a corporation; is
not such put‘pOsc clearly and indiSputably
rig/it ? Is there any mistake about it?
Where does the corporate body obtain the
rig/rt to the special privilege of exemption
from taxation '3 Is it anywhere,
except in cunning and craft, and the doc-
trinc that might makes right?
Take a homely common sense view of
it. Suppose twelve men engage in an
enterprise, equals iu privileges and res-
ponsibilities, burdens and expenses, final-
ly eight of them co-operatc, and work in
a squad together, their interest becomes
intensified, they assume the special prim”-
legc of bearing but; one-half of the ex—
pense, requiring the other four to bear
the other half. The eight have the pow-
er, the tour must submit, or fare worse ;
is this «quality, is it RIGHT. Well, if it
is not right in eight, is it right in eighty,
or in eighty thousand ? Right or wrong
it is just what a majority of the eighty
thousand voters in this State are'bow do-
ing, through the machines called savings
institutions, an institution that in its ori-
gin purported to be a benevolent institu-
tion, but which has become perverted in-
to a mere SilUN-PIKE to escape taxation,
an institution which allows its depositors
to pay less than ONEIIALF as mite/t tag; as
the REST of the tun-payers in this Sta/e.—
This is no loose assertion, no fancy
sketch, but a plain matter of fact, as
shown by the working of the system in
my own town. We have three neigh-
bors who are worth exactly tin: same
amount of property, are they taxed alike?
N o. H’hg/ not? Simply because the
Shylocks arctoo sharp for the people, in
the matter of making laws. One of
tlIcsclneighbors, in accordance will; the
law of this State, deposits fifteen hundred
dollars in the Savings Bank, and the tax
on this, and the only tax, for one year, is
two dollars and cig/tlymwrcn/s, and [Ms
amount- is nearly give/L lu l/Ic Bur/rs, by
allowing them the special prirlle'ge of col-
lecting their interest six months in ad-
vance. Another neighbor has fifteen
hundred dollars loaned. And the thin]
has a. homestead assessed at. fifteen hun-
dred dollars. ‘Our taxes for the past
year, taking the State, Town, Highway,
and one per cent. School Tax, amounted
to thirteen per cent. The tax on cur/I. of
the two last individuals, upon just. the
some amount of property as the first is
the owner of, was five dollars and eighty
five cents, more than luticc the amount,
you perceive, than upon the individual de-
positing his money in the Savings Bank.
In addition to this, we have within five
years built two School Houses, (having
had the misfortune to have one burned,)
and for School purposes We have within
that time. paid forty per cent. additional
tax, ncxt Spring we are to have another
ten per cent. tax, to pay another instal-
ment, making fifty per cent. in five years
01781‘ and above our regular yearly taxes ;
fifty per cent. tax on fifteen hundred dol-
lars is twenty-two dollars and fifty cents,
add this to our yearly tax for five years,
which amounts to thnty-nine dollars and
twonty-fivc cents, and we have fifty-one
dollars and seventy-live cents. This
amount t’lltI/l of the pcrsous'urlmxc properly
is angiilarly elenrgll in. Me loll‘n lists, have
to pay in my School District within the
time named. The whole amount of Tax
for the same length of time, which the pop-
sou whose money is deposited in the Tax
Dodging [lilac/zines, alias Savings Dunks,
had to pay, is fourteen. dollars «ml fire
hauls, a difference of thirty-seven dollars
and Sammy seats upon the same amount
of property which 'tlio first, and gee/l of
the other neighbors have to pay lll five
years. This is the legitimate working of
the system in every town in the State.—- -
Now why should not each of these neigh-
bors pay cruelly; Ute 3mm; . ammlxnl If they
ha've-‘thc Samevam'otiut of property, they
'rcccive equally the Shine" protection from
the laws,2ar'e ’cqsuny responsible for the
character gf the la\r§,‘axi(l the expense
incurred thereby, why simuld they be
made mu'qlmls in the payment of tho .1:
[.letlse? why should one pay fourteen dol-
lars and five cents in five years, and well
of the others fifty-one dollars and seventy-
five 'ccuts in the same time 3’ hour in mind,
they are equally responsible for the ’costs
of government,~equally benefited ' by it,
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and equally able to pay for it. Why then
not require them to do it? Is this EQUM:
Irv? Is it “ equal and exact justice to
all men” ? Il'it is, by all means continue
it, if it is not, ought we not to pass this
bill? Its object is to equalize taxation,
to assess each person in thc town where
they reside, the exact amount they rcs-
pcctivcly are the owners of, wlmthcr it
be more or loss, will/mil PJ'CIIIpllMt, or
Spccml privilege to any class or iutcrcst?
I. know this last point is not the popular
key to touch. The bill would got more
votes, doubtless, by (exempting. 5,, given
sum, but I protest against all such lager-
demam, It is not practical, no one person
would have an amount above the exemp-
tion, it would be broken up into small
amounts, and deposited in the names if
the different members of the family. Be-
sides the principle is not right. You tax
every person for a cow, if they have one
why not tax all for the same amount of
property, if they have it, whether it is
in money, or any thing else. I am as
poor, probably, as any man on this floor,
but I object to one set of laws for poor
folks, and another for rich ones. J ustice
and equity, not charity, is the matter un-
der consideration, lll fixing lawsin regard
to taxation, and that is the thing aimed
at in the bill before the house. Docs the
bill do it? that’s the point. You must
judge for yourselves. I think it does,
and I am the more inclined to think so,
from tho clma'ac/cr of the opposition to
it' \Vho opposes it? not the poor wid-
ows and orphans that we hear so much
talk about, for their purpose is not to es-
cape taxation, or obtain largo interest,
frugality and security is what they w out.
The opposition comes from your Savings
Bank Presidents, and the Tax Dodgers
and patriots of that sort, who draw in
the surplus of the rural districts that was
formerly loaned in the neighborhood
where owned, but which is now monopo-
lizcd by these benevolent Shylocks, that
buzz around this House like bees in clo-
vcr, and who use the funds for the bone-
fit of themselves, t/mir friends and their
locality. How any man that is not
mortgaged to those shurpors, can vote
against this bill, I cannot conceive, still
it is possible, that it is to be defeated, but
I will not believe it until I see it. liutif
it is, it will take an Aunv of Stephen 1).
Partlcc’s to keep it defeated. The People
begin to see the cars of the cat above
the meal, presently the. whole body will
be developed ; \vhcudislinctly seen, "Othel-
lo’s occupation’s gone.” '
«09-09——
A FRIENDLY CAPTURE-«The Washing-
ton States furnishes the following incident
at the departure of the Seventh Regiment
from Richmond :
“ Another pleasant incident may be 1"-
cordetl in the fact that the Richmond
Grays chartered a. steamer. and quietly
dropped down the river on Tuesday night
in advance of the Seventh Regiment——
‘he steamer, when some thirty miles be-
low, lay to and awaited the steamer Glen
Cove, which soon hove in sight, with the
the visiting regiment on board. When
she got within hailing distance, the Grays
fired two or three volleys across her bow,
and ordered her to heave to. The com-
mand was promptly odeyed. The Old
Dominion then ran alongside and the
boats were lashed together.
When the New Yorkers saw the Rich-
mond company, they were filled with
amazement, having had no previous warn-
ing that such a mnuccuvrc had been exe-
cuted, and were utterly at a loss to com-
prehend how the Grays managed to slip
away and get down the river ahead of
them. The Grays at once gave them to
understand that they desired an engage-
ment on the water, having had several on
land ; and in obodieucc to such commands
the “ Seventh” hove, to when the engage-
mcut commenced among the champagne
bottles, &c. The continued reports gave
evidence that the “ engagement” lasteda
long time.”
«0»?—
age After a long and excited session
the Cousociation have dissolved the con-
nection between Rev. Mr. Elliot of Stain»
ford and his society. The charges against
him are stated thus : That on a Satur-
day evening, hc ordered an unfinished but
from a milliner to be sent to his wife at
half past six on Monday morning ; that
ho boxed the car of a. boy who used pro-
fane and insulting language in his pres-
ence—afterwards apologizing for the has-
ty act ; that he accompanied his sister of
New York and her children to ilelO’S
Garden to see the Ravel family, and that
he repeated 13 sermons during two years
generally by request.
~40».
365°- Thc trustees of the Dudley Obser-
vatory in Albany accuse Dr. Gould,whom
they dismiss, of insolcncc to the board of
trustees ; a. reckless and wasteful expendi-
ture of money ; premricatiou and the cir-
culation of reports derogatory to the good
name of the observatory ; neglect of du-
ties ; and agencral incapacity and incom-
petence. The Doctor is disliked by those
who who know nothing of astonomy, for
his insufferable arrogance, which has prob-
ably been the cause of the trustees raking
up those accusations, for he is undoubted
ly a very competent man.
"<0...
5&5”- The York Times thus pleasantly
moralizcs on the text furnished by the ru-
ling out of the yacht Rebecéa, for avoid-
iug “ the Race," and taking a short cut
through Plum Gut :
“Don’t go through PlumpGut. Bet-
ter manfully square away I to the Race,
and be honorably distanced, than take
short cuts the rules forbid. Never mind
if the route is longer, if she sometimes
burie s her nose in the sea, if the old man
is qualmish—it is better to go in and win
or be beaten, than to be ruled outat last.
religion, as the Dreaming Tinker of Bed-
ford has beautifully showmthey are never
permitted to come in by Plum Gut.—
'I here Is no more a Plum Gut than a roy-
al road to learning. And inlpolitics if
unduly ambitious candidates attempt’it
the people are sure to go into Committed
of the \Vholc and rule them out. “’0
unto them who making haste to be rich
go through Plum Cut, is pretty ucarlv
the lapguagc of Scripture, and exactly
the vou'e of the Tombs. Young men, in
the Itqcc of life, keep carfnlly on the
right sale of the Stepping Stones, never
get out the sweeps, however dead the
calm, or dark the uiglfi, and of all things
don’t think to get an undue advantage
by gomg through Plum Gut. Remem-
bcr the .lt’rbercu.”
-_—-—_—————ovd.>>
. 5&5“ Frederick \‘v’. Porter, the default-
Ing agent of the American Sunday School
Union, has made a full confession of the
history of his frauds. 'l‘hcy commenced
nineteen years ago with the mulberry and
Silk-IVPS‘U.‘ spcc'ulatious, and havcrcoutiuu-
ed ever since, and covcr'tanusactions of
the amount of $000,000." Tll'e‘a'nlouut ol'
joss to thy. Society by the fraudulent use
of its name is $40,000.
3%“ Abner Smith, lately postmaster
at Northficld, Boone county, 1nd,, has
been convicted of robbing the mails, and
sentenced to ten years confinement in the
state prison} -
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__ vfifi- “L4" .4
. , ,._____ __,._-W.u ._ “mun—V. . A
Sixesmn‘ {ammo—Ono of the
most Singular regattas on record came of:
Saturday week, under the patrouan‘c of
several governors of the allDSllOIlSt: It
was In the form of a boat race arox'rd
blackwclls Island, which was particles:
tcd lit by the thieves, lunatics and pau-
pcrs belonging to the institution. Fer-
sons who have had occasion to visit tho
island will remember that they were t"-
ken across in boats by inmates of the 58V:
oral Institutions they were to visit I?
was With these crews and with these boat;
that the regatta took place The foil 1-".-
iug are the entries : ' ..
INSTITUTION.
A.
J}.
CREW. ENTRY.
Workhouse boat Pan ers .~
Almshouse boat Vagfauts 3;
Penitentiary boat Thieves 5
Lunatic Asylum bout Madmen, 5
The race was around Blackwell’s Is-
land, a distance of four miles, startiuc‘
from a stakcbont moored at the penitez:
tiary dock. After a hard pull, the Flori:-
house boat, manned by the paupers, came
m ahead. There was a large crowd
along the shore to witness this most nov-
cl of ra'ccs. The proceedings closed with
a dumcr at the Lunatic Asylum.
W“.-.
pm- Isracl Stevens, one of Mr. Buchan-
ap s post-masters, at Ritchie Court House,
I a., has been buying love powder-sand
the “ ucrvo-viln'atory preventative ” and is
ll] a state of uncomfortable fury because
balms bpcu humbuggcd by these adver-
tising 1 nukces. The nervo-vibratory
preventative was recommended “ to cause
enemies to be friends, make five dollars
look like ten, cause a. witness to give evi-
dence just as you wish, cause men to talk
or prevent from talking, look at a woman
she would be bound to love vou, and twcn‘
ty more things perhaps, yet not necessary
to relate ; let it suffice me to say he sent
two little pieces of tin with teeth like a.
saw tied together with a bit of c0pper
wire for $2.”
«4.»..—
. . . .Dr. Lees publishes in the Glasgow
News a statement that the retraction
made in his recent libel case, in which he
was the defendant and John B. Gough
the plaintiff, was made by his counsel and
against his wishes. Dr. Lees wished the
ease to be tried by a. jury. He had bet-
ter go home and stay whipped
. . . .A young lad of 15 named Lawrence
in the employ of H. S. 8:. J. Harvey of
Danbury, stole three dollars from the
store, hired a. horse to go to New Milford
went to New Canaan, traded off the horse
for a poorer one, went to Norwnlk, and
there tried to swap the carriage for a
watch. He was there recognized and
brought back to his employers.
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LAGER BEER WAGER.—A Jersey City
paper says that there is a wager of forty
dollars pending in that city, to be deci-
ded on Wednesday, as follows :—A fat
Dutchman, weighing nearly three hun-
dred pounds, offers to bet that he can
drink 360 glasses of Lager Beer in ten
consecutive hours, and eat during the
same time three pound each of cheese and
ham. To accomplish this, he will be
obliged to drink 36 glasses per hour, or
a glass or more every two minutes of the
day—commencing at ten o’clock A. M.,
and finishing his beastly work at 8 o’clock
in the evening. He is to get (provided
he lives through the operation) the pol-
try sum of forty dollars, and his beer for
nothing. If he dies from the effects of
his foolishness, it is supposed that his es-
tate, (if he has one,) will pay for the
beer. ‘
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Prentice's Last:
A Dr. Steiner of Harrisburg asks the
government for an appropriation to ena-
ble him to navigate the air with a balloon.
We presume he will get it. A govern-
ment that will give nothing for the navi-
gation of our waters is very likely to con-
tpibute liberally for the navigation of the
au‘.
It is said the Hon. S. S. Cox of Ohio
is under the impression that retrouse
noses were never so common in any age
of the world as they are now. The truth
isovcry nose he encounters turns up at
um.
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The partial subsidence of the waters of
the western rivers begin to reveal the ex-
tent of the damages which the great
floods of the spring and summer have ef-
fected. The American bottom below
Alton presents an unwonted appearance.
The bridges are wrecks, the plank roads
washed away, and tho embankmeuts gone.
Acres and acres of crops are destroyed,
peach trees ruined, 'wood floated away,
corn and potatoes inundated to death.—
The water is now falling on the bottom
very fast, and some of the farmers are
planting again. -
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8%“ At the “ Word’s Fair” in London
a. few years ago, a Connecticut ice cream
vender sold the best article at the exhis
bitiou. One day, the Queen approached
him quite familiarly, and after compli-
menting his cream, asked him “ whether
they had any sovereigns in America ”-—
Tho man replied, ” yes, your most gra-
cious majesty, we have many sovereigns
in America, of which, .when at home, I
am one.” As this was said respectfully,
it has been alluded to as showing the in-
dependence of the Americans.
.«O».
A Card.
On Saturday evening, 10th inst., I was
most pleasantly surprised at the reoript of a
missivc, containing a most substantial token
of friendship, from some person or persons
unknown to me, and as I have no probability
of knowing to whom I am indebted for so
great a favor,I make this acknowledgment,
expressing my thanks and grateful accep.
tance of the same, heping that the author of
all good, the gracious God. “ who docth all
things well,” will “ do even so, and much
more abundantly,” if llevtl be, to each . one of
them under like circumstances.
J. E, norr.
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Dental Establishment,
EA ST A YEN UH, NOR WA LK, CONN.
Dr. JAMES G. BARBOUR,
Haring permanently located himself as above, and in-
tending to devote his time to Nor-walk practice, would
l‘t‘spectlully announce that be may be found at all hours
at his residence, as above, ready to perform all openl-
tions appertaining to the Dental Profession, in the most
approved scientific manner, and upon a scale of pricsi
its slow as is cmnpaliblc with the use of the very an?!
n rrnuuu‘s and the most skillful execution. All work
emanating from his establishment will be warranted it)
give satisfaction.
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Now is the time to use the (treat Spyingand Spanner
Medicine.
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Norwalk Chronicler