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Review of the Fair, Continued.
C. T. Leonard exhibited and worked one of
his twenty—five dollar Sewing Machines the
last two days of the Fair, attracting crowds
of persons.whowatched with eager interest
its curiofi‘fi'fi'aud rapid manipulations.
Thos. A. Sanford exhibited a light trolling
wagon, with half-eliptic side springs, so ar-
ranged'as to~clasp the back axle, and the for-
ward ends, asort of swivel piece set upon the
fore.axle. “ The shafts were clasped to the
fore axle, without working joint, as in the
ordinary arrangement. The new combination
seemed to result in great elasticity and ease
of the spring action, and does away with the
weight, work, and expense involved in the
ordinary appliances of reach, spring-bars, etc.
We cannot see why this is not a valuable im-
profein'eht upon the prevailing s5 stem of
light carriage building.
The Ladies Industrial Department was not
veryextensively filled, yet there were indi-
vidual entries exceedingly creditable to the
fair exhibitors. From this section,Mrs. Hen-
ry Lamb presented for. exhibition several
finely wrought Card Baskets, which attracted
much. attention. Miss Emily Hoyt of New
Canaan , exhibited an “ Album Quilt,” covered
over with the poetical sentiments and auto-
graphs of young - friends, which ought to
spread the bridal couch in some modern St.
Nicholas or Ocean Steamer. Miss Mary Hoyt,
another daughter of Capt. Stephen Hoyt, cx-
hibited a Boquet, embracing thirty-two vari-
eties of Dahlias, all of which were finely
tinted and well developed.
Mrs. Nelson L. White presented a tempting
array. of Pickles, evincing much taste and
sl<i11,:and which ought certainly to grace the
tables of the State Fair next week.
Orin L. Adams, of Bedding, exhibited five
French ‘_ Squashcs, of the gross weight of
473 1-\2,,1bs.,.all.the product of a single seed.
All voted these to. he “ some pumpkins,” and
Mr. A.,turned his success to good account, as
he cut out'the seeds andsold to anxious cus-
tomers,,so,as-to net him $12 as the product of
two ofthem.
Mr} E; B.=Knapp, of New Fairfield, had a
display of: most magnificent Apples, a gene-
rous supply of which were shipped for the
“ editorial mansion,” for which due thanks.
Mr. Haugh, of Bridgeport, also remembered
us to the extent-of ahuge Watermelon, which
made our “ mouth. water” while testing its
virtues. Mr. J. H: Sherwood also opened a
most delicious Melon, of the Mountain Swect
variety, which, proved meat and drink for a
hungry and thirsty ' multitude of friends in
and about the Secretarics’ office. .
There was a Specimen of a newly invented
gravel brick, resembling granite blocks.
which has gained some notoriety in and about
Danbury, and if their durability can be re-
lied upon, we think will soon become a very
popular building material. A very fine
house, built of these bricks, is now nearly
completed in Main street for Mr. Tweedy,
which attracts considerable attention.
The Stook exhibition, as a whole, was mea-
gre, and a poor exhibit of what the farmers
of this County are capable of showing. The
difficulties and inconveniences of collecting
ufine Stock from any distance, accounts for the
prevailing unwillingness of owners from pre-
senting it. There were Cattle shown, how-
ever,which,in our opinion, were finer than
any exhibited last year. This is true in ref
erence to the stock of Nelson L. White, Esq.,
and the beautiful Devon ofC.N. Case. Mr.
White’s Durham Bull was a fine animal, and
although the breed requires pretty “ good
fodder” to bring it to its highest develop-
ment, we yet consider it the best blood to
cross with our native breeds, for bclf and
butter. This is a matter which has claimed
our special observation for years, and is the
result'of- a careful investigation of facts.—
The beautiful red Devon is the stock we need
for working call/c, but for mil/r, butter and
beef, the Durhams, crossed upon our native
stock,'have never yet been excelled.
1n r'eferringto the name of Mr. White, it
suggests the obligations the Society are un-
der to‘him for the very great interest he has
taken in this exhibition. The same may be
said also, with much propriety of Messrs.
Crosby, Nathan Seeley, John F. Beard, Geo.
F. Osborne of Bedding. Benj. D. Norris of
Ridgefield, Wm. P. Comstock, and Major
Hoyt, _who,'by the way,lost the first premi-
um on his fold of Sheep, although really very
fine animals. [The Committee may have got
the woolpullcd over their eyes, before they
reached the Major’s pen]. Nor should the
claims-of Mr. Edwin Hoyt, the Society’s in-
valuable Secretary, be overlooked in this
connection. We had personal knowledge of
the arduous and trying nature of his labors,
to which he applied himself uncomplainingly
throughout, not leaving his post even for the
purpose of obtaining his meals. To his pa-
tient labor is the Society indebted for the
great accuracy ofthe Reports, as furnished
at its close, for we defy the ,best schooled pro-
fessor in Egyptian hieroglyphics, to render
into 1ntel1igible English some of the Reports
of Committees submitted to the Secretary.—
As for Our old friend Brothwellflt is useless
to make special mention of his share in the
common glory', as it is well understood byall
the pedple who attend our County Fairs,that
the Society couldn‘t show wit/mu him.
A pleasing incident connected with the
progress of the Fair 'was the appearance of
the venerable form and. glistening locks of
Col. E. M; White, first President of the Socie-
ty. and who inaugurated its first exhibition,
who, although heavily laden with the weight
of yea‘rs,”and the heavier hand of disease,
rode erect through the tent, his clear bright
eye speaking pleasant recognitions to scores
of old-friends, which his physical infirmities
prevented him from otherwise greeting. His
own gratification 'Could hardly have been
greater,-however, than was that of those who
witnessed his passage along the several ta-
bles within'the tent.
The Danbury Band acquitted themselves
with much credit, and if not heard from again
it will not be for the want of an invitation.—
There was not much time wasted this year in
talking. although we heard that our friend
Comstock, fired off some of his Republican
sky-rockets on Thursday evening, to which
men of all parties shouted Amen, The an-
nual Address by Mr. St. John, we heard most
highly extolled, but Were unable to hear it
ourselves. Col.l\lead “ wound up” the Ex—
hibition, at the close of the reading of the
Premiums, in a few pertinent remarks, from
the tenor of which our bachelor frierd Norris,
in the ecstacy of the crinoline surroundings,
imagined himself at Camp Meeting, and
there is no telling what irregularities he might
have been guilty of, had it not been for the
restraining influences we were enabled to ex-
ert upon h-im(?) All in all,thc Exhibition wasa
success; and passed off to the satisfaction, we
believe, of all concerned. The Balloon as-
cension at its close, proved a very clever
finale. We never witnessed so beautiful an
ascension, and although the day was exceed-
ingly unpleasant, there must have been at
least fl‘om‘ eight to ten thousand people pres
out. If we could only get the smell of our
friend Perry’s Burning Fluid out of our gar-
ments, “we should close our review of the
Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of our County
Agricultural, Society, without one single un-
pleasant recollection 1
TE.
permitted a private inspection of the artist’s
Business Improving—An unmistaka- ’
ble evidence of the fact that businessisagain
assumingits wonted prosperity, is the enor-
mous quantities of merchandise and other
freights which are daily brought to’Norwalk.
The two Steamboats come up more or less
heavily loaded daily, and the New Ilaven
road havingjust completed on arrangement 5
by which all goods designed for Norwalk
“ Bridge” shall be left at the Daubury depot
at the same price as at Soulh Norwalk, con-
siderable quantities are also brought upon
the railroad. There are brighter skies ahead.
.‘.>.*_.
w “ Whom the gods wish to destroy, they
first make mad,” is an axiom which we ap-
prehend the management of the New Haven
road are set upon confirming. The fare,
which was put down last summer at too low a
figure. is now raised, as everybody knew it
would be, too high again. Had the fare been
placed at the old notch of 75 cents, accompa-
nied with the assurance that it was hereafter
to be kept at the old rate, the public confi-
dence might have been in a measure restored,
as itis, the public mind will be about as high-
ly impressed with the good common business
sagacity of its board ofmauagers, as it would
with the wisdom of a third-rate horse jockey.
It is due to Mr. Superintendent Hoyt, we are
assured, that this child’s play has been most
earnestly combatted by him from the begin-
ning, and his character ought to be relieved
of any imputation of being a parqy to a course
of management so suicidal to the Stockhold-
ers’ interests.
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Musical Convention—The Fail-field Co.
Musical Association will hold a Convention
at the Congregational Church in Sfrat-ford,
commencing on Tuesday, October 12th, at 2
o’clock, P. M., continuing the two following
days, and closing on Thursday Evening with
a Concert by the whole Convention—all un
der the direction of Prof. T. J. Cook.
The entire Musical talent of this and ad-
joining Counties are invited to attend and
take part in all the exercises of the Conven-
tion.
The citizens of Stratford offer gratuitous
entertainment to strangers. '
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Beautiful Paintings—Mr. Talbot. an art-
. ~ . . . '
1st of more than ordinary abilities, and a gen-
tleman of high standing in the art circles of
our country, during a brief sojourn here the
past summer, as a guest of Lsonxxn Locx-
woon, Esq., employed some of his leisure
moments in taking the Portrait of Rsv. Dn.
MEAD. This painting may be seen at the
store of Messrs. Knapp & Lyncs, togcfhcrwifb
one of Mr. Lockwood and of Rev. Dr. Bacon,
the lattcr,one of the most correct, expressive,
and speaking likenesses we ever saw. The
likeness of Dr. Mead has. evoked considerable
comment, all agreeing to its being a most
perfectly life-like picture. There is a great
degree of character and expression given in
the lineamcnts of the face and a relief, which
gives a rich living air that almost skenks
from the canvass. We are gratified to learn
there is aprospectof Mr. Talbot’s being able
to transfix on canvass tho “ face divine” of
other prominent citizens of Norwalk. We
append below a brief notice from the Ameri-
can Art Journal of a series of his historical
Paintings .—
Txmor’s PlCTURES.—A series of large pic-
tures, illustrative of sacred history, is a new
feature in American art, and the great work
of this character, now employing the pencil
of' Mr. Talbot. will be none the less welcome
on account ofits novelty. The tenth chapter
of Genesis supplies the artist with his subject.
or rather his starting point; f'or.z.lthough the
divrsion 0f the earth among the sons of‘Noah,
mentioned in this chapter, suggests the sub-
ject, the period illustrated by the series cx-
leads from a tune anterior to the death offhe
patriarch, until after the coming of Christ;
and presents to our view the progress of hu-
man civllization up to that epoch.
The first scene is laid in Asia,'at the time
of the foundation of the Assyrian empire ; the
second, in Egypt. when Egypt was. in her
glory. or rather while she was being shorn of
her glory by the invading armies of the King
of Babylon. as foretold by the Hebrew proph-
ets. The third scene is laid in Greece, at a
time when Greece had attained to her high-
est state of civilization and refinement.
These pictures are at once clear and lumin-
ous in color, bold and free in design, and firm
Ill execution ; while in the higher requisites
of works of this class they are strikingly
Impressxve. Their completion is looked for
ward to With interest, by all who have been
long labors. That they will prove a great
trutrmpb, appears to be the opinion of the best
Cl‘l res.
«WE—~—
w The Teachers’ Institute for Fairfield
County will be held at Greenwich, commen-
cing on Monday, Oct. 11. The gentlemen
who are expected to lecture on lhe occasion
are Messrs. Chas. Northend, of New Britain ;
M. T. Brown, of Manchester, N. H.; J. W.
Buckley, Superintendent of Public Schools,
Brooklyn, L. I., and D. N. Camp, Superinten-
dent of the Common Schools of this State.
————§<<9>.
Pianos.-—We would call attention to the
adv. of Mr, Atherson in another column, who
has for sale at the Norwalk Hotel, several
superior instruments. This is no catch-pen-
ny affair. The instruments show and speak
for themselves, what they are, and the prices
we are satisfied from our own experience. is
just almutlwmtliinls the customary rates.—
Thcse manufacturers carried themselves
through the great revulsion of ‘last fall by
presenting to the public the very best instru-
ments that can be made, at the lowest possi-
ble price, in this manner the manufactory of
Cuinmiugs .l'. Cauficld, has been kept in full
and constant operation, whilc'most, if not all
othershavc had to suspend or contract their
operations. In our own case, we had exam-
ined the insfrumcnls and prices of about cv-
cry respectable estf’t’blishment in New York
and’BOston. and finally purchased an instru-
ment of Mr. Alherton, not only because It.
was at lelhlqllVO hundred dollars cheaper_thau
we could procure a similar one elsewhere, but
because, its Irma and volume was far superior
to any we were able to find elsewhere at any
price. Probably there is noplacc of lbcsamc
population, where so great a number of good
judges of Plano found as New Haven.
and Mr. Athertowist closed a sale 01'25
instruments in tha city. One of our citi-
zens has had one of their instruments for
many years. and as ures us that it has always
given satisfaction. Ono fhing our citizens
can satisfy themselves of, and that is an ins-
.. A ,_,..,_,
trument as good as those which be ofl'crrhcre
for $300. cannot be purchased in Broadway
for less than from $500 to $575. This is a tri-
a1 easily made. Call and see them even if
you do not wish to buy.
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Fugitive Slave in Connecticut.
The New Londoners had quite a little “ stirrup” on
Friday last by the appearance of a fugitive “nigger” in'
their streets. It seems the darkcy bad stowed himself
on board ofa New London vessel, which had received
its cargo at Wilmington, N C., and on its arrival at
New London, the Captain, not wishing the union rent
asunder on his account, caused the darkey to beheld in
durance vile by the U. S. Cus: om House oflleer at that
port, who must needs be agent. of the masterofhis mas-
ter, Mr. Buchanan. The fact got leaked out, however,
when Judge Brandcgcc and a. crowd of citizens went to
the Custom House where they found the negro in custo-
dy of the Collector, the Captain, and several officers of
the revenue cutter. Brandego e inquired offho fugitive
if he was anxious to return to North Carolina when the
darkey, doubtless being ignorant that “ slaves are bet-
ter 00‘ at the South than free peopleat the North,” ex-
pressed his desire to depart at once. “ Go then,” said
Brandegee, and the darkey went. The Custom House
people evinced a disposition to stop him, but somehow
the presence of the citizens rendered their efforts of lit
tle avail, and the darkcy was- soon on his way towards
the north star.
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amazxsx-w r _Y ‘
The State Fair.
The animal Exhibition of the State Agricul-
tural Society, opens at Hartford one week
from fo-day. From our Hartford Exchanges,
we learn that it will be a show as yet, unsur'
passed in this State. 01' one thing we are cer-
tain, that is, anything that Mr. Dyer has
the supervision of. will be a success. if human
ingenuity and energy can accomplish it. It is i
unnecessary for us to urge our farmers to at—
tcml, as we believe it is pretty generally con~
ended by them. that the time and money spent
in attending these expositions, are about the
best investments they can make. We do hope
however, that the distance will not prevent
such a representation of our fine animals and
the various products of our manfifactorics. as
we could so easily and so creditably. make.—
The cars transport all-stock and articles for
exhibifion.free. Premium Lists to be had at
this Office.
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m It will be seen by the following that
the loss of life by the Austria was greater than
by any similar casuality of late years. The
number on board. however, is not exactly
known, and other persons, it is hoped, may
have been picked up :
.dtlanlic Ocean Steamers Last.
1. President Never heard of.
2. Columbia All hands saved.
3. Humbolt “
4. City of Glasgow Never heard of.
5. City of Philadelphia All hands saved.
ti
6. Franklin
7; Arctic 322 lest—37 saved.
8. Pacific Never heard of.
9. Lyonnais l44lost—16saved.
10. Tempest Neverhcard of.
11. San Francisco 240 lost—460 saved.
12. Central America 422105f~ 1‘70 saved.
13. Austria 530 lost—(57 saved.
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kegs,” The challenge lately sent by Rippo-
wam Engine Company No.1, Stamford,to
the Edward Hopkins of Woodville, has not
been accepted in the form sent, but the Ed-
ward Hopkins Company has agreed to play.
provided Rippowam Company will meet them
at Worcester, October 20th. Up to the 23
inst., the Woodville Company had received
no answer.
«‘0'».
fl A private letter from Leavenworth.
K. T.. says: "there is no mistake about the
gold at Pike’s Peak. I have seen‘it and over
81.000 worth has been sold this week here
and it is pronounced by Californians finer
than any they ever saw there. A great many
have gone from here and many more are pre-
paring to go.”
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km, The cost of Dr. Spring’s’ new church.
corner of 5111 Avenue and 37th street. N. Y.
city, which takes the place of the “ Old Brick.”
will be $140,000, exclusive of the land. It is
described as one of the most splendid church-
es of the city. “ To the poor shall the gospel
be preached.”
. _4.4Qp..—.—_
122:3” The last regatta of the season, under
the auspices of the New York yachls club,
took place on Thursday. twelve yachts. enter-
ed and starting at about half past 11. The
course was laid out down the New York lay
a distance of forty miles. The “Rebecca,”
Bennett's boat, that lost in the Long Island
race by means of the fatal ?‘ Plum Gut,” came
in first cf'fhe first class; in the second and
third classes the Maunersing and Funny won.
Disteuce 40 miles; time about 0 hours.
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Blackberries. -
' We saw a few days ago a notice of a second
crop of strawberries, somewhere down South,
but thought it foo late for berries of any de-
scription in this part of the country. But
what was our surprise one day last week
while on the way to llidgeficld at finding
growing on a bush at the roadside several
bunches of our common standing Blackberries,
Although not very large, they were fair, and
perfect in everything but taste,aud in that
sour lemon.
they were as sour as a
——..-.{,-..__.
233‘ We have received a communication
from one of our Harmonica friends but too
late for publication this week.
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Tun Cures Coxrnsr Ix Enters—Private
advices received by the Arabia, say that Paul
Morphy is ahead ofhis great chess antagonist
I-Iarrwifz, the score standing ihree f‘orMorphy
and two for Harrwifz. Seven is the whole
number to be played. The chess writers on
the other side of the ocean are all but unani-
mous in acknowledging that Morphy is the
strongest living player , and should he succeed
in the present match with IIarrwifz, there will .
be very little doubt of it. He has yet to meet
Staunton and Anderson, but those who are
capable ofjudging entertain no doubt of the
result.
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fir The Stamford Fire Company, No. 2,
bore of the 2d prize at the National trial of
Fire Engines, at Albany last week.
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Clothing.
We do not understand how it is done, but
we do know the fact that Turk sells a ,gar-
ment. well made,for about the same price that
bare cloth can be purchased. It has long
been a mystery to us how thorough-made and
well-trimmed garments could be gotup at the
prices he sells at. We are none the less
thankful that, in these hard times, the masses
of our people can Clothe themselves at so low
aifigure. A large assortment of Fall and
Winter Garments. for Men and Boy’s wear,
just rcCeivcd. Don’t forget under Ct, llotel.
__.___..._._'_°.,40>,._
use, Thcfollowing is the latest news
from Mr. Thurston’s balloon. It is from
the Detroit Dispatch, Sept. 2], and is
headed JLHIt’s/ :
“ The train at 2 P. M. brings no new
intelligence, little additional, but all con-
firmafory. ‘ The balloon is on the ground
has been visited, and no one was in or
near it. The station master at Baptism
Creek new reports that a man was seen
in the balloon as it came down-~a. very
important fact which be neglected to
state at first, and one which he would
have been very likely to state if it were
so. “'0. regard this as wholly in'lproba-
ble. He further states that the balloon
was fumbling over and ovcras it came to
the grouml, and that it fell on Saturday.
It is ten miles east of Belle rivers-4-
Thcre is left scarce aglcam of hope.”
From the Detroit Tribune, Sept. 23
we gather these additional facts :
Mr. Bannister, his companion, return-
ed this afternoon, and can bring only the
worst tidings. The balloon be identified
and sent the silk of'which it was com-
posed to the city last night. He himself
remained to search for his friend. To-day
he comes back (lespahingly. He states
that the balloon valve on which Thurs-
ton sut is torn out from the silk of them]-
loon three-quarters of the way around, in-
dicating unerringly that the weight of
the unfortunate man was too great for
the strength of the sides, and that the
silk gave way, when he 'mnst ‘ have
dropped off. His only remaining chance
would be to cling to the smooth material
of which the balloon Was made, and he
could not have sustained himself in that
anner. \Vhen this occurred, we can
only conjecture, but that it must have
been within an hour after he started,
seems highly probable. The balloon was
seen for nearly two hours with a glass,
but it must be remembered that this
gr at body, full sixty fect highhwas only
the size of a man’s hand, when thus" visi-
I
see the ill-fated man if he had dropped
off. Mr. Bannister feels quite positive
Canada if at all.
ble, and it would be utterly impossible to
that he must have fell before reaching
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NEWS. ITEMS. !
A railway commission appointed by the
French government upon the subject of full—
ways state in their report to the emperor that
in a single year there was one person injurcd .;
I in the United States out of 188,:250 passep- .
;grrs; in England one out of 311,315, mi
1 France. one out of 375,092 ; in Belgium. one I
l out of 1,011,237 ; in l’iusia, one out 01 ii-ZQ‘JH
l 07.").
washer...» '
Al the Albany county fair‘wcck. br-fpre .
last a youg lawyer picked up a judge s buuge
and made it useful. taking a company of his
friends on a tour of inspecion of the Clgill'si
tobacco cor-dials. ales.i‘te.,ou (‘Xl'lllfllfllh llc
left tho ground with a full belly and two
boxes of‘cigars. a bottle of brandy, three
pairs Orglovcs and a tea tray. luut he did
not feel so well next day, when he wcs taken
before a magistrate and fined for obtaining
goods by fuISe pretenses. '
———A warrant was issued in New York on
Thursday for the “ Benioia Boy." with intent
to stop the fight which is promised between
him and Morrisscy on the 20th inst., but Hee-
nan had lied, and will probably be heard of
next at the fight, in Canada.
——,——Dan Rice, the well known jester,is said
to be lying dangerouslyillat Zanesvillc, Ohio
—“ jest it goin’ to die," as one might say, if
it wasn’t wicked to make puns.
..-..G P. R. James and family sailed in the
Persia for Europe.
....'I‘hc yield of all kinds of agricultural
products has been immense this year in Cali-
fornia.
-...Abdul Mcdjid, the Sultan of Turkey, has
commenced a reform in financial matters. He
has turned out his miriisters and ordered his
harem to economize. '
.-..'l‘be Lowell Bank has petitioned the Bas-
ton Supreme Court for an injunction against
the Suffolk, because it retains its bills and
refuses to allow of their redemption at the
Counter of the Suffolk. ~
....'l‘he Boston Banks paid dividends on
Monday to the amount of $1,1IS.850. .
. . . .Sugar and molasses of the new crop is
begining to be brought into the market at
New Orleans.
. . ..A tremendous hurricans swept through.
the upper valley of the Connecticut, in the
vicinity of Fairlee. Oxford. Bradford, and
Newbury, Vt, on Thursday Sept. 10, doing a.
large amount ofdamage.
....Litflc Ella is the name given an infant
prodigy in New York, who reciteshuge quan-
tities of poetry and prose with apparent intel-
ligence and certainly great oratm'ical success.
She is but four years of age, and from all
accounts is a remarkable phenomenon.
..--The R. R. bridge over the Mississippi at
Rock Island appears to be a troublesome
thing. A steamer struck it inpassing and two
hands were drowned, and soon after a raft
struck it and three men were drowned.
. . . .The San Francisco papers states that the
woolgrowiug business is increasing very rap
idly in California. ,
————One of the Boston papers state that the
Suffolk Band intends to give notice to all the
New England banks that after thirty days,
they mean to relinquish the business of re-
deeming bills. and let the community go with—
out any regulator. '
——'l‘hc. insurance on the Austria is about
£70000, and will nearly cover her loss. The
insurance on the cargo is $110,000 in this
country ; how much abroad is not known.—
The total value is supposed to have been not
less than $400,000, and may have been 3450,-
000 or $500,000. ’
——~l’rof. Bond of Harvard University says
that the comet, which is now rapidly increas-
ing in size and brilliancy, will be nearest the
earth on the 1th of October, at which time its
hrilliancy will be neat ly three times as great
as on the ‘33d of September. and its distance
from us about fifty-two millions of miles —
According to the computation of Mr. Hall,
the tail of this comet. on the 23d inst., extend-
ed 10 the length offif'feeu millions of miles.
Rev. llenry Ward Beechcr’s church being
too small. a large meeting of prominent mem-
bers has resolved to build a new one that shall
hold (Loch—twice as many as the old, Moses
S. Beach offered to be one of 100 to give 510,-
000 each.
One Mansfield advertises in the Spiritual
flge that for $1 and'four postage stamps he
will endeavor to procure for any scaled letter
an answer from the spirit of any deceased per-
son ; but for $3. and four stnmpshc will guar-
anty an answer. .
John Cotton Smith of Sharon, U. S. Min-
ister to Bolivia, will sail from New York Oct.
51b for his post. Good for Bolivia or Con-
nccficrt—one or the other—take your choice.
The total score of Murphy’s games in
Europe with the best players is, so far as
heard from, Morphy 80, opponents 17, drawn
11. These games include seven in which he
gave the odds of a pawn and move, the eight
which he played blidfoldcdxind two in which
he and a partner, Barnes played againsStaun-.
ton and Owen and beat them.
——-llubert J. Walker thinks that Mr Buchan-
an will briug the country one hundred mil-
lions in debt.
Books—many of them—are a luxury, not
a necessity, The large and spirited trade
sales of New York and Philadelphia indicate
at least a feeling of betfer times.
—-——Nothing yet. heard from or found of'l‘hurs-
ton, the lost balloouist.
—The Postmaster General has ordered that
all“ supplements” or " extras” folded within
regular issues ofdaily or weekly journals—
not actually and bone fidc editions of such
pudlications,ecnvcyingintelligence cf‘passing
events and general intelligence—subject the
whole package to letter postage.
The Boston board of aldcrmcn have voted
8 to 4_ that the police shall wear uniforms.
An English paper, speaking of the Amer-
ican light pleasure wagon, says: that the
wheel consists of four circles 'of Cheese rind,
filled in wifh spider-webs.
Efforts are making in Waterbury to have
a balloon ascension by M. Gustave Regnard
in connection with the fair.
——-Thc Stamford gas-light company has de»
clared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent.
A clergyman, the Rev. Perston S. Turley
was executed at Charleston, Va., on the 17th
inst, for the murder of his wife in January
last. His father. mother, and his youngest
child accompanied him to the scaffold to wit-
noss the execution. He made a dying speech,
confessing his crime, and attributing it to in-
dulgence in whisky. ' '
At a fire in Cincinnati a few days since.
the company of the steam fire engine “ Citi-
zens’ Gift" hitched horses, ran two squares,
laid out 350 fer-t of hose. firing up in the
meantime. and put wafer on the fire in four
minutes from the tap of the alarm bell, and
the Scientific Arlizan- says that this is no more
than she has often done.
C. A. Wesson hascomplcfcd the feat of
walking a thousand miles in a thousand hours
at Lockport N. Y.
..... . \ colored man named IVilliam Bro-
die, of the bark Ovcrmau, of New York,
who was convicted some time since, in
, slaves, was last: week hired out to Mr.
Jus. ll. Sfripliug, of’l‘afnal Co. for $553,
the amount of fine and costs of suit.
«* <Ln~£w ’
Duricn, Gm, of attempting to iuvcigle ,
f
f
3, ....An Enclsh paper states that the
«Emperor Napoleon is in treaty for the i
;purcbnsc of the ch'uthan. The price,
‘ asked is £000,000 or about two-thirds of,
i the sum believed to have been expended ,
i upon the mannnoth failure. ’
a, .. . .A man named Sclsey, mate of the;
'schr. Sarah Sclscy, and brother of the
f
I Captain of the scbr. was "accidentally =
lknocked overboard by the swinging of
g the boom and drowned, while of’f'Norwalkl
l on Tuesday last. It was blowing hard 1
‘ at the time, and all efforts to save him a
1 proved fruitless. ‘ f
. . . .The South Carolina Guardian pub~l
ilishcs a patrioticiplatform for the ap-i
; preaching campaign. The principal I
i plank is the dissolution of‘the American !
llfniou, the perfect independence of the;
'cottou-growing States, and the 'cstab-l
lishmcntand rigid enforcement of‘ a'uon-
intercourse act, cutting off all communi-
cation and trade between the people of
’the northern or Republican States, and
the entire southern slave section. ’
The political contest in Massachusetts
this year will be confined to the two Bos-
ton Congressional Districts. There is no
hope for any other part of the State for;
the Democrats, and no effort will be
made by them, except in these two Dis-
tricts. There is aspccial determination
on their part to run Burlingamc out.
. ——-¢‘<Q>-._ ' ‘
fir Professor Olmstead. of ,Yale} College,
in an article in the Palladium, says, thatno
(comet since that of 1843, has presented so
many claims to admiration as the one now
visible. A telescope of small magnifying pow;
er, like a common spy-glass, he says, is useful
entire body, the eye itself affords a more in»
,contiu-ucd pulling towards them, and at
for viewing the head of the comet, but for the. ;
teresting view than any instrument.
eluding first and third officers. After
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Burning of the Austria ! l
5.00.1.IVES' LOST!
Thrilling Account by (1. .S'rm'virur .’ .'
HAI.ur.\x,.Scpt-. 27.
The Barquc Lotus arrived at Halifax
from Liverpool on Siinday afternoon,‘.vith
twelve of the sixty-seven survivingpusscn-
gcrs of the steam ship Austria burnt at
sea Sept. lilfh, in hit. «15.1, Ion. kiln-'30:»
Thcy were taken from the barquc Maurice
on the 14th inst.
The agent of the Associated Press im-
mediately boarded the Lotus and obtain-
ed tlJc following particulars.
Cnxarnss anw’s STATEMENT.
I took passage-at Southampton on the
4th, in the Steamer Austria, Capt.
Hcydtmann, which left Hamburg on the
20. “’e sailed at 5 P. M., the evening
being a little misty. : In consequence we
anchored between the Isle of Wight and
the main land. Sailed again at 4 o’clock
the following morning.
In weighing anchor an unfortunate acci-
dent occurred by which ouc of the crew
lost his life. ‘ Owing to some mismanage-
ment, the anchor ran out whirling the
capstain around with terrific force, hurling
the men in all directions. Two were sc-
vercly injured, one thrown overboard and
it is supposed instantly killed, as he never
rose to thesurface.
From the time the ship was laid on her
course, she experienced strong westerly
winds ; on the 13th eleven knots had bccu :
attained, and all in high hopes oft-caching ~
New York by the 18th inst.
A little after 2, P. M., (on the 13th,)
I was on the quarter deck, and saw a
dense volume of smoke burst. from the af-
ter entrance to the steel-ago. Some women
ran aft cxclaiming, “ The. ship is on fire .’
What will become of us ?”
The ship was instantly put at half speed,
at which she continued till her magazine
eXploded, from which I infer that her on-
gineers were instantly suffocated: I only
Walked from where I was on the quarter
deck to the waist of the ship, when I saw
flames breaking through the lights amid-
ship.
As the ship was headed to the wind,
the fire travelled aft with fearful rapidity.
I went to the man at the wheel and told
him to put vessel’s side to the wind. He
hesitated. As he was a native of Ham-
burg I got a German gentleman to speak
to him. At this time I saw persons let-
ting down a boat at the port side quarter
deck. \Vbaf‘. became of this boat 1 don’t
knOw, but think she was crushed under
the screw. “lent with others to get boat
on starboard side, quarter deck. The
moment we laid hands on the ropes so
many crowded in that we could not lift it
off the blocks. I left it for a few moments
until the people got out ; then I returned
and put it over the side ofthe ship. They
all rushed in again. It descended with
violence to the water, and was instantly
swamped. All the people were washed
out except three who held on. We let
down a rope and pulled up one, who
proved to be the steward. Another was
strangled as we Were hauling him up.
. The fire came on too fiercely to attempt
getting up the third. All of the first
cabin passengers were on the poop, with
the exception of a few gentlemen who
most have been smothered in the smoking
room. Many second cabin passengers
were also on the poop, but numbers of
them were shut into their cabin by the
fire. Some of them avere pulled up
through ventilators, but the greater num-
ber could not be extricated. The last
woman drawn up said there were six al-
ready suffocated.
I now pcrceivedthat the ship had got
her head to the wind again, so that the
flames came over the quarter-deck; in
consequence I could not get to the wheel
house to ascertain the reasons, but
was informed that thc hehnsmau had
deserted his post, and that the vessel was
left to herself, headed to the wind.
At this time the scene on the quarter
deck was indiscriballc and truly heart-
rending, Passengers rushing frantically
too and fro ; husbands seeking there wives
and wivesin search of husbands ; relatives
looking after relatives ; mothers lament-
ing their children ; some wholly paralyzed
by fear, others madly crying to be sored;
but few perfectly calm and collected.—
The flames pressing so closely upon them
many jumped into the set ; relatives clasp-
ed in each others arms leaped over, meet-
ing watery graves. Two girls supposed
to bc.sisters,jumped over and sank, hissing-
each other. A missionary and wife leap-
ed into the sea together,qu the stewardes
and assistant steward, arm in arm, fol-
lowed. . .
One Hungarian gentleman with seven
fine children, four of whom were girls,
made his wife jump in, then blessed his
six eldest children, and made them jump
in one after another, and folloived them
with an infant in his own arms.
'1, about this time, was standing out-
side the bulworks, holding on by the duv-
its, leaning out to avoid the flames which
were leaping towards me. I saw a swam-
ped boat under me. spinning by a rope
still attached to the ship, as cars were
still tied in her, I thought ifI could get
to her, I would be enabled to save myself
and some others. 1 let myself down by
a rope passing over a man, who was
clinging to it, but who refused to COIllC
with me. I took out my pen-knife and
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floating on pieces of broken boat. The
2d officer was taken up, having been
swimming with nothing to float him for
six hours l The second and third officers
were severely burnt. One male passen-
ger was burnt frightfully. Others slight-
ly. ',l_‘hcrc were but six women sawed, ‘3
three of whom were burnt, one in a shock- <
ing manner. Capt. Renaud acted with?
ithe utmost kindness and g. vc clothes as j
far as he couhl furnish them to suffering ‘
passengers. lle acted as nurse, doctor
and surgeon to the burned people, dress-
ing wounds of females with delicacy and
tenderness.
I did not see an officer of the ship du-
ring the firc, and am certain that there
was not one of them or the crew on poop
except the man at the wheel for a short
time. I understand that when the cap-
tain heard of the fire be rushed on deck
without his cap, and when he saw the
flames exclaimed‘ “ We are all lost f”—
Hc tried to get out a boat. “Vixen let
down it was swamped, and be, whether
accidentally or not I do not know, fell in-
to the sea, and was soon left far behind.
The 4th officer was in this boat, and
cut her loose from the davits. She was
carried under the screw and smashed;
several in her were drowned. Three or
four men escaped on fragments, and were
picked up by the Maurice as before sta-
ted.
About the same time one of the metal-
lic life boats was let down from the port-
bow and swamped, but got clear away
with about 33 persons in her, including
first and third officers and several women.
The men in this boat capsized her two or
three times in trying to clear her of wa-
ter. Ten persons were thus drowned, in-
eluding,r some women. They afterwards
bailed her out with life prescrvers cut in
two and pulled to barque Maurice having
picked up two or three passengers before
reaching the barque.
AltOgcther there were sixty-seven souls
taken into the Maurice during the night.
A Norwegian barquc came up to the
steamer next morning. A boat was ob-
served going round the burning ship.—
They may have picked up a few persons,
but only a few. The Maurice had no
communication with the Norwegian.
About 7 o’clock the Maurice sailed for
Fayal to depositc the passengers. About
2 o’clock the same afternoon, she fell in
with the burque Lotus, Capt. Trefy, of
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, bound from Liv-
erpool for Halifax. As I was anxious to
get on British territory, Capt. Trefy kind-,
ly gave me a passage. He was also anx-
ious to take all of the American citizens,
but there was such a. rush of foreigners
into the boats that only one load of elev-
en could be got off. Several of these
were foreigners.
The fire is known to have arisen from
very culpable negligence by some of the.
crew. The captain and surgeon consider-
ed it expedient to f'umigate the steerhge
with burning far. The operation was to
be formed by the boatswin under the su-
pcrintendence of the 4th officer.
The boatswain heated the end of a
chain to dip into tar to produce smoke.—
Thc cud became too hot, to hold, and he
let it drop upon the deck to which it set
fire. The far upset and immediately all
about was in flames. A feeble attempt
was made to extinguish it, but without-
effcct. .
There was nothing at hand to meet
such an emergency.
The rescued passengers saved nothing
but the clothes'ou their backs, and even
the greater part of these were torn off
and otherwise lost. ‘
It is supposed that there were six hun-
dred souls on board, many of whom were
women and children. Mr. Brew is the
only British subject saved.
lie is in the British civil service, on
his way to British Columbia. He will
proceed to Boston in the steamer Eastern
State, on Tuesday, on route for New
York.
o“>—a*—————
THE Cousin—The comet is quite prom-
inent in England; we extract the fol-
lowing :
, Mr. Hind, the astronomer, says: From
3 to 4 o’clock this morning, the sky be-
ing remarkably clear, the comet of' Don-
ati presented itself as a very conspicuous
object. in the northeastern heavens. Its
nucleus was as bright as a. star of the
second magnitude, and though not plan-
etary in appearance, bore high magnifiers
better than any comet I remember to
have seen. The fall, which might be
traced in the “ comet-seeker,” about five
degrees from the head, consisted of-a
single ray, very well defined on the side
preceding with reference to the direction
of motion, but fading away indistin ctly
on the opposite side. A very faint ray
of light; emanated from thenucleus toward
the sun, as previously remarked in sever-
al of these objects, and I thought at mo-
ments that a short “ horn’.’ or “ section”
issued therefrom at right angles to the
axis of the tail. The increase in the
brightness of the comet. is so nearly in
conformity with theory that there is a
high probability of it being visible with
teléscopcs in full sunshine about the cpact
of maximum brilliancy in October. The
apparent. diameter of the nucleus is about
five. seconds of :u‘c,.and as the comet is
still upward of 120,000,000 miles from
the earth, the real diameter will be rath-
.er over 2,000 miles. Taking the appar-
ent length of the tail at five degrees, its
cut the fackle ; the large blade. broke, I
then severed it with a smaller blade.
The Ship passed ahead, as the screw ,
approached I found the boat drawn to- ?
wards it; I. tried to keep the boat off, I
but the screw ' caught and capsized her
over me. I dived away from the ship,
and came 'to the surface near the boat
which was keel uppermost. I got on her
and by pressing on one side and by the
assistance of a wave, she rightcd, but was
still swamped. The oars had been knock-
cd out by the screw. The only thing I
could find in her to paddle with, was
some laths nailed together, as sheathing
for the sides. - '
I looked around—the ship was a quar-
ter of a mile away from me. "I could see
ladies and gentlemen jumping off the poop
into the water, in twus and turecspsome
ladies were in flames ! Several hesitated
to leap from the burning ship, until the
last moment, as the height was . :2 fer-f, i
but were at’lengfb compelled to throw
themselves off, to avoid a more painful
diath. In half an hour not a. soul was
to be seen on the poop.
I pulled after the ship ; picked up a,
IGcrmau,‘who was. swinuning strongly ;
got him a boat ; paddled after the ship 5 4
saw a vessel under sail approaching. She
reached the steamer about 5 l’. M. “'0
nbouthalf past '2, after being 5 hours in
the water, got within half of the sailing
vessel, which put off a boat and took us
on. It proved tube the French Barge
Maurice, Capt. E. .Renaud, of Nantes,
bound from Newfoundland, . for Isle- Bour-
bon, with’fish. She had up to that time
rescued 4:0 passengers off the burning
steamer, chiefly taken off the bowsprit.—-—
A few. were pickled 'up as they were float-
ing around. _ .. . .. ' ' ‘
, About 8 o’clock one of the Metallic
boats came up with about 23 persons, in-
true length. would appear to be about
15,000,000 miles. I‘Inckc‘s comet was
' very distinct in the clear morning sky.—
As the mercury of comets it will always
possess interest for the. astronomer, though
just now the far brighter one of Donati
will attract more general attention. I
may add that the comet appears to be
very well represented bya parabolic orbit
and consequently it is not likely to revunt
these parts of space for a few hundred
years.
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FEARFL'L ACCII’iExr.——I‘larly in August,
John ltawle, a lad of 10 years, living in
Volcano, Amador County, Cal, who had :
vainly been cudavoring to obtain his
father’s consent to go to Frazer .‘tivcr,
disappeared,taking with him a. valuable
horse belohging to the family. It was
supposed he had started for Frazer Riv-
e ', and so little anxiety was felt-in regard
to -him'. On the 18th of August his
body was found in Butte Ditch, a few
miles east of Jackson, attached by a lar-
iat to a half dead horse. From appear-
ances, the boy, on the nightaftcr leaving
home, lay down to sleep, with the ' horse
tied to‘his person to prevent escape.—‘
The animal, becoming unmangcable
through fright, during the night, had run
off, and dragged his master by the rope
until the boy's life was extinct. After~
wards tlicdiorsc had continued to graze
around, dragging the body along for
three weeks. Finally the corpse had
been dragged into a ditch, where it be-
came entangled beyond the horse’s
strength to extricate‘ it. In his efforts
to pull it loose, the horse had cut his
neck to the bone with the. rope. The
boy’s remains were horribly mutilated.—
Most of his limbs were broken and the
flesh rubbed bare from the bone.
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wards three or four men were picked up, '\
‘compact town, with its steep-filed and
'Scheme—tWClVC tickets at twelve rupees
From flu: Buflalo Commercial Advertiser.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
' No. X
DUMFRIES—GBETNAGREEN—-—C:\RI.ISLE——TIIE i
LAKES—RYDAL uor:xr,_ Ase. i
Loxnox, July 1, 1858. -
“’0 left Ayr early in the afternoon of,
our return to England. The old town of l
Dumfrics is the last town of any note in :
Scotland, on the route. It) has a rusty
dilapidated look, and is only interesting .j
from having been for some time the rcsi- 3
dence of Burns and where he died at the 3
early age of thirty-seven. He was bur- l
led in the old churchyard, and a hand-
some monumcnt marks his last resting
)lacc. \
Near the border we passed through
Gretna Green, and were shown the old
posting-house, once so celebrated in the
annals of runaway matches. It is now a
uict looking country farm house, the
railway having put an end to stage-coach-
ing, and the revision ofthe marriage laws
obviated the necessity of flittings of this
sort.
Carlisle is the first point of importance
after passing the. borders, and is a city of
considerable size and historical note.—
Herc took place most of the executions
growing out of the unfortunate expedi-
tion of Charles Edward in 1745, and here
Scott has laid the scene of the last inter-
view of Waverly with Flora McIvor and
her dashing brother Fergus, and the exe-
cution of the latter with his faithful Mac-
combin The Carlisle races were in full
vigor, and the towu full of-life and activi-
ty. Among the posters on the walls, the
most showy was that of “ Howe’s. Great
American Circus.” We stopped at the
ancient town of Kendal, which is thereg-
ular stopping I place for the English
Lakes, where we Spent the night. The
hotel at Kendal, the King’s Arms, is
worth a passing notice. It is the best
specimen of an ancient first-class English
hotel we have yet seen. We drove into
a. narrow passage Way to the inner court
yard, and entered by aside door. ThlS
introduced us into an area lighted from
the top, and a most quaint reception it
was. We were shown up a wide stair-
case, with heavy carved posts and banis-
ters, black with age but in perfect condi-
tion. It had various square turns in it,
and after we Were up, the winding passa-
ges, and occasional up and down steps
on our way to our rooms, were quite be-
wildering. The sitting-rooms where we
took our meals, contained splendid speci-
mens of ancient furniture, all of oak with
elaborate carving, black as ebony and
glittering with varnish. One of the pie-
ces bore in its carving the date of 1636.
The furniture in the house was of the
same stamp, the bedstead we occupied
was a heavy four post, with high back
and canopy and heavily pannclled work,
and covered with the same elaborate carv-
mg.
We took the railway for Windemcre,
about six miles, where we unfortunately
met a large excursion party from Carlisle
which filled up all the little lake steam
crs, and the regular conveyances. The
lake itself is a beautiful sheet of water
some ten miles in length. surrounded with
high mountains, and dotted with Charm:
ing little islands. Its appearance with
its neat little steamers, and, numbcrless
row boats filled with gay excursionists,
was very lively and exciting. Finding
no room on the steamers, we took a car-
riage and followed the road on the bor.
tiers of the lake to Ambleside, a village
at the head of the lake, full.of attractive
looking lodging houses for summer tour-
ists. A short ride from Ambleside brought
us to Bydal Mount, the residence of
Wordsworth, whose poetry has given
much additional interest to the beautiful
lake country. - Rydal water is near by,
a. charming little lake in the midst of
mountains still higher than those about
W indemere. On the side of the road
fronting the lake is the former residence
of Coleridge. A few miles further brought
us to Grassmere, the most beautiful of all
the lakes. It is larger than Rydal, but
smaller than Windemere, surrounded
with the same character of mountains,
but with shores gradually rising, of rd-
ing beautiful grounds for villas and gar-
dens. The hotel is a fine building and
the gro'unds around bordering on the lake
were full of flowers, arranged with excel-
lent taste. -
Other engagements prevented a fur-
therjourncy in this delightful yegion, and
we retraCed our steps to. Windmere, with
regret that we could not make a more
extended tour.
train for the south, passing through the
large manufacturing towns of Lancaster,
Preston, Bolton, &c., arriving before dark
at the city of Manchester. The early de-
parture for London of the train next
morning, gave as little opportunity of
seeing the city, which is one of the lar-
gest of the interior cities of England, its
forests of tall chimnies reminding you of
Birmingham. ,I‘Ve saw many splendid
buildings. The Infirmary, in front ofour
hotel, was really magnifiCent in its extent
and proportions, the extensive area in
front ornamented with fountains and
statues of distinguished men. We made
the run to London by the Trent valley in
a. little over four hours, a distance of
about one hundred and ninety miles.—
The speed was not greater than is fre-
quently attained on our railroads, but the
stoppages are few, one route, from Rugby
to London, being eighty-two miles with-
out a stoppage. '
The country through the Trent valley
is most beautiful. The speed of the train
did not prevent our having some splendid
views, in fact it was one continual and
cvcrchanging panorama of the. most- beau-
tiful country in England. The trees are
abundant, but stand alone, - there being
no woods as we call them, except occa-
SiOIial clusters of trees on the rounded
hills. The lawns are perfectly smooth
and clean, the divisions of fields are all
hedges, and the whole so perfectly culti-
vated that the valley is one contindal
scene of luxuriant beauty. The occasion-
al rush of the train through a quaint,
slated roofs, rather adds to the general
effect of this rush through thecountry.——
We arrived in London early in the after-
noon and as at this time Parliament is in
session, and the town full Of strangers, we
had some difficuly in finding comforta-
ble quarters. ‘ '
In my next I will try to give some im-
pressions and experience of the great me-
n-.......,r _. .4“.-. _ .
At Windmerc we took the express.
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Doxxri‘s Cousin—W. C. Bond of the
Harvard College Observatory, under
date of Sept. 25, writes to the editors
of The Boston Daily Advertiser, as fol-
lows :
“Donati’s Comet will, in a. few days,
appear to increase rapidly in size and
brilliancy. It will be nearest the earth
on the 0th of October, at which time its
brilliancy will be nearly three times as
‘grcat as on the 23d of September, and
its distance from us about fifty-two mil-
lions cf miles.
According to Mr. Hall”; computation,
the tail of this Comet, on the 23d inst.,
extended to the length of fifteen millions
of miles. The nucleus will be near the
bright star Arcturus October 5th, and
nearest the Earth’s orbit on the 20th of
the same month.
“ Some confusion seems to prevail in re-
gard to there being two comets, similiar.
in appearance, now visible to the naked
eye, but such is not the case. Donati’s
which is seen in the northwest after sun-
the northeast before sunrise in the morn.
ing. This is owing to the considerable
northern declination of the comet, with
a right ascension differing but little from
that of the sun. I mention this, because
I have had several letters from different
parts of the country making the inquiry
whether there are two comets now to be
seen by the naked eye.
Encke’s Comet is barely visible to the
naked eye. Tuttle’s Third Comet of
1858 can now be seen with the assistance
of a telescope.
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From the Hartford Courant.
WHAT Is DEMOCRACY? What do the
Democrats as a body believe? What are
the measures they advocate? What is
the test of true, genuine unadulterated,
Administration Democracy? What is
the Shibboleth by which the entrance to
the Democratic camp can be obtained ?—
What are the doctrines, the assent to
which is necessary before admission to the
Democratic church ? WHAT Is MODERN
DEMOCRACY I
In a speech recently made by U. S.
Senator Brown of Mississippi, according
to the Vicksburg W/u'g he stated that—
“ He called 0n the President before he left
Wrshington, and that Mr. Buchanan assured
him in the most positive and unequivocal
terms that he would appoint no man to office
who held the opinion that Kansas ought to be
admitted before she has a population which
would entitle her to a representative in Con-
gress, (according to the terms of the Confer-
ence bill,) and that he would decapitateevery
office holder who expressed such a belief.
“ Goya-Brown went on to state that be
regarded this as a. solemn pledge on the part
of Mr. Buchanan, and although he considered
him a‘- little weak in the back,” he believed.
he would stick up to it. Whenever he (Go‘v.
Brown) plighted his faith to any man, he al-
Buchanan to his declaration.”
It is Buchanan Democracy, then to
State, and only 35,000 to make a slave
State We have advanced one step in
our enquiry. Mr. Buchanan makes this
principle a test for holding office. Stick
3. pin there. We have gained something.»
James Buchanan is not alone in declar-
ing the the admission of Kansas as a test
of Democracy. Senator Brown means
to hold the President up to this pledge,
for it is asolemn pledge of the great lead’
er of Dcmocra cy to the slavery party.—
The Mobile Register so understands it.
That paper says :
“ If Kansas was not to come in under the
Lecompton constitution as a Slave State the
South was to be compensated by keeping her
out as a Free State, for an indefinite number
of years.” .
' The Charleston Mercury understands
the same Democratic pledge :
“The postponement of the admission of
Kansas into the Union, until she obtains the
p0pulation which a member of Congress rep-
resents, was to allow the South another
chance to win the Territory. Whether this
result shall be very properly realized or
not, this was the consideration ofi'ered to the
South in the conference act.” '
Eli Shorter of Alabama, in a speech,
thus recognizes in plain terms this new
Democratic doctrine :
“ By the bill the North has been compelled
to consent that thirty-three thousand 'peo-
ple in Kansas may be admitted into the Union
as a State with a pro-slavery constitution,
while they cannot be admitted as an anti-
slavery State until they number ninety-three
thousand sods.”
Boyce of South Carolina has lately ut<
tered the same sentiment :
tion, and refuses to accept the terms offered,
and therefore remains out of the Union. This
conclusively establishes the fact that Kansas
is ultra antislavery. This being the case,
the best thing for us is for her to stay out of the
Union. Her coming in would only give an
accession of strength to our enemies. If she
should stay out forever, all the better.”
This principle then is-settled as genuine
unadulterated Buchanan Democracy, that
fewer inhabitants are required to make a
slave State than a free one. The voters
of Connecticut, in their coming. town
for office is vote given for this principle
of. Buchanan and the Southern -Demo—
cracy. "
It is “
rule for the admission of slave States and
another for the admission of free. But
this rule has been repudiated by its very
coneoctor, Wm. B. English himself, and
by every so called Democratic candidate
for Congress in Pennsylvania. WHAT
rnsx rs DEMOCRACY? .
' fl“.-.
fl There are 38 resident clergymen in
New Haven. Of these, 23 are Congregation:
al ;'2 Presbyterian ; 6 Episcopal ;4 Methodist;
2 Catholic, and one Baptist. Besides the 23,
there are a number of Congregational minis-
ters who have come to the city since the last
young men licensed. Meanwhile there are in
the State 24 more Congregational Churches
without pastors ; and 29 less pastors this year
than last. In the State there are reported 72
ministers without charge.
The next annual meeting of the General
Association of Connecticut will be held on the
third Tuesday of June, 1859, in Norwich. It
wil‘ then have reached the venerable age of.
one century and a half. The association has
resolved to celebrate its 150th anniversarryv
at this meeting The whole of Tuesday is to
be devoted to this subject. ‘Rev.Dr. Bacon
is appointed to deliver a historical discourse,
and addresses will be made by others previ-
ously selected. The occasion will be one of
rare interest.
The present number of Congregational
Churches in the state is 284 ; last year 283 ;
increase 1. Pastors 172 ; last year 193 ;de-
crease 27. Vacant Churches 63 : last year
39; increase 24. Number of Church members
reported 38,609 ; last year 37,920; increase
(380. Added to the Churches reported, by
tropolis.
Yours, truly, S.
. ‘ «Q». -
W” In‘one of the Calcutta newspa-
pers, the following advertisement now ap-
pears : .
. “Be it known, that six fair, pretty
l’OUBglafllcs, with two sweet and enga-
sing young children, lately imported from
Europe, having the roses 0} health 0}]
their cheeks, and joy. sparkling in their
eyes, possessing amiable manners, and
highly accomplished, are. to be ruffled
for, next door to the British Gallery—
each.”
M.»
fish'l‘he Republican Ratification
meeting in the city of New York, on
Monday evening, was a large and enthue
--——Fourteen bands or tribes of Indians have
declared war against Texas. ' - i
siastic one.
profession 9'22 ; by letter 767 ; total 1.591-—
The average ministerial age of pastors is 10 ;
that of pastoral age is 9. The number of
ministers belonging to the Association is 318
of whom 172 are pastors 21 stated supplies,
3% in other occupations, 72 without charge,14
occupations not known, licentiates 30.
—_—o«.>oo——'—¥
LIST or LETTERS remaining is the Pas;
Office art-.South Nor-walk, Oct.' 1st, 1858. .
Knapp, Henry B.
Lounsbury, Miss H. E.
Lockwood, Fred .\1.
Miller, Manuel A. ' ‘
Moore. Mrs. Lucy E, w
Miillon, John A‘.’
Pauly, Miss Susan A.
Bani-and, Edward
lluruham, Israel
('aso, C. A.
Delano, Miss M. A.
Eaton, L. D. ‘ 2
Rapcber, Theodore H.
l-‘rank in, Zelus ‘ ' '
Galletty, Alex.
(mower, Geo. L. ’
Gaylord, Miss M. n. 3 air. not John
Hall, Charles ilcox, Jared 0-
Persons calling for the above Letters will
please say Advertised.
W. C. Sinus, P. M.
0
a
set, is the same which has been seen in _
ways stuck to it, and he intended to hold Mr.’
require 92,000 inhabitants to make’a free _
“ Kansas has voted upon this landzproposii
meetings, will remember that every vote ,
they give for an Administration nominee
Democracy” then to have-One.
directory was made out. and a number of ‘
Norwalk Chronicler