‘3 THE GAZETTE. Norwalk, Tuesday, Oct. 12. 1858. New Haven County Fair. The flood people of New Haven County . after lying inadormant condition. as regards Agricultural Shows, for the past few years, have at last become awakened to the beneficial effects of these annual gatherings of the farm- ers and mechanics,and have recently re-organ- ized their County Society. The first Fair of the new Society was held at Waterbury, last Wednesday and Thursday, the 6th and 7th inst., and we think it the best yet held in this State this season ; it was, we regret to admit, far ahead of the late Show of our own Coun- ty society at Danbur'y. Wednesday was devoted principally to the Cattle, 'of which they had the largest display we ever witnessed. The Procession of Oxen was estimated to have been over 2. miles in “$99.5.“ numbered, (we were informed by auold resident of Norwalk, but now a citizen of W.)'566 yoke, over 1100 head 1 They were mostly of the breed, noted an " Connecticut Red Oxeu.” The Procession was headed by Topsxms’ Brass Band of Waterbury,the Nau g. stock Brass Band was also in the procession at the head of. strain from Naugatuck.—— Merri ll’s Brass Band ,also'of Waterbury. head- ed’the procession of Horses, of which, there waqafair display; , but nothing extra fine. The _Mauufo.ctured articles, Agricultural products, to", were exhibited in Hotchkiss a Hall,£a large and fine Hall in the centre of the'olt'y." Waterbury being a large manufac- turing'place, it was expected that there would bea greet display of her wares, and nobly did her manufacturers acquit themselves, their display being unusually large and brilliant, they occupying a large portion of the Hall with neat and “tastefully arranged cases and cards of specimens of their skill. As Water- bury is a great place for the manufacture of Yankee Notions, they making almost every thing from apenny whistle to a steam engine, it would be hard for any other place to equal this branch of the Fair. _}The Ladies’Departmeut was also wellfilled with various useful and ognamental articles from ths'hands of the fair ones of the ecunty. Qf course there was a fine display of Bonnets, each ofwhich was pronounced by the lady friends of the exhibitors to be “ a perfect love ofa Bonnet.” The large number of Quilts, of which there were many really splendid, Were very suggestive of cold weather and— Quilting Parties! ' The Paintings were indeed beautiful, evin- oing- agreat deal of native talent. We no- ticed a'fiue'life-like portrait of Mr. Cooke, the senior» editor of the American, and the venerated head of the fraternity in our State, 1 Thet'FruitDepartment was not very large, but it was all of the very best, as was also the Vegetable Department. ‘ . Tompkins’ Band,’of which thereisnobetter in the State, occupied the platform in the Hall,where they discoursed the sweetest of music,_wh'ile friend Merrills, with his fine Band, did the same for the masses at the out- door exercises. " , Thursday, M. Gustave Regnard made a very successful Balloon Ascension, notwithstand- ing the rain.. - ’ The gentlemen who had the direction of the Fair, must have been highly pleased at the very successful manner in which everything passed off. It was alike creditable to them and to their County, and we do not think it canbe beaten by any other Society,- either in the display of manufactured articles, or of its justly famous “ Connecticut Red Oxen." . —-—-——o«.>oo-———— ”Giles Gregory, Esq., first Selectman of Wilton, was taken with an epileptic fit, and fell from his wagon when near the residence of'Charlcs Sherry last Tuesday, and had a narrow escape of 'eing run over by his vehi- cle. He was taken to the residence of Dr. Gregory, (his brother) where he now lieéin a convalescent condition. .->.————- “Vfl‘Mr. J. W. Wilson, who spent lastwin- t_er among us in reading law in Mr. Carter’s office, and was admitted to the bar in Bridge- port last Spring, has just returned from Minnesota, having made a tour of several months in the west. He speaks in the most disparaging terms of the financial and busi- ness prospects of the north-west, and returns east fully convinced that there is no place ahead of old Norwalk. We are glad to learn that he is for the present associated with Mr. Carter in: the practice of law. M... ,: ”Mr. Fish, of Westport, has presented us with a fine head of Winuidstadt 'Cabbage, and 'a fine sample of London Cauliflower, grown from Patent Office seed, which indi- cate good adaptation to our climate. '. ; ._._«..____' ‘ ~ . g The Confidence had the misfortune to brake ”her shaft last week, but has managed to keep on the‘ route, and make her trips with entire regularity. A very heavy expense is ag‘ainthrown upon Capt. Greene by this ac- cident and we hope a sympathizing, public diready appreciative of his efforts to accommo- date its wants, will make still further efi‘ort towards securing a more liberal patronage.— ';'P. S.’ Her place is now temporarily supplied by the Steamer “ Massachusetts.” _ N.»o-———- - Rebuilt—The “ fast sailing,” “ copper fastened” sloop, Mary A. Selleck, Commodore Isaac Selleck Commander, which for aye, hath been a public‘favorite with the good people of this meridian, has just been put on the'route again after having been on the ways for several months past, undergoing a general rebuild. She now looks as bright and clean as the day ‘ she first 'slid from the blocks into the briuy fluid,and we doubt not in regard to speed, but that she can yet whip-out,as of yore, everything. that spreads sail upon the sound. Enterprising fellows, those Sellecks, who keep on in the even tenor of their way, while the battle'between Steamboats and Railroads waxes hotest, and who still‘ have a shot left in the locker to repair and embellish their craft, despite the “ dangers of sound naviga- tion,” and the “ great saving in the use of coal burning Engines” (‘1) \ .»*——\— _ Sale of Property.—By advertisement in another column to-day, it will be seen that Gen. Lyman Brown, of Brownville, (New Canaah Four Coxuers) who has pitched his tent on the banks of the great father of waters, is going to sell his homestead at auction, on Saturday next. It is a quiet, romantic little place, well stocked with young and thrifty trees bearing most delicious fruit and as it will undoubtedly be sold at a bargain, we ad- vise any one desiring a snug little home, with a" few acres of land attached, to be on hand and bid. ————-o«o>e-———— ISY'e‘llow Fever at New Orleana—J. G. Seymour, President of the Associated Press of New Orleans, cautious strangers from vis- iting thatcity._ until there is a marked abate- ment of the fever. The epidemic is now sustained by new comers. . W R The N. Y. Herald insists that nothing is the matter with the Atlantic cable but the incompetencyv ’of the operators, and that Hughes will work it easily if the directors will only let him ,-but that they do not answer — w- «a VA... . Useful Books.-We are indebted to the Messrs Fowler a Wells, for a copy of a very valuable little work entitled the “ Hand Book of Fruit Culture,” an invaluable guide to all interested in the growing of good fruit ; and who is not? Also. for about the third or fourth ,copy of their “ Homes for All,” a book we have never been able to keep in our pliesession more than a month at a time. It comprises a clear treatise upon the Concrete, or Gravel materials and modes of constructing dwellings. Some bulbdizin of these buildings have already been erected in N orwalk, and for neatness, comfort and economy, we believe cannot be approached by any other mode. The Messrs.Fowlers are now engaged upon and will shortly issue a new and entirely original work upon Archi- tecture, which will be awaited with much in- terest. We hope lb. this new work, or in some subsequent one, they will take up the subject of Heating and Ventilating our homes.— There is doubtless more imposition and tom- foolery practiced upon the public mind, and less correct information to be had, in refer- ence to the best modes of heating our dwel- lings, than upon almost any other subject, and as these publishers always take up so questions of practical, everyday use and im- portance, in such a thorough and reliable manner, we hepe to see their rare talents in these matters, brought to bear upon these important a subject. . W _ IL? Those Pianos at the Norwalk Hotel have attracted considerable attention among our musical amateurs: All unite in pronoun- cing them the most superior and at the same time the cheapest they have ever seen. Sev- eral of. our citizens are about exchanging in- struments which they already possess for one of these. Mr. Atherton is willing to ex- change on the most favOrable terms, with a view to the introduction of his instruments, as he says he never yet sold one instrument in a place without its leading to the sale of more. , W Fruit—We are indebted te-Mr. Leverett L. Camp, for a basket of delicious sweet apples. Also, to Chas. Comstock, our peach growing friend,for samples of pears, which rather im-peach the flavor of his luscious peaches. John Smith Esq.,our model Horticulturist, has laid us under renewed obligations by a liberal donation from his cold grapery. Those Hamburgs, are enough to make all the old fogey fruit grower’s eyes stand out like new moons! By the way, he has “ a few more left of the same sort” for sale‘ if called for soon. In'our review of the late Fair, in speaking of Mr. Smith’s specimen of the new Delaware grape, we said it had never been fruited in this region. This is a mistake, as Mr. S. has grown one finely developed bunch upon a two year old plant. This variety is probably the choicest kind of grape known. Austin’s Foundry. This edifice, so recentiydestroyed for about the fifth time, is again completed, and its ma- terial of a nature not to yield so easilyJo the devouring element. This Tuesday evening the friends of Mr. Austin propose to make him a sort of Donation Visit, at 50 cents ad- mission for a gentleman and a s many ladies as he chooses to escort. There is to be a fine Cotillou Band in atscuda’uce, with the ‘Nor- walk German Glee Club, and other attrac- tions not detailed upon the bill. The new building is some 30 x 60 feet in the clear, and being neatly floored, will afford a fine area for “ tripping the light fantastic toe.” May our friend Austin receive a thousand dollars, and live a thousand years to spend it in. fir The following literary morceau we found attached to a Rag Carpet of Broad- cloth. Silk and Delaine, exhibited at the New Haven County Fair. It w\as written by the maker of the Carpet, and trimmed with Flowers, and as it was on exhibition we could not forbear copying.it, omitting merely the name of exhibitor: "' New Ragga out fine as yarn Examine the Eveuess Next man and Beast with little rest Thirty miles went for one‘to try the test To have it finished for this Fair So as to make all looker on stare For Sale price reduced If you wish this to put on the floor (it fair price will it buy) I have no place inside of the door (where I wish it to use) The Honorable committee verily know ’ This to be the best carpet ever was shown J <0» Sale of a Steamship—The Collins’ Steam-‘ ship Atlantic, was sold on Thursday to the California, New'York & European Steamship Co., and will soon sailfor California and Fra- zers’ River, via Nicaragua. «o . ,fi. The Postmaster General has ordered that all " supplements” or “ extras” folded within regular issues of daily or weekly jour- nals,--not actually and boua fide editions of such publications, conveying intelligence of passing events and general intelligence— subject the whole to lettter postage. _.___..‘.>.*.— fir The exhibitors at the American Insti. tute are earnestly at work trying to get up another exhibition. The institute has offered a reward of $3000 ”for the detection of the incendiary. . ————-oo<.>.Q———- 13‘ The quarantine arson investigation is concluded and Judge Metcaif reserves for a week his dicision of the important questions involved. «Wk—— fl Wm. Preston of Kentucky, the new minister to Madrid, was a zealous whig and Fillmoreite, going over to sham democracy in 1855. He was Vice President Breckenridge’s second in the (threatened) duel with Mr. Cut- ting. Heis a brilliant speaker. ~40». A MONSTER Cannon—The crowds that throrg the Plymouth Church, Henry Ward Beecher, Pastor, u to obtain admission have become so that some four llllll‘ died solid men of the ougregaiion, have held a meeting and resolved to build a new one to seat 6000 persons—the old one only seating about 2,200. Moses S. Beach, of the Sun of- fered to be one of 100 to raise $100,000. The following resolutions were passed: , Resolved, That it is the duty of this Church to provide more ample accommodations for the preaching of the gospel in connection with the Plymouth Church, and that we will do it. Resolved, ta committee of five be - pointed to t nto consideration what stgs shall be tak er the erection of a church to contain not less than 6000 persons, and report on the some at a meeting of the Society! —.—_—. a.» an. The Springfield Republican fathers the following : [By Atlantic Telegraph.] The Lord Mayor of Dublin’ to the Lord Mayor of Detroit, U. S.: Coed milla afal- tha .’ How many voters does ye want? PATRICK O‘FLANIGAN, Lord Mayor of Dublin. ——————o«. A 13" The captain who lately brought seven a'uacondas to Salem, Mass, kept them in his barn, butrtwo are missing, and ‘1 Where are they ‘3” is the question of the day. Every- body keeps an eye out. 1 ————-oo<.>ao———— ....A celebrated Boston chemist says that the best method'of cleaning silverware is to wipe with a rag wet with Aqua Ammonia.— The black sulphide of silver will collect on . Dua— his propositions. -.-,. ‘-,v..,... . “.i l-"s. .- even the purest silver, but will yield to "m = water of Ammonia. First Fair and Cattle Show of the Ridge- field Parmers’ Club. Our Ridgefield friends had quite a galaday on Saturday last, as is apparent from the fol- lowing brief letter, which we have received from a gentleman who was present. We should have. been most happy to have been (liar ourselves, had other engagements per- mitted . RIDGEHELD, Oct. 19, 1858. This has been a great day for old Ridgefield. Under the direction and management of our Farmers’ Club, with the hearty co-operation'of our citizens generally, and with a very few day’s no- tice at home,and no public notice abroad, we have had a glorious triumph in the show of Agricultural Products. There were over 400 entries for premiums, and more than 100 yoke of oxen were shown. Fruits and vegetables superior in quality and quantity, and good judges 'say our show was superior to that of either the' Weschester or Fuirfield County, and the show of apples better than that of the American Institute at the Crystal Palace before it was burnt. By a vote of the immense mass of peOple gathered, the secretary was instructed to send you a list of premiums awarded, for your issue of the 19th inst, with a request for its publication. M» 33... This is .the, way the Hartford Times explains the losses of the Adminis- tration party at the town elections last Monday. It is the best excuse it has to give : ' , “A letter from Wifidham County in- forms us that in many towns the Demo- crats did not go to the polls on Monday. From other parts of the State we learn election except by the Republicans, who worked slyly.” ’ This would‘sound more plausible had not the Administration papers been par- ticularly vehement before the election, in begging their friends to make every efiort to carry the town meetings. ———-———.~o‘. RAPID GROWTH or x WESTERN Cum—Not four years since, according to the Lavenworlh Times, the first house was built in that place. Yet at this time they have nearly thirteen hundred houses wiIhin their bounds, and a large number in process of building, or yet to be erected cm the season closes. It is a little over three years, since the population of the city was estimated at one hundred l Now, it is at least eight thousand 1 It has nine hotels. twenty-two grocory- stores, eleven banking houses, twenty-two dry goods do., twenty- three clothing and thirteen tailoring establish- ments, besides other stores for every variety of goods to the number of about one hundred and twenty-five, four daily "and four weekly papers, twenty-two real estate offices, seventy- niue lawyers, thirty-eight doctors, drc. dc. .——-—O«.» Bors AND Grins—The propriety and gener- al effect of mixing boys and girls in the same school room, has been often discussed, in many places. Mrs. Stow, the celebrated Glasgow teacher says that the separation of the sexes there has been found injurious, and adds :— “ It is impossible to raise the girls as higii, intellectually, without the boys as with them - and it is impossible to raise boys Inorrally as high without girls. The girls morally elevate the boys, and the boys intellectually elevate the girls. But more than this, girls them- selves are morally elevated by the presence of boys, and the boys are intellectually eleva- ted by the presence of girls. Boys brought up with girls are made to partke more of the female character. We believe that such is the general testimo- ny of the best teachers who have had abun- dant experience with both kinds of schools.— If the schools are not under rigid discipline, and the buildings are not , scrupulously pre- pared for the two sexes, there can be but one opinion on the subject among all decent peo- ple. It is to the bestclass of schools undoubt- edly that Mrs. Stow refers. «.»o————- , Excommunication. 1 Bishop Doane of the New Jersey Episcopal Church, lately excommunicated Rev. Mr. Car- dcn who seems to belong to another diocese. The Bishop sets forth the offence of Rev. Mr. C. in this form : “ ‘ Recently,’-—to wit. on Sunday. July 25th -—-‘ the Rev. Mr. Carden,on a visit to Cape May,’ in the diocese of New Jersey,‘ preached there, and administered the. Holy Communion ; calling on the resident Methodist ministers to assist him in the administraiion of the ole- ments.’ "’ . ~ What a. dreadful matter! ' The Protestant Churchmau (among whbse Editors is,Rev. Dr. Tyng) puts forth follow- in - g .‘ “ Here is 9. Bishop who was presented for trial by three of his peers. all or unblemished and exalted reputationmndercharges of gross- ly immoral conduct—dishonesty and drunk- enness. His accusers declared publicly that they believed him guilty, and stood ready to prove the charges they- had brought. He shrunk from investigation, and by desperate wriggling escaped it. thereby bringing astig- ma upon his order. “ This Bishop allows one of his own presby- ters,.in a prominent church in the largest city of his diocese, to disgrace the church by in- lemperance, and raises no voice of rebuke.— But 10 ! a presbyter of another diocese hap pepsin a place of public resort,on the extreme pomt of a little spur of the state that forms his diocese, to commit what at most was but a trifling breach of' ecclesiastical order, and out comes a ridiculous and empty interdict.” It strikes us that the Churchman excommu- nicates with a good deal more force than Right Rev. Bishop Doaue of New Jersey. ».<.>- Ax Ixrnansrixo Dutchman—A certain policeman of our city,,a steady and sober- minded man of family, had occasion last week from just ce. Having followedhis man to his ablding place, he in company with anotlyer of- ficer, affected an arrest of the criminal and a young man who was travelling in company with him. The day’s rido having been ahard one, it was concluded the better way Would be to remain at the public-house where the arrest had been made until the next morning, when a fresh and early start w )uld bring them to the city before night. In making the ar- rangement for the night, it was considered that safety demanded that each of the prison- ers should sleep with one of the officers. The other prisoner, a handsome young man, evinced adccided reluctance at the idea of rooming with a man of‘f'amily, but was obliged to submit, and finally went to [fed and to sleep, secured to his wrist by a stout pocket- handkerchief. The morning arriving, day- light revealed the fact that .the nice young man, the handsome young man, who had “put on airs” the night before, and swore he was ready to shoot any “ damn’d officer,” was no young man at al|,but averitable woman. We have not heard how our oflicer settled the mat- ter with his better half upon his arrivalhome. —Delroit Free Press. ' ' o ANCIENr Nswsmrnus.—We have been shown copies of 'two newspapers, each about the Size of common foolscap, and made of coarse, greyishfblue material.— Mr. Charles Goodrich, of Penn Yann, N. Y., inst 110% enclosing them to his son_1n this city, says :—I have kept them until I am 80 years old, let them still be preserved.” The first is the “ Gennecti- cut Journal,” printed in New Haven by Thomas and Samuel Green, June 21, 1781, and contains a plan for a National Bank, and some news respecting the ‘war. The second is “ The Massachusetts Gi- zette, or General Advertiser,” having ,for its motto “Tis not in mortals to: com- mand success—but we’ll do more, we’ll deservcht.” . April 22, 1783. "The place of printing is not given. This paper contains the effort of General Armstrong, and other oflicers, to prevent the disban- ding of the army until the soldiers 'wcre ‘ defea by paid, also ’Washing‘ton’s address, which ‘ "ad the efl'ort.-—-Jou.r. of Com. .. , ,, , - , i .- Ini- that very little interest was taken in the‘ to go lot the country in search of a fugitive TOWN MEETINGS. Large Republican Gains, The returns from the “ little town meetings,” fully sustain the cheerinu‘ omens fn--nished by Republican victories in North Haven and Southington ; they show splendid Requblicaa gains over the victories of last year. We give the re- suit in thirty six towns as follows: REPUBLICAN. Dnuocaaric. Waterburygaz'n,50 m.Darieu, Woodbridge, Wallingford, North Haven, gain, Seymour, Derby, Middletown, 91 maj. Southington,gain, EastHartford,Ass’rs. Merideu, 120 maj. SouthWindsor, New Britain, gain, Stamford, 20 maj. North Branford, Bristol, 44 mai. Essex,,goin 24 maj. Norwich, __ West Halitford,20 m.Preston, “ Madison, Guilford, ' ' Milford, (Assessors,) Clinton, Dmoso. Westbrook, N augatuck, ‘ Orange, Branford, Canton, 46 maj. New Harford, Farminton, 50 maj. Prospect, 20- maj. Chester, ’ ' East Haven, gain, Chatham,gnz'n, ‘ Somers. ' ‘ . 1 Tan “Irma TOWN Mrnrrues.”—Thc News of this morning has the following : The Republicans seems to have had every thing their own way at town elections on Monday.’ Very little interest was manifested by the Democracy-in some towns no show whatever being made in opposition to the Re- publicans. Is this a result of trampling dem- ocratic principles in the dust by the National . Administration ? That’s it, neighbor, you have. ..hit the nail precisely on the head, with your usual good sense. The shameful disregard of all principles of justice and right by the national Democracy, is every day convinc- ing our people that the party is utterly unworthy the support of honest men .— The old Democratic principles of Jefferson and Madison are still dear to the heartsl of thousands, and cannot be rooted up or trampled out. by Presidential edicts or patronage, and the Republican party, which adopts these principles as cardinal points in its faith, is fast rallying around its standard those who honor the memory of our forefathers—those who love justice and regard the rights of the people. In a few days you will hear from Pennsyl- vania l—lV. H Courier. 9.49—— Republican Triumph—A Clean Sweep. At the election yesterday, the Repub- licans for' the first time carried this city— making a complete overturn, and electing every man on their ticket. Silas- C. Booth was elected Mayor by 31 majority over P. C. Calhoun—the average majori- ty for the other candidates being from 80 to 100. A very decided beat. Owing to a way we have here of scratching names and dividing up on lo- cal matters, we believe no'party ever be- fore succeeeded in carrying a clean ticket at a city election. The party are a good deal confounded by this result. Some of the bullying ex- councilmen, who thought they cpuld ride over everybody in their way, use up the Black Republicans, and stamp on their Standard, some of these gentlemen have a choking sensation in the throat to-day, just as if they had been drawu up by a rope and hadn’t had anything to stand on The voters resolved, some time since to reform the Council, and to reform it altogether. The rest of the Buchanan ticket however, might very possibly have been elected if the party had not chosen‘to make a straight out issue. To help the Loco cause generally—to bright- en Mr. Bishop’s very dim prospects of a re-election, it was thought very desirable to carry this election. It would tell well abroad if the city of Mr. Bishop’s resi- dence should go for the Administration. Such a result would indicate that a Rep- resentative, utterly regardless of the wishes of his constituents might still hope for their support. The idea wasa bright one, but for the most obvious reason, the attempt was a failure. . Two-thirds of the voters here, as well as elsewhere in the Free States, are An- ti-Le’compton men. We are told that Lecompton is dead. To be sure it is, and we remember all about the killing. We also remember who tried to keep it alive, and who did the voting.‘ Our work is-not completed until we have cud- ed the political life' of every northern rep- resentative who sustained that infernal object. Such is the feelings of the Re- publicans in this part of the world, and that feeling was in no respect mitigated by the speeches of Messrs. Mallory and ' Bishop, the other evening. They showed the game a little too plainly. Bridgeport Standard. . M Two Slavers Sunk. The New London Chronicle says that the mystery in regard to the vessel sunk ofl' Montauk, increases.- It says that the vessel Sunk fifteen miles S. W. from Mon- tauk Point, was visited by the pilot. bOat Eclipse, and found to be a Im’g, while the New York Express says that the Haidee was a ship. That vessel did not have the name “Eliziabeth, New or- leans,” painted in large letters on her' stern, as this ship Haidee had ;'the name on the brig was .“ Eliza, N. O.” The brig, moreover, was not of suflicient ca- pacity to carry the “ corgO'of nine hun- dred slaves" which the Express says the ship Haidee landed at Cardenas, Cuba. " The Chronicle’s conclusion is that two vessels, slavers, had been sunken—one ofi' Block Island, the ship “Hades,” alias the Elizabeth of New Orleans, and the other the brig “Eliza of N. 0.,” of Moo- tnuk Point. As Block Island is some thir- ty miles from the spot where the brig “ Eliza” lies sunken, those men who laud- ed on Long Island, if' they came from a bark scuttled ofl‘ Block Island, could not have been any of the Eliza’s crew. n.»¢——- E" One of the most inconceivable things in the nature of the brain is, that the organ of sensation should itself be in- sensible. To cut the brain gives no pain yet in the brain alone resides the power of feeling pain in any other part of the body. If the nerve which leads from it to the injured part be divided, it becomes unconscious of sufi'ering. It is only by communication with the brain that any kind of sensation is produced, yet the or- gun is insensible. But there is a circum- stance more wonderful still than this.— The brain itself may be removed, may be cutaway from the corpus rolamm, with- out destrOyiug life. The animal lives and performs all its functions which are necessary to simple vitality, (but no long- er bas amind, it cannot think or feed, it requiresthatrthe food should be pushed into its stoma'ch,‘.ouce there, it is digest- ed,land the'animalwill even thrive and grew fat. We. infer, therefore, that the. part Of the ,‘bi'ain, the 'couvqli‘itions, is simply intended for the exercise of the in- tellectual faculties, ‘wh’etber of the. low degree called instinct, or the exalted kind bestowed on man, the gift of reason." , , Woganontlie Mind. r “W'm . . . .Mr. Elisha Flagg, of Milford, shot and bagged one hundred and fifty ouc Quails near the Housatonic river, last Tuesday. Pretty well done. . . . . _. A steam propellor of about 83 tons, is being contracted for to run between,“ StoiiingtonPoint, Block Island and New- port, touchiug at Watch Hill both ways. . . . .The Republicans of the 3d Congress- ional District of Massachusetts have nom- inated Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy Adams for Congress. . . . .The prOpeller Decatur, which sunk at Black Point on Friday lust, has been raised and' towed into New London.— She has sustained no injury other than that of breaking her shaft, which caused her to sink. . . .Apples are saidto be very plenty in the vicinity 'of Hartford, and the Post is troubled to know where they all come from. The propeller C. C. Alger is now loading at Hartford, with some 800 or 1000 barrels of apples for the Baltimore market, for which from 50 to 75 cents per bushel is paid. . . . .It is stated that the Collins steam- ships Atlantic and Pacific have been bought by the California, New York and EurOpean Steamship 00., and will be _ immediately put on to the Nicaragua line. . . . .The suit of Gedrge C. Bates, of De- troit, against the Illinois Central railroad company, for possession of the grounds on which the depot is located at ClilCagO, was decided on Wednesday by a verdict in favor of the Company. The property involved is valued at two millions of dol- lars. ‘ .,. . .A terrible explosion of a powder magazine _ occurred at Havana, on the night of the 23d hit. The magazine was filled with powder, shells and rockets, and the explosion was attended by the most disastrous effects. Twenty-eight persons were known to be killed outright and one hundred and five wounded, while it was apprehended that many more were buried under the ruins. Ninety new sugar houses were totally destroyed, and the gas-works were so for damaged as to lens. the city in darkness. The cause of the explosion was unknown. ‘. . . .Two Irishwomen dressed in the lar- gest circumference of the fashion, were detected in purloiningfrom a meat stall, one evening, lately, and were compelled to bring out from the capocious reservoirs under the criuoline,‘ a piece of beef, a piece of pork, a large piece of cor ed beef, a shoulder of mutton, and various odds and ends. Boston was the scene of this adventure. , . . , .Mrs. Hannah Lyons, who cowhided Henry Frost of Cincinnati, for having lampooned her in his dirty little paper, was acquitted by Judge Prudens of the police court, on the ground that she act- ed in self-defense. . . . .W. D. Washburne, a younger broth- er of the famous» three, is nominated to the Minnesota legislature by the republi- cans of Hennepin County, and there is talk of adding him to the Washburues in Congress next year. .. . .On Wednesday last. a rather funny female equestrian exhibition, in which 14 ladies took part, came off at Jones’ Woods New York. The ground was too uneven for racing, and several of the la- dies were thrown, the judges decided in favor of the poorest riders, and the whole affair ended with murmuring and discon- tent. . . . .Davy Atchison, who in the later troubles with Kansas, has been a lost Plcaid, has been found again. He lately appeared at an Agricultural Fair at St. Joseph’s, stating that he had cscliewed politics, and was devoting his mighty mind to agricultural pursuits. . . . .A woman named Clara Small, has been arrested at New York for passing counterfeit money, and at her residence were found the materials for counterfeit- ing, and a book containing fac similes of nearly every bank president and cashier inthe United States. . . . .A Cayuga County, N. Y., will case involving some $10,000, after being cou— tested in the courts for five years, has at length been settled in accordance with the original decision of the Surrogate-- The litigants have expended about $5,000 in the contest. . . . .The Providence J ulll'llal comment- ing upon the profusion with which the New York court... grant injunction orders for every conceivable and imaginary evil, asserts that it does not “ suppose a man could legally kiss his wife in New York if his neighbor should apply for an injunc- tion upon him. ‘ ' ‘ . . . .A trial took place about a month ago at Rouen, in France, that affords a good precedent for judicial action the world over. Two fellows, pretending to be gentlemen, were pleased to talk inde- ceutly in a railroad car, even after an an- gry remonstrance of a worthy farmer who happened to be with his daughter in the opposite seat. He denounced them to the publicprosecutor ; they were tried by the correctional court ; the sentence passed on each was imprisonment for two months and a fine of two hundred francs. ‘ . . . .That was a bright Yankee who hum. bugged the people of Portland by adver- tising that " the liumbuggery of spiritual- ism would be outdone by letting.the cat out of the bug,” and then in the presence of the assembled “ sold,” actually rippipg open a bag and letting a cat escape in the lecture room. He should be sup- pressed as u little too smart. ' . . . .The Governor and Comptroller as- sent to the plan of locating the Quaran- tine upon one of the shoals or books in the Lower Boy, so far as to allow the surveys, plans, etc., to be made. ' ’ . . . .A light apparently as of a vessel on firerwas seen 00' Black Rock and near Long Island—late Wednesday evening. . . . .Newton Jones, deputy postmaster at Anna, Ill, has been arrested’f0i'_ rob. biog the mails. He is supposed to have taken as much as $20,000. . . . .Ferdiuond Meyer has obtained a verdict of $7,500 against the city of Brooklyn forinjuries sustained from being thrown out of a wagon, in consequence of defects in a street. ' _-. . . .The Governor of ' Texas has appoint- ed Col. Mutt Ward, United Slulcs Sena- tor from that State, to supply tilt.- mean- cy occasioned by the dEath of Senator Henderson. ' ' . ~ —‘—"‘9"*‘—“— - , ‘ An ,Illiuois paper advises, M i'.~ Douglas to “ look round before attempting to re- in relation to Kansas.” But pray, how can a poor fellow “ look l‘OJllLl when lie is “ cornered.” , , ' An. organ of Mr. Douglas boasts that be“ lit upon Senator Trumbull at Board- ston. We guess he flew off again with- out trying to suck much blood. ' . . The W'ash'ington Union is killing itself, and its friends .— Ohio Farmer. V 0, well, pray don’t interrupt the Wash- ingto’inuion ;' it'is the only good work it wasiever engaged in;: . . ' The cdi'orjof the New York Herold speaks in‘praise of roast beef. Probably he’takes the meat pretty well done, but .we. have understoodthat generally, be bikes the hides rawL‘j . . . . ' MW?“ JPWziol. ply to. Mr. Trumbull’s expose of his course ' The Burntateamship. The Norwegian vessel seen in the vicin- ity of the burning Steamship Austria proves to have been the ship Catarina, from England. She arrived at Quebec on Sunday. She succeeced in saving twenty-two persons from the wreck—six- teen passengers aud six of the crew.— The total number of persons now known to be saved is eighty-nine. The following further particulars have been gathered from those saved by the Catarina : The pump on board the ill-fated vessel in connection with the fire engine was not in' working order. Some attempt was made to render it available, but the pro. gress of the flames was rapid. The life- boats were hanging amidships consequent- ly it was impossible to get at all of them One was lowered crowded with people, but being seized by those already in the water capsized and swamped. Another was so long being lowered that the peo- ple in it sprang into the sea' to escape the flames. Near the forecastle ropes were made fast to chains out side, to which numbers clung; but as ”the flames pro- gressed one by one gave way, and found a watery grave. On the bowsp'rit the passengers were laid out tier upon tier, piled one on top of the other, some- times four deep:~ This was alast resource and from this they were finally driven, until only one man remained seated on the extreme end. Eighteen persons got hold of the chain forming the bows rit stay, and clung to it till 4 o’clock the fol- lowing morning. A seaman clambered from the stay to the bowsprit and found there was a probability of extinguishing what fire was there, and accordingly gave directions to those clinging to the stay to dip portions of their clothing in the sea and pass the some up to him. This was done and the fire was so for subdued as to render the bowsprit a place of compara- tive safety. Tliey remained there until the boats from the Catarina picked them off. 0‘.-. The Mystery'Cleared up. The'vesscl sunk at Montauk Point, L. I. proves to be the Haidee, of New York and not the Elizabeth, as previously re- ported. A piece of canvass was nailed on the stern of the ship before she went down, on which was painted in large let- ters, “ Elizabeth, of New Orleans.” This accounts for the discrepancy in the names. The Haidee sailed from New York, last January, for Gibraltar. From there she went Cadiz, and thence to the coast of Africa, where she took in a cargo of nine hundred and sixty slaves, and then pro ceeded to Cuba' She arrived safely at Cardenas, lauded her slaves, and then went to Havana, where the captain and owners left her. The vessel then went to sea under the charge of the mate, who scuttled and sunk her off Moutauk Point the crew going ashore in the boats and then dispersing in different directions.— Three of the men have been arrested in New York, and placed in confinement.- - Macomber, the mate has been arrested near New Bedford, and taken to New York by a deputy of the United States Marshal. The prisoners say but little about the matter, [and it is difficult to ob- tain information from them. The reason the vessel was scuttled was, that she had port. It is understood that the sailors were Portuguese and that nearly all of them have succeeded in getting out of the country. Marshal Rynders intends to have the Haidee raised if she is worth the expense. W Queer Case. A woman arrested in Syra, Turkey, for passing counterfeit “ Caimes,” a kind of Turkish paper money, the bills being worth about $8 each, gave her name as Mrs. Sevasti, and said that she got them printed by one Wm. L. S. Harrison 'of Duane Street, N. Y. Information being conveyed through the Turkish minister in London to J. Hoslord Smith, Turkish Ministerin New York, be caused the ar- rest of Harrison. Mr. H. expressed himselfgreatly surprised, and protested his perfect innocence of any collusion with the Turkish fraud. He frankly ac- knowledged that he had printed the bills but said that he had no knowledge of their real nature—which is not at all strange—as they look very much like the labels on fire-crackeis or Turkish tobacco usual bank note devices, would convey to no uninformed mind the idea of a paper currency. The note is about five inches long by four, wide, printed on common looking paper, and t is engraving on the face presents a mere jumble of Turkish characters and emblems The back bears a small, round impression which proves to be the seal of the Sultan, but which looks like a meaningless anagram to one not acquainted with the fact. Mr. Harrison was anxious to have the mys- tery thoroughly. sifted, and freely told Sergeant Birney all the facts in his pos- session _ . About July let a foreign lady of bright, active appearance, brought him one of these Caiimes, saying that it was a label of which she wished 600,000 print- 'ed. He supposed that it was a label for some patent nostrum, and made an agree- ment in accordance with which he got paper mode expressly for the purpose;— and engaged Mr; Orr to engrave a per- fect fuc simile. J uly 23d he delivered the required number of labelsand 're- ceived nearly all his pay, taking her note for the balance, since which he has heard, nothing of Madame Ziifmen, as she called herself, until his arrest. Mr. Harrison gave bail in the sum, of $4000, to answer urcha rge of counterfeit bills purporting to issueil'iu other States or countries. He has a large quantity of the bills now on hand, which were rejected by the Mad- ame, as imperfect, and which he has been using as waste paper The original Cal; mes is an exceedingly shabby affair, be- low our worst counterfeits in merit. Har- rison says that everybody that visited his office saw or might'have seen the labels, and that he is‘wholly innocent of any wrong intent. The total amount 'of the counterfeits was $4,800,000“ and Mad- ame Zail’man,.alins‘Savesti, might have .made a pretty fortune if she had not been promptly arrested by the Turks and her trunks and dresses ripped open. Hartford Press. .».—_——_ (lemons-There is a large crop of quin- ces in the vicinity of Boston the present season, The trees bang. very full, arid the fruitis of large size and in excellent condition. . _ cg...”— . fir On Saturday last, James Mallory a deck hand on the propeller Globe, run- ing on Lake Erie, fell into the opening above the engine, which was then running at the rate of fifty-five revolutions a min- ute. Although steam was-almost instant. ly'shut Off, the unfortunate man was torn into so many pieces that his remains had to be put into a barrel. » cicty. of (Betbel, Geno, have extend- ed a unanimous call to Rev. .Sclden _ Haines, of Champlain, N. Y. ,_ i. no papers by which She could enter any- und being destitute of signatures, or the a. Thc Congregation church and so- m CRYSTAL PALACE IN RUINS. , Brilliant Closing of the Fair. At ten minutes after five o’clock Tues- day afternoon, the famOus Crystal Palace where the Fair of the American Institute was being held, took fire. , The flames spread so rapidly that in twelve minutes the dome fell in, and in twentyoue mm- utes almost the whole structure was burn- ed to the ground. The firemen were on the ground in fif- teen minutes. after the first alarm, and worked manfully, but they were too late to be of service. They kept playing on the ruins all the evening hoping to save some of the machinery. ' Many of the visitors inside leaped from the windows, and climbed down the pil- lars of the piazza, and for a long time it was thought that some must have perish- ed in the flames. ‘ j The value of the property destroyed can scarcely be estimated with any degree of accuracy. The Palace was valued by the. American Institute when they essay- ed to buy it, at $125,000. The goods on exhibition at the Fair and the statua- ry, which had been left since the World’s Fair, at a low estimate, must have been worth $225,000, making a total of $350,- 000. . There is no doubt as to the place where the fire originated. It was first seen in what was called the “lumber-room,” com- prising the entranceat the Forty-second street side, of the north nave. Several persons state that a suddeu flash of flame was seen in this room, and from this fact it is supposed by many that the fire was the work of some incendiary. The flash is described as. resembling the sudden outburst of a flame from materials satur- ated with same combustable fluid. The lumber room‘ was filled with old wooden, paterns—relics of previous exhibitions—a quantity of canvas and others miscellane- ous refuse, all of a dry and highly inflam- mable character. In a moment the whole was in a blaze. The flames rushed up the staircase, lighted a 3l-star gas illumina- tor, dashed among a quantity of paints and chemicals outhe second floor—swept around and along the nave, taking a quauty of bedding, cabinet ware, and wall paper, until they reached the edge of the dome. In an instant one body of flame encircled the entire area of the dome The heated air and the gas caused the girders to snap like brittle glass, and in 12 minutes from the discovery of the fire as is determined by several gentlemen who noted the feet by their watches, the dome fell with a thundering crash. The falling of the dome set fire to the floor and to the various objects almost conclusively of a combustible character that were distributed upon its area. The conflugration extended rapidly to the naves leading into Sixth avenue and For- tieth street, and in twenty minutes’ time .the roofs of these portions of the building were destroyed and fell. Au alarm was given the moment the fire was dicovered but so rapid was its progress, that by the time the firemen reached the place it was too late to be of service in saving the building and its con- tents. From the sum - known to be taken at the entrance, as well as .from other means of determining the fact, no fewer than 2,- 000 persons are estimated to have been in the building when the cry of fire arose—7 Of this immense crowd, there is as yet no' positive evidence-that any lost theirlives. Losses by the burning of the Crystal Palace as far as ascertained, in Connecti- .out are as follows : ‘ Case Of Spool Cotton—Willimantic Linen Company. One case Brass Company. Combined Wrought Iron Plow and Cultivator—J. d; J. P, Jackson Hart- ford, Ct. I . Case. of Angers and Bats—Wales French, Humphreysville, Ct. Screw Cutter—James M. Evarts, Westville Ct. Case of silver-plated ware—‘J. G. Mix Warren, Conn. " Case of . Mechanic’s Rules—W. Thral Hartford, Conn. - Two Melodeous—Treat and Linsley, New Haven, Conn. Two Portable Burr-stone Grist Mill—- B. W. Leonard, BridgeportConn. Sewing Silk—M. Hemingway, Water- towu, Conn. Cooper ’sBellows-«S.Wilkiuson,Bridge- port, Ct. ' Forge or Furnace Bellows-—G.C.Wilk- insou, East Bridgeport. ' Steam Guages—Henry Bates, New London Ct. _' , ‘ Weeler & Wilson, of Bridgeport, also lost Sewing Machines valued at $600 to $800 ; and Woodrufl‘ 3; Beach, of Hort 233, lost a steam engine worth about $2,- Mr. Treadwell of theRefreshmcut, De- partment, lost his entire stock and fixtures, valued at $3000. All destroyed. The loss sustained in the Picture Gal- lery is estimated at $10,000. _ The various machines on exhibition which were destroyed, were - valued at $75,000, and the vehicles at $15,000. The value of the statuary destroyed was estimated at $25,000. - Furniture and housekeeping articles to the amount of $20,000 was destroyed. Articles of wearing apparel - to the amount of $25,000 were destroyed. , The whole of the motive-pewer and machinery of the Institute was destroyed —Loss, $15,000. . . There were stoves, ranges and furnaces to the smout of about $6000—all were destroyed. ‘ Agricultural implements to the amount of $10,000 were also totally destroyed. 1“ arty. pianos, valued in the aggregate at $20,000, were also lost. - Jewelry, diamonds and watches to the amount of $30,000, were destroyed, as were also seven steam and three caloric engines, valued at 13,000. There were six steam engines valued at from $3000 to $4,000 each ; a number of highly finished and valuable turning lathes Worth from $1,500 to to $5,000, The sewrng machines on exhibitou were worth about $6,000. The fire, engines, 31, on exhibition, was valued at $5,000. ‘ ' A feature of the Palace wasrthe steam Calliope, introduced-for the first time at the exhibition of last year. There were three of these' singular monsters in the Palace, On one ’ of‘ the, instruments a' tune had just been finished When the fire broke'ont; the air, by! seeming strain fatality, being “ Pop, goes thevweasell' The value of the three instruments— they were, all consumed—was'$16,000. The principal dimensions of the build- ing were—From principal floor, 24 feet ; to top of second tier of girdurs, 44 feet 4% inches ;’ to top of third tier of girdurs, 59 feet 10 inches ; to ridge of have, 67 feet 4 inches ; temp of bed plate, 69 feet 11 inches ; to top of upper ring of dome,~T 123 feet 6 inches; from Sixth avenue curbstone to't’op of lantern,- 151 feet‘~;.z.to tap of tawcrs, 109 feet, Total area}; of floor and gallery, 249,691 feet or 5 5 acres.” Oil Cost ofconsti-uctiou about Cost of fitting, furnishing and decoration. Total Rings—Waterbury eat... ..“. , .mssso The Washington Union talks boastful- ly of “ the all absorbing Democratic par- "2 . ‘ A 3.. . ,and the other was Lord?" Brougham. ty.” No doubt it is a sponging concern. he finally started 11p suddenly, at some . From Ilse Buflalo Commercial Jloevflser. EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. No. 81 LONDON, July 5. 1853- The first entrance into London is some- what disappointing. Its appearance is very much like that of any other large city, and the hotel when you arrive at it does not strike you favorably. You find no spacious reception room for ladies, nor a roomy office where you register your names, as with us. You are met by a servant of whom your first inquiry is for rooms, in answer to which you are told “wait a bit.” After a little time the laudlqdy, or sane other attaches of the house," appears and inquires if you will have a private-parlor. As this looks for- midable financially, you say no Then you are‘tdd-that the house is very full, ~ but they will do the best they can. You are then conducted up various flights of stairs, andfinallv shown Into a moderate- ly comfortable room. The system is to charge you "a fixed, price for the room per day, and then for your meals as you call for them. if you take no parlor, you are shown into the common. coffee-room for your meals, and therefore to be at all comfortable, you are compelled to take the little parlor, and have your meals served up there, for which charge is about the same as for the sleeping-room. c aggregate cost, including servants-fees is about double that of.— the same taticomodatoiis in one of the American H0- e s. ‘ Having occasion to deliver. letters in the neighborhood of the Parliament gion. The names of the streets you pass have quite a familiar sound to you ‘; Cheapside, St. Paul’s Church Yard, (the names of the streets surrounding St. Paul’s,) Paternoster Row, Ave Maria Laue, Ludgate Street, Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Strand, Trafalgar Square, Chariug Cross, Whitehall, where you first see government buildings on a large scale, through Parliament street to the Square, where are the new Parliament Buildings, Westminster Abbey, did, dic. By this time you begin to realize that you are really in London. On our return we passed throagh the gates of the Horse Guards, with its two splendidly mounted dragoons, sitting like statues at the gate- ways, and entered St. James’ park where the military were on parade, with a splen- did baud of music. . The large trees with their lnxuriant'foliage, the wide, gravel- led walks winding through the park, alive'with swans and other water-‘foivl,e-a the splendid surrounding buildings, and the glimpses of Buckingham Palace, in highest anticipations. Passing along the broad avenues we. see on our left the Wellington Barracks, a range of build- ings and grounds which surprises you by their splendor and extent, and soon come torBuckiugham Palace, the city residence of the Queen and royal family, which quite fills up your preconceived idea of the royal mansion. You pass into Green Park, of the same general character as St. James’, and scan come to the massive gateways at Hyde Park corner, on the top of which the colossal equestrian stat. ue of the duke of 'Welliugtou, in his cos- tume as a General oficer. The splendid expanse of Hyde Park is now before you with. its almost illimitable extent of grounds, embracing walks. roads, lawns, of marvelous extent and beauty. It will howeverbo impossible to give an ado. quate description of these renowned lo- calities, and I. can only allude to them his cidentally. ' , - . Our first visit to a place of entertain- ment was to St. Martin’s Hall, to hear Mr. Charles Dickens read his Christmas Carol. This is a recent movement of vi r. Dickens, and has been quite success- ful. The Hall was filled with the best society of London, and the author read-' or was well received. He is a little below medium size, and his appearance at first disappoints you. plain dress, without any effort at display, came upon the stage in asimple, basins. and dainty applause of the audience with a slight acknowledgement. His reading was good and effective, without attempt at high elocution, and to those who were familiar with the beautiful story, was in the highest degree interesting. The fact long been indebted for the highest ,order of light reading, the author of such now familiar creations as Pickwick, Sam _ Wéller, Nicholas and Kate Nickleby, Ol- iver Twist, Little Nell, Dolly Varden and the host of others which crowd upon the memory, was an event. to be forever re- membered. Dickens is now in the prime of life, an active, well-built man of the world, than the exclusively literary man we have always considered.him.. The presentmovement with him is doubtless a relief from composition, for notwith- standing his wonderful fertility, the source of supply, and power of production must gradually give way and finally disappear. . Our next visit was to Westminster, but the Abbey being closed, we went to the House of Parliament. This splendid pile of buildings has been so often de- scribed and pictured, that it is useless to waste time upon them. .The great eu- trance Hall is truly magnificent. We first visited the court rooms, where the courts were in session. The Judges in their great flowing wigs and robes, were gen- erally fine looking elderly men, and their costume certainly gave di nity to the ap-_ peuranceof the bench. he lawyers, in their wigs and gowns, however, did not strike as so favorably. Just imagine our young, though very capable, Judge Sheldon, with a massive wig and gown at our ‘Court house, and our excellent and business like friend James M. Smith, for example, arguing a knotty point of law with the thermometer at 90, and you can imagine how it would nppear to a Bufl‘a- loniun. i ' ' . . ‘ ' . Lord Campbell, the author of theiives of the Chancellors, was presidiugiu one of the courts: He is now over eighty years of age, and appears to have lost none of his mental vigor. He is never abSent from his seat, and is also one of the most attentive members of the House of Lerds. The great passage way to the main building hasa series .of grand stat- . ues, of men in English Parliamentary History Walpole, Cha’ham, Burke, first to". Pitt, Fox, Hampden and. others of lesser note} are the subjects, and the po- sition, attitude,jcostunie and execution of these noble statues are worthy of the . 8'9“ Petsonages they represent. Neith- er H0088 were in session, but learning that the Lords were sitting as .» t of “P013818, ,We obtained access, as” ' .g' to see'tbe great men of the land. We found the Lord. Chancellor sitting in flill. who with two members only of the House of Lords. One of these was Lord St. Leon- ards, who is a peer of some’reputatiopi dapper—barrister was makings speech, to which the members listened patiently, ex- cept Brougham, who with his head test ing on his 'hand, showedf‘slg‘ns of impa- tience, by nervously changing from one hand to the other. We began to fear we should not get a look, at his face, but v 5 w L House, we took an omnibus for that re- . like way, receiving the. rather refined .. that the reader before you was Charles . Dickens, to whose prolific brain we have " ./ the distance, embraces a scene of the ‘ He was dressed iua .
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