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RBBUBLICAN STATE TICKET-

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FOR GOVERNOR, C

WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM, of Norwich.
son iiinrnsurr uovsaxoit,

JULIUS CATLIN, of Hartford.
‘ FOB IICIIEABY OF STATE,
JOHN BOYD, of Winchester. -
FOB STATE TREASURER,
LUCIUS J. HENDEE. of Ilebron.
I-‘OR COMPTROLLER,
WILLIAM H. BUELL, of Clinton.
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FOR CONGRESS.
District No. 1--DWIGHT L00!lIS-
,2—.—JOHN WOODRDFF.
3-15.. A. BURNIIAM.
_ -4-ORRIS S. FERRY,
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lath Diatrtct .
Republican Senatorial Convention-
‘ ' d. lliothers opposed to
eh? 2:-¢E:b,ii1?di:iI>lhliiInAtIministration are re-
quested to send delegim 911"‘ ‘° “°“b'°
their representation in the General Assembly.
to a Convention to be held at the Nor-A
way]; Hotel, on Wednesday, March 9th
1859 at 11 o’c1oek. A. 11., for the purpose of
nominating a candidate to be supported for
the office of Senator, to represent the 12th
senatorial Ditrict, in the next General As-
sembly. ’Also to nominate a candidate for
the otlice.of,Judge of Probate for the Districts
of Norwilk and Stamford.
Wit. L QUINTARD. Rep.

Norwalk, Feb. 2Ist, 1859.
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Mr. Perry's appointments for the 17th

-. Senatorial District.

In compliance with the Resolution of the
Republican Congressional Convention, Mr.
Frnar will speak at the following places, at
the times designated’ below. The hour will
be uniformly at 7 1-2 o’clock in the evening,
and citizens of all parties are cordially iiivi-
ted to attend. The Rt-publicau Town
mittees are requested to PTOW" "“'“' ‘
Halls for the_meets’ngs, at the several places
indicated.‘ Mr. Fsitav will speak at
West Cornwall, Monday P. M-,,M8t‘¢h 7. If 1

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o'clock. ' _
Falls Village, Monday evening,

o’clock.
Goshen, Tuesday P. M.» “ 3- if 1
o’clock. _ ‘
Norfolk,'1‘uesday evening, ‘ 8, at 7
o’cloek.
Salisbury, Wednesday P. 11., “ 9, at 1
o'clock.
0- “ Evening, “ 9, at 7
o’clock.
Sharon. Thusday P. IL. “ 10, at I
o’cloc . _
North Canaan, Thursday evenirg, “ 10, at 7
o’clock. -' ' -
Kent. Friday evening, “ 11. Oi 7
o’clech.
15th Senatorial District.
Winsted, Monday evening, March I4
Colebrook River, Tues. afternoon " 15
Hitchcocliville ' “ eve “ 15
Pleasant Valley, Wed afternoon “ 16
. New Hartford, “ eve “ 16
Harwiugtou Thurs afternoon “ 17
Wolcottville ‘ ‘ eve “ 17
South Farms Fr'id'y afternoon “ I8
-‘ eve “ 18

Those Awful State Expenses.
' Those seventy thousand anonymous tracts,
whereof the writer dated not attach his
name, do not seem to satisfy the Sham De-

- ntocracy, so their State Central Committee

have-issued another butletiu,to throw dust
in the eyes of the honest tax payers of Con-
nectisut. Noble financiers, those Shams ;
they have only squandered the twenty-five
millions which they found in the National
Treasury two years ago——the one ltltittlI‘e‘tl
and twenty millions more which they have
received during these two years last past,aud
the Forty Millions more of DEBT created,
with the milIi'mi.v more to be added, which
they are now in the streetstrying to borrow I
Prudent, honest fellows, those Shams. Only
give them control of our State Treasury,
and we shall enjoy a perfect millciiium of
economy! Connecti'cut’s share of the Na-
tional Debt, which they have contracted, is
only a little over half a million dollars, so
do letthese dear economists have a chance to
financier a little here in Connecticut! They
have sucked the J\’at-ional Treasury dry,
and are very hungry, do therefore, " dear’,
honest voters of Connecticut” let them have
a chance at that snug little sum offour
hundred" and fifty thousand dollars which
Connecticut has secure after paying every
‘dollar of itsdebt, no I 0 not
‘We find the followingable article to the
point, in the Hartford Press :

The Hartford Times publishes an “Ad-
dress of I the‘ Democratic State Central
Committee” to the Electors of Connecti-
cut. It is signed by A. E. Burr, chair-
man, but certainly cannot have been

written or scarcely read by him, f‘or it is
.weak, washy, ignorant and meudacious.
It sanctimonionsly “ begs off” from it

~ continuance of “the bitter partisan strifes
of the last five years upon questions which
this State has no power to control.”-
Why then make the subjects of those
strifes the most prominent issues in your
platform? Why seek to drag Connecii.
cut into the disgrace of endorsing this
corrupt, weak and profligate administra-
tion? In the event of James '1‘. Pratt's
-election, (which judgment for our sins we
-fervently pray a kind Providence to avert)

' ovould not the first exultunt bowl of negro-
-llriving and negro-catching democracy
ifrom Maine to Texas proclaim that the

. policy and principles of James Buchanan
had been approved. .

The address proceeds to say “ we have
lost sight of the true interests of Connec-
tticut.” If it means to confine its coiifes-
isiou-s to its own party, it never said a tru-
-er -word. The people became fully aware
of it five years ago, and have acted accor-
id-iugtly.

The committee, of course, open the
budget of State expenses. They declare
that the increase in population “ has not
been‘mnterial.” An increase of probably
40,000 in five years is material. They
sang that the additional expenses cannot
the -owing to annual appropriations’ to
lStail.e institutions, “for I/use appropria-
tions awe made byuthe democmts in the

iialsehood ;‘ the records are open to the
committee, and if they did not examine
itlicin they were not fit to write an ad-
elress; if they did examine them they
knew ihetteir «than to pen that senteaeeg
The Shams in their four years appropria-
ted but $10,000 to the Reform School,
having lint just time to start that insti-
ttutiun before they were turned out; the

npproprhited about $90,000. Though
not precisely a_, “State institution,” the
military law is the especial Oftile
shums, Gov. Seymour liaviu appointed

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were of his own party, which drafted the
law and urged its passage. Not one for-
thing of the large sum——about $103,000
-—which that law has cost, was paid
while the shame were in power. The (‘K-'
penscs of the militia before were compar-
atively light, and that they must in some
way be lessened is perfectb evident. The
returns of the present year will show a
partial reduction, ,

There is pettifogging in the assertion
that the state debt _is $85,000 That
was true one year ago. The accounts to
be closed March 31 will show that the
debt is but $50,000—t-he reduction being
affected by Republican lcgislatz'.on. The
sliums went out of power in 1854, increa-
sing the state expenses annually ; the re-
publicans are in power re iucing the an-
nual expenditure and reducing the state
debt. They will soon bring both to their
proper position.

The address is cowardly. It asks why
we are burthened with a debt .? but re-
plies only that the republicans manage
affairs “in a reckless manner.” THEY
mun NOT MAKE A SPECIFICATION ; of course
then, they dare not make a reduction,
should they come into power. Through
fear that they will lose votes by saying that
they intend to reduce the judicial, milita-
ry and contingent expenses, they confine
themselves to “ glittering generalities ;”
and should they triumph, the same fear
will prevent any reform whatever.

While the address says that republican
policy. in Massachusetts increases the
burdens, the fact is that the expenditures
in that state are $400,000 less than I/to
previous years. The committee condemn
the levying of a bonus of two per cent.
upon banks chartered in 1855. We
agree with them in condemning Ricumn
D. HUBBARD, EsQ., a leading member of
their own party, for moving and ailmen-
ting that measure, and are glad to see
this severe rebuke of his course coming
from his own friends.

The address censures - the levying of a
temporary tax for the purpose of clearing
ofi‘ the debt. That is precisely its na-
tional policy ; the policy of deniugogues.
This sham democratic Congress desires to
borrow millions by the dozen ; but will
not increase the revenue by a judiciously
protective tariff, nor will it reduce the
expenditures ; on the contrary the exec-
utive aud its friends, the Times among
them, are anxious’ to borrow thirty mil-
lions more to place in the hands of Mr.
Buchanan for purposes which he will not
disclose i

We have noticed all that is material
in what we have justly styled this weak,
washy, ignorant and meudacious address.

The position of the party is this: it
attacks every measure calculated to pay
ofl' the debt; while it has neither the
courage nor the ability to show us where
it thinks that any reduction of expenses
ought to be made. On the other hand,
rnr. Rsi~trsi.i_cAxs nave coiiiiitxcsu THEIR
EXISTENCE AS A DOMINANT rxnrv WITH MA-
Tl-‘.RlAl. nsnucrioxs IN sxrnxiiiruns, AND
LIKE uoxitsr MEN ARE PAYING THE srxrs
nrsr AS FAST A811‘ is EITHER I-2QU1'l‘Al3f.l~‘. on
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Senatorial Coiiveiitioii.

The Senatorial Convention of‘ the 12th Dis-
trict niects at the Norwnlk Hotel to-morrow
—Wednesday. A Candidate for Judge of
Probate. for the District of' Norwnlk, is also
to be selected. ‘We would suggest to our
friend the " Judge” that he put on all the
winning airs he is capable of, for the next two
days, with a view of securinga re-nomiua-
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Edie Ferry had a large audience at Ely’:
New Hall, at South Norwalk, on Saturday
evening last.

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Fire in W'estport.—About I1 o'clock, on
Monday night week, the dwelling of Hezeki-
ah Wakcman was discovered to be -on fire, by
the inmates, who had barely time to escape
with their clothing. It appears that the fire
originated in the roof, and the wind blowing
to the South-east, ignited the carriage-house,
the light from which shining through the
bedroom window of Mrs. W., was the first in-
timation she had of the perilous situation ot
the family. The furniture of the house was
nearly ail consumed, together with cariiages,
slcighs. harness, &c., in the carriage house.
The loss is estimated to be about $6000, with
some 332,000 insurance. Mr. Wakeman, how-
ever, is a gentleman who can stand the
“ pressure,” and will,without grumbling.

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3 We learn that our enterprising neigh-
bors iu Westport have become awakened on
the subject of Fires and a fire department,
and have recently purchased the Engine be-
longing to Phenix Fire Engine Co. No. l.
of Waterbury. The Engine is a Piano Ma-
chine, long box,and a tip top one of its class.
The Phenix boys of Waterbury, are, we un-
derstand, to have a large and more power-
ful one.

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3. A comparison of the lowestods for
"19 mlchinery of five sloops of war and the
“¢°°lltcd bids, shows a difference in the U S_
Treasury of $90,500. In no single case was
the lowest bid taken. Here is detnocratit‘
economy for you‘. If they can only get into
“*9 C'07l?1f¢‘Ufill frzasmy, what a good time
”‘9Y W00” havc—houest, emubuiicul fellows
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Conn. state Agricultural sgciety...'n,e
Executive Committee met in New Hmvou on
Wednesday, adopted a plemium list and do
cided to hold the State Fair during the sec-
ond week of October. at New IIl\Vtll, provi-
ded. proposals for lands and buil(‘iug slmn be
furnished to the subcommittee previous to
the first of April, Jtherwise the sub committee
are authorized to seek another locality.
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Burglary.-—'l‘he House of Stiles Curtis,
Esq._. was entered one night last week- by
burglars, who effected an entrance by turning
the key of the front door from the outside
with forceps. They were discovered and
frightened of, taking only a new overcoat
b-.-longing to Mr. C. Look well to your fas-
tenings and keep your powder dry.

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Beware of Palsehoodsl

It does seem that the more the Sham Dem-
00|’9-ts are eiemcd in their iniquitous schemes
of public plunder. tag: more corrupt and au-
dacious they become. ’i‘li,ey are now appa-
rently outvieing the ‘ Father of Lies’ himself,
.fu (‘pa circulation of falsehoods and deceit.-—
Everyibreeca watts some new falsification of ‘
_history,stut_istics, o3:'.,s,lander upon personal
reputation. .I1QI,e,V‘El‘y_II;()‘)]C-8; ,-ppp, therefore,
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A Temperance Revival.

The Sixteenth Anniversary of the O1‘-
ganization of Concord Division, No 2, of
the “ Sons of Temperance,” and of Con-
cord Union, No. 4, of the “Daughters
of Temperance,” was celebrated on the
evening of March 1st, at Phenix Hall.-—
It was ‘a great occasion. At an early
hour that fine hall was crammed to its
utmost capacity, so that a large number
of gentlemen were compelled to remain
standing during the entire evening; and
it is sufficient proof of the unusual inter-
est of the meeting that very few persons
retired until the adjournment, at €101-‘en
o’cloc].-. Their places were speeflili’ filled
by others. Fully one half of the crowded
audience was composed of the gentler sex.
This is well, for who have so great an
interest atstake upon the Success Of the
Temperance Reformation? , .

Prayer was offered by the Rev, Dr.
Woolsey, who is a member of the Order.
The annual statement, read by Brother
George Marvin, showed that, since their
organization, No. 2 has disbursed some
$10,000, and No, 4 some $2,000, princi-
pally for charitable purposes. The for-
mer has some $2,000 and the latter ‘ sev-
eral hundreds, securely invested. Both
appearlto be in a prosperous and hopeful
condition.

The main attraction of the occasion
was an address'by- Col. E. L. Snow, of
New York, who was well supported by
Messrs. Brouwer and Cook, also of New
York.
much to the life and spirit of the exerci-
ses by their temperance uud humorous
songs, which were well sung and warmly
applauded. The speaker and singers
alike did good service. Col. Snow gave
a rapid and vivid sketch of the Washing-
tonian movement, and of the origin of the
order of the “ Sons," and also of the
“ Daughters” and “ Cadets” of Temper-
ance. He said he had the honor of hav-
ing inaugurated the Order in this State,
(at Dnnbury) and in eight or nine oth-
er States. He gave it as his opiuioii that
the prime reason of the decline of the
Washingtonian movement, was that it re-
pelled the Clergy und disgusted Chris-
flats of the difierent denominations by in-
troducing unworthy speakers and low
“ J im-Along-Josey” singers, into their
meetings in houses of worship. He
thought that the principal danger to be
apprehended by the Order of “ Sons of
Temperance,” arose from their being too
uiuch dissociated from the “ Daughters”
in their efforts. “ In Union is Strength.”
“ It is not good ' for man to be alone.”

The Colonel gave some very hard hits
at the rumsellcrs ; yet, apparently,
“ speaking the truth in love,” using “soft
words but hard arguments.” He gave
an amusing account of their “doctoring”
of liquors; claiming that an early ap-
prenticeship, and long acquaintance with
the business, qualified him to “speak of
what he knew, and testify of what he
had seen.”

He maintained that it was a great in-
fringement on 0l1l_‘if.‘0lllll10ll liberties and
right that this class of dealers should be
allowed to carry on their business on the
Sabbath, as no merchant, or other trades-
nmu or mechauic'eonld do.

Brief addresses were made by the Rev.
Dr. Woolsey, and Rev. Messrs. Bradley,
Pcnse, Bissell, and Gowan, and by Dr."
A. -Hill and Robert Ells, _Esqs..; after
which' the pledge was circulated, and
over‘ one hundred and thirty names were
added on the ‘spot.’ It was a most anima-
ting scene; especially us a very large
number of the recruits were young men.
It was a regular Snow-storm upon the
Rumsellers, and bids fair to give them a
good Slaying. _

Friends of Temperance !—--Young men
of Norwnlk 1 (—-poor Norwnlk l—cursed
it is said with the malaria of some fifty of
these ‘pest houses) -—sliall we not keep
this Snow-ball rolling, until its purity
shall disinfect our atmosphere, or its ge-
nial melting'awny,wlien no longer needed,
under tliereturuiug Spring of ’1‘cmperan'ce
and the rising Sun of Righteousness, shall
cuuse_the living waters to flow \\ hicli
shall extinguish these flames of the Pit ?

'1‘he motto and wntchword of the
“Sons” is

“ Lovit, PURITY dz Fini:i.i1'Y.’’
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THE DOUBLE TAX. ‘

The Bank Insurance stocks directly
tpxcd by the recent Republican legisla-
tion, were already taxed at their market
value by towns. They are now doubly
taxed. W lint do furiners and others who
own: Batik and fiisuraucc stocks think of
this extortion? Is it right to select a
class of property and tax it ‘twice over,
in order to raise the funds to meet the
eiionnous and Iiuiieccssnry expenditures
of ltcpublicnu office holders.‘

B‘/'idg'epm‘t Ett7'wzer.

@‘ hlostcertninly not——yct Hon. Richard
I). Hubbard, loco,/in-o, member and leader
from liurtford, originated and uy the aid of
locofuco votes, carried this unjust measure
through the Legislature. Oh, DO, voters oi
Connecticut, let us pure deuiocrats, have
your State ’1‘rca§nry for just one year,-we
will be so good! .
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Sl.A'l'F:Il & Co., of l)uubui'y monopolize
six columns of the Danbury Tiiiies in
cnormoiis type, feurfully “ displayed,” by
their advertisement of dry goods. We
expect. within a few years to hear that
Slater has bought some valuable real es-
tate and is about to erect a palatial resi-
de-nce. When Getiiu, the butter, paid
$200 for a ticket to Jenny Lind’s cot)»
cert, people thought he must be eitlzcr tl.
fool or a madman, but it proved the foun-
dation of his present large fortune. No-
tn Bane! and advertise l-—[i’ullu,(lium.]

gr Messrs. A.\'i>ni-:ws_.k Iv. s are after them
Will! 3 Sharp stick, in the some Paper; more-
over, tlie latter firm advertise extensively in
the GAZETTE, which circulntts some five linu-
dred copies. each week, within the circle of
their tradiu g sphere. They are llbernl enough
to advertise extcnsii-ely,'and the public begin
to understand that such men extend this same
spirit of libernlityto those who make purcha-
scs of them,und therefore will buy of them.
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w.~Hon.'John Ifarrou, for many years
thefaithfbl assistant P.M.Gt-ncral died
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Both these gentlemen added’

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The Congressional Committee appoint-
ed to investigate the corruptions existing
in the Navy Department, in regard to
the Navy Yards and the giving out of
contracts, made their Report on Thurs-
day, Of‘ coui-se,the Committee was divi-
ded, The majority, naturally enough,
desired to screen Mr. Toucey, and the
President. Yet they admit that the al-
leged covruptions exist. The minority of
the committee, state all the facts fully,
and expose the evidence to public inspec-
tion, so that the people may read, and
fix the deliiiquency where it belongs.

The facts disclosed by the investigation
are concisely ll: clearly stated in the report
They relate to the disposition of patron-
age in the various branches of the Navy
Department. Large amounts of coal are
purchased every year for the naval ser-
vice, and an agent is appointed at Phila-
delpliia to superinteud these purchases—-
to see that the coal is of good quality,
that the price is reasonable, and that the
interests of the Government are protect-
ed in the transaction. The entire respon
sibility for this appointment rests with
the Secretary. ‘ President Buchanan took
the power into his own hands—appoint-
ed a physician, who knew nothing about
coal, who did not attend to the duties of
the ofiice, never purchased coal for the
Government, or performed any of the oth-
er duties of the office except to sign cer-
tificates which he knew to be false, and
was required by the President to divide
the emoluments of the office -with two oth-
ers of his political friends, who had con-
tributed largely to aid his election. Con-
-tracts for live oak timber were made with
a Mr. Swift, who had no facilities for
supplying it, and who agreed to pay a
favorite at court ten per cent. commission
for putting him on friendly terms with
Departments. Swift failed to comply
with his agreement, and the contract
went into the hands of another part_v,who
at a great risk, and by the utmost energy
supplied the fimbet when it was most
needed—but who was deprived of his cou-
trabt, at immense loss, because he did not.
comply with an impossible condition, and
his contract was nuuiled and again thrown
into the hands of Swift, merely because
he was a party favorite of’ the Adminis-

tration.
In the Brooklyn Navy Yard the entire

patronage of the Govermeut is surren-
dered to the local Members of Congress,
belonging to the Administration Party,
who are allowed to control the appoint-
meats, dictate terms, and manage the
whole establishment, with solo reference
to their own pnrtizan promotion. Here
is a specimen of the letters addressed by
it New York Member of Congress to a
Master Carpenter in the Brooklyy Navy

Yard :

“ Mr. COHANE ;——M_r. Cullen tells me
that you are to take men on, on Tuesday;
now I ask you to take him on, and the
others I ask you to take on. I will have
my proportion of nieu on under you ; if
you do not give them I will lodge charges
against you. You have turned away; all
the men butone from myDisfrict already
Of this I have complained to the Secre-
.t.ary, and new, unless you rectify this in-
justice, I will make application that you
be l'll.I"rtt'd out. ' The bearer will bring me
an answer. Yours, &c.,

JOHN COCHRANE”

The majority of the Comiltce report
resolutions to the following effect :

1. That the testimony taken in the. in-
vestigation proves the existence of glar-
ing abuses in the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
and require the interposition of legisltive
reform ; that it is due to justice to declare
that these abuses have been slowly and
gradually growing up,- during it long
course of years, and that no particular
Administration should have the entire
blame thereof. -

2. That the coal agency, for some time
past, has been in the hands of persons
wholly iueflicieiit and groosly incompetent
and that reform is needed in the regula-
tions which exist on the subject; and
that there is no proof which traces any
knowledge of such inefficiency and incom-
peteucy to the responsible authorities in
Washington.

3. While the Committee will never
sanction or approve, on the part of" any
officer of the Government any favors to
contractors, yet, if the Secretary of the
Navy did contemplate any favor to Swift
he did not design, to bestow it to the de-
triment of the Government, but that in
all he did in this mater he kept always in
view the good of the public and the inter-
est of the service. .

4. That in the letting of contracts for
the construction of steam machinery for
the use of the navy, during the pres-
cut adtniiiistrutioii. nothing has been
shown which calls for the interposition of
the Congress of the United States ;'but
it is manifest the present head of the Na-

nblc zeal to secures the - greatest amount
of speed ntid efficiency attainable to said
vessels. ' . '

Messrs. Sherman, of Ohio, and Ritcliie,
of Pennsylvania, join ill‘lI stutemeutand
resolutions : " .' ’ V

1. That the Secflury of the Navy,
with the sanction of the 1’rcsidcnt., abu-‘ed
his discI'eti0nuI'y power in the selection
of a Cool Agent, and in the purchase of
fuel. - »

2. '1‘lint the contract for live oiikwitli
Mr. Swift was mu-.1e in violutioii_._of' law,
and in ii manner unusual and iiiiproper,uiitl
injurious to the public service. ,. ‘

3. 'l‘|int the distribntiaii, by the Secre-
fury, of lllf’.,’|)flll'Oll8gC or the Broolilyu
Navy- Yard among ineiuliers of Congress

ting in its iufluciice, and highly injurious
to ',thc public service. A

4. That the Presidetit and Secretnr_v,
by’. receiving and coiisideriug the party
relations of bidders for contracts, and the
ttft-ct of 'awui'diug contracts upon the
pending elections, have set an example
dangerous to public safety, and deserving
thereproof of this house.

5. That the appointment, by the Sec-
retary, of “Daniel B. Martin, Chief Eu-
giueer in the Navy, as a member of the
Board of Engineers to report upon the
proposals for constructing inacltinei-'y—tlie
said Martin at-the time being pet-uuisrily
iiitcrcsted in some of said proposals-is
hereby ccnsured liythe House. "
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--Loo Iioo."—We would call the iittention
of our rcade-rs to this exceedingly interesting
Story, from the Atlantic Month! y, commenced
on to-d_ay‘s outside, and which we expect to-
finiehj ingtwo more numbers’ of t_he Gszsrrs.
It ‘jlil well repay a perusal. ' ‘

 

vy Department has displayed it very loud-

wus destructive of discipline, and corrup--

trne Navy Dsfiartttlerlh coiraptious.

‘the bill was not finally iicte pom
ill.‘

pdjouritcd.

saws issue.
. . . .The friends of Dr. L. P. Brockett,
the latest discovered Hartford forger, are
subscribing money to settle liis-difficulties
and procure his release. The Courant
thinks it is improper, and says it is as
much as declaring that in Hartford man
of good social position, may forg‘e,deccivc
and client with impunity. '
. . . .Dorson E. Sykes, who has for seven-
teen years been the editor of tlie Norwich
Courier, takes his leave ofitin n valedic-
tory full of reminiscences of the pust.—
The Courier, under the new ownership,
is to be improved in appearance, and
means to claim position with the best pa-
pers in the ‘State.
_...Postmaster-General Brown is in a
critical condition, from an attack of pneu-
monia, and there is little prospect of his
recovery. - ~

....'l‘he Opposition in Kentucky have
nominated Joshua F. , Bell for Governor,
and James Harlan Tori Attorney General.
'1‘hc Tribune calls it a‘ good ticket.

Two rivnl candidates for Senatorial
honors in District No. 8,-New-Hampshire
(Walter and Benjamin‘ Hart-iman,) are
brothers, who live on the same farm and
in the same house. - 

.. . .Congi'ega-tioual singing has‘ been
adopted in many of the churches in Bos-
ton mid its vicinity, with the best results,
as far as interests in "the -ser.-non is con-
cerned, and quite a-relief to the parish
treasury. a , ’ = - .
.. . .Mr. Charles Sampson of the well-
knowii publishing honseof Phillip’:-i, Samp-
son 8.’. Co. of Boston, died at his residence
in Brookline, on Thursday. . He was
about 40 years of age. ' ~ -
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Exi>i.osiou.—200 Livss Losr.-—The
steamer Princes, from Vicksburg, for
New-Orleans, exploded her boiler when
near Baton Rouge, on Sundiiy‘ morning
week and the boat taking fire was burned
to the wnter’s edge. ' Four hundred pas-
engers were on board at the~time_. two
Iiuudred of whom are lost or miss_ii_ig,—--
mostly residents of Lou'isinu'.i and Missis-
sippi, a large numberof whom were In-
dies. No Eastern names hudbecn ascer-
tained. '-lhe boat and cargo are a total
loss. ‘

 

 

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FIRE AT Mi:ni>iiis.—.-\ large fire occur-
red at Memphis,'l'eni_t., on_'1‘nesduy night
buriiiug lialfu square on Main street, in-
cluding the printing offices of the Eagle
and Enquirer, the A'vr1larneh_e_ the Ledger,
the Christian Advocate, the Prcsbyler-iaii
Sentinel, the book and job office of Hut-
ton & Clarke, the stores. of Gelkey &
Warren, Snffrnus & Strattou, W. H.
Hunt, N. Stillman, Henricli 6: Brothers,
-the saloon of Veufel, and several ofiices.
Loss about $150,000. Partially insured.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

Moxn.iv.~~In the SENATE, the Post-
Office Committee reported adversely to it
large number of requests for new Post-
Routes. On a motion to take up the
Homestead bill, the vote was : Yeas, 26;
Nays, 29. _ Senator Houston miide afore-
well speech. The Post-Office Appropria-
tion bill was then taken up. The third
section was stricken out, and in its place
six millions of dollars appropriated for de-
ficlcuciesof the fiscal year. A

In the HOUSE, the Naval Appropria-
tion bill was amended (as agreed to in
Committee) by cutting down the $3,100,-
000 for repairs to $1,900,000, and the
$1,192,000 for navy yards to,$130,000,
and the bill then passed. Mr. Plieips
moved a suspension of the rules to.iutro-
ducc. it bill to extend ‘the issue of 'l‘rensu-
ry Notes for two years, But the House
refused, 93 to 108. In Committee the
Miscellaneous Appropriation bill was to-
kcii up. A iiiotiou to ‘strike out $250,-
000 for continuing the Coast Survey was
uegatived. .

 

 

TussnAv.—-In the Saturn, the Post-
Office Appropriation bill being under con-
sideration in Committee, Mr. Yulee
moved to raise letter postage to five cents
and abolisli the frankiiig pfivilege, which
motion prcvailetl-—Yeas, 29 ; Nays, 28 ;
Mr. Wilson got in an amendment that
the Post-Office advertisements hereafter-
bc printed in two papers having the larg-
est circulatidn in encli State and '1‘e1'i'it0-
ry. An amendment, giving the ovorlaiid

. mail contractors the privilege of choos-

ing their own route, was lost, 19 to 32.
During the debate is was stated ‘that7'tlte
cost of each letter conveyed over: Fund
was from tliity-five to sixty dollars. It
was tlieu moved to make the trips once a
week. and reduce the my to $150,000 in-
stead of $600,000, which was agreed to.
Mr. Broderick moved that the weekly
mail between StJoseph and Placerville be
put through in twenty-five days, and the
pay be $110,000, which was agreed to.
Mr. Rice moved a weekly "mail St. Paul
to Puget Sound, at $200,000, which was
carried, 33 1:024. The bill being reported
to the -Senate, most of the amendments
were adopted—tliut conceruiiig the But-
terfield contract by 32 to 16. The sec-
tion raising the ratcs of postage and
ndolishing the franking privilege was also

, adopted. On a final vote the bill, as

amended, was adopted—Yeas, 28 ; Nays
22. A motion to reconsider was lost.——
The Senate then took up the Naval Ap-
propriation bill. ‘ -

In the House the amendments of the
Committee of the Whole to the Miscella-
neous Approprii-tiop bill were acted up-
on, The $350,000 for continuing the
Treasury Exteiisioir was cut down to
$50,000 ; $450,000 for Custom Houses
in Cliurlestou and New-Orleans were
stricken out. The bill was finally passed
and then the Ocean M_:iil Appropriation
bill was taken up in Committee. When
the Committee rose the bill was laid on
the table by ll majority. The House in
Committee then took up the Senate's
unicudmcuts to the Army bill. adopting
the. appropriation of $227,000, balance
due Massncliusetts from war of 181‘) -
'l‘lie uineiidiueiits were disposed of, but
Af-
ter voting $10,000 tupay tl xpenses of
the Investigating Committee, the House

 

Wv.u.vi~:snitv —Iu the SENATE, the bill
to carry into effect the treat y with China
was passed. The Miscellaneous Appro-
priation bill was taken up. It embraces
a total amount of»$2,345,000. Mr. Sini-
mons moved on unieuduient providing for
it home valuation of imports, but ulterdc-
bate it was lost. _Mr. Huiitcr moved flint
the President be tlllll't0l'l7,t'_.‘(i to issue
’1‘i'easu'ry Notes for twenty millions at six
per cent iiitcrest,.,w.liicli was adopted, 2-;
to 10. An ntneudiueiit of $350,000 for
the New-Oileans Custom-House was lost
15 to 9. Also, $250 000 to complete
the Was‘hiugtou’A lleduct. '

’Iu.the Houss, tie Senate resolutions
authorizing the -Presdien,t, to ‘-confer on
Commodore Stewart the C,Cl_I1ml|8Si0ll fl‘
Senior Flag, Qflicer, Qi'T t_lie..,_l_V,nIvy was
adoptcd. The '1H0‘.s£:ftl.gusy!qQl€ up the
Senate's amendments. to _t;he_’i.jAI'uiy* bill,
and -disposed of -tliem..ee99f.éi|'.0‘g§ ft? the
discretion of the; Committee .9f..the Whole
The bill exteiitling the laws-and judicial
system over..Orcgbn,W1w f!d9Pl.t‘£l- 1 Mr.
Davis of Indiana ‘asked leave tojintrudgce
a bill repealing. the iiesti-ictjve ,clause'u'n"

the Kansas act. Mr.» Jnglish thought it

 

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hits too late in tlttl? session. Mr. ‘Davis
moved a suspension of the rules, on which

the vote whs 100 to B7 ; but not being -

two thirds in favor, the rules -were not
suspended. The yotc on the MuilSteam-
er bill was re'coiisidert-rl, and the bill
was again rt-jected—66 to 94. The
House concuigi-ed in the report of the
Conference. Committee on the Executive
Appropriation bill. One of these amend-
uients restores the mileage for the next
Congress, which had been stricken out
by the House. Mr. Andrews wanted to
get up the River and Harbor bill, but
finally withdrew "his request. During the
evening session, there was a good deal of
confusion about the right to the floor, in
the midst of which Mr. Bnrksdale got a
single private bill passed. The House
then took up the Senate's amendments to

. the Navy bill, in Committee when there

was some talk about the Paraguay Ex-
pediton particularly as to the right of the
Secretary of VVnr to charter vessels, and
in general as to the power of the Execu-
tive to make war. Finally, the Senate's
amendment concerning the Paraguay af-
fair was concurred in—83-to 77 - and
all the other amendments were adopted.
The report of the Conference Committee
on tit: Consular Appropriation bill was
agree to. '

 

THURSDAY.——In the SENATE, the House
appropriation of $10,000 to pay expenses
of the Investigating Committee, was
adopted. The Miscell_aueous Appropria-
tion bill was tdteu up. Yulee wanted
the Postmaster-General to increase the
Atlantic and Pacific mail facilities to the
extent of $250,000, which was adopted.
Another amendment gives $120,000 a
year, for four years, in aid of -a line of
steamers to Mexican Gulf ports. Mr.
Bright got in $500,000 instead of $50,-
000, to finish the Treasury buildings.-
Mr. Simmoss's project for linfme valuation
of imported goods, was lost by four ma-
jority The re-Essue of Treasury notes was
authorized, 30' to 22. The amendments
added are to abolish the frniiking privil-
ege nnd to increase the rates of postage.

In the HOIYSE, in the case of Mr. Sear-
ing, chnrged with accepting $400 to en-
gineer a claim, the Committee’s resolution
that the evidence would not warrant a
conviction, nor subject him to an expul-
sioii_ was adopted. Mr. Grow rose to a
privileged question, and offered a resolu-
tion that the Post-Office bill with its
amendments, be returned to the Senate,
as the tliii-teenth section thereof proposed
to increase the rnfiof postage, which is
in the nature of a revenue bill, and accor-
ding to the Constitution can only origin-
ate in the House. This motion was cat'-
ried, 117 to 76, and the bill sent back to
the Seiinte. The rule requiring bills to
be read before final passage was suspend-
ed. The House agreed to the report of
the Confereiice Committee on the Naval
bill, wherein $289,000 are given for the
purchase of the vessels chartered for the
Paraguay Expedition. The bill to carry
into effect the treaty with China was
passed. A complimentary resolution for
Speuker Orr was passed by 130 to 35,
82 being absent. A message was receiv-
ed from the President, urging the House
to provide for the public credit ; laid on
the table and ordered printed. An in-
effectuzil attempt was made to extend for
two years the treasury note hill. Bill
passed regulating compensation in the
crises of deceased members. Several
amendments to the Indian treaties bill,
and the lighthouse bill were passed. An
uuieuduient continuing the trcasurv note
law for two years, was, after discussing
points of order and coiistitutioiinlity, re-
jected by 92 to 93 ; but finally at 7 A. M.
the House reconsidered and concurred,
94 to 83. «This sets the administration
on its legs ; Secretary Cobb was in the
House all night very anxious for the lion-
or of his department, and after repeated
failures, was ultimately successful to the
degree above stated. Noon arrived in
the midst of u roll-call ; the Speaker made

all appropriate farewell speech, and de-

Citlf'C(l the House adjourned sine die. . The
closing scents were intensely crowded
with business. The members bude on
uuohther farewell, and the Hall was in a
few minutes after 12, empty.
' e“)-

Honor.

There is very much perverse and wry-
necked logic afloat, butthe logic of Hon-
or seems to us the hardest of comp1'.eheu-
slou. For instance :

A bully, exasperated by some fancied
insult to himself, or his friend, or his par-
ty, assuils you and beats you with a club
or with his fist. Honor says, You must
challenge him to fight with pistols, or
with some sort "of weapons which will
place you on an equality, despite his
overwhelming physipul strength, and do
your best to put it bullet through him.-—
But why ? Let us iinderstifnd the ration-
ale of the process. If shooting him would
rid the world of that breed of dogs, it
might be an act of philanthrophy to do it.
Unhappily, we know that such is not the
actual case. Rufiiuus and bluckguards
would still abound. though this one were
dead, your shooting him would at best
dimiuisli their number by Olil‘, while it
would swell it by another through the ad-
ditiou of yourself to the remaining mim-
lier. . Why is it not the dictate of true
honor to leave butchery to natural assas-
sins, and keep yourself as clearly apart
from the disgusting wretchcs as possible ?
Suppose we admit flint the brute ought
to be killed, are you an executioner ?

Take another case :

A villniu seduces your sister, daughter
or wife. Honor says, Kill him ! But
why ? “Because he has dishonored me.”
How disliouored you? That he has dis-
honored himself if that were pos-
sible, we might admit, flint he has dis-
liouored the poor victim of his artilices, is
also not incredible: But how has he
dishonored you, who had no part in his
bnscness, who were no wise privy to it,
Iiever promoted nor countcnunccd it in
any way ? Unfortunate you may be,
like the sufferer by the other brutality
we have contemplated, but not dishonor-
ed, any more than he was. You can on-
ly be dishonored by some disliouorable
actor purpose of your own, you may be
di.-honored by killing him, not by spurn-
iug him and shuun_:ng his leprous pres-
em-e. Let him bear the mark of Cain
wbitliersoever he will, but do not pollute
your hands with his blood. How should
jgu be dishonored by simply loathing and
avoiding the Scoundrel ? lf honor is not
osteutuliously at war with common sense
its well as with Clirlsti:iiiit.y, why should
it not revise its code on this point?

Tribune.
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1?“. M. Terrell, has remnvedhis Cabinet Ware-
rooms from Hubhe1l‘s Building to South Norwalk, and
opens in the store adjoining the Ice Cream bcwers of
our old fiiciiil, i‘. B. D’Artois

 

 

 

0-Q_.->o&j-—-
Boot‘!-.'r.—Wc were presented with a most beautiful
boqnet ofuatural flowers last week, from Mrs. Henry‘
Kellogg, the Florence Niglifingule of Norwalk. ll!
b_capty gin-l flztgriincc called to paint! lb? 00)’! N191.‘ W.“
wet-c “ as we used tp was beep,” and had such D05?‘

gays, sent us oft cu.
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,____.__
Q We have received from A. 11. Camp. is
new publication entitled the “ Sociable. 0|‘
One Thousand and One Hgme -,t\_f|1'l5-.9l""“‘\°-"T
by the author of The if-Isisiazrs OW" 3?°.1<»
published by Dick .9; ritzsmld-‘it is dense

ed to please Young America, and it will-'

corras,t:ditit¢nai;,_og-tte cosine.
U. s. Still!"-0" S1‘. Lemar;
Asrixw.u., N. G. Feb. 14th, 1859.
. We l('ft,Stll1 Juan de Nicaragua, on
the 6th ult., and nrrivedhere on the 9th.,
since which period we have remained at
this port. Yesterday the mail steamer
“ Illinoi§,” from New York,arrived bring-
ing rather startling intelligence. We
sail to day for Sun J nan and -remain there
until further disposed of : it requires but
little foresight, however to determine
where we will proceed from there-—our
destination will be Paraguay, should any
augmentation to the fleet be deemed nec-
essary.

The very efficient manner in which the
‘St. Louis” il.1S been fitted out for a
fighting cruise, is in itself sufficient to con-
vince us that where there is any work to
be done, there will We be tlispntched-—
We had flattered ourselves however that
we wouldhbe ordered to Pensaéola, for a
few weeks, where we could see some
slight traces of civilization, but the idea
has proved a very decided hallucination.
A more wretched place to lay in, than
San Juan, cannot be imagined.‘ ‘The ship
will lay off Greytown, about five miles,
with the head sea-board for an anchor-
age; the result is 90 fathoms of chain
on the best bower, and the ship rolling
incessantly, nearly hammock usttings un-
der. As for the town itself, a fair idea
can be conveyed of it from a dialogue
which occurred between the immortal
Commander Hollins and a native, when
that brave officer so valieutly destroyed
the place by boi_ubardmeut.- Quoth Hol-
lins :—“ Ill blow the tbwn down about
your ears.” -“ Blow away,” sarcnstical-
ly observed the yellow skiii--“ you on n’t
do much damage, for there isn’t a dozen
mud houses in the'place l” The place, as
your readers are no doubt aware, was
bombarded, the shauties destroyed, and
the name of Hollius became a household
word, covered with renown. ' Some per-
sons more uncharitable than others, as-
sert that the Cnptnin found himself in the
position of the rcgowued general “ who
had ten thousand’ men ;_he marched
ed them up a hill and marched them
down again ; and when they were up
they were up, and when they were down
they were down ; and when they were
half way up, they were neither up nor
dowu.”

It all resolves itself into this :— A

The bombardment of Greytowu, sim-
ply involved a most iuiportant principle,
and the feat was accomplished without
resistance, by the " Cyaue.” No reflec-
tious however, can be cast upon Com-
mnuder Hollins, for he is well known to
be oug of our bravest Commanders, and
lie_no doubt regretted the unpleasant du-
ty it came in his province imperatively to
perform. 1 ‘

Aspiuwall merits an incidental notice.
It is quite a thriving town, built a la
Americana, and is situated at the head
of Navy bay, twelve miles from Chagres.
But few Americans or Europeans reside
here, as the climate is most fatal to the
uiiucclimated. N utivc clerks are hired
by the merchants, who answer every pur-
pose.

It is at this place, the passengers for
California, by the mail route, stop and
take the railroad to Panama. This rail-
road is forty-eight miles long, and well
conducted. Two trains run every day
regularly between Panama and Aspiu-

e

wall except on the days that the steam-_

er arrives when the trains run in accord-
ance with the number of passengers to be
transported.

The price of passage over this_ road is
twenty-five dollars ; all naval ofiicers,
however, (of our navy only) have free
passes to and from Panama. This may
appear an act of kindness and conrtscy
on the part of the computiy, no doubt it
is, but it must be remembered that the
presence of our naval ships are their only
protection. We are thus saved $50 eve-
ry time we wish to make the transit, an
indulgence which we are sensible enough
to appreciate. .

We start from Aspinwall at 7.30
A M, and arrive in Panama, at 11.30
A M. The road is cut through a wild
section of country and beautiful withul.—-
J ungles which appear to be impenetrable,

_forcsts whose lofty branches tower heav-

enward, and then again we strike a flat
marshy tract of land, with u miasmal odor
arising therefrom, very disagreeable to
delicate olfactorics. Such a variety and
coutruriety of scenery, I have never be-
fore beheld, and with all deference to the
Panama railroad conipany—I never wish
to again. Ten miles an hour on one of‘
our New England roads might be endur-
cd, but on the isthmus of Dorian, with a
verticle sun over your head and a most
unlinrmcuious concert kept up from eve.
ry conceivable genus of crawling things,
it is not quite so pleasant

Arriving at Panama, which is an old
Castilian colony, one would be apt to
tliiuk that now the pleasure of visiting
the time hallowed castles which lie in I'll-‘
ins, should repay us for our disagreeable
ride ; well, we go to pay a visit to
u dilapidated shanty, in company with
a jndish guide, see nothing save it be a
pile of old stones, something short of It.
myriad of lizards, and a perfect: episode
of frogs. While intently surveying the
scene before us, down comes ft shower
of rain. Borrowing our gnide’s cloak,
we leave him in his Azlamic costume, and
mm, pull the slimver ubates, when we
leave the castles(?) and wend our way
back to the hotel, wondering what in the
world ever induced the old Spaniards to
migr-ate to this region, from their own
fair "sunny clinic.

A parting word. for Aspltiwull, as it
may be of service to some of your readers
who propose to yisit Califoriii_a. . The
town of Aspiuwull is built‘ of wooden
houses, most every house is it hotel. It is
ludicrous in the extreme, to observe the
sttemplstnede to ope the stile of New

York and New Orleans hotels. The
“ 1:1owa_rd Honse,’f for instance, is a two

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as-- built on the sand. It is lteptfibby
a New Orleans gentleman, and is prob-
ably the best hotel in the place. We
have aiso——the “ St. Charles Hotel,” the
“ St. Nicholas)’, and several others.-
One thing, however, I can specially com-
mend them for—i c. : wlfnt they are de-
ficient in beauty they make up abundant-
ly in prices. In short, they are the sub-
stance bf things hoped for—tlie evidence
of things not seen. In regard to the na-

kiug this route, to dispense with all our
mother notions of bashfulness, on arriving
here. The garments of the natives are
decidedly of the order infintesimnl ; and
indeed it is extremely difficult to conceive
how a reduction in the same could be made
without reverting to that prem iture time
in the garden of Eden, when man: was
pure, and woman was innocent. _Provis-
ions of all kinds are scarce. Beef 15 cents
per lb. which defies dissection, together
with yams, mid bananas form the chief
articles of food, which "can be procured.
Everything else is imported.

Our sailing orders are now on board,
presently we shall bear the cry “ all hands
up unclior” l We shall proceed directly
to San Juan. The Savannah sails to-day
for Vera Cruz, while the Roanoke remains
until further orders.

Yours. ""11. G. W. H.‘ -.
érln a few weeks, the people of
Connecticut will be called upon to pass
their judgment on the acts of the Nation-
of Administration. The coming election
is of importance as indicating the appro-
val by the voters of the State of the pet
measures of the Administration and the‘
Democratic party. They have already
emphatically recorded their opinions of
the Lecompton policy of Mr. Buchanan,
and have declared their disapprobation of
the tygraniiical measure that wouldhave,
forced it disagreeable and unsoziglit for’

uecticut are again called upon to con-
demn. Having once expressed their dis-
-approval, they will not so vote as‘ to
give the lie to their- former declarations.

. But we have other issues beside the
Lecompton policy of the Administration
which must be passed upon by the vote
of the first Monday in April. We have

the nation aswell as those that affect the
history of the past. The people of Con-
necticut,- must, by their votes at the com-
ing election, decide whether they approve
of the wasteful extravagance of the Ad-
ministration-—whetlier they approve of _a
series of expenditures that h'ave“iucre'ased
from fifty to eighty and even ninety mil-
lions a year since the present President
came into ofiice.
to declare whether they approve of the
policy marked out by the leading ineu
among the Democrats in Congress, to
raise the money needed for the national

of peace and prosperity the enormous
burtheu of a national. debt ; or whether
they choose in preference a policy that,
while it raises a sufficient revenue, will, at
t|ie’_sume time, not only iiicitlentally, but
absolutely protect and foster American in-
dustry and American skill.

They are called upon to decide wheth-

ject of placing in the hands of the Execu-

Cl|t‘Cl( in negotiations for the purchase of
Cuba, not in its actual purchase. Will
they give the President so much of the
nioueyed power of the nation merely for
the purpose of resusciatisg‘-the fallen for-'
tunes of the Sham Democratic party in

they vote so as to approve of such awnste
of the public iuoney as gtliis, when the
'l'i-eusury is empty, and this very
thirty millions thus bestowed upon the
President and the Democratic party must
be borrowed for that purpose? Is the
cxisteiics of the Democratic party of such
importance to the nation that such an
amount of money must wrung from
the hard hands of the toiling free labor-
ers of the North that this Southern, Pro-
Slavery, Sham Democracy shallbe kept
in power? Think of this, freemen of
Connecticut,‘ and be ready to give. your
vote of condemnation. I
At our April elect-ion,tlie people of Con-
necticut are called upon to pass their de-
cision on the propriety of the late demand
of the President, thatfthe mouarchial
power of making war shall be bestowed
upon him. Do thegvoters-_ef this State
wish to place the powerpf war or peace
within the control of arntan with so little
judgement and independence as James
Buchanan? Do they wish to be involved
in a war about the trnnsit_routes" for the
sake of the aggrandiselment of two or
three rich companies, ' when the money
spent in such a war would be much better
spent in the construction of that great
trophy of peace, the Pacific railroad ?
Let the people of Connecticut think of
these things. Let them read and judge
fol‘ themselves. They’ are intelligent and
capable of appreciating fully the merits
and demerits of all this national policy.-
Let theui remember that the votes they
give for members of Congress will be‘ a_
direct, public expression of their opinion
on these important topics.—C'oura-nt.

 

, o<Q>or—j
3" Tue Fur Hat Body manufnctory,
occupied by George Cowperthwaite dz
Co., situated about one mile east of Main
street, Danbury, was entirely destroyed
by fire, together‘ with books, stock, and
niacliiuery, on Tuesday night Feb. 22.-
The building was owned by Mr. Nathan
Slim‘. 0f N. Y. city, and was insured in
the Duubury Mutual Iusurace Company
to the amount of $l,500——worth from
$3,500 to $3,000. The machinery and a
portion of the stock "belonged to Cow-
pertlinaite dz Co , the value of which has
not yet been estimated. On this there
was an insurance in the 1Etna, at Hart-
ford of $3,000. In addition to this stock
in furs, the Tweedy Brothers, Hat manu-
facturers, had a large stock in the build-

lug.
‘ o<.>o
" Ora ILIPPY Hoxss ”—'l‘bis is the pleasant title of a
Thanksgiving sermon prcncliéd at the North Presbyte .
rian Church, at Bulialo lust November, by the pastor,
Rev. Jxitm L. Cokxixo, recently of Stamford, and whi-
lom a happy school-fellow with us at New Haven. It
is dedicated to our frit-nd, “ R. H. Winslow, Esq., of
New York,” instead of Coxxxcricur, as it shouhtbe in
view of his political aspirations. We are indebted to
the Messrs. Darrows, those enterprising, wide-avmk.
Connecticut boys, now publishers at Rochester, N. Y.
We trust, as our friantl Winslow ea1s’t,heel,ccteLd“[.ieut.
Governor, he may derive pleasure from its perusdl, gs
v(e have done. _
 _ ’ ‘I

fi. In the State of New York,_at the char-
ter elections, Auburn. Oswego, Rtmhester,
Boughkeepsi-e, Utica, as far as Qomipop
Council, and Rome have gone R3p||h]icgn_—-
'1‘:,'oy, Democratic. There is a tie on the
Mnyor’s vote in Utica. In nearly every town.
there have been large Repnblicln gains, yet
the Bridgeport Farmer has_,,_the audacity to

 

.st9rissl‘8hentz and constructed like the per the the-hm h-v-s-tnga1l'r‘;-Ji.- t

foolish fiisii-*5 liotiss l‘ltlll'c‘ii ls sefipllgggi - .

tives, I would advise all who purpose ta- ,

constitution on a free people. This poli- I
cy and these measures the people of Con- '»

issues that affect the present destiny of -

They are called upon —

expenses by loan, and thus create in time _

er Couiiecticut shall approve of the pro- '

tivc thirty millions of dollars to_ be ei_n- ,
ployed without responsibility and without _

the coming campaign of_1860? Will.