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. .Our County Agricultural Pair.
At a meeting of the members of the Fair-
.field County Agricultural Society, convened
at the Gazette Office on Tuesday evening
last, the following gentlemen were selected
to serve upon the Committees as designated
below :
On Collection of Subscriptions.-
Isaac S. Beers, F. F. Farwell, A. H. Camp,
Joseph C. Randle. Joseph P. Hanford, John
Smith, Francis II. Nash.
0". Selection of Speakers.
A. II. Byington, Edwin Hoyt.
. On .Music.
A. H. Byington, L. P. Allis.
0n Letting of Boo/h Stands.
S. E. Olmstead, Edward K. Lockwood,
General Committee of Arrangements.
Ifon. T. B. Butler, Stephen Hoyt of New
Canaan, Chas. B. White, R. H. Winslow of
Westport, J onathau Camp, Chas. Brown of
Darien, F. F. Farwell, A. A.Flock of Wilton,
Legrand Lockwood, F. T.Betts, George R.
Cholwell, G. K. Rikcr of Stamford, Isaac S.
Beers, Samuel Beatty, Reuben Hoyt, A. II.
Byiugton, George Seymour, Oliver Wilson,
L. II. Moore, T. B. Gi'ifl'eth. J. M. Rose of
Greenwich, C. N. Case, Carmi Lockwood,Jes-
se Smith, Josiah Kellogg, E. V.A- Chichester.
With a Committee of the above character,
we think we can safely calculate upon an Ex-
hibition which shall prove at once creditable
to the town and to the Society. .
A suggestion has been made which we
should very much like to see carried into ef-
fect, which is to get up a prize for a Fire En-
gine trial. The machines of Stamford,
(claimed to be the best in the State,) the
Westport, Danbury, and perhaps Bridgeport
machines, would undoubtedly join in the con-
test, which would form a very attractive fea-
ture, and have the additional merit ovcr Bal-
’ looning, Blondiu foolcrics, &c., that while
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less expensive, it is more useful.
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.Tliat Engine House.
We learn that several prominent members
of our new Engine Company have resolved to
withdraw from the Company, because no ef-
forts are made towards supplying them with
necessary conveniences for their apparatus.—
Where’s that Committee and where is that
Engine House which was to have been com-
pleted in one month from date of meeting,
authorizing its erection ‘2
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Our Steamboat.—Capt. Greene Commen-
ces his Fall arrangement of tri-weekly trips,
the present week. He has shown by his bu-
siness receipts the past season that this is a
valuable and paying route, and we trust dame
fortune will bless his efforts so far as to ensure
a new and faster boat upon the line another
season. »
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Accident.—James Sayres, a carman of
Danbury, while digging gravel in the side of”
a bank near the Pahquioquc Hat Shop, on
Monday week, was seriously injured by a large
stone falling on him from the top of the bank;
Ilis cries for help soon brought the hands from
the shop to his assistance when by the efforts
of some six or eight of them, the stone was
rolled off his legs where it had lodged. He
received a severe cut on the top of his head.
from some sharp stones and gravel falling
upon it,and also some bruises on his body,but
his physician says he thinks that with proper
care he will soon be about again.
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Pain—The Fair of the Ladies connected
with the Episcopal Society, we learn, resulted
in the snug little sum of one thousand dollars.
There was a gorgeous display of fancy arti-
cles, which seemed to find eager purchasers at
good prices. D’Artois, the Ice Cream Pro-
fessor, who challenges the world, on his “un-
rivalled Cream,” as the High Sheriff does on
his Skipper, was there also, and drove a most
thriving trade, in aid of the good cause.
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an, Dean, the “ Alderman,” who contribu-
uted the beautiful harnesa to the Ladies Fair,
won by our friend Winslow, sends us a bottle
of “ Merchant‘s Gargling Oil” good for all
sorts of misfortunes in man or beast, except
poverty. He has it for sale.
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Err-9,. The State Railroad Commissioners,
after three days hearing of counsel represent-
ing the New York d'. New Haven R. R., and
the New Haven and Stonington Road, have
found the facts to be as claimed by the Shore
road, and that a contract with the Hartford
and Springfield R. It. is the main reason why
the New York road claims that its hands are
tied against granting equal privileges to all
other roads. The commissioners have agreed
upon an order to the New York road to ticket
passengers and check baggage through to
Boston nimthe Shore line, on express trains
from New York Norwalk, Bridgeport or Strat-
ford , as they do via. Hartford. Also that they
shall have one or more cars, not exceeding
three designated Shore Line Cars, which may
be taken on by the New London road at New
Haven, so that passengers need not shift cars;
and so also, in going to New York. The or-
der was returned to Judge Butler,on Satur-
day, and approved by him.
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Life Insurance.
The duty of Life In suranee is beginning to
he more generally felt by the heads of fami
lies, The business disa stersof the past two
years prove to every prudent man that he can-
not altogether depend upon his supposed pos-
sessions in real estate or in merchandize for
the comforts of his family in the event of his
death. When the subject has been fully
brought before ihe minds ”of men they have
not been slow to avail themselves of the bene-
fit and security it extends to those whom they
will at some period leave behind them, and
Whose happiness is of great concern to them.
The facts and statistics upon which the plan
of Life Insurance is founded, have been stud-
ii-d by the ablcst political enconomists of the
i"—’.n.and its principles have been definitely
suttled. It now aspires to the dignity ofn sci-
ence. As a safe and commendable hardness
operation it ranks above even Fire and Ma-
rine Insurance, for this reason : A dwelling
may be insured for a lifetime. and more than
its value paid in premiums ,and there is no
return except in the event of its burning up.
The whole sum paid out may thus be an en-
tire loss. But in Life Insurance, the sum as-
.«m-ed is as sure to be receiver] as that death
issure,and when it may be the entire resource
of a. surviving family.
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3533'- At the Annual Meeting of the Stock-
holders of' the Danbury & Norwalk Railroad
Company, held here on'the 25th inst., the old
board of Directors were re-eleeted, and the
usual routine business accomplished.
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Anxious Hosanna—On Sunday evening
last, the whole heavens were lighted up with
aurora borealis, presenting a. most grand and
sublime spectacle. On all sides the pale light
streaked up from the horizon, taking color as
i: :uvznndedand overhead being of a deep red.
It i..- ti~liltlln that northern lights of such ex-
tent are soon.
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’ frrfsrAmong the guests at the “Anus
{Lu-.mp- n.‘cl' Sunday, were Capt. St. John of
'ihe New World, and Judge Russell of New
A Chadiengc.
We publish today—the article from the pen
of Judge Butler,first published in the Spring-
field Republican,in answer to the positions
assumed by Prof. Henry, before the Scientific
Convention held in that city. The Prof. has
got a knotty customer to deal with, and one
who, understanding his positions, is not afraid
to back them up with the “proper arguments.”
The whole subject is one of vast importance
to the marine and agricultural interests of the
country, and ought to be cleared of the vast
amount of speculative mists with which these
“Professors” have enshrcuded it. Now that
the Judge is thoroughly " after them,” we
hope to see his proverbially practical and
common sense mind, clearing away these sei-
entific fogs.
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Wilton—The M. E. Society of North Wil-
ton, aunouncc a Pic ale and Festival to come
off on Wednesday the 7th Proximo, on the
Camp Meeting Grounds near Bald Hill church
Dinners, Speeches, Singing and other good
things will come off on the occasion and the
public are invited to join in and enjoy the
festival. The funds from which are in aid of
their church. 9
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Another Pic Nic i~—The Sabbath School
connected with the SouthNorwalk Congrega-
tional Church have their annual pic bin in,
"' Ely’s Grove” onThursday. A “ good time’
awaits the little ones.
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Real Estate Changes—During the past
week,several changes in the ownership of real
estate have occurred in our village. Aure-
lius J. Meeker has purchased the stand occu-
pied by I. H. Campbell, and takes possession
1st of next April with his Grocery Store. E.
V. A. Cbicbester has sold his Store, including
the Post Ohlce, which become (through the
indulgence of our creditors,) adjuncts to the
“ GAZETTE Burnnrxo.” Mr. C. continues the
occupancy, however, of his present stand,
where he will continue to sell Hardware as
cheap as ever, we presume. Some other “he-
gotiations” are pending, and will probably
“ hatch out” in the course of another week.
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Positively Come i—Tom Seymour, the
great“ expected” was actually and positive-
iy in custody of a Hartford Committee attire
Revere House, Boston, on Saturday. Locofo-
codom will breathe freer, for to day they are
to have a grand “ blow out” at Hartford in
honor of the event 1
Sound the liowgug 1 Wake the Tom-john l
Rouse the “ Phalanx l” Blow the Times man i
That the waiting world may know-—
And in toddies hot as Haidee,
Screech it o’en to Mexico l—
“ Hartford’s now her ‘ blessed baby-e’ l”
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For the Gazelle.
HO I FOR THE FISHING BANKS.
MUTINY ON BOARDI
MRSSRS. EDITORS :—As your province is to croniclc all
events of moment and especially all crimes and misde-
meanors upon the high seas, perhaps it may not be
amiss to publish an account of the f‘Westport Fishing
Party.” A party of about a dozen in number, compri-
sing the “Elite” of our village, engaged a small vessel
from Nor-walk, Capt. Wm. Hoyt, of about 18 tons bur-
den—for a cruise of about ]0 days to the “Banks. ”—
They expected to have started early in the week, but
Attorney Wilson and Graudjuryman Warner having
"had a desperate case of “forcible entry, ”&c.,to attend to,
could not go at the appointed time, so Mr. Amos Barnes,
Mr. John Mills and others, making up the party. waved
their expectations s concluded to abide time and remain
quiet until all were ready. The legal gentlemen having
finished up their cases, and got finished up themselvm,
concluded to make preparations 'for their exit. The
boat was moored off “Sturges’ Dock” and the eniabies
and drinkables, comprising Poatocs, Pork, Hams, Her-
ring, Sea-biscuit, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flour, Nuts, Se-
gars, Lemons, ‘15 doz. bottles Ale, and about 12 gallons
Brandy and other luzuries ; together, with about a ton
of Ice, were gently deposited in the hold of the vessel.
The dimensions of the vessel were considered rather
small—having place for only two berths under necki
and no place for the stove except to “stand bqfore the
mast.” How all were going to crowd in, was s myste-
ry ; but contrivance is half, in cases of emergency, and
our friend Warner being the largest on board ; having
tried his dimensions between decks, found he would
have to be compressed a good deal, and could not “turn
over,” should occasion require, resolved to roost on
deck. The others who could not get accommodated in
tho berths, concluded to make their beds in the bottom
of the boat, although the ice at their heads might
melt and cool their order a. little, yet so buoyant were
they that any larger or better accommodations would
have been superfluous. All things on board, the party
laft, amid the firing of cannon, in goodzps'n'ts, about one
o‘clock Sunday morning. In about an hour they arrived
at the Draw-Bridge in Saugatuck. The obliglng bridge
tender at this time of night not having his armor
on—wss not forthcoming at the instant—but soon
arrived. In the mean time however, the party propos_
ed the health of old Saugatuck ;-——tho quart bottle was
called in question, but just as it was brought on deck
the boot caveened the bottle came in contact with the
rail and the contents were numbered with the “things
that were.” Quiet being restored, the Draw-Bridge
open, and our party through and about to leave uhome
and friends so dear” another bumper was proposed ; the
gallon jug was brought on or about to be, when 10 l the
boat again plunged, and this like the former, shared it
similar fate. This was too grovious, and it was thought
best to let Saugntuck and all the rest of creation go
to. the —.
Where the party were during the remainder of the
night, report does not say. They arrived about noon
out day at New Haven, at which place they agreed to
take on board Justice Finch and Constable Sanford who
were to fake the Sunday evening train and meet them
there. Justice Finch went on board but not favoring
the enterprise further, said his son was sick (over the
left) and he must return home, and Constable Sanford
had an engagement at home which must be met and he
therefore prayed to be excused. They were accordingly
excused, and came home on the morning train.
The party then cast all lines and sought the Fishing
ground—stopped to fish off the month of the Connecti-
cut Itivcr, Greenport, Gardner’s Island, and other pla-
cos with good success. Some of the party highly eleva-
ted with this success, and eager for more, proposed to
go to Montauk Point on the east end of the Island and
increase their delight. It being agreed upon they set
sail for the uPoint.” Having a good breeze which pres-
ently grew stronger and stronger until some of the par-
ty not used to the ups and downs of sea-life, began to
fear for the result, and begged the Captain to desist ; as
the waves were running high, and the vessel leaking
and laboring hard, and the hold already half full of wa-
ter, and the fire in the stove extinguished, and no more
STEAK could be got up. The Captain was inexorable . he
said that Montauk Point was where they had decided to
go, and to Montauk they should go . The ship was then
headed for that locality against the remonstrsnces of
half the crew, whose hair by this time began to get ele-
vated The wind and waves continued to increasetheir
fury until forbearance with the distressed, ceased to be
a virtue. To go any further was madness and almost
certain death. Consfcrnatlon now soiled the minds of
those who had hitherto remonstratcd, as with rc-doubled
energy they exclaimed “ Oh dear, what’s a coming”—
one said we will surely go to the bottom—I feel it in my
bones, others were looking about to find their life-pre-
servers and thing s with which to lash themselves to.
What was to be done 7 what shall we do? help was
implored. Mr. W. knelt before the mabt to supplicate
assistance, others plead with the Captain ; the fearful
ones begged and entreated to be put ashore onthe nearest
land any who‘l‘o on "tetra iii-ma," which after much
wrangling and threats was finally decided upon. They
hauled ship and put for a small Island about 10 miles
distant—known us “Plum Island"—_a. barren Island in-
habited only by a few “Spooks," they landed 5 of the
crow about the middle of the day lunch to
their satisfaction and delight, leaving them Without
loud or covering. They played Bluff and after getting
tired of this strolled about upon the Island—«“Rubingon
Crusoe like,” ”monarchs of all they surveyed” ; having
read that the “foxes had holes, the'bii-ds of the air hilll
nests, but they had not where to lay their heads.” They
were there in a great dilemma, regarding their future
state, when 10 l a steamboat have in sight having been
out with an excursion party bound for New London.—
'i‘hcy bowled. screamed, paved handkerchicfs, coats,
lists, and made the “welkin ring” to be heard. They
were after some difficulty, recognized from the stcsiner,
which have too. lowered a boat and sent ashore and
took the unfortunates on board and conveyed them safe
and sound to New London. They were well cared for
that night—and next morning took the cars for West-
port. (In their return they failed to disclose much of
their proceedings or give any information regarding the
probable fate of the balance of the party, and there is,
ass might be expected—great uneasiness and heart-felt
uixiet-y among the friends of the supposed last ones.—
Only a portofithc number landed It New London,have
as yet arrived home—the rest stopped at Bridgeport—
whether they were ashamed to return with the others
any nearer home, ergo]. detained at the -up, is a
matter not yet developed. There was .strong talk last
evening of having a committee of investigation: appoint-
ed to enquire in to the matter and if possible make
them disclose.
Wmonr, Aug. 20th, 1859.
P. 8.4mm writing the above, the balance of the
party arrived home safe and sound ; bringing with th
two barrels oi‘vsry this fish, and a portion of which t o
writer regaled himself on at breakfast next rapt-hing;
“ lws.
Superior Court—August Term, 1859.
Hon. C. J. McCumir, Judge.
Can-run vs. CLARK, fire. In this case (repor-
'icd last week) the Jury find the issue in favor
of the Plaintiff, and therefore that the Plain-
tiff recover of the Defendant the sum of $625
and costs.
Beardsley and Seeley' for Plaintiff: '. rent
and Blake, Noble and Fry, for Defendants.
Motion to continue the case of F. B. Brig-
ham i.o the next term of the Superior Court.
Mr. llawley in favorof the motion stated that
as one E. G. Brigham, an uncle of F. B. Brig-
ham, gave bonds in good faith in the sum of
$1,000, and that two brothers gave bonds in
the sum of $4,000,making in the whole $5,000
—the amount required—and that the bond so
continued until the GrundJury at Bridgeport
came in with a true bill against the prisoner,
when the States Attorney, thinking the bail
insufficient, had Brigham taken again into
custody, and he was locked up injail ; after-
wards the matter came up again before the
same term of the Court, and a different bond
was given, the uncle and the two brothers
giving a joint bond in the sum of $5,000.—
This bond was good. Thus matters stood un.-
til some weeks since when it was ascertained
that Brigham had left, and that his brothers
had left with him, leaving the uncle to pay
the bond. The brothers had about $2000,and
the balance of $3,000 would have to be paid
by the nncle,and as this would be rather hard
for the latter to pay, and had no time to look
up the prisoner for this court as he had been
gone some 23 days before he hear-dot his leav-
ing—the brothers living in Rockville in this
State, and the uncle in Goshen—and for the
purpose of giving the uncle time to bring ““3
prisoner back, the motion is made.
Ferry, contra, contended that the motion
ought not prevail, as in his opinion a deep
laid fraud had been perpetrated—that George
Brigham, the brother, was not worth one (lol-
lar, but in order to qualify himself to appear
in court, his wife’s father had given him adeed
of land and house in Rockville worth some
$9,000, and that the uncle knew it—that the
uncle owns a country store in Goshen, and
that as the bondhow stands,considers it good
—and that when the uncle joined in the bond
he knew the situation of the property in the
hands of'George; he, Ferry, had- scen letters
from Frederick to George. in an assumed
name, for George and Edwin to meet him;
George and Edwin then went on and met him,
and believed they went on to California. and
Frederick to Cuba. Before leaving New York
Frederick executed a power of attorney to a
younger brother for the sile of property in
Rockville, and that only 3 days had passed
after Brigham left before a mortgage deed
was executed by this younger brother, of this
same property to the uncle, so that now he is
as well off so far as the bond is concerned. as
before they left,and that if the uncle desired
to pursue he could have dene so before this,as
he must have known of his absence at the
time the deed was given, he must have had
notice at that time. F. B. Brigham had been
studying Spanish for some time in order that
he might be qualified to enterCuba. Thought
this motion should not prevail as the bond
might now be collected.
Mr. Huwley knew nothing of arrangements
between 13‘. If. Brigham and George, and had
nothing to say only in regard to the bailec.—
Had no belief that the uncle would have giv-
en one cent as bonds if he had not believed
that Frederick would have been here to court.
Frederick may have been iii Cuba, and not
there now ; let us find him,and not inflict
upon us this heavy penalty ; it was 23 or
more days before he heard oi‘his leaving ; the
property in Itockville might be worth $2000,
the balance will fall on the uncle. Motion
granted and case continued.
Sarah Fairchild vs. Cyrus D. Fairchild.—
Action of Assnnipsi t. Plea general issue.—
This was an action brought to recover amount
of note of $500 given by defendant to plain-
tiil, as the amountdue from her deceased hus-
band’s estate. This amount was set out by
arbitrators, and agreed to ly both parties, she
was to quit the homestead by a certain time.
Defendant set up after paying $100 on said
note and agreeing to pay the remainder due
by a stipulated time for defence, non consid-
eration, but the jury thought this claim came
in a little too late, and therefore gave a ver-
dict in favor of the plaintiff, to recover of the
defendant the sum of $400 with interest and
costs. Parties from Newtown. For plaintiff,
Belden ; for defendant Beers and llawley.
Levi Stuart vs. Anson H. Stuart.—Action
of Trespass for flowing lands. After this case
had closed the evidence on the part of
the plaintiff, the parties came together and
made settlement of the me whole affair.
Parties were brothers and lived in the
town of Sherman. For plaintiff, Hawley and
Hungeriord ; for defendant, Orton and Stew-
ait.
Mary Ann Barlow—Charged with frequet-
ing a house 01' ill-fume, in the town of Nor-
walk, was put to plea before the Superior
Court, and to which charge she plead Not
Guilty, and was remanded back to goal to
await trial.
Edward anan.——Charged with an akault
and battery, committed in the town of Green-
wich. Plead guilty to the charge.
Miles Robertson.—Charged with stealing a
horse in Bridgeport, from one Sanford, to
which charge he plead not guilty.
James Hill.——Chargcd with usuault with in-
tent to kill, to which charge he plead not
guilty. The information having been altered
so as to read “assault and battery,” without
the intent to kill, and having again been
brought into court, his plea was changed to
guilty and the court sentenced him to rivn
days imprisonment in the common gun], be
having been in confinement some four months.
l’hiilip O’Donnell.—(Au old familiar face
before our courts) was charged with an as-
sault-and battery,--a well known propensity
of I’hillip’s,i'atlier pugilistic at times,to which
charge he thought it was about half and half,
his counsel he at last got out not guilty,—so
he puts himself on the court. for trial. Was
again brought into court, and the part in the
information charging "with intent to kill,”
having been stricken out,was again put to plea
and plead guilty to the information.
For State, Ferris ; 1301‘ defence, Treat.
James Flinn—Charged with assault and
battery, with intent to abuse 0 f’cmalechild,in
Nor-walk. Plea not guilty.
Charlotte Murray.—-Charged with keeping
house of ill fame in the city of Bridgeport.—
l’lea not guilty.
Nathaniel Caddy—Charged with stealing
800 segars from a store in Bridgeport. Plea
not guilty.
Benjamin F. Powell.-—Chargod with forging
and counterfeiting four notes on different in-
witnesses were introduced on the part of the
State. The principal one in support of' the
charge wa: Legraiul C. Kinncr who plead
guilty as a party to the same offence, and hav~
iug turned "States evidence,” gave a full dis-
closure of the whole affair, implicating the
prisoner in the making of said notes.
The defence introduced a number of wit-
nesses from New York, both Ladies and Gen-
tlemen, who swore as to the whereabouts of
the prisoner on the 18th day or June, 1859,
showing that he was in New York, instead of
Danbury, on that day—thereby proving an
“alibi.” -
The case was ably argued by the counsel,
both for and against, and after some eighteen
hours trial the case was submitted to the
jury, who, after a short absence, returned in-
to Court with a verdict of Not Guilty.
For Statc,Fcrris and White ; for defence,
Hungeri‘ord and Curtis.
Rosanna Cassidy.——Charged with stealing
ladies goods, screw driver, and other tools in
Bridgeport. Said she was guilty of part ,and
if the screw driver could be stricken out then
'she was guilty—but as the information now
stands she was not guilt .
Owen Reynolds—Charged with seduction
and fornication, committed in the town of
Greenwich. Plead rot guilty. ,
Ellen Jones—Charged with frequenting a
house of ill fame, concluded that the picture
was drawn. a little too strong. Plead not
guilty.
Jane S. Brigham vs. F. B. Brigham-meti-
tion for divorce, and change of name, and al-
so changing the name of child Frederick E.
Brigham, to that of Smith, her maiden name
before marriage.
Petition granted, and name of self and child
changed to Smith ; and also setting out to
he.- as alimony, about $200, worth of furni-
ture. O. S. Ferry, for petitioner.
For State, Ferris ; for defence, Treat.
William Stevens vs. Louisa W. Stevens.—
Application for divorce. Charge, habitual
intemperanee. Petition granted. Parties
from Stamford. Gov. Bawley for petitioner.
Charlotte S. Jackliu vs. Philip H. Jacklin.
Application for divorce. Charge, desertion
and intemperance. Petition granted. Brew-
ster do Fry for petitioner.-—Times. '
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fit Officers Finney and Bissell have been
those Five Mile River “lurks,” so long repu-
ted to he engaged in carrying out a pro-
gramme inaugurated by David’s Servants, as
recorded in first Book of Kings. Some twon.
ty have been under arrest and examined be-
fore Justice Huhbeil, and either committed,or
bound ever to stand trial at npxt term of Sn-
perior Court. - ‘ *
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‘-‘1"rr'L:.-,"*f‘*“-"“I""i_-”“'“‘r==#sr=!swingers... “.3 : .
guilty and not guilty, but by the advice of
dividuals in Danbury. A large number of
vigorously at work the past week, catching
N EWS ITEMS.
_._.._Rcv.lf. H.1lIcFarland of New Haven,
recently assistant editor of the New Hat on
Palladium, has been called to the Congrega-
tional Church in Bridgeport. '
....——-A farmer who sold a horse to a Hartford
gentleman for $250. went after his pay a day
or two since, when the buyer. remarking that
he liked the horse better than he expected,
made out a check for $300, for which the fur-
mer got the cash.
----—The New Haven Journal says that the
first Congregational Church in East Hampton
dismissed its pastor about three years ago,
and since that time have tried more than 86"-
enty ministers without effecting a settlement.
-——-About 12 o’clock on Monday night,as the
up freight train from New York was entering
Milford, a rifle or pistol was fired, as is sup-
pOSed, at a brakeman .the ball passing through
the car about a foot behind him.
———In the Schuyler fraud case. respectingthe
stock of the N. Y. «b N, If. R. R., the laWycrs
have finished their arguments, and'tho Court
has taken the papers, reserving its decision
to some future day.
-————A creditorin Stamford wrote to a conver-
ted debtor in New York, requesting the pay-
mentof his claims, to which. at the end of a
long and badly written reply, he advises the
creditor to " seek first the kingdom of Ileuv-
on and its righteousness. and all these things
shall he added unto you.” The creditor had
not thought of that resource.
Large quantities of young cattle have
been sent to the New York market in conse-
quence of tho barrcnncss of the New York pas-
tures. _
-—-The bankrupt Eric railroad has com-
menced a system of retrenchment wisely, by
on ttiug down the enormous salary of its
President, Mr. Moran, from $22,000 to $8,-
000. '
——-Of the 700 deaths in New York last week,
no less than 497 were under five years oi’ age.
No less than 318 were in their first year 1 Is
all this done by a " mysterious Providence,”
hr is it the work of blundering, ignorant and
wicked men and women.
——It is a significant fact that of the thirteen
Senators from the northern States who voted
for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, in
1854. only one yet remains in the Senate.—
Mr. Douglas is left standing alone, like a
tomb stone to mark the political grave of his
confederates in that conspiracy against free.-
dom.
——Mr. Greeley, in a letter from Salt Lake
City. dated July 12th, estimates the total
number of emigrants now on the plains and
bound for Calif’ornia,at about thirty thous-
and persons, with teams of oxen, mules, horses
and loose cattle, amounting at the start to a
little less than one hundred thousand head.
———It is now said that the project for erecting
anew church for Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,in
Brooklyn. has been abandoned, and that the
old church will be enlarged.
——Speaking of anagrams, the New York Al-
bion remarks that the name of“ Louis Napo-
leon Bonaparte,” may be converted into, Jln
open plot,uro1lse, fllbion .’
A Yankee schoolmaster,named Comsfock,
turned it drove of cattle into the cornfield of
a farmer in Dubuque, Iowa, and during the
confusion which this not created in the family,
ran away with the farmer’s daughter, and
married her.
-————Information has been received at the de~
partment of State at Washington, to the effect
that the proper steps have been taken by the
Chinese government, to carry into effect the
arrangements made by ex-minister Reed, for
the payment of the van ions claims of Ameri-
can citizens, amounting to about $700,000.
——~Hon. Cassius M. Clay addressed a large
audience at Covington, Ky., on the political
topics of the day with regard to the guberna-
tional election. He advocated neither side.
but denounced both candidates, Bell and Ma-
goifin.as political quacks. His speech wasa
straight out Republican manifesto, closing
with an appeal to the non-slave holders of
Kentucky to make preparations to share next
year in the national triumph of the Republi~
cans.
-—-A few nights ago, three professional bur
glare from New York.visitcd the quiet village
of Haverstraw, and property‘ was stolen to
the value of $16,000. Fifteen thousand dol-
lars of this amount was in a tin box from the
office of Mr. Theodore Smith. They then
stole a horse from one man’s barn. and a wag-
on i’rom another and departed. They left. the
stolen horse and wagon at the Wehawkeu Fer-
ry, and forgot to take out the tin box contain-
ing the $15,000.
Two American officers were at Solferino,
Maj. Kearney, who had a nominal position in
the staff of a French General, and Lieut. Carr
who had leave to “ circulate” in the Pied—
montese camp.
Pennsylvania having sold itscnnals and
railroads, is reducing its state debt at. the
rate of one million dollars a year. New
York, holding on to her public works. finds
herself growing deeper and deeper in debt,
with adeci-eased revenue, and a sad finan-
cial prospect ahead.
.. -.1t is estimated in Milwaukie that the crop
ofspring wheat, this year, will amount to
14,000.000 bushels. Of this there will be 10,-
000,000 for export. The quality of the wheat
is so good that, if properly cleaned, it wiil be
readily sought for by millers.
———Thc escape of the prisoners from the Cal-
ifornia State Prison is explained. The rascals
Were set to Work originally to build their own
cells. Takinga practical view of the subject.
they varied slightly the plans of'the architect
and laid the stones with ref -eiice to the easi-
est manner of breaking out :Tnd for the gregt»
er convenience, they buried in the mortar
drills. bars,chisels and other tools.
. . . .It may not be generally known that the
brine in which pork and other meats have
been pickled, is a deadly poison to hers s and
hogs. Mr. Reynal, the celebrated veterinary
surgeon of France, first called attention to
this fact, and the editor of the Kentucky Turf
Register says he was a witness to the practi.
cal demonstration of' it. He saw a liorse.and
seven out of a drove of nine hogs, die in less
than six hours from the time they had access
to a barrel of such brine.
-——On the 20th of July last, a United States
Louis River, at the head of Lake superior,
within the limits of Northern Minnesota,
through the lakes Superior Huron, Eric and
Ontario, St. Lawrence River and Atlantic
Ocean, from Philadelphia. Oneoota is about
eight miles from Superior City, Wisconsin.—
This event shows that Minnesota has a safe
and spacious harbor within her borders, with
a channel from the head of lake ten feet deep
and that communication direct by water may
not only be had with Chicago, but from all
parts of the world.
————The clip of wool this year in Michigan is
estimated at three and a half million pounds.
The average price is 42 cents per pound.
—-—-The tyranny of domestic help has become
so excessive in New Jersey, that a Perth Am-
hoy paper advises mothers to teach their
daughters how to work, so as to be indepen-
dent of servants.
——Within five years in Indiana there have
been erected twenty-seven hundred school
houses, at an expense of eleven hund-
red ihoriSand dollars. In the last~ year six
hundred and fifty school houses were built at
a cost of three hundred thousand dollars.-—
This sum is obtained uy a special school tax,
that was paid by the people with general
clicerfulness. .
——-The London papers say that subscriptions
to the new stock of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company are coming in rapidly.
~—-—One farmer in Vermont, by contract, fur-
nishes Congress Hall. at Saratogn, with
[200 pair of chickens, daily, at thirty cents per
pair.
————A table compiled from official documents
gives the number-oi Free Masons in the United
States at 211,538,1illfl the income of the lodges
at $1,450,000. ‘
'._.-—'I‘hc grape cr0p around Cincinnatijs said
. to be the largest overgrown there, and is es.
timatcd to be worth $4,000,000.
gee-.78 LII. Jackson’s gold snuff box, the box of
many contentions, is finally disposed of.—
Gen. Ward If. Burnett, of New York, famous
in the Mexican War, is the happy l‘tcipient.
The presentation was formally mode at Nash-
ville, on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
——-The deer and cattle of the south part of
Missouri are rapidly falling victims to a dis-
ease called Black 'i'ongue. '
“Maribel l‘clissicr is very seriously ill.
-—-—-Advioe to young men—Get a piece of cal-
ico that will leash. .
-—-—-Grasshopper' olieoted in such numbers
on the rail of" the nine and Wawrtuwn (N. Y.)
Railroad, a few duys'sinee, as to cause the
stoppage oi' the train ,
———filory is well enough for a rich man, but
it is of very little consequence to a poor man
within. large family.
. . . .liotliol' the new Congressmen from Texas
stand on“ the I ppston platform, of opposition
to the reopening of the African slavu trade.
.__—The cholera. imported from Hamburg,
has again made its nppearanpe. Til"! fear
that it will be a fall epidemic.’ ' '
———-A lady said to her sister, -“ I wonder, my
dear, you have never made a match ; l ihiiik
you want the brimstone.” To which she "3',
plied : “ No, no, not the brimstonc—ouiy the
spark i” p |
,Wis'ran’a Bataan or wii.nCiiiinnv.—'l‘his medicine is
“ a combination and a form indeed,” for healing and
curing all thaills which afflict us in the shape of oughl
colds and inflammation of the throat, lungs and chest.
iron steamer arrived at Oncoota. on .ihc St .
THE WEATHER QUESTION .
Judge Butler and the Savnns—Judicial
View of the Weather.
During the late session of the Scientif-
ic Association in this city, those of our
readers who interested themselves enough
in the proceedings either to attend the
meetings or read the daily reports, will
remember a little sparring one morning
session between I’i'of. Henry of the Smith-
sonian Institute, and Judge Butler of
Norwalk, Ct., one ofthe Judges of the
Superior Court of his State, immediately
after the reading of a paper by the form-
er on the subject of Meteorology. J ridge
Butler dissented from the views advanced
and is reported to have called the Asso-
ciation a mutual iidiniraiion society, and
also to have. offered a reward for clouds
formed in the way described by Prof.
l-Icnry. . He has sent us just now a com-
munication on the subject,and as we have
already given a clerical view of the gen-
eral causes of weather changes, we now
place before the readers of the Republi-
can the important parts of the paper, not
only in justice to him, but as a medico-le-
gal Opinion on the same subject, he hav-
ing been in former years a practising phys-
ician, and now an eminent jurist. Judge
Butler is and has been for many years a
close observer of the weather ; has zeal-
ously made it the study of his life ; has
published a book on the subject highly
spoken of by Prof. Henry, who said
attire time of the meeting referred to
that he had read it with pleasure and
profit, and is abundantly qualified to ad'-
vancc theories or opinions on the subject
eminently worthy of consideration.
J udgc Butler says in his present com-
munication—which is too long and much
of it too irrelevant to the general subject
for our space—that he was misapprehen-
dcd in some of his remarks ; that he said
here in Springfield, that upon his first vis-
it to the meetings of the Association at
Albany in 1856, “ I found them in a de-
bate respecting a change of the constitut-
tion, and heard it charged by the friends
of a change that the managers made it; a
mutual admiration society ; that I found
subsequently, that there was no opportu-
nity for full discussion, and that it was
no place for me. That was all I said on
that point. I did not intend to assert,
and therefore did not assert as a fact,that
such was the character of'tlie Association.
I was misunderstood, and it is due to
some members whom I greatly lionor,aud
to others who are valued friends, that the
misapprehension should be corrected.—
Nor did I assail the members generally,
in reSpect to meteorology, nor any mem-
ber on any other subject. My attend-
ance there (at Springfield) was casual,
and the discussion: on my part on im-
pulse.”
After giVing a sketch of the early hi-
as given to his mind, and which first led
him to observe, investigate and study the
laws governing the weather, he recounts
his first connection with the Association
beginning with tlLe'Albauy meeting. He
was there two days only, and leaving for
home before the adjournmentJre sent 150
copies of his book on the ‘ Philosophy of
the Weather” to Albany with a letter to
the president, offering a copy to each
member. He says the box was duly re-
ceived, opened in the room of the stand-
ing committee, but no distribution of the
books was made nor the letter accompa-
nying them ever presented to the Associa-
tion nor their receipt acknowledged.” He
wrote to Prof. Levering in regard to the
matter, who referred him to Prof. Hall.
The latter informed him that Prof. Lov-
ering took some of the books, and some
were also taken by members from Cana-
da ; “ that they were inadvertently omit-
ted, but they should be distributed and
the letter presented to the Association.”
He afterward learned that the box was
nailed up again by Prof. Hall, and what
became of the books or his letter, he has
never yet found out. The matter has
never been alluded to even in the meet-
ings of the Association, and the appar-
ent discourtesy stands unexplained,
though we understand there is an expla-
tion relieving the members of the Associ-
ation from any intentional disrespect to
Judge Butler or his book.
J udgc Butler then discusses the sub-
ject of rMeteorology in connection with
the Association, claiming that all materi-
al pregress in this science for the past
ten or twelve years has been made out-
side of it, and instant-leg the labors of
ledlield, Maury and Blodgett ; one rea-
son lie gives for this is that “ the baseless
and befogging theory of Hadley has been
and is now taught and held in our colleg-
es and schools; satisfied with that, nei-
ther teachers nor learners think further.”
Another is “ because there has been, if
not an express, a tacit understanding
among a small but controlling portion of
the scientific men of the country, to ig-
nore all progress not made by or through
the Smithsonian, or by some ‘ loyal sub-
ordinate’ of that Institution. And to
this latter fact more particularly, I at-
tributc tlic smothering operation perform-
ed with that box of books at Albany.—
Thcy contained too much of the heresy of
new and independent observation, and
fearless and progressive thought to be
permitted to go into the. hands of the mem-
bers. Of this I have such evidence as
satisfies my own mind, although it will
doubtless be disclaimed.”
He says the Smithsonian has collected
a great and important. quantity of facts
based upon an extended series both as to
time and place, of observations, but nei-
ther the head of the Institute nor any of
his assistants, “ while controlled by ‘ their
‘present views’ are capable of making
correct deductions from them.” The pub-
lic want information, and an addition to
their present stock of knowledge on this
subject, and although l’rof. ]{eniy is
aware of these things and has “ fostered
expectation he has been unable to grati-
fy it.” From your to year, in the Smith-
sonian report, in the Patent Office report,
in the meetings of the Assoc'aiion, the
same old story is repeated, and nothing
now given to the world as the results of
all the time, labor and money expended
in getting observations for the Smithso-
ninn.
This year, at the Springfield meeting,
Prof. llenry after a three hours’ lecture
repeated, " verbatim, portions of the arti‘
cles already two or three times repeated
in the three last Patent Office 1' iorts.
It did not pretend to contain one
new fact or discovery derived from the
Smithsonian observations, allfl‘flf that I
shall speak hereafter. It complimented
three or four particular friends, and pas-
sed by such men as Maury and Blodgett
and others with a sneer. It reproduced
and revamped the thenr of Espy, which
never had any foundat on in fact or re.-
ceivcd the approbation of scientific men,
and repudiated and misrepresented all
others.” After the close of the lecture
discussion was in order,hut it was at that
time Suggested that their was no time for
t, 1i 4 Judge Butler says in view of all
an; iroceelliiigs lie 3?“? iistpnislied and ex-
cited and could 'nct resist the “fulfil-“.0 tg
enter his “ protest against the main doc-
trines (housed, and of saying that the
practical mind of' the country required a
free and full discussion of this Subject.”—
Pi'of. Henry, he says, “indorsed the by-
' u quu-i-mawpfiueiawwww
pothesis of Hadley that all winds are pro-
duced by the rise of air heated by the
suit, and described the trade winds as
blowing into a central belt about five hun-
dred miles wide, and then rising in consc-
quciicc of being heated, aided by the evo.
lution of latent heat from condensation,
after the air had risen to a. sufficient ele-
vation to form a cloud. He gave the
audience to understand that between the
trades and where the belt of uprising air
is supposed to exist, the air and water
are hotter than the trades themselves
and enough so to give a sufficient upward
motion aided by the latent heat. evolved
by condensation, to produce the trades.
But he knew, and I was well aware that
he knew there was no truth in the asser-
tion, that the earth, air or water ‘warc
hotter between the trades than in them,
or at least in the summer sale of them.”
Judge Butler says he could not as a
member of the Association give an im-
plied assent to those views by silence, so
be challenged Prof. Henry to appear be-
fore any impartial, intelligent men and
himself assuming the burden of proving
that and two other propositions of the lee-
turc untrue, would forfeit to the Associa-
tion or to him, one hundred dollars for
each one of them in which he failed. He
then says in reference to the challenge :
"' I desire to renew it and in the following precise and
distinct form : I propose to meet l'rof. llonry or I'rof.
Loomis, or both oflhem, before a board of three persons
mutually chosen, sometime in June or July next year,
for the purpose of discussing the positions taken by
Prof. Henry in his lecture and endorsed by tho ‘ iiui.’ of
Prof. Loomis. On such discussion I will assume the
burden oftlisprom‘ng them by proving the foiimving
propositions, viz :—
lat. The normal circulation of the atmosphere is
not a series of systems as alleged in the lecture and
shown on the diagram, but consists of one universal
unchanging system with its base at. the atmospheric
equator and its apex at the poles.
2d. That the assertion that the air, the earth, or the
water is hotter under the belt of condensation, between
the traces and where the air is supposed to be rising
or sucking in the adjoining air, and thereby making
the trades, is without foundation. The fact is demon-
strated the other way.
3d. The Hadley theory, in all its parts, and howev-
er applied, is shown by conclusive data to be an error.
4th. That there is not an immense amount of latent
heat evolved during the formation of a cloud, which
heats the air and causes it to rise.
6th. That storms and wind are not produced by cur-
rents of uprising air. and the Espian tlu-ory advanced
by Prof. Henry, and endorsed by Prof. Loomis in dem-
onstrably untrue.
And I propose to deposite with the umpires five hun-
dred dollars, of which one hundred dollars is to be paid
over to the professors or either of them for each and
every one oi‘tlic foregoing propositions I shall fail to
maintain.
I thus give the gentlemen every advantage. I ask for
myself only an opportunity to present the truth and
‘duuelope the subject in such a manner and under such
circumstances, that it cannot be smothered in or-
der to give one man an opportunity to inonopnliw (lis-
corcry and ‘ live in science’ to the detriment of the
country.”
J udgc Butler says in conclusion, that
at the close of the lecture at the Spring—
field meeting, be challenged Prof. Henry
to “ name a spot anywhere betwoen the
trades and this belt of uprising air, where
the air, earth and water were hotter than
in the trades themselves, and he admit-
ted that there was none; and when I
added that he then must abandon the
Hadley theory, he replied that he did not
rely on that.” He (J udgc Butler) even
says that, as far as he can learn, the tem—
pcrature is cooler under this belt of rains
and alleged uprising atmosphere, twenty
degrees sometimes, than it is in the trades
and upon the surface from which they
blow, and he stands ready to prove the
commonly accepted theory of Hadley
wholly false. Who will enter the arena
with the Connecticutjiuigc? He is not
to be put down with a sneer or laugli.—-
Clearly he understands his subject, and
is the peer every way of the gentleman
whose pretensions he disputes.
Springfield Republican.
«Ow
WMr. Douglas declares that more
Africans have been imported into the
United States'during the last year than
during any year when the indie was le-
gal. \Vc presume that this is perfectly
true; at any rate, we must believe that
Mr. Douglas has ample means of knowing
whereof he aflirms.
After months of neglect during which
the trade has become established, and af-
ter the energetic remonstrancc of Lord
John Russell, referred to in our telegraph-
ic dispatches, the Administration arc to.-
king measures to check it. Eight vessels
are ordered to the coast of Africa; the
naval depot has been removed much
nearer to thc slavebuying region, and
four steamers are ordered to cruise in the
Gulf of Mexico to prevent the landing
of cargoes either in Cuba or the United
States. ‘
We shall watch with interest the pro-
ceedings of these squadrons. But it is
not likely that they will accomplish any-
thing of much importance. The slavers
will avoid them ; or if they are arrested
they will be tried before Southern juries
and Southern judges, by whom they wil
be acquited.-— Tribune.
~<O>~e—————
DEATH or AN ENTERI'RISING I’Unmsnsn.
—It is but a few weeks since we report-
ed the death of Mr. Charles Sampson, a
member of the well known publishing
house of Phillips, Sampson Jr Co. We
are now called upon to chronicle the de-
cease of Moses D. Phillips, Esq, the se-
nior partner of the firm. The event took
place at his residence in Ilrookliiie on
Saturday night. Mr. Phillips has been
in ill health for some months, but has
been abie'to attend to his business until
Within a short time. He is a native
Carlton, Mass, and was first established
in business at Worcester, from whence he
removed to Boston, and soon became fa-
vorably known for his intelligence, excel-
lent judgement and executiVC abilities.—
In comparatively short time the firm
gained a high reputation at home and
abroad. The deceased was much respec-
ted by the whole community, and was
Iii'rly esteemed by a large circle of friends.
Ifc was forty-six years of age.
Boston ' 'rmzscript.
«Owe—~—
36? Blondin is not much alarmed
about his Niagara feats. He says he
shan’t full, and if he did it would’nt hurt
him. An Auburn gentleman had a talk
with him, in which Blondiii said that he
thought a fall from the rope would not
be fatal. He had considerable experi-
ence in falling, and has made many ex-
periments. In case he should find him-
self going from his rope, he would roll
himself into the shape ofa biill,aiul when
he struck there would he so little surface
exposed that it Would be of" little conse-
quence how he went into the water, and
he should come to the surface and swim
out. The Auburn gentleman says :—
“ Monsieur talks with so much confidence
of his success in case of a fall, that we
have no doubt but that he will vary his
entertainments by an apparent iiiisstop,
and tumble from his rope. It would
make his [but appear more difficult-and
the danger more appalling.—-1’ulla<lzmn.,
n65“- Another woman cowhiding case
is reported in New York. Miss Iletty
Walker, a sewing girl employed in Broad-
way, for no crime alleged but beiiigpret-
iy, and attracting the admiration of Mr.
Snyder her employer, was discharged by
the senior partner of the house and then
followed by Mrs. Snyder, who gave her
a severe cowhiding in the public street.
No notice was taken of the affair by the
police, and the real culprit retired to her
handsome and reSpcetable rcsalciiec With-
out molestation.
' ' ’-' ’ ~———J~~s9e»¢——-
er—An Irish gentleman remarkable for his (19.
votiou to the fair sex. once remarked, " Nev-
er be critical onithe ladies. Take it for grant-
ed that they are all handsome and good. A
true gentleman will never look on the faults
of a pretty woman without slmuing his eyes.
.—
7
Mr. Greeley’s Visit to Brigham Young.
The New York Tribune of the 20th,
contains an interesting letter from Mr.
(irceley, written at Salt Lake City, giv—
. ing the particulars of'a two hours convex--
i sation with Brigham Young, on the sub-
ject of the doctrine and polity of the
I Mormons. The Mormon leader avowed
illlls willingness to respond to all of Mr.
Greeley’s inquiries. In answer to the
question whether Mormonism was :1 MW
religion, ora dcvclopemcnt of Christiani-
t)’. Young said “iliat there can be no
true Christian Church without a priest-
hood directly commissioned by and in im.
mediate communication with the Sim of
God ; and that such a, church is the ‘ Lat-
t‘”' Day Saints.’ ” All other sects pro-
fessmg to be Christian he declared to bc
" schismatic, heretical illlil out of'tlic way
0f salvation}, They believe in a. person-
al devil, who is n distinct, conscious spir-
itual being Baptism by immersioii they
consider essential. Slavery they consid-
er a divine institution, and not to be
abolished until the curse pronounced on
Ham shall be removed from his decentl-
ants. Yet Young declared that Utah
would be a free State, as slavery would
prove useless and unprofitable. I Ie fur-
ther declared it to be a curse to the
masters. Every member of the commu-
nity is obliged to pay over one tenth of
all he produces, the proceeds of which
are devoted to the building of temples,
helping the poor and needy converts to
reach Utah and to support the poor.—
Brigham declared that not one cent of it
came to him or his apostles, who are
obliged to support themselves _by their
own labor. He farther stated that he
considered himself worth $250,000 and
that wheii his people were driven away
from Missouri and Illinois, he was nearly
stripped of everything. He added that
lie knew how to acquire prepci‘ty and how
to take care of it.
Mr. Greeley questioned the Mormon
Saint on their system of polygamy, and
desired to know whether the plurality of
wives was acceptable to the women. The
pure and righteous Brigham in reply
said “ the women could not be more
averse to it than I was when it was re-
vealed to us by the divine will. They
accept it, as I do, as tlic will of God 1”
Brigham acknowledged that he had fif-
teen wives ; some of whom were old la-
dies, who were scaled to him, and whom
he had merely taken home to support.—
What a kind-hearted man ? There were
several of the leading Mormons present
when this conversation took place, who
seemed fully to acquiesce in the responses
and explanations of their leader. Mr.
Greeley thus speaks of the personal ap-
pearance of Brigham Young and his as-
sociates :
“ He was very plainly dressed in thin
summer clothing, and with no sign of
sanctiniony or fanaticism. In appear-
ance he is a portly, good-natured, rather
thick set man of fifty-five, seeming to en-
joy lifc and in no hurry to get to heaven.
His associates are plain men, evidently
born and reared to a life of labor, and
looking as little like crafty hypocrites or
swiiidlers as any body of men I ever met
with. The absceiicc of cant or snnfile
from their manners was marked and gen-
eral, yet I may fairly say that their Mor-
monism has not impoverished them--that
they were generally poor men when they
embraced it, and are now in very comfor-
table circumstances—as men averaging
three or four wives apiece certainly need
to be.
Q».
13$“ The Utica Observer is responsi-
ble for the following hard story :—
In Cleveland, last Monday, while a
number of deck hands were engaged in
placing'a large quantity of linseed oil in
the hold of the steamer Iron City,
something gave way, and n. hogshcad fell
fair and square on the head of a stalwart
darkey who was at WOI‘K in the hold.—
Tlic height from which the liogslicatl foil
was some six feet, and it ended about so
that one of the heads struck him. A
wild though smothered yell came up from
the hold, and the other darkics turning
pale as fidelity to their parents would
permit rushed down to gather up the
mangled remains of their comrade. Im-
agine their consternation upon seeing the
hog'sliead standing upright and the fright-
ened and somewhat lacerated counten-
ance of the negro protruding through the
upper head 1 His adamantinc cranium
had driven through both heads of the
hogshcad without doing material injury
more than afew cuts and a very bad
“ scare.” The hogshcad had to be knock-
ed to pieces in order to release him, and
he emerged the greasiest nigger ever
seen in America. \Vhilc they were bind—
ing up his head he was heard to remark
" Cor a mighty, guess (lis ere darkcy
don’t want any more lie on his har !”——
Hc was at work in the afternoon as well
as ever apparently.
<<Oms
CONNECTICUT Wuhan—“lo have before
us a sample of “ Napoleon wheat (none
the better for its name) grown in Wind-
sorville, Conn, which is handsome, both
in the heads and grain, as any Genesee
wheat we have ever seen. It is a white
winter wheat almost free from boards,
and has apparently a very thin coat of
bran, and of course will weigh heavy.—
Ii' such wheat as this can be grown in
that State, it is time it should be cultiva-
ted to an extent that would make the
peopli: a little more independent of the
West for bread.
IV. Y. Tribune Aug. 24.
o<.-o
neg... James C. Pratt, in a communica-
tion to the St. Paul Times, says : ”I
was at Yellow Medicine during the re-
cent payment of the Upper Sioux. About
one hundred of the red inen \verc shear-
ed aiul'dresscd in the apparel of white
men. Previous to the operation Super-
intendent Cullen addressed them by in-
terpreter, and stated that he wished to
have them vote at the next election, and
role the Democratic lit-let I" About sev-
enty votcd the Dcnmcral-ic tickct W0
years ago, without the preliminary both-
er of shearing and dressing like white
folks, the agent providing them with tick-
ets and leading them up like sheep to the
slaughter.”
a.»
ANGELS DACUsunsoTrI-nn.-—-Tlie Spirit-
ual ’l'clcgrap/i contains the statement of
a corrcsnomlent to the effect that on a
retent rccasioa an artist was employed
to take a daguerreoiypc of' a corpse,
which, for the purpose, was seated in a
chair. The plate on examination was
found to contain not only the picture of
deceased, but, to the astonishment, of all
two Obllel' figures a male and female,
standing beside the corpse. The writer.
adds :
“ The dress of the female figure was
wholly unlike that of the artist (the artist
was a female,) and no other females were
in the room. ”All the figuies, corpse and
all, were very dim. Now, the Spiritual
phaSe is that two spirits standing beside
the corpse were reflected the.”
Tun New Ptvnor'ru CIIUIICHr—H. W.
Beecher. in the Independent, contradicts the
story thatthe enterprise of building the new
Church has been given up, and says there has
beqp more than twenty designs for the Build-
ing sent in, and the decision will pr babi y be
made in September.
KW w
Ruiionnn Hermit-Mam or ’l‘lIF: Roms
Ciiii.ns.—lu the I’m-is correi pondencc o
the Morning Star We lliltl tire fol lowimr
" The assurance gi veil in financial circle:
of the approaching rciirefn ent of tin
Iiothscliihis has c1 rated a strange sensa
tion. It the “21110.? proves l'.1uc,‘nol_‘, onl'
Baron Jamesfliut both their : s ‘ .' a i
fl'ifl Alphonse, won ltl aim \\l:i')l:ll’::\:‘;:fl:fl
business, the accounts of tzino home in
Paris ll'liISf. llC Cli Bull, and in short it
would exist no lon icer after like month 0.
December. The dc plorable s ante in whicl
Nathaniel Rothschild still remains, whc
in the flower of his age and str Clinth has
been suddenly strtmkmith paralysis it the
uncertainty of financial operations in the
present unsettled state of Europe, have
decided Baron James to take this step
so it is said. But although the announcef
niciit, even unconfirmed as yet by himself
has occasioned some little emotion
amongst the moneyed men of Paris ;.mc,,
of experience in these matters persist in
declaring that such a measure is utterly
incompatible with the Baron’s ago, his
nation and his love of domination, and
they therefore reject the possibility.”
«.6».
p be]? The Ill-Centennial Celebration at
Norwich on the 7th and 8th of next
month, will be a grand affair. Prepara-
tions have been in progress for some
monihs‘nnd thousands of people: will he
in attendance. Mr. Mitchell (II; Illar-
not) will he one of the spcakers.
~~as<§>s
Cllflirfiil% futilr Spf the Congrt gational
t ti 1 nor I. Litifliiil‘tl,.l‘0€lli.Zf!tl $190
o ”in edits, which they Wlll pay toward
the debt pn the parsonage. The indieS’
fair at )l'il-llim‘fl last. week was also suc-
cessful, and nearly $500 was cleared.
<~o.>o~
3383,. The enlargement of the “'heeler
& Wilson Sewing Machine Manuj'actory
in Bridgeport, is receiving its machinery
and will be completed by Oct. 15th.—
Tlic factory is now in the form of a par-
allelogram, 525 feet long by 218 in width.
0n the space enclosed within the main
buildings are several buildings connected
with the establishment. The working
floors of the factory cover a little over
five acres, lighted by 1225 windows.—
'liie chimney is 103 feet high, containing
100,000 bricks. It will be warmed by
steam, lighted by gas. give ciiiplovmeut
to from $3.00 to 1000 bands and tuin out
about 150 niru-hiiies a week.
.___._,.,.,,,_ .
A REAL Noma-zrrarc—T‘he New York
eori-esqmink-mt of the. Boston Journal in
one of his letters, says Mr. Green, the
President of the Central Park Commis-
sioners, is one of ihe remarkarlc men of
New York. lie has been long in public
life ; he is a man of sterling honesty
and is without stain. He was for some
time President of the Board of Educa-
tion, and while in that office would not
take any remuneration, directly or indi-
rectly ; he Would not take a sheet of pa-
per, a pencil belonging to the public, nor
touch the least thing that. would seem to
he at public expense While one of the
CoiiiiiiissiOiir-rs of" the Central Park, he
was made 'l‘rrasurer, at a salary of $5,-
000 per annum ; but he declined the pay
so be His elected President of the board.
Such men are rare. III: is a lawyer, a
bachelor, and more remarkable still a
Democrat.
.«o».
be}... Who ever heard before of a live
man \VitlI‘lllS neck broken ? Archibald
Ctllllpliell,‘.t¥ffl1'mfll' of Campdeii East,
near Newhurg, Canada, fell head first
from a scaffold and dislocated his neck.
But when his head was held up, the ver‘
tebra: of his neck returned to their place
with a fill", but distinct snap, and while
the whole body was paralyzed or dead,
from the neck downwards, the head
seemed entirely sound, active and capable
as ever. At last accounts there were
signs of returning sensation to the body,
and it was possible he might partially r6-
covcr from the misfortune. .
—-—-—-40-‘°an-————-—
sens A fellow was arrested for stealing
ducks, and after a description of them,
the counsel for the prisoner said : ‘ Why,
they can’t he of such a rare breed, for I
have some of them in my own yard}—
‘ Very likely,’ said the complainant, ‘ I
have lost a good many ducks lately.’
——a«o>
a“ At the celebration of the semi-
centennial anniversary of the ordination
of the Rev. Allen McLean, which was
held at Simsbnry on Tuesday last, there
were present afamily of eight brothers
and sisters, ercrg/ (me of 10/1077: was present
at the offli'lllllifl‘llhfiflj/ years ago. These
eight comprise all the children their pa~
rents ever had—and the youngest is 55
years old. It is very rare that an entire
family of eight can be found, with
ranks unbroken by death, the youngest
of whom had obtained so- advanced an
age. They are the children of the late
Col. Noah A. Phelps, of Simsbury.
MW
kg. The Constitution formed by the
Kansas Convention does not allow the
right of suffrage to colored men. The
writers for; the loco papers are of course
amazed at what seems to them, wonder~
ful inconsistency. “ \Vhat l Mgr” 2007'-
sliippcrs not allow negrocs to vote 1 Isn’t
that its special vocation l well i we are
astonished.” '
Perhaps the geese that gobble in this
way will learn in time that Republicans
form the party of white men as opposed to
bloc/.- Democracy. The mass of them op-
pose slavery as injurious to their own race
as Well as to the blcaks—as a greater
enrso to the former than to the fatten-‘—
'1‘hcy, the majority, have no mawkish
sympathy in the matter. and they believe ‘
' that render the circmnstames many of the
slaves are better off than they would be
in a state of freedom. But this does not .
alter their views as: to the nature of the
system—its tendency to barbariSineits
general effect upon both master and slave
and upon the interests of the country.
Republicans differ in different parts of
the country‘as to this matter of negro Suf'
frug'o. In our own State theprivile‘ge is
denied, while in other Republican States
it is granted and voted for by those who
call themselves Democrats. To deny the
right of voting may be. inexpedient—it
miy be wrong in principle. But to grant
such suffrage is no essential part of Re-
pnblieanism, and the refusal need not as-
tound the agent and lick spillles 0f ”"5
ilC§rI‘0-rll‘ii‘t‘9'S—— Sta-7111a rd. ‘
.<O>uo—-—- ~
ITS-ELTIIC New Londoners attempt to
evade the law against selling or killing
woodcock, by serving “ long billed owls”
at their rcsturants’. in that ”“0 a “biled
owl” would not he had to take—~bnt why
not call them mutton 01' 05’3““ ?
_.__—4m>——fi
his... The BritishGorei'nineiit pays to
the various steamships which ply between
England and the United States and Can-
adn gm aggrog‘itlf! bounty OI $1,600,000;
in the shape of mail contracts. This
seems 3,, no the only way in which steam
gapigation can he Sustained.
—.—-——-—-Oc<.
pg, The number of emigrants which
arrived at New York for the week end-
ing Aug. 17, was Sill—making a totgl,
(“315,732 since the commencement of the
year, against 51,377 for a eorrespondhig
period in 1853, ,
Norwalk Chronicler