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THE GAZETTE:

Norwalk, Tnesda , Sept. 13, 1859.

 

 

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That Editorial Convention.

From the very general expression of con-
currence in the proposition for another con-
vocation of the Editors of the State, we may
safely “calculate” upon it. as a thing “sure
to he did.” although we have heard nothing
from father Coons as yet, upon the subject.—
The advantages to be derived from such a
gathering are manifold and we believe every
member of the ConuecticutPrer-s is abundant-
ly satisfied that it pays, pecuninrily as well as
socially, to meet thus, occasionally and com-
pare notes, get acquainted. and discuss mat:
ters appertaining to the welfare of the craft.
The question then is, gentlemen,will you ac-
ceptof our invitation to hold your nextmeet-
log at Norwalk ? Ours is not the largest
town in the State, nor is it the wealthiest,yct
we thinlrWe can introduce you to as large
hearted a community of citizens and business
men,as can be found anywhere, who will re-
joice in the opportunity of extending the
right hand of fellowship to so good looking
and worthy, a body of' men as compose the
Editorial Staff of Connecticut ! Our friend
ALLis, expresses his anxiety to show what
can be done at a first class country Hotel,
while our Livery Stables, one and all, will
join in showing up some of the most “magnif-
icent distances” to be seen this side of Nor-
wich. The trains on the New Haven Road,
also, run with such frequency, that, at no oth-
er point in the State could better railroad fa-
CIlitiesbe supplied, and all in all, we do.not
see why our . brethren of the Press may not
add as large a sum to their moiety of human
happiness here, as at any other place which
could be named. Again. what say you gen-
tlemen to NORWALK ?—especially what saith
father Cook ‘3

P.S.-——We see the Patriarch desires to be
“counted in.” The next question then is,
“when shall-it he did .7”

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The Seymour Reception Tradgedy.

The evidence before the Coroner’s inquest,
on‘lhe body of young Banks at Meriden,
whose death was caused by a bayonet stab at
the Seymour reception at Hartford, seems to
rob .. that most lamentable affair of - all
palliating circumstances heretofore urged in
excuse offlie act, The crime—for it can be
called nothing less, and that the most heal-t-
less and wilfull—seems to have been commit-
ted by one Wilson, who is now under arrest.
The evidence goes to show that this Wilson
acted like a raving madman—plunging his
weaponpromiscnously among men, women
and children, and horses—leaving his milita-
ry comrades and the line of soldicry to which
he belonged, and dashing ofl’ into the crowd
of harmless spectatorsfull forty feet distant.
Several persons received slight wounds—

‘0thers got off with having their clothes
pierced, while two horses received a plunge

from the same fatal jsteel, and a little lad
who caught hold his weapon and partied a
thrust aimed at his father’s horse, came near
being run through the body by the fiend.-

' We Wonder the crowd of bystanders .did not

beat out the brains of this brutal demon on
the spot, as they would have served a
rabid don. We trust for the fair fame of the
Connecticut Militia, and our common human-
ity,that every effort will be made to ensure
for this monster, that summary punishment
which his wanton crime invokes.
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fir Persons attending the Fairfield Coun-
ty Teachers’ Institute will stop at the George-
town Depot on the D. do N. Rail Road, as a

 

. Conveyance from Redding Centre connects

here with the passenger trains.
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Serious Accident.

George K. Perry of Georgetown was found
in the highway in Redding at a very late
hour on Monday night. the 5th inst. He was
very much injured and has since then lain in
an insensible state, and been unable to tell
how the accident happened. His horse and
wagon were found at the foot ofa steep bank
.with the reins round the axle so tight as to
hold the horse, and it is supposed that Mr. P.
was unable to see the road on ac'connt of the
darkness, and drove off the bank. His recov-
ery-is considered very doubtful.

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fi‘ Our thanks are due to Matthew Bulk-
Iey of Weston, for specimens of a mammoth
Sweet Apple, each one of which would weigh
nearly a pound. If he can keep them till
.Fair time,wc hope he will exhibit them there.

 

 

 

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';m‘Capt. James Byxbec has presented us
with a specimen of the Bartlet Pear. which
We never saw excelled. The fruit was as
clear and transparent as wax work.
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w Neighbor Osborne, cf the Danbury
Times, having copied from our last paper, an
article from the pen of our special Item gath-
erer, in that region, with the following com-
ments :—

Our quiet and sedate neighbor of' the “Nor-
walk Gazette,” unused to seeing horses
“travel,” and having heard of two or three
runaways here, is getting alarmed.
—“ITEMS” proceeds to pitch into Mr. Times,
in the following vigorous style :—

We are aware that Danbury abounds infast things ;
such as fast men, fast boys, fast girls, and even fast
horses, but our neighbors of the Times being so slow, we
have taken it upon ourselves to furnish our readers
with the later-f and most reliable news of that village, and
shall therefore continue to do so, he.

 

 

The Times Editor will please consider
Iiimselfhcreaftcr, a “used up man,”und deport
himself accordingly.

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. , Marble Works.

We would call the reader’s attention to the
adv. of E. B. Price, who has just established
llimselfin the Marble Business in the City.—
Among the many new and costly residences
now being erected in Norwalk, we presume
many articles in the way of‘ ma néles &c., will
be required, and we know that in no quarter
of the city can a more upright dealer be found
than Mr. Price. Give him a call.
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Death of Rev. W. L. Strong.

We deeply regret to learn of the death of
Rev. W. L. Strong, of Fayetteville, wnich
inonrnful event took place on Monday last,
ut'the residence of his son, in the above
named village. Mr. Strong llaslong been a
falthful and comment minister of the gospel,
and by his constantlahor and devoted life
has been the means of doing much good in
the world. lie has gone to his re. I: like a
shmk of corn, fully ripe. The funeral servi-
cess took place this afternoon, at 3 O’clock.

' Syracuse Journal, Sept. 2.
kg, Mr. Strong was well known in this
County, having preached ill Redding several
years. He was beloved and respected by all
who knew him, and his congregation in that
town parted with him with much reluctance.
As a minister of the gospel, he was faithful
and devoted, practising what he preached .—
After a long life of usef'ulncss,.he has at last

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’- The Railroad Commissioners have de-
cal-d not to grant the petition of the Nouga-
lllLI-I II. R. that the New York and New Ba-
you man should run a train to accommodate
the bangs illL k travel. It was proved that a
.1 rilill tad lid on run for years, at a loss of from
flour lu l‘IK thousandfiollars a year, and that
to alter the hour of star-tin g the regular train
of the New Haven road would derange all the
.cuuue‘ctionson the through line.

The Norwich Jubilee.
On Wednesday last we deposited ourself
and ours, in one of the cars of that “ Shore
LincRoute,”—which has caused such a com-
motion ili the railroad world, and which is
destined ere long, in our opinion, to take the
great blilk of through travel to and from
Boston and New York,—for a trip to Norwich.
We swiftly glided over the level grades of
the Shore Line, got a five minutes sniff of
salt water and sea breeze at Lyme, and an
agreeable rest of the pedals iii the bargain
in crossing the Connecticut at that point, and
in double quick time, with a crowd of other
passengers, were domiciled in old Norwich.—
Here we found the city fairly taken by storm
of its ancient sonsalid daughters, and their
thousands of descendants, while the street
crossings, the public and private buildings
Were decorated wilh sentiments in canvass
and evergreen, triumpllal arches, and a most
frightful abandon of bunting! - We under-
stand that all lhc Navy Yards, Ports and Ar-
seilals of thecountry were subsidized and laid
under contribution ol‘everylhing iii the shape
of flag or streamer. At all events there must
have been at least two thousand flags and
banners flaunting ill the breeze, on the ocea‘
sion.
The great procession,\vhich was about two
miles ill length, had justbegun to move as'we
entered the town. This consisted of Military,
Firemen, State Officers, the Trades, with in-
nulncrablc devices and cars whereon their
several crafts were at work. There were tyye
making, paper making, printing, 350., (the
Bulletin Press was kept at work running 011‘
Mrs. Sigourncy’s Song of Welcome, on paper
made from rags torn from ancient Egyptian
mummies) boiler making, cigar making. boot
and shoe do, lather &c., do, sash and blinds,
pumps, furniture, guns, pistols, &c,, spools,
cloth, foundry castings,morocco, &c., &c.—-in
short, representing about every trade and
device of artizcn craft,carried on in the town.
Then came the “door people,” then masonic
and other societies, then schools, a cavalcade
of some 200 horsemen—as many or more wag-
ons, foot pads Jrc.
Among the characters most observable,
were Err-Presidents, Chancellors, Doctors,
Preachers, Mohican Indians, and Editors.
Arrived at the Mammoth Tent, Gov. Buck-
ingham welcomed the vast concourse in a
chaste and beautiful speech. Then came the
Historical Address by D. C. Gilman, Music,
Singing, die.
At night the entire city was all ablaze with
rockets, chi nesc lanterns,&c.. while addresses,
songs. and band music, kept the multitude
deeply interested beneath the tent ti‘.l near
midnight.
Thursday the Masonic Fraternity laid the
corner stone of a monument to be erected to
Major General Mason. Then came the
address by Hon. John A. Rockwell and Do-
nald G. Mitchell, (Ik Marvel) with singing of
Odes and exquisite music by band. At 2 P.
M. an adjournment was made to another
mammoth Tent, where tables were spread for
some six thousand people, a sight of itself
worth a visit to Norwich to witness. Here
Toasts,Speeches and Music consumed the time
till dusk, before the vast assemblage aroso.—$
The dinner was of excellent quality, and,
what was most wonderful of all. was abun-
dant in quantity, for Ibis marvellous dinner
party. The most dazzling and brilliant army
of grace and beauty, however, was kept for
the closing up Ball on Thursday evening.—
The monster tent used during the two days
for addresses, had been transformed into an
immense arena, smoothly floored with near
half a million feet of boards, a hundred gas
jets introduced, and the stage converted into
a balcony for the bands, and here from three
to five thousand ladies and gents assembled
in“ their best bib and tucker,” some to dance,
more to promenade, andall to see and hear.
The weather was charming and everything
passed offaccordiug to programme, "' decent-
ly and in order,” and all in all, it was an oc-
casioii the citizens of Norwich may well feel
proud of,alld of nothing more so than of their
unbounded hospitality. IVe are under per-
sonal obligations to Wm. Greene, Esq., who,
with his good lady. did the honors of outer-
tainment for our old friend and staunch
teetotaller, B.W. Tompkins, Esq., who was
absent at S iratoga, but gave his hospitable
mansion into the hands of his children, who
on this occasion, at least. did ampliflcredit to
the well known generosif y of the paternal
ancestor.

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flfi‘One day last week in Redding, two
Irish families living in the same house had a
“falling out” in which shillalies, stones alld
a tea kettle of boiling water were the weap-
ons used. It was difficult to tell which of the
three had the worst of it ; the man, the wo-
man. or the lay l.~etlle,as they were all in
court, and not one of the three with a whole
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Twenty-two and twenty-seven inch “weeds”
will do for Hartford and Norwalk. but the
editors may just put the following into their
pipes, and "puff” again, or not. just as they
please : Yesterday morning. Mr. John Day
laid upon our table four leafs of the tobacco
crop he is now gathering, which average 36
inches in length—the largest measuring 37
inches. Will you both be so good as to try
again ?—Danlmry Times.

@"Not so fast, neighbor Times. Remem-
ber our measure was made a week ago ; since
then our plants have grown some, as yester-
day on cutting them, Mr. Case found several
plump thirty-nine inches. So you can “put
that in your pipe and smoke it” if you like
the villainous stuff-we don’t,and this is the
only way We can“pulf” it without nausea.

Apropos lo the above, the Times gives the
following as the Indiali’s conceit about the
origin of the weed :—

“In the beginning we had only the flesh of
animals to eat, and if they failed we starved.
Two of our hunters having killed a deer and
broiled partof it,saw a young woman descend
from the clouds and set herself upon ii. hill
hard by. Said one to the other, ‘it is a spirit
perhaps, that has smelt orr venison ; let us
offer some of it to her.’ They accordingly
gave her the tongue. She was much pleased
With its flavor. and said, 'Your kindness shall
be rewarded ; come here thirteen moons hence
and you shall find it’ They did so, and found
where her rrghtband had touched the ground.
maize growing ; where her left hand had
touched, kidney beans; and where she had
rested her feet, they found tobacco." -
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Rowland A. Smith Released.

Rowland A. Smith, the man who was
convicted of robbing the mails sevc all
years ago, aiid who was sentenced to the
State Prison for 27 years, has been re-
leased by tlic President. llis good con-
duct while imprisoned and his failing
health have aroused the sympathies of
many citizens, and a. petition was forwar-
dad to the Executive for hisdischargefin
which his previous good character and
his repentance was strongly urged.

Somebody, now. ought to have humanity
enough to importunc the President for the re—
lease ofpoor Taylor,committed some eight
years ago upon a charge of suliorning perjury
in a pension cam. We saw him last Spring, a
poor, emaciated, broken-down man.

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‘usg, The comparative esteem of the south-
ern aristocracy for poorwfaitepeople and ne-
groes, is illustrated by -the remark of a Lou-
isiana paper in recordingthe death by light-
ning of“ two likely negro men” :

“ The electric fluid of the clouds seems to
be. no respecler of persons. It would as soon
kill a negro worth fifteen hundred or two
thousand dollars, as a ‘ pour white man‘ not
worth the powder and lead. that it_wonld take
to blew his ‘ brains out.’ ”

 

 

 

. Correspondeiwc of the Gazette.
Mussus. Enrlons z—As Sabbath School Picnics seem
to be the order' of the day this season, I thought a
short notice of one which took place on Thursday: W"
1st inst., by the South Norwalk Congregational Sabbath
School in your paper,might interest some. The School
met at the Church at 10 l-L'. o'clock, and at ll o’clock
formed ili procession, proceeded by the South Norwulk
llnnll, marched down to law’s Gnovs, when a table was
Set UNI: llnxnunu li‘uln‘ Loxc, bountifully supplied with
the choicest kind of provisions suitable for such an oc<
easion. After a blessing asked by Rev. Mr. Plait, ll”
proceeded to enjoy that part of the Picnic which is
usually the most attractive on such occasions, and at
the close, when gathering up the fragments. one schol-
ar was heard to say that there was more than twelve
baskets full. After an hour or two spent in roaming
about the Grove, all were called together by the sound
of the drum, to bear addresses from Revs. T. S. Brudv
Icy, I). Plait, and I). R. Austin, Deacon Nash and Al-
derman Ely. Between the addresses the children, llll-
iler the direction or Prof. Merrmm, sung some (f their
beautiful lIynins,nffer which the School formed in pr0<
eession and marched back to the Church, where they
were dismissed, no doubt with the wish that the season
for Picnics would come around at least once a quarter,
instead of once a year. One word, Messrs. Editors, in
respect to the general health of the scholars connected
with the School. Out of about 175 on the list there has
not been a single death since August 15th, 1855, nous
'rlux FOUR Yams ; I mention this fact to show that
our village is one of very general health. The average
attendance of this School was, during the last year,l';ll
scholars, and so far this year 130—we now have on the
list 200.
If you should bear any one enquire where Ely ’s
Grove is after this, tell them to ask the children who
were present at the Picnic, as they had the honor of
naming it, and will not soon forget the name, occasion
or place. 13.
South Norwalk, Sept. 10, 1859.

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Correspondence of the Gazette.

Misses. Enlrous :——In looking over the Gazette, my
eyes fell on an article relating to Railroad bridges, sc.,
and my mind instinctively recurred to the disaster that
occurred at the draw-bridge at South Norwnlk, where
so many were hurried from tint: into eternity. and I
was led to look at the s ituatiou of the bridge to sec if
it was safe to pass over. I do not Wish to excite un-
necessary alarm, but as life is valuable, and we have
only one to enjoy, I should not feel safe in the ears
while passing over it . I consider it very unsafe, and
have heard others any the same thing, and in my judg-
ment the Company will be guilty of culpable neglect -
unless they do something that may satisfy the travel-
ling community, and that soon, for no conscientious
judge would say No Danger, when any one can see that
there is, who will look, and unless something is done
we may ero long hear of a more sail and ll cart-vending
account than the one that was chronicled, and which
wrung sympathy from so many hearts. 6.

wThe same morning our correspondent’s
favor was receivad, we chanced to meet our
Railroad Commissioners, (who Were about
making their annual examination of the Roads
ill this vicinity,)and called their attention to
the fact. of the popular belief hereabouts,that
the Bridge referred to, was unsafe. Capt.
Gould of' the Commissioners, very kindly
promised to furnish us with the results of their l
examination, which although not designed by
him for publication,wc have taken the liberty
of appending—believing that it would go
farther to allay the public anxiety iii refer-
ence to this structure, than anything we might
write, or than any condensed abstract of the
same, would do :—

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FAIRFIELD, Sept. 1011-, 1859.
.l. H. Brlxorcx, F's-u.

Ill-Lin Slu :——'1‘1lc Gen’l R. It. Commissioners
examined the bridge at Norwalk, on Thursday. very
minutely. The crack in the abutment at the east end
remains as it has been for the last four years ; at all
events [can discover no change. At the west end we
foulld several timbers which we thought had better be
replaced with new, and Mr. Sanborn, the road muster,
said it should be done on Sunday next. We also found
that the Company have commenced driving new piles
and that that they intend driving quite a number he-
tu'een the-draw and east end, which will necessarily
take some little time, as they can work at the piling
only on Sundays. We directed a train to pass over the
bridge at a high rate of speed, while we were standing
upon it, and the structure appeared as firm as the av-
erage of pile bridges. The piles, however, that~ are
now being put down will stiflen it. Should any of your
friends discover, at any tnnc, weakness at any particu-
lar point, I would like to know if, and will give imme-
diate attention thereto.

Yours, very truly,
Joux GOULD.

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his? The-Fairfield County MUSICAL Coxvsx'riox meets
at Stratford on Tuesday, the 20th inst. It is to close
with a Concert on Thursday evening, the 22d. l'rol'. T.
J. Cook of New York is to have the musical direction
of the Convention and Concert.
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Seymour‘s Blackberries Again.
Sonic weeks ago we published a statement of the
yield of a patch of the New Rochelle Blackberries, as
raised upon three acres by Messrs. Geo. Seymour it: Go.
of this town. That statement seemed so large that we
could sc.rcely credit it ourselves, until we had visited
the grounds, when, upon careful view, and a practical
estimate, our buuip of credulily was prepared for al-
niost anything. We have witnessed enormous ylelds of
this fruit on the grounds of these gentlemen in years
gone by, but never anything to equal the bearing of
the present. season, and no one can form any adequate
conception of their abundance from~anytliing we can
publish. who has not seen the enormous berries hang-
ing ill great clusters more like a. heavy yield of llops
than anything We can IIILt-lu them to. What would be
lhouglit by the uninitiated of a single bush yieldingl
from three [0 four bushels-of berries .' Yet this has been
no unusual yield. Mr.Seyllionr informs us that he has
sold over four. hundred bushels in New York, which have
averaged him 38 per bushel, he has also made (flirty
barrels of Blackberry Wine, which he could readily sell
ilow for $50 per barrel, and by Spring will be worth
very much more, being very generally used as a medic-
ilull and communion Wine.

This, is in addition to all that have been eaten
and carried away by hundreds bf astounded spectators
from abroad, his neighbors, and the Editor, (who has
had a special regard for those three acres) so that here
we have an aggregate income from three acres (and only
three) of not the best land in the world ol's3'200 in her-
ries and $1500 in wine, with plants enough for next
spring’s sales to make the mt yield from this small
plot an even jive thousand dollars! When will our
honest, hard-working, toiling farmers, who reside
within ten or twenty miles of any milroad lending to
any great town or city, awake to the value and ini-
porlunce of raising these small fruits rather than puta-
toes and grain ‘I

Mr. Seymour, it is true, has been one of the most
successful, as he has been the most extensive raiser (if
this particular fruit, and prices have been such as to
render his crops very largely renluilerative, yet Ilull

 

he been compelled lo have sold his berries at 5 cents
per quart, instead of “lb—bu would still have. ueflcll u
better return per acre, than any farmer llcreubonts can
boast froul any grain or root crup which has been raised
the present season. What farmer will take our advice
and make a similar trial another year.
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HEAR’I‘ or MID-ILO’I‘HIAN, By Sir Walter .‘1cott.—Form.
lug the eleventh volume of the cheap and popular xvi-ek-
1y publication of the Waverly Novels for the Millionplt
25 cents each, being issued by '1‘. B Peterson & Broth-
ers, Philadelphia. This enterprising firm are doing a
great public benefit in thus placing before the whole
reading community, nine-tenths of whom are obliged
to be economical in literary luxuries, the works of Sill
WALTER Scorn iu the present cheap and popular form.
Each volume is got up in a neat style, all of the same
size, and are printed al the rate of 25 cents a volume,
.or the whole twcnlysix volumes for five dollars, and
sent free ofpostagc to all, on receipt of this sum. This
low price should place a set of them within the reach
of everybody in the land.

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Fire. .

The flat Forming Factory of Jarvis P. Hull, of Starrs
Plain, Danbury, took fire at an early hour on Thurs-
day morning last, and with its contents was burned to
the ground. The amount destroyed is estimated at
$4,000, on which was insurance to the amount of

$27 50 .

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“gyms Norwich Courier has commenced as a. semi-
weekly, with Mr. Moore, the able editor of the paper
when published by G. B Smith, in its editorial chair,
and D. E. Sykes, as publisher. It is an able and inter-
esting paper, and we hope it will be successful.

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Tun Nsx'r Spun FAIR AT NEW HAVlzx.-Tllo Books of
tllcStute Agricultural Society are now open for entries
of stock, bur-sea, articles to be exhibited, &c., at Wil-

iam B. Johnson’s, 40 State St. New Haven. and at the
olfic ol‘tlie Homestead, in Hartford. Entries by 191‘
ter should be addressed to Henry A. Dyer, correspond-
ing Secretary of the State Agriculturnl Society, Hurt-
ford. The bills are now being circulated, from which
we see that the annual address is to be delivered bl"

IIon Alvin r. Hyde.

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, W We perceive from a “ Compliiuenlzii-y Calrd” left
“Your desk, that the Sabbath School children of the 2d
of: E. Church, ale to have a Fair on the bill; lust.

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fi- Tliere is to be a great trial of speed
today, on Brewster Park, New have", be-
tween the two celebrated Horses,“ 'l‘aconey”

 

 

The Hartford Tragedy.

The Jury in the case of Chas. W. Banks,
slabbed by one of the Cult Guard at the Scy-
lnour reception ill Hartford, filld that be came
to his death by a bayonet stab, and they are
of opinion that the wound was inflicted by
Josurll.Wll.sou, who is now under arrest.
The inference from the testimony would
seem to be that Wilson cannot shelter him-
self nuder the plea that he was acting under
orders, and that the stabbing was accidental.
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m The Washington Light Guards of
Bridgeport are to have the set of new-fashion-
ed rifle muskets furnished by lhe State, it be-
ing the best drilled Company in.the Fairfield
County Regiment.

 

 

 

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m. The Administration papers have
charged upon the Republicans t:c defeat of
the post ofiice appropriation. In a recent
speech at Lexington, Gm, Mr. Toonibs said
that “ he hurl (alum Ihc rcsponsibili (y (if/ril-
Iing it, because it included extravagant donn-
tions for the erection of fine post office build-
ing. ill various cities, and for other purpo-
scs.”

 

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Tun STATE REFORM Soilc0l..——-By a law of
the last Legislature, parents and guardians
are empowored to apprentice their children
and wards to the State Reform School for any
period of three months or over, they paying
such compensation as may be fixed. This log-
islation was intended to give the institution
less of a penal and more of a rcformatory chal-
acter. and to induce parents of unruly chil-
dren to take advantage of its sysleni for the
good of'their boys, without the ignominy of
judicial proceedings. The trustees have fixed
the price for thus taking apprentices at
two dollars a week. payable monthly, in ad-
vance. This sum covers all expense for clo-
thing board, etc. The boys thus taken are
taught some useful labor and receive some in-
struction in the school room. and all the mor-
al influence the institution can exert. Sew-r-
al boys have already been apprenticed under
the new law, and when its operation became
generally understood it will be tlicl'avorile
method of sending children there. -
Applications should be made to Dr. IIalcli
the superintedcnt, or to the trustee for the
county in which the applicant rssldes.

JV‘. H. Journal.

o4.»..-———

m, The reports of all the railroads in the
State of New York for one. year show that the
average amount received for carrying a pas-
senger one mile is 1.08 cents. and for one ton
freight 2504 cents :, but it costs 1.40 to carry
the passenger, and 1.614 to transport the
freight, so that, twelve passengers being esti-

 

from a ton of freight is 34.4 per cent of the
gross earnings, while the net cal-lilo gs from a
ton of passengers are but 2.47 per cent.

.4.-.
ero “OCCASIONAI.” ls.-—Tlie Washington
Constitution,and other democratic journals
have lately become almost distracted iii their
anxiety to find out the flesh and blood origin-
al of Forney’s vigilantWasllingtou correspon-
dent—the energetic and all pervading “ Oc-
casional.” That individual taking pity on
them. has ventured so far as to give a descrip-
tion of his person, which we confess seems
rather fanciful. Here is what he 'says of him-

self:

“ What would the public say if I were to as
sure it that “ Occasional” has seen seventy
winters, and that his head is white with ven-
erable snow? That he has participated in the
councils of the great; has traveled ill foreign
lands ; has tested the experience of at least
three great political parties. (in this beating
Mr. Buchanan by one.(nnd that he is as hale
and hearty today as he was at forty? The
fact of my years is proved by the experience
exhibited iii these letters; my integrity is es-
tablished by the universal fidelity ofmy facts
my power by the approval of the, people and
the. hbwls of the hycnas whom I drive from
their plunder, and my vigor by the regularity
and punctuality with which 1 furnish your
paper with my thoughts. .. ‘

" Rain or shine, winter or summer during
the session and in the recesses of Congress,
when the bravest quill drivers employed by
the richest journals faint by the way side and
rush off to cool watering places, ‘ Occasional’
remains at his post a solitary sentinel on the
watchtower. I play the part here of'i'nvis‘ible
genius. You have frequently visited the
theatre and noticed a quiet fellow walking
among the actors in the mimic scene, unseen
by them, but gazed upon by the audience.—
Let me say to you that that is ' Occasional.”

" I pass throagh the departments unknown
(sometimes. it is true,liy deputy;) l have even
overheard Cabinet secrets if I had not been
pressent at Cabinet councils; I have mingled
in the social circle, and have more than once
been compelled to denounce myself in order
to preserve my incognito. .Bnt enough of
this. I only write to let you know that .. Oc-
dasional’ is a flesh and ‘blood personage—one
who deals in facts as well as fancies. and who
challenges contradiction in the main.”

.«..
The New Plymouth Church.

The Rev. llcnry Ward Beecher contributes
the followin to the Independent, in correction
of the numerous reports that have recently
gone abroad Ill regard to the projected new
Plymouth Church :

“ The papers, from time to time have ill-
formed the public truly of many things rela-
ting to Plymouth C.iurch; and sometimes,
also.quilc unlruly. A paragraph hasjnst up-
pearcd, stating that the whole enterprise of
building a new church has been relinquished
and thatit has been determined’to elilirgc
the old building.

" The information is entirely incorrect, No
change of plan has been made. The ground
for the. church is purchased nor is there any
movement for relinquishing the site selected.
There have been more than twenty designs
sent in to the trustees ; but. as yet, no one of
them has been selected. They are. for the
most part, admirable designs, and. there is no
doubt that any one of the best six would be
abundantly good for all the purposes desired.
All rumors and stories such as linen from time
to time been circulated, should .be discredited
hereafter. An enterprise of such magnitude,
and involving such interests,moral and pecu-
niary,cannat be pushed to a conclusion with-
out time, und deliberation.

.———4«.»

Sn'r'rmxo Mixisrizns I.\' 0mm: Truss—One
very noticeable difference between ii hat was
common ill New England fifty or sixty years
ago, and [be present day. is the length of
time usually went by candidates in preaching
ton people anterior to the reception and 'ac
ccptancu to a call for settlement. 'l‘hcclioinc
of a pastor was then reckoned an event of
great importance, requiring Inucll delibera-
tion and ample opportunity for mutual ac-
quaintance between the parties. It was ordi-
narily expected that the Connection when
once formed. would continue for lilo. It was
often likened to the marriage covenant, de-
signed to endure until the ties which it cre-
ates are dissolved by deulll. This idea of the
sacredncss oflbe union operated on both sides
as a check to rush Iikings and engagements;
and the result was, to a considerable extent,
such as might have been anticipated. A
greater permanency ill the pastoral uflice was
secured ; while distracting agitations iii chur-
ches and societies were for less l'i'eipieut than
at the present time. More brillialic, and pre-
tension were. in gnueralwicwed with distrust,
and good sense, sound piety and learning
were accounted the first perquisites ili one up,
pointed to go before a whole community. as
a guide to a better world. In one of the best
and largest congregations in New England.
more than forty years ago, it was. I llaVe been
told, objected to the choice of all creelh-ut,
but middle aged man as their pastor, that, it
would render necessary the appointment of a
successor. during tlicjlil'ct'nue of the young
people of that generation. Who now would
think of such a difficulty?

Rm.‘Dr, Womlllriifgr’s Rmii'niscllces.

——‘-—,fir=.l~v-.“.”

kg, P. T. Barnum entered a bakery in
Bridgeport, the other day, says the Farmer.
and handed a small bottle to the map behind
the counter. saying,“ You iuayppt a} ppppy’a

 

 

 

 

 

 

when if. as a profitable investment.” " lwill
be bound it will he ‘more profitable than Je-
rome clocks,” replied the man, “for we wnr~
rant it to rise On your hands.”

—————O'<.>rr—-

Determine Slxolxo.——A singer ill the north-
ern cornm- of Iowa, recently dislocated his
jaw ill alteniplfing to ping" high 15.” It ap
pears that there ,was pp iplest between the
victim and a rival teacher as ,to which sjiopld
be employed to teach a certain singing helm”
arid the former made such despelatc ell'orls t9
astouish the natives as led to the lamentable
result ,ahove mentionednbut ha :gpf the

 

worth of yeast in that bottle,i,fy,ou.cah gnar:

Difficulty between Great Britain and the
United States.

If. is stated that the U. S. troops under Gen.
llarucy have taken possession of the Islands
in the Straits of Fuca. lying between Waali~
ington Teriitory and Vancouver’s Islam .——
There has been considerable dispute betwtcn
the United States and Great Britain, in rela-
tion to the matter, and from what has trans
pircd, it is reasonable to infer that the Ad-
ministration is fully satisfied that the Islands
belong to this country. They are of great im-
portance to us because they have excellent
harbors, in which our Northern Pacific coast is
very deficient. The principal Islands are
San Juan and Lopez. The former is fifteen
miles long and seven broad and has two excel-
lent harbors. The Iattcr is opposite and not
for distant. and has one perfectly safe and
land-locked harbor.

Gen. IInrney has acquainted Licut. Gen.
Scott with all the circumstances attending
his occupation of the Island. It appears that
he hadn’tbcen previously specifically instruct-
ted to lake possession .but sent troops lbillicr to
protect the twenty-live or thirty Americans res-
iding thereon, who had been included in the
taxation limits by the authorities of Washing-
ton Territory. Oul' boundary Commissioner
Mr. Campbell has no doubt about the Island
belonging to the United States. but the Brit-
isll Commissioner made issue and hence the
protest of Gov. Douglas. This subject excites
much interest in official and diplomatic cir-
cles.

.___..‘.>..__———

£3‘ The foundry, Nos. 98 to 106, (inclu-
sivc,) Goerck street. near ltivington street,
New York, four stories lligll, was tumbled
into rulns about 3 1-2 P. M., on Friday week,
by the explosion of a steam boiler in the base-
ment. Damages three to four thousand dol-
lars. Joseph Schade, a workman, was killed.
and eight others scolded or bruised, but not
fatally injured. Only about fifteen men were
at work then.‘ The engine was a 16 horse
power and attended only by a boy of 17.—
'l‘liere was aprcssure of 55 pounds, and the
boilers, which had been used only half of
each day during the three years since they
were made, were calculated to bear 100.

 

—-———4-—<.>o _
Citizens’ Meeting at Baltimore.

The iblic' meeting of citizens of Balti-
more. 1Thursday afternoon, in Monument
square, to take lncasureslor the suppression
of rowdyism ill the city, and to devise how
the purity ol'clections can be secured. was at-
tended by about 2,000 of the first people of the
city. William Woodward was made chair-
man. Speeches were delivered by George
Brown, James Hodges, George M. Gil|.and
others, and resolutions were adopted calling
on the M uyor to appoint reliable mcn nsjndg-
es of the next election, and a special police
force to keep the polls clear. A special com-
mittee was appointed to report candidates for
the election. Fifteen of a party of rowdics
who undertook to disturb the meeting were

mated as equal to a ton. the net earnings larrcsted.

_._——-. m.>.*_-_——

m, A brakeman of the Galena railway,
named Timothy Hagan. risked his own life
and suffered the loss of one of his hands, late-
ly. in an attempt to rescue from death two
children, who foolishly tried to crawl under a
cal-,just as the train started. He succeeded
in pulling the children out of the way ol'dan-
gcr, but in so doing got his left hand under a
bar wheel, which crushed it to atoms. Dr.
Islnun dressed the wound, and thinks he will
be able to save a portion of the hand.

Chicago Times:

 

«.>.
Was it Murder ?

The killing of Chas. IV. Banks. and the
verdict of the Jury of Inquest—arc likely to
lead to a good deal ofdiscussion—particular-
lv as Wilson is held under the charge of inur-
der. The Hartford pants have told us that
the killing was a more accident—that there
was and there could have been no malice in
the matter. One paper says that the order
was it sporlivc oue,and another that if. was
absolulcly necessary to clear the ground—-
How was it necessary? I.‘.y what right did
the ,glor'illers of Gov. Seymour take possession
of the ground in question? And what is the
amount of orders given under such circum-
stances? The public, as amerc matter of
courtesy, are usually disposed to make way at
such times, but where did the glorifiers gel
the right to use bayonels for any such pur-
pose? Any such order was clearly illegal
unda court must so decide.

.It would seem, however , that the person or
restedwas acting on his own responsibility.
In a. perfectly reckless manner, he stabbed at
Baliks,'pitchcd him off the wagon with his
bayonet Q‘ ‘ one would pitch off hay.” In
such eases, where an illegal act is done in a
reckless manner, the law presumes malice.—
In other words,“ when a man kills another
suddenly without any or without a considera-
blc provocation, the law implies malice.”—
Again, “malice is implied by law from every
deliberate cruel actcommitted by one person
against another however sudden .”

Do not these quotations apply to this very
case? ' ' -

 

 

.‘.».____

CAUSE or run AURORA BORRAI.IS.——M. de la
Rive. the celebrated French astromomer,ex-
plains the Aurora Borealis in the following
manner 2—“ When the Sun, having passed
ilito the Southern hemisphere, no longer heats
our atmosphere. the aqueous vapors which
accumulated during the summer in this part
of the atmosphere begin to condense, the more
and more, and facilitates the passage of elec-
tricity accumulated in the upper portion of
the air. But in this elevated region, and
especially at this season of' the year. the
aqueous vapors most frequently pass into the
state of minute particles of ice or snow coat-
ing in the air. similar to those which gave
rise to the halos ; they form, as it were. a killd
of semi transparent mist. These half frozen
fogs conduct the electricltv lo the surface of
[the earth near the pole and are at the same
time illuminated by these currents of electric
discharges. Ill fact, all observers agree in
asserting that the aurora borealis constantly
preceded by a mist which rises from the pole
and the margin of wliich,lcss dense than the
remainder, is colored the first ; and . indeed,“
is very frequent near the pole in the winter
months, and especially in those where is to
be found an abundance of vapor in the air.

———4.<.>.F—————

Dnlru or REV. Jossrn Scorn—The Rev.
Joseph Scott. formerly Rector of St, Michael’s
Church in Naugatnck,died at his residence in
that place, on Wednesday night, 17th ult-, at

be ago of 59 years. M r. Scott was ordained
by Bishop Brownell ill 1.831 and after preach-
ing for a time in Woodbury. became rector of
St. James Church. Derby. He remained there
for several years, when he was forced to re-
sign in conscquncc of ill health,bnt afterwards
accepted the rcclorship of Christ Church, in
Strutforil. Ill September, 1850.1ie was called

of 1857, “bundle became rector of the church
in North lluven. On Sunday morning, April
18th, 1858, as be was preparing lorcliurch. he
was stricken down with paralysissincc which

physically fol-any public duly. Mr. Scott was a
very devoted and useful parish minister, will;
ning the love aiid esteem of his parisliionerd
Wherever he was located. llis funeral took,
place from St. Michael’s church, on Fr day‘
several clergymen being prosellLand a Iargé
congregation of his former parishioners ant
friends.-— W'aleibm'y flmrriran. '

s<.>-o—~

fidl‘ 'l‘hc Housolmiic Rrpubfican mentioq't
the death of James Orr. Esq, a talented lav '
yer, at the age ol'3t5, Ill Salisbury. He was 0'1“K

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leftiln orphan. in Iludson N. Y., was " bnu
out” by the overseers of the poor, to a farm
in Salisbury, with whom he lived until "5).:
years of age—improving his time by reading
and studying. lie was afterwards alllliitlcil

highly respectable lady. and at- the [1]"ch
his III'HIII had acquired an enviable rcpntuli j"
as a lawyer. This shows what may bcnccofi.
plislied by young men under adverse pinyin.
stances. a"

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Senate J ournal.—We are indebted to fl
Carter, we presume, lute Clerk of the Senét

for a bound ‘ copyof the Senate Jdurnal o‘
1359. .,‘

._—-——.<‘.>5.——————-

bias of" Thomas Whilclock, Methodist pr
pr. 2,8 years old, and weighing 130 poun _. {-
caught inc face in, to Ills Il‘plylil'l'll is to _
$l00. 'I'lns nllybo y sci-n fl all-3y cm“: _.
answering this descriflion 1'" «-

Those ministers of the gospel w
vor the fugitive slave law should ,_
themselves for the rcchunation of tl

 

school! . ..4 ,

 

 

 

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and the "Granger Horse” for a purse of $500.

 

"""ifllfl‘fiit c .,;’»'\-~:;~: xv lean»

m‘t‘firlu --= a: .

 

 

lo the rectorship of St. Michael’s Church, ,
Nuugatuck where he labored until llle Spring -

time he Iltls been incapacitated mentally and'

‘ Failed on a cruise of Iollr months, in company

Scotch descent, and at the age of seven was,
'34-.) the bloody engagement at a rcdoubt lie-
l eon Butts and Quaker llills at the time Col.

I" "h" ”a" of" [.ilclifield County, married wiggle“ commanded by Sultcrson, 0n thir my

Catheart equipped by the Stale of Massachu-

l‘ing brother. “us had enough for ‘i-l. ”7’7.” ‘ . “ W
mun nigger to disregard a sacred s to. WT"? Lo“"""e “ma“, “3:8 ‘ .1 ‘ c
i . , dist minister to do go I 'J _ are exceedingly sorry to say _ in we yrs or-
!!0’ 3.1““ 0 . ‘ ‘ a day saw amuu get himself bitten by a big
39!?- 9,1401: ."9 pray that the I30 rattlesnake lor the sake of havinga quart of
bounds may have egztra :wind and um whiskey administered to him. He was not

for the chase l~1§10haflsiey ' .

NEWS ITEMS.
——A building in Bridgeport, occllpied’by S.
W. Bough us a grocery. and by Meeker 8;
Kimialld as a shoe factory. was partly deg.
troyed by fire, Tuesday night. Insured
for $1350,wliicli will more than cover the
loss.
——The Connecticut Commissioners to settle
with the New York Commissioners, the (Helm.
ted boundary line between the two states, are
Ilou. Oliver 11. Perry ofli‘airficlil. Jfih‘t‘l’h Ii-
llawlcv Esq, of Hartford, and Philip 8- Be-
bce, Esq., of Lilclifield.
-—-'I‘lin injunction against paying a dividend
by the New York 11'. New Haven Railroad
Company Ilas been continued, until a court of
competent jurisdiction declares who are legal
stockholders.
The capital stock of the Woodland Ccmc-
tcry Association, 820.000, in Stamford has all
been subscribed. Number of stockholders is
sixty-three. ,
———-’l‘wo valuable horses belalging to B. W.
Tompkins, of Norwich. were stolen from o
pasture ill Bozrall. on Monday night week.—
Tlic only description given, is that they
weighed from 900 to 1000 pounds each and
had long tails.
—T—Mr. A. S.Gallnp,of Griswold, Ct., has
in his possession, the identical sword that
was carried through the Indian wars in 1637,
by Capt. John Mason, who was the first pro-
prietor of the town of Norwich—the same
Capt.Mason who tracked the Peqliots to
Fairficld, and destroyed them ill a swamp.
—-—'l‘he general agent, for the West. of the
[Etna Insurance Company at Hartford re-
ceives from $25,000 to $30,000 in commissions
annually.
————'l‘lie feat of trotting twenty miles within
an hour was performed for the first time in
England by an American horse called Jack
Rossiter, on the llth of August.
_———The Treasurer of the New York State
Colonization Society acknowledges the re-
ccipt of twenty-five thousand dollars. being a
donation from a friend, toward a College en-
(IOWment ili Africa.
__George Griliivold, the oldest merchant in
New York, and the head of one of the oldest
mercantile firms in the country, died on Stut-
en Island, on Monday afternoon, aged 83.—“
Mr. G. was the head of the house of N. L. 7%
G. Griswold,which has been actively engaged
in the Canton trade more than half il century'
He was born in Lyme, Conn.
———J. GordonBcunctt has been in Washing
ton several days, each day the guest of Mr.
Buchanan. No friend left but Bennett.—
l‘oor old man. Itis said that Bennett is fry-
ing to coax him for a foreign appointment,
even the mission to France.
—-—lll the last two weeks of July, twenty-six
suicides were reported as occurring in differ-
ent parts of tllc United States. For the
month of August the record is almost as full.
Eight pfsons have committed suicide by poi-
son ; scam] by shooting, EIX by drowning,
three by hanging, others uy cutting the throat
and tuo' cases are reported from San Fran-
cisco.
——-T e aurora of‘Snnday night was seen as
far 543th as Mobile.
——David Melville of Newport, R. I., was the
firsjperson to use gas ill this country. He
liglted his house and factory with it in 1812.
—4,‘A conditional contract has been made he-
tve'en the Post Office Department and Com-
miilore Vanderbilt, for the conveyance of the
C il‘ornia mails-Jo the event that the John-
contract shall, as is expected fail to be
ricd out. ‘
A Brooklyn lady who “was not to be fool-
. on the street ,” accompanied a little heg-
gu- girl to her home, and left $5 to help pay
the funeral expenses of the child’s futher,whosc
coflin stood in the corner of the room ; but
coming hack unawares to get her handker—
chief,sl e found the missing article in the
hands 0 the dead man, who was consulting
the Dot 101' to see if the five dollar bill was
rood.
L—It i reported that Ben. Wood has leased
[or twel y years the Peuuiman llmuc, on the
south si‘ of Union Square, New York, at a

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

rent of ,000 pcrannum. and proposes to
exhibit K ricau miustrels in that aristocratic
quarter. ‘

~—Gen. oneha ofCuba, was lately discov-
ered in 0- mute delicto, and the indignant
husband [lirsued Iiilhhomewhere he" caught
it” from Midam Conchu. He has ordered the
police to tie everybody who shall mention
the scand‘l, $100.

——-—Tlu: featcst throwing on record was re-
cently dr 9 by “ Independence Engine Co.”
of Dayto Ohio. whose machine played a
stream ? feet high, through 500 feet of hose
with uni Il nozzle,

...—‘= II} {Aunt Mary, what shall I buy you
for a biltlllay present—what would you like
best?” ’Asut Mary, who was just thirty-five,
with u. allot sigh to herself. " What would I
like has? I know very well what I would
like bet ; I should like an Odd b‘ellow’s Of-
ferillg.’

“Stephen Bl-ignel', living near Falls Vil-
lags. as left at the office of tho Honsatonic
Rep‘ lican a leaf of tobacco measuring thirty
fiveficlles long and tWenty-threo broad

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

0.1 I‘lumb of'Trulnbull has left at the office
of ‘ 2 Bridgeport Farmer a leaf of tobacco,

in , ringthirty-cight inches long and eigh-
te broud..

correspondent of the London Post tells
apanese girl, who, in spite of the laws
ibiting emigration, left by stealth for
gliue, under the pcrsnasions of a French-
. The owners of the steamers sent her

of.

P
Sly

m
b- to Japan. “ On arriving, the vessel was
b 'dud at once by a couple of officials. who

:ted to ignore her p once until all the
million were completed, and thclllook hcr
custody. The poor thing struggled
a inst her fate ill vain. She was lauded.
, as 1 am informed, condemned to death.
other with all her relatives, and some ollil
'or officers who might to have prevented
escape.
Jefferson Davis has formally announced
jllltcnllon’i to offer abill in the next Coil-
ss to repeal the laws restricting the slave
tjfle. This will open a new issue for 1860.
A—The favorite question put to the Demo-
cilic candidates for Congress in Alabama
arms to have been, “ Will you support Doug-
la, if nominated at Charleston for the Presi-
(1ch 1'” All the answers we have Seen wcrr
illlle negative.‘ One of the new members
e t, Pugh, replied,“ No.1 would not sup-
t Stephen A. Douglas if he was nominated
my own platform.”
A man has appeared at Cleveland who
3 stolen from his parents in that city twen-
'z years agoavhcn he was only three years
to He has been passed from one tribe to
In her,has conformed to the Indian habits
hp married an Indian wife He is anxious
Iu id out his relatives,but does not wish to
' e the Indians.
:I( vs you a Caron, Col-l, pain in the Chest, or Bron.
' ? In fact have you the prenionilory symptoms
ic “insatiale archer” Consumption? Know that
,‘* l' is at band ill Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry.

__..__..<..>-

GLoniors Raccoon—The following state-
lt, compiled from the pension records of
‘ United States Government, exhibits the
vices of some of the soldiers whose names
re recently published ill the MuSsachnsctts
Ill ol'bonor‘: llulus I-‘ill'nllam born in Hamp-
”ill, Conn,, suliseplontly residing in Provi-
' 'ncc, ll. [neutered the Connecticut continen-

 
 
 
 
 

 

Mr.’

Vermont Election.

l‘von'rl'liml-zu. Sept. 7th.—Wc have _returns
for representatives from 92! towns, which show
the election of'7fl Republicans, 10 Democrats,
and in three towns no choice. In 33 towns
the majority for llllll (Rep) for Governor is
3i,258—-I:lst your his majority over Keys(Dclu)
ill the same towns was 3.259.
'—_.¢“l°’-O

bag. The New York Republican Convention

 

 

1'}. W. Leavenworth. for Secretary of State,
1’. Dorsheimer for Treasurer, Chas. G. Myst's
for Attorney General. and Robert“ Dennistou
for Comptroller. The last three in former
days belonged to what was called the Demo-
cratic party.

Judge Davies of New York. was nominated
for the Court of Appeals. and Ogden M, Cha-
pili for Canal Commissioner.

The ticket is regarded as a very strong one.
Judge Davies Was formerly supported by
the Amencaus,bnt was prescnlel] as a Repub-
Iican.

 

K...
New Jersey OPPOSition Conventions.

The opposition and American state convey]-
lions met at Trenton, N. J.. on Wednesday,—
Charles S. Olden was nominated by the op-
position conventiou on the third ballot for
governor, receiving 379 votes out of the 579
cost. A committee of conference was then
sent to the American convention with the rc‘
quest that they adopt Mr. Olden as their can-
didate. A bullet was taken and Mr. one"
was nominated by 95 to 86. A stormy time
now ensued, the until‘nsion Americans rams.
ing to agree with the lnnjorit . Acommittec
was then sent to t .e oppositi a convention to
say that the AmeriCan convention adopted
Mr. Olden as their candidate.

.«Q’.

The Election in Vermont.

The certainty of the republican Oictory in
Vermont induces no haste iii sending in re~
turns, or informing the out side world of the
poll. The republicans have probably elected
the entire Senate, although there is a close
poll in Cliittcndcn county between Senate
Chittclidcn, republican. and Appleton. demo-
crat. Windham county, Harrisdndependent
republican, is probably elected over oneol‘
the regular nominees on some local question.

The-vote of some of the principal towns is
as follows ;—Burlington, Ilull 397, Saxe 219;
Brattlcboro, Hall 423, Saxe 50 ; Rockillgham,
(Bellows Falls.) Hall 220. Suxe l5l ; West-
miliister, Ilall 157, Saxc 43 ; Bradford, Hall
210, Saxc I53; Newlill r ,lIulI 276, Saxc 235;
St. Albans Hall 203. Saxc 155; Brandon, Hall
289, Saxe ; Windsor, Hall 115, Saxe 58 ;
Woodstock, Hall 325, Saxe 57 ; Springfield,
Hall 208, Saxe 83.

 

 

 

 

«<wa

w Preparations are now making at Chi-
cago, 111., for the fair of the U. S. Agricultu-
al Society which is to be held in that city,
commencing Sept. 12th. All the railroads
centering there have made arrangements to
carry stock and articles for the exhibition
free, and visitors at half fare. The superin
ten'dent of the exhibition is daily in recept of
letters from all parts of the country, contain.
ing applications for room from those who wish
to exhibit their wart-s and goods. The pros-
pects for the success of the fair are very flat-
tcl‘ing.

 

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#- Tlic N. Y. Empress says that Bishop
Omlerdonk is soon to be restored to the full
exercise of his Episcopal functions.

‘ a.»
mTlie London Clmrchnmn says doles
fully , “The Prince of Wales,who isut present
sojourning at Holyrood Palace, has as was
only to be expected, been following the ex-
amples of his royal mother, Queen Victoria,
ili attending the Presbyterian kirks in Ediu~
burgh. It is sad, indeed,to think that such
inconsistent disregard to the distinctive fea-
tures of Episcopacy and Presbyterianisui are
to be thus perpetuated in our royal family.
_—.———o«.»
his}, A young sailor essayed to walk a rope
thrown across the Genesee River at its mouth
—-a distance ofsome 300 feet. It was about
50 feet above the water. and when about half
way over, (the rope not being guyed proper-
ly,) he found himself unable to kz-ep his per-
pendicular.aud was obliged to make a leap
for the water. He did so, successfully ; made
another trial, aceomplishcdlhe feat. passed
the hat, and gathered pennies enough to keep
him in whiskey for a week.
” Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri, hav-
ing been invited to attend a jubilee of the Cp-
position in Tennessee. wrote a letter in which
were the following passages :

“ It pleases me very much gentlemen, to
find that you designate the patriots who have
lately done the good work in Tennessee as the
Opposition party. The name implies that the
party is made of the good men of other parties
—~Dcmocrats, Whigs, Americans Republicans

all who can no longer brook the wild ex~

«mace and wanton disregard of principle
in 'an' administration and u. party which
emboldened by former unmerited success,
vainly imagine that they ‘eant afford to dis-
regard the censures of the world,’ and to do-
spise the judgment of IlisLOly. '

“ The party ill office (I will not say in
power) ls nl’itself a weak and helpless minor-
ity. It has no chance to renewed success but
hope (I trust a vain and fallacious hope) that
we will be so unwise and unpalriotic as to
waste our strenglh in petty bickerings about
old party names and subordinate questions of
policy and convenience, and to split up our
forces into platoons and sections, as if for the
very purpose of enabling our inferior enemy
to beat us all in detail. If we be so unwise
as that. if we allow the adversary to form the
plan of our campaign, to marshal our troops,
to tell us when to march, and where to camp,
and how to fight, of course we will get what
we fear and deserve. Alid by more folly we
will add to the humiliation of defeat the sting
of shame. in the consciousness that we had in
hands the means of victory and the assurance
of the peace and prosperity of the nation, but
wautonly threw them away.”
«Oboe—“—

M The Louisville Journal, alluding to the
report that the Democracy of some of the
Northern Slates mean to attend the Charles-
tion Convention by thousands says ;

“ The metropolis of the Palmetto State is
doomed. If ever those 20,000 5 nutter sover-
eigns, hungry. ravenous, and we fish,-squut on
the soil of Cllalestou, they will make their
own preemption laws and then rob the banks
to buy the city up. Twenty thousand Nor-
thern Douglas men. with each two hands to
steal or light, invading the quiet Southern re-
pose of Charleston! In all friendship, we
advise our friends there to barricade the pe-
ninsula with cotton bales some miles above the
confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers;
not heavy armaments In li‘orts Finsknry,
Johnson and Moultric; mukc Battery Point
bristle with l‘uixhan guns ;erect block houses
at every morning along the whole course of
Meeting s not, and have an immense beacon
ready to fire up on Light House Island at the
first signal of invasion, to arouse all the fallb-
ful from the interior to arm for the common
defence. Do it or tips Cinpinnuti Convention

 

 

 

 

 

 

'[l liln.I in I776. Ill 1778 he went on board
_c I'rigntc Providence, then lying in the bill'-
ll' of Boston, under the copililnnd of Captain
"liraliam Whipple. In the spring 01 I770 ha
III.“ the Queen of France and Ranger, and
.ipturcd off the bank of New Foulidlnnd ten
rial out of the Jamaica llcct, consisling of 175
gull-chant vess Is. His fctlm‘ was first limit-
I haul of marines on board the Il‘ignlc.
, Reuben Gulliver in 1776 served as a substi-
ite. and van Stationed at Castle William,
ow lc‘ort Independence; from there he was

 

lireeii’s regiment of blur-ks were literally cm
.0 pieces. In 1770, on board the 'l‘yriipiciile
ying ili Boston harbor, was passed into the

o l’cnobscot aid General Lovell. A spirited
mgagciuent followed the landing there, but
the British piquet guard wore drove into the
fort. Afterwards, the Americans were block-
adcd by a 8!, hadron from New York, and ran
up the ri re . burnt the i’nsspie, am} rplprned
by land. Mr. (illillll'l‘l‘ lived for several years
in llennington, Vermont, and Orange county
New York.

Abraham Ilisin‘g, born in Sulfield, Connec-
foljir-ut tprned Dillilll 1778 on the clam which
grew out of the invasion pf General Burgoyne
and joined the forces that wore gathered at
Springfield, Mass, and immediately marched
to meet the enemy. lie was in the battle at
Suratoga from eight o'clock ill the morning
until evening. Afterwards stationed at Cas-
llejop, Vermont, under command of Ethan
Allep. , .

‘ Salinn'l i’vndcll slurred a!»

one» in lit-2
on board the skill in war

iii-tar, Cliplai n

setts. On the cruise ofi‘flermndn, captuled a
number of prizes.

 

wrote your epitaph as imperatively as the Ro-
man lint ngfllnfil' "'0 Dido-founded city,de-
lends est paroliluhs.’ "
”7-”——T?‘fi,?rcr———¢—

SHILIIABEIK .08 SWEARIM) —A|mnst every
one accustomed to smoking. who has a proper
regard for the little culil-tesies of life, asks, .
bclote he indulges ill his propensity. if it may
be offensive to any. Suppose the some qnes-V
tion were naked with regard to wearing by
those who are disposed to indulge in the lux-
ury of bluspbemiag. There are times where
good taste is fearfully smoked by the intro-
duction of words and sentiments that should
not be spoken by the members of any circle ;
anthopgli not disposed to claim for our-
selves a very great measure of sanctity. there
are times when we have bt'en‘ull'tillllt'llv~10, me

a very mild term for the feeling—at expres-
sions which good manners should have sup.
pressed. and good inor-ils should have never
allowed to enter the minds of them who ut-
tered them. We ttink the time has gone by,
when profanity is generally regarded as an
cssnugiul adjunct of wit, and t! at p story-loses
nothing ofi spiqmincy when t c profanity is
left out. It is very offensive to have an ob-
trusive head with an oath ever between its
teeth, thrust among decrnt people, and it is a
wonder that sensible, men themselves, who
speak we _crly——,and lbeye {Lin too many ‘
sueIl-s on d not see the proba ly disagreeu.
ble nature of it to those who hear them, and
suppress it. At least they might preface
their rcnnuks with the question, “ is swearina
offensive to you 2’" ‘3
"rs. Purlingfon's Knitting IVork, In] 51,51
19.1473 ‘

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.mTlgc editor of the Bath". (Me) Times
gives a very philosophical account ol'n Dem-
ocratic Convention fiom which his set of Bath
delegates were kicked out—or much worse
than that, for says he: “ The delegates—the
representatives of three-fourths of the Demo-
cracy—simply felt one turn of the screw, and
their heads fell on one side as quietly as Lo.
pez’s did in Havana under the operation.“
the gal-relic. The party garrotte is a regular

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choker.” , ,. ,,

at Syracuse, nominated on Wednesday Inst,

action, he , all of which an: m
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The Royal I. all steamship Eur-cpu, from
Liverpool on the 27th ult., with three days
lalor intelligence from Europe, arrived at
Halifax on Wednesday night.

i. is reported from Zurich Conference that
the Austrian and French l’lunipotontiuries
IlauI l‘legllhttt'll a settlement of the affairs of
Lombardy with the consent of the Sardiniun
representative, The affairs of these lluchius
it is understood, will he treatcl of directly,
between the Courts of Paris and Vienna. It
was believed that the Conference would be
successfully terminated early dining the pre-
sent month.

'1-‘rom-Auslriafhe rumors are again warlike
and the Vienna correspondents C'Xprcss 1m;
fear that the Italian question will not be set.
tlud at Zurich. It is asserted that the fur.
laughs granted to the Austrian soldiers had
been suspended. llnd that seven of the crops
d‘urnu-e are to be retained upon a War foot-
ing.

The fear of French invasion has not yet
died out in England. It is thought that the
proscll fortification of Antwerp bud been
abandoned.

Mr. Ten Broeck’s horse Umpire hail Won
two more races at Stockton, and was the fa.
vol-ire for the next Derby.

It is said that Prussia now favors :1 Con.
gross.

d‘he Cabinet or 'St. Petersburg is said to be
divided on the Italian question.

Many of" the eminent exiles from France
had declined to avail themselves of Louis Na-
poleon’s amnesty. -

The potatoe blight is said to be committing
considerable ravages in some parts of Ireland.
The prices in the China lea market are
tending downward.

A gfi‘neral linissacre of Christians In two
towns borneois reported. The pilgrims from

Mecca are S“I"NHI to have ' -
‘ ' 'l e
for the outbreak, b V n the signal

 

m 0 l N.»-
*3}, n 1 ie 9th. at Paris Miss ‘
daughter of the American l’llinistgljtlloygzhzl;
was married to Archer Anderson of Virginia
at her father’s residence, in presence of a so:
Iect but distinguished companynimong whom
were Mrs. Wildicld Scott, Mrs. Commodore
Stewart. "Oil. Glorgc Enstis and bride (late
Miss Col-cumin) Col. Crittenden of Kcuthcky
etc. The service was performed by the rector:
of the British Embassy. 'l‘he wedded pair d"-
parted at once to Switzerland for their briddl
. rip.

 

 

““~o-——- .
Trouble in Japan.

The New York times has advices b wa of
Rotterdam, that the Japanese {govt-In—
ment has refused to send commissioners to
Washington to exchange the ralifications of
its treaty wilh the United States, in conse-
quence of the over-weaning anxiety of four
American inerchantmen to open the trade as
early as March, when the treaty was not to
take effect until July. Consul Harris urged
the government to permit these lnerchunlmen
to land llieir cargoes in anticipation of the
treaty, and by too strongly insisting upon
compliance after the request had been refused
caused the government to change its mind al-
together about the treaty.

' c-‘Ob.

Mexican Affairs.

It is stated that a new treaty has been con-
cluded with Mexico, and that Minister Mc-
Lane is now on his way to Washington with
the document. The New York Herald says
that the

Treaty contains certain important stipula-
tions iu'iegard to the transit by Tehauntepec,
which will form the basis of all our future
inter-oceanic transit arrangements, including
security oflbe route, free passage of closed
mails. ports ofdepogit on either ocean, and
neutrality in time of war; it also opens a
route from the Gulf of California to Arizonia.
and provides for a commission to examim
and settle the claims of our citizens against
Mexico. For the privileges conceded to us
we are to pay Mexico about five millions of
dollais, one half of which is appropriated to
the paymentol'elaims, and the other will be
paid to President Juarez as soon as the treaty
is ratified by the Senate.
This treaty secures in us I perpetual Iran-
sit over the Tehauntepec Isthmus, which was
vainly sought when the treaty of peace was
made with Mexico. and for which twenty mil-
lions would have been paid then, and. in ad-
dilion, it secures to Ibe silver producing dis-
trials of Arizona a free route and port on the
Gulfof California, which is all important to
it for supplies and emigration. Under the
stimulus which this stipulation will give I)
the induslryof‘Arizona-aud Sonora, if. iscuu-
lidently stated by well informed persons that
they will very soon send as much silver into
the markets of the world as- California now
sends gold. .
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A Return Maren Ils'rwmix Warm: IV.
xxn ax AMERICAN SAILOk—Nlthfm Lord
served during the Revolution on board an
American privafecr which was captured by a
lioyal Navy frigate and its crew taken prison-
ers. The young Duke of.Clurencc,afterwardI
William IV., was an officer of the English
ship. One night subsequent to the capture.
while some of the rebel sailors were standing
upon the upper deck, the royal middy addres-
sed them with insulting words, calling them
rebels, Yankees, do. Lord, one of the num-
ber being rather of an inflammable spirit we
presume, and not relishing his remarks, re-
plied that “he were at liberty he would com-
pel him to retract and suggested some rather
forcible arguments that he would'use if nec-
essary. The English ofiicer was disposed to
test his fighting qualities, and accordingly a
common seamau’s chest was brought up from
below, the combatants were placed upon each
side, and a regular set to was the result. The
Englishman was the first to " cry enough,”
and so the matter ended. Soon after the ar-
rival of the ship in England, while the Amer~
icau prisoners remained on board, previous to
being removed to Dartmouth prison. a mes-
senger arrived from the Duke of Clarence
bearing an official despatch commanding
young Lord’s release, granting him full par-
don and giving him permission to return to
Aiiierica.-.dl‘rw Harm News.
1‘.
kg, At the Portsmouth, N. H. navy-yard
the other day, the commandant issued orders
that all the cattle employed in the yard
should he fed on out feed, which were accor-
dingly carried into effect. But one old ox
who had been educated on long bay could not
accommodate himself to the new diet. and it
was reported to the proper authority that the
animal wouldn’t eat out iced. “ Not eat it ‘3”
excialmsd the head teamsler, filled with hor-
ror, “ By thunder! he must cut it, It’s the
commodorc‘s orders!”
‘flflovtr-w—F—s-
. bra, Tradition Insists that corsets were first
invented by a brutal butcher of the 13th cen-
tury as a punishment for his wife. She was
very loquacions, and the corsets were applied
in order to take away her breath. and so pre-
vent her, as be thought, from 'talking. This
cruel punishment was indicted by other heath
less husbands. till at last there was scarcely a
wife in all London who was not condemned
to the like affliction. The punishmenthecame
so univelsul at last that the ladies, in their
defence. made af‘ashiau of it, and so it has
continued to tho present day.
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