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' Moktalct Statistics of tiik Ukited States
—We are indebted to the politeness of J. S.
B DeBow, Esq., the superintendent of census,
for the proof-sheet of mortality tables ’which
have been prepared with great labor »«id Un
from the statistics of the census of 18o0. 1>T
is an immense mass of uspful iufgrmiitmiif b*
derived from on examination of these Wiles,
»ud a comparison with the statistics* of dtliei
countries.
Tjje proportion of deaths to population in the
United States gives us the cheering information
that our chauccs of living are better than those
of any other civilized people on the globe. Our
population being 23 millions, while the deaths;
occurring in one year amount to 320,000, the
nfttjQ pf deaths to population is about 1 l-4pu~
ccut. The same calculation in England shows
the rati* to be two per cent., and in France at
Mjyjythree per cent. It would thus appear
IfTaff spite of the gloomy forebodings of those
who warn us against our bad habits, neglect
of sanitary precautions, and violations of the
rules of hygiene, we still seem to outlive sturdy
John Bull or the sonp maigre Frenchman.—
This is made more forcibly to appear w hen w e
deduct the deaths from cholera occaring in the
year of the census, (1849,) amounting to 31,
000, which would still more reduce the ratio.
* The proportions, of deaths in the Northern
and Southern States show a remarkable.djflfcr
ence in favor of onr climate and region of coun-1
fry. and we are happy to inform our readers in J
Virginia and North Carolina that they are dcs- i
tilled to outlive their abolition brethren of New
York and Ohio to a very comfortable extent.'
Yhe population of Virginia and North Carolina;
is 2,270,000, and the number of deaths in the !
census year 29,000, the ratio Ixdug thus 1,03 i
per cent. Of the five millions of people inhabit.-!
ittg the large States of New York and Ohio,I
nearly 76,000 annually die, the ratio being!
1 1-4 j>cr cent. Yet strange to say, although
we thus perceive that our climate is so favora
ble to longevity, we have a larger porportion of
medical men than utmost any portion of the!
Union. i
The number of persons who reach the age of i
100 and upwards, will satisfy us more complete-;
ly m to the correctness of the above statement.
In V irginia and North Carolina, we observe
688 persons who were 100 and upwards. New
York and Ohio, with more th in double the po
pulation, can show but 146 ! Again, in the
two Southern States, 12‘J persons dint, during
the cciisuh year, over 100—in the Northern
euly 41.— Exchange.
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Coyjrcaui, AovKNri RK.—The Ruffnlo Re
public relates that recently a false-hearted mar
ried man in Detroit attempted to elope from
his lawful spouse with another woman to Can
ada. The guilty couple Crossed the river in
ono steamer, while the injured but spunky wife
pursued them in another, and just as the train
was leaving Windsor, the latter sprang upon
the rear car and ran through the couches until
the found the runaway couple, quietly seated
ahle by side. She upbraided the mau for run
ning away from his lawfully wedded wife, and
(Misted that he should leave the cars and re
turn with her. This the husband stoutly re
fused to do, when the wife appealed to the
conductor, and produced the necessary vouchers
of lier identity. The conductor, with much
good sense, decided That a woman was entitled
to her husband, and informed the mau that he
would be under the necessity of delivering him
over to the custody of his better half. Ry
this time the passengers had gathered around,
and the scene became exceedingly ludicrous.
The man deelurod that hu would not leave his
duleinen, and she persisted in retaining him.—
' The tears and entreaties of the wife were too
much for the sympathet ic conductor ; he pulled
the check-string, stopped the train, ejected the
husband from the cur, and delivered him to hi*
wife, several passengers holding on to the oth
er woman, who made the most desperate en
deavors to follow. The mau tried bard to get
on the cars after they were in motion, but wn*
unable to do so in consequence of the tight
grasp of the. wife on to his coat-tails. The last
that was seen of the jmir they jyerc rolling
'dowo the bank closely locked in each other’s
embrace. The frail fair one, who was the
cause of the trouble, was carried out of the
reach of her companion for a time at least.
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WoNKERiTt. Sagacity.—An iustunco of sa
gacity practised by tin* elephant nttaehed to
llerr Drieslmch’s Menagerie, deserves record.
Coming into Newark, Ohio, lust Saturday the
elephant’s keeper fell in a fit from his horse.
The whole menagerie immediately came to a
halt, and some memliers of the company went
forward to pick up the man. Rut the elephant
would not allow any person to approach tin;
lifeless form of his keeper. Taking him up
With his trunk, softly, he would place him on
his horse, but finding the man was senseless, he
laid him on the ground mid kept watch over
him. Many members of the menagerie tried to
soothe the faithful elephant, who had now 1h -
comc furious at the supposed dentil of his inas
Tef, but to no purpose, and there the man lay,
watched by the sagacious animal. After lying
in this condition for some time, a physician w ho
had been scut for, arrived, and yet the elephant
would allow no one to approach. A t lentgh
the keeper recovered sufficiently to command
Che elephant to stand aside, when lie w as pro
perly cared for--*4hc elephant, all the while, ex
pressing the utmost anxiety for the sick man.
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JTf.tt C atttai. of Tow a.—The Commissioners
„ljppoiuted to select a site for the future capital
Or Iowa, have selected a beautiful hill on the
*e$t side of the I)es Moines river. It is with
in tlie two-mile radius of the junction of Rac
coon aud Dcs Moines rivers. It is near Fort
Ues Moines. There has been a donation to
the State, of two hundred and sixty thousand
dollars, in lots and lands to secure the present
location.
•‘'i '’MF* At the anniversary of the American
•ad Foreign Christian Union, much sensation
aw produced by the s|>eech of the reuorablc
^ Dr. Hewitt of Bridgeport. He came forwuni,
bowed with age and grief, to say that although
his two book had abandoned the faith hi which
he trained them and gone over to the Catholic
church, ha atid remained cmha ken in his attach
ment to the creed of bis fathers, and was will
tag to seal it with hie blood. He said with
* ♦*«•, ** the only two sons 1 have on earth, (I
have two iu heaven,)have denounced, renounced
and cursed thebutbef-thebtodof their fnthers!
'.•^hnd^fcrjrive them, Aw they know not yrhat they
*fh*m was scarcely a dry eye ia the
3tbmog that listened to the old man's lamsuta
Mtab
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- medical colleges hi fh#
, them gtaduated Uat year aLofl
H| Dadred doctors.
I
The intelligence which from day to day is re
ceived from Kansas, presents a dark prospect
indeed for tlie new territory. The committee j
sent out by Congress to inquire into the alleged
election frauds, lias bees put down, and civil
war seems inevitable. The seizure of Gov Rob
inson, who had in charge an official copy of the
. y . 1 * t
evidence taken before the committee, to bring
to Washington—was for thepurjiose of guiuing
possession and destroying it. The latest dis
patch states that one thousand men arc en
camped iu the Ticinity of Lawrence with the
avowed purpose to comjiol the psople of that
place to acknowledge the territorial laws. It
Ls said that there are about 1500 men in Law
rence thoroughly armed with Sharpe’s rifles and
having two field pieces of artillery iu their pos
session ; they have erected breast-works and
given notice that they will resist all attempts
ut arrests. Ex-Gov. Reeder has fled, but his
capture is considered certain.
J udge Fane of Georgia has been appointed
Sheriff until Jones is able to resume the duties
of the office ; the latter is reported as convales
cent and is expected soon to go out. Fane,
it is rumored, lias licen shot at twice while in
the discharge of his official duties.
An idea of the feeling entertained towards
northern men may gained from the following
paragraph, copied from the government organ
in the territory :
Sheriff Jones of Douglas county, than w hom
a braver man never lived, has been murdered
while iu the performance of his official duties—
shot down by the thieving paupers of the North,
who are shipficd to Kansas to infringe upon the
rights of Southern settlers, llis death must be
avenged, llis inurdcl shall be avenged, if"at
the sacrifice of every abolitionist iu the territo
ry. If the prorslavery party will quietly sit
still and tee our friends, one by one, murdered
by these assassins, without raising their arms
to protect them, we much mistake their char
acter. We arc now in favor of leveling Law
rence, and chastising the traitors there congre
gated, should it result in the total destruction
of the Union. If wc are to have war, let it
come now ! m
Still Another border ruffian outrage on a min
ister of the gospel is reported, though this time
the perpetrators were from the chivalric South
ern settlers who have lately arrived in Kansas.
The victim was Rev. Pardee Hnthr, who, it
will be remembered, w as mobbed ami maltreat
ed at Atchison, last fall, and sent down the
Missouri river on a raft. lie was returning
last month, having spent the winter in preach
ing in Illinois, to join his family who have re
mained in the territory, and while passing
through Atchison, was seized in the street by a
inob, and w.thout any pretense to investigation,
tarred and feathered. The notorious Dob Kel
ly, editor of the Squatter Sovereign, took nn
active part, and Sringfellow looked on smoking.
Mr. Duller escaped from Iu* persecutors, and
hnd reached Lawrence. It is by such acts as
tlu.“-e, we suppose, that the Union is kept to
getfr r.
Cheering.
Our exchanges express considerable solicit
ude in regard to the prospect of our having the
ground in this section clear of snow in time for
the celebration of Independence day. We are
happy to assure them that if the weather holds
favorable there is a gratifying prosjiect that
the snow will be entirely gone at that time.—
Old Sol. however, has yet much to accomplish ;
there is today a snow-bank of considerable
heighth near the copper-uiiuc on the Wolorttvillc
turnp'Ve, visible from the road to the Station,
and snow is still to be found at the side of
fences in the north part of the town.
At Winsted, the boys were snow-balling last
Friday—and at Goshen, the sleighing is all
gone to be sure, but we are assured by a gen
, Henan (uue who don't triiic,) that ou going.in
to the woods ob the East Street road last w eek
i lie encountered a snow-bank full five feet high !
We would respectfully present the elaims of
Litchfield county to those who arc seeking a
i cool ond airy location for a summer residence.
The State Council.
1 A meeting of the American State Council
| was held at New Haven last week, at which a
fall report of the doings of the National Conn
j eil and Convention at Philadelphia was made.
Messrs. J. E. Dunham, Edward Perkins, L.
■ G. Peck, Austin Baldwin and others addressed
. the Council.
Resolutions approving the action of the Con
i neeticut delegates at Philadelphia, and proj>os
1 ing the appointment of delegates to the Con
| volition to be held in New York on the 12th of
; Juno noxt, were adopted after a full discussion.
| A ballot resulted in the choice of J. E. Dun
ham and L. G. Peck as delegates for the State
, at large, and of E. Prentiss and II. namuiond
as substitutes. Tive following were tlien ap.
pointed firom the several congressional districts :
I 1st.—Delegate—H. Griswold, Hartford.
fSabstitue—Thomas Clark, Corcntry.
2-t.—Delegate—N. D. Spcrrv, New Ravca.
Substitute—R W. Kellogg, Waterbary.
; Sd.—Delegate—Edmnnd rerkii*, Norwich,
i Substitute—G. W. Goddard, New London.
; 4 th.—Delegate—Orris S. Ferry, Norwalk.
Substitute—Henry B. Graves,’Litchfield.
It was voted that Urn above named delegates
bo also appointed delegates to the Notional
Cfttrpd! to aasemWoat New Yak at tbe^d
jWBtlHf
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Suicide.
John Wataaa, a wealthy and nrosparous
farmer of North Canaan, committed suicide
war his residence on Friday la*t. Ife ascend
ed a tree aud after making a ropey which he
Igtd provided for the purpose, fast' to a limb
and around his neck, jumped down.; the
rope parted, but the neck of the unfortunate
man was disloeated by the fall. Mr. W. was
about fifty years of age, aud leaves a wife and
children. Within a few mouths he had lost
two or three children, and has since been much
depressed iu spirits—aud undoubtedly it was
this that infiucuced his mind to commit the fa
tal deed.
Arrand Again.
An attempt was made on Saturday night of
last week, to steal from a stable, a horse be
longing to Luther Eaton of North Kent—but
it fortunately proved unsuccessful. The thief
was discovered about the burn by a neighbor
wlio chanced to be passing the premises at the
time, and knowing that he was discovered, the
fellow fled across the fields, aud was soou hid
den in the darkness of night, but in his flight
he omitted to close the stable door which had
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been opened in pnrsuance of his foul design,
and which was closed and as was thought se
curely fastened, and the premises abandoned.
After the lapse of au hour or so, the persistent
villain again returned and effected a second
entrance into the barn, aud again was foiled in
bis attempt to get off with the horse. There is
evidently an organized band of depredators in
our midst, and too great vigilance cannot be
exercised in protecting property, and in ferret
ing out aud bringing these nocturnal freebooters
to justice.
The Tmnn House.—This body has become
the most numerous and apparently the most in
fluential branch of the legislature. We are
glad to see public seutiment awakened against
the corrupt bargain aud sale policy which pre
vails at present, but know of no surer way of
checking it than by electing members who have
minds and wills of their own. In his late mes
sage, Gov. Gardner alludes to the evil iu Mas
sachusetts :
There is one evil of comparatively recent
growth, (but of so grave a nature as to merit
vonr consideration, which annually costs the
State large sums of money, both by prolonging
the session, and by causing injudicious or un
necessary grants,) which the Legislature can
materially lessen, if not wltolly remove, by a
course its own dignity and the welfare of the
Commonwealth demand. 1 refer to the con
stant attendance on the sessions of the Legisla
ture, of individuals who sell th»*ir adventitious
j personal or political influence to the highest
! bidder, for the purpose of procuring special
charters, privileges or grants. Indifferent to
i the real merits of the questions nt issue, nnx
! ious only to secure their pnv» usually eontin
! gent on their success, they officiously press tlicit
1 solicitations upon the honest and unsuspecting
legislator, and by partial and often false repre
■ sentations secure the passage of measures by
| the use of means which render impartial debate
1 inqiossible, and public deliberation a delusion,
i When legislation is transferred from the Hull
■ and the chamber to the lobby—when the legit
! iniate portion of the duly constituted commit
! tees is superseded by practices subversive ol
j fair investigation, when ordinary business, and
meritorious and unobtrusive claims are over
ridden by the clamorous demands of schemes
liolstered into nndne importance by a factitious
public opinion, it is well to revert to the prijim
| ry objects and theory of public deliberative as
I scrnblics.
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1 U. S. Senator.—The resolution to proceed
' to the election of United States Senator to-day
was before the House yesterday, but wc
; have not learned with what result. The j»oli
■ ey of the Democrats, ns expressed in caucus. is
to put off the election till the last end of the
. session—thus hoping to defeat a choice. They
will not succeed.
Cfianck or Ti ne.—A few years ago the Lo
eofoco organs used to play merrily over the fact
. that nearly all the Governors of the Free State.*
were Democratic in Politics. They had a good
key-note, for when the Kansas bill was framed
| there were but four Governors in the Union
who were not supporters of the Administration
The tuuc is uow changed, for at this time there
are but four Democratic Governors in all the
Northern States. On this subject the Albany
Evening Journal remarks :
Gov. Metcalf, of New Hampshire, Gov,
Royco of Vermont, Gov. Gardner of Massa
chusetts, Gov. Hoppin of Rhode Island, Gov
Minor of Connecticut, Gov. Clark of New York,
Gov. Pollock of Pennsylvania, Gov. Chase ol
Ohio, Gov. Bingham of Michigan, Gov. Grime*
of Iowa and Gov. Bashibrd of Wisconsin, art
i all Anti-Admiuistratiou men, all owe their elec
| tion to tin* Free Soil sentiment of their respec
tive States, and also occupy seats that a short
time ago were held by Pierce ami Dougia.-.*
Democrats. Hie rule thus broken will ucvci
be again inaugurated in the North.
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A Sise.rt.AR Affair recently occurred in a
rcpectable family in Albany. A mother and
her daughter were both confined on the same
day, each having a tittle son. In the bustle oi
the moment both babies were placed in a cra
dle, and to the confusion of the mothers, when
the youngsters were taken from the cradle, they
were unable to teh which was the mother’s and
which was the daughter’s son—a matter which,
of course, must ever remain a mystery. The
family is in great distress over the affair.
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From Mexico we km dates to the 8th inst:
President CouKmfort had tamed a decree grant
ing conditional pardon to all persons engaged in
the late revolution, with the •puytiqp of those
! who, holding coewuiswwn 4nm Gw government,
1 arm* in fisftrtf df Han*.
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To Persons Mailing Letters to California,
I Oregon oatt'AsuuKiox Territories.—If you
i four the pcr^pns you address may hare changed
| their piaceof residence, or if you do not know
exactly where to address your letters, but only
suppose your friends or correspondents she homo.
! where in the Pacific-region, then address your
! letters as well as you know how ; and to umke
sure they will ultimately be received, mail a let
ter to “the Pacific Mail List,” New York, en
closing the address upon a slip of paper written
distinctly, together with a three cent jnwtage
stamp or three cent coiu to pay the expense of
publishing. Mail your letter as usual for Cal
ifornia and at the tame time mail uud prepay
your letter to New York. JJy this system, a
letter may be sent to any office in the Pacific
region, for a person whose location is nukoown
save the mere fact, that he is somewhere iu
California or the territories of Oregon and
Washington, yet, if the letter be published in
the “ Pacific Mail List,” its ultimate recqrtiou
by the person for whom it is intended, will be
rendered highly probable,
Tue Pacific Mail List is printed and sent by
each mail to each and every postmaster iu Cal
ifornia, Oregon or Washington, and by them
i |K).sted in a conspicuous place iu their offices.
The person wherever he may be in the Pacific
1 region will learn that there is a letter waiting
I for him at the post office specified, and thus
know where to apply to get his letter. Tens
of thousands of letters sent to the Pacific coast,
liave failed to reach their owners, for want of
some such plan. It is under the management
of Oliver E. Wood of New York and has the
approbation ot the Postmaster General and the
Pacific delegates. It adds six ceuts to the
cost of postage ; but the probability that the
letter will reach its reader, compensates the e,v
tra expense.
Colonization Ship.—The American Coloni
i zation Society have chartered the ship Elvira
Owen, 883 tons, of Boston, to take out another
load of emigrants to Liberia,under its auspices.
The vessel lift Boston last week for Savannah,
and will sail for Monrovia about the first of
Jjune. Sam. and Fred. Powers, of this place,
I with their wives, are among the passengers.—
The whole number of blacks taking passage is
! about three hundred.
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1 Credit Felly Given.—Congressman Orr, of
! South Carolina, has published a letter to the
> Hon. C. W. Dudley, upon the subject of the
Cincinnati Democratic Convention, in which hi
behalf of the South and of Slavery, he gives
the Democratic Party the following credit for
servile “ work and labor performed"—•
“The Northern Democrats aided us to bring
I into the Union Texas, a magnificent slnveholil
I ing Territory—large enough to make four slave
States, and strengthened us more in that peon
; liar interest than was ever before done by any
single net of the Federal Government. Since
| then, they have amended a very imperfect fu
! gitive slave law, pnsseil in 1703. and have given
1 us now a law for the recovery of fugitive slaves,
as stringent as the ingenuity of man could de
vise. Since then, they have aided us by their
votes in establishing the doctrine of non-inter
vention with Slavery by Congress in the Terri
tories. Since then they have actually repealed
the Missouri restriction, opened tlie Territories
to settlement, and enabled us. if tile South will
be true l« herself, and aid in peopling Kansas,
to fonu another Stale, in 1843 a man would
have been pronounced insane, had lie predicted
that slavery would be introduced there by the
removal of Congressional restrictions.”
The Pacific.—The New York Herald puli
i lishes a letter, dated London, April 22, 1856,
; written to a |>erson in this country, in which it
is stated that a Captain Tucker, of t lie English
I ship Swallow, recently arrived in China, saw
the Pacific drifting before a terrific gale—ht
thought, disabled in her machinery. N'o date,
latitude or longitude given. This statement i>
said to have been made to the English Ministry,
before they dispatched steamers in search ol
the Pacific. Capt. Tucker thinks the missing
steamer was drifted upon the coast of Green
land, and does not give her up, although the
English searching vessels returned from the ex
amination of the coast without finding her.
I Tribute to Printers.—Tlic Chaplain of the
New Hampshire Penitentiary, in reviewing the
j events of his life, siuee his connection with that
i institution, pap the following compliment to
! journeymen printers :
“ I have the happiness to number among my
! friends many jirinters, but though it may seem
to imply cithern lack of ability on the part o(
the minister, or the want of tlic qualities that
j arc necessary in order to appreciate good preach
ing ou the other part, yet I will reveal the fact
that I have never succeeded well with that
class. For nine long years, and with all the
iaducemeuts offered, not ouc of that trade has
connected himself with my congregation—and
I do not think a man could be found, of all
who ever tenanted our prison, who could set up
a column of type. 1 leave reader to make
his own comments, only remarking that this
cannot be accidental, nor can the explanation
be that the employracut keeps them ignorant of
prevailing vices and immortalities, nor yet that
young | printers are removed from the large mas
ses w here corruptions engender and spread. In
all these respects this class are much exposed.
It is evident, we think, that the employment
lias an elevating tendency, aud is favorable to
, intellectual and moral improvement.’*
Privileges or tow Press.—Mr. PhIBp Egan
Toothy, a correspondent of the Net? Orleans
Crescent, pleaded the privilege of. the press to
excellent .advantage. He was.taken prisoner
Soli* Rasa by the Costa Ricans, and pnn
odiiMat comma tod from death tfeupposomnent,
oath# ground that be ww a "fPad hand.’’
New Tork Correspondence.
N»# York, May 17,-1866.
j Thq May day which the i birds, the .sun and
, the leave* should fproperly inaugurate on this
first day of the month, has, by the fiat of our slug
ggh 8prin§, by a sort of “ new style” been trsnsfer
ed a fortnight later.- Our May queens and floral
wreaths would look strangely out of countenance on
the raw, blustering, dusty and despicable beginning
which jocuud May liumbugs us with now-a-days.—!
Old Sol. however, drags the sweet scented horns along
at last, with his inevitable chariot, and every body
i forthwith goes pikitaudvring bi some way or other.
! Mow Monday, the 12th, WHS just such a day os May j
I queens and holiilav lovers especially fancy. So our j
! Ocruirin reltow-dt&ens went phitandertrur on - lager f
i bier." The Turner Band was out in its full strength.
| including the big and little turners, and the turners'
j sweethearts and wives all dressed In Hterr neat- white
i uniform, with pleuty of brass bauds before and bc
! hind them, each m in brim full of music and German
’ songs, and only waiting for tire lager to bring it out.
They passed a day of rare enjoyment, in the com
munion of lager mit pretzels.” American dema
gogues were thickly scattered over the ground, look
ing for votes. It is a singular fact that hi all these
fraternal associations of the Germans, they keep the
promise of their bonds, in Unbroken harmony and
good feeling to each other. The fraternal associations
of our own country seem to be organized on the plat
form of the Kilkenny nits.
Will Shakspeare's “Kims" has re-appeared on the
tragi-comie stage of our City Hall. The city Libra
rian rejoices in that, time-honored name. Kims awoke
a few days since and found himself lainous in the pa
llors as having attempted to obtain money from ) dir
ties for opening a street. Kims is a particular friend
ofHAn. Krastus Brooks, and mooting T. J. Munday,
Mr. Brook's former opponent, in a saloon, lie, the
said corporal Nlms valiantly drew a pistol on the said
Munday. How truly Shaksperiwi ; corporal Niinsaud
his “ ancient pistol.” Hie investigations are inter
! isting to our tax-ridden citizens, as they may prolm
; bly show how these tilings are done. It is strong- i
| 1) sus(iected tluit not a few of the official lazaroni
| arouud the City Hall are in the habit of screwing a
pile iu str et oi»cniugs. in a similar manner.
The astonishing conclusion has just reached out
wise men of Gotham, that from the school census of
a single ward of the city, there is reason to believe
1 that there are tlO.OOO children within our limits who
do not attend any school. Tliis just equals the num
ber w!io do attend school. To ascertain tlic cause
of tliis it is onty necessary fur the wealthy gentle
men who act as school trustees to “ give away nil
i they have,” reduce themselves to tin- condition of
•• root, pig. or die!” and they will understand.
I
That never ending question, the Central American
>mlir‘ylio is still the foremost point in our politic*.—
j The administration have very wisely received Padre
| Yijil, the new Kicarauginu minister. It will not he
strange, if, before a month bad passed, wc shall hear
of tlic di-mssal of Crumpton. and tlioooiiluiciiooiiicnt
; of a third war of independence with Ln.cland. Il'she
I will conic to blows, let there bo no pence, until she
' is thrashed coinplety off the whole Westi in continent
and the adjacent Islands. A thousand whistling
; Yankees would put those tropical regions further
ahead, in one year, tliaudolm Hull lias achieved dur
ing his whole occupation, 'idle Panama Rail Hoad
; whittled in two years through a dense jungle, is an
j earnest of what a lew years American supremacy
would effect in the lands of tlnSun. A large naval force
i has been Ordered by our government to the har!«or
[ of San Jilan del Xorte. The first colii.siou w ith Lng
| land may occur there. A large emigration is com
mencing Ixitli from tliis port and Kew Orleans. The
1 steamship George Law is coming in with $200,000 in
I treasure. Tlic safe transit iff ottr monthly supplies
. of gold, demand a strong American force on tile
^ i-t Inn its.
The imigration from Ireland to this port is on the
increase. Heal Estate owucrsare rejoicing overit,asP.it.
is one of the most liberal purchasers for their subur
i ban lots, if imigratiou is to be encouraged, we hope
1 to see Mayor Wood long ut the helm, to protect them
from thieving runners mid unscrupulous Council
men. as well as from tiie fatal mistakes of acting
j Mayors.
Til* National Magazink contains interesting
] sketches of travel, and its reading matter will coin
I pare favorably with any of the popular monthlies.—
The .Tune numbcT is handsomely illustrated with
i nineteen engravings, and has articles of high order
of literary merit. A new volume commences in July.
Published by Carlton A Philips, 2<>J Mullserry
street, New York, at $2,00 per annum.
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i Asothl* slick or Mexico to bk sought.— Advices
from Mexico, state that Gen. Gadsden, the American
■minister, is negotiating a treaty for the purchase'of
! another slice of territorv from that country, and that
I the terms of the Twrgidn have already licen agreed
■ ujsm with the Comonfort ndministmtlon. This mat
ter of annexing now territory seems to have become
a very simple and easy process. Mr. Gadsden has
only to make the bargain quietly, and la-fore the jh-o
i’l« "f the United States have learned that the tiling
is talked of. they are surprised to read some morn
ing, in the telegraphic dispatches from Washington,
I that Congress lias been voting ten or fifteen mil
lion dollars to close one of Mr. Gadsden s shrewd
territorial Tmrgains. Before this new purchase Is
completed, will some member of Congress or of the
Executive, have the goodness to inform the people
what earthly advnnbigi' has lK>eri, or is Hkelv to lc,
gained from the first ten million purchase of Mr.
Gadsden, and in wluit respect this newly proposed
addition is any more desirable than tl)e other. The
United States is very rich, hut it is hardly necessary
to throw away ten millions at a time every year or
two.
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Might is Right.—This seems to be the motto of,
the British in India. On the 24th of February the
unfortuuate King of Oude was waited on by a dele
gation of British officers representing the East India
Company, and requested to sign a deed of abdication.
His Majesty firmly refused, but asserted that he
would, proceed to England and place hfs crown at
the feet of the Queen, from whose predecessors his
ancestors hail received it, and proclaim at the same
time the robberies of the company. In one week
after this the Commissioners of Delhi seized, under
order, all the ptoperty pf the King, discharged his
servants, and proclaimed the English rule, as pp-l *ni -
inarjr to a general plunder of the whole royal family
of Oude. At Lucknow another King was about to
sign away Mi htngrtaa, but his -officers prevented
him.
—..—, f ty * -
Tim Hotai of David L. Hall which we meationed
leak week as havfqg been stolen, was found near Wa
; terbuiy and returned to tSe Owner.
Hews Items.
nWifetta lMMfeon, the veiled murderess of Troy,
has been transferred from the State Prison to a luna
tic asylum.. .The London Times receives some three
millions of dollars aylar for advertising. One firm
pays it $150,000j. Walker's Minister, Padre Vljil
presented his credentials as Minister from Nicaragua,
ha Wednesday,'and was immediately recognised by
the President.. .It is now estimated that 30,000 fugi
tive slaves are already iu Canada.. .There arc but ten
railway* in tiro U. S. the stock of which is above
par.. .The Order of Deacon was conferred'on Cliaa.
H. Seymour at St. Michael's Church in this place,
last week...Mr. Gay of Meriden lias contracted to
erect tlie buildings for the State Fair at New Haven,
tbbctwll.. . P. T. liarimm pi»>uouruv* tho letter from
Jenny I and sympathizing witli him iu iiis misfortunes,
a forgery...Mrs. Gen. Gaines has returned to take
up her - permanent residence iu New York CUy_A
New Haven correspondent of the Springfield Repub
lican suggests the Rev. Dr. Bacon us a candidate for
United States Senator. He would do credit to the
State.. .The first place to tuik almuta Fourth of July
celrbrathm this year is Kilihigly, where tliey are I*
get ont two Military Companies. Fire Irnginss. Sab
l>ath School and Brass Band, and “ have a time.'*
. .The Brick Church property In Bcekmun street,
New York, (Rev. Dr. Spring's,) was sold, Wednes
day, for $270 000, to Wesley, Raymond & Co., pro
prietors of the Daily Times... Payne K. Kilbourn,
Esq., of this place, has been appointed a Commis
sioner of tlie Superior Court_American silver, half
and quarter dollars, by edict, are heticefbrth to be
worth only forty and twenty cents on the island of
Culm.. The editor of a Western pn[icr makes this an
nouncement: “The Empress of France has got a
baby, and mv wife lias got another.” . .The General
Association of Connecticut, meets in the First Con
gregational Church in Middletown, June 17th. ..At
Stamford, on Monday evening, Mr. and Mm. Ko*
dick and J. B. Ferris were thrown from a carriage,
in consequence of the horses taking fright and run
ning. Mrs. Ferris is seriously injured, and Mr. Fos
dick has a leg broken.. .Tlie consumption of tobacco
in tlie United States amounts annually to the aver
age quantity of two pounds ten ounces for each per
son. . A largo gang of counterfeiters was arrested ab
Detroit, Monday, and $6600 in counterfeit bills,
mostly on Can:via hunks, wore taken from them...
Tlie counoilinoii of New Y'ork have voted to tender
the hospitalities of the city to Mr. Fillmore on hia
expected arrival from Europe.. .Rt. Rev. Bishop Wil
liams was at St John's Church. Wutqrbury, last Sun
day, and confirmed twenty-nine candidates.. .Rev.
Dr. Bnshneil of Hartford, took aslmTc in the service*
of installation of a pastor of the Presbyterian church
in Marysville, California.. .Coleman and Stetson of
tlie Astor House, suspended |inymcnt on Saturday,
in consequence of endorsing for Abraham Coleman
of the Burnett House. Cincinnati.. TheN. Y. Nirror
says that it is necessary for personal safety in that
city to go armed.. .A brick barn in the rearof Grange
street, New Haven, owned liy Enos Foot, was burnt
on .Sunday. Insured in 11 urtford for $lo00; loss
nearly $2o00; the supposed incendiary hn* been ar
rested.. .Two hundred and twenty ad veil tu rent sailsd
from New Orleans, May Pth for Nicaragua.
Spuing Tuapk. -Our merchants have Item rolling
in nil sorts of lx»lt>s, Wises, barrels and bundle* the
past week, containing munitions for the KpringYam
paign—and when (lie weather Imicoiurhsteady enough
for shopping we sus|>cct soiucWxly has got to ‘ un
leather’ for those articles whieli the ladies must hare,
whether or not the corn and potatoes turned out
well last year. We don't know that we can giro
W'ttcr advice oti the subject, than to direct their at
tention to our advertising columns ; by consulting
them our readers wiH'tindwhcrc the most business is
done, and consequently where newer goods and
cheaper prices can be found.
Great Duitian.—The event exciting the moat at
tention was the grant review of the licet on Wednes
day, the 23d ult. The fsipers overflow with details,
t >ver 100.(100 spectators were present on sen and land.
The licet numbered over 248 shijis-of-war, big and lit
tle, all steamers with the exception of two ; com
prised 34,000 horse power; carried 3,000 guns and
33.000 men ; included 10 gun-boats and 3 Hoatiug
batteries, and extended 12 miles along the water,
coat and west, across Spitlicud. The fleet formed
four squadrons, and |s-rformed a number of naval
maneuvers for the edilieation of the Queen. After
ward the fleet made a sham at tank on Portsmouth
Castle, and the pcilnminnocs were concluded by illu
minating all tire shi|is with colored lights.
The l/mtlon Sun publishes the treaty of fienco with
a mourning border, and heads an editorial respect
ing the fleet, “Our tllorv and our Shame,” exciting
thereby much indignation among cotomporartea.
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Qckkn Victobia coming to America. A rumor Is
afloat that Queen Victoria contemplates (saying a
visit to iter Canada provinces during the coming
summer. What the object of her visit is, we ant tin
able to divine; hilt we presume it is merely for the sake
of hearing her American subjects shout “God sure the
Queen !” ami to Is- convinced by ocular demonstra
tion, of the loyalty of the Canadians, whose close
proximity to us Republicans is calculated to give
them a Ix-tter opinion of a Republican form of gov
ernment than the Qtieeti desires them to have.
If Victoria should come to Canada, wc suppose she
woidd lx; brought into Um*le Sam’* dominions, and
lionised, with nil the sycophancy so characteristic of
Americans. However, she may profit by her vlsitto
us if the will.
Goon-Bra to York Siiim.inc.s ANnKixrEsrxs.—'There
is a fair pros|ect of our getting ri«l of the villainous
shilling currency which has been the mean* of rob
liing the poor of a considerable percentage of their
earnings. A bill lias leased the Senate of the United
States, and is now in charge of a committee of the
House of Representatives, fixing the value of the
smaller Spanish coins, that is to say, of what we call
shilling* and sixpences, at teu and five cents.
Coccus, Cotas, Ac.—Those who wish to knew what
will certainly cure, and in the shortest possible time,
the most obstinate and distressing Coughs, Colds,
and all other Lung Complains, tending to Commr
Tioit, are advised to make use of Dr. Hafrrd %na of
Lneneorl, 7br, and Cunrimlagm. It is a scientific and
valuable remedy, and can jj| had at the neatest Drug