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that punishment which he so justly merited. Ran doph has since been arrested, and will doubtless meet witl, his deserts.
 The Review, at Hartford, will during the session of the Legislature be published doiiy-and afterwards if sufficient encouragement be offered.
 The Hartford Times will he published sem-weekly for a few weeks-and permanently, if it can be sns- tained in that form.
 special session of the Superior Court is to be held at Hartford by Judges Dsggert and Peters, commen- cing on Tuesday of this week, for the trial of the per- sons charged with the late murder the State PrisoH
 The trial of :he Rev. Ephraim K. Avery was pro- gressug at Newport, R. I. at the last dates. Nearly three days spent in arranging preliminary mat ters, and empanneIlng jury The first venlre oi oO persons were all rejected but hree-upwards ot 100 were rejected before jury was obtained. Eight or ten of the witnesses had been examned; but the press is pu, under surveillance until the trial shall be closed. Reporters are tn attendance from New-York, Boston, Providence, Sc that full report of the testimony may be eventually expected.
 Another trial to elect member of Congress in each of the districts of Boston, Norfolk and North Essex was made on Monday of last week, but without suc- cess. Messrs. Gray, Dearborn, and Cushing are the National Republican eglar candidates, and are each lhe highest the list.
 Au,erican Bible Society.-On Thursday last, the l7h anniversary of this benevolent institution was held in New-York at the Chatham Street Chapel, (late Thea,re.) Hon. John Cotton Smith, President, took the chair, and Joh" Bolton, Peter A. Jay, Stephen Van Rensselaer,, Samuel Bayard, aud John Pintard' Vice Presidents, assisting. The President, on taking the chair, delivered long and able address. long Repor, then made, detailing the proceedings aud operations the Society for the past year. By this report appears, says the N " Daily Advertiser, that the recepts into the Treasury for t'e past year a. mounted to $SO 935 43he number of iibIes and tes- issued tn the course of the year was 9l, 6S- aud the vhoIe number issued since the formation of the society l563 668. It also appears that the num- ber of auxiliary societies recognized since tie forma ton Of the society is 802." Sundry resolutions introduced. and speeches male-she whole attended by very crowded and intelligent audience.
 Various other of the benevolent institutions held their anniversaries in New-York daring ihe week. From the Connecticut Observer we extract the foI- lowing brief notices of them:-
 Lmerican Tract Soc;efy.-Among the objects which M0w claim the attention of the Society, arc,
 l. Furnishing ,he community ~ith the most useful publications.
 3. Supplying the whole population, far access is given, with Tracts accompanied by Christian effort aud prayer; and, as means of securing this object,
 g. Establishing local agencies throughout the ccun- 4. Meeting the claims Of Foreign and Pagan lands. The amount of pages of Tracts circulated during printed since the formation of the Society, 5O3,37l, 79O The receipts for Tracts sold during the year are $3l,l ,lH 58-and from donations, $3i ,229 9. The receipts and grauitous distributions exceed those of any former year; and the foreign appropriations are more than in the 2 years preceang.' The Committee borng in different fields, chiefly a, ,Re South aud West.
 Pres6yterian Education SOciefy.-This Society was formed in lSl8, and las aided 679 young men in ob- iaining an education. Twen,y-eight of these were from Connecticut. The applications for aid and the drafts the treasury have been greater the last year than at any Sormer period. The number taken under the patronage of the Society or the first time, last year, is 162-and the whole number under its patrOn- age A7l. The earned by individuals, the past year, is $6,5O4 O4 Ofthis $483l 30 were earned by Manual Ln6or, without turning aside from the regu- lar hours of study. Receipts for the year 628 63/ beside what was earned by the benefciaries. Ameriean SeameM's Friend Society.-The opera tons of this Society may be divided into five portions, viz- 1. Seaports of the United States. 2. Ports and places our inland waters, especially, ihe line of navigation from NewYork, through the Hudson riv- CT, Erie canal the great lakes, Ohio canal, and Ohio and Mississippi rivers. 3. The U. s. Navy. 4. The U. $. Whale fishery, and 5. Foreign ports generally. The number of seamen belonging to the seaports of ihe U. States navy is about 4OOO; of whom 1000 are officers of different grades. IH the Mediterranean squadron, last summer, s19, out of llO7 men, had stopped their ration of ardent spirits, and . board the John Adams drew his grOg.' The way is sopening for the disrbutian of Bibles and Tracts she navy, aad several Sabbath Schools and Bible classes have been taught board ships of the past year. The whale 6shery 'n the Pacific employs more than 5000 meR. The whole number engaged in the whale fishery is estimated ai lO,0O0. During the past year the cause of Ismprrancs has made encouraging progress tn Whale ships. Out Of 97 whae ships that sailed from New-Bedford the last year, 75 carried ardent spirits article of drnk, and 0f them carried none even for medieiae.- large ,nmher of the whale ships from other ports aTeS Nad upon the same temperance principles. | has been formed at Sag-haFbor, L. 1. so |
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