The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-16

right in saving that all who have heretofore been
drunkards moderate drinkers fashionable tippers.
occasional suckers, and ssone e ina while takea-
little for the stoma CHI sake sort OF people, have
thrown off the yoke, come forward, signed the
pledge with firm reliance upon An all wise Provi-
deRce, and their own strength OF mind, that they
| will become sober and better men.
The United States District Court for the MOI tn
ern district Of New York, is open from 10 A. NJ.
this court has been in session bat twenty-three
days, vet the number Of petitions presented Hum.
Der nearly six hundred. On Monday last, out OF
| sixty.six petitions which were filed that day,
thirtytwo all originating in one office, were Offer
cd BY one attorney from Rochester. imagine that
with all the braggiag that Rochester has done, she
can boast Of quite as many bankrupts As any sister
city
A. for beautiful women, Auburn 10 blessed with
its share. There are many Of them Of whom
should be happy to speak, bat a. the mail 10 now
when il this should find faverin your eyes, may
Respectfully yours. HAWK.
.s Hereford.
~ tCersspondenceof the HERALD
HARrroRD, COM, March 3, lS42.
The Legislature Conventions = temperance - Reii-
gion-Eder Knapp, Sci
DEAR BkSNErr-
Tbs little city enjoys, as you are aware, semi-
metropolitan importance in conjunction with New
Havea. The legislative wise acres OF the State
will put their heads together this spring at the
latter city. Last year the noddle pates associated
here, and did a. much mischief during their ses-
sion, as could have been reasonably expected from
such bunslers. Hartford has been quite busy OF
late with temperance meetings, lectures, conven-
tions Of wings, locofoeo conventions, conservative
conventions, Senatorial onvsnticns, conventions
for the election of sheriff. and a prosecution for
forgery, bankruptcy courts, and good deal OF po-
litica and editorial spitcfulness, growing out Of
the two latter. In connection with the great and
glorious cause of temperanc which is making such
headway every where, and promises, ere long, to
cover the land as the waters cover the sea. Anew
society has been formed here called the Naso.Gas-
trometers, whose business il is to sniff the breath
ofthose they meet and report such as betray symp-
toms Of alcoholic fondness. Ex-senator Nles,
late Postmaster General, lectared recently before
the Washington Temperance Society, but to the
surprise of all his auditors, refused to sign the
pledge himself To have done go would, perhaps,
have been a stumbling block TO him in his cleo
pioneering canvassings among lecofoco loafers-
There is more than common political bitterness
here at present. Great hopes were entertained by
the waigs, that prosecution instituted against the
editor Of conservative paper, would have ended
in his conviction, and consequent downfall, but
having been in jeopardy about half as long as Jonah
was in the whale: belly he came out as unssathed
as did those three courageous people who were not
careful to answer Nebuchadnezzar, out oil the fiery
furnace This individual has got the sole bank,
ruptcy advertising, by the personal favoIitisn Of
the District Judge; and as il really very pretty
picking the other papers are very savage against
him. The conservative party have come out for
the irst time, with regular ticket Of their own
THEY will s.I'y witch 'h s. so1 h.1s
wedge, which, if driven by the united force othe
conservative, and democratic, or locofoco parties,
would, ere long, PROSTATE the Ola wing power,
which has in this city, been much too long In the
ascendant. Whig wealth and banking power press
on the less pri vileaed classes in this city, like an
incubus and keep down the healthy action OF their
energies, by the superintendent weight Of their
tyrannic pressure. The body Of the people here
have only, like the horse, to know their strength
and they could scatter their whig oppressors to |
the four winds, forif knowledge is power, then in
deed are the democrats Of this place mighty in
strength compared with the old federal wings, who
are very ignorant set Of fellows.
We have new Temperance hall, and q constant
converts relate their past expcrienee o! the mise
ries Of drunkenness Women 90 IN hocks TO hear |
the reclaimed vasabonda. Hartford is the place |
for lectures and female auditors. Verify the Hart
keep them at home, If there 10 lecture going on
By the Rev. Mr. This orthe Rev. Mr.. That. Talk |
about catching weazle asleep. Why, you might |
as we'll keep Elder Ka:pp: GP: from rom. speaking
Hartford wife at home At her duty during lee
turs.
There 10 report that Knapp is eoming to get up
/. revival Some one 10 here, trying il on, but he
is ne go Elder X. is the boy for converting u en-;
but his con versions do not wear well. Some Of his
lambs have turned out black sheep, aud others have
experieneed miracles Of whmh they had no Pre-
vious conception. foa",
TrnR,rtr Rsor.-The Sandy Hill Herald infomrs |
us that a not occurred in that neighborhood the
Gen's Falls {, eder, on the LIST Of March, A party
of Irishmen, Tipperary and Cork men, TO the num-
Der of about one hundred, banded together aud vi
sited the dwellings Of number Of lrishmen called
the Far Downs; and after giving the watchword to
enable such Of their party were in the dwellings
to make their escape; commenced breaking in the |
windows and doors, and beating the inmates in a |
shocking manner, with fists, clubs Nc. dischargng |
fire arms over their heads, and threatening them If
they remalned in the vicinity another day,with mere
terrible vengeance. No lives were lost The au-
thorities have succeeded in aesting about thirty OF
the rioters, and lodged them in jail.
DrApoLIcAL.-On Wednesday last a man named
John bird examined befero the Mayor oi fits-
burg. and committed to prison on charge OF hav-
ing lied his wife toa chair, and thea set ire 10 het
clothes. The poor woman, after having been dreeo-
fully burned was relieved from her distressing su-
aton BY the neiehbors, whom her shrisks brouehiio
her assistance. Whiskey was the cause Oh VI"
fendish outrage.
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