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Mary E:Owitt and Thomas CARLYLE,

tuesday, the 10Th, was perhaps, on the
whole, the finest of our London days. AT
he close of our first lecture we received
!. letter from Mary Hewitt, requesting us
o call on her. We did so; and unfor-
punatcly we found her husband out, but
enjoyed our visit exceedingly notwith-
standing. Mary Hewitt is the least IN
the world of an authoress. She is Il
MIDI middle aged, intelligent and lady
Ike English mat on, who is fine looking,
and has made "a narrow escape from be-
ing beautiful. She dresses not like ii
Quakeress, but like lady; her manners
are gently digniied; her conversation in
teststing and fuant. Gifted with true
genius, surrounded by an amiable and
accomplished family, and united to a
husband of rare talent, she has been en-
abled from such sources to drink defiance
to misfortune, and to relain a moon-ik
complacency amid the clouds which have
of late clothed her path. She spoke
with great delight of Scotland, and no.
ped that circumstances would yet permit
her to pass part of each year amid its
romantic scenery. Altogether she came
up to our ideal of the author of Mari
on's Pilgrimage"
In the evening we repaired to Thomas
Carlyle's. We expected to have had the
company of Thomas Binney, who had
engag I'd to go along with us. Indeed,
we had smiled for weeks at the thought
of a Scottish parson forming the connec-
ting link between the most popular prea-
cher and the most powerful writer in
London.
But, unfortunately, he was prevented.
We went. however, alone, and enjoyed
the visit as keenly as before. Carlyle's
talk was not. to be sure, of bullocks.
1t was principally concerning three men
he spoke--Chalmers, Irving and Broug-
ham. The broad benignity, the Catho-
licity. the rugged heaven which Chalmers
carried about with him in his face and
nature, are very dear to Carlyle. He is
to him the last of the Christians. To-
wards Irving his feelings are yet warmer
and tenderer. His errors seem to him
the blunders of some glorious child, or
say rather the mistakes of some superior
being shot athwart the sphere Of earth.
but never fully naturalized to its cold,
meagre climate, its hollow customs, and
its ilI-defined laws. He told us that IT.
wing. upon his death bed regretted bit.
terly that he had not seen and consulted
and followed his advice more frequently.
This is IS yet Carlyle's highest praise.
That being Ike Edward Irving, always
detained on eayth BY o tie so slepder--on
| the, brink Of eternify. and in, the almost
vision 0f that, face, and term Rhich, lad
so long haunted his dreams. shouidpaase
IL. /. $1,000 - n =. - u
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n Whoie Fm,Iu Lo.i.-The Keoknk TO.
way p pers contain the account ct the loss
of family by the breaking up of the Ire
in the DeS MOines r.ver.
| Two families named Frederick and Cross
finding their dwellings suddenly surround
Ell by water. attempted 10 escape ia a canoe,
I, The highlands The canO" bling small
Frederick aud his Tami y Ief first. leaving
Grass, It's wife and two children behind on
a log. Frederick AMI family reached the
shore nearly frozen: and sent II man named
tOlVin, back with the came 10 Ci,,SS; and
all set out for the shore in the canoe. The
canoe upset. aud C.lvin held The chiIinh
in his arms. holding on 10 branches, aud
kept all nfoal. They were in speaking
distance of the people on shore. but no as
Sistance could he rendered.
Cross aud wife. after remaining an hour
and a hiatt in this situation, sunk. The
children lrnze 10 death IN C"lvin's almss
He held their bodies until 2 o'clock. tive
hou's) when tearing he 'uo would perish
dropped them. Colvin was rescued at y
O'Clock, H @st
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The Stranger on the Sill
BY T B. READ

Between broad field, OF wheat and corn
IL the lnwlv home where ] was hn,n;
The peach tree leans against III. wall,
And the wo,dbine wanders over all;
There is the SHADED doorway sill,
But strangers foot has crossed The sill.
There is the barnard as Of .ore,
can smell the hay from the open door,
And see he busy swallows thr"ng,
And hear The pewee's m"urnful sung,
But the stranger comes--"h, painful proof,
His sheaves are piled to the heated roof.
There is the orchard-ihe very trees
Where my chil6hnnG knew long hens of ease
Aud watched The shadnwy moments run
Ii | my lie imhihtd more shade than sun
The awning from the hnugh still weAps the all
Bat the Strangers children are swi rg ing there
There bhbblcs the shady spring below,
With The IuIiush brock wntre the hazrlsgrow
Twas there found the calumus root,
Md watched the minnow l,oise aud shoot,
Mud heard the robin lave it's wing
':n: The strangers bucket is a, the spring.
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ORIGIN OF TIE OLD OAKEN BUCK.
Er

We came in possession last week. OF an
anecdoie respecting the origin OF Samuel
WnOdwOrlh's famous ballad Of that name,
which appears TO Us ~ possess so much it,
,ereSi. that we cannol withhold il from our
readerS-cs specially as il has moi b fore been
in pint. Some years ago. when Woot>
worth, the printer. and several oltter 'Old
New Workers. were brnlher typos IN u print.
ing office, which was situated al The corner
ut Chatham AID Chambe streets, there
were very few pl ices in this city where one
conl.! enjoy the luxury Of really good
drink Among the few places most worthy
of patronage, was an establishment kept "
Mallory. In Frankfort street, on or about the
same spot where ST. johns Hall recently
Stood. Wordsworth, in company with sew
eral particular friends had dropped in at
inis place one afternoon for The purpose OF
taking some brandy and wafer which Ma
lory was famous for keeping. The liquor
was super excellent, and Wo0dworth seem
ed inspired by It; for. after taking dranehl
he Nd his glass upon The isn'', IRE nemp'
reader. il you please, thai, in those Iate
Old limeS,' man rarely met h'en" win
oul inviting him TO imbibe y and smack
ing his lips. declared that Mail'ry's eau dc
We was snper,or to any lhit g he had ever
tasted! mo- said Mallory, 'yon are mis-
taken; there was one thing. which. In both
our exrImaiinns. far surpassed this in the
way ofdrinking.' g.Whnl's W thar 2, AK
ed Woodwonh. obviously. 'The draughi
Of pure. fresh spFDa water thai We used 10
drink from the old. Odken bucket that hung in
The well, after onr return from the labors OF
The Geld ooa sul.ry DAY Ia summer The
lear drop giistened for a moment, In Wool
worth's eye. 'l'rue = he replied, and soon
after quitted the place. He Immediately re-
kurned 10 the Office. threw down his stick.
grasped pen. and IN half a. hour, The
Old (Iaken Bucket OOe Oithe most delights
jul com positions 10 our language. was teady
la manuscript TO be cnbalmed In the me
bmories OF succeeding gehesaaIp0ss
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and give smile so cordial, and wave Of
the hand SO gracious to one who, 'ac.
cording to the way which men caN hera-
sy, was worshiping the God of his ia.
thers'-is equal to an inscription upon q
world statue to one Of the greatest he,
roes as well as hero worshippers in ouI
time.
Carlyle's invective sometimes seems
the foul spittle of some angry god. Il
is wild laShing rain from above, like Isa-
iah in his wrath. And what torrent
did pour upon the head Of Henry Broug-
ham. who had changed his soul into a
hurdy gurdy fit for any tune and all
whose faculties had run to tongue! In
such talk the evening wore away, and
we were compelled reluctantly to leave
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Quicksilver Mines.

The qu;cks LIVER m mes Of ldia, in Aus
tria, thirty niles no til east of Tries.e'
are the most oduc'ive of the kind in the
wo Id. They were accidentally discover
ed in 1897, BY a PEASANT while receiving
the water of spring int,a tub to see II 1t
was tight. He found the tub SO heavy
that he could not move it, which he as
cribed to witchcraft but Ierceiving a
shining fluid at the bottom, he carried
some Of it to goldsmith, who pronoun-
ced it to be quicksilver.
The subterranean passages Of the great
mine are so extensive that it would re-
quire several hours to 60 through them.
The greatest depth is computed at $50
feet, the length $4,000 and the breadth
5000 feet. The subtenanean excava-
ton consists of nine horizontal galleries,
entered by six descending shafts, besides
descent, partly by ladder from the
interior of a large building in the town
of Idria.
No mines surpass these in cleanliness,
or in the order and security with which
they are wrought. All the galleries are
arched, except those which are cut thro'
the solid rock. Precautions are ed to
ventilate them, yet the temperature is
very high, exceeding 80 degrees in some
of the galleries.
The annual quantity Of mercury Oh
tanned from these mines is between $780,
600 and 100000 lbs. The number Of
miners is about 700, besides 800 wood
cutters. Owing to the high temperature
and noxious gases, the employment in
the mines is extremely unhealthy. To
these deadly caverns criminals are occa-
sionally banished by the Austrian gov
eminent. Those who are occupied where
native mercury is found, inhale small
particles of it, and very soon lose their
teeth, and workmen employed in sweep
ing the chambers of condensation, also
inspire a considerable quantity Of the
metal, while detaching it from the sides
of the condensers, and undergo copi-
GUS salvation. The miners who have
been occupied several years in the furna-
ces, become subject to shiverings, con-
vulsions, decrepitude and premature old
age. 80 #a
We saw there. says DR.. Pope, man
who had not been in the mines more than
half year, so full of mercury, that put
ting piece Of brass in his mouth, it iu-
mediately became white like silver!-
mean, it had the same effect as if he had
rubbed mercury upon it. He was SO
paralytic that he could not with both his
handsconveyia glass half full of wine to
his mouth without spilling it. B.
~~Nr~~N~SN@e~
"hon. George Evans, of Maine. hiss
accepted the aRpOiptment Of Commission
er for the adjustment Of Mexican affairs.
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ADVANTAGES OF THE SABBATH

The Sabbath is Gods gracious pres
ent to world, and for wearicd minds
and bodies it is tile grand restorative.
The Creator has given us natural res
to:ative- -Sabbathbreaking and a moral
restorative -Sabbathkeeping and it is
ruin to dispense with either. Under the
pressure of high excitement, individuals
have passed weeks together with little
sleep or none; but when the process is
long continued, the over-driven powers
rebel. and fever, deli,ium and death
come on. Nor can the natu al amount
be systematically curtaiicd without cor
responding mischief. The Sabbath does
not arrive like sleep. Tie day Of rest
does not steal over US like the hours OF
slumber. 1t does not entrance us almost
whether we willor not; but, addressing
us as intelligent beings, our Creator as.
sures us that we need it, and bids us no
tice its return and court its renovation.
And if going in the face of the Create. 5
kindness, we force ourselves to work all
days alike, it is not long till we pay the
forfeit. The mental worker, the man of
business or the man of letters finds his
ideas becoming turbid and slow 1.-The
equipose Of his faculties is upset---he
giows moody, titfuland capricious; and
with his mental elasticity b.oken, should
any disaster occur, he subsidies into ha-
btual melancholy. or in self-destruction
speeds his exit from q gloomy world.
And the manual worker, the artisan. the
engineer---toiling on from day to day,
for weeks, the bright intuition Of his
eye gets blunted, and forgetful Of their
cunning, his fingers no longer perform
their feats with twinkling agility, nor BY
plastic and tunefultonch mould dead
matter or WELD mechanic power but
mmgling his life's blood with his daily
drudgery, his locks are prematurely
gray, his genial humOr sours, and shaving
i I'll he has become q morose and reck,
less man. for any extra effort. or any
|Iblink Of balmE feeling be mast stand in.
Edsbted to0Pium,or alChohol' To an in
ldustriOus popnlations se'ssAsntlal 10 1.-The
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A MagnaninOus Murderer.

The following is an extract from on
of the speeches made by Mr.. Foote, O
Mississippi, in the Senate, during the las
session:
cit has barely been fifteen years sine
was called upon to defend gifted nj
tive Of New England against charge Of
which he confessed himself guilty: tha
charge was murder. My client,-fo
such he became,--had been guilty acco
ding to his own account, as given in a,
autobiography dictated by him, by whic
he was accused. at the time of writing. O
eight murders and sixty robberies. Th'
testimony against the prisoner was to
conclusive to be unsuccessful. He haG
been convicted !; the sentence of dealt
was about to be passed upon him, and
he was asked the ordinary question
| what he had to say why the dreadful
judgment should not be pronounced a,
gainst him.
He arose gracefully from his seat on
tire prisoners bench; he stood erect be-
fore the court and the audience. His
countenance was free from the marks o,
trepidation, of embarrassment, or of
conscious guilt. His mind seemed for a
moment solemnly to revert to the strange
scenes of romantic and bloody adventure
through which he had passed. He turn
ed those fierce eyes upon the judge who
was presently to coasign him to the scat
fold, and exclaimed in tones that I can
never forget" Sir, you have asked me
aquestion, and intend to answer it.
You behold before you nam cut off
from the sympathies Of his fellow beings,
who is yetNnot unworthy of their esteem
and commiseration who has not slept in
human habitation for full nine years !;
who has roamed along the banks of the
majestic Mississippi, and lived alone upon
the meat, uncooked, of the wild tenants
Of the wilderness that he has been able
to make his victims; who, not forgetful
of classic lore, has perused with delight
amid st the gloom of the unfrequented
forest, the pages of Horace, of Tactus,
and Of Juvenal, who felt for the degra.
ded condition of his race, sighed to par.
ticipate in some work of general melior.
alton.
II have slain men with IMMUNITY and
without remorse, who were IN my Judge.
ment burdensome to the generation with
which they stood connected, and whose
death supposed would prove blessing
to society. | am now charged witt
murder, and convicted upon evidence
which admit to be strong and even ir
rssistab.e Of the s 'eding of human blood
But how was it that slew this man. 10
whose blood I am now to be held re
sponsble? He pursued me with unspar
passing malignily. He subjected me t.
indignities which excited me to madness
and vowed never to rest satisfied I'm
til nay prosecutor should cease to live
Look upon me; but bear witness to tn,
world hereafter that stand up at thi'
solemn hour calmly and composedly be
fore you. My soul is unconscious Of
or me. Ny hears- "o"ss's- mo not OF 'n"r-
der; and when, few days henc-, Ishall
ascend the scatfold TO expiate offences Of
which l am myself not sensible, by I'M
dergo;ng dishono able death, shall be
found, trust, as calm, as self possessed
and unruffled as | now am
So much for the self-esteem Of one
who was known in his day as 1.-The Rob
Roy of the Mississi pp."
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THG YALE COLLEGE OUTRAGE. \ \.
A correspondent. Of the spnnsfeld Rspps.

lican, writing from New Haven, says 4 HI Nh
You perhaps remember that much. ialk eds,
Of assault upon iu,ms Gmndfich aud EmefsnR
by couple If students lssl sumner The
young men were bound nveTto the supreme
Coprt-one OF them, Tower. was discharged
BY The Graad urS-tIie aiher. Ewing. was
held to bail to appear and take his trial he
fore the Supreme Court. by bond If $1,000,
AZ a late term Of that tribunal. the h,nd was
reduced 10 5000. the money paid. his sufe>
ties discharged, ard the cfsRse TINS Gems
promised. Tutor Gondrich has resuFned from
EnrHi,e ia gned hsaI,h. The fact shs erA
saneemep, q the difficulty has not heen maaA
bublic BY the press anyw here rs tar a ~
Observation has exleH5eds
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CKERK TV.EN.TED.

N with the -RRF G00DS business The
hg4lsrefnmmsndalIon win BE- TequiFed.ss,t
Address Box. No. rs, Woodbury., CT.
ESoaAdFys March sSds 1S49ss s.s ,Aso !
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Pratt e. Foster

IT AVE just received large addition TO
IL their farmer stock Of GOODS, and they
now offer al wholesale or retail the following
articles viz: I'll vt.E s-y III 49,
20 hbls. Clover and Timothy Seed. ~, p.
20 bbls New Liberia sIss,.sa -..
hogsheads N o. and r, sugar.
900 bills, Wheat Flour.
20 tons Corn Meal and ProvendeT.
1000 tons pure White Lead.
bbls Linseed Oil. - 'a~.,"
49, Also
Iron. Steel. and Nail Rods.
BuekwheatA and rive Flour. &c: with "ne ri
the largest stocka of DRY COOS and Grace
Iies often fnnRd in a ConSsrv stare RI, s.
west Fnrnvvall Fehs ~, 1919 .a ssw4t
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A: & J. CaySO.
William KELSEY,

,ATTOR.N-EY IND COUNSELLOR Mt
L.iIF,
Ha. oapnod an Oiicr in Winsted. West Viii :
ase,) over the store "t f., :. W""'f 'rd, Esq.
All business with which he may be favored,
will b, prom. lily attended to. lt3'
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Jonathan r. n orion
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Wesi Cornwall, Conn.
Nov. Is. 1874. 81
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TH3Y2g B, G. z AVE- 5.

N. B. STEVENS Il CO.,
NORFOLK, CT.
"tVE been appointed Wholesale and
1lrel il agents for the sale Of
DIR TO NSEND'S SARSAPARILLA
an artile already TO we'll known for iaS an
sarp ,sSe medicinal properties TO need any
further Recommendation
As there IS 50 much OF this article pur-
porting IL be DR.. Tnwn>end'S thai is SPu>
finus persons shonlG he careful ~ whom
sheY e,tchase. All can depend upon pro-
during o, us The genuine article. Merchants
supplied at a reasonable rate.
N. B. STEVENS Il co.
Norfolk. Jan. I lS49. IF y
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G q y,GARDSL.G.G, M D.
physician ami Surgeon.
OLCOTTVIlLE, CONN.

Office fist door Somh Of Wadham-' store
Where may he found Thompson's Trssses al
reluced prices.
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~hon. George Evans, Of Maine. has
accented the aRpOiptm Of Commission
er for the adjustment Of Mexican affairs.
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yl~< va Il
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Tai gsEr ..lo sSssssslh adl se5t
sr.ae gsaa aa4a4g aaaess ssssa sEaza aesi IA
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THE UNION.

been presented TO him upon public business and Of hum
Bile men being treated with scom who have had the
dacity to approach too this august Magistrate He
will not even condescend 10 talk with the citizen upon
public business docs he fear TO expose his ignorance y
How is il with the "First Lord" Of the cabneti Under
the late accomplished and kind hearted Secretary OF State
any one could have interview with the head of that
department But now one must not even approach too
near Mr. Clayons sancum" railing has been recently
erected to keep off the vle herd he may think Them
at respectful distance from his Office Besides, written
edct has been put forth that no can have personal
interview but must write TO him. May il not happen that
the humble citizen who cannot write, at least elegantly
enough to Impress favoraby the author Of the Lady
Franklin papers, will have business with the State De.
arment or will the letters be read at all! ThePIoba-
bily is that they will not be- No personal fnterDietol
This is new idea, indeed There have been American
citizens here for weeks al expense waiting TO see the
Secretary OF State upon business who haveUeen refused
interview and yet the OF rich European bankers
and every moustached foreigner can be admitted into his
august presence at once
II is well that these things should be known to the
American people. They should this social fea-
ture of this heroic age which to have about
much courtesy as courage
AS the Secretary OF State has barricaded his Office to
keep of the mob il is feared that the President may do
likewise, and barcade the White House. Very well
The people in 53 will reform this
BARRICADE AGE.
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Travel ON the Upper Lskes.--Ths Steamer Maynower
and It's Commander Capt. H. Van Allen.
On recent trip at the North, we had the good fortune
take passage in this splendid steamer which runs in
connection with the Michigan Central Railroad between
Detroit and Buffalo For beauty Of model perfection Of
finish proportions and arrangements it 10 unequalled by
any craft western waters II is entirely netc and
progress Of the age. blending the ornamental with the
useful, uniting speed with strength, and beauty with
power. Capt. Van Allen has world wide reputation;
and we can pay him no higher compliment than to say
that his merits are commensurate with his popularity
The steward, Mr.. Nelson, is above all praiseas ca.
erer unequaed and for obging, kind and gentlemany
pointed, best manned best finished and little the fastest
of any at the North and recommend to southerners
and Others travelling that route 10 tryit. B.
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For the Union.

Messrs EDrroRs Differ az the people Of this country
may upon questions Of policy and political matters. there
publican and democratic in feeling They have correct
idea OF their individual rights reemen and American
citizens and claim the right to approach those in power,
them, are really but their servants This right has
always been freely accorded to the people even in mo.
narchical countres petition presented by the meanest
beggar in the street TO European monarch would not be
rejected, nor would audience with cabinet minister
be refused TO the humblest citizen. With in this
country, under all preceding administrations. except
the privilege Of talking freely with the Chief Magistrate
person, and with the members Of his cabinet upon
public business
rule Of the Second Washington He will receive no
petition nor read any paper that may be presented 70 him
BY the humble czen he will not listen to any applica
oov h. s"oo.chsd Il nsr.on nv ,bo.. n nc scd ~
station Numerous instances be given OF General
Taylors refusing TO take or to read papers which have
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cravings Of the i've thousand after this honest fashion, as
has. ere this realized from the taunts jeer jbes and
curses with which the hungry pack received is cold
tort ~
This forenoon Father Mathew offered high mass in St.
Peters, the Barclay church. of which the late Very
Rev. Dr. Powerwas pastor An immense crowd Of course.
attended. w.
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From the N. o. Picayune, July .
From Yucatan.


DErEAT AND SLAUGHTER OF THE GOVERNMENT TRooPs.
By the arrival here last evening Of the Mexican schooner
Felipe Captain Hernandez, four days from Sisal, we
have received E Boisin, official Of Marda, to the 18th
ult inclusive.
The Boietin OF the 10th contains an account OF san
culinary affair between the Yucateco troops and the
Indians, which took place at the distance OF league
from the town OF Tituc and in which the former
routed with great slaughter II appears by the report Of
The commanding officer Col Don Jose Doloxes Pasos,
that for want OF provisions he obliged TO evacuae
Ttue with his detachment consisting Of 535 men, which
was effected the morning OF the llth When distant
one league from that town. he intercepted by an
overwhelming force Of Indians, who attacked him with
the greatest fury After standing their ground until q
large number was slain, the Yucaecos fled, leaving all
their baggage, ammunition, &c, in the hands OF their
foes.
OF the whole detachment only 1877 with their colonel
made their escape They managed to reach Sabau,
carving of only two officers and fifteen soldiers OF the
wounded On the 18th, however, one hundred more oi
the fugitives, with sub ieuenants made their ap.
pearance AT Sacalaca There seventy EIGHT head oil
cattle and all the horses and baggage OF the officers cap
tured.
The Indians were still closely besieging Tihosuco Nc
other record of events Is made in these papers.