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 Mir. Seymour was then declared unanimously nominated district committee was then ap- pointed consisting of Wm. A. Grant of Torring- ton. H. A. Bills (of Barkhamsted,) H. J. Peck of Morris.
 THE LATEST advices from Texas leave us some what in doubt as to the exact intentions of Gov. Houston. He and the Secretary of State, who with him refused to take the oath to support the new Constitution of the Confederate States, had retired from their offices and surrendered the ar chives, and Gov Houston had issued an appeal to the people, denouncing the State Convention i; but whether the appeal is in the nature of 8 call to arms to resist the Conventions authority does not appear from the despatches. The members of the Legislature had taken the oath of allegi- ance. The Convention had thrown overheard the elaborate Army bill, reported from the Mili- tary Committee some time since. and passed in- stead bill providing for the raising of only one mounted regiment. Perhaps this is in conse- quence of doubt as to the ability of the State to provide for the expenses of large body of military.
 REV. THOMAS WHITrEMoRE, of Cambridge port, Mass, died on Friday last. He was one of the oldest members of the Universalist denomi- nation, and was editor of the Trumpet, a Univer- salist journal in Boston, number of years. He was recognized on all sides as possessing talents of the highest order, with an abundant vein of wit and humor, which he always introduced to good purpose. Aside from his clerical work, he was an efficient business man, and was formerly, we believe, President of the Fitchburg Railroad Company.
 THE valuation of taxable property in Hartford for the year 1860, is $24,s1s, 19O, against S24,- O4s, ,7S4 in 1s50-increase, $765, ,456 There are returned 2, 78S dwellings, and Se3 stores. The number of factories is not given.
 There were 379 deaths in New York last week, of which number-s2 were men, A women, 1s1 boys, no girls.
 Charles E. Faulkner, freshman of Harvard, was killed on Saturday last, on the Fitchbure road, by deliberately walking in front of the ad- vancing locomotive. No motive is given for the suicide; he was young man of talent and hi gh- ly esteemed.
 Two enserprismg burglars Monday morning came very nearly robbing tho New York Ex- change Bank, at the corner of Greenwich and Dey streets, of all the specie contained in its vaults, and were only prevented accomplishing the flask by an error in judgment respecting the time required for opening one of Herring's Pa tent safes. without key. They had planned the burglary at least five weeks ago, and hired the cellar of house in the vicinity of the bank building, whence they dug subterraneon pas sage-seventy feet in length-to tbe vault Their expectations of securing the half million most at the point of fruition, when dawn over took them, and it became necessary to abandon their labors. Altogether it is remarkable burglary, and has no parallel in this country
 SUIctDE oF-A MURDEnER.-William Absen, convicted of the murder of his wife by poison, and sentenced to be hanged therefor, committed suicide in the jail at Hudson City, New Jersey, on Thursday morning: Abson was notified on Wednesday that the Court of Pardons had re- fused to commute his punishment, and was ad- vised to prepare to suffer death on the 1Gth of April next The convict retired at the usual hour, but in the course of the night the keepers found him in the agonies of death. Abson had contrived to secrete the blade of pocket knife, with which he cut the arteries of his left arm and neck.
 MR. JOHN SHERMAN, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, was on Wednesday night, on the seventy ninth ballot elected United States Senator, in place of Sal mon P. Chase, appointed Secretary of the Treas ury by President Lincoln.
 GooD.-Mr. Holbrook, the Post-office agent at large, is to be retained, on account of his valua ble services and great ability. The Department not only does this from necessity, but with pleasure.
 VICE PRESIDENT HAaL1N, on Saturday, sent . letter to the Senate, announcing that it was his intention to be absent during the remainder of the session, aud asking that President pro tenn, be appointed. Mir. Foot, of Vermont, was accordingly unanimously elected, and Mir. Ham, lin was duly notified of the fact. Mir. Foot on taking the chair, made short address of thanks. The credentials of Mir. Sherman, as Senator from Ohio, were presented, and he took the oath and his seat. An effort was then made to go into an election for a new Sergeant-at Arms, Doorkeeper &c, but through the opposition of the Demo- cratic members it was defeated, and the Senate went into Executive session.
 THE SOUTHERN CoSFEDERAcY is going to send to all the States but the New Eng land ones. The Hartford Post calls it "mean prescription" It is the only glimpse of common sense we have heard from the "C. s. A.,
 THREE horses belonging to Mir. Ezra B. seeley, of Easton, in this State, were poisoned on the night of the 2Sd of February. It is supposed that the poison was mixed with their feed They all died within 8 few hours. Mir. s. offers 8 reward of $15O for the detection and convic- ton of the offender.
 PUzzL. FOR DEcIPHERERs OF ANCIENT IN- editor of the Morning Adver- User (English) was recently favored with the epistle;-
 sIR Ut may perhaps be of some interest to your readers to learn that, during the recent Gardens, at Broxbourne, curious stone was found, with the following inscription:
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