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one sltortnallt Qléaivttfy
'18'I’UBlL'l'S!,iED EVERY WI-:D_1\‘ESD.\Y MORl\'IN(_}(.l
over the Store of Mr. Jl_Io,nson Hoyt. ‘W55 31 .9
., the-Bridge.
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Agents for the Gazette.
Brizlgegnort, Charles Youngs
~Bcthcl, Timothy B. Hickock, Esq.
Danbury, Francis Knapp
Rirjgeficld, David Hurlburt
Slant/‘onl, \Villiam H. Webb
l'Vest17ort, John VV. Taylor
lVe.slon, Bradford \Viuton, Esq.
anammmnpmawmwz
§:iEDGES CELEBRATED RH.E'Ul\IA-
'‘ TIC PLASTE R. This plaster is equal-
ly efiicacious whether the disease be located in
the hip, shoulder or elsewhere in ‘the systetn;
and in most cases one box is sufiicicnt to cllect
'3 cure. The cores Wlllcll it has effected and the
récomendations given _show that it ‘ct-_tccls’any
article ever before ollered to the DU°l“3- “"5
laslcr is -to be applied in all cases to the soles
of the feet. For directions and recominendattons
gee bins accmnpanyino‘ each box which will
. , 1 -, fl -, F s:le b
,_,g,,5fy the n_,ost l_l_Cl'PClU ousJ. A‘o{VEiJ;D. .Y
Prlt-9.25 cents per box‘. A
Nor\V'alli, Sept. 4, I637. 6
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= ’11F']_‘Y pairs Ft-encli Morocco _S,:lpS, for Salt’-
14 by the subscriber, Price 31-
‘ ' ‘ GEORGE JAl.‘vl_'ES.
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Wilton, Aitgust 1, 18-37 . _ ~11“
HARD AND llOl.LOl>V VJ/.."t_iilS_‘,
IRON s't‘i-'.t:i., AND CASllN‘s.b.
Lin:-3i-Li-21),.’ Sl’l~1ll.\'lACE'l‘l, AND FISH otL.
' wi1i‘t"t-I Ll".~\D, pity ANI)‘ IN orb.
Vl-‘.Nl<‘.'l‘l.-\N AND l~._Ntil.,lSll Rt-.n,._t
r~‘-rtt«‘i‘~:t:i«i AND St’.-WISH. YEL.l.0‘«'-'.
stmii srortia’. Pu ".l’Altl-‘.D FOR USE,
Vl-‘.RDlGRl-3, Cl-lRUMl:)I\Cé§SkE\NH%:,l}{'lF(l‘.l.§)\’lS
1.; vi: l.O“V,SI"A ‘ -3. - T N
510“ 1‘ 1,-. l’ 8L:\t‘.K, '
with f‘iti;tl'l_V all articles ll‘. “'3 “"3 0r
Pi. ,- ,, 0, (;],,z;,,g, iu(;'lll(Ill_'l‘g a large :t_sso,rtinniit
(_]fl|‘l\l’i‘:(To“, Sasl;gg_, l‘,-uin,(] by E3 [0 ll by la. Atnoiig
the shell go-‘Ids ntuv be found nearly every al'llL'lf'
re uiwd in f,,,i,ihin;rubuililirtg, and t_i_t_ost articlt-s
_ . '- ' ‘ I-l..l.
(in my lute.) Ht ftttltlfih. ‘‘ "* ”\“\,'l\‘;‘.“.l,’_‘bf'.,.,,,,,E.l,_
Together
33 2:3 ilfid 35 33‘, iii '3? .
EVI (,‘l_.Al‘..l{ still coiitinueiliis business
at his old store west side the ridge where
he will he liappyllo furnish old customers
pin] the public Wlbll goltland Sll\"()‘l‘ Patent Lever
Xvmches, Lcpiiie, iinglisli and I} reach, do, gold
Seals, liovs, and Chains. I-lycty \-'ariety ol
llrcastpiris and Finger-rings; lC.:ii' Drops and
Nubs; silver Tliitttblcs. I.)(..‘llL:ll$,,‘Zlll(.i in fact
every thing in the Jewelry liiic. Silver spoons
ti largo ass-.ti'liitei:t always on hand: silver‘ and
steel .Spet:l{tr_'lcs': Candlesticks, . siiiillers and
trays; lltte Ilflluttlil’ tea and COIIHC I’-«us; look-
ing Glass-.:s; tea waiters, tlicriiioiricters, clocks,
écc. t\’,c. Every attcntinii paid to watt;-li re-
pairing, and _pit_ts doue_at short ll0ll(.‘-C. lungra-
\.;,,g5 ,,u ,‘3'pmii]s, colliti plates, trunk plates,
notarial seals, 65c. cxcculctl Willi. 119810055 and
at short notice.
March. 1837.
NE ll/' FASIIIONABLE FJ.l.7\'CY JIIYJJ
STAPLE SPRING DRY GOODS.
*4 'I'EVliNS 8.3.13 l-'.l.l)l3l\' have this day rz.-turned
E f,-,,,,, N.;,,,- York, is ith atiotlwr lil rge and splen-
ilid tissortiiiciiti.f Spriitg Dry Goods, whicli added
to lllt‘.l|' pl‘t:$t)lll stock. makes it the largest niitl most
cuinplele ufaiiy to he found. Ainoiig th¢_~ir assort-
'mr-iu may be [bttttd lt‘;-encli Cambric Miisliiis of new
and splendidpzittorns, Silks. llnrnhtizliies, Frencli
and linglislt Calicoes. Ulnglldnlfi, l’inked llluslins.
lilk Challeys for ladies _t.lt't;-sscs, Pongecs, and a
large nssortiuent of Sitinincr Gootls for men and
r:hildreii’s wear, and all otlit-r_ articles not usually
found in 1| cottiitry Dry Good Store.
The public are respectfully lIlVll(‘(l to mill and ex-
atiiiiie ilieir goods bul'o'.'c pincliitsitig cl-scwlu,-ie.
Aprll'l9, I837
BROADCLOTE-IS. CA.SSl1VlERE.‘5
AND
SATENETTS.
TEVENS &. BELDEN are now icady to show
' S the largest astortment of the above Goods that
was ever brought into Nortvalk. in this ilssorlmelll
may be found, Blk, Blue, Brown, Dalilitt, Green,
Invisible Green, Claret, Mulberry and Mixt Broad-
eloths. Ribb’d and Plain Cassiinercs and Satinetts
"I all qualities and colors, which at their low prices
gznnot fail to suit tliose who may favor tltem with a
ll. '
'— April l9th,l83‘7.
I ARPElYl'ER.S’ PLANES, a large a sortmcnt
just received and for sale by
WM. J. SI‘REE'I‘.
NOTICE. _
THEST
TAIRPIELD AND IVII-.VlRODo
ILL Ienve Bridgeport at 8 o'clock A. M.
Norwalk at 10, Stamford ‘il, Rocky Neck
half past 11, and‘Sawpitts 12, every day, (Sundays
excepted) during the mouth of April. Returning,
will leave New York, East side Catharine Market,
every morning, except Sunday, at 7 o’clock, A. M.
All goods, parcels, packages, bundles, trunks and
1 all other, baggage, when only at the risk or he re
spectivc owners.
All freight shipped. byfitlic Boats must be paid for at
the time of delivery, as the custom of charging
freight t be settled for at the expiration of the year
yetaed. '
J7
I HE subscriber intends running the Sloop
_l_‘ Rover, Capt. BU'l"l.‘, to New-York, weekly,
.'.l'o commence on Tuesday May 9th, and continue to
leave Norwalk on every Tuesday evening, and New
York,évt-.'ry'$aturday, until furtliier notice. '
‘ HUIJIIILILI. &.Co.
Norwalk, .\Iay 9, 1837, St
“ non"r GIVE UP THE snu>.”
VOL. XX.
NEJRWALK, comv. WEDNESDAY, Novnstnnn 29, 1837.
NO. 38.
TOYS ! TOYS!
4 RENCH, German, and English Toys, with
a great variety of other fancy articles, and
a general assortment of Fruit and nuts, such as
Almonds, Madeira Nuts, Pettnuts, Filberts, Cit-
1'0n, M309: Currants, Figs, Prunes, Cloves, Or-
unges and Lemons, Soda Biscuit, and 8. general
assortment of C-onfectionai-.y,for sale by
GEORGE W; JENNINGS,
VVest side the Bridge.
Norwalk, May 23. 1837. lltf
To the Citizens of Brirlgeport, and Fair;/ield County.
lTI_ZENS—lt is now nearly two years since
I became general agent for Dr. B.randreth’s
celebrated Pills in this County. Every one
knows the very high character the genuine me-
dicine has obtained by every individual who has
used it. The sale has in consequence. become
great, and the calls in every part of the county
has continued to increase, It is also generally
known that Dr. Brandreth has never made a
Druggist an Agent; no doubt he had his rea-
sons for so doing, and all who are the proprietors
of an article surely have a right, which none
ought to question, of making whom they choose
the venders. What has been the result of this’!
I will tell you. There is scarcely a. Drug Store
in the whole of this County but \Vhi1l- Sells: 01'
has for sale the Counterfeit Article. How men
who profess religion, who profess to be moral,
can for a. moment allow their minds to stoop to
such low swindling, is more than I can tell 3 such
however is the notorious fact; they, -the Drug
Stores, not only keep the Counterfeit Pills, but
absolutely assert that they are the genuine Bran-
derth’s Bills, thus ad_tli_ng a, vile untruth to the
crime of swindling. This is not all; the Drug-
gists know very well tliat persons who use the
true Brandreth’s Pills. soon require no medicine
at all, they therefore sell pills which they call
Brandreth’s genuine Pills, which are calculated
to do serious injury; by which means they sup-.
pose that the true Brzt.nretli’s Pills will be brought
into disrepute. .
Know therefore all ye who read this, that the
true and genuine Branderth’s Pills can be only
obtained genuine of me in Bridgeport, and onl
of such Agents in the County who have a. certi-
ficate of agency, signed by me, and also by Dr.
Brztndreth, and observe that every one has one
of these Certificates, or the Pills sold cannot be
relied upon as the true and genuine Braudretlt’s;
and further observe that it is dangerous to pur
clmse of any one unless he can exhibit these cre-
dcntials of agency.
The following are the Agents, appointed by
John B. Sanford, for the sale of Braiidretli’s V.
U. Pills, in the C,0unty,of Frlrfteld: , .
Fairfield, Geo. Peck, Lewis Burr, 3.3. Geo. Burr
Brooltfield, Burr 6; Morris » -
Newtown, Baldwin 8!‘. Beers,W'm. B. Glover,
' Ezra Morgan, S. B. Peck re Co, and Hart
Shephard
Southport, Davis .2-. Perry
VVestport, John W: Taylor
Reading, Fanton 8:. Duncomb, Abbott 5: Frost
Ridgefield, Vllm. Daucliy 8.: Co
Danbury, David Peat-se, Jr. st: James VV. Porter
\Vilton, George B. Middlcbrook
"W'eston, Eli Adams
Trttmbull, Judson Curtis
Monroe, Levi Edwards and Daniel Sherwood
New-Fairfield, Sceley Barnum and Stephen
Hopkins
Stratford, Robert VValker, &. Treat Blakemttn
Norwalk, Levi Clark and Geo. E. Cotnstock
New-Canaan, Samuel Raymond 8; Co
Stamford. VV, 8: R. Hoyt &. Co
Greenwich, ’l‘lio’s Barton, 5:. Jonathan Jesup
Darien, Albert Seeley
Black Rock, '1‘ Reason at Co.
013- A constant supply of the Genuine Pills
can be had at the old stand of
JOHN B. SANFORD,
Sole Agent for Fairfield County.
Bridgeport, Oct. 10, 1837. 31 f
BOOTS AND SHOES.
THE Subscriber would respectfully
inform the public and his old custom-
ersin particular, that he has reopened
.- with a. splendid assortment of Boots
and shoes of every description, at the old stand
formerly occupied by George Mead, Esq. where
those who wish to purchase can be accommodat-
ed with ready work on the most reasonable terms,
The following comprise a part of his stock on
hand, which he offers at the lowest cash prices :
50 pair Men’s Calfskin Boots. at 3 & $4 pr. pair,
500 do Ladies French 'I‘ies, at 87; cm. do
100 do do Gaitcr Boots 331 50 do
50 do Misses Slippers, 50 and 75 cts. do
100 do Men’s VVashington Shoes,$1 37; do _
50 do Boys do do 875 to‘$l, do
50 do Cocks, do 44 cts. do
N. B. All kinds of Boots and Shoes made to
order, of the very best materials, and in the most
fashionable and workmanlike manner. I
{l;‘;*Also_on hand and for sale about one Ton
of first quality Sole Leather.
' GEORGE JAMES.
Wilton, July 3, 1837.
21tf
VALUABLE PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber offers for sale
his Dwelling House and lot, (con-
taining about. one rood of land) situ-
- ated in the village of Westport, on
the East side of Saugatuck River, withina. few
rods of the turnpike bridge.
The house is in good condition, built in mo-
dern style, and possesses every necessary con-
venience for the accommodation of a small or
large family. For pleasuntness and beauty its
location is not surpassed by any in the village.
For terms apply to the subscriber, at the pre-
mises. ~ , . . JOHN W. TAYLOR.
Westport, June 27, 1837. llitf
A FEW hundred Old Papers suitable’ for
packing up Goods, for sale at this ofiice
July 136,v1'83‘7.
5-:. .
at, 3!’; cents per hundred.
’ ’ BOTANY.
EV AT()N’S , LINCOLN’S and PHELPS
A DOTANY for sale by J. A. WEED.
NEW GOODS.
STEVENS &. BELDEN have just received
another supply of seasonable Dry Goods,
which will be sold at the present N ow-York re-'
duced prices. N orwalk, Aug. 7, 1837.
Ytuottittg Qkltrrtsc.-tt
OF all kindg in sale ver cheap, by
A EEVI C
' .
, CASTINGS.
URNACE doors and grates, fire dogs and
plough points, cart and wagon boxes, for sale
l)V WM‘. J. S'l‘Rl“.IS'l.'.
omknnnsnaouoou
AS the pleasure of announcing to his
friends, and the public generally, that he
is again ready to wait upon ‘those who are in
want of any article in the DRY GOODS line,
His present elegant and extensive assortment
will be sold for cash, at the lowest prices; and
he trusts thtit his assiduous atteritiori to his b.u-
siness, and disposition to accomodate the shop-
ping community, together with the cheapncss
of his Goods, will secure t_ohi_tn t_t_ liberal share
of the public patronage.
Norwalk, July 10, 1837'. I8.t
N ‘I B TIC E .
TEIE public are hereby notified, that the
agency of Charles Patrick for the subscri
her, and for Messrs. Hoyt <3; Peck, as the pro
prietors of the “D,espatch Line,” has ceased,
and that he will pay no debts hereafter contract-
ed by any person on account ofthe " Despatch
Line,” except himself. MONSQN I/IOYT.
Norwalk, August 14. 1837. 23
alwrttrltcs arr?! jjcmvlrp.
It‘-IN E assortment for sale at prices corres-
ponding with the pressure of the times, by
‘ LEVI CLARK.
Norwalk, July 27*, 1837. 20
GUARD AGAINST FIRE.
P-Ii’.O’I_'E(‘-TION INSURANCE COMPANY.
lLLlAM J. S l'REET, of Norwalk, agent of
the Protection Iusuranee Co,mpany,iii Ilart
foi-d,Connecticut, offers to Iusu_re I-lenses. Stores,
Mills, Factories, Barns, and the contents of each,
together with every other similar species qfpi'0pei'-
ty, Against Loss or Damage by Fire. The rtttes of
premium oli'et_'ed, are as low asthose of any other
similai-Institution, and evety man has now an op-
portunity, for a trifling sum, to protect himself
against this destructive elerrteut, which o,li_eri_ in a
single hour, sweaptvtway the earnings of many
years.
The course the ofiice pursue in transacting their
business and in the adjusting and payments of losses,
a prompt and liberal. For terms ofinsurnnce, appli-
cation may be madeto the above named Agent, who
sautliorized to issue policies to applicants without
delay.
Norwttlk, Jan 4, 1837. 8
A I B Y-Ii A “.7
For preserving the Borough from injury by Fire.
S 1 E it ordained by‘-the Warden and
BC‘ ‘- Burgcsses and Freemen of the
' Borough of Norwalk-—
That there shall be annually chosen a Chief
Engineer, who shall, in all cases of fire, have the
sole and absolute control and command of all
officers of the fire department and of all firemen,
whose duty it shall be to direct the placing and
removing of the fire-engine and other apparatus
for extinguishing the fire, in such manner, as, in
his opinion, will most effectually and expedi-
tiously cxtinguish or arrest the progress of the
fire; and who shall have the direction and com-
mand of all persons convened for the purpose of
extinguisliing a fire, and shall have full power to
do and cause to be done all things necessary to
that end ; and beindemnified by the Borough for
all damage which shall accrue to him on ac-
count of any act, done by him in the tliscliarge
of any duty, imposed on him by any by-law of
the borough ; and the Chief Engineer shall
from time to time, at least once in three months,
inspect the fire engines and other apparatus for
extinguishing fire and the buildings and places
in which they are deposited, and see that such
engines and all such apparatus are kept, at all
times, in good condition and fit for use; and
shall, at the expense of the Borough, cause all
needful repairs to be done thereon without delay ;
and after the extinction of any fire, shall cause
all the private fire buckets which shall remain, to
be carried to the engine houses, there to be kept
until the respective owners shall take them away.
See. 2. And there shall be annually chosen four
Fire VVardens, to be numbered lst, 2d, 3d 8:. 4th,
whose duties shall be to aid and assist the Chief
Engineer, when present, in the discharge of his
duties‘ and in the absence of the Chief Engi-
neer, the first fire warden shall have all the pew-
ers, and perform all the duties of the Chief En- '
gineer, and the other fire wardens shall he did-
ing an assisting therein ; and in like manner, the
second, third or fourth fire warden, as the case
may be, in the absence of all superior oflicers,
shall have the some powers and perform the
same duties, and the inferior fire wardens shall
be aiding and assisting as aforesaid. And the
Chief Engineer shall, at the expense of the B0-
rough, provide a speaking trumpet, and four
stoves or rods of convenient size and length,
painted so as to be easily distinguished : and the
officer having the command at any fire. shall
alone use such trumpet for, the purpnse of giv-
ing his orders, and each of the fire wardens shall
have one of said stoves in his hand, when pre-
sent at any fire, as a. badge of his office; and if
any inhabitant of the Borough, present at any
fire therein, shall refuse or neglect to obey any
order of the officer having the command at that
time, or either of the fire warden’s, he shall for-
feit and pay to the Treasurer of the Borough,
‘the sum of five dollars.
Sec. 3. And whenever the name of any per-
son shall be returned to the Borough prosecutor
as a delinquent under this by-law, the Borough
prosecutor shall notify the person liable to pay
the penalty incurred, if any; and if the person
so notified shall pay such penalty to such prose-
cutor within twelve daya after such notice given,
or shall within that time bring a certificate from
the Chief Engineer another oficor. ha.vlng.IztMI
the command when the delinquency Iqccu-rt-ed,
that he considers that the delinquent had a. suf-
ficient justification or excuse, the prosecutor
shall proceed no further against such delinquent.
Passed by Court of Burgesses and approved
in Borough Meeting, November 6, 1837,
Attest, ,
3:36] R. A. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
BUTTER. AND CHEESE.
lbs. best Dairy Butter; 500 do.
common,low price; 5000 lbs. Cheese, for sale b
35] SELLE-CK 66 JENNINGS.
FOR SALE. CHEAP.
HANDSOME, second hand Parlor Grate}
Inquire at this Oflice.
October 31, 1837. A 3
From the Kriz'c7cerboc.7;er Jllagazine.
THE YOUNG VVIDOVV.
Ye bid me mingle in the dance,
And smile among the young and gay,
Ye say that grief will dim my glance,
And turn my raven tresses grey ;
I care not. yet Istrive to bow,'
In mcekness to my lonely fate,
I dry my tears and smooth my brow,
Tlte while my hea_rt is desolate.
Wlicn last I joined the festive throng,
I heard--it seem‘d my brain to seat-
A stranger breathe the very song
The f.t'st /Li.‘ warblcd in my car;
The words, the tune, btit ah ! that tone,
\Vhat living lips could imitate? 1
‘Mid laughing crowdsl stood, alone,
Unutterably desolate,
I miss him by the evening hearth,
I miss him at the silent meal.
But l<eei:est in the bower of mirth
Llilyjoylcss solitude I feel;
But late I saw a happy bride,
Smile fondly on her wedded mate,
VVhile I_, oh I would that I had died
\Vitli liim who left me desolate.
Ye speak of wcalth—-in Mammon's mart,
' Thcre’s not a single boon I crave;
Gold cannot heal the broken heart,
I Not l)l'llé(l3llll1G uiiretufniug grave ;
tcaunot tie vacant seat
\Vliere once my honored husband sate,
Nor still my heaet_'s convulsive beat,
Nor make my home less desolate.
Alas! the base on which we build
H_ope’s fairest fabric is but air,
Andlaughstlie heart, when God has willed
_’I‘o lay his chastening finger there.
A brighter, happier drcatn than mine
Did never love and hope create,
Ihowetl before an earthly shrine,
And /zerrven has left me desolate.
And yet not so: my soul be calm—-
The hand that smiteth will sustain ;_.
Thou hast a helper on whose arm
The mourner never leaned in vain.
0! may that arm the pilgrim guide
By the straight path and narrow gate,
To where the loved in bliss abide,
And hearts no more are desolate.
. I - From the Lady’: Boo/c.
THE Levis IYIARRIAGE.
BY MRS. HALE.
(C'oncluclecl.)
They were married. Henry Harrison and
Ellen Vlfise; and they were happy, for their
love was cftliat deep and tender nature, which
perfect sympathy of feeling and Congeniality of
mind and taste inspire. It was exalted, too, for
it was based on pt>.rfect faith in the worth and
truth of each other. Yet Henry had not ven-
tured to open all his heart to his young bride.
His profession had hitherto allordecl him but lit- '
tle tnore income than sufficed for his own sup-
port on a very economical scale; aitd had he
felt hitnself free to obey the dictates of prudence,
he could hardly havejustified to liimsclf the step
he had taken, of marrying without the prospect,
rationally speaking, of obtaining the means to
tve.
It was a season, ton, of great depression in
business, and the times were, gloomy and dis-
couiagiitg. But Ellen was destitute of a home
aitd a protector, and he could hesitate no longer.
He must shield her from_ want and dependence,
thouglt cares, a thousand fold, were multiplied
on him. So he tnarrietl, and after all expenses
attending the important event were settled, his
lodgings furnished, and his bride seated in her
genteel parlor, arranged in a pretty though not
expensive style, he found he had barely cash
enoitgh left to pay the first inonth’s board. True,
he bad debts due from several clients, but he
knew it was very uncertain when he would ob-
tain his pay. How would he enter into these
vexing details to his young and utterly inexperi-
enced wifc? «
Mr. \Vise had always destined his daughter
for a rich husband. She was, be well knew, ex-
ceedingly beautiful; heliad studied to educate
her inthe manner which would best-setoffher
natural graces, and make her loveliness tnost at-
tractive. Holding in the most sovereign contempt
the philosophy which iriculcales the ‘greatest
happiness of the greatest number,’ his efforts
had only selfish indulgence for their object; and
he had trained Ellen in liisown luxurious habits
and expensive tastes. But the purest diamond
will glow in the dark iniue as brightly as on the
coronet of a king. Ellen had atlisposition wliich
prosperity could not corrupt. Her irtiud was
naturally upright, or, as u phrenologist would
say, she had large con.scientiou.<mess. And this
simple integrity of heart had always resisted the
blaudisliments which her father's vanity had
drawn around her. Yetslic had no practical
experience in lessons of self-denial. and could
not, therefore, know the little methods ofinanage-
ment, and those daily sacrifices oftaste, and even
eage and comfort, which real poverty imposes.
She was aware that her husbztiitl had no fortune;
but his profession was in ltcr estimation, a
pledge that lie would-rise, fortlie law. she thought.
was a sure passport to hotior and oflice. So she
had been taught by her father, and she never
doubted her Henry’s ability to maintain her ac-
cording to her station.» _ ' _
Btit these few words, that sad, loving expres-
sion in her husbund’s eye, as he gazed so tender-
ly on her when he said——‘ Can you understand
this?’ told the struggl-e of his soul. She felt
that she was the wife of a poor tnan, who, to
shield her fromsulfering was sacrificing himself.
The whole depth of that adycrsity. from which .
he had rescued her, at the perilof his own‘ peace,
was in a moment iinsealed ; and that night,
during which she scarcely closed her eyes, there
was opened, before her roused faculties, a new
worldoftlionglits, hopes, and resolutions.
The next uiorniltg her mannertowards her hits-
-Y band evinced more than usual tentlerrtess : and
when ltc left her for his daily toil, her parting kiss
was given with the heart-tlevoted aileclion, .
is now one ofthe brightest olritatnems of his pro-
which, to him, was a recompense for every care.
As soon as Henry was gone. Ellen hastened
to a shop, where she knew fancy work was sold.
She could devise no way of earning money, ex-
cept by her needle. Her education though it
had cost more money than it required to carry
half a dozen economical young men through
college. had been tinsystematical and unprofita-
ble, Her masters had taught her the results of
the sciences, and the show o_f accom_plish_ments_;
but the p_rin_ciples. wlticlt must be cotnprehendetl
and made clear to the mind before one is qualified
to communicate knowledge to other minds, she
had never acquired,
She p.la_ve.d‘ the b'ai;.p, and piano divinely, but
could not have given a lesson on either, or, zit
least, she dared not attempt it. She could dmw
and paint beautifully. yet she knew itot the princi-
ples of either art. But in needle work she ex-
celled, and she had a natural iiigenujty and
taste, which had often excited the admiration of
her companions. And, as melancholy reflections
on the waste of precious time and tiittncy, which
she felt had been the result of ll(;rS_L1pe|‘fi_(;i_a_l
mode of education, passed through her mind.
she turned with something of exultation to the
thought, that she had loved needle-wcrk, and
could execute almost every kind with great skill.
‘ Oh, I will employ every moment, I will earn
enough to pay my own board! Dear Henry
shall not feel tlistressezl on my account 1’ were
her mental exclatnations, as she entered the shop
of Mrs. Millctt.
These bright tlrcatns were soon dispersed.
Mrs. Millett wanted no muslin or fancy work of
any kind; and when she did give out such work,
the prices she paid were so inadequate to the
time required for such nice performances, that
Ellen found she could not earn balfenough to
pay her b;o.ard,. \Vliile she lingered in doubt
what next to attempt, a young lady entered,antl
inquired for daisy buttons and frogs. Mrs. Mil-
let had none in the shop.
‘ Ithought you always kept a variety. \Vhcre
can I go to find them '! l_was told I should cer-
tainly fiud them here,’ said the young lady.
‘ I have had the best assortment in the city,’
replied the shop woman, ‘ but the girl that made
them for me is dying with the consumption. and
I can find nobody ingenious enough to make the
nice kind. Neeilleworli issadly neglected now-
3'd.&yS.’
The thought struck Ellen—‘ Here is a chance
for me.’ She asked to looit at the buttons.
‘Can you make such as these, Miss I’ asked
the woman, tltinl-{trig from Ellen's blushing
face, that she was a ditlident school girl, and,
from her earnest manner tliatshe would perhaps,
try to make thein very nice :— “cause, if you
can. I will pay yous l}_lgl]_~ price, three sixpecces
, a dozen.’
Three sixperices ! Ellen Wise working for
Sl-‘FPGUCGS. Seeking employment by sixpenees!
were the first thoughts that flashed over her
mind. But she recovered her calmness in a
l1}0l]lC nt. ‘I will try,’ she said meekly, ' ifyon
will let me have the materials.’
‘ Oh. certainly; but you must pay for the silk
and moulds; you need only take a few skeins of
silk, foryou may waste it all, and I cannot afford
to lose it. I will give you the pricel named for
good buttons, ztntl four sliillirigs a_ dozen for
ftjogs.’ A ’
Ellen took the materials sufficient for an ex-
periment, a few buttons also for models, and
when she had paid for her purchase, fouiid she
had only one sixpence rcittaiiiitig. ‘ ‘Well,’
thought she. ' iftbe old proverb be correct, that
necessity is the mother of invention, I shall suc-
ceed; I have need enough to arouse my in-
gcnuily.’ '
And she did succeed, Fvironderfully,’ as Mrs.
Millet! said. ‘and would certainly earn a fortune.’
In truth, Ellen felt she was rich, when in a week
from her first essay, she found herself able to
earn from six to nine shillings per day, ’F'n_e
hours passed like moments, the days were over
before she had time to thinlr. of wearicess. She
only worked while her husband was absent, for
she wished to surprise ltinri, at the and of the
month, with the sight of her wealth, ‘Wlien his
heart was heavy with care, how blessed it would
be to. find that she had svmpatliized with him.
They had just entered on the third month of
their married life, when Ellen commenced liar
bu_tto.rt-making business. The first day of the
fourth month, the landlady served up, as usual,
lter bill with the tea equippage. ‘ She made it a
principle,’ she very modestly observed, ‘ never
to disturb a boarder with a bill except when his
mind was at leisure, which it must be over the
tea-table.’ '
Ellen watched her husband's countenance,
when, after tea, he opened the paper, As he
raised his eyes to hers she could not forbear
smiling, ' I am glad you are so happy, my love,‘
said he. '
‘Are you not happy, Henry ’l’
5 Yes, yes—I shall always be happy while I
can sceyou so. But I have sometimes feared -—’
‘That we should be poor, and their that I
should be discontented and miserable.’
Henry looked earnestly at his wife. while she
went on, her face growing more animated and
lovely as she spoke-—‘I know, my dear hus-
band, tliatyon have suffered deep concern on my
account; but never fear for me. I have engaged
a fairy to supply me with all I want. I do not
intend, like Cinderilla, to tax her foracoach-
and-six, as I have no notion of going to a ball to
gain the lavor ofa prince, whilst I can see you
at home every evening; nor do I expect gar-
ments the color of the sun, but only the modest
kind that best pleases you ;-. these she has prorrrisv
ed me.’
He looked more and more puzzled. At last
-she rose, and, going to her cabinet, brought forth
a little box containing her boarded treasure, and
placing x‘l"bef'ore him said’-—-"l'al<lte it, (four
Henry ; I have earned it for you.’ The gush
of joy that thrilled through her lreart melted to a
flood of those sweet tears-, which only spring
-from the very fullnesstofpleasure.
That evening, as they sat together, she told‘
him every thing, all her feclihgs.'tltoughts§ plans
and perfortnaitces : antlhe confided to her every
fear, doubt and perplex-ity that had shadowed his
path. ‘ But they are all removed 'n_ow,- dearest,’
said he. ‘ We now und-erstzind each-o’ther :i we
are now one, one in piirpose, plan, pursuit. We
shall succeed. God’ will bless those who try
and trust.’ ‘ ’
And God Cllll prosper llterll. A Henry II:-‘ll‘l'lSi’)ll
fession in the great state-"of New York. Us is
also one of the most estimable men it: private
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life, richtenough to gratify both his refined tastes
and benevolent feelings——aud his wife is still the
cherished object of his affection, his confident.
counsellor and helper. .
e same devoted and faithful love, that first
awakened Ellen's spirit to exertion. has animated’
her in acquiring the requisite knowledge of all
_her domestic duties. These she has performed,
:_not as tasks, but as pleasures. And. she often
alludes to her first experiment in the use of her
‘nwn faculties,to gain an independent support, or
rather to prevent herselffrom being a. burden to
her husband, as the period when hérjudgnienl.
was really exercised, her mind enliglitened to dis,-
:cei:n the moral relations of woman in her social
and‘ domestic character, and her heart strength-
ened to endure, and refined. to enjoy the 101 as-
signed her. ‘
‘I have.’ she remarked to a" young friend,
who was about to be married, ‘ never regretted
that I was compelled, as it were, to resort to but-
ton-inaking. The man you are to marry is
rich ;. but should any reverse occur, never la-
ment for yourself, but strive to assist him. The
eflbrtwill make you better and happier, and the
effecton him will be like seeing a rainbow on the
cloud—he will be certain that there is a hope
-and a light on his path. You will secure his
confidence and love forever.’
From the Liverpool Journal of Sept. 16..
IIETURN OF CAPTAIN BACK.
Captain Back, the commanderofher niajestv.'s
ship Terror, who, it will be remembered, wdnt
out in June, 1836, to look for Captain Ross, has
at length returned front his perilous enterprize.
The hardships endured, and the obstacles en-
countered and triumphed over, by the com-
mander and his crew, were almost incredible;
and, indeed, their return after an absence of
twelve months, the greater part of the time hom-
rned in by one impassible sheet ofice, it appears
all but miraculous. The followiiig afl‘i.-cting
and 1nl.C_l'(‘Sl.1l"lg narrative of their s:-flerings is
t8.':£;=t1 from the Dublin Il'reeman’s Journal :
On Sunday night last,the Terror put in i3.t.I.ounl1
Swilly in an almost sinking condition, the mzn
incessantly laboring at the pumps. And the hull
of the vessel secured by chain cables to keep
her together. It appears that she was encom-
passed by ice at the latter end of August, 1836,
at which t me her crew consisting ofsixty souls
including officers, who were at times exposed to
most imminent perils from the constant concus-
sion of huge masses of ice, which were dashed
against the vessel with tremendous violence,
threatening either it voilent and sudden death, or
in the event of escape froui this danger, slow but
certain destruction by the appallingmeans offa-
mine and cold. Deprived of fresh provisions or
vegetables of any kind, disease spread amongst
them with a rapidity only equalled by its vio-
lence ; twenty five of the crew were together
afllicted by that well known scourge of that lot-
itude, the scurvy, to which three of them fell
victims. Donaldson, the gunner ; u. Seaman
named James Walker, and Alexander Young,
a marine. No effort on the part of the medi.
cal gentleman who attended them could avert
the consequences ;..ond, oppressed by an accu-
mulation of sufferings which they were . unable
to endure, they died under the disease. The
vessel lay in that perilous position for four
months, drifting to and fro near Cape Comfort ;
then driven by the current ofice, along South-
ampton Island, as far as Sea Horse's Point, elf
Bafiin, then at the mercy of the wind and tide,
through H udsort,’s Straits, by Charles, Island,
along the Labrador coast. On the 5th of Au-
gust they passed Resolution Island.
From the 20th of September, they. lay gm--
rounded exposed to all the horrors ofthe Arctic
climate. with the tlieijometer 40"ti‘e'grecs below‘
zero, until the ice commenced l)?‘B8.l(ll‘g up in
Febr'.t__i1ry,1_8_37. On the 15th of March they
experienced the greatest shock they had yet en-
countered, a mountain ofice striking the ship
with the utmost violence, and rcnding atvay every
intermediate barrier, with the slightest percepti-
ble ctfort. The decks were o.bli.r:ed to. be. looked to
each other to prcvcrilftlierri separating and the
planks rising from their fasteiiings ; the stern
posts, dead wood and after part of the keel were
knocked away. In consequence of the repeated
collisions, the water gained on the sihip, and
she was shaken from stem to stem; a. chain
cable was passed round her to keep her together
the men constantly at her pumps, to keep out
the water, which at one time rose seven feet in
the hold. Every exertion was made at this time
to prevent her falling to pieces-—-men and oflicero
all einulous, and working laboriously as they
could, knowing their safety depended on the result
of their exertions. So unremitting and fatiguing
were the toilsthey endured, that all were excor-
iated more or less. '
The ship was built purposely for the expedi-
tion, being eight feet in deptl. through the bow
and Stern. two feet seven inches in the sides,
with five additional bulk heads athwart ships, of
four inch oak planks; and two extra fore-and aft
ones of the same thickness, two feet’ from the
side, each side filled up with twenty-five tons of
coal. for further strength and security. “
By the impetus ofthe ice the how was lifted
clean out ofthe water as far as the maitiiriastg
her stern. as far as the seven foot mark, was
placed in the sain__efr_r_'edicament. In this condi-
tion she continued tfhunclred days. At the ex-
piration ofthat time they got a 35 foot ice saw,
worked by shears, and commenced the fatiguing
operation of cutting through the bulk of ice under
her, measuring in thickness more than 30 feet.
On the 11th of July they had completed so
much of tlit-irtask as but two or three feet at the
stem remained, when she right-ed. Immediate-
ly on this, they made sail on the vessel, but u
tremendous wedge remained stuck to her side.
between her fore and main_ chains, and they
were compelled to have resource to the saw
again, not being able to tree themselves byany
method. By the means of purchases applied to
the vast lump, it rose from under the bottom as
it was freed, and according to the laws of naviga-
tion, floated above the watcr, being the lighter"
body, throwing the vessel on her beams ends,
tieeling her over full twenty-seven degrees, the
water pouring in in alarming quantities and with
frightful rapidity. All hands without distinction
were imitiediately called in requisition; sortie
proceeded to saw through the piece of ice. the
cause of this fresh misfortune, and some ran to
the pumps.
With unremitting labor they cont~inued'these
fatiguing but indispensable operations until five
o'clock on the morning of the I~lth,wlien the men
were so totally exhausted and tlispiritcd by their
incessant exertions, that they could work no lon-
ger, having to this period cut through to within
ten feet. The were then called in for rest and
refresh-mem. Ilhey had not been more than a_
qu-arterofan hour removed from the work, when‘
asuddeu disruption of the ice took place, and
the mass, separated from its bed, crashed with’
to pieces the lzrsliings and spars that intervened-'
to protect her against the cfssttally. Which.‘ had;
in some degree, bcenfor'seen~ :’ the st'r'or.i_gsl1orei:-r
or legs, and three and 21 half inch ropes,“\'vére‘
snapped? like pack th=reud, and but for the merci-
ful in-tefpositioii of P.ioyidence,. not a single be-
ing out ofthe entire ship's crew would have lived
to narrate tlie izirciiinstaiice ; for. had'they“nov‘.
been cu=llt:il’ in a few minutes before, all inevita-
'b_ly woulil have been crushed by the mass ofice
on which they had just been laboring. As the
ice separated from her she righted and drifted?
along. A temporary rudder was fitted‘ up, her
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terrific violence against the ship’s side, tearing’ ,
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