. .500 do Ladies French Ties, at 87; cts.
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Bridgepoyt. Charles Youngs
Bethet, Timothy B. I-lickock, Esq.
l Braokfield, Lucius C. Northrop.
l Danbury, Francis Knapp
l , Greenfield, ‘Col. Horace Banks.
_ Ridgeficld, David Hurlburt
, .Stanifora.', William H. Webb
H/'estport. John W. Taylor
L . ‘W,-sign, Bradford Wimon.Esri.
Tl
, floottiitg estuaries
all kinds, for sale VGIEK.
L FEW hundred Old Papers suitable for
packing up Goods, for sale at this office
t 37; cents per hundred. July 26,1837.
Trenton t.G.‘.-LB donates.
THE SUBSCIHBERS ,
AVE taken the Store North of theBridge,
next door to.the Mill,where they have for
sale 10,000 lbs white and brown Sugars of vari-
ous qualities and prices ; 200!) lbs Almond§,_F1l-
berts and Brazil Nuts; 20 boxes Bunch Raisins;
50 bushels Peanuts, 10 boxes Citron. PfUl1_0S,
\Vlieat and Rye Flour. Sf-'lCli Salt. 30_ Flrkms
Lard, Nutmegs and Spices of all kinds, St.
Croix Molasses, Sweet Oil, Brooms, Fresh Peas,
Coffee, Mrs. G. B. Miller &. Co.’s fine cut I‘o-
bacco by the gross or less, 150 bushels Rye,
Mackerel by the barrel or less, Codfish. fresh
‘Butter, Cheese, Soap and Candles, Pipes,
Plug Tobacco, and Snuff, Saleratus, Starch, In-
-digo, together with most every article usually
kept in a Grocery Store.
Corn, 0 ltii, and other country produce bought.
The above named goods will be sold in quanti-
li“ ’° suit’ and my 19 “G. SELLECK.
G. D. JENNINGS:
Norwalk. Aug. ‘.28, 1837 20?-l
To the Cttiznrts of Brirlguport, and l"u.ir_'/ielrl County.
lTIZENS——It. is now nearly two years since
1 became general agent for Dr. B‘ra.n(lt'eth’s
celebrated Pills in this County. Lvei-y 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 I10."-e
ought to question, of making whom they choose
the venders. What has been the result of this’!
I will tell you. There is scarcely It Drug Store
in the whole of this County. but What Sells. 0"
has for sale the Counterfeit Article. How men
who profess religion, who profess to be moral,
can for a moment allow their minds to stool’ *1‘
such -low swindliiig, is more than I can tell ; such
however is the notorious fact; they. the Drug
Stores, not only keep the Counterfeit PIHSB, but
absolutely assert that they are_the genuine ran-
derth’s Pills, thus adding a vile uutruth to the
crime of swindliug‘. This is 1"‘ all 3 the’D'“g‘
gists know very well tli.-it persons who use the
flue Bmndrethss p,“s_ 500;} require no me Iclne
,,,, 3“, ,_h,,). memfpr - sell pillsnvliich they] call
Brandreth’s genuine Pills, which are calcu ate
to do serious injury: by which me&_nS '-he)’ SUP"
pose that the true Braiirc-tli’sl ills will be brought
,“I‘Eni!)i:rfli:?ii:forc all ye who read this, that the
true and genuine Brandertli’s Pills can be only
obtained genuine of me in Bridgeport, and only
of such Agents in the County who have a certi-
ficate of agency. signed by me: 3'“! 315° by Dr‘
Brandrelh, and observe that every one has one
of these Certificates, or the Pills sold cannot be
relied upon as the true and genuine Brandreth’s;
and further observe, thatit is dangcr_0uS ‘-0 Pl"
chase of any one unless he can exhibit these cre-
dentials of agency. _
’I‘he following are the Agents, &PP°"‘ted bl’
John B. Sanford. for the sale ‘of Brandreth’s
U. Pills, in the County of Prirfield: _
Fuirfield, Geo. Peck, Lewis Burr, 5L Geo. Burr
Brookfield, Burr .3: Morris
Newtown, Baldwin &r. Beers, VVm. B. Glover,
Ezra Morgan, S. B. Peck 6:. Co. and Hart
Shephard _ -
Southport, Dtvis 8: Perry
\Vestport, John W. Taylor
Reading, Fanton Gr. Duncomb, Abbott at Frost
Ridgefield, Wm. Dauchy 6: Co
Danbury, David l’earse,,J r. Jr. James W. Porter
Wilton, George B. Mtddlebrook
Weston, Eli Adams
Trumbull, Judson Curtis
Monroe, Levi‘Edwards and Daniel Sherwood
New-Fairfield, Seeley Barnum and Stephen
Hopkins -
;Stratford, Robert Walker, & Treat Blakeman
Norwalk. Levi Clark and Geo. E. Conistock,
,-New-Canaan, Samuel Raymond an Co
Stamford, W. 4: R. Hoyt 8: C0
Greenwich. Tho's Barton, 5:. Jonathan Jesup
Darien, Albert Seeley
Black Rock, T Ransou Gr. Co. , ,
03- A constant supply of the Genuine Pills
can be had at the old stand of
JOHN B. SANFORD.
Sole Agent for Fairfield County.
Britlgeport, Oct. 10, 1837. 31 f
I AT()N’S, LINCOLN’S and PHELPS
BOTANY for sale by J. A. WEED.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
THE Subscriber would respectfully
inform the public and his old custom-
era in particular, that he has reopened
with a splendid assortment of Boots
,'nd..hoe3 ofevery 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.
:«'1'.he following comprise a part of his stock on
Jiand, which he oifers at the lowest cash prices :
. 50,93“ Menfs Calfskin Boots. at 3 & $4 pr. psir.
o
100 do do Gaiter Boots $1 50 do
50 do Misses Slippers,50 and 75 cts. do
100 do Men's Washington Shoes,$l 37,1, do
do Boy: '- do do 87; to $1, do
do 44 cts. do
-=-N. -B. ‘All kinds of Boots and Shoes made to
order. of the very best materials, and in the most
1 fashionable and workmimlikc manner. , I
Also on hand and for sale about one-T.::~.
.. of first quality Sole Leather.
, - GEORGE JAMES.
iWilton, July 3, 1837. - 2ltf
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“ DoN"r GIVE up THE siiiP.?’
NORWALK, CONN. Wrzlitsirgisnav, DECEMBER 27, 1337.,
N0. 42.
‘GENERAL DEPOT.
AND
FURNISHING WAREHOUSE_.
HE Subscriberis constantly adding i_ol.1IIS Kl‘
ready extensive stock. every new tm_pr0Yf_.‘
main in articles of Kitchen furniture by WlHCl_1 “'5
customers may derive every possibleadvan1“g'3_!"°'"
the inventive and elll.eI'pl'lZlI\g-S|')l|'|l.0f_l!le lllm"-'5:
and secure to themselves and their families ever)’
combination of ‘ ‘
ECONONIY AND CO.\'lFOR'l..
The following new articles deserve atIentio_n:--
PICRFECT PREMIUM STOVE for the Kitchen.
will burn wood or coal; has ample and 'rll3'lll)’ 5"
ishctl apnratus [or cooking, boilers, k!'.lll05 Pans‘
griddlt-s &c,;consuiiies less fuel. gives Out 111?”
hctil, than any other article of the, kind lici'etuloi'e
preseiitnd to the public. It is llesttlvs. 0°“‘l’_"“3‘ '_“
its form and highly 0I‘n11In(?|lifll. {lie stibstriberis
now fitting up some very handsome p'dltcl'II_5'. which
his ctistomers iire invited to call and examine-
THE CYLINDER. GRATE S'l'OVE; '3 3 "935
pertty and economical article for stores, shopfi.
and odious. Scvcral have already been P!" “P ”‘
this place: and for cheapness. convenience and
warmth are rekoned the best yet introduced-
TO l'All.0RS. _ _ ,
Ll-IWlS'S Patent CoulStove’s,for l'ICttl.|IIgl.t1.|l0I' s
Irons, an excellent article, which may also will! a
trifling expense, be adapted to culifl8l’.'7’ l““'I’°5’5‘
'l‘H_E ROTARY COOK STOVE. so_well atlaptetl
to the wants oflarge families, with its latest im-
provements. for hunting wood or coal, ai'e still In
constant demand and in high repute.
GRATES. of every pat-
tern plain and ornamental-
lirass,Rus-iia sheet ll‘0l'|,S0flP
stone, &-c. at the lowest
rates, and set iii the most
fasliionuhle and commo-
._ diotis style.
j
BOX.circulii r, and otherstovcs, of every descip
tion- A|so,evei‘y kind of tin and sheet iron work
doneto order. Brittannin metal H33 and C0993 POW.
spoons, knivcsnnd forks, and a varii-.Iy.oft:ihle and
kitchei:furnitni'e. Amliroiis shovels and tongs,8tc.
STILI-‘.S (3URjl‘lS, West sidet-he Bridgo.34
Nonvullc, l\‘ovember’l, 1831.
DR. .HULL‘S IMPROVED TRUSS AT
REDUCED PRICES. _
HE subscriber would inform-thos afllict-
ed with Hernia or Rupture, that th above
instrument, so long andjustly celebrate ,is now
reduced in price so as Lu t..;..,, .._.... .i.:.. the
means of the poor as well as tue_ rich. Its so
periority over all others Trussres is no longer
doubted. For sale by J. A- WEED-
Oct. 10, 1837- k 31
‘ .;¢\- ‘
\ ‘"
THE SLOOP CITIZEN,
Capt. JEDEDIAH BROWN. _
VVill sail from this landing to James Slip,
York on Tuesdays, and return on Saturdays.‘
THE SLOOP IVIECHANIC‘,
Capt. GREGURY GR UMMAN. Master.
Will sail on Saturdays and return on Thurs-
days. Freight will be taken as low asat other
landings. For further particulars inquire of ei-
ther of the captains on board rotfhtheirbres_p):c-
' ssels, or at the store 0 e su scrl 1‘-
tive ve MONSON HOYT.
Nowalk, Sept. 18. 1337- 28"
OVERSHUES.
A FEVV pairs best quality India Rpbber
Overshoes, for sale_by J. A. WEE]?-
Norwalk, Nov. 2'7. 1837. 39d‘
"'7AR[-*EN'I.‘[",R,S’ Pl..»\Nl$S. at large assortment
just received and for salI‘3vt1>‘)E’ J. s1.REET_
CASTINGS.
URNACE doors and grates, fire dogs and
plough points, cart and wagon boxes. l‘0[§ille
i,_, WM. J. .s'iIi.+.i3 L
” N i BT10 E-
TEIE public are hereby notified, that the
agency of Charles Patrick for the subscri
her. and for Messrs. Hoyt 65 Peck, as the pro
prietors of the “Despatch Line," has ceased,
and that he will pay no debts hereafter contract-
ed by any person on account ofthe “ Despatch
Liue,” except himself. MONSON HOYT.
Norwalk, August 14» 1837. 23
STOVE AND PIPE
FOR SALE by WM. J. STREET, at his
' Store-—one good shop STOVE, used two
wintersonly, at a great bargain.
Likewise, 109 feet 6 inch PIPE, from 6 to 10
cents per lb.
Norwalk, Dec. 1st, 1837. tf 39
NEVV ESTABLISHMEN T!
45
N.
& .5 ins,
YIVHE subscriber, thankful for past favors,
~ would inform his customers and the public
generally, that he has taken the store lately oc-
cupied by H. B. Chase, (nearly opposite the
Post Olfice). where may always be found an ex-
tensive and elegant assortment of Gentleman's,
Ladies’, Youth’s and Children's Boots and
Shoes —made in the best manner. of the best
materials, and in the most fashionable style—
at tliemost reasonable prices. Particular at-
tention will be paid to all orders in his line, and
the patronage of the public is respectfully soli-
cited.
WILLIAM GRIFFIT H.
Norwalk, June 12, 1837, ,1-1t_f
From an English Annual for
THE BRID E’?5 RETUE,N.
She hath her wish_——for whicliin vaip ‘
She pined in endless dieams—-
“ Oh iiibther ! is this home again !"°"*j-"
How desolate it seems! in
Yet all the dear familiar things
Look as they did ofyore!
But oh! the change this sad heart bi'i_ngs—-
This is my home no more!
“I left tliee!—like the dove ofoltl
I left thy parentbreast—-
But on 1ife’s waste of waters cold,
My soul hath found no rest!
And back the weary bird has come,
Ils Wo.es—-its wanderings o'er;
N'e’er frrom the holy ark to roam-
Yet this is home no more!
“ Oh mother! sing my cliildhood’s songs!
They fall like summer's rain
On this worn heart, that vainly longs
To be all thine again!
Sptak comfort to me.’ call me yet
“ Thy Mary”——as of yore;
Those words could tnake me half forget-
. That this is home no more!
“ Sit near me! Oh this hour repays
Long years oflonely pain;
I feel asif the old briglii days
VVere all come back again!
My heart beats thick with happy dreams-
Mine eyes with tears run o’er!
Tliou‘rt with me.motlier! Oh itseenis
Like home !—our home, once more!
“ Ob home and mother! can ye not
Give back my heart's glad youth’!
The visions which my soul forgot,
Or learnt to doubt their truth !
Give back mychiltlhood’s peaceful sleep,
Its aimless hopes restore !—
Ye cannot !-—'\'Iother let me weep—-
For this is home no more 1”
Thou mourner for departed dreams!
Or: earth there is no rest-' ~.
Wlieu griefhath troubled the pure streams
Ofrneniory in thy breast!
Ashadow on thy path shall lie
Where sunshine laughed bcfore;
Look upwards-—to tne nappy sky:
Earth is thy honieno more !
Front the Km'c/cerboc/cei’far December.
THE POOR RELATION.
AN AUTHENTIC sronv I-‘ROM REAL LIFE.
It was in the early days of Codman county,
that Eldred “J/iirtliington swung his axe upon his
shoulder. and departed to seek his foriunein her
almost untrotldeu wilds. Like thousands of
others, the‘ early pioneers of our land. he ‘ kept
bachelor’s hall,’ iiruil he had ‘ made an opening,
and reared his rustic cot. Then, with buoyant
heart, he returned to the place of his nativity, to
claim the pliglited hand of Miss Abiah Perley,
to become his helpmate in his future home.
To those who know any thing ofthe dill‘lt-nl-
ties encountered by the firstsettlers, it will be un-
necessary to portray the toils and hardships they
had to overcome. oclore the savage was driven
farther back to his forest lair. They went for-
ward. growing xvi-Lb the growth of the place; and
in a series of years rearing a familyofeight sons
and four daugliicrs. It was a natural wish of
parents that their children should not suffer for
want ofeducation, a; they themselves had done
in early life; and hence they yielded to their
particular wishes. Benjamin, the eldest, desired
to be a limb of the law; the second was for
physio, and had his choice; and Thomas, the
third, also much gratified when arrangements
were made for his departure to a neighboring
sea port, to serve a mercantile appreiiticeship.—
His father was so fortunate as to place him in the
house ofan old acquaintance,~Mr. John Howard,-
one of the first merchants of the city. This
gentleman, having commenced life with nothing
but his hands, had become extensively concern-
ed in commerce. It was the very field for the
propensity of Thomas. He devoted himself
with unceasing assiduiiy ; won the confidence
of his employer; and made supercargo of his
vessels in several voyages, and finally, as the
good ship Ajax was bound on an Eastlndia voy-
age, he again» bade farewell to his friends. and
went forth upon the distant seas. He was faith-
ful to the important trusts reposed in him. The
ship was-laden and ready to return, when to the
sad disuiay of allon board, he could not be found!
Every ellbrt was made, for weeks and weeks,
but the ship was finally compelled to sail willi-
out him.
Sad was the news for his disconsolale parents,
and his good master, Mr. Howard. Conjecture
followed conjecture, but all was mysterious and
appalling, The Ajax returned again to the In-
dies. The strictest injunctions were made by
Mr. Howard, that no efforts should be wanting
in the endeavor to discover the fate which hail
befallen his young friend. Captain Bradshaw,
a most excellent niau, was indefatigable; but
deeply did he deplore the day that once more
compelled him to weigh anchor, without the
slightest tidings to cheer the anxious parents.-—
Though no voyage was made totbe Indies for
many years afterwards, withoiitall possible in-'
quiries, yet the conviction had almost ripened
into certainty, that the young man had been
murdered. perhaps in the hope of booty, at . his
last visit to the shore, among an unknown peo-
ple. .-- K ‘
Years rolled away. The region of Codmau
county advanced rapidly in settlement, enter.-
prise and industry. Where once stood the farm
ofthe elder Worthington, now the thriving, bust-
ling and enterprising village of Wecklord shot
up its aspiring head, with its immense factories,
its capacious stores, and rich and tasteful dwel-
lings. It was upon the banks of one of the
noblest rivers in the world, where the elder
Worthington had sagaciously sat himself down,
_Z
relying upon his axe and his arm. But how
little did he think that ere fifty years had rolled
away, Ilie acres he then reclaimed, would be-
come the abode oftliousauds, and liimselftliere-
by rendered one of the wealtliiesi men of Cod-
man county. Yet ili’s is lint one ofthe talis-
.__i_i_~i_:-\;_r,i__ic, power which has converted the forest into
L'lllCS. and given to ‘the poor great riches, in the
mighty march of enterprise, industry and in-
telligence in the nizirvellous realm ofthe new
world. \Veckford had become a place of great
note. . It was a central point oftrade for the sur-
roi.-_t:ding country, which was peopling with as-
tnnisliing rapidity ;. and all contributed to give an
importance to the family of the \Vorthingtons.
,1 hey were not only very rich, but were eminent
in the estimation of the ‘region round about.’
'l‘,lie sons had grown up under all the atl-
vantages which wealth and connexion could ini-
part. They had studied learned professions as
a tiiatter of course, and settled in \Veckford, re-
lying upon the immense wealth which the ex-
traordinary rise of property had poured into the
lap ofthe family. Honors tliiclienetl upon them.
B(‘ll_l‘cllTllll was twice elected to Congress, and
all the brctliers at times were elevated to favor
ii: the muncipaliiy, or the honors of state par-
tialities. ‘
The father anti mother ofihis numerous family
were now in the vale ofyears. The prudence.
economy. and simplicity. which won the esteem
'i of all, and laid the foundation of their wealth,
continued to shed a benign influence over their
declining days. They were the very anlipodes
--ofthe new races who had come upon the stage
oflinman action; and oft did they deplore, inthe
bosom oftlieir own domestic circle, that heart-
less etiquette and cold formality, which had ren-
_defi-cd their children so, ambitions to ontshine
others. and to be looked up to as the exclusives
of \Veckford. But there wasa deeper feeling
still. which hung heavily over their wasting
‘ years: the painful disappearance of their son,
who had ever been their favorite. but who had
also been regarded by the brothers and sisters
with iliat unnaiuraljealously which such a feel-
ing is apt to beget in the minds of mere world-
lings. In October ofthis year, the aged veteran
was forewarned, by the insidious influences of
lilickcring l1]Ol'l-']lll_y, that he was soon to be
“gathered to his fathers ;’ r
‘ For time, though old, is strong in flight;
Years had rolled swiftly by,
And Autumn's fallen leaves foretold,
The good old man must die ;'
land. with the prudence, foresight, and calmness,
lwhich had actuated him through his well spent
life, he sent for l)lSmE!3.Sl‘lll]able attorney, the
ihonorable Philip Longfellow, and by his ‘last
,‘will and testament’. divided his immense estate
Tricqiia-lly among-his cliildren; but an especial
..'.;'.°.'.-.“e': ‘ on.l:.iS.%ite;lt.n?:er.?}"g ‘"916 _"=mds 0‘
equal portion of the -whole estate for Tlidhidsil
the income of which was to be annually divided
among all the cliildreii.‘ Theltrustee was to use
all diligence in the almost ‘forlorn hope’ ofon-
rleavoriug to gain tidings of the long-lost sun.
The widow, besides her ‘ thirds,’ had some
hellefittes, which were to go to the lostson,-should
he ever be discovered; but if no intelligence
'should be gained, witliiu the twenty years, then
the whole reservations were to be equally divided
among the other children.
\Vinler at length came, with its awfnlseveriiy
lo lengthened life, and the good old M r. Worth-
ingion, mourned by all the villagers, was follow-
ed to the family vault, in the Oalilnndsof Mount
Pleasant, at the ripe age of ninety-eight years.
Tlicre is a wetltletlsympailiy between those who
have been united in true love, that but ripeus
with the lapse of time. Sixty-nine years had
passed away. since Miss Abiah Perley left her
paternal abode, for the rude but rural cot of
\Veckford. She had lived, during this long
period, in the bonds of holy love. a pattern of
all'er:tion, kindness, and peace ;“’arid the death of
her husband‘ severed a chord which nothing on
enrtli had power to uutie. It weaned her affec-
iions from this world. and she siglied only tojoin
him in that ‘ better country,’ to which, in the ful-
ness of time. be had been called away ; and in
less than two years afterwards, the last rites of
earth were performed over her departed spirit.
as her mortal ashes were laid beside his to whom
her soul had so long been wedded.
Several years had now elapsed since the death
of the parents. Weckford had continued to ad-
vance in population and wealth ; and as a con-
sequence, the VVortliingtoiis had grown richer
and richer. They had indeed attained the ap-
parent summit of their ambition, for none as-
sumetl to rival them in fashion. wealth or im-
pgrtauce. They were the leaders of the too,
and the very apex ofthe elite, in all things,
There were two principal streets in the village
of \Veckfortl. stretching along the banksof the
river, as far as the eye could reach; and the
nfficcs, stores, dwellings and factories of the
\Vorthingions. their children and conuexions.
were every where to be seen. Many of the
mansions along Pleasant street, were embellish-
ed with ballnstratles. where the residents at the
closeol the labors of the day, came forili to en-
joy the sweet odors.froti; the flowers of the gar-
dens, the ornamental trees ofthe walks, and the
cooling breezes from olI the beautiful river. -It
was at such an hour, that a stranger, clad in
miserable tatters,witli a long beard, dislievelletl
ringlets, and leaning tipon a rough stick, cut
from the woods, tottcred slowly and fcebly into
the village. ’
‘Will you tell me,’ said the stranger,'inquir-
ing at the ‘door ofa desccntlantoftlie Worthing-
tons, ‘ where the dwelling of Thomas \Vorthing-
ton, Esq. is?’
‘It is that noble edifice which you see you-
der, beyond the long row offactories ’
The iuquirer moved slowly on, apparently
scarce able to sustain himself, from physical
imbecilily. He was met at the outer gate by a
servant. ‘
‘ \Vill you tell your master that a distant re-
lation, from across the water, who hasexperienccd
inany misfortunes, desires to see him '1'
The servant returned, and ushered the travel-
er into the outer hall; and in a few minutes the
owner of the mansion appeared. ,
‘ I am, sir, your snpplicant,' said the stranger.
‘You doubtless recollect, that a brother ofyour
mother, residing in Scotland, had many. sous.
Misfortuties have thickened upon one of them.
‘ - A
He is poor,_and:from a recent loss of every thing
by shipwreck, is now peririiless. He begs a
lodging at your hands, and something where-
wiil". to clothe his almost naked frame?
‘ I have nothing to give to siragglers,’-said the
lord of the mansion. ‘Most persons like you
areimposters.’ ‘ ‘
‘I am no impostcr-,' said the petitioner; ‘ here
is proofthat I am not,’ taking a letter from the
American consul from his pocket; ‘but-I am
your poor unfnrltinate cousin; and if you will
but relieve my pressing wants, Providence may
put it in my power to reward your kindness '
slioultl advise yoti to get sortie daily work to
stipply your wants.’
The stranger heaved a deep sigh, and left the
house. He tattered on. It was impossible to
pass many dwellings, without encountering one
owned and occupied by a Wortliiugton. or his
descentlaut. He called upon many; told: his
iriisforltines, atid solicited relief; but all were
deaf to his petition, and most of them shut the
door in his face.
Late in the evening,an._old Quaker gentl.einnn,_
WlI0 ilccitlently heard the ‘ poor" relations’ story,
while passiiigthe door of one of the \Vorihing-
tons, offered him a lodging and supper. He
went with the benevolent old gentleman; and on
the following morning he again wandered fortli,
to renew li_is calls ofthe day before. It was ob-
served that lie was very particular not to neglect
to call_ upon every SON of the deceased Mr.
Worthington. He expended several days in this
way, but every where there appeared the undis-
guised dread ofa ‘ poor relation,’
At length he souglit the magnificent dwelling
of the Honorable Benjamin Worthington, which
was situatetl about two miles from the main
settlement of the village of Weckford. It stood
tipon a com rrianding eminence, which overlooked
the village. and’ was justly regarded as one of
the mostdelightful rural retreats that the country
could boast. After going through the usual core-
monies of the door, he was introduced to the
business otfice of the -Oaklauds Mansions.’
Presently, the Hon. Mr. Worthington appeared.
The stranger repeated his solicitation for relief,
and his claim as relation; but here. too, be
met nothirig but coldness and neglect.
‘ Then,’ said the stranger ‘ ifyou will not re-
licve the wants of your most unfortunate cousin,
perhaps I can tell you someiliingtlitit will move
your pity. You had a brother Thomas, who
many long years ago, most mysteriously disap-.
peared ?
‘ Yes,’ said the honorable gentleman; but he
is no doubt dead, long and long ago.’
Heis NOT! said the stranger, ‘but after an
age of misery and misfortunes, he has returned
in poverty and in rags; and now solicits you to
clothe and feed him.’
‘ Impossible!’ exclaimed the Honorable Mr.
,W’ortliiugt‘on. _
‘ Uorn i~ n inni-lz_ I nnn _n V arm, TECCI-t-,3 1,3,
a born, when a Cllllll, whic proves the Ifulu ur
vi hat I say,’ said the long lost son.
Horrorgseemed to convulse the frame of the
lord ofthe Oaklands. ‘ ‘ '
‘Take this note,’ said he; ‘go to the Swan
Hotel, a small tavern directly upon the mad,
about two miles beyond this, and I will come to
you with some clothes. and money to provide
you a passage over the seas.‘ '
The stranger departed; but not to the Swan
inn did he bend his footsteps. He wandered to
the confines of \Veckl'ord, where he was told a
distant relation of the Wortbingtons lived, in a
small cottage, a few miles beyond. -Here he re-
solved once more to make himself known, He
did so : and found theinmate. the widow of a
cousin who had come to this country, and settled
many years before. in a neighboring sea port. He
had died leaving a very small, property to his
widow, and an only child. Mrs. Amelia -Perley
-—for this was the name of the young widow,
was overjoyed to see a relative of her ‘ dear hus-
band,‘ although in rags. She bade him wel-
come to her table ; provided some proper
clothing for him at once; and with a sweet
smile,'that added new pleasure to the offer, she
proffered him a home beneath her humble cot-
tage, until he could find one more congenial.-—
The poor stranger accepted the favor ofthe kind-
hearted widow. with becoming thaukfulness,
and remained under her roof for a short lime ;
but at length suddenly and mysteriously disap-
peared! Whither he had gone, this kind bos-
tess knew not, and the rich Worthingtons took
no pains to inquire. They were not a little de-
lighted to be so _easily rid of a ‘poartelation,’
who might have been a burden and a shame;
but most of all was rejoiced the Hon. Benjamin
Worthington. to whom the disclosure of his re-
lationship had been so alarming.
Time passed on, and the disappearance ofthe
meudicaut was forgotten in the whirl of fashion,
business and pleasure; although the honorable
elder brother was now visited by a painful re-
collection of the ‘ unfortunate’ mark upon the
arm of the returned wanderer.
qu-—
It was a holiday in Weckford. Business was
suspended, and the people were abroad. partici-
pating in the pas:iines of the day. A superb
carriage with four white horses, and servants in
livery, drove through Pleasant street, and stop-
ped at the ‘Mansion House,’ the first Hotel of
Weckford. Parlors were taken in the name of
‘ Mr..Edmtind Perley, and servants, frotn Scot-
latid.’ Forthwith it went upon the wings of
rumor, that ‘ the rich Mr.._Perley had arrived
from Scotland.’ As the Worlliingtons weio
aware that the relations of their mother were re
puted to be very rich in Scotland, they gathered
to the hotel, in great numbers, to offer their re-
spects, and solicit the pleasiiie ofthe Honorable
Mr. Perley’s acquaintance. - Day after day did
the Worthinglous, and all the descendants, down
to the lowest contiguiiy ol blood, pour into the
' Mansion House.’ to ‘beg the honor of the rich
and'I-Ionorable Mr. Perley's visits,’ The car-
riage of the ‘ Hon. Benjamin \Vorthington‘ was
out‘ from the Oaklands,,and ilie barouche of
‘Edward Wortliingtou, Esq.’ from the ‘Worth-
ingtou Mansion.’ There was neither end to the
family outpouring, nor to their solicitnde to be-
stow attentions. The strauger was polite in his
replies; and at last, in return he invited, all his
kind relatives to honor him at his levee, at ‘the
Mansion.’
There never was such an outpouring of the
Worthiugtous. The great halls of the ‘Man-
sion House’ were filled to repletion. All was
' ' I
-g"a"yety,‘b’eauty,‘:aod:fashiou. 1:-It_—;-!i.I.J:.3..~!!.«-.11..3£8t'.lt3.§€-,-,.
‘I rcpeatl have nothing to give; andl i
. _ l‘cent assemblage of the richest and most respect’-‘
able families of the towtr-;"and Jcaehione was
most anxious to outstrip the others in. doing
honors to ‘the rich and distinguished Mr. Per-
ley, from abroad ;’ when the ‘ poor relation’ made
his appearance. in the midst ol the brilliant as-
sembly, dressed io precisely the same cloflics in
which he wandered through tlief.-villuge,,'and."
holding in his hand the sanie.uncouth{-sticlugcut
from the wilds. which supported-his fet_:_lil_e_atepI
from house Io.liouse ! ’ ‘ , ~ ' 3
It would be impossible to delineateithevariious
connteriauces which were ,,tber_e exhgibited.
We must leave tlie*filling up of that "picture
to the imagination of tlie”readt:r._- his only. ne-
cessary to add. that the stranger was tltgrilong
lost Thomas who had made an imrnefise”=_l§rt'une
‘in the Indies. He iiow iriiiiiediately tooltflfsteps
to carry out the will of liis_ beloved parent, re-
.ceivin_g all ‘the property it gave him, In the
_year following, be purchased theldelightful r_e_-J.
treat of ‘Auburn Grove,’ where be erected a
char-_"f_iiig residence. He soon?-after led‘ to the.
altar the auiialile. a':d a. lfcctionate young widow,‘
Mrs. Amelia, Parley, w ho was not too proud ?‘to
‘welcome him [0 her humble cottage, asa rela-
tive to her departed husband. even thouglrbe pp-
pearedibere in the borrowed-taiters of poverty,
and misfortune. ,It was alesson which is often
repeated by the villagers at Weckfor,d,'and Will
‘do, no harm in being repeated elsetvliere. ‘
WRECK on THE TIGER Mung.
. cii_A.\"i‘tiI.iN., , . . ,
‘Crew and passengers 70 days on a Coral’.
The following brief account of the wreck of
the Tiger, which sailed from Liverpool, bound
for Bombay, in June last year. in company with
another vessel called the Tigris. is from a youth
of sixteen, a son of Mr. VVrightson, of the firrn,
of ‘Wrigliisoo <55 ‘Ncbb. bcoksellcrs, Birming-
ham. He was an apprentice on board the des-
sel. and his account of the wreck, as related to,
his friends, waste this effect. - ~ -; 3,-
“ Nothing of more than erdiriary note occur..-
red for the first few weeks. We had brilliant
‘weatlier, and held steadily, the Tigris’ getting,
ahead sometimes, at others we took the lead.--'—'
Soon, however, the Tigris shot away rapidly,_,_
and after a few days we lost sight of her. Upon.
this, the Captain, who had before been all life.
and activity, was observed to grow gloomy and
reserved; and the surmise was rifezamong-.the.
crew that some heavy stake was peiiding on ‘h.\
sailing powers ofthe two vessels. To a_l_l_ay his
lclragriii, the captain drank spiritsin large quanti-
ties, and symptoms of insanity were speedily
,discerned': One night, pacing the deck, arid;
ltalkiiig incolicrently,..lie suddenly stopped, and
lifiing up his dog, who crouched at his feet,
the neck, flung him overboard. saying, ‘Poor-
Devil ! Isliall soon follow you.’ Afterthis he
‘was watched narrowly. the surgeon of the vessel
not considering liimselfjustified in puttinghitn
under arrest, nor dill he think it absol,ut_¢l_y’neces"-
sary. He contrived. however, to elude our
vigilance, and a few days after his excljatiiation
threw himself overboard, and though a boat
was instantly put out. be sank before it reached
him. The cotnmaiid ofthe vessel ‘now devolved
upon the mate, named Spurze, a well conducted
but inexperienced seaman, who‘ got out of. his
latitude; and after many weeks of wandering
and anxious pain we were eventually wrecked
on an uninhabited island, which, as we after-
wards learned. was 10 degrees south of the. line,
and between 600 and 700 east of Madagascar;
crew and passengers, 26 -in number, including
one lady. the wife of a naval officer on board, all
being saved. The island, called Astovia, wasa
coral rock, and nowhere could we discover any
veslige of vegetable matter. V , ., _ ‘
“After hoisting some remnants ofcanvassfrotn
the wreck in three dilii.-rent parts of tlie-‘island-,
which was about six miles long, by three: or four
wide, we set out in quest of frcsh_,w_ater,_,but..t0
OUT IlIL.JLp.:.‘-_-1, u ____”_;?L_t ‘ . .t.ht.
out success. Our I.IllI’SI.h€CCamB_TghIl?tlar'lcf‘¢Y1‘hu,
and, to appease it, we were compelled to wring
oil‘ the heads of -sea fowl-(with wliich' the island
providentially abounded, and which were notify
any mearis diflicultto catch.)_ am] llritili thé lab‘-"0' -
Our food was turtle; and we used to’tak'e it by
going out in small parties of six Ol"8eVGD!Ifl
number, and wading through a creek, onthe
banks of which they congi‘cgatcd._‘ Here we
were in constant danger of our lives 'fror‘n the
sharks that paddled slowly and » stealthily. up ?the
creek ; and on one occasion a poor fellow, top
daring and adventurous, was seized aiid'__torn
piecemeal among them, _ " ‘ ',
“After the lapse of two weeks, 14 ‘of’? the
crew agreed tntake the longboat, with ,a :aingl,e
barrel of‘ biscuits, the only provisions saved,
with a solemn promise to touch at the first isl-
and to which they came, if possible, to pi'_o"cure
aid, and return to us. Ajday or two '_itfter"tli"éy
had left us ‘two of the crew picked up'a' biirr'el‘~of
spirits which had been washed ashore, ._and.,f_or
some tiuie kept it to themselves, and upon
Spurze, the mate, discovering it’, and upbraidiiig
them with the selfishness of their conduct, they
in their inebriation, drew their knives andwould
have dispatched him on the instant, had notsoirie
of us rushed to his rescue. The poor la‘dy',’tlie.
only female suffered dreadfully, and notwitfh-.
standiiag we did all that was possible under the.
circumstances to alleviate her condition; iihd.
whilst she endeavored to bear up with. seeming,
fortitude, it was evident her spirit'was complete-
ly broken. With the canvass and spars ‘f_rom'the.
wreck we erected a sort of tent, where. she_'was
in some measure protected from the .intense-
heat ofa tropical sun. . , ’ f 1
“We had been three weeks on the island, arid;
our only drinlcwas blood, and, for the lastlfew
days, the spirits which had been secreted by the.
men and discovered by the mate, when to our-
infinitejoy, a fresh water spring was at‘ last is-
covored: and one and all -scoure’d’a"way.”yelling;
like bedlamites with delightat this princely God-.
send. Week after week passed away,_and still:
no sign of deliverance, To mark the days, we-
cut, like Crusoe, notches in ' a spar; Atbne
time we were buoyed up with the hope __of- .res-
cue, at others steeped in thevlowest depths of‘
wretchedness. Ih,(.‘.ODS€qllel](;e of the nature of’
our diet, many of our number suffered‘ greatly
from diarlicea, though no fatal" consequences at-
tended it. At the expiration of70 days o1l;r_.sig-
ml was diseoveied by a south wha'ler,_._by,which_
we were taken to Mabe, an island, or rather a.
‘cluster of islands, the governor of which “suppli-
ed us with necessaries, and forwarded usto the.--
Cape, from whence we took passage to Eng1,and=,_
in a vessel that touched there shortly after our
arrival.” . * -
Going alofl,z'm_promptu.—A workman named
Carpenter came near losing his life from care-_
lessuess, while assisting Mr. Green and another-
gentleman to ascend in the great Nassau balloon,
He was holding,with a number of soldiers, upon
a rope toprevent the ascent ofthe balloon u,nt_il all .
was ready. The soldiers let go toosoon, and
Carpenter held on too long- After being carri-
ed to a height of 200 lest, he succeeded ip-“,rg_a_i,s:_
ing himself by the rope,clamhered iiptheaide
of the car. and took his se£t_‘wi,thin,.it. Th;
iliree persons matle a pleasant excursion of 45
minutes, and descended by the Macclesfield ca-_
rial. ' ~ - 4" - ‘-
Running for O_fiice.—-A fellow A who was seen 3
hurrying along the streets in Milton lately, was
asked what ofiice he was runningfor. said,
“ Squire Tharp's by Jupiter, llm sue,gl.'.".
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