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l
Wll.LlAbl J. SIRE _
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thee pursue in tr.'_u_r.~1at'ting their
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delay." I _ _ 8
N()|'\Valk, J3!“ 4- 1831 -
ii UEN'S UNIVERSALSTRl:}NO'1‘HE~N-
H’ 4 {NC} l’LAS'l‘ER, Cclt:l)rttt(:d for curing
A ‘ . I —\ '1
. paiustn the brt.-as_t, stdc, back, Ol limbs. Aipo
for gout, rlieumattsm andltver COmplI1llli.‘F, for
sale hy J. A.
INSURANCE ,
BY A NE\V-YORK OFFICE.
GEORGE ST. JOHN AGENT. CAPI-
TAL $300,000.
’ ATES of Prctnium very reason:iblc—losscs
R promptly and liberally adjusted and paid.
For a small yearly sum, save yourselves from
being_suddcnly, by the ravages of fire, reduced
to petrury and watit, from circumstances ofease
and affluence. GEORGE ST. JOHN,
Agent of the Howard Insurance Company, 51
at; Wall street. New-York.
Norwalk, August 7. 1837,
iaartforu i’:it.v:tttt'.1tti:»' Qtuittpattgu
HAP.'i‘l>‘0l‘tD. C0.\'1\'l~It."1‘lCU'1'.
BENJABIEN. LS-\ACS. AGENT.
ucorporated in lb‘30,wit':i :2. “unitul of $150,000,
‘
2
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A SUPERIOR LADIP.
EBB’S Celebrated Patent Tunnel Burn-
ers. Anew and superior article in which
is burned a liquid called Camphene, but which
will not explode like the Spirit Gas, and is no
more dangerous in common use than Spertn Oil.
and ifspilled upon any article whatever, it does
not soil it at all. '
They give a very perfect and brilliant light,
and one Burner will light a room from 20 to 25
feet square most perfectly and will only cost
about three quarters of a cent per hour. The
Burners and Cainphene are for sale by the sub-
scriber at the New York prices, who is the sole
agent for this section oftlie country.
Directions for using VVebb's Camp/tene Burn-
ers.
Fill or replenish the lamp every morning and
trim the wick by pulling it up and cutting oll all
the encrusted parts, leaving the wick clean, and
about one sixteenth ofan inch high; then put on
the glass. true all around, that the draft may be
equal. Light the Burner from underneath and
not take otfthe glass to light it.
In taking -ll'aud putting on the glass, do not
pull the wires, but merely spring the glass in and
.out. Should any gumtny substance appear
aboutibe top of the Burner, it can be cleaned off
by rubbing with a piece of rag or cloth wet with
the Camphene.
GEORGE ST. JOHN.
Norwalk, Dec. 1. 1838. if 92
N. B. Atrial only need be made of the arti-
cle to prove the superiority of VVebb’s Burners
to any other lamp in use. as hundredscan testify.
N EW GOODS
AT VIDRWALK, OLD WELL,
HE rubscribcr respectfully informs the in
liabitunts at the Old Well and its vicinity
that he has commenced business in the Store
near the Steamboat L-«riding, and tiow offers for
Sltle at general assortment of DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, CROCKERY, &c. all of which
has been purchased recently, and at the lowest
auction prices, in New York, for cash, Those
who wish to supply themselves on the most fa-
vorable terms, will find it to their interest to call
and examine his stock, before making their
purchases elsewhere.
His goods will be sold at moderate prices and
on l!.t.'C0l'il'_llTlOflfl.I.l_1lg terms. He friendly invites it
share ofpublic patronage.
THOMAS L. PECK.
Ncrwulk, (Old \Vell,) May 29. 1838. tf65
l{.»\'l‘ES. SKA'I‘ES.—A fine assortrnentof
Skates, for sale cheap by
CHAS. ISAACS.
Dec. 7. 1838. tf92
‘1ARPEN'l‘EP..‘S ’l‘OOLS.—Carpenter’s
I Tools of all kind, for sale cheap by
CHAS. ISAACS.
Norwalk. Dec. 10. 1838. N92
' IEW BOOKS.—Bob of the Bowl, by the
. author of Horse Shoe Robinson; Home as
I“t)ull(1., by Cooper ; T,.-tiers to_ 1.Int.hPrS. by
Mrs. Sigourney ; VVayland’s Political Economy,
:‘&c. &.c. just received by J. A. VVEED-
J-inuary 1, 1839. “'9
LOST OR STOLEN.
, BUNDLE containing two black Me-
[‘ ritio Shawls and about ten yards of striped
and power to inzzrease the sa- -.e to $250,()l)t).
3 lllSlong f‘Si.1ll)ll.‘Sllt"(i iirstit ttiou has for more
than a quarter of ti century ll'ltlI.~'itClC(l its cx
It'.I|SIVe bu.-‘inc.-ts on the must just and liberal priitci
ples,p:t_','it1g_ itc losses with honorable prontptncss:
And the pre.=m.t Board of l)ircctor.- pledgetliciiiselvm
:in this P-1t‘l.lClll'zt|‘ fully to tn:rint:rin the high rcputa
lion ol" the Company. It insures upon the most fa
voi-airlc 1f‘l'Il‘I:t, public buildings,clturrltes,dwellings.
stores. l’lIt!|'t'liit|ltllS8, ftirnititrc, and personal proper
t_y Et‘.l'H‘I‘itll_\ .:tg'.iinst loss or tltttritigt-by fire.
Board ofDirectors.—-Eliplmlct Terry, 5. H. Hunt
ngton, H. Huutington,.lr. Albeit Day, Samuel VVII
,liatntt, Edwin D. Morgan, Job Allyn, Ucorgc Put
nam, Jntiius S Morgan. _
4 l-ll.ll’l-l.‘\Ll3'1' TERRY, President.
JAHES G. B0l.l.l'lS, Secretary.
Norwnlk, Aug. 10, I836. 6111039
MORWALK STEAM COVIFECTIOVIARY.
THE subscribers are now prepared to manu-
” facture all kinds of Confectionary._tn the
best manner and of superior stock, which for
durability and beauty of appearance are surpass-
ed by none. Experience has taught them that
an article made of the best quality of sugars and
cold at a proportionate price, is far better, both
-for the buyer and seller than a poor article at a
low price. 'l‘hcy have therefore concluded to
take the former course. Country merchants can
always depend upon beirtg supplied attheir doors
with a fresh article. All kinds offlonfectionary,
-.both wholesale and‘ retail, at their establishment
-No. 5 Wall street, where all wishing to pur-
chase are invited to call.
. N. B. A splendid article ofJUJUBE PASTE,
;the real French manufacture. has just. been re-I
’ ceivcd, fresh from the importers, and IS offered
,ata. low price. Call and see.
N. S. BAILY & SON.
.’ Nortvalk, August 6, 1838. 7
‘ ‘ ROOMS TO LET.
()iNE or two rooms over the subscriber’s store,
well calculated for oflices. or some mecha
mical business, can be obtainetl on reasonable
itcrms. Apply to WM. J. STREET.
subscriber at the Old Well Landing.
THOMAS L. PECK.
Norwalk, (Old Well.) Julfj 8. 1838. tf70
, IFTY pairs French Morocco Slips, for sale
Fby the subscriber. Price $1. .
GEORGE JAMES.
Wilton, August 1, 1837. 2itf
V EEVES & SON’S superior writing fluid,
I{..just received direct from the Importer, and
for sale by I. A. WEED.
DR. HULL’S IMPROVED TRUSS AT
’ REDUCED PRICES. ‘
THE subscriber would inform those afflict-
ed with Hernia or Rupture, that the above
instrument, so long and justly celebrated,is now
reduced in price so as to bring it within the
imeans of the poor as well as tue rich. Its su -
eriority over all others Trussres is no longer
doubted. For sale by J. A. WEED.
ARDWARE, Hollow Ware. Carpenter’s_
l ” tools of all kinds, alsoageneral assortmen
.of Groceries, for sale cheap by
CHAS. ISAACS
if 84
Norvvalk, Oct 15. 1838.
AISINS.—60 halves and quarter boxes first
5 bosoms; gloves, suspenders, and an assortment-
T INE AND OAK WOOD—For sale bythe
Worsted Vesiing, was either stolen or taken
tlirougli mistake front on board the steamboat
Nimrod, on the 29th or 30il.l of Octtzberlast. If
stolen a reasonable reward will be given for the
woods. Iftaken through mistake, it is hoped if
iliis should meet the person’s eye having the
goods. he will return them to thesuliscriber with-
out delay. L. M. STE VENS.
Norvvalk. December 14. 1838. If93
AT COST.
T HE subscriber having on hand a large as-
sortment of the following articles, will
offer them at cost, in co,ns.equeuce of its bcing
late in the season,viz: 100 pieces French, Eng-
lish and German Merinoes; 600 yards white.
red, yellow and green Flannels ; 150 yards
stiperior and common Pilot Cloths. The above
goods were laid in _early in the season, and at
extremely low prices. I would therefore re--
spectfully invite the attention of all those who
have not bought their supply ofthe above nam-
ed articles, for this and the ensuing season, will
find it will pay them good interest to lay in their
stock for three years to come.
T. STEVENS.
Norwalk. Dec.26. 1838. If 94
ROADCLOTHS, CASSIMERES A_N_D
VES'l‘INGS.— The subscriber hasjust re-
turned from "New York, with an assortment of
goods in his line, consisting of good black, blue,
green, brown. and claret broadcloths,; pilot
clotlt for overcoats; good black, check, striped
and _lavender cassimeres. sattinetis. a good as-
sortment of vestings; goods of every descrip-
tion in his line can be had to order; pocket and
black silk haudkerchiefs; stocks, collars and
of trimmings. Terms will be reasonable, and
sold cheap for cash.
He feels grateful to his friends and the public
for past favors. and still solicits his share of busi-
ness. He hopes to give satisfaction by attention
to his business. CHARLES M. KNAPP.
Norwalk, (Old Wcll,) Dec. 24, 1838. tl'94
’ THE subscriber hasjust received a large as-
sortment of Broadcloihs, Cassimeres, Saitinetts;
Pilot and Beaver Cloth, a large stipplv just re-
ceived and for sale verycheap by
L. M. STEVENS.
December 25. 1838. t.’ 94
LUMBER! LUMBER .'!
TAPLES & SANFORD have now as com-
plete an assortment of Lumber. as can be
found, much ofit well seasoned, and fit for im-
mediate use; and ifthose ..who intend to build
or repair, the coming season, will come to West-
port. they shall be convinced that they can buy‘
as good Ltiinber, antl on as good terms, (if not a
little better) as at any other place whatever.
Also, constantly on hand a good assortment of
Iron and Steel. at New ¥or,k prices; Virginia
Coal, agoqd article; Paints ant! Oils of all
kinds. ,.as usual ;; Hardware, Carpenter’s Tools;
Housefindings, Nails,,Glass, Putty,_&c. dcc.
Wanted immed,iate_ly, a quantity of old ac-
counts aid _up, to stop interest.
\Vestport, Dec. 26. 1838. 6194,
TUSCAN AND STRAW BONNETS.
PLAIN Tuscan and mixt Straw Bonnets
may be had at the store of
From the Miners‘ Journal.
EPIGRADI.
INSCRIBED To MR. CUSHMAN, M. c.
When Congressman C'ushinu_n was young,
He was prey to the young blind-god's sporting,
And his heart by love’s shaft being stung,
He quickly resolved to go courting!-
“ Will you blessyourfond lover. dear maid ?”
With a blush—-‘! ask my l'atlrer,!”—-she said,
And away to the father he hurried—
“Kind sir. grant my suit for your daughter!"
The father was cool and unflurricd.
And asked things that all fathers ought to:
“ Have you wealth to bestow on your bride?
Have you houses or lands for her dowry?
My child is my hope and my pride,
And love without wealth will turn lowry;
What’s your means. and your hope ofsupplies,
This marriage must not be made jest oz;-—"
“—Siop! [cut off debate." Cushman cries,
“ And I call for the previous question _.’"
THE IVIUSS ROSE.
Flowers, the emblems of youth, beauty,
and innocence, and no less the frail mementos
of human life, each, in the comparative bre-
vity of its transient history, the sarne—l,iave
ever mingled with the story of affection, and
shed their own sweet influence over the
dreams of romance, and the rustic tale of vil-
lage courtship, How often has a simple
flQW.e,1‘ been the medium of intercourse be-
tween a diffident lover and his mistress-and
told to her musing spirit the secret of his
heart. How often, when kindred spirits have
been doomed to separate, has a blushing flow-
er remained the silent witness of unspoken
vows. How many promises have lived on to
their consummation, inthe memory of flowers.
“Minna,” said Lauretta one morning to
Mrs. La Branch, “ I have a pretty Moss Rose
for our flower garden; shalll plant it in the
border by the summer house?” “ Certainly,
if you please,” said the good lady; “but
where did you get such a treasure, Laurettail”
The sweet girl put on a deep blush——she
had never dreamed of such a question, and
was not prepared to answer it; with the dex-
terous ingenuity so peculiar to her sex, how-
ever, she extricated herselfat a single thought
-—“a friend, Ma, :1 friend gave it to me as a
keep sake.” Old Mr. La Branch, who was
reading the morning news over his coffee,
lifted up his eye at the moment, “ has Edward
gone then?” said quizzing smile,
and without an any i '0 iped his coffee, and
went on with thepa _ 1;.-a‘ri,d Lauretta escap-
ed from the breakfasf"table'as soon as an op-
portunity offered. '
The flower was planted in the sunniest
spot, and Lauretta watered it with so much
care, and nursed it so att_er_itit_r_e,l I, that it took
deep root and bore. a full ‘crop o roses. They
were her companions—she used to sit for
5 hours in her favorite bower, and gaze upon
them and recall all the tender recollections
they had brought to mind; and when the
long summer months had faded away; and
the autumn came in his garb of pensive sad-
ness to wither the leaves and flotvers, she re-
doubled her diligence to preserve them from
the fate of their mates of the garden; and to
screen them from the unpropitious seasons,
she conveyed the rosebueh to her own neat
parlor and still made it her hourly compan-
ion.
Edward Martin and Lauretta were old ac-
quaintances. He had gone on business to
Liverpool—before he sailed he had brought
her the Moss Rose—-and he intended to say
he brought it as a pledge of—ft‘iendship—-he
did hope to be able to say more. He saw
Lauretta; sat the flower down by her side;
but his courage evaporated ; his feelings over-
powered him, and he could not utter a word
about it.
The time had not yet arrived when Ed-
ward was expected to return, when early one
morning the door opened, and Mr. La Branch
came in from his morning walk with Edward
whom he met rambling in the direction of the
mansion; and who had reached home the
evening before. The family pressed round
their friend—and 'Lauret_ta’s eyes sparkled,
and they both blushed when they shook hands
—-there was a mutual welcome as does the
heart good; in which words spoke far less
cordially than their feelings.
A hasty breakfast over, Lauretta took him
to her parlor, and pointed to the budding
rosebuslt-—.“ I have kept it,”said she,“ it is still
fresh and beautiful.” “ I forget the flower,”
replied Edward, “ I thought only of you.”
Meantime Mr. La Branch having lit his
morning pipe, walked into the room: “I
have spoken to the Domine ” “ To
marry us!” asked Lauretta and ,Edward, in
the same breath interrupting him—so entire-
ly had that subject engrossed their minds,
that the words came out without a thought;
ed them both, but the old gentleman burst
into a laugh-._—-‘ no children’ said he, “ I spoke
to him about a little roasted pig he was to
send us for tomorrow’s dinner:-and I was
going to say Edward must come over and
help us eat it; but I will tell him to bring
his spectacles and prayer-hook along with
him, and the other business can be done at
the same time-—Good morning?” and turn-
ing on his -‘heel, he walked directly over to
the parsonage. ' ~
Edward and Lauretta occupy the neat cot-
tage in the valley between the .ttvo estates,
and afford a perfect commentary on the hap-
piness of married life when it is on mutual
love, and su rrounded by the thousand charms
of virtue.
the simple history of their courtship, when
reading the accounts of breaches of marriage
contracts, so frequently in our days. There
was the mutual pledge of hearts, unspoken,
unexpressed—the only contract which is
never broken?-the only one in these matters
for sale by
DHAS. ISAACS.
quality raisins,
, JAMES MALLORY.
1]
which is worth the name.
Lauretta blushed and hung dow,n -her ,head..
and perfect confusion would have overwhelm-'
I have often thought of them, and"
The latte Defalcations..—I-Iotv much would
it cost the People of the State of Connecticut
to pay all the late rlcfalcatioits? The State
tax of one cent on the dollar yields only
about $30,000 annually. On this principle,
llW0l1ld require a tax of 41 2-3 cents on the
dollar to raise one million and a quarter,
the =1m0'~1I1l3 pocketed by the late Collector of
the port of New-York. If to this be added
the quarter of a million cabbged by Zlfr.
P"'i6€. (the favorite orator of Tammany Hall,)
the tax would then be 50 cents on the dollar
exactlyll lfwe pursue the business of ad-
dition, (for substraciioit by rogues require ad-
dilioiz to the burt/tens of tire people) and col-
lect togetherthe innumerable robberies of the
public which within :1 few years past have
been committed in all parts ofthe Union, the
amount will be at least three millions, which
would require a tax of one hundred cents on
the (lollarl! or in other words, the wfzole
grand levy would be s-wq.llow,e(l up ! ! ! Yet
in the face of facts such as these, there are
men in the midst of us who pretend that an
administration so pure, upright, vigilant,
economical and wise, is still entitled to the
confidence of the people of Connecticut! ! l-—
What say ye, farmers of Litchfield County
to this’! 'VVhat think yo ofthis modern pat-
ent Loco-Foco people loving democracy,
which, while proffering an affectionate kiss,
is all the while clutching at the contents of
your pockets? Behold its legitimate fruits!
—L2°tc}i_/‘ielcl Enqwirer.
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
YOUTHFUL GENIUS.
Among the deaths mentioned in the jour-
nals, is that of Miss Margaret Miller David-
son, which took place at Saratoga Springs, in
the 16th year of her age. She was the sis-
ter of Lucretia M. Davidson, whose literary
remains have been published, and were deem-
ed so extraordinary, that one of the r-nost
eminent authors of the age thought them
worthy of a notice. from his pen in the Quar-
terly Review. Margaret, the youngest sis-
ter, whose death has recently occurred, was,
if possible, a more extraordinary personthan
the elder poetess. I-Ier intellectual powers
showed indications of astoiiishiiig strength
and m-.:turit_v, and at an age when she was
scarcely out of her infancy. ‘When she was
but five years old, she learned to write of her
own accord, and in secret, by copying the
printer characters in books ; and the first use
she made of the art, was to commit to paper
the verses which she even then composed.—
She observed, however, the greatest reserve
in regn1'd to her writings; and it was only by
accidzfot that her mother. in discoverino‘ it.
little board of her literarytreasure, iuunu i°nat’
she had learned to write, and at that tender
age had already become an author. The fol-
lowing lines were tvrittcn at the age of nine
years. VVe question whether the annals of
literary composition can show any thing pro-
duced at that age, equal to them in merit, in
propriety and beauty of thought, versification,
and coiiiinand of language.
It 0 M E.
I would fly from the city, would fly from its care.
To my own native plants and my flowrets so fair,
To the cool grassy shade an_tl the rivuleisbrighi.
Which reflects the pale moon in itskosom oflight.
Again I would view the old cottage so dear,
Where I sported a babe, without sorrow or fear;
I would leave this great city, so brilliant and gay.
For a peep at my home on this fair summer day.
I have friends whom I love, and would leave
with regret,
But the love of my home, oh! ’tis tenderer vet.
There a sister reposes, unconscious in death’;
’T-was there she first drew, and there yielded her
breath.
A father I love is away from me now-
O could I but print a sweet kiss on his brow,
Or smooth the grey locks to my food heart so dear,
How quickly would vanish each trace ofa tear!
Attentive I listen to pleasure's gay call,
But my own happy home—it is dearer than all.
I-,Ier moral faculties were unfolded with the
same prematurity as her intellectual. She is
described to us as one of the most conscien-
tious, right-minded, and affectionate of hu-
man being.-:, overflowing with the kindefst and
most generous sympathies.
A shade of melancholy, however, always
seemed to rest upon her mind, as ifa presen-
timent of her early death was continually
present. Her bodily and nervous organiza-
tion were extremely delicate. A strain of
fine music produced upon her the most re-
markable effect: it made her to tremble and
weep, and sometimes seemed almost to stop,
the circulation in her veins. She died ofcon-
sumption, early, and. as it seemed, fully ri-
pened, both in her moral and -intellectual na-
ture, for the __next stage of our being—that
world of subtiler essences, larger knotvledge,
and deeper emotions. '
The following is the last thing she wrote.
It is addressed to her mother, and seems to
have been composed in the prospect of ap-
proaching dissolution : ’
0 mother! would the power were mine,
To wake the strain thou lovest to hear,
And breathe each trembling new-born tl:o’t_,
Within thy fondly-listening ear.
As when, in (lays of health and glee,
My hopes and fancies wander’d free.’
Brit. mother. now a shade hath past
Athwurt my brightest visions here;
A cloud of darkest gloom hath wrapt
The remnant of my brief career!
No song. no echo, can I win-
The sparkling fount hath dried within.
Thetmch ..of earthly hope burns dim,
And fancy spreads her wings nomore;
And, oh! how vain and trivial seem
The pleasures that I prized before!
My soul, with trembling steps and slow,
Is struggling on through doubts and strife:
Oh! may it prove, as time rolls on,
The pathway to eternal life!
;._
Then, when my cares and fears are o'er.
I'll sing thee, as in “ days of yore."
I Said, that hope had pass‘tl frotn earth-
"PW85 lll-it l0 fold her wings in heaven,
To whisper of the soul's new birth.
Of sinners saved, and sitis forgiven:
Vl/hen mine are washed in tears away,
Then shall my spirit swell my lay.
VVh_e_n God shall guide my soul above.
By the soft cords of heavenly love—-
\Vhen the vain cares of earth depart,
And tuneful voices swell my heart-—
Tlien shall each word, each note I raise,
Burst forth in pealing hymns of praise;
And all not oll'er’d at His shrine.
Dear mother. I wlll place on thine.
Saratogu Springs. I\’ot:ember. 1888.
Be it remembered, that on the 17th day of
January, 1839, in the Congress ofthe '__Uni-
ted States, on a motion that a Committee be
appointed by ballot to investigate the subject
ofthe. late defiilcations, and the ntanagernept
of affairs, in the Treasury department, the
following names, comprising the whole of
our delegation, are recorded as voting in the
negative, viz: .
ELISHA I-IALEY,
ORRiN HOLT,
SAMUEL INGHAM.
LANCELOT PHELPS,
ISAAC TOUCEY, '
THOMAS T. W H ITTLESEY.
Fellow Citizens! Have we not reason to
fear that all our fond hopes ofthe stability of
our institutions are to be scattered to the four
winds, and that speedily, when your repre-
sentatives will give their votes to screen the
plunderers of your property and of your dear-
est rights, from exposure? And all for
are, however, in it fair way to be deprived
of; and what is most extraordinary, they are
likely to lose it by the votes ‘of their own
senators and representatives. A bill to sacri-
fice 11 large portion of the lands, under the
name of graduating and reducing the rice
of seventy millions of acres, has passe the
Senztte to be engrossed, which is equivalent
to its passing on the final question Qf enact-
ment. The vote stood '27 ‘to 23. Both the
senators from this state voted in its ’favor.——
Had they consulted the interests of the state
which they represent, and voted against the
measure, it would have stood 25 and 24. One
New England senator was ztbsent, whose
vote, had he been present, and our senators
had voted right, would have balanced the
numbers. Two from New Hampshire voted
on the side of the netv states. Had their
votes been on the side ofjustice and right, the
majority would have been turned, andithe bill
defeated. Messrs. Calhoun and Preston, of
South Carolina, McKean, of Pennsylvania,
Rives and Roane, of Virginia, “fall, of New
Jersey, and \Villiarns. of Maine, voted astho
interest, of their constituents, and the justice
of the country required, against the bill.
Thrsc facts and circumstances will shew
the _People of Connecticut the danger to
which their interests are exposed, and the ne-
cessity of an immediate expression of public
opinion, for the purpose of inducing their
senators and represensatives in Congress for
once to abandon party measures, and to consult
the good of their constituents. There is no
way in which that opinion can be manifested,
in season to produce its effect during tho
what? To build up" or rather to sustain, a
ruined and broken party.
should the question on Calho.u_n’s motion to
cede the ntitioiial domain to the new States,
ever be hrouglit to the test in the House,
these same followers in the fhotsteps oftheir
illustrious predecessor, will be found voting
in the affirmative——thus depriving Connecti-
cut of millions-——and for what? \Vliy to
secure the votes of the VVestern States to Mar-
tin Van Buren, and thereby to secure him
for another term. Fellow citizt-ns——it is time
to look about us, and see “where-unto these
things will grow.”———N. Hat-en Herald.
Elliot Smith was, and may be is, a cele-
brated upholster and good natured auctioneet‘
at Cambridge, whose body exceeded in di-
mensions the proper corporation standard;
on him 21 Trinity wag wrote the following
lines:
lfjlcsh be grass ; as some folks say.
TbenElliot Smith's a load of/my .'
A Qucstz'on.—Pesident Van Buren in his
1\i.:.....-.50 cimpd that l\rIr. Stvarttvout had been
engaged for seven years in embezzling the
public money. Last winter the Secretary of
the Treasury, Mr. \Voodbury, made oath
that he knew of no corruption in his depart-
ment. Did the Hon. Secretary swear to a
falsehood, or was he ignorant of the condition
of his own depzirtment? Are the People to
consider him a /mat-e, who connived at S\vart-
tvout’s continuous robbery, or a bloc.l:lica(l who
could not discover the depredations ?-—Pa.L
c§~ Democrat
Beware of Imposition !-—The high price
of Mulberry Trees has caused dishonest men
to sell every thing almost in,
young trees for Mulberry. VVhen in the
shape of cuttings, it is difficult to determine
their character, and even after the leaves are
off it is next to impossible to decide the kind,
even if it is :1 Mulberry tree. Yesterday we
tvere shotvn some Bass Wood cuttings, which
trees as real mulberries.
other cases, where large sums of money have
been paid for genuine trees, which have turn-
ed outto be some other shrub or at best only
a spurious variety.—-No'rtha.mpton Courier.
The Public La7tcl§.—-It is very apparent,
that President Van Burcn relies upon the in-
terest which the new States feel in the Public
Lands, and the policy which he shall pursue
in regard to them, for their support at the
next presidential election. Without the votes
of those states, he can have very little expec-
tation of succeeding in that great object ; and
there is no reason to believe that they will
give him their votes, without an equivalent
consideration on his part. That equivalent
must be derived from the lands. Underthese
circumstances, the senators and representa-
tives who adhere to the admi_nisti'ation, will,
of course, promote the interests of the new
states in relation to the disposition ofthe lands,
for the purpose of securing Mr. Van _Buren’s
election, and in that way saving their party.
Hence it is found, that on all questions on the
subject, the Van Burcn senators and repre-
sentatives, almost to a man, vote in favor of
the ,new§s_tates--.th,us showing, -by the most
indubitable and irresistible evidence, that they
are the representatives of a selfish party_,and
not of their constituents-—tliat they are ready
to sacrifice the interests of the latter to pro-
mote the views of the former.
This is most emphatically true of the se-
nators and representatives in Congress from
this state. The interest which the People of
Connecticut have in those lands is of great
amountand of the-highest importance. The
state is small in territory, and in proportion
to many others, will never be numerous _in
its population. It must depend upon its in-
telligence, industry. and moral worth, for its
respectability and influence as a ‘member of
the Union. Aided by the avails of the pub-
lic lands, which if not alienated or squander-
ed, will first or last come i_nto their posses-
sion, this state will be able, at all times, to
maintain a high degree of respectability and
weight of character in the nation, making
amends for the want of numbers, and extent
of territory, in the intelligence, talents, and,
virtue of the people. This property, /they’
And mark me, l
the shape of
had been sold by some strolling vender of
“'6 have heard of
present session of ,Congrcss, which has less
,than six weeks longer to run, except through
lthe medium of their local meetings. Let it
‘be borne in mind, that if party feelings, pas-
isiops, and interests, will lead men to sacrifice-
,_a property of such vast amount, and of such
svitnll interest tothe public welfare, when the
[Old states, and those who have a common in-
terest with them, have a decided majority in
both houses of Congress, the whole will be
,sacrificed a few years hence, when more new
states, having -.1 still stronger interest in the
question, shall be formed and the majorit‘
in their hands? And let it be remembered:
that when once the question is settled in favor
of sacrificing the lands, it will be settled for-
et'cr.——Com'rz7z.t. 4
flora to dry it Cam1'le.—ln a village not far
from Chester, a lady entered her kitchen. and
found the oven swirrttnirig wilhgrease. On ask-
ing the servant, a VVelsh girl. the cause, the
f.‘ambrinn maid answered with the greatest sini-
rlit-ity, ‘Look here. mistress, the candle was
full in the water, and put her in the oven 10
dry.’
For the Norwalk Gazette.
TOWN’S SPELLING Boorg,
No. IV. '
Mr. Editor—'Pown’s Spelling Book is all
built upon the principle, tliat the main body
of worrls in (Ice language have each its one or
more s_7/71.0723/ms! He has actually arranged
the great body of words, which he would
have scholars learn to spell as THE word; of
the language, in columns of corresponding
synonyms; and printed this sentence in capi-
tals on his title page: ‘ Each word in every
column being ct regular defirrer of its oppo-
site.’
Sir, the principle is false. There are very
fetv synonyms in the English language. To
teach our children otherwise is most perni-
cious. To ttrain tliem up and drill them
in the work of reducing such a literary here-
s to practice, is the surest way to make
blunder-heads ofthem, and to confound and ru-
in our noble language. Any blockhead can
mist: up words and use one where he ought
to use another; the point of scholarship is to
sort them out ; to learn .tl1.at different words
do not mean the same thing; and that it will
not do to use one word where the meaning
requires another; any more than it will do
to call ‘ Dick’ where you mean ‘ Tom,’ 01'
‘Tom,’ where you mean ‘Harry.’ There
is nothing that marks an ill-informed,’ inac-
curate and slovenly mind more strongly than
this loose use of words. There is nothin
that has so large a share in originating the
vexatiotis misunderstandings, th_e quibbling
law suits, the interminable theological dis-
putations, which so sorely vex the peace of
this not too peaceful world. We owe it to
our children, and to our country, to preserve
our native language pure. The cultivation in
our children of accurate habits of thought
demands something at our hands: nor should
the consideration of the good morals and the
peace of the generation who are to take our
places be quite over_lo,okt-,d.. To train our
children to such confusion of words and such
confusion of thought, as the 1.-,ery principle
of this book renders inevitable, is quite ‘too
bad. And yet, sir, such is the principle to
which the convention of great men at VVas_l_i-
ington have given their sanction l Sir, if
this is to be a specimen of their vvork, I beg
that they will tinker at the currcmy, and let
the English language alone.
Let me give you ‘a few specimens of these
corresponding c,ol,u_m_ns of synonyms; ‘Each
word in every column being a regular defir._-
l
er of izts opposite.’ '
‘gaze - - - - stare chair - - seat, -bench‘
‘chaff - - - - husks tine- - -prong,fork’
‘crease - - - mark broil - - roast, bake’
‘date - . - - time perch - - - sit, roost’
-dome, - - - - house tallow--grease, lard’
‘crotch - - - fork saturn - - - - lanet’
‘scald - - - - burn stopple - bung, plug’
‘braid - - - - weave travjel - - walk, ride’
‘bureau - - - chest ’ if
'boom- - - -bovvsprit
So! so! sir. To ‘broil’ meat is-to ‘roast’ it,
or ‘bake’ it! Our delegates to Congress
‘roost’ on the benches; and by and
book shall [have done its )1-‘or,
wltefa this
Norwalk Chronicler