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/
“I
‘$1 50 per year. ifpaid in advance-0|h€T“”5°
_ 82 will be charged.
-12, Thread; Twist, Silk, patent stabbing
‘TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REVVAR
together with every otli.¢‘a' similar species ofpropcr
'situilui' Instittttipn, aiitl evciy man has now an op-
’ a prompt and liboial. For terms ofiiisiiriinct-., rippli-
, saittliorized toissue policies to ttpplicants without
, 2000 Bushels of Maple Coal for sale ii}
EDWIN LOCKWOOD.
‘ Norwalk. April 2. 1838. "C
._i»<%“~
Hard and Pale Brick for
" "edtice hie stockof Dry Goods, offers them ve-
, ‘ guigted for the Dry Goods or Jewelry business.
For further paniculars inquire of
Joan Buniu1.r;., . ~.
' 09 "Mt_ire_li 29. 1839.
no
ova. no r'1_"s swans. ON ‘IKE DOCK
, West ‘side the Bridge. _
TERMS.-‘TWO dollars per anuum, payable in
advance—$2 25 at the end of the year. _ 1
'I‘o subscribers who live out of the_ Cattle”
district and call at the Otfice for their papers.
Mail subscribers 32 Pet‘
aimum. payable in advance- N0"lh°'5 “!""“!’
ed to, and no subscription receivcd for less than
one year. To companies_of szzr or more. re-
ceiving their papers by mail. 551 50: P“3l“f‘l-‘ all
together, in advance. _ _
Exec.utor’s and Administrator's Notices. 3 In-
sertions, 31--Corrimissioner’s notices, $1 25.
Yearlv advertisers. one square. $10 per aiinum.
payable quarterly lll.8(l.V!l'l'ICe. The privilege
of yearly advertisers is limited to their own im-
mediate business-—all extra advertisements will
be charged at the usual rules. All other adver-
tisements at the rate of $1 per square for 3 inser-
tions. and 25 cents for each subseqtient insertion.
All casual advertisements sent to this Of-
'fice. should be accompanied by the cash. No
others will be inserted. '
tots PIRUNTHNG, W7
0)? ALL KINDS,
ME-ATLY rxrcuttb AT THE, GAZETTE nrncr.
A 13007‘ AND SHOE STORE.
THE subscribe: wo ild return
his thanks to the publi :for their
- patronage through the year 1838,
. and hopes by his attention to all
orders in his line. to merit a continuance of their
favors for 1839. He has on hand and consta.ut-
ly manufacturing, Gentlemen’s, Ladies,and Miss-
es Boots and Shoes, and Cacks. Measures tak-
en, and work done by experienced workmen.
Orders thankfully received and _punctually at-
tended to. He has for sale lndia Rubber and
Daniel H. Bond's patent Leather Overshoes. for
Ladies and Gentlemen. _
FIN DIN GS—A general assortment kept cou-
etantly for sale, cheap for cash. N 0. 3. 5. 10.-
Thread, Shoemaker’s Kit, Hammers. Pincers.
Rasps, Shouldersticks, Float Files. 3 square
Files, and every article usually called for in the
slioemaking line. HENRY HANDS-
Norwalk. January 7, 1839. ‘ If 96
Chum. Eartltern and Glass Ware.
2})?” A good assortment constantly on hand at
the Store of JAS. MALLORY,
January 1,1839. W95
STOLEN from the Stable of the
subscriber, at Fairfield. on the night
of the 11th inst. a white More with
a switcli tail, about twelve years of
age.
Wnoevtr will r.-turn said mare, and the Thief,
shall receive the above re-ward,and a handsome
compensation for either,
. DAVID S. GRAY_. V_
A \Vestport,Novcmber 12. 1858. t.lg7,'l:5
GUARD AGAINST FIRE. _
PRO 'I‘E(‘.TlON IN-'>'UR4-’VC.E .C_0M.PA1\'Y-
‘ ll.LlA'.\I J._S’|'l{l£E'l', of Norwalk, agent of
the Protection lusurayice Company,iti Hart
for-tl,Connr-cticut, olfers to Insure Houses. Stores,
Mills, F:tcl.orit-.5, Bums, i_i_n_t_l ihe coiitcrits of each,
ty, Against Loss or Qamage by Fire. The rates of
premium otfered, are as low tistliose of any other
portunity, for a trifling sum, to prott-ct liimsclt
atgainat this tlesirttctive oleineui, which often in a
single hoi,ii°, sivciwwtvay the earnings of many
years, _ _
' '15!-.e course the oiiicepursiu-in traiisucting their
business and in the aidjustingand payrneiits of losses,
cation may be miidcto the above iitmied Agent, who
delay.
Norwrtlk. Jan 4. I837. 3
I E
T.l£'gt. S(¥f{(I)}TV)li[l?1A.l9.'IT‘Vlager, N
Will sail from Hoyt’s landing to James Slip.
N. York on Tuesdays,.aiid return on Saturdays
LOOP IVIECH AN [C
TH(;'§‘pt.S ROCKWELL, Illaster. '
VVill sail on Saturdays and return on Thurs-
days. Freight will be taken as low as at other
ltiridiiigs. For further information inquire of ei-
thcr of the captains on board of their respec-
tive vesscls, or at" the store of the subscriber.
WILLIAM T. HOYT.
Norwalk, May 22, 1838. tf 63
/ETNA FIRE INSURANCE C01lI-
PANY, HARTFORD. CONN.
WI'PH a capital of$'200,000. and liberty to
to increase the same to $500,000.
'l‘he following gentlemen compose the Board
of Directors :
Thomas K Brace
Thomas Beldeti
Samuel Tudor
Grit’fi__n Stedman
Henry -Kilboum
Elisha Dodd
Joseph Morgan
Jesse Savage
Joseph Pratt.
THOMAS K. BRACE. President.
Sin, n L. Loomis. Secretary.
. Risks on all descriptions of insurable property
taken as low as at any other office in the United
States. and all loss promptly and liberally ad-
.justed.
Persons wishing to be insured can apply to
the subscriber. who is appoiiited Agent. with full
power to receive proposals and issue policies.
without the delay necessarily attendant on an ap-
plication to the office. G. G. TAYLOR-
. Danhury. Feb. 4. I839. 102
ii315.$_3_Ol.i3 l [email protected]£ ll
Stephen Spencer
James Thomas
Elisha Peck
Daniel Burgess
Ward Wootlbridgo
Joseph Church
Horatio Alden
Ebenezer Seeley
‘sale by he subcriber at the Old Well'Landing.
THOS. PECK. ‘
Norwalk. (Old Well.) August 6. 1838. if74
300 LBS. REFINED SALT PETRE. or
- , sale by J.A. WEED.
SELLING on CHEAP.‘ ”
The subscriber being very willing to
;y“cheap’ to all tlzose in want of good and cheap
JAMES MALLORY.
Goods.
, Jan.-1.1839,. , p j
l RODMS" .4NDT7%’rtE
TO LET.
TO LET. from the first day of April
,.. .55 'next.a'number‘of apartments.‘-suitable
for small‘ families. «Likewise, 1 Store, well cal-
culated for in Grocery Store, now occupied by
Gould D.«Jennings. Also._one Store well cal-'
, Cobert W G.
TWO DOLLARS PER .4NNUllI,]
up’oN_"ii Give UP THE smr.” I
[PA YA BL'E IN .41) VANCE.
i.-._ .-
VOL-. XXII.
LIST of Letters remaining in the Post
Office at Norwalk,April 1. 1839:
O’Bryau Elizabeth
Pitcher Elijah '
Pyefier Mr
Plait B N
Park 6.’. Son
Quiniard James
Raymund Nathaniel
Raymond Elizabeth
Smith B Gersham
Smith B G -W
Smith Mr
St. John Samuel
St. John Mary
Belwood Joseph
Clark Joseph
Cooney Michael
Conner James
Cliatterton Elflida
Chase B H _
Clark Henry
Codmau Henry
Down Rebecka Mary
Davenport Charles W
Davenport Samuel
Daskam F Theodosia
Durn John Seymour Charles
Erwin S Thomas Street Samuel
Free Alfred Seymour Esther ‘
Gregory D Btirwell Thorp Polly -
Gregory Josiah Woolsey John
Gregory B John Weed Noah S
Godfrey Lewis Waterbury A Asabel
Gray E Sarah
Hall Peter .
Hanford Nelson
Hudson D E Doct Wakeman H L
Hoyt D Joseph Weeber N Capt
N. B. Persons calling for Letters are re-
quested to say that they been advertised.
JOHN BURRALL. P. M.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE,
- - THE subscriber, wishing to dis-
pose of his property in this town,
offers for sale his homestestd at the
- Old Well, now occupied by Stephen
Hays; also, a tract ofland containing about
eight acres, situated on Brook's Hill, in-the rear
of George Benedict’; house; also, anoilier tract,
known as the Butler land, containing about eight.
acres, and lying on the N. Y. Turnpike, about
one mile from Old Well. If not previously
disposed of, said property will be offered at pub-
licauction, on the premises, on the 14th day of
March next, at 2 o'clock P. M. Said property
is in the charge of J times Quintard, Esq. who is
authorized to sell the same, and who will give
all the requisite iiifqrination to those who may
wish to purchase.
- MELANCTON HOYT.
Norwalk, Nov. 12. 1838. tf86
, , T0 LE T,
A SMALL Rt )OM, formerly used for
-_.-_ " «a Milliner’s Shop. Enquire of the sub-
scriber. ’ ‘ R. S. PENNOYER.
Nurwtilk, March 1], 1839. tf 105
To the jriends of Good Health in Norwalk.
YOU perceive by the following advertise-
ment, that no one can possibly sell the
Genuine Brandreth Pills. unless h_e possesses a
certificate signed by the Doctor and his county
agent, J. B. Sanford. You will therefore re-
quire of those who pretend to sell the Pills. to
present their certificate of agency. and unless
.hey can show such certificate. you may be very
sure they are counterfeit. Therefore, as you
value life and health beware ofimposition.
W'e say boldly and honestly. the Genuine
Brandreth Pills are never found in a drug shop.
LEVI CLARK. §Agentsfor
EDWIN LOCK\VOOD. Norwnlk.
Counterflzits .’ Counterfeit: I-Unprincipled
persons are still vending what they call Brand-
reih's Vegetable Uiiiversals Pills, and defraud-
ing the public by selling them a spurious article.
Beware ofpurchasing ofany Druggist,Physician
or Pedlar, hundredsofwliom, in this county, are
making and palining upon the community
counterfeit Pills, who cannot under any circum-
stances possess themselves ofthe genuine.
The present being the most unhealthy season
ofthe year, no person should be without a box of
this most invaluable medicine. .to which to resort
on the slightest symptoms ofillness.
'I‘o guard the public still further egaiust pur-
chasing counterfeits, each ofmy agents is lurnisli
ed with a certificateof agency. signed by me,
and also by Benjaniiu Bracdretb; and it is ad
visable forthepurcliaser Io ask to be shown this
certificate before purchasing. as all who sell the
genuine Braridreih's Bills have one.~
Below is a list agents appointed by John ’B_.
Sanford foftbe sale ofBrandreth’s Bills, through-
out the respective towns in the county of Fair-
field : -
F_airfield,Geo. Peck. Lewis Burr Timothy C.
Burr, and Geo. Burr.
Broukfield. Burr & Morris, L. C. Northropéi;
Co. and Wm. D. Meeker. -
Newtown. Baldwin 5'55 Beers, W, B. Glover,Ez-
ra Morgan. 8. B. Beck ‘dc Co. Hart Shepard
and Johnson &Co.
Southpori, H. Davis.
Wesiport. John W. Taylor. \
Redtling. Fanton 6:. Duncomb. Abbott dc Frost
Ridgefield. Wm. Dauchy 65 Co.
Danbury. David Pearce, Jr, James W. Por-
ter. and Sturdevant dz Smith.
Wilton, George B. Midulebrook.
Weston, Eli Adams and Morris Bradley.
Trumbull, Judson Curtis. Heaekiali S. Nichols.
-Munro, Levi Edwards and Daniel Sherwood
New Fairfield, Seely ’Barnum, and Stephen
Hopkins - .-
Stratford. Robert W Walker, and Treat Blake-
man
Norwalk, Levi Clark. and Edwin Lockwood
New Canaan. Samuel Rayrponddc Co
Stamford. W 6;. R Hoyt 6cCo
Greenwich, Thomas Barton, Jonathan Jessup.
and Gilbert Marshall
Darein, Albert’ Seeley '
Black Rock, T Ra_uson 6; Co '
A constant supply of the Genuine Pills can be
bad at the old stand of
' JOHN B. SANFORD.
-Sole Agent for Fairfield County.
DISSOLUTION
7’ HE copartuership heretofore existing under
' _ the name and firm of Fairchitdls Q Brad-
ley. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All
debts due saidpompany mustbe paid immedi-
ately to Samuel Fairchild, and all debts against
said company. must be presented to Samuel
Fairchild for payment.
Woodworth Lyman
Wood D Henry
Wilcox E Nailian
‘SAMUEL FAIBCHILD.
‘HANSON"B3ADIoEYo
Ambler Joseph Hands Henrv 2 J
Akin A Irwin S Thomas “
Akin Thomas Jr. Libdon B A
Ayres George Lovejoy John
Benton Lucy Miss Lincoln Zebina
Bradley Ann Mary Landon Edwin -
Brush Betsey ' Mills F Stephen '
Brush George Minor J Betsey
Brunsoii Williams , Mills Rufus
Brunan Thomas Nash Cilina 2
Brown William Nash Nathan Jr.
Banks Daniel Nash Burr
Bennet George Nash Noah
Beman D Stephen Newel A
From the Knickerbocker. '
Testaceous Lyrics.
Tui: mscoNsox..n'i-: CLAM To His niisrniiss. -
Ah. dearest! when Isat entranced,
Through many a happy day.
And heard thee sing. as Cupid danced,
‘ Young love will ne'er decay.’
I little dreamed that wicked men, '
For hateful lust of gold,
Would murder youthful clams, tii.d then
Look on while they were sold!
To know that we are doomed to part,
That all our hopes are vain;
To feel the ashes near my heart.
The coals upon my brain ;
To lie and tliiok oi severed joys,
And sigh a last farewell,
While roasting here for clatn’orous boys,
"Pwill burst my very shell!
But hark !_ I hear the hopeful twain
To seat themselves prepare ;
I scent, alas! with added pain.
The butter. sliced with care; ’
Sooii. soon the knife will do its work-
Now pray be gentle. Sam! I
There! there! I'm out--oh. what ajerki
Farewell ! thou widow'd clam! F.
Boston, February, 1839.
TOBIAS TURNIPTOP.
If Ilive a thousand years, I shall iievet"
forget the day I’ was chosen representative.
Isaac Longlegs ran himself outof a yea1"_s
growth to bring the news, for I 'st_aid'8i‘."3)l
from town meeting out of dignity, as the way
is, being a candidate. At first I could’nt be-
lieve it, though when I s ied Isaac coming
round Slouch’s corner witfi his coat tail flap-
ping in the wind, and pulling strait for our
house, _I felt certain something was the mat-
ter, and my heart began to bump, bump so
under my jacket that ’twas a wonder it did’nt
knock a button off However I put on a bold
face, and when Isaac came bolting into the
house, I pretended not to be thinking about
it. ' Lieutenant Turniptopl"says Isaac, ‘ha,
ha! you’ve got the election l’ ‘ Got what?’
says I pretending to be surprised in a coolish
sort of a way: ‘Got the election l’ says he,
‘ all hollow: you’ve got a majority ofthirteen;
a clear majoi'ity—clean, smack, smooth, and
no two words about it.’
‘ Pooh I’ says I, trying to keep cool, though
at the same time I felt all over—I- can’t tell
how, only my skin did’nt seem to fit me.’
‘Pooh I’ says I again; but the idea of going
into public life, and being called ‘Squire
Turniptop,’ was almost too much for me. I
seemed to feel as~if I was standing on the tip
top of the north pole, with my head above the
clouds, the sun on one side and the moon on
the other. ‘ Got the election l’ says I; ‘ a
hem, hem, heml’ And so I tried to put on
a proper dignity for the occasion, but ’twas
hard work. ‘ Got a majority?’ says I, once
more.
‘As sure as a gun,’ says Isaac, I heard in
with my own cars. Squire Dobbs read it off
to the whole meeting-—‘ Tobias Turniptop
has fifty nine, and—is—chosen l’ I thought
I should have choked; six millions of glori-
ous ideas seemed to be swelling up all at a
time within me. I had just beenreading Dr.
Growler’s sermon on the end of the world,
but now I thought the world was just begin-
ning.
‘You are representative to the General
Court,’ said Isaac, striking his forefinger into
the palm of his left hand, with as much em-
phasis as if a new world had been created.
I felt more magnanimous than ever. 9 l
shan’t accept,’ said I. (The Lord pardon me
for lying.) ‘Shan’t accept I’ screamed out
Isaac, in the greatest amazement, with his
great goggle eyes staring out of his head.
‘ Shall I go back and tell them‘ so ‘l’ ‘ I
mean I‘ll take it into consideration,’ said I,
trying to look as important as I could. ‘lt’s
an office of great responsibility, Isaac,’ said
I, ‘ but I’ll think of it, and after due delibera-
tion—if my constituents insist upon my going
—Isaac, what’ll you take to drink?’ Icould
not shut my eyes to sleep that night and did-
nothing but think of the General Court, state
house, marching ‘up to my seat, to take pos-
session. '
I determined right off; to have a bran new
coat with brass buttons ; but on second thought
I remembered hearing Col. Crabapple say
that the members were their wrappers. _So
I concluded that my pepper and sa tcoat with
the blue satinett pantaloons, would do very
well. I decided though, to have my drab
but new ironed, and countermanded the or-
ders for the cow hide boots, because kip skin
would be more genteel. In addition to this,
because men in publicilife should be liberal,
and make a more respectable appearance
than common folks I did’n_t hesitate long in
making up my mind about having a watch
chain and‘ an imitation breast pin. ‘ The
check hankerchief,’ thinks I to myself, ‘is as
new ; and my pigtail queue will look splen-
didly if the ribbon is a little scoured l’
A Former’: Life and Duties.—If we were
ever envious, it was of the farmer—the intel-
ligent, independent farmer who owned his
land, his house, and who was free from debt,
whose family were growing up prosperously
around him ; whom God smiled upon arid
blessed. We have seen such a farmer‘; and
in truth, we know of no man so “ha py, and
no business so permanently profitab e, none
that makes the owner so independent. An
independent farmer has his house to live in;
it is his own; he has earned it by the labor
of his hands. He has his granariels filled
with the productions of his farm, his. barns
with‘ the stock reared, and the hay raised up,-
on his farm. His cellarsare filled with the
necessaries and luxuries of life. ‘Almost eve-
ry thing necessary to feed him and is fami-
ly grows around him. He may iss his
own pork, fatten and kill his own sheep. eat
his own poultryand hisown eggs-‘i.-live up-
on his own. liomemal.de’bread—o-knitl his own
: stockings .tbrough'.the*.-agency of l-his wife
ii NORWALK. cots N. - 1VEDN'E’S‘DAY.L APRIL 17. T1339‘.
without going off his oivn homestead. This
is no fiction, and it is the fact the farmer is the
most independent man in the community _
.But in order to be happy, and to make his
life useful as it ought to be. he must be intel-
ligent—in possession of the means of knowl-
edge. especially that kind ofknowledge which
relates to his own profession. He must’ use
the means, which God has given him to be
happy himself and contribute to the peace
and comfort of those around him. In justice
to himself he will employ his evenings in
the acquisition of knoweldge. He will be a
reader of useful books and a supporter of the
public press, which bringsjat his door the
newspaper which gives him the history of
the world. Such a farmer as this will fulfil
his duty to God and his fellow-man, and is
the happiest and the most independent amqiig
the best of inen.—-Providence Courier.
Rao(s—Roots.—Th_e importance of raisin g
roots to be used as food for cattle, horses and
swine, during our long winters, can not be
too often or too strongly im ressed upon the
farmers of Maine, at least till more of them
enter spiiieivhat more largely into the busi-
ness than they do at present.
Potatoes are planted by every one as it mat-
ter of course. Next to potatoes perhaps the
Rota Baga commands the most attention.
The sugar beet is next in order, though of
but recent introduction‘. Mangel Wurtzels
have not generally found so much favor with
the farmers of Maine as they ought to ; nor
has the carrot—-but the most neglected of all
is the parsnip. We do not recollect of ever
having seen a field of parsnips growing in
Maine, and yet we verily believe that, all
things considered, they are the most profitable
of either as an article of food for stock and
swine. We have heretofore tried some ex-
periments on a limited scale with them, and,
Providence permitting. we shall go more ex-
tensively into it another season. They re-
quire a little more care when they firstcome.
up,«and are smaller than Ruta Baga. but are
not so difficult as the carrot. They seem to
‘be more nourishing than any other root, and
chemical analysis warrants this idea. The
will keep in the ground during the winter,
but mttst be dug before they vegetate much
in the spring. They will not keep so well
in the summer as the Ruta Baga. The far-
mersin the Island of Jersey, near England,
are said to make their main dependence up-
on this root, and their cattle and swine are
rendered very profitable. The only objec-
tion that we know of, to the carrot, is the
trouble it gives in weeding when it first
comes. up. Its small leaves so much resem-
ble some-of the weeds, that if the ground is
very foul, it requires careful management to
avoid hoeing it up with them. We have
seen the good effects of these upon a horse
-to which they were given during the winter
season. They certainly are preferable to
oats, or at any rate were for that horse. The
animal was a very fleet one, and he belong-
ed to a neighboring physician who had a
great deal for him to do; and yet he kept in
perfect condititon with no other food than
good hay, and from a peck to a half bushel of
carrots per day.
The Mangle Wurtzel will yield, whep
put in a favorable situation, as much per
acre, perhaps, as any other root. John Hare
Powell once raised sixteen hundred and thir-
ty-four bushels to the acre and 14 rods; and
Messrs. H. &. T. Little, of Newbury, raised
thirty-three tons, ten hundred ‘and fourteen
pounds to the acre. But English writers have
told us of sixty tons to the acre. We blieve
that it requires a richer soil than Rota B_aga,
and more of a clayey loam. Hogs are very
fond of them. We saw Mr. Haipes of Hal:
lowell feeding his swine with them last fall,
raw, and the manner in which they took hold
of them, and the good condition which they
exhibited, convinced us that they were very
profitable and nutritious to them. See his
communication in the last number of the
Maine Farmer. The more we see and learn
of the value of the several root crops in
Maine, the more convinced are we that it is
the true policy of our farmers to cultivate
them extensively; and we hope that many
who never have yet paid particular attention
to this business, will begin this year. Ma-
nure high and plant close, and we will in-
sure youa good crop.—Maine Farmer.
A Prison Scene.-—As one of our citizens
was recently journeying homeward from the
commercial metropolis, he stopped, for an
hour or two, at Auburn. Impelled by mo-
tives of curiosity, be repaired to the State Pri-
son,and went the usual rounds, with the‘view
of conterriplatingiu his ‘ low estate, one whom
he had known and moved with in palmy days
of proud and golden prosperity, but who was
now within those gloomy walls, 3, convict
felon, condemned t6 years of silent toil, - side
by side with villains of every hue of crime.
In asecluded part of the immense building,
he found the object of his search attired in the
coarse parti-colored convict dress, soiled. and
dirty, his hair cropped closely to his head,
and his small, yet dignified form, bept pain-.
fully pver his task. His countenance was
deadly pale. save where. upop each cheek, a
small deep hectic spot told the troubled work-
ings of his unquiet mind, while his unshaven
chin, with a heard of a week's growth, con-
trasted strangely with his high marble-life
forehead and altered features, imparting a
wildness to his appearance, which befitted
the gloomy scene around. It was Benjamin
Rat/ibun, the -forger. He was occupied in
shaping the beechen blocksof which joiner.’s
planes are made, and steadily wrought at his
new employment, his delicate hands, unused
to manual labor, plyingbusily and dexter-
ously the tools of his work bench. As the
visitor gazed upon tliesad spectacle, through
the. narrow openings-of the dark; assage
Houcn FAIICHILD. "'
“ 1ff_1orwalk,’_Febiuary 12. 1859-
30‘ 109
and dau hcers---make s:-his EOSVR butter.-.az'i'd»
cheese-—1n short, live=,ai'td-dress eoitfortably
from which the couvictsare watch by «dial
guards of the pi'ition..t1n.se.en.. bytlie priioagrs.
another‘ visitor stood ;by, similarly_ occupied,
No. 110.
who had been employed by the man they
were contemplating, as one of the superin-
tendents-of his two thousand laborers, when
engaged in carrying on his giganticloperm
tions. The latter stood silently intent on the
scene, until he burst into tears, and turned
away. The irrepressible sympathies which
arise in the human bosom, often in defiance
of the stern decisions of justice, and often
lavished upon unworthy objects whom some
redeeming traits have endeared to us, over-
powered his feelings, and he lcftthe prisoner
to the ‘peopled solitude’ of that populous dun-
geon. , ,
Nor is it to be wondered at, that the hu-
miliation of this sometime-‘Girard of the
West,’ should produce, in the public mind, a
feeling.of regret, mingled with the convic-
tion that the wholesome thongh harsh cor-
motives of justice, must be visited as well upon
the loftiest as upon the lowliest heads, that
are alike sheltered under the dercanopyiiig
aagis of our laws. The conviction which
had- settled upon almost every mind, that
through the influence of fticnds, the ingenui-
ty of able counsel, and the quibbling techni-
calities of law, he would, at the close of his
protracted trials, ultimate-l._v escape conviction,
had prepared the community to expect such
a result; and when the verdict which’h:td
linked his name with infamy was finally re-
corded, the public, as well as prisoner and
friends were taken by surprise, arid scarcely
believed it real. It was a_ staggei‘i_p blow at
the high hopes he had evidently c erished
from the close of the former trial,’ in this city,
which had resulted in his acquittal upon the
indictments on which it was founded. Plac-
ed again at liberty, after his long incarcera-
tion for want of bail__, he was once more ac-
tively ranging the sccncs of his former enter-
prises, and planning busily for the future.
The ambitious schemes which once more
swelled his restless bosom, and gilded the
hitherto darkened prospects of existence—
none but lximselfand confidential friends can
know. But these budding hopes and bright
anticipations were suddenly blasted, and
sterner visions thrpngcd confusedly before
Y him. His ignominious doom, with its ob-
ject toil, its lonely hours of pain and lone-
liei‘ of rcmorseful thought, ‘its cureless, scath-
ing shame—lay with a sickening, deadly
weight upon his heart. .
Next came the prison scene, where, amid
the clank of fetters, and the rattle of chains,
and the harsh grating of dungeon doors, be
commenced the routine of his monotonous
task. And what maddening reflections have
been his, in the few weeks which have since
succeeded. \Vhat bitter, ttnavailing regrets
have dwelt, with a constant and mournful
presence in his agitated breast! Vlfhat lone-
ly yeamings for the forfeited esteem and con-
fidence of the wronged community in which
he had striven to build up his fame! And
conscience, like a reproving angel pointing
with her moveless finger to the past, has,
through his waking hours, been a silent yet
haunting monitor, whose mental scourgings
have been _more terrible than the physical ills
which have borne upon his frame.
It is a sad lesson—the fate of Benjamin
Rathbun l--Bu_fl'alo Com. Adv. I
From the Courant.
SPRING SONNETS,
III.-
THE voici: or at-iiuto.
From budding flowers. and trees that on the air
Shed odors sweeter than Elysian gules,
There comes a voice, forbidding to despair,
When every hope that cheered our spirit fails.
If in thy madness thou hast dreamed of‘ bliss,
Apd wept to see the blessed hope depart,
Go forth alone at such an hour as this.
And iet these Zephyrs soothe thy wounded
heart;
To the dim eye shall come a beaming light,
To the pale check it fresh and radiant bloom.
And streng:h be thine in sorrow's deepest night,
To bear, with manly soul. the darkest doom ;
For in these opening buds we see the power, -
That to the winter of the heart sends many a
sunny hour.
IV-
rnx ci'i'r urn Tiincovnrny.
The voice of singing birds—the fragrant kiss
Of the flower scented breezes—sun and sky,
Wild flowers that blossom in the wilderness,
And wither there unseen by human eye-
How do our fettered spirits sigh for these.
Prison’d within a city's naked walls.
Where to the brow may come no forest breeze,
‘And onthe car no forest music falls-
Turn wheresoe'er we may. our eyes behold
The wan, pale checks of sad and care worn
men, .
No leafifgieen—no hlontning flowers unfold.
Like those whose hues are bright in vale and
glen;
Yet may one sight glad dreams ofthcse recall-
The blue and blessed sky that bends o'er all.
PREDICTIQNS FOR
The present session of Congress will be
of uncommon interest and importance. This
cannot fail of proving true, because it has
been said every year regularly ever since we
had a remembrance.
There will be a great noise about the
country-—-whenever itthuiiders; and a great
dust will be kicked up—-by coaches and
horses——uiiless the roads are McAdamised.
There will be more books published this
yeartban will find purchasers ; more rhymes
written than will find readers, and more bills
made out thap will find payers.
Those who have debts to pay, and no cash,
will lose their credit,
. Many a fond fool will jump into a honeypot
,—,-and find it riiustard—-without being able to
ay with the fly. ‘l’m ofli’ _
Many an old sinner will resolve to turn,
over a new leaf this year but the new-leaf
will turn out blank. ‘
Many a_ great man will tell a fine slog; , to
which Mr. Burchsll‘ would have said ‘ Fudge.’
Many things will be wondered at this.
your and turn out not to be miracle;
Man
a, dream. _ _
Whoeve} is in love this year will think his
mistress an angel. 'I_yVhoevei_- gets
-will find out whether it be true. ‘
.Wbuever makes the discovery that the
world is given to lying, will do what Jack
Ftilstafl' has done before him. .
Iflfhoever hires money out of the. banks
will be in no hurry to see the last day of
grace. . ’ A
\Vhoever is high upon his score and low
in his pocket will think ofa deputy sherifli
IVhoevci' runs in debt, this year, wili big
dunned.
\Vhoever is out at the elbows will think;
ofa tailor. I "f
Finally ; weare of opinion that this wilf
be a "wonderful year, just like all that have
gone before it. Politicians will make fool:
of themselves, pettifoggers will make fools of
others. anl women with pretty fac.‘?$ twill-
iiiake fools of themselves and 0ll'i8I'S._ The
world will go round and comeback to the
place from which it set~out, and this will be
the course of many a man’ who should be up
and doing. There will be ‘rent cry and
little wool, as at a shearifi, .’pigs or :3 sea:
sion of Congress. 45 - " «-
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.1.-
Thc folloitwcflificate of _a marriage
was found anion '~'_a'n'old lady’s writings: *
‘ This is to satisfy whom it may concern,
that Arthur Waters and Amy Youlsey we re
lawfully married by me, John I-ligginsou, oi;
the first day of August, anno 1703.‘ ’
‘ I Arthur, on Monday,
Take thee Amy till Tuesday,
To have and to hold till VVednt=sday,.
For better for worse till Thursday, ‘
Ikiss the on Friday, ' '
If we dou’t agree on Saturday,
\V_e’ll part again on Sunday.’
Cure for Stamme7'i1t.g.——Those (a COl‘I't’S:
pendent assures us) who suffer under the dis-
tressing affliction of an impediment in their
speech, may he effectually cured, where there
tion. bya perseverance for three or four
months in the simple remedy of reading
aloud with tlta teeth closed, for at least two
hours in the course of each day. The re-
commender of this simple process adds—‘
can speak with certainty of the utility of the
remedy.’
For the -Norwalk Gazette.
To Mr. J. Orville Taylor :
Sir—-As you have manifested much into‘,
rest in the cause of education, and have been
veif active in measures to promote it, you
wil not be displeased with some remarks
on the course you are pursuing to accom-
plish your object. '
the DISTRICT SciiooL, you labored to show
the imperfections and erroneous modes of
teaching children are in general pine?
tice.
thoughts, and some assertions and proposed
amendments which are liable to objections.
In some things, your opinions seem to be in
opposition to the evidence of experience.-—-_
Two pr three points only will be here spe:
cified. ' ' ‘ '
Your chief aim, in some parts of vour
book, is, to prove that a child should nofread,
any thing which he does not understand.
“ \Ve say then never‘ let children or youth‘
read what they do not understand, or that in
which they can feel no interest.” p. 151.
“Never let the young reader pronounceii
word without receiving the meaning the au-
thor attached to it.” p. 152.
Now, sir, parents and experienced teach.-.
ers know _that this is impossible. No man
living could compile a book which should
ansiver these purposes, and no teacher could
carry into effect the principles which you
maintain. ' ‘
But further, if every child were to he made
to understand, or know the meaning oft-very
word he spells, no child living could learnto
spell before he is twenty years old, the forty
or fifty thoitsttngl words which a coiiimon
education requires him to understand. In the
first years, his capacity would not compre,
hend the meaning of one half of the words,
and no memory would retain the whole.----
Your opinions are at variance with all expe-
rience, and are incompatible with the laws of
the human mind.
But if this scheme were practicable, it pro-
bably would not be the best. The advocates
ofit are continually harping upon the absurdi-
ty or impropriety of learning words, without
gaining ideas. This doubtless is a mistake.
Children cannot use books, not see, nor hear,
a single day, without gaining ideas. But
the truth is.b_v learning 'tvp'r,¢l$. their letters.
their sounds, and their accent, they are con-
stantly gaining ideas, and ideas. most useful
to them, and essential ‘to their progress.-4
These ideas are preliminary to all others.
The true way to learn any thing is ' to pro-
ceed step by step; to learn letters first, ihigh.
syllables, and then words; one thing at a
time; and to be thoroughly master of every
step, before proceeding to the next. This is
the order of nature, coinciding with the
growth of intellectual power; it is the order
observed in all branches of science and liters,
ture and arts, as well as in Ianguage; and
any attempt to advance, by leaping over the
intermediate steps, will leave instruction im-
perfect, and some defect to be afterward sup-_-
plied. The attempt has been made, and old
teachers say, that if a child does not learn to
spell before he has advanced into higher stu-
dies,he will not learn atoll, orat best his know,-
ledge of orthography will be very defective.
And as to remembering the definitions of all
words he spells, this is out of the question.
You write that a child should know the
names of the letters as soon as he can pro}
nouncethem. p. l4i. It 's~a thing of little
importance whether a chil learns his letters
at two orfour years of age, as I know by
facts within my own observation. Children
the most precocious do not make the best
scholars nor the most eminent men. All the
facts within my observation prove the contra-
ry; that persons more late-_gud slow in ac-
quiring the rudiments of lzterature and sci-.
ence ultimately reach the most disiiiiction.
And the practice of urging cbildrr-ii forward
prematurely; anrl'encuriibe1'ing their minds
- with too many studies at once, is amongithp
most ernicious errors of the present age.
In - earning our‘ language, children should
Jearnwords first; and such should be their
.fa,p-,iili_a_rity \_v.itl'i words, that they should know
y a man will grow rich this yea.'r—-‘in ’
is no malformation ofthe organs of articula-
Iii the book you published in l83;1, called,’
In that work there are many useful -
Norwalk Chronicler