-O
\
payable quarterly in advance. The privilege
‘T—W"O DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
En
oEEicElvvEsTr SIADIE THE B-RIDi(‘ltlE..-.(j—v']gR-.H0'Y
T’S s_T,oRfE.’4
O
vomme xxass.
NORWALK, CT. WEDNESDAY, ecroisnit 14,-1s4_o. l
Numbérlnis-Ti
THE NORWALK GAZETTE
. Is Publishczl
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
BY"
JAMES REED, JR. 9
TERMS.-—Two dollars per annum, payable
in all cases, quarterly in czclvrmce.
To subscribers who live out of the Carrier’s
district and call at the Ofiice for their papers,
531 50 per year, if pairl 'ln‘a(l’va.7zce--olherwise
$92 will be charged. Mail subscribers per
aunnm, in advance. No others attended to.
To companies of sit. or more, receiving their
papers by mail, S1 50, payable in advance.
Executor’s and Administrator’s Notices, 3
insertions, §S1——-Comrnissioner’s notices, $1 25.
Yearly advertisers, one square, $10 per annum,
early advertisers is limited to their own im-
‘ate business—exlra advertisements will be
ed at the usual rates. All other advertise-
meals at the rate of$1 per square for 3 insertions,
and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion.
All casual advertisements‘ sent to this Office,
must be accompanied by the cash. No others
will be inserted. - ‘
Job _ Printing, ,
OF ALL KINDS,
l/lEATLY EXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE.
DENTAL NOTICE.
OCT. A. HILL, tlianltful forthe patronage
_ he has received in his profession during
12 months past, in Norwalk, begs leave to in-
form the public, that he still continues a few
doors west of the Bridge, in Burral1’s Buildings,
where he will be happy at any time to see his
friends, and answer-all their calls in Dental
Surgery.
Iucorruptiblc teeth inserted from one to a
full set. Also, teeth cleansed, separated, ex-
tracted, &c., and all those diseases ofthe teeth
attended to, which, if suffered to continue, are
productive of so much mischief.
Referericcs.——Emery Bissell, M. D.; J. D.
M‘Lean, M. D.; Hon. Thomas B. Bitler;
Hon. Benjamin Isaacs. Norwalk. Nehemiah
Perry, M. D. Ridgefield. R. B. Botsforll. M.
D.; Duct. D. P. Knapp, D£‘t,Ill)[]l'y. Duct.
Howell Rodgers, Colcliester, Ct. _VVilliam
Witter, M. D. V‘/illiainantic, Ct. '
November 20, 1839. 1
HIS Oil possesses the peculiar property sr.
long, but vainly sought for in other vegez.
able oils, that of reproducing a new growth or
hair on heads totally bald. So great are its
nourishing properties, which it readily imparts
to the roots of the hair, that it requires but a
short time to produce a new growth, and but few
applications to check that falling of the hair,
which so often occurs, especially after sickness.
It prevents the hainturning grey, and when it
begins to turn, may be easily checked and re-
stored to its natural beauty by applying the oil.
This oil gives an agreeable fragrance, and is
preferable to any other for performing, curling
and glossing the hair.
Ladies and gentlemen of the highest rank
have patronized this oil very extensively ; and
such has been its effects in every country where
it has been introduced, that it receives the
decided preference.
From the Royal College of P/zgsicians.
I’IAVAl\‘A, Feb. 20, 1833.
Dr. E. A.. —\Vard, having proved to this Royal
Tribunal that the Vegetable Oil, of his compo-
sition, ll<"{S/the property ofcausing the growth of
l1t'ii_r,,~Cind preventing its fall, by forlifying the
decayed part, (the effect gfaromatic ingredients
which have been found in its composition by the
chemist Don Francisco Suarez) we hercby‘re-
commend its use, not as a-specific, but as a good
and useful remedy for persons repuiring it, whose
hair is in a state ofdccay from sickness or other
causes. Jose Bornal, M. D.
Simon De Hevla, M. D.
.Witness-—Caiyi'.lano Portion, Notary Public.
The above testimonial ofthe efficacy and val-
ue of VVard’s Vegetable Hair Oil, was given the
proprietor by the Royal Academy of Physicians
in Havana; to those who are acquainted with the
extreme rigidness of the medical police of Ha-
vana, it speaks volumes—it is conclusive.
C'aulion.—None is genuine Unless it has a
treatise. of 32 pages round each bottle, by E. A.
Ward, M. D. New York.
Sold by JOHN A. \VEEn, Agent .for Norwalk.
Norwalk, Sept. 3. 1840. 42
CABINET FURNITURE.
THE subscriber, grateful for past favors,
would solicit a continuance of the same.
He is constantly manufacturing Furniture of all
kinds, of the best materials, and will keep on
hand a good assortment, not to be excelled by
any country establishment for cheapness, dura-
bility, or workmanship.
A good assortment of CHAIRS constantly on
hand, or furnished to order at the shortest notice
for cash. .
The subscriber would also offer Cabinet
Makers in this vicinity, and in the interior, an
opportunity to purchase Mahogany Lumber,
such as Plank, Board, and Veneering, in ex-
change for their Furniture. He will sell this
stock at New York prices, and give good prices
for Cabinet‘Ware. This arrangement offers to
many, who do not wish to purchase to a great
amount, a first rate opportunity of getting their
stock, and saving expense in time and money.
Call at the Cabinet Ware Room, a few rods
east of the Bridge. V7131. A. BAP.Low.
Norwalk. May 16, 1840. 27
CABINET FURNITURE.
- AMES A. TINDALL would respectfully
inform the inhabitants of Norwalk and its
vicinity, that he has recently opened a CABI-
NE'P WARE R.OQM. a few doors north of
J. Hooker’s market, where he intends to keep
on hand a general assortment of» FURNI-
TURE. manufactured ofthe best materials, and
in the most modern style, which he will sell on
L_
WRI'_l"l‘EN AT SEA
IN A SEASON OF PAIN.
1:1’ MAJOR c.-mp... c.tui=uEI.1..
1.
Silent as Guilt upon a midnight stair,
And sad as Sin, with Conscience at its heart,
I sit. and gaze upon llie ocean there,
That wellers round our ship—tlie counterpart
Of time, which liccrls not. hears not ! In the deep
Sparkles, like stars oflight electric sliine-—
Brighter for the dark waves that round them
_ -swep
In curling clouds ofbrine!
11.
Now liigh in air swells up a billowy mount,
All luminous with life_——liued like that stone
Aqua jlfwrirza called: 0 who may count
The myriad clusters oftliat ocean~zone !
Fair creatures, what are ye, that thus disport
Resplendent on the crested surge? Are ye
Imperial satelites from Neplune’s court
Beneath the terrible sea?
in.
Or are ye living gems, that flash around
The car of Thetis? Are ye spirit-fraught-
Sinning and sufI'ering—hell-ward, heaven-ward
, ‘bound ?-—-
Notso! The book of Life 8: Light hath taught
A wiser lesson: man alone is born
'1‘o walk tbro' earth high-trusted with a soul:
Most blest, if he preserve it pure! most lorn,
If stained by crime's control !
Iv.
Silent and sad I sit, for pain hath long
Sapped up the goodly dews of heallli—and
now
I look for naught but care and gloom among
The scenes tliatonce retained so bright a glow,
\Vlien youth, and heallli, and innocence are
lost—
I’ve -squandered all to deck a worthless shrine,
And I must pay the cost!
V.
I look behind me—-—and the Past appeafs,
Tliro’ the dim haze of memory, like a scene
In some mad masque, where every visage wears
The ghastly impress of THE IVIIAT HAS BEENl
I look around me—- care on every side—-
Desires unsanctified by God or man ;-
Ilook bcforc—kirid Heaven repels the pride
That. would the future scan!
vi.
A book there lies iJcfore——ne’er despised,
Though much neglectecl——litlle understood
And studied less; 0 dearly is it prized
By them I love! O that a spirit good
\Vould waft its healing truth into my mind,
And change 8:. break lliiscruel heart of stone!
For spiritual health and peace they only find
\Vli0lrust in it alone.
53 '5?) ‘it it til "Ti ll
THOUGHTS THAT BREATHE
AND WORDS THAT BURN.
1
“Of the career of Gen. Harrison I need
not speak——the history of the \Vest is his
history. For forty years he has been identi-
fied with its interest, its perils, and its hopes.
Universally beloved in the walks of peace,
and distinguished by his ability in the coun-
cils of his country. he has been yet more il-
luslriouslgj rlistliiguis/iecl in the field.
Du-
ring the late war he was longer in active
service than any other General oflicer; he
was perhaps oftener in action than any one
of them, and -nave-r sustaiuecl a. defeat.”
R. III. Johnson, 1831.
Extract from the ‘ Life of Com. Perry,’ by
Hon. .7. III. Niles.
Battle of the T/icLmes.—-“The action, and
and the movements which preceded it, afford
ample testimony of the judgement and cool
z'-/itrepirlil_7/ of General Harrison; and in-
deed, all the events of the campaign, support
these characteristics; the. disasters attend-
ing it, having in no instance been iniputable
to him.
“ There ‘are, perhaps, on record, few in-
stances of such cool and steady intrepidity,
on the part of militia, or a force of this de-
scription, as was displayed on that occasion.
“ Harrison and Perry left Detroit in the
Ariel, and arrived at Eric on the 22d of Oc-
tober. Here they were received with every
demonstration of joy and;} admiration; the
discharge of cannon, illuminations, &.c.—
They were hailed as the delivers of the
frontiers.”
“ The blessings ofthousands of women and
children rescued from the scalping knife of
the ruthless Savage of the wilderness, and
from the still more savage Proctor, rest on
Harrison, and his gallant army.—-S2'mon
Sn_7/rler’s, Message to theLegislalu.re, Decem-
ber 10, 1840.
Many of you no doubt, entertain the opin-
ions honestly that (L change in ojfiee is es-
sentially ueeessa.ry/ to the welfare of this
country. 1 thin/.1 so too.— Col. R. M. John-
son, July 4, 1840.
VAN BUREN AND HARRISON.
Martin Van Buren, in 1840. when he wished
to form a Sub-Treasury Bill, tells us:
“From the results of inquiries made by
the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to
the practice among them, I am enabled to
state, that in twenty-two out oftwenty seven
foreign Governments, from which undoubted
information has been obtained, the public
moneys arekept in charge of public officers.
This concurrence of opinion in favor of that
system is perhaps ,as great as exists on any
question of internal administration.”
Gen. Harrison, in 1817, when he reported a
'Mililia Bill, said: _ A
“In searching for landmarks to guide us
to our object, it will be in vain that we direct
our attention to the modern nations of _Eu-
rope. From them we can borrow nothing
to aid our purpose. Governments formed
upon artificial distinctions in society, which
estimate their security by the inability of
thier subjects to resist oppression, can fur-
nish a free people with no guides in origina-
tinga system of defence which shall be pure-
reasonablc terms.
2
Norwalk, April 27,- 1840.
Ch
ly .nationa'l.”
From the Ladies’ Compam'on,_f'or October.
THE OLD DEACON.
BY A.\'t\' s. STEPIIENS.
“ She loved not wisely, but too well,”
It was a palmy pleasant Sabbath morning;
so green and tranquil was our valley home,
that the very air seemed more holy than on
other (lays. The dew was floating in a veil
ofsoft mist from the meadows on School Hill,
where the sunshine came wa1‘nil_v,wbile the
wild-flowe1's in the valley lay in shadow, still
heavy with the night rain. The trees which
feathered the hill sides, were vividly green,
and Castle Rock towcred—a magnificent pic-
ture—its base washed by the water, and dark-
ened by ubroken shadow, while a soft fleecy
cloud, woven and impregnated with silvery
light, floated among its topmost cliffs. The
two villages lay upon their opposite hills,
with the deep river gliding between, like
minature cities, deserted by the feet of men;
not a sound arose to disturb the swee‘.,r-music
of nature, for it was.the hour of morning
prayer, and there was scarcely a liearthstone
which, at that time, was not made a domes-
tic altar. At last a deep bell-tone came sweep-
ing over the valley from the Episcopal stee-
ple, and was answered by a cheerful pool
from the belfry ofour new academy. The
reverberations were still sounding, mellow-
ed by the distant rocks, when the hitherto si-
lent village seemed suddenly teeming with
life. The dwelling-houses were flung open,
and the inhabitants came forth in smiling
family groups, ‘prepared for worship. Gra-
dually they.dividr_»d into seperatc parties.——
The Prcsbyterians walked slowely, towards
their huge old meeting-house, and the more
gaily-dressed Episcopalians seeking their
more fashionable house of worship. It was
a pleasant sight—-those people, simple in their
habits, yet stern if not bigoted sectarians, gath-
ering together for so good a purpose. Old
people were out—grandfallicrs and grand-
mothers, with the blossom of the grave on
their aged temples. Child ren, with their
rosy cheeks and sunny eyes, rendered inoi'e
rosy andlmore bright with pride oftheir white
frock, and pretty straw helmets, and pink
wreaths. It was pleasant to see the little
men and women striving in vain to subdue
their bounding steps, anti school their spark-
ling faces to asolemnity befiting the occasion.
There, might be seen a newcly married pair
walking bashlully apart not daring to ven-
ture on the unprecedented boldness of link-
ing arms in public, yet feeling very awk
ward, and almostenvyinganotliei‘ couple who
led a roguish little girl between them. She
-—a misclievous little thing—:ill the time ex-
erting her baby strength to wring that chub-
by hand from her mother's grasp——pouting
her cherry lips when either of her scanda-
lized parents checked her bounding step ort
too noisy prattle, and, at last, subdued only
by intense admiration of her red morocco
shoes, as they flashed in and out like a brace
of woodlilies, beneath her spotted mustin
dress. '
Apart from the rest, and,perhaps, linger-
ing along the greensward which grew rich
and thick on either side of the high way,
another group, percbancc, was gathered.-—
Young girls, schoolmates and friends, with
their heads bending together, and smiles
dimpling their fresh lips, all doubtless con-
versing about sacred theipes befiting the
day_
Such was the aspect of our village on the
Sabbath, when the subject of this little sketch
takes us to the old Presbyterian meeting-
house on School Hill, asombre, ancient pile
already familiar to those of our readers who
have read the “ Home Sketches” prcceed-
ing this.
Our academy bell had not ceased ringing,
when the congregation came slowly in
through the diflerent,doors of the meeting-
house, and arranged themselves at will in
the square pews which crowded the body.——
Thc minister had not yet arrived, a circum-
stance which occured to seine ofthe congre-
gation as somcwhat singular. Twenty
years he had been their pastor, and during
thattimc,hadneveroncekepthiscongregation
waiting. At length he appeared at the
southern entrance, and walked up the aislc,._
followed by his grey-headed old dear-.on.—
The minister paused at the foot of the pulpit
stairs, and with a look of deep and respect-
ful reverence, hcld the door of the “Dea-
con’s Seat," while the old man passed in.-—
The little attention went to the dcacon’s
heart, he raised his heavy eyes to the pastor
with a meek and heart-touching expression
ofgratitude, that softened many who looked
upon it, even to tears. The minister turned
away and went up the stairs, not in his us-
ual sedate manner, but hurriedly, and with
unsteady footsteps VVhen he arrived in the
pulpit, those who sat in-the gallery saw him
fall upon his knees, bury his face in his
hand, and pray earnestly, and, it might be,
weep, for when he arose, his eyes were dim
and flushed.
Directly after the entrance of the minister
and deacon, came two females, one a tall,
spare woman, with thin features, very pale,
and bespeaking continued but meekly-endur-
ed suffering. There was a beautiful and
Quaker-like simplicity in the book mus-
lin kerchief folded over the bosom of her
black silk dress with the corners drawn un-
der the ribin strings in front, and pinned
smoothly to the dress behind. Her grey
hair was parted neatly under the black straw
bonnet, and those who know her, regnarked
that it had gained much of its silver since she
had last entered that door. In her arms the
matron bore a rosy infant, robed in a long
white frock, and an embroidered cap. A
faint color broke into her sallow cheek, for
though she did not look up, it seemed to her
as if every eye in that assembly was turned
upon her burthen. They were all her neigh-
bors, many of them kind and truthful friends,
who had knelt at the same communion-tar
ble with her for years. Yet she could not
meet their eyes, nor force that tinge of shame
from her pure check, but moved humbly for-
ward, weighcd to the dust with a sense of
humiliation and suffering.
crcatiirc walked by her side, partly shrink-
ing behind her all the way‘, pale and droop-‘
ing like a crushed lily. It wasthe deacon’s
daugliter, and the babe was hers; but she
was unmarried. A black dress and plain
white vandyke supplanted the muslin that,
in the days of. hpifi innocence, had ‘ha1'inon-
ized so sweetly" with her complexion. The
close straw bohnetawas the same, but its trim-
ming of pale blue was displaced by a white
.satin l‘ll)_ltl,-\\’_l1lle the rich and abundantbrown
curls tlia«tf*"liTad formerly droopcd over her
neck we’r‘e;;g?atl1ered up, and parted plainly
over her forhead. One look she cast upon
the congregatiomthcn her eyes fell, the long
lashes droopcd to her burning cheek, and
with a downcast brow she followed ‘her moth-
er to a. seat, but not that occi_ipie,c_lV.by the old
deacon. ’I‘here was a slight 'btistle when
slieentered, and many eyes were bent on her,
a few from curiosity, more from an impulse
of commiseration. She sat motionless in a
corneroflhe pew, her head drooping for-
ward, and her eyes fixed on the small hands
that lay clasped in her lap. After the little
arty was settled, a stillness crept over the
iouse; you might have heard a pin drop, or
the rustle of a silk dress, to the exti'emity of
that large room. All at once there arose a
noise at the door opposite the pulpit; it was,
but a foolstep ringing on the threshold stone
and yet the people turned their heads and
locked startled, as if something uncommon
were about to happen. It was only a hand-
some, bold looking young man, who walked
up the aisle with a haughty step, and enter-
ed a pew on the opposite side from that oc-
cupied by the mother and daughter, and
somewhat nearer the pulpit. A battery of
glances was levelled on him from the galle-
ries, but he looked carelessly tip, and even
srniled when a young girl by whom he sent-
ed himself, drew back with a look of indigna-
tion to the farthest corner ofthe pew. The
old deacon looked up as those bold footsteps
broke the stillness; his thin cheek and lips
became deathly white, be grasped the railing
convulsively, half rose, and then fell forward
with his face on his hands, and remained
motionless as before. VVell might the wrong-
ed old mail yield, for a moment, to the infir-
mitics of human nature, even in the house
of God. That bold man who thus audi-
ciously intruded into his presence, bad crept
like a serpent to his liearth-stone——h;id made
his honest name a bye-wore, and his daugh-
ter, the child of his old age, a creature for
men to bandyjcsls about. But forliiin, that
girl, nor:-shri-ilciiig from the gaze of her
own friends would have remained the pride
ofhis home, :. ewe lamb in the church of
God. Through his wiles she had fallen
from the high place ofher religious ti'ust,and
now, in the fulness of her penitence, she had
come forward to confess her fault, and re-
ceive forgivness of the church it had dis-
graced.
The old deacon had lost his children one
by one, ’till this gentle girl alone was left to
him ; he had folded a love for her, his latest
born, in his innermost heart, ’till all uncon-
scously she had become to it an idol. The
old man thought it was to punish hiinthat God
had :pcrmitted her to sink into temptation ;
he said so. bescechingly, to the elders of the
church, when, at her request,lie called them
together, and made known her disgrace.-—
He tried to take some of the blame upon
himself; said that he had, perhaps, been less
indulgent then he should have been, and so
her affections had been more easily won
from her home and duty—that he feared he
had been a proud maii—-spiritually proud, but
now he was more humble, and if his'I-1eav-
only Father had allowed these things in 0]‘-
der to:chasten bini,tbc end had been obtained ;
he was a stricken old man, but could say,
“ The will of God be done.” Therefore he
besouglit his brethren not to cast her forth
to her disgrace, but to acc5pt her confession
of error and repentance; to be merciful, and
receive her back to the church. He went
on to say how humbly shethad crept :to his
feet, and prayed him to forgive her; how
his wife had spent night after night in pray-
er for her fallen child, and so he’ left her in
their hands, only entreating that they would
deal mercifully by her. and he would bless
them for it.
\Villingly would the sympatliising elders
have received the stray lamb again, without
farther humiliation to the broken-hearted old
man; but it could not be. The ungodly
were willing to visit the sins of individuals
on a whole community. The purity of their
church must be preserved-——the penance ex-
acted.
From the time of that church-meeting,
the poor father bent himself earnestly to the
strengthening of his child’s good purposes.
He made no complaint, and strove to-appear
——nay, to be~—resigned and cheerful; he still
continued to perform the offices of deacon,
though the erect gait, and somewhat dignifi-
consciousness of worth that formerly distin-
guished him, had utterly disappeared. On
each succeeding Sabbath, his brethren observ-
ed some new prostration of strength. Day
by day his cheek grew thin—his voice hol-
low, and his steps more and more feeble. It
was a piteous sight—a man who had been
1'emarkable,for bearing his years so bravely,
moving through the aisles of that old meet-
ing-houserwith down cast eyes, and should-
ers steeping as beneath a burden. At last
the mildew of grief began to wither up the
memory of that good man. When the first
indications of this appeared, the hearts of his
brethren yearned towards the poor deacon
with a united feeling ofdeep cornmiserations
The day of Julia's-humiliation had been ap-
pointed, and the Sabbath which preceded-it,
was a sacramen_tal,one. :.,'_I_‘he-;,old.deacon
A slight, fair’
was getting very décripit,-and his friends
would have persuaded him from ‘performing
the duties of-tlie day. He shook his head,
remarked that they were very kind, but he
was not _ill, so they let him boar about the
silver ‘cup ‘filled with consecrated’ -wine, as he
had done for twentyiyears before, though
many an’ eye filled with tears as it ‘marked
the_ continued trembling of that hand, which
more than once caused the cup to shake, and
the wine to run down its sides to the floor.
There was an absent smile,-. upon his face
when he came to his danghtc_r’s seat. On
finding it empty he stood" bewildered; and
looked helplessly round upon tbeicongrega-
tion, as if he would have inquired why she
was not there. Suddenly he seemed to re-
collect; a_ mortal paleness overspread his
face. The wine-cup dropped from his hand,
and he was led away,- crying liked child.
Many of his brethren visited the afflicted
man ‘during the nex-it- week. ‘They always
found him in his orchard, wandering about
under the heavy bougbs and picking tip the
withered green apples which the worms had
eaten away from their unripe stems. These
he diligently boarded away near a large
sweet briar-bush which grew in a corner of
the rail fence. On the next Sabbath be ap--
peared in the meeting-house, accompanied by
the minister as we have Cl€SC!'ll)E‘d,'t0 be out-
raged in the very house of God by the pres-
ence ofthe man who had desolated his home.
It is little wonder, that even there, hisjust
wrath was, for a moment kindled. The
service began, and that erring girl listened
to it as one in a dream. Her heart seemed
in a painful sleep; but when the minister
closed his bible, and sat down ; the stillness
made her start. A keen sense ofher posi-
tion came over her. She cast a frightened
look on the pulpit, and then sunk back pale
and nervous, her trembling hand wandering
in search of her motbcr’s. The old lady
looked on her with fond grief, whispered
soothing words, and tenderly pressed the lit-
tle hand that so imploringly besought her
pity. Still the poor girl trembled, and shrunk
in her seat as if she would have crept away
from every human eye.
The minister arose, his face looked calm,
but the paper which contained the young
girl’s confession, shook violently in his hands
as be unrolled it. Julia knew that it was
her ditty to arise. She put forth her band,
grasped the carved work of the seat, and
stood upright ’til the reading was finished,
staring, all the time, wildly, in the pastor’s
face, as ifslie wondered what it could all be
about. She sat down again, presstgd :1 hand-
over her eyes, and seemed asking, God to
give her more strength. 1
The minister decended from the pulpit,
for there was yet to be another ceremony ; a
baptism of the infant. That gentle, erring
girl was to go up, alone with the child of
her shame, that it might be dedicated to
God before tlie- congregation. She rose
with touching calmness, took the babe from
her mother’s arms, and stepped into the aisle.
She wavered at first, and a keen sense of
shame dyed her face, neck and very hands,
with a painful flush of crimson, but as she
passed the pew where young Lee was sitting,
an expression of proud anguish came to her
face, her eyes filled with tears, . and she
walked steadily forward to the communion-
table, in front of her father’s seat. There
was not a tearless eye in that whole congre-
gation. Aged, stern men, bowed their heads
to conceal the sympathy betrayed there.-
Young gii'ls——cai‘elcss, light-hearted crea-
tures, who, never dreaming of the frailty of
their own natures, had reviled the fallen girl,
now wept and sobbcd to see her thus public-
ly humbled. Young Lee became powerful-
ly agitated ; his breast heaved, his free
flushed hotly, then turned ‘bvery pale, and at
last he started up, flung open the pew door,
and hurried up the aisle with a disordered
and unequal step.
“ TVhat name?” inquired the pastor, bend-
ing toward the young mother, as lie took
the child from her arms.
Before she had time to speak, Lee stood
by her side, and answered in a loud, steady
vbice “ That of his father, James Lee!”
The trembling of that poor girl’s frame
was visible through the whole house, her
hand dropped on the table, and she leaned
heavily on it for support, but did not look up.
The minister dipped his hand in the an-
tique Cbina bowl, laid it upon the. babc’s
ferhead, and in aclcar voice, pronounced the
name. A faint cry broke from the child as
the cold drops fell on his face. The sound
seemed to arouse all the hitherto unknown
and mysterious feelings of paternity slumber-
ing inltbe young iather’s heart. His eye
kindled, his check glowed, and impulsively
be extended his arms and received the infant.
His broad at-st heaved beneath its tiny form,
and his eves seemed fascinated by the deep
blue orbs. which the little creature raised
smilingly and full of wonder to his face.-
Lee bore his son down the aisle, laid him
gently in in his astonished. grandmotlier_’s
lap, and returned to the pulpit again. Julia
still had moved a little, and overcome with
agitation, leaned heavily against the railing
of the pulpit-stairs. Lee bent his head, and
whispered‘ a few earnest words, and held
forth his hand. She stood, for a moment.
like one bewildered, gave a doubtful, troub-
led look into his eyes, and laid her hand in
his. He drew her gently to the table, and
in a firm, respectful voice, requested the min-
ister to commence the marriage service.
The pastor looked puzzled and irresolute,
The whole proceeding was so unexpected
and strange, that even he lost all presence of
mind. “A publishment is necessary to our
laws,’ he said, at length, casting a look on
the deacon, but the "old man remained mo-
tionless, with his hands clasped over the
railing, and his face; bowed upon tbein.—
Thinking him to much agitated t_o speak, and
uncertain offhiis duty, thedivine lifted his
. ‘ U ' 5; I
.‘.fi‘.f.‘.’.“.‘.§‘l.-§"‘“‘.‘:t-“-“““ if in-i
, ,a . . y fl=,flllISt atmarriagc between the .
-“° PCTSODS standing before him. '
Every face in that cburchwais turned on if
the deacon, but he remained silent and" mo; ’
”°“l,“Ss"’ s°.‘l‘_e dlalenge W3§'u!1ansit'eted,°_l
and ‘the minister felt coinpelled toj_‘pro_coer_d‘ _‘
with the ceremony. for lie_i‘emembél‘0d’\V‘Il_£ifi’
was, at first, forgotten, that tlie'.'p'air "had.
been published according to law, months ;bé‘.*“
fore, when Lee had, without,gjyen:reasoii','I‘!
refused to fulfill his”ciontralct.,,, , -
The .brief but__ impressive cer_ciii.on_y-_.was
50°" °"’~°T» “Ml With-.; an expression -‘bf ;r'norc »
“lie happiness than had ever beenltvitneséed-if
on his fine features before, Lee conducted, ’.
his wife to her mother, and placed hiinsielfi
respectfully by her side. The poor bride
was scarcely seated, when _she‘blm-ied },'e,- .
.lace'in her bancllcercliicf, and burst ,
passion of tears, which seemed ‘asifit never’.
wquld be checked, The coiigregafion wen;
gu-. -The young people gathered about the
01:3]? talking over the late strange scene,
\V ie a'few members lingered behind, to.-
speak with the deacon’s wife before .tbey
left the church. Lee and his companions
stood in their pew, looking anxiously to-
ward the old man. There’ was something '
unnatural in his motionless position, which
sent a thrill through the matron’s heart and I
chained her to the floor, as -if she suddenly
turned to marble. The minister came down
the Plllllll Stalls. and advancinrr to the old 1
. . . a .
man. laid his band kindly tipon, the withered ‘
fingers clzlasped over the railipg; be‘ turned
Very Pa 9. l01‘tl_ie hand which he‘ touched
was cold and stiffened in death. The old
man was feeble with grief, and when young
Lffe aPPe3“’-‘d before "him his ‘heart broke a-
mid the rush of its strong feelings. '
From the Newl I“I.’1’l.'C'72P(£lld(l1Z‘-1177!. I
PROPHECY OF ECIR.»
The Book of the Pro he. E ° 1} '
biz ubrel whi c/i. he sap};/ce cflr-i/ne(i{1'nin:r,i7lIig,‘;¢.zi"i‘)z,z"(e‘,7<,-T‘
‘ CHAPTER iii. .__a,,-if ' A
1 And the Monarchs of this-old dynasties
shall increase the fiercencss of theii'policy—--- '
and I shall put new _bcl\varks about their
power, becausegl. the splendor of the light
which 1 \v.ll ki E lc in the midst ofthee, un-.
der a new administratioii. ' .
2. And,‘ they shall know that 1 the spirit
of Nations have power in the land of Rivers, 1
and over all the nationsthat inhabit the face
of the Earth. ' '
3. For I pull down and build up—I de.
throne Kings and erect Republics. and mv
power is over them. to sustain justice and ti)
crush oppression. '
_ 4 And I have chosen people that dwell
in the land of Rivers to be my people-and
I have put my seal upon their institutions.
and they shall never fall, but they shat] be.
come strong and shall beunivcrmzl.
5. And it shall eorue to pass in the fourth
year ofthe reign of Martin the Vanite in the
tenth month, that I will overthrow the pow.
er of the Vanites in the land of “Rivers, and
they shall have no rallying place. _
6. But E:i:-Governor R0/um shall 'not
feel thefierccness of my indignation——not-
withstanding his course has been vile in my
sight, because with great diligence be com-
piled a history of my servant Harrison,
wherein he eulogizczl the character of Har-
-rison, and caused many of the Vanites to for-
sake the ways wherein they had walked, and
to turn their faces to seek after the truth.
7. Nevertheless he shall lose his placoiin
the Cabinet, and shall hold no ofliee under
any govcrment of any nation that dwells in
the land of Rivers. And he shall return to
his own town and betake himsilf to a revi-
sion oftlie “ cit.-z'l ofliccr,” and the rearing
ofplcmls that are called after his name‘
the which are small, yielding five in, a /rill,
8. And it shall be remembered that when
he hurl l/ie -management of the Times the peo-
ple were in want—that he cared not for Ma
cry of t/zcfamishing. but lifted up his voice
for the Recluetion of Wages. And he said
“Verily the Gold and the ofices are mine,
and the cullle on (1. thousand hills” 1!
_,,__9. Now therefore because of the wicked-
ness which he hath done, his office shall be
taken from him, and he shall be sorely gored
by the Cattle ‘w/rich he called his own 1!
10. And no certificate ofchamctcrl shall
establish him again in the estimation of any
people——but his name shall die, and tlieresball
be no representative of his house after the
fourth generation.
ll. And the Receivers of Customs in the
great sea-ports, of entry, shall be removed,
because they have taken an oath upon their
lips and have forgotten its obligation.
12. They have lent the power and emolu-
ments of office to elevate the servant above
the sovereign-they have said in their hearts
“the amount ofour wages is sm‘nll,iwho shall
ezumiize the public accounts, or who shall/ind
oul our frauds ! !" '
13. They; hate reported the ofiecrs of the
Navy to the Executive Coum-il,.,.and frowns
and prescriptions have followed, and this, be-
cause they have dared in the land of Rivers
and a liberal constitution, to think freely and
speak independently.
14. They have’ let in their own wines
free of (lulg/, and have lived voluptuousl on
the perquisites and spoils of oflice, on yet
they say to the poor. “which of you shall lift.
his head above the dust, or aim at the places
of trust and honor in the gift of the people !!!
15. They have clamored for the Reduc-
lion of Wages, and have used so histical
reasoning to induce the llaborcr to belive it
was for his good! .
16. They are “1.-alz'ant’ trencher men”
and wield the implements of the table with
a stout .hand—.—they are large men, and have
fat bellies, and their houses are built ofstone.
U17. They. are good judges of Beefiand
are fa.milia.r wit}i..the flesh of ea.li:es—they
can tell you the.lo£a from_the flank,-.and the
Norwalk Chronicler