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or A.t..t. KINDS. I
VIEATLY EXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE.
DENTAL NOTICE.
,3 OCT. A. HILL, tlia~kful torthe patronage
at he has receivetl in his profession during
12 months past. in N0|°W3lks l"3‘s’S,le“"e to ”"
form tne public, that he still cotitinues a. few
doors west of the Bridge, in Burrall’s Butldtttg_Sa
where he will be happy at any t.ime to see his
friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
Surgery. _
li':corrupt'thl.-- tet.-th lnS‘.'l‘l.t‘(l _trom one to a
full set. Also, teeth clt-aiised. settflwletl OX‘
so diseases of the teeth
rodnctive of so much miscliief.
Rcferen.ccs.——Emery Bissell, M. D.: 3- D-
M‘Lcan, M. D.: Hon. Thomas B. Bitl_er;
Hon. Benjamin Isaacs, Norwalk. Nehemiah
Ll. ID. R- B. LI.
1),; Door. D. P. Knapp, Dtmbnry. Duct.
HOW-,_.]] Rmtgm-_:,, Ctilclioster, Ct. VVilliam
\Vit'-Ier, M. D. \Villiam:intic-_ Ct.
i‘{tivv- riher '30. I339. ' 1
von tint L K :".I—A RBLE Y.-1RD.
§,“‘IIIS long €St2.ll)ltsllt:tl coiitzcrzi t- silt con
I-3 tinned by IE5 olti propit-.tor.~'. E. I’ItI':i~.‘ (SI.
So-.\'s, at the old stuiid just Nt)t'-ll ofthe Bridge.
who are prepared to execute orders for Monu-
ments of any dest wption, in while or variegated
marbles, Tomb stones. Hearth stones, Paint
stones and Mullers. Marble Facings. Sinks,
Soap and Free stones. From the large supply
of marble which they have always on hand-
the aid of skilful and ingeninsworkmen, and the
facilities acquired by long experience, the wants
of the public in this line, can be melon advan-
tageous and satistactory terms.
Orders will be received at the above yard. or
at the branch establishmentin Port Chester, New
York, or by either of the follow ing persons, viz:
BRADLEIY Keenan, New Canaan-
Aeeusrus LYON. Horseneck.
Dr. N. D. I‘IAlGH'l‘, North Stamford-
HENRY JACKSON. Bedford.
Jonu BR!-JM-.\‘ER, Catharine Market, N. Y.
* Specimen Monuments may be seen at theYa rd.
A large assortment of Norili River Flag. suit-
able for Hearth stones or walks.—Also, for sale
a quantity of Long Island Sand.
' E. PRICE & SONS.
Norwalk. Aitgtist I0, I840. I939
CABINET FURNITURE.
.. JAMES A. TINDALL
would respectfully inform the
inhabitants ofNorwalk and its
vicinity, that he has recently
opened a CABINET VVARE
ROOM a few doors north at
J. Hooker’s iuarket, where. its
intcn-ls to keep on iian-l ti gcticriil .'.l$I~,'(it‘ll1iet)i
of FURNITURE. manufactured of the best.
m-iterials,a'ndin the most modern style. Wlllcll
he will sell on reasonable terms.
Norwalk. April 27.
CABINE T FURNITURE.
THE subscriber, grateful ‘for past
favors, would solicit a continuance
oftlie same. He is constantly man-
ufacturing Furniture ofall kinds, of
J ‘ the best lli2]l(’l'l2llS, and will keep on
hand a good assorttiieiit. not to be excelled by
any country establishment for cheapness, dura-
bility, 0; workmanship.
A good assortment of CHAIRS constanily,on
hand, or furnished to order at the shortest notici-
folfrctizglbétibscriber would also offer Cabinet
jlfalgg-rs in this vicinity. and intlie ititcrior, an
opportunity to purchase Malitigatiy Lumber.
such as Plank, Board. and Vetieeritltlv '" elf‘
change for their Furniture. He will sell this
stock at New York prices. and EH9 E’-°"‘l l’”°e5
for Cabinet Ware. This arrangement offers to
many, who do not wish to purchase to a great
amount,-a first rate opportunity of getting ‘hell’
stock, and saving expense in time and. money.
'Call at the Cabinet Ware Room. 8 ll’-W I"-"33
east oftlie Bridge. Vfiti. A. BARLOW. ‘
Norwalk. May 16. 1840. 3
OIL.
HPERIOR winter LAMP OIL, by the
bnrrel or less quantity; Linseed do.; Whale
do, 11,, sate by WM. C. S-riuzi-;'r.
WHITE LEAD.
."
if KEGS No. 1. and Extra Lead, for sale
by WM. C. S'1‘Rl~.‘ET.
.an;l taper files; no-ck, square. flat and rouudi
FAMILY GROCERIES.
JUST RECEIYED.
THE Subscriber has on hand an
extensive assortment of choice Gro-
cerics for families, which were pur-
chased at the lowest cash prices. which enables
him to compete with any other establishment.
and to sell his goods very cheap for ready pay.
Old customers as well as the public generally,
will find it to their advantage to drop in satisfy
themselves. EDWIN LOCKWOOD.
Norwalk. May 27. I840 28
FAIVIILY GR OCER Y.
THE subscriber would inform his
ti: ftiends, and the publicgenerally,ihai
| ll‘ he keeps constantly on hand, at the
l-illllllllllll-ll‘ store3 doors north of the mill, 2] good
a ssortmenl of the best of FAMILY GROCE-
R IES, which he will sell on the tnost reasonable
terms. In his assortment tnay be found tiie
following articles: Loaf. white and brown Ha-
vana, St. Croix, Porto Rico. anti New Orleans
Sugar; St. Croiz. Porto Rico, New Orleans,
and sitgar-liotise Molasses; liyson, young hysori,
souchong and ponchoug Teas; old Java. I.agui-
ra, Cuba, and Porto Rico Coffee; wheat and
we Flour; Corn Meal, Pilot Bread, soda his-
c-“uit. butter and sugar crackers, rice. pork and
beef hams. messatid prime pork, dry and pick-
lt-tl coil. mackerel. tierrings. sounds and tongues,
hotter. clieese. lartl, soap, sperm antl tallow
candles, salt, starch, indigo. pepper, pimento,
nntmegs. cinnamon, cloves, mace, citron. gin-
ger, dried cnrrants. raisins, pea ntits, almonds,
filberts, brazil nuts. figs, prunes, ta:narinds,or-
attges, lemons, honey, pepper sauce, sweet oil,
pot and pearl ashes, saleratus, cut and plug to-
bacco, snuff, segars, shoe brnshes,scrttbbing do.,
brooms. wrapping and writing paper, water
pails. sand, and all other articles usually found
in a grocery establishment.
GOULD D. JENNINGS.
Norwalk. Way. 1840. 27
NeWEstahlishmcrit
Ifardware, Cutler‘;/, Iron, Steel, Nails,
Paints, Oils and Glass
Vi‘ HE subscriber has taken the store formerly
occupied by Wm. J. Street. and recently
by Norman Andrcws,whcre he intends keeping
a general assortment of
Hardware. Cutlery, Iron, Steel, Nails,
Paints, Oils and Glass.
Among his sssortment may be found. door, pad,
trunk, chest, box and till Locks; sqare, long,
American antl Norfolk Latches; broatl, long,
table, brass and parliament Butts; Screws;
cabinet tritiimiugs; hand, buck, wood. X cut and
mill Saws; double. single and cut Plane Irons;
frame, morticing and farmers’ Chisels; Angers,
tinge-.r and centre Bills; mill, wood, flat, round,
it
I
0?:
lflfiltllllllllll
Bolts; Knives and Forks; butcher, bread, shoe,
pocket and pen Knives; window &. door Springs;
batters’. tailors‘. Italian, sad, toy and pulling
Iro .s. Frying and sauce Pans, Griddles. Spi-
NORVVALK, CT. WEDNESDAY, ‘DECEMBER 9, 1840.
P OE T R Y.
SCHOOL AND SCHOOL-FELLOWS.
BY ‘V. M. PRAED.
TWELVE years ago I made a mock
Oftilthy trades and trafiics:
I wondered what they meant by stock,
I wrote. deightfnlsapphics;
I knew the streets of Rome and Troy.
1 supped with Fates and Furies;
Twelve years ago I was a boy,
A happy boy, at Drury’s.
Thwelve years ago !—-how many a thought,
Offaded pains and pleasures
Those whispered syllables have brought.
From Memory’s boarded treasures;
The f1t:ltlS, the forms. the birds, the brooks,
The glories and disgraces,
The voices of our dear friends, the looks
Ofold familiar faces!
Where are my friends ?—I am alone,
No playmate shares my beaker-—
Souie lie beneath the church-yard stone,
And some before the Speaker:
And some compose a tragedy,
And some compose a rontlo;
Anti some draw sword for Liberty,
And some draw pleas for John Doe.
‘ .
Tom Mill was used to blavken eyes,
Without the fear of sessions;
Charles Medler loathed false quantities,
As much as false professions;
Now Mill keeps order in the land,
A magistrate pedantic;
Anti l\lcdlars's feet repose unscanned,
Beucatli the wide Atlantic.
Wild Nick. whose oaths made such a din,
Docs Dr Martext’s duty ;
And Mullion with that monstrous chin,
Is married to a beauty;
And Daricl sttidies, week by week,
His Main and not his Mantoii;
And Ball, who was but poor at Greek,
Is very rich at Canton.
And I am ciglit-and-twenty, now—
The world's cold chain has bound me ;
A nd darker shapes are on my brow,
And sadder scenes around me;
In parliament I fill my seat,
\Vith many other noodles;
Antl lay my head in Germyn~strcet,
And sip my hock at Doudle's.
But often. when the cares of We
Havc set my temples aching;
Wlicn visions haunt me ofa wife,
And duns await my waking;
When Lady Jane is in a pet.
Or Sloman in a hurry;
VVhen Captain Hazird wins a bet,
Or Beaulieu spoils a curry :
For hours and hours I think and talk
Ofeach remembered hobby‘;
I long to lounge in Poet’s Walk,
To shiver in ilic lobby;
I wish that I could run away
ders, Shovr-."t and Tongs. &c. Carpenters Planes,
Brace and Bitts. trying Squares, Levels. mark-I
ing Gauges. steel and iron Squares; cart an
wagoii Tire ; square and flat Sweeds Iron;
round and square American (In; English do :
English blister. t-ast. German spring and Amer
ican Steel ; nail rods, horse rialls. band and
hoop iron, sheet lead, nailsofallsizcs—wronght
do
White, red and black Lead; English and
Venetian red ; sptuce, French, and chrome
jtellow; litherage. timber, etc; linseetl, fish and
sperm Oil: coach and cabinet Varnish; Jap-
pan; 6x 8.7x9.Sx 10,9x1l,9x12,9x13.
10 x 14, 10 x 15. 11 x 16 and 12 x 16 Glass, be-
sides many other articles too numerous to men-
tion. \V. C. STREET.
Nnrwalk. Oct. 23, 18410. 49
Great Bargains
AT THE OLD IVELL.
J UST recsived a full assortment of superior
middling and low priced Broad Cloths Cas-
siineres and Saiinetts ofthe most approved fin-
ish ; Pilot Cloths, white and red Flanncls, Me-
rinos, French, English and American Prints.
new styles; Brocha and Belvidere Shawls; blk
blue blk, and col’d Silks; Bombazines. die.
and all articles usually called for in a country
dry goods store, which will be sold very cheap
for cash by '1‘. L. &J. R. PECK.
Oct. 28, 1840.
Cheap Groceries.
E YSON, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Sou-
chong and Ponchong Teas; New Orleans
St Croix, brown Havanna, loaf atid crushed Su-
gars; Molasses; Jtiva Lagiiira and Cuba Cof-
fee; .Flour, Butter, Cheese, Lard, Rice, Mack-
erel, Shad, Codfish, Pork and other articles gen-
erally found in a grocery store, which will be
sold low for cash by '1‘. L. &J. R. PECK.
Old ‘t-".’r:ll, Oct. 1840.
BRICK ! I BRICK ! .’ !
6 Hard and pale Brick
for sale at the Old
Well Landing by '1‘. L. & J. R. PECK.
Old VVcll. Oct. 28. 1840.
READY MADE CLOTHING.
JUST received by the subscriber. at his store
a few rods east of the Bridge, a general as-
sortment of Spring and Summer Clothing,
which are offered much cheaper than they can
be manufactured in the country for ready nio-
ney. EDWIN Locxwoon.
Norwalk. May 27. I840. 28
(Iheap Uroclscry
AT THE OLD WELL.
fl, ERSONS who are in want of Crockery at
reduced prices will do well by calling upon
the subscriber who have in store a large assort-
tncitt saved from the wreck of the ship Aretlinsa,
which will be sold lower than can he purchased
at :-my other establishment in the county by
Oct. 28. 1840. T. L. &J. R. Pi-:cK.
SOAP, CANDLES, (3%.
10 boxes Brown Soap—lO boxes mould,
dip and sperm Candles—5 boxes Starch,
for sale by the box or less quantity by
Old Well, Nov. 6. T L 6: J R Pncx.
US'l‘ received antl for sale at reduced prices.
400 lbs. Cor:-peras 300 lbs. Sal. Soda
200 lbs. Salazratus 200 lbs Pearlash
300 lbs. Epsom Salts. by
Nov. 4. E. & W. E. Brssi-11.1..
UGAR LOAF STOVE—small size, for
'r,.
i
From cotirt and house and levee,
Where bearded men appear to-dav.
Just Eton boys grown heavy ;
'l‘hat 1 could bask in cliildhood's sun,
And datice on cliildhood’s roses;
Au-.t fiiitl huge wealth in one pound one,
Vast wit in broken noses;
And play sir Giles at Datchet Lane,
And call the milk-maids Houris;
That I cotild be a boy again-—
A happy boy at Drury'sl
MISCELLANY.
I"'rom I/ie Ncw- York Express.
LONG YARNS.
BY JOHN sitiI'1‘ii.
“ The Americans certainly exhibited .a
good degree of courage in several of their
obstinate contests with the mother country,
but. in general, on land and sea, t.hey sho\v-
ed little training and less finesse. A success-
ful rusc de guerrc was a rare achievement;
yet sometimes signal advantages were ob-
tained by an emulation of the arts and small
cunning, of our Gallic neighbors.”
De Roos.
In the last May number of the Knicker-
bocker._a correspondent writing over the sig-
nature G. B. relates an incident of the last
war with great Britain, by way of answer to
the above passage from De Roos; which he
placed as I have done, at the head of his
communication. Should my story meet the
eye of G. B.', (and I stippose it will.foi' every
body takes the Express,) he will find that
Commodore Rodgers was not the fiist one
who tricked the unfortunate captain of the
' I-lighflyer’ :——he had but a day before’-been
fooled by a woman! ,-
The occurrence oftlie war of 1812 pro-
duced a most disatrous effect upon the peo-
ple of Nantucket. The Island is in a most
indefensible state; so much so, that no effort
has ever been made to fortify it in case of war;
therefore, the inhabitants have no choice but
a state of unarmed neutrality. This position
has been partially recognised by the British
in the wars of 1776 and 1812. But although
the enemy in a measure refrained from dep-
redations on shore, they cut offmany oftheir
whaling ships---destroying their valuable
cargoes and made prisoners of war or ini-
pressed their seamen. The effect was a coin-
plete prostration of all business; and those
who depended upon their own exertions for
a support, were obliged to seek the means
upon the continent.
In the autumn of l8l3,I chartered a small
sloop in company with a Mr. S*”* \Ve
took our families and all our nioveable effects
on board and sailed, one fair morning,bonnd
for Providence, R. I. It was not without
many fearful forebodings, I can cssure the
reader, that we bid farewell to the isleof our
nativity, the home of our fathers and friends,
and undertook this perilous voyage. Per.
ilous, indeed, we knew it to be—for the tak-
ing of our coasting vessels by the enemy,
had become an occurrence so freequent as to
render the prospect ofa safe passage extreme-
ly faint, even under the favorable circumstan-
ces of fair wind and good weather. Beside
the captain of the sloop and his mate, there
were passengers Mr.S"‘**“, myself, our wifes
sale cheap. Enquire at this office-
zind iliirteen small children.
ALKGAZETTE.
OFFICE VVEST SIDE THE BRIDGE—OVER HOY'I"S.STORE.
WW-
’. .Nothing of importance occurred on our
voyage until we reached 'I‘arpauliu Cove.—
As we opened the cove, we noticed a schoon-
er lying at anchor at a great distance in
shore. ‘A Her character was at once suspect-
ed, and every arrangement was made to the
best advantage for a race. Vie supposed
She shipped her cable; for every sail was
stretched and the schooner under full head-
way, in pursuit of us, in an incredible short
ttme. It soon became manifest that we should
be overtaken: for I think I had never seen
it craft go over the water as that schooner
did. Our little sloop was a very fast sailer,
and we held the race two hours; when aball
from one of her guns went through our main-
sail and brought us to.
Vi/hilc the scene was enacting which I
have described, we were far from being idle
_.on board of our little sloop. As soon as it
was apparent that we must‘ be overtaken, the
anxiety, confusion and distress among our-
selves and yfamilies, was heart-tending in the
extreme. ,_,’I‘hc first who recovered from the
I shock, was l\’Ifs', S**; and I was astonished
beyond measure at the noble, the firm and
undauntcd soul which shone forth in that
woman in that moment. Her intrepidity and
versatility of talent were equal to every emer-
gency, and seemed to increase as doubt and
dangers, n_iagnilic.l. Indeed she proved
throughout the w_liole scene, to be one of the
noblest of Gotl’s creation. She called us all
arountI_hc_I‘, and in a few words communica-
ted her'plan—-sheysaid nothing could save us
but our cliildrcn--“ They will never take
ihein and the feainales on board oftheir ves-
sel,” said she, "for they would not know
what to do-with us all-—we should be too
tnuch in their w:iy—-the only fear is oftheir
impressing the men and robbing the vessel;
and ifyou will co-operate with me we shall
prevent that and have nothing to fear. My
husbrnd,” she added, -“ being a thin, pale
faced man, must get into that birth imme-
diately; and you sir,” addressing me, "must
do uie the favor to become my husband until
this affairis overl”
The c.tptain had about a thousand dollars
in" silver, and the rest of us nearly $3000 in
gold on board. Having sentthe children on
deck out of sight, she took the gold and pttt
it into 11 large iron tcakeltlc which hung in
the fire place——added some water and kind-
led some fire underneath. “Your watch ifyou
please,” she said addressing me—-I gave it to
her——it was a very valnaliie one, with a
heavy chain and costly seals. She unhook-
tdthe chain and unceremoniously th retv it in-
to the teakettle——-opened carrfully the case,
and pulling asingle hair from my tvliislsets,
_',~.,lac.ed it gently in the verge underthe balance
. (meet (tvhicll shipped"-its. motiotxgand prevent-
ed the noise of its ticking from betraying
her) and placed it in her bosom. We kept
up the race as long as posible, in the hope
that some friendly sail would heave in sight
and rescue us; and also to gainsufficient time
to prepare ourselves for their visit. In the
meanwhile, Mrs. S. ransacked all our chests
and trunks, and insisted upon a change of
apparel. - We were soon metamorphosed,
man, woman and child, into the variest tat-
terdemalions you ever saw—-the liveliest re-
presentations of unfortunate indigence and
respectable poverty that could be conceived of.
As the vessel grappled with us, four or
five rnffianly looking fellows jumped on
board, headed by their commander sword in
hand; and we found ourselves prisoners to
H. B. M. government schooner the ‘ High-
flyer’-—-a tender of Admiral VVarrcn’s fleet.
Acting under the instructions and in my
new character of Mrs. S's husband, I step-
ped up to" the captain and respectfully re-
quested that he would not suffer my wifeto be
unnessarily alarmed, as she was in a very
delicate situation. He bid me go tothe dev-
il l and gratuitously did me the favor to add
the charitable advice, that I had “ betterfi
her overboard l" as he wanted nowives. ‘
his vessel. The Lieutenant, however, was a
gentleman in every sense of the word; and
promised me he would take care of her —
little knowing, poor fellow, the job he had
undertaken. Our men were all ordered on
board the schooner, and the captain under-
went a strict examination as to what we were,
&c. Although horribly frightened, he made
out pretty well in retailing the story Mrs. S.
had formed for him. Hestiid he had made sev-
eral voyages front Nantucket to Providence,
with cargoes of oil from the first port, and
provisions from the last; and had this time
made sufficient to complete the sum neces-
sary for the purchase of the sloop—which
‘he had bought at Nantucket—taking every
dollar he had in the world, and leaving him
unable to buy a cargo: that going back to
Providence, empty he had from motives of
charity, taken a couple’ of poor families on
board to convey them where they could earn
a liveliehood, by work. &.c, They were ev-
idently suspicious of the man's story. and
threatened to burn the vessel and convey us
all to Halifax, unless he gave up the money
he had sold his cargo for; but the man stood
to his text, and the Lieutenant was ordered
to commence a search.
Soon the Lieutenant sent oti board of the
schooner for me, and for a bottle ofsmelling
salts. VVhen I reached the cabin, imagine
my astonishment at beholding the noble,
the firm, the undaunted Mrs S., my new
wife, transformed into one of the most ner-
vous, delicate and effeminate of her sex; in
the last stage of an hysteric fit; supported
by the kind-hearted Lieutenant, anxiously
applying the smelling bottle. and every re-
storative the poor man could think of! My
real wife supported a subordinate character
in the scene admirttbly—Mr.S. from his birth
groaning most judiciously and dolefully—_—
while all the children rent the air with their
cries of lamentation. Never-—in all:my life
-—upon any stage, in any theatre, have I
seen such acting, and an assumed character
so well supported as Mrs. S. performed hers,
Number 4.
in the cabin ofa little sloop, before a British
audience!
They were all completely‘dt°ccived—un-
qnestionably so, and the Lit-ntentint in an
especial manner. His kind and generous
nature was overwhelmed with the amount of
misery which appeared congregated in our
little cabin. Every feeling of high-minded
delicacy——of manhood and generous commis-
eration; was enlisted in our behalf. He pit-
ied-—he soothed—he promised every thing.
We should not be hurt—we should not be
st.-pera‘ted—we should not be detained ; and,
indeed, every thing that Mrs. S. demanded
was acceeded to. The accidental discovery
of about sixty cheeses, a part of the captain’s
cargo on the last. voyage, remaining unsold,
induced a further search——but it was very
superficial; for they believed our story ; and
the teairettle continued quietly to boil over the
fire. and the children stuck fast to their locker.
The cheeses were passed rapidly into the
schooncr—not, however, before Mrs. S. con-
trived, unseen, to seize one of them and fisit
upon it, and begged three more from the
Lieutenant. He left our vessel with many
assurances of regard and kindness, sent from
on board the. schooner some merlicivics for
Mr. S., a small sum of money to be dis
tributed among the passengers, and a written
passport for our sloop; which secured us
from capture 0!‘ search by any of his majes-
ty’s Vt'SSL‘lS during the continuance of our
voyage.
\Vhile detained with us, a large schooner
from Virginia, with corn, hove in sight, and
the captain of the Higliflyer sent a barge on
board—-took off her officers and men, and
whatever else they wanted—set. fire to her
and burnt her to the water's edge. About
ten days after this event, the Highflyer was
a captured vessel in the possession of Coni-
modore Rodgers.
From the Rochester Democrat. Nov. 26th.
HOURS OF PERIL.
We have heard of many “awful situations
and "Providential rescues,” but never ofa
situation more truly awful than that which
we are about to describe, nor of a rescue in
all respects more strikingly Providcntial.
Mr. Kidd, one ofthc hands employed in
the flonring mill of Avery & Thtirber, just
above the Middle Falls of the Genesee, in
the north part of this city, (Carthage,) after
dark, a few evenings since, took the skiff be-
longing to the mill, and without communi-
cating his design to any one, attempted to
crossthe river. For the purpose of improv-
ing the water power at that point. a dam has
been thrown across a few feet above the mid-
dle cataract, and at low water the current for
some distance above the dam, is slight
\Vhen the water is high, however, a strong
current sets over the dam through its whole
length, and then none but a person accustom
ed to manage a boat, can push one across.
The river was very high on the evening in
question. To add to the difficulty, Mr. Kidd
had but little experience in the use of oars,
and when about half way across, he lost
command of the boat, and found to his hor-
ror that he was rapidly drifting with the cur-
rent which he could not doubt, would sweep
him with his light skiff over the dam,
The dam as we have remarked, is a few
feet above the Middle Falls, the perpendic-
ular desent of which is twenty-five feet. A
few rods further down, are the Lower Falls
with a perpendicular desent of eighty-four
feet. Between the dam and the middle falls,
as well as between the two cataracts, the
current is exceedingly rapid and rough.
Once over the dam, therefore, his_destruc-
tion was sealed; for even should his frail
bark survive the plunge over the dam and
the desent of the Middle Falls & live through
the iiitervéning rapids and rocks to the brink
of the Lower Falls, it could not nor could
the strongest vessel that ever floated, survive
the awful plunge of eighty-four feet down that
tremendous cataract.
Mr. Kidd was perfectly acquainted with
the localities, and fully aware of the awful
perils of his situation. In the darkness of
the night, there was no eye save the eye of
Him to whom the midnight is as the noon
that could save him; and a speedy and ter-
rible death seemed ineviteable. But that
eye did see, and that hand was stretched out
to save, and guided his little vessel to a point
ofthe dam somewhat higher than the rest ;
where after shooting nearly half way over,
it grated andfinally stuck fast !
But. the terrors of his situation were even
now but slightly alleviated. The river had
been rising for some days, and he had rea-
son to suppose was still rising. His boat,
rocked by the current which was sweeping
under and around it, assuring him how even-
ly balanced it was upon a pivot; how slight
an additional force would be sufficient to de-
stroy his eqnipoise, and how small a rise of
water would be sufficient to lift it off A
wave raised by a gust of wind even, or the
gust of wind itself might throw it from itsl
balance, and consign it and him to the terri-
ble destruction over which they were sus-
pended as by a single hair! Before and be-
hind and around him were the mad waters
of the swollen Genesse, plunging by suc-
cessive leaps among the crags‘and_down the
cataracts into the dark, yawning chasm be-
low the Lower Falls. overhung with their
cloud of spray which even then fell upon
him, and sending up their stunning and ter-
rific roar. as ifspreading the pall and sound-
ing the requiem of their intended victim!
How small appeared the chance of escape!
But
“ Hope springs eternal in the human breast."
and its fountains were not congealed in the
bosom of him who then most needed its ge-
nial influence, even by the terrors wh_ich
surrounded him for the four hours -durzng
mhich his final rescue was rlelag/ed.
He commenced shouting for help, and
day, that could see, and no hand save His .
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though no voice answered him from the
shore, and though the roar of the water‘ al-
most drowned his own. he continued it. test-
ing at intervals to gather strength ' to give
more energy to his shouts, for about three
hours; at the end_of which, the Master Mil-
ler taking his rounds outside the mill. about
l0_0’_cl0cl€. to see that all was safe before
retiring for the night, heard one of his cries.
He supposed that it was from some person
on the opposite side of the river, and was at
first disposed to disregard it. He’ heard the
voice again, and -thinking that it sounded
like a cry of distress, determined to cross a-
ver and afford what relief might be in his
power. He ran down for his boat and find-
ing it gone, and the cries being continued,
he returned to the mill and rallied the bands.
It was then found that Mr. Kidd was miss-
ing, and the truth respecting him was at once
conjectured. On going down to the bank of
the river, one of the party after a while dis-
covered a dark spot on the edge of the dam,
and no doubt nowhremnined respecting Kidd’s
situation. '
To rescue him from it, if possible, was
now the object. Sometime was spent in try-
ing to construct a raft; but as an attempt to
bring him oil by a craft so unmanageable,
would be attended with vastly more danger
to those making it, than chances of deliver-
ance to him, the project was abandoned.
One of the party now volunteered an at.
tempt which his courage ni=icle'succ.¢.-'§$!'t.1.l.
With a long pole in his hands, and witha
long rope made fast by one end to his body,
which his comrads were to pay out as the
phrase is, as be advanced, and with which
he was to be drawn back if necessary, he
bravely ventured into the water. Making
his way slotvly and cautiously along the in-
ner slope _of the dam, he at length reached
the boat still suspened and swinging with its
half-doomed passenger where it was first so
providentially moored : and by means ofrope
pole and oars, the whole were safelv brought
ashore. and Mr. Kidd was restofed as it
were to life, after enduring the mental sufli
erings, the perils and terrors of his awful sit-
uation, more painful if possible, than death
itself, for about four hours. ‘Some idea of
his intense sufferings during that time, ma
be derived from the fact that he has been sic
in consequence of them ever since. He is
doubtless thankfull to have escaped even
with a fit of sickness.
We have not learned the name of the
brave and generous man through whose a-
gency his rescue was accomplished.
FATE OF THE APOSTLES.
St. Matthew.-—This Apostle and Evan-
gelist is supposed to have suffered martyr-
.dom, or was slain with a sword at a city of
Ethiopia.
St. Mark.—This Evangelist was drag-
ged through the streets of Alexandria, in E-
gypt, until he expired.
St. Luke.——This Evangelist was hanged
upon an Olive Tree in Greece.
St. John,——This Apostle and Evangelist.
was put into a caldron ofboiling oil, at Rome,
and escaped death. He afterwards died a
natural death at Ephesus, in Asia.
St. Peter.—-This Apostle was crucified
at Rome, with his head downwards, by his
own request, thinking himself unworthy to
die in the same posture and manner as his
blessed master.
St. James the great.-—This Apostle was
beheaded at Jerusalem.
St. James, the less.-—This Apostle was
thrown from a pinnacle, or wingofthe Tem-
pllei) and then beaten to death with a fuller’s
c u .
St. Philip.—This Apostle was banged up
against a piller at Hecrapolis a city of Phry-
ia.
St. Bartholomew.—This Apostle was flay-
fid alive by the command of a barbarous
mg.
St. Andrew.—This Apostle was bound to
a cross, where he preached to the people till
he expired.
St. Thomas.-This Apostle was run through
the body with a lance, at. Coromandel, in the
East Indies.
St. Jude.—This Apostle was shot to death
with arrows.
St. Simeon—-Zealot.-—This Apostle was
crucified in Persia.
St. Mathias.—This Apostle was first ston-
ed and ‘then beheaded.
Barnabas.—This Apostle cf the gentile:
was stoned to death by the Jews, at Salonis.
St. Paul.—-This Apostle was beheaded,
rant Nero.—I"-rederick Visitor.
Removals from Oficc—-We hope among
the removals from office, ' which, the
ins seem to apprehend, and the out: to
claim, one man in particular will be spared.
He is a post -master » in Maine, near the
Aroostcok line, ‘who, when Col. Barry took
command of the Post Office Department,and
was sweeping all before him in the shape of
reform, addressed him a letter which ran in
the following vein:
“M31 Deaxr Colonel: The sound of your
broom which is now sweeping the Augean
Stables is echoing among these distant hills:
villages and forest are” like filled with dis-
may; the birds forsake the woods, the tremb-
ling infant flies to its.-‘mother’s arms, and
even, strong men find their joints give way
——they shake like Belshazzar at the visiona-
ry hand that wrote his deat.h-doom. I trem-
ble for my office—I have eleven small chil-
now three dollars and thirty-sevrn and a half
cents a ycar—-this enables me to buy them
sugar plumbs, jewsharps,piccaninies, besides
clemency. Ever faithful yours."
pleasure treads the paths that! reason shuns
(supposed to have been) at Rome by the ty-’
dren, and nine of them are girls--it yields me‘
a ‘thanksgiving goose. I castmyselfon your
.IDeath treads in pleasure’s fbotsteps, when
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