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TIVO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
'1‘tt'uimber' 116, New Series.
‘NoznvAiLK, CT. tvnnnpslmv, FEBRUARY 2, 1342,
THE NORWALK GAZETTE
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
B v
James Reed, Jr.
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E‘(P.('tIlt)t"'S‘-Il’)t‘lAtlZl1lt‘tISlI'Zll.Ol‘,S Notices, SI 09
Commissioner’s notices, 20
Guardian. Divorce, and other Notices, 31 00
by the square.
Yearly advertisers. one square. 310 00
payable quarterly. The privilcg of yearly
atlvertisersis Iiniited to thcirown immediate
;_ business.
Casual advertisements sent to this Office. 771_USf
be accompanicr/, by the cash to insure insertion-
Job Pritttiting,
OF ALL KINDS,
l/IEATLY EXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE.
NOTHCE.—'I‘lie subscriber
as would give notice to bisfrieutls and
the public in general. that he has
lakeri the machine sliup in the
"'- Cotton Mill, a few rods above lite
Bridge, where Ire will be in readiness to attend
to orders for building machinery, and all
kinds of Gearing, Building Models for any
new kind of machinery, and any other work
usually done in a machine shop. He will also
give his attention to repairing of the various
kinds of pumps now iti use. His work will be
done with dispatch and in a \\‘orkmau-like
manner. A C ARNOLD-
Refer to C/ras. Isaacs. or Levi Clark.
Norwallt. Dec. 1. 1841.
Carpet Roointis,
432 Pearl St. N. Y.
&. E. S. Iliggins, Importers, Manu-
_t” o lacturers and wholesale and retail Deal
ers, in Carpetings, Oil Cloths. &c. have on
hand, Royal VVilton, Brussels, ThrcePly. Dou-
hle Super, Superfine, Fine Ingrain, Venetian
Hall aritl Stair Carpeting. Table and Piano
Covers. Turkey, Tuftetl. Brussels antl Vt7ilton
Hearth Rugs, Druggets, Baizes, Mattings,
Round, oval and Flat Stair Rods,&c. 52.0.
Also, an assortment of English and American
Flour Oil Cloth.from 2 to 2-1 feet wide.
55
this the l~'Ith day ofJanuary, A, D. 1342.
upon the Petinori of
Deborah B rS::ri.’mcT.
ofsaitl \Vestport, as she is guardian of Mary
F‘. Scribner. Sarah E. Scribner. and Louisia
J. SCl’ll)tt"l’, allt-fsaitl \Vrestpurt, minors under
the age of2I ycars--respectfully sltctveth that
said triiuorsowu an undivided right anti interest
in the real Estate ot"George Scribner. late ofsaid
Westport, deceased, together with the other
heirs of said dt-ceased, which Real Estate is
situated and lays as follows, viz. One piece of
which is the Homestead where the deceased
last dwelt, and is sitttzttctl in said ‘\7Vestport, in
quantity torty four acres, be the some more or
less. lttgctltet with the buildings tliercon stami-
ing; antl is bountletl as follows, viz: Norther-
ly by Joseph Plait. \Vidow Jabt“/. Platt. Josi.-ih
Raymond, Henry Nash, and Lewis I’artrick's
Land. and Easterly by Saugattick River, and
Southerly b_v David S. Hubbell, arttl widow
Jane Platt’s Land, and \Vestcrly by Highway:
one other piece situated in said VVestport. ly
iug south oflntlian Field Hill. so called in
Chimneys Creek Brook, in quantity eighteen
Acres, be the same more or less, and is bountletl
Nortlierly by widow Jane P|att’s L’-ind, East-
ernly by George Quiutartl, John Vanderbilt,
and Joseph Scribncr’s Land and Southerly by
Hezikiali Smith’s land and Highway, and west-
erly by Highway, also one otlter piece situated
in said VVestport. in qttamity three acres be the
saute more or less. lugetltvr with the but dings
thereon standing, bountltetl as fullU‘~\S, viz. On
the north by Josrcph I’latt’s Land, earterly by
Highway. southerly by Joseph St:iiltnet‘s land,
and westerly by John Slur,-2cs' land; also one
other piece situatctl in said Westport, in quarr-
tity two acres be the saute more or less, and is
bounded northerly by Joseph Scribncr’s land
easterly by the Highway, and southerly and
westerly by \-Villiam \Vilsun’s land: also one
other tract situated in the Town of Nurwalk.
in said County, lying at Pasture Lot. so called
in quantity seven Acres be the satire more or
less. and is bountletl as follows viz. northerly by
the Highway, easterly by Lewis Partrick s 65
Josiah Ra_yrnctid‘s lan'l. southerly by Joscpli
St.-ribner‘s and Josiah Raymond's land, wester-
ly by Josiah Raymond's land; also one other
piece situated in said Norwalk. at the Peat
Swamp so called, in quantity four Acres be
the same more or less. and is bounded riorther-
ly Joseph Scribner's land, easterly by the High-
way. southerly by Isaac Churcli’s land, and
westerly by Samuel Jarvis’ laritl; also one
other piece situated in said Norwalk, at \Volf
Pitt Hills, so called, in quantity thirteen Acres
he the some more or less. bottriderl northerly by
Charles \V. Taylor's latid, easterly by the high-
way. southerly by Isaac Church and Stephen
St. John’s land.- and westerly by Stephen
St. John’s land, all of which the aforesaid real
estate, the widow of said deceased. the aforesaid
George Scribner, has art undivided right ofdow-
er or thirds in which has not been set out to
her. and your petitioner believes: tlint it is for
the interest of said uiinors that said Real Es-
'J_‘h.=-. citizens of Norwallt antl its vicinity in
want ofauv article in the Carpet. line, will here
find inducevmetits, such as cheapness, large and
various assortmeuts, which are found in butfew
estahlishmentsoftlie kind.
New York, Sept. 22d. I840. 45
G. \V. Raymon, Draper dc Tailor,
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.a,g_7(/I/7
AVING taken a store in the sotith part of
Olinsted's Building, east side ofthe Bridge,
is ready to give attention to all orders in his line
at short notice, on favorable term , and
in the Best (turf Ilfost F(z.s/ziorzable style.
From his experience in the business. he feels
confident in his ability to give entire satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patronage.
All garments made to order are warranted it fit.
Particular attention paid to Cutting.
The subscriber has on hand a good supply of
Cloths, Cassimercs, Sattinetts and Vestiugs.
w‘.it:lt he will make tip to order in a manner to
challenge competition.
Pilot and Be:-ivcr Cloths for Overcoats, with
superior Tt‘itniniii{;s.
Also, a fine assortment of Stocks of various
styles and patters, at the lowest cash prices.
Fall Fashions received.
_Persons tvisliing garments ofany description
will find it to their advantage to call.
Norwalk, October 1841- 49
N E II’
'TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
HE subscriber would respectfully inform
his friends and the public in general, that
he has opened a shop over the store of \Vm. &
B. L.')(_-.kWt')0(.I. recently occttpied by M. Banks,
where he would be happy to receive all orders
in his line. He feels confident in saying from
the experience he has had in New York as a
Cutter, that whoever will favor him with their
custom can depend on having their work manti-
Norwalk, April 20. JOSEPH E. Cotucizri 23
TAILORING.
HE subscriber would notify the public that
he has taken the shop formerly occupied
by George \V. Raymond, it few rods west ofthe
Bridge, where he will be found ready to attend
to any business in his line, either from the old
customers oftlie establishment, or from any oth-
ers who may see lit togive him their patronage
anti encouraegsxent. MORRIS R. QUINTARD.
Nnrwnlk. Mart.-It 2d, I841.
( ,IL.—A few barrels of bleached Sperm,
Lamp Oil, a very superior article direct
from New Betlford,just received, for sale by
\V. C. S'l'R.l~ZE’l‘.
IL.--Winter antl Fall strained Lamp Oil
of superior quality, for sale by
JOHN A. Wt-21-29.
IL.—Winter strained Bleached LampOil,
ofa superior Quality, Just received by
W EBrssi«:LL.
OCK SALT--For sale by J. BURRALL.
Oct. 28. 1841.
om‘. Madeira,Malaga and-Currant Wines
of the best quality, for sale by
. N S & S H BAu.iI;v.
late should be sold and the avails thereof other-
wise invested—Your petitioner therefore prays
said Court. to inquire into the facts, and grant
your petitioner or some other meet person the
power to sell the same and your petitioner as
in duty bound will ever pray as per petition on
file, dated at \Vestport, this the 14th day of
January, 1312-—'I‘lit=.refure Ordered, that the
24th day of March 1842. at 9 o'clock in the
f0t‘P.llt)tJI1,I)e assigned for the bearing of said
petition, at the Probate Office in said I/Vestport,
and the petitioner will give notice of the pen-
dancy ofsaid petition by publishing this order in
some poblicuewspapcr printed within the county
of F.-iirfield, three weeks successively.at least six
weeks before said 241th day of March. 1842.
3t3 Trrns. F. ROWLAND. Jtidge.
'1‘ a Court of Probate held at \Vestport,
this the 21st day of.Ianuary, A. D. 1812,‘
Upon the petition of Charles Adams, of said
\Vestport, as be is Guardian of Edson Adams.
Isaac Atlams and John Adams. all of said
Westport. niinors under the age of twenty one
years. respctztfollyslieweth that said minors own
an undivided right antl interest in the real estate
of Isaac Adams,lateof Westport, dcc’d,togcth
er with the other heirs of said deceased, which
estate is situated and lays in s:-iitl VVest port, and I
in two pieces. as follows. to \\il.——t)lIG of which
is the liotnesteatl where the deceased last dwelt,
and is in quantity one acre, be the some more
or less, togetlrer with the buildings thereon
standing. and is lJ()llI]Ll-‘:fl as follows, to wit. north-
erly and easterly by Nathan Smith's land and
on all other sides by high-.vay; the other piece
is in quantity four acres be the some more or
less,autl is bounded as follows, to wit. Soutlierly
by Jabcz Adams’ land, easterly by widow
Hannah Adams’ land, snd northerly anti west-
crly by highway; and your petitioner believes
that it is for the interest ofsaid minors that their
interests in said property should be sold and the
avails thereofotherwisc invested : your petition-
er therefore, prays said Court to inquire into the
facts and grant your petitioner or some other
meet person, the power to sell the same, and
your petitioner as in tluty bound will ever pray.
As per petition on file, tlated at Westport this
the 21st day of January. 1S~I2—Therefort=., Or-
tiered, that the 1st day of April, 1842, at 9
o’clock, in the forenoou, be assigned for the
bearing of said petition at the Probate Ofiice
in said VVcstport, antl the petitioner will give
notice ofthe pendency ofsaid petition. by pub-
lisbing this order in some public newspaper
published within the county of Fairfield, three
weeks successively at leastsix weeks before said
1st day ofApril, I842.
3t4 Tnos. F. ROWLAND, Judge.
])EN’l‘AL Notice.-—DOC'I‘. A. HILL,
t.hankfuIfor the patronage he has receiv-
ed in his profession during 12 months past,
5 in Norwalk, begs leave to inform the public,
that he still continues a few doors west ofthc
Bridge, in BurralI’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.
ftill set. Also, teeth cleansed, separated, ex-
tract.ed,&c., and all those diseases ofthe teeth
attended to, which, ifsufibredto continue, are
productive of so much mischief.
References.—Emery Bissell, M. D.; J. D.
t\I‘Lcan, M. D.; Hon. Thomas B. Bttler;
I-Ion. Benjamin lsaacs, Norwalk. Nehemiah
Perry, M. D. Ridgefield. R. B.Botsford, M.
D.; Doct. D. P. Knapp, Danbury. Doct.
Howell Rodgers, Colchestcr, Ct. William
Witter,M. D. W'illiamantic,Ct.
NUFF Gr Tobacco.—-Mrs G B Miller's
smoking and chweing Tobacco, by the gross
NDELIBLB Ink.-—Kidder, Elles and
Paysou's Indclible luli, tit Brssxmls.
If
--Snuff by the jar,.at wholesale prices, by
T L51. J R Pacir.
T a Court of Probate held at \Vestport.
THE BACHELOR’S s0LtLoQUY.
A Parody. l
Marry or not to marry ! That is the question;
\Vliether it is nobler in the mind to suffer
The sullen silence of those cobweb rooms,
0: seek in festive hall some festive dame.
And by uniting end it. To live alone
No more! And by marrying say we end
The heart-ache and those throes and make shift:
Bachelors are heir to. ’Tis aconsutnrnation
devoutly to he wished.
'I’o marr —to live in peace-—
Perchange in war; aye, there‘sthe rub;
For in married state what ills may come,
VVhen we have shoffetl olfour liberty.
Must give us pause. There’s the respect
That makes us tIl‘£.atl the bond of wedlock ;
For who could bear the noise of scolding wives.
The fits ofspleeu, the extravagancies cfdress.
The ttirist for plays. for concerts and for balls,
’I‘he insolence of servants and the spurns
The patient husband from their consorts take.
When he himselfrnight his quietus gain,
B y living single.
Who would wish to hear
The jeering name ofb.rt:helor.
But that dread ofsometliing after marriage,
(Ah the vast expenditure of incotne,
The tongue can scarcely tell.) puzzles the will
And makes us rather choose the single life,
Then go tojail for debts we knew not of?
Economy thus makes us bachelor's still.
And thus our melancholy resolution
Is still increased upon riiore various thought.
The late number ofihe Satirist s uibs awa
‘I
the young Prince. and says that the following
additional verses were song at various places
to ‘ God save the King’ :-
Good Lt)i'(l, how glad are we,
A Ptirtttt-. of \Vales to $89-
For him we‘ll fight ;
Make him victorious,
For pluck notorious,
And we'll get ‘ glorious‘
This blessed night,
May it please thee to bless
And comfort the Princess;
\Vith grace anoint:
Protect lrer’,r_,_rtiinst all foes,
Since we must fain suppose
Her pretty little nose
Is out ofjoint!
O! may we never wince
At cost of otir young Prince.
\Vot's come to town.
The wrett.-h who dares to say
He'd rather be away.
And won't get drunk to day.
\Ve‘Il knock him down 3
Right heartily we hails
Another Priricc of Wales,
A babe of grace I
\Ve’ll sir_t=.ll out every ‘rap,’
To pay for milk ngul tm,..—...,.,
God bless the little t:liap.
And all his race !
HUMAN LIFE.
Aristotle, in his celebrated Criticism on
ancient literature, remarks, that in ‘a perfect
tragedy there must be three distinct parts-
a beginning, a middle, and an end; which
reciprocally sustain such a relation to each
other, that, with the loss of either divi-
sion. no dramatic performance can be coms
lete.’
When for a moment we take a glance at
the moral world, we find that with equal
pl'0pl‘it‘t_v, we may make a similar‘ division
of the time given us to play the great dream
of Hu:n:.tn‘Life. Youth, manhood and old
age, though so widely difiercnt in their pe-
culiarcharacteristics. are yet all equally re-
qui.-;it to tnake up the grand sum of human
existence. VVi;lcly difleirent scenes on lift-’s
picture are presented to the view ofeach .—-
The ardent mind ofyouth looks only on the
future; thc bustling mart of the world looks
[On the present hour; but the aged man
looks back on the past, and finds food for
thought in the dim chambers ofa memory
stored with the incidents of a long and event-
ful life.
It is totlie yotitii, whose brow is as yet
untvrinltled by the wasting cares of maturer
yours, that the’ future presents all that is
brilliant and beautiful. Then it is that he
sees before him. none of the black clouds
that hang over and darken the bright path-
way oflife. He confidently looks onward
through the long vista of years before him,
and discerns nothing in the prospect that can
obscure the liveliest and brightest visions of
youthful hopes. Man to the eye of unsus-
pecting youth. seems not the cold and. heart-
less being which he at last finds him. The
world opens to his view, only its fairest and
most glittering scenery, Its honors, its gay-
cties and its pleasures appear in unending
succession before him.
‘I
I i I 0
Years have passed away. and he is now
within the pale of manhood. How widely
different now, is his sphere of action. He
has forsaken the quiet stream in which his
former pleasures flowed, and has plunged
into the deep ocean -of strife and ambition.
He mingles deeply with men and learns to
love the noisy din of cities. Ambition has
taken possession of his soul, and is the main-
spring to his every action. He soon learns
the deception of men, and too soon practices
their intrigues. and imitates their vices.
His soul, once the home of every pure and
generous emotion, now becomes the recepta-
cle ofall the dark at. selfish passions that ever
infested the human heart. Those'calm en-
joytnentsfigtvhich he once regarded as noble
and exalted, he now looks upon with hatred
and distrust. Those scenes where he once
found a pleasing and tranquil retirement,
undisturbed by the tumultuous excitements
of human strife, he now avoids as intolerable
monotony.
But. look at him once again -—when age
has chilled his misapplied energies, and his
withered and decayed frame is totteringion
the confines of two world. He now casts a
mouthful, but impartial glance over his past
life. Horrors he has gained, bntatill higher
at the general fuss and rejoicing at the birth of
remain beyond his ranch. In his long‘ in-
tercourse with the world. he has found the
great mass of mankind as they really are-—
callous to each others miseries, until prompt-
ed by the cold and calculating hand of self
interest. IVben unactuated by this motive
the hand of fellowship is withdrawn and the
heart is forever stet-led to the calls of stiffer-
ingtiiumanity. He now is forced to confess
lltvl the happiness for which he had once so
fontlly hoped is yet unattained, and that the
~ lofty fabric which his youthful fancy had so
confidently reared has tumbled into ruins.
Ciigitations, on Ltn.~e.--The falling in
lov,/isa poor miserable piece of business,
ant’ how. A young inan’s time can’ be Let-
teriemployed. It isa waste of time and a
[great deal of trouble. A strong simile might
be drawn between his situation who is in
love. and that ofa toad constrained to remain
antler that useful agricultural implement,
lthebarrotv. Driven frotn pillar to post.
and his life almost worried out of him in
order to gratifv the caprice of some young
fettjele; behaving‘ like a monomaniic all
da» and deprived of his rest all night,suspi
CitIi_;S of his male friends and ttcqttaintances,
andftormented in every conceivable manner;
tliepnor tvretch who gets in love is Sincere-
ly to be pitied. ‘ The cotirse oftrue love,
never did run smooth, ‘no that it did'ntl A
grait many fine fellows have been snagged
on that same stream. Itabounds in rocks.
shqils, quicksantls and floodwood ; and the
tide runs Seventeen knots an hour. if not
fastt . A canal should be dug in order that
it might be avoided altogether; anti as for
that young ruffian Cupid, his bows and ar-
rows should be. taken away, and he be sent
to school to learn good manners, instead of
being allowed to fire his missiles in all di-
rectlons, to the terror and annoyance of good
citizi-us. Vie speak from exp».-ricncc. We
were; in love ourselves once: heels over
headfin love, and we would much rather
have been in debt. It was a highly concen-
trated state of watchfulricss; and we take
thisopnorttznity of stating that there is a
sligrhtjdifierence of opinion between outsell
and essrs. Ovid, Moore, and others on
that ‘are. VVe entertain ft.’t'lIl'lgS of the
bighist recrartl for those gentlcinen, but we
fcel_cpmpt=lle(l to say that their statements
are in many respects absolutely false, and
tve d.-fv contradiction. That noble distich
of Moore-.’s -
‘-' ‘O! there's nothing halfso sweet in life
As love‘s young tlream !'
is, to say the least, an absurd statement. We
know better. It is an ugly dream. much re-
-ermhling I‘-:9 riigIittnarc.. Ask the fi,t'stelder~
ly bachelor you meet; and we bet our hat
he coroboratcs our testimony. Rather than
be in love, we would—we don’t know what
we would’nt be—-but at least we know this.
that we had rather be ma.rr2'erl !
TO "GET ON IN THE WORLD.
Is what we a re after. Volumes have been
written to tell how it is done, and the con-
densed sttbstunce of the whole is contain-
ed in the following paragraph from Black-
Wood. The advice here given is infallible.
“To get on in this world, you must be
content to be always stooping where you are
—to advance you must be st:ttionary—to get
up, you must keep down; following riches
is like following wild geese’ and you must
crawl after both on your belly; the minute
you pop up your head, ofi they go whistling
down the wind, and you see no more ofthcm.
If you haven’t the art of sTictn.\'c by na-
ture, you must acquire it by art; put a
couple of pounds of bird’s lime upon your
office stool, and sit down on it; get a chain
round your leg, and tie yourself to your
counter like a pair of shop scissors; nail
yoursclfup against-the wall of your place of
business, like a weasel on a barn door. or the
sign ofa. spread eagle; or what will do best
nfall, marry an honest poor girl, w,ithout a
penny, and my life or yours if you don't do
business! Never mind what your relations
say about genius, talent, learning, enterprize
and such stuff; when they come to advise
on for your good, stick up to them for the
loan of a sovereign. and if ever you see them
on your side of the street again, skivcr me
and welcome; but to do_§in} good, I must
tell you to be a sticker.
upon a rock, ifyou never quit hold of it.”
Extent of the British Domim'on.r.—The
Liverpool Times, in announcing the birth of
the Duke of Cornwall, thus sums up the vast
extent of the Empire, which is to be hoped
he will at some futtire and distant day, pre-
side over 2--“Salutes in honor of his birth
will be firetI—-in America-—-on the shores of
Hudson Bay, along the whole line oftheCan-
adian Lakes, in New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, Newfoundland, in the Burmudas, at
a hundredrpoints in the Vi-’est Indies, in the
forests of Guiana, in the distant Falkland
Islands, near Cape Horn; in ‘Europe-in the
British Islands, from the impregnable fortifi-
cations of Malta, and in the Ionian Islands;
in Africa —on the Guinea Coast, and St.
Helena and Ascension, from the Cape to
Orange River, and at the Mauritius; in Asia
—froin the fortress of Aden in Arabia, at
Kirrack in the Persian Gulf, by the British
army in Affighanistan. along the Himalaya
Mountains, the banks of the Indus and the
Ganges, to the Southern Point of India, in
the Island of Ceylon, beyond the Ganges in
Assam and in Arrtican, at Prince of Wales
Island and Singapore, on the shores of
China, at Hong.Kong and Cushan; And in
Australia, at the settlements formed on every
side of the Australian Continent and Islands.
and in the Strait which separates the Island
of the New Zealanders. No Prince has
ever been born, in this or any other country
-in ancient or modern times-whose birth
would be hailed with rejoicing at so many
lifferent and distant points in every quarter
of the world." '
You may get fat‘
. “T-
Rr-:1.retoa.—-M/e have seldom reada more
finished description oftbis heavenly principle.
in easylanguage. than the following, extracted
from the Englisli ;\lonthly Review—
“ I{eligion—th:.t messenger of hmv ,
dwells not exclusively in cells, or clap‘, en.
but goes forth among men not to f,-,,,,.:” ’
their happiness, but to do them 200,; SE”
is familiar and cheerful ntthe tab'PS .,nd 5 e
sides of the happy; she is eq,,a”v‘im. rte.
in the dwellings of poverty and so,:m.e
she encourages the innoccm ‘miles of 03':
and kindle-s a glow of screniti. on the ‘vol "
able front of age; she is {mind , Wu”.
bedside of the sick, tvhemhe ,,m,ndm‘tmh"he
ceased from their labor, and [hp ;,,,:,r.!,§- “,9
most still ; she is seen at the hot.,,. f is 31 -
in?’ pointing upwafd I0 the ‘liodseongfiirilriidie
Rllfh l”’"d__3 3' She Will not retire so long as
nptsget ll‘3nt9(\‘:l1lnlfll):IgCi7:’Yl bf’ Pltilventcd, or kind-
thel ‘ d _ d 9n. an it is not until
"SE "W '5 One. that she hastens away
and raises her altar in the wilderness so
that she may not be Seen by m,m_tt M
77'/€.f"«’€ 0f_ Kenrla/l.—Accordint.r to the
last accounts, it appears that the Mexicans
had SDitl‘(‘tI the life of youmr K9,,da“ of
C) I
the New Oflpims Plcflvtine. well known in
lV'P09‘t”=tnhit'al circles, and if he was able to
f’“d‘”9 ‘ht’ tttflls and fnttcuns ot the perilous
totttne-_v of 2000 miles to Mexico, he proba-
blv yet survives. The Picayune speaks of
him as fnllows;
”G. VV. Kendall. we feel ngsurpd, was
amqanv those whose capacities of endurance
ena led them to pursue-._thetr perilous jour-
ney to the end. If spirit and determination
would carry him through, he is safe; God
‘Iron! ttl Mr. Lumsden left New Orleans
several t'l:t_vs since for the city of Mexico.
amply provided with all the papers necessa-
tv to secure the release of his associate.-—
That he will be snot-essftil, we are fully con-
"‘““—"-‘I; Bi’ and bv. if we mistake not‘ Ken-
dall will be at his old post, to laugh at the
fears of his friends. and rejoice at his escape
from the dangers through which he has
passed.”
772: March of Minrl.-—-Nothing is more
gratrfvtnr: to the truly intclligentand patriot-
ic mtnsi than ll'lP(‘0l'lIPmplt!Ii0n ofsuch com.
positions as the following which proves be.
vond question the rapid advance ofedtication
and intellectual culture within the favored
precincts of our happy country. There is a
tcrseness in the mode of expression adopted
which might be imitated with profit by some
ofour speech founders and message builders,
The document as the reader will see is a
cnblr-i-’s bill. It was actually bonded by a
shoemaker to a gentleman in the county of
Kent. M:-irvlnnd, who without questioning
the items paid the same:
Squire Srr-:AKr.tt.
To J, Wooro.-t, Shoemaker, Dr.
.9. 0'.
Dec. 26 Clnt_t’d up Miss Br-ttv 1 7
Ms-uded up Miss Jeiinv 2
Jan. 3 Tue t.-npp’rl Master Billv 11
Turu’rl up. clog’d, and men.
tied the maid 1 6
Heel tapp’d master Johnny 3
7 Lined, bounded and put a
piece on Mutlatn. 6
To stitching up l\’li.as Kitty 4
I9 Soling the bottom and strap-
ping the sirles of maid 1 6
To tapping Madam 6
To pcggiiig up Miss Funny 3
Total 11 3
"N tvt-r sneak unless you have something
to say; and leave off when you are done.”
This was the rule followed by an old gen-
tleman, who upon being asked to address a
rt=lir_rous meeting some twenty vnars ago thus
snoke: “My friends, I go aboui Charlestown,
Maiden, Cambridge. and other towns selling
meal; to some I srell a bushel, and to some
I sell a pt"Clt'. Some sav one thing, and
some another; world without end. Amen.”
‘I tindcrstartd.’ said a deacon to one of his
neighbors ‘that. you are beconiinga hard
drinker. ‘That is slander,’ replied the
neighbor, ‘for no man can drink easier.’
A Cmnp-’i-men! to i/re La.r.lies.——A min-
ister a short time ago held forth to his female
auditors in the manner following:--“Be not
rotrd that our blessed Lord paid your sex
the distinguished honor ofappearing first to
a female, after the rt=snrrection,for it was only
done that the glad tidings might spread
sooner .7”-—N. Y. Aurora.
Domestic Enricarmcrrts —How much
happiness does the old bachelor loose? No
lispiug cherub clirubs his knee, and tones of
love cries out, “Daddy, !give me thum thu-
gar kitheth.”
Repentance, without amendment, is like
continual pumping in a ship. without mend-
ing the leak.
Men are born to be serviceable one to
another, therefore, either reform the world.
or bear with it.
John Randolph once said in the United
States Senate that ho had discovered the
philosopher’s stone. ‘It consisted in these 4
monosyllables, ‘ Pay as you_ go.’
Why is a stick of candy like a horse .’—-
Because the more you lick it the faster it
goes.
:_
Two Irishrncn being out a gunning, one
of them shota hawk from the top of a very
tall tree. “Och I’’ cried the other. YOU
might have saved your ammunition for the
fall would have killed him.
A chap being asked, what he took for a
cold. answered: “four pocket handkerchief:
a day, madam.” ,
. _. —-.-r-- - vgqflgfies. ~.»v u. . .x.a....,.,,.,.,
OFFICE WEST SIDE THE BRIDIGE-—OVER I-1OY'l"S STORE”
Volume \XIV.—NnmbcI- 5.‘
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For the Gazelle.
UNION SCHOOL.
"flit. REED: 1‘lVO ‘cars ago. before the di-
t.~to_n of the-Centre tstrict, I advocated in n.
public meeting. the preserving of the district
Whole. and the establishment of a Prirnar
Sclwol. under a female teacher. for the cruel
°l‘ll‘l'°"- With 8 high school for the Iargcr—..
This I am persuaded would be the beat confisc-
were it practicable. But our houses are ruin;
built and so located, that I had no hope ofguc.
0093102 in any endeavor flfleflherfifilnblighmgng
ofthe first part of the system at present. The
°'l'9'P8"s the High School, is within our ruck,
Let Us begin with the most unfavorable esti-
mate possible. Suppose the nveragg mi. of
attendance to remain asit is, 1.53 out of399_
The three Centre districts may be .0 affanggd
asto give to each primary School an aver-3 g
0f 40. leaving 33 to the union school. Orrttm
basis our primary schools would receive $600
from the public fund, and the union school 3165'
The female department in the Over Riv dist.
would be dispensed with. and the whole coir oft;
saved. Give to each oftlie three teachers S400
and allow for contingencies the same as at
present, the cost of the school would be 812622
pf which the public fund would pay 3600, 1,3":
rug $66? to be paid by quarter bills. "This
would give an average to each scholar attend-
ing the whole time. of$5 51, being 30 c.,.,¢,1.‘..
than the average paid Down Town; and 33
cents a quarter more than is now paid in the N.
Centre district. This would be saved tenfold
by the increased advantage.
, SUPPOSB HOW. we give the teacher ofthe an.
ion school 3500 for the 33 scholars-and allow
him the privilege of increasing it to 40 from
abroad ifhecan. The public money will a
165, leaving ‘£5335 to be paid by quarter biilsy.
This will bring the quarter bills in the hi 1;
school at the rate of $2 52. There is no magn-
ner of doubt that a first rate teacher can be ob.
rained on these terms. There is as little doubt
that at this rate the three districts would fu,-nigh
50 or 60 scholars instead ofthe 33.‘ Tho 10'
rate oftuition places a superior education with.
in the reach of nearly every one; gm] ifmy
are too poor to pay. they have by law, 31; fr“
access to the union school. upon panning lb.
prpper examination, as they now have to the
primary school.
There is another advantage. The teacher of
scholars classified as these must be (none being
admitted save on examination) could better in.
struct 60 than he can now 30 in a common
academy. There are few academics in the
land. even those which cost 6, or $10 . qua,-3,,
that are as profitable schools, as such 3 uniori
school might rcadilybe made.
In the mean time. this would enlist the In-
fluence and interest of those who now send
abroad and so care little for our common schools,
That beating up for scholars, and that selecting
out of particular families which happens upon
the opening of an ordinary academy, would be
broken up ; and all that influence and interest
concentrated upon our schools in common...
The wealthy, not having the power to send
their children to the acaderny till they are qua]-
ifietl, would keep them in the common school
and endeavor to see to it that the common school
is made as good as possible. And depend upon
it, if we have not a union school, we shall ing.
vitably soon have ouracadcrny, from which
the children of all except the comparatively
rich, will be excluded by the high rate of tui-
IIOII.
But we may reasonably hope that the cm,“
of a union school would be, like that ofthe Aca-
demy at the Old Well. to increase the attend-
ance. lfit should do nothing else it ought to be
established. Suppose the attendance becomes
not 3 5 like that ofOldWelI.(for they seem to b:
another sort of folks; more of the old fashioned
spirit of "76 than we find about the Bridg‘e.)_..
Suppose that the attendance becomes; like the
aucntlance in Pudding Lane and Down Town,
VVe -have then an average attendance of 200.
Allowing an average ol 50 to each primary
school. we have 50 left for the average atten-
dance on the union school; and we should first
have to shut every scholar out, who might ap-
ply for admission from the Lane or down Town,
or elsewhere. In the meantime the rate oftu-
ition in our primary schools is reduced to 84 41
a year. or $134 a year less than they pay Down
'l‘own 1; the rate of tuition in the Union school
allowing $600 a year to the teacher, is 82 17
a quarter, or $2 67if we allow tbeteacber $700
3 year. '
Now Sir, let the three Centre districts unite
into one ; continue their three schools as they
are. and put their tinion school in the upper
room of the South Centre ; and we can have I
‘union school just as well as not; with no in-
crease of expense to be felt; with a caving of
one years time, to every scholar who want: no
better education than our common school now
furnishes. And the effect, we may reasonably
expect will be to bring 200 to ourschools instead
of 153. the present nurnber. Should we admit
Down Town into the partnership, it would be a
saving ofa dollar a year to each oftbcir scho-
lars. and an increase of some 10 or 20 cents to
each ofours. Pudding Lane might come in
on about equal terms, with very little loss or
gain on the score or expense. OverRiver would
make a saving. 0?. as the leading men in Over
River seem to be especially afraid ofa little ad-
vance in education, perhaps we might take
the Lane in their stead; and in that case Over
River must go on with its two schools, and at
greater cost. without even the advantage of g
classification of scholars; as they are going on
now. If all other: decline it, nothing is easier
than for the N. and S. Centre to unite; maintain
one primary school with a female teacher.
one grammar or common school. and 1 Union
school. They have suflicicnt scholars and am-
ple means. The expense need be buta very
trifle more than it is now.
_ As to the constitutionality of a union school:
the law which provides for it is pretty good au-
thority. 1 can see no reason why a scholar
under 16 should be deprived of his share of the
public fund when he begins to study history or
political economy, or Astronomy, more than
when he begins to study Geography. If it
lawful to divide scholars into classes, or to put
them into diflerent apartments in one house, I
see no reason ,wby"they may not be put into
tltffercnt house: if needed. The idea of a co 1.»
mon school, is not common as being of a low 52%-
der, but as being such as that its advantages-,
may be shared in common, and no one shut ou‘i..‘~‘
on account of his poverty alone. There is no"
more ground for complaining that a child, who
is unfittcd for it, is not put into the clasnin Nat.
Philosophy or History, than that the child in A.
.8, C.is not put ictotbe Arithmetic class. Nor
do I in my son of reason for saying to the no
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Norwalk Chronicler