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OFFICE TVEST SIDE THE BRIDGE-—OV_ER‘ HOYT’S STORE
Number 136, New Series.
NORVVALII, Ct. IVEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1842,
Volume XXV.—Numbor 25,
T HE NORWA LK GAZETTE
rs l’UI!l.lsttED
EVERY \VED.\'t~)SDAY MORNING,
n v
James Reed, Jr.
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in arlvrzrr.cc——at the end of the year $2 00
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, -papers bymail. 1;/‘paid in advance $51
R.-XTES OF ADVERTISING.
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Euclrfullowinginsertion. 20
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the square.
Yearly advertisets.ortc square. $l0 00
payable quarterly. The privileg of yearly
a lvertisersislimitedtotheirownirntnediale
business.
Casual advertisements sent to this Oflicc.7I7_'tIS/
be accompanicrl I.-_1/t/we cash to insure insertion.
1 Job Pl‘lIltlllg,
OF ALL KlNDSo
VIEATLY EXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE.
...__._.._..
A Call to the Ladies.
50
HE Subscribers having just rccei\‘€‘tl a few
patterns ufliit-lt and I4‘aslrioual.tlr-. Delztnes.
together with a splendid as.-ortment of L:-twns
and Printed Mttslins, wortld respectfully solicit
an exauthtation of the saute. by all those who
desire to pun-hasc. They will be sold cheaper
than ever. Ren‘tember—west side the Bridge.
next door to Stevenson's I-Intel.
. Bt-‘..vr'r\' & Osnortn.
ray,-,2/,//7/I7:////r',r*r;_
AVING taken a store in the south part of
Oltttstcd’s Building, east side ofthe Bridge,
is ready to give attention to all orders in his litre
at short notice. on favorable term . and
12'/r._ the Best anct Most Fashionable 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 t‘ fit.
Particular attention paid to Cutting.
Tlte subscriber has on hand a good supply of
Cloths. Cassirneres, Sattinetts and Vestings.
which he will trrake up to order irt a manner to
challenge cont petition.
Pilot and Beaver Cloths for Overcoats. with
superior Tritntttings.
Also, a titre assortment of Stocks of various.
styles and patters. at the lowest cash prices.
‘Fall Fashions received.
Persons wishing garments ofany description
will find it to their advantage to call.
Norwali-:, October 13-11. 49
NE W I
TAILORING ESTABLISILi'II_'2NT.
HE subscriber would respectfully inform
his friends and the pttblic in general. that
he has opened a shop over the store of Wm. &.
B. Lockwood. recently occupied by hi. Banks.
where he would be happy to receive all orders
in his line. Ile feels confident in saying front
the experience he has ltad in New York as a
Cutter. that whoever will favor him with their
custom can dependon havingtheir work mantr-
Norwalk. April 20. Josart-t E. CottKt~:n 23
Cabinet Furniture.
JAMES A. TINDALL. would
respectfully irtforrn the inhabitants
ot‘Norwalk audits vicinity. that he
has recently opened a CABINET
WARE ROOM 1: few doors north
of J. Hooker’s market. where he intends-. to
keep on hand a general assortment ofFUR-
NI PURE. manufactured ofthe best materials,
and in the most modern style, which he will
sell on reasonable terms.
Norwalk, April. 1842.
Additional Rules.
Adopted by the District Court of Connecticut,
March 8, 1842.
ANDREW '1‘. Juo=oN‘.‘ District Judge.
Rule 2-5.—Fonn of Notice to be sent to each
creditor. named in the original Petition, by an
indifferent person, or the Marshall. as the Order
may require. for the bankrupt, after discharge
and certificate. T/Lis pctztion is presented after
the decree in bankruptcy has passed.
0 Creditor of
By order ofthe District Courtof Connecticut you
are notified that my further petition in bank-
ruptcy, for a discharge and certificate, will be
‘Heard. at the District Court Room in on
the day of 1842.
Yours. &c.
Afterlthe above is filled up and signerl by the
bankrupt, an indifferent person will compare
and seal it, and direct the same to each creditor
at his usual place of residence. like any other
letter. and on the seal side. must be added these
words : “The Bankrupt notice of A
The indifferent person will see that all these
blanks are "properly filled up. then he will lodge
the letters in the Post Office, and make his re-
turn in the following form:
nnrunn.
To the District Court of Connecticut :
District of Connecticut ss. this day of
—— 1842. I then deposited in the Post Office
at in said District. a notice to each and
all the creditors named in petition 0f in
bankruptcy, directed to the said creditors at their
several and usual place of residence, in conform-
ity to Rule 25, of the District.Conrt of'Conuec--
ticut. and in compliancewith the published order
of said Court.
25
Indifferent person. in
Sworn to and subscribedttris
1342, J usttce of the Peace.
day of-—-
NEVV DB1’ GOODS.
IIE subst-riher has _iU.~i. H‘(:(‘lV(:tI a lie“
supply of seasoureltle Fancy and Staple
Bry Goorls,
purchased at uuu.~ual|y low pTit.'t"S.:_\t‘lIlt‘lt will
he sold as cheap as at any establishment itr
to“ n, . '
The following comprise a few ofthe article.-4
rcccivetl : Ladies and Misses Tuscan liars. of
all qt-rzrlitir-s. A great variety of I“lo'.vt-rs and
flat Rilrlttrtrs. Rich Englislt, lfrenr-lr, and
Anrcrit-an Prints. Mouslin De Laines. new
patterns and very Cheap. Grnghams and Prin-
ted I.nwtts—some beautiful patterns. A fttll
supply of lilt'?lt‘llt'(l and uubiearzhctl Muslins.
tngetlrnr with most articles usually call:-rl for in
rt Dry Guorle IC-taltlislttttctrt. Ctt.ts. N. C1.ocr(.
TE\V _B0(>liS~Tltc Students Manuel by
the Rev. John Todd
'|‘rutlt Made Simple by the same author.
The Sabbath School Teacher “ “
\/Vreatlt for the Tooth. by E I'IilClt(:t)t'l( L LD
50 copies Sketches. by Mrs Sigonrney.
The Family expositor or a paraphrase and
vr-rsion of the New Testament, with notes, by
Philip Dodtlridge, D D, for sale by
\V E Btssr:r.L.
No 3 Burra|l's Buildings.
IBLES & Prayer Books.-A large
supply of Gilt Bib es. Prayer Books, &c.
of every size and quality,just received at
Brssr..r.r.‘s.
Also—-vI’orter's Rhetorical Reader by the do
zen or tetall. -
DENTAL (‘-ARI)—'l‘o the Public.
Uli the generous patronage which I have
received from the public during my resi-
dence in Norwalk, (beiween 3 anti 4 years) l
beg leave to tendcr my grateful acknowledge-
ments, and the assurance that l have assidu-
ously lahurr-rl to ret der nzyself worthy oflltcir
utmost confident-c. Every exertion has been
made to give the most speedy as well as the
tnost permanent. relief to those who have come
under m_\ profc.-sional care. Nor has any fa-
cility that. could be made available been orniI'ctl.
It has been my endeavor to practice the pro.
fession. not as a mean, conlcnrpliblc art, but as
a science and art united—cornhining art array
of advantages, and requiring muc/L labor and
study. And every thinking man must.see at a
glance. that the diseases of the teeth. anti gu-Ins
constitute a very itrtpttrtant link, irt the great
chainofmorhid phenornena. singularly afli cting
in turn. every organ ofthe human system. and
greatly cndangering the lives and health of
rhousanrls. And that the practice ofthis branch
of the mctlir.-ul profession should lead to the
treatment of tliseascs, apparently rcmotc, from
their cause. will not appear strange. if this
subject be fairly considered. Nor will it appear
strange. that the mechanical operations should
stages in which we are called upon to operate.
And the constant mutations to wlricll the teeth
are subject by continutrkuse. Under certain
circumstances, they must of necessity fail.
But the arlvrrntnges are many and great. which
this department aflorrls. ' ,
Those who have been operated upon unsuc-
cessfully, are requested to call and have the
operation repeated. free of expense. And the
public are respectlitliy assured that every rea-
sonable efiirrt will be matte to give satisfaction
to all who may require the professional servi
(:95 of A. HILL.
N. B. Office in Burrall's Buildings.
Refcrencss--J. A. M‘Lcan. M. D; Ira Greg-
nry, M. D; llon. 'l‘. 3. Butler; Hon. Br-mj.
lsaacs; l{ev.fDr Mead; Rev Edwin Hall: Rev
G. N. Smith. 1\'orwall.-. Nehemiah Pcrr_v,M. D.
Rz'¢1.rrr_/icltt. R. B. Bottsforrl. M. D. Drzrrbtug/.
Dr, Ho-.v-~ll Rodgers, Colcchcstcr. Wm \tVitter.
M. D. ll"'ifli/nartlirr. Ct. ___.‘__.
New Arrangement
for Norwalk and
Bridgeport,
The Steamer NIMROD will leave New
York every morning (Sundays excepted.) at
6 o’clot-k, for Norwalk and Bridgeport. return-
_ing, leave Bridgeport at 11 o'clock A. M.. anti
Nurwalk at I P. M. The Cars leave Bridge-
port. on the arrival of the Boat at Bridgeport,
for North Canaan. 15
Drsrntcr or CoNt\'t-:c'rtcu'r-—-ss.
Be it Remembered: That at District Court of the
U. S. held at Cai1terl)1try, in said district, on the
' 16th day ofJnne, Anno Domini, 1842,
Present ANDREVV T. .IUDSON,.Tudge. _
Then, was duly filed in this Court, the application
and petition ofT h o tn :1 s C a r t e r, of the town of
New Canaan, it1 the county of Fairfield, within said
Dictrict, setting forth, that the petitioner is owmg
’debts and engagements which he is unable to meet:
setting forth also, it list pf his creditors, their respect-
ive places of residence, and the atnount due to each ;
toge‘tfie'r‘witl1 an accurate 1nventory_of' lus property,
rights, and cicdits, of every name, kind and descrip-
tion; and the ‘location and situation of ‘each and
every parcel and portion thereof, accordmg to his
best knowledge and belief, as he Stlttll ; verified by
the oath of the petitioner : praying for the benefit of
the Act of Congress, entitled “An Act to establish a
uniform system of bankruptcy tltrottghout the United
States,” Approved August 19th, 1841, as per petttron
on file, dated the 16th day June, 1842. _
Therenpon it is ordered ; That said petition be
heard at the District Court room in New Haven,
within said District, ’on the 13th day of July, 1842,
when and where all persons interested, may appear
and shew cause, if any they have, why_ the prayer
of said petition shall not be granted: notice whereof
to be given, by ‘a’ publication of a copy of this order,
at least twenty days before the day of such lteartng,
in a newspaper printed in Norwalk, tn satd Dtstrtct,
called the N orwalk Gazette.
In witness whereof ‘I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court,'the day and year
above mentioned.
Attest-— CHARLES A. INGERSOLL, clerk.
The foregoing is a true copy of the original order.
Attest— CHARLES A. I.~tc1msoLr.. clerk.
IIIILLINER.
Mrs. Tindall, would re-
a}_- speclfully inform her custom-
ers that she continues her bu-
_. siness a little north of the
‘ Bridge. at the house formerly
occupied by the wirlowMarvin
her with their custom.
sale by W C STREET
Domestic Education, by H I'Itttt1[tl1rey<, D D.
where she would be happy to
wait upon all who will favor
Norwalk, May 9. I842. 19
000 lbs Sad Irons ofasuperiorquality,for
-E P IG R. A M.’
"I will permit on more arrests!"
Crit-tl Dorr \\‘illI rsloquent appeals,
He .~'nfr-ly spoke far he was blest
\\"ith rapid and trustworthy howls.
New Ber/_/izrrt Bulletin.
From the N. Y. Jour. (J C'otttmcrr'c.
FUR'l‘lll‘II{ PARTICULARS OF THE
EARTHQUAKE AT IIAYTI.
\\-’e have been favored by Capt. \Vilbur.
oftltc sch. II. Lawrence. from Porto Pluto.
in Haytr. with the annexrd lrttr-r, giving: a
more particular dt-scription of the late earth-
tptakc in that island, and its consequences,
than has lvt'f0l'L' been pnhlishctl.
PORTO PLATA, May 20th. 1842.
On the 7th (lay of May the Island of
Iluyti was visited with an earthquzrkc, which
in its destructive effects has provt--d itst-ff tol
be the sc\'r-rest which we have ever had on
record. The weather has been for many
days past excessively hot and sultry. The
temperature varying from 920 to 950 in thc
Sltzttlc, and l we whr-n exposed to the solar
rays. The winds were hot parching and
nutefreshing, nptl the drought had burn for
sometime pas.-prrvailingr. In the afternoon
ofthat day, at half past 5 o’clock, I was
standing on the square, which is situated in
an elev.-ttcd part of the town._ The sky
which was uncommonly serene, and the
dcscendiug sun promised to be bright and
glorious in its s--tting—just thcn casting my
t-yr-s towards Mount Isabella, which over-
looks the town--—I perceived a dark vap'or
ascending and enveloping its base and sides
---a rolling, rumbling sottnd immediately
strccu-etled, and instrrntancouslv came a shock
which nc:trl_v dash:-d rneto thri ground. The
level of the square appeared undulating like
the wuvt-s ofthe sea—a faint and sickly sch-
sensution came over me, and dizziness and
difficulty of breathing. The honsrs t'0('l(otl
to and fro like vessels in a storm. The
ground was l'(‘l'll in various parts. Many
persons t\‘ct'e thrown down by the force of
the concussion, others were reeling as in a
state of tlrunkencss. Every moment we
expected the earth toopen and engulph us.
A second shock followed, yet st ronger titan
the former, accompanied by the satire ap-
pearances, effects and terrors. The church,
a strong and ntassive building. seemed tot-
tr-ring to its full. The bricks flew from the
of the m.-rranders were shot, an_t_l~- now to
crown the whole with the extremity of hor-
ror, a slow fire which had orist-n had been
gradually crr-eping onwards from the time
of the catastroplrc, spread at once into rt
general confl:tj_;r:ition. consuming‘ what had
escaped the former calamity and the sacrili-
giuus hand of pillage.
The survivors now in a state of almost
positive nurlity and starvation. were thus de-
privcrl of their rt-ruaining hopes. and misery
and utter destitution stared them openly in
the fact». I-lundreds had taken refuge on
board the ships in the harbor, with the tri-
fling effects which anagronizing haste suf-
fered them to lay hold of. toga-the-r with as
-many of the maimed and wounded as were
thus favored by their good fortune. As far
as we have been able to learn, the city
of Santa Domingo has fortunately sustained
no damage whatever; neither has Port au
Prince met with any injury to speak of.
according to our last accounts. The conduct
of the inhabitants of Porto Plato, displayed
a noble instance_of at-nerons sympathetic
feeling-—alikc honorable to their hearts as
it was meritorious from its utifity. An as-
sociation was formrd ofthe principal inhabi-
tants and a board of relief established for
the conveyance of succor to the distressed,
both in Cape Haitian and in Santiago. Pro-
visions were contributed by each for this pur-
pose. according to his means. and a depot
was fixed to distribute the saute as the ex.-
gencies ofthe case might rrquire, and to
those arriving here in a destitute state,
many have been thus relieved from the hor-
rors ol a famine, which would have been
the climax of their former misfortunes and
misery. The other towns and villages be-
sides our own and those enumerated above,
which have most seriouslv suflr-red (some of
which are entirely demolished.) Porto Puix,
Gonoivcs. St. Marc. Mole St. Nichols, St.
Louis du Nord, Foot Dauphin, Limbttporl
Zllargot, Borgne. Lt Grandc Riviere, Laxa-
von and Altamira, which together with
Porto Plato, Cape Haitien, Santiago, St.
Osero and In Vega before mentioned, made
in all I7 towns and villages, with loss of
lives in nearly all. It is impossible to con-
vey an adequate idea of the severity of
the blow which will be given to com-
mercial interests in general, through all
their cl‘.annt«ls and ramifications-—many
solid masonary as if from projr-ctilr~s; wide,
fissures appcarcd itt the walls and archrs,
and the. whole would have been levelled but ,
sometitncs fail, when we think for rt moment of fmm lht’ lmflolntnon strength of the outsidelof ml-:“_£."‘-‘S “_'l“ he T9m0“t‘(l and the towns
the various tlisenses for which, and the various hultressess and the lowness of the builtling.t““d “"95 79'9" “ml 3l‘P“"“°h ill?" f°'""""’
It was rrflecting to hear the terrific crioe---anti;
l:ttTtt‘ttl=itiOnS, of the women and children, and ,
instructive to contemplate even tlten-—-their"
lowly prostration to the Divinity-itnploringi
his nrercy, aid and succor in their distresses.
The St‘COl'l(I shock must have lasted about
60 seconds. Fortunately for us, our town
is almost entirely constructed of wood, which
alone accounts for its preservation. The
stone bniltlings suffered -r‘nateriall_v. and
some of the fittest were entirely (lestrn_ved.——
From the 7th'tnp to the present (late, we have
bcorr in continual state‘ ofalarnr——up.~\'ards of
40 shocks hrving takerr_—placc during that
interval. some more or lessisevcre. Proces-
sions and prayers were continually on foot
to avert, if possiblv. the Divine displeasure.
The rncn~-wca_r serious and solemn looks;
the women, when not in processions. are sit-
ting at the doors ‘ofthe-ir houses, either in
tears or with books of prayer. Business is
not-thonght_of, such is our state of agitation:
_The fine town of Santiago, about 60 miles
distant.in,tlie',interior, and the centre of ag-
ricultural corrtmi.-rce in- this part, "has been
‘entirely destroyed. The population consist-
ing’ of about 6000 souls of which 500 are‘
buried in theruins—fnrther in the interior
the‘ towns of~Vt-ga and St; Oscro have met
with similar fufvs. The city of Cape Hay-
ticn, the deposit ofall the agricultural {ro-
ducts, of its fine plain, the Capitol of the
Northcrn part of the Island, the first in Hay-
ti for the beauty and solidity of its buildings
and,'and the second only in size and im-
portance, has met with utter destruction, and
is one immense mass of crumbling ruin. It
is statccl that the number who have been
crushed to death and who have fallen other-
wise victims there to this calirnity. amount to
7000 souls. A gentleman who left immedi-
ately after the disaster, informed me that so
sudden had been the catastrophe, that hardly
three seconds were allowed to escape from
the houses. Thousands were hurried alive,
and no t‘::lit‘f at hand. Cries ofagony and
shricks would now and then proceed from
the buildings and break the solemn stillness
of the night. Many dead and potrified bod-
ies were lying in the streets. and nobody to
remove them. The air was tainted with the
infection, and a pest seemed quietly settling
over the city.
Mag 2Ist.—--Since writing the foregoing.
further intelligence has reached us from the
Cape. which has materially added tothe hor-
rors of its former situation. The city being
a depot for the articles imported for the sup-
plies of theinterior, an irnmense quantity
of merchandize was generally kept on hand
for that purpose. At the period of its dread-
fnl visitation the supplies was abundant, and
the stores crowded with goods. Will it be
believed that the cupidity and depravity of
human nature shottld"so far overcome the
terror inspired by the awfnloess (if the catas-
in a systematic and organized pillage! Thi
is, however. most fcarfully true.
trophc, as to permit men to indulge in riot:
Hundreds, sc es gone by—gone never to return--un-
years will be required to restore matters to
It will be equally dif-
their former footing.
ficult to conjecture of what pr-rtod the signs
condition. -“:70 wait with extreme anxiety
to ht-or the fate of ottr sister Islands. Cuba,
Porto Rico and Jamaica. \Ve must con-
clude that they have each and severally been
visited with the samecalamity,thougb perhaps
not to the same extent and damage. The
direction taken by the Earthquake, which
proved the most severe in its effects, was
ulong the Northern and North-eastern part;
all the other parts of our Island have
vxpcrit-nced the shock,though only in a
partial and limited degree. Stnxr-:v Cnoss.
. Porto Plata.
, Grzo. Po't"rs,-
9 No. 21 Lispenard street, New York.
F. CARUSA.
P. S.—During the Earthquake at Santi-
ago. the inhabitants rushed into the Roman
Catholic Church to implore mercy from the
post high God, and filled it to overflowing,
rind when it fell, rivers of blood were seen
to pour through the ruins proceeding from
the bodies of the poor unfortunate souls
cjrushed within. Grzo Po'r'rs,
F. CARUNA.
For the Gazette.
‘Twas evening———the gathering shades of
t ilight had wrappnd the lovely face of
n tttre in its balmy mantle of repose. Mill-
ins oftwinkling stars were dancing in the
a are vault of Heaven ‘ whose bespangled
c nopy beamed‘ brightly. Pale Cynthia,
bight-eyed mistress of the night, sweetly
s riled as she rode onward o'er her glittering
d main. The hum of business and the buzz
0 many voices had ceased longer to full up-
o the ear. The busy bee who sweetly
h ms as he roams front flower to flower in
qtcst of richer and more varied perfume,
llr sunk to rvst in Flora's bower.
he cattle upon a thousand hills lay re-
p ing beneath the mantling shade of the
lo st trees. In short, all nature seemed to
c rt repose, while ntan-—the noblest work
lb great framer of universal worlds. was
re ring from his daily toils. ’Twas in an
h r like this when the gcntle zcphyr as it
care freighted with odors from the balmy
grve, fanned lightly o’er the cheek that
w dcring by the side of the noble stream
se waters leave their shores‘, and on
se glossy surface scarce a ripple broke
gave loose vent to mcmory’s magic pow-
er Swiftly as on the wings of the fledged
li tning she flew back to other da_vs—to
sc ces around which, had already gathered
th deep and lengthning shadows of eternity
— bile fancy plurned her pinions bright
an soared beyond the vale which hides the
pr cat from the future. , Thoughts of the
pa came stealing gently o’er me- The
ho e ofchildhood's happy hours rose before
at in all the pristine beauty of its flowers
, an crdnre. The glowing lights of other
i da though dimtned and gone, in imagin-
ati,’s mirror again revived and shone in
perless beauty, and while I t-bought-on
commenced upturning the, ctfurnbliog ruins
and drawing forth from thence all the mer
chandise and valuables of whatever kind
they could lay hold of, despatchcd the sornt
to their different hiding places. Opposittor
cure of Scrofula, «sac. at Btssm-I-'5
' » ENUINE Swaim’s Panacea for the
was for some time useless, and a summary
execution was necessarily resorted to by tb
authorities to strike a salutary terror. - Man}
of individuals pouring in from ‘the country’ ca ed for and unlookcd for, my bosom
heved a sigh; but ere the echo of that
somd was wafted from my ear by the mar-
m ing nightbreeze came ever ioyous hope.
an round her fairy brow was entwined :1
ga land of bright flowers. Sweetly she
warbled forth her syren strains, bidding me
thought I, thou guy dccciver of our race
:rl'hough _there’s magic in the potent. spell ;
yet in ,these regions the brightr st flowers
fade and e‘t-n the cheek of beauty is blanched
by grief. So has It been since time began
—so shall it be till time shall be no longer
—till tmrnortality shall put on the hues of
that eternal morning and whose bloom
and whose freshness speak not only
for it lasting existence, but for its holy purity.
What a God is memory to keep in life-
to endow with an unslumbering vitality
beyond that ofottr own nature-— (its uncon-
scious company) the things which seem only
born for its enjoyment. How dear, how
valuable are recollections--as the sparkling
gem frotn the ocean's wave glitters in the
corner that decks the monarch’s brow,—so
doth rr-flcction add new lustre and fresh vigor
to the mind of man. And ofthe myriad sourc-
cs u lrich conspire to give vent and fulllorce
to our reflections, none are tnore power-
ful than the beantirs of the hour I have
attempted a faint description of. The
twilight hour-—how many are there even
within the precin's of this lovely village who
in the balmy softness-of the sweet hour can
look back tothc spring time of their exist-
r-nce nntl hail its .-acrcd memory with joy.
Pr-rchance their hoarv locks are whitened
o’cr by the frosts of many a winter blast, yet
they can look back and remembt-r the very
spot where in this sweet hour, beneath some
trysting true they breathed their first vows of
love-well do they remember the slender form
of the girlish figure as itglided by their side
or listened entranced to that first avowal
made beneath sotne listening twilight star.
Ah, yes! And they remember too the home
that \\’tIttL‘SS’ (1 her decline —the Chuuchyard
that contains her ashes—-the grave wherein
she now sleeps dreotnless and happy——tlcaf
alike to the syren voice of praise or the
withering sncers of envy, and as they-think,
the bosom heavcs the heartfelt groan--their
eyelids drop the scalding tear. Such, gentle
reader, are at few, and but a few, ofthe sad,
yet tender recollections which flit in shad-
owy pomp across the mind conjured up by
spells of twilight, as hc waves his enchanted
wand o'er earth. 1, w, 1;,
Norwalk, May, I842.
We started in our last that Mr.Brockwa_v, M.
C. front this state, as chairman of a select
committee of the House of Representatives,
had reported a bill proposing the erection ofa
suitable nronnmr-ntto the mcmory of Captain
Nathan Hole, in the town of Coventry and
appropriating 3t.O00 for that object, to be
expended under the direction ofthe Govern-
or ofthe State. The following account of
Capt. Hale, and his tragical end, we clip frotn
the Hartford Courant.
The trngical deathsof Capt. Hale is one
of the most patriotic yr-‘. melancholv episodes
in the history ofthe revolution. But few of
our readers are probably acquainted with the
story, and a brief recital may not be iuappro
priate, recording as it does one of the most
brilliant acts ofself-sacrifice and devotion ever
recorded in the annals of any country.
Nathan Hale was a native of the town of
Coventry in Connecticttt. He grzrdtrated
from Yale College in the class of I773, with
the highest honors, and was remarkable
for quiet and studious habits and his gentle
manly demeanor. Immediately after the
battle of Banker's Hill be abandoned his
intentions of entering into the ministery, and
received a commission as lieutenant in one
of the Connccticnt regiments, commanded
by Major Thomas Knowlton. He was in
the detachment commanded by that gallant
ofiicr-r when be. destroyed the barracks of
the British troops on one of the islands in
Boston harbor, and after the evacuation of
that city, accc-mpzmied the regiment to New
York, and was for a time stationed on Bergen
Heights, to keep the Jerscy tories in check.
At the battle of Long Island this regiment
acted nobly——Knowlton was raised to the
rank of Colonel, and Hale was commissioned
a‘ Captain. The regiment wast-aken into the
line of the artny as 8 corps of light infantry
or rangers. ‘~
After the retreat from ‘Long Island, Gen.
\Vashington was anxious to accertain the
situation and intentions of Sir William Howe
and requested Col. Knowlton to ascertain if
any oflicer of his regiment was willing to
cross to the enemy’s catnp as a spy. Col.
Knowlton called his officers ‘together and
related the request of the commander in Chief
Capt. Hale at once volunteered his services to
ttndertake the dangerous enterprise.
lie crossed to Long Island in disguise,
was in the British camp for two or three
days, and after fulfilling his mission was
about to return, when he was recognised by
a refugee and carried before Sir W. Howe,
On being questioned he acknowledged that
he was an officer in the service of his country
and proclaimed his object in entering the
British camp. A court martial was instant-
ly ordered, and Captain Hale was tried
and condemned to suffer death next morning
as a rebel and spy. He received the notice
of his execution with the serenity ofa chris-
rain and patriot, and asked that he might be
allowed a bible and pen and paper the eve-
ning before his death. He wrote several
letters to his parents and sisters, and the
morning light ushered to his ear the drum
beat that told his last. moments were nigh.
He was taken -in charge of the provost
guard to an orchard. where a rope had been
atfixcdfoa tree, and was hung up like a
common felon amid the taunts and jeers of
a licentious soldery,while the last sentence
he was heard to utter, was. "I regret that I
have but one life to lay down for my country”
Noble death-—nnd glorious expression l—
Now mark the contrast. The bones of
Tappao. were dug up and carried three
thousand miles across the sea by order of the
government of Great Britain, and- they now
restamid the ashes of England's glorious
dead in Wfestminister Abdey, surmounted bv
a monmnent that tells in gorgeous marbfe
his ca reer, and his death. _
But where lie_the remains of the chival-
rons Hale? The place of his sepulchre is
unknown. No marble column tells his story
to his countrymen.—The gallant soldier,
the devoted patriot, the noble Christain
rests almost forgotten and unknow.
The inhabitants ofCoventry his native town
have petitioned Congress to erect a moon-
ment to his memory, and God speed their
request. But we fear we shall find the usual
result-—-“the ingratitude of republics.”
Tlte lllanty Cou.'rse.—Be and continue
poor, young men, while others around you
grow rich by fraud and dishonesty; be
without place or power, while others beg
their way upward: bear the pain of disap-
pointed hopes, while others gain the ac-
complishments oftheirs by flattery: forego
the generous pressure of the hand, for which
others cringe and crawl. VVrap yourselves
to your own virtue, and seek a. friend and
your daily bread. If you have in such a
course, grown grey with unblenched honor,
bless God, and die.---Heinzclmann.
, There are moments in a man’s life, when
dcspondency weighs upon him like an incu-
bus. He has his sunny hours, and his hours
of gloom. -Bright winged thoughts, like
birds of paradise, flit through the mind.-—
Hope gilds his days with glad promises. and
joy spreads her charms around him ; but in
the‘ smiling garden. where roses grow and
eternal summer reigns, the darkling night-
shade will spriog up and the funeral cypress
fling its shadow. Sadness will steal in upon
Eden, and convert the brightest. and rarest
flowers to rue and hemlock.
A IVoman’s Advantages.-A woman
may -say what she pleases to you, without‘
the risk of getting knocked down for it.—
She can take a snoze after dinner, while her
husband has to go to work. She can dress
herself in neat and tidy shoes for a dollar,
which her husband has to earn and fork
over to hcr. She can take a walk on a
pleasant day, without the fear of being asked
ta treat at every coffee house she passes. She
can paint her face iftoo pale, or floor if too
red. She can stay at home in time of war
and wed again ifher husband is “kilt." She
can wear corsets if too thick, and other fixins
if too thin.
Hoosier Con't:ersation.—-“I-Ialloo, stran-
ger, you appear to be travelling.”
‘Yes I always travel when on a journey.’
‘I think I h ive seen you somewhere.’
‘Very likely; I have often been there.’
‘And pray what might your name be ?’
‘It might be Sam Patch, but isn't.’
‘Have you been long in these parts .7’
_‘N’cver longer than at present-—five feet
nine.
‘Do you get anyjthink new '2’
‘Yes, I bought a new whetstone this
morntnrr.
‘I thdirght so; you are the sharpest blade
’ve seen on this road.’
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I-I
At a ball, held lately in Richmond, Va.
a belle asked a country rustic, who stood
nigh her, in a compact ring of four or five
deep, gaztng on a pair Waltzing, ‘Pray sir,‘
how do you like the waltz .7’ ‘Maddam,'
said the quaint gentleman. ‘ I like the bug-
gin' part very well; but Idon’t like the
whirlin’ round. When it comes to the
huggin’, I would like to stand still.’
*"*~——-——-2-—~
Borrowing.—‘M rs. Grimes, mother wants
to borrow your tub,” ‘She can’t. have it—-
all the hoops are ofl'—its full of suds—be-
sides I never had one-—I washes in a bar-
rel, and want to use the tub myself.’
editor ofthe Nashville Union. got married
a few days ago. We are glan of that, and
yet we do not know why we should be, for
he never did us any harm.—N 0. Pic.
‘Do you ever play cards?’ inquired
George III. of Home Tooke. Please your
Majesty.’ was the reply. ‘I am so little ac-
quainted with court cards. as not to know a.
king from a Irnace.
The National Intelligencer says, we are
happy to learn, and to be able to state for
the satisfaction of his numerous friends, that
since Mr. Southard,s removal to Virginia
his health has begun to improve, and to
hold out hopes of a gradual and entire resto-
ration.
The U. States Bank For Sale--—SherifI'
Morris’, of Philadelphia. advertises, that the
splendtd building ofthe U. S. Bank and the
lot upon which it stands, will be sold at
auction on the 2d of July.
Deatlr of Vendont'.—The_ Fiji’cbiefiVen-
doui, who arrived, in the Vicennes. died on
Saturday the Ilth. He was brought to this
country as a prisoner. Several years ago
he captured eleven American sailors from a.
Salem brig, the‘ whole of whom fell victim:
to his cannibalism.
-Dean Swift proposed to tax female beauty,
and to leave every lady to rate her own
charms. He said the tax would be cheer-
fully paid and very productive.
An Irishman cautions the public against
harboring or trust his wife Peggy. on his
account, as he is not marned to It-er.’
‘Did you pull my nose i_n earnest, sir ?’—-
‘Certainly I did. sir.’ ‘It's well you did, for
look beyond the past—.the prest-.nt—and view
the future wreathed in sunshine. But ah,
John Andre? adjutaut general ofthe British
‘army, Arnold's victim, 'who was hung at
I don't -allow anybody to joke with me that
tarry." ‘ ' _
ov _ ’
Another Erlitor Gonc.—J. G. Harris, I
Norwalk Chronicler