i‘£_
having purchased his stock ‘in trade, is now
A’ _r_e_ad,y’t0..furi1ish the no-blic w-‘ith the best assort-
.‘Saddler’s Silk, and a general assortment of
=ariic'les usually called for in establishments of
-lthis kind.
. dum'b,-my as well as convenience.
‘/ .,
NUMBER 225-NEW SERIE
S.
v
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payable qlltll‘[el‘l_y. The privilege of yearly ad-
vertisers is limited to their own immediate busi-
uess.
Custtztl arlvei'i.isetnent.<. sent to this Ofiice, itius'r Bl-I
ACCO.\lf'.\.\'lED nv THE CASH 1'0 INSURI-1 [SS1-ZRTION
"JOB PRINTING,
or ALL KINDS.
. - fiilivctzlitctl at the Gazette Omen.
t§7ell<éttg fifi.
A, Large ‘Stock of Dry Goods!
JAS. MALLORY 81. CO.
’ .-'\VlNG l'l i-ottzetoplatioit. a t-liangv in
th--ir l)llSl.ltf.~'F. uoulil fIfT.f"r to ti.t= polilic
’llIIl|’ entire stock of Dry Gooils. t-otnpiisttte a
large and superior it-soriiiie-iii of Fancy and
‘Staple Gooils, at a trifling ao'\-'aucc front cost,
.for cash.
They woolii.-ay to those wlto may be in want
'ol'uot.ids.‘ suite-il to the pre.-ciit and ap,-.roat-lt
itg season,-, that we have on hantl every or
«role that may he called for. and that, it aiy
are dc.-irousiof buying Dry Gtititls, at their
own prices. the oppnrtuiiity is Pow al"fiirdi>d
Ihfilnu \-Vi-,‘ll t-.n_i_va_-._:e that any r.-ailing on us.
with the expei,-titiioti of ltiiyirtg, cftcilp. shall not
go 7]\Vi':ly'l>flllllfllllltftl.
\Ve have ‘tits! rvct-ivetl in atli'l|ll()ll to rill’
fortiier stock. a Vt‘-‘V large '-.lSsi)l'll)l(*élIl of NOV!’
-G-ttitls. airiong wliit.-li we mention the l'iillot\
iing £ttll('lr>S. viz: '
. Sal/.inct[s Ca.»-siriicres.
Bearer Cfiil/is, B‘r0t'ulclu//LS
Vcvliiigs
F/,-¢,n_;;,g/5, Bi'3{(.(7(,’]'[(’.(_’.II..\‘, Bit/r.,Q"ll/[2 C0!‘/I
-Tic/rings. Linen and Cuuou. f}f.07)C'7.s', 11/-
Mfirt."ct:/zs, C//.u..s-no.5‘. .‘lIii,.s'/in r/c Lanes. illerix
no.3‘, Bit/ri.b.:i.z_iiics. an»/. Girt.g/irt./ns.
Also, splendid lot of Silks ofevery style. and
in fact almost evyry thing else in tile way of
Dry Uruoil.-‘.
5!
IIOWIAS EAS’l‘0N, S't.iu‘gcon mid
ltlecliianical Dentist, res-pecit'u:l_\
informs the ciizzens of Norwalk. that he has
taken an Office in the upper room of Curtis‘ new
builtliug, iipgfitisile the store 0! Jairies Mallort ii’
Co. tvlicre he will be happy to attend upon Iliti.~c
who may stand in need if his priil?-s.-zioiizil ser
vices. All ltinil.-t of teeth iiisi-itoil iii the best
u'i],;inii(5r, t‘lllfCl' single or in sets; filling done
wiiugoitl ; ilecayi-.tl portioiis removed : ir'cgn-
la'lel'll1 remidieil.
-Dr E. it recently fro.-it the city of N. Y.
where he has been in the prnrzlice ofhis profes-
sion for tire last ten \'Ptlf‘.~‘. No pains have l)I"(“n
spar'ed in port's-tziinuv liiiiisr-If in its various de-
partments. f'artit:nlar attention will be ,r_t,ivr:n
to correct the irregular growth of It-‘¢f:'ll in chil-
dren and yonn-_: persons. which with proper
treatment may lie i'I'l2l(lt‘. even and beautiful.
C...-erul ;)urP_nhs will give iliis siili_'iect the cousid
ei-aiion it de.-‘ervcs.
I{'e_ferences.—-Rt-.v. E-lwin Hall. RP\'- Jui-
\Voo5sey. Rev. S B S Bissell. Hon Clark Bis-
sell. George St Joliti. Alfred Mallory. W in. K.
§Lewi.-, Grunge Mei-kcr, George llt't_\j|. 2d- W"!-
’-(I. Street. :3 E tfrriimari. C J Griiman. George
Marvin. Andrew 'l‘orney, Capt VV .l Merritt.
.all of Norwalk; Sullivan i\’.loulton. Wt'sIp0rt-
Terms FBI]-:~’Ul)2)UlC. and all 0per':t|lUUS W8!“
‘ranted.
HE subscriber would respectfully '.."'~rin
. o ' T "n l‘ .
his friends and the Plll)llC. that he lt.‘.«_-"EB
move,-1 ioihe west stile of the Bridge, at the
slam; iami). occupied by R. S. Pcnnoyer. and
.4
iment of articles in his line ever oliered In this
on-irket—such as Saddles. Bridles. l‘13f"€S-‘€9~
.,I.runkS’ Vanses‘ Ca,.,,et Bags, Martiiigules.
;H,,,,e,5 and C,,iiar5_ Also, a siiiiertor assort.
iment of Carriage and Riding \Vhips. _
Saddle and harness Ttiniinings of all kinds.
,Also. a good assortment of Elastic. and Webb
Braties of” his own manufacture. made for
The above articles. the undersigned pledges
himself to sell. as low as they cart be found
elsewhere. The patronage of the public is
ectfull solicited. _
#3? ‘B. Tyhe strictest attention paid to all kinds
of repairing‘. Wll.LlAM B. SWAN.
Norwalk. Decrniber 1: 1843‘
ENTAL siu-ge_i-y.—g\- Hills De"',€"
Surgeon. offers lits servlces to the pub Ic
in every department of Dental Sur2€|_'V-_
Otfice as heretofore. in Burrall's Buildings.
Referencss-—J. A. M’Lc8.n. LVL D i {'3 Greg;
1;-y,_M. D‘;,H,on. '1‘. 3. Butler; Hon. Be")-
nsnacs; Rev.Dr Mead; Rev Edwin Hall 3- Rev
G N. Smiih.Norwallc. Nehemiah Perry,M.D-
tflidrzefielcl. R.B. Bottsford ,M. D. Dan_bur_?/-
{Mr.Ho.v,--llR.odgcrs Colchcster. Wm Witter.
IM. D. Willitttqntic. Ct.
, . REEN’S ConnecticutRvgisterfiir. i§47i~
8 the Tanning and Currying Business.
I .I)l’.S'/I'2‘Cl (If j\r,r1(;:i[/.1‘, ,5-3,
Piitiiz.-i'i'i-: (,‘-t rim‘. ft‘:-h, :26. A. D. 13.14
HE Court of Probate for the DlSlfl(fl of
l .
‘ Ntirwalk. hath limited and allowi-if six
o.oiiili.< from the date hereof, for the (.‘fQ(lllii)_‘s o:
the estate of
Lewis Ix’n_7/moi;/1.
late of Nl|T“’il!l{, tletierisiiil, to exl.iliit lhfir
f‘l':!lllt.\‘ for .\‘f“lllr'_'l)lt‘fll. Tltose ..-}... ,,..,_,;C,., H,
tire-st-til their acct tints properly alleé-!(’tl’. \\ ill!-
’Pl|blishe(l Every -E-‘t"cdii:cStiiztiy 1‘i‘Ioti'fli“s's's' by JAIVIES REED, Jr. at Two D0llaIs_Pex-A Annlun id’ Adv
NORWALK, . CT. WEDNESD
MI SCELLANY. '
TI-IE ROBBER IN t%Boo'rs."
0 I‘ Illeilliifl ni g lit t Al arnu.
BY THE AI:-‘THOR or ‘LAFITTE.’
‘Art thou a robber? speak !’
Concluded.
AI.,li-ngtlt the boat reictit-d New York,
and our hero, beu-iltlctt.-tl and igiizimnt, scat-
od hints:-lfon his trunk lo!‘ fear of robbers,
\\'l‘i(Hll he mi.~ioolr the hackmen for; ‘and
iv iitedto S¢.'L‘;illl the passengers ashore, before
li-uvtng lite Loot liiiiist-‘ff. He was very
inucb tfl'-‘lid of doing tiny thing wrong, or
l.ll~il.t'-1 New York .g't‘lll.lt‘fl'la[l wouldn’t do;
tor his arrival inspired him with an amliition
to be thou-_iht one of thi:iii,—l.'noivit'ig, cool,
free and easy. _
Hack, sir! notv shouted an Irishman,
with at whip in his hztrid, close to his ‘ear,
\\.-'llll(" with the oirii:r hllnd hi: caught hold of
one end of his ti'iink. 7
Lit my trunk alone, he cried, l)(‘!.\\'PP[l
alarm and anger ; you needn't tliiiilt you'll
iti said time will he rl.-l);-jrfpd 3 rm-,,v,.,v_ A“
ttfil”-"H|S l'l!lf‘ll!t‘Il to s:ii_d e.-tliite. are rcquestc.-it
to itialte ltltlllt lliille pm mi-nt to '
SAi\lUl-IL W. [-l.u'.uoi\'n ? Atlminis
l.r-zwis l'iAYM--.'\'l). tratur.-.
:\’i-r\\':ill.. Ft‘llft|:iTV Z! 3'9
T0'l‘£CI‘}.— l'tii- (‘wort ol l’roii;iit- llll thi-
fllfibtlffl Ill’ lRlllQt'fi(-Id. hag lilnited anti
ttllttwctl six inontlis froiii this date. to the
lIf'E‘(lllUr5 itftltrt estate ()l’
E/izcilict./i. Brri.r/./cg/.
late of said ilistri--i, Ilt‘(:r‘i]~e(l, Lo cxhiliii their
f_'lflllUS|t)lll8 .“tllllllIl.~ll‘i'llt)'§ for settle-iiir~tii.——
All who [l8,‘_'lt’(.'l to pro-cnt their claims in the
time above limit:-if, will he rli,-liarreil a recovery.
Fl{A;\'ClS Bri.inLi-zv, Ailniiiiis
, HAt.vi«:Y S.iii'rii, iraio-.-.
Rltlgefireltl. Feh.22 1811. ’f‘3i§)
A fine Htore to Let.
,4-‘:7-gt To l.et—-a fine Store in No. 4.
Burrall’s hnil«!int_ts. lt is very still-
"'- i,gi'l
ahle fir Dry (:‘ooils. or aov Otilcr
Ft-‘.~‘pf‘Cl?!lIl0 i'ncrt.‘ant|lc l)Il.~'ltlG“S.—-
Pits-t-ssit.ii can hcgiven itiitimtliaicly ifreqiiircd.
Rent reasonable. Eritpiire oi John Biiri-all on
the t)Tl‘tl'll~‘l‘~. Norwalk. l“t-lt. l3. l8=!-1.
For‘ Sale or to Let.
I‘ . _ - ' .‘- i
A he place on it hit it toe sob
uh W‘ .~r-rilier rt-stiles iii-at l‘ we Mile Riv-
.' 3- er l.aittlirtt_t. r:oniaiiiiti_t_t 21 ar.-rec of
land with a convenit=i'it Du-r-lliiii:
lloii-e. Barn. and other net-e~saiy llullfllngs‘
Also, a Dwellin<_t Htitisc antl Barn. atl_ivtin-
nu the above pro-tnises contaiiiing, 3.} acres o‘
land. ftirtnerly occupied by Socrates Rayinond.
For particulars enquire of
SAi\iUt-:L S55 JOHN.
Norwalk, Feb. 5. 154-! *4iG
‘ .L‘9(PH§. A1’ Tiilfi ! .
O C
Faittii y @roce1‘1es !
‘i‘ HE 5llil~‘!ff‘tl)t’f‘ is now ofiieririg to his old
frii-oils and ctisioiriers, and all ttthPl‘S. are
i'e.~‘pt-ctftilly invited to call and €.‘{1)ll'llt'le his
.-rock ofsiiears. tea. cuff:-e. and other Dry Gm
i-cries, which will he so liar very reduced
prices. Call and see. '1 crnis casli.
- Joint BuRi1iLL.
Norwallt. Feb. 3. l8-i4
. ‘Y '
i§'alt, thrift‘.
l)Usll(:‘lS of Grey‘ Rock Salt, received
by the .-uhscri'nei's,iiiitl for sale at their
fziciory. at the liict of .Vlili Hill. ground. or in
the lump. Ttic ground Salt will be sold in
btilk. or neatly put up in Sacks and Boi.'e=, of
from 4 q tarts to half a bushel. for the use _of
Families. either for ilie table or ilie dairy. As
they have entered large.-y into the business,
they conic-inpl.-ttt= sni-plying niost pfihe stores
of the County wlieri-. the article will be kept
for sale. This salt is ihorout_thly screened. and
will be put‘ up with particular rogaril to Clean-
llt'll‘SS E. Piitci-: (5; Sort.
N(|r\\‘illl{. Feb. 12, l844. 7
T0 MANUFACTURERS OF
Boots and Shoes.
SYKES 6L HYDE.
GENERAL AUCTION 66 COMHISSION
MERCHANTS-NE\V ORLEANS.
Catalogue Sales of Boots, Shoes. Blrogansp
. . l
and Hats. twice a week. Coiistgnmcnts so-t
licited. and advances ma'le by
HYDE <1‘. SYKES. 30 Ferry st.
3m‘!‘3 NP\VYf)Tk.
0 Let.-—Two Rooms overihe store of the
eibst-riber. suitable for Offices or Shops.
will be rented seperately or together.
VM. (t. STRI-‘.1-‘.'l‘.
NIVES.-—A splendid as.-ortment of Pen
and Pocket. Knives, just recoivetl and for
sale by W E Btssi-:LL.
OFFIN Plates.—A first rate article‘
of various sizes. and will be neatly en-
graved at short notice, by
(7 E Disimow. Jeweler.
Post Rider \Valltc(l.—Wiinied imme-
diately a suitable person to supply an already
esiaylislied route. Enquire at this ofiice with-
out delay.
IGIIT House Lanterns, by the
doz. or single. for sale by L. CLARK
’ AN'l‘El).——A smart zictive coy about
sixteen years of age, as an apprentice to
None
need apply unless recommended. To such an
one, goodencourageinent Will be given.
ISRAEL Locriwoon.
Norwalk. Feb. 12. 1844. 3L7
ATCII Safes, a new and very ttseful
article. for sale by LEVI CLARK-
_L
HE best assortment of fine Pen and Pocket
Knives in Norwalk, may be found at
‘L. CI.Ait.K's. .
Coffin Plates.
C OFFIN Plates furuitslied a,I short nolicehy
i - ' ' ‘
’-.1 for sale by
J. A. \Vt;nn.
;Li:vi CLARK.
u
'.;L‘l. ll. now.
Cab, sir .7 first rate Cflb. number nine
hundred and St-'\'t‘D, yelled another, catching
Iiold ofthe other end of the trunk; and foil)
lifting it up togvtht-r, Mr. Varian Wallace
W.--lles was toppled off upon his tiacl. b- fore
he could opt-n his lips to rtply. He was
not butt, however, its his iiifliiled life ure-
st.-rvi-r broke his fall l He sprung to his -it.‘t'l
and seizing his Ullll)l'r’lli1 swung it around
his head and told them he would instantly
slay them if l.!iL'_V didn't keep off.
Och. and he , said the hackman, an’
he's at picthur o’ civilization. Divil tiike
you and your thriinl.'. l would’t be afther
having it on the l):t('.l{ 0’ my back for fare o’
the fliys ’I’d have to charge passage for!
and off iv:-nt P-tddy in no very good humor
with V.ii'inn Wallace Wells who felt grate-
lul that he had so fortiiriatcly escape.-cl bi-ing
rubbed ! _
Now yer honor,I beg yet‘ honor’s parcloa,
said the caibman, lieepirig at rt sale distance
om our l3t,'lllgt'l‘t‘lfl hero. and speaking in
an apologetic tone; l didn't inane to let your
honor on your l.lOtl()t"S back! 1 was only
-ixiiig for the lava to C-‘iffy yer honor’s bag-
giigv to the lion-l in my tligantc--b! for sure
yer honor isn't a poor mart to walk.
Mt. Varizin Waill..ci: Wells seemed to
t'0fllpf("ht‘l'ld the reasoning of the pcnitcnl
robticr,'arid it occurred l.0 him that it was
neci»ssar_v for him to have his trunk taken tip
to the Astor House by somebody.
\Vhut is a cab, robbcr, be inquired, though
without depressing his green cotton umbrella
froui its fltilfl-tflclllg elevation. -‘
A cub ?—surc, an‘ it’s a cab—-an Ameri-
can J-iur.tin;_z cat, _s,v.-r l.-ruiizr. l.i’ll ti-lie ye!
noiior and yer honor’s baggage illigantly.
Shall l Show it t’yoiir honor? said Patldy,
iiilvuncirig to lake tip the trunk.
Well. l’ll see it, l gu-ss, answered Variun
.f.-libcriitely; but who'll keep my btggage
while I go’!
Oh. l’ll take it on my shoulder. an’ snve
lliet.l1t‘0ul)lt‘. 0' coiiiiri’ back for it, if your
tioiior concludes to ride.
Very true. answered our hero, who had
sense enough to feel the l'll'lplt‘SSnl"S5 of his
ig-iioriiricc in a lirge city, \\ll.l’l the manners
.iiiil ‘customs of which he was wholly unfa-
ziiiliar. With him all was uncertainty,
doubt and suspicion! His mind was filled
with stories of robbi-rics and iiiurders, and
his fears and suspicions were continually
alive. ,lt occurred to him that there might
be pt-rsons appointed by the city tb take
strangers and their baggage to hotels, and
tiiiitthis was one of them; and he had been
hasty in supposing him to be a robber. He
therefore permitted him to take his trunk on
his shritildi-r, cleteriiiined, liowever, to keep
close to him to see that he didn't run off with
it; rt.-solutely rlctcrinined if he tll.l.t!fllpl.(-‘d to
do so, to beat him uith his uiiibrt-ll.i till he
killed him; for to slay a robber, was in his
opinion, doing the highest service to his
country.
The cabman, botviover, showed no dispo-
sitiou to run off with his trunk, and he led
him to the spot wliero his cab stood by a
lamp-post.
Hcr::’s the cab, yer honor, he said as he
threw the trttnk on top, and opened the
door; plusc got in, and Hi have yer honor
to the Astbor in no time.
How did you know I was going to Mr.
Astor's l.ttVc‘l'tl .7 asked Mr. Viiriiin Wallace
We-lls, pulling up his shirt COll;ll'.
Didn't I see yer honor was a tip-top gin-
tleiniin .7 and don’t I know it’s the Astlior
the likes 0’ _vou’d be afthcr going to. Lave
Pat for that! Coom yer honor, get in, and
l’ll drive ye there in a jifiy!
But it’s in the back way, said Varian.
hesitating to enter the door of the cab. Do
New York gentleman get in the back-way
man .7
Every soul on ’em answered Pat. ‘
* xi. it #
Now, yer honor’s ashore, said Pat, patro-
nizingly. who felt he ‘had a very verdant
customer to deal with; now yer honor’s safe
ashore. wouldn’t.it be proper. to kape it from
wearing out, to take offthe life preserver .7
A’nt there no more water between here
and the Astor tavern sir .7 he asked first with
commendable foresight.
Och, divil the bit, yer honor, answered
Paddy, gravely, _
- Tiien perhaps, it would be as well, ans-
wered Mr. Varian Wallace Wells; and
tticreupon he took ofl his life preservi-r, let
out the air. rolled it up and thrust it into his
pocket. He now gotinto the cab, but first
insisting that his trunk should ride inside
iviih him.
On reaching the Astor House, he was let
till. by Paddy, who put out his open palm
with a significant. touch of his hat.
took hold of it and shook him very warmly
I
Vurian.
\/'3
!lOttS to him for his (.llSltil.'_‘l't‘Slé‘d I.-imlui;-ss,
"3. it dollar 1 want, yr-r honor, if you
PlilS0._Sald Pat, not utidcrstartding such a
gratuitous system as our hero hinted at.
A doliar! repeated Viirian, why, [paid
two on the Sl.t‘3lllb0-if, to bring me to the
cityl _
Bfit not to bring you to the Asthor!
Yes it.was——-for I was perlickler to ask
the captain, when l paid him my passage.
1 must have a dollar, honey, Mild Paddy,
rt-soltitely ,; and our hero opened his pocket-
bpok and very reluctantly paid the duiiiand.
he felt as otlicts have felt before liitn. that
he was the victim ofti new systern of rob-
ber._v. While he was putting up his money
after paying the cabmnu, he saw the porter
oftbe Astor House running up the Steps
uitli his trutik and ntnbrella.
Hallo, there, stop! ru burs, murders.-rs!
he Sll()Ul.t,?'l, diit‘l.lnt_r after him towards the
Saloon. Isay, there, put down my trunk
and uiiibri-lliil And he reached the roturid.
Jllbl as he placed the trunk beside a pile of
other baggage that had CI)ll:L' by the saint-
boat. _l\'lr. Vaillflfl VV:.ll:ice V\’=lls relieved
to see it quietly dropped when he never ex-
pected to see it again, sat down upon it, and
taliing tip his uinhrell:-i shook it ntenancingly
at the atsonisbt-d porter.
Want a room. sir .7 ask. d one ofthe civil
Cl"Tl~'3. who at that instant coins in to the
rotunda with a pen lit-hind his err, and re-
spt-‘ctfully, yet with it covertsinil:-,'%idd:'cssid
our hero.
A room, repeated the youth, eyeing him
from head to foot suspiciously, as if he
tliouglit he might possibly be a genteel rob-
bcr.
Yes, {:0 to the-office and enter your name.
After some difficulty arising from his total
ignorance of every !l’l'ltl,E,', he succeeded in
passing the ordeal of his first cntrntice into
on hotel; tlll'l at leiiutli found himself. trunk.
umbri-llzi and llft.‘ pr:-server, all safely asserti-
bli-d in at small room in the ‘sky-parloi" of
the Astor House. He 1lflllJS"d liimself
awhile in gnztng from his circular window
upon the” vast extt-rit of the city. river and
bay with their itiyriiids of novel objects! Ilis
eye fed on the spires and toners, and he
wonrli.-retql if people lived in all of them, for
if they elid he came to the conclusion there
must be it great many more people in York
than there was in Pokcvpsy; the only town
ofsizc he had ever seen.
his eyes. he sat down and wrote a letter to
his m()ll1t‘l'. which. for want of room. must
be Oltllllefl ; which is to be regretted, as it
was it uindi-l for all _vouths in siuiil ir circum-
stances, to shape their letters to their man‘.-
mas.
['19 il't=Zl_s.~>riled and directed it, when he
bC!hUfl_l_';'i'-.:’lll”)$t‘lf‘hO\\' he should find the
Post Office... He revcollt-c.ted that the grin-i
ning porter on putting down his trunk and
and going‘ out, had Said to him, ‘\Vhcn you
want ariything pull lhat!Jt‘ll,’ pointing to a
green l.2iSS('l at the end ofa cord. Although
he then closely exainiiied the tassel and could
find no bell, he now thought it might possi-
bly commuuicate with out-. Ho therefore
approached it, and after inspecting its con
nection with a brass apparatus at the ceiling,
he gave it a sliiirp pull. It so happened at
that very instant the ,r_-orig was sounded for
tea, and the fearful roar and clat.teringswell-
ing and rising upward with increasing tip-
roar, tillcd him with horrible consternation.
What inlt-rnal and diabolical agency had his
pulling of that green cord St‘! in motion .7-
He could form no concepiion,rtnd stood list-
ening with horror to the roar, as if of an
(3fll‘ll’tqllt]l\'£‘. till it finally ceased. He wish-
ed hiiiiselfsufezit home. with his mother.
Siidclcnly a sharp rap on his door startled
him afresh, and he sank u_pon the side of his
bed. expecting the most awful issue to the
fearful sounds he had raised l Thi~’door o-
pened, and a waiter he had not seen, thrust
in his he.id. Here. was new cause for il-
larm. .
‘Did you ring. sir .7’ ‘
‘No. no—I did’iit ring.—I ha tit any bell
here to ring‘.
‘There's your bi-ll, sir, and , the waiter
went to the mysterious cord to examine it.
-For God’s sake-,sir rlont touch that again!
he cried in alarm; ‘Ijust pulled it, and I
thought the house was falling down with
awful roar.’
The waiter reflocted a moment and then
burst into a loud laugh. ‘Why it’s the gong
you heard.
think he had got into tl giant's castle.
‘What do you wish for .7 asked the amused
waiter. - _ _ '
‘A post-office, to put this ltl.!I‘.’l' into man.’
‘I'll take it down to the House post office,
and it'll go the next mail.’
Our hero surrendi-d the letter ‘into his
hands, and then at his suggestion, followed
him down to tea. At the table his appear-
ance and manners drew on him many asini-
ling eye; but New York people are so ‘ac-
customed to seeing all sorts of odd looking
people, that Viirians’s awkwardness and rus-
tic peculiarities, did not attract so itiuch at-
tention as they otherwise might have done.‘
After tea, he went out to see the city, having
learned that by asking for the Astor House
he could always get. back without help of
the twine his mother had furnished him;
and at this accuinulation of knowledge, he
felt himself already wiser than his mother,
whom hethougtit a very silly woman to
think a gentleman like him wanted to ‘go
along the streets unwinding a skein oftwtne
to keep him from being lost. Thus did Mr.
Variau Wallace Wells accumulate ideas.
About half past t-lever. o'clock be safely
returned in company with two very fashion-
.ible young gentlemen, whose acquaintance
he had formed opposite the Park Theatre,
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geiitlenii-n have to me.
After weurying id to see that his trunk
much to his relief he found remiiiiietl as he
had left it
and devising some means to
watch and money. when the thought occur-
red to him that he might have laid them a-
way in some part of the room, perhaps ab-
scutly placed them on coming in,in a clothes
press in the rooni,before which acuttain was
drawn.
ed to examine it, when with
and astonishment, he started b:1ck,and seized
the poker, trembling all the while like a leaf.
The object of his fear and surprise was clear-
Suddcnly, in his imagination, he saw
arms tnove as iftlie robber had takcii
dagger froui his breast! ‘This was too much
for his nerves, and uttering a sort of yell and
bark, he at length made out to say with a
face as white as a sheet:
scare rite now.
you bloody villian come to steal my trunk
and murder tiie in my bed!
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iy the h ind, W bile he expressed his obliga- which he took for a meeting-house. They, a pistol, who;-egg
_h°W€V'-‘T. corrected his error, and on learn-
ing from him thathe was from the country
that day, and had his graudfathcr’s silver
watch, and a hundred dollars in his pocket-
book ; and had come to see the city, they
expressed themsi-lites highly delighted at
having fallen in \\llll‘l1lm. as they were per-
fectly acquainted with every alley. lane and
street, and nothing would give them greater
happiness than to serve him. He went. with
[llt'tIl every where, and when they parted
trout him at the steps of the Astor, hetl'iauk-
ed them for their kindness, and asked them
to come and see him next day. They prom-
iscd to do so, and Mr. \\’ells parting reluct-
antly with his polite friends. cntcred the lio-
tel.
In the rotunda, a porter furnished him
with a chamber lamp, and lie tool.‘ his way
into the upper regions, where his room was
situated. After half an hour’s wandering
through stories and passages, when he felt
his skeiti of yarn would have been of great
service to hint, be at length, by the assishinci~
of one ofthe waiters, found the door of his
I'0t‘iii).
He entered, and closing it. commenced un-
dressing himself, thinking how delightfully
he had passed the evening with his new
friends, what lots 0’ free and easy pretty gals
he had seen, who wa’nt afraid to be kissed.
like the gals up country.’ ‘Ah I can tell
‘em what, Yozk is a great place. What
fine chaps they were! Now a stranger
might be in our village it month and nobody
would take to hiirrso friendly as them young
It must be mighty
l’lljvst look at my watch!
To his surprise it was gone!
lu'9.
In vain be
searched all his pockets, and turned his fob
inside out.
he have left it?
Where could
_ How could he have lost it.
While endeavoring to account for its dis-
It was missing.
appearance, which the reader \\'lll not be at
a loss to do. he thought of his poclirt book .'
'1’/mt /tad disa.ppez7'cz1, too! Overcome
with amzizeineiit, he knew not what to do.
[ls inudc once more a fresh and closescarcii
for both, but they were irrrcoveiably gone!
What should he do 3 How bad he lost them!
His suspicions never dwelt on robbery, for
he knew no robbers had openly robbed him
of lhcltll
obligfng friends.
He had no suspicious of his two
(')vei‘come with grief and surp.'ise,he look-
was sale, which
He was sorrowlully undressing
recover his
Hp took up his lirrht aridappro;-n-.li-
a cry oi’ terror
ly apparent. There was :1 than standing
concealed, all but his boots. behind the cur-
tain!
What more appalling spectacle could
present itself to the visual organs of Mt‘. Vii-
rian Wallace Wells. particularly at the
midnight hour! For a few seconds,he stood
trembling in his stockings and shirt, unable
to articulate the cry of ‘robbers and murder-
ers I’ that rose to his lips. His starting eye-
balls were fixed upon the appalling boots.’
the
his
‘Oh, you, you robber-—'you bloody-robber!
[see you! I see you! Don’t think to
1- in prepared for you. Oh,
Now come
right ought from behind that, and wall." off.’
Hereupon our valiant hero braitdished his
poker, and walking backward flung his door
wide open so as to give the robber egress.-—
But the concealed assassin remained silent,
but the curtain itself, moved as the wind now
freely circulated between the window and
open door.
‘You won’t start sirl You won’t move
hey!’ cried the still more terrified youth";
‘you think you are going to frighten me.-—
but 1all’lSCill'L‘(ll’ and the courageous Mr.
Varian Wallace Wells trembled so like an
aspen all over, that he could hardly lioldthe
.G,,,,,,t repeated Varian; and from the poker. ‘Run, sir, or I'll blow your brains
associaticin of sound his tiiind brought up the out. I will! I'll certainly fire. l’ll kill
ideas of Gog and Magog, and he began to 00 l’
Suddenly the curtain waslifted upward by
a draft ofair from the window, and our hero
who had been painting his poker at the cur-
lain as it were a gun. finding that he could
not frighten the robber out ofthe room, dar-
ted out himself. With a terrific yell he fell
overcome by terror on the floor, and laying
on his back shouted ‘murderhnd robbers,’
at the top ofhis lungs. His voice awoketbe
echoes of the vast halls of the hotel, and star-
tled a hundred sleepers in affright from their
pillows. Chamber door after chamber door
was flung open. and various individuals cf
both sexes in white night caps and drawers
wrappers and dressing gowns, hastily thrown
on, hurried some with lights in their hands,
others with whatsoever weapon they could
seize upon, to the scene of murder.
Our hero all the while continued his out-
cries; which were not lessened by the sound
of the approaching footsteps of those whom
his voice brought to the spot, and whom he
believed to be those of the robber himself, or
of his associates.
‘Whats the matter .7 Who's murdered .7
Where's the robber 7’ were the repeated and
eager queries to which our hero had no re-
ply save.
‘Robbers! oh the robbers! ' ‘ .
‘Where? demanded it Virginian, cocking
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his boots!
-‘after I got to sleep, said our hero, who had
once.’ office on IIoy‘t’s Dock‘, \9Vest’SideA of the Bridge.
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every boiy started, and the
‘In my room behind the curtain. I saw
He was waiting to-murder me
been assisted to his feet.
L‘?! P3 Q0 and See.’ cried the Virginian,
which is your room ?’
_It is number two hundred and ninety-three.
said a waiter. -
. ‘l’ll fix his flint for him, said the Virgin-
ian, taking the lead, pistol in hand. -At dif-
ferent distances, according to their respect,
ive ratios of courage, the uig ht. capped crowd
followed him to Mr. Varian Wallace Wells’
chamber. The courageous Virginian threw
open the door wide, and leveled his pistol,
while‘ he cried out, '
‘Come out there stranger, stranger, and
show your carcass. or I'm d———-—d ifl dour
make daylight shine through it l’
There was an awful pause of suspense.-
Tltere was no reply or movement heard
within the room.
Where did you see him .7 asked the bold
Virginian of our hero, who stood trembling
near him.
He’s behind l.ll€ curtain. Just 00 in and
you can see his boots, if he's stautfing there
t‘°‘- . . .
The Virginian advanced into the room,and
going round the bed, pistol in hand, he sud-
deiily cried out.
‘Yes. he’s here! Now, M t‘. Robber, just
show yourself l he cried, levelling his
pistol at the curtain, or I'll blow vou into the
middle of next week. There wits no im-
swer: the wind waved the curtain and the
Virginian fired.
There was it mingled groan and shriek
from, not the robbt-r—but the audicnce.§.,'l'he
tobbcr sloud fll'lll. 'l‘lie Virginian haff-stis-
pecting the truth, rushed forward and tore
away the curtain. \'Vhat ghastly spectacle
then met his eves. A mlll‘(.l£‘l‘Ol1S robber
weltcririg iii fiis’bloocl ! No (leiir readcr-—-
btit simply apair ofbrmts! which the last
lodger had left behind as peiqtiisitcs to the
boot-bl-.ick l
. After the silent surprise that followed this
discovery was over, there was it universal
roar of laugliter at the expense of our hero.
and the Virginian himself did_’not altogether
escape the ridicule. The boarders, officers.
cllulttlbeffndlds, waiters, boots and itll,whoii.
this scene had brought togutliei‘, now retired
and our hero was left alone with ‘the rubber
in boots.’ He had sense enough to feel the
lutlicrousness of his present position—for
rusticity is not idiocy. He felt mortified be-
yond measure. Dressing himself, he sat on
his bed waiting for the inorning. As soon
as he beheld the first streak of tiny he crept.
down stairs to the oflice and sent up for hi.-
l)t‘tgg’:lgc'——0l’(lt‘1‘«.'(l it cub, settled his bill, and
l'“‘=‘lt‘Hul to get ii-my from the scene of his
‘1i~*‘S'3‘-'0. 'o_ct"ore he should be seen by any
one who witnessed it. As he was getting
into the cab, he saw it person followed by flit?
porter with his baggage, hurrying into it
back drawn up near it. A second glance
told him that it Wits the Virginian!
Our hero had just enough change in
in his pocket to settle his bill and pay his
late btlCli home, from whic.h'he has not Sl.lt-‘-
ed since. He has learned two things by his
visit to the city, to be content with the coun-
try, and to be cautious oftrusting voluntary
friends on it loose everiiug’s acquaintance.
The Oldest Republic on Earl/i.—Tbe
American Quarterly review contains a let-
ter from G. W. Erving Esq. giving a sketch
ofhis visit to San Marino, it small republic
in Italy, between the Appenies, the Po and
the Adriatic. The territory of this state is
only 40 miles in circumference, and its pop-
ulation about 7000. The Republic was
founded more than 1400 years ago, on mor-
al principles, industry, and equality, and has
preserved its liberty and iodeptndcnce amid.-t
all the wars and discords that have raged
around it. Bonaparte respected it and sent:
an embassy to express his sentiments of
friendship and fraternity. It is governed by
a Captain Regentlchosen every six months
by the representatives of the people-66 in
number-——who are chosen every six months
by the people. The taxes are light, the
farm houses neat, the fields well cultivated,
and on-all sides are seen comfort and peace,
happy effects of morality, simplicity, liberty
and justice. Mr. Erving was received by
some intelligent citizens in the most hospita-
ble and affectiuniite manner; they were de-
lighted with him because he was an Ameri-
icun. They professed a profound attach-
ment to our country, and looked to it as the
preserver oftlieir own pure principles. They
were intimately acquainted with our institu-
tions and affairs, and bad a library well fur-
nished with books and pamphlets relating to
America.
A New Mormon War.-The Quincy
(Ill) Herald of Friday, 9th inst. states that
four wagons passed through that place on
Tuesday previous, on their way to the State.
Arsenal at Alton, for the purpose of procur-
ing arms to be used against the Mormons.
The difficulties and the prospect of an im-
mediate breach between the citizens and the
mormons, had been brought to the knowl-
ly appealed to, to maintain the peace and
protect the innocent. The State of exaspera-
such that we will not be surprised to hear of
actual hostilities at any tiine,quite as violent as
formerly existed between them and 8. portion
of the people of Missouri.
Kentuc/cg/.——In the House, abill requiring
slaves to be transported without the limits of
the U. States as a condition of their emanci-
pation, was laid on the table
pole of 51 to 39.
edge of Gov. Ford, and he has been earnest-‘_
tion between the mormonsaud the citizens is
(rejectcdl ._‘..
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