Winter straiued0il Mould do"
Fall do do Bar Soap
Summer do do Casltle do
Sperm Candles Fancy (I0
Spices.
Ground Ginger Cinnamon Cayen- Pepper
' Cloves Nutmegs Black do
Nutmegs Allspice Mustard
Ess Pep’tnint _ _
A_mmunttion. _
Precussion Caps Lnghsh Powder
Flints Shot
-- Sundries. _
Table Salt Dried Apples Sal Erat-ts
Sack Salt Wafers Lt“"‘3" l’3Pe"
Rock Salt Segars T”b3CC°
Snuff Rice S”“Cl!
Salim; 0;; Raising Matches
Lamp Wick Bay Water Br"_0mS
Blocking _ Q‘””3
Provislorls.
Bane, Eggs giesls Eork
C} L d or‘ must
mesa ar Beef Hams
Shad Mackeral Codfish
Herring
Pilot Bread Butter
- Navy Bread Soda Biscuit Cttrflnelle
Bost. Crackers Cornmeal Flue Feed
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THE Subscriber has just re-
___: ceived a new supply of Old Cider
==s= Brandy, nhich is Old, and of
A . ~ , a very superior quality. Persons
vvliisliitig to get a supply, will do well to can and
examine it, for such an article is rarely to be
found. ‘Likewise a new supply of Cogniac
Brandy, J amncia and St. Croix
Rum, Holland Gin, fire. &c.
Joniv BUREALL.
Norwalk, April 19, 18-14.‘
Idcmoval.
i EOHN BURRALL hasiremoved his Store
6 of Groceries, to No. 4 of his buildings, the
next door to Bissell & Co. Drug Stole.
tots PRINTING,
or ALL KINDS,
Executed at the Gazette oflice.
H wholesale or retail, and at prices which (I
is‘ lteetlr-rl. call and examine for yourselves.
CIOtIlS.—Frenclt. Belgian. Etiglisli and Am
Coat.itiIgs.—Fitie Beaver Cloths. French
Flnsliittgs. blue, black. brown, claret. Dr-ab, &c
Cassilnel'es.—Superflue French D(){’SI\Ill
newest patterns‘.
'I‘Weeds.—I’rititerl, Fancy and plain colors.
Satlilctts.-—Indigo blue. black. drab. brown.
Flannels, Coal. Linings and Cloak
most (‘.r'lt’lH':tlPfI ofihe Easterii l'act.ories.
Red Patl(liIlgs.—Bziizes. Canvass for tailors, Wigans, &c.
\Vorstc"d Cravats.——.= ‘laid, Spots and Stripes.
B L.‘-\Nl'\'E l‘S—-Ofall sizes and qualities.
VES'l‘li\’ 3S.—A large aSs'rillmCll' of Caslim
Ci-\Rl’E'l‘I.\lG—A largo assortmrnt. _
MILLINICRY GOODS-—Ofall kinds.
b"l‘Ul*‘l*‘ GOODS.-—Blue. black. and colored Alpaccas:
Romelias, Paramettas. Indianas, Chusliatts. Luneitas, figured Alpacca Aprons, French, Ger
man and _l‘:tl2llSli :\lerinos. Orleans Cloths. dic-
DRESS GOODS.——Cl:anir-leon Lusires; C
for dresses; Mousscline de Laitics; Caroline Plaid; Gala Plaid; Bonthazities;
hams; Black Silk atid Cotton Velvcts; Ptitttcd
HObflER.Y.——.Siipetline Silk. Black, wit
and Cotton , compri-ing over 150 tlillerent styles-
\VHl'l‘E COODS.-—Jacor.et.~'. swi.-s and Cambrit:
l)0t)l{S.‘|npt'-E chi.-ck. stviss stripes.-.lacc do. satin st
LINENS.--.~\ large assortment of fine Irish
heavy slieetings, napkins, crash. birds eye attd Russia diaper. 5~4 pillow case linen.
ALSO.——-Bleached goods. prints, and unlileaclicil_ muslin, by the cast--, bale or yard; Scotch
diapers,iicks. brown drills, u mbrrllas and pa rasols spool cotton. SCWIHE Silk. cord. lwlsi. erlgtrtgs,
corded skirts, litieti cambric. linen catnbric ban:
and cravais, gloves, hosiery. mitts, suspenders. silk atid worsted binding, gititps and fringes. se-
lecies. brown liollands and Tailors’ trirniiiings getierally: tapes, lace , combs. hangnp cord.
mriieskin, fusiian, dirnity, twild stripes. canton flannr-ls, velvets. crown lining. buckratns, black-
y thing else that ctzn he called for l
buggies, colored iriuslins, and ever
UllIAhl’S.
AS_iust been received at this ostahlisliment.
ite and mode colors: Mciitio. Latnhswcol. W'or§ted
Norwalk, Aug 27. 1844.
Just published. l\Iiddlcbrook’s Al-
EOETRY.
THE CANDID VVOOING.
I cannot give thee all my heart,
Lady, lady,-
My faith and country claim a part,
My sweet lady.-
But yet I'll pledge thee word of mind
That all the rest is truly thine;
The raving passion ofa boy,
Warm though it be, will quickly cloy-'-4
Confide that: rather in the man
Who vows to love thee all he can,
My sweet lady.
Affection founded on respect,
Lady, lady,-
Can never dwindle to neglect,
My sweet lady.
And while thy gentle virtues live,
Such is the love I will give.
The torrent leaves its channel dry,
The brook runs on incessantly;
The storm of passion lasts a day,
But calm true love eiidti_res alwzty,
My sweet lady.
Accept, then, a divided heart,
rnauac, for 1845. Country Met
chants supplied by the gross or dozen.
J. A. \Vi~:Ed.
SUPPLY of
Customers can be furunishcd in any amouttt.
efy either city or country competition. If proof
ericzin, of all colors and prices.
Castor Cloths, Heavy Pilot and low priced
a
s, fancy and plain, Eng. and Amer. do. of the
\
Oxford l't1lxP.(l, steel do. 650. of every grade.
iIIgs.—A complete assortment. direct from the
ere, \Voolen, silk and satin. plain and figured.
silk warp and cotton do; figured
aclimere (l’Ecosse, a new and beautiful article
Scotch Ging
(It).
Also Shirts and Draucrs.
Muslin. Natisitulis, Bishop's Lawn, Mulls.
rin‘d. leno's, tyc.
Linens, Linen ’I‘ahle covers bleached and brown
lk's. silk and cotton liaudlt’s, gents satin scarfs
ti ottr litre.
C. J. GRUMAN, West End ofthe Bridge.
G.PECI(’S i
N evvE stablishment.
AT SOUTH NORVVALK.
H E subscriber having opened a Grocery
Flour and Feed Store, at the
Steamboat Landing, intends selling those
articles. wholesale and retail, at very low prices
for ‘cash. Having many advantages for sell
ing low, which few others enjoy. he I3 001154911!
tltat those who buy of liiui will be satisfied with
the price and quality of his goods. lt'.tlie_v are
not. they have oily to rettirn them, and have
their money refunded. Hisstock consists in
part, ofthe fullotvitig articles, viz‘.
New Orleans. ‘Porto Rico. St Croix and
Havanna Sugars, in Hhds and Bbls.
Lump, Powdered and Crushed Sugars.
New Orleans, New Iberia as other Molasses.
Colfee.
Old St Dotuingo
Burnt
African
Old Java
“ Laguira
“ Rio
Teas.
Prepared Coco Hyson Skin
Hy.-on Gunpowder
Young Hyson Chocolate
oils, Candles and Soap.
Souchotig
Pouchong
Flour of various Qualities-
()at 51. Cum do
Ship Stuff
Wood and Coal.
N. B. All goods delivered free of expense
within three miles. ' ‘
IL.-¥-Linseed, Whale. Bleached Sperm
and refined Lamp Oil by the.Barre|. just
ENTAL surgery.--A. H ill, Denial
Surgeon, offers his services to the public
in every departmentofDental Surgery.
Office as heretofore. in Burrall's Buildings.
Re/izrencss-—J A. M‘Lean. M. D; Ira Greg
Iry, M. D; Hon. '1‘. 8. Butler; Hon.Bcnj.
osziaes; I{ev.’Dr Mead; Rev Edwin Hall; Rev
G N. Stniili.Norwal/c. NeliemiahPcrry,M.D.
Ific/ecficlrl. R. . B. Bot' sford , M. D. Danbury.
l\Ii'.HowcllRodgers Cole/Lester. VVm VVittcr,
M. D . IVillz°ma72tic, Ct.
Lady, lady,-—
Faith, Frieiidsliip. Honor, each have part,
My sweet lady. ‘
'VVliile at one altar we adore,
Faith shall tiiuke us love the more;
And Friendsliip, trite to all beside,
\Vill ne’er be fickle to a bride;
And honor based on love and trtitli,
Shall last beyond the charm ofyouth,
My sweet lady.
A LEGAL BALLAD.
An attorney was ‘taking a tttrti,’_
In shabby liabilinieiits drest;
His coat was shockingly worti,
And the rust had invested his vest.
His brecclics iiad sufl'ered a breach,
His linen and worsted were worse;
He had scarce it wltole crown in his hat,
And not halfa crowtt in his ptirse.
Atid thus as he watidercd about.
A cheerless and cottifortlcss elf‘,
His mind filled with hatred and doubt,
C0tl1plillIllDgl:.' talked to hi:nself:
“Most ttiiforttiiiate man that I am,
My itnly client is Grief;
The ca.-re is, I’ve no ‘case at all,
And in brief, I have ne'er had a ‘brief.’
The profession’s already so full
Oflztwyers so full of profession,
That a MODEST young man like iityself
Can’t make the smallest impression.
They grant I’ni acquainted with ‘grants,’
Catt devise at ‘devise.’ or a pleat,
Catt make a good deed in ‘fee simple,’
But I can’t get the simplest ‘fee.’
I’ve waited and waited in vain,
I"..\‘pectitig an opeiiitig to find,’
\Vliere an honest yoting lawyer niiglitgaiti
Some reward for the toil of his mind.’
\Vhile thus he was wandering along,
His eye accidentally fell,
On a very deep Itolc in the ground,
Atid he sighed to liimscif, ‘It is WELL !’
To curb his emotion he sat
On the curli-stone the space ofa minute,
'I‘licii cried, ‘IIci'e’s an opening at last!’
And in less than ajiffy was II], it.
Next day twelve citizens came
The coi'oiier’s qticst to attend;
To the end that it might be determined
How that titan had determined his ettd.
‘The man was a lawyer, it scents,’
Said the forcuiziii. who ‘opened’ of course;
‘A lawyer! alas! sighed another,
‘He titidotibtedly died of remorse!
A third said ‘he well knew the deceased-
An attorney, well versed in the laws;
And as to the cause of his death,
"Twas no doubt for the want ofa ‘cause.’
The ‘crowiiers‘ at length gave a verdict,
Which finally settled the matter:
‘That the young titan was drowned because
He could not keep his head above water.’
SHORTN-ESS OF TIME.
The iiioiiieiits fly—a mintite’s gone ;
The iiiiniilcs fly-—-an lioitr is run’!
The day is fled the niglit is here!
Thus flies a week—a uiotitli-—a year.
A year—alas! how soon it’s past;
Who knows but this may be my last!
A few short years, how soon they’re fled,
And we are numbered with the dead.
its“ 0
///W i
Mfiii\tttd
\
HE subscriber has of late returned from
New York with a large assorttneni of ttew
goods. which added to his former stock, makes
as large an assortmen: of many kinds of gun s
as is usually fotind in arty city store. The
cry oftlte day is cheap, cheap.-—,—we htiy most
of our "goods with the cash in hand. and get
therii as low as the retailers can get them in
cities. Our rents. 650. are low, and we know
we canatiurd to sell as cheap as anybody.
1Vat,ches.—VVe have a large assortment of
\Vatches.just piirchased——sonie gold and silver
Levers very low.
Jewel:-y.—\Ve have almost every descrip-
tion ol'Jewelr_v. Rings and Pins from 6 cts. to
$6; some elegant ladies’ from 37.} cts to 50 cts.
New and beautiful ornaments for the hair.
Bl'ushcs.—We think we have the best as»
sort merit ol"I‘ootli and Hair Brushes in Norwalk.
Wallets and pocket books purchased at the
factory.
ClIt|eI'y.—-—-A small assortment of Knives
and Forks-—a good assortment: of pocket knives
and Scissors. The ladies will find it to their
advantage to call on us for scissors, as we have
the best article in market. Razors, boxes.
brushes. straps, soaps, &c.
Looking Glasse, from 12,; cents -to 9:36;
Clocks front 2 in 335; Tea Waiters, some very
handsome patterns. VVe have a variety 0
fancy goods, in a word, everything usually kept
in a Silversuiiih’s Shop. C. E. DtsBtiow.,
IIEAP PnbIications.—Novels. Pe-
/ riodicals, &c. just received and for sale at
New York prices by W E Gr. H M Btsst:LL.
P. S. All the new novels received as soon as
MISCELLANY.
For Young People.-— In zi work entitled
‘Thirty years from home, or a voice from
the Main Duck,’ it is thus written :-—I_.‘ttle
do lads and young men know of the diffi-
dcnce, tinkindness and trouble they invaria.
bly experience, who go out into the world,
until they have mad»: the experiment. They
paint everything in bright colors, tliry fan-
cy the future to be all sunshine. all sweets.
all flowers, but are to be wofnlly disappoin-
ted when once away from the fire-side of
their infancy. Let me advise young people
iftlicy wish to escape hardships to be con-
tented to remain quietly at home, abiding the
openings of Providence, obeying the wishes
oftheir parents, who not only have their best
good at heart, but however they may think
to the contrary, who actually know what is
tiiost for their advaiitagr-.
For all Parents as well as C/t.ilclren.—-
No htiinan being, however exalted his rank
and fortune. however enlarged and cultivated
his understanding, can long be happy with-
out a pursuit. Life is a ladder, on which to
climb from hope to hope, and by expectation
strive to ascend to enjoyment; but he who
fancies he has re;iChe(l his highest hope is
miserable inderd, or who enjoys the utmost
of his wishes, for many who have been rnosi
sircccssful in their respective undertakings.
have given the gloomiest description of the
emptiness of human pleasure. The pursuit
alone can yield true happiness; arid the most
trifling object that has power to fascinate the
hopes of man is worthyfof his attention.
Cutting Retort.—A learned clergyman
was accosted in the following manner by an
illiterate preacher. who despised education:
‘Sir, you have been to College, I suppose.’
‘Yes. sir,’ was the reply.
‘I aui thankful,’ rejoined the former, ‘that
[he Lord has opened my mouth to preach
withontany learning.’
I ‘A similar event,’ replied the latter, ‘took
place in Balaam’s time; but such things are
received and for sale by; STtu:t:'r ac CAMP.
issued from the press.
of rare occurrence at the present day.’
NORWALK, C-T. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1844, ,
THAT HOLE IN THE POCKET.
In this lies the true secret of . economy-
lhe care of six pences. Many peoplelh row
them away without remorse or consideration
~‘-not reflecting that ii penny a day is more
than three dollars a year. We would coin-
plain loudly if a tax of that amount were
laid upon us; but when we come to add all
that we uselessly tax ourselves for otir ex.
penses. we shall find that we waste in this
yvay annually quite enough to supply a fam-
ily with winter fuel.
It is now about a year since my wife said
to me one day,—Pt‘ay. Mr. Slackwater. have
you that half dollar about you that I gave
you this morning? I felt in my waiscoat
pocket, and [felt in my breecbes pocket, and
I felt in my brecches pocket, and 1 turned
my.puise inside out, but it was all empiy—
which is very different frotii specie: so I said
to Mrs. Slackwater, I've lost it my dear;
eil I'll sew it up said-she. -
can’t afford it: he can but jtist sct'=.ipe nluti_-_g
-the room.
positively, there must be a hole in my pock-
An hour or two after, I met Torn Stebbins.
How did that ice cream set .7 said Tom. It
set, said I, like the sun, gloriously. And,
as I spoke, it fl.shed upon me that tnv mis
sing hall dollar had paid fot'_lhose ice creains;
hoirever, I held my peace-, for Mrs. Sl:tt‘l€-
watcrsottietiines i'Iial{e‘S remarks; and, even
wlien she assurud meat break-l st u--xi iiiorii-
ing ih.it there was no hole in my pocket
what could [do but lift my brow and say,
Ah! isn't there! really! ,
Belorea week had gone by. my wife, \\ ho
like a dutiful helpmaie as she is, always
gave me her loose cliurige. to keep, called If)r
it twenty five cent piece that had been de-
posit«d in my sub treasury for sat':- kt-eping;
there was a poor ivotrian at the door, she;
said, that she had protnisr-d for c-=rt:iin.—'t
VVcll, wait a _lli0tllt nt, I cried; so I pushed
inquirit-s first in this direction, then in that.
and then in the other; but vacancy rcttirrtt-d
a horrid groan. On my soul, said I. think-
ing it iJ'.‘.:l. to show ,4 bold front, you tiinsi
\/\/\'\/\/'\/
the quick! Cut me ? I should rather say it
Stewed me Up‘. mcsand’ my pockets. too; they
never have been in holes since that evening.
A TRUE s'roiti_r.
There was an American ship, called the
Washington, bound for China, filled with
passengers: on board ofthis ship was on of-
ficer of the army and his wife, with thciron-
ly child. a little boy offive years of ago, and
a large Newfoundland dog, CIII('d Bohhy.
Bobby was a great favorite with all the
people in the ship. because he was so brave,
so good teinpered,’and so funny and plavful.
S..ilors as well as passengers all liked burave
Bobby. He would roitip on deck with any
body that chose. SO17!/‘titties when the ship
was going slow, he would jump overboard,
and (I sh through the sea after ‘a biscuit, or
anything else that might be . thrown in for
him.
. But his most constant playmate was the
ltitle boy, the son "of his toaster. This boy
was a merry little fellow, and asifond of Bob-
by as Bobby was of him. They us:-Ll to
make a fine noise in their drolf gmies of
play, rolling over each other like a couple
of young porpoises. And though the little
boy was sometimes rather rough in his frol-'
ics with Bobby, and hit liiut on the head and
back. yet Bobby was always gentle as a
Limb to him.
The voyage had been very safe and pleas-
ant until within three days’ sail ofihe Cape
of Good Hope. Evening was coming on—
the sun was setting in dark clotids, so that
the dusk had commenced unusually early.
the night watch of the ship had been set, and
the wind had tisen so that the ship was sail-
ing very fast. The boy and the dog were
romping together, tugging each other, when
on it sudien the ship gave a heavy roll, and
the child fell overboa_rd splash into the Sea.
It had by this time become so dark that
ol)jt?i:lS could not bedistiuguished many yards
distant. A general (‘.t‘~.yul a hand over l’ was
made by the men on the deck who saw the
kt-cp my pockets in better repair, Mrs. Slack-
water: this plvce, &. I know fl t how many
more, is lost, because some comet’ or seam
in my plaguey pockets is left opvn. I
Are you sure? said Mrs SI-lCl(Wal.(‘l'.
Sure! ay, that I am, it’s gone! My \\lf('
dismissed bcr promise, and thou, in hcrqult-t
way, asked me to change ‘my pziritaloons
before I went out, and to bar all aI'gl.llllt‘tll,
laid another pill‘ on my knees.
That evening, allow me to remark. gun-
tlcuit-n uftlie species ‘husband,’ I was very
loath to go home to tea: I had half a mind
to bore srime It£1Cl'it‘l0l‘ friend, and it Ilt'D
hunger and habit, in their unzissuiiiitig inan-
tter, one oti each side, walked l!:(‘ up to my
o-:.vn door, the touch made my blood run cold.
But do not think Mrs. Sliit-l.’\’i'ater is a Tartar,
my g)0fI frit-Qls, because I thus shrunk from
home: the fact was that I had, while abroad
called to min-'l the fate of IN‘? twt-nty-five
cent piece, which I had invested, in snicke-—
that is to say, cigars, and Ifearrd to think of
her Ct)tIltl]t.‘tllS on my pantaloon pockets.
These things we nt on for some months:
we were poor to begin with, and grew poor-
er, and at any rate no richer, list 'l‘itncs
grew worse and worse; my pn.‘kt:‘l. I("aI\"d
worse and worse, even my pockrt book was
no lotigcrto be trusted, the rags Slippetl ft‘:-in
it in a manner most incredible to relate: as
an Irish song says.
“Atid such was the fate of poor Paddy O’Morc,
That his ptirse had the tiiore rents, as he had the
fewer.”
At length one day my wife came in with
a subsctiption paper for the Orpli.in’s Asy-
lum. I looked at it, and sighed, and ptckttl
my teeth, and shook my head, and handed it
back to let‘.
Nvd Bowen, said she, has put down ten
dollars.
The more shame to him. I l't:’pllt-(I. He
any how, and in these times it ain’t right for
hitii to do it. My wife stiiilcrl in her sud
way, and took the paper back to liiiti that
brought it. , 4
The next evening she asked tne if I would
go with her and see the Bowcns, and as I
had no obj.-ction, we stirtcd.
I knew that N- d Bowen did :i smztll busi-
ness that would give him about $600 a yrar
and Ithought it would be worth while to see-
what that sum would do in the way of house
keeping. We were adinitted by Ni-d and,
w.-loomed by Ne-d’s wife, a vrry nval ‘little
body, of whom Mrs. Slackwaler had told mel
a great deal, as they had been school mates.
All was as nice as wax, and yet as substan-
tial as iron: comfort was written all over
The evening passed, somehow
or other though we had no rt-frt-slinients,an,
article which we never have at home, but
want elsewhere. and I returned to our own
establishment with mingled pleasure and
chagrin.
VVhat a pity, said I to my wife, that
Bowen don’t keep within his income.
He does, she replied.
How can he on $600? was my answer :
if he gives teti dollars to this charity and five
dollars to that, and live so snug and corti-
fortable too?
Shall ltell you ? asked Mrs. Slackwater.
Certainly. if you can.
His wife, said my wife, finds it just as
easy to do without twenty or thirty dollars
worth of ribbons and laces as to buy them.——
They have no fruit btit what tli_t~_v raise and
have given them by country friends whom
they repay by a thottsand little acts of kind-
ness. They use no beer, which is not es-
sential to his health as it is to yours: and
then he buys no cigars, or ice creams. or
apples at one hundred per cent. on tnarket
price, or oranges at twelve cents a piece, or
candy; or new novels, or rare work: still
more -rarely used; in short, my dear Mr,
Slzicktvater, he has no hole in. his pocket.
It was theifirst word of suspicion my wife
8
boy fall. Two or three men ran, heaving
down lines and a stray coop that was found
lying by the captain, ithtle the officer ofihe
watch sung otit. ‘Bring the ship t_oo—bring
ih»- ship 10, or the boy is lost.’
The order was scarcely given, when Bob-
by now for the first time missing the child
gave a loud bark, and st emcd to guss what
had happened, cleared the tafl tail like a
shot; and the captain and boy’s parents,witli
the other pt'lSS€‘f)gt'lS Vt ho had come on deck
to It-‘tiff! the cause of the outcry and bustle,
saw the (log sit-'itntniiig_ away like a mad
creature in the direction of the stern.
It was too dark to see hitii distitictly; how-
er, too dusky for any body on deck to be
sure what it was that be realy saw. The
dog was now otit ofslglit, and nothing was
visible but the surface of the water. The
mother covered ltercyes with her hands,and
not if tiring to look out, fearful lest she
should st-elhe corpse of her darling child
flooring on the waves; while the father, 0-
qttally unliappy.jutt\.p«-d into the jolly boat,
which the men in all haste had b~en getting
l't:‘:ttly, that he might spare no effort to re-
cover his beloved son. if
It was many uiinutt s before the jolly boat
could be lowered and maoiir.-d, the ttien row-
ed with all [ht-it‘ might. in the dirt-ction they
had sten the dog take at first. The dull.’-
nt-ss had so tiiiich increased, that the sailors
could hardly see, and began to give up the
child as lost.
The lt)ll)’_’l' in great misery, szitat the head
of the IJOt).[l.l'ylll,'I to seeihrough the surroun-
ding gloom and listeiiitig anxiously to every
sound.
"on the lairboard quartt-r,’ sztid be, starting up,
‘I hear a splasli--I hear a splash
pull on, be quick-——it must be ttiy child.’
The hclitisinan turned the tiller. the men
pulled with re-doubled force, atid in a mo-
merit the faithful Bobby, with the child in
his triouih, was zilougsidt.-l Poor creatures!
they were nearly spent when they wi.-t'e,li:iul-
ed into the boat. The f.tlllt't‘ tooktbe child
in his arms, and the faithful Bobby sank
down to the bottom of the boat, panting and,
almost lifeless.
The men rowed back to the ship. Greatl
lntlvctl was the niothcr’s joy when she' S‘)\V
her child, tliiitshe thought had gone forever.
in the arms ofits father, and good Bobby
with him also. They all got safe oti board’
the ship again, and the father thanking the
sailors for helping him to recover his son,
went down imo the cabin with the tnother
child and dog. Every remedy was used
that the doctor of the ship advised, to make
the halfdrowned boy well again.
Bobby, after he had shaken the water from
his sliaggy coat, could not be persuaded to
leave the child's side. 'l‘hero he stood, lick-
ing his little hands, till the child became so
much better as to be able to stroke and hug
him as usual. "Brave Bobby seemed as ha p-
py as any body, when both could speak
again, they made a happy little party in the
cabin, where before all had been so sad.
After this circumstance of saving the
child's life in so brave a manner, there was
not a man on board that ship but loved the
door as a father might love his child, and
well did Bobby deserve it.
At the Cape of Good Hope. some of the
passengers‘ were to be landed,_and ‘among
others, the master of Bobby, with his wife
and child. All those who rumained in the
ship were very sorry to part with goodBobby.
The boats were prepared for. the passen-
gers and their luggage. All those who
were to leave, had got into the boats. the lit-
tle boy was in his mother's lap, and Bobby.
who the sailors were holding to put and take
a kind leave of, was just going to leap Into
the boat after his master, when the offieer
stood up, and told the sailors to hold him
tight by the collar, until the boats should
have rowed some way totvard the shore.-
-You will see what a strong swimmer Bobby
had uttered on the subject, and it cut "me to
as, said he-—let us start before him, and he
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‘will soon overtake us; whmll hop; up my
hat1tadkfr_chicf, let himgo,
y ny! cried thegsailors, and two of
[,h;P;m field B°bb3’ "Sh! by the colfattt. Poor
“' d°;]‘ l he ‘h°“8_l‘“ h€'_Was to be left behind..-
:u e did not like it. He tugged and
{i_1l1l<’d and yelled. and bnrlted to get to his
rtends, but It. was of no use. -The boats-'
Dut off without him.
All the people in the boats, as well? ii~s-
ihose onboard the ship, were eyeing‘ Bobby’
with delight; and he had just reached mid-
ttyay between the ship and the. boats. when.
fie creature sttup a loud shrill bowl, and.
l few himself out [of the water. Every‘
b°‘l'Y ‘l'°“§.*ht he had: grit the cramp; but oh
Ito. the flash Of.Wl)lle that glanced like
ltghtniiig close against him the next minute,-
and “a shark. a shark !" sounded from boats‘
to ship, and from ship to boats, in one loud
cry. All stood trrmbling, with their eyes:
fixed upon the unfortunate dog. The boats
stayed still for an instant, the men resting
llp0._'i Iht_'ll‘ ours, as if panic struck. But,
“$51!”: in another instant, one of the boats
with all their might,
_ POOT B-tbby! he kept swimming away
right and left, now diving and now doublinrr
8S If he li'I‘l€W (I-Jnger, while every no‘:
and then he gave a short, fierce bowl, and
Shotvtng his grinders, never giving the vilo
shark timeto turn on his back, which it
must do before itcrin give the deadly bite.
The poor dog swam and dodged with a
skill and speed. and maintained the unequal
C00!‘-“Si. Ina manner that surprised every
body, but it was evident that his strength was
nearly exhausted, when the boat that had
put back, came sufficiently near for him to
hear himselfcalled, and encouraged to hold
out lougr-r. In this boat were his master
and his little boy, Whose me [he poor dog
saved three days before, They could now
ptainly perceive the great black fin and back
of the shark. as he rose every minute to the
surface of the water, pursuing and trying to
gripe the dog. The poor dog swam with
all his might towards the boat that was com-
ing to save him.
Just as he nearly reached the boat, and
could see and hear the master call out,-——
‘Here Bob! here,’ the shark turned on his
back, and opened his horrid j.iws—‘Poor
Bobby! dear Bobby! shriciced the little boy,
and a lad who stood at the hcad of the boat,
hoping to save the dog threw a handspike_
that he held, ‘at the ravenous monster.
But the lad was in such a flurry, from ter-
ror and anxiety that he missed the shark,
and the spike fell into the water.
At this failure the child screamed aloud
with agony of fright and sorrow, ‘Oh! save
poor Bobby! save my dear, dear Bobby!’
and every body thought poor Bobby was
gone, when the f-itber of the child, who ev-
or since the boat had come within gun shot.
ofihe shark, had been watching fortbe prop-
er opportunity to save the faithful dog, fired.
'I‘he gun was leveled with so trite an aim
that be shot the cruel shark through the
head, and splintered those lorrid jaws that
were ready to devour poor Bobby. The
shark stink, the sea became tinged with
blood, and the father, throwing down the
gun, slrctchcd out his arms, and pulled the
dog CXl‘l=JUSl¢'d with fatigue and terror, into
the boat, before the shark vtho was not quite
dearl,could again rise to the surface of the wa-
ter. The child threw his arms arotirid the
poor dng’s neck; the sailors of the ship, who
were all intently on the watch, and the men
in the boats, set tip one loud shoot of joy I
‘Httrral hurra! Bobby is safe-—the shark
is killed; hurrn l-hurra!’
VVhen "Dr. Fi'anl.'lin’s niother-in-law first
discovered that the young man had a bank-
ering for her daughter, th:tt good old lady
s.iid she did not know so well about giving
her daughter to a printc-t‘—thtre were al-
ready two printing others in the United
States, and she was not certain that the coun-
try would supporttiiem. It was plain young
Franklin would depend for the support of
his fimily on the profits ofa third, and this
was rather a doubtful chance. If such an
objection was urged to a would-be-son-in-law
when there were but two printing offices in.
the United States, how can it printer hope to
get a wife now, when the last. census shows
the number to be 1557.
Loco Foco Blasplzemg,/.—'l‘he Columbia
Observer, published-at the door of Col. Polk
gives an account of a loco foco meeting held
in that county, (Maury) a few days previous
to the l5th inst. at which the most revolting
blasphemy was perpetrated. A ,man was
taken into the loco foco church, and immers-
ed in regular style, the administrator of the
ordinance using the following ceremony:
I baptize titer: in the name of Andrew Jack-
son, the Fat/tar.’ James K. Pol/.', the San! !
and Texas the [[0131 G/Lost ! .’ .’
This, be it remembered,was done in Polk’s
own county, at a locofoco meeting.
J oncsboro’ (Tenn) W/iig.
Ital}/.—Letters from Leghorn state that
Austria is so well aware of the dangerous
position to which the evils of pontifical mis-
governmcnt have brought the Papal States,
that it has opened negotiations with the Holy
See, with a view to the seularizalion. as far
as possible of that Government. The Court.
of Rome refuses and will continue to do so,
and it is said that the Austrian Government.
foreseeing that circumstunce, has addressed
the French Cabinet, to invite it to join with
Austria, Naples, and Tuscany, to oblige the
Pope to make suchreforms as the safety of
Italy may demand. The King of Sardinia
is not included in the negotiation, from which
it is supposed that he is opposed to it.
European Times. .
was to be seen putting back, the men rowing .
Norwalk Chronicler