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.-\Dl)L‘E RY.--The atteniinnoftlie pub-
lic is invited to the large and elegantassort-
merit of I-Iariiesses, Saddles, Bridles, Wliips.
Trunks, &c. to be found at the estahlislinient of
the subscriber. It is believed to be no exagera-
Grocery, Crockery,
I-‘lour auul Feed Store.
A! South ./\"c~ru'al/r.
HE subscribers would inform their friends
and the public that they have enlarged
their store and are now ready to offer a good
assortment ofariicles in their line, and as cheap
as any other store in town.
Among their assortment may be found Groce-
ries ofall kinds, flour. feed and crockery, con-
stantly on hand, and they warrant their prices to
be in accordance with the times.
A ll kinds ofcnuntry , roduce taken in exchange
for goods in their line.
All goods delivered free of expense.
GEO W Smm
ALFRED KNAPP
N B All persons indebtel to the subscriber
on book, are requested to make immediate set-
tlement. GEO W SMITH.
SCH! BNHSII &’- RILEY,
Merchant: Tailors.
HE subscribers rc-
spcctftilly announce
to the public generally,
that they have taken the
store formerly occttpied
by M.u.Loitv do BANKS,
where they intend car-
rying on the Tailoring
Bush;-ess,in all its various
branches. As Messrs.
Mallory & Banks have
' “ A t ‘ given tip tlte Tailoring
Business in this place, we having succeeded
tliem,and would respectfully solicit the patronage
of all those who have been accumstomed to pat-
ronize the liite firm, believing that we can give
with a ctill.
\Vith our experience in the business, we feel
confident in saying that our work will be done
tion that this place, nor any other in the vicinity
has been able to produce so rich a variety, par-
ticularly iii the Harness line. Tliey are ready
made and complete at a moment’s itotice. Who-
ever will take the trouble to examine, will find
that the workmanship ofthese articles cannot be
surpassed. Among the lot are several sets of
double Harnesses, which are worthy the atten-
tion ofthose fitting out pleasure equipag_es.——
There are also several very light and airy single
harnesses, designed for neatness but manufactur-
ed ofthe. best materials,and embracing the double
merit of security and tastefulness. Every article
needed in the line, may be found here, of the
best quality, and on very moderate terms. Re-
pairing as usual. Witt B SWAN.
Norwalk, April 29, 18-15. 18
Fall Goods.
Comstock at Hall.
\,. 7 OULD say to their numerous customers
and the public Far and near, that_they are
offe mg quite a large stock of new and fashiona-
ble Fall Goods embracing a greater variety
and richer goods, than is often found in any
country store. ‘
We would say it is our intention to sell ‘goods
at extremely low price.» lort'early.pa,t/. and in fact
wemean to make it an object for all to call on
the rich style of our goods.
CnMs'1‘0CK 5; IIALL.
New Canaan, Oct. 1, 1845.
Important Notict;
N R.‘ REED :-—-There (NE 53 many supeltior.
e e nt, extensive, an ouris iing at ver-
tisementsgiii the Gazette, that we would _]l.lSl
meutipn thaltawse are located ayrthle 0II(IR§II{)llIl((],,
easto the ri we, 0 osite 4- ec s
Branch, where we lialitlfz on hand and intend to
keep a general assortment of choice Groceries
The following articles comprise a part of our
extensive stock :
500 bushels of superior Rock Salt. at whole-
sale or retail.
38 large sacks of Liveorpool Salt of a good
quality an! at a low price.
Mess Pork, of our own laying down, ofa good
quality and cheap.
Clover, Timothy and Red Top seed, Candle
‘Vick, Young H_vson,Hyson-skin and Slioucliong
Teas, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Pictlitlgd Sakmoin.
Shad and Mackerel Wrought an tit at 5,
Cotton Batting, Sperm fland galloty) Candles,
wheat and Buckwheat our, orn, ats, etc.
Also, a general assortment of China, Glass
and Earthen ware, wholsale or retail.
The above articles we would offer to the public
and also tender our thanks furtheir liberal pat-
ronage, heretofore bestowed on us.
JOSEPH S MEEKER 4- Son.
QOL.—Just received from Ohio——from
common to fine quality and for sale low.
Also a quantity of Maple Sugar.
COMSTOCK S: HALL.
New Canaan, Jane 1845.
just opened.
in ti manner not to be excelled by any other
similar establishment in Norwalk. If any doubt
this fact. let. them gives us a call, and we will
detnonstrate it. ENOCH SCRIBNER.
THOMAS RILEY.
Norwalk, January, 1846. 5
, EAV Y bleached Sheeting, 3 yards wide;
A. C. A. Tickings; York Mills Sl1irt-
ings; red and white, all wool, Cotton \Varp,
aitd Homespun Flannels; Rep’t Cashmere, and
plain Mons. DcLaines; b1’k and white VVorstcd,
and Alpaca, Hosiery; white, bl’k, slate, and
grey Cotton Hosiery and Silk. Bombazincs,
Meriiioes,I’laids and Alpacas; Twilled Ging-
hams, the most desirable article for dresses now
in the market, at. GRUMAN’S.
FEMALE SEIIIHNAIKY.
MISS CHARLOTTE E. RAYMOND will
open a Fetiiale Seminary in the Lecture
Room ofthe Baptist Clitirch, on Monday, Sep-
tetnber 8th, where instruction will be given in
all the English branches, and French ifdesired.
'l‘erms. For English studies, $2 per quarter.
For French and English “ 4 per quarter.
entire satisfiiction to all those who may favor us ‘
POE TRY.
LOVE NEVER SLEEPS.
Love never sleeps !—thc motlier’s eye
Bends o’cr her dying infant's bed ;
And as she marks the moments fly,
\Vlii1e death creeps on with noisless tread,
Faint and distressed she sits and weeps,
\Vith beating heart!-—-Love never sleeps.
Yet e’en that sad and fragile form
Forgets the tumult of her breast;
Despite the horrors of the storm,
O’erbttrdencd nature sinks to rest.
But o’er them both another keeps
His midnight watch I-—Lo1:c never sleeps.
Around-—abovc———t;he angel bands
Stoop o'er the careworn sons of men ;
\Vith pitying eyes and eager hands
They raise the soul to hope again.
Free as the air their pity sweeps
The storms of time !—Lovc nc--vcr sleeps.
And round—beneatl1—and over all,
O’er men and angels, earth and heaven,
A higher bonds! the slightestcall
Is answered, and relief is given.
In hours of we, when sorrow sleeps
The heart in pain !—IIE never sleeps.
Oh! God of Love! our eyes to thee,
Tired of the world’s false radiance, turn;
Turn as we view thy purity,
\Ve feel our hearts within us burn,
Convinced that in the lowest deeps
Ofhttman ill !—Lm:e never sleeps.
MISCELLANY.
For the Gazette.
ADVENTURES OF A MERCI-IAN'l"S
CLERK.
_ PART SECOND.
CI-IAPTER VI.
The moment that the eyes of Jenkins
rested on my face,now no longer disguised
by the slouching hat, he raised himself it
with a fierce sliotit, exclaiming—~ A
‘D—n you !. I suspected you all the
while; now take that for your ‘folly;’ I
saw his uplifted hand and a gleaming knife,
but before it fell, Ellen sprang between me
and the blow. one arm clingin-I hbont my
neck, the other raised imploringly toward
the murderer, the weapon descended pierc-
ing her side, and she sank, with a convul-
sive sob and shiver, into my arms, while
the blood slowly trickled from the fatal
wound. It was the work of an instant, and
even as it was taking place, the outer door
3f the rootii was burst open with a violent
shoc|:,and Jake leaping into the apartment,
exclaimed,
‘Where is be, Mr. Lovell, Lord!
show him to me.’ ,
‘Look at me, then,’ said Jenkins, in a
only
Fuel 25 cts pr. qr.
References. in New York, Rev. Jacob Abbott.
In Philadelpliia, James J. Barclay, Esq.
Norwalk, September 1, 18-15. 3m3(i
W, WIN TER Arrangement.
I ——Tlie sloop Julia, Capt Grumman,
' having discontinued her wceklytrips
. will leave the landing at Five Mile
River on Thursday evening Dec.l9th for Pike
il p, N. Y., and will continue to make her trips
it about ten days until further notice. Frieght
ofall kinds and produce carried on the most rea-
souable terms.
IV. SA.u.vixs.
Five Mile River, Dec. ~lGllt 1845.
Over Shoes. A
THE subscriber has laid in his usual supply
ofovershoes for the fl! and winter trade.
He can accommodate with the various sizes
from mens’ to boys’ together with a very pretty
article for ladie’s wear both trimmed and plain.
Also boys'boots. All of which will be sold
very cheap. HENRY HANDES.
Norwalk, October, 1845. 44
Notice.
ionnecticut River shad in half barrels
Cavendish plug Tobacco ofa good quality
A new supply of New Orleans Molasses cheap.
Treadwell‘s Buckwheat Flour, Constantly on
hand. Another barrel oflarge no. l,l\‘lackerel.
J. .l\'IEEK1-ZR «SI SON.
I
Carpetmgs.
“l E ask the attention of persois in t\ ant of
carpets to iheelegaut assortment of im-
perial, ingrain, and venician carpets,just receiv-
ed, together with floor oil Cloths, ofall widths,
inattings, bookings, etc. Jas Mallory 85 Co.
Butter, Butter.
(V ollIstock;& Ilall, offer for sale 6000
J pounds dairy butter, varying in quality
from middling tofirst rate, and will be sold by
the firkin, and half firltin, at prices that cannot fail
to please.
Also 900 lbs of live geese feathers. ,
Butter,
AIRY Butter, of the first ‘quality, for sale
by the firkin or less-qtiality at Pecks.
_ riiznin new-i-mt.
few ftrkins ofexcellent Butter, for sale by
.7. . the llfllltl or at retail, cheap, at Burralls
:’I~j_)_U'kt"TER! Seven Firkiiis of first rate
. J Butter, for sale by
Jostru VMEEKER §' Sou.
New York '1‘ ype Fonndery.
RUCE’S NEVV YORK TYPE FOUN-
DERY, No.13 Chamber street, between
"Centre and Chatham sts.
The following are the prices for approved
notes at six months, from which a liberal dis-
lcount will be made for Cash :
I’.ica.... .. ....32c. per lb. Minion....54c per lb-
Siuall 'Picsi....34 “ ' Noupareil. 66 “
Long Pritner-. 36 “ Agtite-... 86 “
fBOIll'g0l~.‘-ls.... . 40 “ Pearl-... . 130 "
Brevier ..... . . 46 “
Wood Tye, Printing Ink, Paper, Cases, Gal-
leys, Brass Rule, Coinposipg Sticks, Chases,
and other materials furnished with promptitude,
and at the lowest prices. .
GEO.gBRUCE, 6: CO.
Timber and Lath.
75,000 feet of 'l‘imber assorted sizes
1009000 1-2 inch Plastering Lath
10,000 Pickets for sale by I
T L 4- J R PI-ZCK
Caps !
HE largest assortment of mt_=ns’boys’cloth
and fur caps, in the county is to be found
at the store of Jas Mallory 65 Co.
l3N'l_'AL Slwgei-y.—Dr. Hill oflers his
services to the public in every department
of Dental Surgery. His Office continues where
it has been for the last seven years,—a few doors
VVest ofthe Bridge.
No personal consideration, or private prejudice
will deter him from faithfully serving those who
maii solicit his professional aid.
New Goods.
Kegs, first quality Cut Nails
2000 in cut tacks
100 doz. American and German Slates
20 in slate pencils
-‘:0 reams common and heavy wrapping paper
A very full assortment of Iron, Steel, Glass,
PMNS. Ulls,_etc. together with a general assort-
ment of Hardware and Cutlery, all of which are
offered to dealers, or at retail on favorable terms.
Norwalk, Sept. 9. W. C. STREET.
‘t BIND Stones‘.-—Fve tonsjustreceive
(J from Ohio and for sale low.
_C01\IS'I‘0CK 8: HALL.
New Canaan, June 9th 1845.
ULL’S Double, Single, and‘ Childrens'
The Type on which th' ’ ' "y ' ted i
!roIi1'thira'bove1Foundry._mpa’-wr " pm" i
A Trusses, for sale by J. A. Wrap.
hollow voice, and retreating backward to
the hearth, ‘nay, keep off! come not near
.1 desperate man, but listen before I give
you your revenge.
Harry Lovell, she who is dying in your
arms is the second female that I have
murdered; I did not—’ _ '
‘l\’Iurtlered! Mr. Lovell,’ said Jake,wild-
ly, ‘Who’! when! is it Miss Ellen’! you
devil alive, look out for youisélf,’—a'nd he
rushed tipon the guilty wretch.
‘Keep off, I tell you,’ said Jenkins
striking him so severe a blow with his
clenched list, that the negro reeled back-
ward and would have fallen, had he not
caught at a chair for support.
‘I do not wish to escape’ continued
Jenkins, ‘nay I would not, if I could; but
you must hear me through, before you
capture me. I did not intend to strike
that girl ; I meant even you no harm,
Lovell; but you threw yottrselfin my path,
you crossed me at every turn, and jtist
now, in the violence of passion, I would
have slain you, had not her self devotion
saved you. Long ago, far from here 1
slow wilftilly another fairer than she, and
whom I loved better than my own life, and
she has haunted me ever since. Now,I
have killed this one and I shall be doubly
damned, here and hereafter; I am sick of
life-—’ he started with a gesture of horror,
‘O! my G—! there "sheris; how pale her
face is, and the long hair all wet and slimy,
and the pallid lips, and the fixed glassy
eyes ;—'—and she beckons, and points-
fiends! whiit’s tltatlopoints to a wound
in her side, out of whieh_I can see the redl
blood bubbling; it neverwas there before;
—-yes, beckon, beckon4but, stop, come‘
not this way; Iwill come to you, thus,’
and stepping forward he drove the knife
forcibly into his own breast,and fell heavily
to the door. The African sprang forward
to prevent the deed, but it was done too
quickly for him to be of any avail, and
turning to me, as he supported the head of
the suicide, and endeavored‘ to staunch the
blood, he exclaimed-
‘Mr. Lovell,what shall be done ‘I’
I was kneeling on the floor in speech-
less anguish, sustaining the formof I:ll~len,
whose icy hands and broken respiration
betokened that life was fast ebbing from
her, and asthe negro spake, I looked at
him vacantly for a moment, and then mur-
muring half inaudibly—‘a physician’—re-
sumed my now useless attentions to the
dying girl. .. _
‘A physician !’ said Jake ‘yes, I’ll go,
that man will never do any one harm
again,’ and he left the house.
And I was therealone with the murder-
er and his victim, both of them so soon to
pass from this earth and its sufl"erings for-
ever. The former lay where he had fa_ll_-_
en, the knife still grasped in his nerveleds
hand. The vital spark was not yet extin-
guished, and attimes he gasped out bro-
ken sentences that showed his mind was
wandering. -» _ . .
Of a sudden Ellen opened her eyes and
breathed my name.
I ‘I am here, dear Ellen’ said I, bending
over her, would to God that I could die
for you !’
‘Oh! no, Harry, no,’ said slie,1'n a low
itone, ‘better, far better as it is; I am hap-
py now, to die in your arms and for your
sake.’
l ‘Ellen, Ellen,’ I exclaimed, , ‘let us not
‘ml. of dying; you cannot, must not die;
jti physician will be here soon; bear up till
‘then ; I will not survive yoti.’
She shook her head faintly, ‘I am dying’
.Harry, I know it, but it terrifies me not;
yet it seems strange too; so young and
lbtit a little while ago so full of happiness;
do yoti remember, Harry, when we last
waiked together, it was thevery eveningl
lwas brought hither.—’ she stopped, and a
shudller ran through her frame, then in a
tone that sank almost to a whisper, she
continued, ‘I was very sad, you recollect,
and even then anticipated my fate,and you
tried lg persuade me otherwise; Oh !
Harry, it will.--be as pleasant here when I
am gone as it is now; will it not ’!-—not
for you, Harry, I did_not mean that; but
the sky will be as bright, audthc fields as
can neither see or hear. Well, be it
remember rrie when I am gone, Harry; I
know you will though ; and if you ever
love another, tell her about me, and how
well I loved you, so that I even died for
you ; she will love you better for it; and
my father, my poor old father, tell him
that I blessed him when I was dying, for
all his kindness to me, and bid him not to
sorrow for me, for we shall meet again
where the weary are at rest. .- There’s a
pleasant sound about those words, Harry,
“where the weary are at rest ;” her voice
grew fainter, ‘where are yoti, Harry,I can-
not see you, dear‘ Harry—l am going——
where——the weary are at rest,’ a slight,
half audible gasp, and the gentle spirit fled
to the God‘\t'l_i,,o“_gu\'e it. .. _ _.
..,.
.-14!-—
--=-~‘"“ CHAPTER vn.
I know not how long I lmclt there, be-
fore Jakc returned, and with him, Doctor
Mattocks. I stirred not when they entered
and though I heard their words, I did not
look up or move from my position.
‘There, Doctor,’ said the negro, ‘look
there ;’ The physician said not a word
but stepping forward, endeavored to raise
the girl from my arms.
‘Away!’ said I, looking at him fiercly,
‘I will not part with her again.’
‘ r. Lovell!’ said he, in a kind tone,
‘have you forgotten me '!’
‘You’! Doctor, is it you .7 Oh! Doctor,
save her ;’ He bent over the body and
placed/his hand on the cold brow, and
then shaking his Lend mournfully turned
away to the wounded man. .
‘l)on’t trouble yourself about me,Doctor’
said be, struggling for utterance, ‘l’tn as
good as gone, but there are ten thousand
fiends around me, Doctor, drive t/iem off, if
tou can:’
then, as be bound it up, he said-
‘I will do what I can for you, btit you
cannot live an hour.’
‘I know it,’ said Jenkins, ‘and I am glad
of it; I have lived long eiiotigh,—I-lush!
hush I keep still !—don't you hear that
bell, Doctor’! Toll, toll—the church is a
quiet old. building, in the valley there, by
the river side, with the green maples
around it ;—and a little.way off; across the»
street, there is a low, one story house,
with rose-bushes and lilacs in front. See
there's a woman too, with a still sorrow
on her face, and a boy by her side—that's
me—me—Tom .Ienkins——as I was then ;
look, loo’-', :1 little girl is coming toward
us, on her way to ‘school, and I run out
and join her; and we pick wild-flowers
along the road, anl chase the butterflies,
and peep into bird’s riests,—but in those
days I would'nt touch a single egg, for I
felt for the parent bird. Oh l those were
happy times ;—away !” I-Ie strove to raise
himself up, butfell backward, and after a
short silence, continued in a deep, hollow
voice, ‘why does this new scene come up
nQ_\"j7_:l~_,__’_I:l_l_tES¢_3_ are solemn, old woods, with
l?‘
coine—Lucy and myself ;—and I am tell-
ing her how well I love’ her, buthcr check
is pale and there is no joy in her blue eyes 3
and now she look up at me and tells me
ness, and she can never becoiite my wife;
and I frown angrily upon her, and ask her
if she prefers that George Wilson to me,
and she looks up again with her mild, plead-
ing countenance, and answers that we are
not masters of our own afl'ections,—.and
does she not look like an angel from Hea-
ven, with that mournfully gentle face’!
And could I—I who loved her better than
life itself, do her harm ’!
to the heart! Ha! ha! ha! It's a plea-
sant'story is’nt it’! And then llifted her
in my arms, and the warm blood stained
my clothes, and my hands, and I carried
lter to the river side and threw her in ;—-
and then,——Doctor, where are you? bend
over me and listen,’—his voice changed to
a hoarse whisper,—‘and then she came
up again and she has followed me Wher-
ever I have gone, ever since ;—and I can
see her now,_close by your side, Doctor;
seel——Fatber in Heaven! there’s two of
them! keep off I keep. off!’ He sprang
to his feet,—staggered forward,—raised
his hands wildly—the blood gushed from
his nose and mouth, and he fell to the
floor—dead.
O O 0 ‘I O ‘ . I
‘Bet._ter-:t._t at it remain unknown, Mr-.
Lovell,’
The physician knelt by the side of then
iadowy ptiihsiimong them’; ’and”Ii'E'r'é”W'€
that her only feeling toward me is kind-,
Torment me,
fiends, I deserve it well,—I stabbed herl" Ja’ e Heady has been dead for several
‘Mattoclts,’ ‘to have it
publicly bruited abroad could do no good,
though it might do harm. Jenkins we can
lleavewhere he lies till morning, and when
discovered, he will be considered what he
is, a suicide, and as for the noble-liearted
girl—-that is right, sir, weep, it is better
that you sbould—as for her, why we must
send Jake for her father, and be governed
by his will as to her.’
‘Do as to you seems best, Dr.,’ said I ‘I
can give no counsel or assistance now.’
‘VOLUME. 29-—NUMBER 7. A
I 1
church, pvershadowed by huge elms and
oaks, rel_ics,.perhaps, of the prinievglfitroag.
By its side isa small and quiet grave-yard,
surrounded bya simple wall, and sheltered
in front by ancient trees, while on itarcar,
rises in high and somewhat rocky eminence, "
covered to its very base with a gofmtaai:
looking forest. Some of the to'mb-stone),
are brown and mossy with _age and-_'tlio
tall grassalmost sweeps over
otliers, of snowy whiteness, fnarlt tho'Id;t‘:
‘lVell, then, Jake, go up to Mr. Hard-5
ing’s at once; tell him that I wish to see
him immediately, and lead him hither.’
‘I will, sir,’ said the negro, as he depart-‘
ed. During his absence, I related the
whole story to the Lind-hearted physician,
as well as I was able, and as I finished, he
said---- ,
‘I ltnow that all consolation is unavail-
ing now, Mr. Lovell, and I will not attempt
it ; bear tip as well as you can, and yield
not at once, even to so heavy a blow.’
I replied not, and we remained silent
till we heard the sound of footsteps {I the
door, and Mr. Harding, followed by Jake,
entered the room.
green, and the birds as musical ; wlen "l/\Ell€'H’S fall“-‘T “'33 11 ml!“ bl" lllvlle ‘Id’
; vaneed beyond the prime of life, with a
somewhat imposing tgure,\und a heart
that quailed not before any difficulty or
adversity.
‘Be a man, now, Mr. Harding,’ said the
physician, stepping between him and the
lifeless form of his child.
‘What is it, Dr.,’ said he, ‘why am!
called hither at midnight, and why this
language 7.’ - . ‘‘
‘Your daughter, that was lost, is found.’
‘Is found '!—~to be a shame to her father's
house'!’
‘Look at her,’ said
pingaside. ,
The father sprting to the side of his
daughter, and folded her in his arms,-
‘dead! and bloody !’—he bowed his face
to her cold features for a moment in si-
lence, and then rising, was about to re-
place her in my arms, when he recognized
ine—‘scoundrel!’ said he, ‘ivhat are you
doing here’! Are you the murderer 1?’
‘Be c_a_lm, Mr. Harding,’ said the Dr,
laying liislhand upon his arm—‘and listen
to me.’ Calinly and distinctly, he then
related to the parent the story wliiclil
have recorded; and as ‘he finished, Mr.
llarding tttrned to me, and taking me by
the hand, while his eyes-filled with tears,
‘forgive me, Mr. Lovell ’ said he, ‘and ac-
cept my thanks for your efforts, unavail-
ing though they were, to save her,’ .
‘She bade me, when she was dying, sir,’
said I, ‘to tell you that she thought of you
in her last moments, and of your kindness
to her.’
Again be bent over her and pressed his
lips to her pale forehead,then rising, said-
‘\Vhnt remains, Dr., to be done ?’
‘We sent for you, sir,’ was the reply,
‘to consult your wishes; I thought that it
,would be preferable to leave the whole
the physician, step-
-matter kept. secret; to have the suicide
gull‘-l/' wrem” “ml examined ‘he ‘Wand’ l where he is, and to beiir her away to-iiight
.privately, and never let what has taken
‘place transpire.’
l ‘I think you are right,’ said Mr. Hard-
ing, ‘the dear girl shall be buried by her
mother's side, in the churchyard of the
jvillage where that mother lived \\ hen_her-,
I-self a girl. They are both gone now, and‘
git is fitting that they should not be parted
in death. VVe will remove her to my
;house to-night; my family is small, my
jother dmighter, and now my only child is
lyoung, it shall remain a secret with us,
land to-morrow we will bear Ellen to her
ilast resting-place. It is nearly bfty miles
hence, but we will start early.’
‘Your plan is the best that can be adopt-
Ied, Mr. Harding,’ said the Di-., ‘it only re
, mains to be accomplished.’
Conclusion.
i My story is ended, and I have only to
‘tell the subsequent fate of the various ac-
tors in the preceding scenes. A paraghaph
from the village paper, may perhaps best
explain the public result of that last night's
l0CClll'l'ellC€S. It was this:
l “A suicide or murder took place in this
vicinity on Thursday evening last. The
deceased, Thomas Jenkins by name, was
discovered on Friday morning, dead on the
floor of his residence, a knife still bloody,
resting-place of the lately’ departed.‘-s-2.;
Among these, overhung byithe branches '-
of a drooping willow, and protected by 8
plain iron railing, there are three 'gldc'l;y
side, which denote the graves, of a fa_'t;he'i',‘
rt mother, and 8. daughter. It is of the
last, only, that I choose to write. On the
little mound at whose head itatands, an
unknown hand has planted a few wild rous-
iiiid creeping myrtles, and yearly a strain
ger form bends over it and reads the super-
scription upon the monumental stone-
only a single little word, but which ye‘!
brings back a thousand mingled recollec-
tions of joy and sorrow, as it rises. to his
lips, for it is the once and still loved name '
of Ez.LitN.
THE OREGO_N'QUES'I‘ION.’
THE RECENT CORRESPONDENCE.
Vl'e publish below the Correspondence relative
to Oregon which bait taken place since the com-
inencemengt of the session. We omit the intro-
ductory letters of‘ the President and S_ecreti_i,ry of
State, which are matters of mere form, and give
the correspondence entire.
llfr. liuchanan to Mr. 1lIcLanc.
Department of State,
WAsitiNc'roN, Dec. 13, 1845. E
Sir.’ - * * * * ‘F. 1
The President has received information lions
ll variety of sources, which he cannot disregard,
that G reat Britain is now making extensive war-' .
like preparations. As her relations with all the
powers of Europe seem at present; to boorf at
peaceful character, the prevailing and natural.
inference here is that these preparation look to
a rupture with the United States on the Oregon.
question. I "_
It is of vast importance that this Government
shou=ld——as early as possible—ascertain their
true ehuracter. You are therefore instructed
to embrace the first opportunity of bringing
subject to the notice of the Earl of Aberdeen,
in such a manner as you may deem most‘
pedient. * * * * * * ‘ ‘
The President is also anxious to learn yo_t1r,ovviI
opinion upon this subject with the least pmcticél
delay. I um, die.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Louis McL.tiNi~:, Esq. die. die. die.
Mr. llIcLaac to Mr. Buchanan.
LONDON, Jan. 3, 18.46.
Sir :
your despatch, dated the 13th of that incinth;
and on the day following I sought an interviow
with Lord Aberdeen, in order that, in confor-
his notice the warlike preparations making by
Grcat Britain, and if possible, ascertain their-
real character and object.
It will not escape you that upon such a sub,-
ject it is not always easy to obtain very categor-
ical answers, or entirely definite official infor-
sonal conference was the best, if not t_h,e _0l_|Iy,_
mode of obtaining any satisfactory : for '
whatever. _, V .—
In introducing the subject, I advcgt Eat the.
same time to the information the President had
received from a variety of sources, of tho;oxten-
sivo wai-like preparations making by Great Brit-
ian, and the natural inference upon" his part that
in the present pacific state of the relations of
Great Britain with all the powers of Europe,-
they could only look to a rupture with the
United States on the Oregon question.
vi it it at is at ,
Lord Aberdeen said very promptly and frank-
ly that it vvoruld be improper to disguise that,
with the sincerest desire to avoid it, they were
obliged to loci to the posibility of a rupture with
the United States; and that in such a crisis the
warlike preparations now making would be use-
ful and important; but he stated at the same
time, very positively and distinctly, that they
had no direct reference to such a rupture; and
would have been made in the same way, and to
the same extent, without regard to the relation!
of Great Britain and the United States.
He also adverted to the fact that such pre-
parations as were actually making had been
coiuincnced before the relations between the’
United States and Great Britain had become as
serious as they now appeared to be, and there-
fore could not at that time have any cornice-I
tion with difliculties which had‘ since ‘out
of the Oregon question. He thought, t2,o'o,_,{t,l'1a,t
the representations as to the extent of tho‘ ’ '
grasped in his hand, and a wound this:
must have been almost instantly fatal, in
his breast. I One of his most frequent_cqm-
panions named’ Watson, has been missing
since Thursday, and it is thought by some
that the deedmay have been committed
in a drunken brawl,—as both the deceased
and the missing maii were well known to
be of imemperate habits. The appearance
of the deceasediand of the apartment in
which he was ‘discovered, however, seem
‘ more indicative‘ of suicide.”
‘years, but his wife survives and still dwells
,in the same house where she formerly liv-
fed with her husband, and which has been
the scene of some of the incidents of my
story. ., » .
l Richard’ Munich and Mary Willis, now
pin-ations must have been exaggerated — -
He denied that they related particulafrl’
I had been informed, to a distant service;
that they were making any addition to the old
form of marine. He stated that the most ex-
tensive and formidable parts of their prepara-
tions were the fortifications of the principal and
exposed ports and stationls, which he thought
could‘ hardly be supposed to guard against inva-
sion from the United States; and tothcincrcase
of the number of steam vesselsin lieu of the old
craft, which it appears other nations were about
to adopt, and which he confessed he thought a
matter of doubtful policy. V _
In short, he assumed the prepar,at_ions,,in__pro-
gress to be only I part of a wise ‘and prudent
system of national defence and protection, and
of preparing in time of peace for the exigencies
of war, if it should unfortunately come f1_joni any.
his disclaimer that they had particular
reference to a rupture with the Unitodjf‘,S__tat¢a_
[Mary Manton, removed shortly after the_.
events which I have related, to the West,
and are now living somewhere in Ohio.-
I have been unable to learn the fate of Dr-
-Mattocks, but it is probable that he IIISO
is gathered. to the congregation of the
dead. Mr. Harding is no m_0|'8. and his
youngest. daughter is at this time the wife
of an eminent merchantin New York.
g, g at. at o it
There is a pleasant little village in one
of the northern counties of Connecticut, to
whichlfiiially turn the attention of the
on the Oregon question, or any other gmnndg
In regard to my own opinion‘ on this '_auIijgct,
which the President‘ has beeupleased toptlugifro‘,
at at at »c- _t._ it ,_
it is altogethor‘probablc‘t,hat the possibility of
other difliculties-from oth_er,_.quartor's in
* " ‘A « niay,.have,.it's infltlplit! ‘
in dictating the policy of the'oxten'si_ve
I:ions= in progress in_all parts of the -ltingd'Qgnj‘;
and, with unabated‘ confidence in the
and straight‘ forwardness of L0l".(l,45_b9l'i(l°:0%!.1i
without meaning to dist:-us_t;_i_n _§Il9‘BIlght08'fi’ doi-
gree the sincerity of his disclaimers in” our re-
cent conversation. I.do not think it ought to‘, bo
reader. It pounce‘: a ~plaiu, old-fachionétl.
assumed by any one, that warlike
I received on the 29th of D_ec_c,rnb_g--._,
niity with your instructions, I might bring to
mation; and I did not doubt that a frank p_er-
quarter whatever; and he distinctly’,repeat_e(l,;_Q~
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